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The government is set to release 5,000 offenders from October as part of new laws to create more space in overcrowded prisons. Probation officers supervise offenders after prison sentences and check they follow the terms…
Read moreRead our privacy notice . Dame Julie Andrews has said she will not appear in The Princess Diaries 3. It was confirmed in 2022 that Disney was moving forward with a third film in the series, with Anne Hathaway saying in…
Read moreMore than 100 hectares of heathland habitat have been destroyed by fire at the Suffolk reserve since it took hold almost two weeks ago, the conservation charity said. The fire service said on Monday that the fire has…
Read moreThe 26-year-old Jamaica-born sprinter, who moved to Croydon as a teen and fractured his back twice in the last six years, spending “the whole of 2022” in a brace, made it a British one-two with Welshman Jeremiah Azu…
Read moreAfter studying history at Leeds, where she started a food blog, Petersen, now 29, took a law conversion course and won a two-year training contract with a city law firm. “Those sort of courses are like gold dust, and it…
Read moreThe 36-year-old English star will play Hogwarts professor Gilderoy Lockhart in the HBO adaptation of the children’s fantasy novels by JK Rowling. An HBO Max post on Instagram announcing the news read: “Magical me indeed.…
Read moreThe 45-year-old will perform The Bee Gees’ Emotion, which was covered by the US girl group, when the new series of the ITV show launches on August 22. Rowland is replacing country singer LeAnn Rimes, who left the show…
Read moreBelieved to be the world’s oldest literature festival – first held in 1949 – the event features talks and discussions with a variety of authors, journalists and public figures. In October, The Times and The Sunday Times…
Read moreLow water levels at the Rutland Water reservoir have uncovered buildings, which were once part of the village of Nether Hambleton. Residents, along with other small villages including Middle Hambleton, were relocated to…
Read moreThe rare celestial event will be visible from Wales, with more than 90% of the Sun obscured by the Moon during the early evening. It will be the largest solar eclipse visible until September 2090. The event will begin at…
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