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Girls Aloud have taken to the stage for the first gig of their reunion tour with emotional tributes to their late bandmate Sarah Harding.A 30-minute delay to the show blamed on “Dublin motorway closures”, did nothing to dim the delight of fans when Nadine Coyle, Cheryl, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh appeared on stage, standing on individual podiums singing their 2008 song Untouchable. The comeback tour has been dedicated to Harding, who was diagnosed with cancer and died in September 2021 aged 39. Image: The group’s late bandmate took centre stage. Pic: Tom Dymond/Shutterstock During the show, the group performed…

As Olivia* was picking her wedding dress, she and her partner Leo were also discussing divorce.Despite being in love and ready to commit, having a prenup, they both agreed, was simply the sensible thing to do when starting married life. “You go into it with love and hope for the future,” Olivia says. “But also realism.”They are not alone. Once the preserve of Hollywood celebs and the super-rich, prenuptial agreements are on the rise among “normal” people too, with legal and marriage experts saying numbers have increased dramatically in recent years; around one in five weddings in the UK now…

It looks like 2024 might just be the year of Anya Taylor-Joy.The 28-year-old actress has already featured in one of the biggest film releases of the year – Dune: Part Two – and now she leads the cast in the next instalment in the Mad Max franchise. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga serves as the prequel to its 2015 counterpart Mad Max: Fury Road and tells the origin story of Furiosa, first depicted by Charlize Theron.Director George Miller contemplated using de-ageing technology in the prequel to allow Theron to continue on with the franchise but instead opted for a new…

Rishi Sunak has overtaken the King in the latest Sunday Times Rich List.The personal fortune of the prime minister and his wife Akshata Murty has soared by more than £120m over the past year – to a total of £651m, according to the newspaper’s calculations. In contrast, the King’s wealth grew from £600m to £610m over the same period.However, The Sunday Times claimed the UK’s mega rich are dwindling and that Britain’s “billionaire boom has come to an end”. Published on Friday, the list reveals the largest fall in billionaires in the guide’s history – from a peak of 177…

On Ian’s show, Mark Allan, the CEO of the UK’s biggest listed commercial property company Land Securities, talks about valuations are beginning to stabilise.Colin Godfrey, chief executive of Tritax Big Box REIT, discusses the company’s merger with UK commercial property REIT. And, there’s Ruth Mortimer, global president at Advertising Week Europe.:: Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast here. Source link

The Post Office scandal inquiry has said it will “urgently” review dozens of new documents it has received from former chief executive Paula Vennells.The inquiry heard her legal team had conducted further searches ahead of her appearance next week and found 50 additional documents that had previously not been shared. A spokesperson for the inquiry told Sky News: “Lead counsel to the inquiry Jason Beer KC confirmed this morning that the document was received by the inquiry at 11:17pm last night.”The inquiry expects to receive further documents from Ms Vennells today, which it will review urgently.”Mr Beer has previously raised…

The UK’s mega rich are dwindling in a sign Britain’s “billionaire boom has come to an end”, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.Published today, the list reveals the largest fall in billionaires in the guide’s history – from a peak of 177 in 2022 to 165 this year. While the combined wealth of the list’s 350 wealthiest individuals amounts to more than £795bn – larger than the GDP of Poland – the guide’s compiler says time will tell what impact a drop in billionaires could have.Latest updates from the Sky News Money blog Follow Sky News on WhatsApp…

More strikes have been announced by Border Force staff at Heathrow Airport at the back end of half term.The strike action will take place on 31 May and 1 and 2 June. It will be followed by three weeks of action short of a strike, including staff working to rule and a ban on overtime running from 4 until 25 June.More than 500 members of the PCS (public and commercial services) union will take part in the strikes, which come following a dispute over a new staff roster.The PCS said it expects the walkouts to disrupt passport checks for travellers…

Prosecutions of sub-postmasters by the Department for Work and Pensions could be “tainted”, a Sky News investigation has found, as officials worked with now discredited Post Office investigators to secure convictions.Around 100 prosecutions of Post Office staff were led by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) between 2001 and 2006. It is understood that these usually involved the cashing in of stolen order books.The Post Office itself wrongly prosecuted hundreds of sub-postmasters between 1999 and 2015 – based on evidence from the faulty Horizon accounting system.The role of government A Sky News investigation, however, has discovered that information was…

“When you first start out, it’s you versus the world,” says Kings Of Leon’s frontman, Caleb Followill, speaking from his home in Nashville, Tennessee.He remembers the comparisons – “the Southern Strokes, I think someone called us Y’all 2, like U2, which was funny” – and how each one added to the fire in their bellies to make their own name. Now, with the release of their ninth album, Can We Please Have Fun (not a question), 25 years after the band was formed by Caleb and his brothers, Nathan and Jared, and cousin Matthew, Kings Of Leon have definitely done…