Sophie Ellis-Bextor claims she was raped aged 17 and was left feeling ‘ashamed’

Tributes have poured in for Winnie Campbell who has passed away at the age of 106.

Angelina Jolie is on the ground in Yemen to aid refugees. Jolie, 46, emphasized the need to support all displaced families and refugees as she arrived in the capital city of Yemen on Sunday amid the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The U.N.

A post shared by Vena Brykalin (@venabrykalin)Chanel, which also closed its stores late on Friday, faced a similar backlash in the days before it made the decision, not least because it called the invasion a “conflict” when it said it would donate €2 million to refugee relief. Instagram users immediately demanded that the brand - which employs 320 people in Russia and has five boutiques in Moscow and St Petersburg - stop selling goods in the territory. Notably, luxury brands kept their stores open long after mid-range international brands shut down their Russian operations.

A Scots carer has issued a desperate plea after using her life savings to save her sick dog when he began vomiting 'black liquid'.

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A Scots teacher is being investigated for wearing an "inappropriate" figure-hugging morph suit to school on World Book Day.

A family have told of their shock after their dad's personality change turned out to be an early sign of a fatal illness.

To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.|We had two viewings over the weekend, and they love the flat."They love everything about it, it’s a luxury apartment.

A missing hillwalker and dog has sparked a huge emergency response in the Highlands.

Loose Women's Carol McGiffin was talking about her pet peeves while grocery shopping when she was swiped by co-star Linda Robson.The Loose Women ladies were discussing their shopping bugbears and Carol led the conversation claiming she hated nothing more than when staff chat away at the checkouts.She revealed that she hated it so much and wished there was a separate lane for people who wanted to chat and people who wanted to get in and get out.This then led to Linda branding her a "miserable cow" during Monday's (March 7) episode.However, one viewer backed Carol in the debate, tweeting: "I’d be with Carole@McGiff I’d be in the miserable lane. #LooseWomen @loosewomen"Earlier in the conversation, Carole also made another savage remark when she, Linda, Ruth Langsford and Coleen Nolan were discussing whether you should go to your ex-partner's funeral.Carol said: "I don't think I would really have an ex I would be that bothered about."This left the other panellists with their jaws dropped, with her them suggesting she may feel different if she had children with them.Fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the discussion.

Manchester United's players have singled out one of their team-mates as a 'teacher's pet' due to their regular starting spot.

Russian invaders.Posted on Twitter by Guardian journalist Shaun Walker, a photo of the new sign has three directions for oncoming troops.Mr Walker, who is in Odessa, wrote: “Road sign in Odessa.“Straight on: f**k off.“Left: f**k off again. “Right: f**k off to Russia.”The journalist was then accused of posting a fake photo, to which he clarified that it was indeed real – because he took it.

BBC daytime soap Doctors has moved to a new timeslot - with the long running drama now making its evening debut.No longer just an afternoon soap, Doctors will now entertain audiences at 7pm on BBC 2 every weekday evening, as we delve into the lives of the patients and staff at the fictional Riverside Health Centre.Since launching on our TV screens more than 22 years ago, it has gained a loyal audience, which is only set to grow as the soap moves to its new time-slot.Doctors has also given some of the UK's biggest celebrities their first acting breaks, and here, Daily Star takes a look at the huge celebrities that have appeared in the soap - from TV icons to Hollywood heartthrobs.While we may know Lisa as the lovable Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, the actress has had multiple roles in other soaps including Doctors and Coronation Street.Her TV acting debut was as a retail worker in ITV soap Coronation Street in 1994, before she joined Emmerdale as Mandy Dingle one year later.However, Lisa also appeared in Doctors as Laura Mowbray in 2003, before returning in 2012 to play the role of Sandra Reynolds.With all these roles, it is no wonder that Lisa has become one of the UK's most beloved soap icons.Long before Eddie Redmayne was casting a spell over audiences in the Fantastic Beasts film series, the actor has his beginnings on TV.Back in 2003 at the age of just 21 years old, Eddie had one of his first acting roles as Rob Huntley in Doctors.It was not long before he made the leap from the TV to the silver screen though, becoming a Hollywood icon in films including Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Les Miserables and The Theory of Everything, where he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.Who knows? Maybe the next time you watch Doctors,

Morton boss Dougie Imrie has netted a second successive Scottish Championship Glen's Manager of the Month award for February.

COVID to gain entry to live events.As the office of New York City mayor Eric Adams confirmed on Friday (March 4), the ‘Key To NYC’ vaccine mandate was removed today (Monday, March 7).From now on, people visiting indoor venues – including restaurants, fitness facilities, and entertainment establishments – don’t need to show that they are protected against the virus before being admitted.However, such settings “will still have the flexibility to require proof of vaccination or masking indoors if they choose” to do so. You can see the thread of tweets below.BREAKING: NYC is lifting the indoor mask mandate for DOE schools K-12, starting Monday, March 7.Masks will be optional in indoor settings & will be available for anyone who wants to wear one.Masks will continue to be required for all settings with kids under 5 years of age.

Sam Smith and Normani copied elements of a song on their hit collaboration, ‘Dancing With A Stranger.’In a complaint filed in a Los Angeles federal court last week (March 4), songwriters Jordan Vincent, Christopher Miranda and Rosco Banlaoi allege that the pair’s song has the “same” title, chorus and composition as a song they wrote.

“Puberty really hit” with 20-year-old singer Luke Taylor.

Lady K dared to take on a Katy Perry song in front of the lady herself on Sunday’s “American Idol”, and her efforts paid off.

Bob Odenkirk, the experience of having a massive heart attack and almost dying on set is something that will be on his mind to some degree for the foreseeable future. The same goes for his co-star, and the woman who saved his life, Rhea Seehorn.The co-stars walked the red carpet at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday, and they spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about Odenkirk's shocking near-death experience.According to the actor, it was actually more frightening for Seehorn than for himself.«She got scared, I wasn't scared.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has said she was once raped by an older musician when she was 17.Writing in her new memoir Spinning Plates, the singer said she lost her virginity in the incident at the apartment of a guitarist, who was 29 at the time.“I heard myself saying ‘No’ and ‘I don’t want to,'” she wrote in the book which is being serialised in the Mail On Sunday, “but it didn’t make any difference”.“He had sex with me and I felt so ashamed.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has said she lost her virginity to rape at 17 by a 29-year-old musician. The Murder On The Dancefloor singer, now 42, has spoken out for the first time on the harrowing incident in her memoir Spinning Plates, which is due for release next month. Opening up on the ordeal, Sophie shared that she went back to the alleged attacker’s flat after meeting him at a gig.Recalling what happened next, an extract published in the Daily Mail read: ‘Jim and I started kissing and before I knew it we were on his bed and he took off my knickers. ‘I heard myself saying “No” and “I don’t want to”, but it didn’t make any difference. ‘He didn’t listen to me and he had sex with me and I felt so ashamed.