Much of Oxford Street goes traffic-free today (Orchard Street to Great Portland Street). Half of London is furious, half is delighted, and the tourists finally get to wander without dodging a bus.

Former Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda has died at 90. He led Japan in 2007-08, and he and his father Takeo were the first father and son to both become Japan's prime minister.

Eric Bauza has died at 46. He was the modern voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Three Emmys, fifteen years at Warner Bros., carrying Mel Blanc's characters for a new generation.

‘Clayface’ opened with $43M worldwide on a $44M budget is a strong opening for a Batman villain most people only know from the cartoon.

Japan's most famous cat YouTuber, Mochimaru, is retiring at seven. The channel ends on its 7th anniversary on 13 December so he can enjoy being a senior cat in peace.

The legendary actor John Goodman has lost an incredible 200 pounds (14 stone) from his peak weight. Goodman's health overhaul began when he decided to get sober at age 55, noting that he was "sick and tired of being sick and tired".

Glasgow's Kelvingrove has taken a 4,000-year-old Egyptian priest off display because he never consented to being shown. The Hunterian has covered its mummy with a cloth. National Museums Scotland isn't changing a thing. I get the respect argument, but most kids fall in love with history at the mummy case.

Northumbria scientists identified the male dance moves women find most attractive. Northumbria actually published this back in 2010. Fifteen years on and the average wedding dance floor still hasn't read the paper.

The clocks in the UK and Ireland went back one hour at 2am. Extra hour in bed 😴 Explaining to the dog 🐶 that breakfast is running late. Who is fixing the oven clock today. The Dark nights have arrived. 😂

Yusuf Dikeç: "Success doesn't come with your hands in your pockets."

Mountain rescue in Storm Boelo: Don’t climb Pen y Fan. Get lost in IKEA instead. No helicopter required.

80 years ago today, 24 Oct 1946, a captured V-2 went up from White Sands with a 35mm camera snapping every second and a half. About 105km up. The rocket smashed into the desert; the film in a steel cassette survived. Grainy, black and white, the first photo of Earth from space.

Polite ask. Bed granted. Instant little spoon. 😂

Storm Austen took a chunk of Brighton’s West Pier on Friday. Boelo turns up today with 80mph gusts. Two named storms in two days, and it’s still October.

Brighton's West Pier opened in 1866, closed to the public in 1975 and was gutted by fire in 2003. Storm Austen has just taken another big piece of it. Sad to watch a bit of seaside history go like this.

A Phase 3 trial result showed an mRNA vaccine built from each patient's own tumour reportedly cut melanoma's risk of coming back, or death, by about 42%. Cancer treatment made to measure.