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New artwork for Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget, starring Bella Ramsey, has been released by Netflix. The sequel to Chicken Run, which remains the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time since its 2000 release, is directed by Flushed Away director Sam Fell. Taking up after their daring escape from Tweedy’s farm, the leader of the chickens, Ginger, formerly played by Absolutely Fabulous actress Julia Sawalha and now by Westworld

Charles Leclerc will start today’s sprint race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from pole position. A day after he raced to the top spot in qualifying for Sunday’s main event, Leclerc was fastest again to put his Ferrari at the front for the 17-lap dash in Baku on Saturday evening. Leclerc broke his front wing after thudding into the wall during his final run but the Monegasque’s first effort in

Thousands of people gathered in Trafalgar Square on Saturday to celebrate the Muslim Festival of Eid. Festivities got under way around noon with musicians, comedians and speakers taking to the stage erected at the foot of Nelson’s column. The event, hosted by comedian Ali Official and model Mariah Idrissi, kicked off with a reading from the Koran from speaker Hassan Rasool. Official, 30, said: “British Muslims often feel quite neglected

England will make history at Twickenham on Saturday amid a call for the Rugby Football Union to ensure the financial rewards available in the women’s game match its growing value to the governing body. The Red Roses host France in a Grand Slam decider with over 53,000 tickets already sold, surpassing the previous highest ever crowd of 42,579 seen for last autumn’s World Cup final against New Zealand in Auckland. It provides

Stephen Dobbie was left heartbroken after Blackpool’s 3-2 defeat to Millwall at Bloomfield Road confirmed their relegation from the Championship. Millwall striker Tom Bradshaw scored a fine brace, including a brilliantly worked team goal after just two minutes, either side of Jerry Yates’ penalty for the hosts. Lewis Fiorini then went from hero to zero for Blackpool after a wonderfully taken goal from outside the box levelled the scores after

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is working with health leaders to provide some staff during its bank holiday strike, as NHS England warned appointment cancellations due to industrial action are likely to hit half a million. The RCN, which is holding a strike from 8pm on Sunday until 11.59pm on Monday evening, previously said it will not agree to derogations – broad areas of care where unions agree to

Blackpool were relegated from the Sky Bet Championship after a 3-2 home defeat to play-off hopefuls Millwall. The Seasiders twice hit back from a goal down to level in a real thriller, but even a point would scarcely have been enough as they went down with a game to spare. Millwall, meanwhile, fired themselves back up to fifth in the table as they remain firmly in the play-off shake-up, with

The King will have greater privacy than afforded previous monarchs during one of the most sacred moments of the coronation. Charles will be shielded by a new partition, featuring an embroidered design celebrating the Commonwealth, when he is anointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury during his crowning on May 6. Queen Elizabeth used just a canopy during her 1953 coronation but Charles has opted for more seclusion behind a central

He failed to disclose that he played a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman after being found to have broken the rules by failing to disclose he played a role in getting Boris Johnson an £800,000 loan guarantee. Adam Heppinstall KC’s review found the former Tory donor twice breached the code governing public appointments, risking the perception he was not independent from