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Florence + The Machine have announced three intimate UK shows for next month.The London band, who detailed their fifth album ‘Dance Fever’ last week, will take to the stage at Newcastle’s O2 City Hall (April 15), Blackburn’s King George’s Hall (16) and London’s Theatre Royal (19).Per an official listing, Florence Welch and co. “will play music from the new album for the first time, along with some favourites from previous albums”.

EXO member Kai has been diagnosed with COVID-19.On March 15, SM Entertainment released a statement sharing that the idol had contracted the coronavirus. According to the agency, Kai had previously received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.“He has currently halted all activities and is undergoing home treatment in accordance with the guidelines of the disease control authorities,” wrote the agency, per Soompi.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe shares of China’s largest entertainment and tech companies plunged for a second day on Tuesday as Russia’s war in Ukraine, regulatory warnings and China’s slowing economy all combined to signal tougher times ahead.Alibaba shares crashed 11.7% to reach an all-time low of HK$71.2 in Hong Kong, where they have a secondary listing. Tencent shares plunged by 10.2% to HK$298, their lowest in several years. Both companies have in the past held the title of China’s largest enterprise and are major components of the Hang Seng Index of leading equities.The Hang Seng Index fell by more than 1,000 points and by nearly 6% on Tuesday to close at 18,415.

Greater Manchester’s public health chief has warned that 'we're seeing another Covid-19 wave' as cases rise in the wake of the removal of safety measures by the government.

weight loss after shedding over 13 stone between them.Jon and Charlotte Howes used to accept the fact that they would always be “big” and blamed their weight on being “big boned.”But after realising that being overweight could cause them health complications, and just being unhappy with the way they looked and felt, they both knew they had to change their ways.

Loose Women star Linda Robson broke down in tears as she joined her colleagues on the latest instalment of the show.The comical actress was left crying after her co-stars helped her celebrate her birthday on Monday (March 14) for the only airing of the popular ITV daytime offering this week.Joined in the studio by host Ruth Langsford and fellow panellists Nadia Sawalha and Carol McGiffin Linda, 64, was left overwhelmed by the sweet gestures she was gifted to mark her special day.Receiving flowers from her co-stars, Linda welled up as a pre-recorded message was played out to wish her many happy returns from her grandchildren.Visibly emotional, Linda explained she was overcome because it would be a while before she would see her granddaughter, Lila, again.She explained: "She's just gone on a school journey today so I won't see her for a week."It's not the first time the Birds Of A Feather star has lost her composure while appearing on the live programme.Last year she began sobbing when she spoke to the rest of the panel about the awful moment she realised she had forgotten to collect her grandchildren from school.She said: "In my head, I was picking them up at 3:45.

Susanna Reid grilled former health secretary Matt Hancock on Good Morning Britain as he prepares to welcome Ukrainian refugees into his family home.On Tuesday (March 15), the brunette broadcaster, 51, and her co-host Richard Madeley welcomed the disgraced MP onto the show to discuss the new rehoming scheme for Ukrainians fleeing the country. As the trio discussed the new Homes for Ukraine programme – which has seen more than 45,000 Britons offer up their homes – the broadcaster couldn’t help but ask how many people he will be accepting into his family home.

ITV drama landed on Monday night, but it seems it hasn't quite grasped the attention of viewers just yet.Before the first episode had wrapped, frustrated viewers were already complaining about the new TV series and demanding that it be ripped off air.The drama, which is based on a book by Graham Norton and has since been adapted by Kathy Burke, sparked a lot of conversation once it aired, but not quite in a positive way.From claims that the show hasn't done the book justice or swipes that the characters cast are "unlikeable", many people had a lot to say about the new drama.The series is set in Ireland and is planned to be a weekly drama based around the discovery of a body in a small community.The cast includes the likes of Conleth Hill, Charlene McKenna and Helen Behan, to name a few.Three more episodes will be coming out following the initial pilot, but fans aren't quite convinced that they'll keep watching, with some switching off mere minutes into the new series.Taking to Twitter to share their thoughts on the show, one person wrote: "Ok so Holding is a bit too odd and I won't be watching it again. Sometimes, you can try too hard."Another said: "What is this dreadful drama - sounded good from the announcer before it started but it's dire and full of very unlikeable characters."A third person wrote: "Dear ITV...

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sexual sides and let our hair down.It's thrilling exploring the depths of the unknown with a trusted partner or by oneself. Testing whether you like something new or not could be a one time trial or will light your sex life up forever.So, I'll be damned if I lay on my deathbed pondering, "If only I tried that."I say this because when a remote-controlled vibrating egg arrived on my doorstep from Lovehoney, it gave me an idea.Opening my notes app, I clicked open my sex bucket list (I recommend making one, live your life, why not!) and saw the many things left to do.

Lionel Messi shirts - every time he plays.The legacy of the seven-time Ballon d'Or winning forward already transcends sport despite him still being active - and his impact in South America is unrivalled.The influence of the 34-year-old, who hasn't yet been at his best since swapping Barcelona for PSG, has now been explained by Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.Martinez has revealed how their international kit man has his work cut out for him each time Messi makes an international squad - as he approaches 160 caps. Martinez told Amazon Prime Video: "One day I asked how many Messi shirts they have to make per game and they told me that between 200 and 300 for all the people who ask for them.

MIKE is about to head out on the road for one of his biggest tours yet, but before then he's serving up a new song called "Makeda." Named after the likely apocryphal Queen of Shiba, the new song sidesteps the mythic for something more reliably MIKE: delivering bars pulled from a diary in his signature drawl over a dusty neo-soul loop.

In 2019, The Jeremy Kyle Show was cancelled and all of the people who worked on the show lost their jobs.

Imagine if the seven deadly sins were wealthy gen-z’rs and threw a house party. Now at said party, imagine each of them was high, drunk, and in such a deranged and disconnected state they wouldn’t even know what planet they were operating on. This is what viewers can expect from Halina Reijn’s first English feature film, Bodies Bodies Bodies, which had its world premiere at SXSW 2022. Based on a short story “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian and written by Sarah DeLappe, this movie is about when seven people party in a mansion and find out what happens when their game gets out of control. Hence, they stop being polite and start dying. 

The boss of BrewDog has claimed that he was forced into hiring private investigators in order to save his business from trolls.

Borgen – Power & Glory, a fresh continuation of hit Danish political drama Borgen, has been set for release on Netflix April 14 in the Nordic markets and June 2 in the rest of the world. Netflix has also dropped first-look photos (see above and below).

A luxury Audi has been stolen from a driveway in Falkirk.

EXCLUSIVE: The untold story of Reverend Jesse Jackson is to be made into a theatrical documentary feature and limited TV series, with Jackson’s son Yusef D Jackson set to co-exec and Peabody Award-winning Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed director Shola Lynch attached.

Matt Hancock has been accused of using the UK's refugee scheme to improve his personal image by taking in a Ukrainian family.

Episode two of Outlander's sixth season has left fans delighted, with many enjoying the drama and excitement but one scene seemed to raise more than a few talking points online.

Chris Willman Music WriterCan a band that seems to operate under rigid and even blatantly joyless conditions still produce music that sparks spontaneous ecstasy in listeners? That’s the sort of question that might not seem unusual if it were a classical ensemble we were talking about, or the ballet. But in a new documentary about the group King Crimson, it’s legendary guitar player Robert Fripp, as tough a taskmaster as anyone in the so-called finer arts, Robert Fripp, who’s keeping the musicians in his hire perpetually on pointe.“In the Court of the Crimson King” is really about as good as rock documentaries get, in capturing the essence of a group of musicians and how they relate to each other, the world and a muse whose demands result in literal and figurative calluses.