62 h. ago Gavin and Stacey icon leads cast of new period drama perfect for Bridgerton fans

The BBC has announced a whole host of huge names for The Other Bennet Sister.

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5 d. ago Sunday Brunch host halts show for 'sad' announcement as guest pulls out amid health battle

Hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer were forced to reveal that one of their guests, Yungblud, would not be appearing on the Channel 4 show

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7 d. ago The grand tour: one playwright’s quest to set foot in every African country before turning 60

Worried that he didn’t understand the continent of his heritage, Femi Elufowoju Jr challenged himself to visit all 54 of its nations. His trip took him from bustling Ghana to the tranquility of Tanzania – and sparked the idea for a playAt 53, I made myself a promise. Having built a reputation as the go-to authority on African culture in UK theatre, I realised with uncomfortable clarity that my knowledge barely scratched the surface of the continent’s vast complexity. What followed was an extraordinary seven-year quest to visit all 54 African nations before my 60th birthday – a journey that would ultimately transform into my ambitious new theatrical project, 54.60 Africa.The catalyst came during a 2015 world tour with theatre company Complicité that took me to Cape Town. Standing in the shadow of Table Mountain, I confronted a paradox that had long troubled me: despite my Nigerian ancestry and theatrical expertise, my understanding of Africa remained frustratingly...

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8 d. ago Kendrick Lamar Grand National Tour Setlist: Here's every song Lamar and SZA will be playing at Hampden Park

Two of the musical world’s biggest stars are coming to Scotland.

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8 d. ago This Morning halted as Cat Deeley announces 'terrible' breaking news after India plane crash

This Morning host Cat Deeley announced the devastating breaking news of a plane crash in India on Thursday's show, 12 June

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8 d. ago This Morning halted as Cat Deeley delivers 'distressing' breaking news after Air India crash

This Morning host Cat Deeley announced devastating breaking news during Thursday's live show

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8 d. ago This Morning's Cat Deeley pauses live show to announce tragic India plane crash news

This Morning was interrupted on Thursday as host Cat Deeley announced devastating breaking news

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8 d. ago ITV This Morning halted for 'terrible' breaking news after plane crash in India

This Morning host Cat Deeley announced devastating breaking news from India on Thursday

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast live broadcast halted as host Jon Kay shares important announcement

BBC Breakfast host Jon Kay shared a heartfelt update on four-year-old guest Issac during Tuesday morning's show

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1 week ago Jamie Laing thought he'd have to leave Sophie Habboo after pregnancy discovery

The BBC Radio 1 host recently announced the joyous news that he's to become a first-time parent with wife Sophie

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1 week ago ‘I had no idea’: Chris Harper happy to share spotlight after Simon Yates banishes Giro d’Italia demons | Martin Pegan

The Australian cyclist was on the ride of his life to a breakthrough Grand Tour stage win as the decisive story of the 2025 race unfolded behind himAustralian cyclist Chris Harper is yet to properly soak up the ride of his life and first Grand Tour stage victory by watching a replay of his long-range and daring solo attack over the Colle delle Finestre and up the Sestrière. But the 30-year-old climber won’t have to look too hard to find highlights in the future after his ride was a major subplot as the decisive story of the 2025 Giro d’Italia unfolded behind him.Harper arrived in Albania for the opening three stages of the Giro with ambitions to prove himself as a general classification contender. A top-10 placing by the time the three-week race finished in Rome was the realistic goal. But a bout of illness hit the Team Jayco AlUla rider on the second rest day and Harper had to lift himself in the third week just to turn his focus toward chasing a stage win. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC Radio host Bryan Burnett announces break from show after ‘incredibly rare’ cancer diagnosis

BBC presenter will undergo complex abdominal surgery and chemotherapy as he recovers

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2 w. ago Sarina Wiegman and England still have work to do to blow away clouds of doubt | Suzanne Wrack

Glitzy Euro squad launch helps the feelgood factor but there are still questions over squad harmony, strength in depth and player welfareMusic thumping, quick transitions, a host of celebrities and inspirational words. There’s nothing like an England squad announcement video to get you in the mood for a major tournament. “I hope you can feel it from the streets to the stands, the summer is in the safest hands,” the poet Sophia Thakur tells us, exactly one month out from England’s first game of Euro 2025 against France.The slogan is “It’s time to go again” and the squad is announced by a host of big names, from Maisie Adam, Daisy May Cooper and Keely Hodgkinson, to David Beckham, Alex Scott, Bukayo Saka and Harry Kane. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC Radio Scotland presenter to take break after being diagnosed with 'incredibly rare' cancer

Popular host Bryan Burnett made an emotional announcement to his listeners on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson ‘forced’ to pay Richard Hammond huge sum of money

Clarkson had no choice but to ‘agree’ to former co-star's terms

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2 w. ago Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid

Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host summitVanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects and said it raises questions over its bid to co-host the Cop31 summit with Pacific nations.The UN is expected to announce which country will host the major climate summit in the coming weeks, with Australia pushing for the event to be held in Adelaide as part of a “Pacific Cop”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside Simon Yates' Giro d'Italia victory and sports' biggest fairytale finish

Simon Yates has become the latest Brit to win a Grand Tour - and he did so on the slopes of a climb that has come to define his career

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2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson forced to pay Richard Hammond 'tens of thousands of pounds'

Jeremy Clarkson needed some help from good friend and former Grand Tour co-star Richard Hammond but little did he know it was going to cost him an eye-watering amount!

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2 w. ago The Simon Yates lesson that Isaac del Toro must learn from unforgettable Giro d’Italia

The Mexican phenom emerged as the sport’s future, but the romantic race provided a throwback to reward both patience and experience in a thrilling final weekend to the grand tour

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2 w. ago Simon Yates rides away with prize of Giro d’Italia while rivals lose the plot | William Fotheringham

Del Toro and Carapaz became distracted by each other, allowing the Lancastrian to claim a second Grand TourThe Mexican standoff is a much-loved cinematic device, but the stalemate beloved of western movie script writers has rarely, if ever, decided one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The 2025 Giro d’Italia was the exception, appositely as the biggest loser was an actual Mexican, Isaac del Toro, with the unassuming Lancastrian Simon Yates the two-wheeled equivalent of the bandit who skips off with the loot, while two other bandits – in this case Richard Carapaz and Del Toro – stare each other down waiting for the other man to blink.Yates’s second career Grand Tour win, forged on the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday afternoon in a peerless display of courage and cunning, and sealed 24 hours later in the streets of Rome, will go down in cycling’s annals as one of the most improbable heists the sport has witnessed. Continue reading...

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