Month: January 2025

OK, I get it. It’s sleeting down ­outside and your gonads are frozen solid. You daren’t put the heating on without taking out another mortgage. Prices are rising faster, David Lammy is still the Foreign Secretary, and half the family has got flu, norovirus or are too p***ed to stand. So, sure, things don’t look… Continue reading I know things may not seem too great now but here’s six reasons why 2025 WILL be better

THERE was a shocking and savage twist in the first episode of The Traitors as three contestants were AXED before they even entered the castle. Claudia Winkleman, 52, returned to the airwaves to front the popular BBC One murder mystery show. 25 contestants were sorted into three train carriages that made their way up to… Continue reading The Traitors in savage shock twist as show AXES three contestants before they’ve even entered the castle

AS Technology Secretary Peter Kyle announces we will not be following Australia in banning children from social media, there is now extensive evidence that smartphones are changing childhood for the worse. We are facing a mental health crisis among teenagers that correlates directly to the age children first started getting smartphones and using social media.… Continue reading Social media is a dangerous and addictive product and tech firms are making a fortune selling it to kids

KATE BECKINSALE is a kick-ass actor who has taken down the bad guys onscreen in numerous action movies. But behind the scenes, the 51-year-old British beauty says she has been fighting against a violent and ­sexually abusive industry for three decades. Now Kate — best known for the Underworld vampire series, Pearl Harbor and Martin… Continue reading I was groped at 18 & beaten up by male actors for thrills, Hollywood is STILL toxic, says Kate Beckinsale

A HAUL of props from TV’s Only Fools and Horses has sold for £23,000 at auction. They included a signed grey polo shirt worn by Del Boy in 1989 episode The Unlucky Winner Is . . . which went for £8,000. A door from the back of the Trotters’ three-wheeled Reliant Regal Supervan, signed by 20 members of… Continue reading Del Boy’s phone and lion cigar jar among iconic Only Fools and Horses props sold for huge sum

A AQUATIC: Inspiration is coming from beneath the ocean, with the wavy wet hair look – a style famously favoured by Kylie Jenner – making waves, while searches for “sea-inspired nails” are up. To elevate your locks with a mermaid look, try Boots Wet Look Gel, £3.50. B BOLD BLUSH: With searches for “new wave… Continue reading The essential A-Z guide for the biggest 2025 beauty trends and why it’s time to bin your anti-frizz hair smoothers

AT least 10 people, including two children, were killed and four others injured in a horror shooting in Montenegro. Cops identified the attacker as 45-year-old Aco Martinovic who killed the owner of the bar, the bar owner’s children and his own family members in the city Cetinje, Interior Minister Danilo Saranovic said. The suspected attacker… Continue reading Gunman opens fire in Montenegro bar killing 10, including 2 children & ‘own relatives’, before fleeing with weapon

TWO teenagers have been killed and three are fighting for their lives after a head-on crash in the early hours of New Year’s Day. Humberside Police said the horror smash happened at 1:20am on January 1 in Preston, near Hull. A grey Volkswagen Golf collided with a Vauxhall Grandland travelling in the opposite direction. Two… Continue reading Two teenagers killed and three left fighting for lives after head-on crash just hours into New Years Day

PETER WRIGHT looked unrecognisable as he showed off his natural hair ahead of his World Darts Championship quarter-final clash. The two-time world champion has rolled back the years to make the last eight after defeating world number one Luke Humphries in the third round. He is a colourful character at the oche and his iconic… Continue reading Peter Wright looks unrecognisable without iconic mohawk as World Darts Championship star relaxes with wife at home

CLAUDIA Winkleman crowned three female Traitors tonight after branding last series’ all-male gang “like the olden days”. After the problematic trend developed last series, a group of women were instead chosen to kick off the hit BBC show’s third run. Financial investigator Armani, 27, retired opera singer Linda, 70 and call centre manager Minah, 29,… Continue reading Claudia Winkleman breaks her silence as she crowns three female traitors in series first after sexism row