Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands Phil Mackie BBC Midlands Today Steve Rapport/Getty Images Rik Mayall died in 2014 at the age of 56 For an entire generation growing up the 1980s and 1990s, Rik Mayall was one of the most familiar – and fascinating – faces on television. And now, 11 years after his...
People are being invited to help celebrate Exeter’s historic waterside with a day packed full of free music, activities, and all things maritime…including of course, boats! It’s the return of Exeter’s Heritage Harbour Festival on Sunday 8 June, from 11am until 7pm. It all takes place at Exeter’s famous Custom House, under the Transit Shed,...
Irish rap group Kneecap have pulled out of the TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow over police concerns about safety. Police Scotland said last week that allowing the trio to perform at Glasgow Green on 11 July would require “a significant policing operation”. It followed a member of the Irish language group being charged with a...
Cannes faced a citywide power cut on Saturday, disrupting the prestigious film festival and closing restaurants, and businesses. French police are investigating suspected arson as the cause of the outage, after a a substation in the village of Tanneron, which supplies Cannes, was attacked by arsonists in the early hours. Despite the disruption, the Cannes...
A power cut in south-eastern France has temporarily disrupted screenings on the final day of the Cannes Film Festival. About 160,000 homes in the city of Cannes and surrounding municipalities lost power on Saturday, France’s electricity operator RTE said. Police are investigating a possible arson attack as being the main cause of the incident. Organisers...
Emma Ruminski BBC News South West arts reporter Sophie Pierce Alan Endacott on an archaeological dig on Dartmoor A new festival celebrating Dartmoor has been created to explore all aspects of the history and culture of the landscape, organisers say. From a place of inspiration for artists, to the role it has played in archaeologists’...
Exeter Custom House is hosting a maritime-themed festival celebrating the city’s maritime history and Heritage Harbour status on Sunday 8 June at Exeter Quay. Returning for a third year, the event will take place at across the quay, waterfront, canal basin and at Exeter Custom House and Transit Shed, Piazza Terracina and Exeter Phoenix. There...
From Quentin Tarantino to Bella Hadid – celebrities hit the red carpet as the 78th Cannes Film Festival kicked off in the South of France. Read full article at source...
Exeter Respect Festival returns to Belmont Park on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June for the 28th anniversary of its annual celebration of Exeter diversity. There will be live music and arts performances on the Mandela Stage, Stephen Lawrence Diversity Stage and Community Stage alongside a variety of local campaign and community group stalls and...
Maddy Savage Reporting fromUppsala, Sweden Getty Images Police forensic officers at the scene of the shooting this week Ahead of Sweden’s Walpurgis festival to mark the start of spring, young people were busy selecting outfits or getting their hair done. Not all of them made it there alive. At a hair salon in Uppsala, a...
Charlotte Cox BBC News, South West James Churchfield BBC News, Cornwall Penzance Helecopters The channel is usually under about 20ft (6m) of water A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly. The Low Tide Event took place in the channel between Tresco and Bryher,...
Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival, meant to be a celebration of Filipino pride, ended in a wail of sirens and screams. Eleven people died and many more were hospitalised after a man drove an SUV through the crowd. “A lot of us are still numb. A lot of us are still angry, confused, sad, devastated –...
Organisers of the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival where a car ramming attack killed 11 people have said they are “heartbroken” and “collectively shattered”. An exhausted and emotional RJ Aquino said the Filipino community was left “numb”, sad and angry following the incident, which police have said was not terror-related. “We will feel the impact...
Vancouver’s Filipino community has been left in shock and mourning after a car ramming attack left 11 people dead on Saturday. The attack, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu festival which celebrates Filipino culture, also left dozens wounded. The event’s organisers said the city’s tight-knit Filipino community is “grieving” and that the attack’s...
The final batch of resale tickets for Glastonbury Festival have sold out in 20 minutes after “incredible demand”. The general admission tickets for the world-famous event in Somerset were released at 09:00 BST on Sunday, and the festival announced on X they were gone by 9:20 BST. Those who missed out on buying tickets last...