4 d. ago EastEnders' Anita Dobson moved to tears as she opens up on 'overwhelming' OBE

EastEnders star Anita Dobson was on This Morning today (Thursday 13 November) to discuss her new role in Channel 5's revival of Play for Today, with Never Too Late airing tonight

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4 d. ago Never Too Late cast in full as Play For Today returns on Channel 5

Channel 5's Play for Today has been revived for a new slate of episodes, with one of them, Never Too Late, airing tonight. But who stars in the drama?

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4 d. ago How the Play for Today revival hopes to save British TV from a class crisis

Play for Today’s one-off films were a seminal moment in television in the Seventies and Eighties, writes Hannah J Davies. Decades later, Channel 5 is bringing them back, and aiming to diversify small-screen drama

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4 d. ago Play for Today: The revival hoping to save British TV from a class crisis

Play for Today’s one-off films were a seminal moment in television in the Seventies and Eighties, writes Hannah J Davies. Decades later, Channel 5 is bringing them back, and aiming to diversify small-screen drama

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1 week ago British Airways to offer free fast onboard wifi to all after Starlink deal

Service will be offered to customers in economy, business and first class alike from next monthPassengers on British Airways flights will be able to access fast wifi onboard at no cost after the airline’s parent company signed a deal with Elon Musk’s satellite company.The carrier said the free “reliable and lightning-fast” wifi from Starlink would be available to customers flying in economy, business or first class from next month. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Going to the Dogs review – lovable canines at the heart of a sport in decline

Documentary examines British greyhound racing with affection and respect but doesn’t shy away from the opposing views of animal rights activists At one point in this documentary about greyhound racing, an interviewee describes it as a fundamentally working-class sport, and it’s hard to argue with that. And like so many British working-class pleasures and pursuits, shifting tastes and the relentless march of gentrification have seen its popularity wane substantially since heydays past. This frisky film explores the canine-centric milieu with affection and respect – but, laudably, it also makes room, about halfway through its runtime, for the case against racing as articulated by several animal rights activists who decry the conditions in which some dogs are raised, the practice of euthanising animals deemed no longer viable for racing, and the injury risks racing itself poses.Naturally, the trainers, breeders and owners we meet here violently disagree with these critiques. It’s to di...

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2 w. ago Strictly's Amy Dowden says 'life changed forever' after horrifying cancer realisation

Amy Dowden's been to hell and back since being diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 - but she's on a mission now and is backing a new breast check app which she hopes will 'save lives'

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2 w. ago Strictly star Amy Dowden's 'life changed forever' after terrifying realisation in cancer battle

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Dowden's been to hell and back since being diagnosed with breast cancer at 32 - but she's on a mission now and is backing a new breast check app which she hopes will 'save lives'

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3 w. ago Blue Has No Borders review – hunt for British identity in British seaside town maps the national psyche

Director Jessi Gutch shadows seven Folkestonians from a Syrian refugee, to a drag artist and a Brexiter‘Make invisible people visible,” reads a banner at Folkestone Pride in this woolly docu-hunt for that most mythical of beasts: British identity. Among many other elements, fretting about invisibility seems to be a recently acquired national trait. Virtually every group featured here, from the LGBTQ+ crowd, to uprooted Syrian refugees to local fishers and diehard Brexiters, complains of being overlooked, neglected or misunderstood in some way.Director Jessi Gutch shadows seven Folkestonians, the better to map the faultlines in the national psyche: Syrian exile Heba, not quite as fully integrated into UK culture as her younger brother and sister; barber and Only Fools and Horses proselytiser Nathan, who holds a torch for the British working class; black artist Josie, whose work explores the relationship between land and identity; Dan, the son of a fisher who as drag performer Dita ad...

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3 w. ago British IT consultant who 'couldn't bear to live with non Muslims' so flew business class to Syria to fight for Islamist terrorists is jailed for nine years

Isa Giga (pictured), 32 from Hounslow in west London , devastated his family when he told them he was going to Birmingham but instead quit his job and travelled to Syria via Turkey in 2015.

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3 w. ago NatWest earnings soar 30% as it takes ‘tight control’ over business costs

The group has been focused on becoming a more efficient bank and simplifying its operations, which it hopes will save money in the long run.

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3 w. ago The art of travel: British Airways launches new collectable range of Business Class amenity kits at London Gatwick, featuring British artwork and London

The art of travel: British Airways launches new collectable range of Business Class amenity kits at London Gatwick, featuring British artwork and London-produced wellness products  British Airways Media Centre

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