Writer suggests Dixie Chicks change their name due to its potential racist origin

Escape room enthusiasts Alex and Jennifer Scott have tried more than 200 across the country, but thought they could do better.

Owen Hargreaves has delivered his verdict on the Premier League title race after 'lucky' Manchester City snatched victory against Everton at Goodison Park.

If you shop in Manchester, you’ll no doubt have walked past one of them hundreds of times.

A pizza-loving mum lost six stone after her son became 'ashamed of her' taking him to school.

Prince William and Kate Middleton will be battling it out at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday as their teams England and Wales go head to head in a Six Nations clash. It is the first time the national teams have played against each other since Kate was named as England Rugby's new patronage.The 40 year old's husband William, 39, is the patron of Wales Rugby, meaning the married couple will be rivals as they watch on alongside their eldest son Prince George, eight. And while William and Kate are out spectating at the match, royal fans may wonder who will be looking after their two younger children; Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis.

LEAN, mean, fighting machine Joy Corrigan looks a knock-out in a nude bikini. The 27-year-old model — a black belt in Korean martial art tang soo do — soaked up the sun on a fashion shoot for the Indah brand.

DENISE Van Outen’s cheating ex-fiancé Eddie Boxshall has gone on a keep fit drive after admitting the pair’s split left him unable to sleep.  The DJ, 49, posted a photo showing him in the gym and confessed that the stress of the last few months has caused him to lose weight.  He wrote: “Going to start a picture diary of my muscle and weight gain which I lost due through stress, no appetite and a lack of sleep.” Eddie then urged  other people in a similar situation to get help and said was “not looking back” following his break-up with Denise.  His vow comes days after a Sun on Sunday report told how Eddie had lost over a stone in weight following his split with the 47-year-old presenter and actress.  She dumped fiance Eddie after seven years last month after finding out he had been having phone sex and dates with other women. Two weeks ago Eddie posted a message about putting yourself first in the wake of their break-up.

KANYE West's new girlfriend Chaney Jones showed off her bare butt in a thong again while swimming on her Miami getaway with the rapper. Chaney, 24, shared her sexy dip into the swimming pool on Instagram.  The brunette model posed with her gal pal Bianca Louise in the steamy snap.

Denise van Outen's ex Eddie Boxshall has kicked his fitness into overdrive, after his split with the former Big Breakfast host saw him lose weight.49-year-old DJ Eddie posted a photo of himself hitting the gym after admitting that the stress of his breakup forced him to lose weight. Alongside the snap, he penned: "Going to start a picture diary of my muscle and weight gain which I lost due through stress, no appetite and a lack of sleep."Eddie then urged people in a similar situation to get help for it and that he was "not looking back" following his split from Denise, 47.Eddie's fitness drives comes after the Sun on Sunday reported that he'd lost a stone in weight following his split with Denise, whom he used to appear on Celebrity Gogglebox with.Denise dumped Eddie after she allegedly learned he was having sex and dates with other women.Eddie seemingly hit out at their seven-year relationship in a new Instagram story, which was filmed in the gym.Alongside the story, he penned: "A much needed weights session! Clearing my mind of negative energy."He then shared a further note which read: "The secret to change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."A few weeks ago he also took to social media to write: "I’d rather be alone than be with someone who makes me feel lonely."Eddie's pointed post came after Denise admitted to "not giving enough" to their relationship.Speaking on the Before We Say I Do podcast, she revealed: "I’m very aware of me putting us in ­situations where I’m not giving enough.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have shown their support for Ukraine after accepting a civil rights award for their non-profit organisation, the Archewell Foundation.On Saturday night (February 26) the couple who now reside in America took to the stage at the NAACP Image Awards.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex could be seen receiving the President's Award for special achievement and distinguished public service.They were awarded the gong because of the work that their non-profit organisation Archewell Foundation has done.Archewell Foundation has shown its support in tackling the coronavirus pandemic, as well as supporting the Black Lives Matter movement which was sparked after the death of George Floyd. They have also worked on a Texas women's shelter, promoting vaccine equity and creating community relief centres.

MCFLY star Dougie Poynter has split from his girlfriend Maddy Elmer after three years. The bassist, who began dating model Maddy in 2018, was first linked to her in June 2019 after they were spotted kissing during a day out in London. When asked in September if he had found The One, Dougie — part of the chart-topping boyband with Harry Judd, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones — gushed: “I hope so.

LUCY Mecklenburgh glowed as she went make-up free after enjoying a day out with friends. The 30-year-old had some time off from mummy duties with one-year-old son Roman as she attended a baby shower.

KYLIE Jenner showed off her post-baby body for the FIRST time since giving birth to her son Wolf in new photos. Along with the three-week-old, she and Travis Scott also share daughter Stormi Webster, 4.

Ukraine. Freedom fighter Suheil al-Hammoud made a name for himself in the Syrian Civil War where he famously used American anti-tank missiles on the President of Syria's tanks.

time travel, or even bizarre ghostly phenomena.But in the middle of the 1980s, a Cheshire economics teacher named Ken Webster received a series of cryptic messages on his BBC home computer that appeared to have been sent by someone living in the reign of King Henry VIII.In those days, the Internet was a tiny, almost unknown network operated by a few specialists.The BBC Micro that Ken had been loaned by his employers had no means of connecting to the outside world, and lacked even a hard drive, relying on small-capacity floppy disks for storage.But the primitive machine somehow connected to an unknown entity across not just space, but across time.When Ken left the computer switched on, but unattended, the messages appeared on the Micro’s floppy drive. Apparently sent by a man named Lukas who was living in the 16th Century, the messages were written in an old-fashioned, but still more or less understandable, form of English.The first of them, in a file apparently addressed to Ken, his girlfriend Debbie, and their housemate Nic, appeared in December 1984.

Kylian Mbappe left fans speechless with an inspired assist for PSG against Saint-Etienne on Saturday evening having already smashed home two goals for the Ligue 1 leaders.The 23-year-old took his goal tally to 24 for the season with strikes just before and after half-time to cancel out Denis Bouanga's opener for the away side.But it would be an assist of Mbappe's that became the biggest talking point as he demonstrated perfect outside of the boot technique to turn provider for Danilo Pereira.Having received the ball just outside the box on the left hand channel, Mbappe bent the ball over four rival defenders onto the head of his colleague - who powerfully nodded home.One fan tweeted: "Goodness. Gracious.

Arsenal after his sensational goal for Juventus on Saturday. The Serbia international made a mega-money move to the Old Lady from Fiorentina in January after snubbing interest from the Gunners.Mikel Arteta made multiple pleas to the striker to sign for his team but the feeling was not mutual.

Peter Andre is a happy dad-of-four.Earlier this month, the Mysterious Girl singer, 48, shared a rare snap of his children all together while celebrating a meal out with his brood and wife Emily MacDonagh, 32, for Valentine's Day.He captioned the post: "My perfect Valentines evening @dr_emily_official @officialjunior_andre @officialprincess_andre #Amelia #Theo #family."The I'm A Celeb alum shares his 16-year-old son Junior and 14-year-old daughter Princess with his ex wife, Katie Price.Peter and Emily also share two children together - Amelia, eight, and Theodore, five – who they try and keep out of the spotlight.So, what are his kids up to now?Junior Andre is the eldest of the Andre children.The teen, who is the second-born son of Katie Price and Peter's eldest child, was born in June 2005.Following in his famous father's footsteps, Junior announced last summer that he had signed a major record deal with Columbia Records.Announcing the exciting news to fans on Instagram, Junior wrote: "My dad took me to the studio six months ago and got me in the booth at @rebelrecs. "Since then, I have secretly been working on a massive project, and not long ago got a call saying @columbiauk want to sign me!"I would just like to say thank you to the team @rebelrecs alongside my dad who have helped develop me into an artist.

Lady Gaga isn’t up for an Academy Award for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani in House of Gucci, but she has been nominated for best actress by the guild.Ahead of the awards, she wrote on Instagram: “I am so beyond grateful to be nominated by the SAG Awards for my performance in House of Gucci. To be recognised by fellow actors touches my heart.”The 28th annual Awards is already making history, as Squid Game has become the guild’s first-ever Korean and non-English language project to be nominated.The SAG Awards 2022 will take place tonight, on Sunday February 27.The Awards will take place at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, and will be screened live on TNT and TBS at 8pm ET, which in the UK is 1am on Monday, February 28.Unfortunately, TNT and TBS can’t be streamed outside the US due to geo-restrictions.If you want to watch it you will need to download a VPN service.

The Dixie Chicks have changed their name and ditched 'Dixie' due to racial connotations from the past.While revealing the news of their latest single, March March, singers Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire confirmed the news that they are now to be known as The Chicks."We want to meet the moment," the band said on its website, without further explanation.US journalist Jeremy Helligar had recently said the word Dixie related to the slavery era of America.He said: "Dixie, for the record, is the epitome of white America, a celebration of a Southern tradition that is indivisible from Black slaves and those grand plantations where they were forced to toil for free."A statement released by the 13 times Grammy Award-winning group

Jeremy Helligar The Dixie Chicks have a reputation for being one of the most progressive acts in country music. If “Goodbye Earl,” the Texas-bred trio’s 2000 hit about a battered wife who offs her husband by slipping poison into his black-eyed peas, didn’t tip us off, frontwoman Natalie Maines sealed their liberalism — and their fate — after the U.S.