Claudia Winkleman threatened to quit Strictly over son - despite Tess Daly pact

Starz will expand the world of Outlander with a prequel series now in the works.

James Arthur has dropped a punchy new single titled ‘Lose My Mind’, for which he’s teamed up with You Me At Six frontman Josh Franceschi.In a Tweet announcing the guitar-driven pop tune – the first shared from a deluxe edition of his recent fourth album, ‘It’ll All Make Sense In The End’ – Arthur said he was “so excited” to release it as he’s been a longtime fan of rock acts like You Me At Six.“As I grew up listening to rock bands, this song means a lot to me,” he wrote.Have a listen to ‘Lose My Mind’ below:‘It’ll All Make Sense In The End’ was released last November via Columbia. The forthcoming deluxe edition adds six new tracks, bringing it up to a hefty 20 songs in total.

Eurovision Song Contest, following backlash to an earlier statement saying the country would be allowed to compete despite launching a military assault on Ukraine.Ukraine has officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia, and declared martial law, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation on Thursday (February 24).At the time of writing, at least 137 civilians have been killed in Ukraine with 316 injured (via The Guardian). It is currently being reported that Russian forces are now approaching Kyiv, the country’s capital (via BBC News).The UK, European Union, US and Australia have imposed sanctions on Russia in response, with Putin warning of “consequences you have never seen” if the West attempts to interfere.Many figures from the music world continue to condemn the attacks.

Ashanti is gearing up to return to the UK this summer, announcing an arena tour with special guests Trey Songz and Mario.The R&B singer, known for the hits ‘Foolish’, ‘Baby’ and ‘Happy’, will hit the road between May 29 and June 2. She’ll perform at London’s OVO Arena Wembley, Leeds’ First Direct Arena, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena and Manchester’s AO Arena.Put on in collaboration with UK promoters TCO, Ashanti’s upcoming UK trek will celebrate 20 years of her debut single ‘Foolish’, which was originally released on February 11, 2002.Her last album was 2014’s ‘Braveheart’, but she announced in December that she plans to re-record her 2002 self-titled debut album, explaining at the time that she made the move “so I can collect my coins”.The former Murder Inc.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ recent call to pull drill music from the internet.Earlier this month, Adams said during a press conference that after seeing “alarming” drill music videos, he felt they should no longer be shared on social media.“We pulled Trump off Twitter because of what he was spewing,” the former NYPD officer said at the time. “Yet we are allowing music, displaying of guns, violence, we’re allowing it to stay on these sites.”Adams added: “We are going to pull together the social media companies, and state that you have a civic and corporate responsibility.”The Mayor also said he was “alarmed by the use of social media” by drill rappers before blaming the music for “contributing to the violence we are seeing all over this country.”According to NBC New York, shootings year to date are reportedly up 37 per cent in the city versus this same period in 2021 – an average of nearly four people shot every day.However, drill artists and rap culture experts have spoken to NME about how they don’t agree with Adams – and believe there’s an agenda behind his call to ban the genre.“Drill music is our form of art,” Jeffrey Mark Alexander, who performs as 22Gz told NME.

Things are getting messy. Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi) and Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie) had a toxic on-again, off-again relationship before her best friend Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney) came along and stirred the pot.

A tough truth. Ben Stiller is reconciling with the fact that his 19-year-old daughter, Ella, doesn’t think he was present during her childhood.

Having amassed fans up and down the country, series 19 of Gogglebox hit our screens last week, with the popular Channel 4 programme bringing us the likes of Giles and Mary, Jenny and Lee and the Siddiqui family. But alongside the established fan favourites, Gogglebox bosses have announced that a new duo will take to the sofa for the first time tonight, Friday 25 February.

A sea of blue and yellow protestors gathered outside the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh for a second day in a show of solidarity with Ukraine.

Opposite extremes! Since marrying Prince Frederik in 2004, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark made it clear that she has style fit for a Queen. The 50-year-old royal is constantly surprising Us with her fashion. Majority of the time, she’ll reach for light, neutral tones that ooze elegance and sophistication. But on occasion, she likes to switch things up and opt for floral-print frocks, funky patterns and bright or bold hues. 

Marks & Spencer has been voted the UK's favourite in-store supermarket despite a strong showing from discounters Aldi and Lidl as consumers face up to the cost-of-living crisis.

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Things do get heated sometimes between the “American Idol” judges.

New Jersey’s Cole Hallman made an impressive showing during his audition for “American Idol”.

Gordon Ramsay is back with his savage cooking critiques.

Police now have powers to seize cars being driven 'inconsiderately' at a busy retail park plagued by anti-social behaviour issues.

Bolton Conservative MP Mark Logan has defended renting out a flat he owns in London while claiming expenses for separate accommodation in the city.

The agent of Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez has played down speculation linking the Argentina international with a move away from the San Siro, insisting he is "happy" at the Italian club.

Claudia Winkleman has admitted that she threatened to quit Strictly Come Dancing despite making a "pact" with her co-host Tess Daly that they would leave the show together.

Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman, 49, has revealed that she threatened to quit the BBC dance competition in order to attend her son Jake Thykier's first day of university.The BBC personality spoke on BBC Woman's Hour podcast, where she detailed an emotional conversation she had with Strictly boss Sarah James, before admitting that she was worrying for no reason, as she had gotten the date of Strictly 2021's debut wrong.The star - who co-presents alongside Tess Daly - revealed that she made an emotional phone call to her boss to explain the conflict of schedules.She said: "I phoned the boss of Strictly quite dramatically and said, through tears, 'Sarah I love you.'"The presenter told the BBC boss that if it came down to it, she

Tess Daly's daughter Phoebe is the image of her mother.