7 d. ago This Morning taken off air as Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard announce ITV schedule change

This Morning was forced to come off air sooner than expected on Wednesday as Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard announced that the show would be cut short due to a change in the ITV schedule.

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1 week ago Abi Tierney publishes open letter to Welsh rugby fans after England hammering

The WRU have come under fire for not fronting up sooner following the 68-14 thrashing in Cardiff

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2 w. ago 'Sunrise' arrives at midnight for fans celebrating release of new 'Hunger Games' novel

Bookstores worldwide hosted midnight parties for “Sunrise on the Reaping,” the fifth installment in Suzanne Collins' “Hunger Games” series

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2 w. ago Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins review – second Hunger Games prequel is not for the faint

Moments of lyricism and literary flourishes help to leaven the grimness as the backstory of Haymitch Abernathy, eventual mentor to Katniss Everdeen, takes centre stageFrom the publication of the first volume in 2008, Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games series was an enormous hit, later adapted as hugely successful films. Inevitably, a prequel was spawned, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), now followed by Sunrise on the Reaping, set about a quarter of a century before the events of the original trilogy.The books’ success partly lay in Collins’s skilful refashioning of an ancient story, the myth of the Minotaur, which she placed in a futuristic world, giving agency to the weak to overthrow the powerful. But it also came from her close attention to the effects of social media and reality television, as she examined the line between the authentic self and pretence, and how narratives can be manipulated for advantage. In this new book Collins returns to these familar themes with the ...

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2 w. ago The new Hunger Games book will be released tomorrow – here’s how to pre

There’s already a feature film adaptation of the new Hunger Games book in the works

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer reveals military plans for Ukraine peacekeeping deal as he says Vladimir Putin will have to come to the table 'sooner or later'

Speaking after a video call with 25 world leaders, the PM said the Russian despot would need to 'come to the table', adding: 'This is the moment - let the guns fall silent and agree to the ceasefire.'

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2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer says Vladimir Putin 'will have to come to the table sooner or later'

The UK Prime Minister is hosting a virtual summit on Ukraine

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3 w. ago Sunrise on the Reaping is coming sooner than you think – here’s how to pre

There’s already a feature film adaptation of the new Hunger Games book in the works

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