14 h. ago Neighbours' Harold Bishop legend Ian Smith reveals his cancer is 'so rare, drastic, severe and awful that doctors don't know what will happen' in heartbreaking Good Morning Britain interview

The actor, 86 - who played Harold Bishop in the Australian soap on/off between 1975 and 2025 - shared that he was diagnosed with terminal and rare lung cancer in December last year.

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62 h. ago Lyrid metor shower 2025: Could UK witness rare 'surge' of 100 shooting stars an hour this year?

A rare 'surge' of fireballs be sometimes be seen during the annual Lyrid meteor shower

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67 h. ago ‘I haven’t seen sunlight in 3 months’: American law firm trainees in London endure 13

‘I haven’t seen sunlight in 3 months’: American law firm trainees in London endure 13-hour days for eye-watering six-figure starting salaries  Fortune

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3 d. ago Lyrid meteor shower starts this week – how to see spectacular 'shooting stars' in UK skies

Stargazers could see up to 18 'shooting stars' an hour during the peak of the annual Lyrid meteor shower

Events

4 d. ago 'My cheap home tattoo became so badly infected I thought my leg would need amputating'

Not only was Samantha Lowen two-and-a-half-hour floral tattoo ordeal agonisingly painful, but it then started weeping pus and ink

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2 w. ago Elton John and Brandi Carlile: Who Believes in Angels? review – a true meeting of minds

(Island EMI)The British star and the US country artist spur each other on in this tuneful, swinging set with poignant momentsIn the twilight years of his career, Elton John has been anointing the next generation with a keener ear than most, championing new stars from Chappell Roan to Wet Leg via his Rocket Hour radio show and collaborating with artists as genre-diverse as Britney Spears, Gorillaz and Young Thug. Who Believes in Angels?, however, feels like a genuine meeting of minds. Created alongside American country rock royalty Brandi Carlile, an 11-times Grammy winner, there is the audible sense of two artists pushing each other and raising the other’s game; on the rollicking rock’n’roll romp of Little Richard’s Bible, or the full-blooded country duet Swing for the Fences, 78-year-old John sounds like a man half his age.Where many of his recent collaborations have seen him enter the sonic palettes of modern pop, Someone to Belong To’s interweaving harmonies, or the rousing piano...

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3 w. ago When do the clocks change in the UK? Here's when the clocks will go forward this weekend

The clocks will go forward by an hour on Sunday, marking the start of British Summer Time.

Events

3 w. ago Lando Norris reveals surprising takeaway order in rare glimpse into diet of F1 stars

Lando Norris has enjoyed a stunning start to the 2025 F1 season with McLaren but it appears that, on the rare occasion, the British driver does not always have the diet of a top-level athlete

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4 w. ago Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones caught swearing on BBC livestream after relentless challenge

BBC stars Gethin Jones and Helen Skelton have completed the 24-hour roller-skating challenge for Comic Relief - bit they seemed to forget they were being livestreamed afterwards

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