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Taskmaster will return for its 20th season later this yearThe five celebrities taking part in the next season of the hit comedy competition series Taskmaster have been unveiled.On Thursday evening, Channel 4 revealed the line-up for the Bafta-winning show’s 20th run, which will air later this year.Joining the cast this time around will be The League Of Gentlemen and Inside No. 9 creator

Zarah Sultana is setting up a new party with Jeremy Corbyn.Jeremy Corbyn is to set up a new left-wing party alongside a former Labour MP.Zarah Sultana, who lost the Labour whip a year ago and currently sits in the Commons as an independent, announced the move in a statement posted on X.The Coventry South MP said other independent MPs would also be joining the new party.She said: “Today, after 14 years, I am resigning from the Labour Party.“Jer

Demonstrators shout and gesture toward a police line during a protest by Palestine Action group in London, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)A Labour peer and former cabinet minister has said he is “deeply ashamed” at the government’s

Biscuit Museum curators with the offending letterThe Biscuit Museum in Bermondsey, London, probably thought nothing of their Jaffa Cake exhibit when they posted it on Instagram. “From sponge to plinth, we’re excited to unveil a new exhibition today, dedicated to one of the nation’s favourite biscuits ― the McVitie’s Jaffa Cake,” the museum’s staff wrote. But McVitie’s, which owns the iconic snack, have sent what they’ve referred to as a “cease an

Demonstrators hold up a banner during a protest by Palestine Action group in London, Monday, June 23, 2025.MPs voted to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation on Wednesday night.This means the group is on its way to being on a legal list of terrorist organisations in the UK.It comes after Palestine Action targeted an Israeli defence company’s UK base and an RAF centre in recent weeks.But the move to proscribe the group has sparked significant backlash from the left, especially

Tap waterFrance has seen its biggest ever ban on tap water in Saint-Louis, near the Swiss city of Basel.Local authorities put letters through approximately 60,000 mailboxes urging the public to ensure that kids under two, pregnant and breastfeeding people, and the immunocompromised don’t drink tap water. This was because the levels of PFAs, also known as “forever chemicals,” had been raised to

Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, smiles during a visit to the RHS's Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital in EssexThis Wednesday, the Princess of Wales visited the cancer wellbeing centre at Colchester Hospital. Speaking to the patients there, the royal – who is in remission from cancer, and said in an Instagram post earlier this year that it would “take time to adjust to a new normal,” despit

Rachel Reeves speaking to broadcasters today.Rachel Reeves has said she is “cracking on with the job” after the sight of her crying in the Commons led to speculation about her future.The chancellor admitted she was “clearly upset” during prime minister’s questions but would not be drawn on the cause of her distress.It later emerged that she had had a verbal altercation with Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle as she arrived for PMQs.

Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan performing at Glastonbury on SaturdayThe BBC has announced a change in its guidelines in light of the controversy surrounding this year’s Glastonbury broadcast.Over the weekend, punk rap duo Bob Vylan made headlines when, during their Glastonbury set,

Chris Bryant and Richard HoldenMinister Chris Bryant brutally mocked Richard Holden in the Commons this morning by reminding him of the unusual way he was selected as an election candidate.Holden, who was the Tory chairman a year ago but is now the shadow paymaster general, was moved into a safe Conservative seat ahead of the 2024 election.He was effectively imposed on the Basildon and Billericay constituency in Essex just before the selection deadline after his previous North West Durham seat was aboli