TRENDING TO DO LIST
EUROVISION
All eyes will be on Liverpool on Saturday as it takes over hosting the famous song contest on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine. Mae Muller, right, will be hoping to hit all the right notes for the UK with her entry, I Wrote A Song, while Graham Norton, Hannah Waddingham, Ukrainian pop star Julia Sanina and Alesha Dixon present.
CRANBERRY JUICE
It really does relieve the pain of cystitis, scientists have found. Drinking the juice can cut the risk of repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs), in women by more than a quarter and for children by more than half, a study by Flinders University in Australia found.
TELEVISION BAFTAS
The biggest night in TV takes place on Sunday with BBC’s The Responder and This is Going to Hurt among the drama frontrunners, and Ben Whishaw, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Billie Piper, Imelda Staunton and Kate Winslet up for acting gongs. Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett host.
PRINCE LOUIS
The most famous five-year-old in the country won even more fans at his first official public engagement on Monday as his royal family helped renovate a Scout hut for The Big Help Out as part of the coronation celebrations.
BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT
It’s been named the UK’s worst for flight delays for the second year running. Travellers were hit by an average 30-minute hold-up to flights last year, according to Civil Aviation Authority data. An airport spokesman said Covid devastated the start of 2022, adding that this year the “airport is running smoothly”.
FLYING THE NEST
Almost five million adults in England and Wales were living at home with their parents during the 2021 census, including more than one in 10 people in their early 30s, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
ADAM PRICE
The Plaid Cymru leader has stepped down after a report found misogyny, harassment and bullying in the Welsh political party. In his resignation letter, he said he no longer had the “united support” of his colleagues.
BRITISH BIRDS
More than 70 million birds have disappeared from our towns and countryside over the past 50 years, including almost 30 million house sparrows and 20 million starlings, says The British Trust for Ornithology. TANKING