Summarize this content to 1000 words Some of Taylor Swift's personal items are to go on display at London's Victoria and Albert Museum this month. Cowboy boots, dresses, music awards and storyboards will be included in the free exhibit, featuring as part of a temporary collection. Taylor Swift: Songbook Trail will offer visitors a chance to see costumes and archival material up close, with many items on display for the
Summarize this content to 1000 words We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "shadows". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.Mike FinnMike Finn: "A chance meeting with a lesser kestrel in Portugal."Jane LuetkensJane Luetkens: "I was given this Indonesian shadow puppet more than 50 years ago by my father. I was recently struck by the amount of
Summarize this content to 1000 words 20 minutes agoBy Mark Savage, Music Correspondent • Annabel Rackham, Entertainment reporterGetty ImagesDua Lipa headlined the Pyramid Stage for the first timeDua Lipa did not come to mess around.The pop star stormed through her first ever headline slot at Glastonbury with an ambitious and dynamic performance that was stacked with smashes from beginning to end.She took to the Pyramid Stage shortly after 10pm, opening with a flawless run of
Summarize this content to 1000 words Rishi Sunak's chief of staff has been interviewed as a witness by the Gambling Commission, about the saga over alleged bets on the timing of the general election.Liam Booth-Smith spoke to the betting regulator at its request last week.Sources stress that Mr Booth-Smith, the prime minister's closest aide, is not a suspect in the investigation and had not placed a bet himself. He was
Summarize this content to 1000 words Police are to take the lead in investigations into some of the allegations about bets placed by politicians on the general election.Industry regulator the Gambling Commission will continue to lead inquiries into cases "where the alleged offending is limited to breaches of the Gambling Act only", a Metropolitan Police spokesperson told the BBC. But detectives would be in charge of "a small number of
Summarize this content to 1000 words 25 minutes agoBy Malcolm Prior, @NewsMPrior, BBC News, rural affairs correspondentSimon PorterFarmer Simon Porter has had to install metal girders to stop thieves from ram-raiding his farm storage shedsFarmers and landowners say they are "at war" with countryside crime gangs and need more help from specialist rural police officers.One farmer told the BBC he faced “constant warfare” against balaclava-clad thieves breaking into his farmyard and also against
Summarize this content to 1000 words Coverage of the opening day of a trial of a man accused of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby leads the way for some of Tuesday's newspapers. Metro's headline focuses on the evidence presented by the prosecution that defendant Gavin Plumb - who denies the charges - had described his planned attack as his ultimate fantasy. The Daily Mirror also
Summarize this content to 1000 words Some passengers whose travel plans were thrown into chaos by a power cut at Manchester Airport face further delays as airlines rearrange grounded flights. Airport bosses said all flights scheduled for Monday "were expected to run as usual".But it said airlines would be in touch with travellers whose flights had been cancelled on Sunday. More than 90,000 people were affected when the outage caused
Summarize this content to 1000 words 27 minutes agoBy Mark Savage, Music CorrespondentPledis EntertainmentSeventeen's mini-album FML was the biggest-selling record of 2023The biggest act on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage this year isn’t Coldplay or Dua Lipa. In fact, you might not even have heard of them.The act in question is Seventeen - a K-pop boyband that boasts a whopping 13 members, and which sold more than 10 million albums last year. The only
[ad_1] 33 minutes agoBy Mark Savage, Music CorrespondentGetty ImagesSheryl Crow: "AI can do lots of things, but it can't go out and play live"Sheryl Crow has something to get off her chest.Over the years, the nine-time Grammy winner has never been scared to voice her opinion. Known for the classic roots rock of songs like My Favourite Mistake and All I Wanna Do, she has also used her voice to campaign on
