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Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gigTell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Members of the punk rock band UK Subs have said they were denied entry and detained in the US, according to accounts from the band themselves.Bassist Alvin Bibbs shared details of the incident with local UK news website Dorset Eye on Thursday, which comes amid widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US, including a French scientist who said he was barred because of anti-Donald Trump comments

IFS says chancellor ‘boxed in’ by promises before spring statement as February figure is much worse than expectedAnalysis: Borrowing overshoot will test Reeves’s resolve on tax risesBusiness live – latest updatesWorse-than-expected public spending data has piled pressure on Rachel Reeves in the run-up to next week’s spring statement, with UK government borrowing rising by much more than expected last month to £10.7bn.In a setback for the chancellor, the monthly total – the difference between total public sector spending and income – sharply overshot a Reuters poll of experts that had predicted a deficit of £6.6bn. Continue reading... Source link :

Executive order denounced as unconstitutional. Plus, Musk’s daughter says his gesture ‘definitely Nazi salute’Good morning.Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that instructs the US education secretary, Linda McMahon, to start dismantling the Department of Education, seemingly attempting to circumvent Congress’s approval to formally close a federal department.How has the department already been affected by Trump’s state-shrinking efforts? The move comes after steps to undercut the department’s authority by instituting a round of layoffs that has reduced its workforce by nearly half and cancelled dozens of grants and contracts. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/first-thing-trump-signs-executive-order-to-dismantle-us-department-of-education Author : Jem Bartholomew

The Mulholland Drive star had lunch with the director weeks before he died, and says: ‘He was not, in any way, done’Mulholland Drive star Naomi Watts says that David Lynch “wanted to go back to work” before his death in January.In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Watts revealed that she had spent an afternoon with Lynch in November, along with Laura Dern, who acted in Lynch’s Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart. “We had a beautiful lunch at his house. I knew he’d been unwell but he was in great spirits. He wanted to go back to work