27 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing gives first dazzling look at new series as start just days away

The BBC have given a first look at this year's Strictly Come Dancing as the show's professional dancers and judges come together in a dazzling pool party trailer

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29 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing stars' 'fabulous' pool party as newcomers make 'splash' in official first look at 2025 series

The BBC has released the first trailer for the new series of the hit dance show

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52 h. ago Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts: ‘Lady Gaga told me she wanted to be the moon for a day. I’m like: where do I go next?’

Ahead of her debut in London’s West End with the musical Hadestown, Roberts answers your questions on navigating overnight fame as a teenager and why she would drop everything to work with Kate BushHow does it feel to finally be making your West End debut in Hadestown, after City of Angels was cancelled due to Covid? LucyHampton6Super exciting. It feels like I’m experiencing a new way of performing. I said to the director when we first started that I wanted to throw myself into this and to be pushed as far as I can. When you’re in a band, or you’ve been perceived a certain way for a very long time, it’s nice to go into something where you can shake off the Post-it notes that have been put on you by yourself, or by other people.If there was to be a musical made with the Girls Aloud soundtrack like Mamma Mia!, or Here & Now, what do you think the plot should be? SophieehOur experience of going from complete normality into a talent competition and becoming somewhat famous overnight...

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3 d. ago Moment dancer tries to 'show off' at boss's house party by jumping from his roof into a pool on an inflatable dolphin

Lorna Joyce, 33, who had drunk a few glasses of wine with work colleagues at the event, smashed her face open attempting to pull off the stunt.

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3 d. ago Man Utd transfer Wayne Rooney had called for was vetoed during summer window

Manchester United weighed up bringing Danny Welbeck back to the club after a decade away but Sir Jim Ratcliffe's concerns over his age stop the transfer from happening

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4 d. ago 48 of the best photos capturing 90s highs and lows, to bring back memories of epic decade

It was the decade which brought the curtain down on the millennium and did so in style.

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4 d. ago Mamma Mia! Why Celia had to stand for two and a half hours on a train: RICHARD EDEN'S DIARY

She is one of our most distinguished actresses and a familiar face through her roles in films including Mamma Mia 2, Calendar Girls and Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace.

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5 d. ago Amanda Seyfried suffers a tumble as she takes to the red carpet for the Venice premiere of her new film The Testament of Ann Lee

The 39-year-old Mamma Mia star was among the celebrities in attendance for the premiere of her new film, The Testament of Ann Lee.

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6 d. ago Ibiza locals' brutal response to 'Final Boss' as he cashes in on TikTok fame

Jack Kay became an overnight internet sensation after a video of him dancing in the open air club Zero Six West on the party isle went viral earlier in the month

Economics

8 d. ago September on the London Stage: Kerry Ellis Belts, Samuel D. Hunter Arrives, The Weir Returns

September on the London Stage: Kerry Ellis Belts, Samuel D. Hunter Arrives, The Weir Returns  Broadway Shows

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9 d. ago James Corden's wife Julia oozes glamour as couple dress to impress at the US Open in New York ahead of his return to Broadway

The Gavin And Stacey star, 47, looked dapper as he stopped with Julia, 49, for snaps on their way into the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

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1 week ago It’s not all money, money, money here; the mellower side of Croatia’s Mamma Mia island

Beyond the tourist haunts there’s another side to Vis, with quiet beaches best explored by kayak and paddleboard, vine-covered hills and affordable waterside restaurantsI’m watching overtourism in action. Within the iridescent marvel that is Croatia’s Blue Cave, four boats holding about a dozen people each have an allotted 10 minutes before we motor back out again so that the next batch of visitors can float in. About 1,500 people a day visit this beautiful grotto on the island of Biševo, the biggest attraction within the Vis archipelago, two hours and 20 minutes south of Split by ferry. After paying the €24 entrance fee, I’m left underwhelmed by this maritime conveyor belt. At least the 45-minute foot ferry from Komiža, on the archipelago’s main island of Vis, to Biševo’s Mezoporat Bay, the launch point for boats to the Blue Cave, is only €4.Many of the other cave visitors are on one of the countless speedboat tours departing from all over Dalmatia and crowding into Mezoporat Bay b...

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1 week ago Chilling last moments of woman, 21, dancing at boat party before horror death

Maria Eduarda Pinheiro was found ejected from the overturned BMW - she died despite paramedics trying to revive her for the best part of an hour

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2 w. ago Chappell Roan at Reading Festival review: simply femininomenal

The singer delivered a high-camp, high-kicking dance party for her Reading Festival set

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2 w. ago Harry Potter actress lands new role with Mamma Mia star in new Agatha Christie TV drama

BritBox has announced a star-studded cast for a new Agatha Christie TV adaptation, including Harry Potter star Imelda Staunton

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2 w. ago As You Like It review – Ralph Fiennes’ sombre, stately directorial stage debut

Theatre Royal BathThe actor’s minimal staging of the Shakespeare comedy favours stillness and feeling over comic fizz, with moving performances from Gloria Obianyo and Amber JamesRalph Fiennes has proven himself to be a Shakespearean actor with gravitas over the decades. He brings that weight to his directorial stage debut of a Shakespeare play – and a comedy at that. Not exactly known for his comic chops (there is the odd Wes Anderson film in his oeuvre), Fiennes brings a depth to this pastoral about tyrant brothers and exiles that dares to venture into sombreness. It gives the drama a fuller body without taking away from its mischief.Played in modern dress, the court of Duke Frederick (Patrick Robinson) is less a kingdom than a suited and booted corporation. Although his usurped brother, Duke Senior (also played by Robinson) bears vestiges of the boardroom in his demeanour, he and his band of self-exiled dukes seem to have built an alternative community in the forest of Arden, inc...

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2 w. ago Scottish oyster festival set for best year in decades thanks to marine heatwave bringing bumper season

Exceptional breeding conditions thanks to high summer temperatures

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3 w. ago Trump’s controversial $250 visa fee could cost the US economy $11 billion as tourists stay away, research finds

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the “visa integrity fee” would bring in more than $27 billion over a decade

Economics

3 w. ago Scotland retro: 39 atmospheric photos bring the 70s back to life, from famous faces to lost department stores

If you grew up in Scotland during the 1970s, these photos are sure to bring memories of an unforgettable decade flooding back.

Culture

3 w. ago Jan Sport joins OSCAR at the Crown as ‘dystopian dance party musical’ extends in London

Jan Sport joins OSCAR at the Crown as ‘dystopian dance party musical’ extends in London  WhatsOnStage

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