Skepta to launch new house label at KOKO’s first birthday celebrations

Police have issued an urgent appeal to help trackdown the whereabouts of a 13-year-old girl who has been reported missing.

Greater Manchester could experience a ‘soft heatwave’ next week just days after a yellow warning for high winds is set to end.

Hilary Swank is embracing her new role as a mother. The 48-year-old actress revealed on Easter Sunday that she and husband Philip Schneider have welcomed their twins — a boy and a girl.

On Easter Sunday, the Princess of Wales exuded poise and elegance as she arrived at the Easter Mattins Service at St. George's Chapel in Windsor, donning a sapphire-hued coat dress and matching hat and jewellery. Accompanied by her husband, Prince William, 40, and their three children, Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4, Kate, 41, looked stunning in her 'Mayfair' dress by Catherine Walker, a designer she often favours.

The King and Queen Consort led the Royal Family to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle yesterday (Sunday, April 9) for the first Easter Sunday service of the new reign.The couple were joined by the likes of The Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Beatrice and Zara Tindall at the annual service before they headed back to the castle for lunch. While the day was filled with sweet moments, there was another special anniversary being celebrated as The King and Queen Consort marked their 18th wedding anniversary yesterday.The pair married in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall on April 9, 2005 and affirmed their vows in a religious blessing at St George's Chapel later the same day.

Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools are one of those celebrity couples that seem to know how to avoid drama, and just generally get on with their family lives hassle-free. The 47 year old has been with his partner, former model and writer Juliette Norton, 48, since they were both teenagers, but the pair decided to tie the knot back in July 2000. Which means this year, they’ll be coming up to their 23rd wedding anniversary.

Christine McGuinness has opened up on her plans to get back into the dating scene after splitting with her ex Paddy McGuinness after 11 years together.

K-pop girl group IVE have released their first studio album ‘I’ve IVE’ and a visual for its lead single ‘I AM’.Today (April 10), the six-member group unveiled their powerful music video for ‘I AM’, the lead single of their debut studio album ‘I’ve IVE’, which arrived at the same time.The new visual features the IVE members strutting confidently through a lavish mansion and flying in a private jet, showing off their luxury bags and shoes. Later, they take to a fashion runway and perform the choreography to ‘I AM’.“That’s my life, a beautiful galaxy / Be a writer, the genre is fantasy / A big big stage will open for me tomorrow / So that is who I am,” they sing in the powerful chorus.In addition to ‘I AM’, IVE’s new album includes the pre-release single ‘Kitsch’ and nine other tracks.

Hilary Swank is embracing her new role as a mother. The 48-year-old actress revealed on Easter Sunday that she and husband Philip Schneider have welcomed their twins — a boy and a girl Swank took to Instagram, sharing a sweet photo of herself holding her newborn babies and looking out at the sunset on the ocean. «It wasn’t easy.

Ellie Goulding has spoken to NME about new album ‘Higher Than Heaven’, her Calvin Harris-collab ‘Miracle’ riding high in the charts and the possibility of representing the United Kingdom in Eurovision.Goulding’s fifth album ‘Higher Than Heaven’ was released on Friday (April 7) – and was written intentionally as purely escapist pop.“My new thing is acknowledging the things I’m good at, and I’m good at writing pop songs,” Goulding told NME. “I’ve made a classical album, I’ve made electronic music and I regularly give my vocal away to producers like Four Tet.

Kakao has been raided by South Korean authorities over allegations that it was involved in stock manipulation over its purchase of SM Entertainment shares.According to a report by English South Korean publication Korea JoongAng Daily, about 40 prosecutors and investigators from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) – the East Asian country’s financial regulator – had confiscated data from Kakao’s office in the city of Pangyo in relation to its stock trading activity from February 2023.“The special judicial police at the FSS is presently in the process of investigating if the sale of SM shares is in violation of the Capital Markets Act under guidance from the prosecution,” an FSS spokesperson said in a statement to South Korean press, per Korea JoongAng Daily.“The team is looking into whether there was artificial engagement to sway share prices in a certain direction,” they added.Per The Korea Herald, Kakao are reportedly under investigation for allegedly artificially inflating the stock price of SM Entertainment in an attempt to block HYBE from taking control of the K-pop agency.Back in February, HYBE had launched a tender offer to buy up to 25 per cent of SM Entertainment for ₩150,000 per share. However, HYBE had only been able to acquire 0.98 per cent through that offer, per The Korea Herald.Around the same time, HYBE had submitted a petition to the FSS over an “abnormal” 2.9 per cent purchase of SM Entertainment stocks that had been transacted through a IBK Securities’ branch in Pangyo, according to Korea JoongAng Daily.Kakao has yet to comment on the situation. NME has reached out for comment.Meanwhile, HYBE has since dropped its bid to acquire SM Entertainment following a discussion with Kakao.

Keanu Reeves is teaming up with Jonah Hill for a new film called Outcome.The new Apple Studios film has been co-written by Hill with Erza Woods. Hill will also direct the feature, which is described as a “dark Hollywood story” according to The Hollywood Reporter.Outcome will reportedly tell the story of Reef, who will be played by Reeves.

Ghost have shared a cover of Genesis‘ ‘Jesus He Knows Me’, announced a covers EP and spoken to NME about new music, the future, and being inspired by personality politicians like Trump.Following the release of their rendition of Genesis’ 1992 hit ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ over Easter, yesterday (Sunday, April 9) the band followed up with the news of a new five-track EP, ‘Phantomime’ – featuring more re-imagined songs from Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, Television, and The Stranglers.As frontman Tobias Forge told NME, ‘Phantomime’ could “cast a glimpse as to where I want to go with the band now”.“That doesn’t mean that all of a sudden we’re going to sound like Television!” he said. “It just means that there are practical things in there that have inspired me to record this EP in a slightly different way than I have done previously.”Speaking about his decision to put ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ as the lead single for ‘Phantomime’, Forge believed the “song is more relevant today than it probably was in 1992”.

BIBI has unveiled a new single titled ‘I Am Shampoo’.Over the weekend, the singer unveiled a simple black-and-white visual for her new digital single ‘I Am Shampoo’, which was released in collaboration with Korean haircare brand Just As I Am. The music video features BIBI in a simple black tube top and gloves as she sings to the playful new track.“You’re crazy, in the good way / Gone crazy, in the good way / Slowly and then quickly / Rich and thick, baby / Sure in the good way, yeah,” she sings in the light-hearted chorus.‘I Am Shampoo’ is BIBI’s second release of 2023, after she dropped a remix of her 2022 single ‘BIBI Vengeance’ featuring Baby Tate and Princess Alba in March.

Jess Wright has shared the happy news that her baby nephew has finally gone home to his parents following his premature birth in February. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 37, took to Instagram on Sunday to share the heartwarming news, revealing that her brother Joshua, 33, and his wife Hollie have finally been able to bring their son, who they've named Dustin, home. Jess, who is mum to one year old son Presley with husband William Lee-Kemp, shared a collection of adorable photographs of her nephew as the Wright family celebrated Easter together.

The judges of Celebrity Bake Off were left in stitches after Paddy McGuinness accidentally made a rude showstopper for his bake.The 49 year old Top Gear presenter was intending to make a sweet replica of Barrow Bridge Chimney, which is a historic landmark of his hometown of Bolton, but it came out looking rather phallic. Paddy told judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith: “What I was looking to do is give you Bake Off’s biggest erection - and I feel as though I have achieved that.” Earlier on as he made his dessert, Paddy had realised its phallic resemblance, and when his biscuit collapsed, he quipped: “A shaft has collapsed…story of my life.” Loose Women's Coleen Nolan, who is also appearing on the show, didn't miss an opportunity to dig him out, as she peered at his creation and said: "What the hell is that?" Paddy replied only half-joking as he said: "That's nice isn't it? That's encouraging.

Paul O’Grady’s long-time radio producer has said “we all feel robbed” while paying tribute to his late friend and colleague on Boom Radio. Malcolm Prince worked with Paul at both BBC Radio 2 and independent station Boom Radio, until the entertainer’s death on March 28 and was also one of the first people to pay tribute to the late comic. While introducing a repeat of Paul’s Christmas Day 2022 Boom Radio show, in a slot originally scheduled for a special Easter broadcast from the pair, Malcolm said: “Hello, I’m Malcolm and I’m usually referred to as Paul O’Grady’s long-suffering radio producer.

Frank Skinner was unable to hold back tears as he paid tribute to his former co-host Gareth Richards live on air. Comedian Richards, who appeared alongside Skinner on his Absolute Radio show from 2009 to 2011, died on Friday (7 April), 11 days after he was involved in a serious car collision.

Suga has discussed his thoughts on his 2016 debut mixtape ‘Agust D’.The BTS member recently spoke to Billboard where he reflected on some of his past releases, such as the mixtapes ‘Agust D’ and ‘D-2’. The interview came shortly after the release of Suga latest single ‘People Pt.

K-pop girl group Kep1er have unveiled a new music video for their latest single ‘Giddy’.Today (April 10), the nine-member act dropped the music video for ‘Giddy’, the lead single off their fourth mini-album ‘Lovestruck!’. The full record will be officially released later today at 6pm KST.In the new music video, the members of Kep1er are mesmerised by the sight of a glowing heart in the sky, which bursts into pieces and enters their bodies.

Benefits delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will increase from today (April 10) by 10.1 per cent. The annual uprating includes a boost for an estimated 40,000 mothers expected to take time off work to care for their new born child this year.