85 m. ago When is the BRIT Awards 2025, how to watch, who is nominated and performing

Here is everything you need to know about the 2025 Brit Awards

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2 h. ago Charli XCX crowned songwriter of the year ahead of Brit Awards

The English singer, who leads this year’s nominations with five nods, has been recognised for the global impact of her critically acclaimed album Brat

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4 h. ago BRITs 2025: Charli XCX receives Songwriter of the Year award ahead of this year’s ceremony

The win comes 24 hours after her producer, A.G Cook, earned Producer of the Year at the BRITs 🎶🎤🏆

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13 h. ago BRIT Awards 2025: Charli xcx is awarded the Songwriter Of The Year prize after receiving the most nominations across five categories

After receiving a record a record number of nominations, the hitmaker will be in attendance at Saturday's ceremony in London's O2 Arena.

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14 h. ago BRIT Awards 2025 announce winner of Songwriter of the Year as fans say star was 'robbed'

The BRITs Songwriter of the Year award which recognises exceptional songwriting talent in the industry has been revealed - but fans say one artist was 'robbed'

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18 h. ago Taliban says ‘misunderstanding’ led to arrest of British couple in Afghanistan

After an evaluation a Taliban spokesperson said Peter and Barbie Reynolds would be released as soon as possibleA British couple were arrested in Afghanistan due to a “misunderstanding” that they had fake Afghan passports, the Taliban said on Tuesday.Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, were detained by the Taliban’s interior ministry on 1 February while returning to their home in the central province of Bamiyan. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Bitcoin slides below $90,000 amid crypto selloff; Tesla sales almost halve across Europe – business live

Bitcoin has tumbled below $90,000 to hit the lowest since mid-November, as rising volatility hits crypto marketFull story: Tesla sales almost halve in Europe as Musk faces criticism over Trump tiesSeveral UK charities are warning that this morning’s rise in the energy price cap (which covers England, Wales and Scotland) will hurt struggling householdssThe Centre for Ageing Better is concerned that millions of older people already struggling on low incomes will be put into even greater difficulty with increasing energy costs, having already lost their winter fuel payments last year.“It is so dispiriting to learn that bill payers must brace for another substantial increase to energy prices from April. For those living on the breadline, desperately struggling to meet the basic costs of everyday living, this will be heartbreaking news.There are millions of older people who no longer qualify for winter fuel payments who live on paltry incomes that do not even cover the basics of a dignif...

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30 h. ago Brit Awards 2025: When are they on, presenters and live performances

From Sam Fender to Sabrina Carpenter, here is everything you need to know about the Brits - the annual celebration of the best music

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31 h. ago Britain’s insistence on total Ukrainian victory was misguided – it’s time for a realistic compromise | Robert Skidelsky

By refusing to back negotiations for the past three years, the UK has become irrelevant to the search for peace – we must change courseOn the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, British policy towards the war is in a mess. The continuing official British position, echoed by all the main media, has been “no peace without a Ukraine victory” – meaning, centrally, the expulsion of Russia from all territories seized since 2014. President Trump’s active search for a compromise peace tears up this script.When a long, consistently pursued policy ends in a shambles, it is time to reflect on what was right and what was wrong about it, and what might still be done to reinsert Britain into a process to which it has become largely irrelevant.Robert Skidelsky is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and author of Keynes: the Return of the Master and co-author of How Much Is Enough? Continue reading...

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45 h. ago British Pie Week 2025: London's best, from The Marksman to Sweetings

Who ate all the pies? You, after reading this

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47 h. ago F1 news LIVE: Mercedes unveil 2025 car as Verstappen speaks out after British boos

Follow live updates as the Silver Arrows unveil the W16 ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Wednesday

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51 h. ago F1 news LIVE: Mercedes set to unveil 2025 car as Verstappen speaks out after British boos

Follow live updates as the Silver Arrows unveil the W16 ahead of pre-season testing in Bahrain on Wednesday

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68 h. ago British couple in their 70s arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained in Bamiyan provice for ‘teaching mothers parenting with children’The Taliban have arrested a British couple in their 70s for “teaching mothers parenting with children”.Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife, Barbie, 75, were detained when returning to their home in the Bamiyan province on 1 February. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Britain's Got Talent Golden Buzzer explained and acts revealed including Will Burns

Britain's Got Talent 2025 kicked off on Saturday night with new auditions and the first Golden Buzzer acts of the series, so what does it mean for the show and those who secure one?

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3 d. ago ‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another

Archaeologist believes his ‘find of the century’ – of Pharaoh Thutmose II – could be surpassed by ongoing excavationTo uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the stuff of dreams.Last week British archaeologist Piers Litherland announced the find of the century – the first discovery of a rock-cut pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt since Tutankhamun’s in 1922. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Britain’s Got Talent 2025: where are the auditions filmed? Venue explained

This is where the Britain’s Got Talent auditions were filmed 👀

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4 d. ago Britain’s Got Talent 2025: why is Bruno Tonioli missing from some auditions? Reasons explained

Britain’s Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli is missing from some auditions 👀

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4 d. ago Britain's Got Talent 2025 start date, time and judges as series returns

Britain's Got Talent is returning to our screens this weekend for the first episode of season 18 - here's everything you need to know about the series including the start time and judges

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4 d. ago Time is running out for England's and Scotland’s Lions hopefuls to state their case | Ugo Monye

All the way across the field there are mouthwatering head-to-heads with players pushing for the tour to AustraliaFor British & Irish Lions hopefuls, time is running out. Three Test matches left to stake their claim, to catch Andy Farrell’s eye and book a place on the plane. Farrell is due to be at Twickenham on Saturday and he will be analysing everything. As a player that’s precisely where you want to be.At this stage of the Six Nations, England against Scotland feels all the more pivotal for Lions hopefuls. We can safely say that there will be a large Ireland contingent and, unless something dramatic happens in the coming weeks, a relatively small group of Wales players. That congested middle is full of England and Scotland players and that makes Saturday’s match all the more mouthwatering. Continue reading...

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