Figures who worked with striker in his formative years recall a self-belief – even when his talent did not stand out

There is another version of reality in which Harry Kane is not England’s greatest goalscorer but a goalkeeper. On his first day at Ridgeway Rovers, his first club, the coach Dave Bricknell asked whether anyone fancied going in goal. A six-year-old Kane threw up his hand – and he was pretty good.

“I thought I’d found a goalkeeper,” Bricknell says. “At that age, you don’t get many kids that don’t mind standing in front of a ball.”

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Crude memes of the Maga luminary are exploding online – less than a year after conservatives were suppressing any slander against him

Ten months since his assassination, Charlie Kirk’s name and likeness are still proliferating online. Just not the way the far-right activist would have wanted.

Audio of the gunshot that killed him has become a TikTok meme, as have ironic reposts of the apparent AI-slop song We Are Charlie Kirk, which was originally created as a posthumous tribute. He was the butt of a crude joke during the Netflix roast of Hollywood star Kevin Hart in May. The next month, a viral tweet encouraged people to take “a shot” in his honor on Juneteenth. And a trend known as “Kirkification” has emerged, in which internet pranksters superimpose his face on to unlikely images, such as the Mona Lisa, a woman in a bikini, or Jeffrey Epstein.

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Refuge reports ‘staggering’ 78% annual increase in referrals for cases of technology-facilitated or economic abuse

Domestic abuse charities have reported a “staggering” increase in perpetrators using technology and finances to control their victims, with a “concerning” rise in people being coerced into car finance agreements.

Data from Refuge, the UK’s largest specialist domestic abuse charity, reveals a 78% rise in referrals for cases of technology-facilitated or economic abuse in the past year.

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Following the superb No Name, White continues his fan service with stripped back songs and nasty, anarchic riffs – though it all ends up feeling a little samey

It’s a strange thing to say about one of the most prolific artists of his – or any – generation, but: Jack White has been undergoing something of a career renaissance of late. After firmly establishing himself as one of the most beloved and defining figures of 21st-century rock with his early-00s blues duo the White Stripes, White seemed to get bigger and bigger over the next decade-plus, releasing albums with well-liked side projects the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather, dropping a couple of fine solo albums, and helping spark the music industry’s vinyl revival with his label and pressing plant Third Man Records.

But, at some point in the mid-2010s – around the release of his third solo album, 2018’s Boarding House Reach, let’s say – White’s influence and celebrity seemed to be outweighing his actual output, with rising pop stars like Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo naming him a prime influence. Record plants the world over became backed-up, thanks to pop stars releasing dozens of gimmicky vinyl variants of their own albums, resulting in months-long delays for indie artists – hardly a problem White was responsible for (and likely one he himself was annoyed by), but certainly the result of a craze he had helped spark. At the same time, all the quirks and codes of White’s output – the specific colour schemes and sometimes arcane guiding opinions – threatened to overwhelm the immediacy and sharpness that had once been the core of White’s actual music.

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Voortdurend trok kunstenaar Marcel Duchamp alles wat de buitenwereld als kunst beschouwde in twijfel – maar dat kon hij alleen maar doen door datzelfde werk uiteindelijk toch onder ‘kunst’ te blijven scharen. Terecht wijdt het MoMA een grootse overzichtstentoonstelling aan deze ultieme saboteur.

Alle NAVO-leiders kregen een pistool met zes kogels en een schoonmaaksetje cadeau. De Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst laat weten dat premier Jetten het cadeau heeft achtergelaten op de Nederlandse ambassade in Turkije.

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Voetbalclub VV Stellendam keek gistermiddag vreemd op toen er vier ontsnapte alpaca's op het sportcomplex rondliepen. De dieren waren daar terecht gekomen nadat ze waren ontsnapt van een weide verderop in het dorp in Goeree-Overflakkee. Het viertal werd door agenten ingesloten door twee doelen tegen elkaar te zetten.

Voetbalclub VV Stellendam keek gistermiddag vreemd op toen er vier ontsnapte alpaca's op het sportcomplex rondliepen. De dieren waren daar terecht gekomen nadat ze waren ontsnapt van een weide verderop in het dorp in Goeree-Overflakkee. Het viertal werd door agenten ingesloten door twee doelen tegen elkaar te zetten.

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Hakuba Goryu Alpine Botanical Garden
白馬五竜高山植物園・ヒオウギアヤメ

It is called *Hiougi-ayame* (fan-leaf iris) because the base of the flower resembles a folding fan. These were also blooming in abundance.

お花の付け根のところが扇に見える事からヒオウギアヤメ、こちらもいっぱい咲いていました。

Hakuba-mura, Nagano pref, Japan

@berkes Oh Gawd. I feel your pain. Had our campervan once broke down in Spain. The dutch overwinteraars liked it very much we were towed away from the campsite. Fortunately our van could be fixed the same day. I found that normal back then, thinking about it now? We were so lucky, because it's like you said, it's you home and transport. And when in a garage, you have nothing.
Hope you get things sorted out without too much stress.

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Hakuba Goryu Alpine Botanical Garden
白馬五竜高山植物園・ヒオウギアヤメ

It is called *Hiougi-ayame* (fan-leaf iris) because the base of the flower resembles a folding fan. These were also blooming in abundance.

お花の付け根のところが扇に見える事からヒオウギアヤメ、こちらもいっぱい咲いていました。

Hakuba-mura, Nagano pref, Japan

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NeonDynamo’s TIME:WARPED at Vivid, or Sydney's convict-carved Argyle Cut.

Accenture has confirmed an "isolated matter" after a cybercriminal put up for sale what they allege is 35GB of the consulting giant's internal data, including source code, cryptographic keys, and cloud credentials. The listing, seen by The Register, appeared on a cybercrime forum on July 6 under the title "Accenture Data Breach," posted by a user with the handle "888." The seller claimed the stolen archive contained source code alongside RSA keys, SSH keys, Azure Personal Access Tokens (PATs), Azure Storage access keys, configuration files, and other technical material. “Today I am selling the Accenture Data Breach, thanks for reading and enjoy!” the cyber baddie wrote. To back up the claim, the seller published what appeared to be a screenshot of a cloned Azure DevOps repository named "121123_AtriasTalentAcademy," hosted under a censored accenture.com domain. The post also advertised the dataset for sale in exchange for Monero. Accenture confirmed to The Register that it had investigated the matter, although it stopped well short of describing it as a breach. "We are aware of this isolated matter and we have remediated its source," Accenture spokesperson Andy Rowlands said. "There is no impact to Accenture operations and service delivery." The Register asked how the compromise occurred, what systems were affected, and exactly what data was taken. Accenture did not respond. If the allegedly stolen files are authentic, this isn't somebody flogging old HR spreadsheets. Source code, private keys, access tokens, and cloud credentials are exactly the sort of material attackers prize because they can open doors into other systems if they haven't already been revoked. Threat intelligence firm SOCRadar noted that the same threat actorcyber criminals previously claimed responsibility for another Accenture-related incident in 2024, alleging that data connected to more than 32,000 current and former employees had been exposed through a third-party compromise. Whether that earlier claim was genuine remains unclear. So far, Accenture is keeping the technical details to itself. Whether this was a single exposed repository or something with a longer tail is anyone's guess until the company decides to say more. ®

Bel je met je moeder? Dan is de kans groot dat je voorafgaand een automatische melding krijgt dat het gesprek kan worden opgenomen voor trainingsdoeleinden. Volgens moeders is dat om de gesprekservaring aan beide kanten te optimaliseren.

"Meestal neemt mijn zoon niet op als ik hem bel, dus áls we elkaar spreken moeten we de tijd wel optimaal benutten", aldus mijn moeder. "Na afloop luister ik de gesprekken terug met een coach. Dan bespreken we op welke momenten ik op natuurlijke manier had kunnen laten vallen dat hij wat vaker langs moet komen en waarom hij zo korzelig reageert als ik zeg dat asielzoekers criminelen zijn. Die kennis neem ik dan mee naar het volgende gesprek, zo bouwen we langzaam aan een optimaal script."

Ook voor de kinderen heeft deze aanpak voordelen, zoals een efficiënter gesprek. Dat wordt gefaciliteerd door een handig keuzemenu, waarmee bepaalde onderdelen van het gesprek kunnen worden overgeslagen. 'Toets 1 als het goed met je gaat. Toets 2 als het ook goed met de kleinkinderen gaat. Toets 3 als het op je werk ook goed gaat. Toets 4 ales alles met iedereen goed gaat. Toets 5 als je niet per se hoeft te horen welke buurvrouwen en familieleden ziek zijn. Toets 6 als je direct je moeder wil spreken.'

Gesprekken met vaders blijven vooralsnog buiten de scope van deze pilot, omdat ze zo zeldzaam zijn. "Ok", aldus mijn vader.

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