DEAR DEIDRE: I COMPLETELY overreacted in an aggressive way to a remark my wife made – and it was in front of my children, too. I feel so ashamed because my wife and children are everything to me. I’m 38 and my wife is 35. Our kids are ten and eight. I was unstable before […]
DEAR DEIDRE: MY husband wants to come home permanently after he left me for another woman. He said things weren’t working out with her but I’m uneasy. I’m 38 and my husband is 40. We have been married for 15 years and have had our ups and downs along the way. He left me after […]
ROSAMUND Pike and Daniel Bruhl play the German Revolutionary Cells terrorists who hijacked an Air France plane en route to Israel in 1976. They think they are safe after landing at Entebbe airport in Uganda, where they have the support of crazed dictator Idi Amin. Previous films about this event have focused on the daring […]
WE are often guilty of indulging in our favourite chocolate in front of the telly on a night in alone. But mum-of-four Tricia Appleby’s solo treats did not stop at just one bar. Not wanting partner Jamie to know the extent of her choc addiction, she hid her stash in a kitchen drawer and […]
A BRIDE has been fined £400 after she knocked one of her wedding guest’s teeth out because she thought the victim “made a move” on her new husband. Audrey Stevenson, 46, of Linlithgow, Scotland, left former best friend Veronica Bannon needing cosmetic surgery after she grabbed her hair and smashed her face into a door. […]
ANNOYINGLY I was unable to include this in last week’s column – my demands for five pages of space are still falling on deaf ears. But this anime from Ghibli legends Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura warrants you seeking it out. It’s a charming story, set in England. A young girl called Mary (voiced by […]
IN my three years doing this column, Revenge is only the second 18-certificate film I have reviewed. Weird that, isn’t it? When I were a lad, they were ten a penny. Most of those (The Omen, Event Horizon) would almost certainly be 15s nowadays, meaning it is our tastes that have numbed, rather than filmmakers […]
SWEETEN up your wardrobe with a sprinkling of sorbet shades this spring. The High Street is full of pastel-coloured pieces – but their soft tones do not have to mean soppy designs. Wear the trend the chic and fuss-free way, by choosing tailored shapes and simple designs. Here, fashion editor GABRIELE DIRVANAUSKAS shows you how […]
I BUMPED into my ex, Will, this week. As if that wasn’t bad enough, I was on a date at the time. I met Gavin on Elite Singles and our rambling back-and-forths led to a drink at the pub on Tuesday. If I’m honest I wasn’t thaaaaaat excited beforehand because he’s not that fit. Like […]
CHINA has been banned from broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest, after it censored Ireland’s LGBT entry. Mango TV blurred rainbow flags and tattoos as Ryan O’Shaughnessy performed the Irish entry, Together, with two male dancers. Chinese state media also reported that Chinese TV did not air Albania’s performance from Tuesday’s semi-final. People took to social media […]
MOTORING buffs are being sought by a top auto-engineering firm. Contechs, which provides its design services to manufacturers including Jaguar, Lotus and Ford, is on the lookout for 15 to 20 graduates and apprentices. And the Warwick-based business really is keen to get young people enthused about careers in engineering, after having worked with local […]
THE run-up to the release of his second album is just “like being in a movie” for James Bay. Three years after the 2015 Critics’ Choice Brit Award winner saw his debut album Chaos And The Calm top the albums chart, he’s back with Electric Light. And likening the making of this follow-up album […]
A “WITCH” was attacked with a knife by neighbours furious at his noisy pagan rituals. Mark and Anne Denyer flipped as 22st pagan John Bennett chanted and banged drums in his garden during a full moon. Mrs Denyer, 52, repeatedly hit him over the head with a brolly while her hubby, 56, jabbed at him […]
THE number of NHS ops cancelled at the last minute has hit a record high. A total of 25,475 patients were given less than 24 hours’ notice that their procedure had been called off between January and March. It is the first time the figure has exceeded 25,000 and the highest since quarterly records began […]
MODEL Irina Shayks off her underwear in a daring red dress. The 32-year-old girlfriend of Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper went commando under her lace-up gown at the Sorry Angel premiere at Cannes Film Festival yesterday. There was no chance of her Russian up the red carpet like this.
BEING in Eurovision makes Brits’ hearts sing, a study reveals. The national mood is boosted at least 13 per cent just participating in the cheesy song contest. And doing well raises cheerfulness even further. People were four per cent happier in the days following the show for every ten places higher up the scoreboard their […]
A TOT aged TWO was Britain’s youngest ‘victim’ of forced marriage in Britain last year, shock official figures revealed yesterday. The Home Office revealed the toddler was one of 1,196 cases dealt with by officials investigating potential forced marriages by expat families in the UK last year. The oldest involved a 100 year-old pensioner. The […]
THREE men have been held on suspicion of smuggling guns into the UK. The weapons included two AR-15 assault rifles of the type used in mass shootings in the US. Border officials also discovered four handguns and ammunition. The haul was hidden in the floor of a Peugeot van being brought in on a flat-bed […]
SMILEY face. Sad face. Smoochy face. Sick face. Edvard Munch “Scream” face. How are you feeling today? Any of the above? When I worked as a teacher at a Saturday school for children who were struggling with English and maths, my pupils, all of whom were primary school age, had two emotions: They were “good” […]
HOLLY Willoughby cut an elegant figure as she took to the stage in a little black dress to honour departing football manager Arsene Wenger. The presenter was speaking at the Arsenal Foundation Charity Ball at the club’s Emirates Stadium. The 37-year-old bared her shoulders in the glamorous frock while speaking onstage. Holly seemed teary-eyed as […]
DONALD Trump has said he will meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on June 12 for a landmark summit in Singapore. The US President revealed the date and location of their much-anticipated showdown on Twitter, hours after three American detainees were released from the rogue nation. Trump said: “We will both try to make […]
A FORMER MET police poster girl has lost a £144,000 race claim after a tribunal heard she complained of victimisation whenever she was unhappy at work. Ex-cop Carol Howard, 39, took legal action against the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) accusing the watchdog of discrimination and harassment. But the hearing heard how Howard would complain […]
SHAYNE Ward’s twin sister has begged Soap Awards bosses to nominate him for Best Actor after he missed out on the shortlist due to Coronation Street wanting to keep his character’s suicide under wraps. Emma has taken to Twitter to campaign for the awards show to bend the rules in order for Shayne to get […]
ARIES March 21 – April 20 You have the determination to get your life moving because you don’t want to live with unfinished conversations or unresolved situations for another moment. When you trust yourself to speak, you will say the right words. If you are settled down, you will feel romance reviving. Single? Let your […]
THE Leaning Tower of Pisa is arguably one of the most famous sights in the world. It has survived four powerful earthquakes, two world wars and visits from millions of people annually – but how does it remain upright? Now, 500 years on, it seems that a team of engineers have finally cracked this age-old […]