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Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans has apologised for an “inappropriate and unacceptable” remark he made to a woman during the show’s live tour launch.The 52-year-old Welsh opera singer – who is famous for his role in GoCompare insurance adverts – has been touring with the live show after competing with professional dance partner Katya Jones last year. He was heard making the remark to a woman in a video filmed during the launch event on 16 January, the Mail On Sunday reported.”My language was inappropriate and unacceptable for which I sincerely apologise,” Evans said in a statement. Image: Pic:…

British director Joe Wright has said fascism is a “global problem” and there is a sense of the ideology “within us all”.Wright, who is best known for films including Darkest Hour and Atonement, described fascism as the “politicisation of toxic masculinity” which he said “exists everywhere”. Speaking to Sky News’ Barbara Serra ahead of the launch of his new eight-part series, Mussolini: Son Of The Century – which documents the rise of the Italian dictator – Wright said he was interested in delving into history as he didn’t fully understand the meaning of fascism.”Growing up in the 80s, the word…

Marilyn Manson will not be charged following a lengthy investigation into sexual assault and domestic violence allegations, prosecutors have said.Los Angeles county district attorney Nathan Hochman said some of the alleged incidents had happened too long ago, while there was not sufficient evidence to charge the 56-year-old, whose legal name is Brian Warner, over some of the other claims. Mr Hochman said: “We have determined that allegations of domestic violence fall outside of the statute of limitations, and we cannot prove charges of sexual assault beyond a reasonable doubt.”We recognise and applaud the courage and resilience of the women who…

Every Thursday, our Money blog team interviews chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks and more. This week, we chat to award-winning TV chef Andi Oliver.It’s very hard to make money in hospitality… People think you are making out like a bandit if you have got a busy restaurant five or six days a week, but just turning the lights on costs a fortune, your business rates cost a fortune, your VAT costs a fortune, everything costs a lot of money. Good ingredients cost a lot of money. It’s also expensive emotionally and physically to deliver…

A survivor of the 7 October Hamas attack has been chosen to represent Israel at Eurovision.Yuval Raphael was at the Nova music festival when Hamas led a cross-border attack from Gaza into southern Israel. Hundreds were killed and many were taken hostage at the event.The amateur singer was there with friends and later told Israel’s parliament she hid under dead bodies for eight hours. Image: Yuval Raphael. Pic: Eurovision/Tal Givoni She added: “I’m going to deal with this thing for the rest of my life.” The 24-year-old earned her place at Eurovision, taking place in Switzerland in May, after coming…

Mobile network Three has apologised after customers across the country reported problems making and receiving voice calls.More than 10,000 people have logged problems on outage site Downdetector, with the first issues reported around 1pm. The network said a “small percentage” of customers were affected and that it was working hard to fix it. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable X cookies or to allow those cookies just…

The nominations for this year’s Brit Awards have been revealed – and after Brat summer, now we have a Brat Brits.The singer, whose sixth album was a viral hit last year, leads the nominations with five nods, including artist of the year, album of the year and song of the year for her hit Guess, with Billie Eilish. Brat, which featured simple “slime green” artwork, was a huge hit for Charli xcx, whose real name is Charlotte Aitchison – inspiring everyone from presidential candidate Kamala Harris to the Collins Dictionary, which made it its word of the year for 2024.In…

Real Madrid have become the first football club to generate more than a billion euros (£845m) in revenue in a single year, topping a financial services company’s league.Winning both LaLiga and the Champions League last season, Deloitte said the Spanish club had overtaken Manchester City to reclaim top spot in its Football Money League. Real Madrid also saw match day revenues increase in 2023/24 – after renovations to the Bernabeu Stadium – doubling to €248m (£209m).The club also saw a 19% increase in commercial revenue from a new sleeve sponsorship from HP and increased merchandise sales – bringing in another…

Facebook and Instagram owners Meta is offering popular US creators from competitors’ apps such as TikTok the chance to earn $5,000 (£4,040) in bonuses to make content on its platforms. TikTok briefly went offline in the US on Sunday ahead of a ban put in place by Joe Biden, but hours later, it came back online with a message thanking his successor Donald Trump, who has suspended the ban for 75 days. The delayed ban spells uncertainty for creators on TikTok – many of whom make a living through the wildly popular app.Coinciding with the looming ban is Meta’s “Breakthrough…

Chris Brown has filed a $500m defamation lawsuit over a documentary which featured allegations of sexual assault.The US singer shared details in a statement from his lawyers, posted on social media, which announced he was suing Warner Bros and producers Ample, along with other individuals. It comes following the Chris Brown: A History Of Violence documentary, which was released in October last year.The lawsuit, seen by Sky News, accuses producers of airing a programme that was “full of lies and deception” after being “provided proof that their information was false”.Allegations by a woman referred to as Jane Doe in the…