34 m. ago Jeffrey Wright calls backlash to The Batman role ‘so racist and stupid’

Actor hit back at fans who complained about his casting as James Gordon, saying the row was ‘absent’ of any logic

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41 m. ago Radiohead announce tour with four London dates as fans 'freak out' over first stage comeback in seven years

The English rock band have not played together onstage since 2018

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41 m. ago Residents angry over plans to build 'expensive' attraction on empty land

Local residents would prefer other leisure facilities to be brought to the area

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49 m. ago 'Riveting' war thriller with 'genius' Tom Hanks performance is streaming on BBC iPlayer

One of the best war movies of recent years is now available to watch completely free of charge

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50 m. ago Cheap, healthy, sustainable and delicious – why mussels are a no

Fans say they’re the perfect food. No wonder they’re having a moment on restaurant menus. But how hard is this shellfish to prepare at home?It might be that they’re cheap. It might be that they’re healthy. But, in all likelihood, it’s “because they are just delicious”, says seafood chef Mitch Tonks. Whatever the reason, mussels are having a moment. Where once moules meant marinière (the classic French dish with white wine and parsley), now you can find them skewered, popcorned, pickled, barbecued, and even breaded and served in a burger bun.Mussels are making waves not just along the coast of Britain but in restaurants and recipes across the land. And they are being greeted with growing excitement, too, because, unlike the majority of food that becomes a fad, creating spikes in demand that cannot help but damage a group of people or their environment, there are no downsides to going mad for mussels. Continue reading...

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59 m. ago Wetherspoons fans fume as Scottish £20 notes now banned inside England pubs

A pensioner was left red-faced after he was refused service in two Wetherspoon pubs in Newcastle – here's what you need to know about the new rules and why they were introduced

Economics

65 m. ago UK teens don't see film as viable career path for one key reason, study finds

A study of 500 young people in education aged 13 to 18 found that seven in ten would never consider a career in the film and TV industry

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68 m. ago SPFL creates new fund to help clubs improve matchday experience for young supporters

SPFL clubs can now apply for funding to help create a better matchday experience for younger fans as part of a new £50,000 pilot initiative funded by the SPFL to encourage positive supporter behaviour at matches.

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71 m. ago Emmerdale fans make same demand for return to 'save' Robert Sugden

Viewers are hopeful that Andy Sugden will make an appearance to fix his relationship with Robert

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75 m. ago Pretty market town with a bookshop cinema, endless coffee shops and country walks that's Wales' answer to Stars Hollow

If you're a Gilmore girls fan, this charming and bookish Welsh town has total Stars Hollow vibes

Economics

83 m. ago Coronation Street fans 'work out' pregnancy test riddle as Betsy Swain and Lily Platt 'ruled out'

Spoilers revealed what's to come next week in the ITV soap, with David Platt finding a positive pregnancy test

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94 m. ago Graham Linehan shares recording of arrest after cops hauled him away for 'joke' tweets

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan shared a lengthy audio recording of his arrest, which saw five armed police officers approach him after he landed at Heathrow Airport this week

Events

97 m. ago BBC EastEnders Joel Marshall star shares huge career news away from Walford

An EastEnders star has left fans floored by sharing news about their new career venture away from the Square

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97 m. ago Beauty fans rush to Boots as No7 beauty advent calendar with 'highest ever value' launches

Boots has launched two No7 beauty advent calendars full of anti-ageing products and makeup treats ahead of the festive season

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1 hour ago Sabrina Carpenter addresses 'fascinating' reaction to mixed reviews of new album Man's Best Friend

American popstar Sabrina Carpenter has revealed the thought process behind her raunchy new album Man's Best Friend - in the hopes to make her X-rated lyrics relatable to her fans

Culture

1 hour ago Olivia Attwood squirms as she's grilled as she admits regret on live TV with Pete Wicks

Olivia Attwood addressed her holiday with Pete Wicks when she joined him on a special edition of Loose Women but fans were quick to say it was an 'awkward' moment

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1 hour ago Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of

In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist and gamer on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real lifeThe game I’m most looking forward to right now is Big Walk, the latest title from House House, creators of the brilliant Untitled Goose Game. A cooperative multiplayer adventure where players are let loose to explore an open world, I’m interested to see what emergent gameplay comes out of it. Could Big Walk allow for a kind of community archaeology with friends? I certainly hope so.When games use environmental storytelling in their design – from the positioning of objects to audio recordings or graffiti – they invite players to role play as archaeologists. Game designer Ben Esposito infamously joked back in 2016 that environmental storytelling is the “art of placing skulls near a toilet” – which might have been a jab at the tropes of games like the Fallout series, but his quip demonstrates how archaeological gaming narratives can be. After all, the incongruity ...

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1 hour ago EastEnders' Max Murray surprises fans with major career update away from Joel Marshall role

EastEnders star Max Murray, who plays Joel Marshall on the BBC soap, has announced a huge career update away from the show

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1 hour ago Gogglebox fan favourite family flooded with support after emotional update on rarely seen mum

Gogglebox star Baasit Siddiqui has been sent kind messages from fans after sharing a rare update on his mother.

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2 h. ago Steve Irwin's daughter Bindi gobsmacks fans with huge 'life update'

Steve Irwins daughter Bindi Irwin shared a huge 'life update' with her fans on social media this week, and it's about to change everything for the young conservationist

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