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Dick Hoyt was a runner who became well known for competing in the Boston Marathon and other races while pushing his son, Rick, in a wheelchair.Rick Hoyt was born a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, unable to speak or walk. But when he was a boy, his parents had a computer developed for him that allowed him to communicate by tapping letters with his head.

Sheridan Smith To Headline Channel 5’s ‘Teacher’ BAFTA-winner Sheridan Smith is to headline Teacher, the latest drama series from ViacomCBS’s UK network Channel 5. Smith will play Jenna in the Clapperboard-produced psychological thriller, which follows a state schoolteacher whose life unravels after being accused of a drunken sexual encounter with one of her pupils. Other cast includes Samuel Bottomley (Get Duked!), Kelvin Fletcher (Moving On), Cecilia Noble (Small Axe), Sharon Rooney (My Mad Fat Diary), David Fleeshman (It’s A Sin), and Ian Puleston-Davies (Tin Star). Entertainment One will sell the four-part series outside of the UK, with filming set to begin this month.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A paramedic has organised a charity run from Stirling Castle to Edinburgh Castle to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) after losing his dad to the disease.Sauchie resident Gregor Miller, set up the Castle Crusade run last year and has been in training since October last year (2020).The run was originally meant to be held on March 28 this year but was postponed because of Covid.

Katie Price has been seen for the first time since sparking mass speculation she is pregnant with Carl Woods baby, hours after she was snapped driving despite being on a court ordered driving ban.Dressed in a quirky all blue outfit, the outspoken star was seen getting into a waiting car at her Essex home.Messing about her own camera, Katie appeared to be filming the paps as she jumped into the vehicle.The mum-of-five recently took to social media to share a snap of herself giving the impression she is expecting, though stopped short of saying the new outright.Taking to Instagram on Thursday evening, Katie shared a shot of herself in a car passenger seat cradling her stomach.Gazing down the lens the starlet pouted up a storm before

Manori Ravindran International EditorJohn Malone’s Liberty Global has become a founding member of the European Green Digital Coalition, a collective set up to support the use of digital technologies to promote environmental sustainability.The multinational telco — owners of “Fleabag” and “1917” producer All3Media and joint owners with Telefonica of the merged Virgin Media and O2 — is among a group of founding members, announced Friday by EU commissioner Thierry Breton and the EU presidency at a Digital Day event in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Want all the latest shocking news and views from all over the world straight into your inbox?We've got the best royal scoops, crime dramas and breaking stories - all delivered in that Daily Star style you love.Our great newsletters will give you all you need to know, from hard news to that bit of glamour you need every day. They'll drop straight into your inbox and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.You can sign up here - you won't regret it...He added: "I think the amount of things that AI is doing for good massively outweighs the small number of areas where people are being defrauded."Britain is very well placed in the AI space.

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Charter Communications chairman and CEO Thomas Rutledge received compensation worth $38.8 million in 2020, a big jump from $8.74 million in 2019 and $8.15 million in 2018. An SEC filing issued on Thursday by Charter, in which John Malone's Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, indicated Rutledge's base salary for 2020 was $2.07 million, just up from $2 million in 2019.

The Daily Show‘s Trevor Noah will go head-to-head against Ted Lasso with himself for EA Sport’s FIFA Face-Off. The two-part live competition game show will feature Jason Sudeikis in his popular Apple+ role and co-star Bernard Hunt appearing as his Ted Lasso character, Coach Beard, to play the popular soccer video game.

latest Covid conspiracy theory on Twitter which concerned the death of Tanzania's President John Magufuli.The passing of Magufuli, who was first elected president in 2015, was announced by Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan this week following heart complications at a local hospital.Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and was said to have contracted Covid-19 by rival politicians according to the BBC, which has not been confirmed.The 61-year-old, who declared Tanzania as "Covid-19 free" last June, had not only stated that the virus had been eradicated by three days of national prayer, but also expressed doubts about masks and testing.Le Tissier’s tweet included a screenshot of an article which is titled ‘It’s time

Big Hit Entertainment, the agency of K-pop megastars BTS, is set to rebrand itself as HYBE in a bid to expand the scope of their operations.Earlier today (March 19), Big Hit Entertainment officially introduced the company’s new name during a brand presentation on YouTube. According to the company, its new name HYBE represents its drive to become a “music-based entertainment lifestyle company”, adding that it symbolises connection, expansion and relationships.However, despite this rebranding, the company reassured that the well-known Big Hit moniker is not being phased out.

Also expected to be very popular is the Stories for Lockdown: Stay at Home event on Thursday at 9.30am. For the full programme see https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/uploads/Big-Dog-programme-PUBLIC-2.pdf

Beyoncé's mother Tina Lawson sang the praises of Chloe Bailey, one week after her exMathew Knowles dissed the five-time Grammy nominee.While complimentingBailey, 22,Lawson shared a video of the R&B singer as a child playing the younger version ofBeyonce,39, in the2003 film Fighting Temptations. 'How cute and prophetic is this that Chloe played Beyoncé's character as a child in the movie Fighting Temptations,' Lawson,67, captioned a video, which featured Bailey, who is part of the singing duo Chloe X Halle.

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Meghan Markle.Years of auditions and even a stint as a Deal or No Deal Briefcase girl paved the way for what would become a successful acting career.And desperate to make a name for herself on screen, the Duchess of Sussex previously admitted to lying to try and bag a TV job.She made the candid admission in 2015 when asked which role saw her get her first Screen Actors Guild card, a US union that represents more than 100,000 actors, and a requirement to have for some acting jobs. Meghan revealed she pretended to be in a union in order to try and get a small part in a pilot for Century City, a 2004 CBS show.She told an audience: “I was Taft-Harteleyed, which is I pretended I was union....

Rita Ora has come under fire for appearing to be glamorising the cropping of dog ears in her new music video.The pop star released a mini-film shoot to go with her new EP Bang, filmed in Bulgaria.But the video features what looks like a pitbull with close-cropped ears, a cruel practise that has been banned in the UK, but it is not illegal to import animals who have already been mutilated.The Focus on Animal Law group (FOAL) is a made up of leading veterinary bodies and animal welfare activists and is working on a new petition against the import of cropped dogs from abroad.FOAL co-director Jordan Shelley launched the petition to close all legal loopholes allowing ear cropping to continue and said he was “disappointed” by Rita’s actions.He

SPOILER ALERT: For anyone who hasn’t yet seen Thursday night’s eviction episode of “Big Brother Canada”, spoilers lie ahead. 

 Jennifer Garner  is letting fans in on some behind-the-scenes details from the set of one of her most classic roles.During a recent Q&A session with theSkimm, the actress revealed why one scene almost made her 13 Going On 30 costar, Mark Ruffalo, quit.“We started to learn the dance,” she said, recalling the big sequence in the movie where a bunch of party-goers perform Michael Jackson’s ”Thriller” choreography.

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Antonio Ferme editorGLAAD has announced a new slate of special guests, including Katy Perry and “Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy, that are set to appear at the 32nd annual GLAAD Media Awards.The LGBTQ advocacy organization was founded in 1990 to tackle tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD is partnering with Google to exclusively premiere the ceremony on YouTube on April 8 at 8 p.m.