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Singer's Aberdare, Swansea and Cardiff gigs axed over US right-wing links
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (513+ words) A singer has had all his upcoming shows in Wales cancelled due to his links with US far-right movement The Proud Boys. Michale Graves, a former lead vocalist of notorious New Jersey punk band The Misfits, was meant to play…...
Hannah Montana special: Fans brace for 'iconic' star's return
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (717+ words) Oh sweet niblets - Hannah Montana fans say upcoming special will be the "perfect way" to mark the TV show's 20th anniversary. Miley Cyrus will return to her Disney roots for the programme which will celebrate the series she starred in from…...
Nigella Lawson will be 'wonderful' on Bake Off, says Prue Leith
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (471+ words) Nigella Lawson will be "wonderful" as the new judge on The Great British Bake Off, her predecessor Dame Prue Leith has said. Dame Prue, who lives in Oxfordshire, announced that she would be leaving the reality baking competition in January,…...
Japanese ambassador spends day as a Peaky Blinder in Dudley
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (422+ words) The Japanese ambassador who has become a social media sensation because of his visits around the UK has dressed up like a Peaky Blinder during a visit to the West Midlands. Hiroshi Suzuki, who often carries around a Paddington Bear…...
Game of Thrones: Prequel play The Mad King to open in Stratford-Upon-Avon this summer
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (751+ words) A new play based on fantasy series Game of Thrones is set to open in Stratford-upon-Avon this summer, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced. Game of Thrones: The Mad King, which is being made in association with broadcast network…...
Preston burger bar's fake blue plaque about US band Toto triggers row
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (500+ words) Was a quadruple platinum track by US rock band Toto written in a Preston burger restaurant? If you read the restaurant's unverified blue plaque, you would think the band's 1982 hit Africa was written on the premises - leading to a row…...
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 ad banned for trivialising sexual violence
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (594+ words) An advert for a Call of Duty game has been banned by the UK's advertising regulator for trivialising sexual violence. The commercial for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 featured fake officers at an airport security check - as the real ones…...
Watch: Skier tells BBC of 'panic' as avalanche hit Italian slopes
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (404+ words) A skier filmed the moment an avalanche struck a mountain valley in northern Italy on Tuesday. The footage, filmed by Siobhan Halford, shows a group of people, including children, in a queue, covered in snow after being hit by the…...
'She loved painting people living life out loud': Why critics scorned Beryl Cook's 'saucy' paintings
6+ hour, 49+ min ago (1145+ words) Jolly, kitsch and bawdy, Beryl Cook's paintings were loved by the British public but derided by the art establishment. One hundred years after her birth, a new exhibition argues for a radical reassessment of her work and legacy. By any…...
Cynthia Erivo says she ignores online criticism as Dracula divides critics
6+ hour, 55+ min ago (960+ words) After years defying gravity, Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has traded the shimmering world of Oz for something darker and far more demanding. On the stage at London's No'l Coward Theatre, Erivo stands alone, carrying an entire gothic epic on her…...