41 h. ago Gavin and Stacey star donating unique piece of history from finale

The 57-year-old actor - who played Peter Sutcliffe in the BBC One sitcom from 2007 until 2024 - wanted to celebrate his appointment as patron of the homelessness charity DENS by giving people a chance to nab pieces of TV history

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8 d. ago Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page writing life story in pub car park while eating choc

Her book will follow Page from her childhood in a small village near Swansea to graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - and landing the plum role as Stacey

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8 d. ago Gary Clarke Company: Detention review – horror and humour in stand against Section 28

The Place, London The Yorkshire-born dance artist concludes his social historical trilogy on the Thatcher era by celebrating resistance to homophobiaGary Clarke grew up in a Yorkshire mining village in the 1980s and 90s, and the scars left by Margaret Thatcher’s government (and her Tory successors) have informed an impressive dance theatre trilogy that lies somewhere between social history project and cri de coeur. Detention is the final part of the trilogy that began with Coal, looking at the mining industry, followed by Wasteland, about the nascent rave culture that sucked in disaffected youth in the midst of those mines’ closures. Detention focuses on the Section 28 legislation brought in in 1988, forbidding the “promotion” of homosexuality. This is the backdrop against which Clarke, and every other young gay man and woman at that time grew up. We see dehumanising political speeches, the bullying, the self-hatred; the bleakness is tangible.Yet while Detention is about the effects...

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1 week ago Simone Inzaghi leaves Inter Milan following historic Champions League final demolition

Inzaghi leaves after his side suffered the worst final defeat in Champions League history

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1 week ago Gavin & Stacey star on Doctor Who's 'disgraceful' regeneration

Many have shared their thoughts on the regeneration, including Doctor Who fan and actor Robert Wilfort

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1 week ago Larry Lamb riled infamous Great Train Robbery crook Ronnie Biggs over portrayal

The Gavin and Stacey star played two different robbers in separate movies about the famous 1963 heist and Ronnie Biggs wasn’t a fan of his role in Slip-Up

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2 w. ago Relentless Pacers overrun Knicks to set up NBA finals showdown with Thunder

Siakam scores 31 as Pacers reach second NBA finalsPacers’ 9-0 run after half sparks Game 6 knockoutKnicks commit 17 turnovers, fall short of comebackPascal Siakam scored 31 points, Tyrese Haliburton had 21 points and 13 assists, and the Indiana Pacers pulled away for a 125-108 victory over the New York Knicks in Game 6 on Saturday night to reach the NBA finals for the second time in franchise history.Obi Toppin added 18 points and six rebounds against his former team as the gold-clad crowd gave the starters a roaring ovation when they departed with 47.2 seconds left. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago PSG fans bring Luis Enrique to tears with beautiful tribute to late daughter Xana

Paris Saint Germain made history in the Champions League final with victory against Inter Milan and fans then unveiled a classy tribute to Luis Enrique's late daughter, Xana

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2 w. ago Meet the stunning Champions League final WAGs as Inter and PSG chase history

Inter Milan and PSG clash in the Champions League final on Saturday and the occasion is sure to bring extra glam from the stands as their stunning WAGs prepare to go through it all with their beaus

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2 w. ago Born in the eighties: Inter Milan’s veterans have final chance to write Champions League history

Cancer survivor Francesco Acerbi is 37 and is likely to start the 2025 Champions League final alongside 36-year-old teammates Yann Sommer and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in a last hurrah

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2 w. ago Anthony Edwards is 23, far from a failure – and not the next LeBron just yet

The Thunder ended the Timberwolves’ playoff run in brutal fashion on Wednesday night. But Minnesota have come far, and can still push onThe definition of success is subjective, ephemeral. But in today’s sports zeitgeist, it’s becoming less so: “rings culture” dominates all, serving as the wall into which any nuanced conversation inevitably crashes: “But did they win?” Of course, each NBA team enters the season every year with the same goal: to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy. But only one team can every year, so does that make the other 29 failures?The Minnesota Timberwolves present an interesting counterpoint: their fanbase is, no doubt, deeply disappointed this morning after a harrowing blowout loss in Oklahoma City, which means the team came up short of the NBA finals in devastating, decisive fashion for the second year in a row. On the other hand, they’ve made back to back Western Conference finals for the first time in team history, gone from league laughing stock to bona fide p...

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2 w. ago Chelsea beat Real Betis to win UEFA Conference League and make history

REAL BETIS 1-4 CHELSEA: Enzo Maresca's side made history in the Europa Conference League final after producing a rousing second half fightback to beat their La Liga opponents

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2 w. ago How to watch the Conference League final for free on TV tonight

Chelsea are looking to make European history as they take on Real Betis in the Conference League final tonight

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2 w. ago The Spin | The summer of 2005 without Pietersen? Imagining World Test finals of the past

Ahead of next month’s match at Lord’s, we work out who would have reached previous finals and how history may have been alteredThis, dear reader, is the 1,126th edition of The Spin. For the past 23 years it has been a weekly source of news, views and automated data about the unread message count in the deleted items folder. As such it is hard to find new journalistic frontiers. But, in the face of some molten competition, this week’s Spin stands alone as the nerdiest, the most anal, the one grounded furthest from reality.We say this not to boast, only to flag that it may not be for everyone, and that we feel for those unfortunates whose neurological disposition means they have precisely no interest in imagining what a World Test Championship final might have looked like in May 1989. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Shirtless James Corden unwinds with wife Julia Carey aboard a sprawling mega

The Gavin & Stacey star appeared to be enjoying a late spring break with Julia and a group of friends in picturesque Portofino - a popular holiday destination for the rich and affluent.

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2 w. ago Giovani Lo Celso: ‘Lots happened at Spurs but I’m in the place I want to be’

The Real Betis midfielder feels reenergised and ready to ‘make history’ as his club prepare for a first European finalThese are the days you’re here for, the moments that give it all meaning, Giovani Lo Celso says. At Real Betis’s Luis del Sol training ground in the south of a city that smells of orange blossom, swallows swoop through the sunshine to mud nests wedged into the wall of the white storehouse where the lawnmowers go. Rainbows appear in the sprinkler spray on the pitch where the session has just finished, last preparations before flying to Poland for the Conference League final against Chelsea. There’s a line they are proud of here, a design for life: Viva er Betis, manque pierda. Long live Betis, even if they lose. And if they win? If they win, this may just be the biggest thing that has ever happened to them.On Lo Celso’s right calf is a football tattoo – old school and cartoonish with black and white hexagons – and the date of his debut, for Rosario Central in 2015. On...

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3 w. ago Arsenal Women make history as they stun Barcelona to win Champions League

Arsenal have won the Women's Champions League for the second time in their history after beating Barcelona 1-0 in a historic final in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday night

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3 w. ago ‘Unfilmable’ video game movie announced from director of 'best war movie ever'

One of the best-selling games in history is finally getting the live-action film adaptation fans have been yearning for

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3 w. ago Gavin and Stacey star lands huge new role months after millions watched BBC sitcom's finale

The actor will lead the cast of a new comedy series, months after saying goodbye to one of his best-known roles

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3 w. ago Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon lands starring role in brand new BBC sitcom

Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon has landed an exciting new role as he plays an oddball, while Michael Palin is back doing comedy as BBC line up host of new funny shows

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