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Boxing Day, the first British Christmas rom-com led by an all-black cast, is released in cinemas on Friday 3 December. Its writer and director Aml Ameen plays the male lead alongside Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock, in her first film role. Watch their interview with the BBC’s community affairs correspondent Adina Campbell. Producer: Anthea Lee

Twenty years after its release, Baz Luhrman’s movie Moulin Rouge has been transformed into a £35m stage musical. The Broadway production has already won 10 prestigious Tony Awards – and now it’s transferring to London. BBC Music correspondent Mark Savage went down for a sneak peak before the official opening night later this month.

This is the moment a fire alarm caused two BBC presenters to make a sharp exit during their radio show. Nick Robinson and Martha Kearney had to abandon Radio 4’s Today studio in London’s New Broadcasting House after an alarm could be heard during the programme. Robinson confirmed in a tweet staff were back in

Author Matt Haig believed all of his Christmas’ had come at once 16 years ago when Brad Pitt bought the film rights to his first novel. That movie was never made, but an adaptation of A Boy Called Christmas, the book he wrote after the bestseller Reasons To Stay Alive, is now being released in

Lord of The Rings director, Peter Jackson, has restored more than 50 hours of outtakes from the 1970 Beatles documentary Let It Be. The documentary sheds new light on the relationship between Paul McCartney and John Lennon before the band finally split in 1970. The film is in three parts and almost seven-hours long. The

Nimco Happy is now a name known and loved by millions of people in Africa and around the world. She is a Somali singer whose song Isii Nafta – also known as ‘I love you more than my life’ – blew up on TikTok last month, with thousands of people posting videos of themselves dancing

An all-female garage punk band whose members have an average age of 55 are trying to encourage more middle-aged women to play instruments. The Verinos, who formed as Leicester’s extended lockdown measures were eased, perform songs which address age and gender stereotypes. The five-piece act has auditioned to play at next year’s Glastonbudget music festival

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has begun its autumn season with musician Felix Klieser as its artist in residence. The 30-year-old German professional hornist will tour with the orchestra for the next two years. Felix was born without arms and plays the keys with his left foot. Klieser spoke to the BBC’s Andrew Plant. Camera and

A teenager from north London has beaten over 6,000 young writers to win one of the biggest poetry competitions in the world. Giovanni Rose, 17, wrote the poem Welcome to Tottenham based on his experiences of growing up in the area. He said: “It was an amazing feeling. It’s important to use your voice; you’ll never

Earl Spencer has told the BBC he is still waiting for a personal apology from Martin Bashir for his conduct in securing a BBC interview with his late sister, Princess Diana, in 1995. An independent inquiry by Lord Dyson, a former senior judge, found that Martin Bashir deceived both the princess and Earl Spencer, and

Owain Wyn Evans, who millions of people on social media watched drumming along to the BBC News theme tune, has been joined by 50 drummers to recreate his viral hit. It was part of the presenter’s 24-hour Drumathon to raise money for BBC Children in Need. Watch more: Drumming BBC weather presenter goes viral

A retiring lace-maker from one of the last British manufacturers of its kind has been recalling his role in the crafting of the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress. Ian Palfreyman, 72, from Sawley, Derbyshire, has worked as a twist hand – somebody who operates machines – at Cluny Lace in Ilkeston, producing Nottingham lace for

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams says it’s important for people to “continue to break barriers” around race in sport. “If you’re good enough and if you’re great enough you open the way for other people,” she said. “And I think generations behind us are able to just play tennis and hopefully don’t have

After quitting K-Pop boy band Super Junior M, Henry Lau has had a successful solo career as a musician, producer and actor. Now he’s also put paint to paper to create works of art. Henry’s work is currently hanging at Knightsbridge’s Arx gallery, but before that formed part of a Saatchi gallery show. Unable to

Watch the moment South African author Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize for fiction for The Promise. On picking up the award, he said: “I would like to accept this on behalf of all the stories told and untold, the writers heard and unheard, from the remarkable continent that I’m part of”. Read more: ‘Tour

Private Eye is best-known for jokes, satire and investigative journalism. And as Britain’s best-selling news and current affairs magazine, it’s risen in circulation while print media has fallen. But do features like Glenda Slagg stand the test of time? And is it impossible to satirise politicians in 2021? Kirsty Wark speaks to Ian Hislop, Private