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Florence Pugh has fast become one of Hollywood's biggest names - but before the bright lights of Los Angeles came calling, it was among the rolling hills and dreaming spires of Oxfordshire that her star began to burn.

Recent news reports have given Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plenty of reason to sweat under the bright lights, but he still doesn't want people to know where he fixes his makeup.

Dylan Hernández writes the Lakers froze in the bright lights of the NBA playoffs, failing to match the physical Timberwolves during a Game 1 loss.

But the word caught in his throat as he was "totally broken", Mr Dyasi tells the BBC, recalling the sight of his loved ones under the cold, bright lights.

Las Vegas, a city built around extravagance and opulence, with the blinking bright lights of giant electric billboards, garish neon signs and enormous flashing video screens, feels about as far away from the traditional northern England rugby league heartlands as it's possible to get.