BT has agreed to buy the broadband supplier TalkTalk out of administration in a £400m rescue deal that will save 900 jobs.

The company said it had struck a deal to acquire TalkTalk and its wholesale business PlatformX Communications (PXC) on a debt-free basis, in a move that is expected to cost it £400m.

Police officers look at the damages following a Russian drone strike on the Northern Bridge in Kyiv on October 4, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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The euro hit its weakest level against the U.S. dollar in 17 months on Monday, as concerns over the political trajectories of two of the euro zone's biggest economies spill over into wider markets.

More than 250 films from long-time festival favorites and new and emerging voices will screen at the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), which kicks off on Wednesday. Among them are such high-profile world premieres of animated movies Ray Gunn by Brad Bird and Wildwood by Travis Knight.

It's a small thing, but being able to save and quit when I'm playing against the AI is a definite improvement in Warhammer: Blood Bowl. Though matches didn't take a huge amount of time in Blood Bowl 3, there were still nights where I'd find myself with 40 minutes before I should really go to bed thinking I can squeeze another game in, and then realizing too late I absolutely cannot.

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This week is set to bring a change in the feel of the weather with above-average temperatures set to give way to cooler conditions spreading from the north.

Three years before becoming Chelsea's £117m club-record signing, Morgan Rogers watched his value fall to just £1m and questioned whether he would make it at all.

For Rogers, the transition from academy football to the men's game was not as seamless as he had hoped and, in his own words, it took a series of "difficult loans" for him to break through.

Cosmic Talents, which represents leading international heads of department, is opening a London office. It will be led by Gabrielle de Cevins, who joins Cosmic Talents as the agency’s U.K.-based agent.

Russell Crowe‘s jock strap is back in John Oliver’s possession once again.

This marks the third time the Last Week Tonight host has taken ownership of the undergarment that Crowe wore in 2005’s Cinderella Man.