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An actor who used to work a front-of-house job at a theatre is now starring in the same venue’s pantomime – oh yes he is. Zak Douglas began shifts at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre following the Covid pandemic, working his way up to a duty manager position. But within a matter of years, he is appearing…

A clothes swap initiative has helped save more than 2,180 items of clothing from landfill in just six months. Swap Society was launched in Wiltshire by Meagan Powell from Calneand Gracie May from Westbury. They said they wanted to make clothes swapping “cool and exciting” in an era of fast fashion and in response to…

A mum of three who previously sold goods via social media has opened her first permanent shop after receiving a council grant. Karissa Hughes from Madeley, Telford, started the Bouji Store in 2017, using TikTok to help grow the business. The 31-year-old said receiving a Pride in Our High Street start-up grant was the perfect…

A life-sized dinosaur head carved from a single piece of marble has been unveiled in central London. Carrara Triceratops Skull is described as an “artistic interpretation” of a 68-million-year-old sub-adult Triceratops skull, and measures 10ft (3m) high, 7.2ft (2.2m) long, and 5ft (1.5m) wide. The skull rests at a 20-degree angle on a grey-veined plinth…

Nativity play nerves, Santa’s grotto queues and Christmas lights crowds can make the festive season a sensory overload for children even before the big day arrives. And their mini-meltdowns only add to the stresses of parents dashing between school plays, present shopping and masterminding the family feast. Comedian and dad-of-three George Lewis tells CBeebies Parenting…

Authorities have intensified their search for clues after a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston. Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, a nuclear science and engineering professor from Portugal, was shot “multiple times” on Monday and died on Tuesday morning in hospital, Brookline police and MIT officials…

The UK will rejoin the Erasmus study scheme from 2027, six years after announcing it would end its participation as part of a deal to leave the European Union (EU). Britons will be able to spend a year studying at European universities as part of their UK degree courses without paying extra fees, and vice…

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed murder charges against Nick Reiner over the deaths of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Nick Reiner is facing two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance alleging multiple murders, district attorney Nathan Hochman said. He could be sentenced to life without the possibility…

Timothée Chalamet is a man who is prepared to practise. For his latest film role in the table tennis tale Marty Supreme, he spent seven years mastering the sport. “I got approached with this project in 2018. So that basically gave me six, seven years to prepare on and off. In all my downtime, I…

The disappearance of three white-tailed eagles who were part of a successful conservation programme is being investigated by police. The cases include a chick born in the wild earlier this year in Sussex, one of the first white-tailed eagles to fledge in England for hundreds of years. Forestry England said satellite trackers from two eagles…