Jubilee plea: Council urged to give employees time off for Queen's Platinum celebration

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The Great British Bake Off’s infamous bread week was aired on Tuesday (5 October) night and saw Italian baker Giuseppe thrive. Bakers were tasked with making a classic Italian focaccia, olive ciabatta bread sticks and milk bread.

Married At First Sight UK expert Paul Carrick Brunson broke down in tears during Monday's reunion episode as he spoke to Tayah Victoria and Adam Aveling about their journey on the show.The dating expert got emotional as he thanked the duo, who got engaged during their vow renewals in the final episode, for showing what love "looks like properly".

EXCLUSIVE: Joel Fry (Cruella, Game of Thrones) has signed up for horror feature The Queen Mary and will star alongside Alice Eve (Belgravia).

Looking toward the future. Queen Elizabeth II is confident granddaughter-in-law Duchess Kate has what it takes to be the head of the British royal family someday, according to expert Joe Little.

Mary Queen of Scots’ hair – for £399 per half-inch.The 16th-century pieces come from a larger lock acquired from one of the UK’s leading historical hair collectors.It is believed the hair shows Mary may not have been the radiant redhead portrayed in the movies and history books.Daniel Wade, from ­Bristol-based Paul Fraser Collectibles, which is selling the hair, said: “It’s a step beyond Mary’s signature or an item of her clothing."A rival to her cousin Queen Elizabeth I for the claim of the

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Paul McCartney has been revealed as the person behind a set of ‘Grandude’ adverts which have recently appeared in local newspapers across the UK.The adverts have run in the classified section of papers such as the Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo and Scotland’s Daily Record over the past week.“Grandude and chillers seek information leading to the whereabouts of Nandude,” the advert, which you can see here, begins.“Grandude and his four chillers are looking for their adventure-loving

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Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood recently revealed he had lost just over a stone in weight, but how did he do it?He first opened up about gaining weight during lockdown (who didn’t?), but he went on to shed "just over a stone", so he told the Mirror, thanks to a few specific lifestyle changes. Since then, he's admitted to regaining 12lbs during Bake Off filming.

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Paul Thomas Anderson last unleashed a film on movie audiences four years ago, and what a film 2017’s “Phantom Thread” was. The UK-set period piece was a bit of a departure for the director.

Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletterIconic DJ Pete Tong has defended Michael Gove being the poster boy for older people gong clubbing and has suggested he should become a DJ.Pete, 61, who appears simultaneously at Club Rewind in London and Glasgow's Barras Art and Design Centre tonight with Carl Cox for a night themed on noughties Ibiza using gigabit broadband, was appearing on Good Morning Britain this morning.Presenter Susanna Reid

Prince Harry is sharing his memories of the “incredible bond between his grandparents, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, in a new documentary about Britain’s royal family.