41 h. ago Florida Gators star Bennett Andersen goes viral after 'falling in love' with female reporter

After Florida's Sweet 16 victory over the Maryland Terrapins on Thursday, ESPN Gainesville's Talia Baia made her way into the locker room at Chase Center to speak with Andersen.

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44 h. ago I'm aiming to become the first female snooker star to play at the Crucible — this is the key change I've made to my game

China's Bai Yulu won the World Women's Snooker Championship in 2024 but is determined to earn a spot at the Crucible

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49 h. ago Yoko Ono is now getting acclaim, but why do rock stars’ female partners get so much abuse? | Barbara Ellen

Ono was blamed for splitting the Beatles and taking John Lennon from his true calling. Let’s hope things are getting easier for women who date famous musiciansMore than 50 years after John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 bed-in, protesting against war, Ono finally gets her love-in. David Sheff’s biography Yoko, published last week, seeks to put the record straight about her stellar achievements as an internationally renowned conceptual artist.In recent years there have been retrospectives, including one at London’s Tate Modern. Kevin Macdonald’s docufilm, One To One: John And Yoko, is released in the UK next month. Ono, 92, is seeing reputational rehabilitation on a global scale, and all a long time coming. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago How a new Georgia bill could change the fate of domestic abuse survivors in prison

Many women are in prison for killing their abusive partners

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3 d. ago ‘Cabinet no longer feels safe’: Labour MPs criticise briefings against female ministers

Female MPs say they are unnerved by how women seem to be taking brunt of anger over government decisionsAs Keir Starmer’s cabinet gathered last week, a female minister spoke directly to the prime minister to complain about the leaks and briefings she saw directed against other women around the table.The women were listed by name, including the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson; the work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, and the home secretary, Yvette Cooper. Starmer was furious and said he would no longer tolerate malicious briefings, and that there would be consequences if it did not stop. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Yoko Ono's heartbreaking health fears after Paul McCartney left The Beatles

A new book has claimed that Yoko Ono had a heartbreaking health worry around the same time that Paul McCartney quit The Beatles, with John and Yoko also experiencing 'melancholia'

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4 d. ago Podcaster James English accused of hitting and kicking his pregnant ex

James English, who hosts the Anything Goes podcast, is accused of domestic abuse against his ex partner including while she was pregnant - he appeared in court today

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4 d. ago Noel Clarke ‘told producer to fuck off’ when warned about behaviour before sex scene

Actor became ‘resistant and belligerent’ when challenged over treatment of female co-star, witness tells courtNoel Clarke told a producer to “fuck off” after being warned that his behaviour with a female actor before a sex scene would “end up on the front of a national newspaper”, a witness has told the high court.The producer said he had approached the former Doctor Who star after being informed by a distressed actor, named as Maya, that Clarke had said “things like ‘we’re going to fuck later on, we’ll fuck next week’”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Noel Clarke told producer to ‘fuck off’ when warned about behaviour before sex scene, court hears

Producer tells court female actor said Doctor Who star Clarke had been pressuring her to be nude in sceneNoel Clarke told a producer to “fuck off” after being warned that his behaviour with a female actor before a sex scene would “end up on the front of a national newspaper”, a witness has told the high court.The producer said he had approached the former Doctor Who star after being informed by a distressed actor, named as Maya, that Clarke had said “things like ‘we’re going to fuck later on, we’ll fuck next week’”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago I had a baby with a prolific sperm donor who has 100 kids here is how the process really works

Gabrielle, 35, and Kayla Gilbert, 28, longed to start a family. But, as they are both female, the couple needed assistance to realize their dream and decided to use the services of Kyle Gordy.

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4 d. ago Lucy Dacus: Forever Is a Feeling review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Geffen/Polydor)The Virginia songwriter gets lost in understatement on a loved-up album about her relationship with bandmate Julien Baker, shrouding sharp lyrics in shy melodiesLast February, the American “indie rock supergroup” Boygenius – AKA Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – announced an indefinite hiatus. The announcement came a couple of weeks before their solitary album, The Record, won three of the seven Grammys for which it had been nominated. This was a suitably triumphant ending to a project that had been garlanded with acclaim, both for their music – “at the vanguard of keeping rock alive,” as one US magazine editor put it – and their willingness to indulge in attention-grabbing gestures, frequently designed to prick at the male domination of rock history.Their debut EP came in a sleeve that referenced that of Crosby, Stills & Nash’s eponymous 1969 album. They dressed as the Beatles for an appearance on Saturday Night Live and as Nirvana on the cover of R...

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5 d. ago 'Rising star' female prison governor, 42, had relationship with drug dealer who bought her a Mercedes after she released him on licence, court told

Rising star Kerri Pegg, 42,'didn't play by the rules' and while governor at HMP Kirkham in Lancashire began a relationship with an inmate Anthony Saunderson, it is alleged.

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5 d. ago Violent abuser suffocated partner after putting fingers in her mouth like a hook

Aaron Matthews spat at, punched, pushed, threw objects at, and was verbally abusive towards his victim during their relationship

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5 d. ago Yoko Ono's health battles and life now as family say she's living out final days

Legendary artist and widow of John Lennon, Yoko Ono is now 92-years-old and living a quiet life away from the spotlight after reports she had suffered a series of health battles

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5 d. ago Yoko Ono's family reveal how she's spending her final days saying she's 'in a happy place'

A new book on Yoko Ono examines the artist and widow of John Lennon's life as an activist and her work as a promoter of peace - but the final chapter reveals how she is now living her final days in upstate New York.

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6 d. ago Stuart Hogg absent from court hearing as sheriff tells him he must 'face the consequences'

The former Scotland international previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner

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6 d. ago Stuart Hogg 'must make progress' on supervision order after admitting abusing ex

Stuart Hogg pleased guilty to a single charge of domestic abuse of his ex-partner, Gillian Hogg, last year.

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8 d. ago Roisin Conaty and Lou Sanders reveal there are 'wrong 'uns' on the British comedy circuit as they lift lid on 'horrible stuff that's gone on'

The female comics, who star in Amazon Prime's Last One Laughing UK, made the admission in an interview with The Sunday Times.

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8 d. ago Radio 1 DJ who was last person to interview John Lennon dies at 76

He spoke to Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York two days before the former Beatle was shot dead

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8 d. ago Former Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles, last interviewer of John Lennon, dies aged 76

He interviewed Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono in New York for a radio series, two days before the musician was shot dead aged 40 in 1980.

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