74 m. ago Ignorant ChatGPT says Pope Francis 'isn't dead' – then issues grovelling apology

EXCLUSIVE: After the Daily Star realised that ChatGPT doesn't think Pope Leo XIV was a real person, we forced the AI chatbot into an apology as if we were telling off a naughty child

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75 m. ago Rockstar tattoo artist's £413k estate is at centre of bitter legal battle between 'secret' daughter and widow 'who didn't know she existed'

Dennis Cockell, who shot to fame as a rockstar tattoo artist in the 1980s London music, left behind a £413,000 estate when he died aged 74 in 2022.

Economics

77 m. ago ITV The Chase star Mark Labbett threatens to quit show as he's left stunned by team's display

The Chase star Mark Labbett was left stunned by a team of contestants on the ITV quiz show and joked that he may as well 'give up now' as they were doing so well.

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88 m. ago Rockstar tattoo artist's £413k estate is at centre of bitter legal battle between 'secret' daughter and widow 'who didn't know she existed' 

Dennis Cockell, who shot to fame as a rockstar tattoo artist in the 1980s London music, left behind a £413,000 estate when he died aged 74 in 2022.

Economics

98 m. ago Huge blow to Coronation Street and Emmerdale fans as ITV soap boss quits after a whopping 27 years with broadcaster

The broadcaster has announced that Managing Director of Continuing Drama and Head of ITV in the North Jon Whiston is stepping down.

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1 hour ago ‘I quit the UK to live on a Spanish island and now my rent is less than £300’

Olivia Mamode started a new life in Menorca and was amazed at how cheap it is

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1 hour ago Menendez brothers' lives now from weddings to prison reunion after brutal attack

Erik and Lyle Menendez, recently made eligible for parole, were 18 and 21 when they shot their parents to death at point-blank range and much has changed after 30 years behind bars

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2 h. ago Horrifying moment TikTok influencer Valeria Márquez, 23, is shot dead by motorbike

Footage shows the horrific moment 23-year-old TikToker and aesthetician Valeria Marquez was shot multiple times while broadcasting live from inside her beauty salon.

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2 h. ago Israel is annihilating Palestinian children. Amer Rabea was one of them | Ahmad Ibsais

This US citizen was shot by Israeli forces in April. There was no warning, no investigation but worst of all – no outcry from the westAmer Mohammed Rabea was 14 years old. He was a US citizen. On 7 April 2025, he was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Turmus Ayya. There was no warning. No investigation. Just a bullet, a body and a silence so deep it threatens to swallow justice whole.The killing of a child should rupture the world. Instead, Amer’s death joined a growing ledger of erased Palestinian lives, tallied but never mourned by those in power. There was no state department briefing. No congressional statement. No public grieving for a child born under two flags, killed under a third. Even in death, Amer was made stateless. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘I terribly wanted to be liked. Still do’: Status Quo’s Francis Rossi on money worries, his deepest neuroses – and sounding like Nellie the Elephant

Lampooned by critics but loved by fans, Quo turned boogie into blockbuster rock. As a live album captures their 70s peak, their frontman remembers late friend Rick Parfitt – and reconsiders his whole sense of selfIf you want to contemplate quite how far back Status Quo’s roots go, consider this: the band’s founders came together before the Beatles had released their first single, before the idea of “the band” was even a thing in pop music. They’re often dismissed as one-song wonders, or as proponents of brutally simplistic music – but as much as the Stones or the Who, Status Quo are carved into British rock.Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster formed the Spectres in 1962, when the guitarist and bassist were still at school. Drummer John Coghlan signed up a year later and Rick Parfitt completed the “Frantic Four” when he joined after sharing a bill with the Spectres at Minehead Butlin’s in 1966. The Beatles showed Rossi not just what he could do with his life, but touched something very ...

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3 h. ago Brunch with beats: Hotel Vulcano’s live DJ breakfast experience in Tenerife

Tenerife attracts over six million visitors a year, and with daily flights taking just under five hours from Scotland it’s a sure fire hit with sun worshippers.

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3 h. ago Sali Hughes on beauty: If you like sweet scents, now is the time to pop your cherry

These fruity numbers are going viral. They are not for me but if cherry is your jam, you are spoiled for choiceI love the idea of cherry fragrances – I find the fruit, its aesthetic, the juicy, sharp taste and depth of colour appealing. But even now, as cherry perfumes go viral – some fine examples among them – I can’t quite find one that maintains the sourness while holding the sugar. But if, unlike me, you favour a sweet scent, there’s never been a better time to pop one’s cherry.Top of the tree is Van Cleef & Arpels’ new Moonlight Cherry. I approached with trepidation, but stayed for the bitter espresso notes and the sexy whiff of plump, boozy cocktail cherries steeping in the bottom of a glass, swollen from hard liquor. Elegant and complex, this smells very expensive (and at £164, albeit for a large 75ml bottle, it is), gender neutral and distinctly “black tie” in dress code. I doubt I’ll be wearing it myself (I’ve never had a sweet tooth), but if&nb...

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4 h. ago Oedipus at Colonus/Electra review – a double shot of Sophocles in Sicily

Greek theatre, Syracuse Two searing new productions, performed in a hallowed space by intense ensembles, bring strikingly fresh energy to the ancient dramasConcurrent London productions recently presented Oedipus as a modern politician pledging a new start (Mark Strong in the West End) and as a distant detective investigating a climate catastrophe that jeopardises Thebans’ future (Rami Malek at the Old Vic).Sophocles’ late play Oedipus at Colonus, less commonly known, looks not ahead but backwards. This elegiac tragedy finds the exile reaching the end of his life. The 5,000-strong audience at Syracuse’s ancient outdoor theatre hear Giuseppe Sartori’s barefoot Oedipus before they see him. His wooden staff strikes the steps as he descends among us, down to the front row and on to a stage populated by trees that thicken the woodland around the theatre. “It seems this place is sacred,” announces Antigone (Fotinì Peluso) at the wanderer’s side. That goes for this Sicilian playing space a...

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4 h. ago Hallow Road review – Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys race to rescue daughter in cracking thriller

Shot almost entirely inside their car, Pike and Rhys play a splintering couple trying to save their terrified teenagerHow encouraging that whatever state our film industry is considered to be in, it can still find space for a crackingly good script from a supersmart, disciplined first-timer who’s clearly been working on it for a while, planing down the edges and trimming away the fat through successive drafts. Hallow Road is the kind of property that often emerges after a spell on Hollywood’s “Black List” of much admired but as yet unproduced screenplays. It is a gripping, real-time suspense thriller with a twist of the macabre, a film about family guilt and the return of the repressed, written by National Film and Television School graduate William Gillies, a scary-movie enthusiast who here makes his feature script debut. British-Iranian film-maker Babak Anvari directs and Matthew Rhys and Rosamund Pike give forthright, excellent performances as the two leads.Rhys plays Frank, a st...

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5 h. ago ‘I don’t know why I got the trophy’: football’s unusual player

Plus: hat-trick heroes who didn’t get a medal, shot-shy matchwinners and Jimmy Hill being caught off guard Mail us with your questions and answers“The Inter keeper Yann Sommer was named player of the match against Barcelona despite conceding three goals. He made some great saves so it wasn’t undeserved, but I wondered if there were other unusual PotM awards,” says John Barrow.This season’s Champions League tie between Real Madrid and Atlético will be remembered for Julián Alvarez’s two-touch penalty being ruled out. Before that Alvarez had inspired Atlético to a 1-0 victory on the night that took the tie to a penalty shootout; he was Uefa’s player of the match. Nick Berry could have written a song about it. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Unforgettable Britain's Got Talent act diagnosed with autism after show success

The Britain's Got Talent star shot to fame on the talent show in 2012

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7 h. ago 'Boss showers me with free meals and luxury trips but I can't stop sleeping with him'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a concerned Daily Star reader who is sleeping with her married boss and wants out

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10 h. ago Weezer bassist's wife is formally charged after being shot by cops in bizarre standoff

Weezer bassist Scott Shriner's wife Jillian Lauren has been formally charged after she was shot by the police and booked on suspicion of attempted murder in April.

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15 h. ago Kanye West instructs wife Bianca Censori in racy shoot with her SISTER as she bares flesh in leather thong

Bianca Censori and Kanye West put on quite a show in Spain on Tuesday. The couple were taking part in some kind of photo shoot when the couple engaged in quick but public display of affection.

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16 h. ago York’s Dante Festival Day One: Top betting tips from Daily Star expert Jason Heavey

Jason Heavey - the Daily Star Chief Tipster - has plenty of fancies on day one of the Dante meeting at York on Wednesday, plus tips for Yarmouth, Newton Abbot, Bath and Perth

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