3 h. ago The secret life of a child star: how Alyson Stoner survived stalkers, starvation and sexualisation

Stoner was a small child when they began acting professionally – and their experience included extreme pressure, dangerous diets, rehab, dashed hopes and self-doubt. Now, with a new memoir, they consider how they escaped ‘the toddler to train-wreck pipeline’When Alyson Stoner was nine, a wardrobe assistant on the set of a TV show noticed the child actor’s dark leg-hair and told Stoner it was “dirty and unladylike”, and that they couldn’t wear shorts in the show until it was removed. “I started to view my body in a detached way where it was just something to control, to fix, to manipulate for whatever standard was presented to me,” says Stoner. “In this case, the extreme beauty standards of the industry.”It was a lot for a nine-year-old to take on, but by then Stoner had been working for several years – they were a Disney regular, and appeared in films such as Cheaper By the Dozen – and were used to doing whatever adults asked. As a teenager, this would lead to an excessive exercise ...

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10 h. ago Alexander Isak statement: Newcastle star responds moments after Liverpool message

Alexander Isak sensationally claimed that his relationship with Newcastle cannot continue as he spoke for the first time this summer as his Liverpool transfer saga continues

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23 h. ago Spain wildfires: Urgent warning with 'extreme danger' in tourist hotspots

Locals and tourists in Spain have been warned about dangerous wildfires across the country - with popular tourist spots at risk

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32 h. ago Joss Stone claims she was previously in an abusive relationship

The soul singer opened up about her past relationship in various Instagram Reels

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34 h. ago Extreme renovation too dangerous to enter without equipment in location pretty enough to tempt a purchase

A historic site to potentially revive in a pretty mid Wales location on the doorstep of a national park

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43 h. ago Joss Stone reveals she was in an abusive relationship as she opens up for the first time about the 'extremely dangerous' time in her life

Joss Stone has revealed she was in an abusive relationship as she opened up about the 'extremely dangerous' time in her life in a new Instagram video on Monday.

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44 h. ago Liverpool fan's racist rant revealed: Supporters sat next to wheelchair user 'who abused Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo' tell how he repeated slur before throwing chewing gum at him

Nick Collins was sat just just metres away from the incident at Anfield on Friday which prompted a temporary halt during the match as the abuse was investigated.

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44 h. ago Liverpool fan's racist rant revealed: Supporters sat next to wheelchair 'who abused Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo' tell how he repeated slur before throwing chewing gum at him

Nick Collins was sat just just metres away from the incident at Anfield on Friday which prompted a temporary halt during the match as the abuse was investigated.

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3 d. ago Celtic transfer target receives death threats and racial abuse as Sondre Orjasaeter 'snub' revealed

One man who has been linked with the Hoops has received a torrent of abuse after getting sent off in a game

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3 d. ago Sharon Stone reveals how she was abused by her grandfather, was almost killed after a stroke and her mother's shocking last words to her in scandalous interview

A couple of days before our interview, late last month, Sharon Stone announced on Instagram that her mother had died.

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3 d. ago Married At First Sight UK star splits from girlfriend and signs up for OnlyFans

A Married At First Sight UK groom has called time on his relationship and career and is now earning money from subscription based site OnlyFans.

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4 d. ago Football condemns racist abuse aimed at Antoine Semenyo: Bournemouth captain speaks out, manager reveals star was asked if he wanted to play on

The Ghana international overturned an initial two-goal deficit, but his efforts were ultimately in vain, as Liverpool fought back to extend their unbeaten run at Anfield in the Premier League to 20 games.

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4 d. ago ‘Now it's about personal happiness’: popular Granny Wang dating show belies China’s plummeting marriage rate

Zhou Mei’s matchmaking show draws crowds in person and online, but young Chinese increasingly choose singledomThe crowd is sweltering under a red and gold awning, but Granny Wang has them rapt. Packed into the space in front of the 62-year-old’s small stage, and spilling out on to the wooden bleachers above, hundreds of people have gathered to hear Granny Wang – real name Zhao Mei – play matchmaker to young men and women at a daily show in a theme park in Kaifeng, an ancient city in central China’s Henan province.One man who volunteers to be set up comes on stage and tells Zhao that a previous relationship broke down due to a lack of time. “Well, now that you’ve met your ideal partner here, you’ll have the time,” she assures him, and the crowd cheers. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Football condemns racist abuse aimed at Antoine Semenyo: Angry Bournemouth captain speaks out, manager reveals star was asked if he wanted to play on

The Ghana international overturned an initial two-goal deficit, but his efforts were ultimately in vain, as Liverpool fought back to extend their unbeaten run at Anfield in the Premier League to 20 games.

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4 d. ago Illegal car meet at Trafford Centre turns into expensive evening as dozens hit with fines

'These car meets are extremely dangerous and a huge risk to our residents'

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5 d. ago Comatose man's secret lovers try to keep him alive despite finding out his cheating ways

The comatose man had secretly been in a relationship with two women at the same time, altough the pair discovered this after he was rushed to the ICU following a brain bleed

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5 d. ago Trump told cops to do ‘whatever the hell they want’ to fix DC. Here’s why that’s ‘extremely dangerous’

White House mandate ‘runs roughshod over constitutional rights and due process protections,’ civil rights groups and legal experts tell Alex Woodward

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6 d. ago Teenage girls making TikToks: Philippa James’s best photograph

‘My daughter and her friends are part of the smartphone generation. The more time I spent with them, the more I learned about the darker side of their mobiles’This started as a project with my daughter and her friends, who are all part of the smartphone generation. They were 14 years old at the time and I wanted to learn more about the relationship they had with their mobile phones. In 2022, a study by Ofcom showed that nine out of 10 children owned one by the time they reached the age of 11, and that 91% of them used video platforms, messaging apps and social media by the age of 12. I spoke to my daughter and her friends about how they use their phones and the negative reputation that surrounds teenagers and their screens. They told me the positives as well as the negatives, such as how social media can raise confidence as well as knock it down.I asked if I could photograph them. There was very little direction from me and – rather than photographing them in a controlled portraitur...

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7 d. ago Lionesses star Jess Carter reveals she was 'scared to PLAY' after suffering horrific racist abuse during England's Euros campaign

Lionesses star Jess Carter has revealed that she was 'scared to play' for the first time in her career after being subjected to racist abuse during Euro 2025.

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8 d. ago Viral cleaning tricks are actually extremely dangerous, expert warns

People following DIY cleaning hacks from social media could be creating highly volatile concoctions in their kitchens

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