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Meghan Markle, 40, wants to heal her bitter four-year rift with her estranged father, Thomas, 77.According to Daily Mirror, the Duchess of Sussex is understood to have reached out to her dad’s camp after it emerged he is out of hospital recovering from a stroke.An insider said: “Despite their estrangement, Meghan is concerned. She wants to know if there is any way to contact her father privately, without other family knowing about it or having to get involved.”Thomas severe stroke was caused by a blood clot on the right side of his brain and he is believed to be in a hospital in San Diego recovering.Prior to the accident, he had been due to the fly to the UK for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next week.Writing on a whiteboard with a pen, he said: “I wanted to come to pay my respects to the Queen.

Louise Thompson said she thought she may have to be transported by air ambulance while on a family holiday after experiencing a "scary" health incident.The former Made in Chelsea star, 32, experienced heavy bleeding while on the trip from Athens to Mykonos and said she went into “deep panic mode.” Louise suffers from Ulcerative Colitis (UC), an autoimmune condition that can cause the colon to become inflamed.The condition can lead to small ulcers developing on the colon’s lining which can often bleed. Taking to Instagram, the mum-of-one shared an update with her 1.4 million followers.She wrote: “Radio silence yesterday because I had a very scary UC situation where I started bleeding A LOT without any muscular contractions and it sent me into deep panic mode.“As you can imagine I find excessive bleeding pretty triggering [following the traumatic birth of baby Leo]."Louise had previously discussed her condition in the past, saying: “You have it for life and there’s no cure, but you have periods of remission and then you also have flare ups.“With regards to day-to-day life, when I’m in remission I don’t have any symptoms – so that’s the goal.“You want to manage your body so you can get to that place and be able to function normally.”After her UC diagnosis a few years ago, Louise has overhauled her lifestyle and is now a fitness guru.As well as regularly working out, she watches what she eats so her symptoms don’t flare up.She said doctors don’t know for sure what triggers flare-ups of the condition but nutrition and stress play their parts.During episodes, Louise loses a lot of blood, gets stomach pain, experiences fatigue and becomes very dehydrated.

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“She recently informed a black trainee vicar, that ‘as a white woman I can tell you (the trainee) that the Church is institutionally racist’.”Laurence added: “While the black trainee disagreed, it is clear that both the Rt Hon Welby and Dame Mullally are having to live with unimaginable guilt.“We therefore invite them to save their souls by resigning their posts in favour of BAME Anglicans.“Welby and Mullally would be showing the ultimate form of moral leadership, giving up their own careers to resolve what they attest to be a grim historical injustice.”Laurence added it would be “more Christian” than trying to urge white clergy people out of their professions and onto the streets.He demanded that the next Archbishop be democratically elected from a group of BAME candidates.A source close to Laurence told Express Online: “Once Welby et al have resigned, Fox and Reclaim will support democratic elections to be held within the Church to replace them.”The Reclaim Party founder’s petition now has over 3,000 signatures. A spokesperson for the Church of England told Express Online:“We fully sympathise with concerns over racism within the Church and wider society - the Church has been actively engaged on this issue for some time.“In April 2021, the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce issued its report ‘From Lament to Action’, proposing a suite of changes to begin bringing about a change of culture in the life of the Church of England.“This work is now continuing with the Archbishops’ Racial Justice Commission, which is setting out a compelling agenda for change and will report to the Archbishops at regular intervals with recommendations to help the Archbishops fulfil their commitments to identify, respond to, and root out

Kendall Jenner is meeting up with her dad for dinner!

Weird Al Yankovic became one of the latest pop culture staples to be featured in Netflix’s sci-fi hit Stranger Things.

Erik ten Hag has been brought in to solve Manchester United’s dressing room discord.

Mohamed Salah has been savaged by fans online after the Liverpool star's old "score to settle" tweet came back to haunt him after Saturday night's Champions League final defeat.Real Madrid battled to a 1-0 win against Jurgen Klopp's side at the Stade de France, with Vinicius Jr bundling home the winner on the hour mark. The Reds had headed into the big match hoping to clinch a seventh European Cup, but instead, had to watch Los Blancos land a record-extending 14th European crown.The result means that Liverpool have been bested by Real Madrid in the Champions League final twice in four years after the Spanish giants also came out on top in the 2018 final - something that the Reds were keen to avenge.No-one was more determined to avenge that previous defeat than Salah, who was forced off with an injury in Kyiv.

Ewan McGregor is opening up about his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead joining the Star Wars franchise.

Kanye West lamented his status as a co-parent to his four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian on his latest single, True Love, which dropped on Thursday night.The song, with vocals from the late XXXTentacion, features Ye, 44, expressing his dissatisfaction with his custody schedule, as he raps: 'Wait, when you see the kids? I'll see y'all tomorrow/ Wait, when the sun set? I see y'all tomorrow.'The musician also appears to grieve the fact that his kids aren't with him permanently: 'When I pick 'em up, I feel like they borrowed/ When I gotta return them, scan 'em like a bar code.' Custody war:Kanye West lamented his status as a co-parent to his four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian on his latest single, True Love, which dropped on Friday; Pictured in 2019West, who shares North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, three with the reality star, 41,goes on to complain about the children's clothing. 'Wait, who got the kids in those "What are thosе?"/ Wait, why they can't wear Yeezys with the cargos?' he asks, referring to his own brand.'Y'all know Nikе don't like me, y'all take it too far, though/ At least have 'em in some Mike's, he played for Chicago,' he went on, referencing his dispute with Nike over a financial disagreement.

The world of Star Wars is continuing to expand via television.Following the underwhelming box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Disney decided to slow down the output of Star Wars theatrical blockbusters, opting instead for a streaming push on its Disney+ platform.And the lineup of shows on the Disney docket was laid out, in part, during the four-day 2022 Star Wars Celebration event at the Anaheim Convention Center that kicked off on Thursday, May 26, according to Deadline. Tv reigns over film: The Star Wars franchise has shifted much of its focus on to its television projects, in the wake of the underwhelming performance of the film, Solo: A Star Wars Story The Star Wars lineup: Disney shared some of its Star Wars lineup for its streaming service, which includes season three of The MandalorianFirst up is Ewan McGregor returning in Obi-Wan Kenobi, which is set 10 years after 2005's Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.The series debuted the first two episodes on the streaming service on Thursday, May 27.

Kay Burley has apologised after she confused the late Dennis Waterman with another television star following his passing. In a statement released on Sunday, Dennis' heartbroken family revealed the celebrated star had died at the age of 74 in Spain, with his wife Pam by his side.Taking to Twitter, Sky News presenter Kay accidentally paid tribute to "Pete" Waterman, who is a record producer and was a judge on Popstars: The Rivals. Upon realising her mistake, Kay wrote in her amended tweet: "'RIP Dennis Waterman.

Russia’s “strongman” leader Vladimir Putin looked like a “little old man feeling the cold” as he huddled under a blanket during Moscow’s Victory Day parade, a leading body language expert has said. Today’s Victory Day event has been the most closely-watched in many years due to the situation in Ukraine, and many observers raised concerns over the Russian leader’s appearance.

Bono and The Edge last night performed a 40 minute acoustic set in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, after accepting an invitation from Ukrainian president Volodmyr Zelenskiy.The musicians played to around 100 people in a subway station currently being used as a shelter from attacks on the city. In a statement, the musicians said that Zelenskiy “invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do”.The set included U2 hits such as ‘With Or Without You’, ‘Desire’, ‘Angel Of Harlem’ and ‘Vertigo’, as well as a cover of Ben E King’s ‘Stand By Me’ performed with Taras Topolia, frontman of the band Antytila, who recently also appeared on a remix of Ed Sheeran’s ‘2step’, while also fighting in the Ukrainian army.During the performance, Bono told the audience that of all the great cities around the globe there was “nowhere in the whole world that we would rather be in today than in the great city of Kyiv”.“The people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom”, he said.

supports HTML5 videoU2’s Bono has taken to a metro station in Kyiv to perform a literal ‘show of solidarity’ for Ukraine during the war against Russia.The Irish musician, who was personally invited by President Volodymyr Zelensky, performed in Khreshatyk metro station in support of the country amid the conflict.Lit up in purple lights, the 61-year-old held a surprise concert in the station, which is being used as a makeshift bomb shelter, and praised Ukraine’s fight for ‘freedom’.‘The people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom,’ he said.He belted out U2 classics like Sunday Bloody Sunday, Desire and With Or Without You, performing to a crowd that included soldiers in military gear.Videos shared on social media show Bono and The Edge playing an acoustic version of their hit song With Or Without You, with the crowd singing along as the pair play.A tweet from U2’s official account on Sunday announced the concert, as well as confirming the Ukrainian president had invited them to support the war-torn country.It read: ‘President [Zelensky] invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do.’President @ZelenskyyUa invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so thatâs what weâve come to do.

Two British aid workers - one from Warrington - have been captured by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, it was reported today. The two men, both volunteer humanitarian workers, were said to have been taken by Vladimir Putin's forces while heading towards Dniprorudne in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast region of south-eastern Ukraine on Monday.

A top Tory female minister has revealed she was once "pinned up against a wall" by a male MP a number of years ago.

In March, then-Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch said of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the British Academy Film Awards, “We need to donate. We need to push our politicians to continue to create some kind of a refugee…haven here for people that are suffering.”

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