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Queen has revealed that her own private battle with Covid in February this year left her "very tired and exhausted" as she hit out at the "horrible pandemic".The monarch, who turns 96 later this month, tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year and, despite having what Buckingham Palace said were “mild cold-like symptoms”, continued with as many remote public duties as she could.At the time of diagnosis, royal insiders were supposedly "terrified" and even "holding their breath". She has since beaten the virus.And for the first time, on a virtual visit to the Royal London Hospital on Wednesday (April 6), Her Majesty shed some more light on what her experience had been like – even agreeing with another patient that having Covid was "very frightening".The remote Royal visit was held to mark the official opening of the hospital's Queen Elizabeth Unit.During a video call with workers and medical staff, the Queen listened to their stories of coping with the huge influx of Covid patients, and was told by one senior nurse “we held their hands, we wiped their tears and we provided comfort”.Around 800 people from across north-east London were treated at the 155-bed Queen Elizabeth Unit, built in five weeks to meet the demand instead of the normal time period of five months, and the Queen hailed the "Dunkirk spirit" on show during that time.Speaking to former Covid patient Asef Hussain, and his wife Shamina, the Queen said about the virus: “I’m glad that you’re getting better…It does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn’t it? This horrible pandemic.

Ukraine. The footage showed the ground in ruin with its stands wrecked and rubble everywhere.The 12,000-seater, built under the Soviet regime in 1936, belonged to the boyhood club of West Ham United star Andriy Yarmolenko, who play in the Ukrainian Premier League.

There’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills drama brewing!

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Sam Heughan gave fans an update on the second season of his hit travel show Men in Kilts.

Trains running through a Scots station will not stop as police deal with an ongoing incident.

Police are investigating an incident in which Cristiano Ronaldo knocked a phone out of a fan’s hand after losing a Premier League game on Saturday. 

Noel Gallagher says he never buys cut-price supermarket food – and leaves it for the poor.The former Oasis star is said to be worth around £50million.He said of his trolley dashes: "I just fill up the f***ing thing."I would never buy a bit of out-of-date fish because it was reduced."I put reduced stuff back, I leave it for the needy."Noel, 54 – who lives in an £8million home in Hampshire with wife Sara MacDonald, 50, and their two sons – is a regular in his local Waitrose.The music legend refuses to pay for flunkies to shop for him.He said: "I still get asked on a daily basis, in the supermarket, ‘What are you doing in here?’"People think that famous people have butlers and all the women are like Joan Collins and all the rock stars are like Mick Jagger, it’s not like that."I still queue up to get in Tesco Metro. I have just a normal life, but an extraordinary job."I wouldn’t have anybody doing shopping for me."Noel also pitches in with household chores, adding: "If my room needs hoovering, I’ll hoover it – I don’t like relying on too many other people for anything."It comes after the Don’t Look Back In Anger hitmaker said he’d “get involved” if WWIII did erupt on our doorstep.Speaking on the Matt Morgan podcast, Noel said: “If there was an invasion here you'd have to get involved."He added: “I haven't got any long-range weapons at my disposal but I could probably get a gun.

The two-part series finale of Killing Eve is tonight!

EXCLUSIVE: Davionte “GaTa” Ganter is working on an animated series for Onxy Collective.

Shining Vale co-creator Jeff Astrof said he was looking to squeeze comedy out of the horror genre when he joined stars Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino for a panel about the Starz series at Deadline’s Contenders TV event Sunday at the Paramount Theatre.

Manchester United may be closing in on appointing Erik ten Hag as their new manager but they face a late hijack from RB Leipzig, according to reports.The Red Devils have interviewed Ten Hag over their summer vacancy, with Ralf Rangnick's stint as interim manager set to end on June 1. And the Dutchman has been identified as one of their primary targets along with Paris Saint Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino.But it appears that they're not the only side interested in the Ajax boss, as RB Leipzig have also made a late attempt.

Instagram to laugh and party as they burned bank notes on the hot rocks for shisha pipes as their country's army inflicts hell on Ukraine. The squad of young people were partying in Secret Room, a plush bar and nightclub in Russia's capital, Moscow and appeared to be burning 50 ruble notes, the equivalent of 48 pence.

The cast of 1883 already miss their days on set of the Paramount+ drama, but make no mistake: the days and nights were brutal on the Yellowstone prequel.

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, is canceling all public events for the remainder of the week after an announcement today that he has contracted Covid-19.

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Elliott on Sunday apologized for the comments he made last month about the film The Power of the Dog on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast and had a special message for Jane Campion, who won the Oscar for directing the Western drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Friday.The incident left Mayer with a black eye and bruising to his face after taking his helmet off in Virginia. Tempers boiled over following a hotly contested battle between the pair for second place.The two teenage drivers made contact with each other off Turn 4, forcing Gibbs into the wall.

Microsoft showed off a bunch of first-party games, such as Fable, Avowed, Forza Motorsport, State Of Decay 3 and more.During the event (and thereafter in a Xbox Wire blogspot), the games were billed as exclusives for the Xbox Series X. However, following the announcements, websites for several games (like Everwild and Avowed) have listed the Xbox One as a system.Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg has since responded to the confusion, stating that “Future [first-party] titles are developed for Xbox Series X first”, and that the individual studios will decide if the games will receive Xbox One versions.Future 1P titles are developed for Xbox Series X first.

Xbox has responded to criticism about Halo Infinite’s graphics, assuring players that they can expect much more when the game launches later this year.In an interview with Inside Gaming, marketing general manager Aaron Greenberg responded to negative criticism over the gameplay graphics showcased during last week’s Xbox games showcase. “We’re in the middle of a global pandemic.

The moment that Xbox fans have been waiting for is almost here, as Xbox is hosting its Games Showcase this afternoon.

Microsoft is gearing up to host an Xbox Games Showcase stream and has promised that the sole focus of the event will be games.The general manager of Xbox Games Marketing, Aaron Greenberg, has tweeted more information about the show, stating that there will be “no business, devices or similar news” and will have “one focus, games.”Viewers can watch the Xbox Games Showcase on July 23 at 5pm BST.