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The Independent
16 minutes ago
- The Independent
Plans for Ozzy Osbourne's funeral confirmed
Fans of heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne will have the opportunity to pay their respects during a public funeral cortège in his home city of Birmingham. The procession for the Black Sabbath frontman, who died aged 76 on 22 July, will take place on Wednesday, 30 July, travelling along Broad Street from 1pm. The cortège will pause at the Black Sabbath bench and bridge, accompanied by a live brass band, before a private family funeral. Birmingham City Council coordinated the event with Osbourne's family, who are funding the associated costs, with road closures and diversions in place. For those unable to attend, a livestream of the Black Sabbath bench will be available, and a book of condolence and an exhibition are open in Birmingham.
The Independent
16 minutes ago
- The Independent
First-look at UK's ‘tallest of its kind' rollercoaster ride set to transform Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has released footage of an upcoming rollercoaster ride which it has said will be the 'tallest of its kind' in the UK. The amusement park shared a CGI first look on Friday (25 July), which shows the £8.72m pendulum ride called Aviktas swinging across the resort's famous coastline. Set to open in 2026, the 138ft gyro swing will seat 40 riders and sway 120 degrees from side to side to simulate the motion of flying. Following its opening, it will surpass current champion, a 74-ft high gyro swing called Maelstrom at Drayton Manor.
The Guardian
16 minutes ago
- The Guardian
I'm going on holiday with another Zoe. Am I going to need a new name?
It's weird that it should happen for the first time so late in life, but next week I'm going on holiday with someone else called Zoe. I wasn't particularly worried about it, since it's generally easy enough to distinguish who is meant by the context, even when two people are the same age and do exactly the same things, as you will know if your name is Ben. In this case, the other Zoe is a teenager, so it will immediately be obvious who's who, as our activities will scarcely overlap. Any Zoe who has made a serious error – lost someone else's passport, backed into a tree – will be me and any Zoe who has forgotten her swimming costume or wants to go paddleboarding will be her. 'You haven't thought this through,' said my friend J. 'You're obviously going to be Big Zoe. You should start getting used to it now. By day four, you'll probably just be Big 'Un.' I did not like this idea. I also think the other Zoe is taller than me, especially since my height has cascaded, via the march of time and some lying when I was young, from 5ft 10in (178cm) to 5ft 8in. Young people are much, much taller than this now. 'Would you rather be Old Zoe?' asked J. There is no right answer to this, because if I insisted upon being the default, so we were Zoe and Young Zoe, that would still make me old. The director of the Vagina Museum in London has the whole same name as me; when I need to disambiguate from her, I go with 'non-vagina Zoe Williams', but this would take a bit of unpacking. I wouldn't mind Wise Zoe, but I don't think I'd get away with it (see passports, trees). 'Could I be Woke Zoe?' I suggested. J mocked me for ages, because I don't even know the meaning of the word compared with a woke teen, which puts me – surprisingly – in the same bracket as the rest of society. I may just go without a name for the week. It's surprising how much you can do without on holiday. I almost never remember a swimming costume. Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist
