BRACE yourself – school half-term is here. Parents spend a hair-raising £323 on average during the break, according to one poll. But entertaining your little ones needn’t break the bank if you know where to look. Try my free tips for keeping your kids busy. Arts and crafts. Hobbycraft is doing free mask-making workshops, suitable […]
THE dramatic moment that two riverside families watched their homes collapse and fall down a cliff carried by a devastating landslide in Tennessee has been captured on film. Both houses were nestled on the cliff-edge overlooking Tennessee River in Hardin County when the ground beneath them fell away on Saturday. Sparks and flames lit up […]
EMMERDALE fans were left stunned this evening as the village veterinarian Vanessa Woodfield was revealed to have bowel cancer. The character’s worrying news was unveiled to viewers by evil Pierce Harris who is currently holding her hostage. The storyline is set to play out on the ITV soap over the coming months as Vanessa, played […]
HOLLYOAKS viewers were in tears tonight after Maxine was forced into prostitution by Liam Donovan. The Munchausen’s sufferer – who is played by actress Nikki Sanderson in the ITV soap – is in financial difficulty after her illness saw her pretend to be dying and she received thousands of pounds in support for fake treatment. […]
WORRIED that Alexa is listening in to your private chats? You’re not wrong – complete strangers can end up listening to you without your knowledge. The good news is that it’s possible to shut out snoopers, so read on to find out how. Is Alexa spying on me? The truth revealed As far as we […]
DEAR DEIDRE: LAST night I had sex with our next-door neighbour. I love my wife and kids but I can’t stop being unfaithful. I’ve been married for 13 years and my wife is lovely, but our sex life has always been dull because she’s so shy. When we do it, it’s always in the missionary […]
DEAR DEIDRE: EVEN though he is a dream in every way, my boyfriend prefers online pornography to having sex with me. We work different shifts so I don’t mind him looking at porn but we only ever have sex when I initiate it. I have a much higher sex drive than him. Sometimes he makes […]
DEAR DEIDRE: I WORRY my granddaughter is spending too much time on her phone. She is 12 and I’m 52. She was allowed a mobile when she started senior school. Now she has made friends with a boy who is also 12. She comes to me after school every day until her parents are home […]
DEAR DEIDRE: MY ex wants me back but he says he just feels like my taxi driver when we’re together, not my loved partner. We were together for seven years but split up last year as we were always arguing. We are both 45. My mum passed away recently and my ex came to the […]
DEAR DEIDRE: HOW can I tell Mum I’m gay when she thinks all LGBT people do is have sex? I’m a guy of 25 and out to my friends but not Mum. I’m ashamed of lying and I think she suspects but she’s old-fashioned and if I told her who I hang out with, she’d […]
EMMERDALE fans are in tears after kidnapped Vanessa Woodfield discovered she had bowel cancer. The vet – who is played by actress Michelle Hardwick in the ITV soap – had a letter confirming her diagnosis read out to her by kidnapper Pierce Harris. He is holding her captive to try to force her into convincing […]
CHELSEA take on Manchester United in the Premier League as the two sides look to secure Champions League football for next season. The Blues are in pole position to secure fourth place, but either club could potentially qualify for Europe’s top club competition by finishing fifth as a result of Man City’s two-year Uefa ban. […]
THE Queen is one of the few lucky people to call Buckingham Palace their home – and she even gets a special present every Monday that she stays there. Once a week, Her Majesty, 93, is presented with a posy from the beautiful royal grounds, which is hand-selected by the Gardens Manager. Gardening guru Alan […]
SIMON Cowell has broken his silence over Brexit and insisted the UK leaving the EU will be good for British business. The X Factor boss has a number of business interests in Britain, as well as basing his record label SYCO in London. Simon, 60, has long refused to open up about his political views. […]
LOVE Island’s Molly-Mae Hague has revealed she’s donating all profits from her PrettyLittleThing range to a mental health charity in the wake of Caroline Flack’s death. The reality star, 20, announced the gesture, that will see Mind receive money to help vulnerable people, on Instagram today. She also revealed that she and the fashion brand […]
AMANDA Bynes’ huge “diamond” engagement ring has been revealed as fake bling. The former Nickelodeon star’s new sparkler was thought to be an eight-carat emerald cut diamond and it certainly looked the part when the actress revealed the rock to her Instagram followers on Valentine’s Day. However, a source told Us Weekly that “the ring […]
AN eight-month-old baby girl has tragically died after her neighbours sprayed their flat with a deadly pesticide in an attempt to get rid of bedbugs and roaches. Two other children, aged three and five, are also in critical condition following the extermination last week in the city of Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan. Neighbours reportedly left their […]
NXT Cruiserweight Champion Jordan Devlin has shared his excitement at returning home for the inaugural TakeOver Dublin. The Irish Ace, who scooped his first WWE title at World’s Collide last month, has already set his sights on a main-event clash with NXT UK king, WALTER. The Irish Ace is coming home. Irish crowds always create […]
A SHAMELESS ex-copper has been caught redhanded fly-tipping a carload of junk on a driveway, but claims he was “set up”. Former police Sergeant Paul Earwaker, 47, was shown on camera driving up to a front garden in Maidstone, Kent, and emptying his luxury Mercedes people carrier on the family’s front yard in broad daylight. […]
DAVID Baddiel is a comedian who is probably best known for his music success – a No1 hit with football anthem Three Lions. He’s worked with Frank Skinner and Rob Newman and is also a successful novelist having written a long list of books for both adults and children. Who is David Baddiel and how […]
LEGENDS from a host of different sports descended on Berlin for the Laureus World Sport Awards. Olympic legends Jessica Ennis-Hill and Victoria Pendleton and reigning Formula One world Champion Lewis Hamilton were pictured rubbing shoulders with the likes of Ruud Gullit, Wladimir Klitschko and Boris Becker. Paralympic hero Tanni Grey-Thompson and pop star Liam Payne […]
MRS Hinch fans are raving about a pack of cleaning cloths from B&M which are labelled with all your cleaning needs. If you’re ever mixing up your sponges and end up wiping your floor cloth all over your counters, this multi-pack could be for you. The department store is selling four multi-coloured cloths labelled ‘glass’, […]
DOCTOR Who has fans currently hooked with an explosive series of Cyber wars and a host of unanswered questions. Time Lord actress Jodie Whittaker confirms her return for a brand new series 13 -but what can fans expect and will we lose any of the beloved, loyal TARDIS team? When is Doctor Who series 13 […]
AN AMAZON exec says he turns his Alexa speaker off when he wants to have a “private moment”. It comes months after Amazon admitted that humans sometimes listen – and transcribe – snippets of audio recorded through Alexa speakers. Last year, it emerged that Amazon was sometimes sending your voice clips off to “graders”. These […]
THIS Morning viewers were transported back to the 90s today as heartthrob boybands appeared to plug a new tour. Chart-toppers A1, 911, Damage and Five joined Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford in the studio after kicking off their The Boys Are Back Tour. The four groups might be older but that didn’t stop viewers from […]