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Big Brother star Henry Southan targeted by a masked phone thief in brazen in store robbery as he upgraded his device

07/01/26 17:40
Henry Southan has revealed he was targeted by a masked phone thief while upgrading his device in an O2 shop. The Big Brother star, 27, who took to his Instagram Story on Tuesday to recount the shocking incident, shared with his followers that a masked man attempted to steal his phone right in front of him, yet didn't realise he was grabbing an empty box. He told his followers: 'Guys, little story time, I just upgraded my phone, I've been in O2 like all day. ...read

Hackers leak British celebrities' bank details to the dark web
01/03/25 22:19Bosses at The Agency have written to their clients - including Emma Thompson and Russell T Davies - to warn them their data was leaked.
British celebs warned their private details could be leaked online after cyber criminals hacked agency
23/02/25 01:22The details of a list of celebrities including Dame Emma Thomas, Oscar winning director Sir Sam Mendes and Russell T Davies could be leaked following a cyber attack on The Agency.
Hanif Kureishi says 'I've started to feel like a normal person' 16 months after horror fall left Buddha of Suburbia author without use of his arms or legs
17/04/24 09:12The novelist, who fainted on Boxing Day in 2022 while on holiday and woke up without the use of his hands, arms and legs, has spent his time adapting The Buddha Of Suburbia.
Hanif Kureishi provides emotional update after suffering life-changing injuries on Boxing Day last year as author is branded an 'inspiration'
26/12/23 09:55The British playwright, novelist and filmmaker, 69, who is best known for The Buddha Of Suburbia, Intimacy and My Beautiful Launderette, said he has spent the past year in five different hospitals.
Ellie Goulding joins James May and the wrongly-imprisoned Andrew Malkinson among the Christmas guest editors on Radio 4's Today programme
23/11/23 00:55Those taking part will each guest edit an edition of the show between December 23 and January 1. They will also be interviewed on the show they are responsible for editing.
My Beautiful Laundrette writer Hanif Kureishi, 68, reveals he's finally returned to London after horror Boxing Day fall in Italy that left him 'face to face with death'
21/06/23 08:47The British playwright has spent six months at an Italian hospital after he was found in a pool of blood by his partner on Boxing Day near their apartment in Rome.
Acclaimed writer Hanif Kureishi blasts fellow Left-wingers over woke censorship: Prize-winning author, 68, attacks role of 'sensitivity readers' who 'get excited' by controlling others' freedom of expression
27/05/23 21:34Hanif Kureishi says his award-winning 1990 novel The Buddha Of Suburbia would be butchered by censors if it was written today 'in this atmosphere of self-consciousness'.
'I have to find a way to survive': My Beautiful Laundrette writer Hanif Kureishi, 68, reveals 'despair' at still being in hospital in Rome - six weeks after Boxing Day fall left him 'face to face with death'
05/02/23 11:40The playwright, 68, yesterday wrote on Twitter that he was desperate to 'step back into my old life' following the accident that left him unable to move his arms and legs.
The Buddha Of Suburbia author Hanif Kureishi, 68, is in hospital unable to move his arms or legs after falling on Boxing Day
07/01/23 13:39Author of The Buddha of Suburbia Hanif Kureishi (pictured) is in hospital and is unable to move his arms or legs following a fall on Boxing Day in the Italian capital Rome, he told his Twitter followers.
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04/05/17 21:01The patchy Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which well-known novelists are commissioned to retell some of the bard’s most popular plays, tasks Chevalier with reimagining Othello.
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