58 m. ago ‘It’s kind of my alter ego, the sex thing’: Lola Young on addiction, writing about pain and being mixed race

The south Londoner’s honesty about her vices has made her a gen Z hero: she was in rehab when her biggest hit was blowing up. Singing about sex on her new album, she says, is a way to mask the painLast November, Lola Young was finally having her moment. Messy, a track from her second album, This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, was blowing up on TikTok. Celebrities such as Kylie Jenner were using the track in their clips, and it had quickly permeated the barrier to the real world, becoming a staple of Uber rides and Christmas shopping trips in a matter of days. Even if you wouldn’t recognise Young if she passed you on the street, you’d know the song and its ironclad hook: “Cause I’m too messy! And then I’m too fucking clean ”Other stars might have taken a moment to enjoy the spoils, or strategise on how best to capitalise on the newfound success. But as Messy was rising in the charts, Young was checking into a rehab facility to deal with a cocaine addiction that had dogged her for “a lo...

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88 m. ago Russell Grant's horoscopes as Taurus set to receive wonderful surprise

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2 h. ago Popular European city celebrating Oktoberfest with €2.65 pints

With the price of a beer soaring for Oktoberfest, there are some cheaper alternative cities to flock to for the German celebrations - and one of them is in the UK

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4 h. ago Edith Bowman reveals how she unwinds best as BBC Radio makes exciting expansion

Edith Bowman speaks to the Mirror as the BBC launches three brand-new digital music radio stations on DAB+

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4 h. ago Celebs narrowly missed in 9/11 tragedy including one star who overslept and missed meeting

The 9/11 attacks cost the lives of 2,977 innocent people, along with the 19 hijackers but a handful of celebrities had extraordinary escapes

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5 h. ago Michael Kors' style and wearability attract starry crowd at his New York Fashion Week show

Michael Kors was feeling loose as he brought his love of nature to urban New York City for a celebrity-heavy Spring/Summer 2026 show at New York Fashion Week

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5 h. ago If this is Ed Sheeran's UK swansong, then he's heading to America with a bang... ADRIAN THRILLS reviews his new album Play

Change is clearly in the air - and the sense of flux extends to his eighth album, Play, touted as a return to 'big pop' after 2023's folky detours.

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5 h. ago Vicky Pattison shares grisly look at Strictly injury as she's left in tears

Vicky Pattison has shown the injury she has suffered as the intense training for this year's BBC Strictly Come Dancing continues ahead of its launch later in the month

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5 h. ago Ed Sheeran: Play review – subcontinental sounds and shards of darkness – but still unmistakably him

(Gingerbread Man/Atlantic)Despite embracing Indian and Persian sounds, Sheeran’s eighth album goes back to basics after two records of muted melancholy – albeit with some surprising undercurrentsAs he points out on the opening track of Play, Ed Sheeran has now been around a long time. It’s 20 years since he self-released his debut album and 14 since he signed to a major label and set about becoming the most commercially successful British artist of his age: long enough that we’re now seeing the appearance of pop stars who claim him as a formative influence. (Singer-songwriter Myles Smith, who was just into his teens when Sheeran released his breakthrough album +, even plays one of those little acoustic guitars that have long been Sheeran’s trademark.) It’s certainly long enough that anyone with even a passing interest knows what to expect when Ed Sheeran releases a new album.Sheeran’s success is based on a certain dependability: it doesn’t seem to matter who he works with – Pharrell...

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5 h. ago Ed Sheeran instructs wife to release unreleased album when he dies

Ed Sheeran has included a posthumous album in his will called Eject to be released following his eventual death. He's asked wife Cherry to pick the unreleased songs to feature on the LP when the time comes. Ed has four more albums to come in his latest themed series.

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6 h. ago Saoirse Ronan and husband are doting parents as they're spotted with baby for first time

Saoirse Ronan and her husband, Jack Lowden, enjoyed a relaxing stroll with their new baby at a park in London this week

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7 h. ago ‘He was on a mission’: Experts reveal the skill Charlie Kirk’s killer needed to pull off a single

The unidentified gunman was ‘either skillful or lucky,’ retired FBI SWAT member Dennis Franks told The Independent

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7 h. ago Nigel Farage faces fresh tax questions as he changes his story over luxury home

The Mirror can reveal that Reform Leader Nigel Farage changed his story twice over the purchase of his luxury Clacton pad, which saved him and his partner £44k in stamp duty

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7 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham's ex spills secret about their romance and her link to Nicola Peltz

Lexi Wood and Brooklyn Beckham were first linked when they were spotted kissing in April 2018 after his split from Chloe Grace Moretz

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8 h. ago Christine McGuinness makes emotional return to Celebs Go Dating with update

It was the finale of Celebs Go Dating tonight as the celebrities headed to the final gala, and were joined by surprise visitor Christine McGuiness who left weeks ago

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8 h. ago Charlie Kirk's assassin still on the run more than 24 hours after shooting as new photos reveal suspect's sniper's nest

Charlie Kirk was killed after being shot in the neck at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

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8 h. ago Oxford University Union's president elect is accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination

George Abaraonye allegedly shared comments making light of Kirk's death shortly after he was struck in the neck by a single bullet at a university campus in Utah .

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8 h. ago Parents kept daughter captive in house of horrors for six years and chained her to the toilet, new details reveal

Chilling new details have emerged about the couple arrested for allegedly subjecting their daughter to years of abuse in a New Jersey home prosecutors have dubbed a 'house of horrors'.

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9 h. ago ITV Love Island's Joey Essex's massive debts laid bare as shock details revealed

EXCLUSIVE: Reality TV star and boxer Joey Essex has over £1million in debts and an outstanding loan of £780,000, with liquidators uncertain over whether he can pay them back

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9 h. ago Oxford Union condemns incoming president’s comments about Charlie Kirk shooting

George Abaraonye posted several comments appearing to celebrate what happened in Utah.

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