Shirley Ballas stole the show as she took to the dancefloor for Strictly’s live tour at the Birmingham Arena on Thursday night. It comes months after she had her breasts reduced following a cancer scare. Via: Strictly's Shirley Ballas steals the show for launch night of tour in Birmingham
Dasha Zhukova was married to billionaire shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos last night in a glittering ceremony attended by Princess Beatrice in Switzerland. Via: Dasha Zhukova marries Stavros Niarchos in surprise £5m weddingin front of Princess Beatrice
Sheku Kanneh-Mason played at Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor and has now become the UK’s highest-charting cellist of all time. Via: Royal Wedding musician is highest-charting cellist of all time
Gold Coast hit hardest with 325mm of rain falling at Loders Creek and more than 200mm in hinterlandMajor highways were cut and residents flooded in as more than 300mm of torrential rain bucketed down on south-east Queensland overnight.Two people were stranded after trying to drive through floodwater on the Gold Read more
Child had initially been searching for a way to kill off the popular characterThe author of the Jack Reacher series of novels is retiring and handing over the writing duties to his brother, according to a report.Lee Child said he has been searching for a way to kill off the Read more
State scheme starts from Monday as part of government bid to tackle ‘period poverty’Tampons, sanitary pads and other period products will be made freely available to all state schools and colleges in England starting next week, with the launch of a scheme funded by the Department for Education.The scheme follows Read more
One person was also seriously injured, officials sayStorm dumped up to 25in of snow at Alpine Meadows resortA morning avalanche at a Lake Tahoe ski resort in northern California has killed a 34-year-old skier and severely injured another, according to the Placer county sheriff’s office.The injured victim was transported by Read more
‘We don’t consider those groups to be extremist,’ top officer says Via: Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace and CND included in police counter-terror document
Woman in northern Syrian camp received letter this week confirming decision had been backdated three years An Australian mother of five held in the deteriorating al-Hawl camp of northern Syria has been stripped of her citizenship – retroactive by three years – leaving two of her children potentially stateless and Read more
Downing Street clock counting down to 11pm on 31 January unlikely to calm Brexiteer anger Via: Boris Johnson announces Brexit day celebrations to distract from failure to make Big Ben bong