The one-act play, which was originally performed at York Theatre Royal will run until Saturday (May 30) at London’s Royal Court Theatre.

The play centres on Krapp, a solitary, ageing man who spends his 69th birthday reminiscing about his younger self – whose dreams and ambitions never materialised.

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The character’s painful self-reflection is mirrored by his attempts to record a new tape, shrouded in the torments of his memories.

Gary Oldman, who himself began his long esteemed acting career at York Theatre Royal, will play the role of Krapp as part the play’s 70th anniversary season.

It came after the actor starred and directed in the play in York in May 2025.

Speaking about this, CEO of York Theatre Royal, Paul Crewes, said: “Working with Gary on our production of Krapp’s Last Tape was remarkable and we are delighted that even more people will get the opportunity to see his extraordinary performance in this landmark play.

“It was first performed at the Royal Court 67 years ago and it’s so wonderfully fitting that it makes a return as part of their 70th anniversary celebrations.”

The London run will take place at the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs.

Each performance will open with Godot’s To-Do List, a Beckett-inspired short play by Jerwood New Playwright Leo Simpe-Asante.

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Celtic captain Callum McGregor pointed out “it’s in our hands” after Sunday’s “huge win” over their city rivals.

Only defeat by Motherwell on Wednesday, combined with a Hearts win, will prevent a final-day showdown.

Nevertheless O’Neill believes Celtic still have “two mountains to climb” if he is to lead them to the Scottish title for a fourth time – and his first in 22 years.

“I’ve never been confident,” the 74-year-old Northern Irishman said. “People have said to me about momentum and momentum can get shifted at any given moment.

“We have to win because I would expect Hearts to win. We’ve a really difficult match at Motherwell, but I think the run that we’re on gives us confidence to compete.”

O’Neill would not be drawn on whether it would be his final Old Firm derby when asked if a league and cup double might persuade him to stay on at Celtic.

However, Lennon thinks giving the veteran a winning send-off will be another motivating factor for the players.

Hearts are unbeaten against Celtic this season, winning two of the three meetings, but Motherwell midfielder Andy Halliday also pointed to the O’Neill factor as potentially crucial.

“Of Celtic’s January signings, none are in the starting line-up,” the former Hearts and Rangers player said. “So what he’s done is make all the players Celtic already had at their disposal better.

“Celtic are on a five-game winning run. You talk about mentality and playing your best level at the right time and Celtic have hit theirs now.

“But Hearts, for 30 weeks in a row now, are just finding ways to win, so it’s going to be a very interesting finish.

“We were salivating for these post-split fixtures and they’ve been everything we hoped for. I don’t think that’s going to change.”

The have-a-go hero, 71, challenged the youngster who was carrying a metal wrench.

A have-a-go pensioner bravely confronted a “tooled-up youth” who alleged threatened a tourist in Edinburgh. The shocking scenes were caught on camera at Hunter Square in the city at 8pm on May 7.

The hooded thug, who is wearing a black tracksuit, can be seen holding a weapon as he allegedly steals a bike, in footage shared with Edinburgh Live.

The young thug can be seen pulling a bicycle from the rack while being confronted by a tourist. The youth then swings a weapon, understood to be a metal wrench, towards the man.

A plucky pensioner then confronts the youngster in a bid to scare him off, before he flees the scene with the bicycle.

The 71-year-old local, who did not want to be identified said: “I witnessed the bike theft and tried to stop the thief at Hunter Square. The youth was dressed in black and attempted to hit me and hit another man with a metal wrench.

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“I trust someone can help identify the youth who was in a group of three – one riding a bike. Being a lot older and less mobile and faced with a young weapon yielding thug. I was in a vulnerable position and unable to chase or hold the bike.”

Police Scotland confirmed they were aware of a bike theft in the city and said an investigation is underway to get to the bottom of what happened and find the person involved.

A force spokesperson said: “On Thursday, 7 May, 2026, officers received reports of the theft of bikes on Hunter Square, Edinburgh. Enquiries are ongoing.”

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Greg Davies is hosting the BAFTA TV Awards tonight and has been candid about his three-stone weight loss using Ozempic after a doctor’s warning, and the lasting effect it has had on his appetite

Greg Davies has revealed a difficulty he encountered following a three-stone weight reduction. The 57-year-old resorted to Ozempic after being cautioned by his GP.

Ozempic is a medication used to treat people with type 2 diabetes helping to manage blood sugar levels (HbA1c) by stimulating insulin secretion, reducing liver glucose production, and slowing digestion. But many people use it to lose weight, including Greg.

The Taskmaster host explains he chose the treatment after his doctor warned he would “look obese” were it not for his 6ft 8in stature. Yet after dropping the weight, Greg determined to discontinue using the treatment.

Speaking to The Times, the comic stated: “Three stone fell off me. But I didn’t really like it, it made me a bit gaunt.”

Greg nevertheless acknowledges he now confronts a challenge after taking the treatment. He continued: “My appetite’s never gone back to the way it was. I can’t ram things in the way I used to.”

While Greg concedes he desired to shed weight, he has previously confessed he isn’t frightened of growing older, even considering it might benefit his profession. He told The Times: “I think that’s probably good in my game, isn’t it?”

The Inbetweeners performer has cultivated a comedic approach that he describes frequently involves “turning the gun on myself”. He routinely makes jokes about his embarrassing masturbation experience as a teenager, the dimensions of his own penis, and his struggles with an enlarged prostate.

He explains that his choice to direct jokes at himself stems from his appearance. He says he “looks weird” and describes himself as a “pot-bellied giant”.

Greg, however, believes it is a “very British style of humour”. Despite this, it still managed to win over Hollywood star Ryan Gosling, who dissolved into fits of laughter during an appearance on the Graham Norton Show in 2016 when Greg recounted a bout of diarrhoea that struck him while wearing his mother’s underwear.

He acknowledges that making himself the target of the joke feels “safer”. He added: “I know who the victim of that material is – it’s me – and I know that I can take it.”

Greg will host the prestigious annual Bafta ceremony tonight from London’s Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, with the event broadcasting from 7pm on BBC One.

He succeeds actor Alan Cumming, who presented the 2025 television awards show and who recently also hosted the Bafta film awards in 2026.

Greg said: “I see the whole event as an opportunity to wave a flag for this beloved medium and, with the exception of one commissioner, two execs and a co-star that I have personal beef with, I will do everything I can to ensure it’s a night of warm celebration for all.”

Stand-in captain Charlie Dean and 18-year-old debutant Tilly Corteen-Coleman salvaged a tense one-wicket victory from an underwhelming overall performance to ensure England’s summer began with a win in the first-one day international against New Zealand.

Despite dismissing the White Ferns for 210, England, who open the T20 World Cup at Edgbaston in a month, leaked runs in the field and then slipped to 160-7 in their chase at Chester-le-Street.

And while tailender Lauren Bell put on an important 35 with Dean, 10 were still needed when last batter Corteen-Coleman emerged.

However, the teenager appeared as nerveless as she did in taking 2-49.

She finished three not out while Dean, who was crucially dropped with seven run required, ended unbeaten on 31 as England won in the penultimate over.

But though England are able to celebrate the win, there remains plenty of room for improvement before the World Cup.

Maia Bouchier put down a straightforward chance offered by Georgia Plimmer, while a number of misfields helped New Zealand to their score, with Maddy Green hitting 88 and Amelia Kerr 55 as their fielding problems returned.

The remaining ODIs in the three-match series are on Wednesday and Saturday.

After that the World Cup preparation ramps up when the teams switch to the T20 format.

Emergency services were called but it was only later the body of a man aged in his 90s was discovered in the wreckage

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An investigation has been launched following the death of a man after an explosion and fire tore through a property on Saturday evening (May 9).

Emergency services rushed to Church Lane in Selston at 7.18pm, where the body of a man in his 90s was later recovered from the wreckage. Sadly, despite the best efforts of emergency crews, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Firefighters from across Nottinghamshire, including Ashfield, attended the incident, and nearby residents were urged to keep their doors and windows shut. Road closures were put in place at the junction of Church Lane and Station Road, and Church Lane and Stoney Lane, but have since been lifted, reports Nottinghamshire Live.

Residents in the surrounding area were evacuated while emergency services worked at the scene. A joint police and fire investigation remains ongoing to determine the cause of the blast.

Detective Sergeant Millie Gillett, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This was a tragic incident, and our thoughts remain with the man’s family at this difficult time. They continue to be supported by our officers.

“There is no indication at this stage of any wider threat to the public, and it’s being treated as an isolated incident. I would also like to acknowledge the cooperation of local residents and thank them for their patience.”

Group Manager Jonathan Holford, of Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, stated: “On behalf of everyone at Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS), we would like to express our sincere condolences to the man’s family, friends and all those affected by this tragic incident.

“Our crews worked alongside partner agencies throughout the incident, and we would also like to thank local residents for their patience and cooperation while emergency services carried out their work.”

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Angela Rayner has issued a dramatic ultimatum to Sir Keir Starmer that his government takes a hard turn to the left ahead of the embattled prime minister giving a speech to save his political career on Monday morning.

With speculation mounting that she is ready to launch a leadership challenge, the former deputy prime minister, who still has to resolve issues over unpaid tax, has warned Sir Keir: “What we are doing isn’t working, and it needs to change. This may be our last chance.”

It comes as Labour MPs believe that former minister Catherine West is closing in on the number of parliamentarians she would need to launch a stalking horse leadership challenge.

While Ms West has not formally asked for nominations yet and made it clear she will wait to hear the prime minister’s make or break speech, it is understood that already around 70 of her colleagues are willing to back her to ensure there is a contest.

Ms West would need the support of 80 MPs to formally launch a leadership bid but could trigger the process simply by contacting the party’s National Executive Committee.

It comes as the prime minister was warned that he will need to “give the speech of his life” if he is to hope to remain in office with the number of Labour MPs publicly calling for him to quit increasing by the hour.

Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett told Times Radio: “I think either Keir pulls out the stops and there’s a massive transformation in how we relate to the public. Or he and [his wife] Victoria will have to talk about the best way of doing it in a seemly fashion and someone else will take over. The jury’s well and truly out.”

MPs have reacted with outrage over Sir Keir giving an interview over the weekend suggesting that he wants to be prime minister for a decade.

Meanwhile, Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite the union, warned: “The Labour Party is in danger of going extinct.”

But along with Ms Rayner, health secretary Wes Streeting, energy secretary Ed Miliband and defence minister Al Carns, a former Royal Marines commanders, are all thought to be preparing bids.

Looking at the results of last week’s local elections Ms Rayner noted: “We are in danger of becoming a party of the well-off, not working people.”

And in a barbed attack on Sir Keir’s time as prime minister she said: “The Peter Mandelson scandal showed a toxic culture of cronyism. Decisions like cutting winter fuel allowance just weren’t what people expected from a Labour government.”

But laying out a left wing agenda, she insisted: “We have the chance to fix this.”

She called for more interventions in cutting household bills, increased planning reforms, more community ownership and taking private companies into public ownership.

She criticised Sir Keir for blocking Andy Burnham from returning to parliament claiming: “We can only prove we mean it by putting the common interest ahead of factionalism.”

And with an implied threat to the leadership she added: “The prime minister must now meet the moment and set out the change our country needs.

“Change our economic agenda to prioritise making people better off, change how we run our party so that all voices are listened to, and change how we do politics.

“Labour exists to make working people better off. That is not happening fast enough, and it needs to change — now.”

The fallout from last week’s catastrophic results for Labour has fuelled fears on the left of the party that health secretary Wes Streeting is planning a coronation to replace Sir Keir.

A source close to Mr Streeting denied he had told Sir Keir he is ready to be prime minister but confirmed that having failed to endorse the prime minister on Friday, the health secretary is not planning on any further interventions until Thursday when new NHS data is set to be published.

Meanwhile, one member of the 2024 intake of Labour MPs confirmed that a leadership team is being put together for Mr Carns.

They said: “Why are we turning once again to the same familiar faces to solve problems they were involved in creating? If we want to demonstrate genuine change to the public, we need a fresh face leading that change. Members of the 2024 intake are still hopeful of persuading Al Carns to stand should there be a contest, and support for that view appears to be growing.”

Ms West’s move over the weekend has forced the different rivals to Sir Keir’s crown to reset their plans but supporters of Ms Rayner have privately claimed that Mr Streeting will get some of his backers to nominate her to launch a contest which he could then enter himself without taking the blame for starting it.

Nervousness in Downing Street over another crisis week for the prime minister ahead of the King’s speech on Wednesday was underlined by a delay in a trail for the keynote speech aimed at resetting his government.

It is understood that Sir Keir wants to discuss reversing key parts of Brexit as he tries to regain the initiative after his party was almost wiped out in Wales, suffered its worst ever result in Scotland and lost around 1,500 council seats in England.

Almost 40 Labour MPs have come out publicly to call for him to go or set a timetable for his departure with many more agreeing privately.

Earlier, education secretary Bridget Phillipson issued a defence of Sir Keir.

She told Sky News: “I’ve knocked on doors right across the country and in my own community, as colleagues will have done too and as party members will have done as well.

“And what I heard was not a desire for a leadership contest, for the Labour party to spend more time talking amongst ourselves.

“What I heard loud and clear from voters was their deep sense of frustration that they’d voted for change in 2024, they were hopeful that that change would be delivered and they don’t feel that we as a party or we as a Labour government have delivered what they wanted.”

But among a number of MPs to come out demanding Sir Keir departs, Jarrow and Gateshead East MP Kate Osborne wrote for The Independent: “The direction Keir has taken the Labour Party has not only seen us lose councils and councillors who are delivering for the local people but it is also destroying the Labour party.”

Others urged the party to resist a coup and take time to choose a new leader.

Leeds East MP Richard Burgon, who chairs the Socialist Campaign Group and wants Mr Burnham to return and take the leadership, said: “What we need instead is for Keir to set a date for his departure, followed by a full and proper democratic contest that can look at what went wrong and how we change course to win back trust and support, with a broad range of candidates and viewpoints represented.

“And that process has to involve all MPs, not just the Cabinet, as well as trade unions and party members, all of whom must have a democratic voice in choosing Labour’s future direction.”

A local New Jersey band has gone viral after its post seeking replacement group members, having been forced to drop two for ‘unforeseen and disgusting reasons’, was served up on millions of users’ feeds.

Reign were communicating with their loyal fanbase of a couple of thousand followers on Instagram this past week, only to see the post unexpectedly reach over two million accounts, all around the world, on the platform.

And the band’s messy drama fascinated many who were unintentionally reading about the fallout, with several comparing it to Fleetwood Mac’s legendary spats and tangled love lives once further details were revealed.

‘Due to unforeseen and disgusting reasons, Ryan and Aubrey are no longer in Reign. Their actions in zero way are a reflection of the morals of the band and everyone who is involved with the band,’ the original post began, written on behalf of remaining members, guitarists CJ and Aiden, and drummer Cork.

‘The things going on behind the scenes that were brought to the light was simply unacceptable and THAT is the honest and genuine truth. Now that we look to the future we are looking for a new vocalist and bassist because this is 100% not the end of this band and we plan to move the same way as before,’ the statement continued, promising further details in a future post.

However, the details that Reign ended up sharing first were about Ryan and Aubrey’s transgressions – and the updates had people locked in.

A further comment from the band, adding ‘context for those who ask/assume the wrong stuff’ then explained: ‘Aubrey cheated on our drummer (Cork) with Ryan months ago and kept the relationship a secret for months.

‘As soon as we found out we decided it was best to kick out both members because at the time (Tuesday) they were still together and were persistent on being a thing. We kicked them because these are supposed to be people that we can trust and the fact they did that to our drummer was enough for us to do what we did (that’s not the only reason).’

The comment then touched on darker territory, alluding to ‘other horrific things that Ryan has done to other women’ coming to light, meaning that the band want ‘absolutely nothing to do with him whatsoever’.

In another comment after questions clearly sprang up in the wake of the last one, Reign’s account added: ‘We feel the need to make it clear. The reason Aubrey is not in the band is because of how the relationship with her and Cork (our drummer) ended (which we didn’t know how until Tuesday).’

‘We have been talking to her (and she fully understands why she’s not in the band) because of course we still care about her and want the best for her,’ the group promised, before clarifying that Aubrey was ‘no longer associated with Ryan after seeing all of the awful things about him that have come to the light’.

‘This is a wild first post to see from a band I’ve never heard of,’ observed Alex Mulder in a comment that attracted over 37,000 likes.

This Morning’s Alison Hammond was jokingly accused of causing ‘trouble’ during her visit to the Netflix Bridgerton set, with Luke Thompson playfully exposing her cheeky antics on the backlot

TV presenter Alison Hammond was left gobsmacked after being accused of stirring up “trouble” on the set of a hit Netflix series.

The This Morning favourite, 51, has remained one of Britain’s most beloved television personalities since her Big Brother debut in 2002. Beyond This Morning, she fronts the Great British Bake Off and has featured on Strictly Come Dancing, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and Loose Women.

However, it was while visiting the period drama Bridgerton’s set where Alison apparently landed herself in “trouble”.

The Birmingham native is a devoted super fan of the Netflix sensation, and received an invitation to Shepperton Studios in Surrey, the production’s main filming location.

She assumed interviewing responsibilities for YouTube channel Still Watching Netflix, speaking with the show’s fourth series leads Luke Thompson, who portrays Benedict Bridgerton, and Yerin Ha, who portrays Sophie Baek, reports Birmingham Live.

During their discussion about Alison’s set visit, Luke seized the moment for some cheeky teasing.

Alison remarked: “You know I’ve been to the set,” to which the actor replied: “I do know you’ve been to the set. I think you got in trouble.”

The presenter appeared shocked by the claim, laughing: “Did I get in trouble? What did I get in trouble for? I don’t remember that Luke. Moving on. Let’s get into Bridgerton. Don’t know what he’s talking about.”

Luke responded: “It was lovely. You were wearing one of Golda’s (Bridgerton actress Golda Rosheuvel) wigs, I believe. And you looked, I think the happiest I’ve seen anyone, ever. You were just crossing the backlot.”

Filming for Bridgerton’s fourth season has now wrapped, with the hit period drama already commissioned for a fifth series.

Meanwhile, Alison Hammond has revealed why she declined Strictly Come Dancing – while also claiming to have turned down Celebrity Traitors.

The presenter competed in the 2014 series of Strictly, placing 10th alongside professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec.

She has been heavily rumoured to take over following last year’s surprise departure of veteran hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.

Alison says she was approached about the position but couldn’t commit due to her hectic diary. She also confirmed she won’t feature in the upcoming series of Celebrity Traitors owing to scheduling conflicts.

She told The Radio Times: “I’m so busy, that I’m not sure it [Strictly Come Dancing] is going to happen. It’s unrealistic. I’m so happy they considered me but, like Traitors, I can’t do it because everything clashes

“I would have loved to have done it, anybody that gets it, they’re going to land the perfect job. But I’m so happy with everything I’ve got. What would I drop, to do Strictly?”

Alison can be seen on For The Love of Dogs on ITVX.