26 m. ago South Australian premier urged Adelaide Writers’ Week board to drop Palestinian writer, letter reveals

Malinauskas urged the festival board to drop Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah, warning of public backlash

Politics

45 m. ago ‘I can’t waste this’: Michael Sheen on his riskiest role yet – saving Wales’s national theatre

When funding cuts closed National Theatre Wales, the actor saw it as an emergency, and set about building a replacement. As its first show comes to the stage, he explains his plan to bring big productions back to his homelandSince Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town in 1938, it is said that not a day has passed when the Pulitzer prize-winning show hasn’t been performed. “Every time I read it, I come away with the feeling of having been woken up,” says Michael Sheen, star of the upcoming touring production of Wilder’s play about a close-knit community in small-town America. “With this urgent sense of ‘I have to not waste this.’”Transposing the heart of the American classic to Wales, this new production also marks the launch of Welsh National Theatre, a hugely ambitious company formed – and financed – by Sheen in response to the collapse of the former National Theatre Wales. “Opening night is going to be more than just the opening night of a play,” says Russell T Davies, the show’s creativ...

Events

47 m. ago Bake Off star and comedy icon Jo Brand attacked by crazed man issuing sickening threat

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy icon and Bake Off favourite Jo Brand is as hilarious and outspoke as ever as she talks comedy, motherhood - and a terrifying encounter during her time as a psychiatric nurse

Events

55 m. ago 'It's rotten: Tina was the key to Owen's success, now she's been forgotten!' As Hollywood fawns over Owen Cooper, insiders say Corrie star Tina O'Brien feels ABANDONED by the teen she trained 

One woman who played an instrumental role in getting Owen Cooper on to the Hollywood platform - and who believed in his potential from the start - has found herself left out in the cold...

Culture

57 m. ago Emmerdale star addresses 'moving on' as they share exit regret after death twist

Emmerdale's Joe Absolom opens up about his character Ray Walters being killed off in explosive whodunnit storyline.

Events

73 m. ago Location, Location, Location star's 'floods of tears' amid 'life

Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp are the faces of many Channel 4 property shows including Location, Location, Location and Love It or List It

Events

73 m. ago Gavin and Stacey star says show 'didn't pay well at all' after career admission

Joanna Page admits she and Matthew Horne were 'complete and utter unknowns' when they landed the roles of Gavin and Stacey Shipman in the sitcom Gavin and Stacey

Events

79 m. ago Brit music legend cancels another gig at the last minute amid health concerns

A BRIT music legend has cancelled another gig at the last minute amid ongoing health concerns. The star had already cancelled his first two gigs of 2026 after previously axing shows due to "extreme exhaustion". But now Morrissey has pulled out of a gig in Atlanta just hours before he was due on stage. The...

Politics

80 m. ago Josh Widdecombe splashes out £3million on Noel Edmonds' old house

The Last Leg comic, 42, and producer wife Rose Hanson, 42, has paid £2.95million for the five-bed white render home in Exeter, Devon.

Economics

82 m. ago The Traitors star Harriet Tyce says 'it was awful' watching herself get angry on screen and admits her inability to keep her cool was why she quit her criminal barrister career

The Traitors 2026's break out star Harriet Tyce has admitted she hated watching herself lose her temper in her final explosive episoe on the BBC show.

Events

86 m. ago Emmerdale star opens up on exit regret but promises 'great twist' on killer plot

Emmerdale will finally reveal who murdered Ray Walters this week as Joe Absolom discusses his exit.

Events

90 m. ago ITV News star dies as heartbroken colleagues share tribute to 'kindest man'

ITV Calendar presenter Christine Talbot has shared a heartfelt tribute following the death of cameraman Rick Pickard, her colleague of over 30 years who covered several major stories

Events

92 m. ago Coronation Street star reveals she’s engaged and admits she’s ‘still crying’ after romantic proposal

CORONATION Street star Tanisha Gorey has announced the happy news that she's engaged to her long-term partner Lucas Whelan. The actress, who has played Asha Alahan since 2009, took to social media to share snaps of her stunning diamond engagement ring. Tanisha, 24, looked over the moon as she flashed the sparkly rock at the...

Politics

96 m. ago Corrie's Tina O'Brien's heartache after protégé Owen Cooper's Golden Globes snub

Adolescence star, Owen Cooper, trained at Tina O'Brien's drama school in Manchester before he shot to fame in the Netflix series and ended up bagging a Golden Globe

Politics

97 m. ago Channel 4 doctor says surprising foods can increase diabetes risk

The findings were revealed on the Channel 4 programme Live Well with the Drug-Free Doctor

Society

1 hour ago Ball girl collapses at Australia Open with tennis ace hailed after rushing to her aid and helping carry her off court

TENNIS star Zeynep Sonmez rushed to the aid of a ball girl who fainted during her opening Australian Open match. The ball girl fainted by the umpire's chair as Ekaterina Alexandrova was serving for the second set of the Australian Open match at Melbourne Park. She fell on her back but managed to get back...

Events

1 hour ago The 36p scandal: 'Given a death sentence at two, I proved doctors wrong

Maxwell McKnight, a 21-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy, who was told he would die as a child has a heartfelt message for ex Little Mix star Jesy Nelson and it's a tearjerker

Events

1 hour ago Emmerdale Joe Tate's future on ITV soap 'confirmed' after announcement

An EastEnders announcement may have revealed the future of an Emmerdale villain amid recent speculation that Joe Tate could be killed off on the ITV soap very soon

Politics

1 hour ago Liverpool transfer news: Reds target £48m defender as star's medical set

Liverpool appear to have missed out on signing Marc Guehi with the England international set to sign for a Premier League rival but Arne Slot has turned his attention to a new target

Economics

1 hour ago Liverpool agreement emerges over transfer reunion with former star available for free

Liverpool have been told of the benefits of reuniting with a former academy star starring in the top-flight

Politics