Jamie Bigg, known as Giant, says his departure “wasn’t a decision I made”.
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The veteran singer had made a counterclaim after four housekeepers sued him for alleged sexual assault.
Found in a private collection, the show displays the duo’s “fast-paced and witty’ performances.
D4vd, who rose to fame on TikTok with the viral hits Romantic Homicide and Here With me, was on tour when police made the discovery in his car. His worldwide tour was ultimately cancelled and the star largely retreated from public life and social media.
Beatles star reveals all about his new country album, being a Sir and coming up with the phrase A Hard Day’s Night.
Runjeet Singh Gallery offers a platform for artists inspired by South Asian traditions and cultures.
RINGO STARR
Long Long Road (UMe)
Sparked by 2025’s chart-topping Look Up, Ringo Starr is enjoying somewhat of a late-career renaissance with the release of Long Long Road. Leaning further into bluesy soul and sun-warmed 1950s country, Starr and producer T-Bone Burnett have crafted an album that wears its influences proudly.
The Nashville/LA recorded sessions sound human and authentic, with wonderful harmonies, tasteful guitar and driving drums doing the heavy lifting. Lead single It’s Been Too Long, featuring Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz, wraps Starr’s unmistakable dulcet tone in a warm blanket of vocals. And for Beatle-heads still hungry for more, Choose Love isabout the most reminiscent of the Fabs in their pomp, and the album’s standout.
Starr, as always, doesn’t chase grandeur with Long Long Road. Instead, he lets the songs take centre stage, serving them just as he’s always done: with talent, grace and guile. Featured collaborators Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow and St Vincent help Starr deliver the sound of an artist still moving forward at the tender age of 85.
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Played by Richard Gadd, Ruben Pallister is the new BBC drama’s ferocious antagonist.
Football Focus is to end after 52 years, BBC Sport has announced.
Launched in 1974, the Saturday lunchtime television programme provided fans with interviews, analysis and stories from across the game before the weekend’s fixtures.
Changing audience habits have meant a growth in the use of digital platforms and on-demand to get the same pre-match content.
As a result, linear television viewing figures have gradually declined since 2018.
Football Focus will run until the end of the season.
Alex Kay-Jelski – director of BBC Sport – said: “Football Focus has been a hugely important programme in the history of BBC Sport and has played a key role in telling the stories of the game for generations of viewers.
“This decision was made before last week’s wider BBC savings announcement, reflecting the continued shift in how audiences engage with football and our commitment to evolving how we deliver content to reach fans wherever they are.”
From next season, Kelly Somers’ The Football Interview will move to Saturday at 12:45 BST on BBC One. Final Score with Jason Mohammad will start on BBC One earlier than it has this season – at 15:45 BST.
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka, former Chelsea manager Emma Hayes, Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva, Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike and Manchester United boss Michael Carrick are among the players and coaches to have featured on The Football Interview this season.
BBC Sport says it will expand its digital output across BBC platforms, including exclusive shows on YouTube. The intention is to deliver more high-quality, accessible and engaging football coverage at scale.
Football Focus started out as part of Grandstand, with Sam Leitch presenting a pre-cursor called Football Preview.
It was renamed Football Focus, with Bob Wilson becoming an iconic figure. After first taking on presenting duties in 1974, the former Arsenal goalkeeper stayed in the role for 20 years.
Steve Rider, Gary Lineker, Ray Stubbs, Manish Bhasin and Dan Walker – for 12 years – all had stints in the chair.
Its final host will be Alex Scott, who has presented Football Focus for the past five years and will continue to work for the BBC.
“Alex Scott is one of our finest presenters, is hugely popular across the men’s and women’s game and is a big part of our present and future,” added Kay-Jelski.
“She will remain at the heart of our sports output across both the men’s World Cup this year and the Women’s World Cup in 2027, as well as continuing her lead role on the Women’s Super League and BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
“We are also working on a very exciting new project with her – more to come on that soon.”
Scott said being part of the programme had been “incredibly special” and it was an “honour” to have been presenter for five years.
“It has been such an important part of my life, working with some of the very best people in the business, both on screen and behind the scenes,” she said on Instagram.
Can trauma and love learn to live alongside each other, or will pain always triumph over pleasure? And how do you approach dating in the 21st century when the very thought of sex both repulses and terrifies you? These are just some of the uncomfortable, brave and brutally honest questions posed by Charlotte Paradise’s memorable debut novel, Overspill.
In another author’s hands, the flirty meet-cute between virgin Sara and reformed playboy Miles would signal the start of a breezy romcom straight out of the classic ‘opposites attract’ playbook. But Paradise has an altogether darker and more realistic destination in mind. Each chapter digs a little deeper into Sara’s troubled psyche, gradually uncovering the shocking abuse that robbed her of her childhood and laid waste to most of her adult desires.
As Sara and Mike’s fledgling relationship begins to struggle under the combined weight of her vaginismus and his inability to fully understand the condition, what emerges is an emotional and grownup exploration of what it takes to commit to another person when your own flesh feels like a foreign and hostile land. Equal parts tender and unflinching, Overspill overcomestraditional boundaries toauthentically depict love in the time of C-PTSD.