37 m. ago Taylor Swift in tears during emotional moment with Travis Kelce on New Heights

The Life Of A Showgirl singer shared the emotional moment as she admitted to 'hitting the floor' and 'bawling her eyes out'

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49 m. ago ‘I have to believe I deserve to be here’: ‘Tesco TikToker’ Hannah Lowther on her path to West End stardom

The up-and-coming musical theatre star’s online audience of 1.2 million has been crucial in scoring her major roles. Her career is part of a shift in the industry towards performers with social media clout – but not everyone is happyIf you’re on TikTok, you’ll probably recognise Hannah Lowther. Known affectionately as the “Tesco TikToker”, she found viral fame during lockdown by filming herself singing and dancing in the aisles of the supermarket during her shifts there.“I got 10,000 views on a video and I thought: OK, that’s it, I’m famous, and I just never let it go,” the 27-year-old laughs. Since then, Lowther has built an audience of 1.2 million followers and leveraged her social media presence into a starry stage career, landing roles in West End musicals including Heathers and Six. “At the back of my mind, I was thinking: You know what? Maybe this could help me one day.” Continue reading...

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60 m. ago Ikea to open new city centre store today where iconic retailer used to be

The new UK branch of the Swedish giant Ikea will be its first in Sussex, set to open this Thursday, replacing a former Debenhams unit, and offering two enormous floors of retail space

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3 h. ago Woman picks up £3.09 Too Good To Go bag from Spar and is blown away by contents

A woman who paid £3.09 for a Too Good To Go bag from Spar was left gobsmacked when she opened the bag and saw what was inside - as one particular item floored her

Economics

6 h. ago Taylor Swift emotional as she reveals family's role in regaining her masters

Taylor Swift has opened up about the day she got her masters back, admitting that she 'very dramatically hit the floor for real' when she found out the news

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6 h. ago Fury after influencers 'tip off' tourists to €2 gondola rides in Venice

Content creators recently tipped off tourists about the traghetto gondola - a cheap ferry service used by locals to cross the Grand Canal at points where there are no bridges.

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11 h. ago People urged to put bowl of water on windowsill as heatwave hits Wales

The Met Office has said the UK is set to be hit by a heatwave this week - but there is a cheap and easy way to keep your home cool as temperatures soar

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12 h. ago Shoppers rave over 'best fan I've ever bought' as temperatures soar in heat wave

One shopper says they were 'absolutely blown away' by the fan.

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14 h. ago Edinburgh Oasis fan put 'in headlock and wrestled to ground' by security as probe launched

The man is then brought down to the concourse floor with both security personnel appearing to try to restrain him while on the ground.

Sport

14 h. ago Frozen food giant Iceland set to pay reward to customers who dob in ‘scumbag’ shoplifters

EXCLUSIVE: Store bosses will put a £1 reward on the bonus card of every shopper who tips off staff about a shelf-raider in radical new bid to combat nation's theft epidemic

Economics

14 h. ago Cops search for man accused of killing cancer patient’s dog as revenge for a fight between two animals the same day

‘We were sitting on the couch just watching TV, and this guy comes in and pulls him from my couch to the floor’ the dog’s owner said.

Science

14 h. ago ‘Death always feels imminent’: a moving Netflix documentary on prison, music and forgiveness

In Songs from the Hole, a man convicted of murder when he was a teenager finds healing in music during his sentenceIn 2014, a sergeant at a California state prison sent James “JJ’88” Jacobs, who was 25 at the time, to “the hole” – solitary confinement in a 6-by-6 cell. One bunk, one strip of a window. Jacobs had already been incarcerated for a decade by then; at 15, he was given a double life sentence for second-degree murder. Alone in the hole, Jacobs thought, as he always did, about the most devastating month of his life, April 2004: on the 16th, he shot and killed a fellow teenager outside a nightclub in his home town of Long Beach, California. Three days later, another young man shot and killed his beloved older brother Victor. For years, Jacobs was caught in a terrible cycle of grief – for what he had done, for what had been done to him.In the hole, Jacobs would lie on the floor, eyes closed, and imagine his life outside prison. He’d make beats by pounding on his bunk or chest....

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15 h. ago ITV This Morning fans 'floored' after Andi Peters confirms his age on live TV

This Morning star Andi joked he was "ancient" after he recently celebrated a birthday

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15 h. ago Best laptop deals in the UK for August 2025: Cheap offers on top models

Tip tap away on a discounted tech

Economics

15 h. ago South east London man, 44, sent nude photos of himself to child

South east London man, 44, sent nude photos of himself to child  News Shopper

Culture

17 h. ago Woman in her 20s dies after falling from tower block in Canary Wharf near to controversial migrant hotel

A body has been found outside Sirocco Tower, Harbour Way, a 32-floor skyscraper, on Wednesday, August 13, less than half a mile away from a controversial migrant hotel.

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18 h. ago 'Body found' outside skyscraper in Canary Wharf yards from controversial migrant hotel

A body has been found outside Sirocco Tower, Harbour Way, a 32-floor skyscraper, on Wednesday, August 13, less than half a mile away from a controversial migrant hotel.

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20 h. ago Households told to put kitchen foil their in windows as soon as they can

There is a little known trick to keeping your house cool which needs only a £1.20 roll of tin foil - such as that sold in Asda as well as other supermarkets like Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Aldi.

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21 h. ago Free deodorant worth £14 being given away at Tesco in heatwave

You can get a voucher for the full cost of the men's product

Economics

21 h. ago Road rage brawl erupts as man punched and kicked to floor after putting woman in headlock

What sparked the heated row is unclear, but footage shows a male Vauxhall driver in a pink T-shirt arguing with three women from a white Audi in the middle of the road

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