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July 11, 2022

Olympian Nicola Adams and partner Ella Baig welcome first child: ‘Baby Adams has arrived!’

Olympic boxer Nicola Adams and her girlfriend Ella Baig have announced the birth of their first child. The pair, who announced they were expecting a baby in February, announced that they had “welcomed [their] son into the world” on Saturday morning (9 July). They have yet to announce a name. Showing off a photo...

July 11, 2022

JK Rowling criticised for praising ‘dangerous’ anti-trans film by far-right bigot Matt Walsh

JK Rowling has attracted criticism for praising the work of anti-trans commentator Matt Walsh during a Twitter spat. The exchange took place after Walsh weighed in on Macy Gray rowing back on the trans-exclusionary remarks she made in an interview with Piers Morgan on 4 July, following backlash. The singer said that trans...

July 11, 2022

Taika Waititi says ‘we’re all queer’ amid backlash over Thor’s LGBTQ+ plot

Taika Waititi has claimed “we’re all queer” amid criticism that he over-exaggerated how much LGBTQ+ content would be in his latest film Thor: Love and Thunder. The director claimed at a screening of Thor: Love and Thunder in London that the film was “super gay”. However, fans were disappointed...

July 11, 2022

Liz Truss joins Tory leadership race as Penny Mordaunt accused of throwing trans people under the bus

Liz Truss has announced her bid for Conservative leader, becoming the 10th MP to do so after prime minister Boris Johnson resigned from the position. Truss, who is foreign secretary and equalities minister, announced her candidacy in an article for The Telegraph on Sunday (July 10), where she outlined her vow to “cut...

July 10, 2022

Lewis Hamilton ‘disgusted’ after F1 fans subjected to sexist, racist and homophobic abuse

Lewis Hamilton has condemned the wave of sexist, racist and homophobic harassment Formula One (F1) fans faced during the Austrian Grand Prix. At the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, around 105,000 people gathered to watch the nail-biting races on Saturday (8 July). But a raft of reports on social media has emerged of...

July 10, 2022

Britney Spears blasts documentaries for ‘doing a wonderful job at humiliating me’

Britney Spears has passionately blasted the string of documentaries about her life that have left her “humiliated”. From The New York Times‘ Framing Britney Spears to Netflix’s Britney vs Spears, the personal anguish of Spears has become the subject of a raft of documentaries, often focusing on her...

July 10, 2022

Joe McElderry recalls ‘solid advice’ George Michael shared and how he survived The X Factor

Joe McElderry won The X Factor when he was just 18-years-old with his version of “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus. The year was 2009 and McElderry was at the height of his powers. The tabloids were obsessed with him and he had a lucrative record deal with Simon Cowell’s label Syco. By 2011, he had …...

July 10, 2022

Grant Shapps refuses to debate trans rights as he joins Tory leadership race: ‘Let people live’

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced he is vying to become the next Tory party leader – and he’s not debating trans rights anytime soon. After Boris Johnson pledged to step down as prime minister once his successor is chosen, Shapps threw his hat into the ring on Saturday (9 July). Shapps said he will...

July 10, 2022

Farcical Tory leadership contest descends into pathetic anti-trans, gender-critical row

Britain’s Tory leadership contest has already descended into a row over trans rights after Rishi Sunak pledged to “protect women’s rights”. Sunak, who resigned as chancellor of the Exchequer in a body blow to Boris Johnson’s leadership on Tuesday (5 July), entered the race to be the next...

July 10, 2022

Nadhim Zahawi sparks Section 28 fears as he vows to ‘protect children from inappropriate nonsense’

Nadhim Zahawi sparked fears of a second Section 28 ahead of his official announcement to become the next Tory leader. The former education secretary-turned chancellor is hoping to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister, bringing his enormous wealth as a multi-millionaire and experience handling the COVID-19 vaccine...