James Blunt bags first number one album in almost 20 years after Traitors stint James Blunt has secured his first UK number one album in almost two decades, just weeks after missing out on victory on The Celebrity Traitors. The 52-year-old singer recently featured on the BBC reality game show, but was banished by fellow
Police probing number of sex offence allegations against David Walliams The force says it has received a number of non-recent allegations against the former Britain’s Got Talent judge “in recent days” A series of “serious” sex offence allegations against television personality David Walliams are being probed by the Metropolitan Police. The force said it has
Mauricio Pochettino breaks down in tears during United States press conference Manchester United’s new head coach Mauricio Pochettino broke down in tears on Friday as he said leaving his role with the United States had been “one of the most difficult decisions” of his whole career. United confirmed the Argentinian as their new head coach
Piddington will bring legal challenge over asylum base plans – parish council The Government will face a legal challenge over plans to convert a Ministry of Defence site near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington into accommodation for more than 1,200 detained asylum seekers, the parish council chairman has said. Communities Secretary Angela Rayner has approved
Manchester United confirm Mauricio Pochettino will be new head coach Manchester United have reached an agreement for Mauricio Pochettino to become their new head coach. The Red Devils have agreed a deal which releases the Argentinian and his coaching staff from their duties with the United States national team after their two matches against Haiti
Microsoft outage could cause issues for those moving home on ‘unlucky’ Friday 13 Microsoft’s global outage may cause stress and disruption for people moving on “unlucky” Friday 13, but a property expert said many firms use purpose-built portals which will help Ian Harris, president at property professionals’ body NAEA (National Association of Estate Agents) Propertymark
Ian McKellen backs project to bring live theatre to youngsters across country Sir Ian McKellen said live theatre has become “increasingly costly” as he spoke about a new £15 million project by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for the National Theatre. The funding will help more than 100,000 children and young people across
England suffer more Perth woe with first ODI thrashing at hands of Australia England crashed to a heavy defeat in the first game of their latest Australian tour, with a rousing debut from 21-year-old Mahli Beardman diverting some of the home side’s attention from the ongoing sandpaper scandal. Australian cricket is in the midst of
Cheltenham ask racegoers to arrive early after Microsoft outage Cheltenham has urged racegoers to arrive early on Friday for the first day of the November meeting as a worldwide Microsoft outage could cause issues with digital tickets. Outlook and Teams have suffered disruption since Thursday evening and while Microsoft has said the outage has not
Thomas Tuchel relishing England’s ‘winner takes it all’ test against Spain Thomas Tuchel says the “winner takes it all” as England end 2026 with the opportunity to top their Nations League group in Sunday’s “final” at world champions Spain. The World Cup bronze medallists have had an intense year, with highs like the heroic triumph