26 m. ago TV fans switch off in rage as BBC broadcasts 'worst 30 minutes ever aired'

BBC viewers have been turning over to different channels after the broadcaster aired "the worst 30 minutes in television history," which led to floods of complaints

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82 m. ago Trump sends message to Iranian protesters: ‘Help is on its way’

‘We are witnessing final days of this regime’ says German chancellor

Politics

2 h. ago Zara Tindall's chic wool coat just got a huge £110 price cut in the Hobbs January sale

Zara Tindall wore the elegant wool coat for the royal Christmas Day church service, and it's now available with a £110 discount in the brand's winter clearance

Economics

2 h. ago Joseph Beuys review – the grotesque bathtub containing all the horrors of modern history

Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, LondonThere’s no escape from the torments of the past in this show, which celebrates the German artist at his most Wagnerian, enchanting and sickening you simultaneouslyBorn in 1921, Joseph Beuys was the “perfect” age to fight for Hitler and he did, with the wounds to prove it. The Andy Warhol portraits that complement this exhibition, without actually being part of it, brutally catch his gaunt, ravaged face in the glare of a photo flash under the hat he wore to hide burns sustained in a plane crash while serving in the Luftwaffe. The most haunting portrait turns Beuys into a spectral negative image, all darkness and shadow, his eyes wounded, guilty, lost. This was in the 1970s when Beuys was a charismatic one-man artistic revolution, inspiring young Germans to plant trees, lecturing about flows of ecological and human energy – and, in breathtaking performances, speaking to a dead hare or spending a week locked in a cage with a coyote.All that remains today ...

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3 h. ago Ibiza tattoo artist who sexually assaulted British woman, 21, while inking her hip is jailed for five years

Edgardo Jesus Milessi Oviedo learnt his fate just over two months after protesting his innocence at a one-day trial at a court in the Majorcan capital Palma.

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5 h. ago German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ infuriates the faithful

Christmas Eve live broadcast showed holy child portrayed by female performance artist writhing in sticky rice paperA Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “Slime Jesus”.The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a foetal position and covered with sticky rice paper. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ provokes fury on right

Christmas Eve live broadcast showed holy child portrayed by female performance artist writhing in sticky rice paperA Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “slime Jesus”.The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a foetal position and covered with sticky rice paper. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Lidl opening another 19 stores in move creating up to 640 jobs

It follows the German-owned chain last year hitting the milestone of opening its 1,000th store after adding around another 40 sites in 2025.

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6 h. ago Sex giggles! Nail clippings on the sofa! The new TV romance so realistic it’s close to perfect

Fans of Normal People and One Day will adore The New Years, which follows a relatable on-off couple in Madrid. It is the best relationship drama you haven’t seen yetIt is rare to watch a fictional romance and feel genuinely invested in the question of will-they-won’t-they – and even rarer for it to reflect familiar relationship turbulence. Many love stories on TV skip straight to wish-fulfilment, delivering instant chemistry, no challenges that can’t be overcome within the runtime and glib reassurance that Love Conquers All.Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, for instance – based on a real couple, and ostensibly exploring whether a relationship can survive differences of faith – didn’t wait to resolve that question before bringing its leads together. In real life, promising connections fall at much lower hurdles, for such banal reasons as incompatible schedules. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago BBC given Wimbledon warning over 'out of touch' pundits amid calls for coverage shake

The BBC has always been home to Wimbledon on television, but tennis coverage from competing channelsis beginning to outshine the UK public service broadcaster

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8 h. ago School to prioritise children as young as four who regularly go to church in new admissions policy

St Chad's Church of England Primary School in Uppermill, Oldham, revealed the measures for children starting school in 2027 as part of an online consultation launched last month.

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8 h. ago Iran 'prepares to execute captured demonstrator' and admits thousands have died during protests as German Chancellor says the regime is 'in its final days' and Trump is briefed on military options

Human rights groups have warned that the Supreme Leader's regime plans to execute a 26-year-old demonstrator who was arrested during a protest in Fardis, Alborz Province.

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9 h. ago Traitors star Matthew Hyndman's fight to ban conversion practices after own experience

The Northern Irish contestant, who lives in Edinburgh, co-founded an anti-conversion group after the church tried to 'cure' him of being gay.

Politics

9 h. ago Iran 'prepares to execute captured demonstrator' as German Chancellor says the regime is 'in its final days' and Trump is briefed on military options

Human rights groups have warned that the Supreme Leader's regime plans to execute a 26-year-old demonstrator who was arrested during a protest in Fardis, Alborz Province.

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9 h. ago The Traitors' Matthew escaped traumatic gay conversion therapy aged 24 after 'catastrophic coming out' forced him to flee church and build a new life

The reality TV contestant, who is currently taking part in the new series of the hit BBCOne competition, spoke openly about his experience in a column.

Events

9 h. ago Moment drink driver is caught on his own dashcam smashing into scooter rider

Craig Churches, was caught on his own dashcam accelerating towards a red light and knocking a learner rider off his bike.

Events

11 h. ago The Traitors' Matt reveals church tried to 'cure' him of being gay

The Traitors star Matthew Hyndman has opened up about escaping conversion therapy.

Politics

11 h. ago The Traitors star details harrowing experience of 'escaping conversion therapy'

Matthew Hyndman, star of the BBC's The Traitors, has opened up after a church tried to "cure" him of being gay

Politics

12 h. ago Love Machines by James Muldoon review – inside the uncanny world of AI relationships

A sociologist talks to the people putting their faith – and their hearts – in the hands of robotsIf much of the discussion of AI risk conjures doomsday scenarios of hyper-intelligent bots brandishing nuclear codes, perhaps we should be thinking closer to home. In his urgent, humane book, sociologist James Muldoon urges us to pay more attention to our deepening emotional entanglements with AI, and how profit-hungry tech companies might exploit them. A research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute who has previously written about the exploited workers whose labour makes AI possible, Muldoon now takes us into the uncanny terrain of human-AI relationships, meeting the people for whom chatbots aren’t merely assistants, but friends, romantic partners, therapists, even avatars of the dead.To some, the idea of falling in love with an AI chatbot, or confiding your deepest secrets to one, might seem mystifying and more than a little creepy. But Muldoon refuses to belittle...

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12 h. ago Holly Willoughby dealt fresh blow as £8m home planning row threatens comeback

Holly Willoughby's hopeful plans to return to our television screens in 2026 could be threatened after her dream £8million home became the focus of a bitter planing row

Economics