5 h. ago Watch in full: Outside court as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced

Watch the scenes outside the Manhattan courtroom where Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to four years and two months, for prostitution-related charges following a two-month trial that unmasked the mogul as a serial domestic abuser and drug addict.

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15 h. ago Watch live: Outside court as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced

Watch a livestream outside court as Sean “Diddy” Combs is due to be sentenced on Friday, 3 October, for prostitution-related charges following a two-month trial that unmasked the mogul as a serial domestic abuser and drug addict.

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4 d. ago Dear Coleen: Drug addict uncle is hurting son's relationship with grandparents

"I’m sick of trying to justify myself to my in-laws, who won’t visit us because they’re too scared to leave their son in their house alone."

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4 d. ago Paisley film screening explored the human impact of drug addiction

The Tannahill Centre saw 150 people attend and watch a documentary which courageously explores the human and political dimensions of drug addiction in Scotland

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4 d. ago Iain Lee admits he was 'incredibly obnoxious' while in the throws of his drug addiction as he recalls his breakdown and 'chaotic past'

Iain Lee has admitted that he was 'incredibly obnoxious' while in the throws of his drug addiction as he recalled his breakdown and 'chaotic past' in a candid new interview.

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1 week ago ‘I’ve paled up for roles – like when I played Voldemort’: Frank Dillane on zombies, burnout and new film Urchin

He got so weary of Fear the Walking Dead that he fled to Berlin for two years. Now he’s is back in a riveting role as a street kid robber and jailbird. The young star talks nepo babies – and playing posh whiteWhen some enterprising director gets around to making Pete Doherty: The Movie, Frank Dillane won’t need to audition. With his black leather jacket, bed-head and baby face, this could be the youthful Libertines frontman seated before me next to a potted plant in an east London cafe. Unlike the young Doherty, however, the actor’s drug of choice is a flat white. And he isn’t hell-bent on sabotaging his career. Not any more.After playing the haunted, drug-addicted Nick Clark in four seasons of the zombie TV spin-off Fear the Walking Dead, Dillane, now 34, fled to Berlin for two years and turned his back on fame. A glance at some of the video interviews he did to promote the show is enough to explain why: he looks at best fidgety, at worst bored and resentful. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Death of woman with hidden ketamine addiction that left her in 'excruciating pain'

Beth Ashton, 25, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, died after becoming addicted to the drug following the traumatic stillbirth of her son Roman in 2019

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1 week ago S Club star Jon Lee admits he feared for his life at height of addiction battle

S Club 7 and Celebs Go Dating star Jon Lee has emotionally admitted he worried for his life after "flying off the rails" at the height of his drug addiction battle.

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3 w. ago Fox Business star and former Trump adviser Larry Kudlow opens up about battle with drug addiction

Kudlow admitted to getting ‘caught up in the zeitgeist’ of Wall Street in the 1980s and ‘90s

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3 w. ago Bee Gees icon died penniless after '£700 a day' drug addiction left him bankrupt

The tragic star passed away while in millions of pounds worth of debt which impacted his daughter

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3 w. ago Cocaine so normalised in Ireland that kits are now being legally sold

Addiction experts are worried that the drug is becoming socially acceptable to the point where cocaine kits are now easily available for people to buy on the high street

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3 w. ago She was the queen of the spiritual memoir – so how did Elizabeth Gilbert end up plotting to murder her girlfriend?

The beloved author behind ‘Eat Pray Love’ returns with a beguiling tale of drug abuse, addiction, and co-dependent love. While it’s a notable shift in subject matter from the woo-woo spirituality of her most famous work, much more interesting is the book’s repositioning of Gilbert from everyday woman to wise guru, writes Annabel Nugent

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4 w. ago Forget weight loss! Ozempic could help drug addicts: Miracle jabs can slash cocaine use by a quarter, world first research finds

Semaglutide-the powerful ingredient behind Wegovy and Ozempic-has long been hailed a monumental breakthrough in the war on obesity.

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