14 h. ago Tragedy as man dies after New Year's Day swim at Brighton beach

The 51-year-old was recovered from the water after he was seen in trouble at about 10.30am west of Brighton Palace Pier

Events

15 h. ago Brighton Pier put up for sale as visitor numbers at 'national treasure' fall

Knight Frank has been appointed by Brighton Pier Group to handle the sale of the 127-year-old pier

Politics

17 h. ago Brighton Palace Pier up for sale as owner, and former Pizza Express boss, slashes value amid falling popularity of British seaside attractions

The seaside attraction, which opened in 1899, has been owned by Pizza Express entrepreneur Luke Johnson's Brighton Pier Group for the last decade.

Economics

17 h. ago Brighton Pier put up for sale after ‘difficult’ decline in tourism numbers

The 126-year-old structure will cost ‘many millions’ its current owners say

Politics

18 h. ago Brighton’s historic Palace Pier up for sale as tourist numbers fall

BPG hopes to find buyer for Grade II-listed structure by the summer after slump in profits and rising costsBrighton’s historic Palace Pier has been put up for sale after a decline in tourist numbers, a drop in profits and increase in costs in recent years.The leisure group that owns the 126-year-old structure, which has appeared in famous films including Brighton Rock and Quadrophenia, said it hoped to find a new owner by the summer. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The Traitors Claudia Winkleman officially lands her own chat show after leaving Strictly – as BBC reveals when it’ll air

AFTER stepping down from her co-hosting job on Strictly, Claudia Winkleman has landed her very own chat show. The beloved host of The Traitors, who is a household name and national treasure, 53, will begin hosting her own show in the spring. The BBC has today confirmed that the BAFTA award-winning television presenter will host...

Politics

4 d. ago The home of Robert Burns' Auld Lang Syne is a national treasure. We must not lose it

Auld Lang Syne is the closest thing the world has to a shared anthem. The farm steading where Robert Burns wrote it and scores of other poems and songs must be saved

Events

6 d. ago How Danny Dyer went from 'broke and desperate' to national treasure: 10 years ago his movie career was 'straight

Just 12 years ago Danny Dyer admitted he was 'broke and desperate', paying the bills with nightclub appearances when his movie career went 'straight-to-DVD'.

Politics

6 d. ago Kennedy Center president demands $1m from musician who canceled Christmas Eve show

Drummer Chuck Redd decided to cancel his yearly Jazz Jam after Donald Trump added his name to the venueThe president of the Kennedy Center has demanded $1m in damages and fiercely criticized a musician’s sudden decision to cancel a Christmas Eve performance at the venue days after the White House announced that Donald Trump’s name would be added to the facility.“Your decision to withdraw at the last moment – explicitly in response to the Center’s recent renaming, which honors President Trump’s extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure – is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,” the venue’s president, Richard Grenell, wrote in a letter to musician Chuck Redd that was shared with the Associated Press. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago National treasure stars in 'perfect' Christmas film hailed 'new favourite'

An Oscar Award-winning festive film has been labelled the "best Christmas movie ever".

Politics

1 week ago BBC has lost its mind with Christmas cull of radio national treasures

THERE’S nothing quite like Christmas for reminding us just how much music anchors the special times in our lives. We hear a tune and suddenly we’re back to the school disco where we got our first snog under the mistletoe. One bar of piano in, a TV ad dad is catapulted back to his clubbing...

Politics

1 week ago Scandals, grossly underpaid staff and a devastating cyber attack. Inside the nightmare at the British library

Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning

Events

2 w. ago The Guardian view on the rise of romantic fiction: finally getting the respect it deserves

Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella all changed the genre. A new generation of novelists are doing the same and sales are soaringAt last, the perception of popular fiction by women as “silly novels by lady novelists”, as George Eliot sniffily put it back in 1856, is changing. Next year, the British Book Awards will recognise romantic fiction for the first time. The recognition is long overdue.This welcome news came in the same week as the deaths of two doyennes of the form, Joanna Trollope and, at just 55, Sophie Kinsella, only a couple of months after the loss of national treasure Dame Jilly Cooper. Between them these publishing power houses produced more than 100 books, sold millions of copies, and inspired hit films and TV series, most recently last year’s star-studded adaptation of Cooper’s 1985 Riders. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago World Darts Championship crowd goes wild as ‘national treasure’ England cult hero makes surprise appearance

FANS were left stunned after spotting Premier League icon Peter Crouch in the crowd on day eight of the World Darts Championship. The 44-year-old was at Alexandra Palace for the evening session, with the likes of Michael van Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock in action. Follow ALL the latest from the 2025/26 World Darts Championship as...

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2 w. ago A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke audiobook review – an honest and hilarious memoir

The no-nonsense comic actor and author further cements her status as a national treasure with her trademark gobby one-linersA lot of terrible things happen to Kathy Burke in her memoir, though you won’t find her mired in self-pity. Burke was a toddler when her mother died from stomach cancer, meaning she has no memory of her. In the Islington council flat where she grew up, she shared a bedroom with her alcoholic dad who would give up booze only to fall off the wagon and, at his worst, became violent. When a stranger on the estate called her ugly in front of her friends, she cannily deflected the insult with laughter. “I’m the best dancer at the ugly bug ball though,” she hooted, and did a little dance.Burke would find her tribe on London’s punk scene and, in her teens, got the acting bug and a place at London’s Anna Scher Theatre school. This put her on the path to a brilliant and varied acting and writing career that saw her appearing in comedy sketches with Harry Enfield and Fren...

Politics

2 w. ago Pregnant at 61 or a mother aged three: why do movies love age

In Kate Winslet’s Goodbye June, Timothy Spall, 68, plays the father of Toni Collette, who is 53 – and pregnant. But those liberties are nothing compared with North by Northwest, The Manchurian Candidate or ThanksgivingTo be able to enjoy Kate Winslet’s new Christmas movie, Goodbye June, you have to be able to do a couple of things. First, if you’ve ever suffered any form of bereavement, you may have to approach it slowly, since the film is explicitly about the death of a parent. But the other thing you need to do is not Google the age of any of the cast.This is for good reason. The titular June is played by Dame Helen Mirren, and her husband is played by Timothy Spall. Fine actors and national treasures, the pair of them. However, Mirren is 80 years old, and Spall is 68. Again, this is fine. You have undoubtedly met couples with bigger age gaps than this, and in all probability they are perfectly happy together. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Timmy Mallett calls for 'national treasure' bridge to be restored after collapse

One span of the nearly 140-year-old Spey Viaduct collapsed into the River Spey yesterday and calls for it to be restored have followed.

Politics

2 w. ago Dame Judi Dench admits worries and says youth have 'marked lack of interest'

National treasure Dame Judi Dench has admitted she is concerned that social media is taking over, and believes that theatres could pay the price

Politics

3 w. ago Huge Nickelodeon star dead after Alzheimer's battle as tributes paid to 'national treasure'

Jim Ward, who lent his voice to many cartoons and video games in a career that spanned over 30 years, passed away on Wednesday, December 10

Events

3 w. ago US puts sanctions on network said to funnel Colombian mercenaries to Sudan

US treasury accuses Colombian nationals and companies of aiding the RSF, which has committed horrific war crimesThe United States has sanctioned four people and four companies accused of enlisting Colombian mercenaries to fight for and train a Sudanese paramilitary group accused by Washington of committing genocide.Announcing the sanctions on Tuesday, the US treasury said the network was largely composed of Colombian nationals and companies. Continue reading...

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