Care home residents share wartime stories with school pupils in 'heartwarming' pen pal scheme

JIMMY Carr has discussed his strained relationship with his father who he hasn’t spoken to for 21 years.  The 49-year-old comic confirmed in September that he and partner Karoline Copping, 46, had welcomed a son, Rockefeller, in 2019. Since becoming a father, the 8 Out of 10 Cats presenter admitted that he wants a healthier relationship with his son following his "difficult" childhood with his father, Patrick James ‘Jim’ Carr.

Mariah Carey has announced a new festive single with Khalid, ‘Fall In Love At Christmas’.Due to arrive this Friday (November 5), the collaborative track also features US choir director and gospel singer Kirk Franklin. You can pre-save/pre-order it here.A 30-second preview reveals the song to be a romantic R&B-tinged ballad, with Carey and Khalid singing together in the chorus.

Tens of thousands of unpaid carers will receive a double payment of the Carer’s Allowance Supplement this December under new legislation passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament last month.

HELEN Flanagan is already getting into the festive spirit after she dressed her son in a yuletide ensemble, more than seven weeks before Christmas. The 31-year-old took to her Instagram Story yesterday to share a photo of her seven-month-old son Charlie clad in a red and white striped onesie with reindeer feet.

AS fans of ITV’s biggest daytime show This Morning will agree, presenter Holly Willoughby is one of the most glamorous women on the box. Despite her early-morning starts, she appears wondrously polished and preened on our screens four days a week, always the height of fashion and with rarely a hair out of place.

She stars as Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson.And on Monday night, Hailee Steinfeld posed up a storm at the season three premiere in Los Angeles.Hailee, 24, wowed in a long-sleeved floral dress for the red carpet. Wow:She stars as Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson.

Holly Willoughby has addressed the "difficult time" when claims surfaced to suggest she'd fallen out with her friend and co-star Phillip Schofield.In 2019, reports surfaced alleging that the 40-year-old and her 55-year-old co-host were involved in a "toxic" feud.At the time, Holly's presenting career was going from strength-to-strength after she'd replaced Ant McPartlin on I'm A Celebrity...

Rosanna Davison and her husband Wes Quirke have their hands full on a regular day looking after their daughter Sophia and their twin boys Hugo and Oscar.

Le Tigre have settled their lawsuit with singer Barry Mann around their song ‘Deceptacon’.Mann initially had sent Hanna and Fatemen cease-and-desist letters alleging that the 1999 song infringed upon his own 1961 track, ‘Who Put The Bomp (Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)’. Le Tigre then filed a countersuit against Mann, where they claimed that his song is “not original” and that he had “no legitimate copyright claim”.The claims in the suit, as reported by Pitchfork, were “amicably resolved” in a confidential agreement with no public admission of liability.

Coronation Street viewers will see Kelly Neelan released from prison next week – but it forces Imran Habeeb and Toyah Battersby to make a tough decision.Kelly (Millie Gibson) was sent down for Seb's murder, even though she didn't do it, but it set to be released after new evidence against Corey Brent (Maximus Evans) was found.Next week, Coronation Street spoilers have revealed that the teen has an appeal hearing and the judge declares she will be releasing Kelly with immediate effect.At court, Imran (Charlie De Melo) runs into Sabeen (Zora Bishop) and she assures her ex that she will be always be there for him – but how will he react?Back at home, after a visit from a social worker, Imran and Toyah (Georgia Taylor) are horrified when they

Motherwell goalkeeper Liam Kelly delivered a "not good enough" verdict after falling to the biggest defeat of his career in their clash with Rangers.

An NHS nurse who volunteered at the ICU ward during the pandemic has been left "gutted and disappointed" by two thieves who broke into a 'burglary proof' bike box and made off with her and her husband's bikes.

footballers who retire from the game these days tend either to go into management, take a cosy job as a pundit or spend some well-earned time on the golf course.Others however decide to go down a different route entirely. Some take up a completely new career far removed from the beautiful game, and often with varying success.

rat infestation, much to the horror of concerned residents.Residents of Glebe Road in Scartho near Grimsby say that the vermin are "completely ruining our lives" as the number of sightings increases. Droppings and gnaw marks have been reported all over the street but no one can work out what is attracting the unwelcome rodents to the "lovely" road, reports Grimsby Live.

Great British Bake Off winner revealed that by thinking of the bigger picture and wanting to raise awareness of the horrors that both children and adults suffer everyday, made her want to speak out.In a new interview, Nadiya opened up about her thought process of writing about her abuse in the memoir.She was just five years old on a trip to see wider family in Bangladesh when she experienced something no one should ever have to go through.“I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t regret [writing about it]," she shrugged."I think there were moments when I’d written it into the book, and then written it out, and then thought, ‘Oh, should I? Shouldn’t I?’"She recalled asking her husband for advice before making the brave decision.The TV star

BBC2 documentary that explores the crisis in the care sector.Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls will begin next Monday, is based at a care home in Scarborough.And it was an experience he described as "searing".Having gone through all the proper training, he and the team spent two weeks filming to highlight the on-going issues within adult social care.But only when they delved deeper into the problems at hand, did Ed realise just how big the problem is.In a new interview, he also reflected on his own family's situation and how it felt to have to put his mum in a home."I was the Secretary of State for Families, and personally I’ve been dealing with my mum’s dementia for 15 years," he said."But it’s only now, having done this programme, that

Thomas Buffel remembers the warm glow he felt after finally winning over the Rangers support.

Taylor Swift joined up with Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively to go trick-or-treating in Manhattan'sWest Village on Sunday for Halloween.Swift, 31, was well disguised in a full body costume as a squirrel, as she took to Instagram Sunday with a post in which she was dressed in the ensemble.She captioned the shot, 'Can’t talk right now, I’m doin hot squirrel s***' with an emoji of a squirrel.

Just over a month after announcing the revival of the groundbreaking drama series Law & Order, the casting process has gotten under way with the first new addition.Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) has become the first new cast member to sign on to the series, according to a report from Variety.Little was revealed about the character Donovan, 53, was playing except that he will be an NYPD detective.

A dad-of-five organised to meet up with an 11-year-old girl for sex after grooming her social media.

Queen is hunting for a new maid to tend to her needs at her official Scottish residence, but may only pay them £9,880.The housekeeping assistant's job at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, will pay £9.50-an-hour - the same as the new Living Wage which will come into force in April.The advertisement on the monarchy's website has two types of contracts available, one offering 40 hours-a-week and another offering 20 hours-a-week, meaning that the maximum annual salary will be £19,760. The job description also notes that successful candidates must be willing to work on weekends.