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Medical and police dramas lead nominations for BAFTA TV Awards

What were the best British shows on last year? Here are all the nominees for the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards.

22/03/2023

United Kingdom

'Rabbit hutch living': Homeless children at risk in UK housing crisis

“The housing crisis is a political choice,” said one campaigner. “It is possible to make sure everyone has a safe and secure home, if the government want to."

22/03/2023

Culture news

Meet the travelling poet behind the Poetry Machine

Beth Calverley has travelled the country with her Poetry Machine, chatting to strangers and turning their conversations into beautiful pieces of art.

21/03/2023

United Kingdom

UK Met Police review: institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic

Baroness Casey’s review found that the department hasn’t treated violence against women and girls as seriously as other forms of violence.

21/03/2023

Culture news

Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Paul Grant dies aged 56

The 4ft 4in actor, 56, who called himself “the king of the Dwarfs”, was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced braindead.

21/03/2023

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland Democratic Unionists will vote against EU trade plan

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says his Democratic Unionist Party will vote against the UK government's new trade plan for Northern Ireland, Great Britain and the EU.

20/03/2023

Food and Drink

Fancy drinking in the style of James Bond?

A London fixture going back to 1931, London's Dorchester Hotel has undergone several changes, which will continue throughout the year, and has recently unveiled The Vesper Bar.

18/03/2023

Culture news

How Corteiz became the most hyped streetwear brand in the UK

From their 99p Cargos Drop to their recent collaboration with Nike, Corteiz continues to surprise and captivate their audience with each new venture.

17/03/2023

Culture news

University of Leeds settles antisemitism lawsuit with graduate

The University of Leeds in the UK has settled for an undisclosed sum a lawsuit which alleged that several professors purposefully gave a Jewish sociology student a failing grade for a paper which did not blame Israel for the crimes of Hamas against Palestinians.

17/03/2023

Culture news

Italian novelist says Leonardo's da Vinci's mother was a slave

Research into the iconic polymath's parentage has claimed da Vinci's mother was not a Tuscan peasant, as previously thought, but a slave from the Caucasus.

16/03/2023

Culture news

Edinburgh Fringe Festival gets cash injection

Edinburgh Fringe Festival gets cash injection. But will it save UK fringe theatre?

16/03/2023

Culture news

Abs-olutely nuts: Would you get your abs tattooed?

Wherever you fall on this issue, there’s no denying that this enterprising gent is putting the ‘cut’ in ‘shortcut’.

16/03/2023

Tech News

UK becomes latest country to ban TikTok from government devices

Chinese-owned social media app TikTok will be banned from UK government phones, including phones used by ministers and civil servants.

16/03/2023

United Kingdom

UK government unveils budget amid mass industrial action

Expanding child care provision and boosting employment are key elements of the UK's new budget announced on Wednesday.

15/03/2023

Culture news

Gary Glitter recalled to jail one month after release

Footage has emerged of Gary Glitter asking questions about how to access the dark web, which is in breach of his probation conditions.

15/03/2023

Culture news

Euroviews. Q&A: Lineker is a symbol of a culture war, says football writer

Britain is going through an extremely conservative era in politics where nothing is off the table. And Gary Lineker grew increasingly outspoken about progressive issues as he became a target, James Montague told Euronews.

14/03/2023

Culture news

BBC backtracks as ex-football star Gary Lineker returns to television

Gary Lineker will continue as the host of Match of the Day after the BBC reached an agreement with the presenter.

13/03/2023

USA

AUKUS: Biden to announce Australia submarine deal in San Diego

The secretly brokered AUKUS deal included the Australian government’s cancellation of a €61.5 billion contract for a French-built fleet of conventional submarines, which sparked a diplomatic row within the Western alliance that took months to mend.

13/03/2023

Culture news

BBC cuts football coverage after suspending star host Gary Lineker

The BBC faces an escalating crisis over its suspension of former soccer star and TV host Gary Lineker for comments criticising the British government's new asylum policy.

11/03/2023

United Kingdom

'Class war': London's street markets cling on against 'gentrification'

London's traditional street markets - the beating heart of many communities in the British capital - are being rapidly replaced with shopping malls, offices and luxury housing.

10/03/2023