2 h. ago Ibiza Final Boss Jack Kay looks unrecognisable in old photo before famous hair cut

Ibiza Final Boss Jack Kay went viral overnight for his Lego Style haircut and turkey teeth look but he once had a very different appearance.

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14 h. ago ‘We popped the baby in a flowerpot!’ Anne Geddes on the beloved photos that made her famous

Her whimsical, instantly recognisable pictures swept the globe in the 1990s. Yet she has rarely been treated with reverence. As she prepares for her first big retrospective, she discusses the secrets of her 40-year careerWhen Anne Geddes began shooting her famous photographs, she soon learned she would need a backup baby – or 20. “Connecting with a child who considers you a stranger is high stress,” she says. “I remember trying to shoot one baby sitting in a tank of water, surrounded by waterlilies. It took five babies to make it work. One of them was even called Lily, but she was not having a bar of it. She looked at me as if to say: ‘You think I’m getting in that water?’”She describes the practicalities of one of her best-known shots, 1991’s Cabbage Kids. It shows twin brothers Rhys and Grant with cabbage-leaf hats on their heads, each sitting in an upturned cabbage, turning to one another with mild alarm. Geddes’ assistant had tied a balloon to a piece of string, lowering it...

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3 d. ago Outrage as White House posts creepy Teletubbies clip with hardline Border Czar's face

The official White House Instagram account has caused a stir after it posted a video of Border Czar Tom Homan appearing as the baby sun from the popular children's show, Teletubbies

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5 d. ago Kourtney Kardashian earns praise for posting 'unfiltered' photos of her body... unlike her famous sisters

Kourtney Kardashian's Instagram followers praised her for sharing 'unfiltered' photos of her body. One fan wrote in the comments, 'It's crazy but your body looks so much better than your sisters'.

Culture

1 week ago Famous lion 'shot dead in cruel £35k plot' as harrowing photos emerge

Blondie, the five-year-old lion, had been fitted with a GPS collar by researchers from Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit just three months ago to help support conservation

Culture

3 w. ago How I looked into the eyes of the Outback killer and asked him if he did it... and ended up convinced the official story is full of holes. The case haunts me: RICHARD SHEARS

For a time, the face in that photograph was one of the most famous in the world.

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4 w. ago Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy

The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lowsConnie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s.Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded wit...

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4 w. ago Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley

The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lowsConnie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s.Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded wit...

Politics

4 w. ago Connie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87

The pop star, whose hits include Who’s Sorry Now? and Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You, also starred in several filmsConnie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and 1960s whose hits include Pretty Little Baby and who would later serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy, has died at age 87.Her death was announced on Thursday by her friend and publicist, Ron Roberts, who did not immediately provide additional details. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Aldi confirms return date of popular Baby Event with prices as low as 99p

Calling all parents, as the supermarket's popular money-saving event returns tomorrow

Economics