2 h. ago Ed Sheeran given unusual secret code name ahead of Big Weekend surprise set

Only 10 people knew that Ed Sheeran would be performing at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend today - and they used a secret code name when talking about the Shape of You singer

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6 h. ago BBC Radio 1 announces Ed Sheeran to play surprise set at Big Weekend

Radio 1 has announced a massive addition to today's festival line-up

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10 h. ago Bank Holiday weekend weather as Met Office warns of 'unsettled' conditions

The Met Office explained that more 'unsettled conditions' are set to develop across the UK through the weekend

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10 h. ago When Premier League fixtures are announced for 2025/26 season with key dates confirmed

The Premier League is set to wind down for the summer this weekend but all the dates for all the action ahead of the 2025/2026 campaign have already been rubber stamped

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27 h. ago Five huge events happening in Greater Manchester this bank holiday weekend you may not know about

Manchester is set to be busy this weekend with flower shows...

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27 h. ago Kevin De Bruyne down to final two transfer options after Mo Salah's Liverpool plea

Manchester City legend Kevin De Bruyne is set for his final Premier League minutes this weekend as the Belgium midfielder considers where to take the next steps in his career

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28 h. ago Richard Ashcroft's spats and controversies – from Mick Jagger lawsuit to Soccer AM drama

Richard Ashcroft is back with a new single after a seven year hiatus of making music. He's set to headline a festival this weekend before his supporting set to Oasis - let's take a trip down memory lane

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29 h. ago Tom Grennan makes huge announcement hours before BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend set

Tom Grennan has shared some rather important news with his social media followers just before he's due to headline BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool

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34 h. ago Michelle de Kretser wins Stella prize for book that ‘expands our notions of what a novel can be’

The two-time Miles Franklin winner adds the $60,000 prize for women and nonbinary writers to her accolades, for a novel that troubles the line between fiction and memoirGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email“I wouldn’t say I set out to break forms, as to invent new ones,” Michelle de Kretser says of her novel Theory and Practice, winner of the $60,000 Stella prize for women and non-binary writers. “I wanted to write a novel where the reader thinks it isn’t a novel because I’m using nonfictional devices and forms.”Tricksy and sly, Theory and Practice – the Australian author’s eighth novel – troubles the line between fiction and memoir. It opens with several pages of another ostensibly unrelated novel that is abandoned in its early stages; the reader simply turns a page and is confronted with the line: “At that point, the novel I was writing stalled.” What comes after seems suspiciously like memoir – particularly to anyone vaguely familiar with de Kretser’s biography – following ...

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45 h. ago UK set for washout Bank Holiday weekend but it won't stop Brits doing one tradition

The weather doesn't look like it'll be playing ball this weekend, with heavy rain expected. But despite the setback, plenty of Brits will still be perservering with their BBQ

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51 h. ago Death Valley episodes, cast and how to watch as crime drama lands on BBC

The BBC's new crime drama Death Valley is set to launch this weekend

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52 h. ago Death Valley cast, episode count and trailer as it drops on BBC

The BBC's new murder mystery series Death Valley is set to premiere this weekend

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5 d. ago Met Office weather map shows huge wall of rain approaching UK from the Atlantic

The warm, sunny weather is set to come to an end this weekend

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7 d. ago Eurovision 2025 voting system explained as winning odds for Grand Final unveiled

Eurovision 2025 is in full swing, with the Grand Final set to take place this weekend.

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7 d. ago Ayrshire sports team making history by representing Scotland on the world stage

Ayrshire FootGolf Club are the current national champions - and are set to take on the best in the world this weekend

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8 d. ago Five big events happening in Manchester this weekend you may not know about

Manchester is set to be busy this weekend

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8 d. ago Outlander star to tie the knot this weekend ahead of welcoming first child

Nell Hudson is expecting her first child and is set to marry her partner Max this weekend.

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8 d. ago UK set to be hotter than Ibiza at weekend amid driest spring in over 100 years

As of Friday, 80.6mm of rain has been recorded for the UK this spring, nearly 20mm less than the record low for the full season of 100.7mm in 1852.

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8 d. ago Hackney Half 2025: 'Lime bike plan' and record demand as race reaches new hights

Set to be more than 60,000 people on race weekend involved in various capacities

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8 d. ago Hackney Half 2025: 'Lime bike plan' and record demand as race reaches new heights

Set to be more than 60,000 people on race weekend involved in various capacities

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