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Stars of the small screen have been recognised at the British television industry’s most prestigious award ceremony. The Bafta TV Awards took place in London on Sunday evening, with big acting prizes going to Jodie Comer for her performance in the ITV drama Help and Sean Bean for his role in Time on the BBC.

The Irish rock star and U2 frontman gave a surprise performance at a downtown metro station giving renditions of hits such as Sunday Bloody Sunday, Desire and With or Without You. Bono also sang along side Taras Topolya, lead singer of popular local band Antytila, who called on the world to support Ukraine amid continued

This year, of the 72 proms planned between July and September, one of them will be dedicated to video games, the BBC has announced. The Prom will be performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Robert Ames, who has previously conducted Proms on ‘Pioneers of Sound’ and sci-fi film music. Listen to more

Strictly Come Dancing stars Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice have been nominated for the Must-See Moment Bafta, a category voted for by the public. During their ballroom dance to Symphony, the music switched off for several seconds as the pair danced in silence. The EastEnders actor became the show’s first deaf contestant and brought attitudes

The Met Gala, one of fashion’s biggest events, has rolled out the red carpet in New York for some of the world’s biggest stars. The annual party raises millions of pounds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, with tables going for up to $300,000 (£239,000). This year’s dress code of “gilded glamour” has

Angelina Jolie surprised people in a Ukrainian coffee shop on Saturday. The Hollywood movie star drew attention when she showed up in a café in Lviv, western Ukraine. Footage posted on social media shows her waving at onlookers and signing autographs for fans. Ms Jolie was in the country to meet the children affected by

It’s been one year since the death of Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, a 20-year old from South London who died after jumping into the Thames last year to rescue a woman. His best friends have had a song he wrote before he died played on Radio 1Xtra’s Breakfast show with Nadia Jae – and they’ve been speaking

A mural of Michael Sheen has appeared in Port Talbot, months after the town lost its famous Banksy artwork Season’s Greetings. The Hollywood actor has been honoured for his support of local causes in the town. Local organisers of a street art initiative said graffiti artist HazardOne had also created a mural of the Port

Clever comedians can navigate the so-called war on jokes with more explanation, Omid Djalili has told the BBC. “I’ve never done more set-up in my life,” he told Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur. Djalili said his thought process is: “I better say this before they cancel me.” Watch the full interview on BBC iPlayer (UK only)

Growing up in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, 15-year-old Saniya Mistri often wondered why her life was so different from those who lived in the glossy, rich parts of the city. Saniya – whose rapper name is Saniya MQ – grew up in a crowded neighbourhood in the eastern part of Mumbai. She began writing poetry

Making pointe shoes for ballet dancers is a skill held by very few across the UK – and there is only one producer left in London. Freed of London, based in Hackney, has been making pointe shoes for almost a century. But while being one of the only producers of the shoes in the UK

The Grammy award winning R&B artist Ashanti has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her mother Tina Douglas said she’d bought a fake souvenir star for her daughter 20 years ago, saying she would ‘get one of these one day’. Ashanti’s first album secured her a place in the Guinness

Ed Sheeran has spoken exclusively to BBC Two’s Newsnight about his High Court copyright case. A judge ruled on Wednesday that he had not plagiarised the song Oh Why by Sami Chokri for his hit Shape of You. The singer-songwriter told Mark Urban his past experiences with copyright claims – for his 2014 song Photograph

The Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra are the bookies’ favourites to win the Eurovision Song Contest when it is held in Turin, Italy, next month. On Thursday they will be holding their first international performance since the invasion of Ukraine. The six members of the band were given special permission to come to Israel, for a

A local TV station’s production manager stumbled upon an archive interview with this future rock god from a teachers’ strike 50 years ago. Born and raised in Minneapolis, the budding superstar was attending Lincoln Junior High school in April 1970. He did an interview about the walkout with CBS local station WCCO, and the old

A seven-year-old Ukrainian girl has wowed audiences at S4C’s annual Côr Cymru choir competition. Amelia rose to fame when a video of her in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, singing Let it Go from the movie Frozen, went viral. She later found safety in Poland. Visiting Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Sunday the youngster sang the