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Chadwick Bosemans brother defends Anthony Hopkins Oscar win after snub backlash Ahead of the Academy Awards on Sunday, it was widely expected that Boseman would receive the prize for best leading actor posthumously for his performance in Ma Raineys Black Bottom, the last film he made before he died. However, Sir Anthony, 83, was named the winner for his role as a man grappling with dementia in The Father, with his name coming as a surprise announcement - compounded by the fact the running or...

COVID-19: Coronavirus vaccines now being offered to people aged 42 and over in England Coronavirus vaccines are now being offered to people aged 42 and over in England. It is the second time this week the vaccine booking system has been extended to more people in their 40s, after they were offered to those aged 44 and over yesterday. Now, people aged 42 and over, or those who will turn 42 before 1 July, can arrange their jab appointment through the national booking website. Live CO...

Mastermind: Student Jonathan Gibson becomes youngest ever winner at 24 - thanks to perfect specialist score A 24-year-old student has become the youngest person ever to win Mastermind since the quiz show began almost 50 years ago. Jonathan Gibson, from Glasgow, won by four points in the grand final of the latest series, scoring a perfect 11/11 in his specialist subject on 1950s and 60s comedy songwriting duo Flanders and Swann. His win, broadcast on Monday, breaks a record previousl...

Search COVID-19: Minister denies Boris Johnson made let the bodies pile high comment - and calls it a comedy chapter in gossip stories Defence Secretary Ben Wallace strongly rebuffed newspaper allegations the prime minister told colleagues in October that he would rather see "bodies pile high in their thousands" than have a third COVID lockdown. The Daily Mail on Monday reported Mr Johnson told a Number 10 meeting at the time: "No more ****ing lockdowns - let the bodies pile high in their tho...

Search Oscars 2021: Nomadland sweeps the Academy Awards - with big wins for British stars Daniel Kaluuya and Emerald Fennell Zhao, who was born in China, is the first woman of colour to win the Academy Award for directing, and the second woman in history, after Kathryn Bigelows triumph 11 years ago for The Hurt Locker. The full list of winners from the 93rd Academy Awards Accepting her statuette for her directing, Zhao told the audience at Los Angeles Union Station: "I have always found goodne...

The frantic hunt for oxygen is an ugly one at the epicentre of the world's coronavirus pandemic.

Search COVID-19: Thomas Cook boss confident Med hotspots will be open for UK holidaymakers when schools break up Under prime minister Boris Johnsons roadmap for lifting lockdown restrictions, international travel without one of the current exemptions - which exclude holidays - wont be allowed any earlier than 17 May. The government has yet to confirm when exactly Britons will be able to freely travel abroad again, although ministers have set out plans for a "traffic light" system to be used th...

COVID-19: UK to send ventilators to India as country faces oxygen crisis amid record coronavirus surge Prime Minister India as it struggles with its highest numbers of new daily coronavirus cases to date since the pandemic began. On Sunday - for the fourth day in a row - India set a new global record for daily COVID infections. Indias health ministry reported 349,691 cases on Sunday, bringing the total to 16.96 million, second only to the US. The surge in cases has been accompanied by sever...

Rudy Giuliani: Former New York mayor earns Razzie award for worst movie performance in Borat film Former New York mayor Rudy Giulianis cameo in Borat: Subsequent Movie Film was named one of the worst performances of the year by voters for the annual Razzie awards. The annual Golden Raspberry Awards - known as the Razzies - "honours" the worst in movies and hands out gongs for what it deems were the lowlights of the Hollywood year. On Saturday, Donald Trumps former lawyer landed the ...

France attack: Terror probe opened as female police worker stabbed to death inside station near Paris An administrative worker has been stabbed to death inside a police station in France, before her attacker was shot and killed nearby. A police source said the woman was stabbed in the throat during the attack just inside the station in Rambouillet, a town southwest of Paris, home to a former royal estate. Prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation although no details have b...