'Portrait Artist Of The Year' 2021 — release date, presenters, judges, celebrity sitters, and everything we know

The release date of new drama series Army of Thieves has been announced.

The limit on contactless card payments has increased from £45 to £100 from today and means shoppers across the UK will only be required to enter their PIN code to pay for purchases if they exceed that amount.

Celebrity Gogglebox just got even more fabulous. Channel 4 has announced that joining the cast of the special Stand Up To Cancer episode which airs this Friday (October 15) are RuPaul's Drag Race UK judges Michelle Visage and Graham Norton.

COBRA is back for another explosive season with the political thriller returning on Sky Max and NOW this week.

Elton John sets a new record as the only act in Official UK Chart history to score a Top 10 single in six different decades, the Official Charts Company can reveal.

London's New Year fireworks display over the River Thames has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pink has been named as the most-played female artist in the UK this century.The news comes from a new report by PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited) compiled ahead of National Album Day, and is based on airplay data.Following Pink in the list are Madonna, Katy Perry and Rihanna, while Lady Gaga, Adele and Beyoncé are also in the top 10.Adele and Little Mix are the only two homegrown artists in the top 10. See the full list of the top 20 below:1. Pink2. Madonna3. Katy Perry4. Rihanna5. Lady

PPL has announced that Pink is the most-played female artist of the 21st century (so far) within this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, beating Madonna, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Lady Gaga to the top spot.We know this because of a new PPL airplay chart that has just been published, the first in a series being launched by the UK record industry’s collecting society in the run up to this year’s National Album Day on 16 Oct.

Pink has been named as the most played artist of the 21st century in the UK, in celebration of this year's National Album Day. 

The Manchester Marathon will tens of thousands of runners take to the streets this weekend.

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Sex and the City is bringing back our favourite sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw for HBO's revival series And Just Like That. In the latest teaser trailer for the series, Sarah Jessica Parker has announced that the reboot will arrive in time for Christmas, launching on HBO Max in December.

Official Charts Company, analysis from the UK record labels association the BPI found that 11 of the first 39 weeks of this year (28 per cent) saw a different British group bag a Number One album.This figure in 2019 was 15 per cent, with a slight increase to 17 per cent in 2020. It comes after The Lathums hit the top spot last week (October 1) with their debut full-length ‘How Beautiful Life Can Be’.

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Get the latest Renfrewshire stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterDuring the 1970s, Paisley was propelled to the epicentre of the country’s punk scene and has since become a legendary part of the town's history.So it is entirely fitting that one of the artists who helped define the aesthetic of the British punk movement has chosen Paisley as the location for his exhibition showcasing 50 years of his work.Jamie Reid, who is famous for his iconic faux-ransom-note letters and

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