38 h. ago Meghan's 'complex' reaction to the success of her 'good friend' Serena Williams: Body language expert claims Duchess expresses 'concealed emotions' when talking about her pal

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, 'made an attempt to conceal' her true emotions when her friend and fellow podcaster Emma Grede praised the American tennis star.

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60 h. ago Duchess Sophie, Zara Tindall and Princess Beatrice stun in stylish on

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, was a heavy contender for best dressed at Ascot in a flower-adorned lace gown from Marylebone atelier, Suzannah London.

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6 d. ago Lie, cheat, steal, repeat: will the Traitors knockoffs ever cease?

The hugely popular reality competition series has led to a string of similarly devious yet undeniably lesser copycatsThis is a punt, but Fox might have started to commission new shows via the power of online thesauruses. Take its new reality show The Snake. It’s a game of secrets and betrayal, of feigning one emotion to gain trust while you stab your new friends in the back. In other words, it’s basically The Traitors.I don’t know whether any of you have ever searched Merriam Webster for synonyms of ‘traitor’, but ‘snake’ is literally second on the list. And this laziness is indicative of the show itself, which is such a painfully halfhearted retread of The Traitors that it ends up being exhausting to watch. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Chris Kamara agrees on Jeff Stelling's 'lowest point' before detailing how they're treated now

Chris Kamara has recalled working with great friend Jeff Stelling on Soccer Saturday, their emotional TV reunion and how fans still shout a famous catchphrase at him

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2 w. ago BBC The One Show paused as Alex Jones pays emotional tribute to 'friend'

The One Show host Alex Jones paid tribute to a friend at the start of Thursday's show

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2 w. ago Haunted couture: dressing like a ghost has captured the zeitgeist

From Dior and Chloé to Australia’s runways, a spectre is haunting fashion. But is it a sign of resignation or rebellion?“The look of the summer is going to be kind of haunted,” wrote fashion editor Rachel Tashjian in her newsletter, Opulent Tips, this April. Without a crystal ball – or holding a seance – she couldn’t have known Dior’s Resort 26 collection would be made up of spectral gowns and accompanied by a film featuring ghosts called Les Fantômes du Cinéma. And yet, here we are.In Rome, for her final show with Dior on 28 May, Maria Grazia Chiuri issued female attendees an all-white dress code (men were asked to dress in black), then each look on the runway at the 18th-century Villa Albani Torlonia was more ethereal than the last. The final three: a white tulle gown that was only half there; a high-necked dress beaded so it moved like snakeskin; and another in embellished silver as resplendent as Tolkien’s mithril. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tom Daley shares the heartbreaking final moments with his dad as he opens up about losing his 'best friend' to brain tumour in emotional new film

Tom Daley has opened up about the final time he squeezed his father's hand before his 'cheerleader, best friend and mentor' died of a brain tumour in 2011. He speaks of his heartache in a new film.

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3 w. ago Fears for missing British holidaymaker who vanished just hours after arriving in Portugal with friends

Fears are growing for a missing British holidaymaker who vanished during a night out with friends hours after flying to the Algarve on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Reality TV star 'feared she would die' after being 'spiked and robbed'

Sommerhaus der Stars star Vanessa Mariposa has claimed that she was spiked and robbed while attending a party with her friend in an emotional video posted to Instagram

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3 w. ago Mohamed Salah showed true colours with emotional tribute to 'best friend' leaving Liverpool

Mohamed Salah's second Premier League title with Liverpool could bring back memories of his first triumph in 2020, which was immediately followed by the departure of a close friend

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3 w. ago Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A girl with super strength; anarchic doughnuts on a mission to rule the world; boys in the Blitz; an Igbo YA fantasy and moreThe Bear-Shaped Hole by John Dougherty, illustrated by Thomas Docherty, Frances Lincoln, £7.99This sensitive, gentle, straightforward story of friends who must part will help small readers weather the painful emotions that come before a loved one dies.Wild by Katya Balen, illustrated by Gill Smith, Walker, £12.99A little girl who loves the woods’ wildness is bereft when she moves to the city. When the rolling, twisting river shows her “the secrets hidden under its tongue”, she realises her wildness never left her. A lush, poetic picture book, with words by a Carnegie-winning author. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Jay Slater inquest dramatically stopped with key witness 'on holiday'

The inquest into the death Jay Slater was dramatically halted to allow more time to locate two key witnesses, after a heartfelt plea from his mother

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4 w. ago Jay Slater inquest's 'missing' witness Lucy Law is 'on holiday in Tenerife'

Jay Slater's inquest has been adjourned after a plea from his tearful mother Debbie Duncan, who told the hearing in Preston, Lancashire, she still had questions that needed answers

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4 w. ago 'Missing' Jay Slater witness FOUND 'on holiday in Tenerife' after his mother's sobbing plea for answers dramatically halted inquest

Lucy Law, 20, was one of the last people to see Jay alive when he disappeared after a night out on the Spanish island last summer before being found dead a month later.

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4 w. ago Friend’s emotional plea to mother in dressing gown who vanished with baby

Kirsty, 35, has links to Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham areas

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4 w. ago Inquest on teenager Jay Slater’s death in Tenerife adjourned after mother’s plea

The 19-year-old from Lancashire vanished on the holiday island last summer.

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4 w. ago Urgent appeal for mother in dressing gown missing with her baby

Kirsty, 35, has links to Coventry, Solihull and Birmingham areas

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