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Luke Evans (Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock) Luke Evans has said he would “jump at the chance” to play James Bond after Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as the spy. The actor, 42, told The Mirror: “I think I’ve cut my teeth very well in movies I’ve done and I’ve enjoyed every second of it. It’s a…

Steelers follows three personal stories from the Kings Cross Steelers rugby club in a film about finding happiness and belonging (Amazon Prime Video) Steelers is a new documentary streaming on Amazon Prime, that follows gay-inclusive rugby team the King’s Cross Steelers as they attempt to win a major European tournament. However it almost got left…

Date published: Sunday 18th April 2021 11:34 – News Desk The Premier League’s ‘big six’ have been confirmed among 12 “Founding Clubs” for a new European Super League. Those clubs announced in a statement: “Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition,…

Brendan Rodgers is delighted for everybody connected to Leicester after Kelechi Iheanacho fired the club to a semi-final victory against Southampton and a shot at their first-ever FA Cup win. Sunday’s tense semi-final was played out in front of 4,000 spectators at Wembley as  one of the government’s pilot events. In-form Iheanacho struck the decisive…

media captionHelen McCrory: The BBC’s David Sillito looks back on her life and careerStars have paid tribute to Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter actress Helen McCrory who has died of cancer aged 52. Cillian Murphy, who starred alongside her in the BBC drama, described her as “fearless and magnificent”. Also known for her stage performances,…

image captionPrince Philip’s coffin was carried in a modified Land Rover, which the duke helped to designThe Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral has begun at St George’s Chapel, after members of the Royal Family walked behind his coffin in a procession. His children Princess Anne and Prince Charles made up the front row, followed by Prince…

In a measure aimed at developing the UK’s post-Brexit international trading arrangements, it was announced last month that several Free Ports (sometimes referred to as Free Trade Zones) would open in the UK.  UK government has recently announced 8 sites that will have Free Port status. Getty Images/iStockphoto What are Free Ports? Free Ports are…

SUPPLIED Grand Designs UK presenter Kevin McCloud calls on Georgie and Greg, who have transformed an old barn in Kent. REVIEW: We have a bone to pick with you, Kevin McCloud. You led us to believe there was no more personal drama in this new series of Grand Designs UK, but you lied. Because the…

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its rotor blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7. They had been held in place since before launch, and the unlocking is one of several milestones that must be met before the helicopter can attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. This image was captured by the…

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin before launch April 12, 1961. Credit: Roscosmos Sixty years ago Monday, a 27-year-old Russian test pilot named Yuri Gagarin strapped into a Vostok capsule in Central Asia and rode into orbit atop a launcher derived from a Soviet nuclear missile, becoming the first human to travel into the void of space. Twenty…