3 h. ago EastEnders' Adam Woodyatt cosies up to mystery woman for first time since divorce

Actor Adam Woodyatt was spotted sharing a kiss with a mystery woman in the EastEnders star's first public romance since his divorce of wife of 21 years back in 2019

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3 h. ago Moment biker riding with dog strapped to her is pulled over by shocked police officer

A motorcyclist was fined after police spotted her riding with a dog secured to her chest on May 17 in Alexandra Headland.

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6 h. ago England thrash West Indies by nine wickets: second women’s T20 international – live

Nat Sciver-Brunt and Em Arlott starred as England hammered West Indies with more than 10 overs to spare at HoveEm Arlott has two wickets in the over and Sophia Dunkley has taken a blinder! James scuffed Arlott towards midwicket, where Dunkley threw up her left hand to take a brilliant reaction catch. There has been lots of focus on England’s fielding after the Ashes defeat; catches like that will change the narrative very quickly.A huge wicket for Em Arlott! Hayley Matthews wafts all around an excellent delivery that nips back to hit leg stump. Matthews had driven the previous ball majestically over extra-cover for four but Arlott kept pitching it up and got her reward. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Mountainhead review – tech bros face off in Jesse Armstrong’s post

Weapons-grade zingers come thick and fast in this chamber piece about four plutocrats on a weekend in a lodge that goes awry when the planet descends into chaosJesse Armstrong has returned with what feels like a horribly addictive feature-length spin-off episode from the extended Succession Cinematic Universe – though without Succession cast members. It is set in a luxurious Utah megalodge which winds up resembling the Dr Strangelove war room, mixed with the apartment from Hitchcock’s Rope. Mountainhead is a super-satirical chamber piece about the deranged, cynical and facetious mindset of the uber-wealthy, the kind of people who think about ancient Rome every day, though not about Nero and his violin. It may not have the dramatic richness of Armstrong’s TV meisterwerk while the pure testosterone of this all-male main cast (minus any Shiv figure) is oppressive – though that is kind of the point. The pure density of weapons-grade zingers in the script is a marvel.Our heroes are four ...

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7 h. ago Mountainhead is Succession creator Jesse Armstrong’s exquisite but merciless modern satire

Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman and Ramy Youssef exemplify the reprehensible super-rich in this pitch-black comedy that asks: how far you can extend gallows humour?

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7 h. ago The Mastermind review – Josh O’Connor is world’s worst art thief in Kelly Reichardt’s unlikely heist movie

Cannes film festival Reichardt’s quietist, observational style is unexpectedly successful at creating a super-naturalistic depiction of an art gallery robberyIt needs hardly be said that the title is ironic. The abject non-hero of Kelly Reichardt’s engrossingly downbeat heist movie, set in 1970s Massachusetts, is weak, vain and utterly clueless. By the end, he’s a weirdly Updikean figure, though without the self-awareness: going on the run with no money and without a change of clothes, to escape from the grotesque mess he has made for himself and his family.This is James, played with hangdog near-charm by Josh O’Connor; he is an art school dropout and would-be architectural designer with two young sons, married to Terri (a minor complaint is that the excellent Alana Haim is not given enough to do). James depends on the social standing of his father Bill, a judge, formidably played by Bill Camp, and is borrowing large sums of money from his patrician mother Sarah (Hope Davis), ostens...

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7 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We see if 'It Feeds' satisfies horror fans' taste buds

Little originality on show but still works. on its own merits - just.

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8 h. ago New William Wallace Running Festival set to showcase the sights of Stirling

Participants can choose from a host of events, from a 1km accessible route to a 70km ultra run.

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8 h. ago Netflix’s ‘divisive’ new comedy series has fans ‘in a chokehold’ while others can't stand it

Tyler Perry's new political sitcom She the People dropped its first eight episodes this week

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8 h. ago Up to 43,000 criminals a year set to avoid jail under Labour's soft

A new sentencing review already been accepted 'in principle' by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood could see tens of thousands of offenders avoid jail each year, official data shows.

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9 h. ago The Barber in London at The Courtauld Gallery: 'a selection box with no duds'

The Barber in Edgbaston is being refurbished, which is lucky for Londoners as some of its best works are holidaying at The Courtauld

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11 h. ago Why Brussels is the hot place to visit now and Bob Dylan’s art is best avoided What's hot (and not) this week

What’s going up... and what’s going down— keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer

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11 h. ago 13 best kids’ scooters that will have toddlers and teens whizzing around

Whether they’re scooting during the school run or flying around the park, there’s hours of fun to be had

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12 h. ago Man in 70s arrested on suspicion of arson as woman dies in fire at retirement flats in Bromley

Man held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after fatal fire at three-storey supported living facility

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13 h. ago Voices: I’ve spent decades inside prisons – here’s how I’ll fix them for good

In light of the Gauke sentencing review, prisons minister Lord Timpson explains why, to end the perma-crisis in our justice system, we must now embark on the largest expansion of jail places since the Victorian era

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13 h. ago BBC Morning Live's Helen Skelton seen 'cosying up' to Gethin Jones on breakfast date

Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones have been the subject of romance rumours after they were spotted looking very cosy on a motorbike ride through Manchester city centre

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13 h. ago Mother went ‘over whole car’ when 4×4 ploughed into motorbike, murder trial told

Alana Armstrong, 25, died when a vehicle collided with an electric motorcycle she was riding pillion on in Derbyshire in November last year.

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14 h. ago Live Review: Katie Pruitt + Henry Grace, Hoxton Hall, London – 16th May 2025

Live Review: Katie Pruitt + Henry Grace, Hoxton Hall, London – 16th May 2025  Americana UK

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14 h. ago People are only just realising what it means if a postbox is black

Postboxes in the UK are typically a vivid shade of red, but every now and again you might stumble across one that's painted black. But do you know what these 'rare' boxes mean?

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14 h. ago Would shorter prison sentences ‘spark a crime wave’? Here’s what the evidence says

The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review proposed the most significant reforms since the 1990s

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