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Alan Carr and Paloma Faith are still friends, and nine other Bafta TV moments

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There were tears, there were surprises, there were fabulous outfits – as one of the biggest nights for UK television, the Bafta TV awards, took place.

The ceremony is now over and we know all the winners and losers.

Netflix's mega hit Adolescence scooped up multiple awards on the night, while there was also a special prize for the high queen of the kitchen, Dame Mary Berry.

We were on the red carpet before heading backstage to get all the gossip from the winners. Here are all the moments you may have missed.

Famous faithful and traitors mingled on the red carpet at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

They included the winner of the first ever series of Celebrity Traitors, Alan Carr, who, awkwardly, also caught up with Paloma Faith – who he famously "murdered" in the show, much to everyone's surprise given the pair were friendly in real life.

But they smiled and posed for pictures, leading Bafta to post on its X account: "Breaking news: Alan Carr and Paloma Faith are still friends."

Inside the ceremony, there was a further nod to the row.

"Celebrity Traitors managed to turn Alan Carr into a manipulative serial killer," host Greg Davies deadpanned, adding: "We all know he's a good person".

Sitting next to Carr, Faith begged to differ, smiling as she wags her finger at the camera.

Later in the night, Carr scooped up the memorable moments award for the scene in which he hoodwinked his fellow finalists into believing he was a faithful.

Accepting his award, his final word was for none other than – Paloma Faith.

"I dedicate this to Paloma – there 's no one else I would rather murder more than you, I love you," he said.

It was a father-daughter double act at the Baftas, as Rivals star Danny Dyer and his daughter, Love Islander Dani, teamed up to present an award.

Taking to the stage to hand out the prize for best reality show, Danny quipped: "Two Danny Dyers at the Baftas. Do you know how people tell us apart? My chins."

"I love your chins, dad," Dani responded, sweetly.

Backstage, I asked Danny senior what it feels like to have become a heartthrob for Gen Z, thanks to his role in the Disney+ show.

"Who's Gen Z again?" he asked, before his daughter jumped in: "I'm on the cusp of a Gen Z."

"Nah, I don't think I'm a heartthrob to that age group," Danny said. "It's more older women, in their 40s."

He went on to say that in the new series of Rivals, "I'm very much exposed, naked a lot. So I do apologise for that… I will shatter the myth."

Broadcaster, journalist and campaigner Martin Lewis has made a career out of advising people about their money.

But when he arrived backstage after receiving the Bafta Television special award, he was asked the question many of us have wondered – has he ever made an impulse purchase?

Lewis admitted he has. And the answers may surprise you – a Van de Graaff generator and a theremin. (I hope I'm not the only one who had to Google what a theremin is).

The Baftas are the end of a victory run for Adolescence, which has already swept up almost every available award of the past year.

But 16 year old Owen Cooper, who won best supporting actor for his role as young teen Jamie Miller, still remembers where it all began.

"Every time we are at these sort of events, and your name gets called out, your mind just flashes back to the first audition, the first time on set, the first time meeting the cast and stuff like that," he told reporters backstage.

Stephen Graham, who starred in and co-wrote Adolescence, said backstage he was "exceptionally proud" of what they had created, but insisted he was "just one piece in the puzzle" as he paid tribute to his colleagues.

The current affairs prize went to Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which was pulled by the BBC last year, which the broadcaster said was because of impartiality concerns. It was later shown by Channel 4 instead.

Ben de Pear, the founder of Basement Films behind Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, added he had a question for the BBC: "Given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the Bafta screening later tonight?" He also thanked the journalists on the ground in Gaza.

Extracts of De Pear's speech were later included in BBC One's broadcast of the awards, as part of a round-up of some of the winners.

When the BBC shelved the documentary, it said in a statement that it "was determined to report all aspects of the conflict in the Middle East impartially and fairly".

Speaking to reporters backstage, De Pear said it was "the commissioners at the BBC who had the problem engaging with the material, not the doctors who lost their families or the viewers".

I'm always impressed at how celebrities don't seem to feel the cold.

It was a chilly day in London, but that didn't stop the stars turning up to Royal Festival Hall in strappy dresses and sleeveless gowns.

And if Sunday's red carpet is anything to go by, orange is here to stay.

We spotted Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh wearing an orange pantsuit, content creator Ayamé Ponder in a flowy orange dress, and Amandaland star Lucy Punch in an orange outfit that would find the approval of her vainglorious character – Amanda.

During the ceremony, host Greg Davies tried to persuade veteran BBC News presenter Kirsty Wark – the winner of last year's Bafta fellowship – to help present the next award, but she wasn't keen.

Staying in the audience, he went over to her in her seat, while she made him repeat his request, more politely each time.

She then simply turned away and playing the diva, gave an emphatic "No".

This left Davies mock-floundering next to her, before she winked at the camera and grinned.

Dame Mary Berry knew in advance she was getting the Bafta fellowship at the annual television awards.

But speaking backstage to reporters, she said waiting in the front row for it all to happen was still "agony".

"I listened to everybody giving the most wonderful speeches and laughs and so on, but [I was thinking] it's going to be me soon. I hope they'll laugh," she said.

The 91-year-old TV cook was awarded the British Academy's highest honour for her exceptional contribution to television.

Earlier on stage, she thanked her three children, including her son William, who died in 1989, aged 19. "William is in heaven, but I thank him."

Comedian Judi Love was hilarious on stage when she presented the Daytime award.

She did a mini-routine, with jokes including one about having a fling with host Greg Davies.

She went on to flirt with Louis Theroux in the audience, calling him "sexy", and then joked that Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, who are currently filming the next series, would be seen together on TV yet AGAIN.

She then pointed to her own face, indicating she should be in the next series, to much laughter.

Finally, it wasn't just Alan Carr's antics on Celebrity Traitors that were highlighted during the show.

Host Greg Davies also said he hoped Celia Imrie wasn't feeling too relaxed, not sparing her blushes as he reminded her of the moment when she accidentally farted during filming, a moment which went viral.

Seth Rogen also joked about the actress, after a video of her time on the BBC reality show was aired during the ceremony.

He said: "I assume this woman in the green dress is a very skilled and talented woman. All I know is that she farted on a reality show. I'm interested in your other work now, obviously – what else have you done?"

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The Papers: 'Violence in Belfast' and Trump's 'war words'

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Many of the front pages carry a freeze-frame from the graphic video of Monday night's attack in Belfast.

The Guardian leads on the disorder in the city, saying the violence erupted after what it calls "agitators", including Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk, exhorted people to take to the streets.

The Daily Telegraph says a WhatsApp message that was "forwarded many times" predicted a "mad day in Belfast" and urged men aged 18 and over to "wear dark clothing" and "be prepared to fight or be arrested". The i Paper highlights pleas from the police for calm, and says there are fears of further disorder across the UK.

Many of the papers focus on the suspect, who police have said is a Sudanese refugee.

The Daily Mail says Britain has a "gaping back door", raising "grave questions". The Mail's leader column urges the government to face up to what the paper calls "the migrant threat".

The Times believes there will be "renewed scrutiny" of the Common Travel Area, which allows for the free movement of people between the UK and Ireland after police said they believed the suspect had travelled from Dublin to Belfast by bus, before claiming asylum.

The Daily Express praises those who sought to intervene in the stabbing, calling them "the very best of humanity". The Daily Mirror reports that a fundraising campaign has begun to buy a pint for the man who arrived at the scene with a hurling stick. Matt McKiernan is quoted in the Sun saying "instinct took over" and "most people" would have done the same.

And the Daily Telegraph interprets comments by Rachel Reeves at a conference yesterday as a signal that in order to pay for higher defence spending, taxes will need to rise. The chancellor is said to have told an investors' gathering that "despite the pain of higher taxes, better to do that than get into a situation where we were before, with interest rates climbing".

The Times reports that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to announce the extra defence funding as soon as this week, with discussions going down to the wire.

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Illegal mini-marts to shut for up to 12 months under law change prompted by BBC

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Illegal mini-marts, barbers and vape shops could be shut for up to a year under new powers announced by the government, following lengthy investigative reporting by BBC News into organised crime on British high streets.

We have exposed drug gangs, child sexual exploitation, money laundering and immigration crime linked to shops selling illegal cigarettes, vapes and drugs.

As the law stands in England and Wales, authorities can only close a shop for three months, with an option to extend closure to six months using anti-social behaviour legislation. The government's planned change will double the potential closure time.

Making the announcement, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood praised the BBC's reporting, saying that people felt high streets were being taken over by "organised crime [and] immigration criminality". The government was "not prepared to tolerate it", she said.

This type of criminality "makes people lose faith, not just in their local area but in democracy, in what our country is, and we can't let that happen", she added.

The Home Office says the extended closures will give investigators more time to gather evidence, pursue prosecutions and identify business owners, while preventing rogue operators from simply reopening and resuming illegal activity.

The news has been welcomed by Trading Standards officers, who have repeatedly told us they lack the necessary powers to tackle the problem.

"Closure orders are a key enforcement tool… for tackling 'dodgy shops'" says John Herriman, chief executive of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI).

There is "almost universal support" from his profession for the new measures, he adds.

Other Trading Standards officers told us it would become less financially viable for unscrupulous business owners to simply sit out closure orders, and it would force landlords to pay more attention to who they are renting to.

For nine months, we have repeatedly asked the home secretary for an interview to discuss what we had found.

Last week, we were invited to join Mahmood on police raids of mini-marts on Soho Road in the Handsworth area of Birmingham – a high street bordering her own constituency.

At one shop, police and Trading Standards officers found illegal cigarettes and snuff (finely ground tobacco). A shopworker was arrested after a makeshift weapon – a plank with a nail – was found under the counter.

The shopworker, who said he was a student from Afghanistan, admitted that he thought selling illegal cigarettes was wrong.

When asked why he was selling them, he replied: "Perhaps you should ask the manager, he's the owner." However, the owner was not about, he said.

Soho Road has recently been the focus of Operation Fearless, a West Midlands Police initiative to tackle street-level crime.

"In all the areas I've worked in… it's by far the worst here," one of the officers involved, PC Victoria Gaunt, told us.

She said police had found shops selling prescription drugs, cocaine, heroin and cannabis. "You name it, you can probably buy it," she told us, and added that she would not feel safe in the area if she was not wearing her uniform and stab vest.

She also said she had seen "people walking around with machetes, chasing people" and witnessed "a huge increase in prostitution and exploitation of girls".

A BBC undercover reporter also visited about a dozen businesses on Soho Road and found counterfeit packs of cigarettes on sale for as little as £3. The average cost of a genuine pack is between £16.50 and £19.50.

Shopworkers also told the reporter there was open drug dealing on the street.

The home secretary told us she understood public feeling and said she and her family were also frustrated at seeing "people who are getting away with breaking our laws, getting away with open criminality".

Over the course of 14 months, BBC News has exposed the shocking reality of organised crime taking over high streets in England and Wales.

We joined the National Crime Agency (NCA) last year as it raided barbers, mini-marts and vape shops, after reports they were being used for money laundering and illegal working.

In the following months, we were shown shops with secret underground tunnels supplying sacks of illegal cigarettes, we exposed asylum seekers buying and selling shops for cash, and exposed a Kurdish organised-crime gang operating the length of Great Britain.

In March this year, we revealed how a senior council worker had repeatedly shared with local authorities reports of children as young as 11 being sexually abused in mini-marts.

Most recently, we went undercover to report how cocaine, cannabis, laughing gas and prescription pills were being offered on a West Midlands street described as "lawless" by an anonymous law enforcement source.

The home secretary said late last year that the BBC's evidence, gathered up until then, proved "the system was broken" and announced an "urgent" investigation led by the NCA, Immigration Enforcement, HMRC and police forces from across England and Wales.

Last month, the government announced a new £30m High Street organised crime unit which it said would deliver new police and Trading Standards officers, tax raids and a crackdown on illegal working.

Asked if the government's intervention was too little, too late, Mahmood told the BBC she believed the latest measures represented a "game-changing national crackdown".

The Home Office says the new extended closure orders should become law by the end of this year, after it lays secondary legislation. The new powers will then come into force in early 2027.

The government says it will be briefing authorities in Northern Ireland and Scotland of the changes to closure orders in England and Wales, as they have different enforcement legislation in place for shutting shops.

Additional reporting: Steve Fildes and Phill Edwards

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Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with another 19 offences

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The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences.

Naveed Akram was already facing 59 charges after the shooting including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act.

According to court records seen by the BBC, new charges were filed in April but have only now been confirmed by authorities.

The fresh charges are 10 counts of "shoot at with intent to murder", six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest, and three counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.

Akram, 24, has made a series of short court appearances but is yet to enter a plea to the charges. He is due back in court in August.

On Wednesday, prosecutors told the court that investigators from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team were "progressing" steadily through the evidence.

It includes 230,000 CCTV images as well as content on several devices belonging to people with alleged links to Akram which need to be translated, prosecutors said.

Outside court, Akram's lawyer Leonie Gittani told the media that the extra charges were not a surprise to her client.

"He was sort of aware of it on the last occasion, but [in] a matter of this magnitude, it's not unusual for additional charges to be laid," she said, according to the national broadcaster ABC.

"It's a process now that we've got to follow."

Asked about the CCTV images, Gittani said: "It's an unprecedented matter and so… there's a lot to come. We've got a job to do, and that's what we intend to do".

Akram's father Sajid Akram, 50 – who was also armed and shot at the crowd on Bondi Beach – was killed by police at the scene of the shooting on 14 December 2025.

The younger Akram was critically injured by police and later transferred from hospital to prison.

Court documents released in late December alleged that the two shooters "meticulously" planned the attack on Bondi Beach for months and visited the location for reconnaissance two days prior.

One video – taken on one of their mobile phones in October – was described as showing the men sitting in front of an image of an Islamic State group (IS) flag.

They could be heard making statements about their motivations for the attack and condemning "the acts of 'Zionists'", police said.

Police said separate footage from October showed the father and son "conducting firearms training in a countryside location", believed to be in New South Wales.

They were seen "firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner", officials added.

In April, Akram lost a court bid to suppress the identity of his immediate family due to safety concerns.

The attack was Australia's worst mass shooting in almost three decades and prompted sweeping gun law reforms and a crackdown on hate speech.

It led to a royal commission into antisemitism in Australia. which began public hearings in February.

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