2 h. ago Model of The Grand Budapest Hotel among items in new Wes Anderson exhibition

Costumes worn by stars including Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson and Owen Wilson will also go on display.

Politics

2 h. ago Jeremy Vine set to team up with two TV favourites for brand new quiz show

The radio 2 presenter will front a new Channel 5 quiz, Celebrity Puzzling, with Carol Vorderman and Sally Lindsay as team captains and a host of other famous faces as guests

Culture

3 h. ago Channel 4 star is 'charged with rape and sexual assault' of woman in hotel

A Channel 4 star has been "charged with rape and sexual assault" after allegedly attacking a woman at a pub and hotel in Oxfordshire back in September 2022

Events

4 h. ago Channel 4's Amazing Spaces star charged with rape and sexual assault at hotel

James Catling, best known for his appearance in George Clarke's Amazing Spaces earlier this month, has been charged with one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

Events

5 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: US and Kyiv ‘ready to sign’ minerals deal amid uncertainty over last

Ukraine’s first deputy PM travels to Washington to sign deal as later reports claim US pushing Ukraine to sign extra documents Kyiv felt were not ready Ukraine and the US said they were ready to sign a minerals deal, amid reports that a last-minute obstacle injected uncertainty into the timing. “Our side is ready to sign. The Ukrainians decided last night to make some last-minute changes,” US treasury secretary Scott Bessent told reporters. “We’re sure that they will reconsider that and we are ready, if they are.”Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, is on her way to the US to sign the minerals deal, according to a senior source in the Ukrainian presidency. Ukraine’s prime minister, Denis Shmyhal, said on Wednesday that the reworked deal would be signed within the next 24 hours and would have to be ratified by the Ukrainian parliament.But later reports claimed the US was pushing Ukraine to sign additional documents, but that Kyiv felt they were not ready yet. The ...

Economics

5 h. ago Florida seeks to enforce a law making it a crime for people in the US illegally to enter the state

Florida officials are appealing an injunction that freezes a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people who came to the country illegally to enter Florida if they elude immigration authorities

Events

6 h. ago ‘I can see a difference in my fine lines already’—L’Oreal anti

This L'Oreal anti-ageing cream is a winner among skincare shoppers seeking to reverse visible fine lines and wrinkles, and right now it's half-price - but you'll need to hurry

Politics

6 h. ago Channel 4 Amazing Spaces star 'charged with rape and sexual assault of woman at hotel'

James Catling, who appeared on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces this month, has appeared in court after being charged with one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault

Events

6 h. ago Virgin Hotels' First London Hotel Concludes "Transformation"

Virgin Hotels' First London Hotel Concludes "Transformation"  Travel Agent Central

Politics

7 h. ago Inside Max Beesley’s life from alcoholism and string of famous ex

Max Beesley is recognised for his work in shows such as Suits, Bodies, Hotel Babylon, Survivors, Jamestown and Mad Dogs.

Politics

8 h. ago BBC harnesses AI to create writing classes given by Agatha Christie

Videos will share the author’s tips on everything from story structure and plot twists to the art of suspenseAspiring crime writers now have the chance to be taught by “Agatha Christie”, thanks to a course of online video lessons by BBC Maestro. The videos “starring” the author, who died in 1976, have been made using AI-enhanced technology, licensed images and carefully restored audio recordings.Videos made using a reconstruction of Christie’s voice will share tips on everything from story structure and plot twists to the art of suspense. The writing advice has been drawn directly from her writings and archival interviews and curated by the leading Christie scholars Dr Mark Aldridge, Michelle Kazmer, Gray Robert Brown and Jamie Bernthal-Hooker. Continue reading...

Politics

8 h. ago ‘Grandpa robber’ admits involvement in Kim Kardashian jewel heist

Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, told court he was in part driven by taste for easy money after armed robbery of reality TV starA retired restaurant-owner alleged to have been the ringleader of an armed robbery of American reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris, has told a court he was in part driven by a taste for easy money.Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, known as “Old Omar”, has admitted to police that he took part in the robbery in which Kardashian was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in her Paris hotel bedroom during Paris fashion week in 2016. But he has denied the prosecution’s accusation that he was the organiser or ringleader of the jewel heist in the early hours of 3 October 2016, which was the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years. Continue reading...

Events

8 h. ago Kardashian jewel heist: ‘Grandpa robber’ partly driven by taste for easy money, court hears

Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, has admitted involvement in armed robbery of reality TV star but denies being ringleaderA retired restaurant owner alleged to have been the ringleader of an armed robbery of American reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris, has told a court he was in part driven by a taste for easy money.Aomar Aït Khedache, 68, known as “Old Omar”, has admitted to police that he took part in the robbery in which Kardashian was tied up and held hostage at gunpoint in her Paris hotel bedroom during Paris fashion week in 2016. But he has denied the prosecution’s accusation that he was the organiser or ringleader of the jewel heist in the early hours of 3 October 2016, which was the biggest robbery of an individual in France in 20 years. Continue reading...

Events

9 h. ago Stockport Pyramid bosses reveal exclusive look at royal suites for lavish weddings and celebrations

The opulent suites can host thousands of guests for weddings, conferences and big celebrations

Politics

9 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the faces of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The administration has torn up the rule book as it seeks to implement a hardline agenda to expel people from the US Donald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. As previewed, the administration set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting people requesting asylum and refugees while conducting raids and deportations in undocumented communities, detaining and deporting immigrants and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multipronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This extraordinary assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Hotel in Shotts seeks permission to remodel its interior and create additional rooms for guests

The Station Hotel has applied to North Lanarkshire Council seeking planning approval for alterations to its internal layout, removing lounge space, a function room and a kitchen area to build four new rooms.

Events

9 h. ago Agatha Christie brought 'back from the dead' in astonishing new BBC venture

The venture to create a virtual version of the world’s best-selling author is part of a 'first of its kind' deal struck between the Agatha Christie Estate and BBC Maestro

Events

9 h. ago Look inside the transformed 'wow factor' restaurants at this luxury five

One of Fife’s favourites has had a makeover

Politics

9 h. ago Woman smelt 'weird smell' in hotel room and found man hiding under bed

Holiday goer Natalisi Taksisi horrifyingly found a man was hiding under her bed during what should have been a relaxing hotel break, and says she's still traumatised by it now...

Politics

10 h. ago Closure of popular Ayrshire restaurant and hotel a 'massive blow' for village

The Kirkton Inn in Dalrymple closed suddenly on Monday, April 28 and the people of the village have reacted with shock and sadness.

Society