7 h. ago Joel Dommett braced for outcry if Gary Lineker beats Ant and Dec to win NTA gong

Joel Dommett has revealed he is braced for drama if Gary Lineker beats Ant and Dec at the National Television Awards on Wednesday. The host thinks there would be a big reaction if the duo's 23-year run came to an end

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10 h. ago Jofra Archer stars as England power to record ODI win against South Africa

3rd ODI: England, 414-5, bt South Africa, 72, by 342 runsJacob Bethell and Joe Root score centuries to set up rout What even was this? What does any of it mean? In an extraordinary, bewildering, borderline nonsensical game, England romped to their fifth-highest total of all time before they skittled South Africa for their second-lowest to win by the largest margin in the history of the format – the teams divided in the end by 342 runs.For the home side this was every bit as ecstatic as the grizzly defeat in the series opener had been miserable, as centuries from Jacob Bethell – the very first of his career – and Joe Root – not his – helped England to post 414 for five, and were followed by a magnificent display with the ball from Jofra Archer as South Africa lost all nine wickets – their captain, Temba Bavuma, unable to bat because of a calf strain – for just 72. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago EastEnders boss teases huge Autumn storylines with 'wedding bells' and 'plenty of drama'

EastEnders boss Ben Wadey has teased what's to come on the BBC soap in the coming months, with several families taking centre stage in the drama

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42 h. ago Gregg Wallace's replacement on MasterChef: The Professionals announced

Gregg Wallace's replacement on MasterChef: The Professionals has been announced after Wallace was sacked from the BBC show earlier this year following an independent review

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60 h. ago ‘Humanity is facing a reckoning’: Venice shrugs off the glamour to take aim at politics

Stars waved as usual from the city’s water taxis, but there was a repeated focus on films that help audiences interpret a chaotic worldFor most of its 82 years, Venice has been perceived as the world’s most glamorous film festival. This year was no exception: stars including Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law and George Clooney dutifully waved from canals and trooped down red carpets (although Law tripped while on a water taxi and Clooney got ill).But the films themselves struck a different note. Jury president Alexander Payne may have rebutted questions about current affairs during his opening press conference, declaring himself concerned only with discussing cinema, but cinema at Venice this year was concerned largely, it turned out, with discussing current events. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago BBC EastEnders boss reveals what happens next after Zoe and Max relationship bombshell

EastEnders has dropped a huge bombshell about two of the soap's most iconic characters, Max Branning and Zoe Slater, and boss Ben Wadey has teased what's to come

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3 d. ago Prankster 'hid phone to play sex noises' in Parliament like on Match of the Day

The joke was foiled when the mobile phone was discovered planted near the front bench in the House of Commons during a security sweep ahead of Prime Minister's Questions

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3 d. ago London Pride boss under investigation for alleged misuse of funds

London Pride boss under investigation for alleged misuse of funds  BBC

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3 d. ago Theo Walcott takes aim at Gabriel Martinelli as Arsenal's £20m price difference emerges

Theo Walcott has been critical of Gabriel Martinelli's failure to make the most of his opportunities in Arsenal's loss at Liverpool with the Gunners open to selling the Brazilian

Economics

4 d. ago Michael Owen takes aim at Harry Kane for 'nuts' career decision

Michael Owen has spoken about England captain Harry Kane's decision to move to the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, despite Kane winning his first league title with the club

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4 d. ago JENNI MURRAY: The first time I was sexually assaulted I was just 14. Then, in my 20s, my boss grabbed my genitals. I thought the BBC would be different... but this happened

Funny how, as you get older, you look back on your life through a different lens - only to realise how awful some of the things you shrugged off at the time really were.

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4 d. ago BoE chief Andrew Bailey takes aim at Donald Trump's 'dangerous' attacks on independence of US Federal Reserve

Andrew Bailey said pressure being put on the central bank in America was a 'very serious situation'.

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4 d. ago Major BBC Match of the Day pundit loses £5m fortune as he admits 'shame'

The former international has spoken candidly about losing an eye-watering sum of money

Economics

4 d. ago Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker agree there are alarm bells over Man Utd deadline day deal

Senne Lammens was a surprise deadline-day signing for Manchester United, and the goalkeeper's arrival has left Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer unsure over his credentials

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4 d. ago Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker in agreement with concerns about Man United's Senne Lammens

Manchester United brought in Senne Lammens from Royal Antwerp on deadline day to address issues posed by Andre Onana and Altay Bayindir in goal, but Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer aren't sold on the Beligan

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4 d. ago Match of the Day pundit loses £5MILLION from 'financial abuse' and opens up on 'shame and embarrassment'

Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy has admitted that he has lost up to £5million due to 'financial abuse' from investments made during his football career.

Economics

4 d. ago Marc Guehi advised by Gary Lineker on next course of action after failed Liverpool move

Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi has important decisions to make over his future after his £35million transfer to Liverpool fell through in the final hours of transfer deadline day

Events

4 d. ago Eberechi Eze decision raises Alan Shearer eyebrow as Ian Wright also questions Mikel Arteta

Eberechi Eze was on the substitutes bench for Arsenal's clash with Liverpool on Sunday, leaving Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker at odds over Mikel Arteta not playing the new signing from the start

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5 d. ago Trump orders end union protections for 450,000 federal workers in ‘largest union busting in American history’

Legal battles take aim at the president’s executive orders ripping up collective bargaining agreements for federal workers

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5 d. ago Newsom takes aim at ‘Karolyin’’ Leavitt with Hunger Games meme as trolling continues

California governor likens White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to Effie Trinket in latest social media spoof of Trump administration

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