Sophie Thompson

Amsterdam for the day? Barcelona for a long weekend? Well, now we raise you going on holiday for lunch, and being back home in time for dinner. Doesn’t sound bad, does it? It’s becoming an increasingly-appealing idea for city dwellers looking to take an afternoon off, or those who simply want a last...

Israel 's military claim to have killed Hezbollah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah , who hasn't been seen in public for years over fears of being assassinated.

Downton Abbey creator, Lord Julian Fellowes, has paid tribute to Dame Maggie Smith following her death aged 89. The pair worked together while Smith starred as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham on the show. "She was very witty, she was very sharp in her humour...sometimes she was a bit unkind, but you forgave everything!", he told the BBC of her legacy. He added: "We really had each other's rhythm - I knew how to write for her, but by God she knew how to say it."

Phillip Schofield insists he “doesn’t care anymore” off the back of media outrage over a string of controversies attached to him - from queuegate, to the affair with a younger colleague that saw him struck off from This Morning. In his first return to TV, Schofield is appearing on Cast Away, leaving him trapped on a desert island with nothing but filming equipment. “I’ll be slammed for this...but the thing is, I don’t care anymore”, he tells the camera, retelling the story of his media downfall. “This is me having my say as I bow out.”

The Voice UK’s oldest contestant has sailed through to the next round after wowing the judges with her rapping ability. Bette Reynolds, 76, performed The Sugarhill Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’, having been inspired by her grandchildren’s music taste. “I haven’t been on stage since 1966. But, at 76, you’re still a young thing if it’s in your mind”, she said of why she decided to enter the competition. Her performance worked in her favour, winning over McFly’s Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher.

Your first weeks of university are a humbling experience. You’re thrust into a world of the unknown as you navigate learning how to use a washing machine yourself, cook your own food, budget better, and live with a group of total strangers. But, it’s definitely a lot of fun. Sound familiar? You’re n...

TRANSATLANTIC sounds will be performed when a duo make a welcome return to Lichfield.

Police are seen following the car of Chris Kaba in newly-released dash cam footage, shortly before he was fatally shot in south London

Houthi rebels have released a new video claiming to show a British oil tanker being blown up in the Red Sea

BBC Radio 4 's Amol Rajan was left red-faced on-air this morning (4 October), when he accidentally asked teminally-ill Esther Rantzen if she was “still with us”.