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It’s Friday again, readers. Jesse Whittock here (for the first time, be gentle), taking you through the week’s top headlines.

A very marvel-ous season! Nearly five months since the last Marvel Cinematic Universe flick hit the big screen, this summer will have two highly anticipated sequels coming out: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder — and that’s just the tipping point for 2022 movie releases.

Taliban will protect him against ISIS has been accused of "getting way too comfy" with the armed group.Miles Routledge, a former physics student at Loughborough University, said he settled on Afghanistan last summer after Googling "most dangerous countries to visit" and picking the top entry.Despite the evacuation, the 22-year-old, who funds his trips with money from his loyal subscribers, went back to the country after crossing from Peshawar, Pakistan.He's now back in the UK, but while posting from Kabul last week, he was accused of becoming too tightly affiliated with the Taliban, who have de facto control of Afghanistan.

Jessica Pegula stands to inherit a fortune so vast she could buy Chelsea and still have over a billion quid left over to buy a private jet or two. Pegula, 28, is making waves in the world of tennis after reaching her first WTA 1000 Final, where she will face Tunisia's Ons Jabeur on Saturday evening.

Sara Davies has admitted that her "good friend" pretended to be a contestant on Dragons' Den to bag her a place on the panel.The BBC entrepreneur, who has recently teamed with Hasbro to launch the children's game, My First Monopoly, has been a panel member on the BBC show since 2019.The Durham native also runs a successful crafting company which she founded in 2005 and is a loving mum to her two boys aged eight and five.In an exclusive chat with Daily Star, Sara revealed how she bagged the opportunity of a lifetime and wound up as one of the most well-known entrepreneurs in the country.The mum-of-two explained: "I was part of an all-female investment group in the Northeast called Gabriel Investors and the guy that had done our marketing support with us became a good friend of mine, and he said you'd be absolutely brilliant on Dragon's Den and I said you know what, I think I would too because I'd really enjoy it, and he said well why don't you put your name forward for it?"She explained: "Well you don't just put your name forward for the BBC and he said well what do you do? And I said well I'm hoping one day they might notice me and they might invite me to come and audition for the show."The business woman went on to say that her friend refused to wait until she got noticed and took it upon himself to ring the BBC because he thought she'd be "a really good dragon."She quipped: "The next day he rang and he went as though he was going through the application process to be a contestant on the show, and it was when he got through to one of the researchers to find out about his business, he said I'm not actually ringing about me, I'm ringing about my friend, I think she'd be a really good dragon on the show."Sara recalled that

TikTok clip that has racked up 2.6 million views, the beauty hit out as she donned the generic patient gown.She lip synced to an audio that said: “Why is this okay? But this isn’t?”Caitlyn then rocked her Lila labour gown in red and brushed the openings to the side to expose her pregnant belly.She wrote: “When people try to tell me hospitals shouldn’t allow people to wear my gowns during labour because they might need to access things quickly in an emergency."Amazed by Caitlyn’s creation, many people fled to the comments to praise her.One person commented: “Just got mine and I can’t wait to use it! June can’t come fast enough.”Another user added: “Hospital gowns could use an upgrade, this is awesome.”While a third person praised: “I’ve followed you for over a year as I tried to get pregnant. I’m finally pregnant and WILL be buying your gown sets!”However, not everyone was so keen on Caitlyn’s labour gown and shared their queries.This user questioned: “Because it’s not what the staff is used to – which means they aren’t looking for openings etc.

which runs at Theatre Row through May 21, is inspired by the little-known troop, one of whom finally told her harrowing story in 2013 at age 95. “Young women, forced to be in a room together, with nothing else to distract them except for the fact that they could die at every meal,” playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks, told The Post. “If that isn’t a situation ripe for drama, I don’t know what is.”Added the writer: “Just when you think you’ve heard every frickin’ horrible thing about Hitler.”Margot Wölk, who died in 2014, was a secretary when she started working against her will as one of the gourmet guinea pigs at 24 years old. After her parents’ Berlin apartment was destroyed by Allied bombs, she moved to Gross-Partsch (now Parcz, Poland) to stay with her mother-in-law.

Carl Woods has opened up about his hopes to build a family with his fiancée Katie Price.The reality TV queen, 43, is already mum to five, Harvey, 19, Junior, 16, Princess, 14, Jett, eight, and Bunny, seven.When speaking exclusively to the Daily Star about his future dreams for himself and his partner Katie at the Celeb MMA press conference - he revealed how things were looking positive.Carl, 32, said: "We was never off track - we're good... But I would love to have babies with her."Talking about his controversial reputation, he then added: "Look, I am completely and utterly loyal, yeah, Katie will never have anyone as loyal as me, she just wouldn't.

Some 53 McColl's convenience stores in Greater Manchester are under threat of closure after the chain confirmed it could fall into administration. The company, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, employs about 16,000 people, or roughly 6,000 on a full-time equivalent basis and has more than 1,100 convenience shops across England, Scotland and Wales.

EXCLUSIVE: AMC’s genre streamer Shudder has picked up Northern Irish folk horror Mandrake, which debuted earlier this year at FrightFest Glasgow.

Rangers captain James Tavernier has dedicated the club's progress to this year's Europa League final in memory of Wishaw's Jimmy Bell and Lanark-born Walter Smith.

A pensioner who died in a car crash on Skye has been named locally as Donnie Martin.

Writer-director Kaih Roache-Turner, who’s behind projects such as Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead and Nekrotonic, has set his next project as arachnophobia horror Sting. Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales on the project and will unveil it to buyers at the Cannes market.

A brute who attacked his partner of 21 years at her Lanarkshire home warned he'd "do worse than Fred West did".

It is no secret that celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is notoriously hard to please.

NASA has recorded the sound of a black hole for the first time ever - and it sounds eerie. The amazing feat was achieved as a result of the "echoes", which are space phenomena released in the form of X-rays.

Heart Radio star Amanda Holden lives a quiet life outside of the glitz and glamour of her showbiz career in a multi-million pound mansion she shares with her husband, Chris Hughes, and their two daughters.The long-standing Britain's Got Talent judge, 51, lives in the Surrey Mansion which is as beautifully designed as Amanda's many fashionable outfits she posts snaps of on her Instagram page. The couple splashed out on the Surrey mansion back in 2015 and no expense was spared in kitting out their luxurious pad, including the pair spending £34,000 on their living room.

Emmerdale stars and on screen couple Matthew Wolfenden and Isabel Hodgins look totally different in an adorable snap uploaded to celebrate Matthew Wolfenden's birthday.Taking to Instagram, the actress celebrated her co-star's birthday by posting a very cute picture of them cuddling nine years ago, captioning the snap: "All the way back to 2013." The throwback pic was in honour of Matthew's 42nd birthday, with the actress sharing a series of videos and photos of the star. She wished him a happy birthday saying "I love you" and that he was a "brilliant human." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Georgia Kousoulou marked her son Brody’s first birthday on Thursday by sharing a heart-warming video on Instagram.The former The Only Way Is Essex cast member posted the video which shows photos and clips of little Brody’s first year.The 30 year old, who currently stars in ITVBe series Baby Steps alongside fiancé Tommy Mallet, shared the sweet video with her fans. It features highlights from the past year, including a snap after her son's birth, Tommy holding Brody in a pool on holiday and a sweet photo of Brody enjoying bath time.

Carol Vorderman could be set to return to Countdown following Anne Robinson's departure from the Channel 4 show. Anne, 77, announced earlier this week that she's set to step down as Countdown host after less than a year in the job, and there have been lots of rumours and suggestions as to who might take over as the new presenter on the popular game show. One name that's been mentioned as a possible replacement is someone who's by no means a stranger to the programme is former numbers expert Carol, who is reportedly a top choice for the role among show bosses.But former host Nick Hewer, who presented the show for almost a decade between 2012 and 2021, reckons she might not be the right choice, in part because she's too closely associated with another job on the programme.Asked about the possibility in an interview with RadioTimes.com, he said: "I've been on her show a couple of times, she's got a [BBC] Radio Wales show."I don't know whether there would be a sort of conflict in a way because both she and Rachel [Riley] did the same job.So I don't know."I think she's a very popular woman, but I would have thought that it would slightly confuse the audience, which is a very faithful audience, [with] some people watching it for years and yearsHe added, "I just think that there might be – people might be a bit confused."For her part, Vorderman recently said it would be "an honour" to return to the show and thanked fans for their comments, but appeared to distance herself from the gig by wishing luck to the future host."I want to wish whoever is the lucky human to be the new host all the love and 9 letter words in the world," she wrote on Twitter.For who else might be a good fit for the job, Hewer had a wealth of suggestions,

Transgender former child genius Lauren Harries furiously stormed off Channel 4’s Naked Attraction after being deemed “too old” by a potential suitor. The episode originally aired in 2019, however it was played again on Channel 4 on Thursday. Former Celebrity Big Brother star Lauren, now 44, was incensed when the show’s picker Rigby, then 27, rejected her for her age after she bared all on the risqué show.