57 m. ago Noel Fielding makes triumphant return to TV on The Great British Bake Off after he quit Dick Turpin series amid health woes

Noel Fielding returned to screens on The Great British Bake Off on Tuesday night for the first time since he quit Apple TV's Dick Turpin amid health woes.

Culture

60 m. ago Trump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama – live

The president declared Huntsville, Alabama, would ‘forever be known from this point forward as Rocket City’ in his first public appearance in several daysDonald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the Department of Defense”, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna plan to hold a news conference tomorrow with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse as the political fallout from the saga continues to engage Congress on several fronts. Continue reading...

Politics

67 m. ago Hobby Exhibition showcase returning to Coatbridge's Mackinnon Mills

Exhibitions will include remote-controlled cars, buggies, crawlers, boats, model railways, plastic modelling and aircraft.

Politics

87 m. ago Olivia Attwood's Bad Boyfriends series two cast in full and start date confirmed

Eight brand new couples are putting their relationship to the test as Olivia Attwood's Bad Boyfriends returns for a second series and fans don't have long to wait

Politics

1 hour ago Dame Prue Leith returns to Great British Bake Off 2025 after 'absence'

The 85-year-old star has returned to the Bake Off tent after viewers worried she had left the show for good

Politics

2 h. ago Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesCongress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories t...

Politics

2 h. ago Council leader urges calm in Epping protests as schools return

The Bell Hotel in Epping became the focal point of several demonstrations and counter-protests in recent weeks.

Politics

2 h. ago Stacey Dooley lands major new BBC series investigating online health hacks

The investigative presenter will sort fact from fiction when it comes to internet claims about miracle cures, fitness boosters and fat busters

Events

3 h. ago Margaret Atwood releases short story critiquing book bans in Canada

Author quipped she wrote ‘suitable’ piece after Alberta school ban included her novel The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret Atwood has released a new short story critiquing elected officials for a wide-ranging book ban in the Canadian province of Alberta. The controversial decision to remove books purportedly containing “explicit sexual content” has seen numerous works of literature swept up in the dragnet, including Atwood’s, dystopian work The Handmaid‘s Tale.In a social media post, Atwood wrote that since her famed work was no longer permissible in Alberta schools, she had written a “suitable” short work for teens, adding the work was necessary because the province’s minister of education thought students were “stupid babies”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Ted Lasso returns to UK to film new series after Keeley Hazell's bombshell claim

Ted Lasso stars Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham were spotted filming for the fourth series of the Apple TV+ series in Richmond this week

Events

4 h. ago ‘We are dying for no reason’: Israeli reservists face fresh call

Soldiers express doubts about Gaza conflict but few will refuse to fightTens of thousands of reservists in Israel will return to active service in the coming weeks amid an intense debate in their ranks over the war in Gaza, which reflects wider divisions in the country.Some will be forced to make their decision within days. The Israel Defense Forces began mobilising tens of thousands of reservists on Tuesday after calling up 60,000 for an expanded offensive in Gaza City, one of the few places in the devastated territory outside its control. More will be ordered to report to military bases if the fighting continues for many months, as analysts expect. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Bake Off's Paul Hollywood says 'I tend to shy away' as he confesses to personal 'struggle'

The baking extravaganza returns to our screens tonight, but one of its famous faces, Paul Hollywood, has given a rare glimpse into his personal difficulties once the cameras stop rolling

Politics

4 h. ago Bake Off judge Prue Leith 'went all cold' after Paul Hollywood fell silent in ordeal

Hours before the new Bake Off series returns to our screens, one of the show's judges, Prue Leith, admits still feeling mortified over a mistake she made years ago

Economics

4 h. ago Stressed out parents back to school fears revealed –from forgotten lunch to backpack

As children return to school, the stress of British parents rises as they contemplate forgetting the basics such as school lunch, uniform or even their kid's bag

Politics

4 h. ago Great British Bake Off star says 'I can't believe it' as they break silence on 'hardest secret'

The Great British Bake Off is set to return to our screens tonight and one of the bakers has issued an apology to fans as she broke her silence on the show.

Politics

4 h. ago Howard Stern delays return to SiriusXM amid show cancelation rumors

Stern will now return to his radio show September 8

Events

4 h. ago Portobello review – Marco Bellocchio’s glorious saga of TV stars, mafia prisoners and lace doilies

Venice film festivalIn the first two episodes of a six-part series, the stardom of 80s primetime host Enzo Tortora is cleverly crosscut with the scramble of a mob secretary who implicates him – and his parrot – in drug traffickingMarco Bellocchio, the tireless warhorse of Italian cinema, kicks up a swirling dust cloud of corruption with this fabulous, stranger-than-fiction account of an 80s TV star convicted of conspiring with the Camorra. Shot for the streaming service HBO Max, it is the director’s second historical miniseries after 2022’s Exterior Night, about the kidnapping of Aldo Moro, and features the same lead player in Fabrizio Gifuni, an actor who has surely cornered the market in playing glossy public figures whose lives are about to take a hellish turn. Bellocchio’s dramas typically inhabit this kind of shonky, venal moral universe. The ground is liable to drop away pretty much at any moment.Gifuni stars as Enzo Tortora, a primetime TV presenter in the twinkling Terry Wog...

Events

5 h. ago Parents accuse school of changing uniform rules just days before kids return

Parents of students who attend Dixons Brooklands Academy in Manchester were left stunned following an alleged uniform change just before the start of the new term

Politics

5 h. ago England bowled out for just 131 by South Africa on their return to ODI duty

Jamie Smith (54) top-scored as he continued his new role as opener but it was a solitary effort as the rest of the order toppled in timid fashion

Politics

5 h. ago Ted Lasso's back in Richmond! Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham return to London to shoot season four scenes weeks after kicking off filming in America

Ted Lasso is back home in Richmond, with the cast spotted shooting scenes for season four on Monday,

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