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The Princess of Wales has urged those suffering with an addiction to not let shame hold them back from getting help. Kate, patron of addiction recovery charity The Forward Trust, said addiction is “a serious health condition” and “not a choice”. Her message of support for the Taking Action on Addiction campaign comes in the form of a video on the first day of Addiction Awareness Week. In the video, […]

More than 15,000 protesters have taken part in marches around the UK calling for reforms to the childcare sector and parental leave, a charity said. The Pregnant Then Screwed campaign organised Halloween-themed March of the Mummies in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow, Newcastle, Norwich, Belfast and Exeter on Saturday. Thousands gathered in Trafalgar Square in central London, with families including young children wearing bandages, vampire costumes, and witches’ […]

Furious motorists dragged Just Stop Oil protesters out of the way as activists simultaneously blocked four roads in London on Saturday. The anti-oil campaign group said 61 of its supporters walked onto Charing Cross Road, Kensington High Street, Harleyford Street, just off Kennington Park Road, and Blackfriars Road, and sat down holding banners, causing traffic delays, at 12pm. They are demanding that the Government halts all new oil and gas […]

A man has appeared in court accused of manslaughter and being part of a conspiracy which led to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals found in a lorry in Essex. The bodies were discovered in the back of the lorry trailer which had been transported by ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet early on October 23 2019. Marius Mihai Draghici, 49, was detained by police in Romania in August, […]

Pablo Mari has said he and his family are “all fine” after the Arsenal defender was a victim in a deadly supermarket stabbing in Milan which left him “lucky” to be alive. The 29-year-old Spaniard, currently on a season-long loan at Monza, will spend around “two or three days” recovering in the Italian city’s Niguarda hospital, the Serie A club said, following successful surgery to reconstruct two damaged back muscles. […]

Known for setting the piano alight, both figuratively and sometimes literally, Jerry Lee Lewis was one of the last remnants of the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll. The world famous US musician – nicknamed The Killer – ran with other historic greats including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Little Richard – though he outlasted them all. Lewis emerged as one of rock music’s early showmen in the 1950s, and was […]

A man has been convicted of murdering his former partner who died 21 years after he doused her with petrol and set her on fire in an attack inspired by a scene in the film Reservoir Dogs. Steven Craig, 58, inflicted horrendous injuries to Jacqueline Kirk in a car park in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in April 1998. Ms Kirk, a mother-of-two, was in hospital for nine months following the attack and […]

Harry Styles stars as a bearded merman with octopus-like tentacles in the surreal music video for his single, Music For A Sushi Restaurant. The three-minute video from director Aube Perrie sees the pop superstar, 28, being discovered by a group of sushi chefs working in a remote town and carried to their kitchen. He initially fears he will be eaten but soon embarks on a career as a singer and […]

A last-ditch effort to restore devolved government at Stormont hours ahead of a deadline to call fresh Assembly elections has failed. MLAs met during a recalled sitting of the Assembly on Thursday, but a bid to elect a new speaker did not proceed as the DUP refused to support the nominations. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said that he will call an Assembly election if the devolved executive is […]