3 h. ago Martin Kemp admits 'it was the worst mistake of our lives' in Live Aid confession

The actor and musician says that the internationally-broadcast concert provided both a career highlight – and an embarrassingly poor choice of material

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6 d. ago Great British Bake Off bosses left concerned about Roman Kemp after telling phone call

Roman Kemp has opened up about his time on The Great British Bake Off and the fears the producers had about him before he even started the show, in a candid chat with his father, Martin Kemp.

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6 d. ago I’ll never play golf like Rory McIlroy. But maybe he can teach me how to live with my mistakes | Adrian Chiles

I need to stop dwelling on everything I get wrong, from sending my ball into the drink to squeezing the wrong bottomWhether you’re into sport or not, there’s wisdom to be mined from it. Once you’ve picked your way through the platitudes, banalities and cliche there’s gold in there.Rory McIlroy’s famous victory at the US Masters earlier this month yielded, for me anyway, a particularly good example. McIlroy’s psychologist, Bob Rotella, has been credited with helping his man develop golf’s key mental skill: putting your bad shots behind you and barely giving them a second thought. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago BBC presenter’s hilarious expression as she makes mistake on live broadcast

A BBC presenter had a hilarious reaction as she mixed up her words during a live broadcast from Oxford on Wednesday, 23 April.

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8 d. ago This simple daily activity may help you live longer and aid your heart

Regularly taking the stairs is linked to a 24% reduced risk of dying from any cause

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8 d. ago Martin Kemp swears by simple sleep trick every night that helps him drift off

The ex-Spandau Ballet star opened up to his son Roman about how he battles sleepless nights – and it's a trick he swears by to this day

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1 week ago BBC presenter Nick Owen shares emotional cancer update as he admits his diagnosis was the 'worst day of his life'

Nick Owen has shared an emotional cancer update as he expressed his gratitude at 'hopefully being cancer free' after reflecting on the day of his diagnosis as the 'worst day of his life'. 

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1 week ago Lady Gaga praised for handling microphone malfunction during Coachella set

Singer told the crowd ‘at least you know I sing live’ as she apologised for the mistake

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1 week ago Roman Kemp admits he's 'banned' parents from Strictly Come Dancing due to 'curse' fears

Roman Kemp has revealed why he would prevent his parents Martin and Shirlie from taking part in Strictly Come Dancing

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2 w. ago Kate Garraway mistakenly calls herself by first husband's name live on air

Kate Garraway suffered an awkward blunder on Tuesday's Lorraine as she stepped in for host Lorraine Kelly. The TV star was left red-faced as she made a name faux pas

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2 w. ago Watch live: David Lammy addresses Sudan conference as UK pledges £120m aid package

Watch live as David Lammy speaks at a conference on Sudan on Tuesday, 15 April, as the UK government announces a £120m food and aid package for the country.

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2 w. ago Zelenskyy urges Trump to view devastation in Ukraine caused by Russia’s invasion

Ukrainian president calls on US counterpart to visit country as Trump appears to downplay Russia’s latest strike by calling it ‘mistake’Europe live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to see the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion, while the US president appeared to play down Moscow’s latest deadly attack, the worst on civilians this year, calling it “a mistake”.International leaders condemned Russia’s strike on the centre of the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, which killed 34 people, including two children. Two ballistic missiles hit as people made their way to church for Palm Sunday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Martin Kemp recalls 'worst moment of my life' as son Roman 'nearly died'

The One Show presenter Roman Kemp was on holiday in France with his family when he 'nearly died'

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3 w. ago Gaza rescue workers say 20 people killed in Israeli strike on residential block – Middle East crisis live

Gaza’s civil defence agency says the strike resulted in ‘20 martyrs and more than 40 injured’The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 1,482 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Gaza Strip on 18 March, taking the overall death toll since the start of the war to 50,846.Hamas’s October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally based on Israeli official figures. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gaza has become ‘a killing field’ due to Israel blocking aid, says UN secretary general – Middle East crisis live

António Guterres says ‘more than a month has passed without aid into Gaza’ as Israeli officials say there is ‘no shortage’ of aidAs calls for Lebanon’s Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes.US-backed president Joseph Aoun, who vowed when he took office in January to establish a state monopoly on the control of arms, intends to open talks with Hezbollah over its arsenal soon, three Lebanese political sources told Reuters. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Martin Kemp confesses 'I don’t think I’m married' leaving son Roman horrified

Martin and Shirlie Kemp married in St Lucia in 1988, after being encouraged to meet by popstar George Michael, but the pair made a confession about their wedding day to son Roman

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3 w. ago China vows to ‘fight to the end’ against latest Trump tariff threat

Beijing accuses US of blackmail and adding a ‘mistake on top of a mistake’ as Wednesday deadline for latest levies loomsTariff market reaction –live updatesChina’s government says it will “fight to the end” if the US continues to escalate the trade war, after Donald Trump threatened huge additional tariffs in response to China’s retaliatory measures.On Tuesday, China’s commerce ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and said the US president’s threats of additional 50% tariffs if Beijing did not reverse its own 34% reciprocal tariff were a “mistake on top of a mistake”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Andy Robertson makes three mistakes in one move in Liverpool 'nightmare'

Liverpool's Premier League trip to Fulham saw a breathless first-half that the Reds defence will want to forget, especially Andy Robertson, who made three mistakes in one move

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3 w. ago ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record

In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known?The Ethiopian famine of the early 1980s was one of the defining news stories of the decade, an exposure of the stark divide between developed and developing nations, still referred to at the time as the Third World. It is a received wisdom that the general public in Britain learned about the crisis when shocking images of emaciated men, women and children were shown on BBC news reports. This is not entirely true. In fact, plenty of Rastafarians were already aware of the situation.The east African country was their spiritual home – many in the movement viewed its former emperor Haile Selassie as their messiah – and a place free from the iniquities of the west. “A lot of Rastafarians went to Ethiopia [before they] came to London,” says the musician and cam...

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3 w. ago Virgil van Dijk sends honest transfer message as he reflects on Liverpool mistake

Liverpool ground out a 1-0 victory over Everton in the Merseyside Derby after Beto was unable to take advantage of a rare Virgil van Dijk misstep in the first half

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