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HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - The Untold Story

The Standard's top 10 light-hearted news stories of the year

From viral cakes to drunk raccoons, 2025 had its fair share of feel-good moments

Evening Standard

Celebrity New Year’s resolutions 2026: Alison Hammond, Sam Thompson and more on hopes for the year ahead

Exclusive: Career highs, personal milestones and a fresh start for the year ahead - eleven familiar faces share what they’re hoping to prioritise next

Evening Standard

Alison Hammond says she finally feels ‘settled, happy and confident in who I am’

EXCLUSIVE: As she reflects on a year that also saw her turn 50, the presenter says she is ‘stronger than I sometimes give myself credit for’ and has learned that joy does not need to be rushed

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BBC Children In Need total reaches £45.5 million after live appeal show

The show included performances from Lewis Capaldi, Ella Eyre and Sam Ryder.

Evening Standard

BBC Children In Need kicks off its annual appeal show with Apprentice sketch

The programme also teased performances from Lewis Capaldi and Sam Ryder.

Evening Standard

“He asked if I would come to Wembley Arena. I thought he was joking”: Sam Ryder reunites with his childhood guitar teacher after 20 years – and invites him to play at one of the most iconic music venues in the world

Ryder was reunited with his first and only guitar teacher by surprise

Guitar World

Eurovision hero Sam Ryder takes on role as Jesus Christ Superstar

The Space Man singer said he was honoured to take lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera, due to open at the London Palladium next summer

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Sam Ryder invites the public to a concert with a difference, promising 'heart, soul and charisma'

EXCLUSIVE: The Eurovision star fronts a conceptual new Channel 4 talent show alongside Paloma Faith and Alison Hammond and says old-style TV singing competitions have had their day

Evening Standard

Sam Thompson, Pete Wicks and GK Barry: the influencers championing real-life heroes at Pride of Britain

EXCLUSIVE: From Celebrity Sabotage to For Dogs’ Sake, Sam Thompson, Pete Wicks and GK Barry have had a whirlwind year, but they tell the Standard nothing compares to the emotion of hosting the Pride of Britain red carpet

Evening Standard

Sam Ryder releases second studio album Heartland

Sam Ryder hopes his cathartic new album connects with fans, "no matter where you are in the world".

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Sam Ryder: From Russian bunkers to Wembley — how graft, gratitude and good timing changed everything

Exclusive: As he gears up to play Wembley Arena, Sam Ryder tells the Standard how a gig ticket changed his life and why ‘your path doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s to be a success’

Evening Standard

New Channel 4 singing show Your Song to finish with London concert

The show is presented by Alison Hammond, with singers Paloma Faith and Sam Ryder featuring as mentors.

Evening Standard

Tony Finau Withdraws From Baycurrent Classic

The six-time PGA Tour winner was among the star names in the field this week in Japan until he withdrew on Monday

Golf Monthly

‘I’ve got an eating disorder … it made me nervous’: Kadeena Cox walks Oxfam’s London Fashion Week runway

The Paralympian walked alongside Sam Ryder and Katie Piper.

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Procore Championship Tee Times 2025: Rounds One And Two

The first of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup Fall events has a strong field, including 10 of the 12 US Ryder Cup players

The Guardian - UK

Sam Ryder looks back: ‘I thought I should put a smile on my face, no matter how I felt’

The singer-songwriter on growing up as an outsider, the arrogance of youth and his Eurovision odyssey

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Sam Ryder unveils second album Heartland, shares new single The Feeling Never Went Away

Sam Ryder has shared the new single, The Feeling Never Went Away, from his forthcoming LP Heartland.

MusicRadar

“The energy on that train was unreal”: Sam Ryder performs an impromptu set for passengers on a Glastonbury-bound train

It was part of the I Came By Train campaign

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BBC says it will not show Neil Young’s Glastonbury Festival headline set live

The 79-year-old is due to perform on the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm on Saturday night with his band the Chrome Hearts.

Golf Monthly

Rocket Classic 2025 Tee Times: Round Four

Aldrich Potgieter holds the solo lead at the 2025 Rocket Classic by two shots at 19-under-par, with a chasing pack of five players at T2nd in hot pursuit

Guitar World

“I bet if it had been Brian May playing this it would have been labeled incredible!” Sam Ryder delivers an electric guitar-driven rendition of the British national anthem – and somehow stirs up controversy

The guitarist brandished an Ibanez Destroyer during a high-profile English sporting event – and his performance seems to have divided fans

MusicRadar

“An absolute disgrace”: Sam Ryder channels Brian May with a stadium-sized electric guitar performance of God Save The King, but not everyone's happy about it

The moment came on Saturday before the rugby union Gallagher Premiership Final

The Independent UK

Sam Ryder on heartbreak and the healing power of music

Sam Ryder joins The Independent for a candid interview, opening up about the heartbreak and raw emotion behind his latest music. He reflects on the “open, raw wounds” left by breakups and how songwriting became a form of release. Catch Sam’s unforgettable Music Box session, where he delivers powerful, stripped-back…

Sports Lens

The 2025 Canadian Open Tee Times For Round 1 & Round 2

The 2025 RBC Canadian Open tee times for the first two rounds of this week's PGA Tour tournament have been officially confirmed.

Golf Monthly

RBC Canadian Open 2025 Tee Times: Round Three

Cameron Champ leads at the halfway stage of the RBC Canadian Open, with the American searching for a first PGA Tour title since the 3M Open in July 2021

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