A New Jersey man who stabbed renowned British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder and assault. Hadi Matar,…
BBC soap EastEnders marks its 40th anniversary this week and at its centre is a special live episode. One of the characters central to the anniversary is Queen Victoria landlady,…
One of the animators behind Wallace and Gromit is sure there will be another film “because it’s so fun to bring those characters to the world”. The disaster-struck duo’s latest…
Police are investigating after four people broke into the home of TV personalities Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan. The married couple, 38 and 37, reported intruders forced entry to their…
Malian film director Souleymane Cissé, one of the pioneers of African cinema, has died aged 84. His daughter, Mariam Cissé, confirmed his death at a clinic in the capital Bamako,…
Manslaughter charges against a friend of Liam Payne and two members of staff at the hotel where the singer died have been dropped. Rogelio “Roger” Nores and two workers from…
A judge has ruled the tenants of The Leadmill music venue in Sheffield must leave the premises. Electric Group, the owners of the much-loved 900-capacity building, served an eviction notice…
Museums, theatres and other cultural venues in England are to receive £270m funding to stay afloat and fix their crumbling buildings, the government has said. The money will go to…
The James Bond film franchise will no longer be controlled by the Broccoli dynasty, after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson announced they are stepping down. The Bond…
The culture secretary has said she will raise concerns with BBC bosses about a documentary on Gaza that was narrated by the son of a Hamas official. The broadcaster has…