TikTok names UK’s most popular artists of 2020

Lesley Manville is among those being awarded in the British New Year Honours scheme, which this year will recognize 1,239 individuals for their "extraordinary contributions" to the U.K.

direct to your inboxIt is no big secret that high street retailers battling to stay open have been facing significant pressures over the last decade. But today, amid a global pandemic caused by a virus that was barely on the public’s radar this time last year, the future of the UK high street has never looked more uncertain. On March 23, non-essential shops were forced to close their doors to customers in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, which, by that time, had taken the lives of

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Strathaven Park has once again been voted the number one park in Scotland.The park was the only one in the country to make the top ten in a nationwide poll by environmental charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful, of the UK’s best green spaces – for the fifth year running.After expert judges awarded 77 parks in Scotland, and over 2000 in the UK, the coveted Green Flag Award earlier this year, over 59,000 members of

Friends star Courteney Cox and her fiancé Johnny McDaid have reunited after they were kept apart for after nine months due to coronavirus travel restrictions. Courtney, 56, was seen in video message alongside Johnny, 44, who is a singer with Snow Patrol, with UK countryside in the background suggesting she has crossed the Atlantic to be with Johnny.

direct to your inboxThe man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane after meeting her on a dating app has also been convicted of two other violent offences against women.Jesse Shane Kempson, who New Zealand’s Supreme Court ruled can now be named, was convicted of murdering Ms Millane by strangling her in a hotel in Auckland on December 1, 2018 – the day before her 22nd birthday.The 28-year-old has since been convicted of further violent offences in two recent trials, including raping

LeaseCar.uk, which compiled the list, said: “The English language never fails to amaze us, and neither does the imagination and creativity that must have gone into naming these iconic places around Great Britain and Ireland.   “We’re not sure how residents of Nasty and Crapstone convince people they're nice places to live with names like that – Bunny in Nottinghamshire sounds much better!” Besses o'th 'Barn, Bury How the Bury town got its unusual name remains a bit of a mystery.

Vernon Kay and Tess Daly are one of the golden couples of British television.The married couple have been together since 2001, when Vernon was a host on T4.The star told Digital Spy: "It was all quite immediate, really, because we instantly had such a blast together. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Coronavirus pandemic putting the UK (and the rest of the world) into lockdown for months, most of the population were furloughed, whilst others worked from home and the essential key workers carried on with their duties.

Launched last month, Universal Music’s new UK version of its Def Jam label – aka 0207 Def Jam – has announced Wretch 32 as its Creative Director.“Alongside being an incredible artist, we’re super excited our new label will be able to tap into Wretch 32’s unrivalled creative mind”, says co-President Alec Boateng. “I’ve been lucky enough to be close up and witness his ever-evolving genius many times.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP was the UK's most Googled song lyrics in 2020. 

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘WAP’ has topped the UK’s most-Googled lyrics of 2020 run-down.The explicit collaborative single, which has been named NME‘s song of the year, came in at Number One in the search engine’s new top 10.