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In this week's newsletter: The all-time great podcast returns for a fourth season, investigating the infamous detention camp. Plus: five of the best hip-hop podcasts• Don't get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSerialWidely available, episodes weeklyThe OG of podcasting returns for an excellent fourth season, with Sarah Koenig and...
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Sara Poyzer, who appears in the stage production of the Abba-soundtracked musical, sees tweet about losing voice work go viralSara Poyzer, who stars in the stage production of the Mamma Mia! musical, claims that she has been told that her voiceover work in an upcoming BBC production will be replaced by AI.The actor's posts on social media appear to...
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Man in his 40s detained on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, Essex police sayA man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the death of the Gogglebox star George Gilbey, who died after a fall at work, Essex police said.The 40-year-old reality star was best known for appearing on the...
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Poster for sausage-themed show fell foul of Transport for London rules on promoting unhealthy foodSome comics complain that their craft is under threat from "cancel culture”. For comedians with a sausage-themed standup tour, they might have a point, after Ed Gamble was forced to remove a picture of a hotdog from posters on the tube network...
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High court strikes out part but not all of Bridgen's case and orders him to pay Tory MP's costsThe MP Andrew Bridgen has been ordered to pay Matt Hancock more than £40,000 in legal fees after an early stage of their libel battle.The MP for North West Leicestershire is bringing a libel claim against the former health secretary regarding a January...
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Maxine Peake and Sarah Schulman among signatories of open letter asking singer to withdraw from contest More than 450 queer artists, individuals and organisations have called on the UK's Eurovision contestant, Olly Alexander, to boycott this year's competition in solidarity with Palestine.The actor Maxine Peake and the novelist and playwright Sarah...
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Media companies to combine publishing and advertising platforms to target gen Z and millennialsThe Independent will take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in the UK and Ireland with the intention to create "Britain's biggest publisher network for gen Z and millennial audiences”, the publishers have said.The two media companies will combine their...
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This charming period drama about a 1920s Russian aristocrat being kept in a hotel by the Bolsheviks sees McGregor on sparkling form. He's an intoxicating, swaggering figure of delightSome books are difficult to film, and TV is a fool to attempt them. Others, however, perch on the shelf poised and preened, all dressed up and ready for the small...
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Doctor Who showrunner is trying to ensure that the fantasy drama outlasts the broadcasterAccording to the head of one of the BBC's most successful franchises, the broadcaster's end is inevitable.Speaking on television podcast They Like to Watch, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies explains that there is a good reason for the fantasy drama being...
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The Derry Girls actor is funny to her bones in this sitcom about mental health and long-term friendship. It's full of lovely touches, if not enough nuanceIn the opening episode of Big Mood, struggling playwright Maggie (Derry Girls' and Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan) is on a mission. And on a scooter. But that was an expensive mistake, so she gives...
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Hearts and minds must be won in the run-up to the renegotiation of a charter that will determine the next decade of public service broadcastingWith just three years to go until the renewal of its charter, after 14 years of political assaults and in a time of convulsive change, the BBC has to prove its fitness for the next 10 years of public service...
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He rose to fame as foul-mouthed drag star, Lily Savage, then abandoned the wig and became a national treasure. Friends including Sandi Toksvig, Amanda Holden and Gaby Roslin remember a true, terrific one-off'I can't believe it's been a year,” says Malcolm Prince, the producer of Paul O'Grady's long-running Sunday teatime Radio 2 show. "Awful,...
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TV personality also starred in Celebrity Big Brother, and made it to the reality show's finalGogglebox's George Gilbey has died aged 40, a spokesperson for the show said. The reality star was best known for appearing on the Channel 4 series alongside his mother Linda McGarry and stepfather Pete McGarry, who died aged 71 in 2021. He also appeared on...
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The Wall Street Journal correspondent is not a spy. He is a journalist, and should be released immediately from his Russian jailEvan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has spent nearly a year in a Moscow prison, awaiting trial for a crime he did not commit. Mr Gershkovich was arrested last March in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and...
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Ex-president makes remarks after backlash prompted McDaniel's firing four days after hiringDonald Trump mocked the former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel, for her firing by NBC days after being hired as a political analyst."Wow!” the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, who ejected McDaniel from the RNC in...
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On 5 Live's 30th birthday, Heidi Dawson says more of the BBC should be based outside London to reflect the national conversationMore of the BBC needs to be based outside London to reflect the "conversation of the nation” and secure its future, according to the controller of BBC Radio 5 Live.As the station celebrates its 30th birthday on Thursday,...
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Publishers and politicians are siding against Meta and urging Labor to force the company to pay for newsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMeta will either reduce the amount of news people see or block it entirely on Facebook and Instagram, experts and...
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Broadcasters NEP step in to produce season's remaining matchesAPL makes late deal after Global Advance enters administrationLongstanding broadcasters NEP have stepped in to save the A-Leagues' blushes of an Easter weekend TV blackout after production partners Global Advance were placed into voluntary administration.The Australian Professional...
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Bodybuilder Stefan Kohut's account shut after Guardian Australia report, but others continue to showcase the controversial productsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTikTok has banned the account of an influencer who promoted flavoured nicotine pouches in viral videos, but other accounts showcasing the...
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Department of Families, Fairness and Housing says 'break up is overdue' as more agencies expected to close accountsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian government department has quit X, stating that the social media platform now owned by...
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It is now used as a full social network – and is changing how we think about our identities and accomplishments. Time for us all to be a lot more honest ...A friend recently asked me to help her look for a job. She wanted help writing a cover letter, a CV and an update on her LinkedIn profile. The first two tasks were easy, but the third? Not so...
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Oscar-winning director teaming up with conservative news channel's streaming service for new series about saintsThe Oscar-winning film-maker Martin Scorsese is teaming up with Fox News for a new docuseries.The director, who recently scored his 16th Oscar nomination for Killers of the Flower Moon, is set to host and produce a series for the...
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From the Chinese ruling that banned Doctor Who to Australian panic about Peppa Pig, TV has a curious relationship with censorshipI wonder how Alan Titchmarsh feels today. On the one hand, footage has surfaced of him on North Korean state television, which has been rebroadcasting episodes of his BBC series Garden Secrets since at least 2022.On the...
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This joyous show sees the TV chef overflowing with warmth and knowledge as she tours the UK to throw genuinely cool parties for deserving Brits. It's utterly heartwarmingIf you had to choose a TV chef to throw you a huge party, who would it be? Let's face it, there's only one answer. (OK, two because it is a truth universally acknowledged that no...
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This hilarious and nuanced show's 10-minute episodes are landmark television. Its rare glimpse of queer love in small-town Scotland is devastatingly charmingThe lingering shot of a used plaster floating across an empty swimming pool may not instantly signal entry into the pantheon of landmark lesbian TV drama. Nor is a council leisure centre that...
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Trump Media & Technology trading on Nasdaq under 'DJT' ticker, using Trump's initials and closing up 15% after first day of tradingThe firm behind Donald Trump's Truth Social went public on Tuesday at a price that values the minnow social network at close to $8bn.Shares in Digital World Acquisition, the shell company with which Trump's social...
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Severe criticism followed McDaniel's hiring as a pundit, after she headed Republican National Committee during Trump yearsThe former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel is on her way out of NBC less than a week after joining the network, NBC announced in a memo from the NBCUniversal News Group chair, Cesar Conde.Conde said he had...
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My father, Nick Jacobs, who has died aged 85, was a publisher who brought German writers closer to British readers at a time when there was little interest in doing so. Few have paid attention to the dissemination of German literature in the English-speaking world as much as he did.While in Germany on national service aged 18, he began to take an...
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As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?When a hurricane struck Florida in 2018, Christina's neighborhood lost electricity, cell service and internet. For four weeks her family was cut off from the world, their days dictated by the rising and setting sun. But...
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Parliamentary elections thought vulnerable to fake news will test social media firms and bloc's new DSA lawsSocial media firms including TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram will be required to put an army of factcheckers and moderators in place with a collective knowledge of 24 EU languages amid fears that the European parliamentary elections will be...
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This fun, action-packed romp about super-powered highway robbery is like Gentleman Jack with added swagger. And its star could not be more magnificentGod knows, after the final triumphant, harrowing series of Happy Valley last year Sally Wainwright has earned the right to kick back and relax a bit. Renegade Nell is the result. Seemingly designed...
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Friday will mark one year since the journalist was arrested on espionage chargesUkraine war – live updatesA Russian court has extended by three months the pre-trial detention of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter arrested almost a year ago on suspicion of espionage while on a reporting trip in the city of...
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My job was overwhelming and rich in errors. And it drove home one message: we're always on the clockRarely is it "loss”. Mostly, "lost” or "lose”. "Sorry to hear of your lost,” an author might begin. Or: "So sorry for your lose.”Authors have problems with "passing” and "spirit” and "sympathy” too: "We're saddened by his sudden...
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Labour is on course to win the London mayoralty, but this does not justify the Tories' underhand electoral tactics"People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones” is a phrase that must be ringing in the ears of Tory party campaigners. They were caught spreading election disinformation against Labour's London mayor on the day that...
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McRae receives two awards including specialist correspondentWrack wins inaugural women's sport journalist of the yearGuardian Sport was honoured with a number of awards at the prestigious SJA British Sports Journalism Awards, with Donald McRae winning both specialist correspondent of the year and feature writer of the year, Suzanne Wrack...
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Tim Davie says 14 years of reductions have put its future at risk, as he announces £200m of cutsCuts to the BBC's budget by successive Conservative governments have been "shortsighted” and risked undermining its future, the director general said in a speech on Tuesday.Announcing a further £200m of cuts to the corporation, Tim Davie said 14...
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The final part of a trilogy of documentaries about the TV presenter's husband's battle with Covid is honest, sweet and unsentimental. It's a beautiful testament to the miracle of loveThere are several miracles on show in Kate Garraway: Derek's Story, the final part of what has become a trilogy of documentaries since the TV presenter's husband,...
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This live blog is now closed. For more on Trump's gag order, read our full report:Judge imposes gag order on Trump in upcoming hush-money trialThe conservative justice Samuel Alito also asked about the role of the Comstock Act, a 19th-century anti-obscenity law that bans the mailing of all abortion-related materials.He suggested that the FDA should...
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'Wait,' people would say. 'You get paid to eat?' Yes, and dining out five times a day was joyful – for a while, at leastCould I eat another bite? I turned this over in my head as I scanned the passenger seat of my car, piled high with takeaway containers of chicken wings. Being overfull was a familiar feeling in my work as a food critic. That...
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Woman says she feels let down by broadcaster, which has admitted it failed to properly investigate 2009 claim against comedianA woman who made allegations about Russell Brand to Channel 4 in 2009 has accused the broadcaster of a "whitewash” that had left her "disempowered and unsupported”.The broadcaster said last week it had failed to properly...
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Curiosity about Catherine's condition was inevitable. Now we know she is being treated for cancer, her family must be left aloneA cancer diagnosis is shocking for anyone, but particularly for younger people, in whom cancer is much rarer. In the UK, adults aged 25 to 49 account for 9% of new cases. For people with dependent children, this dreadful...
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Plan approved by vote of shareholders in Digital World Acquisition, with which Trump's business sought to combineExplainer – How does Trump stand to make $3bn from Truth Social on the market?Investors approved plans to take Donald Trump's social media platform public on Friday, netting the former president a paper fortune of $3bn.Trump Media...
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With unrealistic costs, the inability to share music and the pressure of consumer expectations, the producer's collaboration with Vault doesn't add upAs a recording artist and designer, I've spent years thinking about digital music platforms and how they could be better for artists and fans. The current all-you-can-eat subscription model of...
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Social media posts attached to unsupported theories spread – despite evidence contradicting themThe Princess of Wales might have hoped her admission about her cancer diagnosis would put an end to the speculation about her.But the opposite seems to be the case – with experts noting this was entirely predictable, given the durability of online...
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From underage performers in bikinis to facial squirting shots and 16-year-old Ariana Grande milking a potato, the crass sexualisation and creepy goings-on at children's TV behemoth Nickelodeon are laid bare in this rage-inducing exposéDear God, not another one. Years after #MeToo, and with Weinstein and so many others unmasked and dealt with long...
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Nick Grimshaw and his celebrity pals need to make sure an 'underdog' wins a fake reality competition. It's a fun, canny spectacle that completely shakes up the genreLast year, a new series on Amazon Freevee – a free, ad-supported streaming service – called Jury Duty became a sleeper hit. In it, a man called Ronald thought he was...
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In this distressingly intimate film, Ukrainian soldiers as young as 19 carry their dying comrades through a freezing forest as the sky turns red with gunfire. Their horror and humanity will never leave youUkraine: Enemy in the Woods is a surgically precise, raw and devastating documentary about a seven-week mission undertaken in November 2023 by...
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A four-part docuseries details allegations tied to Dan Schneider's time at the network when hit programs The Amanda Show, iCarly and Drake & Josh airedEven in an unprecedented era of vigilance following the exposure of sexual predators Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby, the #MeToo movement and revelations from the Adult Survivors Act, Hollywood...
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The Princess of Wales's cancer diagnosis has put a stop to the internet's wilder conspiracy theories, but it could be temporaryAfter Friday's filmed statement from the Princess of Wales, it is now TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and X, formerly Twitter, who are in the dock. This weekend thousands of individual users have expressed contrition over the...
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Young people have been made to fear an outside world that is actually safer than the one they're exposed to onlineNo, the kids are NOT alright. And as our future depends on them, we have to do something about it.This week the US surgeon general, Dr Vivek Murthy, did democracy a great favour by stating what surely must have been obvious to literally...
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Presenter, whose series Mammals airs on Sunday, says broadcaster has changed opinions on conservation the world overSir David Attenborough has said the BBC's natural history programmes have helped "world opinion change” about conservation, as his latest series, Mammals, highlights the damage "overcrowded” game reserve tourism has on cheetahs...
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Vice Media is laying off hundreds of workers and no longer publishing journalism on its website. Sirin Kale and Sam Wolfson discuss their time at the companyLast month, Vice Media Group announced it would no longer be publishing on its website. The company, which filed for bankruptcy last year, is also laying off hundreds of its employees.Vice was...
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Paddy Harverson said rumours had fed 'permanent doom loop' before Catherine's cancer announcementWhat we know about the Princess of Wales's cancer diagnosisThe pressure and speculation about the Princess of Wales's health before she disclosed her cancer diagnosis was "the worst I've ever seen”, one of her former advisers has said.Catherine, 42,...
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The Seinfeld star hears from female friends like Sally Field and Billie Jean King in the return of Wiser Than Me. Plus: five of the best paranormal podcasts• Don't get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereDial F for FootballWidely available, weekly from WednesdayListeners of Total Sport FM are used to hosts being white and blokey, so...
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Confident, atmospheric and packed with creepy realism, this drama – starring Wunmi Mosaku as a copper trapped in a small town – is a convincingly detail-oriented paranormal horrorAh, former Met detectives who have moved to quiet northern towns for personal reasons and find themselves longing for the big cases and exciting days of old – be...
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Painter and storyteller, who revived father's picture-book series about elephant king, said he didn't consciously write for young peopleBabar author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global multimedia franchise, has died at the age of 98.De Brunhoff, who...
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Remarks scribbled in a Finnish copy of the much-loved book, to be featured in an exhibition on the author, reveal how the story was misunderstoodIt is Raymond Briggs's most loved book, notching up sales of 5.5m, while the TV adaptation is a hardy perennial in the Christmas schedules. However, the discovery of a Finnish edition of The Snowman with...
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The US actor apologized for post poking fun at Princess of Wales while other celebs face criticism for mocking the royalAfter the Princess of Wales announced on Friday that she is undergoing treatment for cancer, the US actor Blake Lively apologized to Catherine for joking about a manipulated family photograph that the latter recently published as...
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Job losses, declining circulations and local newspaper closures could mean spread of misinformation in pivotal election yearAs the election battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden begins, there are growing fears around the health of the US news media which has been struck by job losses, declining circulations, the closure or crippling of...
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The Underdog: Josh Must Win challenges a group of celebrities to secretly fix a TV series so the nerdy bloke wins – without him knowing. It's a joyful, subversive ride, with the least likely reality star everReality TV is about to get an overdue shake-up. Hoax reality show The Underdog: Josh Must Win flips the entire genre on its head by putting...
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The Suede bassist and author on writing without a safety net, terrifying himself for his next novel and which of the Thursday Murder Club books – by his brother Richard – he likes bestMat Osman is, along with Brett Anderson, a founding and current member of the band Suede, and the author of two novels. The Ruins, published in 2020, is a modern...
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The Princess of Wales's video was intended to calm the fevered speculation about her but may just spark yet more incessant coverageWhen she met Prince William, the heir to the British throne, more than 20 years ago at St Andrews University, Catherine, the Princess of Wales had her first taste of the appetite for news about her life and her budding...
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TV director who made dramas by some of the top screenwriters of the 1980s and 90s, such as Alan Bennett and Alan PlaterTristram Powell, who has died aged 83, forged a career of two halves as a television director. He made arts documentaries celebrating Thomas Hardy, Ralph Richardson, Marcel Duchamp and other greats before switching to drama with...
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Romesh Ranganathan will soon fill 10am-1pm slot hosted by 52-year-old presenter since 2021Claudia Winkleman has said goodbye to her BBC Radio 2 listeners, giving them the "biggest” thank you for tuning in each week.The 52-year-old presenter, who joined the station in 2008, announced in December she would leave her 10am to 1pm Saturday slot,...
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver get honest on their new podcast, while the duos of Dara Ó Briain and Josh Widdicombe, and Simon Kuper and Mehreen Khan dive deep into footballMiss Me? (BBC Sounds)53 Minutes (Global)Heroes and Humans of Football (Immaterial)Old pals Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver have a new podcast out, Miss Me?, and it's a complete...
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Proposed law bans foreign states and government officials from holding direct stakes in UK newspapersThe UAE-backed bid for the Telegraph group appears to be dead in the water after the UK published proposed laws that ban foreign states or government officials from holding any direct stakes in newspaper assets.Foreign states and government...
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Far-right commentator posts 'The rumors are true – I am finally free' following clashes with site's co-founder Ben ShapiroThe far-right commentator Candace Owens left the rightwing Daily Wire website amid tensions over her alleged antisemitism and opposition to US funding of Israel's war in Gaza."Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their...
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UK papers report on chemotherapy treatment after weeks of speculation about Kate's healthThe news that the Princess of Wales has been diagnosed with cancer and is being treated with chemotherapy was the main story in all the UK papers on Saturday.The Guardian headlined its main story "Princess of Wales receiving chemotherapy treatment” and...
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The Derry Girls star is excellent alongside It's a Sin's Lydia West in her new sitcom about two millennial best friends – a masterclass in inventive scriptwritingI don't know about you but I always dread watching the pilot episode of something, especially a comedy. There's just so much to set up – and so often that setting up is done with all...
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From a long overdue nod for the Good Omens star to high praise for a Netflix show that deserves 'bad content' awards for its writing – here are the highs and lows of this year's picksBafta TV awards 2024: full list of nominationsThe Crown leads in 2024 Bafta TV nominationsThere's a valedictory feel to this year's Bafta TV nominations. Nineteen...
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Conservative talk radio hosts in Wisconsin tried to stop Trump in 2016 – now they're embracing the former presidentIt was March 2016. Wisconsin's Republican primary was just days away, and the GOP establishment was making a desperate last attempt to block Donald Trump from the Republican nomination.Vicki McKenna, a popular Wisconsin-based...
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Public broadcaster TVP is first target in new government's attempt to create a more tolerant country after eight years of PiS ruleOn his first day as the new head of TVP, the sprawling Polish public television broadcaster, Tomasz Sygut spent four hours locked in his office while a crowd outside banged on the door trying to gain access. Eventually,...
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Mitchell originally acted in solidarity with Young's protest over the spread of vaccine misinformation on the platform, which he has now endedJoni Mitchell's music has returned to Spotify more than two years after she left the streaming platform in solidarity with Neil Young's protest over it hosting anti-vax content.Mitchell made no comment about...
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Alex Mahon says former staff member made 'serious' allegation in 2009 that was not 'investigated as it should have been'The head of Channel 4 has apologised to a former staff member for the organisation not properly investigating a "serious” allegation made against Russell Brand in 2009.However, the broadcaster found "no evidence” that staff at...
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Jerry Seinfeld calls him 'the most idolised comedian ever'. Yet after five decades at the top, success still makes him cringe. He discusses doubting himself, starring in a documentary – and that Dennis Pennis encounterI didn't expect Steve Martin to be funny. Sure, it was his skewwhiff sensibility that made The Jerk, The Man With Two Brains, LA...
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Former PM's campaign for a royal commission into the media giant 'has come back to bite him on the bum', one broadcaster suggests. Plus: a new star of the rightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSky News Australia launched a torrent of negative headlines...
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Prince Harry's lawyers claim he has experienced a lifetime of 'overwhelming intrusion' from newspapers owned by media mogulJournalists at Murdoch-owned newspapers "unlawfully targeted” the Duchess of Sussex more than two decades after accessing the private pager messages of Diana, Princess of Wales, the legal team for Prince Harry has told the...
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Sydney Afternoons' host told listeners he will need surgery to remove his entire oesophagus and is taking several months offFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBroadcaster and saxophonist James Valentine has revealed live on ABC radio that he has oesophageal...
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But lawyers for WikiLeaks founder say they have been 'given no indication' Washington will change approach in espionage caseThe US government is reported to be considering a plea deal offer to Julian Assange, allowing him to admit to a misdemeanor, but his lawyers say they have been "given no indication” Washington intends to change its...
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The Guardian's sketchwriter spent four days in hospital this month fearing for his life. He writes about his pain and terror – and the people who put him back togetherA 67-year-old man walks into a gym and … cut! Everyone knows what happens next. It's a familiar screenplay trope. But here's how it played out for me.It's a Friday evening in...
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Head of drama's exit will leave broadcaster with no senior decision makers living in city of 'national HQ'The most senior commissioner in Channel 4's Leeds office is to lose her job, the Guardian can reveal, leaving the broadcaster with no top decision makers living in the city of its "national headquarters”.Caroline Hollick's role as head of...
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Director general Tim Davie tells MPs it is covering issues including Israel and Hamas fairly during 'profound polarisation in society'UK politics – latest updatesThe director general of the BBC, Tim Davie, has defended the broadcaster's record on impartiality in the face of demanding "storms of social media” and profound...
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Ex-participant Josh Tapper will challenge Oliver Dowden to be the MP for Hertsmere, HertfordshireLabour has selected a former Gogglebox star to challenge the deputy prime minster at the next general election.Josh Tapper, who appeared on the show between 2013 and 2018 alongside his father Jonathan, mother Nikki and sister Amy, will run against...
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High court hears allegations media mogul oversaw 'culture of impunity' at the Sun and News of the WorldRupert Murdoch "turned a blind eye” to an extensive cover-up of wrongdoing at his newspapers, Prince Harry's lawyers have alleged at the high court in London.The direct allegations against the 93-year-old billionaire about activity at his...
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