7 h. ago BBC Antiques Roadshow's Fiona Bruce brilliant reaction to 100

A one-off special of the BBC show was aired on Sunday to mark 80 years since VE Day

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15 h. ago Great British Bake Off's Mary Berry says 'I'm deaf' as she issues emotional appeal

Former Great British Bake Off judge Dame Mary Berry, who recently turned 90, was attending the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards when she made the admission

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16 h. ago Steam train makes special stop for Northallerton rail volunteer

Steam train makes special stop for Northallerton rail volunteer  BBC

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17 h. ago Bake Off star Mary Berry tells crowd 'I'm deaf' as she shares touching plea

The well-known chef, Dame Mary Berry, best known for her role on The Great British Bake Off, issued the plea while accepting an award at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards

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27 h. ago National treasure Dame Mary Berry 'lines up special new BBC project to celebrate her milestone 90th birthday'

Mary Berry is set to release a special new project with the BBC to celebrate her milestone 90th birthday.

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34 h. ago Ed Miliband sacks Dame Mary Archer from net zero adviser role as Energy Secretary is accused of trying to 'suppress all opposition' to his policies

Dame Mary, 80, whose husband is Tory peer and novelist Lord Archer , was allegedly called to the department yesterday where she was informed she was being fired.

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35 h. ago Mary Berry's exciting new project to celebrate 90th birthday milestone

Baking queen Mary Berry is working on something special with the BBC at the age of 90 and the Great British Bake Off star shows no signs of slowing down

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37 h. ago ‘An intuitive genius’: Gary Oldman steps back on to stage as a national treasure

Actor returns to York theatre where he started out 46 years ago, after cementing status as one of UK’s greatest actorsIt’s been 46 years since Gary Oldman made his professional stage debut at York’s Theatre Royal. Returning to the venue last week for Samuel Beckett’s one-man play Krapp’s Last Tape, the 67-year-old English actor is a world removed from the young upstart once advised by Rada to do something else for a living.In the intervening four decades Oldman has steadily become one of the greatest actors of his generation, whose versatility and intense performance style have earned him numerous accolades including an Oscar, three Baftas and a Golden Globe. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago ‘No simple answers’ for Reform after local election success, senior Tory warns – UK politics live

Shadow chief treasury secretary Richard Fuller says Nigel Farage’s party must do more than just ‘point at problems’‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?Labour MP Rachael Maskell has urged her party to scrap winter fuel and welfare policies that she said are pushing voters away, reports the PA news agency.The York Central MP told BBC Breakfast that Labour has “special responsibilities” to serve the needs of people.We’re not any other political party, we were created to serve the needs of people across working areas of our country so that people had a real voice of the kind of change that they wanted to see.I think it’s now time, if Labour are going to go further faster, to pick up that voice, to put our fingers on the pulse and to understand that that responsibility that the 1945 government set out putting that safety net in place at the welfare state is on our watch and is our responsibility.People went cold last winter and that’s not what a Labour government s...

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60 h. ago Celebs gather in support of Robbie Williams at launch of singer's art project

Pop star turned artist came to town for his first-ever art show and invited a host of celebrities to share the moment

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3 d. ago Sir David Attenborough's eye condition explained as national treasure turns 99

The legend may not be able to see humanity save the planet, not due to his age, but due to an eye condition

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4 d. ago Celebrity Big Brother duo tease new TV project together just days after the final

Celebrity Big Brother concluded last week with its live final, which saw the likes of Danny Beard and Donna Preston leave the house after having been housemates for three weeks

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5 d. ago Kneecap's Eden Project gig cancelled amid 'kill MPs' controversy

Belfast rap trio Kneecap have been embroiled in controversy over the last few days after footage emerged showing one of the group called for the killing of Conservative MPs

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6 d. ago Avengers Doomsday star Alan Cumming attributes Scots identity to ‘much of my success’

The national treasure has said his Scottish identity is the reason for much of his success in show business.

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8 d. ago Pope Francis funeral: world leaders to join thousands of mourners for ceremony – latest updates

Funeral to begin at 10am local time in St Peter’s Square and will be presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista RePope Francis’s funeral will be held in St Peter’s Square in Rome at 10am local time. The outdoor service, which will be led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the college of cardinals, is expected to be attended by dignitaries from 170 foreign delegations, as well as tens of thousands of ordinary people wanting to pay their respects.Once the funeral mass has finished, Francis’s coffin will be taken, in procession, to Santa Maria Maggiore. The Vatican announced that people will be able to visit Francis’s tomb in the basilica from Sunday morning.On BBC One, newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti will present the broadcaster’s coverage, with a BBC News special beginning at 8.30am on Saturday and scheduled to continue until 12.30pm.Sky News presenter Anna Botting will host a live from Rome, with commentary from the former governor of Edinburgh Castle, Maj Gen Alastair Bruc...

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9 d. ago Stern Celebrity Traitors rules 'revealed' with famous cast 'not getting any special treatment' from the BBC

On Tuesday, the highly-anticipated list of 19 famous faces set to participate in the upcoming BBC series was released.

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1 week ago EastEnders 'absolutely delighted' as BBC soap given major boost amid awards season

Earlier in the year the long-running BBC soap celebrated four decades on screen with a slew of special programming

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2 w. ago Gillian Anderson in talks for X Files return as star plots 'really scary' reboot

Beloved actress and national treasure Gillian Anderson is said to be returning to the cult sci-fi drama The X Files, according to the reboot's esteemed director

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2 w. ago How the humble teapot morphed from kitchen staple to designer icon

Sales of tea sets soar as millennials fall in love with ‘cottagecore’ and tablescapingThe British think the cuppa is their national treasure, but a new interest in tea sets among young people is bringing with it an interest in the international cultural significance of the teatime ritual.Online vintage homeware marketplace Vinterior reports a six-fold increase in teapot purchases over the past six months, while sales at John Lewis are up 22%. The Ulla Floral fine teapot in a gift box is its current bestseller. A survey of 2,000 millennials by the home improvement store B&Q earlier this year found that 26% of those surveyed think teapots are back in fashion. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Former EastEnders star praises 'national treasure' after shock return leaves fans 'wanting more'

The character was last seen in 2023 to the sadness of viewers

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