9 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother 2025: viewers label Mickey Rourke ‘major creep’ after leering over ITV host

Celebrity Big Brother star Mickey Rourke has already been called a “major creep” by fans 👁

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9 h. ago ITV Celebrity Big Brother first evicted housemate 'revealed' as fans all say same thing

Celebrity Big Brother viewers are predicting who could be leaving the famous house first, with one name standing out

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9 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother viewers 'work out' 2025 winner as they say 'I already know'

ITV1 viewers tuned in to watch hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best welcome a fresh batch of well-known faces to the Celebrity Big Brother house and some fans have already picked their winner

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9 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother 2025 winner 'revealed' after just one episode of ITV show

On Monday night, ITV viewers tuned in to watch hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best welcome a fresh batch of well-known faces to the Celebrity Big Brother house.

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9 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother viewers issue same complaint just minutes into 2025 launch show

AJ Odudu and Will Best welcomed a new bunch of Celebrity Big Brother housemates during the live launch show - but viewers were all left saying the same thing

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10 h. ago ITV Celebrity Big Brother launch sparks viewer backlash minutes into show

Celebrity Big Brother kicked off on Monday night and it seems viewers were left unimpressed just minutes into the show.

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10 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother viewers make same complaint just minutes into launch show

Celebrity Big Brother has officially kicked off its 2025 series, but it wasn't long before the reality show started rubbing some viewers the wrong way - and they made it known

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18 h. ago Olivier winner John Lithgow attacks Trump’s second presidency as ‘a disaster’ for US arts

Speaking after his best actor victory, Lithgow said Donald Trump’s administration ‘has done some shocking, destructive things’ especially its takeover of the Kennedy CenterThe actor John Lithgow has described Donald Trump’s second presidency as “a pure disaster” for the arts in the US. Lithgow, speaking after his best actor victory at the Olivier awards in London on Sunday, singled out Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center, Washington DC’s national institution for the performing arts. “Our administration has done some shocking, destructive things,” he said, “but the one that grieves me most is taking over the Kennedy Center.”The US president is now chair of the prestigious cultural complex (which was founded as a government-funded, bipartisan venue) and has installed new board members and a new interim leader, loyalist Ric Grenell. The board had been in the process of selecting a successor to outgoing leader Deborah Rutter, who in January announced her intention to step down after ...

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24 h. ago It’s heroic, hardy and less than a millimetre long: meet the 2025 invertebrate of the year | Patrick Barkham

Guardian readers around the world voted in the this year’s contest, celebrating our spineless, friendly neighbours. But which creature won?If you didn’t vote in the recent ballot, you missed out. Here was a vote where all 10 candidates were creative and morally upstanding, a vote unsullied by dubious lobbies, dodgy polls or demagogues. And if you’re seeking inspiration from a figure of strength who is also strangely cute then look no further than the winner of 2025: Milnesium tardigradum, a microscopic multisegmented animal that resembles a piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet.Thousands of Guardian readers around the world voted in the contest, which we invented to celebrate the overlooked, unsung heroes of our planet. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago The Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize 2025 – enter now!

The annual award for aspiring cartoonists – which now boasts its own evening event – offers the chance to be published in the Observer and win £1,000, with past winners landing book and film dealsThis year, we have decided to launch the annual Faber/Observer/Comica graphic short story prize with an event as well as an announcement: an evening that will hopefully be highly enjoyable for anyone who has followed the progress of the award, as well as helpful to those who might be thinking of entering this time around. On 9 April, then, come along to the Bindery in Hatton Garden, London, where a panel will discuss graphic novels in general and our prize in particular – tickets are still available. On stage will be last year’s brilliant judges, Luke Healy and Posy Simmonds, as well as Lesley Imgart, who won the 2024 prize for her charming, funny comic Witch Way?. The event will be chaired by me, and I hope to see you there.But back to the details of 2025. As ever, the winner of the prize ...

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62 h. ago The tragic story behind Grand National 2025 winner Nick Rockett

Owner Stewart Andrew paid tribute to his late wife following their Grand National win

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63 h. ago Grand National 2025 winner: Nick Rockett storms to dramatic victory

Nick Rockett came away victorious in the Grand National 2025 at Aintree in the hotly contested showpiece event of the three-day festival, beating competition from last year's winner I am Maximus

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67 h. ago Ruby Walsh and AP McCoy in disagreement on ITV as stars pick out Grand National 2025 winner

Racing legends Ruby Walsh and AP McCoy have revealed their top four for the 2025 Grand National but the iconic due have not seen eye-to-eye when it comes to their favoured picks

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69 h. ago Grand National 2025 prize money and how much the winner recieves

The world's most famous horse race takes place this weekend

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3 d. ago Aintree Grand National 2025 winner predicted by psychic as she reveals 'luckiest' colours

EXCLUSIVE: One psychic looked closely at her cards and consulted them to see which horse will take the glory at the biggest horse race in the world – The Randox Grand National at Aintree

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3 d. ago Grand National 2025 super computer has found the winner as favourite flops

The 2025 Grand National is here and millions of punters are trying to decide which horse to put their money on.

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4 d. ago Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025

Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisisVoting is now open! Vote for your favourite here“We are following the ‘invertebrate of the year’ series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in the Guardian’s inbox last week.Mark Blaxter leads the Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life programme, a project that sequences species’ DNA to understand the diversity and origins of life on Earth. But far more importantly, Blaxter and his team are superfans of our invertebrate of the year competition and have offered to map the genome sequence of whoever wins this year. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Scotland's emerging culinary talent crowned in Knorr Scottish Student of the Year competition

Nahui Keiss from Forth Valley College has been announced as the winner of Knorr Professional’s Scottish Student of the Year Competition 2025.

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5 d. ago Grand National 2025: Aintree day one tips including Cheltenham winner Lossiemouth

Daily Star Sport's chief tipster and racing expert Jason Heavey offers his race-by-race guide to day one of the Grand National meeting at Aintree on Thursday

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7 d. ago Miami Open winner Jakub Mensik tried to withdraw but referee was out for lunch

Czech won first title but nearly pulled out of openerPhysio visit led to him denying Novak Djokovic in finalJakub Mensik claimed the first title of his career with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) win over Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s Miami Open final, but the Czech teenager revealed he had nearly pulled out of the tournament due to inflammation in his right knee.Shortly before his opener against Roberto Bautista Agut, the 19-year-old was on his way to the referee’s room to announce his withdrawal, but found that the official was out for lunch and he visited the physio’s room instead. Continue reading...

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