My Chemical Romance announce Black Parade tour UK dates
Getty Images Lead singer Gerard Way in his signature Black Parade getup in 2006 My Chemical Romance have announced a UK tour to celebrate 20 years of album The Black…
Stanley 96-year-old becomes Countdown’s oldest contestant
PA Media Donald Elsom, from Stanley, was in his early 50s when Countdown was first broadcast A 96-year-old former RAF corporal who left school when he was 14 has become…
Deaf drag queens’ bid to keep gay sign language alive
Pauline McLean Arts correspondent, BBC Scotland Chris Foote/BBC Deaf drag queens Mary and Danielle have brought their show Deaffy Drag Queens: Glitter, Gags and GSV to Edinburgh Some acts at…
Brian Cox’s one-man tour due to start in Northampton is postponed
Actor Brian Cox has postponed his upcoming national tour because he has been “very busy” and it was “too soon”. The star of HBO TV drama Succession was due to…
Strictly Come Dancing announces Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey as first celebrity contestant
Gladiators star and Olympic sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is the first celebrity contestant to be announced for the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 line-up. Aikines-Aryeetey, known as Nitro to Gladiators fans, appeared…
Blue Peter’s formidable editor dies aged 92
BBC Biddy Baxter, who has died at the age of 92, turned Blue Peter into a television institution. Her recipe of pets, charity appeals, gymnastic displays, foreign travel reports and…
Netflix’s Wednesday star on getting GCSE advice from Steve Buscemi
Vanessa Pearce BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images Moosa Mostafa plays Eugene in Tim Burton’s hit show Wednesday on Netflix Being given exam revision advice from Hollywood A-lister Steve Buscemi…
Ray Brooks, voice of Mr Benn, dies aged 86
Maia Davies & John Hand BBC News BBC Brooks’s sons said their dad ‘shunned the spotlight’ despite his dazzling TV career TV actor Ray Brooks, who starred in some of…
Willy Chavarria sorry after Adidas shoe cultural appropriation row
Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter Getty Images US fashion designer Willy Chavarria at The Mark Hotel before the 2025 Met Gala US fashion designer Willy Chavarria has apologised after a shoe…
The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025
BBC He sang wistfully of the English town that shaped his life. “Found my heart and broke it here. Made friends and lost them through the years. And I’ve not…