46 minutes ago Drake’s lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar also puts artistic freedom on trial

Drake is understandably vexed about lyrics framing him as a ‘certified paedophile’ – but diss tracks are a deliberately lurid part of rapThere were people who thought Drake v Kendrick was the greatest hip-hop beef of all time, attracting a wider level of public interest and proceeding at a more dizzying velocity than any previous feud: the parties involved released 10 tracks in the space of six weeks, more if you count J Cole’s withdrawn 7 Minute Drill and producer Metro Boomin’s BBL Drizzy, released as a contest to see which member of the public could add the best insult of Drake to the instrumental beat.On the other hand, there were high-profile naysayers, among them rapper Macklemore, who complained that the feud was distracting attention from the war in Palestine; and Roots drummer, DJ and hip-hop historian Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, who called it “wrestling match level mudslinging and takedown by any means necessary” for an “audience wanting blood [that] will soon put up RIP p...

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75 minutes ago New details emerge in case of teacher, 34, who gave birth to her student’s baby

The Independent has now seen the criminal complaint detailing the full extent of the horrific child sex abuse allegations

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26 minutes ago Tony Slattery's fans raise £20k in funeral fundraiser after star's addiction left him bankrupt

Former Have I Got News For You panelist Tony Slattery passed away earlier this week and a fundraising page has been met with hundreds of donations in the days since the news broke

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97 minutes ago This Morning 'reaches new low' as fans cringe over guest's stripper admission

This Morning's Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond brought the fun to their Friday show with a debate on strippers at hen-dos - however, not all viewers were impressed

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2 hours ago Police officer, 51, cleared of rape after pressing businesswoman into sex and telling her 'it feels too good I can't stop now' is found to have committed gross misconduct by disciplinary panel

PC David Longden-Thurgood, 51, had 'non-consensual sex' with the business owner after meeting her on dating app Bumble , a misconduct panel ruled.

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55 minutes ago 'I had vaping addiction like Paul Danan – it got so bad I took vape to bed'

EXCLUSIVE: Daily Star has chatted to one young woman to lift the lid on her vape addiction in light of Paul Danan's death - the Hollyoaks star once admitted to having a 'vaping obsession' himself

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6 hours ago Justin Baldoni files $400m 'defamation and extortion' lawsuit against Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds

The suit filed in New York seeks at least $400 million for damages

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2 hours ago Tony Slattery's funeral will be funded by donations after star was left bankrupt by £4k

The star, who has died aged 65, had battled depression and drug addiction which had led to a withdrawal from lucrative work on the UK comedy circuit.

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2 hours ago John Lydon sues photographer who helped make Sex Pistols famous in court battle over PiL's logo

The punk legend is fighting claims by photographer Dennis Morris that he came up with with the iconic logo for PiL - the band Lydon set up after the Sex Pistols disbanded in chaos in 1978.

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68 minutes ago Japanese TV network to open independent probe into alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity host

Japan's Fuji Television said it will open an investigation into a high-profile sex scandal linked to one of the country's top celebrities

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9 hours ago Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of using 'abuser playbook' in his $400m lawsuit against her and Ryan Reynolds

Lively and Reynolds were sued for defamation Thursday by Baldoni and his publicists, who say the actress cooked up a scheme to kill their careers and discredit them by making false accusations.

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3 hours ago SpaceNK shoppers 'addicted' to 'warm, spicy' scent from Jo Malone's new brand

"This scent is amazing. This is one of the best fragrances on the market in my opinion! It's complex, has beautiful warm, sweet and spicy base notes."

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4 hours ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner's disturbing past and sick crimes in full

Detectives are convinced sex offender Christian Brueckner snatched and killed Madeleine McCann, but if they don't find evidence to charge him soon, he will walk free from jail

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1 hour ago Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's 'disrespect' to Queen Elizabeth laid bare in bitter row

Meghan and Harry were 'disrespectful' of Queen Elizabeth in the months following her death, a royal expert has claimed. The couple were at the centre of a bitter feud with the royal family,

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11 hours ago Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni of using 'abuser playbook' in his lawsuit against her and Ryan Reynolds

Lively and Reynolds were sued for defamation Thursday by Baldoni and his publicists, who say the actress cooked up a scheme to kill their careers and discredit them by making false accusations.

Society

4 hours ago Liam Payne's friend sues star's dad for $10million in damages over 'defamation'

Liam Payne's friend Rogelio "Roger" Nores has filed a defamation lawsuit against the late pop star's father, Geoff Payne, over his claims about the circumstances surrounding the singer's death.

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4 hours ago French church calls for judicial investigation into Abbé Pierre following new sex abuse allegations

The French church has formally requested that prosecutors open an investigation into Abbé Pierre, a once-revered priest and humanitarian icon who died in 2007, following new revelations of sexual violence

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1 hour ago Grand Designs star says 'my best option' as he shares financial woes over Channel 4 contract

Kevin McCloud has been a key part of Grand Designs since it first launched in 1999 and has now opened up on his 25 years on the show and admitted that he is 'very lucky'

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13 hours ago FTC sues Greystar, saying the property manager used hidden fees to swindle renters out of millions

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit accusing property management company Greystar of swindling renters across the country out of at least $100 million using hidden fees

Society

4 hours ago Liam Payne fans outraged over close friend's $10m lawsuit against singer's grieving dad

Roger Nores, whose name featured prominently during the investigation into the death of the late One Direction singer, has taken legal action against the star's grieving father

Economics

4 hours ago Teacher who had sex with boy learns her fate as victim's mum says 'how dare you'

Bridgeport High School teacher Courtney Rankin has been sentenced after pleading guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student, including acts inside her home

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2 hours ago My wife asked me an 'innocent' question about our sex life. Now I fear I'm a cuckold without realising it

I love my wife and don't want to mess up what we have, but I can't help feeling uneasy about what she just told me.

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14 hours ago Blake Lively 'told Justin Baldoni to get a nose job' on It Ends With Us, explosive new lawsuit claims

Justin Baldoni has claimed Blake Lively suggested he get a nose job in a new lawsuit filed against his It Ends With Us co-star and her husband Ryan Reynolds.

Society

10 hours ago Liam Payne’s friend files defamation lawsuit against late singer’s father

The One Direction singer died aged 31 from ‘polytrauma’, after falling from an Argentine hotel balcony in October.

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4 hours ago Sacked rogue officers could be reinstated and owed backpay if Met Police loses legal challenge, chief warns

Officers facing allegations of domestic abuse and sex attacks could be allowed to return to the Met if the force loses a legal battle over vetting

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2 hours ago This Morning's Alison Hammond yells 'this is a daytime show' as guest starts to 'strip'

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond was left red-faced as she was forced to stop one guest from stripping off completely during an interview on the ITV show.

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16 hours ago Ryan Reynolds looks sheepish as he's seen for first time since new Justin Baldoni lawsuit against Blake Lively

Ryan Reynolds looked sheepish as he was seen for the first time on Thursday since Justin Baldoni filed a new lawsuit against him and wife Blake Lively .

Society

11 hours ago Liam Payne’s pal Roger Nores sues singer’s dad for £8million in death defamation claim

A close friend of the late singer Liam Payne has launched legal proceedings against the artist's father Geoff Payne, in an eye-watering £8 million lawsuit for defamation

Economics

5 hours ago Full list of shocking new claims in Justin Baldoni's $400M Blake Lively lawsuit including Taylor Swift bombshell

Lively and Reynolds were sued for defamation Thursday by Baldoni and his publicists, who say the actress cooked up a scheme to kill their careers.

Events

2 hours ago 'I slept with Bonnie Blue – she changed off camera and one thing surprised me'

A man who had sex with controversial adult star Bonnie Blue has revealed what she is really like off camera - saying one thing surprised him after first meeting her

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17 hours ago Justin Baldoni files bombshell lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds

Justin Baldoni has filed a lawsuit against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of defamation and extortion related to the film It Ends With Us

Society

11 hours ago Shocking survey that shows young men now think THEY are the oppressed sex. And the revelations that show the chasm between the genders doesn't stop there...

With a high-powered job working in sales in London, 23-year-old Jasdeep Singh seems to have it all.

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2 hours ago This Morning's Alison Hammond intervenes as male stripper begins to undress on air

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond was forced to stop a male stripper from going too far during a live segment on Friday's show.

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23 hours ago Sex and the City fans queue outside Carrie Bradshaw's NYC apartment after owner reveals plan to stop tourists

The West Village townhouse used as the exterior for Carrie Bradshaw's NYC apartment on Sex and the City is still being trampled by tourists.

Society

16 hours ago Kevin Mantilla Rangers transfer link remerges as Colombian centre back touted as solution to Clement's injury woes

The Gers are hoping to bolster their defensive ranks this month with John Souttar and Neraysho Kasanwirjo currently on the treatment table

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3 hours ago This Morning's Alison Hammond stops guest as they start to 'strip' on air

On Friday's instalment of This Morning, presenter Alison Hammond had to intervene as one guest started to bare it all during the ITV show.

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24 hours ago Finally, a cure for screen addiction that's turning our teens into the basket case generation: Respected neuroscientist's solution offers hope for despairing parents

The research is clear: screens are making us stupid. And the ones suffering the most are Gen Z and Gen Alpha. But there's hope, with experts saying they have found a cure to 'brain rot'.

Society

18 hours ago Police sergeant who struck handcuffed man as he lay face down guilty of gross misconduct

The actions of Sergeant Rhodri Davies were 'reckless' and 'dangerous' a misconduct panel found

Events

3 hours ago 'Eastenders' road rage spat spirals into 'good old fashioned bare knuckle' brawl

A pair of men were filmed having a road rage row in the middle of a busy street - one tried to take down the other with a martial arts move in an EastEnders-style spat

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19 hours ago Transgender teen stabbed after sex act in 'sickening' attack at roller disco

The transgender victim was mercilessly stabbed and beaten after being lured to Harrow Leisure Centre in North London in an ambush organised over Snapchat, while one bystander robbed her handbag

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4 hours ago Grand Designs' Kevin McCloud shares financial struggles due to Channel 4 contract

Kevin McCloud, who has presented the Channel 4 show since its launch back in 1999, said his best option is to enjoy the contributor's creations "vicariously rather than imitate"

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19 hours ago Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for conspiring to trash him with sex harassment smears, unleashing a wave of social media abuse against him

Blake Lively has been accused of 'hijacking' a movie and forcing her co-stars to sit out the premiere 'in the basement', a bombshell new lawsuit has claimed

Events

20 hours ago Tragic 'curse' of Hollyoaks stars who battled with drugs and booze before turning lives around

Several young actors who have appeared in Hollyoaks have battled with addiction to alcohol and other substances, bravely speaking out about their ordeals in a bid to help others

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16 hours ago Grooming inquiry timetable will bring ‘fundamental change’, say campaigners

Yvette Cooper said that the Government would lay out a clear timetable by Easter for implementing the recommendations in the IICSA’s final report.

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20 hours ago Chaos after Rudy Giuliani no shows to his own trial over his condo and prized World Series rings

The former New York City mayor was nowhere to be seen more than two hours after his trial was scheduled to begin

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17 hours ago Rudy Giuliani settles with defamed election workers after blowing off property seizure trial

Cash-strapped former mayor won’t be forced to forfeit assets but he must pay the women, according to attorneys

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20 hours ago Met officer’s ‘disastrous’ claim may prevent 300 rogue police being sacked, force warns

Sergeant Lino Di Maria lost his vetting clearance after allegations of rape, domestic abuse and sex in public car parks

Events

19 hours ago David Lynch: the great American surrealist who made experimentalism mainstream

From disturbing debut Eraserhead to his masterpiece Mulholland Drive, Lynch’s dark tales combined radical experiment with everyday AmericanaDavid Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78No director ever interpreted the American Dream with more artless innocence than David Lynch. It could be the title of any of his films. Lynch saw that if the US dreamed of safety and prosperity and the suburban drive and the picket fence, it also dreamed of the opposite: of escape, danger, adventure, sex and death. And the two collided and opened up chasms and sinkholes in the lost highway to happiness.Lynch was a film-maker who found portals to alternative existences and truffled in them like they were erogenous zones, moist orifices of existential possibility. He was the great American surrealist, but his vision was so distinctive that he became something other than that: a great fabulist, a great anti-narrative dissenter, his storylines splitting and swirling in non sequiturs ...

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21 hours ago Labour backs down over grooming gangs: Whitehall fixer to undertake 'rapid audit' into scale of child sex abuse in Britain

Yvette Cooper told MPs she had asked Baroness Louise Casey to oversee a three-month review into gang-based child sexual exploitation.

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19 hours ago Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds for $400m for ‘attempting to destroy’ him

‘Blake Lively was either severely misled by her team or intentionally and knowingly misrepresented the truth,’ says Baldoni’s lawyer

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23 hours ago Revealed: Paul Danan's touching act of kindness as he recovered from drug addiction before his death aged 46

After spending time in LA to become a Hollywood star, Paul spent his final years focusing on a cause very close to his heart - in a final touching act of kindness.

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20 hours ago Sickening moment teenage mob stab transgender girl nine times for lying about her gender and performing sex act on boy

The 18-year-old aspiring model was lured to a roller disco where the gang screamed 'tranny' as they punched, kicked and stamped on her after she was knifed nine times in Harrow.

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24 hours ago Paul Danan passed away just hours before he was due in court over drug offences

The Celebrity Love Island and Big Brother star struggled with drug addiction throughout his life and had opened up about his battles during interviews and podcasts.

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20 hours ago BRYONY GORDON: Lily Allen was utterly honest with me when we talked a few weeks ago. I know what's really going on

Just before Christmas , I was asked to interview singer and actress Lily Allen on stage at an event to mark Addiction Awareness Week.

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24 hours ago Paul Danan's troubled life had more twists than the Hollyoaks soap he starred in

A look back on the former Hollyoaks and Celebrity Big Brother star’s life following his death aged 46

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22 hours ago Revealed: Faces of masked mob who stabbed trans girl outside roller disco in 'revenge for lying about her gender identity before sex act on boy'

The 18-year-old victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was lured to a roller disco in Harrow where a masked mob screamed 'tranny' at her as they punched, kicked and stamped on her

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25 hours ago Hollyoaks star Paul Danan died months after vaping collapse – here is what NHS says

Former Hollyoaks and Love Island star who tragically passed away had suffered serious health problems due to 'vaping addiction'

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