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‘Not the tea-cosy Yorkshire’: the film about carwash workers showing the dark side of the Dales

The Ceremony is an award-winning film about migrant workers on a grim mission with a corpse. Its director relives a shoot hampered by hailstones, flash floods and frozen moors

A new start after 60: I read out my old diaries online – and my youthful secrets went viral

When Betsy Lerner began her unfiltered readings, she found an unexpected following and a new sense of connection

On the Edge review – gripping study of France’s overstretched mental health system

A documentary following the only staff psychiatrist in a Paris hospital reveals both the indifference of society and a doctor’s devoted care

TV tonight: the final, extraordinary chapter of Ozzy Osbourne’s life

Behind the scenes with the Prince of Darkness as he battles illness and prepares for his final gig. Plus: confessions of a pioneering brain surgeon. Here’s what to watch this evening

‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over funding and new direction

Terence Stamp remembered by Priscilla director Stephan Elliott: ‘Those eyes turned everybody to jelly’

The Australian director reflects on his 32-year friendship with Stamp, who was initially ‘absolutely terrified’ to play a trans woman – and their work on the Priscilla sequel

Terence Stamp: the mesmerisingly seductive dark prince of British cinema

Stamp had charisma and star power like no other. Fierce and beautiful in his youth, his screen presence evolved into something more elegant and enduring as the swinging 60s faded from view

Terence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema and star of The Limey and Superman, dies at 87

Family says actor who worked with William Wyler, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Steven Soderbergh, ‘leaves behind an extraordinary body of work’

AI has created a new breed of cat video: addictive, disturbing and nauseatingly quick soap operas

Mostly soundtracked by cats meowing a Billie Eilish song, these AI-generated fantastias tell tales of cheating, revenge and violence – and are being watched by millions

From royal hatters to top tailors: James Bond lawyers line up trademark fight team

How the company that controls 007 merchandising is taking on the Austrian challenging for ownership

Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act

Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads against Reform UK leader

Trump hiked tariffs on US imports. Now he’s looking at exports – sparking fears of ‘dangerous precedent’

Experts warn of destabilized trading relations after White House strikes deal with Nvidia to take a 15% cut of certain AI chip sales to Chinese companies

NHS to trial AI tool that speeds up hospital discharges

Pilot at Chelsea and Westminster trust aims to reduce paperwork and free up doctors, as the UK moves to improve public services via AI

ESPN will not air Spike Lee’s docuseries on quarterback Colin Kaepernick

Multi-part series on ex-NFL player who protested racial injustice will not continue over ‘creative differences’

‘All the magic is going away’: are on-set images ruining movies?

A film director recently bemoaned the recent trend – but there appears to be a huge appetite for the photos

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