OPEN The FTSE-100 was expected to open 24.5 points higher ahead of the bell on Friday after wrapping up the previous session 0.52% higher at 8,972.64.

The end of The Late Show at the end of the 2025-26 season will leave CBS without a late-night presence for the first time since 1993, when David Letterman moved from NBC to launch The Late Show.

Canada’s CBC has picked up the exclusive English-language Canadian rights to bobsleigh documentary series Redemption Run.