Ramadan 2022 countdown: How long until fasting starts?

The Mercury Prize 2022 has announced when its shortlist will be released, and a new sponsor for British music's most prestigious accolade.

An evil teacher who has been jailed for raping and abusing his pupils was close friends with Christopher Ling, a former violin teacher accused of molesting girls at Chetham’s School of Music.

Millions tuned in once again for this year's Grand National - the 174th running of the world's most famous horse race. This year saw 50-1 shot Noble Yeats take the title, beating favourite Any Second Now into second place.

As we approach the first week of the holy month of Ramadan, many Muslims observing the holiday may be beginning to plan their charitable contributions for the holiday.

BTS almost didn’t perform at the ceremony.In the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Grammys executive producers and showrunners Ben Winston and Raj Kapoor spoke about several behind-the-scenes secrets of this year’s ceremony.One incident that happened behind-the-scenes was that K-pop group BTS were nearly unable to perform due to positive COVID-19 tests from some members. They also recalled how the boyband were unable to rehearse with all seven members until a day before the ceremony.“There were times when we were worried they weren’t gonna be able to be here,” Winston revealed.

Ibeyi have announced a global headline tour supporting their upcoming album ‘Spell 31’ with stops in North America, the UK and Europe.Fresh off the release of their single ‘Lavender & Red Roses’ featuring Jorja Smith, twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz have announced a world tour that kicks off September 15 in Los Angeles, California. The duo will be touring all the way till February 2023, when they close the tour in their hometown of Paris.Find the full list of dates and cities for Ibeyi’s tour below.

prestigious sporting event will once again open its doors to spectators for the first time since 2019 after years rocked by the pandemic. The Grand National is renowned as one of the UK's most luxurious events and thousands of racegoers will don their smartest suits and dresses for three days of horse racing. While many people enjoy the racing from the Tattersalls, there are also a variety of hospitality packages available.

A-lister - and that’s in a Wetherspoons. But it turns out that just yesterday, this is exactly what happened - and the star couldn’t help but take a trip to Morrison’s too, Manchester Evening News reports. A photo circulated of a very excited customer assistant and checkout team leader bumping into the Pulp Fiction star in the supermarket, smiling in a selfie together.

With Ramadan underway, many young Muslims across the UK will still be attending school and college during the fasting period.

Tyler, The Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost won the Best Rap Album award at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The album was triumphant over projects from Kanye West (Donda), Nas (King's Disease II), and J.

Naman Ramachandran Daily TV show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and Sharon Osbourne’s “The Talk” are among the launch programs on Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV channel. “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” the new global show fronted by the former “Good Morning Britain” presenter and controversial media figure known for his frank views on Meghan Markle, will go to air for the first time on April 25 with the U.K.

Oscars. This year, the Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with a huge guest list of the world's biggest stars. The ceremony will take place on Sunday, 27 March, commencing at 8pm Eastern Time.

Oscars are now just a matter of days away. Held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, the prestigious film awards ceremony will many of the industry’s biggest stars attend. The ceremony will take place on Sunday 27 March, with the event beginning at 8pm ET, or 1am (on 28 March) in the UK.

The Great British Bake Off, returns once again as a whole of host of stars take on baking challenges in an effort to raise money and awareness for Stand Up to Cancer. The Channel 4 series, which started on airing on Tuesday March 22, will see contestants take on a range of challenges including making decorated biscuits, a technical round involving making madeleines and an another round to showcase their secret baking talents.

Manori Ravindran International EditorHBO is developing a long-awaited adaptation of Rohinton Mistry’s critically acclaimed, award-winning novel “A Fine Balance,” Variety can reveal.The seven-part series is being produced by “A Very British Scandal” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” producer Blueprint Pictures and “Anne With an E” outfit Northwood Entertainment. Ritesh Batra, who directed the late Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in “The Lunchbox,” is attached to both write and direct.The show would look to shoot in India from early June through November.First published by Canada’s McLelland and Stewart in 1995, “A Fine Balance” went on to win the 1995 Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize.

Sweet dreams are made in a house like this, for Annie Lennox .

As schools, shops and businesses across the UK raise funds for Red Nose Day 2022, here’s what you need to know about Comic Relief – and when Red Nose Day beganEvery mid-March, people all over the UK don iconic red noses and take part in fundraising activities to raise money to help to end child poverty and hunger. The UK’s funny fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Comic Relief, sees Red Nose Day held every two years – with schools, businesses and celebrities raising money to help aid Comic Relief’s mission of tackling poverty in the UK and across the world.

Celebrities are getting behind the effort to stop the Coastal GasLink pipeline.