55 m. ago Jade Goody's mum Jackiey Budden hits out at Jeff Brazier's marriage after split news

TV presenter Jeff Brazier and his PR executive wife Kate Dwyer called time on their relationship after tying the knot in 2018 as Jeff made a heartbreaking statement

Events

2 h. ago Reeves faces chorus of condemnation for 'pricing young people out of work': Chancellor's inflation

Rachel Reeves is facing a major backlash after she announced a 'bonkers' inflation-busting minimum wage hike that threatens to push even more young people out of work.

Economics

2 h. ago A moment that changed me: I adopted a koala – and I remembered something important about myself

As I watched the news about Australia’s devastating bushfires in 2020 I felt compelled to help. It was the start of a new relationship with nature, and a reminder of my childhood joie de vivreAs hookup sites go, it was in another league. I was looking for a different kind of soulmate and I was spoilt for choice. Would it be Floyd, “a stylish poser and a winner of hearts”? Or Bobby, “who loves cuddling and is a bit of a showoff”? Or could it be the “beautiful and incredibly sweet Morris with a gentle nature”? One stood out. Not only was he “very affectionate” but he was also “a bit of a troublemaker – always exploring and often found sitting on the rocks”. Just what I was looking for; I swiped right. That’s how I met Jarrah. My koala.A month before, in 2020, I’d seen a newsflash about the bushfires in Australia. The effect on the continent’s wildlife was devastating. An estimated 61,000 koalas had been killed or injured among 143 million other native mammals. There were two things I ...

Politics

2 h. ago 'Even my husband's mistress is slagging me off and calling me a bad wife'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who is getting it in the ear from her husband's lover

Politics

2 h. ago Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations

INEOS plans to transform the Nini oil field in the North Sea into a carbon storage site

Politics

3 h. ago ‘I tried to capture her inner world – but couldn’t’: Tom de Freston on painting his wife pregnant and nude

The artist and his wife, novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave, lost seven pregnancies before their daughter was born. They explain how his nude paintings of her helped them process their grief – and eventual joy‘The subject comes with huge baggage and I like that,” says Tom de Freston. The painter and I are in his studio in a village outside Oxford, surrounded by nude portraits of his wife, the novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave. “I wanted to ask, ‘What does it mean as a male artist to be looking at the female figure? And where does the agency sit?’”We have been talking about Titian’s Poesie series, how those paintings – commissioned by the most powerful man in the world at the time, King Philip II of Spain – fetishise the naked female body. “Obviously there’s other things going on in them I think Titian’s often prodding at morality and power,” De Freston says. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago ‘Cooking helps me remember’: How Dr Clare Bailey Mosley found her way back to the kitchen after losing Michael

Grief can make even boiling an egg feel impossible, but Dr Clare Bailey Mosley tells Ella Walker how returning to the stove – to the chorizo omelettes Michael perfected and the traybakes they fed to a houseful of family – has become a way to stay connected, stay resilient and continue the work they began together

Politics

4 h. ago Dear Coleen: I don’t know if old mate wants a fling or just friendship

"If we were both single I wouldn’t think twice about meeting him, but I don’t know if he’s told his wife."

Politics

4 h. ago Richard Branson's final picture with beloved wife Joan as he says 'heartbroken'

Richard Branson purchased a private island, which he has said he owes to Joan, two years after the couple met - they were set to celebrate their 50th anniversary in only three months time

Politics

4 h. ago Richard Branson's final picture with beloved wife as he says 'everyone needs a Joan'

Richard Branson purchased a private island, which he has said he owes to Joan, two years after the couple met - they were set to celebrate their 50th anniversary in only three months time

Politics

5 h. ago Trump team takes ‘America first’ to National Parks and charges foreign visitors three times what citizens pay

The Department for the Interior announced plans for the updated entry fee policies which start on January 1

Politics

5 h. ago Gene Hackman's priceless movie memorabilia sells for mammoth amount nine months after tragic death

The Hollywood star's estate is selling the belongings nine months after Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, were found dead at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home.

Events

6 h. ago National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular US parks

The National Park Service says it is going to start charging international tourists an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular U.S. parks

Society

7 h. ago Was the writing always on the wall for the Braziers? Jeff predicted 'history would repeat itself' as he 'splits' from wife Kate while son Freddy calls it quits with pregnant girlfriend Holly

Was this all written in the stars?

Politics

7 h. ago SARAH VINE: If Rachel Reeves thinks all her critics are misogynists, how come so many women like me think she's useless?

This lunchtime, all eyes will be on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she finally swings the axe.

Politics

7 h. ago Joan Templeman, wife of billionaire Richard Branson, dies aged 80

The British billionaire founder of Virgin Atlantic said he was ‘heartbroken’ by loss of wife and partner for 50 yearsJoan Templeman, the wife of British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, has died at the age of 80.Branson announced her death on Tuesday in a post on social media, saying he was “heartbroken to share that Joan, my wife and partner for 50 years, has passed away.” Continue reading...

Events

7 h. ago Joan Branson: Richard recalls exactly how long it took for him to fall for his wife

Joan Branson, the wife of British billionaire Richard Branson, has died at age 80 — and the founder of Virgin Atlantic airline called the woman his "guiding light, [his] world"

Politics

8 h. ago Secrets of Michelle Obama's 'glow up': The end of 'polished restraint', those Ozempic weight loss rumours, and why her wardrobe is now full of lace and leather

The former US President's wife, 61, has been sporting a toned physique, and with it - a youthful new wardrobe that she has recently spoken about at length, in her fashion memoir.

Politics

8 h. ago Spencer Matthews admits he's 'so proud' of wife Vogue Williams and has been watching her in I'm A Celeb 'as much as he can' amid his gruelling Ironman triathlons

Spencer Matthews has admitted he is 'so proud' of his wife Vogue Williams as she continues her jungle journey in I'm A Celebrity.

Politics

10 h. ago Vitor Matos outlines the changes needed at Swansea City as fans vent frustrations after Derby defeat

The new Swans boss saw his reign start with a disappointing defeat at home to Derby County

Politics