43 m. ago Coronation Street star quits ITV soap with exit scenes already filmed

A Coronation Street star Scott Anson has confirmed his exit from the ITV soap, after his character Reece Bolton made a brief return to screens in Wednesday's instalment

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50 m. ago Jon Stewart says Elon Musk ghosted him over Daily Show interview invite

‘I think everyone has been left on read at some point by that gentleman’, Jon Stewart said in his latest podcast episode

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68 m. ago Manchester Flower Festival to make triumphant return as full floral trail with new theme revealed

Cherry blossoms, digital balloon flowers, and an Oasis-inspired creation are on their way to the city

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69 m. ago The White Lotus fans are only just realising Walton Goggins' real name and they can't believe it

The White Lotus fans were left in shock after only just realising Walton Gogglins' real name. 

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92 m. ago Donald Trump branded 'disgusting' as critics spot one item for sale on website

Donald Trump has managed to make a whole brand out of his baseball caps – but his latest design has left many Americans worried about the future of the country

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1 hour ago Add to playlist: Kashus Culpepper’s ‘southern sounds’ and the week’s best new tracks

Welcome to our new series highlighting the best emerging artists – first up, a former firefighter and US Navy recruit who counts Samuel L Jackson as a fanFrom AlabamaRecommended if you like Luke Combs, Tony Joe White, Charles BradleyUp next Supporting Leon Bridges in the USKashus Culpepper’s story has something of the Hollywood movie about it. A former firefighter who went on to enlist in the US Navy, he only picked up a guitar five years ago to entertain his fellow troops when they were locked down in barracks during the pandemic. On his return to the US, he began working for a cement company while posting clips of covers and his own songs to social media: one attracted the attention of Samuel L Jackson, who reposted it to his 9 million followers. Within a few months, Culpepper had both a record deal and a co-sign from another navy veteran, country star Zach Bryan. By the end of last year, Culpepper was performing at Nashville’s legendary Grand Ole Opry. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Shopper is left 'sick to the stomach' after discovering a 'dead rodent embryo' in her Tesco lettuce

Georgia Rizzi was about to fix lunch with the romaine lettuce from Tesco Extra in Chichester, West Sussex, when she spotted something unusual.

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1 hour ago Escape to the Country host snaps 'are you for real' at biggest wish list in show history

Escape to the Country presenter Denise Nurse was left visibly shocked at a couple's long wish list as she helped them hunt down their dream home in a show first

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1 hour ago Emmerdale's Kelvin Fletcher inundated with support after he and wife share big news

Former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher - aka Andy Sugden - has thrilled viewers by confirming that his family family programme is set to return for a third series

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2 h. ago Coronation Street star confirms 'very last scenes' on ITV soap after bombshell

The actor returned to the ITV soap in which his character dropped a huge bombshell on Lauren Bolton

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2 h. ago Penn Badgley shares why he dropped ‘no sex scenes’ clause for final season of You: ‘Had to return to form’

Actor previously said he had requested a reduction in number of sex scenes

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2 h. ago Manchester United given fresh Amad injury return timeline amid Athletic Bilbao 'update'

Man Utd star Amad has been missing since February with an ankle injury picked up in training at Carrington.

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2 h. ago ITV Coronation Street star quits soap and has already filmed final scenes

Coronation Street star Scott Anson has confirmed he has left the ITV soap after filming his final scenes as Reece Bolton, the father of Lauren Bolton and the ex-boyfriend of Emma Brooker.

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2 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother's JoJo Siwa tells Chris Hughes true feelings in emotional chat ahead of final

Celebrity Big Brother housemates JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes have a heart-to-heart in the garden as they prepare to leave the house and return to reality

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2 h. ago Nature lover who set up back garden camera to capture foxes, squirrels and badgers is stunned to capture a BURGLAR on video instead 

George Cope, 26, positioned the camera in his parents' back garden in London to get a glimpse of the urban wildlife.

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2 h. ago Arsenal’s Riccardo Calafiori is Adidas’ first ever underwear ambassador

Before returning to the pitch, Calafiori makes his catwalk debut with the Active Flex collection

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2 h. ago Eddie Howe opens up on 'awful' health scare and thanks doctors for changing his life

Eddie Howe has given an update on his health and thanked those who helped him after returning to work with Newcastle United following a scary stay in hospital with pneumonia

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2 h. ago Teen girl killed when car ploughs off road into river as cops issue urgent appeal

A teenager died when her car left the road at Kilaldry Bridge in Kilmoyler, Ireland, and entered the River Aherlow, as gardai removed her body from the water this morning.

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2 h. ago Fella forks out £20k to replace stolen Honda Civic – then realises it's his car

A British man whose black Honda Civic was stolen from the front of his house in February was left in disbelief after he unknowingly bought it back from a dealership a few weeks later

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2 h. ago Atomfall might have been an apocalyptic classic if it wasn’t for all the walking | Dominik Diamond

The Lake District after the 1957 Windscale nuclear disaster is a great setting for a game – and gorgeously rendered. That doesn’t mean I want to endlessly keep traversing it‘Fast travel”. The greatest two words in gaming. Greater even than “infinite lives”, Clive Sinclair or “moustachioed plumber”. It is to go from one location in a game where you are doing something important to another location in the blink of a loading screen, cutting out the repetitive kerfuffle in between. (Trivia break: Repetitive Kerfuffle might have been the working title for Tetris!)We’ve had it since the 80s. Dragon Quest had a Return spell and the original Zelda had the recorder to take you to different dungeons, and even they were preceded six years earlier by a certain big fat yellow mouth who had dots for supper and ghosts for dessert. Because that guy could go out of one side of the screen and appear on the other instantly. That’s fast travel isn’t it? My advocacy for this is however tempered by the d...

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