56 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing adds The Apprentice star Tom Skinner to 2025 line

He's a TV personality, social media star and businessman and will enter the famous ballroom when Strictly returns to BBC One this September

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69 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing confirms The Apprentice's Thomas Skinner as tenth contestant

The BBC has announced the tenth contestant on the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, which is due to launch next month, following previous reveals for the dance show

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71 m. ago Wayne Rooney reveals Man United and title winners predictions with 'unstoppable' claim

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has cast his predictions for the Premier League season, with big calls made concerning both his old side and champions Liverpool

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79 m. ago Loose Woman star Nadia Sawalha reveals ‘horrendous’ health battle stealing ‘joy of life’

‘I will just obsess,’ chat show panel member said

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82 m. ago Hillbilly Elegy director Ron Howard says he’s ‘surprised’ by JD Vance controversy

‘The strategy he’s chosen to follow are not what I would’ve expected,’ filmmaker who unleashed Trump’s vice president upon the world said

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86 m. ago The Brit holiday hotspots that have been hit by wildfires — and how it might impact your travel plans

If you have plans to visit one of Europe’s popular holiday destinations this summer, there’s a chance your trip may derailed. Here’s what you need to know

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90 m. ago Kate Cassidy shares emotional grief update 10 months after Liam Payne's death

Kate took to her Instagram as she answered honest questions about grief over the loss of One Direction star Liam Payne last October

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97 m. ago Taylor Swift reveals insight into Life of a Showgirl after 'dramatic' events

Taylor Swift has opened up about her forthcoming album Life of a Showgirl and revealed she found inspiration after a string of 'dramatic' events on The Eras Tour

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1 hour ago JD Vance greeted by angry Palestine protesters as he arrives in Scotland for holiday

As US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Scotland for a family holiday to the UK, he was greeted at the resort by dozens of pro-Palestine protesters, who accused him of supporting a “genocide” by Israel in Gaza on Wednesday, 13 August.

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2 h. ago 'Sloth virus' arrives in UK for first time as deadly Oropouche symptoms revealed

The latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show a surge in travel-related chikungunya infections across England, with 73 cases recorded between January and June 2025

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2 h. ago Woman, 28, reveals how pregnancy hormones made her face completely unrecognisable and 'like an old person'

Farah Faizal, 28, from Malaysia, posted two unfiltered photographs of herself to show how her face had changed '100 per cent' before and after falling pregnant.

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2 h. ago Can’t pay, won’t pay: impoverished streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy

As subscription costs rise and choice diminishes on legal sites, film and TV fans are turning to VPNs and illicit streamers, with Sweden – home of both Spotify and The Pirate Bay – leading the wayWith a trip to Florence booked, all I want is to rewatch Medici. The 2016 historical drama series tells of the rise of the powerful Florentine banking dynasty, and with it, the story of the Renaissance. Until recently, I could simply have gone to Netflix and found it there, alongside a wide array of award-winning and obscure titles. But when I Google the show in 2025, the Netflix link only takes me to a blank page. I don’t see it on HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV+, or any of the smaller streaming platforms. On Amazon Prime I am required to buy each of the three seasons or 24 episodes separately, whereupon they would be stored in a library subject to overnight deletion. Raised in the land of The Pirate Bay, the Swedish torrent index, I feel, for the first time in a decade, a nostalgia for the hi...

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2 h. ago Ibiza Final Boss meets adult star Bonnie Blue after she sends him cryptic message

Ibiza Final Boss has met up with adult star Bonnie Blue after she made a surprise visit

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2 h. ago The Life of a Showgirl: Everything Taylor Swift revealed about new album on the New Heights podcast

Pop superstar confirmed the 12 songs named on the tracklist are the only ones she will release for the album: ‘There’s no other songs coming’

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2 h. ago Strictly star La Voix issues plea to show bosses as she hints at pro partner

EXCLUSIVE: RuPaul's Drag Race runner-up La Voix was announced for the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 line-up this week and has her eye on one hunky pro in particular

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2 h. ago DWP confirms Winter Fuel Payment deadline after UK Government U

The Government announced its U-turn on the payments in June, meaning nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the Winter Fuel Payment from the DWP this winter

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2 h. ago 'Guests lined up to brag about bonking my new wife – I regret marrying her'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who finds himself wed to a woman he doesn't like or understand

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3 h. ago 'Halve' your car insurance costs by renewing on this exact date

Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert revealed exactly when we should all be renewing our quotes for car insurance.

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3 h. ago Pilot explains what really happens if there's sudden emergency over the Atlantic

American Airlines pilot Steve revealed how he handles an emergency while going over the Atlantic Ocean. He spoke about the procedure with his 405,000 followers on TikTok

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3 h. ago ‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine

In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to PalestineMore than 115 education scholars have condemned the cancellation of an entire issue of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Harvard University publisher as “censorship”.In an open letter published on Thursday, the scholars denounced the abrupt scrapping of a special issue of the Harvard Educational Review – which was first revealed by the Guardian in July – as an “attempt to silence the academic examination of the genocide, starvation and dehumanisation of Palestinian people by the state of Israel and its allies.” Continue reading...

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