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Ellie Goulding has announced that she has split from her husband Caspar Jopling.The 37-year-old Starry Eyed singer, and the 32-year-old art dealer tied the knot at a celebrity-packed ceremony five years ago. Image: Pic: PA They welcomed a son, Arthur, in 2021.Posting a statement in an Instagram story, Goulding said she had been left with “no choice” but to publicly announce that they have been separated for “some time”.The Hertfordshire-born singer wrote: “In light of recent stories, I feel I have been left with no choice but to let you all know that Caspar and I privately separated some time…

Graham Norton is stepping down from hosting his weekend shows on Virgin Radio.The 60-year-old Irish presenter joined the station in 2021 after leaving his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show. Norton made the shock announcement on Saturday morning, telling his listeners he wanted to have his “weekends back” after 13 years of radio presenting.”Now the show isn’t quite the normal show today because I have a bit of an announcement to make – I’m leaving weekends here at Virgin Radio,” he said.The chat show host said he will not be leaving Virgin entirely, adding: “I’ll still be kind of popping…

Next has approached administrators to The Body Shop about a potential deal to purchase parts of the stricken cosmetics chain.Sky News has learnt that executives from the UK fashion retailing giant have contacted FRP Advisory to express an interest in acquiring assets as part of any sale process it decides to launch. There were doubts this weekend, however, that FRP, which was appointed to handle the insolvency of The Body Shop in the UK earlier this month, would elect to run a conventional auction, with one source suggesting that contact between FRP and Next had already stalled.Read more: The Body…

The BBC has apologised for a “misjudged” question to Andrew Scott in an awkward red carpet interview at the BAFTA film awards last week.During the starry event, which honours the best films of the past year, Scott was questioned about the film Saltburn, and more specifically about fellow Irish star Barry Keoghan’s genitals. Image: Barry Keoghan. Pic: Reuters After chatting to Scott, 47, about his film All Of Us Strangers, BBC entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson moved onto the popularity of other Irish performers, including Saltburn star Keoghan.Paterson asked: “Do you know Barry well?”To which Scott replied: “I know Barry, yeah.”…

Actor Stuart Organ, who played a teacher in children’s TV school drama Grange Hill, has died aged 72.Organ also appeared in Doctor Who and Casualty, but was best known as Mr Robson, the longest-serving staff member, who taught PE and geography in the BBC series about life in a London comprehensive school. He appeared in the show for 15 years from 1988, with his character promoted to head teacher after 10 years. Image: Stuart Organ in Wycliffe in 1996. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock Grange Hill, which ran for 30 years from 1978, became well known for tackling issues such as racism, drug…

The worst airlines for customer satisfaction have been revealedThe UK’s flag carrier airline, British Airways, ranked among the worst airlines in the survey. BA’s customer score for long-haul flights was the joint third lowest out of 17 carriers analysed by Which?, at 59%.The airline received just two stars out of five for boarding experience and value for money, and achieved three stars for the other six categories assessed.For short-haul flights, British Airways’ score was 56%, which was the fifth lowest among 22 airlines. At the other end of the spectrum, the best airline for long-haul flights was Singapore Airlines (83%)…

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has revealed her latest health check showed “no evidence of disease” after undergoing treatment for breast cancer.Dowden shared the development with her 656,000 Instagram followers on Friday, describing the news from doctors as “words I dreamed of” and her “biggest accomplishment yet”. The 33-year-old – a professional on Strictly Come Dancing since 2017 – explained that she won’t get the all-clear for five years, during which she will need monthly injections as well as regular check-ups.But she added: “Words I never thought I’d hear at one point”, as she thanked her husband, Ben Jones,…

Paula Vennells, the former chief executive of the Post Office, has had her CBE formally stripped from her by the King for “bringing the honours system into disrepute”.Ms Vennells received the honour in 2019 but was widely criticised amid the fallout from the Post Office scandal. She ran the organisation while it routinely denied there was a problem with its Horizon IT software system, and had said last month she would give up the honour.Politics latest: Why Speaker appears safe for nowThe action was announced on the Cabinet Office website, which also revealed that grime artist Wiley – real name…

Sir Rod Stewart has lashed out at Vladimir Putin on the eve of the second anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The music veteran branded the Russian president an “arsehole” in an interview with Sky News on Friday night. And he said revealed his fears about the consequences of the US “pulling money away from Ukraine” as the conflict enters its third year.Ukraine-Russia war latestSir Rod told Sky News’s Friday Night With Niall Patterson: “You let that arsehole into Ukraine, he’ll get into every NATO country.” “And we’ll have to join the army,” he added.”We have to support Ukraine right…

The energy price cap is to fall by £20 a month, the industry regulator has announced, but households are to face an additional “temporary” charge to help suppliers support struggling customers with record levels of debt.Ofgem confirmed a 12% price cap reduction will take effect from 1 April, taking the annual energy bill for a typical household paying by direct debit for gas and electricity to £1,690. The current level, in place from January to March, is £1,928.The fall reflects lower wholesale prices, with natural gas costs over the peak winter season falling across Europe due to higher stockpiles.A mild…