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STATE OF THE ARTS: Mikey Madison has this week turned down Star Wars. Jacob Elordi said no to ‘Superman’. And Paul Mescal took years to say yes to a blockbuster. Welcome to the new rules of nascent movie stardom, writes Adam White – where franchises are major risks and the…

Streamer’s new Western romance stars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly

As more than 1,000 reported sheep thefts are investigated, Devon and Cornwall Police suspect farming industry insiders are involved

A Kenya-based Nigerian content moderator for TikTok, who died in unclear circumstances last month, has been buried in a public cemetery as colleagues eulogized her as “selfless.”

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay also called on Holyrood ministers to address Parliament on the issue next week.

Powell heads the Federal Reserve, the central banking system that operates as an independent entity free from political influence

Mazyar Azarbonyad, of Sylvia Terrace, Durham, will appear at Newcastle Magistrates Court on Saturday after the collision on the northbound A1.

Kew Gardens’ Tony Hall reveals what scented plants can do for your garden…

It happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, some in yellow vests, patrol near the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve, and become crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs