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Two Years After Port Talbot's Last Blast Furnace, Photo Project Captures a Town in Transition

Two years after Port Talbot's last blast furnace closed, a new photography exhibition documents the town's silence, resilience and uncertain path toward an electric arc furnace future.

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Savage Mountain review: the dark cost behind a record-breaking climb

A documentary revisits Kristin Harila's record 92-day climb of all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres, and the K2 porter death and backlash that overshadowed it.

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Strabane Rallies Community Support for UK Town of Culture 2028 Bid

Derry City and Strabane District Council is urging residents and businesses to support its final UK Town of Culture 2028 bid, due by the end of November 2026, as Strabane competes among 15 shortlisted towns nationwide.

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Taron Egerton Opens Up About Estrangement From His Father

: Ok let me redo this properly.</p>

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Lluniau: Enillwyr a Golygfeydd Sioe Môn 2026

Lluniau o ddiwrnod agoriadol Sioe Môn 2026 ym Maes Sioe Mona, gyda hanes enillwyr, y sioe fwyaf addawol, a chadarnhad y bydd gweinidogion Llywodraeth Cymru yn ymweld ar 15 Awst.

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Aye Write Book Festival to Return in Slimmed-Down Form in March 2027

Glasgow's Aye Write festival will return in a shortened five-day format in March 2027, following a funding crisis and a slimmed-down autumn programme featuring Humza Yousaf and Laura Kuenssberg.

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Campaign Grows for Statue Honouring Wings Guitarist Henry McCullough

Campaigners including Henry McCullough's widow Josie are calling for a statue in Portstewart to honour the Woodstock guitarist, who later spent 18 months touring with Wings.

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After the Fleadh: What Belfast Could Take From Its Biggest Music Festival Yet

Belfast's first All-Ireland Fleadh drew record crowds and sparked debate over pedestrianisation, derelict-building use and transport strain, with a council review now sought before next year's festival.

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Manon Steffan Ros yn Dadlennu Hanes Elen Egryn, Bardd Anghofiedig Bro Dysynni

Mae Manon Steffan Ros wedi bod yn ymchwilio i hanes Elen Egryn, y fenyw gyntaf i gyhoeddi cyfrol o gerddi Cymraeg, gan gynnwys taith bersonol i fynwentydd a'r Llyfrgell Genedlaethol.

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Why Summer 2026's Movies Are Suddenly Obsessed With Sex and Gen Z Celibacy

A wave of summer 2026 films — including One Night Only, The Invite and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma — use sex and awkward desire to probe Gen Z's much-discussed 'sex recession.'

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Belfast's First All-Ireland Fleadh Closes with Record Crowds and Plans for 2027 Return

Belfast's first All-Ireland Fleadh closed in the early hours of Monday with over a million visitors estimated across the city, as organisers confirmed the festival's return in 2027 amid fresh debate over permanent pedestrianisation.

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Belfast's First All-Ireland Fleadh Draws Near a Million Visitors as Festival Ends

Belfast's first-ever hosting of the All-Ireland Fleadh closes on Sunday, 9 August 2026, with visitor numbers nearing one million and an economic boost expected to exceed £53m.

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