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Rik Mayall (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Rik Mayall opened door for original comedy, producer says

Mayall died from a heart attack in 2014 at the age of 56.
9 Jun 2024
Miriam Margolyes gave readings at the event (PA)
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Dickens would have been pro-Palestine, Miriam Margolyes tells Queen’s festival

Margolyes did theatrical Dickens-associated readings alongside other actors including Karl Collins.
8 Jun 2024
Queen Camilla with Sir Ian Rankin (Yui Mok/PA)
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Ian Rankin: My readers are more worried about Rebus’s health than mine

The acclaimed author also said his readers are ‘always slighted disappointed’ by him.
8 Jun 2024
Kirstie Allsopp has paid tribute to her late father (Aaron Chown/PA)
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Kirstie Allsopp pays tribute to auctioneer father as ‘best of his generation’

Charles Henry Allsopp, the sixth Baron Hindlip, died on Wednesday.
7 Jun 2024
Former Eurovision Song Contest contestant for The Netherlands, Joost Klein, who was disqualified from the competition (Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU)
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Dutch considering Eurovision participation in future after disqualification

The Netherlands’ contestant Joost Klein was stopped from taking part in the final by the European Broadcasting Union.
7 Jun 2024
The penguin returns in Wallace And Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Aardman Animations/PA)
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Evil Wallace And Gromit penguin returns for vengeance after 30 years

Feathers McGraw was arrested and sent to prison in the original film The Wrong Trousers.
6 Jun 2024
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TV doctor Michael Mosley goes missing while on holiday in Greece

The 67-year-old broadcaster has made the Channel 4 show Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fat? and BBC series Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.

6 Jun 2024
Joey Essex is on Love Island (Jonathan Brady/PA)
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Joey Essex says he is not on Love Island for ‘petty games’ after villa drama

Harriett Blackmore was upset when her partner spoke to someone else.
5 Jun 2024
Kim Kardashian (Matt Crossick/PA)
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Kim Kardashian says she finds her voice distinct and annoying

Kardashian spoke about preparing to enter the world of acting.
5 Jun 2024
Halsey has thanked fans for their ‘love’ (Doug Peters/PA)
Music

Halsey thanks fans for ‘love’ while revealing source of health issues

The three-time Grammy-nominated singer said she was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition lupus.
5 Jun 2024
Jonny Greenwood, of Radiohead, hit back at critics (Yui Mok/PA)
Music

Campaigners are trying to silence Israeli artists – Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood

A pro-Palestinian group accused him of ‘shameful art-washing’.
5 Jun 2024
Anjelica Huston will star in a new Agatha Christie adaptation (Ian West/PA)
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Anjelica Huston to play ‘dignified’ aristocrat in Agatha Christie murder mystery

The Oscar winner will take on the role of Camilla, Lady Tressilian in the three-part series Towards Zero.
5 Jun 2024
Emmerdale has been the subject of complaints (PA)
UK

Emmerdale dog poisoning storyline prompts more than 850 complaints to Ofcom

The soap reassured viewers that the dog was perfectly fine and there was no harm done to the animal while filming.
5 Jun 2024
Britney Spears (PA)
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Estranged husband of Britney Spears and King’s second cousin join Traitors US

Lord Ivar Mountbatten is the son of the late Marquess of Milford Haven, who was the first cousin of the late Queen’s husband the Duke of Edinburgh.
5 Jun 2024
Actor Matthew Lewis has said the world is ‘a little less bright, a little less optimistic’ without Rob Burrow (Ian West/PA)
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Rob Burrow’s friend Matthew Lewis says the world is ‘less bright’ without him

Burrow died at the age of 41 on Sunday, after a four-and-a-half year battle with motor neurone disease (MND).
4 Jun 2024
Award-winning series Walking With Dinosaurs is to return to the BBC a quarter of a century after first being broadcast (BBC Studios/PA)
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Walking With Dinosaurs to return to BBC

The original natural history-style documentary series was a ratings hit for the corporation and earned multiple awards.
4 Jun 2024
BBC Director-General Tim Davie (Hannah McKay/PA)
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BBC boss warns public broadcasting in ‘red alert situation’ around world

The director-general of the corporation Tim Davie appeared at the Media And Telecoms 2024 And Beyond Conference on Tuesday.
4 Jun 2024
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BBC drama to explore Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s imprisonment

The 46-year-old British-Iranian citizen was detained in Iran in 2016 and only returned to the UK in March 2022.

4 Jun 2024