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Mum's the word: Simon Cowell stays quiet on baby rumours at X Factor USA press conference
Friday 02 August 2013
Simon Cowell has spoken for the first time since reports emerged that he is to become a father, insisting the matter will be kept private.
Jack White's wife Karen Elson granted restraining order against him over 'fears for her safety'
Friday 02 August 2013
The estranged wife of American rocker Jack White has reportedly filed for a restraining order against him amid “fears for her safety and that of their children” over their pending divorce settlement.
Retired renters increasingly stepping off the property ladder
Thursday 01 August 2013
More than 40% of retired renters are former property owners and pay £423 a month in rent on average
Just one minute to end 10-year marriage: Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi granted decree nisi
Wednesday 31 July 2013
They now have to wait for a decree absolute, usually issued six weeks and a day later
Anthony Weiner scandal: New York mayoral hopeful's wife stands by her man – even though he's a 'sext' addict
Wednesday 24 July 2013
Former Congressman refuses to abandon his run for New York mayor despite fresh sex scandal
Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine proposes to model girlfriend Behati Prinsloo
Wednesday 17 July 2013
The Voice US judge
Cover-up or recent decline? Politicians lock horns over who is to blame for NHS failings
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Parliament divided as Keogh report results in special measures for 11 hospitals
Packed lunches were a marker of class at school - banning them might bring children together
Tuesday 16 July 2013
I usually struggle to comprehend pretty much everything Gove says, but this time, I think he might have a point
Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi set to divorce by end of July and make no financial claims against each other
Monday 15 July 2013
Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi have declared that neither of them will make a financial claim against the other in their divorce proceedings.
The wedding industry makes a mockery of us all
Sunday 07 July 2013
Tax breaks for married couples? It seems to me singletons deserve something back
TV review: Luther - I can’t tell my farce from my Idris Elba
Saturday 06 July 2013
‘Luther’ is back, with over-the-top murders and its tongue in its cheek
Theatre review: Private Lives - Jonathan Kent's rendition of Coward's masterpiece is the best in a decade
Thursday 04 July 2013
Gielgud Theatre, London
Princess Fawzia Fuad: Daughter of King Fuad who married the Shah of Iran
Thursday 04 July 2013
King Fuad of Egypt (1917-1936) had four daughters, whose names all began with F to commemorate his beloved mother, Feryal. They were brought up by an English nanny, Mrs Naylor, and often spoke English among themselves and with their brother Farouk. Fawzia was the most beautiful and in 1939, as part of King Farouk's plans to strengthen his influence in the Middle East, she was married to the heir to the throne of Iran, Mohamed Reza Pahlavi.
Opera's 'dream couple' in domestic violence claim: Soprano Angel Gheorghiu says tenor husband subjected her to years of beatings
Tuesday 02 July 2013
She says Robert Alagna was violent in front of family and left her unable to sing
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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