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26 July 2021
Birmingham artist's design displayed on Selfridges building
Artist Osman Yousefzada’s ‘Infinity Pattern 1’ has been selected by Ikon Gallery to surround the Birmingham Selfridges building.
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24 July 2021
Gary Lineker set to host new ITV game show
The new show, called Sitting on a Fortune, will centre around contestants positioning themselves in a row of seats to answer questions, with a cash prize of up to £100,000.
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24 July 2021
Twitter to trial up and down vote buttons
The new feature is being tested by the social media platform, and will only be available to some users of the iOS app.
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24 July 2021
Women's Aid condemns behaviour of contestant on Love Island
The charity Women’s Aid has called out the behaviour of contestant Danny Bibby on the reality TV show Love Island.
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24 July 2021
World Heritage Committee decides against placing Great Barrier Reef on danger list
The Great Barrier Reef will not be placed on a list of world heritage sites “in danger” after a global lobbying effort from Australia against the proposed listing.
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23 July 2021
Mercury Prize 2021 announce new judges and nominations
Micheal Kiwanuka has joined the judging panel for this year’s Mercury Prize alongside Annie Mac and Jeff Smith to celebrate this year’s best albums.
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23 July 2021
Netflix to add mobile gaming for subscribers
In what could be a landmark move in the streaming wars, Netflix announced the plans in a letter to investors, which will see the company bring mobile gaming to its subscribers at no additional cost.
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22 July 2021
Argentina to officially recognize non-binary gender identity
Argentina becomes the first Latin American country to include non-binary as a gender option in the national document of identity.
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22 July 2021
Community museums shortlisted for lucrative UK arts prize
Five museums that excelled in staying connected with communities throughout the pandemic have been shortlisted for Art Fund museum of the year.
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22 July 2021
Liverpool stripped of UNESCO World Heritage status
The UN body says years of development have caused ‘irreversible loss’ to the historic value of the city’s Victorian docks.
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21 July 2021
Registration opens for Commonwealth Games ticket ballots
You can now register to enter into a ballot for tickets to events at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Tickets will start from £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults.
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21 July 2021
Tencent to purchase Sumo Group for more than £900 million
The Chinese tech conglomerate’s offer to purchase the British video game developer values the company at £913 million, with Tencent already owning Riot Games (League of Legends) and holding a large stake in Epic Games (Fortnite).
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20 July 2021
Progress in diversity for annual Academy Awards members list
The latest inductees invited to be Academy members, including Laverne Cox and Issa Rae, are 46% female and 39% from under-represented racial communities.
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16 July 2021
Google fined €500 million by French competition authority
The Autorité de la concurrence accused the tech firm of refusing to seriously follow a mandate to negotiate with news organisations over the use of their content and material, and could lead to additional fines of €900,000 per day for Google.
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16 July 2021
Youth Card launched by leading social mobility charities
Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise have combined to create the free app which will provide young people with a variety of career development opportunities as well as numerous discounts at different retailers.
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13 July 2021
50% of UK festivals cancelled in 2021
Half of the festivals with more than 5,000 attendees have been cancelled this year.
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12 July 2021
England left devastated as they lost the Euro 2020 final on penalties
England left in mourning as they lost the Euro 2020 final after a penalty shoot out. Now, racist abuse dominates the headlines instead of the team's stellar success.
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12 July 2021
Giant pandas no longer endangered in the wild, China announces
Giant pandas have been reclassified as vulnerable by Chinese officials after years of conservation efforts.