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Limahl - "Never Ending Story" (1984) Hailing from Wigan, Greater Manchester, Limahl was the lead singer of Kajagoogoo - who had a No1 UK hit with "Too Shy" in 1983 - before going solo. In 1984 he had a No3 UK hit with this, the title song of the 1984 fantasy movie of the same name...

Crystal Palace fans celebrate in Covent Garden in central London after their team won the FA Cup - the London club's first ever major trophy

Israel finished second with the song "New Day Will Rise" performed by Yuval Raphael. It got 357 points... Sweden is one of the most successful Eurovision countries, having also last winning it in 2023. They were amongst the favourites again last night but ended up finishing fourth with the...

Austria last night won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. The song "Wasted Love", performed by 24-year-old JJ, won it with 436 points. It's the third time Austria has won the competition, having also won it in 1966 and 2014. Israel finished as runners-up with 357 points...

Palace fans in shock after they win their first major trophy FA Cup Final Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester City Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 84,163 Crystal Palace have won the 144th FA Cup. It is the first time the London club have won the world's oldest football tournament and it...

Brian Cox made his name back in the 1990s as the keyboard player of the pop band D:Ream, famous for their 1993 hit "Things Can Only Get Better." Now he is Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester and someone who has been tasked with engaging the British public in science. In this...

The Troggs - "I Can't Control Myself" (1966) In the year that England won the World Cup, this hit from the Andover, Hampshire, band was banned on radio in the UK, US and Australia for its sexually suggestive lyrics. I can't imagine that happening nowadays. Still, it reached No2 in the UK...

The full ceremony of the King making Prince William a Grand Master of the Order of the Bath, a position which the then Prince of Wales held until he became King in September 2022. It was a great day for both Londoners and tourists, who gathered outside Westminster Abbey to get a glimpse of the...

King Charles III has made his son the Prince of Wales a Grand Master of the Order of the Bath as the two attended a Westminster Abbey service to mark the 300th anniversary of the Order of the Bath with traditional British pomp and ceremony. The lavish ceremony saw the King and his heir process...

Madness - "My Girl" (1979) Released on 21st December 1979, the London ska band, fronted by Suggs and who are still going today, reached No3 in the UK with this

It doesn't matter what he's wearing. It's still a good portrait of our countries' monarch, of the type which has been traditional for centuries.

Queen Camilla has unveiled a foundation stone for the brand new King Charles III Sacristy building at Westminster Abbey. The new £13 million addition to the ancient building - one of the most important buildings of Great Britain - will help preserve the abbey as a sacred space, housing...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have posed with new portraits of each other to mark the second anniversary of their Coronation which was 6th May 2023. It was only the 39th Coronation since the Norman Conquest of 1066 and Charles III is the 40th monarch since then.

Squeeze - "Cool For Cats" (1979) The London punk band had a No2 UK hit with this. Nowadays, keyboard player Jools Holland, 67, is famous in Britain for his annual live Channel 4 show "Jools' Annual Hootenanny" which welcomes in the New Year with a plethora of musical artists of various...

The new Pope made a speech today. As a Brit it was weird listening to an American speaking and not being able to understand what he was saying. It was weird. He was speaking foreign. God knows what it was.

Kelly Marie - "Feels Like I'm In Love" (1980) The song was written by Ray Dorset, the lead singer and guitarist of the British band Mungo Jerry - famous for their 1970 hit "In The Summertime" - for Elvis Presley. However, Elvis died in 1977 before recording it. The song was then picked up by...

Slipknot - "Wait and Bleed" (1999) The debut single from the Des Moines, Iowa, heavy metallists famous for having three drummers. They eventually became one of the biggest bands in the world. Lead singer Corey Taylor is an avid Anglophile. He's a fan of English folk music and references...

Korn - "Here To Stay" (2002) The Bakersfield, California, nu-metallers reached No12 in the UK and No72 in their native US with this. As a 43 year old it brings back fond memories of listening to this countless times in my youth.