Ameeta Patel was introduced to a seemingly alpha male called ‘Jungle Jim’. When he talked about his psychologist, she did a double take

With the US release of Rose Byrne’s anxiety-inducing motherhood spiral If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, writers relive their most uncomfortable movie watches

What would happen if you removed the obstacle of having to get to the gym? Brigid Delaney spends a week finding out

The only thing that stops you counting the cliches in this French drama about a sinister au pair is the woefully dim lighting. It’s so obvious that it barely feels worth the energy of laughing at its stupidity

Five people taken to hospital after crash at Huntington Beach in front of beachgoers A helicopter flying above a popular southern California beach suddenly began spiralling out of control, eventually losing altitude and crashing into a row of palm trees as beachgoers looked on. Videos posted online show the aircraft starting to spin above Huntington Beach then plunging towards the edge of the beach, where it becomes wedged between palms and a staircase near the Pacific Coast highway. The Huntington Beach fire department said five people were taken to hospital including two who were in the helicopter and were “safely pulled from the wreckage” after the crash on Saturday. Continue reading...

The singer on looking like Amelia Earhart, the time he set his mother’s house on fire and his beef with the Octopus Teacher guy

America’s sweetheart was so much more than that: an actor of astonishing singularity and freshness who starred in the very best films of the past century

An au pair seems too good to be true in The Intruder. Plus: Amanda Holden’s impossible new gameshow – and movie week on Strictly! Here’s what to watch this evening

Speaking on Desert Island Discs, guitarist says pair, who were in the Faces in 1960s, have ‘good body of songs going’ Ronnie Wood and Sir Rod Stewart are again working on songs together before a potential Faces reunion, the Rolling Stones guitarist has said. Wood told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that “absolutely nothing has changed” since the band came together in the late 1960s. Continue reading...

Escalation comes after Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, with Taliban launching reprisals against military posts Intense clashes erupted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Saturday night after an attack by the Taliban on Pakistani military posts. This escalation comes after a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul this week, as reported by security officials from both nations. Continue reading...

Meeting will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh and include ‘leaders from more than 20 countries’ says Egyptian presidency Donald Trump and the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, are due to chair a Gaza peace summit with several world leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday. The meeting will take place on Monday afternoon in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh“with the participation of leaders from more than 20 countries”, the Egyptian presidency said. Continue reading...

Tots refusing to brush their teeth? Teenagers ignoring your texts? Siblings squabbling – again? Readers and experts share their tried and tested fixes to parenting nightmares

Hannah, 29, a horticulturist, meets Ioan, 28, a freelance consultant

The Oscar-winner best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and The Book Club, has died Diane Keaton, one of the best-loved film stars of the past 50 years, has died at the age of 79 in California. The news was confirmed by People magazine. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson. Continue reading...

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

Initial toll after explosions at plant near McEwen on Friday was believed to be 19 people but later revised to 18. There were no survivors in the blast that obliterated part of an explosives factory in rural Tennessee, authorities said on Saturday. The families of 18 people had been waiting anxiously on Saturday as their loved ones had been feared dead since explosions ripped through the plant near McEwen in western Tennessee early on Friday. The initial toll had been believed to be 19 people but that figure was later revised. Continue reading...

The inspirations for my BBC TV show have packed up and gone to uni, leaving me to rattle around on my own, says writer and television producer Helen Serafinowicz

Toss spiced roast veg with creamy butter beans, fresh mint and zesty lemon, then pile it all high on a big platter

Nigerian-American author tells Cheltenham literature festival audience having boys made her ‘worry more’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said she is terrified that her young boys will “join the manosphere”. Speaking at Cheltenham literature festival on Saturday, the Nigerian-American author of works including Americanah told an audience that having two boys has made her “worry more” about men and boys. Continue reading...

Demonstrators march alongside regiment, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on the crowds Thousands of protesters against Madagascar’s president were joined on the streets of the capital on Saturday afternoon by soldiers from an elite army unit, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on demonstrators. Protesters marched alongside soldiers from the Capsat unit, who drove armoured vehicles, some waving Madagascar flags, from their base in Soanierana in the south of Antananarivo. Continue reading...

In an extract from his new memoir, the writer and film-maker on how as a teenager he managed to bag the exclusive of a lifetime

48-year-old was serving 29-year prison sentence after admitting multiple child sex offences The convicted child sexual abuser and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison. The 48-year-old was serving a 29-year prison sentence at HMP Wakefield, with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. Continue reading...

Cinema used to be an accessible and affordable mass pursuit. This debate about the ‘purest’ format to view certain films only risks putting off movie-goers, says freelance writer and editor Larry Ryan

It’s Movie Week! Miss Congeniality, James Bond, K-Pop Demon Hunters and Mary Poppins are some of the films whose music will get the stars dancing – but whose hoofing will flop? And who will strike box office gold? Don’t worry, there hasn’t been an emergency at Lassiters. Fear not, Bouncer is OK. It was announced yesterday that Neighbours star Stefan Dennis will not be taking part in tonight’s show due to illness. In line with Strictly rules, Dennis and pro partner Dianne Buswell will receive a bye through to next week, when it’s hoped the actor will be well enough to perform. Less than half an hour until choreographic kick-off… Continue reading...

Members overwhelmingly endorse leadership motion that majority at next Holyrood election is only route to second vote SNP members have overwhelmingly backed leader John Swinney’s “clear and unambiguous” independence strategy that a majority election win is the only route to another referendum. On the first day of the party’s annual conference in Aberdeen, the vast majority of members backed the leadership’s motion that next May’s Holyrood elections should be fought on a “clear platform of national independence” and that winning a majority in the Scottish parliament – by securing 65 seats or more – would be “the only uncontested way to deliver a new vote on Scotland’s future”. Continue reading...