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Jude Bellingham's new girlfriend has been revealed as stunning Dutch model Laura Celia Valk - and she is said to be 'completely smitten' with the Real Madrid footballer. The footballer, 20, is reportedly dating the beauty, 25, after splitting from Asantewa Chitty last year, and Laura has reportedly been staying at his Spanish pad regularly. While Jude has tried to keep their romance under wraps, it seems the Dutch influencer has spilled the beans to her make-up artists.

Britain's 'Seagull boy' has today revealed how he developed a 'superpower' like Spider-Man after he was bitten by a gull, giving him the extraordinary ability to screech like the seabirds. Cooper Wallace, 9, caught the nation's attention after he won an international seagull screeching competition with his uncanny impression of the bird. When asked how he had obtained such a niche skill on BBC Breakfast, Cooper retold a story of being bitten by a seagull whilst sitting on Woolacombe Beach in Devon and claimed the moment had a 'Spider-Man effect' on him. He explained how the bird had 'nipped his knuckle' after stealing a sandwich from his hand, comparing the moment to when Peter Parker became the Marvel superhero after he was bitten by a radioactive arachnid. Speaking to presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay, Cooper said: 'I got bit by one in Devon on Woolacombe Beach and it swooped over my head and stole my ham sandwich and it nipped my knuckle by accident. 'So we think it is a Spider-Man effect. Then my sister grabbed a spade and chased it down the beach and said "how dare you hurt my brother".'

Seeing that Jock was in danger, firefighters wasted no time removing patio slabs and digging a tunnel from the garden to the kitchen to rescue him. The search and rescue team used cameras and equipment sometimes used in earthquakes to help them find Jock and reunite him with his owners. They also created a hole in the kitchen floor to gain further access to him. The poodle was eventually found unharmed and reunited with his family.

She joins Manilla-born Pio Abad, Manchester-born Claudette Johnson and Worthing-born Delaine Le Bas, whose artwork targets colonialism in museums, focuses on portraits of black women and men and explores the history of the Roma people. The artists have been nominated in the prize's 40th anniversary event which will return to London 's Tate Britain for the first time in six years.

Disgraced singer Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, was accused in an interview with his alleged victim published in the News Of The World newspaper back in 1993. Yet the following year he was given a starring role in the BBC's Children In Need coverage on November 25, 1994, in what critics have now called a 'shocking' lapse. Host Terry Wogan introduced a performance featuring Glitter alongside former Radio 1 DJs Mike Read, Tony Blackburn and Ed Stewart dressed up like the singer. Footage was aired again last night in a new ITV documentary about the disgraced star, Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile - putting a spotlight back on the BBC, which has previously faced an inquiry into its handling of Glitter's fellow paedophile Savile.

Mother-of-three Gemma Fletcher (pictured), 35, had been a respected healthcare assistant working in the A&E unit at her local hospital but in 2019 she suffered a back injury whilst in labour. Initially Fletcher, from Atherton, Greater Manchester, was treated with a powerful, prescription only, painkiller but she became addicted to the tablets and began using heroin. Over the following five years she clocked up 32 offences of house burglary, theft and stealing from cars - all of which she carried out to feed her habit. In one 1am raid in which she was armed with a brick, Fletcher was caught red handed by a householder rummaging through coats after walking into their hallway through an unlocked door. During the confrontation she pleaded: 'I have just come from the hospital and I need money for drugs' before being detained in a citizen's arrest.

Welsh public bodies could remove 'highly contentious' public art from view if it 'insults or hurts' members of the public under new anti-racism guidance. The Labour-run Welsh Government have finalised guidelines which instructs public bodies on how to ensure statues, plaques and paintings project the 'right historic narrative'. The guidance, titled Public commemoration in Wales, states art in public spaces must be 'decolonised' and should 'celebrate the achievements of our diverse society'.

An elderly couple have been left 'unable to sleep' after buying a a £600,000 new-build home which they say has almost 200 defects - including wonky floors and ceilings. Pensioners John and Liz Pritchard say they have been left 'distraught' after moving into the five-bed townhouse in Wellington, Somerset last year. The couple, who are both in their 70s, have been locked in a battle with Bovis Homes to get the 'bodge job' fixed and claim they've been 'fobbed off, ignored and strung along' by the developer - with little work completed. They say they were confronted with 'appalling' issues from the moment they stepped foot in the house, after noticing their furniture was wobbling. The pair are now demanding that Bovis step in to carry out repair work immediately, after alleging their emails and telephone calls were repeatedly ignored by the housing company.

Hundreds of thousands of households may be able to cut their council tax bill by requesting that their property is put in a lower band, we can reveal. Those who suspect they are in the incorrect council tax band have little to lose by challenging it as around a third are successful and end up paying less - and just one in every 2,500 end up paying more.

Since the height of her fame in the mid-2000s, the former child pop star has spent her fortune on a £500,000 lavish manor with ex Gavin Henson, an £800,000 yacht, an Ibiza girls' holiday with a £10,000 bill and, more recently, a £1.5 million hippie retreat.Despite the 38-year-old telling of her financial misfortune and having to downsize her home, it can be revealed she is sitting on assets of over £3.5 million in one of her companies and made a tidy profit of £700,000 on the sale of her house. Charlotte Church Limited, of which she is the sole director, saw its capital and reserves grow from £3.36million to £3.5million in accounts, which were filed last month. However, her The Dreaming Limited, which owns the woman-focused countryside retreat which she recently launched to paying guests, has net liabilities of £551,000.

Villagers living in Barnham, West Sussex say there lives are being made miserable by groups of feral teenagers causing trouble. Antisocial behaviour in the leafy coastal village has continued despite extra police carrying out patrols and making 14 arrests. Locals say youths are fighting, looting shops, vandalising property and threatening staff.

Rebekah Vardy (left) is reportedly 'furious' and 'devastated' after Luke Foster (right), the father of her son, was jailed for running a cannabis factory. Ex-footballer Foster, 38, was handed a three year prison sentence after he admitted to growing the Class B drug along with two others last month. The former defender for Oxford United and Preston North End has been imprisoned at HMP Nottingham.

The veteran politician, who spent 40 years as MP for Birkenhead and pioneered welfare reform in the Tory Blair government had revealed a terminal diagnosis in 2021. His achievements were hailed from figures across Westminster politics, with shadow health secretary Wes Streeting saying he was 'a great parliamentarian, crusader for social justice and source of wise counsel.' 'What a blessing to have known him and benefited from his advice and kindness, even as his illness gripped him,' he said. And Tory former home secretary Priti Patel added that he was a 'kind and compassionate man and a great Parliamentarian'.

Two chief fire officers are under investigation over claims they exchanged sexist and derogatory messages about women including talking about killing a female colleague. Shropshire chief fire officer Simon Hardiman and his deputy Adam Matthews described women in the service as 'lazy' and 'useless' in WhatsApp exchanges sent over more than a year. Several of the messages - which were leaked to ITV news - targeted Area Manager Jan Morris, who resigned from the service this year. In one message sent in February last year Matthews reportedly said: 'She does the square root of f*** all. In March 2023 he added: 'I've got no loyalty to the lazy cow' before sharing a cartoon GIF of someone being thrown under a bus.

Kaydon Prior, 23, screamed, 'I love you' to his ex, Alicia Parrin, while he stabbed Harrison Tomkins, 25, with a 16cm long hunting blade, on August 13 last year. Chichester Crown Court heard how he went into a jealous rage when he found Ms Parrin, 21, with Mr Tomkins, 25, and knifed him to death. Prior and his accomplice Jason Curtis, 22, were jailed for life after a jury found them both guilty of murdering Mr Tomkins. Alicia Parrin counted the blows as she delivered her powerful victim statement to a packed courtroom.

Zoe Ball has told fans she is 'bereft' following the death of her 'dear mama' Julia. The BBC Radio 2 star announced in early March that her mother had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was being 'incredibly brave'. Earlier this week, the 53-year-old told her BBC Radio 2 listeners Julia had been transferred to a hospice, as she dedicated a Bon Jovi song to paramedics who helped her. Just before 5am on Wednesday, the much-loved broadcaster shared the news of her mother's passing on Instagram. In a tribute, she said: 'Sleep tight dear Mama. 'Thank you for teaching us how to love unconditionally, to always show courage and empathy. And how, even in the darkest of days, laughter is the greatest of gifts.

It's something that many dog owners do on a daily basis. But new research might make you think twice about sneaking leftovers to your dog under the dinner table. The study reveals the human foods that could be making your pet fat - including grilled salmon and scrambled eggs. 'Most of us don't realise just how calorie-dense our food can be for our pets,' said Lisa Melvin, a spokesperson for Pet Range. 'This is especially the case for smaller dogs and breeds which are more obesity-prone, such as pugs and labradors. For small dogs like pugs, a single sausage can take up almost half of their daily recommended calorie intake.'

This is the emotional moment Jeremy Clarkson consoles his girlfriend Lisa Hogan after watching their piglets die on Diddly Squat Farm, after she revealed she could end up with a criminal record over sales at their shop. In the latest trailer for the third season of Clarkson's Farm , viewers see Hogan crying on the former Top Gear host shoulder as she struggles to come to terms with the death of a drove of rare breed pigs. Ahead of the new season release, the actress, 50, claimed the new episodes showed that Clarkson, 63, was becoming 'more a man of the land than a man of the road.' Hogan also admitted that she had been involved in a 'serious conversation' over the produce the couple were allowed to sell in their Oxfordshire farm shop. She learned through their land agent and advisor Charlie Ireland that the shop could only sell items produced within 16 miles of their farm and failure to comply would lead to a criminal record.

As a child prodigy who sang in front of the Pope, Charlotte Church amassed a fortune of £25 million by the time she was 11. But 27 years later the Welsh singer has confessed that her riches have disappeared. In an interview, Ms Church, now 38, said: 'I'm not a millionaire anymore,' after she was forced to sell her £1.5million mansion to downsize to a semi-detached house.

Six people were arrested near Downing Street after police intervened when a group broke through a cordon made to stop people moving past the area allocated for the event. This led to scuffles breaking out, with one man arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after a police horse was reportedly 'targeted on Whitehall'. Another man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. The melee happened just before the main rally at 3pm, where Robinson - former leader of the English Defence League - was joined by leader of the Reclaim Party Mr Fox as he gave a speech. Robinson was already in London having been acquitted of breaching a dispersal order while attending a pro-Israel protest on November 26 last year.

Trans teen Maelle Jacques, who was born a male and previously won a girl's high jump state championship , said she didn't join female sports to win outright. A new bill in the state, known as SB 375, was being pored over on Monday by legislators, LGBTQ groups and educators before the state Education Committee. It is one of two bills in the state that would ban transgender girls from competing on sports teams aligning with their gender identity.

George Christie, 77, has spoken out about his departure from the group during A&E's new Secrets of the Hells Angels docuseries. He explained that he resigned from his position as president of California's Ventura Charter in 2011 after becoming disillusioned. But George said he was stunned to be immediately excommunicated with other members of the 'brotherhood' banned from speaking to him from that moment on.

The fairytale romance was set to finally break the Getty family curse - and it could not have involved a more unlikely pairing. Ivy Love Getty (left) was the youngest scion of the infamous dynasty, an heiress in line for a share of a £4.3 billion fortune. He was the son of a British actress who appeared in Coronation Street (inset), Bergerac and The Bill. But when Ivy married Tobias Engel (right) a little-known photographer with brooding good looks, they could not have made a stronger public statement of their love.