Covid: Swansea’s Cinema & Co ordered to close by district judge
Boss Anna Redfern is told to shut her business after refusing to ask for Covid passes.
Adele announces Las Vegas residency
The singer will perform at Caesars Palace Hotel, with shows running from 21 January next year.
House of Gucci: Family hits out at insulting and painful portrayal
The heirs of Italian fashion house Gucci criticise depiction of the family in House of Gucci film.
BBFC tightens rules over racist language
Any film now featuring the N-word is highly unlikely to be classified lower than a 12A/12.
Barbados: Rihanna made national hero as island becomes republic
The artist and businesswoman is honoured at an event marking the nation’s status as a republic.
Stephen Merchant’s The Outlaws will return for second series
The comedy-thriller about seven misfits doing community service in Bristol will air in 2022.
Jussie Smollett: Actor hatched ‘secret plan’ for hate hoax
The actor is accused of staging an attack on himself in 2019 as a publicity stunt, which he denies.
Why France is declaring Josephine Baker a national hero
Josephine Baker is the first black woman to be remembered in the resting place of France’s national heroes.
Brit Awards: Bree Runway, Lola Young and Holly Humberstone tipped for rising star prize
BBC Sound Of runner-up Holly Humberstone, Bree Runway and Lola Young are tipped as ones-to-watch.
Actor Mark Bonnar revisits his dad’s famous concrete hippos
Growing up, Scottish actor Mark Bonnar thought it was normal to have a dad whose job was making concrete hippos for new towns.
Stephen Sondheim: London’s West End goes dark in tribute
The two-minute tribute to theatre titan Stephen Sondheim, who died last week, took place in the West End.
Christmas bleatings from Shaun the Sheep in BBC One idents
Shaun the Sheep to shepherd in Christmas on BBC One with festive idents.
The Simpsons: Tiananmen episode not found in Hong Kong
The episode includes jokes about China’s censorship of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Steps axe their remaining tour dates due to further Covid cases
Two band members and some of their touring party have recently tested positive for coronavirus.
Storm Arwen: I’m a Celebrity to return on Tuesday following storm damage
ITV confirm the show won’t air on Monday but will be back on Tuesday following damage to the set.
Wizkid fans breach O2 Arena security to break into gig
Some people dodged security barriers and charged their way in to see the Nigerian singer.
BBC Radio 4: Fire alarm forces presenters to exit studio during broadcast
Presenters Nick Robinson and Martha Kearney of Radio 4’s Today programme had to evacuate the building.
Radio 4’s Today programme temporarily drops off air
The BBC show went silent on Monday morning when an alarm told people to leave the building.
Skepta’s manager Grace Ladoja: I was once afraid of the music industry
Music entrepreneur Grace Ladoja on working with Skepta and building her own festival in Nigeria.
How Hay-on-Wye book lovers fought to save town library
Closure would have been “a disgrace to civilisation”, says best-selling author Philip Pullman.
Virgil Abloh: Designer and Off-White founder dies aged 41
Abloh, who was Louis Vuitton’s artistic director, had been suffering from a rare form of cancer.
Carlton Cole apologises for Holocaust analogy
Former England striker Carlton Cole apologises after he compared the possibility of a heavy West Ham defeat by Manchester City to the Holocaust.
The 25-year-old getting young people into Northern Soul
Bristol influencer Levanna McClean is putting on free dance classes to get people into the genre.
Stephen Sondheim: London’s West End to dim lights for theatre icon
The two-minute tribute to theatre titan Stephen Sondheim, who died this week, takes place on Monday.
Storm Arwen: I’m a Celebrity contestants removed from set
This weekend’s episodes of the ITV show, filmed at Gwrych castle, Conwy, have also been cancelled.
Eric Clapton’s guitar gift to Dave Edmunds sells for £470k
The rock star, dubbed Slowhand by fans, gave the acoustic 1968 Martin D-45 to musician Dave Edmunds.
Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts: ‘I owe the NHS my life’
The 42-year-old presenter says she feels “amazing” as she returns to work following cancer surgery.
Can art fix a city’s problems beyond the gallery walls?
A major new art exhibition in Manchester bills itself as “a manual for social change”.
Musical theatre icon Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
The US composer and lyricist reshaped America’s musical theatre in a career spanning over 60 years.
Matt Haig’s A Boy Called Christmas reaches screens
Bestselling novelist Matt Haig’s children’s book A Boy Called Christmas has been made into a film.
