1 hour ago BBC Gavin and Stacey's Uncle Bryn star shares moment viewers didn't see in final amid major complaint

Actor Rob Brydon was among the show's cast reprising their roles for the last ever episode of the much-loved series

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1 hour ago All the celebrities that have supported Blake Lively after Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Lively has received a huge amount of support after filing the lawsuit against Baldoni

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18 hours ago The Chase fans fume as ITV show gives away huge £116K prize based on 'wrong answer'

The Chase fans were left fuming as they claimed the show gave away a huge prize for charity based on a wrong answer.

Economics

25 hours ago Gavin and Stacey fans spot huge errors in finale as Neil the Baby goes 'missing' from scene

Gavin and Stacey fans were left sobbing at the show's festive finale, but some viewers couldn't help but notice a few awkward blunders throughout the 90-minute episode

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66 minutes ago MasterChef's John Torode says 'it really tears the family apart' in rare admission with wife

John Torode and Lisa Faulkner returned to ITV this weekend for a festive special of their cooking show John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen - and the couple opened up on family life

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71 minutes ago Sheffield’s museums show how art comes to life when it is connected to place | Rowan Moore

Institutions in and around the city combine great works with humdrum relics of local life, to fantastic effectI’ve been living partly in Sheffield for the past month or so, which has given me the chance to catch up on some of the great monuments of industry and power in and near the city – the model miners’ village and the fantastical Jacobean castle in Bolsover, the stately home of Wentworth Woodhouse with its battleship-length Palladian facade, the buildings of the subtle modernist Peter Womersley in Huddersfield.Also the Weston Park Museum in Sheffield and the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, both of which combine world-class art with humdrum relics of local life. In one, a large John Singer Sargent portrait of three young Yorkshire women shares the premises with the plastic car roof sign of a 1970s driving school. In the other, there is a gallery full of the illuminated tableaux of science and humanity by Joseph Wright of Derby and another room with a collection of stuffed animals,...

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30 hours ago 'Bragging' doctor's receptionist shared patients' medical records with pals on Snapchat

Arman Vyas, 23, was employed by two GP practices where he accessed confidential reports and took screenshots which he sent to others including on social media app Snapchat

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2 hours ago Israel detains director of one of last functioning Gaza hospitals, Palestinians say

Gaza officials say it is not clear what has happened to Abu Safiya, adding it was concerned about his well-being

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2 hours ago Family 'lost everything' days after Christmas as two houses on same street go up in flames

Devastating double house fires on Friday morning meant a family in Garston lost 'everything' and were left 'traumatised' as two homes went up in flames over the Christmas period as

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25 hours ago Katie Price breaks silence on JJ Slater split rumours after spending Christmas apart

Katie Price's MAFS boyfriend JJ Slater was nowhere to be seen on Christmas Day, leading to fears the couple had split - but the couple's fate has now been confirmed

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26 hours ago James Corden's big comeback: Comedian is embraced by the nation once more as Gavin And Stacey final is a hit with viewers after the actor faced a string of scandals

The last ever episode of the show - which came five years after the most recent Christmas special - pulled in a massive 12.5 million viewers for the BBC.

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3 hours ago The year in patriarchy: coconut trees, ‘childless cat ladies’ and crimes against humanity | Arwa Mahdawi

It’s now time to ‘hold space’ for everything that happened in 2024 with a list – so here are 10 of the biggest stories from the year in patriarchy2024 was a very demure, very mindful, very dystopian sort of year. I started last year’s annual roundup by noting that it had been the hottest year on record and guess what? 2024 has now surpassed 2023 as the hottest year ever. Many of the same extreme themes from last year have also persisted: anti-abortion activists are still trying to roll back reproductive rights in the US and the horrific situation for women in Iran and Afghanistan has only got worse.Meanwhile Gaza is still being destroyed, and – despite the fact that an increasing number of experts are terming the bombardment a “genocide” – the US is continuing to enable the destruction and much of the world is still continuing to look away. The civil war in Sudan, which started last April, has also spread catastrophically, with women and girls bearing the brunt of the humanitarian c...

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4 hours ago James Martin spills surprising career detail on ITV's Saturday morning show

James Martin has been a TV chef for over two decades and certainly knows his way around the kitchen, but he made a surprising career confession during his latest show

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41 hours ago Coronation Street 2025: Unexpected exits, big returns, new family and Kevin's cancer diagnosis

Coronation Street is lining up some major storylines for the next year, with the ITV soap's new boss Kate Brooks detailing a cancer plot, a stabbing storyline, a new family and some big returns

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2 hours ago ITV Emmerdale fans 'rumble' who picked up April Windsor as return 'confirmed'

Emmerdale fans are convinced a character could be making a comeback after they 'worked out' who picked up April Windsor as she ran away from the village on Christmas Day

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3 hours ago Inside Coronation Street's Alan Halsall and Claire Sweeney's stunning northern homes and other properties of soap's stars

The stars of the ITV soap are often providing a glimpse into their incredible homes away from the Corrie cobbles

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26 hours ago Inside Gerwyn Price's incredible Valleys 'man cave' he's built with darts prize money

The Welshman is back in action at Alexandra Palace for the World Darts Championships

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28 hours ago Gavin and Stacey fans livid as they spot huge 'blunder' in final episode

Gavin and Stacey officially bowed out after a thrilling final episode, but some eagle-eyed viewers were less than thrilled when they spotted a bizarre plot hole in the story

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4 hours ago The Chase star died in 'horrible circumstances' with shocked fans paying tribute

Fans of ITV's The Chase paid tribute to a contestant who tragically died in a house fire – just before his episode of the popular game show aired back in 2021

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7 hours ago ‘I saw the reflection of his back rolls in the glass door’: Spencer Ostrander’s best phone photo

The American photographer on capturing a moment of intimacy between himself and his baby sonOn a sunny Sunday morning in June, Spencer Ostrander returned from the local hardware store to find his wife, Sophie, gardening in their back yard in Brooklyn, New York. “I handed her the supplies she needed, and a hot coffee, and she handed over our son,” Ostrander says. Their boy, Miles, was six months old at the time.“As I was taking him inside, I saw the reflection of my son’s back rolls in the glass door.” Ostrander grabbed his iPhone 14 Pro and turned the front camera on. “He was teething back then; not crying, but not his usual pleasant self either. I was juggling a wiggling baby and my phone, so I could only take two frames.” Continue reading...

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3 hours ago ‘All people could do was hope the nerds would fix it’: the global panic over the millennium bug, 25 years on

Planes were going to drop out of the sky, nuclear reactors would explode. But then nothing. What really happened with Y2K? People still disagree Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, 25 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II stepped off a private barge to arrive at London’s Millennium Dome for its grand opening ceremony. Dressed in a pumpkin-orange coat, she entered the venue with Prince Philip, taking her place alongside Tony and Cherie Blair and 12,000 guests to celebrate the dawn of a new millennium. At the stroke of midnight, Big Ben began to chime and 40 tonnes of fireworks were launched from 16 barges lined along the river. The crowd joined hands, preparing to sing Auld Lang Syne. For a few long moments, the Queen was neglected – she flapped her arms out like a toddler wanting to be lifted up, before Blair and Philip noticed her, took a hand each, and the singing began. A new century was born.One politician who wasn’t in attendance at the glitzy celebration was Paddy Tipping, a Labou...

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29 hours ago My family call it Old Lady Clubbing, but my giddy ‘nights out’ have lit up a dismal 2024 | Gaby Hinsliff

Dance till you drop, then home by 10pm – daytime events offer a glorious escape for those of us bogged down by responsibilityLast Saturday night, I went clubbing with friends. Once upon a time, this wouldn’t have been a remotely odd sentence to type, because it was what I did pretty much every weekend. But a lot has changed since then – let’s just say that in my peak raving years there was a Labour government in power, only it was actually popular – and like most people whose happy place was once on the dancefloor, inevitably with time comes the feeling that you no longer belong. Deep down, you still come to life when the bassline kicks in. But you morph from hardened raver to the kind of person who’s always up for dancing at parties and weddings, and then finally into the kind of person whose friends aren’t getting married any more and who spends their Saturday nights giving their children lifts to parties. So eventually you tell yourself sadly that those days are over now, and tha...

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26 hours ago Andreas Pereira must force Fulham transfer as Marco Silva speaks out after £14m offer

Brazilian giants Palmeiras are eyeing a January deal for Fulham playmaker Andreas Pereira but Cottagers boss Marco Silva has little interest in losing the 28-year-old mid-season

Economics

29 hours ago James Corden's big comeback: Comedian is embraced by the nation once more as Gavin And Stacey final is a hit with viewers after string of scandals

The last ever episode of the show - which came five years after the most recent Christmas special - pulled in a massive 12.5 million viewers for the BBC.

Sport

4 hours ago Coronation Street fans share David Platt fear as they're distracted by unusual detail in 'missing' scene

Viewers were distracted by an unusual scene during the latest trip to the cobbles in which David's wife worried for his safety

Events

26 hours ago ITV Vera season 14 release date, cast and plot as Brenda Blethyn's final series nears

Vera season 14 has been confirmed to be the final outing so here's everything there is to know about the end of the ITV detective drama.

Culture

3 hours ago Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher says he knows small family farm is ‘valued’

The actor embarked on a new life in the country with his wife Liz and their four young children after buying a 120-acre farm in the Peak District.

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30 hours ago Viewers complain television has 'run out ideas' after ITV aired TikTok clips for two hours on Christmas Eve

Viewers have claimed ITV has 'run out of ideas' after the UK broadcaster aired two hours of TikToks on Christmas Eve.

Society

28 hours ago Coronation Street icon Kevin Webster is set to battle cancer in harrowing new storyline as his wife Abi struggles with her own ordeal

Michael Le Vell, 60, who plays the mechanic in the ITV soap, has starred as a main character on the Cobbles for 41 years, but his character will soon face his toughest battle yet.

Economics

29 hours ago Gavin and Stacey fans all say the same thing about surprise cameo in heartwarming finale

BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey came to an emotional end on Christmas Day with the final episode watched by 12.5 million - and viewers were left delighted by some surprise appearances

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4 hours ago Woke TV bosses put trigger warning on Michael Portillo travel show because it features him sipping sherry

Viewers are now unable to watch the ex-MP Michael Portillo's Andalucia show on the My5 streaming service unless they confirm they are over 16.

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41 hours ago Ant and Dec open up on their 'rare disagreement' while filming ITV Limitless Win

Ant and Dec's Limitless Win returns to ITV this weekend and the duo have opened up about a "rare disagreement" they had on the show while acting as lifelines for the contestants

Culture

4 hours ago BBC Saturday Kitchen's Matt Tebbutt issues show update that leaves fans stunned

BBC Saturday Kitchen viewers were left stunned on the latest episode of the show as Matt Tebbutt made a confession about the show being pre-recorded

Politics

30 hours ago Palma 'living through hell' at Celtic as Hoops set out stall over £7m Bernabei sale – Parkhead transfer bulletin

A number of clubs are said to be eyeing the Honduran with his days at Celtic said to be 'numbered'

Economics

5 hours ago Bullet holes in window at Salford home after 'gunman on motorbike' opens fire

'This incident will undoubtedly cause concern for those who live and work here'

Events

5 hours ago How Nuno transformed Nottingham Forest from circus to contenders | Will Unwin

After a tumultuous fight against the drop last season, the manager has made smart changes and instilled firm bondsIt is just over a year since Nuno Espírito Santo arrived at the City Ground with the task of turning the ship around. The Portuguese found Nottingham Forest in a battle for survival, sitting one place above the relegation zone, which is exactly where they finished the season, confirming their top-flight status only on the final day. It was an effective first few months in charge but did not suggest Forest would become Champions League challengers as 2025 approaches.Forest visit Goodison Park on Sunday, the scene of their lowest moment since returning to the Premier League in 2022 when an emotional social media post from the club’s X account lambasted the officials during Everton’s 2-0 victory in April. At that point Forest looked like a circus and the prospect of reacquainting themselves with the Championship was a serious possibility, but they did just enough by winning...

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5 hours ago Luke Humphries hits back at Peter Wright: ‘One world title would match everything he’s ever achieved’

Wright vowed to beat Luke Humphries and Luke Littler at this year’s World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace

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5 hours ago BBC Gavin and Stacey star reveals extreme lengths taken to hide major return as Jason star heaps praise

It was a twist viewers - and even the cast - didn't see coming as Sonia burst back into Gavin and Stacey's last-ever episode

Politics

5 hours ago Demonstrators arrested outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home – Middle East crisis live

Protestors shouted through loudspeakers that the Israeli hostages in Gaza were suffering in the tunnels and were ‘cold, tortured and sick’Five Israeli demonstrators protesting for the release of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 have been arrested outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.Twenty protestors gathered outside the home in the early morning, shouting through loudspeakers at the prime minister that the hostages were suffering in the tunnels and were “cold, tortured and sick” while he enjoyed home comforts, Channel 12, an Israeli broadcaster, reported. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Vernon Kay says he's 'like a child' as he's issued 'ban' by daughters with Tess Daly

It comes as the BBC Radio 2 host Vernon Kay is set to ring in 2025 by presenting the National Lottery's New Year's Eve Big Bash on ITV

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7 hours ago Vera star Brenda Blethyn says 'it broke my heart' as she details final scenes of ITV drama

Vera will be back for two feature-length episodes this New Year as the long-running detective drama, starring Brenda Blethyn, comes to an end after 14 years on ITV

Events

6 hours ago Israel detains director of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, Palestinians say

The Health Ministry in Gaza says Israel’s army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza

Politics

8 hours ago ITV Emmerdale reveal missing April details as Marlon and Rhona face 'worst nightmare'

Emmerdale viewers have been left fearing the worst for teenager April Windsor after she went missing on Christmas Day

Events

7 hours ago What times does Luke Littler play at the World Darts Championship tonight?

‘The Nuke’ continues his quest to dethrone Luke Humphries this week, with a potential rematch of this year’s final in the final four at Alexandra Palace

Politics

8 hours ago Luke Humphries fires back at Peter Wright in World Darts Championship war of words as he issues mind games warning

The world champion and Snakebite go head to head in a Sunday night blockbuster at Ally Pally

Events

7 hours ago Celebrity New Year's resolutions 2025: From Nick Jonas to Paloma Faith and Michelle Visage

EXCLUSIVE The stars share with The Standard their hopes and dreams for the year ahead

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8 hours ago ITV Coronation Street reveals new 'neighbours from hell' to cause chaos on soap

Coronation Street has confirmed that a new family is set to join the soap, with the new clan set to cause chaos and a "trail of devastation" in Weatherfield

Events

7 hours ago The Chase crowned Britain’s favourite gameshow with Bradley Walsh as UK's most

Most people in the UK enjoy watching contestants take on a difficult gameshow in hopes to win money and it seems ITV's The Chase is the firm favourite.

Politics

10 hours ago Nitish Kumar Reddy century leads India fightback as Australia strike late on day three

All-rounder joins Washington Sundar in critical 127-run standTourists trail by 116 runs with one wicket in hand in fourth Test52nd over: India 180-5 (Pant 22, Jadeja 4) Smokes a pull shot! Pant moves along to the 20s by clattering Boland, then takes a single. Jadeja keeps blocking.Guy Hornsby winds up the crank handle on the email machine. “Morning/evening Geoff. I’m somehow still up in darkest Sale in Manchester, full of port and cheese and wondering if Pant and Jadeja can actually save anything here. Their records suggest there’s a chance, but Pant is Cummins’ bunny of late and India must have felt an absolute gut punch after getting to 153-2 before the calamitous run-out. I’m not going to even attempt to apportion individual blame, just say it was a proper horlicks that took the wind out of India’s sails. Now it’s down to these two and a longish but bullish tail to see how much of a dent they can put into this huge Australian total. Perhaps Bumrah has made clear just how much of ...

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7 hours ago Oh snap! How Channel 5 ripped 80s classic Crocodile Dundee to shreds so it could air it pre

The 1986 film starring Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee has been hacked to protect sensitive modern audiences - with some of the most popular original scenes now banished.

Politics

11 hours ago ‘Intense' drama ‘you’ll need a whole box of tissues for’ is on TV today

Written and directed by famed filmmaker Richard Curtis, the 2013 drama is known for bringing viewers to tears

Events

7 hours ago Cat Deeley shows true colours over This Morning role as her future on show is revealed

Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard were brought in to replace Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning – and now her future on the popular ITV daytime show has been revealed

Politics

15 hours ago Cat Deeley's future on This Morning sealed as star makes shock admission about her time on ITV show

Cat Deeley's future on This Morning has been confirmed just nine months after she made her debut.

Events

8 hours ago World Darts Championship order of play: full Saturday schedule and start times including Luke Littler

It's Day 11 at Ally Pally as the heat turns up at the Paddy Power World Championships - and we've got all the info you need

Politics

15 hours ago Driver behind China car ramming attack that killed 35 is sentenced to death

Fan Weiqiu, angry at his divorce settlement, caused ‘great social harm’ when he drove into people as they exercised in the city of Zhuhai, court saysA court in China has sentenced a man to death for killing 35 people last month by driving into a crowd, in an attack that raised national concern about mass killings.Fan Weiqiu was venting his anger because he was unhappy with his divorce settlement, the court in the southern city of Zhuhai said in handing down the sentence on Friday. The victims were exercising at a sports centre at the time of the attack. Fan pleaded guilty to endangering public safety by dangerous means, a court statement said. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – the joys of country music

A shy man leads a solitary existence until a young girl – and a cat – inveigle their way into his apparently contented life in this big-hearted taleAll Jack Paton ever wanted was to be a famous country singer, but somehow it never happened. Certainly, the odds were stacked against him: cripplingly shy, no self-confidence. And although he considers it “a landscape of country music”, it can’t have helped matters that he was born in one of the more windswept corners of Shetland, far from Texas or Tennessee, and has remained there ever since, keeping his dreams to himself.That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz, Malachy Tallack’s second novel, follows Jack, now approaching his 63rd birthday, as he spends his days pottering about in the cottage he has lived in since he was a child, listening to music, playing guitar and thinking of the past. The narrative flicks between Jack in the present, as he begins to question his life choices, and his parents, Sonny and Kathleen, decades earli...

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17 hours ago Horrific bodycam footage shows New York prison guards beating inmate Robert Brooks to death as he's restrained

Robert Brooks, 43, was pronounced dead on December 10, the morning after the savage assault at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County.

Events

10 hours ago Nitish Kumar Reddy century leads India fightback to frustrate Australia on day three

All-rounder joins Washington Sundar in critical 127-run standTourists trail by 116 runs with one wicket in hand in fourth Test52nd over: India 180-5 (Pant 22, Jadeja 4) Smokes a pull shot! Pant moves along to the 20s by clattering Boland, then takes a single. Jadeja keeps blocking.Guy Hornsby winds up the crank handle on the email machine. “Morning/evening Geoff. I’m somehow still up in darkest Sale in Manchester, full of port and cheese and wondering if Pant and Jadeja can actually save anything here. Their records suggest there’s a chance, but Pant is Cummins’ bunny of late and India must have felt an absolute gut punch after getting to 153-2 before the calamitous run-out. I’m not going to even attempt to apportion individual blame, just say it was a proper horlicks that took the wind out of India’s sails. Now it’s down to these two and a longish but bullish tail to see how much of a dent they can put into this huge Australian total. Perhaps Bumrah has made clear just how much of ...

Politics

17 hours ago Bukayo Saka has surgery as Mikel Arteta gives concerning Arsenal injury update

Arsenal star man Bukayo Saka has undergone surgery with his manager Mikel Arteta admitting the nightmare scenario that the title-chasing Gunners now face

Events

10 hours ago Only those with sharp eyes can spot the scared mouse hiding from cat in baffling image

Put your eyes to the test with this baffling optical illusion and see how sharp your eyesight really is - all you need to do is spot the mouse in under seven seconds

Politics

18 hours ago Worrying Bukayo Saka injury update issued as Mikel Arteta reveals surgery and return date

Mikel Arteta has given a worrying update on Bukayo Saka, confirming that the Arsenal and England winger has undergone surgery on a torn hamstring suffered at Crystal Palace

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11 hours ago Overindulged over Christmas? Try this AI coaching app for a gentle but effective approach to weight loss

When it comes to weight loss, I’ve tried every trick in the book but nothing seems to stick. I was intrigued by the idea of using an AI coach to drop a few pounds so I tried the Simple app - and here’s what I thought.

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18 hours ago EastEnders star 'lets slip' Cindy Beale's fate with telling comment after deadly attack

EastEnders' Ian Beale actor Adam Woodyatt teased whether Cindy Beale will live or die after her brutal attack on the BBC soap, dropping a huge hint about her fate

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