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HERE is your daily briefing on all the General Election and Brexit news from the past 12 hours. Each of the major parties has pledged more help for communities hit by floods in England, a debate between the chancellor and shadow chancellor has been postponed, and Nigel Farage has called on the Conservative Party to withdraw some of its election candidates. More help for flood-hit communities The government has announced additional support for communities hit by heavy flooding in the north of England. Speaking after a meeting of emergency committee Cobra today, the prime minister said the floods were an "absolute tragedy".He announced measures including an extra 100 army personnel to be sent to South Yorkshire, up to £2,500 for small and medium-sized businesses that have been affected but are not covered by insurance, and extra funding for local councils. Jeremy Corbyn today said that a Labour government would spend £5.6bn on flood defences over the next ten years. He has last … [Read more...] about Brexit news: Latest updates at 7am as Farage calls on Tories to withdraw some of its General Election candidates

How can art adequately face up to an age in which Donald Trump is president of the United States, the civil war in Syria is more than six years old, and the far right threatens to become part of Europe’s political mainstream? It is tempting to conclude from Cornelia Parker’s inane attempt to engage with some of these realities that it can’t. Perhaps our time is simply too strange and surreal for artists to get their heads around. Imagination shrivels and dies faced with the enormity of the news headlines. It is no doubt the unreal, monstrous, mad character of those headlines that Parker was trying to capture when she got a bunch of young kids to copy them out on blackboards. Children aged five, seven, eight cor and 10 have created a series of chalked up newsboards in varying degrees of legibility, translating the violence, absurdity and ugliness of adult reality into their innocent scribbles. There’s even some youthful optimism. “LABOUR COULD WIN A SNAP … [Read more...] about Cornelia Parker review – a current affairs lesson devoid of empathy

“Somebody asked me backstage, when I won the Oscar: ‘Did you ever imagine this?’ And I was like, ‘Never in a million years!’ But it was bullshit. It was a lie,” Cuba Gooding Jr admits. “I used to practise my autograph in math class. I would envision myself holding that Oscar above my head. The real success stories are the people who truly believe they are going to be famous, so they mentally prepare. And that’s what I was doing my entire life: preparing for it.” What Gooding hadn’t thought about was what to do next. That night in 1997, he won best supporting actor for his portrayal of footballer Rod Tidwell in Tom Cruise sports drama Jerry Maguire. It was the high point of his career, and his performance was so unforgettably dynamic that Tidwell’s “Show me the money!” catchphrase became part of the language. When Gooding went to pick up the Oscar, it was as if he was still in character. He backflipped and … [Read more...] about Cuba Gooding Jr: ‘I had 10 years in the wilderness’

Coronation Street's Nicola Thorp opened the door to becoming a Labour MP as she met Jeremy Corbyn in her hometown. The 31-year-old campaigner returned to Blackpool - a stone's throw from the rock factory her grandfather Bill founded in 1969. The TV star, who plays Nicola Rubinstein in the ITV soap, won't rule out standing herself one day - as long as it's in the town. "It’s not a never, of course! I’m positive. Never say never," she said. "I think it’s really important that younger people, particularly younger women, get involved with politics." The actor shot to prominence in 2016 when she was sacked from a temp job for refusing to wear high heels - sparking outcry. She joined Corrie in 2017 and yon Tuesday she joined Labour's leader on the campaign trail. In a joint interview with the Mirror, Mr Corbyn declared he will stay as Prime Minister for five full years if he wins the election. Mr Corbyn - who will be 75 by 2024 - said he will "absolutely" stay the full … [Read more...] about General election: Coronation Street star eyes being an MP one day as she comes home – to meet Corbyn

Cornelia Parker is softly spoken and bird-like; an artist who peppers her conversation with nervous little laughs. Yet her work is all about blowing things up. Over her career, the Turner prize-shortlisted English artist, who was appointed an Order of the British Empire in 2010, has made a name treating objects with what she terms “cartoon violence”. Silver cutlery has been crushed with a steamroller. A garden shed has been blown to smithereens. Wedding rings have been stretched. And stretched. And stretched. “I did a series of work with things meeting their end like a cartoon death: throwing silver objects off the White Cliffs of Dover or steamrolling stuff or putting money on the railway track,” says Parker. When we meet, despite the heat, she is dressed in black tights and a monochrome fleece topped off with her trademark page-boy bob. “These were all cliches. I like cliches. They are a monumental thing … [My practice asks]: why are they so … [Read more...] about Steamrollers, explosions, and ‘cartoon violence’: the artistic eruptions of Cornelia Parker