Country star Jelly Roll seeks pardon from criminal past | Ents & Arts News

US country music star Jelly Roll is seeking a pardon to wipe his criminal convictions from the record, after spending time behind bars as a teenager. He told the Tennessee…

How accurate is Conclave? What the film gets right – and wrong – about choosing a new pope | Ents & Arts News

It is rare for art to imitate life quite so literally as Conclave does in the wake of the death of Pope Francis. The papal drama, which is based on…

Back To The Future’s DeLorean has almost vanished from UK roads | UK News

Forty years on from the film that made them immortal, there are just 303 DeLorean cars left on Britain’s roads. To mark the anniversary of Back To The Future, released…

The Last Of Us: The science behind the real ‘zombie’ fungus – and is it an actual threat? | Science, Climate & Tech News

Could the next public health crisis be caused by a fungus? Such an emergency is the basis of the post-apocalypse TV drama series The Last Of Us, which has returned…

The Who drummer Zak Starkey rejoins band days after departure | Ents & Arts News

The Who’s Zak Starkey is back in the band after reports earlier this week he’d been sacked. A statement on the band’s official social media pages written by guitarist Pete…

Clodagh Rodgers: Eurovision star and face of Bisto gravy dies | Ents & Arts News

Clodagh Rodgers, a singer best known for representing the UK at the 16th Eurovision Song Contest, has died aged 78. The Northern Irish singer was described as “the rock of…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs loses bid to delay sex-trafficking trial | Ents & Arts News

Hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has lost a bid to delay his upcoming sex-trafficking trial by two months. US district judge Arun Subramanian said the 55-year-old rapper made his…

Warfare’s Alex Garland: ‘Being anti-war is not the same as saying it should never happen’ | Ents & Arts News

Alex Garland says while it’s “the most obvious statement about life on this planet” that the world would be a better place without war, it “doesn’t mean it should never…

‘Keep going boys’: Birmingham’s UB40 say striking bin workers ‘shouldn’t give up’ | UK News

Birmingham band UB40 say the city’s striking bin workers and their union should “keep fighting” in their dispute over pay. It comes as the government and the council urged them…

Drummer Zak Starkey speaks out after leaving The Who | Ents & Arts News

Drummer Zak Starkey has said he is “surprised and saddened” after parting ways with The Who following recent charity shows at the Royal Albert Hall. The musician, who is the…