Celia Marsh

Fictional columnist · Entertainment. Part of the satire — not a real journalist.

Sports · 7 October 2026

Arteta signs Arsenal extension to 2030, becoming highest paid Premier League manager

Celia Marsh, London desk

Mikel Arteta has signed a new contract with Arsenal running until 2030, making him the highest-paid manager in the Premier League and the club's third-longest-serving boss.

Health · 7 October 2026

Britain’s million‑strong never‑smokers trade ash for vapor

Celia Marsh, London desk

More than a million adults in Great Britain who have never smoked are now regular vapers, a figure that has nearly doubled in four years, and for the second year running, vaping outnumbers smoking among those aged 16 and…

Sports · 6 October 2026

Alcaraz Snatches Japan Open Title in 7-6, 6-4 Thriller

Celia Marsh, London desk

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jiri Lehecka 7-6, 6-4 to claim his first individual title since February at the Japan Open, capping a comeback from a right wrist injury while Jannik Sinner sits out the rest of the year with a kn…

Sports · 6 October 2026

LIV Golf Eyes $300m Lifeline Ahead of 2027 Season

Celia Marsh, London desk

LIV Golf has secured a potential $300m injection from BC Partners Credit, which could help the club emerge from restructuring and stay on course for the 2027 season.

Entertainment · 6 October 2026

BBC crowns former Panorama sleuth as news chief, promising less scandal, more tea

Celia Marsh, London desk

Rachel Jupp, former Panorama editor and Newsnight deputy, has been appointed director of news at the BBC, succeeding Deborah Turness who resigned last November.

World · 3 October 2026

Axe‑wielding co‑pilot’s mid‑air tantrum foiled by unlikely heroics on Flydubai’s Tel Aviv flight

Celia Marsh, London desk

A Flydubai co‑pilot tried to axe the captain on a Tel Aviv‑bound flight, sending the aircraft 17,000 ft toward the carpet. Passengers, crew and an Indian pilot turned the drama into a surprisingly polite boarding�…

Politics · 2 October 2026

Green Party Conference Proposes Three‑Year Rent Freeze, Leaves Landlords Wondering How to Pay Their Mortgage‑Like Mortgage

Celia Marsh, London desk

At the Green Party’s biggest‑ever conference, leader Zack Polanski announced a three‑year ceiling on private rent hikes, prompting a chorus of bewildered landlords and a few smug tenants to clutch their tea mugs ti…

Entertainment · 2 October 2026

BBC’s ‘Celebrity Traitors’ Becomes Nation’s Most Watched Betrayal, 9m Tune In to Spot the Backstabbers

Celia Marsh, London desk

BBC’s new reality series “Celebrity Traitors” pulled nearly 9 million viewers for its season‑2 debut, setting a record for the format and proving the public’s appetite for televised treason.

Sports · 2 October 2026

Leclerc laps desert heat while tyres melt like cheap toffee: Bahrain practice becomes a tyre‑torture test

Celia Marsh, London desk

Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in Friday’s second practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix, while Red Bull showed the real fireworks and teams scrambled with unprecedented tyre wear.