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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Festivals have been trying to tackle plastic waste for years – with Glastonbury installing recycling bins in 2008 The world’s largest concert promoter, Live Nation, says it will eliminate single-use plastics at its venues and festivals by 2021. In the UK, that means events like Reading and Leeds, Wireless, […]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Spice Girls, as a five-piece, closed the London Olympics in 2012 “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends, make it last forever, friendship never ends”. It is a lyric that many who grew up in the 90s are able to recite by heart.

Image copyright Steve Dymond/Facebook Image caption The pre-recorded episode Mr Dymond took part in was based on the subject of infidelity The former partner of a man found dead after filming an episode of the Jeremy Kyle Show says she has been targeted by internet trolls. Steve Dymond, 63, was discovered at his home in

Image copyright Getty Images Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein and his former studio’s board members have reached a tentative deal with some of the women who accuse him of sexual misconduct, US media report. Lawyers said the settlement to resolve civil lawsuits and compensate alleged victims was worth about $44m (£34.7m). Mr Weinstein denies sexually

Image copyright Official Charts Lewis Capaldi says it “feels good” to see his debut album race to the top of the UK charts in 2019 record time. His LP Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent sold the equivalent of 89,506 records in week one and outperformed the rest of the top 10 combined. The Scotsman

Image copyright Reach Image caption A poster advertising Morrissey’s new album in Moorfields station Posters promoting Morrissey’s latest album have been removed from railway stations after a commuter complained. Adverts for the new album by the former Smiths singer have been taken down on the Merseyrail network. Morrissey has previously expressed support for the far-right

Image copyright Atlantic Records Image caption Rudimental, Dan Caplen, Jess Glynne and Macklemore – just some of the writers on These Days Rudimental’s uplifting dance track These Days has been named the most-performed song of 2018 at the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards. A major international hit, it topped charts across Europe, and became the UK’s

WWE superstar Roman Reigns has spoken exclusively to BBC Radio 5 Live after telling fans he is in remission from leukaemia. He was forced to step back from wrestling in October 2018 when the disease came back, 11 years after he first beat it. But in February, he returned to the ring to tell fans

Image caption Mima – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art – has been open for 12 years Once known for steelmaking and chemical factories, Middlesbrough wants to reinvent itself, and is looking to arts and culture to help. On Thursday, it hosted the north-east of England’s annual culture awards, run by two local papers; while it

The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft has finally got the rights to the song Bitter Sweet Symphony after 22 years. Shortly after its release, the song was embroiled in a legal battle which meant Ashcroft had to forfeit royalties to Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The duo have now relinquished all publishing rights to Ashcroft.