Tommy Walsh has long been synonymous with British garden makeovers, but his own property in Cambridgeshire is where he really puts his skills to work.Best known from the BBC hit Ground Force, which ran through the late 1990s and early 2000s, Walsh helped make outdoor makeovers must-see TV alongside presenters such as Charlie Dimmock, Alan Titchmarsh, Will Shanahan and Kirsty King.The show's...

Three people have been charged after four ambulances run by the Jewish volunteer service Hatzola were deliberately burned in a synagogue car park in Golders Green in the early hours of 23 March.Two men, aged 20 and 19, and a 17-year-old with dual British-Pakistani nationality face counts of arson and of acting in a way that could have endangered life.All three were arrested on Wednesday at...

Comedian Diane Morgan has joined a group of public figures pressing the government to make the BBC portray farmed animals more honestly.The letter, sent to media secretary Lisa Nandy, is backed by names including Brian May, Athena Turner, Kirsty Gallacher, Jenny Seagrove and Will Young.It is also supported by 16 animal welfare organisations that have submitted a joint proposal to the Department...

Joe Swash is set to appear in a St Albans pantomime over the festive season, a move that could see him and wife Stacey Solomon spending much of Christmas apart.The EastEnders alum will star in Beauty and the Beast at the Alban Arena from December 4 until January 3.Although he is not scheduled to work on Christmas Day, it is unclear whether he will commute to their Essex home during the...

Outlander picks up this week after a dramatic cliffhanger and the return of a familiar face, with episode five promising to raise the stakes for Jamie Fraser.The instalment, titled Send for the Devil, lands in the UK on Saturday, April 4 via MGM+ on Prime Video.Viewers will need both MGM+ and Prime subscriptions to stream it, and episodes can be downloaded for offline viewing. In the United...

A journalist has told a royal podcast that he apologised to Prince Harry after a tense exchange stemming from leaked footage in which the prince used a racial slur at Sandhurst.The 2009 clip showed Harry addressing fellow cadet Ahmed Raza Khan with a highly offensive term directed at people of South Asian background.The footage caused a major backlash at the time and has remained a sensitive...

Buckingham Palace has pushed back against comments from US President Donald Trump suggesting King Charles would take a different line from the British government on the war in Iran.Trump told The Telegraph he viewed the monarch as a courageous figure who had endured much, and said he believed the King would have adopted a stance unlike that of the UK administration.He contrasted that view with...

A Paris court has sentenced Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison after finding him guilty of raping three women.The verdict follows a separate conviction in Switzerland two years earlier for a different sexual assault.The case in France surfaced in 2017 amid the wider Me Too movement, when two of the three complainants first went public. The women said the assaults took place in...

A man has been detained after an ambulance was driven away from Royal Stoke University Hospital while a patient and a paramedic were still inside, prompting a major police response.The vehicle was taken at about 8.15pm.Officers say a paramedic, a patient and another person were in the rear of the ambulance when it left the hospital grounds. Local police launched a wide search that involved a...

The European Parliament has approved legislation to put an EU‑US trade framework into effect, but only after adding measures to protect European interests.Lawmakers insisted on conditions that would force a pause or end the deal if Washington fails to meet its commitments.MEPs voted 417 in favour, 154 against and 71 abstained. The text still needs formal approval from all 27 EU governments...