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Bayeux Tapestry unveiled to UK public for first time at British Museum

Visitors tell the BBC it was a "real privilege" to be among the first to see the tapestry in England.

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Sacha Baron Cohen lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s West End playwriting debut

The Ali G and Borat creator is reported to be taking the lead in The Popinjay Cavalier, a swashbuckling comedy Tarantino is developing for early 2027He will soon be seen resuming his old Staines rudeb...

Esther Rantzen says she is too fragile to travel to Switzerland to end life

The broadcaster and campaigner says she missed her chance to go before living with cancer became "unbearable".

Theatregoer who throttled woman for singing at show is jailed

Malcolm Potier attacked the audience member after she started singing along, a judge is told.

New Strictly hosts explain their roles as they reject 'roving presenter' reports

Johannes Radebe, Josh Widdicombe and Emma Willis say their roles are not "fixed" or defined.

Harry Styles extends tour, with Kylie as a support act

The pop star will play 25 more dates on his Together, Together tour, including three in the London.

Big hits, massive ballads and titanic emotions: Céline Dion’s greatest songs – ranked!

As the French Canadian superstar returns for her first concerts since she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, we count down the best of an unabashedly romantic catalogue. Wind machines at the re...

The Tubs: Hard Life review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Merge)Britain’s best indie-rockers hold fast to their defiantly old-school sound, slipping wry sideways looks at despair in among hooky melodies that always sound like a good timeOn a track called He...

Todd Rundgren review – try-anything veteran doesn’t let his freak flag fully fly

Cadogan Hall, London The 78-year-old has astonishing range but gets bogged down in middling rock, though later delivers some gorgeous acoustic songs – and a slinky Marvin Gaye coverTodd Rundgren is a...

BBC drops Drag Race UK after eight series

Future series will no longer be broadcast on BBC Three as the show moves to a streaming platform owned by its production company.

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John Major’s rise from obscure whip to PM part of new National Theatre season

Play is one of eight world premieres in programme with global conflict and political upheaval at its heartA new play about John Major’s rise to power, written by James Graham, will premiere at the Na...

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Streeting praises new series The Wargame for highlighting Britain’s defence needs

Show depicting attack on UK and featuring Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon will ‘make people think’, minister saysA docudrama depicting a Russian attack on a Britain led by an unlikely pairing of Mich...

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Actor Noel Clarke charged with sexual offences

Clarke has been charged with offences including sexual assault. BBC News has asked him for a comment.

Evanescence review – devastating power and range from one of rock’s great vocal talents

First Direct Arena, LeedsThe titanic choruses and stormy metal riffs of latest album Sanctuary are the perfect foundation for Amy Lee’s astonishing, skyscraping vocal range To watch Evanescence in co...

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Actor Noel Clarke charged with sex offences

Actor Noel Clarke has been charged with a series of sexual offences against five women in connection with alleged offending that took place between 2007 and 2016.

Channel 4 to cut 340 jobs by the end of the year in major shake-up

It comes after the network conducted a review amid a "rapidly changing media landscape".

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders star impresses on Broadway after celebrity casting row

The former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader overcomes criticism of stunt casting for her Chicago debut.

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Channel 4 to cut a quarter of its workforce

Channel 4 is to cut about a quarter of its staff - around 340 jobs - by the end of the year.

Even better than the Real Thing? The overlooked Black music scene of 1970s Liverpool

Despite the city’s backdrop of deprivation and racism, vibrant nightclubs and daring artists thrived – but after No 1 success for the Real Thing, why was the scene ignored?Months before the Real Thing...