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Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq will present their BBC 6 Music Shows from a different grassroots venue every day of Independent Venue Week.Lamacq was joined by Stephens on the first instalment of his new weekly Teatime Session, which airs on Mondays from 4-7pm, to announce the initiative in celebration of the UK’s weeklong event to recognise the importance of independent music venues.Between January 29 and February 2, the presenters will be hitting the road to broadcast their shows from grassroots venues across the country and will also host performances from different artists each day.Lamacq will host from Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast on January 29 ahead of an Independent Venue Week performance from Ash.Stephens will be presenting his show from Edinburgh’s Whistle Binkies on January 30, where 86TVs will perform later that night; The Fulford Arms in York on January 31 ahead of a gig from NewDad; Polar Bear Music Club in Hull on February 1 where English Teacher will be playing; The Rockin’ Chair in Wrexham (Friday 2nd February) before a live set from Antony Szmierek.Those artists will join Lamacq and Stephens for intimate live performances and interviews across the week.Listeners can attend two exclusive intimate live performances with Ash in Belfast on January 29 and Antony Szmierek in Wrexham on February 2. You can apply to attend via a free ballot here, which will be open till January 15.

Police have closed a road this afternoon after a person was hit by a car.

Maya Jama has touched down in Cape Town, South Africa ahead of the Love Island All Stars launch.The spin-off show will start on Monday, 15 January, and it will see some old Love Island stars from across all series enter a villa for a second chance at love. Maya, 29, is once again the host of the show and she's already in South Africa, as she gave her fans plenty of updates from her journey.

“An Enemy Of The People” (featuring Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli), “Uncle Vanya” (starring Steve Carell and Alfred Molina) and “Mother Play” (with Jessica Lange and Jim Parsons).But that’s not all. High-profile revivals of “Cabaret,” “Doubt,” “The Wiz,” “The Who’s Tommy” and “Hamlet” are all coming to the Great White Way in these next few months, too.Who are all the eligible upcoming Tony contenders? Who are the big stars headed to Midtown in the very near future? How much are all the cheapest available tickets for the shows?Great questions all around and ones we’d love to help answer.Below, you’ll find our comprehensive list of the 20 biggest shows opening on Broadway in 2024.And we’ll see you at the theater(s).A Jewish couple in 1944 Paris face the impact of the Holocaust.Starring Anthony Edwards (“E.R.”) and Betsy Aidem (“Law and Order”) Samuel J. Friedman TheatrePreviews began in 2023Prices start at $80 before feesA musical about a couple falling in love in 1950’s New York and struggling to rebuild a family.Starring Kelli O’Hara (“The Gilded Age”) and Brian d’Arcy James (“Evil”)Studio 54Previews start Jan. 6Prices start at $86 before feesA small-town doctor who has his world rocked when his community tries to silence him.Starring Jeremy Strong (“Succession”) and Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”)Circle In The SquarePreviews start Feb. 27Prices start at $85 before feesA strict nun wrestles with whether or not relations between a priest and student are pure.Starring Liev Schrieber (“Ray Donovan”) and Tyne Daly (“Cagney and Lacey”)American Airlines TheatrePreviews start Feb. 2Prices start at $75 before feesAllie and Noah share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart.Starring Ryan

A family has thanked the kind-hearted plumber who helped them for free - meaning they didn't have to spend Christmas Day inside a flooded flat.

King Charles appeared to snub Prince Harry on Christmas Day as the monarch failed to mention his son during his second Christmas speech.

King Charles III is making a slight tweak to the traditional Christmas Day broadcast!

The King will deliver the second Christmas message of his reign from a Buckingham Palace room decorated with a living Christmas tree. It is the first time a living tree has been used as part of the backdrop for Charles’ annual festive address to the nation and Commonwealth.

CNN) before gunfire opened up on those in attendance soon after.Eyewitnesses at the festival said gunmen left multiple festivalgoers dead while dozens were taken hostage. Videos circulated on social media showing different attendees being taken hostage."Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre," a one-hour documentary chronicling the attack perpetrated by Hamas during a music festival in southern Israel, has been acquired by broadcasters around the world.

Fans will be shocked by this news about an original cast member exiting Mayor of Kingstown!

EXCLUSIVE: Bad Wolf‘s unusual deal to make BBC Studios show Doctor Who helped the Sony-owned production outfit to record revenues.

Jonathan Majors is out of the Marvel Studios kingdom.

Manchester United are without a number of key players for Sunday’s ominous trip to Liverpool, including Bruno Fernandes.

The social enterprise, Kidzeco, has been appointed The Centre, Livingston’s Charity Partner for December.

Jonathan Majors did not commit assault against his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, during a March 25 car ride in Manhattan, but he is on trial for it because police and prosecutors decided against all the evidence that the woman accusing him was the real victim, a defense lawyer told jurors in the first closing argument at the Marvel actor’s domestic violence trial in New York City. 

is being decided this month in a Manhattan courtroom.That’s where Jonathan Majors, the 34-year-old actor who played Kang the Conqueror in 2023’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” is on trial for misdemeanor assault and harassment after being accused by his ex-girlfriend, actress Grace Jabbari, of abusing her in the back seat of a chauffeured SUV in March. He’s pleaded not guilty.The domestic violence trial is expected to last several weeks, with prosecutors set to call about a dozen witnesses before Majors’ defense case starts — which could be in days.

Entering the second week of Jonathan Majors domestic violence trial, the Loki actor’s phone and texts have become central to both the prosecution and defense cases.

The Metrolink was thrown into disarray in the city centre this evening (December 9) due to ‘a piece of tarp’ getting wrapped around electrical wiring.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars will not have to contemplate crossing a picket line at the Golden Globes next month.

Jordan Moreau Jonathan Majors‘ ex-girlfriend finished her testimony Friday on her fourth day on the witness stand in the trial for his alleged assault earlier this year. Two more witnesses, including the police officer who had arrested Majors in March, also testified. After the defense’s cross-examination on Thursday, Grace Jabbari returned to the stand for a short redirect by her lawyer Friday morning.