61 m. ago BRIT Awards 2025: Zara McDermott walks red carpet for first time since Sam Thompson split

Stars from across the music industry have headed to London's O2 Arena for the 2025 BRIT Awards as Sam Fender, JADE, Sabrina Carpenter and The Last Dinner Party take to the stage

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64 m. ago Brit Awards host Jack Whitehall's life with partner and showbiz father

The comedian made a name for himself in Bad Education, Channel 4 series Fresh Meat and Travels with My Father

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67 m. ago Barry Ferguson suffers Rangers nightmare on emotional Ibrox return as Motherwell pile on the agony – 3 talking points

It goes from bad to worse for the Light Blues in a season from hell as they lost a THIRD home game in a row

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82 m. ago Goalkeepers to be punished with corner for holding ball more than eight seconds

Ifab announces law change for next season‘It could be one of those very effective deterrents’Goalkeepers who waste time by holding on to the ball are to be penalised with the award of a corner, the law-making International Football Association Board (Ifab) has confirmed.The new law, which will be rolled out across the game this summer, will mean goalkeepers have eight seconds to claim and redistribute the ball before they are penalised, with the referee giving the keeper a five-second countdown to warn them of incoming punishment. This will replace the current system whereby a keeper has six seconds to move the ball on, and is punished with an indirect free-kick if they do not. Continue reading...

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89 m. ago What time are the Brit Awards 2025 on TV and who is hosting it this year?

The Brit Awards 2025 will air on Saturday March 1 on ITV - find out when the show starts

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1 hour ago Benson Boone responds to Mark Zuckerberg’s serenade impression of him

Zuckerberg recreated Boone’s performance of his hit single ‘Beautiful Things’ at the 2025 Grammy Awards in a sequin blue jumpsuit

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1 hour ago Inside Brit Awards host Jack Whitehall's love life with Roxy Horner

Comedian Jack Whitehall has been dating model Roxy Horner for five years, with the pair having welcomed their first child and announced their engagement

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1 hour ago Watch live from Brit Awards 2025 as stars including Charlie XCX and Dua Lipa arrive on red carpet

Watch live from the Brit Awards 2025 on Saturday (1 March) as stars including Charlie XCX and Dua Lipa arrive on the red carpet.

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2 h. ago Who is hosting BRIT Awards 2025? Inside Jack Whitehall's life with fiancée and daughter

Jack Whitehall is set to host the BRIT Awards later tonight having taken a step back in recent years but the doting dad will be on hand to deliver some iconic lines

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2 h. ago BRIT Awards most iconic outfits – Geri Halliwell's Union Jack to Rob Beckett's giraffe

The BRIT Awards red carpet always promises some iconic looks – with celebrities making huge statements with their jaw-dropping outfits which have made history over the years

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2 h. ago BRIT Awards' most iconic red carpet moments from Geri Horner to Harry Styles

The BRIT Awards have long been the stage for drunken exchanges, political statements and a few romance rumours – the Daily Star have looked back at some of the most iconic through the past 45 years

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2 h. ago Starmer’s ambitions for a Trump trade deal have run into a big problem – JD Vance

Insiders have told The Independent that if you want to know what Trump is really thinking, listen to what JD Vance is saying. That is very bad news for Starmer, as David Maddox explains

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3 h. ago Drama, glamour, legends: I've been to the BRIT awards every year for 30 years, this is what it's really like

From Madonna’s big fall to the return of the Beatles, Professor Jonathan Shalit shares his memories of the iconic awards ceremony

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3 h. ago Kemi Badenoch brands inheritance tax change ‘immoral’ as she visits NI farm

The Tory leader met members of the Jackson family as she visited the Fairview dairy farm near Bangor in Co Down.

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3 h. ago Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a ‘top priority’ for health department

Health secretary earlier said outbreak was ‘not unusual’ but with first US measles death in decade steps up responseTwo days after initially downplaying the outbreak as “not unusual,” the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the ongoing measles epidemic in Texas – in which a child died recently – and said the government is providing resources, including protective vaccines.“Ending the measles outbreak is a top priority for me and my extraordinary team,” Kennedy – an avowed anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist who for years has sown doubts about the safety and efficacy of vaccines – said in a post on X. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The best, worst and most shocking BRIT Awards looks: From Lady Gaga's lace jumpsuit to Rita Ora's Bowie

Yet the excitement occurs before the celebrities have even set foot inside the venue, with everyone desperate to see what the stars are wearing on the red carpet.

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4 h. ago Starmer’s ambitions for a Trump trade deal have run into a big problem

Insiders have told The Independent that if you want to know what Trump is really thinking listen to what JD Vance is saying. That is very bad news for Starmer, as David Maddox explains

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4 h. ago Myles Smith interview: the Brits Rising Star award winner on his new superstardom

Myles Smith had the biggest song of last year with Stargazing, and with a new album and tour, and a Brits Rising Star award, we caught up with him to ask how sudden success feels

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4 h. ago Sam Fender's love life – from Raye dating rumours to romance with Netflix star

BRIT Awards performer Sam Fender, who is set to take to the stage for the 2025 awards ceremony this evening, has been romantically linked to a string of famous women

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4 h. ago BRIT Award romances – celebrities who have locked lips at the glitzy star

With the Brit Awards just around the corner, the awards has often been a time for romance with several celebs sharing a chooky smooch at the bash

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