55 m. ago ‘I said goodbye to Heath Ledger at this urinal’: a stroll round Terry Gilliam’s pivotal places

The studio where he crashed the Life of Brian spaceship, the stage where he put on a Faust that caused fights, the pub where he last spoke to Heath Ledger the ex-Python takes a hilarious and evocative stroll down memory laneDown an alley in Covent Garden, on a building that was once a banana warehouse, there is a blue plaque. “Monty Python, Film Maker, Lived Here, 1976-1987,” reads the inscription. It’s easy to miss: the plaque is not at eye level as they normally are, but up on the first floor, almost as if the blue plaque committee lost confidence in their uncharacteristic joke. Or perhaps John Cleese put it up.Terry Gilliam arrives. I like his jacket. It looks like it’s been stitched together from bits of blankets. “Me too,” he says. “I got it 30 years ago in a secondhand store in New York.” We’re going to wander around London, revisiting places that have played significant parts in his career, as he approaches his 85th birthday. Continue reading...

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56 m. ago UK households with gardens urged to help hedgehogs as 'last few left'

There are now fewer than one million hedgehogs in the UK - a steep decline from the 30 million in the 1950s

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5 h. ago Why so many GPs are prescribing insomnia drugs that end up making sleep WORSE: They carry a risk of crippling side

For 36-year-old Luke Pomfret, a visit to the GP after months of sleepless nights was meant to be a simple solution. Instead, he believes it has changed the course of his life.

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5 h. ago Furious Kenny Loggins demands Trump REMOVE 'unauthorized' Top Gun hit Danger Zone from wild AI clip

No Kings demonstrations were attended by millions across the country on October 18, to voice their opposition to Trump and his administration.

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5 h. ago Hamas hands over another hostage body who was kidnapped and killed on October 7 amid mounting tensions over ceasefire

HAMAS has handed back the body of another Israeli hostage who died defending his home. Tal Haimi, 41, was killed by Hamas outside his kibbutz on October 7, and his body was bundled into Gaza. He and other members of the rapid response team battled Hamas terrorists at the entrance, but he was ultimately shot...

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5 h. ago Horoscope today, October 21 2025: Daily star sign guide from Mystic Meg

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column is being kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes. Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. ♈ ARIES March 21 to April 20 The new moon energises partnerships, from love to work, and you can find fresh...

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8 h. ago Lottery results LIVE: National Lottery Set For Life draw tonight, October 20, 2025

THE National Lottery Set For Life numbers are in and it's time to find out if you've won the top prize of £10,000 every month for 30 years. Could tonight's jackpot see you start ticking off that bucket list every month or building your own start-up as a budding entrepreneur? You can find out by...

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9 h. ago Is Netflix down in the UK? Service latest amid widespread outages on October 20

Netflix is ‘down’ for a number of users amid the global internet outages on October 20 🚨📺

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10 h. ago Arsenal make call on extra security for rival boss following row with fan

Diego Simeone clashed with a Liverpool fan during Atletico Madrid's previous visit to England and Arsenal have made a decision on whether to beef up their security ahead of Tuesday's game

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11 h. ago The Guardian view on Ukraine peace talks: Europe must ensure Zelenskyy can resist Trump’s bullying | Editorial

The US president’s attempts to broker a deal fail to distinguish between the aggressor and the victim. No just agreement is possible on that basisIt wasn’t quite the calamity of February, when Volodymyr Zelenskyy was publicly humiliated in the Oval Office by Donald Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance. But the Ukrainian president’s latest visit to the White House on Friday was, by all accounts, a disquieting experience. Mr Trump’s public musings before the meeting suggested that his stance had hardened towards Vladimir Putin, to the strategically significant extent of being willing to sell long-range Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv. But by the time Mr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington, the US president had changed his mind, instead lecturing his guest on the need to make territorial concessions to Russia.So far, so familiar. Since being re-elected, Mr Trump has repeatedly resiled from following up tough talk on Russia with meaningful action. Faux deadlines for Mr Putin to make substa...

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11 h. ago Jewish GP who angrily told colleague 'Typical of you Muslims to gaslight' during online row sparked by October 7 attacks fights for her career

Dr Cindy Cohen, who practises in North London , was enraged after Dr Roghieh Dehghan Zaklaki invited members of their medical WhatsApp group to a pro-Palestinian rally.

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11 h. ago King Charles says Britain needs to 'deradicalise' people from the 'ghastliness of social media' as he visits Manchester synagogue after terror attack

Charles joined police officers, fire officers and ambulance staff at the Greater Manchester Police headquarters to thank them for their response to the October 2 stabbings and hear about their work.

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12 h. ago Rutherglen mosque held open day to learn, share and connect with community

The town’s Minhaj ul Quran mosque hosted the event on October 11.

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12 h. ago Awkward flirting, 4am breakdowns and a last kiss: David Eldridge on a decade of writing about love

Beginning, Middle and End form a trilogy charting the ups and downs of different relationships. Audiences have taken them to their heart – one couple saw the first play on a date, got married and had its title engraved on their ringsIt’s October 2017 and I’m sitting at the National Theatre, notebook open and pen poised, waiting for the third preview of my play Beginning to begin. The first previews had flown and I felt relaxed, enjoying the preshow music and its house party vibes. But instead of the play’s two characters, Laura and Danny, awkwardly flirting in her north London flat, I found myself imagining a couple 10 years older, in a big house in Essex. A relationship at breaking point. Middle. Fuck, I thought, and pushed the thought away as the show started.Eight years on and the final play of my trilogy, End, is in rehearsal at the National Theatre, with Saskia Reeves and Clive Owen playing a couple knocking 60. The three plays aren’t linked narratively as I wanted audiences to...

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12 h. ago Boy, 16, hospitalised after brutal daylight attack by two youths in Scots street

POLICE are investigating after a teenage boy was attacked in broad daylight. The incident happened on Pentland View Park in Edinburgh on October 14. Around 3.30pm, a 16-year-old boy was approached by two other male youths who seriously assaulted him. The lad was rushed to hospital for treatment and fortunately his injuries are not believed...

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12 h. ago Beatrice shows the strain on visit to her father Andrew in Windsor's Royal Lodge as he hunkers down after losing titles and facing Met probe

Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson are holed up in their grand grace-and-favour Royal Lodge as Virginia Giuffre's bombshell book hit the shelves 24 hours early.

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12 h. ago Asylum seeker accused of killing hotel worker silent in police interview – court

Deng Chol Majek denies murdering Rhiannon Skye Whyte who was stabbed at a railway station in October last year.

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12 h. ago UK snow: Exactly where faces mega snowfall as mercury plunges to freezing

Some parts of the UK could experience snowfall this week as temperatures plunge - and weather maps show which areas are set to be blanketed before the end of October

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12 h. ago Zelenskyy to attend Coalition of the Willing meeting in London on 24 October

Zelenskyy to attend Coalition of the Willing meeting in London on 24 October  Українська правда

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12 h. ago Are Battlefield 6 servers down right now? EA hit by outages as players get error messages

Battlefield 6 players are being hit by error messages this evening 😨🚨

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