13 h. ago Alan Davies reveals ex Julia Sawalha branded him a 'c***' and flew home early from a trip after a drunken row as he details the impact his abusive father had on his relationships

Alan Davies has spoken about the impact his father's abuse has had on his romantic relationships and how his ex-girlfriend Julia Sawalha branded him a 'c***' before flying home early from a trip together.

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36 h. ago Alan Davies says his own brother 'stopped speaking' to him after he had his father arrested for abuse as he discusses traumatic childhood

Alan was sexually abused by his father between the ages of eight to 13, following the death of his mother from leukaemia when he was six.

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54 h. ago Alan Cumming and David Morrissey to star in new drama by Russell T Davies

The award-winning actors have been announced as the new leads in the five-part series Tip Toe, which follows two neighbours.

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59 h. ago Graham Linehan ‘relentlessly’ posted abuse about trans teenager, court told

Prosecution tells hearing Father Ted writer’s posts about Sophia Brooks, 18, were ‘oppressive and unacceptable’Graham Linehan, the co-creator of Father Ted, “relentlessly” posted abusive and vindictive material on social media about an 18-year-old transgender activist, a court has heard.Linehan’s posts about Sophia Brooks were “oppressive and unacceptable”, the prosecution told a hearing at Westminster magistrates court. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Countryfile's Julia Bradbury, 55, reveals doctors found 'a cyst in her brain' as she gives health update following her breast cancer diagnosis

The Countryfile host, 55, was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2021 and underwent a mastectomy to have her 6 cm tumour removed.

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62 h. ago Countryfile's Julia Bradbury reveals doctors found 'a cyst in her brain' as she gives health update following her breast cancer diagnosis

The Countryfile host, 55, was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2021 and underwent a mastectomy to have her 6 cm tumour removed.

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5 d. ago ‘Coalition of the willing’ to meet on Thursday, Élysée confirms – Europe live

Meeting, co-chaired by France’s Emmanuel Macron and UK’s Keir Starmer, will focus on security guarantees for Ukraine and response to Russia’s refusal to end warEU transport spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen also offered a bit more detail on the issue of GPS jamming and its impact on operations.She said:“Generally, we have been seeing a quite a lot of such jamming and spoofing activities, notably in the eastern flank of Europe.Europe is the most concerned region in the or most affected region globally, on this.“We are, of course, aware and used to somehow to the threats and intimidations that are [a] regular component of Russia’s hostile behaviour.Of course, this will only reinforce even further our unshakable commitment to ramp up defence capabilities and support for Ukraine.”“This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the President is carrying out in the frontline member states.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Russian interference suspected after Von der Leyen’s plane hit by GPS jamming over weekend – Europe live

Plane landed safely in Bulgaria but authorities suspect jamming due to ‘blatant interference from Russia’, says European Commission spokespersonEU transport spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen also offered a bit more detail on the issue of GPS jamming and its impact on operations.She said:“Generally, we have been seeing a quite a lot of such jamming and spoofing activities, notably in the eastern flank of Europe.Europe is the most concerned region in the or most affected region globally, on this.“We are, of course, aware and used to somehow to the threats and intimidations that are [a] regular component of Russia’s hostile behaviour.Of course, this will only reinforce even further our unshakable commitment to ramp up defence capabilities and support for Ukraine.”“This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the President is carrying out in the frontline member states.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Von der Leyen’s plane affected by GPS jamming over weekend, says European Commission – Europe live

Plane landed safely in Bulgaria but authorities suspect jamming due to ‘blatant interference from Russia’, says European Commission spokespersonEU transport spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen also offered a bit more detail on the issue of GPS jamming and its impact on operations.She said:“Generally, we have been seeing a quite a lot of such jamming and spoofing activities, notably in the eastern flank of Europe.Europe is the most concerned region in the or most affected region globally, on this.“We are, of course, aware and used to somehow to the threats and intimidations that are [a] regular component of Russia’s hostile behaviour.Of course, this will only reinforce even further our unshakable commitment to ramp up defence capabilities and support for Ukraine.”“This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the President is carrying out in the frontline member states.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Little girl stood up to famous sports star dad before he burned whole family to death

Warning - distressing content: A brave six-year-old stood up to her cruel father after years of watching her mother be abused - but trying to escape him would have fatal consequences.

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7 d. ago Little girl, 6, stood up to famous sports star dad so he burned entire family to death

Warning - distressing content: After years of watching her mother be abused, a brave six-year-old stood up to her cruel father, but trying to escape him would have fatal consequences

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8 d. ago Julia Bradbury shows her breast implants after having a mastectomy following her cancer diagnosis as she vouches for 'preventive care'

Julia Bradbury revealed what her breast implants look like in a new video after having a mastectomy when she was diagnosed with cancer.

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9 d. ago Gran locked in Spanish cell for 22 hours after losing passport

Pam Tweedale, 77, flew to Madrid for a trip of a lifetime with family, but after landing with a missing passport and being detained for 22 hours, she was forced to fly back home to the UK

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9 d. ago Brit nan 'locked in jail with men for 22 hours' after losing passport on plane

Pam Tweedale, 77, flew to Madrid for a trip of a lifetime with family, but after landing with a missing passport and being detained for 22 hours, she was forced to fly back home to the UK

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9 d. ago 'My family has cast me out since I exposed Dad as my sexual abuser'

Coleen Nolan speaks to a reader who was sexually abused as a child, and Coleen opens up about how her own family coped when her big sister, Anne, revealed she had been abused by their father

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9 d. ago Dear Coleen: 'My family has pushed me away since I've shared our dark secret'

Coleen Nolan speaks to a reader who was sexually abused as a child, and Coleen opens up about how her own family coped when her big sister, Anne, revealed she had been abused by their father.

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2 w. ago Julia Bradbury reveals honest mastectomy reaction hours after procedure

Julia Bradbury has shared the emotional response she had just hours after her mastectomy in 2021 to offer hope to others who are going through the same thing.

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2 w. ago This comedian is returning in Last One Laughing series 2 – here’s when you’ll be able to watch

The second series will star comedians including Alan Carr, David Mitchell and Diane Morgan

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2 w. ago Menendez brothers face parole hearings as they seek release after three decades

Erik and Lyle Menendez, sentenced to life over 1989 killings of parents, eligible for parole after judge’s May decisionThe Menendez brothers are scheduled to face separate parole hearings beginning Thursday, marking the closest they have been to winning freedom after spending nearly 30 years in prison in the slaying of their parents inside their Los Angeles home.Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. They were 18 and 21 at the time. Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, while prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘I was completely dehumanised by my father’: how Kate Price uncovered the horrifying truths of her childhood

She was sexually abused by her father until she was about 12 – and he would also sell her to other men. Then she grew up and began researching child sex trafficking, slowly piecing together clues about her own lifeKate Price is now an academic, but it was at six that she conducted her first piece of research, leaning into the cab of her father’s truck and pressing the side button of his CB radio, the black plastic hot from the sun. She spoke the name she’d heard into it, “Chicken Plucker”, and a man’s voice replied. It was her first proof that the name she’d somehow associated with being taken from her bed in the middle of the night was attached to a real person, and that perhaps he would have answers. Then her father caught her and she was too terrified to try to contact him again.Five decades on, Price has written This Happened To Me, a memoir that reads, in part, like a detective story, piecing together clues to create a picture of the horror that had been done to her as a child,...

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