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Jennifer Aniston became emotional during a recent interview when she was asked about the hit show Friends.The sitcom launched both her career and that of her late co-star, Matthew Perry. Aniston was part of the ensemble cast from 1994-2004 alongside Perry, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc.The comedy was a huge hit, dominating prime time, raking in awards and regularly attracting huge audience viewing figures across its decade-long run on NBC in the US. It was also popular around the world, including in the UK. Image: The cast of Friends – David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry,…

The BBC’s content arm is among the suitors vying to buy the television production company which owns the rights to The Gruffalo.Sky News has learnt that BBC Studios is participating in a sale process for Magic Light Pictures, which has won three BAFTAs and secured a quartet of Oscar nominations. The auction is being run by Gotham Street, a specialist media deals boutique.A number of other bidders are also said to be involved in the process given the quality of Magic Light’s content library, which includes a number of works by The Gruffalo’s creators, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.The Gruffalo…

YouTube says it is introducing new restrictions on videos featuring guns after repeated calls by campaigners to limit potentially traumatising material.From 18 June, the video-sharing platform said it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. YouTube, which is owned by Google, will also restrict videos showing homemade guns and automatic weapons for users under 18.While campaigners have welcomed the initiative, they said YouTube must show it is taking “real action” to prevent children from being exposed to potentially traumatising content or material which could encourage violence.Gun-related injuries have been the leading cause of death for children…

The evil penguin Feathers McGraw will return in a full-length Wallace and Gromit feature film this Christmas.A trailer released on Thursday for the BBC’s Vengeance Most Fowl shows the villain’s keys, comb, tape measure and glove being put in a prison tray before he enters a cell while a guard looks on before cracking his neck. McGraw was first seen in 1993’s Bafta and Oscar-winning short film The Wrong Trousers. Image: A first look of Vengeance Most Fowl. Pic: Aardman Animations/PA He rented a room by disguising himself as a chicken with a red glove on his head, and was…

Labour will promise to get more young people on the housing ladder as it announces its “freedom to buy” scheme on Friday. The party will pledge to make the existing mortgage guarantee scheme – which sees the government act as a guarantor for people unable to save big deposits – into a permanent fixture if it wins the election on 4 July. Sir Keir Starmer will also commit to an overhaul of the planning system, including reintroducing housing targets, claiming his measures will see 1.5 million more homes built over the next five years.Politics live: Sunak and Starmer attend D-Day…

The woman alleged to be the inspiration for the stalker in hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer is suing the streaming platform for $170m (£133m).The show is said to be based on the real-life experiences of writer Richard Gadd, who plays himself as he copes with stalker Martha Scott. Fiona Harvey, 58, claims she is the inspiration for Martha, who begins stalking Gadd after he serves her a free cup of tea in the pub where he works.In the lawsuit, Ms Harvey has accused Netflix of spreading “brutal lies”, including that she is a “twice convicted stalker who was sentenced to…

While the Grosvenor family is automatically linked in many people’s eyes to properties in west London’s upmarket Mayfair and Belgravia districts, such assets are only part of the wider Grosvenor Group, the company that manages the Duke of Westminster’s wealth.The duke, Hugh Grosvenor, who is to marry Olivia Henson today, inherited his title and control of the historic Grosvenor Estate aged 25 following the death of his father from a heart attack in 2016. The business now encompasses a range of assets and activities, including property in the UK and overseas, investments in food producers and agricultural technology companies and…

Donald Trump is in breach of a British High Court order to pay £300,000 in legal costs to the former spy who compiled a salacious dossier alleging Russian interference in the 2016 US election.Sky News can reveal Trump has failed to comply with the costs order and thus far ignored a formal offer to settle with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who compiled the infamous document. Trump was ordered to pay costs in February after the High Court threw out his attempt to sue Mr Steele’s company Orbis Business Intelligence.The former president claimed the report, which included unsubstantiated allegations…

The Conservatives will promise a tax cut for parents on Friday by raising the threshold for when families have to pay a levy on their child benefit. The current system means if either parents or a parent’s partner earns more than £60,000, they begin paying the high income child benefit tax charge, and lose the benefit altogether when a salary hits £80,000. But if the Tories win the election on 4 July, they have promised to increase the threshold to £120,000 before any tax is paid, and to £160,000 before the benefit is withdrawn, as well as base it on…

UK entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been cleared of all charges by a US jury in the high-profile fraud case related to the sale of his software company Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011.Dr Lynch, who was extradited to the United States to face trial just over a year ago, was acquitted alongside a former finance executive Stephen Chamberlain who had faced the same charges. They were accused of conspiracy and attempted fraud over the £8.3bn sale to HP – a deal that has been the subject of costly legal action since.Money latest: Apple overtaken as world’s second most valuable listed…