9 h. ago Gray ‘disappointed’ Commonwealth Games will not be shown on free

TNT Sports has been named as the live broadcaster for the event in Glasgow next summer.

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15 h. ago Finally, Labour is finding its nerve and getting Britain’s bad Brexit deal undone | Polly Toynbee

Rejoining Erasmus should just be a first step – as the economic evidence piles up, the need for closer ties with Europe could not be clearerMonth by month, Labour is bringing us closer to Europe. This week, the UK announced it is rejoining the Erasmus+ youth exchange programme. This will open the door beyond the many young people who attend university – its remit includes FE students, apprentices, and youth and school groups. A whoop of excitement greeted the announcement, with opportunities for those involved in education, training, culture and sport, and a commitment to maximise take-up by disadvantaged young people. Widening experience, encouraging adventure: Erasmus+ may help cure Britain’s monolingual handicap and the catastrophic decline in language courses. Last year in the UK, less than 3% of A-levels were in languages.This all eludes Europhobes such as Andrew Neil, who posted on X that “extra taxes now being inflicted on working people will be used to finance some ‘study’ i...

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30 h. ago Elle Duncan leaves ESPN for Netflix, will host sports and cultural live events

Elle Duncan has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to host sports and cultural live events

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30 h. ago Video: Watch Cynthia Erivo Perform 'No Good Deed' Live at London Event

Video: Watch Cynthia Erivo Perform 'No Good Deed' Live at London Event  BroadwayWorld.com

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36 h. ago Why tonight’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year could ignite the culture war

Comment: After the year of his life, the award should go to Rory McIlroy – though it does not make it a scandal if the public decides to crown someone else

Events

38 h. ago How many big names have paid the price for being linked to Jeffrey Epstein? Fewer than you might think | Emma Brockes

Remarkably, most of the men connected to the convicted sex offender have barely experienced any fallout. That says as much as the scandal itselfA couple of weeks ago, the annual DealBook Summit got under way in New York. It’s a series of public talks billed as conversations with “the world’s most consequential people”, and is part of that circuit of live events in which the worst people on Earth gather on stage to address the second-worst people on Earth, their paying audience. Hosted by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the conference was a characteristically starry affair, but in a lineup that included Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, and “changemaker” Halle Berry, it was Ehud Barak, the former prime minister of Israel and a former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who really caught the eye.My first thought about Barak’s appearance was: Larry Summers must be spitting. Summers, the former president of Harvard and another Epstein associate, was very much not...

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53 h. ago London Horse Show LIVE: Follow live coverage of the Puissance event from London Horse Show

London Horse Show LIVE: Follow live coverage of the Puissance event from London Horse Show  BBC

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5 d. ago ‘We stand with you’: Jewish leaders around world respond to Bondi beach attack

Communities express shock and solidarity after at least 12 people killed in Sydney at event marking start of HanukahBondi beach shooting: live updatesWhat we know so far about the attackJewish communities across the world have reacted with shock, sadness and solidarity after what Australia’s prime minister described as a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians” at Bondi beach in Sydney.On Sunday, as hundreds of people were gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukah, the Jewish festival of lights, at least two individuals armed with guns began firing on crowds on the beach. At least 11 people were killed and 29 injured in what police designated as a terrorist attack. One of the alleged gunman was also killed, bringing the total number of dead to 12. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago John Cena's final match: UK start time for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, live stream, card and results today

John Cena wrestles his final WWE match in Washington, D.C. tonight

Sport

7 d. ago Royal Family LIVE: Disgraced Andrew and Fergie to attend major event as royals gather

Princess Beatrice is believed to be having her daughter Athena christened today at St James Palace in London with her disgraced parents Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson looking set to attend

Society

8 d. ago John Cena's final match: UK start time for WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event, live stream, card and results

The last time is this weekend as John Cena wrestles his final WWE match

Sport

9 d. ago The Spin | From jaffas to the corridor of uncertainty – revel in cricket’s rich language of bowling

The act of bowling is simple, the vocabulary used to describe it reflects the difficulty in pinning down its artistry and craftEvery act in cricket’s history has begun with a bowler delivering a ball to a batter 22 yards away. Delivering. Like a postman delivers a council tax bill. Like a waiter delivers a round of drinks. Of all the verbs used to describe the bowling of a ball, this one speaks to the deep-seated cultural inequity that has plagued this sport since its inception.“If there was ever a word that proves we live in a batter’s world, this is it,” says Steve Harmison, the fearsome fast bowler turned commentator who delivered 16,313 balls for England across eight years. “But not every delivery is the same. Some come gift-wrapped like a present at Christmas. Some can jump up and smack you in the face.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago BBC chairman Samir Shah says Tim Davie had board’s ‘unanimous’ support

In a letter in response to a Culture, Media And Sport Committee evidence session, he said Mr Davie had been an ‘outstanding’ director-general.

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2 w. ago Composer Craig Armstrong: "I don’t think anybody realised the impact the film Love Actually would have"

Glasgow composer Craig Armstrong will release his new work Pacific on 5 December 2025 via CMA Records. Written for piano, cello, and electronics, the three-movement piece was originally commissioned in December 2024 by Christian Kellersman, a pioneering figure in contemporary classical and jazz music, for his new live event series Berlin Confidential, co-curated with Alexander Szlovák.

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2 w. ago Sports Personality of the Year 2025 Shortlist: SPOTY date, presenters, watch, favourites

One of the biggest awards in British sport will be presented later this month - and some of the nominees have now been revealed.

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2 w. ago Mr Mercedes cast in full from Nobody Wants This star to Harry Potter legend

Stephen King's Mr Mercedes has been added to Netflix with the thriller series starring a host of big names including Succession and The Crown stars.

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2 w. ago German president and wife thank King and Queen for ‘unbelievable’ state banquet

The Windsor Castle banquet featured many representatives from Germany’s business, cultural and sporting contributors to UK life.

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2 w. ago Thursday news quiz: final curtain calls and fiendish questions

25 questions on notable pop culture, sporting and public figures we lost this year. How will you fare?Something a little different this week. As the year draws to a close, the Thursday quiz pauses to pay tribute to some of the notable pop culture, sporting and public figures we lost over the past 12 months, with the annual in memoriam edition. No prizes, except the chance to remember the joy they (mostly) gave us – via the medium of trying to recall obscure trivia about them. Let us know how you get on in the comments. Allons-y!The Thursday news quiz, No 226 – annual in memoriam edition Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bathgate & Linlithgow MP welcomes UK Government clampdown on ticket touts

The Labour Government plans to make it illegal for tickets to concerts, theatre, comedy, sport and other live events to be resold for more than their original cost.

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2 w. ago Gary Lineker 'signs mega money deal' to compete against BBC World Cup 2026 coverage

Gary Lineker has reportedly signed a deal with Netflix to host The Rest Is Football podcast at next summer's World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico

Economics