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Downton Abbey star Allen Leech has teased that the beloved period drama could return with a prequel exploring the backstory of the late Dame Maggie Smith's iconic character, Violet Crawley. 

In a first-of-its-kind study French researchers found that people with the condition were up to 11 times as likely to have dementia.

Thomas Tuchel's time in charge of the Three Lions team caught a rocket in Belgrade as his team ran riot, with five different players finding the net to all-but-secure their side's World Cup spot.

And they're off. We may need racing commentator Cornelius Lysaght to do justice to Labour 's deputy leadership election, there are so many runners.

The How Clean is Your House? and Celebrity Big Brother star passed away on June 16 aged 83 following a short illness.

Airline passengers who fall foul of hand luggage rules have always risked fines and having to put their bags in the hold once they reach the gate.

OLIVER HOLT: A groundswell of discontent has been building around the management of Tuchel since he took over as England coach and defeat would have elevated it to uncomfortable levels.

The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress shows U.S. high school seniors' math and reading scores at their lowest in decades, with nearly half failing to reach basic proficiency in math and one-third below basic in reading. The Associated Press reports: A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results released Tuesday from an exam known as the nation's report card. Eighth-grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment of Education Progress. The assessments were the first since the pandemic for eighth graders in science and 12th graders in reading and math. They reflect a downward drift across grade levels and subject areas in previous releases from NAEP, which is considered one of the best gauges of the academic progress of U.S. schools. "Scores for our lowest-performing students are at historic lows," said Matthew Soldner, the acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics. "These results should galvanize all of us to take concerted and focused action to accelerate student learning." [...] In reading, the average score in 2024 was the lowest score in the history of the assessment, which began in 1992. Thirty-two percent of high school seniors scored below "basic," meaning they were not able to find details in a text to help them understand its meaning. In math, the average score in 2024 was the lowest since 2005, when the assessment framework changed significantly. On the test, 45% of high school seniors scored below "basic" achievement, the highest percentage since 2005. Only 33% of high school seniors were considered academically prepared for college-level math courses, a decline from 37% in 2019.

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With interest in Angela Rayner's tax affairs ebbing away, the focus has swung towards the upcoming Budget - and plans to tax our hard-earned wealth.

Britain's biggest 'renewable' power station which is allegedly as 'toxic as working for tobacco' should sack its boss.

Elizabeth Tsurkov is now residing at the American Embassy in Baghdad. Donald Trump issued a statement after she was freed on Tuesday.

Justin Baldoni is facing further scrutiny as another person has allegedly come forward with claims of harassment amid his ongoing legal war with Blake Lively.

The split came up during Powell's cover story for GQ magazine, where Powell said Paris was entitled to her own 'narrative' on the events leading up to their break-up.

Shirley Ballas put on a very leggy display on Monday as she shared a glamorous behind-the-scenes snap from Strictly Come Dancing. 

Olivia Cooke can deliver a punch. The actress, 31, once slapped her House of the Dragon co-star so hard, it made him cry.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: Intel has removed its chief executive officer of products, Michelle Johnston Holthaus, as part of a major shake-up of the executive branch of the embattled chip firm, according to Reuters. This is part of new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's plan to reshape the company under his leadership, flattening the leadership structure so he makes more of the important decisions about day-to-day operation. [...] Holthaus is the latest high-profile figure at Intel to get the axe, ending a 30-year career at Intel, but a mere 10 months in her CEO of products role, and a temporary position as co-CEO after the previous CEO, Pat Gelsinger, suddenly left in 2024. "Throughout her incredible career, Michelle has transformed major businesses, built high-performing teams and worked to delight our customers," Tan said in a statement. "She has made a lasting impact on our company and inspired so many of us with her leadership. We are grateful for all Michelle has given Intel and wish her the best." Intel has said Holthaus will remain with the company in an advisory role, but her position will not be filled by anyone else. What Intel is doing, though, is bringing in executives from elsewhere, including one who worked at Tan's previous endeavour, Cadence. Srinivasan Iyengar joined the company in June and will take on the role of head of a new central engineering division. This group will focus on developing a new custom silicon business for external customers. Although Intel's fabrication business has been one of its worst-performing in recent years, and there are still talks of it selling large portions of it, it's found a new lease of life following U.S. government investment and Bu Tan's leadership. With Iyengar's new role, though, it's possible we'll see Intel designing chips for customers, rather than merely producing them. That could see it compete against the likes of Broadcom and Marvell. With Tan pushing for a faster, leaner business overall, Iyengar will report directly to him in his new role. Intel also announced that it had acquired the services of former executive vice president of solutions engineering at Arm, Kevork Kechichian. He'll begin heading Intel's datacenter group, and brings years of experience at ARM, NXP Semiconductor, and Qualcomm.

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The repurposed clip was posted last month of a golfer hitting the water after missing a swing of his club at the wild goose. The video has 7.7million views on TikTok of the horrifying interaction.

Police have revealed the one odd detail about the shooting of Tom Phillips that has detectives stumped.

Miscreants cost victims time rather than money

During the two-hour window on Monday in which hijacked npm versions were available for download, malware-laced packages reached one in 10 cloud environments, according to Wiz researchers. But crypto-craving crims did little more than annoy defenders.…

Insiders told Daily Mail that the Apprentice star, 34, only took part in two interviews before exiting the event held at Elstree Studios, leaving organisers furious.