11 minutes ago Dua Lipa, Royal Albert Hall review: Even Elton John can’t upstage a night that has no right to work this well

The pop star is accompanied by a full 53-piece orchestra as she rebuilds London’s grand concert hall in her image

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22 minutes ago Diamond delight for Dumfries couple as they celebrate 60 years of married bliss

Sam and Beryl Martin had a double reason to pop the champagne corks as great-grandaughter Isla was born in Edinburgh three days before their big day

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34 minutes ago Chris McCausland forced to seek medical advice after Strictly Come Dancing injury

Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell scored an impressive 30 on their salsa on last week’s show, and will be hoping to get a higher score from the judges when they perform a waltz on Saturday

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50 minutes ago James Blunt's wife breaks down in tears as pop star has a NIGHTMARE over his name change to Blunty McBluntface

James Blunt 's wife broke down in tears in a spoof nightmare had by the pop star amid his vow to legally change his name if his new album reached number one.

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88 minutes ago What do you think of Keir Starmer meeting Taylor Swift and accepting free tickets? Take our poll

Keir Starmer and his family rubbed shoulders with Taylor Swift at Wembley on the last night of her Eras Tour in the capital, but is it okay for the PM to accept £2,600 in free tickets?

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98 minutes ago Liam Payne seemed unsure of who he was – but the brutality of fame denied him the chance to find out

One Direction were the canaries in the coalmine of social media stardom – and Payne’s tragic death should give us pause over the welfare of today’s pop stars• Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies aged 31• Alexis Petridis: ‘After One Direction, Liam Payne was just getting started. His death is a heartbreaking end’When I met Liam Payne five years ago, he was 26 years old and riding high. He was about to release his debut solo album and buoyed by the success of the first single, Strip That Down, which he claimed had outsold any of his former One Direction bandmates’ efforts to date. Photos of Payne in Hugo Boss underwear, his body absurdly built, were inescapable, plastered all over buses and billboards.It was clear, throughout our interview, that Payne took some satisfaction in a...

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3 hours ago Kylie Minogue, Tension II review: Bolder, tougher and more inventive than its party

Aussie star enlists a coterie of collabators to whip up a second helping of delicious pop nuggets

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3 hours ago Is yoghurt in the morning as healthy as you think? These are the warning signs

Is it a superfood or a deceptively unhealthy dessert packed with more sugar than fizzy pop? Katie Rosseinsky asks the experts how to sift through the marketing hype when we’re buying yoghurt

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4 hours ago ‘Madonna, please. It’s only a film. Be happy!’: the star of Emilia Pérez on transitioning at 46 and making icons cry

Karla Sofía Gascón is the first openly trans actor to win best actress at Cannes for her role in Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical. She talks about awful corsets, riding motorbikes and suing her criticsWhen Madonna posted an image of the Spanish actor Karla Sofía Gascón on Instagram recently, the word she scrawled above it in vivid pink letters captured what most viewers will think after seeing her in the award-winning noir-musical Emilia Pérez: “WOW”. The 52-year-old Gascón, who was born and raised near Madrid and has spent the bulk of her career acting in Mexican telenovelas, plays the drugs kingpin Manitas, who fakes his death, transitions from male to female and reinvents herself as Pérez, a socially conscious activist. Emilia Pérez the movie, like Emilia Pérez the character, is a...

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4 hours ago Readers' letters: Rishi Sunak's the best Prime Minister we never had for long enough

A reader suggests Rishi Sunak’s stint as Prime Minister has been judged unfairly

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