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Lionel Shriver has shared her views on Harry Potter actors speaking out against JK Rowling’s stance on transgender issues. Rowling, 58, has stoked much debate in recent years due to her comments about gender identity. The author of the globally beloved wizard novels recently taunted Scottish police, daring them to arrest her after Scotland introduced […]

Robbie Williams Tim Whitby/BAFTA via Getty Images Robbie Williams has shared his candid take on the current music scene – admitting he thinks there’s only one exception to the “boring” pop sphere as it stands. “How boring is the music scene right now?” the chart-topping singer opined in a recent Instagram post, insisting he’s “not […]

Billie Piper still owes Virgin Records a large sum of money dating back 25 years credit:Bang Showbiz Billie Piper is said to have an estimated debt of “£9 million” owed to Virgin Records. The 41-year-old actress-and-singer was signed to Innocent Records, a subsidiary of Virgin Records, in 1998, when she was just 15 years old […]

Cover Media Sleep expert reveals what not to wear to bed If you have trouble sleeping, you might want to think about whether you are wearing the right clothes. Dr Deborah Lee, Get Laid Beds’ resident sleep expert, has revealed what you should and shouldn’t wear to bed. Socks Wearing socks to bed can help […]

Reuters Videos Norway power line pits reindeer herders against climate goals STORY: Indigenous Sami reindeer herders in Norway say they can’t lose any more land. And with the construction of a planned 34-mile-long power line to Western Europe’s largest liquified natural gas plant set for this summer, it’s a big worry.Proponents say the line to […]

Fernando Alonso believes there is “no chance” Max Verstappen will leave Red Bull at the end of the season. Three-time F1 world champion Verstappen, the firm favourite to win this year’s championship too, has a contract with Red Bull until the end of the 2028 season, signed two years ago. However, the recent turmoil within […]

EastEnders spoilers follow. Phil Mitchell is set to receive some devastating news about son Ben in upcoming EastEnders scenes. Ben has left the soap after actor Max Bowden confirmed his exit, with emotional scenes set to air next week during the aftermath. His exit storyline has seen his past life in America come back to […]

Anna Paquin has caused concern among her fans after making a red carpet appearance with mobility issues. The Oscar-winning star, 41, used a cane while attending the premiere of her new film, A Bit of Light, on Wednesday (3 April), alongside her husband and former True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer. It was the first public […]

A seven-year-old boy from Queensland went viral recently, after he found a sapphire estimated to be worth up to AU$10,000 ($6,500) near his Rubyvale home, just two years after his father made headlines with a similar find. Gem hunter Matthew Betteridge recorded the moment his son Riley ran to him to show him the apple […]

Helicopters in the rescue operation at the Petit Combin mountain in the Swiss Alps – AFP Three British skiers survived an avalanche, and one a 30m fall down a crevasse, after their helicopter crashed and slid down the Swiss Alps, killing three people. One of the Britons, Edward Courage, is thought to have saved the […]

Evin prison in Tehran – UPI / Alamy Stock Photo Iran’s prisons have been “transformed into sites of mass killings”, with the number of executions hitting an eight-year high in 2023, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Some 853 people were executed last year – including five boys under 18 – nearly double […]

Watch a live view of Taipei after a deadly earthquake rocked the entire island early, collapsing buildings and creating a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands. At least 50 people remain missing after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s east coast on Wednesday (3 April), killing nine people and injuring more than 1,000 others. […]