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When is the Queen's birthday 2019? Why does she have an official and unofficial celebration?

There's nothing like a good birthday. Luckily for HRH, she's got two of them to look forward to this year




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Medical experts explain the potential treatments for Covid-19

Two leading medicine experts share their knowledge of the virus




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Jane Fonda is making limited-edition personalised tracksuits for Covid-19

They're a sure-fire way to up your WFH game




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EasyJet puts Easter 2021 flights on sale from £14.99

Budget airline easyJet has released its Easter 2021 flight sale - five months ahead of schedule.




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St George's Day 2019: Who was England's patron saint?

Get ready to wave that flag with pride




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Start-up Resilience programme launches to support female and BAME founders during Covid-19

The new scheme wants to ensure diverse founders are still standing once things are back to normal




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Meet the health tech apps supporting the NHS during Covid-19

From video chats with your doctor to prescription deliveries, these start-ups are here for your healthcare needs




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Join the community: how Nextdoor app is helping to connect neighbours during Covid-19

People are flocking to the hyper-local app to stay connected during the lockdown




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Carine Roitfeld and Derek Blasberg to host supermodel-studded virtual catwalk show in aid of Covid-19

The show will be broadcast live globally on YouTube on Friday




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From Fitbit to Proxxi, safety wearables are the next key tech tool for fighting Covid-19

Devices that buzz when someone comes too close and wearables that tell you how long you've spent in the company of someone with covid-19, how tech is trying to break us out of lockdown




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British skatewear label Palace drops Covid-19 tee

The tee will raise funds for NHS Charities Together




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Karlie Kloss, Usain Bolt and Eminem have all donated items to this raffle for Covid-19

Nab yourself some one-of-a-kind pieces




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9 more love stories to read after you've finished Normal People

The ES team pick our favourite, well-thumbed love stories




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Fake news in Covid-19: how misinformation is spreading online during the pandemic

During this pandemic, fake news has spread as fast as the virus itself. Amelia Heathman investigates why




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Peanut raises £9.6 million to fund its mission to become the leading social network for women

The app now counts 1.6 million users




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Motsi Mabuse: ‘People didn't expect black people in ballgowns’

Strictly’s newest judge learned to stick up for herself in apartheid-era South Africa. She talks racism, the ‘rift’ with her sister Oti – and learning to dance amid knife fights

Motsi Mabuse is remembering the rough dance halls of apartheid-era South Africa and the shocking sights she would see as she took her first tentative steps across their floors. “When we had competitions,” she says, “we didn’t have security and people would be drunk and starting fights. We were just kids and we’d watch people with knives running through while we were in the middle of a routine. Compared to that, Strictly isn’t so difficult.”

Mabuse, the newest judge on Strictly Come Dancing, first fell for the glitterball world at the age of nine after watching couples waltz, swing and cha-cha-cha while on holiday in Durban. “What I love about my parents is that they didn’t say: ‘Oh, you can’t do that.’ They found a way. But we had a lot of backlash, being the only black kids. People would laugh at us and call us names. We were bullied, but we just kept on coming back – and then we beat them.”

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Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special 2019 – live

Merry Christmas, glitterati! It’s a cracker of a lineup, but who will win that most sparkling of festive prizes, the Silver Star? Join us to find out

Afternoon all, hope you’re having a lovely Christmas day.

There’s no official liveblog for today’s Strictly Christmas special, but we’ve opened a blog so you can add your special brand of festive sparkle in the comments below. It’s a Christmas cracker of a lineup, featuring lots of our favourites from previous years – Chizzy Akudolu, Debbie McGee, Gemma Atkinson, Joe Sugg, Mark Wright and Richard Arnold. It’s also very much a couples’ choice – both Gemma and Joe will be dancing with their real-life partners Gorka and Dianne, which is all rather lovely.

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Lee Phillip Bell, co-creator of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, dies aged 91

The ‘queen of daytime television’ created the two soap operas with her husband William Bell

The co-creator of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, Lee Phillip Bell, has died aged 91.

Bell, an accomplished broadcast journalist and talk show host, and her husband William created two of the world’s most prominent soap operas, which have run continuously for over 47 years, and aired more than nearly 20,000 combined episodes.

We are all devastated by the passing of Lee Phillip Bell. A television pioneer and powerhouse in her own right, she elevated daytime television in co-creating “The Young and the Restless” with her equally iconic husband, Bill Bell. We sadly mourn our true matriarch. pic.twitter.com/V5nUaz4N5E

Lee Phillip Bell, Rest In Peace....Queen of Daytime Television https://t.co/4wIueloEF0

We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of a member of our CBS family and Daytime community, Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist, and co-creator of Y&R and B&B, Lee Phillip Bell. She was a pioneer in television and will be missed dearly. pic.twitter.com/6BYpUYQwaU

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Covid-19 leaves news and entertainment industries reeling

TV and news website audiences are sky-high but, with few ads or new shows, future looks fraught

From TV channels running out of shows, to newspapers facing the threat of closure, the British media industry is facing a financial shock that will permanently reshape how we consume news and entertainment.

Media analysts and insiders warn the pandemic will have a long-lasting impact on the country’s cultural life, predicting that changes in consumer behaviour expected to take more than five years may have happened in five weeks, with many people unlikely to entirely return to their pre-lockdown habits.

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Boris Johnson's lockdown speech: When is it, what will he say, and how can I watch it?







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Stranglers' keyboard player Dave Greenfield dies at 71 after testing positive for coronavirus





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Boris Johnson's lockdown speech: When is it, what will he say, and how can I watch it?





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Tuesday evening news briefing: UK's official death toll becomes Europe's largest





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Kim Jong-un's retreat was over coronavirus concerns and not heart surgery, report says




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The readers' chatroom: Why are Britons the most afraid of coronavirus?








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Thursday morning news briefing: Boris Johnson's route out of lockdown




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Boris Johnson's lockdown speech: When is it, what will he say, and how can I watch it?




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The readers' chatroom: What lockdown measures should be the first to be eased in the second phase?




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Jellyfish survive 'extreme' winters by eating own offspring, study finds




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Coronavirus quarantine: All UK arrivals 'will have to self-isolate for 14 days' 



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Boris Johnson's lockdown speech: When is it, what will he say, and how can I watch it?





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Taylor Swift named 2019’s best-selling global recording artist by IFPI

IFPI, the organization representing the recorded music industry worldwide, announced their Top 10 Global Recording Artist Chart yesterday. Taylor Swift has been recognized with the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award, as the world’s best-selling recording artist of 2019. The Award and the Top 10 chart is the only ranking to accurately measure […]

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COVID-19 continues to hit the music industry’s most vulnerable: Music Canada survey

The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented challenge for the music community, and has shed light on the sad realities faced by artists everyday. As Chair of Music Canada’s Advisory Council, I partnered with Music Canada and CONNECT Music Licensing to conduct an Artist Impact Survey. Developed in consultation with artist members of the Advisory […]

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Sharon Osbourne 'heartbroken' that children followed dad Ozzy into drug addiction

Sharon Osbourne hoped seeing their father's battle with addiction would put her children off, but she was wrong.




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Hilarie Burton became 'worst version of herself' during five-year battle to conceive second baby

Hilarie Burton got candid about the strain her fertility struggles had on her marriage.




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Tracy Morgan's car crash recovery gives Tiffany Haddish hope for her mother

Tiffany Haddish's mother suffered severe brain damage following her crash.