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The Peaky Blinders movie is set to begin filming in Birmingham “soon”, its creator has said. Steven Knight, who brought the Shelby street gang’s exploits to television screens through the hit BBC series, said the call for the forthcoming movie’s extras would also be going out shortly, adding “all you need is a haircut – and a cap”. He was speaking at the announcement on Tuesday, of a new “world-beating”

Former Tottenham defender Matt Doherty is hoping “unbelievable” manager Antonio Conte stays with Spurs “as long as possible” amid speculation over his future. The Italian, whose contract is due to expire during the summer, has found himself under the spotlight following a weekend rant during which he accused his players of lacking professionalism and questioned the club’s culture over the last two decades. Conte spoke out after seeing his team

The Government will bring forward changes to its flagship Levelling Up Bill aimed at tackling problems with Airbnbs and other short-term lets, Michael Gove said. The Communities Secretary said ministers will make changes aimed at restricting “the way that homes can be turned into Airbnbs” as he acknowledged a problem with holiday lets preventing younger workers from living and finding a job near to home. Liberal Democrat Tim Farron drew

Didier Deschamps has appointed Kylian Mbappe as France’s new captain. The 24-year-old Paris St Germain forward, who won the Golden Boot at the World Cup last year, succeeds goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. The Tottenham stopper retired from international football after guiding France to a second successive World Cup final. Mbappe has rapidly become France’s biggest star after being part of the World Cup-winning team in 2018 as a teenager. He has

Ed Sheeran has said he felt he “didn’t want to live any more” after the death of his best friend Jamal Edwards and discovering his pregnant wife had been diagnosed with a tumour. Music entrepreneur Edwards, who founded the music platform SBTV in 2006 which helped launch Sheeran’s career, died in February 2022 at the age of 31. His death came shortly after Sheeran’s wife of four years, Cherry Seaborn,

Jack Willis is hopeful he can remain available for Toulouse and England despite the Rugby Football Union’s current policy of refusing to consider players outside the Gallagher Premiership. Special dispensation was granted to Willis until the end of the Word Cup due to his forced exit from financially-stricken Wasps, which resulted in him joining the Top 14 heavyweights at short notice. Outstanding displays against Italy and Ireland in the Six

TikTok has rolled out updated rules and standards for content and users as it faces increasing pressure from western authorities over concerns that material on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be used to push false information. The company released a reorganised set of community guidelines that include eight principles to guide content moderation decisions. “These principles are based on our commitment to uphold human rights and aligned with international legal frameworks,”

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg called on Antonio Conte to be “more precise” in his criticism of Tottenham’s players after his outburst in the aftermath of Saturday’s draw with Southampton. Conte accused his team of lacking professionalism in a rant that also took aim at the culture of the club over the last 20 years. It has been reported that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy could remove the Italian as manager this week, bringing

Google has announced it is allowing more people to interact with Bard, the AI chatbot the company is building to counter Microsoft’s early lead in a pivotal battleground of technology. The tech giant is opening a waiting list to use the artificial intelligence tool which is similar to the ChatGPT technology Microsoft began deploying in its Bing search engine to much fanfare last month. Last week, Microsoft embedded more AI-powered

The Home Secretary has rejected calls to abolish the Metropolitan Police after a damning review concluded it is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic. Conservative MP Matthew Offord urged Suella Braverman to transfer specialist operations currently with the Met, such as counter-terrorism, to the Home Office. This would allow the replacement police service for London to focus on maintaining law and order, the MP for Hendon added. But Ms Braverman disagreed