11 h. ago Britain's Got Talent's Simon Cowell issues apology as audience make demand live on air

Britain's Got Talent viewers were left fuming during the second live semi-final on Saturday night

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13 h. ago Britain's Got Talent fans frustrated as ITV show issues Teddy Magic update

Britain's Got Talent viewers were left unimpressed during the second live semi-final on Saturday night

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36 h. ago Woman ‘thrilled’ after being crowned first Flatpack world champion

The Flatpack World Championships is a speed-building flatpack furniture contest.

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65 h. ago The surprising English counties battling a knife crime surge: Why two of the UK's most desirable places to live are plagued by Britain's epidemic of knife violence

EXCLUSIVE: Analysis of police figures shows other English and Welsh counties that saw the highest rise in knife offences from 2015/16 to 2023/24 are largely rural in character.

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2 d. ago Britain's Got Talent's issue statement after act pulled from live semi final

Britain's Got Talent viewers will be waiting to see when Teddy Magic will perform after his act was postponed in the first live semi-final of the series

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2 d. ago Trump tariffs cause fastest slump in British factory export orders in five years – business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as UK manufacturers report falling export orders and China signals openness to US trade talks Fhaheen Khan, senior economist at Make UK, a lobby group for British manufacturing, said:UK manufacturers are caught in the eye of a perfect storm, with rising costs and international trade uncertainty undermining growth prospects. While actual changes in trade have been limited, the unpredictability, particularly around US tariff policy, is doing significant damage and paralysing decision makers. Many firms are delaying major investment decisions until greater clarity emerges, while being forced in the meantime to cut costs through redundancies while pushing through price increases.This has left manufacturing experiencing its most severe slowdown in years, with the UK at a competitive disadvantage compared to our European peers who are weathering current challenges relatively better. As a result, it is now vital that gover...

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3 d. ago Britain's Got Talent hit with hundreds of Ofcom complaints over horrifying act 'unsuitable for children'

Britain's Got Talent held their first live semi-final episode which was branded as 'chaotic' as one 'inappropriate' act left viewers horrified and resulting in over 100 complaints to Ofcom.

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3 d. ago Scientists use live human brain tissue to speed up hunt for dementia cure

Exclusive: British team exposed live cells to toxic proteins to gather rare insight into how dementia developsScientists have used living human brain tissue to mimic the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, in a breakthrough that will accelerate the hunt for a cure.In a world first, a British team successfully exposed healthy brain tissue from living NHS patients to a toxic form of a protein linked to Alzheimer’s – taken from patients who died from the disease – to show how it damages connections between brain cells in real time. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels

RAF jets target buildings used to make drones, officials say, in Britain’s first involvement since Trump took officeMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritish fighter jets joined their US counterparts in airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels overnight, the first military action authorised by the Labour government and the first UK participation in an aggressive American bombing campaign against the group.RAF Typhoons, refuelled by Voyager air tankers, targeted a cluster of buildings 15 miles south of the capital, Sana’a, which the UK said were used by the Houthis to manufacture drones that had targeted shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Good Morning Britain's Susanna and Ed clash live on air as fans left fuming

ITV Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid and Ed Balls were once again at loggerheads as they debated whether extra bins should be put on the streets to deter fly tippers

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5 d. ago ITV Good Morning Britain live show interrupted for urgent 'breaking news'

Good Morning Britain was interrupted on Tuesday as host Susanna Reid shared a breaking news development from Canada

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5 d. ago Spain, France and Portugal power outage LIVE: Latest updates for British holidaymakers amid travel chaos as companies scramble to restore power

MAILONLINE BLOG: Spain, Portugal and France have been hit by a massive power outage, affecting transport, telephone lines and traffic lights in major cities.

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7 d. ago ITV Britain's Got Talent Teddy Magic pulls out of live semi final

ITV Britain's Got Talent viewers were left heartbroken after learning that fan favourite contestant Teddy Magic, eight, had been forced to pull out of the live semi final show.

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7 d. ago Britain's Got Talent fans astonished as singer from forgotten girl band opens semi

The 2025 live semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent got off to a sensational start as Karis Anderson stormed the stage to belt out a classic Tina Turner hit as she opened the show

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7 d. ago Britain's Got Talent's Ant and Dec forced to halt live show TWICE as Simon Cowell left 'fuming'

The hosts had to intervene after there was a few slip-ups in the live show

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7 d. ago Britain's Got Talent announces first 2025 finalists in chaotic live semi

The first 2025 Britain's Got Talent semi-finalists have been revealing following a historic semi-final which saw the Golden Buzzer live for the first time

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7 d. ago Britain's Got Talent cut short after act pulls out of live semi finals

Britain's Got Talents returned for their first live semi final – but the show was marred with several technical difficulties – with Ant and Dec having to announce a slightly early end to the acts

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7 d. ago Britain's Got Talent hit with more issues Ant and Dec announce major change

The first live Britain's Got Talent semi-finals were thrown into chaos after technical difficulties meant The Blackouts couldn't perform on time

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7 d. ago Britain's Got Talent hit with more issues as Ant and Dec announce major change

The first live Britain's Got Talent semi-finals were thrown into chaos after technical difficulties meant The Blackouts couldn't perform on time

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7 d. ago Britain's Got Talent thrown into chaos as Simon Cowell left raging over major shake

Teddy Magic wasn't ready to go on stage for the first of the live Britain's Got Talent live semi-finals but Simon Cowell was left angry as the show faced a huge shake-up

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