20 h. ago What's occurring? You can own piece of British TV history as house from iconic sitcom goes on sale for £220k

The house owned by potty-mouthed pensioner Doris in hit BBC One sitcom Gavin & Stacey is up for sale.

Economics

22 h. ago Miscarriage of justice watchdog chief quits after public confidence ‘badly damaged’

Karen Kneller resigns from Criminal Cases Review Commission, heavily criticised for bungling of Andrew Malkinson caseThe chief executive of the miscarriage of justice watchdog for England, Wales and Northern Ireland has resigned after serious failings in the case of Andrew Malkinson.Karen Kneller, who had held the position since 2013, has left her job at the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) after one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history, it was announced on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Katie Boulter stuns Paula Badosa to make British history at Wimbledon

Never before in the open era had seven British players won their singles matches in the same day.

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4 d. ago One of the biggest drugs haul in history discovered at British port with £100m of cocaine seized

After the vessel was intercepted officers moved 37 large containers out of their way before locating the haul which weighed 2.4 tonnes worth an estimated £96m

Economics

7 d. ago Theme park burned to the ground overnight – with only a clown's head remaining

The Fun House in Blackpool Pleasure Beach was an iconic attraction that entertained families for decades before it was destroyed in a catastrophic fire in 1991, with just a clown's head remaining

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1 week ago Buy here now: Oasis to open series of merch stores before reunion gigs

Exclusive: first store opens in Spinningfields, Manchester, two weeks before band’s first gig in 16 years in CardiffWill the truce between the Gallagher brothers hold out? Will the most-hyped reunion in British rock history actually come off? And will fans be able to bag themselves an official Oasis tea towel?The answer to that final question, at least, has arrived. The first Oasis merchandise store will open in Manchester on Friday, two weeks before the band perform their first gig in 16 years at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Donald Trump told he's made 'huge mistake' after removing icon's bust from White House

The Martin Luther King bust that sat in the Oval Office under the Barack Obama and Joe Biden presidencies has been moved by Donald Trump to his private dining room, a report has claimed

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2 w. ago I don't know if Lucy Letby's innocent or guilty. But I was Health Secretary when many of those babies died

Few criminal cases in modern British history have played on the public conscience quite like that of Lucy Letby. A neonatal nurse convicted of killing babies under her care, writes JEREMY HUNT.

Society

2 w. ago Bold, brash and incredibly unapologetic: Kim Woodburn was the ultimate 'hun'

Gay icon Kim Woodburn, famed for How Clean is Your House, has died aged 83. Super fan James Holt explains her significance to the gay community and British TV culture as a whole - despite her faults...

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2 w. ago Did the liberation of Africa start in Manchester? The biting play about a pivotal, forgotten moment

It was a turning point in the push for African independence – and it took place in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall. We meet the writer of a play about the fifth Pan-African CongressOn the facade of the building that once housed Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall in Manchester sits a plaque commemorating a turning point in the push for African independence. The fifth Pan-African Congress in October 1945 was attended by future global leaders as well as activists and scholars from across Africa and its diaspora. But despite the event’s international importance, it has been largely overlooked by mainstream British history. Now a biting new play is set to remedy this.“I think a lot of Mancunians don’t know it happened,” says playwright Ntombizodwa Nyoni, who lectures in the same building, now part of Manchester Metropolitan University. “But it’s like: you’re part of such a phenomenal moment in history.” Eighty years later, her dramatisation of the event, Liberation, is about to receive its worl...

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2 w. ago She starred in iconic 90s teen drama that made household names of her co

This actress embodied the quintessential girl-next-door in a fictional Massachusetts coastal town on a groundbreaking 90s teen drama. Think you know who it is?

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3 w. ago ‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award

The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writersBack in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep. Last month, the hit TV adaptation Mr Loverman, about a 74-year-old gay Caribbean man set in Hackney, east London, won two Baftas, including leading actor for Lennie James, making him the first Black British actor to win the TV award in its 70-year history. “I checked Wikipedia!” Evaristo exclaims of this shocking fact when we meet in London.Evaristo’s long career is one of firsts and creating them for others. In 2019, at the age of 60, she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize – shared with Margaret Atwood –...

Economics

3 w. ago The iconic houses from some of Britain's greatest sitcoms... and what they look like now

A house in Dorset used in One Foot In The Grave has gone on the market for £337,500 - while the hotel that inspired John Cleese's (pictured) Fawlty Towers had a different fate.

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3 w. ago Football transfer rumours: Arsenal and Liverpool to battle for Sesko’s signature?

Today’s fluff have a hint of deja vuWith the distraction of actual football finally over, the football fans among us are finally able to focus on what this is all really about: whether James Trafford will leave Burnley for Newcastle.The 22-year-old burst on to the scene when leaving Manchester City as the third most-expensive British goalkeeper in history, despite never having played in the Championship, never mind the Premier League. Newcastle tried to buy him last summer, but in true football is the winner style, instead sold Elliot Anderson to Nottingham Forest and took the Greek keeper Odysseas Vlachodimos in part exchange, thus helping satisfy PSR concerns. But now they’re back with a vengeance! Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Jazz, Paris and war’s brutality: the radical watercolours of Edward Burra, British art’s great unknown

He called art ‘fart’ and hated talking about his work, but a rare retrospective offers the chance to celebrate the radical visions of the 20th-century British painterOn any objective reading, Edward Burra occupies a distinguished place in the history of 20th-century British art. His work, especially his watercolours of demi-monde life in interwar Paris and New York, is a distinct and vivid record of the times. His paintings are held in major institutions – as is his extensive archive, which is housed at Tate Britain in London.And yet he remains “one of the great known unknowns of modern British art”, according to Thomas Kennedy, the curator of a new retrospective show at Tate Britain. It is being held more than half a century on from Burra’s last show at the Tate in 1973, three years before he died aged 71. There are lots of reasons for Burra’s “unknown” status, explains Kennedy. “He worked alone, and not being part of a defined group doesn’t help to place an artist. But probably mo...

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4 w. ago Iconic London houses off Portobello Road painted black to deter 'irritating' influencers

Iconic London houses off Portobello Road painted black to deter 'irritating' influencers  Metro.co.uk

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4 w. ago Britney Spears collaborates with Balenciaga for limited edition collection

The Spanish fashion house has joined forces with the pop icon for a ready-to-wear collection.

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4 w. ago House from iconic 90s BBC sitcom goes on the market for £337,000

Fans of the classic BBC comedy can now buy the three-bedroom terraced home after it went on the market for £337,500.

Economics

4 w. ago Dark true story behind hit drama What It Feels Like For a Girl: Transgender author Paris Lees endured horrific sexual abuse and was jailed at 16

Critics have commended the BBC 's adaptation of journalist Paris Lees' memoir, What It Feels Like for a Girl, which looks at the British writer's tumultuous history and at times dark journey.

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last month How the hasty planning of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson's calamitous wedding made it so miserable

Throughout British history, royal weddings have been extravagant affairs full of pomp and grandeur, but there has been one major exception to this tradition.

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