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A swathe of celebrities including Sir Stephen Fry and Succession star Brian Cox have urged the government to reverse its "shameful" cuts to welfare.Sir Stephen said the cuts should not be targeted at "the most vulnerable and overlooked of all our population", while Mr Cox recalled his own experience of child poverty and argued the plans would "have a lasting impact on the lives of so many people already finding […]

Former Love Island winner Jack Fincham has won an appeal against his prison sentence for two dangerous dog offences.Fincham, 32, was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment at Southend Magistrates' Court on 29 January after pleading guilty to two counts of having a dangerously out-of-control black cane corso. But within hours of the sentencing, he was released on conditional bail and vowed to appeal it.On Friday, Fincham, who won the ITV […]

Disney's use of CGI to create the seven miners at the heart of the live-action remake of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves has left little people feeling "disregarded" and "erased," according to a disability activist.Comedian, model and content creator Fats Timbo, who has spoken about being bullied as a child, told Sky News she believes Disney has missed a golden opportunity to educate children in what is likely to […]

An actress who worked in a film directed by Noel Clarke said she felt "shell-shocked" when he asked her to "bend over further" during a scene where she was naked from the waist down, the High Court has heard.The woman, known only as Mila, gave evidence on Thursday in Clarke's legal case against Guardian News and Media (GNM).Mila told the court that although she felt uncomfortable about filming the nude […]

A former studio engineer has been charged with stealing Eminem's unreleased music and selling it online.FBI prosecutors say more than 25 songs from the Detroit rapper have been played or distributed online without his or Interscope Capital Labels Group's consent. A federal affidavit said Joseph Strange, a 46-year-old from Michigan, was charged via a criminal complaint with copyright infringement and interstate transportation of stolen goods.Acting US Attorney Julie Beck in […]

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed he is watching Netflix's Adolescence with his family and supports a campaign for it to be shown in parliament and schools.The drama, starring Stephen Graham, depicts the aftermath of the stabbing of a teenage girl - as a 13-year-old boy from her school is arrested for her murder. Politics live: PM challenged over tax rises Graham and co-writer Jack Thorne have said they want it […]

Drag queen James Lee Williams - known as "The Vivienne"- died after taking ketamine, their family has said.Williams, who won the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019 under their drag name, was found dead at the age of 32 at their home in Cheshire on 5 January. In a statement shared in an Instagram story today, Williams' manager Simon Jones said the "family and I feel it […]

US rock band Semisonic has criticised the White House for using their song Closing Time in a social media post that showed a shackled deportee. The Trump administration shared the video on Monday two days after hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members were controversially deported by the White House to a supermax prison in El Salvador. The video, which also showed deportees boarding a plane, was captioned with the song's […]

The boss of an iconic jazz bar says he's been left "surprised" and "confused" after his late licence application for a London site was turned down, making him question support for live music in the capital.Steven Bensusan - president of Blue Note Entertainment Group and son of the original Blue Note Cafe founder Danny Bensusan - told Sky News: "If they're not giving us a late licence, I can't imagine […]