7 h. ago Alison Hammond’s son Aidan reveals he’d flee home after disputes with star

20-year-old said there were times TV presenter would be ‘doing my head in’

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38 h. ago ‘They made me feel I could do something with my life’: indie music legends pick their favourite Oasis songs

Devendra Banhart finds mysticism in Acquiesce, Snail Mail gets chills from Stand By Me and Johnny Marr chooses an absolute curveball as 17 musicians analyse the reunited band’s genius• Simon Armitage on why Oasis still enthrall usThere are a lot of similarities between us and Oasis: two brothers in the band, Creation Records, working-class kids, guitar band, etc. In the mid-90s, we couldn’t get arrested and had to watch their meteoric rise, but I couldn’t dislike the great music. Rock ’n’ Roll Star was on a compilation tape on the ill-fated US tour when we broke up. We’d had a punch-up on stage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles and back in my hotel room we were hanging around with a bunch of druggies. I was thinking “Where did it all go wrong?” when this song came on. I knew I’d remember that moment for the rest of my life. To me, Rock ’n’ Roll Star is like Johnny Rotten singing with Slade. It’s punk rock, but in 1994. I love the self-belief: Noel [Gallagher] wrote it before he w...

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56 h. ago Owen Farrell backed to ‘inject experience’ into Lions squad after replacing injured Daly

Farrell, 33, will arrive in Australia on FridayDaly ruled out of tour with broken forearmAndy Farrell says the arrival of his son Owen will “inject a bit of life and experience” into the British & Irish Lions squad in Australia and is backing him to sharpen the team’s competitive edge. Farrell also said he had had no hesitation in picking the former England captain despite the fact he has not played Test rugby for 20 months and struggled for form and fitness this year.Farrell Jr is due to fly in to join the squad later on Friday as a replacement for the luckless Elliot Daly who broke a forearm in the 52-12 win against the Queensland Reds. It is a big call for a number of reasons but Farrell Sr insists it is the right one for the squad as they build towards their best-of-three Test series against the Wallabies kicking off in just over a fortnight. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Heartbreaking video mum wants everyone to see after son's silly mistake cost him his life

Carly Calland's 14-year-old son Jacob died after he was involved in a collision while riding an e-scooter - now she's calling for a ban on the vehicles for under 18s

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60 h. ago Diogo Jota's family life with beautiful wife, cheeky sons, baby girl and gorgeous dogs

The football world has been stunned as Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota has died in a horrific car crash, leaving behind his beautiful young family including a seven month-old baby

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3 d. ago Father desperately tried to save life of son, five, when he suffered fatal allergic reaction after eating biscuit at school, inquest hears

Peter Blythe arrived at Barnack Primary, in Stamford, Lincolnshire, to discover his son Benedict unconscious on the floor and staff frantically trying to revive him.

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6 d. ago Review: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at Manchester Classical 2025

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra took to The Bridgewater Hall to perform songs of life, love and death on Saturday, June 28

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6 d. ago Todd Chrisley’s son, 19, asked to sleep in parents’ room after return from prison

‘I feel like I’m just going to wake up in the morning and they’re not going to be here,’ Todd’s son Grayson said

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6 d. ago ‘I’ve been incredibly lucky. I have heavy imposter syndrome’: Djo on viral fame, bad reviews, and life after Stranger Things

Actor and musician Joe Keery made his name on the Netflix hit as lovable jock Steve Harrington, but he never stopped making music. He discusses anxiety, his earnest new record and why he and his castmates are ‘bonded for life’“It was a crazy situation – this song that I wrote was being linked to the head of the Catholic church!” Joe Keery sounds incredulous as he recalls his latest viral moment. The track in question was End of Beginning, the wistful indie anthem from his 2022 album Decide. It first became an online hit last year, taking on a new life soundtracking TikTok users’ videos of their home towns. As it happens, the home town – or university town, in Keery’s case – that he sings about in the song is Chicago. Fast forward to this May, when Illinois native Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new pope. The song began to do the rounds all over, with fans overlaying the lyrics (“And when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it!”) over videos of the new pontiff.It was just the lates...

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6 d. ago ‘I’ve been incredibly lucky. I have heavy impostor syndrome’: Djo on viral fame, bad reviews, and life after Stranger Things

Actor and musician Joe Keery made his name on the Netflix hit as lovable jock Steve Harrington, but he never stopped making music. He discusses anxiety, his earnest new record and why he and his castmates are ‘bonded for life’“It was a crazy situation – this song that I wrote was being linked to the head of the Catholic church!” Joe Keery sounds incredulous as he recalls his latest viral moment. The track in question was End of Beginning, the wistful indie anthem from his 2022 album Decide. It first became an online hit last year, taking on a new life soundtracking TikTok users’ videos of their home towns. As it happens, the home town – or university town, in Keery’s case – that he sings about in the song is Chicago. Fast forward to this May, when Illinois native Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new pope. The song began to do the rounds all over, with fans overlaying the lyrics (“And when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it!”) over videos of the new pontiff.It was just the lates...

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6 d. ago What’s it like to be 23 and starting a new life? I’m unpacking a lot of emotions as my son heads to the US | Emma Beddington

Can he really be that old? Was I ever that young? A trip to clear out his student flat has brought back so many memoriesThere’s an accurate, if snide, thing I’ve seen online that reads “No parent on Facebook can believe their child has turned any age”, and yes, OK, not the “on Facebook” bit, but there is a rote astonishment at time passing that I sometimes slip into, contemplating my adult sons. But, allow me, just this once, a Facebook parent moment. My elder son turned 23 last month and we’ve just been to London to collect his stuff at the end of his degree. On the way, I realised I was 23 when I moved there myself.You can’t often pre-emptively pinpoint parenting “lasts”, but when you can, they’re strange and melancholy – even when they’re not, objectively, things a person would choose to do again. This trip involved (I hope) my last time standing, hips screaming from the drive, texting “We’re outside” as we waited for our son to wake up (my husband ended up throwing a ball at his...

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8 d. ago Daniel Anjorin’s father describes ‘painful and traumatic chapter’ after son’s killer jailed for life

The family of a boy murdered with a samurai sword in an unprovoked attack in east London last year has described losing their son as a “painful and deeply traumatic chapter.”

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8 d. ago Dad of teen killed by samurai sword beast relives moment he saw son's horrific wounds

The brave parents of schoolboy Daniel Anjorin paid tribute to their beloved young son after his depraved killer was jailed for life at the Old Bailey in London today

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8 d. ago First Dates waitress Laura Tott reveals she's pregnant with second child as she shares adorable photo of son Leo to announce the news

The restaurant worker turned paramedic, 29, who married her mystery husband in August 2022, shared an adorable photo of her son Leo, 22-months, and said life was 'about to get crazier.'

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8 d. ago Sir Bruce Forsyth's widow Wilnelia shares insight into her dating life as she attends charity ball with their son Jonathan

Lady Forsyth, 67, was married to the iconic entertainer for 34-years before his passing aged 89 in 2017.

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9 d. ago Just Biber album review – Podger rises brilliantly to these sonatas’ extreme challenges

Rachel Podger/Brecon Baroque(Channel Classics)The baroque violinist remains true to the spirit of Biber’s music on a new recording of six extremely difficult sonatas, animal noises et alTen years ago, Rachel Podger made a fine recording of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s Rosary Sonatas for solo violin and continuo, each of which portrays an episode in the life of Christ. Now she adds a disc of more sonatas by arguably the most important baroque composer for the violin after JS Bach – five of the collection of eight that Biber published in 1681, as well as the quasi-theatrical Sonata Representivo, which may or may not have been composed by Biber and probably dates from 1669.The pieces are all characterised by their extreme technical difficulty, and especially by their extensive use of scordatura, when individual violin strings are tuned differently from usual. Podger copes with all these challenges quite brilliantly, including imitating the sounds of animals in the Sonata Representi...

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9 d. ago Amanda Owen supported by fans as she shares update after son's near

Our Yorkshire Farm star Amanda Owen has thanked fans for their support after speaking out about her teenage son Miles' life-threatening ordeal for the first time

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1 week ago Scots mum convinced toddler son had past life in 1800s after eerie encounter

Laighanne McLaughlin's son made a chilling claim at nursery.

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1 week ago Scot's desperate plea for kidney donor to save life after dad's cancer diagnosis

"We matched the first blood tests and he was due to get final test results done. But he had to have emergency surgery to remove a tumour."

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1 week ago CHRIS HUGHES: 'Miscalculated Iran revenge on US could spark all

If Iran miscalculates its reaction to the US strikes it could cross the threshold for all-out war - but it desperately needs an off-ramp, allowing it to save face but not go too far in its revenge

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