Author: Lucas Bennett

‘Nepo babies’ Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere followed in the footsteps of their world-famous parents as they posed together on the cover of Vogue.Kaia’s mother Cindy Crawford was married to Homer’s father Richard Gere from 1991 to 1995 when they were at the height of their stardom. The pair fronted Vogue together in November 1992.After their divorce, Crawford, 60, married businessman Rande Gerber, 64, and the pair welcomed Kaia and son Presley, now 27. Meanwhile Gere, 76, had Homer with his second ex-wife Carey Lowell, 65, a one-time Bond girl he was married to from 2002 until 2016.TV writer and producer Ryan Murphy has united…

Retired newsreader Jan Leeming has doubled down on her social media rant towards Charlene White, after the ITV News star hit back at her ‘disrespectful’ comments.The former BBC presenter had taken aim at Charlene in a social media post, where she branded her ‘condescending’ and said she ‘doesn’t hack it as a newsreader’.Charlene has since hit back, saying she’s ‘surprised’ to hear Jan’s comments after ‘looking up to her as a child’.But Jan has now doubled down on her comments, responding on X with the claim that she feels ‘it’s far easier for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people (BAME)…

Burned-out employees are often easy to spot. But what about people who some workplace experts describe as “rusting out” on the job?A survey by scheduling software provider Deputy of hourly workers across the hospitality, retail, healthcare and other sectors found that many people are languishing in their jobs and are functionally less productive than their employers expect. Roughly 15% of those polled reported feeling merely “OK” about their jobs, a sign that researchers say can lead to lackluster performance, Star Levandowski, deputy senior vice president of business and people operations at Deputy, told CBS News. “We see that as an early indicator…

Welcome to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the vibrant and chaotic international arts festival that prides itself on fearless political satire and edgy comedy.Yet amid the more than 4,000 events showcasing the undiluted creative freedom and biting satire of performers from Scotland and further afield, you may notice that one of Scotland’s most extraordinary recent political scandals is strangely absent from the stage.There is, as far as I can see, no satirical show about the uproariously hilarious tale of the £125,000 motorhome that Scotland’s most powerful politician apparently could not see, at least ‘consciously’, and the case of the missing £400,000.The…

Nepo baby Brielle Biermann has found herself in hot water after she posted a video wearing what appeared to be the same wedding dress that Acquired Style influencer Brigette Pheloung wore during her nuptials.Pheloung legally tied the knot with her longtime partner Mitch McHale back in June, but had a second, much larger celebration on Saturday in Newport, Rhode Island Just hours after the first images of her in her Vera Wang dress hit the web, Biermann, the daughter of Real Housewives star Kim Zolciak-Biermann and former footballer Kroy Biermann, uploaded a clip of herself trying on a very similar gown.Biermann, who is engaged…

A damning report has confirmed greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea level and ocean heat all reached record highs last year.The international annual review, published by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), provides the most comprehensive updates on Earth’s climate.Data is collected from monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice and space, with contributions from 625 scientists in 60 countries.And it paints a stark image of the dismal state of the world’s climate.The data shows the amount of harmful greenhouse gases including methane and carbon dioxide reached record levels, while fossil fuel emissions reached a new high.Our oceans are steadily…

After decades of waiting, the victims of Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann finally faced him in a courtroom that became a space for grief, rage, and release. In this episode, we focus on the emotional heart of the sentencing — from raw statements to the quiet devastation of children who grew up without their mothers — and what it meant to finally say these words, face-to-face.

By SAM MERRIMAN, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Published: 18:19, 11 August 2026 | Updated: 18:23, 11 August 2026 The cost to the public of paying wind farms to switch off when the national grid can’t cope has reached £1billion this year in record time.The cost comes from paying wind farms in remote areas to turn off when they are generating too much power to be transported – while also paying gas power plants near cities to cover for this.Britain reached the £1billion milestone last Saturday – two months earlier than in 2025 after the war in Iran increased gas prices – with…

By OLIVIA CHRISTIE, NEWS REPORTER Published: 12:40, 11 August 2026 | Updated: 18:12, 11 August 2026 A mother-of-two whose winning lottery ticket was thrown in the bin by a shopkeeper in error is set to scoop the £12million jackpot. Kath Main, 46, says her winning numbers were binned after they failed to register on the machine at Londis in Abercynon. Following an investigation, National Lottery operator Allwyn has now concluded she will receive the cash, as long as no one else claims it before December 3.Ms Main, from Pontypridd, South Wales, plans to use some of the money to go on a Lions rugby tour…

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial in Massachusetts resumed Tuesday with testimony from Rebecca Jollotta, a second psychiatric nurse practitioner who treated Clancy in 2022.You can watch the trial live on CBS News Boston in the embedded video or on YouTube when court is in session. Court is currently in the lunch recess until 2 p.m.Clancy, 35, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, in their home in Duxbury on Jan. 24, 2023.Prosecutors, led by assistant district attorney Jennifer Sprague, say she planned the murders. Clancy’s attorney Kevin…