29 h. ago Love Island favourites Toni and Shakira snog in racy video after leaving villa

Love Island fans completely fell for finalists Shakira Khan and Toni Laites, and it's clear their friendship is only going from strength to strength outside the villa

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3 d. ago Bella Thorne’s honest playlist: ‘I wrote an essay about why I admire Lil Wayne for school’

The actor has a soft spot for Olivia Rodrigo and can’t listen to any of her exes’ music, but which wintry Christmas hit did she sing at a summer karaoke?The first song I fell in love with When I was a kid, my mom gave me her iPod, and I fell in love with all her music from the 70s and 80s. I’d sing Call Me by Blondie at the top of my lungs, jumping on the bed. What a great song.The first single I downloaded I was in [Disney sitcom] Shake It Up when I started falling in love with hip-hop. I went on a binge and discovered BedRock by Young Money. I was so obsessed that I ended up writing an essay about why I admire Lil Wayne for school. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘I didn’t realise pigs were like, massive’: the London rapper who fell in love with farming

Lewisham MC Fekky went from collaborating with Skepta to buying his own farm – without ever having set foot on one. Hood 2 Farm sees him trying to learn the skills, and turning his wild, slapstick journey into hilarious TVIn Hood 2 Farm, a 76-year-old shepherd is explaining his daily routine. “There’s only my wife and I, and when she gets out of bed, I get in, and when I get out of bed, she gets in,” he says. The south London rapper Fekky pauses, before saying: “If you don’t mind me asking, if she’s getting out of bed, you’re getting in bed, when are you hugging up, man?” The farmer laughs and replies: “It’s not happening, chap!” to Fekky’s clear horror.This kind of interaction is common on Hood 2 Farm, a unique and genuinely inspired YouTube series about the rapper’s attempt to become the steward of his own farm. Across eight 30-minute episodes, he meets farmers from around the UK and learns basics such as milking cows, shearing sheep and driving tractors. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Married care worker guilty of inciting boy at children's home into sexual relationship

Lindy Leah 'fell in love' with a teenage boy living at the children’s home where she worked as deputy manager.

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4 d. ago Married mum 'fell in love' with boy in children's home and asked him 'for love bite'

Lindy Leah was said to have 'fallen in love with' a teenage resident of the children's home where she was employed as deputy manager

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4 d. ago Care worker GUILTY of sex crime against boy she fell 'in love' with after string of WhatsApps revealed

Lindy Leah has been convicted after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court

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7 d. ago Married carer who 'fell in love with' teen boy claims she was 'obsessed with Ketamine'

Married care worker Lindy Leah 'fell in love' allegedly had a sexual relationship with a boy she fell in love with at a children's home, donning skimpy outfits and letting him sleep in her bed

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7 d. ago Care worker denies wanting 'love bite' from boy, 15, because she 'had a husband'

Lindy Leah, 44, allegedly 'fell in love with' a teenage boy at the kids' home where she worked, and is said to have encouraged him to 'go missing' so they could spend time together

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7 d. ago Carer, 44, 'urged boy at kids' home to go missing so they could have night away'

Lindy Leah, 44, allegedly 'fell in love with' a teenage boy at the kids' home where she worked, and was said to have encouraged him to go 'missing from care' so they could spend time together

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8 d. ago Care worker had sexual relationship with boy at children's home she 'fell in love' with, donning skimpy outfits and letting him sleep in her bed, court hears

Lindy Leah, 44, 'fell in love' with a teenage patient having been assigned as his key worker, it was revealed at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday. She had 'denied any improper behaviour'.

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8 d. ago 'Get your a*se home tonight so you can go missing with me': Court hears care worker's WhatsApp messages to boy she 'fell in love with'

Lindy Leah allegedly messaged him: "I miss you so much. All I want is for me and you to have a night away from everyone, just us."

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8 d. ago Love Island's Kady McDermott on how she's changed since time on show 'I was a bit crazy'

EXCLUSIVE: Kady McDermott shot to fame on Love Island's second season in 2016, where she fell for Scott Thomas and became one of the standout stars of the year - but she's come a long way since then

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8 d. ago Fake name care worker fled UK after eating disorder teen died under his watch

An inquest has heard how a care worker known as Ebo Acheampong was supposed to be watching vulnerable Ruth Szymankiewicz, but failed to do so and then fled to Ghana

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3 w. ago For nine years my married lover promised she'd leave her husband and child for me... what happened next destroyed my life, says MAX WOOLDRIDGE

It was a rainy April evening, cool and blustery, and I remember it vividly because that was the night I fell in love with a married woman.

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3 w. ago ‘Aretha Franklin hits notes that bring me to shivering tears of ecstasy’: Mick Hucknall’s honest playlist

The Simply Red singer gets emotional over Aretha and wakes up to Ravi Shankar. But which record healed his broken teenage heart?The first single I bought One of the first albums I bought was Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones; the first single was The Last Time. I was about 11 when my dad bought me my first record player, and I wore it out by listening to it so much.The first song I fell in love with My first love was an unrequited crush. I heard Let’s Stay Together by Al Green on the radio, went out and bought it, and played it over and over to heal the pain of teenage rejection. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hollywood stars' 'phenomenal chemistry' in action film saw them get together for real

Two of Hollywood's biggest names met and fell in love on the set of a hit blockbuster movie, with their on-screen chemistry being so intense that they went on to start a family

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