25 minutes ago BBC Breakfast host left stunned by viewers 'questionable choice' as he says 'each to their own'

BBC Breakfast presenter Ben Thompson was left stunned by a viewer's 'questionable choice' as he made a remark about the album that 'changed his life'

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36 minutes ago ‘I wanted to show how colourful life can be’: Dikye Ariani’s best phone shot

The Indonesian photographer created this beautiful vibrant image using models dressed in a rainbow of colours‘Conceptual photography is just like making paintings,” Dikye Ariani says. “You come up with an idea in your imagination and then you work to bring your visualisation to life.” One morning in the rainy season of 2022, Ariani drove from her home in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta to neighbouring Bogor for an early shoot. Waiting for her at Lake Tamansari were the five women pictured, local talent hired to take part as models. For the next four hours, Ariani dressed the women, positioned them and various elements in the warm water, and climbed up and down a ladder with her phone. She took about 100 photographs from different angles.“In the centre you can ...

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71 minutes ago Inaugural Perthshire "battle of the clans" mountain biking event set to commence

Comrie Croft's award-winning mountain biking trail network will host the Clans @ The Croft event 2024.

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3 hours ago How to watch Tottenham vs West Ham: TV channel and live stream for Premier League today

Spurs host bitter rivals in huge game

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3 hours ago Before: want to watch Billy Crystal show objects to a spooky child? You’ll love this creepy drama

Ancient, unknowable horror is the order of the day in Apple TV+’s new thriller about a troubled young boy who keeps on turning up at the ex-Oscar host’s doorLet’s log on to Apple TV+ and see which actor they have lured into starring in and executive producing their own miniseries this week, shall we? Ah, good news: they’ve got reformed Oscar host Billy Crystal, and he’s starring in and executive producing Before, a psychological thriller (out Friday). Crystal plays Eli – which already puts me on edge as no character is ever called “Eli” unless the whole thing is a biblical allegory or there’s some ancient, unknowable horror going on, and in this case it’s the latter – who is grieving the recent death of his wife, Lynn. While doing that, he meets an unnerving child, Noah (Jacobi Jupe), w...

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3 hours ago Vernon Kay talks 'rows' at home with wife Tess Daly after 'bonkers' family moment

Vernon Kay has opened up about a humorous moment in his family life with his wife, Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly, and their daughters, which, at times, got messier than planned

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4 hours ago Prince George's adorable hidden signals to Charlotte and Louis at huge royal event

Prince George and his siblings Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis don't appear in public that often, but at a major royal event the future King signaled adorably to his brother and sister

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10 hours ago Rail to the Reef: an easy train journey to one of the greatest natural wonders

A sleeper train with ‘thoughtful touches’ along the Queensland coast offers diverse and diver-friendly access points to the Great Barrier ReefStretching from south-east Queensland to the tip of Cape York, the Great Barrier Reef is by far the largest reef system in the world. It’s made up of 3,000 individual reefs, crosses the sea country of more than 70 traditional owner groups and, according to the Reef Authority, covers the same area as 70 million football fields. In recent years, these figures have been joined by a host of less welcome statistics, including the hottest ocean temperatures in 400 years and increasingly frequent mass coral bleaching.Seeing the reef in person brings all of these numbers to life. While rising sea temperatures are an existential threat to many corals, the ...

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10 hours ago 'Christmas will be difficult but we need new memories' says Kate Garraway on first without Derek

Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway is counting down to the first Christmas without Derek who died in January after years of suffering from long covid

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