BBC's Owain Wyn Evans delights fans as he confirms he’s nominated for major award

American mothers fight for immigrants’ rights in Split at the Root, Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s powerful SXSX doc. Executive produced by Rosario Dawson and Lana Parrilla, it’s an intimate and inspiring portrait of activism.

Barack Obama has COVID-19.

Words like “legendary,” “favorite,” “dominating” and “incredible” were part of the reactions online to news of actor William Hurt’s passing. In most cases, it would be an exaggeration borne of an emotional moment, a way to honor a fallen presence with tributes that capture their feelings about someone who entertained them for a good portion of their lives.

Pete Davidson is coming to Kim Kardashian's defense.In a series of since-deleted alleged texts shared by Davidson's friend, Dave Sirus, the  comedian stood up for his girlfriend after her ex, Kanye «Ye» West critiqued the mother of four's parenting abilities.«Yo it’s Skete. Can you please take a second and calm down.

has died, according to multiplereports. He was 71.The actor's son, Will, shared a statement, published by, announcing his father's passing.«It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, beloved father and Oscar winning actor, on March 13, 2022, one week before his 72nd birthday,» the statement shared. «He died peacefully, among family, of natural causes.

Barack Obama has tested positive for COVID-19, after suffering mild symptoms for several days.The former commander-in-chief took to Twitter on Sunday to announce the news, and stressed that he is doing well despite the illness.«I just tested positive for COVID. I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,» Barack, 60, wrote.He added that he and wife Michelle Obama «are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, and she has tested negative.»I just tested positive for COVID.

Pete Davidson could be keeping Kim Kardashian close to his heart!On Sunday, eagle-eyed fans noticed a tattoo on the star’s chest that spells out “KIM.”  It has yet to be confirmed if the tattoo is real or is in reference to the SKIMS founder. Fans caught a glimpse of the ink, which sits amongst Davidson’s other colorful tattoos, when Davidson’s friend and SNL writer, Dave Sirus, posted an alleged text conversation between the 28-year-old and Kardashian’s ex-husband, Kanye “Ye” West.  After West fired off a series of post alleging that the alum wasn’t allowing him to see their children — and allowing their oldest daughter, North West to continue using TikTok  -- despite his request for her to stay off the app — - Davidson decided to step in.

Countryfile presenter Adam Henson has taken to Twitter to announce a career move away from the BBC.The host, 56, made the announcement earlier this evening as he asked his fans for their input over what they wanted to see from his new venture.In view of his 61,600 followers, the BBC star shared his big announcement.Adam wrote: "The news is out!"I’m excited to reveal that the @CotswoldFarmPrk team and I have been working on a brand new YouTube series and the first two episodes are now live here."If there’s a topic you’d like me to feature, I'd love to know," he ended his post.The star accompanied the post with a sweet snap of him holding newborn lambs.Following the exciting news, Adam's fans flocked to the comments to weigh in on his career move.Judy Illing wrote: "Great news, congratulations!"At the end of last year Adam took to Instagram to reveal that he was hosting the Enchanted Light Trail this Christmas with illuminated scenes at his Cotswold Farm.The Countryfile host was joined by Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper who he welcomed to his farm in a social media post.Adam runs the Cotswold Farms Park, which his father started, with the site attracting over 70,000 visitors per annum.He and his friend Duncan Andrews also took on the lease of Bemborough Farm from his father in 1988, with the pair now jointly running the 1600 acre estate.On the estate they grow wheat, spring barley and oilseed rape, alongside a flock of 350 commercial ewes and numerous breeds of farm animals.The farm was first opened by Adam's father in 1971, with the aim to protect rare breeds of farm animals.Adam thanked his farm life for keeping him sane during lockdown in an unearthed interview.He said to the Radio Times: "I’m a big open-spaces

Chelsea owner Ken Bates has blasted the impact of government’s sanctions against Roman Abramovich, joking that president Vladimir Putin would be “s****** himself” in response to the latest measures.Abramovich had his assets frozen in the UK after being sanctioned on March 10, forcing Chelsea to operate under a special sporting licence which limits what they can do.The Russian oligarch was in the process of selling the club, with several interested parties understood to be lining up bids, but those plans were brought to a grinding halt by the sanctions imposed on the Russian.Under the terms of the licence, European champions Chelsea cannot sell tickets or merchandise, buy or sell players, or offer new contracts until May 31 — leaving the club facing an uncertain future as they struggle to cope with their weekly costs.Bates bought Chelsea for £1 in 1982 before selling to Abramovich in July 2003 for around £140million, and the club have experienced a successful period under his ownership with 21 trophies in 19 years.And the 90-year-old, who now resides in tax haven Monte Carlo, was critical of the measures implemented that have left Chelsea potentially facing financial ruin. “The fact that you can't buy a Chelsea match programme must mean that Putin is s*****g himself and all the ordinary people of Moscow are hiding in their cellars because they can't see a Chelsea match on TV,” he told the Daily Mail.“As usual it is the ordinary people who are suffering.

temperatures reaching 19C.A 700 mile-wide African heat burst which will blow to Britain via the continent will see us basking in temperatures hotter than Rome.The early spring warm-up is due tomorrow when it will hit 16C. On Wednesday it will creep up to 18C or 19C and the temperature will remain in the high teens for St Patrick’s Day parties on Thursday and into the weekend.Temperatures will be well above 11C average March highs, and warmer than 15C Rome.The Met Office forecasts dry skies today and tomorrow, then sunshine and clear skies for most parts after Wednesday’s showers.Chilly air could return later in the weekend, but the Met Office said more warm weather is ahead for the run-up to Easter.Ex-BBC and Met Office forecaster John Hammond of weathertrending said: “Spring will be in the air, with a gentle breeze from the warming continent and temperatures rising through the teens.“Wet weather will give way to sunshine, with a drier and warmer trend through mid-March.”A Met Office forecaster said: “Monday’s sunny spells in the South will see temperatures a little above average.

Dancing On Ice viewers were left stunned when a double elimination saw Connor Ball and Kye Whyte both axed from the show. Sunday night's show saw the final five contestants - Kye Whyte, Brendan Cole, Connor Ball, Regan Gascoigne and Kimberly Wyatt battle it out for a place in the final, which has been delayed for a week due to the FA Cup quarter finals.

on this link here.Bookmaker Ladbrokes is offering odds of 7/2 that she repeats the feat.They say one wager is a racing cert - it is odds-on that festival-goers will beat the previous Guinness-supping record of 265,000 pints.Ladbrokes spokesman Nicola McGeady said: "This year’s Cheltenham Festival has all the ingredients to be the best yet."A bumper crowd is expected, the racing is shaping up to be thrilling, while the party will be electric if the odds on the amount of Guinness consumed is anything to go by."All we can do it pray that punters won’t have it all their own way!"

Piers Morgan has called out actress and BAFTAs host Rebel Wilson for her crude jokes and claimed that the comments she made would "get a man abused".Australian actress Rebel Wilson, star of Bridesmaids and Cats, hosted the 75th annual British Academy Film Awards at London’s Royal Albert Hall. She wore her signature blonde hair in Hollywood style curls and a figure-hugging red sequinned dress, but viewers were more distracted with her inappropriate jokes throughout the evening.Wilson made a number of jokes including comments aimed at Prince Andrew’s Pizza Express comments, 10 Downing Street’s lockdown parties and she even stuck a middle up to the camera which was aimed at Vladimir Putin.She also made multiple jokes towards The Power Of The Dog star Benedict Cumberbatch and at one point, Rebel wheeled out a cake which was a bust of the actor.At times her jokes fell flat, receiving minimal applause and the audience often looked unimpressed.The 41-year-old actress began a segment where she gave out her own awards, which were just her “old bras” spray painted gold.She began handing them out to members of the audience and gave one out to "the person Leonardo DiCaprio would find the most attractive" because he "does like them young".Then she suddenly threw another one behind her to the "person with the best reflexes" as some audience members reached out to grab it.Journalist and ex-Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan was tuned into the show and seemed less than impressed with the wise-cracking presenter.

Apprentice star Thomas Skinner, a “p***k” when he tricked the presenter into being the new face of his bed shop which opens this weekend.Rylan was completely unaware of his involvement with the project until he saw posters for the shop opening with his face plastered all over them.The Radio 2 host playfully confronted the businessman in view of his 1.6 million Twitter followers.He wrote: “So Thomas Skinner rings me, ‘Ry pop down Saturday to my shop opening’.“I say course mate very proud of you (I’ve known him for 15 years).“He then sends me this...what a p***k. I’m gonna kill you!”Luckily, Rylan saw the funny side and added a multitude of laughing emojis to the post.The Strictly It Takes Two presenter included the promo poster in question for Thomas’ bed shop opening.It featured Rylan with a big grin on his face next to a speech bubble saying: “Possibly the best bed shop in the world.”The advert then named Rylan as the guest of honour and said in large, bold writing: “Shop opening by Rylan!”Tom, who was fired by Lord Alan Sugar in week nine of series 15, reposted the advertisement and quipped that Rylan will be “cutting the ribbon”.He said: “So guys! Lots of hard work but we finally got there!“My first bed shop is opening this Saturday at 10am in Brentwood.“I’ve talked Rylan into cutting the ribbon.

Naga Munchetty took the reins alongside her co-host, Rick Edwards, on his morning show 5 Live Breakfast as the BBC presenter took over from regular broadcaster Rachel Burden who was noticeably absent today.The journalist, who fronts her own radio show on the network, stepped in on the morning programme.Taking to Twitter, the 46-year-old made a cheeky admission ahead of sitting in for Rachel.The BBC Breakfast presenter joked that her co-presenter Rick "may regret" having Naga on board over the next few days this week.In view of her 265,000 followers, Naga penned: "In your ears a little earlier today @bbc5live from 0600-0900 with @rickedwards1 letting me share the Breakfast studio with him..."She added: "Will he regret it?"Social media users flocked to comment on Naga's post, as Geraint Lewis joked: "He'll be sorry."Sir Hugo commented: "Well it would be an honour to work with a nice lady like you Naga."While Andrew cheekily fumed: "I missed [the show] this morning."Speaking on 5 Live Breakfast, Naga explained that she will be filling in for Rachel over the next few days."Good morning to you. Rick, 'Hello,'" she began.

Strictly Come Dancing stars before marrying husband Aljaž Škorjanec.The 38-year-old dancer retired from her professional ballroom role on the show last year and instead took up a presenting gig alongside host Rylan Clark on the spin off programme It Takes Two.While her last routine on the BBC stage had been emotional, Janette had always wanted to try her hand at hosting on television.The champion dancer has also had much success when it comes to relationships while working at the broadcasting giant.Although Janette and husband Aljaž had met at a dance studio in London 2009, it is believed the pair became an item in 2011 two years before he won his first year with model Abbey Clancy.However before they were officially couple, Janette reportedly had other relations with two other co-star of the glitzy show - pro dancers - Pasha Kovalev and Artem Chigvintsev.Speaking about Janette's romance with Pasha at the time, a source told the Mirror in 2013: "She enjoyed a brief romance with Pasha. "None of the ­relationships went very far or lasted for a long time."Now they are all good friends and can laugh and joke about it, which is fortunate because they will be working very close together."Janette is obviously a very attractive woman but she’s very into Aljaz now.

Rylan Clark dodged awkward question about his ex-husband live on his BBC Radio 2 show.The TV and radio host announced his divorce from Dan Neal last year after being married for six years.The 33-year-old who has recently taken a two week break from his radio show due to being unwell returned to his presenting duties on Saturday.Rylan was joined by comedian Lou Sanders to discuss her upcoming tour however, the interview took an unexpected tern.The 36-year-old asked the X Factor star if his ex-partner Dan "was bleeding him dry" amid their divorce.On the show, Rylan shared with BBC listeners that he had taken up the hobby of rollerblading after buying a bargain pair online.The star confessed: "I love little rollerblades!"Lou asked: "Why not quads? They are cuter?"Rylan explained: "No, I find them more difficult!"Sounding surprised that the Celebrity Big Brother winner rollerbladed, Lou asked: "Do you rollerblade?""Yeah I love a blade!", he replied.Lou asked: "Do you whizz about?"Rylan responded: "Yeah me around Vicky park, loving life! Pair of 40£ blades off amazon! I’m laughing.""Oh that is a lovely scene!" Lou said.Rylan laughed and added: "Other online retailers are available."Lou went on to point out: "Yeah but you can probably afford a pair of snazzier ones!"Rylan then hit back: "Darling I’m going through divorce!"Lou asked: "Oh no he bleeding you dry?"Rylan awkwardly gigged and avoided the question: "You know we are going to talk about this after this! Have a bit of Coldplay! I can’t talk about this on the wireless!" before playing a song.The presenter met former policeman Dan in 2015 after he interviewed him on Big Brother sin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side after he was a housemate and got evicted. Stay up to

RYLAN Clark is confirmed to return to Radio 2 after he took a few weeks off due to a mystery illness. The Strictly: It Takes Two presenter usually fronts Rylan on Saturday every week, however, he took time off earlier this month due to a "flu".

BBC Radio 2 presenter admitted that the breakup “hit him round the face” as he “never thought’ he would experience something like it.Speaking on his podcast Ry-Union, the Strictly: It Takes Two host confessed the split was “really hard to deal with”.He explained: “I’ve never in my life thought that I would go through a crisis like that."But I did, ultimately, and it literally hit me round the face like a baseball bat, because I always thought I was too strong for it."Like, I’m never going to let anything like that happen to me, but then it does and it’s really, really hard to deal with.”Earlier this month, Rylan sparked concerns over his health after being rushed to hospital over a bout of ill health.The reason for his hospitalisation was not confirmed, but he previously told his fans he had come down with the flu and was bedridden for a few days.Due to his health issue, Rylan could be set to miss his Rylan On Saturday radio show for the second week in a row.He has been temporarily replaced on the BBC Radio 2 show by presenter OJ Borg.It has not yet been confirmed whether Rylan will be well enough to host the show this weekend.But yesterday the TV star shared a new update to let fans know he will be “back soon”.In an Instagram post, Rylan gave his 1.5 million followers an insight into how he is keeping his spirits up while he receives treatment.He uploaded a picture of a huge jar filled with Kinder Happy Hippos with a tower of boxes of the popular chocolate visible in the background.The snap also showed a pile of Nutella and breadsticks.Rylan captioned the post: “Whenever I feel ill I turn into such a child.“Resting up be back sooooooon.” (sic)Fans promptly took to the post’s comments section to send Rylan their

Rylan Clark has assured fans he'll be back soon after pulling out of his radio show because of illness. The 33-year-old star had worried fans by sharing a picture of a cannula in his arm as he revealed he'd had an "extended trip" to hospital and would be missing his radio show.Rylan didn't elaborate on his condition, although days before he had said he had the flu, and fans were concerned.However, the TV star's latest snap seemed to suggest he's on the mend.The picture showed a jar packed full of sweet snacks, with more piled up on the table."Whenever I feel ill I turn into such a child," said the 33-year-old."Resting up be back sooooooon." Fans flocked to the comments section to leave get well soon messages after the Strictly: It Takes Two host posted his health update.

His Dark Materials and Help writer Jack Thorne has been recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Writing at tonight’s 29th Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards (WGGBAs), with Russell T Davies, Emerald Fennell and Armando Iannucci also taking home gongs.