Charlotte McLaughlin
Celebrity News18 Aug 2025
Matthew Perry death: doctor pleads guilty in actor's overdose case
Perry died from the ‘acute effects of ketamine’ aged 54 in October 23 — but how did we get to that point?
Celebrity News
Details of best moments Grand Tour specials revealed after motoring show finale
Prime Video said it will release four retrospective episodes, which will look back at the best moments of the series.
28 Mar 2025
UK
BBC scraps plans to put ads on corporation’s Spotify audio content in UK
The News Media Association has welcomed the BBC’s ‘change of heart’.
28 Mar 2025
Film
Cynthia Erivo calls for light shone on ‘invisible’ LGBT+ community
Wicked star Erivo has previously said she was ‘really proud I came out the way I did’, when disclosing she is bisexual.
28 Mar 2025
UK
Imelda Staunton’s daughter says growing up with actors ‘removed inaccessibility’
Bessie Carter is best known for playing Prudence Featherington in the hit Netflix Regency-inspired drama Bridgerton, along with her theatre work.
27 Mar 2025
UK
BBC to poll public on what they want from broadcaster
Tim Davie, BBC director-general, said ‘the BBC belongs to all of us and we all have a say in its future’.
27 Mar 2025
UK
BBC News correspondent Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after being detained
The journalist was deported on Thursday morning from Istanbul, after being accused of ‘being a threat to public order’, according to the BBC.
27 Mar 2025
Celebrity News
‘Deeper story’ of George Floyd’s death to be explored in BBC documentary
The 90-minute film will feature interviews with Mr Floyd’s family, and celebrities.
27 Mar 2025
Music
Abba ‘adding a little something’ to avatar arena shows for third anniversary
ABBA Voyage is booking until January 2026.
27 Mar 2025
Music26 Mar 2025
UK’s Eurovision act Remember Monday makes tattoo pledge if they win
The girl group of Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele will represent the UK at the competition in May in Basel, Switzerland.
Celebrity News
Comic Relief founders Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis named Carnegie honourees
Comic Relief, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year, has raised more than £1.6 billion for charity.
24 Mar 2025
Showbiz24 Mar 2025
Zoe Ball in 'a good place' after quitting BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show
Her father Johnny Ball shared an update on his 54-year-old daughter three months after she left her BBC Radio 2 programme
Celebrity News
Alan Cumming to host Bafta ceremony for first time
For the previous two years, the ceremony has been jointly presented by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan.
24 Mar 2025
Celebrity News
Christopher Dean on another Dancing On Ice series: I don’t know yet
Dancing On Ice briefly ended after the ninth series in 2014, before making a comeback in 2018.
24 Mar 2025
Politics
Ed Sheeran spearheads call for music education funding after ‘decades’ of cuts
He has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Government officials calling for immediate, long-term funding for UK music education.
23 Mar 2025
UK23 Mar 2025
Former Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles dies aged 76
He interviewed Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono in New York for a radio series, two days before the musician was shot dead aged 40 in 1980.
Celebrity News
Blue Peter says goodbye to live shows with final episode
Blue Peter will continue to be broadcast on CBBC, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
23 Mar 2025
Celebrity News
Simon Cowell takes another BGT golden buzzer for neurodivergent group
Electric Umbrella, a music and performance group from Watford with a variety of different ages, earned a fast track to the live semi-finals.
22 Mar 2025
UK
The Searchers to play final show at Glastonbury after touring for 68 years
The Liverpool pop group had three number one hits including a cover of Sweets For My Sweet in 1963.
22 Mar 2025
UK22 Mar 2025
Jamie Laing told wife every day he could not do Comic Relief marathon challenge
Sophie Habboo was there to meet him at the finish line.
UK22 Mar 2025
BBC could not afford to make Adolescence, Wolf Hall director says
The four-part limited series, made in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, has received backing from the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.