Tory ministers accused of 'vendetta' after blocking Scots social justice champion from UK expert advice group

Kate Middleton's "competitive nature" has been exposed by rugby player and fellow Royal family member Mike Tindall, who is married to Princess Anne's daughter Zara Tindall.The Duchess of Cambridge has recently been stepping up to take on more solo engagements and more senior duties as an official member of the higher level institution.The 40 year old mum-of-three was also announced as Prince Harry's replacement as Patron of England rugby. But while Mike, 43, said the Duchess looked "effortless" during her training session, he claimed she also has a relentless drive to succeed and be "good at things".

Ashley Roberts stepped out in an eye-catching black and white outfit on Wednesday 9 February, after putting on a sizzling display at the Brit Awards the night before. Former Pussycat Dolls star Ashley, 40, paired the block coloured two-piece with a bright green pussy bow blouse, giving her look a pop of colour.

Love Island'sTyler Cruickshank has opened up on his split from Kaz Kamwi, saying that the “pressure to be perfect” was the downfall of their relationship. The couple finished in fourth place on last year’s series, however their relationship ultimately ended in December after four months of dating. When they announced that they’d called time on their relationship in early December, the pair shared a joint statement that read: “We are extremely sad to announce that we have decided to end our romantic relationship.

Rebekah Vardy has denied called Coleen Rooney a "nasty b***h" after texts were disclosed in court.The 39 year old model's legal representative has said messages that were claimed to have been about Coleen, 35, were in fact "about someone else". Messages read in court between Rebekah and her former agent Caroline Watts had claimed to have been sent after Coleen explosively accused Rebekah's Instagram account of leaking stories to The Sun.

Some of the world's biggest music stars posed up a storm on the red carpet at the Brit Awards on Tuesday night, but reality stars in attendance were "banned" from stopping off and having their pictures taken, a source has exclusively told OK!. Ahead of the ceremony, Adele rocked up with an enormous ring on her engagement finger, Brits presenter Maya Jama stunned with a Cher-inspired look and Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker announced her pregnancy. However, a source has told OK! the organisers of the awards "put their foot down" when it came to choosing who will be photographed on the red carpet.

When you call out for KIMI, both the sound and the substance of the voice are comforting. It’s a soft, female sound, providing an affirmation: “I’m here.” KIMI is a virtual assistant, like Siri and Alexa, but with the key difference of “people,” according to the CEO of the company that makes it.

It’s a family affair! Kourtney Kardashian, 42, and her fiancé Travis Barker, 46, took a slight back seat from the limelight to celebrate 18-year-old Landon Barker‘s runway debut (from the front row of course) at the AMIRI fashion show on February 8. The model and musician works with top agency Next Models and recently appeared in a campaign for Hot Topic.

Caitlyn Jenner certainly has a lot going on in her world, as she balances political office aspirations, reality show appearances and navigating life as a famous Olympic gold medalist. With all she has to juggle, the 72-year-old multihyphenate still makes it a priority to spend quality time with her enormous family.

Beyoncé has done it again! The superstar is officially an Oscar nominee, after breaking the record for most Grammy wins in history last year, the singer is now coming for the Academy Awards.

Dolly Parton is proving once again why she’s one of the most beloved celebrities in the industry. Following news that the country star has been nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022, she’s doing something amazing for the working class people who help her legacy live on.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAs has become Olympics tradition, NBC has spent every night of its primetime coverage unveiling the stories of top U.S. athletes like it’s selling a weepy drama about their lives. Figure skater Nathan Chen came to Beijing to banish bad memories of his last botched Olympics, the humiliating clip of which NBC will whip out at a moment’s notice to underline his plight.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticFor a couple of decades now, Steven Soderbergh’s “little” movies — the lo-fi dramas, often quirky thrillers, that he makes as palette cleansers in between his higher profile projects — have been a pleasurably idiosyncratic, off-on-his-own-cloud thing. Some of them are good (like “Bubble” and “Side Effects”), some are meh (like “Haywire”), and one is great (“The Girlfriend Experience”); none of them make much of an impact in the marketplace.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterTwo new movies, Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded murder mystery “Death on the Nile” and Jennifer Lopez’s romantic comedy “Marry Me,” hope to appeal to people who aren’t all that interested in Super Bowl festivities.Football’s biggest weekend has traditionally led to lighter movie theater attendance, though Disney and Universal (the studios behind the box office’s newest offerings) are banking on their films to serve as can’t-miss counterprogramming against Sunday’s big game.“Death on the Nile” looks to have a leg up on the competition; it’s on track to open to $11 million to $14 million from 3,200 theaters. “Marry Me,” which is landing on the streaming service Peacock on the same day as its theatrical release, is estimated to collect at least $10 million from 3,600 venues between Friday and Sunday.

Zack Snyder is gathering quite the ensemble for his next film as Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Ray Fisher and Doona Bae are set to join Snyder’s Rebel Moon at Netflix starring Sofia Boutella. Jena Malone, Staz Nair, E. Duffy, Charlotte Maggi and Sky Yang are also set to round out the cast. Snyder is directing the film as well as co-writing it with Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad, based on a story by Snyder and Johnstad. Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller and Snyder will produce for The Stone Quarry along with Eric Newman for Grand Electric.

Brooke Shields is slipping into a new pair of jeans. The actress is modeling some fresh denim for Jordache’s Spring 2022 campaign shot by photographer Cass Bird and styled by Deborah Watson.The 56-year-old went topless for one of the sizzling snaps. "We are excited to work with Brooke Shields," said Liz Berlinger, President of Jordache, to Fox News Digital in a statement sent on Wednesday.

Stephen King’s iconic story is getting a whole new life.

A post shared by Larry Birkhead (@larryanddannielynn)"Still remembering this one 15 years after her death," he wrote alongside a throwback of him snuggling up to Anna. "She was truly one of a kind. She struggled for love and acceptance.

Emmerdale fans couldn’t help but gush over a heartbroken Priya Kotecha as she gave an emotional farewell to former flame Ellis Chapman while he jetted off to Australia.During Wednesday’s instalment of the popular ITV soap, viewers watched the emotional businesswoman well up as she watched her ex leave the village for good.Until recently, the raven-haired beauty had been avoiding the traveller after she learnt of his plan to move overseas through a third party.But as he finished packing up the last of his things ready for the big flight down under, Priya made the decision to drop all of her upcoming meetings for the day to say a final farewell to dashing hunk one last time.And it appears as though viewers were just as moved by her touching speech as they gushed over the actress online.This is a live TV story and is constantly being notes updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest TV updates.TV & Showbiz reporters are working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar, or follow us on Instagram @dailystar to get the latest TV and celeb gossip 24 hours a day.Or like our Daily Star Showbiz Facebook page to get the day's biggest stories, and have your say on them.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star showbiz newsletters?You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.Download the Daily Star app for flash alerts on the biggest stories of the day, so you don't miss out.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star news bulletins? You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.

Love Island stars Faye Winter and Teddy Soares have boasted that their sex life is '100 times better' now than it was in the Love Island villa.Six months after placing third on the ITV dating show, the pair are more loved-up than ever with Teddy gushing that he “lusts” after her sexy lingerie and that the pair enjoy “trying new things”.Despite a fiery stint in their relationship, the pair have come out stronger than ever - and it seems one place where they really impress one another is in the bedroom. The pair have confessed that their sex lives are a lot better now than in the villa, mostly due to the freedom to bonk without being cautious of their co-stars.

A leading Republican politician hoping to become the next governor of the state of Oregon is now embroiled in a different kind of “swing state” controversy!

A private firm run by two long-term associates of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings has been handed almost a million pounds of taxpayers' cash for advice on Covid-19 and reorganising the health and care system.