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Lorraine Kelly has penned a touching tribute to BBC broadcasting legend Tony Soper.The respected former BBC wildlife TV presenter, author, and naturalist sadly passed away at the grand age of 95.Tony was pivotal in establishing the BBC's Natural History Unit back in 1957 in Bristol.This unit is now known globally for creating iconic wildlife programmes, including the much-admired 'Planet Earth' series. During his illustrious career, he graced television screens as a wildlife camera operator, film producer, and presented various shows such as 'Birdwatch' and 'Beside the Sea'.Tony leaves behind his wife Hilary, his sons, and five grandchildren.

English Teacher have extended their 2024 UK tour, announcing another show in London. Find ticket details below.The rising Leeds band first shared details of their upcoming tour dates in April, confirming a five-date run, commencing with a headline show at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on November 12.From there, further dates included shows in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle and Bristol.Now, having sold out the first night of the upcoming tour, Lily Fontaine and co have confirmed that they are adding a second London gig to the schedule.

Glastonbury.The Grammy-winning R&B singer – who has had countless UK hits throughout his career – is set to embark on 14 shows across the country next summer.These kick off with an opening night at the O2 Apollo in Manchester on June 4, before continuing throughout the month with shows in Glasgow, Newcastle, Bristol Leeds Liverpool and more.A show at London’s Royal Albert Hall is scheduled for June 25, before Ocean wraps up the tour with shows in Wolverhampton, Cardiff and Nottingham on June 27, 28 and 30 respectively.Interestingly, there is a day off in Ocean’s schedule on June 29 – which coincides with the Sunday of Glastonbury 2025, where the iconic legend’s slot will be taking place.Next year’s edition of the Worthy Farm festival will be held between June 25 and 29, and speculation has already arisen about who the headliners could be. Rumours around who could be filling the legend’s slot have also emerged, with reports emerging earlier this year that Cher was “in meaningful talks” with the organisers for the position.The slot has become one of the most prestigious slots of the Worthy Farm event over the years and sees one veteran artist take to the Pyramid stage late on the Sunday afternoon to break out a career-spanning set of their biggest hits.Shania Twain took on the slot at this year’s edition, while Yusuf/Cat Stevens played in 2023.

A Manchester school with a working farm, a pupil-operated coffee shop and a role-play village has been named as a finalist for a prestigious global education prize.

Ben Shephard has admitted to being 'very emotional' as he and his wife faced a big family moment over the weekend. The This Morning star took to social media to give fans a glimpse into how he spent the last week.

The Get Up Kids have announced a UK and European tour to mark the 25th anniversary of their second album ‘Something To Write Home About’. Find all the details below.The US rock band are due to hit the road next year for a run of special shows, which kick off in Athens, Greece on May 22.

MJ Lenderman has announced details of a UK headline tour, set to kick off next year. Find ticket details below.The new run of tour dates come as the US singer-songwriter recently dropped his latest album ‘Manning Fireworks’ to critical acclaim.It followed on from the three studio records that the indie guitarist has already released as a solo act, following his time with the band Wednesday: ‘MJ Lenderman’ (2019), ‘Ghost of Your Guitar Solo’ (2021) and ‘Boat Songs’ (2022).

Peter Hook & The Light have shared some new UK live shows for 2025, which will see them perform New Order’s ‘Get Ready’ in its entirety.Taking place next spring, the run of live shows will comprise three dates across the UK, and will see the former New Order and Joy Division bassist revisit the band’s somewhat overlooked seventh studio album, which arrived in 2001.The shows will kick off at the Marble Factory in Bristol on April 17, before continuing the following night (18) with their first show in London since last October, taking place at the Troxy. The final of the three scheduled dates will be held on April 19 at the 3,500-capacity O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor In the late 1980s, when future “SportsCenter” legend Linda Cohn wanted to move up the ladder in her career from Long Island cable news, she made a big batch of chocolate chip cookies one day for her camera operator. It was a bribe to persuade him to stay late to help her film a spec sports report that she sent out to TV stations in pursuit of her dream job as a sports anchor. Fortunately for Cohn, KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle, gave her a shot.

England households, brace yourselves.The Met Office has issued a three-day yellow weather warning for heavy rain across parts of England and South Wales.Torrential downpours are expected to hit the south of England and the Midlands, including London, Birmingham, Oxford, Norwich, Brighton, Southampton, Bristol, and Cardiff. Prepare for potential flash flooding and power cuts.The alert kicks off at 9pm on Wednesday and runs until just before the stroke of midnight on Friday.The forecasters warn: "Outbreaks of heavy rain are expected widely across southern England and southern Wales on Friday.

Fat Dog have announced new tour dates for the UK, Ireland and Europe in 2025 – see the full list of dates below.Yesterday (September 2), the London punk five-piece announced a new slew of tour dates for 2025 as part of their ‘WOOF’ tour. The tour will be in support of their forthcoming LP ‘WOOF’ which is set for release on September 6 via Domino.The NME Cover stars are already due to perform in the UK and Europe this year, but have now announced additional dates.

The Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced a new European and UK tour, set to kick off next year – find ticket details and a full list of dates below.Announced this morning (September 2), the upcoming shows will see frontman, songwriter, composer, studio owner, multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer, Anton Newcombe‘s band, embark on an 18-stop tour across the continent throughout January and February 2025.It will start with shows in European cities Hamburg, Cologne and Tilburg in late January, and continue the following month with a number of UK stops.These kick off with a show in Bexhill on February 1, and continue with stops in Bristol, Nottingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and more. Show are also lined up for Ireland in the middle of the month, before Newcombe and co.

has relocated to Alaska to “be closer to his dad.”There, Tripp will be living with his dad Levi Johnston, 34, and his stepmother Sunny Johnston, 32, and half-sisters Breeze, 13, Indy, 8, and Delta, 5. “He just texted me and was like, ‘Hey Mom.

Pat McAfee, who joined ESPN in a blockbuster 2023 deal, bridled at the question of whether “journalistic standards” should apply to his show.

ESPN has come up with an answer to sports fans’ age-old question: Who is showing the game?

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor BRISTOL, Conn. — ESPN, best known for its comprehensive portfolio of national sports rights, sees a chance to get into the business of making games available to fans on a local basis.

A grandfather has been jailed for joining a mob attack on a lone black male - the latest rioter to face justice for the sickening violence that erupted in Piccadilly Gardens on August 3.

Faithless have announced a UK and European tour for later this year, to go alongside news of their new album ‘Champion Sound’.The dance legends’ biggest run of dates in 10 years will kick off their 21-date run with a show at Edinburgh’s O2 Academy on November 1 and will wrap at Copenhagen’s Poolen on December 14.The tour includes dates in Belfast, Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton, London and Manchester – see the full list of dates below. Tinlicker will join Faithless as the opening act.

ESPN has unveiled a sweeping reorg of its programming exec ranks, including the promotion of Mike McQuade to the newly created post of EVP, Sports Production.

Neck Deep have announced the ‘Dumbstruck Dumbfuck’ UK tour for 2025 – see dates below.The pop-punk band, who are scheduled to play double sets at Reading & Leeds 2024 this weekend, revealed tour dates today (August 23) alongside the release of a music video for ‘Sort Yourself Out’, taken from their self-titled album released this year.The tour will see them perform alongside opening acts The Wonder Years and One Step Closer at venues in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol, and Swansea.On these bands, frontman Ben Barlow says in a press statement: “Having The Wonder Years out is always fun, they’ve been a big inspiration to us over the years, with so many great songs they always put on an amazing show.”Meanwhile, One Step Closer are “a band we’ve been following closely for a few years,” he continues, and “they’re deservedly growing a lot right now and it’s been cool to see the progression. I’m excited to see how they go down with our fans because we love them.” Tickets for the tour go on sale next Friday (August 30) at 10am here.In an interview with NME at Reading Festival 2024, the band spoke about the surreal opportunity of having The Wonder Years on their 2025 tour.

Massive Attack have said they hope their upcoming climate change concert will improve the music industry, stressing that “there’s only one planet”.The trip-hop legends are preparing for their ‘Act 1.5’ show at Clifton Downs in Bristol on Sunday (August 25), an all-day, “large-scale climate action accelerator event” to celebrate 25 years of climate activism for the band.It will be Massive Attack’s first UK performance in five years, and they will be joined by the likes of Killer Mike, Lankum, Sam Morton and the Wild Bunch’s DJ Milo. Find any remaining tickets here.The show is designed to be the lowest-carbon concert of its kind and scale ever put together, and they hope it will provide a model for the rest of the live music industry to take forward.In a new interview with the BBC, the band have underlined why they feel the cause is so fundamentally important.