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Jamie Miller in 2022. Photo: POPDUST, CC BY 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Jamie Miller, 29, from Pontprennau in Cardiff, topped the UK singles chart on Friday with “Babydoll” — the first Welsh artist at No. 1 since 2011, and the first solo Welshman since Shakin’ Stevens in 1985, the Official Charts Company said.

Pope Leo XIV in a 2025 file photo. Photo: Edgar Beltrán, The Pillar, CC BY-SA 4.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Pope Leo XIV has become Papal Confrater of the College of St George at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, the Dean and Canons of Windsor announced on Friday with the approval of King Charles. Buckingham Palace called the act “a visible sign of spiritual fellowship, ecumenical friendship and…

Sam Fender performing at the O2 Academy Leeds on November 28, 2019. Photo: Richard Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Sam Fender has scrapped premium front-standing tickets for his “Proper Massive Stadium Tour ’27” and cut the prices, after leaked figures put Wembley front standing at £130.75. General standing will now be £85, with seats at £95, £75 and £55, NME and…

Catherine, Princess of Wales, in a 2024 file photograph. The family photograph released on Sunday is held by Kensington Palace and is not reproduced with this story. Photo: UK Government, CC BY 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The Prince and Princess of Wales marked Mountain Rescue Awareness Day on Sunday by posting a family photograph from the Princess of Wales’s Three Peaks Challenge that had never been published before, with a signed message thanking the volunteers who keep walkers and climbers safe, People…

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas on September 1, 2011. Photo: Thorne1983, CC BY-SA 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Mr Justice Adam Johnson ruled on Friday that Selman Turk may rely on a witness summary and seek to call Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to give evidence in Nebahat Isbilen’s High Court claim, in a judgment that noted the evidence would be limited in scope — and that there is no suggestion…

Queen Camilla at the State Opening of Parliament in 2024, in a file photo. Photo: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Camilla attended the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Summit at Marlborough College on Friday and, in a speech delivered without notes, told survivors of domestic abuse that they are “the real heroes” — and that talking about abuse might “put an end to it…

Jack Lowden, one of three actors Deadline reported to be screen-testing for James Bond, in a file photo. Photo: Ibsan73, CC BY-SA 4.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Deadline reports that at least four actors were invited to screen-test for James Bond this weekend, and names three of them — Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O’Connor. The reports are unconfirmed, the fourth actor is unnamed, and Amazon MGM’s only statement is that the search…

James Nelson-Joyce, who plays Michael Kavanagh in “This City Is Ours,” in a 2025 file photo. Photo: Soccer Aid for UNICEF, CC BY 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The BBC’s Liverpool crime drama is back: all eight episodes of series two landed on iPlayer on Sunday, October 25, with BBC One airing them on Sunday and Monday nights — and a third series was commissioned five days before the launch, with filming in Liverpool in 2027.

Russell T Davies, who revived “Doctor Who” in 2005 and returned as showrunner in 2023, at the Noël Coward Theatre, London, on September 30, 2025. Photo: Gary Kirk, CC BY-SA 4.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The BBC is choosing the next producer of “Doctor Who” by competitive tender, with a new flagship series aimed at screens in 2028 or 2029. Russell T Davies, the Swansea-born writer who revived the show, told Radio 4 this month that production with “a brand-new Doctor, a brand-new…

Griff Rhys Jones in a 2019 file photo. Photo: Marcus Liversedge, CC BY 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Griff Rhys Jones boards Alpine trains for “Griff Across the Alps,” six episodes starting Saturday, October 31, at 8:00 PM on Channel 4 — Hannibal’s elephants, Napoleon’s campaigns, wartime escape routes and cheese caves included. The distributor’s synopsis and…

Shaun Wright-Phillips warming up during his playing career, in a file photo. Photo: John Dobson, CC BY-SA 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The former England footballer and Alexis Warr finished bottom of Saturday’s leaderboard with 17, then lost Sunday’s dance-off to Jaime Winstone and Carlos Gu — and the results show ended with the announcement of a Halloween first: a triple dance-off.

Prince William in a 2025 file photo. Photo: Number 10, CC BY 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

“I was trying to move him out of the photo! Travis kept coming back in, and I couldn’t work out why he kept coming back in. I was trying to move him out so it was just me and Taylor and the children.” William told the story of the June 2024 Wembley selfie during a surprise…

Prince Harry in The Hague in 2019. Photo: Dutch Ministry of Defence (Defensie), CC BY-SA 4.0 — via Wikimedia Commons (derivative crop by Minerva97).

In GQ’s One More Question, recorded in late September and released October 20, the Duke of Sussex said reconciliation is “the key point.” British outlets read his “some people” line as aimed at Prince William; his spokespeople told HELLO! it was…

Helen Mirren at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2020. Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival opened Saturday in Savannah, Georgia. Mirren accepted the Legend of Entertainment Award at the gala screening of A Talent for Murder and told the festival’s young creatives that success is part luck and part approach — and that she believes…

Ridley Scott, who directed the original “Alien” in 1979 and will produce the new film through Scott Free, in a file photo. Photo: LG Electronics, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

The Hollywood Reporter says the new film is not a sequel to “Alien: Romulus” and is linked to “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant” through the android David. Deadline says it is not known whether the film follows “Romulus” at all. Both versions are…

King Charles III in a 2024 file photo, at the State Opening of Parliament. Photo: Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Sixty years to the day after a colliery tip buried Pantglas Junior School, the King, the Queen and the Prince of Wales stood together at the Aberfan Memorial Garden — a rare joint outing, shadowed by the eight-day wait that Queen Elizabeth II’s own private secretary called the biggest…

Amy Winehouse performing in 2007. Photo: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The producers of Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, reunited with her band at the Roundhouse in Camden on Wednesday night to perform the album in full with eleven guest vocalists, twenty years after its release, Universal Music reported.

Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman, in his official portrait of 2021. Photo: Foreign Ministry of Oman, OGL-om 1.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The first state visit by an Omani ruler in 44 years brought a carriage procession to Windsor and a banquet speech in which the King praised Oman’s mediation, quoted the Prophet in Arabic, and pointed to his son’s shared expedition with the Sultan’s son.

Claudia Winkleman at the BAFTA Television Awards in 2026. Photo: JaceMerlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The BBC’s The Celebrity Traitors drew the largest television audience of 2026 for its launch and peaked at 10.3 million viewers on Thursday, and its ten-episode run ends with the finale on Friday, October 30, the BBC has confirmed.

Prince William in a January 2025 file photo. Photo: Number 10, CC BY 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The Prince of Wales walked onto the red sofa unannounced on Friday night for a special Earthshot Prize edition of The Graham Norton Show — and talked about the prize’s beginnings, the family’s Celebrity Traitors habit, Christopher Nolan, and the DJ phase that never…

Michelle Keegan, who plays DI Emma Crane in “The Blame,” in a 2018 file photo. Photo: BAFTA, CC BY 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Broadcast’s ratings report on Saturday put the six-part thriller’s finale at a series-best 6.6 million, ITV1’s best drama performance since “Protection,” and ITV had already hailed it as the UK’s biggest new drama launch of 2026. One caution, printed in full…

Catherine, Princess of Wales, in a January 2025 file photo. The photographs of Thursday’s visit were issued by Kensington Palace and the WPA Pool and are not reproduced here. Photo: Number 10, CC BY 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The Princess of Wales went back on Thursday to The Treehouse in Ipswich, the children’s hospice she opened in 2012 with the first speech of her royal life — to meet the children, see the expansion rising around them, and stop in, unannounced, at the charity’s café.

Rachel Chinouriri performing at Glastonbury in 2024. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The London-born singer’s second album entered the Official Albums Chart at No. 9 on Friday — her first Top 10 placing, eight places above her debut’s peak. The week’s No. 1 belongs to Fontaines D.C., and that album is Irish, not British; this story keeps the distinction…

Nigella Lawson, who judges this series of “Bake Off” alongside Paul Hollywood, in a file photo. The baker who left the tent on Tuesday was Yannis Ali. Photo: Brian Minkoff–London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The 28-year-old London paediatric doctor became the fifth baker to leave series 17 on Tuesday night, as Connie was named Star Baker — and the reports do not agree on how many bakers are left standing in the tent.

Olivia Dean performing at the SWR3 New Pop Festival in 2023, in a file photo. Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

After six nights at the O2, Olivia Dean will play Hackney Church on November 18 in aid of You Make It — and the only way in is a £10 prize draw. Even the size of her chart record depends on who is counting.

Carol Vorderman, who hosted the Pride of Britain Awards with Ashley Banjo, pictured in her role as an honorary Royal Air Force Air Cadets ambassador. Photo: Colin Bell, OGL 3 — via Wikimedia Commons.

The 27th Pride of Britain Awards, held at Grosvenor House on Monday and broadcast on ITV on Thursday, honoured Andrew Franks, the unarmed volunteer guard who was stabbed confronting the Heaton Park synagogue attacker while the congregation barricaded its doors, and Zac Howells, the 12-year-old…

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, in a 2025 file photo. She and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit Finland this month, Buckingham Palace has announced. Photo: UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons.

Buckingham Palace has announced that the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will visit Finland at the request of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, recognising the “close and longstanding relationship” between the two countries — 11 years after the couple’s last…

The main entrance to the Royal Welsh Showground at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells — home of the Royal Welsh Show, whose S4C broadcasts are among the five commissions put out to tender. Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0 — via Wikimedia Commons (Geograph).

The Welsh-language broadcaster is putting five of its best-known fixtures — a song contest running since 1969, a week of live broadcasting from Europe’s largest youth festival, the Royal Welsh Show, a current affairs debate programme and a hymn series older than the channel itself…