Mescal and Abrams go red carpet official, a 'strong language' apology and other key Bafta moments 6 hours ago Noor NanjiCulture correspondent at the Baftas This year's Bafta Film Awards had it all. A-listers, a touch of royalty, Paddington Bear - and the sun even came out, for what felt …

Hamnet's Jessie Buckley and I Swear's Robert Aramayo win big at the Baftas 8 hours ago Emma SaundersCulture reporter I Swear star Robert Aramayo beat competition from the likes of Hollywood A-listers Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet to win best actor at this year's Bafta awards. The actor, who depicted …

Andrew charged taxpayers for massage when envoy, claim ex-civil servants 50 minutes ago Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor charged taxpayers for massages and excessive travel costs while working as the UK's trade envoy, whistleblowing retired civil servants have claimed. One former civil servant, who worked in the UK's trade department …

Billions in SEND funding to make schools more inclusive, ministers say 4 hours ago Nathan StandleyEducation reporter The government says it will spend billions to make mainstream schools in England more inclusive for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). 6bn over three years going directly to schools, early …

When we met this weekend in the government headquarters in Kyiv, he said that far from losing, Ukraine would end the war victorious. He was firmly against paying the price for a ceasefire deal demanded by President Vladimir Putin, which is withdrawing from strategic ground that Russia has failed to …

'I cleaned toilets while studying at Cambridge' 5 hours ago Charlie Jones Jade Franks was working in a call centre when she was accepted to the University of Cambridge. She felt like her life was back on track. Growing up, she was ambitious and academic. She had been offered a …

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said her party would cut the rate of interest charged on some student loans issued in the decade up to 2023. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Badenoch said the Plan 2 loans from that period "increasingly feel like a scam". 8 million people took out …

Government 'inflamed tension' over Maccabi fan ban, say MPs 4 hours ago Vanessa PearceWest Midlands "Late and clumsy" intervention by the government in trying to overturn the banning of Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa only served to "inflame tensions", a committee of MPs has …

'We want the truth' - families of Nottingham attacks victims speak ahead of public inquiry 5 hours ago Asha Pateland Emily Williamson ,East Midlands "It's taken a long fight to get here. " Dr Sanjoy Kumar told the BBC he had a "tear in his eye" when Prime Minister Sir …

We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves. But the truth is more complicated 6 hours ago Catherine WyattBBC religious affairs When Jay Painter's grandfather died in May 2024, the 27-year-old from Wiltshire felt he saw his soul leave his body. It sparked a "search for the …