6 h. ago Emily Atack says she dreamt of parenthood her 'whole life' on son's first birthday

The Inbetweeners and Rivals star Emily Atack celebrated her son Barney's first birthday with a gushing post on social media alongside a string of sweet snaps

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7 h. ago Grandma facing eviction after her son, who took his own life after robbing a bank, faked the deed to her home

Barbara Arnold, 77, of Texas, discovered her son allegedly forged her name on the deed of her longtime home after he died by suicide.

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13 h. ago Emily Atack says she's 'dreamt' of son her 'whole life' in emotional milestone update

The comedian and actress welcomed her first child into the world with her boyfriend Alistair Garner in June 2024

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36 h. ago ITV Good Morning Britain's Ranvir Singh in tears as she opens up on 'lonely' time

ITV presenter Ranvir Singh admitted she would often remind herself of how fortunate she was after sharing a teary insight into her life after giving birth to her son in 2012

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3 d. ago Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them

From turning out the lights to letting leaves rot, these small steps can create big changes at home or in the wild‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insectsInsects are in trouble. Around the world, scientists are reporting catastrophic declines in their numbers, even in nature reserves that are largely protected from human touch. We are also beginning to see huge drops in the populations of other animals – such as birds – that depend on insects as food.Many of the drivers of those declines are structural, and require strong action by governments to turn around. But there are clear, easy steps that anyone can take to support the insect world. For species under such pressure, any respite is important, and we can create refuges for insects in a world increasingly hostile to their survival. In creating better habitats for insects, you can also reap the benefits: thriving gardens, more songbirds, and a healthier web of life. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Scots dad donates kidney to give son 'second chance at life'

Brian Innes stepped up as son Kieran's vital organ was functioning at just ten per cent.

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8 d. ago Emily Atack sports voluminous 80's hair and flashes her pins in a navy pencil skirt as she joins Danny Dyer on the set of Rivals series two

Emily Atack caught the eye with her voluminous 80's hair and leg-flashing pencil skirt as she filmed series two of Rivals in Gloucestershire this week.

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8 d. ago Waxahatchee at London’s Eventim Apollo was a night of musical brilliance with no room for chaos

Katie Crutchfield’s band delivered a superlative set on Wednesday night, bringing the American songwriter’s remarkable material to life with steady excellence

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8 d. ago ‘He taught the world how to smile’: Brian Wilson bandmates pay tribute along with Bob Dylan, Elton John and more

Beach Boys members Al Jardine and Mike Love give lengthy tributes to late songwriter, with Jardine calling him a ‘humble musical giant’• Brian Wilson: a life in pictures• Twelve of Brian Wilson’s greatest songsFollowing his death aged 82, Brian Wilson’s Beach Boys bandmates have been among those paying tribute to one of the great figures in American popular music.Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, Al Jardine described Wilson as “a real gentleman, a real musical intellect, who taught the world how to smile.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Alex Murdaugh's son Buster's 'bitter' life in isolation and the source of fury at his father that has nothing to do with the murders

Four years after his mother Maggie, 52, and brother Paul, 22, were shot and killed by the disgraced legal scion, the 32-year-old still hasn't adapted to his bleak new reality.

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8 d. ago Dad of Ibrahima Seck tells how he watched paramedics desperately trying to save his son's life

A murder investigation has been launched into Ibrahima Seck's killing

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9 d. ago 10 songs to celebrate the life and legacy of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson

The musical world has lost a giant

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9 d. ago Billy Ray Cyrus' life from 'drug use', Miley 'bitterness' and son's public plea

Billy Ray Cyrus has had some difficult times in his life, but is all loved-up with actress Elizabeth Hurley, with the couple having gone Instagram official recently

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1 week ago Sly Stone was a trailblazer who changed the course of music – and an icon of both hope and pain

With the Family Stone, Sly was so audacious it was hard to believe his brilliance could ever be exhausted – making his unravelling all the more painful to watchSly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82Sly Stone’s greatest songs – ranked!Sly Stone – a life in picturesEven though he recorded three of funk’s most foundational albums – four if you include 1970’s Greatest Hits, as flawless a good time as pop ever delivered – Sly Stone’s subsequent fall from grace was perceived as a grave betrayal of his talent. That Stone’s unravelling was so conspicuous – his drug abuse apparent in every wasted chat show appearance, his infallible hit-machine waning after his Family Stone became estranged – only exacerbated the sting of this loss. But Stone’s imperial era lasted almost a decade and delivered a discography that remains the acme of funk. He changed the course of pop and reconfigured the structure and essence of dance music, multiple times. He was an icon of hope, of pain,...

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1 week ago Sly Stone was a trailblazer who changed the course of music – and an icon of both hope and pain | Stevie Chick

With the Family Stone, Sly was so audacious it was hard to believe his brilliance could ever be exhausted – making his unravelling all the more painful to watchSly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82Sly Stone’s greatest songs – ranked!Sly Stone – a life in picturesEven though he recorded three of funk’s most foundational albums – four if you include 1970’s Greatest Hits, as flawless a good time as pop ever delivered – Sly Stone’s subsequent fall from grace was perceived as a grave betrayal of his talent. That Stone’s unravelling was so conspicuous – his drug abuse apparent in every wasted chat show appearance, his infallible hit-machine waning after his Family Stone became estranged – only exacerbated the sting of this loss. But Stone’s imperial era lasted almost a decade and delivered a discography that remains the acme of funk. He changed the course of pop and reconfigured the structure and essence of dance music, multiple times. He was an icon of hope, of pain,...

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2 w. ago CMAT, pop’s gobbiest, gaudiest star: ‘Everyone else in music needs a kick up the hole!’

Playing stadiums and causing dance crazes, the Irish singer-songwriter is going supernova – and whether opining on trans rights, body shaming or capitalism, she’s more forthright than everCiara Mary-Anne Thompson, or CMAT as she’s professionally known, says she can clearly remember writing the song that changed her life. She was 22 and having moved from Ireland to Manchester, was working in TK Maxx and, at the weekends, as what she’s fond of calling a “sexy shots girl”: “Cash in hand, £8 an hour, 11pm to 3am, teetering up and down the stairs of a nightclub in the building where Joy Division shot the video for Love Will Tear Us Apart with a tray of Jägermeister shots they’d put a bit of dry ice in – burned your skin if you got it on your hands – selling them for three pound each. Terrible job. And just getting absolutely stoned out of my bin all the time, doing whatever drugs anyone would give me for free. I had absolutely no friends.”An attempt to get her musical career off the grou...

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2 w. ago Nepo grandbaby blasted as 'insufferable' and 'talentless' for 'moaning' about her luxe life in new pop song

She's the granddaughter of The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and daughter of Oscar-winning filmmaker Sofia Coppola. 

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2 w. ago Heartless boy's chilling excuse for shooting baby brother in head during family massacre

Mary Sisk was a much-loved teacher and mother of four - but her life was cut tragically short when her teenage son, who she'd raised since he was a toddler, turned on her and the rest of her family

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2 w. ago 16 and Pregnant star Whitney Purvis' son dead as she says 'life is cruel'

Whitney Purvis, who appeared on the second season of 16 and Pregnant, has announced that her son Weston Gosa Jr has died at the age of 16, as she said 'life is cruel'

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2 w. ago Fred and Rose West's paedophile son's fiancee opens up on life with evil in

Emma Bradley, the fiancee of serial killer Rose West's paedophile son Stephen, has spoken out about her relationship with the West family and her plans to marry Stephen

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