Author: Eleanor Price

MasterChef star Hayden Quinn has announced the birth of his first child, a baby girl named Rose, sharing a series of sweet photographs with his followers that have drawn an outpouring of congratulations from friends and fellow television personalities. Quinn, 39, and his American model wife Jax revealed the news on Instagram on Tuesday, announcing that Rose Leigh Quinn was born on 4 June weighing 3.9 kilograms. “Rosie!! Our new best friend Rose Leigh Quinn was born on June 4th weighing a chunky 3.9kgs. We couldn’t love her more,” the couple wrote alongside the post. The images showed Quinn cradling…

Rivals star Bella Maclean has shared a warm batch of behind-the-scenes photographs from the filming of the show’s second series, cuddling up to on-screen lover Alex Hassell and branding her co-stars “family” in a post that offered fans a rare glimpse behind the curtain of Disney+’s most talked-about drama. The 28-year-old actress, who plays Taggie O’Hara in the bonkbuster adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper’s novel, took to Instagram on Monday with a photo dump from the set. Multiple shots showed Maclean and Hassell — who plays Rupert Campbell-Black — beaming together in cosy embraces, alongside selfies with cast members including…

Joe Weller, one of Britain’s most recognisable YouTubers with more than 5.3 million subscribers, has announced he has become a Christian — describing his faith as the answer to years of searching for fulfilment through fame, money and travel that left him feeling empty. The 30-year-old shared the announcement in an emotional Instagram video filmed in his car on Sunday, speaking candidly about the journey that led him to faith. “I have been saved by the Lord Jesus Christ, and it is the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” he told his followers. “I thought it was a load…

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old charged with stabbing his parents to death at their £10 million Los Angeles home, has filed a court petition demanding access to his inheritance trust while he awaits trial in custody — claiming the trustee’s refusal to release funds has already cost him his choice of defence lawyer. In documents filed on Monday, Nick petitioned to receive the money his parents Rob and Michele set aside for him in a trust, arguing he was contractually entitled to half of the $1.5 million fund when he turned 30, with the remainder due at 35. He claims the…

BBC Radio 1 presenter Mollie King has revealed she was rushed to hospital after collapsing unconscious on her bathroom floor in the early hours of the morning, hitting her head and face as she fell — explaining to fans why she had been missing from her show. The Saturdays singer and radio presenter, 38, shared the details of the terrifying incident in a statement posted to her Instagram grid, thanking fans who had been checking in on her during her absence from the airwaves. “After coming home late from work, I suddenly collapsed unconscious on the bathroom floor at 4am,…

Anti-tourism activists in Majorca have vowed to bring the island’s capital to a standstill with what they are billing as a “historic” demonstration next month — just weeks before a solar eclipse is expected to draw record numbers of visitors to the Balearic Islands and intensify the pressure on communities already pushed to breaking point by mass tourism. The protest, organised by campaign group Menys Turisme Mes Vida — Less Tourism More Life — has been planned for 7pm on 26 July in Palma. Activists announced the date during a smaller demonstration outside the city’s cathedral on Sunday, with the…

British tourists face waits of up to six hours at European airports this summer because of new EU border checks that have already caused hundreds of passengers to miss flights, an airline industry body has warned — with Spain, Portugal, France and Italy among the worst affected destinations. Rafael Schvartzman, vice-president for Europe at the International Air Transport Association, said the new Entry Exit System represented a “very hard risk of really challenging waiting times” that was already proving unacceptable. “What we are seeing is a hard risk of really challenging times or waiting times — talking about expectations of…

An hour from London by train, with a working waterfront that feels like the Mediterranean on a summer’s day, a collection of 600 listed buildings and a live music scene energetic enough to have lured Ed Sheeran to perform a surprise gig in a timber-framed Tudor pub — Ipswich is not the town most people think it is, and its boosters are betting the rest of Britain is about to find out. The Suffolk town is currently bidding to be named the UK’s City of Culture in 2029, and a pipeline of new attractions is already taking shape: a clay…

Ellie Goulding has revealed she felt like a “robot” when recording her last album after becoming a first-time mother, and that the birth of her second child has left her feeling far more equipped to face a music comeback — as she prepares to release what she describes as her most honest record yet, covering the breakdown of her marriage. The singer made the admission during an appearance on Later… With Jools Holland on Sunday, where she performed her new song Black Prada Dress ahead of the September release of her forthcoming album I Know Too Much. She welcomed daughter…

Tiger Woods is supporting his girlfriend Vanessa Trump from a rehabilitation clinic in Switzerland as she battles a recent breast cancer diagnosis — with the couple maintaining daily contact despite being separated by the Atlantic Ocean while both face major personal health challenges. Woods, 50, is understood to be around two months into a 90-day treatment programme in Europe for dependency on prescription painkillers, after being arrested near his home in Jupiter, Florida in late March on suspicion of driving under the influence. He has pleaded not guilty. A judge granted him permission to seek treatment outside the United States,…