54 h. ago Educating Yorkshire review – the joyful return of this school show is just the blast of optimism we need

The comeback of Channel 4’s fly-on-the-wall series is perfectly timed. It’s a moving, uplifting look at how children can shine with support. What a tonic for all the bad news stories about education in BritainThe trailer for the new series of Educating Yorkshire is a work of art. Shot in one take and clocking in at more than three minutes, it was written and performed by the children of Thornhill community academy in Dewsbury – in collaboration with Dougal Wilson, the director of Paddington in Peru – and takes in a school band, percussionist dinner ladies and a child seemingly being fired out of a cannon from the roof. It’s sweet and funny, but it’s pointed, too, in style and content.This hasn’t been a great year for the public profile of British secondary schools. The national orgy of hand-wringing prompted by Netflix’s superb Adolescence has led to something approaching despair at the state of education, entrenching the perception that overstretched and under-resourced teachers ac...

Culture

3 d. ago Megadoc review – absorbing account of an impressive and indomitable Francis Ford Coppola at work

Venice film festivalMike Figgis’s valuable documentary shows how Coppola worked with actors on his $120m passion project MegalopolisWhen Francis Ford Coppola finally started work on his retrofuturist ancient Rome drama-parable Megalopolis (the self-funded passion project he had been nurturing for decades), he invited another director to be a fly on the wall and make a record of his work in progress. This was Mike Figgis, whose limber digital film-making skills were ideal for the task. The result is a thoroughly watchable, respectful, valuable and intimate account of a great film-maker at work – particularly rehearsing actors, a part of directing very rarely shown. (Coppola takes his cast through some wacky exploratory games, like an experimental theatre company.)It’s always impressive to see the indomitable Coppola in full rhetorical flow: holding forth, opining, schooling one and all on what happens when a film is made and how glorious it is to spend and even lose money in the serv...

Economics

7 d. ago Celtic's almighty Almaty inquest begins: board meeting fly on wall, epitome of fall and £20m transfer tale

Malnourished Scottish champions pay spectacular price for recruitment gamble

Economics

7 d. ago Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash's BBC show start date revealed as couple welcome new arrivals

Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash have confirmed the start date for the second series of their BBC fly-on-the-wall show as the family prepare to welcome new arrivals

Politics

7 d. ago Big Brother star shocks fans by revealing she's now a TRUCK driver

The former housemate took part in the fly-on-the-wall show all the way back in 2015 when it aired on Channel 5 and was presented by Emma Willis.

Events

7 d. ago Arsenal could finalise defender transfer in hours with imminent board meeting planned

Arsenal have a lot of work left to do in the transfer market ahead of next week’s deadline but the Gunners are closing in on a major cash boost that could open the door to more business

Sport

9 d. ago Senne Lammens to miss Antwerp game as Manchester United move draws near

Lammens to miss Pro League game against MechelenBelgian goalkeeper expected to join United for £17mSenne Lammens is set to miss Royal Antwerp’s match against Mechelen on Sunday due to his €20m (£17m) proposed transfer to Manchester United.The current plan is that the 23-year-old goalkeeper has been stood down from the 12.30pm (11.30am BST) Pro League fixture, with United expecting his move to become official imminently. Continue reading...

Sport

1 week ago Mom of besieged teenage trans athlete launches furious attack on critics as school meeting turns to chaos

On Thursday, parents turned up to speak at the Riverside Unified School District board meeting, with Hernandez's mother Nereyda Hernandez accusing one official of 'moral failure'.

Events

1 week ago Katie Price's 'devastating' feud with Peter Andre's doctor wife Emily exposed: Extraordinary rant and 'two

One scene from Princess Andre 's fly-on-the-wall documentary must have left even the most hardened, celebrity-weary cynic a little teary eyed.

Politics

1 week ago Loch Lomond park board boss facing probe over bullying claims

An investigation has been launched following a complaint made about elected board member Sid Perrie during a meeting of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority in June.

Politics

2 w. ago Starmer gives Ukraine update on board plane to US ahead of crunch Trump meeting

Sir Keir Starmer released a video message while flying to Washington, D.C., ahead of his planned meeting with Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Politics

2 w. ago Shocking cancer twist for family of glamorous bikini designer found dead on New York yacht after Irish family called for second post

The body of 33-year-old Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was found on board a ritzy Hamptons yacht last week after she had a meeting with an American insurance tycoon on August 4.

Events

2 w. ago Shock cancer twist for family of glamorous bikini designer found dead on New York yacht after Irish family called for second post

The body of 33-year-old Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra was found on board a ritzy Hamptons yacht last week after she had a meeting with an American insurance tycoon on August 4.

Events

3 w. ago I was branded 'the ugliest in the family' from nine years old

The rising star, 18, has landed her very own fly-on-the-wall show on ITV2 , which follows Princess as she becomes a celebrity in her own right.

Politics

3 w. ago Princess Andre reveals how she thought she'd be KILLED during 2018 carjacking as she speaks on ordeal for first time in ITV documentary

The 18-year-old star addressed the horrific ordeal during the second episode of her fly-on-the-wall ITV reality show.

Events

3 w. ago Princess Andre thought she'd be KILLED during 2018 carjacking

The 18-year-old star addressed the horrific ordeal during the second episode of her fly-on-the-wall ITV reality show.

Events

3 w. ago New £20m West Ham signing outlines two major targets after transfer unveiling

Mads Hermansen has arrived at West Ham in a £20million move after being one of the few Leicester City players to emerge with any credit from last season's Premier League nightmare, and he has two major targets in his sights

Economics

3 w. ago Bonnie Blue hit with hundreds of Ofcom complaints as viewers slam 'sick' documentary

Bonnie Blue's Channel 4 documentary was hit with thousands of Ofcom complaints after airing last week, with many fans left in shock at the fly-on-the-wall show

Events

4 w. ago Katie Price left feeling 'isolated and disregarded amid growing rift with daughter Princess and admits she feels like Brooklyn Beckham'

The former glamour model, 46, was banned from appearing on the 18-year-olds fly-on-the-wall ITV television series which aired this week.

Politics

4 w. ago Ben Doak hands Steve Clarke timely Scotland boost with Liverpool impact amid £20m transfer interest

Ex-Celtic teen on target in pre-season friendly against La Liga side

Economics