A woman who alleges she was raped by Russell Brand at a bar told the filth “I just closed my eyes and tried not to be there” while the attack was taking place. In a 2023 video interview with an officer shown to the jury at his trial, the woman said she had been speaking...
And piracy is already having impacts on the pitch. At a conference last year, Tom Burrows, the head of global rights at the sports streaming platform DAZN, described piracy as a “huge problem” for his company, and “almost a crisis for the sports rights industry”. Ju...
Actor and comedian Paul Whitehouse has fought back against someone who tried to steal his card at an London cash machine, according to his wife. Dr Mine Conkbayir posted on Instagram that her husband had gone out to get some medication on Friday, when he was mugged at a cash machine behind...
While in London, they released their first English-language single, TRALALA, which topped YouTube’s daily music video chart on its release, ahead of videos from Shakira and Taylor Swift. The music video was also their first to be filmed outside Turkey, with the group working with a l...
The long-running home renovation TV series DIY SOS will be “rested” next year, the BBC has said. Sources at the corporation denied reports in the Sun newspaper the programme would be axed as part of a plan to make savings. Instead, it will be replaced by a spin-off show featuri...
The Princess of Wales has launched a project promoting the use of nature to help develop young children’s social and emotional development. “Nature is such an extraordinary environment for us all and, in this tech-driven, digital age, spending quality time outdoors has never be...
A former flatmate of Russell Brand has told a jury that “sex was a huge preoccupation” for the entertainer. Andrew Dobson, who was in Bournemouth where Brand is alleged to have raped a woman, has been giving evidence on the fourth day of the trial. Brand, 51, faces seven charge...
Beth Dobbin is so determined to raise awareness of the illness that has decimated her life that she is speaking out, despite knowing it could trigger a brutal deterioration in her health. Five years ago, she ran for Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. Now, at 32, she spends more than 22 h...
Comic James Acaster, possibly the most reluctant traitor in recent memory, accurately called killing off Beckett a “chaos murder”. “This is a bunch of faithful who read into everything,” he said. “They go, why did this happen? And with this murder, there’...
Much of the crowd that came out to see them was young and diverse – the vast majority of people I saw were under 30. The mood at each event was informal with a strong emphasis on getting stuck in. They baked cupcakes, made West African food, played pool and had a go at basketball....