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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2773/live/bd6bd5f0-c188-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Mallams The rare artwork is estimated to fetch between £40,000 to £60,000 A previously unknown work by the revered Italian artist Canaletto is set to go under the hammer. The rare artwork, known as a capriccio, is estimated to fetch between £40,000 to £60,000 when it is sold by Mallams auction house…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3d1d/live/ac47b690-c188-11f1-83c7-97e75190a976.jpg”] Getty Images Queen Camilla has paid tribute to the bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer, who has died at the age of 86. “Seldom does an author get to live a life as rich, varied and colourful as any of the characters in their books, or with as many surprising plot…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ed6f/live/020cc800-c1a6-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.jpg”] Getty Images Paramount and Warner Bros are coming together to form Skydance It has been months in the making but Paramount Skydance has finally completed its $110bn (£82.8bn) merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The deal welds two legacy Hollywood powerhouses, uniting franchises like Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, into an entertainment…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2e88/live/f4495f40-c136-11f1-bcd8-493e192378a4.jpg”] Getty Images Paramount Skydance has officially taken over Warner Bros Discovery in a $110bn merger that is set to reshape Hollywood and the media landscape. The takeover – merging two of the biggest studios in Los Angeles – comes after months of legal disputes and widespread criticism over feared cuts and consolidation…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2972/live/cc660080-c174-11f1-bed0-05ebd781c53c.jpg”] DIY SOS The Ali family, from Bitterne in Southampton, lost £72,000 on building work that was later condemned A profoundly deaf couple, whose home was left unsafe by unfinished building work, will see it being transformed by hundreds of volunteers when the latest episode of DIY SOS is broadcast. Ahmed and Rifat…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2b53/live/fc7bdb70-bf15-11f1-9947-0584c244b963.jpg”] Getty Images A 22-year-old British national has been arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with an incident close to RAF Fairford, counter-terror police said. He was arrested in Westminster, London, on Tuesday as part of the investigation into the incident near the airbase in Gloucestershire on 27 September.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ca90/live/19c2b4b0-c16e-11f1-a003-8be783290413.jpg”] Mapeley Property owner Mapeley bought the Microsoft site in 2005 Plans for a £200m data centre on a Microsoft’s former UK headquarters site have been submitted for review. It would see three office buildings at Thames Valley Park in Earley demolished to make way for the scheme, with its main buildings reaching…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b42d/live/eb5f0250-c176-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Getty Images Adjoa Andoh, Rosie O’Donnell, Tamzin Outhwaite and Julie Hesmondhalgh will take part in the one-off performance US comedian Rosie O’Donnell, Celebrity Traitors star Julie Hesmondhalgh, Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh and EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite will appear in a play based on the trial of the husband of Gisele Pelicot. Thirty actors…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7918/live/8f64f760-c0d2-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Getty Images Tom Grennan is playing a series of acoustic shows at venues where he has performed in the past Singer-songwriter Tom Grennan has organised two free gigs at the music venue where he began performing as a teenager. The Bedford-born musician is playing three venues over three days on his Looking…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/cc57/live/ceb63ea0-c15f-11f1-ae7b-cfc528a6c828.jpg”] Getty Images Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice in a move to protect herself against artificial intelligence (AI) deepfakes. The application to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) was made on Monday and can be found on their website. The prime minister’s office also confirmed the…