Director Jeff Baena, husband of Aubrey Plaza, dies aged 47
He wrote the film I Heart Huckabees, which included a cast of Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman and Mark Wahlberg.
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Reform UK would launch grooming gangs inquiry if elected, chairman says
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised by Elon Musk over the issue.
Farage calls out Badenoch directly on Reform UK membership at conference
On Boxing Day, Ms Badenoch wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Reform UK’s online membership ticker was ‘a fake, coded to tick up automatically’.
Emergency meeting as Ireland braces for ‘multi-hazard weather event’
Forecasters have warned that it will lead to very difficult travelling conditions.
Statue of Irish musician Rory Gallagher unveiled in Belfast
It is inspired by a January 1972 Melody Maker magazine cover shot of Gallagher onstage at Ulster Hall.
William ‘shocked’ by death of ex-nanny’s stepson in New Orleans attack
Authorities have confirmed 14 people died and at least 35 others were injured in the attack.
Reform UK chair says party gained 46,000 members in last two weeks of December
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have been involved in a back-and-forth since Boxing Day over party member figures.
Father of Lockerbie bombing victim speaks out after New Orleans terror attack
Colin Firth portrays Dr Jim Swire in a new TV series about his fight for justice after the death of his daughter Flora.
King ‘deeply saddened’ by death of royal nanny’s stepson in New Orleans attack
Police confirmed they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer, 31, of Chelsea, who was killed in the attack in Bourbon Street.
British man among 14 killed in New Orleans attack
Metropolitan Police confirmed they were supporting the family of Edward Pettifer.
Whistleblower says Starmer ‘guilty as anyone’ over grooming gang failures
Maggie Oliver criticised previous inquiries into the scandal.