Tom Skerritt spent six decades playing the man you trusted when everything went wrong — Dallas on the Nostromo, Viper at Top Gun, Sheriff Brock in Rome, Wisconsin. The family announced on Thursday that he died on Wednesday, aged 93.
Dame Judi Dench, 91, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme her age-related macular degeneration has ended her acting career: "I can't do a play any more. I can't do a film any more. I can't read any more." Here's the full Judi Dench health update.
Celebrity Traitors episode 8 airs tonight (Friday 23 October) at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer. Here's the full series 2 episode schedule, the episode 7 recap, who's left, and Joe Marler's "so rude" producer rule story.
King Charles III, Queen Camilla and Prince William visited Aberfan, Wales, for the 60th anniversary of the 1966 disaster that killed 144 people, 116 of them children. Here's what happened at the memorial garden and what the King said.
A Miami judge has ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by 11 December in his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC — or face having the case dismissed. The BBC accused him of stalling; his lawyers cited presidential duties. Here's what the ruling means.
Chancellor John Healey has promised to cut £800 million of "pointless paperwork" for businesses — streamlined reporting, easier property deals and extended tariff suspensions — days before his first Budget. Here's the full breakdown and what firms want next.
The BBC has confirmed BBC Three and BBC Scotland will close as TV channels in spring 2027 and Radio 4 Extra will stop broadcasting — alongside over 100 BBC News job cuts — as the corporation hunts £500m in savings. Here's what closes, what survives online, and why.
Park Street in Bristol was sealed off on Friday 23 October after a man left a suspicious item — prompting an Army bomb squad, a controlled explosion, and evacuations. Police say the item was not viable. Here's the full story.
Brent crude has surged to $114.47 a barrel — its highest since May — as Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and a Libyan pipeline shutdown rattle markets. FTSE 100 falls, petrol prices under pressure, and the November rate hike looks locked in.