The National Glass Centre will close at the end of July 2026, Sunderland University has announced. The glass-making and cultural venue, which faced a multimillion-pound repair bill, has been marked…

Essex Police says it is not taking any further action against Allison Pearson after an investigation into a social media post by the Daily Telegraph columnist. The investigation has been…

Getty Images The ENO staged Iolanthe by Gilbert and and Sulivan at the London Coliseum last year The English National Opera has announced its first productions and plans for Manchester…

Image source, Getty Images Jussie Smollett, the actor accused of staging a hate crime hoax, has had his conviction overturned five years after he was first arrested. In 2022, the…

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned a conviction against actor Jussie Smollett, who prosecutors accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 in Chicago. Smollett, who…

Getty Images Sophie Ellis-Bextor helped bring a touch of sparkle to the Covid-19 lockdown with her Kitchen Disco series Pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor is to play host a “New Year…

Kevin Brennan Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock and then Cardiff West MP Kevin Brennan at a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament One was a teenage Sex Pistol who fought…

The chair of the BBC’s Children in Need charity has resigned, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to an LGBT youth charity, whose former chief had been involved…

Pamela Hayden, the actress who voices the Simpsons character Milhouse, has announced her retirement from the show. Hayden has worked on the US animated series since 1989 and appeared in…

Singer Chris Stapleton won three prizes, including male vocalist of the year, at the annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards in Nashville on Wednesday. However, the biggest award of the…