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The BBC has announced an independent workplace culture review after several controversies in recent months.A report reviewing the broadcaster's working environment will be led by Grahame Russell, executive chairman and founder of Change Associates, and is set to be published next spring. The BBC said it will focus on "preventing abuse of power and ensuring everyone at the BBC conducts themselves in line" with the corporation's values.BBC chairman Samir Shah […]

Sir Elton John has spoken openly about his fears of death, saying "I don't know how much time I have left", in a new documentary about his life.The 77-year-old Rocketman singer also admitted that his young children worry about his age. Elton John: Never Too Late was shown at a special gala screening at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the London Film Festival (LFF) on Thursday, and depicts […]

"The music industry is broken," says Oli Wilson, founder of Beyond The Music. But he hopes the event can play a part in helping to fix it.From rapper Aitch to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, independent entrepreneurs to label executives, hundreds of music artists, experts and politicians came together in Manchester this week to discuss the biggest issues affecting the industry - from AI and the economics of streaming, to struggling […]

David Furnish says he feels blessed to spend his life with Sir Elton John.The director and the music icon first met in 1993, got a civil partnership in December 2005 and in 2014, when same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales, officially tied the knot. Speaking at the gala event for the new documentary Elton John: Never Too Late, the actor and producer says the 77-year-old Rocketman singer has […]

Sean "Diddy" Combs will remain in jail while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, a federal appeals court judge has ruled.Circuit Judge William J Nardini denied the rapper's immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel considers his bail request. Lawyers for the 54-year-old, also known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy, appealed to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals on 30 September […]

BBC presenter Jay Blades has denied engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour towards his wife.The 54-year-old, who fronts primetime show The Repair Shop, entered a not guilty plea at Worcester Crown Court on Friday. Wearing a dark suit and tie, Blades, of Claverley in Shropshire, spoke only to confirm his identity to the court clerk and to enter his plea.The charge alleges the controlling and coercive behaviour took place between […]

Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs will go on trial facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in May next year. The 54-year-old rapper, also known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy, blew kisses to his mother and children in court after a US judge set the trial date at a Manhattan federal court hearing on Thursday. Combs pleaded not guilty on 17 September to a three-count indictment charging him with using […]

It's almost 12 years to the day that a Taliban gunman shot schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in the head as she travelled home from an exam on a school bus packed with fellow pupils.Now one of Pakistan's best-known public figures, the activist, Oxford graduate and youngest Nobel laureate in history is releasing her first feature. Image: Malala addresses the United Nations on her 16th birthday. Pic: Reuters The 27-year-old tells Sky […]

The Football Association has pulled a new online cookery series with M&S featuring Yung Filly and England stars after the British YouTuber and rapper was charged following rape allegations, Sky News can reveal."The Greater Game" campaign was only launched yesterday by the FA with England team sponsor M&S Food to promote healthy eating and "positively influence" children aged between 12 and 16 years old. England stars Bukayo Saka, Ezri Konsa, […]