2 h. ago Hollyoaks star's plea to late mother's friends not to attend stepfather's funeral after double death horror

Actor Callum Kerr has issued a family statement months after the couple were found dead

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13 h. ago Hollyoaks star Callum Kerr calls on late mother’s friends not to attend stepfather’s funeral

“Please do not attend Andrew’s service if you were a friend of our mother"

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13 h. ago Hollyoaks star calls on late mother’s friends not to attend stepfather’s funeral

Andrew Searle and Dawn Kerr, who were both aged in their 60s, were found dead in their home in the south of France in a suspected murder-suicide.

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15 h. ago Hollyoaks' Callum Kerr makes desperate funeral plea to friends of 'murdered' mum

Hollyoaks actor Callum Kerr, whose mother and stepfather were found dead in France earlier this year, has begged friends of his mum "please do not attend" his stepfather's funeral

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16 h. ago Hollyoaks star begs pals of Scots mum 'murdered' in France to avoid stepdad's funeral

Andrew Searle and his wife Dawn Kerr died at their property in rural France earlier this year sparking headlines across the world.

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17 h. ago Hollyoaks star Callum Kerr begs friends of 'murdered mum' not to attend stepdad's funeral

Callum Kerr and his sister Amanda Kerr issued a joint statement today where they said for friends of their mother Dawn Kerr to not attend the funeral of her husband Andrew Searle

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28 h. ago Coronation Street spoilers with Todd's ultimatum, Jenny's death 'lie' and Asha's horror flashback

There's also an emotional goodbye and a surprise return in the ITV soap next week

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66 h. ago Library book returned 82 years after being borrowed with plea for no late fee: ‘Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore’

The book will be displayed for a few weeks and then sold off for the benefit of the library

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3 d. ago Waitress desperately tried to chew through plastic bags over her head before horror death

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Melinda Lee Mercer showed extraordinary determination in the final moments of her life, chewing through two of the four plastic bags that had been placed over her head

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5 d. ago Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé audiobook review – from enslaved teenager to celebrated preacher

The novelist’s final work tells a remarkable tale of resilience, based on the life of Samuel Àjàyí Crowther, who was kidnapped by slavers but won his freedomSet in 19th-century Òsogùn in what is now Nigeria, Yorùbá Boy Running opens with 13-year-old Àjàyí reporting a premonition to his mother about dark days ahead. A week later, the town is surrounded by Malian slave raiders and Àjàyí is kidnapped along with his mother, sister, best friend and neighbours. He is taken to Lagos and sold to Portuguese slavers preparing to ship their human cargo to the Americas. But they are intercepted by the British navy, which releases Àjàyí in Sierra Leone, where he is recruited by missionaries. From there, he is put on a path that leads to him to study at Oxford and become a celebrated preacher, linguist and abolitionist who meets Queen Victoria.A remarkable tale of barbarism and resilience, Yorùbá Boy Running is the final work by the Nigerian novelist and film-maker Biyi Bándélé, who died in 2022 ...

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6 d. ago Hollyoaks star announces she’s engaged as she shows off ring after sharing pregnancy news

Former Hollyoaks star Roxanne McKee has announced that she is engaged, one day after revealing that she is pregnant with her first child. The actress, 45, shared the happy news on social media

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7 d. ago Hollyoaks star Roxanne McKee, 45, reveals she is pregnant with her first child

Former Hollyoaks star and Game of Thrones actress Roxanne McKee took to social media to reveal she is pregnant with her first child as she uploaded a trio of sweet snaps

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7 d. ago Cristiano Ronaldo's VERY extensive dating history as it's revealed he'll finally say 'I do with' Georgina Rodriguez

From a Russian supermodel to a Hollyoaks star and Hollywood A-listers, Cristiano Ronaldo has an extensive dating history.

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8 d. ago Hollyoaks Mercedes McQueen star Jennifer Metcalfe's forgotten Emmerdale role revealed

Hollyoaks legend Jennifer Metcalfe has played Mercedes McQueen in the Channel 4 soap so almost 20 years but some fans may not know she previously appeared in Emmerdale

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1 week ago I told my mum I was unsure about having children. Her reply opened my eyes | Michaela Makusha

My mother’s own dedication to parenthood has always floored me, but I realised I hadn’t understood where it came fromTo me, my mother is Mummy and Mum; the fount of all knowledge and the source of love; the keeper of the rulebook and the holder of the cheerleader’s pompoms. She’s all of those things, but she is also a madwoman, who on her first night out in England from Zimbabwe was shocked by how cold it was after leaving her flat in a short skirt and heels, no jacket. She was pushed into hockey, literally, by her friend, who shoved her out of the line when the coach asked for a volunteer. I am named after that friend. My mother is both a protester and a nurturer; she has been teargassed at least twice (that I know of) while protesting in the name of human rights. Her life is a series of near misses and question marks, which I enjoy learning about and am sometimes horrified by.Given the obvious richness of her experience, I have asked her many times why she decided to have children...

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1 week ago ‘I had her right in front of me. And now she’s gone’: how one mother lost her daughter to mental illness

Studying in London before taking up a high-flying job in New York, Naina Mishra seemed set for a bright future – until she began retreating from friends and family into a paranoid spiral even her mother couldn’t break. What does her story reveal about the dangers of young adult estrangement?Naina Mishra seemed to turn up at the yoga studio in Euston, north-west London, out of nowhere. She wasn’t referred by anyone; she didn’t come with a friend. A 21-year-old woman of Indian heritage with an American accent who grew up in Hong Kong and had recently arrived in London, Naina just “fell in” off the street in January 2022, say her yoga teachers, Hamish Hendry and Louise Newton. But it became part of her daily life. Every morning, she returned to practise there.Chatting after class, they learned that Naina had just graduated from university in the US and had been interning at the investment bank Goldman Sachs and the consulting firm McKinsey. She was studying in London before beginning a...

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1 week ago City trader's horror deadly poison death live on camera as he's jailed

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Michael Marin's world came crashing down when he was found guilty of arson after setting fire to a building, which had been bought for £2.7million in 2011

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1 week ago Hollyoaks Craig Dean star 'unrecognisable' as he lands new role in huge US TV series

Former soap star turned Hollywood actor Guy Burnet is now a world away from his time starring in Hollyoaks

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1 week ago Hollyoaks icon returns to screens as he lands huge US TV role 17 years after quitting soap

Former soap star turned Hollywood actor Guy Burnet is now a world away from his time starring in Hollyoaks

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1 week ago Nikki Sanderson and her mum told 'you look like twins' as they pose for glam snaps

Former Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Nikki Sanderson has been enjoying a week of catch ups with her loved ones and shared a series of snaps on social media

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