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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ellis-Bextor didn’t reveal the reason for her departure Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has left the UK’s jury for the Eurovision Song Contest. She had been due to chair the five-strong panel, which helps decide the UK’s scores. The BBC said she had stepped down due to “unforeseen circumstances”, and a […]

Image copyright Barca Nostra If the purpose of art is to elicit a strong reaction then exhibiting a shipwreck at one of the world’s biggest art exhibitions has passed the test. But has it overstepped the boundaries of taste? Critics have hit out at the use of the hull of the ship, in which hundreds

Image copyright National Gallery Image caption Sacred Heart students looking at Artemisia Gentileschi’s self-portrait When they filed into their assembly hall on Tuesday, students at Sacred Heart High School in Newcastle weren’t expecting to find a pioneering 17th Century Italian painter waiting for them. It was, in fact, a self-portrait by a painter called Artemisia

Image copyright REX/Shutterstock Image caption Jeremy Kyle at MediaCityUK in Salford, where his show was filmed The welfare of guests on TV shows is to be scrutinised by MPs and regulators in the wake of the death of a man who appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show. ITV has cancelled the daytime programme following the

Image copyright ITV/REX/Shutterstock ITV has axed The Jeremy Kyle Show following the death of a man who had appeared on the programme. The confrontational daytime show was known for its its heated encounters between partners and family members, with Kyle acting as mediator. Here, some former guests tell BBC News about their own experiences of

Image copyright Belarus Television Image caption Some social media users said they felt embarrassed by Yavhen Perlin’s remarks Homophobic remarks by a Belarusian state TV presenter during the Eurovision song contest in Israel have stirred indignation on social media in Belarus. Yavhen Perlin was providing live commentary during the semi-finals on 14 May, when a “kiss-cam” zoomed into

Image copyright EPA Image caption Miller-Heidke (centre) wrote Zero Gravity with her husband, Keir Nuttall An Israeli webcast of the first Eurovision semi-final has been hacked to show faked explosions in host city Tel Aviv. Viewers saw a warning about a fictitious attack on the city, accompanied by an animated video and the sound of

Image copyright Shutterstock Image caption About one million people watched The Jeremy Kyle Show every day The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed by ITV after the death of a guest who took part in the programme. Steve Dymond was found dead on 9 May a week after filming the show, during which he took

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Gomez is the second most followed person on social media Actress and singer Selena Gomez says social media has been “terrible” for her generation, and has urged people to set time limits on online activity. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, where she is promoting her new film The

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionEurovision 2019: UK entry Michael Rice says it’s about time we had a decent song As the final nears, UK Eurovision hopeful Michael Rice talks betting odds, boxing gloves… and why he’s “sick” of Brexit. The last few months have been “a whirlwind of emotions” for Michael