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Iconic children’s TV show ‘tarnished’ by US reboot claims original series creator The creator behind beloved kids’ TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends has slammed its US reboot. Britt Allcroft, 80, who produced the show for 19 years between 1984 and 2003, has said the legacy of the programme has been ‘tarnished’ due to the changes made in the American version. That US reboot, Thomas and Friends: All Engines Go, launched in 2021, a decade after the property was purchased by international toy company Mattel. After buying the rights to the show, Mattel said it wanted to take…

BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend absolutely roasted as new location is revealed We at Metro.co.uk thought Luton was a lovely place with a vibrant community and a deep history – but then BBC Radio 1 announced its Big Weekend was heading there. Turns out, we were wrong! The annual music fest, which has now taken place every year since 2003 (except 2020 and 2021, for obvious reasons), has gone up and down the UK across its two decades in existence. Over the years it’s been headlined by the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, Madonna, and Lady Gaga, with the…

Sophie Turner goes Instagram official with aristocrat in steamy photos after Joe Jonas split The Metro says Sophie Turner appears to have moved on from her marriage to Joe Jonas as she shared steamy photos of a holiday with rumoured new boyfriend Peregrine Pearson, a British aristocrat. The Game of Thrones actress, 27, and Jonas Brothers star Joe, 34, were together for eight years and married for four when they announced in 2023 that they were separating. A custody battle over their two children ensued, with Sophie filing child abduction charges against Joe – which she later dropped – as…

Britney Spears just apologised to Justin Timberlake and fans are livid The Metro says Britney Spears fans are up in arms after she issued an apology to Justin Timberlake on social media. The Toxic singer, 42, said she was sorry for some things she wrote in her book, and if offence was caused she was ‘deeply sorry’. In the unexpected turn of events, Britney also praised Justin’s new song, Selfish, while sharing a clip of him and Jimmy Fallon mucking around on US talk show The Tonight Show. This came despite fans thinking the SexyBack singer 42, snubbed Britney via…

Ed Sheeran chomps down on octopus balls in chaotic night out in Japan The Metro says Ed Sheeran is diving headfirst into the culture as he spends time in Japan on his latest tour. The musician, 32, is in the middle of a string of live performances across Asia for his +–=÷× (Mathematics) tour, stunning fans with a lively performance in Osaka over the weekend. But in his downtime, the star – who shares two children with wife Cherry Seaborn – is taking the time to explore everything Japan has to offer, including venturing out of his comfort zone with…

Kanye West wears bizarre mask outfit at Hollywood Walk of Fame after photographer altercation The Metro says Kanye West opted to wear one of his bizarre full-face black masks during a surprise appearance at a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. The rapper, 46, rocked up to the event honouring R&B icon Charlie Wilson in dark jeans, black boots, a black leather bomber jacket and black latex gloves. He topped this off with a spandex mask covering his entire face, which he also wore while posing for photos with There Goes My Baby singer Charlie, 71, and musician Babyface, 64. We…

To Catch a Copper, review: real-life Line of Duty is welcome, but won’t restore faith in police The Telegraph says It has come to something when the best way the police can convince the public of their essential goodness is to invite a documentary crew to film them rooting out the bad apples. But it’s a welcome exercise in transparency. To Catch a Copper (Channel 4) follows the work of the counter-corruption unit in one force, Avon and Somerset. The cases featured in this first episode were of varying levels of seriousness. Two officers were filmed – on their own…

To Catch a Copper review – a shocking, disgusting real-life Line of Duty The Guardian says In a large office somewhere in Bristol, a police officer is watching bodycam footage of two of his colleagues arresting a woman for causing a public nuisance on the Clifton suspension bridge. Viewers of To Catch a Copper have just seen the same video and, if we were in any doubt about our reaction being the correct one, the cop reviewing the tape is mirroring us at home. He sits there open-mouthed. Four years ago, Avon and Somerset Police allowed documentary cameras to track…

A late painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has resurfaced in a private collection and will be sold in April, Viennese auction house Kinsky said Thursday. 

Joe Jackson admitted to whipping his children.

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Ichiban Kasuga teams up with Kazuma Kiryu in the eighth mainline Yakuza game, which jumps from Japan to the sunny beaches of Hawaii.

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A detailed and complete look at what’s coming up in Walford in Metro’s newest picture gallery.

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EXCLUSIVE: A royal expert pinpointed the message Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wanted to communicate with their latest appearance in Jamaica.

The Friday letters page asks why Japanese companies like Nintendo aren’t cutting jobs, as one reader enjoys Super Mario Bros. Wonder.

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