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LadBaby are going for a record fourth UK Christmas number one in a row – with help from Ed Sheeran and Elton John. YouTube stars Mark and Roxanne Hoyle have raised money for the Trussell Trust food bank charity with their sausage roll-themed singles since 2018. This year’s attempt is a cheeky version of Ed

Vivian Archer is a bookseller in east London who’s been helping local communities for decades. This Christmas she’s helping to deliver over a thousand books to disadvantaged children in the area, after receiving thousands of pounds of donations from the local community. One of the charities helping distribute the books is The Magpie Project, which

Millennium Dome architect Lord Richard Rogers has died at the age of 88. One of the world’s most successful and influential architects, he first came to prominence with his radical designs for the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyd’s of London building. BBC News looks back at his life and work.

With the Strictly final around the corner, it’s been a year of firsts for the show, with the first deaf contestant and the first male pairing. The duo of John Whaite and Johannes Radebe follow last year’s first same-sex team of Nicola Adams and Katya Jones, who had to pull out because of Covid-19. The

Sophie McKeown is one of about 2,000 people in Northern Ireland living with the long-term effects of a brain injury. The two-year-old from County Tyrone caught a virus as a baby – it triggered an autoimmune reaction causing her brain to become inflamed. Her mother Fiona said she knew very little about acquired brain injuries

As a director of original series at Netflix, Carolina García is responsible for bringing binge-worthy shows such as Stranger Things, Atypical, and Raising Dion to our screens. Born in Argentina, García moved to the US as a child and worked her way to the top of the entertainment industry. Named as one of BBC’s 100

For many, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie became famous when her TED Talk, “We should all be feminists”, was featured in Beyoncé’s song Flawless, but her books have been translated into more than 30 languages around the world. In an exclusive BBC 100 Women interview, the acclaimed Nigerian writer talks about the responsibilities that come with being

The current Miss Universe Great Britain winner has said “pageantry is still relevant today” and wants to help empower women. Emma Rose Collingridge, 23, from the Ipswich area, Suffolk, said she wanted to use her platform to campaign for women’s causes including her own campaign about bystander intervention. “I think pageantry… gives women a platform

Rebel Wilson made a name for herself as one of Hollywood’s top comedy actresses after appearing in the 2011 box-office hit Bridesmaids and the successful Pitch Perfect franchise. Now a producer and director, she’s been named one of the BBC’s 100 Women of 2021. In an exclusive BBC interview, Rebel reflects on her decision to

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

Belfast-based activist group the Array Collective are the winners of the prestigious Turner Prize 2021. Their work includes a mock Irish pub adorned in banners advocating reproductive rights and protesting against conversion therapy. They beat four other collectives to take the £25,000 prize. When asked how they were going to celebrate, the group said they

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