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Their faces may not have been given any airtime, but they remain some of the most beloved characters in television history – in shows like Friends, Frasier and This Country. Take a bow, Ugly Naked Guy …When you think of television characters, chances are you remember the ones you can actually see. But this is a wildly unfair slight on a small...
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This warm, inoffensive but undeniably mawkish comedy about a therapist is cosy but preposterous. Sometimes it's like the excellent Ford is in a totally different programmeSuch is the surfeit of TV offered up to us in the streaming age that there are whole shows featuring A-list actors that only two of your friends have heard of and even fewer are...
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We need an honest reckoning with other factors that threaten young people's wellbeing, from poverty to academic stressOur children's feelings are not for sale, and nor are they to be manipulated.So said Emmanuel Macron this week, after French lawmakers voted to ban under-15s from social media. Admittedly, he then repeated these sentiments in a post...
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The TV cook and food writer replaces Prue Leith, who has stepped down after nine seasons on the showNigella Lawson has been announced as the new judge on The Great British Bake Off. She replaces Prue Leith, who stepped down after nine seasons of judging contestants' culinary creations, so she could spend summers enjoying her garden, explaining:...
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The property duo help homeowners decide what to do with their dated dwelling. Plus: more chaos in Black Ops. Here's what to watch this evening8pm, Channel 4Wheelchair user Andy is fed up with his family's dated bungalow and its narrow corridors. He's ready to move but his partner Sam thinks they should stay put and modernise. To make things even...
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This gem of a series, about an actor with superpowers, is a clever, tender take on male friendship and the film industry. It's a triumph of storytelling – and a masterclass in actingWe are back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If you feel fatigue stealing over you already, banish it! It's going to be OK. Even though Wonder Man is (by my...
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Jeff Bezos's Amazon MGM Studios is due to release its feature-length documentary about Melania Trump, directed by Brett Ratner, a formerly exiled film-maker who was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. The documentary was screened at a promotional event inside the White House, attended by what the Hollywood Reporter describes as '70...
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Paul Allen's comments came when people were demonstrating against ICE's killing of Renee Nicole GoodA veteran Minneapolis sports radio commentator has apologized and says he is "taking a few days off” after invoking on air a conservative conspiracy theory that people demonstrating against the Trump administration's deadly immigration crackdown...
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Meta, YouTube and TikTok accused of making products intentionally addictive and harmful to young peopleFor the first time, a huge group of parents, teens and school districts is taking on the world's most powerful social media companies in open court, accusing the tech giants of intentionally designing their products to be addictive. The...
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Hacker published images of Bonnie Blue, Lily Phillips and unflattering photo of Anthony Albanese on national broadcaster's Facebook pageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe national broadcaster's Facebook page for ABC News was briefly overtaken by a hacker who posted two suggestive photographs of OnlyFans adult content...
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Legislation, which also bans mobile phones in high schools, would make France the second country after Australia to take such a stepFrench lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban social media use by under-15s, a move championed by president Emmanuel Macron as a way to protect children from excessive screen time.The lower national assembly...
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Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue's flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategyAs film exhibitor strategies go, counter-programming is one of the most reliable. It worked for The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia!, released in the US on the same day in 2008, as well as for Dunkirk and Girls Trip in 2017....
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Though the cracks are starting to show, the endgame was undeniably nail-biting. And honestly, thank God for Rachel – the terrifyingly ruthless saviour of this seriesBit of a damp squib, this year's Traitors. At its best, it was still able to skim the preposterously giddy heights of previous series, but I spent a lot of the run living with the...
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Crimefighting nuns, giant killer white balloons and Aubrey Plaza getting stuck in a wall … here are your favourite ever mind-bending TV seriesCatterick is my favourite baffling TV show. It stars Vic and Bob and a stellar backup cast – Reece Shearsmith, Tim Healey, Mark Benton, Matt Lucas and Morwenna Banks. It starts off innocuously enough with...
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Members of foreign staff send letter to billionaire owner Jeff Bezos urging him to change courseThe Washington Post has consistently produced high-quality, news cycle-leading reporting over the first year of Donald Trump's chaotic and unpredictable second administration. But that work has been produced under a cloud of uncertainty and rumors of...
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Following investigations into a fatal stabbing, arson, stalking and so much more. Plus, the finale of sleeper hit drama Dark Winds. Here's what to watch this evening10.05pm, Channel 4In Suffolk, a man fatally stabs a suspected thief outside his house. In Hertfordshire, a car belonging to a woman reported for drug dealing is found on fire. Nothing...
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This fantastically enjoyable romp about the boy band covers the highs, the oiled thighs and the chainmail codpieces. But why does Gary Barlow twiddle his bandmates' earlobes so much?'I don't like cauliflower cheese,” says Howard Donald (57), prodding at a hillock of cheddar-festooned florets as he tackles an otherwise inoffensive backstage...
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Actor gives evidence alleging Associated Newspapers Ltd used services of convicted phone hackerThe actor Sadie Frost has said she had "a price put on my head” by the publisher of the Daily Mail, as she accused it of repeatedly using information secured from her private calls and sensitive personal records.Appearing in the high court, Frost said...
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Tech company denied illegally recording and circulating private conversations to send phone users targeted adsGoogle agreed to pay $68m to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated assistant spied inappropriately on smartphone users, violating their privacy.A preliminary class-action settlement was filed late on Friday night in the San...
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Myrie is great company, getting stuck into everything from street art to milking goats and having tea with Nelson Mandela's granddaughter – but he is incredibly moving, too. More soon please!After decades as a BBC journalist and – latterly – one of the corporation's best-known news presenters, you may well associate Clive Myrie with more...
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Exclusive: Outgoing director general indicates support for update to licence-fee model as part of wider changesThe BBC will face "profound jeopardy” over its future unless it embraces significant changes to its funding, its outgoing director general has said, as he signalled his support for an overhaul of the licence fee.Speaking to the Guardian,...
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Witnessing the free climber's ascent of the Taipei 101 without ropes on Skyscraper Live was an astonishing experience. But beneath panicked viewers' sweaty palms, there was a queasy truth about the future of televisionWell, have your balls descended back out of your body yet? Netflix's Skyscraper Live has been and gone, and it may well qualify as...
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Ser Duncan is ready for action in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Plus: Panorama digs deeper into the Post Office scandal. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, Sky AtlanticThe lively Game of Thrones prequel is fully warmed up for action as Ser Duncan (former Irish rugby player Peter Claffey) seeks a knighthood in order to enter the tourney, with...
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A delightfully leftfield new interview show takes Jason Williamson to dig up rusty old nails. Plus, Ant and Dec launch their first ever podcastIn this offbeat interview show, producer and host James Deacon takes a ramble through green space with a celebrity, as they attempt a spot of metal detecting and intimate chat with themed questions ("What's...
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Majority US-owned venture includes Larry Ellison's Oracle, private-equity group Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi's MGXTikTok announced on Thursday it had closed a deal to establish a new US entity, allowing it to sidestep a ban and ending a long legal battle.The deal finalized by ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, sets up a majority American-owned...
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Exclusive: Experts say AI is likely to create more news deserts, fewer independent voices and threaten the viability of Australian journalismFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia's free weekly media newsletter hereAustralian journalism is largely "invisible” in AI-generated news summaries from...
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In the US, comedy has long filled the space vacated by partisan news media. Now France is following its leadSometimes the freedom and openness of comedy means it is better able to respond to world events than news media. Take South Park's raucous, unhinged and visually disturbing depictions of Donald Trump – most recently, cheating on Satan (who...
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Can a social media-famous trainspotter become an astronaut? Erm, no. And it's far from the best use of this hugely genuine, witty personalityMission to Space with Francis Bourgeois is a tricksy little beast. Unlike, it must be made quite clear, its presenter himself. Bourgeois, for those who have not had the absolute pleasure, is a 25-year-old...
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Film is in a state of existential crisis. But a new generation of cinephiles might save it from the streaming giants"It was from a weekly visit to the cinema that you learned (or tried to learn) how to walk, to smoke, to kiss, to fight, to grieve,” Susan Sontag wrote 30 years ago, in an essay to mark 100 years of film entitled The Decay of...
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BBC correspondent and author whose sensitive reporting from India made him a revered public figure in the subcontinentIn 2017 Mark Tully was making a documentary for the BBC World Service to coincide with the 70th anniversary of partition – the moment that marked the end of British colonial rule in India and the creation of Pakistan. As Tully...
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Martin Rowson has been drawing for the Guardian since the 1980s; Ella Baron since 2022. In paint and pixels, each is tasked with capturing the chaos and absurdity of our political momentPhotographs and video by David LeveneGallery: cartoonists Martin Rowson and Ella Baron at work – in picturesMartin Rowson and Ella Baron are both regular...
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Worker illegally provided classified information 'related to national defense' to journalist, justice department saysA federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted a Pentagon contractor whose alleged leaking of classified documents sparked an "outrageous” FBI raid on a Washington Post reporter's home.According to the justice department, Aurelio...
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Charlie Simpson, 15, is part of new generation of self-styled 'independent journalists' with links to far rightAndrew Rosindell had been tipped as a potential Reform recruit long before his defection from the Conservatives last weekend took Westminster by surprise.Yet as he and Nigel Farage basked in the spotlight outside parliament on Monday, more...
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Reporters Without Borders said the ruling against the 26-year-old journalist showed a 'blatant disregard for press freedom' in the Southeast Asian nationA young Filipino journalist who spent nearly six years in a crowded provincial prison was found guilty of terror financing on Thursday, in a case rights groups and a UN rapporteur labelled a...
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Hundreds of writers, musicians and performers urge licensing deals instead of scraping creative workScarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, REM and Jodi Picoult are among hundreds of Hollywood stars, musicians and authors backing a new campaign accusing AI companies of "theft” of their work.The "Stealing Isn't Innovation” drive launched on Thursday...
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The moon landing! Royal weddings! Janet Jackson's $550,000 nipple! As television turns 100, we charts its journey from terrifyingly dangerous to the thing that unites us1: 1926 On 26 January John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of television to members of the Royal Institution, from his lab in Soho. The subject of the demonstration...
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Jonathan Glazer's Oscar-winner about the family who live next door to Auschwitz will leave you awestruck, while Jeremy Allen White embodies the Boss. Plus: Marilyn Monroe at her most beautifulOther awards-garlanded films may come and go, but this drama will inspire awestruck discussion for decades to come. Christian Friedel – unrecognisable from...
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Move over, Wonder Woman! The latest MCU spin-off is an intriguing and surprisingly meta affair. Plus: a brilliant documentary about the boyband – and more regency raunch as Bridgerton returns In terms of audience recognition, Wonder Man is no Wonder Woman. But, as this latest addition to the MCU shows, that can afford a certain freedom. This...
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It may not have lived up to its celebrity offspring, but this season has offered brightness in the January gloom. Plus, David Baddiel meets Wilfred the ugly cat. Here's what to watch this evening8.30pm, BBC OneA secret Traitor. Fiona v Rachel. The family tree theory. And a contestant with a naked handstand Instagram account. It may not have reached...
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Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle programme will reportedly not return for third seriesThe Duchess of Sussex's latest Netflix lifestyle show failed to crack the top 1,000 most watched programmes on the platform, figures suggest, amid reports that it will not return for a third series.The second series of With Love, Meghan ranked 1,124th most watched...
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The Fox News alum launched her own show for the upstart cable channel this week and has already booked TrumpThe conservative commentator Katie Pavlich didn't want to give anything away before her debut as a primetime host for NewsNation, a cable news channel that launched in 2020 with the goal of attracting politically independent viewers.Sure, she...
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Actor gives emotional evidence against Associated Newspapers saying articles about her were 'deeply hurtful'Elizabeth Hurley has accused the publisher of the Daily Mail of bugging her windowsill as well as using information obtained from tapping her landline as she gave emotional evidence at the high court.Hurley had to stop several times to...
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The judge steps down after nine seasons on the baking competitionPrue Leith has announced that she will leave The Great British Bake Off as one of its judges. After nine series of the baking competition, she will hand over her duties to someone else."Bake Off has been a fabulous part of my life for the last nine years, I have genuinely loved it and...
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Snap's chief executive had been due to testify in civil action also involving Meta, TikTok and YouTubeSnapchat's parent company has settled a civil lawsuit shortly before it was due to start in California, but other large tech companies still face a trial under the case.Snap's chief executive, Evan Spiegel, had been due to testify in a tech...
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It used to be a breath of fresh air – TV's most relatable reality show. Now it features shouting matches and bad-tempered confrontations, and the biggest loser is the viewerFor the past year, The Traitors has had a massive problem. No, not the parade of indistinguishable white male contestants. Nor the way it increasingly kills off its most...
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The TV chef is rumoured to be replacing Prue Leith on The Great British Bake Off. She is exactly what the show needs right nowWhen Prue Leith announced that she was leaving The Great British Bake Off, on the basis that "I'm 86 for goodness sake,” there was really only one figure who could realistically replace her. And so it has come to pass....
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Scott calls on Davina to help find his long-lost sister in the heart-tugging series. Plus, a Dispatches investigation into Palestine Action. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, ITV1The DNA show never fails to make your eyes leak. Scott was 12 years old when he learned that his mum and dad were actually his grandparents and his older sister was...
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Carnage, exploding supermodels, Isabella Rossellini … forget the disastrous All's Fair – Ryan Murphy is back at his best with this tale of a lethal sexually transmitted virus which also makes people beautifulRyan Murphy's last screen offering was the existentially terrible All's Fair. It was critically panned, as any show that contains the...
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Duke of Sussex says Associated Newspapers has made Meghan's life 'an absolute misery' and alleges it used unlawful means to secure storiesPrince Harry has accused the publisher of the Daily Mail of wanting to drive him "to drugs and drinking” by placing his life under surveillance, as he told the high court that it continued to "come after” him...
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Jamie Dimon warns of civil unrest but Nvidia's Jensen Huang argues tech will create rather than destroy jobsJamie Dimon, the boss of JP Morgan, has said artificial intelligence "may go too fast for society” and cause "civil unrest” unless governments and business support displaced workers.While advances in AI will have huge benefits, from...
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Actor and mother of Brianna Ghey among signatories of letter to three party leaders ahead of Lords voteThe actor Hugh Grant is among the signatories of a letter urging Westminster party leaders to ban social media for children under 16.The letter to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey calls on them to back amendment 94a to the children's...
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Agreement a milestone for British television as broadcaster teams up with world's biggest video platformThe BBC has announced that it will produce tailor-made content for YouTube in a milestone for British television as the public service broadcaster teams up with the world's biggest video platform.The corporation has previously posted clips and...
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The arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been described as a 'travesty of justice'. On Thursday a court will deliver its verdict, potentially sentencing her to 40 years in prison for alleged terrorismFor weeks before the police came for her, Frenchie Mae Cumpio had noticed odd incidents. The Filipino journalist – just 21 years old but already...
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She's got the smarts, the FBI training and the CBeebies wardrobe. Will the bookies' favourite become the first female Traitor to win a UK series?Even a stopped castle clock is right twice a day. During last Friday's jack-in-the-box mission on The Traitors, the remaining contestants were asked which of their fellow players would make the best...
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The cat's out of the bag in the latest episode of Can You Keep a Secret? Plus: an Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Digging for Britain. Here's what to watch this evening9.30pm, BBC OneDawn French continues to be a hoot as Debbie, a woman who's pretending her husband has died for the insurance payout. But now the cat's out of the bag: her police officer...
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Culture secretary 'minded to' intervene and ask Ofcom and CMA whether the £500m deal harms media pluralityThe culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, intends to ask the UK's media and competition watchdogs to examine the proposed £500m takeover of the Telegraph titles by the owner of the Daily Mail.Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) agreed a deal in...
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Queen tells reading campaign that listening counts too – and the publishing industry increasingly agreesQueen Camilla has met many disreputable characters in her time as a royal, but her encounter this week with two celebrity reprobates was at least for a good cause. The queen has appeared in the Beano alongside its celebrated bad boy Dennis the...
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Lawyer says duke, who is due to give evidence this week, feels he has endured 'campaign of attacks' by Associated NewspapersThe Duke of Sussex believes he has faced a "sustained campaign” of attacks for having "the temerity to stand up” to the publisher of the Daily Mail, the high court has heard.Lawyers for Prince Harry made the claim as they...
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The fab five convene in Washington DC for the show's 10th and final season – and one last, escapist feelgood hurrahIn 2018, hopes were not high for Queer Eye. Having dredged the sea floor of early 00s nostalgia, Netflix announced that it had reimagined Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, a makeover series that churned out 100 episodes between 2003...
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Taken from her bedroom at the age of 14 and sexually abused for nine months, Smart, now a child safety activist, rails powerfully against shame in this true-crime documentaryNew year, new true-crime documentary from Netflix. Age cannot wither the genre made famous by the streamer all the way back in 2015 with Making a Murderer, which explored the...
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This breathless and hugely entertaining financial heist show isn't just packed with twists. It's a clever meditation on the evil of money – in which you're rooting for the Game of Thrones starThe trick, Zara Dunne tells her new underling as she shows her round the trades processing floor of the pension management company for which they both now...
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Streaming company says proposal speeds up completion and allows WBD investors to vote as soon as AprilNetflix has sweetened its $82.7bn (£61.5bn) offer for the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) by making it an all-cash deal, streamlining its potential completion in the face of a hostile bid from Paramount Skydance.The...
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Bridget Christie and Sarah Kendall shine in the return of this dry and quirky comedy. Although it's starting to feel like a different show altogetherThe first series of Things You Should Have Done aired on BBC Three in early 2024, a dry and quirky comedy about a recently bereaved "stay at home daughter” from middle England. It was the brainchild...
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From David Bowie being reincarnated as a kettle to Reese Witherspoon in space, our writers list the TV head-scratchers they can't get enough ofWith a gun to my head, I couldn't tell you with any degree of accuracy what Tim Robinson's The Chair Company is actually about. In terms of straight plot, it's the story of a man who is drawn into a...
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Move comes as peers prepare to vote on an amendment to a bill that would enact a ban within a year of the bill passingMinisters have launched a consultation into whether to ban under-16s from using social media as part of a package of measures designed to curb mobile phone use among young people.Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, announced the...
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Chi is back with her to-do list in Things You Should Have Done. Plus, a predatory coach targets Portia in Waterloo Road. Here's what to watch this evening10pm, BBC ThreeLucia Keskin returns with her deadpan brand of comedy in the award-winning sitcom. Working through a list of things to do with her life, left by her dead parents, aimless Chi is...
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Portland Communications, founded by Keir Starmer's communications chief, linked to so-called black hat editsA high-profile PR company founded by Keir Starmer's communications chief has been accused of commissioning changes to Wikipedia pages to make them more favourable towards clients.Portland Communications, founded by Tim Allan, has been linked...
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Clare Binns says three-hour runtimes deter audiences as she is named Bafta recipient for outstanding British contribution to cinemaDirectors should make shorter films if they want their work screened in cinemas, the head of one of the UK's leading cinema and distribution companies has said.Clare Binns, the creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas,...
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From Gilmore Girls to Perry Mason, readers reveal the programmes that never fail to bring them joyI really think Toast of London is Matt Berry's best work. It's hilarious. The plots are daft, the cameos are often left-field but work well, and it has loads of great nonsensical gags. It's a shining example of a sitcom with an unlikable protagonist...
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Duke of Sussex and six other high-profile figures say media company used unlawful information gatheringLawyers representing Prince Harry and six other prominent figures have accused the publisher of the Daily Mail of "clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering” to secure stories about them.In a witness statement...
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The real world is way worse than Westeros – so why not let this heartwarming underdog tale of a simple soul and his ethereal squire be your safe space'Bless their little cotton socks!” is not a response one expects to have to any of the inhabitants of Westeros, the land of the bloody, violent, incestuous and often depraved series of Game of...
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Readers reflect on the writer's legacy after the publication of his last regular weekly column for the Guardian after 41 years on the staffHow much I shall miss Martin Kettle, even while I disagree with him (The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we've been here before and got through it – and we will again, 15 January). Last August,...
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