7 d. ago Former Ayrshire school pupil stars at Last Night at the Proms

The clarinettist hit the high notes at the major event in London.

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2 w. ago Rowdy teenagers rioted in the streets after police were called to mass gatecrashing of birthday party in quiet Welsh village

More than 100 youngsters 'took over' the residential road on Saturday night, prompting a concerned neighbours to call the police for assistance to disperse the crowd.

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Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor was spotted on Sunday night in New York City enjoying a date night with his fiancee just hours before dropping out of the Irish Presidential race.

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2 w. ago Lorne Michaels opens up about Saturday Night Live cast after promising shake

Ego Nwodim recently became the latest cast member to exit following the hiring of five new faces

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2 w. ago Britain at its best: Brian May, Roger Taylor, Bill Bailey and Alison Balsom lead the last night of the Proms in splendid show of national pride

The 60-year-old will perform Leroy Anderson's The Typewriter at Saturday's Last Night Of The Proms at London 's Royal Albert Hall.

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2 w. ago Bill Bailey ‘proud to be British’ after Last Night Of The Proms performance

The 60-year-old made his Proms debut in a performance of Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at the Royal Albert Hall.

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2 w. ago Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and the Welsh link to its creation

The story has been retold as the famous song will feature on BBC's Last Night Of The Proms

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2 w. ago Last Night of the Proms on TV: what time is Last Night of the Proms on BBC One and how to watch? Full details

Last Night of the Proms is here and BBC will be covering it 😍📺

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3 w. ago Bill Bailey pays emotional tribute to inspirational mother ahead of BBC Proms

Bailey will be joined by Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and rising West End star Sam Oladeinde at the Proms’ final night

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3 w. ago ‘I just wish my mum could see it’: Bill Bailey on making his Proms debut

The musical comic will perform Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter at the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday.

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3 w. ago ‘The cultural landscape is decimated’: Louise Alder on stage fright, arts funding and the Last Night of the Proms

The great soprano will be the first British singer to top the bill at the Last Night in over a decade. So why does she advise her younger colleagues to leave the country?It’s the height of the August heatwave when I sit down opposite British soprano Louise Alder in a fiercely air-conditioned central London office. We’re here to discuss her headline performance at this year’s Last Night of the Proms but, as a seasonal warmup, I ask whether she’s had a break this summer. Alder looks faintly amused, then reminds me she’s been at Glyndebourne doing three performances of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro every week since the end of June. In fact, she was on stage as the Countess barely 12 hours earlier.“It’s never-ending,” she says. “I don’t want this to come across negatively – it’s been the most amazing contract – but an extremely long run. Twenty shows, which I think is the longest single run that Glyndebourne has done.” Days after the show closed, the company performed it again at the Prom...

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