The actor bringing Sally Rooney's smash-hit novel to life talks to Ellie Harrison about experiencing tragedy at a young age, how Normal People's depiction of sex is the antidote to porn and Hollywood, and what it's like to promote the biggest role of his life in lockdown

He lifted one kilogram more than previous record holder to earn the feat

He lifted two pounds more than previous world record holder to earn the feat

He claimed only approved celebrities were permitted to talk to host at awards after party

What was probably intended as a relaxing Sunday-night nostalgia-fest has become something else entirely during lockdown

As Claire Danes puts Carrie Mathison to pasture, Jacob Stolworthy looks back at the series that justified its existence to the bitter end

ITV presenter says he has 'mild symptom' and will take time off from show

TV host went into a detailed analysis of the low testing rate in the US amid the coronavirus pandemic

NBA star filmed scenes weeks before his tragic death in January

Morgan announced he'd be taking a leave of absence from the show until he receives the results of a Covid-19 test

Morgan is awaiting test results after experiencing 'mild' symptoms

'We tried to tell that story, but it defeated us every time'

Producers have reportedly found it impossible to arrange filming amid the coronavirus pandemic

Viewers have questioned how the hit animated series seemingly 'knew about coronavirus nine months ago'

Morgan had developed 'mild' symptoms

Writer also said he has no plans for further episodes of 'Black Mirror'

Michael Condron played Bowen Marsh in the fantasy epic

Judge Craig Revel Horwood recently said 2020 series could go ahead without studio audience

Character's fate was famously left ambiguous at the end of the seminal gangster drama

Production on the soap was suspended in March

Presenter said she is 'proud' of craft show despite criticism

This series' great beauty is that it's about relationships in all their unpredictability – perfect for locked-down viewers who are seeking out human interaction vicariously

It's the most accurate one yet

'I have just got to keep going, making sure other people are going to be alright,' said Tim Simpson

The advert will air during Friday's 'Gogglebox'

Actor also revealed her favourite episodes of the sitcom

Show's 2013 winner was approached by store detectives after she appeared to not pay for her shopping

Davidson is currently quarantining in his mother's basement

Tesla CEO is back on Joe Rogan's podcast

Show promises a 'funny and hopeful look at the search for love, sex and connection during this time of social distancing'

The 'Normal People' star played an Irish teenager whose sausage inspires him to travel the world

In our current climate, we need the escapism of musicals more than ever, writes Isobel Lewis. So why haven't television networks jumped on the bandwagon?

'Roy was a fighter his whole life including during these final days,' his partner Siegfried Fischbacher said

Actor is famous for making her opinions known during interviews

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The Kraftwerk co-founder remained a mystery even after death, but there is no doubting the impact he made with his group’s sublime, visionary music

• News: Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk co-founder, dies aged 73

Florian Schneider’s death came shrouded in a degree of secrecy. Gossip among fans about his health was first provoked at the end of April, when his fellow former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür posted a sweet photo on social media of him and Schneider together in a bar, without explanation.

It had apparently been taken in 2016 – a decade and a half after Schneider and fellow founder member Ralf Hütter had served Flür with a lawsuit provoked by his autobiography I Was a Robot – and was subsequently deleted from Flür’s Facebook page. Then, a week later, another electronic musician based in Germany, the Manchester-born Mark Reeder, posted a brief eulogy; one commenter claimed that Schneider had died “several days ago”.

US indie rock maverick Will Toledo is back with an experimental album that finds him collaborating with his own electronic side project

You cannot accuse Car Seat Headrest, AKA Will Toledo, of taking the easy route. Four years on from the release of breakthrough record Teens of Denial, Toledo is back with new album Making a Door Less Open, only now he is going under the name Trait and is wearing a gas mask in photos. Toledo’s restless and impassioned indie rock is looking a little different, too. The new album blends his classic songwriting chops with a bold exploration of electronic textures. This is the result of essentially making the album twice: once as Car Seat Headrest, and again alongside producer Andrew Katz as their jokey EDM side project 1 Trait Danger, before landing on a middle ground.

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The Welsh nurse-turned-indie rocker is now one of electronic music’s best exponents. She talks proving herself, the NHS and climate-crisis bangers

Kelly Lee Owens is showing me her crumpled bed, pixelated on the screen. It is five weeks into quarantine and this has quickly become the norm: an interview with an artist in their close quarters; ambivalent levels of grooming. Neither of us is wearing makeup, and neither of us care. “You know what I read?” begins the electronic musician, incredulously. “This is bullshit. There’s a [Daily Mail] headline saying that women’s breasts will be sagging because they’re not going to be wearing bras during this lockdown. So what?! Leave me to my saggy breasts.”

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Ty, who has died aged 47 of coronavirus, was a sharp and witty MC who ably nourished the UK hip-hop scene despite being ignored by the media

• Mercury prize-nominated UK rapper Ty dies of coronavirus

The death of British rapper Ty, aged 47, to complications from coronavirus came as a shock because it had appeared he was on his way to recovery after being moved out of intensive care. And for those of us who grew up with Ty’s voice circling our bedrooms, the shock resonates: this is an artist who touched so many with his humour and sharpness on the mic.

While all eyes were on grime in the early 2000s, Ty was charting a journey to a frontier that had yet to be fully explored. In 2001, he released his debut album, Awkward, on Big Dada, one of the few labels that would give a home to UK hip-hop acts such as Roots Manuva, Juice Aleem and Speech Debelle. It was the year of era-defining US albums such as Jay-Z’s The Blueprint and Nas’s Stillmatic, when the mainstream had gone the way of the shiny suit. But across the Atlantic, Ty ushered in the UK’s own hip-hop golden age, leaning towards the genre’s soul, jazz and funk origins.