2 w. ago Emmanuel Macron makes impassioned plea for release of Aung San Suu Kyi amid health concerns

The former Burmese leader has been detained since the 2021 coup

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3 w. ago Sentencing reforms clear the Commons despite concerns over early releases

The Sentencing Bill aims to ease the crisis in prison places by restricting the use of short sentences and strengthening community punishments.

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3 w. ago Who is Lily Allen’s Madeline about? Wait, I don’t actually want to know – pop needs its mysteries

Whether it’s Parton’s Jolene, Beyoncé’s Becky with the good hair and now Madeline on Allen’s new album, the ‘other woman’ is everywhere – but gossip risks spoiling these songsSo, to quote Lily Allen – who the fuck is Madeline? As mysteries go, this one didn’t seem to last long. On Friday, Allen released her new album West End Girl, which appears to concern her divorce from US actor David Harbour, with its highly detailed evisceration of an open marriage destroyed by a husband’s emotional affair with a woman called Madeline. By Sunday, the press had already declared they’d found Madeline: the Mail on Sunday printed an interview with a woman claiming she and Harbour had had a relationship. “Of course I’ve heard the song,” they reported her as saying. “But I have a family and things to protect It’s a little bit scary for me.” (Harbour, for his part, has not responded to the album’s contents or to the Mail’s claims.)On the song Madeline, Allen (or her character) sings about messaging a ...

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3 w. ago Who is Lily Allen’s Madeline about? Wait, I don’t actually want to know – pop needs its mysteries | Sian Cain

Whether it’s Parton’s Jolene, Beyoncé’s Becky with the good hair and now Madeline on Allen’s new album, the ‘other woman’ is everywhere – but gossip risks spoiling these songsSo, to quote Lily Allen – who the fuck is Madeline? As mysteries go, this one didn’t seem to last long. On Friday, Allen released her new album West End Girl, which appears to concern her divorce from US actor David Harbour, with its highly detailed evisceration of an open marriage destroyed by a husband’s emotional affair with a woman called Madeline. By Sunday, the press had already declared they’d found Madeline: the Mail on Sunday printed an interview with a woman claiming she and Harbour had had a relationship. “Of course I’ve heard the song,” they reported her as saying. “But I have a family and things to protect It’s a little bit scary for me.” (Harbour, for his part, has not responded to the album’s contents or to the Mail’s claims.)On the song Madeline, Allen (or her character) sings about messaging a ...

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3 w. ago Poignant title track of Liam Payne's final album 'revealed' after record bosses 'put the release on hold over concerns about his mental health'

It comes following the first anniversary of the One Direction star's tragic death aged 31 after he fell from a third floor balcony at the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel in Buenos Aires on October 16, 2024.

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last month Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will NOT be able to buy tickets to Aston Villa match, Israeli club says

In a statement released by the Israeli football club they cited concerns over the 'intervention of divisive figures' and 'hate-filled falsehoods' meaning they fear they can no longer protect their fans.

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