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Baftas 2026: One Battle After Another Wins Best Film

Well, what a weird evening that was. The biggest surprise winner in recent memory, and one of the worst monologues. The bits that went long went so long that most of the ceremony came in the form of a montage. And I’m pretty sure that a man with Tourette syndrome shouted a swearword at Paddington Bear. God, I wish they’d aired all of this unedited.

USA stun Canada in overtime to win first Olympic men’s ice hockey gold since 1980

US win third Olympic gold, first since Miracle on Ice

Winter Olympics 2026: Closing ceremony from Verona Arena after Norway top medal table

Norway has once again topped the Winter Olympics medal table, surpassing countries with far larger populations.

'He is an animal': Jack Hughes loses teeth then scores Olympic ice hockey winner for US

It might not have been a shocker on the order of a bunch of scrappy college kids toppling the polished Soviet juggernaut at Lake Placid. But 46 years to the day of the Miracle on Ice, it often felt that way as another underdog United States men’s hockey team ended their Olympic gold drought in a white-knuckle contest dominated by Canada until Jack Hughes’ seismic overtime winner.

One Battle After Another defeats Hamnet and Sinners at Baftas, as I Swear’s Robert Aramayo takes best actor

Paul Thomas Anderson drama scores six awards, as Jessie Buckley becomes first Irish woman to win leading actress prize

Norway (population: 5.7m) beats US (342m) to top Winter Olympics medal table

Country wins most golds (18) in Winter Games history