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Sherif Lanre was removed from the Love Island villa last week after admitting he used “crude language”. He told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire that his treatment had elements of unconscious bias. A spokesman for Love Island refuted any accusations of racism, adding that Lanre “agreed he broke the rules and should leave”. Watch the Victoria […]

Image copyright CRIME SUPPRESSION DIVISION/ ROYAL THAI POLICE Image caption The two were arrested on the outskirts of Pattaya in Thailand An Italian man accused of posing as George Clooney to promote a clothing label has been arrested with his wife in Thailand after years on the run. Francesco Galdelli, 58, and Vanja Goffi, 45,

Image copyright Jeff Spicer/BBC Image caption The new show has been praised for its “warm camaraderie” “Gentler, kinder and all the better for it.” The Guardian’s TV critic is among those welcoming the return of Top Gear with its new line-up of professional driver Chris Harris, retired cricketer Freddie Flintoff and comic Paddy McGuinness. “There

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Film and Television Charity has urged workers to anonymously contribute to the survey The film and television industry has launched its largest-ever survey into the mental health and wellbeing of its workforce. It marks the first phase of The Looking Glass study, led by the Film and Television

Eighty-year-old Margaret Keefe has been helping grandson grime artist Risky Roadz from the start. Over the years she’s become friends with some of London’s most popular grime stars after Risky – aka Roony Keefe, who now produces videos about their musical partnership – invited them home. Recently, Margaret saw online another elderly lady having tea

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSpice Up Your Life – Live at Wembley Geri Horner has apologised for quitting the Spice Girls in 1998, as the band played the last date of their reunion tour. “I need to say something I should have said a long time ago,” she told fans and

Image copyright Getty Images/BBC Image caption Graham Norton, Gary Lineker and Steve Wright lead the BBC pay list, with Claudia Winkleman the highest-earning woman Cutting the pay of stars and senior managers would only save a fraction of the cost of free TV licences for older people, the BBC has said. The broadcaster has defended

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Franco Zeffirelli, photographed in 1967 Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli has died aged 96, Italian media report. The Florence native directed stars including Elizabeth Taylor in the 1967 film Taming of the Shrew and Dame Judi Dench on stage in Romeo and Juliet. Italian media said Zeffirelli died after

Image copyright PA Image caption Ricky Tomlinson said the government should fund free TV licences Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson has led a protest outside the BBC’s northern headquarters against plans to axe free TV licences for the over-75s. The actor, 79, and about 60 pensioners demonstrated at MediaCityUK in Salford – the home of

Image copyright PA Image caption Jo Brand said the joke was “crass and ill-judged” The Metropolitan Police has said it will take no further action over Jo Brand’s comments on a radio show about throwing battery acid at politicians. The comedian was accused of inciting violence after joking on BBC Radio 4’s Heresy about throwing