38 m. ago A Different Man’s Adam Pearson to star in new film of The Elephant Man

Pearson, who will be the first disabled actor to play the role in a film, said: ‘I can think of no greater honour than to tell the true story of Joseph Carey Merrick’Adam Pearson, the actor who appeared in Under the Skin and the Oscar-nominated A Different Man, is to play the lead role in a new adaptation of The Elephant Man.According to Variety, Pearson will play Joseph Merrick, whose physical disfigurement led to him becoming a freak show exhibit and then a notable figure in late Victorian London, in a film based on the celebrated play by Bernard Pomerance that became a hit in London and New York after premiering in 1977. Pomerance’s son Moby is writing the screenplay, and shooting is due to begin in 2026. Continue reading...

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56 m. ago Ruth Langsford forced to drop out of live TV appearance after being struck down with sickness

The Loose Women presenter, 65, debuted her QVC line back in 2017 and features on a two-hour telly slot every week.

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59 m. ago Man Utd set to secure wonderkid signing as Ruben Amorim closes in on first summer addition

Man Utd are close to completing their first summer transfer window signing, with 18-year-old wonderkid travelling to Manchester to finalise the deal

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63 m. ago Gardeners urged to leave one item in garden to help wildlife

As birds use lots of energy to build their nests and feed their young at this time of year, you can give them a much-needed helping hand this spring by leaving out one particular kitchen scrap

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64 m. ago Companies are rushing to ship goods into the US ahead of tariffs. It’s masking the economic cliff

The U.S. GDP shrank in the first quarter, reflecting the import surge

Economics

75 m. ago Faye Tozer to play historical Wild West figure in Dita Von Teese show

The singer said the role feels ’empowering’.

Culture

80 m. ago Why you might see a yellow helicopter flying low and slow over where you live in Wales

One of the helicopters was spotted flying over Swansea today - May 1 - and some people were wondering what it was doing. But you might see one over where you live soon

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85 m. ago Running influencer whose Tim Walz interview went viral faces intense backlash over Karoline Leavitt video

Kate Mackz is known for conducting interviews with celebrities and other well-known figures while running with them

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87 m. ago Channel migrant crossings in April more than DOUBLE same month last year, as 2025 small boat tally passes 11,000

Home Office figures published today showed there were 4,432 arrivals in April compared with 2,132 the same month last year, a 108 per cent increase.

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94 m. ago Donald Trump fires bungling Mike Waltz after notorious Signal group chat scandal

Waltz, a prominent figure in Trump’s national security team, came under fire earlier this year after inadvertently leaking sensitive discussions via a Signal group chat

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96 m. ago The surprising English counties battling a knife crime surge: Why two of the UK's most desirable places to live are plagued by Britain's epidemic of knife violence

EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of police figures shows other English and Welsh counties that saw the highest rise in knife offences from 2015/16 to 2023/24 are largely rural in character.

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1 hour ago Rita Ora astonished as Masked Singer’s Lucky Duck revealed as familiar face

Rita Ora was shocked as The Masked Singer's Lucky Duck was revealed to be someone very close to her.

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1 hour ago Shoppers in shock as masked figures drop from helicopters and storm building near Tesco

The abseilers were all masked and clad in black as they descended quickly from the two helicopters and into the building near Baguley in Greater Manchester

Events

2 h. ago Maya Jama's dating history including Drake DM while she was still with Stormzy

Maya Jama and Drake had been rumoured to be dating, with the chart-topping star said to have slid into her DMs whilst she was dating rapper Stormzy.

Events

2 h. ago Martin Dowey resigns as South Ayrshire Council leader with immediate effect on day of chaos at County Buildings

Dowey spoke out this afternoon as he announced his intention to stand down as leader with immediate effect.

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2 h. ago Andre Onana and three Man United players drop early team news hint ahead of Athletic Bilbao

Latest Manchester United news as Ruben Amorim prepares for his biggest game of his tenure in the Europa League semi-final

Sport

2 h. ago RFK Jr and health agency falsely claim MMR vaccine includes ‘aborted fetus debris’

Experts are alarmed as department says it will alter vaccine testing methods and build new ‘surveillance systems’Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and his department have made a series of misleading statements that alarmed vaccine experts and advocates in recent days – including that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine includes “aborted fetus debris”.Health department officials released statements saying they could alter vaccine testing and build new “surveillance systems” on Wednesday, both of which have unnerved experts who view new placebo testing as potentially unethical. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Football Daily | Is Lamine Yamal already the best male player on the planet?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!In a world of hyperbole, recency bias and superlatives that are more exhausted than Casemiro on a counterattack, it is still not a stretch to call Lamine Yamal the best male footballer on the planet. Some particularly cantankerous individuals in Madrid might object to that, and while their annual boycott of Football Daily’s Bank Holiday Barbecue continues to be a point of consternation across the footballing world, there is no denying that the Barcelona boy is bit special. We say boy, because that is legally what he is. Akin to mentioning Frank Lampard whenever anyone talks about Coventry City or helicopter rides whenever brings up Michael Owen, we are contractually obliged to remind you of Lamine Yamal’s age whenever we write about him. HE IS JUST 17, FOLKS.It’s easy to mock Ange Postecoglou as Spurs have had a difficult season and are 16th in the Premier League (scroll down). But at least he’s in the semi-finals of Bigger Vase and...

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2 h. ago Police close motorway between Scotland and England due to accident

The M74 has been closed in both directions at junction 21 near Kirkpatrick Fleming in Dumfries and Galloway.

Events

2 h. ago Tesco shoppers joke they want to 'call police' after spotting price of Reese's yoghurts

People have been left divided by a number of new products spotted by shoppers in Tesco recently - but some cannot get passed the price of a new Reese's dessert

Economics