John Green keeps busy – from authoring blockbuster young adult novels like “The Fault in Our Stars,” to running a YouTube empire with his brother Hank, to…
Category: 5. Entertainment
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Hybrid training tricks from Chris Hemsworth
Luke Zocchi knows what it takes to build a superhero. For more than 13 years, he’s been the personal trainer to Chris Hemsworth – the actor best known for portraying Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The two grew up together as childhood…
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Run Away review – James Nesbitt and Minnie Driver give us comfort TV at its finest | Television & radio
They come round sooner every time, do they not? I think we’re now the recipients of a new Harlan Coben adaptation every three weeks or so. Who knows what rate will be attained next year? We watch and wait, though possibly in neither case for…
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Best of Secret Lincolnshire, from ‘sex-mongers’ to Arctic Monkeys
The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, in California, has long been cited as the first major rock festival. But weeks earlier, thousands of fans crowded into a shed in Lincolnshire to watch some of the biggest names in music perform.
Taking to the stage
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The 10-bed home hosting theatre by the Thames
Freddy Tennysonin Deptford
Master Shipwrights HouseThe Master Shipwrights House in Deptford is on the market for £8m It’s the last show of the year at the Master Shipwrights House in Deptford, south-east London.
Tucked behind high brick walls…
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‘We’re giving transplant patients a second chance’
The centre has also collected cells for research into new treatments from 28 patients.
Fin,19, from Leicestershire, was one of the latest people to donate for that purpose just before Christmas.
He said: “I’m not great with needles, but I just had…
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Charity praises Leicester girl for supporting autistic brother
Sophie WheeldonEast Midlands
BBC12-year-old Evie has been recognised by national disability charity, Sense While many 12-year-olds spend their spare time on their phones or hanging out with friends, Evie from Ibstock in Leicestershire helps her…
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Portsmouth: Free fireworks to kick off naval city’s centenary
The event on New Year’s Day will be held at Castle Field between 17:30 and 18:30 GMT, beginning with a performance by samba-reggae percussion band Batala Portsmouth.
It will be followed by the screening of a short film, celebrating the city’s…
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Newton Aycliffe Pipe Band bounces back with membership boost
A pipe band which nearly disbanded due to a lack of interest has surged in membership and attracted a former Piper to the Sovereign.
The Newton Aycliffe Pipe Band held an annual general meeting (AGM) in 2019 with just three remaining members, and…
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Northumberland fort’s large Roman shoes to go on display
Mysteriously large shoes discovered at a Roman fort are to be put on public display.
Archaeologist Rachel Frame said 34 shoes were dug up at the Magna Roman Fort in Northumberland in 2025 – eight of which were at least 30cm (11.8in) long, the…
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