Joy as care home residents reunited with loved ones for first time since lockdown

Joyce’s publication may have been a hard sell at first — but Minx‘s pilot was anything but. The new HBO Max series, which was written by Ellen Lapoport, is making a buzz thanks to Ophelia Lovibond‘s determined Joyce and the sleazy-yet-endearing publisher Doug, played by Jake Johnson, who takes a chance on her.

Ian Roberts, the first openly gay rugby league player, has called out the NRL, New Zealand Warriors, and North Queensland Cowboys for their slow reaction time in the wake of a homophobic slur shouted during a game, on Friday night.Roberts was disappointed that it took the club two days to respond to the slur and cited the Josh Cavallo incident in January as a positive example of what should have been done in this case. Warriors player Marcelo Montoya has been identified as the player that used a homophobic slur against Cowboys player Kyle Feldt. During Friday’s game, Montoya, who had floored Feldt in a tackle, could be heard in the broadcast audio saying “get up Kyle, you f****t”.Montoya, who apologised for the slur, will plead guilty to the NRL judiciary.

A public proposal! Tia Booth and her boyfriend, Taylor Mock, got engaged at the Atlanta stop of “Bachelor Live On Stage.”

JoJo Siwa is claiming she was actually not invited to the 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards. The 18-year-old took to social media the day after the show to tell her millions of followers why she wasn’t at the awards show. “A lot of you have been asking me why I’m not at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards tonight, and the answer is very simple. I wasn’t invited. I’m not sure why but just didn’t get an invite,” JoJo said in her video.

Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev are definitely making it down the aisle before Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck! “I mean I think we'll beat Bennifer,” Nikki told ET’s Denny Directo during the 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday. “I don’t know, JLo, I mean she’s run many times so, I think I might beat Bennifer.” However,Brie Bella believes that Jennifer and Ben, who announced their engagement this weekend, will beat the couple.  “Bennifer,” Brie quipped when asked who she sees saying «I do» first.«I think its amazing and I look at them they’re a beautiful couple,» Brie added. «I just feel like it was so recent that her and A-Rod just split so I’m like woah that’s happened fast, but when you fall in love and you fall hard you can’t ever put time on that so its a beautiful thing.»However, the fellow bride-to-be is celebrating the rekindled romance. «They already been there so that’s why I think it's meant to be fast because they were already engaged. I think she really has found her forever she seems comfortable,» Nikki added. Nikki, 38, and Artem, 39, got engaged in 2019.

John Lennon's son Julian sang a cover of his late father's song "Imagine" at a fundraiser for Ukraine. The performance marked the first time that Julian has sung his father's song. Lennon was shot and killed in 1980 at the age of 40.

It looks like there’s an update on Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott‘s newborn son’s name.

Over the next six weeks, the trial of Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard that commences today could prove to be the biggest roles of the former couple’s careers.

Blood donors in Manchester are being urged to fill empty appointments at the city’s donor centre to stop stocks from falling low. Blood stocks are more likely to drop around public holidays like Easter, when people go on holiday or have days out and skip donating.

Bolt, the second largest ride hailing app in the UK, is set to launch in Manchester and Salford ahead of the Easter weekend.

A man has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries following an alleged assault in Tameside. Greater Manchester Police says it was called out to Firethorn Drive in the Godley area of Hyde at around 8.25pm on Saturday (April 9).

The team behind a popular Whitefield bar are hoping their next opening will bring something completely different to the booming Greater Manchester suburb. Northern Social is set to open on Bury New Road, two doors further up from Northern Crafthouse, which is run by the same team.

Good Morning Britain's Alex Beresford has revealed that he is now engaged. The 41-year-old weatherman proposed to his girlfriend Imogen McKay on New Year’s Day during a romantic holiday in Majorca.

Easter is a great opportunity to show the people you love how much they mean to you with a chocolate egg, or a bunch of flowers. And Moonpig is giving customers the chance to add a personal touch to orders by giving away free Easter cards.

Boris Johnson has "full confidence" in his embattled Chancellor after a row broke out over his family's finances.

Jeremy Clarkson, 62, has addressed the ongoing delay in building his dream Cotswolds home at his Diddly Squat farm.The former Top Gear host revealed the project was due to be finished back in May last year, however, because “they are builders” the work is still unfinished and his garden is “full of trenches”.Jeremy mused: “They started building it in the autumn of 2019 and I thought then that it may be a foolish endeavour because how long would I have left to live in it?“The builders said it would all be done by May of 2021, but because they are builders, here we are in the spring of 2022 and the drive's still full of vans and the garden's still full of trenches and I still can't hear myself think because of all the power tools."The Clarkson's Farm star joked that he feared death may come before the renovation is completed.“There's a very real possibility that I'll be like Brunel; dead before the builders realise my dream. Or that I'll have to get them to install some kind of stairlift before they go,” he joked.The star pondered how much time he has left now he’s a similar age to his late father when he died.He continued: “How much time do we have left and what will we be able to do with it? Those are the questions.

From Vicky Pattison getting real about what it takes to shoot one of her Instagram posts to Bella Hadid’s crying selfies, social media is full of people who are moving away from the images of perfection that we’re used to seeing. It seems that in an age of photoshopped pictures, ring lights and pristine home Instagram accounts, social media users are looking for something a lot less staged.

Gary Lineker, 61, has not held back on his criticism of Richard Madeley, 65, after the Good Morning Britain star entered a “very complicated discussion” with climate activist Miranda Whelehan.

It’s controversial and shocking yet wildly popular. In Japan, where it first aired three decades ago, a fifth of the population tunes in to watch it.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWrestleMania 38 has proven to be a stunning success for WWE, with new data indicating the annual event beat out Super Bowl LVI in terms of social media metrics.Per the analytics firm Conviva, the two-night WrestleMania weekend drew a combined 2.2 billion impressions across all social platforms, compared to 1.8 billion for the most recent Super Bowl. Likewise, WWE amassed 1.1 billion video views, 13.1 million hours of video watch time, and 87 million engagements over the weekend, compared to 618 million video views, 3.56 million hours of video watch time, and 78 million engagements for the NFL championship game.

Stay in the loop with all the latest Daily Star news by signing up for one of our free newsletters here.The 20-stone former builder, who has a 60.9cm neck, first realised he had a talent for balancing heavy objects in the 1960s when he was working as a labourer.John devised an 18-inch piece of floorboard so he could carry 24 bricks and balance them on his head - whilst climbing up ladders.After realising he had competition from former World's Strongest Man Geoff Capes - who had managed also to lift 24 bricks - John went on to lift a mammoth 36 bricks.His astonishing feat soon attracted media attention from the UK and around the world and he still remains a TV host for the German Guinness World Records programme.He added: "I have had an amazing career so far, all this from just carrying bricks when I was a bricklayer's labourer when I was 18."My neighbours thought I was weird at first but I'm renowned for it now all over the world."