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Monty Don says goodbye to BBC Gardeners’ World as the longest serving Head Gardener makes his last appearance on the series More ➡️ bbc.in/4eUMTMN

Russell Brand is convicted of rape and sexual assault charges on allegations dating back more than 20 years. The judge said Brand would receive a prison sentence. apnews.com/article/russell-b…

Bonfire Night on Thursday, Diwali on Sunday. Pets at Home found 77% of owners say their animals show signs of distress at fireworks. Their advice is to give them somewhere to hide, put the telly on to cover the bangs, keep them indoors and check on them afterwards.

Getting home from Crewe is proving quite an adventure! No trains between Watford and Euston, so currently crawling towards Birmingham on a slow train. Looks like a very long night ahead. All for a 1-1 draw! The joys of following @BarnetFC 🐝⚽🚂

Our take on today's draw with Crewe 📝 🔗 barnetfc.com/match-report-cr… #BarnetFC 🐝

SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026) Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love. We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway. America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire. His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen. Ian McKellen 29 October 2026 Photo: University of Huddersfield

Remembering Lee Crocker 🧡🖤 Please join us for a minute’s applause in the 58th minute today to remember Lee 👏🏻 Forever part of our Bees family 🐝 #BarnetFC