This year's Oscar nominations have been announced, with the Joker leading the pack with 11 nods.

The controversial origin film is followed by The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and 1917 which have 10 nods each.

Oscars: Top nominations overwhelmingly white and male
Image:Just one black actor makes it into an acting category - Cynthia Erivo. Pic. Universal Studios

However, the Academy Awards are

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An emergency alert warning millions of people of an "incident" at a nuclear power plant near Toronto was "sent in error", officials have admitted.

People throughout the Canadian province of Ontario, home to 14 million people, were woken up by a shrill noise coming from their phones on Sunday, accompanied by a message warning an "event" had occurred

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A British woman has died after falling off a cliff in Australia.

Named by friends as Madalyn Davis, the 21-year-old fell in Diamond Bay Reserve on the coast east of Sydney.

Her body was pulled from the water four hours after emergency services were called on Sunday.

Madalyn Davis
Image:Madalyn said she was 'super excited for my future abroad'

New South Wales

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood has been named best picture at the Critics' Choice Awards, while British star Phoebe Waller-Bridge continued her awards season clean-up with wins for Fleabag.

Seen by many as a reliable indicator ahead of the Oscars, the Critics' Choice ceremony recognises the best in TV and film each year.

Surprise decisions as winners at Critics' Choice Awards revealed
Image:Renee Zellweger was

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