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K-pop star Suga, a rapper and songwriter from global sensation BTS, has been discharged from South Korea's mandatory military service.He is the last member of the band to finish their enlistment duties with Jin, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook already leaving the military. The other six members of the K-pop band served in the army while Suga worked as a social service agent, which is an alternative form […]

Singer Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm over an alleged bottle attack at a London nightclub two years ago.The US R&B star was arrested at a hotel in Manchester by Metropolitan Police detectives last month, after the singer flew to the city by private jet in preparation for his world tour. The 36-year-old said he had gone "from the cage to the stage" […]

Director Danny Boyle has said his latest film 28 Years Later could be seen as an allegory for Brexit.Boyle's original zombie horror, 28 Days Later, was a groundbreaking film which revitalised the genre. Now, his follow-up 28 Years Later gives an insight into how much of humanity is still standing almost three decades after the deadly Rage virus took hold."It's a very ambitious picture of what's happened to the British […]

Dame Judi Dench, Malala and Stanley Tucci are among another 100 famous names who have added their signatures to a letter urging Sir Keir Starmer to "end the UK's complicity" in Gaza.Sky News can exclusively reveal the Bond actress, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Conclave actor are among a host of public figures who have added their names to the letter. At the end of May, Sky News revealed about […]

A member of Irish-language rap group Kneecap has appeared in court in London after being charged with a terror offence - as hundreds of protesters gathered in support outside.Liam O'Hanna, or Liam Og O hAnnaidh, is accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation in the UK, at a gig last year. The charge against the 27-year-old, from Belfast, was brought last month after counter-terror officers […]

R Kelly was hospitalised after prison officials gave him an overdose of medication, his lawyers have claimed – as part of what they say is an ongoing assassination plot.Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is currently serving time at the Federal Correctional Institute in Butner, North Carolina, after being convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering in 2021. A year later, he was found guilty on three charges of […]

Gary Glitter will stay in prison after the Parole Board refused the disgraced singer's bid to be released. Glitter, 81, was recalled to jail less than six weeks after he was released halfway through his 16-year sentence in 2023 for breaching his licence conditions by allegedly viewing downloaded images of children. He was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment in 2015 after being found guilty of sexually assaulting three schoolgirls between […]

Kim Woodburn - a former cleaner who found fame presenting the hit TV show How Clean Is Your House? - has died.Woodburn, who was 83, later became a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017, finishing as runner-up. Image: Woodburn came third in Celebrity Big Brother 2017. Pic: PA Her manager said in a statement: "It is with immense sadness that we let you know our beloved Kim Woodburn passed […]

A juror has been dismissed from the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex-trafficking trial after hearing five weeks of evidence.Judge Arun Subramanian said he had "concerns" about the jury member's "candour" and made the decision after it emerged the man - Juror 6 - had given inconsistent answers about where he lives. This could indicate he potentially had an agenda, that he wanted to be on the panel hearing the Combs trial […]