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She has described him as a "fool" Dame Joan Collins has criticised William Shatner following his historic space flight, describing him as a “fool”. The 90-year-old actor, famed for his Star Trek role as Captain James T Kirk, lifted off from the Texas desert earlier this month in a rocket built by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space travel company Blue Origin, becoming the oldest person to travel into space. Following […]

She spent the night in the central London private King Edward VII’s Hospital he Queen spent Wednesday night in hospital for “preliminary investigations”, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The 95-year-old monarch, who was ordered to rest by doctors and advised to miss a trip to Northern Ireland, returned to Windsor Castle at lunchtime on Thursday and remains in “good spirits”. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: “Following medical advice to rest for […]

He will read I Talk Like A River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith Ed Sheeran will make his CBeebies Bedtime Stories debut reading a story about a boy with a stutter. The singer-songwriter, 30, recounted his own experiences in 2015 during a speech made at the American Institute for Stuttering gala, telling the audience how rapping along to one of Eminem’s albums, which was bought for him when he […]

The mother of a five-year-old boy who was found dead in a river has been charged with his murder. Angharad Williamson, 30, from Sarn, is the third person to be charged with the murder of her son Logan Mwangi. Logan, who was also known as Logan Williamson, was discovered in the River Ogmore in Bridgend County on July 31. Williamson had previously been charged with perverting the course of justice. […]

He will be reunited with Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood in a string of live shows Bruno Tonioli is to return to Strictly Come Dancing for the 2022 UK arena tour. The 65-year-old Italian judge pulled out of the current series of the television programme over uncertainty around travel restrictions between the UK and the US, where he is based and is also a judge on American series Dancing […]

It effectly ends his chance of playing in the Ashes, which start in December Dom Sibley has pulled out of the England Lions trip to Australia, effectively ending his Ashes hopes, with Yorkshire’s Harry Brook called up as a replacement. Opener Sibley played 22 Tests before being dropped against India this summer but was handed a lifeline when he was invited Down Under with the second string Lions squad. That […]

That's according to former team-mate Ryan Sidebottom Eoin Morgan could lay claim to being English cricket’s best ever captain if he lifts the Twenty20 World Cup, according to former team-mate Ryan Sidebottom. Morgan’s modest form with the bat has attracted plenty of attention of late, with the 35-year-old suggesting he could even drop himself if it benefited the team, but he remains among the most respected leaders in the global […]

An estimated 160,950 homes changed hands in September House sales surged by more than two-thirds in September as buyers rushed to make stamp duty savings. Across the UK, an estimated 160,950 homes changed hands, which was 67.5% higher than in August, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said. The September total was also 68.4% higher than in September 2020. HMRC said the figures had “have captured significant impacts from expected forestalling […]

Pushpanath “Push” Krishnamurthy began his walk at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square on the 2nd of October A climate campaigner is walking 400 miles from London to Glasgow to raise awareness of climate change ahead of Cop26. Pushpanath “Push” Krishnamurthy began his walk at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square on October 2, and his arrival in the Scottish city is set to coincide with the UN […]