Celebrity Traitors launch watched by more than 15m people More than 15 million people watched the first episode of this year’s Celebrity Traitors in the seven days following its transmission, figures have shown. It is the largest TV audience so far in 2026 based on what are known as consolidated ratings, which measure the number
Pakistan’s Arafat Minhas is an all-round hit as England collapse in Rawalpindi England were undone by the all-round excellence of Arafat Minhas as they started their winter and one-day international tri-series in Pakistan with an 87-run defeat in Rawalpindi. Pakistan, who began the tournament by beating Sri Lanka at the weekend, lurched to 133 for
Unai Emery says Aston Villa can make ‘no excuses’ despite growing injury list Aston Villa have been hit with several injury problems but boss Unai Emery is keen not to use them as an excuse ahead of their Champions League home tie against Viking on Wednesday. Following a tough start to the season, Villa are
King, Queen, William and Kate welcome Sultan of Oman for state visit The King, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales have welcomed the Sultan of Oman to a rainy Windsor for his state visit to the UK. Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said was greeted by the monarch in the open air
Banks and courts affected by disruption as Google apologises for cloud outage Google has apologised after an outage in its cloud network disrupted a host of online services, including banks and the courts. Revolut, which has millions of UK customers, was among the firms reporting problems caused by the incident, while the cloud video platform
Lisandro Martinez and Marcus Rashford miss training before Man Utd head to Como Lisandro Martinez and Marcus Rashford missed training ahead of the trip to Como as Manchester United’s injury problems continued to mount. Martinez’s eventful week, which saw him apologise after publicly criticising the club’s hierarchy, ended with him keeping his place for Sunday’s
Matt Hancock’s care home protective ring claim ‘unfounded’, Covid report finds The care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic with failings allowing the virus to “spread like wildfire” and resulting in thousands of deaths despite the claim there was a protective ring around care homes, the inquiry has found. Then-health secretary Matt Hancock’s
Strictly’s Anton Du Beke: It’s a dream come true to release Christmas single Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke has said it is a “dream come true” to release a Christmas single. The British dancer co-wrote the swing track Dance My Way To Christmas, which will be released next month ahead of the festive
First named storm of the season to bring strong winds to parts of UK A weather warning for strong wind has been issued by the Met Office ahead of the arrival of the first named storm of the season. Storm Austen is forecast to bring gusts of 50-60mph to southern areas of the UK at
UK unemployment falls to lowest in a year but vacancies slide further The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in more than a year despite the number of vacancies sliding for another month, new figures show. The rate of UK unemployment fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, from 4.9%