Television channel ITVBe to become ITV Quiz, with The Only Way Is Essex moving to ITV2
ITV has announced that its ITVBe channel will close in June 2025, and be replaced by a new channel focusing on quiz and game shows. Launched in 2014, ITVBe has…
Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa Googled flu and Covid symptoms
Betsy Arakawa, the wife of actor Gene Hackman, searched the internet for information about flu and Covid symptoms and breathing techniques in the days before she died, police records have…
Sugababes and Natasha Bedingfield to play
Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Siobhan Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan formed Sugababes in 1998 Sugababes and Natasha Bedingfield have been added to the line-up for BBC Radio…
Eastenders star playing her part in keeping the Edinburgh Fringe fresh
Pauline McLean BBC Scotland Arts Correspondent Michael Wharley Michelle Collins makes her Fringe debut this summer Michelle Collins has been acting since she was 18. But after more than four…
The decline and fall of the bible of female gentility
David Sillito Media Correspondent BBC The Lady: spring flowers, housekeepers and vital etiquette tips The Lady, Britain’s longest running women’s magazine, has formally announced that it has ceased publication. The…
The stars who turned their back on Hollywood (and some who returned)
Emma Saunders Culture reporter Getty Images Actress Cate Blanchett has said she wants to quit acting to do other things, joining a long line of big Hollywood stars who gave…
Sir Tim Rice performs in Cornwall after visiting for 50 years
BBC World-famous lyricist Sir Tim Rice has set out on a new tour which will be performed at the Hall for Cornwall World-famous lyricist Sir Tim Rice has set out…
Fans and creators anticipate release of ‘Rage’
Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Don’t Nod Lost Records: Bloom & Rage follows four friends who share a dark secret “What’s in the box?” That’s the question fans of Lost Records:…
New Gladiators king Joe Fishburn hails ‘best moment of my life’
Steve Jones BBC News, Yorkshire Johnny Reed/BBC Joe Fishburn, from Scarborough, was crowned Gladiators champion on Saturday The newly crowned champion of Gladiators has described winning the show in front…
Nirvana Nevermind LP signed by the band in Bristol goes on sale
Rachel Candlin BBC News, West of England Wessex Auction Rooms The record sleeve of Nirvana’s album Nevermind was signed by all three members of the band after a gig in…