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Emmerdale star Isabel Hodgins, who plays Victoria Sugden on the ITV soap, stole the show as she wowed in a white sparkling dress in stunning snaps shared on Instagram.Isabel, 28, smiled into the distance as she stood on a grand staircase in a white sparkling dress with sheer sleeves and stunning embellishments all over the material.The dress also featured a tiered skirt with lace around the hemlines, as she revealed that her co-star had thrown a Bridgerton themed birthday bash.She captioned it: "After an exhausting day practicing piano forte a night on the ton was enjoyed by all for @maxparker____ Bridgerton themed 30th and what a night it was."In a second snap, Isabel posed next to Max, who plays Luke Posner on the soap, as they smiled at the camera in their finery.Isabel tied her dark hair back away from her face to ensure all eyes were on her outfit as she completed the look with a large tiara.Max and Isabel looked like a glamorous couple as she captioned the picture: "That feeling when you secure your love match and he doesn’t just want you for your dowry."The star looked completely different from her soap alter-ego, who is much more likely to be seen in jeans and overalls than a stunning embellished gown.Isabel looked like she had a blast at the lavish event, which appeared to be held in a stately home, with a huge dance floor being seen in one of the snaps, as well as a huge staircase covered in white and purple flowers.In a third snap, Isabel and Max certainly made the most of the dance floor as he picked up and held her in his arms in a sweet embrace.Isabel was seen kissing her co-star on the cheek as she cheekily joked in the caption: "Max Parker, your 30th or our wedding?"Max recently announced his engagement

Piers Morgan has apparently had the last laugh after reportedly poaching a bunch of top staff from ITV. The outspoken presenter stepped down from ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain last year in the wake of the Meghan Markle row, and is set to launch a new show on Rupert Murdoch's talkTV.

The death of a two-year-old girl who was found 'drowned in a builder's bucket' in a garden is being treated as "not suspicious", according to police.

FORMER Coronation Street star Kym Marsh wowed fans with a makeup-free selfie on a fun night in with her family. The former pop star, 45, showed off her natural beauty as she hung out with her brother John, nephew Dylan and her two kids Emily, 25, and David, 26.

Former Manchester United winger Daniel James has revealed that he had never experienced such informative training sessions until completing a move to Leeds United in the summer transfer window.

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee is believed to have a huge budget of between £10 million and £15 million, and it'll take place this year to celebrate her 70th year on the throne.This is the first time in history that any monarch has been on the throne for that long. When Queen Elizabeth gained her title at just 25 years old it was because her beloved father, King George VI, had died after a battle with lung cancer. At the time, the Queen, now 95, was in Kenya on a Commonwealth tour, but her exact reaction upon hearing of her father's death has since been revealed by Prince Philip's cousin Lady Pamela Hicks, who witnessed it.

US Navy SEAL candidate has died after going through the notorious Hell Week as another has been sent to hospital.The candidate had just completed the first phrase of training to become a SEAL when he passed away on Friday.Navy SEALs are one of the most elite units in the American military and Hell Week is designed to test a candidate's limitations. The cause of death is currently unknown and the status of the candidate in hospital is said to be “stable”.The two had spent several hours doing a “basic underwater demolition” class but were not actively training when they felt ill.Both candidates reported symptoms and were transported to receive medical care.The name of the deceased soldier has yet to be released as Navy officials confirm that it is being withheld for 24 hours while the next-of-kin is being informed.In a statement, the US Navy said: “Two Navy SEAL candidates, assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command, were taken to the hospital on Feb.

Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan is reportedly celebrating having the last laugh following his explosive exit from the ITV show last year. The star is said to have “exacted revenge” on his former employer by poaching some of the broadcaster’s “best people” for his new programme on TalkTV.Piers quit his role on GMB last March after storming off set live on-air following a row over Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.The infamous TV moment sparked a slew of Ofcom complaints, including one from the Duchess of Sussex herself, after Piers claimed he didn’t believe her damning complaints about life in the Royal Family.Although Piers’ GMB exit was mired in controversy, he is now said to be getting his own back on ITV by “nicking” several important members of staff to work with him on a new channel, TalkTV, which is set to be launched by Rupert Murdoch in the UK later this year.The Mail on Sunday claims that a source close to Piers “jubilantly” said: “We’ve nicked all the best people.”They added: “Piers is not a man to cross. “He was forced out of ITV totally unnecessarily and now he has dealt the ultimate revenge by taking their stars.“He has only hired the people who he thinks are the best so this is a really big blow to the channel.”Express.co.uk has contacted representatives for Piers and ITV for comment. It comes after Erron Gordon, GMB’s director since the show’s launch in April 2014, was the first to join Piers on his new TV project.Gordon will be working on Piers’ daily show as executive creative director and head of studio output.Ollie Gardner, a director on ITV’s Loose Women and previous GMB team member, will reportedly become deputy head of studio output.Meanwhile, GMB’s assistant editor Ben

The Queen's has now reached a colossal 70 years on the throne.Her Majesty ascended to the Crown upon the death of her father George VI and has since become the country's longest-reigning monarch.Her unusually long reign, the second-longest ever behind French King Louis XIV, who ruled for 72 years, is in part due to her father's poor health.George had a range of ailments and illnesses including lung cancer and had to have a lung removed. He died while Elizabeth was touring Kenya with now late-husband Prince Philip.Becoming the leader of the world's most famous family and monarchy at such a young age was remarkable and slightly unexpected, despite the King's ill health.So how young was the Queen, what happened and how old was she when she took the throne?The Queen came to the throne in 1952 on February 6.We celebrate the jubilee on June 2, however, as this is when the Queen was crowned at Westminster Abbey.The Queen was in Kenya at the time of her father's death and returned to London to be greeted by then Prime Minister Winston Churchill.The Guardian reported: "Prince Philip reacted as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt.

XXXTentacion, titled Look At Me!, is set to make its premiere at this year’s SXSW festival.The film — directed by Sabaah Folayan and produced by FADER Films — was announced earlier this month. It follows the controversial career of XXXTentacion (AKA Jahseh Onfroy), a troubled teenager who left a lasting influence on the SoundCloud rap genre.“Look at Me! explores how Florida teenager Jahseh Onfroy became SoundCloud rapper XXXTENTACION, one of the most streamed artists on the planet,” reads the film’s synopsis.“Through frank commentary from family, friends and romantic partners, and unseen archival footage, director Sabaah Folayan offers a sensitive portrayal of an artist whose acts of violence, raw musical talent and open struggles with mental health left an indelible mark on his generation before his death at the age of 20.”The documentary will debut at the film festival segment of SXSW, which takes place in Austin, Texas, from March 11 to March 20.

A British trans woman, Naya Martinez, 21, and her gay friend, Valentino Kyriakou, 20, were told to leave a chicken shop in north-west London’s Wembley otherwise they would be stabbed. Trigger Warning: This story has details and visuals of a homophobic attack, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The BBC reported the ordeal was recorded by onlookers and posted on TikTok where it went viral, and was shared via other social media platforms including , and Instagram where it has been viewed “hundreds of thousands of times.”Valentino Kyriakou, 20, and Naya Martinez, 21, were subjected to homophobic slurs by a group of young men in Wembley, #London.The video shows the friends being told that they would be "shanked" if they didn't leave.@metpoliceuk say they are trying to identify the perpetrators. pic.twitter.com/eU9BapFAos— Birmingham Against LGBTQI Hate (@BrumAgainstHate) February 1, 2022Police have yet to make any arrests as they try to identify the offenders captured on video.

Queen Elizabeth II offered her support Saturday to have the Duchess of Cornwall become Queen Camilla — using a special Platinum Jubilee message to make a significant decision in shaping the future of the British monarchy.

Making history! Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee — 70 years to the day since she acceded to the British throne — on Sunday, February 6.

A rocky journey. Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth have gone through their fair share together.

The Queen is set to stand down, possibly within a year – with Prince Charles becoming King, we can ­exclusively reveal. Military and security chiefs have been ordered to plan for the coronation of Charles after being given a top-secret briefing. A small team of senior officers are understood to have ­prepared a “working plan” for Charles to be crowned, which sources say is expected to take place in 2023.

A five-year-old boy who was trapped in a deep well for four days has died, the Moroccan royal palace has said.

Boris Johnson announced the disastrous Christmas 2020 lockdown, his wife had been diagnosed with terminal cancer - and she died just eight months later, leaving devoted Richard struggling to contain his grief.Richard, who besides being an accomplished actor is also the creator of Jack Perfume at Liberty London, posted an emotional video to his 284,300 followers early this morning to share his grief.A clearly crushed Richard couldn't bring himself to start speaking until seven seconds into the video and kept his head firmly bowed down throughout."One of those mornings when uninvited melancholics come up and squat on your brain," he said simply.He ended the short clip by revealing he would be going for a walk.Richard had been married to his beloved wife Joan Washington for 35 years when lung cancer took her from him, after first meeting her when he was sent for voice coaching lessons at The Actor's Centre in London back in the 1980s."She was wearing a boiler suit and had fairly short, cropped hair and Kicker shoes, and was chain-smoking, which I thought was insane," he recalled to the Independent of the first time he laid eyes on her."She was teaching an accent session with a bunch of actors, and I thought she had the most wonderful voice and huge, sort of monkey eyes."I thought that she was really cute and all that.

Pierce Brosnan, 68, was dressed to impress this weekend when he had dinner with his gorgeous wife Keely Smith, 58. The husband and wife stopped at Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica, CA and were photographed walking outside the dining establishment while greeting onlookers and photographers. Pierce flashed a big smile at one point while he walked by a camera and looked as happy as could be.

All Of Us Are Dead has helped South Korea set a new record on Netflix in the US.Based on the webtoon Now At Our School by Joo Dong-geun, the series follows a group of high school students who find themselves trapped on campus as a zombie apocalypse spreads like wildfire.After previously topping the charts on Netflix in over 25 countries by January 31, All Of Us Are Dead has now reached the summit of the daily Top 10 list on US Netflix (February 4). As the second non-English-language series to reach that position, the K-drama has helped set a new record for South Korea.Thanks to the success of Squid Game and All Of Us Are Dead, Korea is now the first country to place multiple series not in the English language at the top of the streaming service’s charts, according to Deadline.

Spotify users have cancelled their subscriptions since the controversy around Joe Rogan’s podcast broke out.In January, hundreds of scientists and medical professionals asked Spotify to address COVID-19 misinformation on its platform, sparked by comments made on The Joe Rogan Experience. The 270-plus members of the science and medical community signed an open letter, which called Rogan’s actions “not only objectionable and offensive but also medically and culturally dangerous”.Following the publishing of that letter, Neil Young demanded his music be “immediately” removed from the platform, with many high-profile artists like Joni Mitchell, David Crosby and Graham Nash following suit.Now, as Variety reports, a consumer poll from Forrester Research has found that 19 per cent of the streaming service’s customers have since cancelled their subscriptions, or plan to in the near future.

Eddie Vedder is not a fan of Mötley Crüe — and apparently the feeling is mutual.