Helen Flanagan has fans in disbelief as she marks son's first birthday

A devastated mother wants to publicise a picture of her 12-year-old daughter who died, to raise awareness about bullying.

A warrant was issued today for the arrest of a man accused of embezzling more than £80,000 from his grandfather.

A community bus service introduced at the height of the second lockdown has been so successful it is set to be extended for another year.

Keir Starmer has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak to quit after it emerged they will be fined over partygate.

A section of the M876 motorway through Falkirk is to be closed for three nights as £155,000 worth of resurfacing improvements is set to begin this week.

Can we talk for a minute about how Jessica Simpson is just un-freakin-believable?!

New Orleans’ own Anthony Mackie. Stars like R&B great Monica, host and interviewer Gayle King, country collab veteran Nelly, and rising country superstar Mickey Guyton were on hand to accept and present honors and take the stage in performance.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have been banned from taking selfies with fans and signing autographs outside the court during their defamation trial.A judge has prohibited the A-list pair from photos or signatures on courthouse grounds - at Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia.The Hollywood actor is suing his fellow actor ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation and seeking £38.2million in damages.Heard is seeking £76.8m in damages in a counterclaim accusing Depp of allegedly pushing a "smear campaign" against her.The order relating to selfies and signatures followed an order a judge entered into the docket last month.The order stated: "Litigants and their legal teams in this trial will not pose for pictures or sign autographs in the Courthouse or on Courthouse Grounds".Fans of both Depp and Heard were present outside the court on Monday, which saw the jury selected for the case.Tuesday (April 12) will see both sides set out their opening statements - but the trial is expected to last for several weeks.Depp, 58, decided to take action against Heard, 35, after she wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post in 2018, detailing her experiences with domestic abuse.Depp's lawyers claimed the article falsely implied that Amber was physically and sexually abused by Johnny during their marriage.She claimed in the article she had become a 'public figure representing domestic abuse', but did not mention Depp's name.He claims the allegations have affected his chances of work since the piece went live, most notably, his role in Fantastic Beasts was axed.However, Amber's article titled 'I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture's wrath.

Queen is said to be "deeply hurt" over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle not attending Prince Philip's memorial for a trip to Holland, which a royal expert claims is because Meghan didn't "want to miss out on the publicity."Harry and wife Meghan have opted instead to head to the Netherlands for the Invictus Games, where the pair will be followed around by a Netflix documentary crew.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will mark the opening ceremony of the games at The Hague, their first trip to Europe since the pair left the Royal Family two years ago.But a royal expert claims the pair's actions are said to have "deeply hurt" the Queen.Royal experts have alleged that this is a "snub" to the Queen, with the pair not attending Prince Philip's memorial service just a few days ago.Claims also say that while it is "unnecessary" for Meghan to be at the games, she "wouldn't want to miss out on the publicity".Royal expert Angela Levin said: "I think it's truly shocking. I think the royal family are deeply hurt, but that's precisely what they must want, otherwise, they wouldn't act like that."We saw the Queen, you can't help but feel desperately sorry for her, she would have loved to have Harry there for the day.

football fan has been left 'kicking himself' after he missed out on over £1,000 from a 'hasty' £5 bet during Sunday's Manchester City v Liverpool Premier League clash.Tom Haden placed an accumulator with Bet365 on the top-of-the-table clash - but missed out on a potential four-figure windfall after making a snap decision.The bloke placed the bet with five elements in the match: City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne to score; Liverpool striker Diogo Jota to score; Reds left-back Andrew Robertson to get booked, and Blues midfielder Bernardo Silva to receive a yellow card.De Bruyne opened the scoring after six minutes before Jota equalised after 13 minutes. Robertson was cautioned on 28 minutes and Silva followed him into the book five minutes before half-time.The final element of Tom’s bet was for the match to end in a draw.

Coleen Nolan felt brave alongside her Loose Women peers to speak out about notorious paedophile Jimmy Savile who she'd met when she was just 14.During her teens, Coleen and her siblings formed part of the famed band the Nolan Sisters and were at the height of fame appearing on Top Of The Pops - of which Jimmy was a regular host.Recalling a frightening encounter with the known sexual abuser, Coleen remembered a stint on the popular BBC One programme where Jimmy had approached her.Speaking to the panel, she said: "I just didn't get the whole Jimmy Savile thing."You know I was around at that time as we were doing Top Of The Pops me and my sister."We'd met him a few times and every time we met him we used to be awww [pulled a disgraced face], I hope it's not Jimmy Savile this time because he was always creepy to me."Denise added: "And he'd tried to get you to go back with him."As the former hitmaker attempted to discuss the matter, she hit a stumbling block and tried to swerve the emotional ordeal.Responding, Coleen said: "Well yeah, it's difficult for me to talk about that scenario that I had because it's nothing when compared with what he did."Fortunately, her fond co-star's Jane Moore, Denise Welch and Katie Piper were on-hand to spur her on.Denise interjected: "No but it could have been Coleen, had you have gone."Coleen continued: "Yeah, I mean I was 14 and my sisters were appearing on Top Of The Pops and I was too young at that stage so he asked 'could I stand with him on the podium' when he introduced them."And then once they'd done their bit, he said to me, 'where do you live now?'"I said, 'I still live in Blackpool' and he said 'I'm there next week and I've got a suite to the hotel, you should come and visit me.'"She

Beckham turned 20 years old this month (April 2022) - and it is still scoring goals with generations of fans across the country.The comedy followed an aspiring footballer who defied her family to follow her dreams - launching stars including Parminda Nagra and Keira Knightly to Hollywood stardom.It also exceeded box office expectations, making over £80.3million - despite only having a £3.7m film production budget.Since its release back in 2002, the stars of the film have since gone on to have worldwide success and global fame in Hollywood films, as well as leading very interesting lives too.To celebrate the film's anniversary, Daily Star takes a look at where the cast are now.Parminder Nagra rose to fame as talented footballer Jess Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham, after undergoing an intense 10-weeks of training ahead of the role.From there it has been onwards and upwards for the star, landing a leading role in hit US medical drama E.R as Neela Rasgotra for over six years until its final episode in 2009, as well as appearing in TV series The Blacklist, Marvel's Agents Of Shield and 13 Reasons Why.In her personal life, Parminder was also married to James Stenson from 2009-2012, welcoming a son called Kai.However the couple later divorced, citing irreconcilable differences, and the star currently lives in Los Angeles with her son.She has since appeared in hit Netflix film Bird Box and TV series DI Ray, with Parminder recently revealing to The Guardian that she would love to return to the UK following her work on drama Intergalactic.Parminder said: "I think some of the most interesting stuff coming out right now is from England. And I’m English! So I want to be a part of that.

Naman Ramachandran South Asian focused streamer ZEE5 global has revealed a raft of Tamil-language titles.Noted filmmaker Vetrimaaran is readying his first original series “Nilamellam Ratham,” featuring Ameer; Prakash Raj stars in drama series “Anantham”; and Kalidas Jayaram is the lead of coming-of-age drama “Paper Rocket,” by Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi.The slate also includes director Vijay’s teen dance drama “Five-Six-Seven-Eight,” revenge saga “Kolaigara Kairegaigal,” directed by S.R. Prabhakaran; and mystical thriller “Aindham Vedham.” Original films include “Yaanai” featuring Arun Vijay and Priya Bhavani Shankar and “Thamezharasan,” starring Vijay Antony, Suresh Gopi, Sonu Sood and Remya Nambeesan.   Popular star Ajith Kumar’s “Valimai” premiered on the platform in March, fetching the fastest 500-million streaming minutes on ZEE5 Global.

Rihanna fans were pretty shocked when she announced she was expecting her first baby with A$AP Rocky back in January, and in a new interview, she’s finally revealing whether the pregnancy was something she and the rapper planned on. “I wouldn’t say [we were] planning, but certainly not planning against it,” she told Vogue. “I don’t know when I ovulate or any of that type of s***. We just had fun, and then it was there on the test. I didn’t waste any time. I called him inside and showed him. Then I was in the doctor’s office the next morning and our journey began.”

Kim Kardashian is opening up about her romance with Pete Davidson. The 41-year-old reality star has recently been an open book when discussing her relationship with the 28-year-old comedian, and now she's getting real about the first time the two kissed when she was guest hosting in October. «When we kissed, I was just like, 'Hmm!'» Kardashian admitted while talking to Amanda Hirsch on Dear Media's  podcast.

Coronation Street fans were left baffled as Abi Webster made the front page and centre spread of the local newspaper over her secret birth. She recently gave birth to a baby boy without realising she was pregnant.

Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has given a peek inside the first birthday party for her one year old son Charlie Scott Sinclair. The 31 year old actress, who showed off her children's incredible Harry Potter-inspired playroom, shared a sneak peek inside the family birthday party at their sprawling home for their adorable son Charlie to her 1million Instagram followers. Helen, who also shares daughters Matilda, six, and Delilah, three, with footballer Scott Sinclair, 32, looked every inch the doting mum in a blue floral dress as she posed for a sweet family portrait.

Helen Flanagan has shared some behind-the-scenes snaps of the Gruffalo-themed birthday party she threw for her baby son over the weekend.

Alex Scott wowed the red carpet on Sunday when she wore a stunning dusty-pink gown - and fans cannot get enough!RELATED: Alex Scott shimmers in incredible cut-out gown on BAFTAs red carpetPosting some highlights from the elegant event, Alex took to her Instagram to give fans a sneak peak of her evening which was hosted at the famous Royal Albert Hall. VIEW GALLERY Alex's beautiful look for the 2022 BAFTAsCaptioning her post "BAFTA BABY" the former footballer shared nine exciting snaps from the night.One fan commented: "Stunning dress, love the high-heels too!" Another wrote, "So, so gorgeous" whilst another fan dubbed her as "breathtaking".

Helen Flanagan had fun celebrating her son Charlie's first birthday as the Corrie star and her friends and family took part in the TikTok craze The Drop.

Coronation Street star Brooke Vincent has admitted she was concerned about her first lesbian kiss in the ITV soap.Brooke, 29, who played Sophie Webster from 2004 to 2019, discussed her role in the soap in Vicky Pattison's The Secret To podcast.In 2010 Sophie fell in love with her best friend. Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson) and Vicky, 34, quizzed Brooke on the famous lesbian storyline in the soap and the moment they kissed after a row.Discussing her unease over her first lesbian kiss in Weatherfield aged 16 Brooke said: "I remember we had to do out first kiss and bear in mind not only this was my first lesbian screen kiss, but it was my first kiss, so I was a bit like 'where are we at?','do we do tongues?', 'did you brush your teeth?'."With Sacha it was amazing, and we portrayed a couple on screen, and we thought we were so important, being the nation’s favourite lesbians.Brooke also told how she felt privileged to tackle the story-line about her coming out as a lesbian.