Britain's oldest poppy seller Walter Randall has died at the age of 104 after spending nearly 55 years selling poppies for the Royal British Legion. He was known as Wally in Leighton Buzzard.

A former British spy who murdered a child was awarded £60,000 by blaming his horrific crime on alleged PTSD caused by working for UK intelligence (pictured, MI6 building, Vauxhall).

Martine Vik Magnussen was killed in 2008. She was last seen with Farouk Abdulhak. By time Miss Vik Magnussen's remains were found Abdulhak had fled to Yemen.

The Gaza Strip, an enclave bordering Israel which has 5,154 people per km, reported two cases of Covid-19 today. The two patients, both Gazans, had travelled to Pakistan before returning.

TikTok and Instagram influencer Haneen Hossam was reportedly arrested on the morning of April 21 after her online video sparked outrage in Egypt.

Indian businessman Pankaj Oswal claims the Institut Le Rosey, an exclusive Swiss school that charges annual fees of £100,000, failed to adequately protect his daughter.

A couple, believed to be from the UK, have been slammed for asking strangers to help fund their 'modern' wedding and honeymoon in September. The initial post was shared to Reddit.

Pankaj and Radhika Oswal claim the Institut Le Rosey, an exclusive Swiss school with annual fees of $200,000, failed to adequately protect their daughter, 15.

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: The other day I was reminded of the bizarre occasion when Prince Andrew asked a lunch party of glossy magazine editors, which included me.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: There couldn't be a better time for Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy to wage war. We're all desperate for a bit of escapism and this is a blockbuster.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Last week's tour of Pakistan has been widely acknowledged as a triumph for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It's the tour where they came of age.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Of course Emma Watson's 'self-partnering' is open to mockery and caricature but, I say go for it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The generation now disparaged for not being woke fought for and welcomed: the legalisation of homosexuality and the 1965 Race Relations Act.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: In our house, there's one passionate Christmas proselytiser - me. I'm the commander- in-chief, urging the others to fling themselves once more unto the breach.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Four shortlisted artists were asked to share the £40,000 Turner Prize instead of having one winner. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared Booker Prize.

ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: Nothing makes people appreciate spending than watching the real thing disappear from the wallet and it teaches our children the value of money.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN:One set of my grandparents fled the Ukrainian pogroms early last century to build a life in Toronto, starting with nothing.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: One afternoon last week I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when a middle-aged woman was followed by a clearly mentally disturbed man waving a beer can at her.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The American singer-songwriter Lizzo (pictured) stormed the Brit Awards, massive in her leather corset and again heralded as a torch-bearer for body positivity.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Arriving at a lunch last week, my host introduced me to the other guests as 'a coronavirus denier'.This was because I went to a party with people who had been to Milan.

The shattering news that Boris had been admitted to intensive care will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the coronavirus outbreak, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN writes.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: We might be horribly restricted in who we can see and chat to in the flesh but we are still in touch with our friends. Possibly more than usual.

Devoted to good causes, a loving father and grandfather, Charles had shed the angst that once seemed to bedevil him and was clearly determined to make his time as king-in-waiting worthwhile.

Prince William is certainly a man of his word. In the TV documentary marking Prince Charles’s 70th birthday, Wills said he admired his father’s work but insisted that he wanted to do things his own way.

As the presenter of the Antiques Roadshow, Fiona Bruce should be able to differentiate between a priceless chalice and a poisoned one. She has been offered the job of presenting Question Time.

AMANDA PLATELL: After Kate Middleton broke up with Prince William at one stage during their courtship, she was phoned by a journalist.

AMANDA PLATELL: Few things are more desperate than the plight of children who self-harm. Hospital admissions for such injuries have more than doubled since 2011.

AMANDA PLATELL: Yes, Brangelina are a silly Hollywood couple - they split in hysterical haste after Jolie accused Pitt of drunkenly yelling at their son Maddox aboard their private jet.

AMANDA PLATELL: The details of George's last wishes were so poignant and seemed so well organised, they gave me pause for thought.

AMANDA PLATELL: Aides aren't ruling out Harry and his wife opening an office in America, a perfect platform for Megs and her British Prince. But one that's so distant from Kensington Palace.

This week her first child, Prince William, proved himself to be a true carrier of his mother's torch in the way he demonstrated his support for the gay community.

AMANDA PLATELL: Naomi Campbell delivered a message of hope to inner-city secondary school children living in an area blighted by gang violence, near where she herself grew up.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: With his mop of ginger hair, geeky glasses and hoodie, Ed looks as though he's just fallen out of the local Oxfam shop.

AMANDA PLATELL: Headmistress Nina Gunson (pictured above) is encouraging her pupils to learn comedy, offering them an eight-week course of stand-up classes

AMANDA PLATELL: Experts believe a new disorder should be added to the lexicon of mental health illnesses. It's called BSD, Buying-Shopping Disorder - an addiction to shopping online.

AMANDA PLATELL: As revealed in the Mail yesterday, the man who threw the child to what he hoped would be his death, Jonty Bravery, had warned, even bragged of, his plans.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most unscrupulous baby farmers demanded money up front rather than a monthly payment because it meant they profited if the child died, preferably quickly.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Many will ask why she ever put her trust in internet dating. But why wouldn't she? Millions of people, young and old, use dating apps all the time.

AMANDA PLATELL: Whatever we do, wherever we roam, a mother's love is unconditional, unextinguishable. They are the ones who are always our rocks.

In March, Adam Lambert confirmed his romance with model Jaci Costa Polo after being single for almost five years.

Earlier this year, he spoke about his battle with mental health.  

Carrie Underwood has spoken of the trauma of suffering three miscarriages before her son Jacob's birth, saying she would 'put on a happy face then go home and fall apart.'

And it seems the 28-year-old singer is set to welcome a son as he shared a shot of himself and Alison lyng on either side of a cute baby onesie with the word 'Gentleman' on the front.

Katharine McPhee revealed there was even more to her showstopping wedding gown than met the eye, during the 35-year-old's interview with Vogue.

Robbie Williams has revealed he was 'unable to leave the sofa' for three years as he battled with the crippling disorder agoraphobia.

American Idol champ Kelly, 37, has advised Love Story hitmaker Taylor, 29, to 're-record all her songs' amid her feud with producer Scooter, 38, over her master recordings.

On Wednesday, the Grammy-nominated artist Jordin Sparks, now 29, showed up in New York City on her way into the Build Talk Series at AOL to discuss National Waterpark Day.

The unsuspecting third and fourth graders had been rehearsing their rendition of the 36-year-old country crooner's hit The Champion at Nissan Stadium in Nashville

American Idol star Adam Lambert, 37, from Indiana, has listed his 'enchanting oasis' three bedroom and three-and-a-half bathroom property in the West Hollywood Hills for $3.35million.

Jinger, 25, and Jeremy, 31, recently moved to Los Angeles from Laredo, Texas. On Thursday, they left church with Cade, 23, and Gabby, 19, who met on season 16 of American Idol and are now engaged.