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Insiders tell Deadline that Robert Pattinson and Nicholas Hoult joined Jack Lowden, Josh O’Connor and Callum Turner in recent screen tests to play the next James Bond. Read more details here: deadline.com/2026/11/robert-… (Photos: Getty, Columbia Pictures)

'Compassionate Leave', the first episode of Edge of Darkness, was broadcast on this day in 1985. Written by Troy Kennedy Martin, it starred Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley and Joe Don Baker (with music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton).

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is eyeing a fresh spin on a literary classic, with a partially gender-swapped police procedural take on ‘The Great Gatsby’ in development, Deadline has learned. It’s billed as a modern-day police procedural about Det. Jay Gatsby, a devilishly charming investigator with a con-man’s gift for reading human behavior, and decorated New York State Police Det. Nicole “Nicky” Carraway, who was born to be a cop but dreams of becoming a writer. More details here: deadline.com/2026/10/gatsby-…

Andy Burnham said he is willing to get involved in efforts to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour in Glasgow. glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2663…

📺On September 24, 1982, Byron Cherry and Christopher Mayer made their first appearances as cousins Coy and Vance Duke on CBS’ ‘The Dukes of Hazzard.’ They were brought in to replace John Schneider (Bo Duke) and Tom Wopat (Luke Duke), who were absent from the first 18 episodes of Season 5 during a dispute over salaries and merchandising royalties

Anyone who knows anything about me knows this hurts He was the greatest actor of his generation,making comedy look simple and solid drama even more effortless He was a rascal and I loved him… Richard O’ Sullivan RIP I’ll just say….sausage rolls…….!

8 August 1969. Photographer Iain Macmillan took the iconic album cover photo of Abbey Road by The Beatles. The image became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music. Abbey Road is the best selling Beatles album and it was the last one the group recorded together.

Falkirk Council is set to approve plans to target more tourists, and improve town centres, in a bid to raise money. It's part of a new ten-year economic vision. Other measures include ensuring growth for businesses, and improved active travel routes.

🚨 NEW: The UK’s largest telescope for studying space is now set to close after the Government pulled its funding It supported various Apollo missions and tracked Soviet rockets in the Cold War

King and Queen emerge from Tardis to open Glasgow Commonwealth Games bbc.in/4bYaxq6

Gary Lineker fought a long legal case against HMRC to try and prevent them from taxing him another £4.9m. (We supported him at the time although he did nothing to help others who were targeted by the same unfair tax regulations). So if he now is so desperate to pay more money to HMRC, why did he fight this case over many years?

10 July 2020. Jack Charlton died (aged 85). He was a member of the 1966 England World Cup winning side. He spent his entire playing career at Leeds United, making a record 773 appearances and went on to have a successful managerial career, most notably, with Ireland.

This is a shocking and unforgivable failure by the Home Office. A convicted human trafficker with no right to live or work in the UK has reportedly been able to open a shop and operate in Blaby, yet neither Leicestershire Police, Blaby District Council nor I, as the local MP, were informed. This raises serious questions about the government's competence and its ability to enforce the law. I am demanding immediate answers from ministers and full accountability for this extraordinary breakdown. BBC News - People smuggler convicted in France found by BBC living in UK and seeking asylum - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye…

Edinburgh University ditches 150-year-old graduation cap tradition bbc.in/4vLumJq