There isn’t a taxi driver in Newcastle who doesn’t have something to say about Sam Fender, local lad done good. There’s the one who confides, as if revealing an insider secret, that he’s “a nice kid, and a star for the future.” Another, who says: “We’ve got him, Ant and Dec and Cheryl Cole who feel proud to be geordie – not like Alan Shearer, he’s arrogant.” Everyone seems to have seen him play in the Low Lights Tavern, where the singer-songwriter fairytale goes that he was spotted by Ben Howard’s manager, scored a deal with Polydor Records, and then a lot more people were hearing about “boy racers tearing down the Beehive Road” (a line from his song Leave Town). They like that Fender hasn’t forgotten his roots. I’m hoofing it across town because tomorrow Fender is playing his biggest show yet, for 4,000 people at Tynemouth Castle, five minutes from where he lives with his mum in North … [Read more...] about Sam Fender: ‘I don’t want to cling on to the “class hero” thing’
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Ask Polly: ‘I Don’t Trust My Friends!’
Photo: Hillary Kladke/Getty Images Dear Polly, I’ve spent most of my life living in distrust of people. One of my earliest childhood memories is of me eavesdropping on a conversation my friends and my brother were having about me, talking smack in whatever way 7-year-olds do. While growing up, I was given signals on a pretty regular basis that people — especially friends — are not to be trusted. In high school, I spent a lot of time listening to people gossip about each other. My best friends and I engaged in it too, sometimes talking about close friends of our own. (But as super-shy, nerdy girls, I saw it as a defensive tactic, a way to make sense of and commiserate about the wrongs that had been committed against us, by people with worse characters than ours.) This backfired on me once, though, when said best friend (we’ll call her Friend 1) and I hung out with the friend we’d been talking about, and I saw Friend 1 act completely natural, while I, … [Read more...] about Ask Polly: ‘I Don’t Trust My Friends!’
Susanna Reid says Piers Morgan is ‘barely speaking to her’
Susanna Reid poked fun at the reason why Piers Morgan has not appeared on Good Morning Britain, as she said he's 'barely speaking to her'. The presenter, 48, hasn't been joined by her co-host, 54, on the daytime show for almost a month, and told fans that he had decided to take an extra week off. She explained on Wednesday's edition of the show: 'I am of course back on the programme as you can see. Lots of people wondering where Piers Morgan is this morning.' Teasing: Susanna Reid joked that her Good Morning Britain co-host Piers Morgan is 'barely speaking to her' and has decided to take an extra week off work Go dotty for Susanna's dress by Mela London Get it here Buy now £25 Susanna shared an image of a WhatsApp chat between her and Piers, she told her followers: 'People have been asking "why isn't Piers here" and I have given people a clue on Twitter.' RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Ex-EastEnders star Carol Harrison, 62, claims soap axed her... … [Read more...] about Susanna Reid says Piers Morgan is ‘barely speaking to her’
‘I don’t care if I die’: Migrants speak out on the caravan, and what they left behind
An estimated 7,200 Central American migrants marching toward the United States are defying borders, law officers and America’s president, whose repeated threats have failed to shake their quest for asylum at America’s southern border. Calling it "an assault," President Donald Trump said he would send as many troops to the border "as necessary" to stop the migrants' caravan, which on Tuesday was at least 1,100 miles from the nearest U.S.-Mexico border entry in McAllen, Texas.stranded on a bridge without food or water. Trudged miles through multiple nations. And along the way they’ve talked to journalists. Their words, collected here from USA Today, The Associated Press and foreign media outlets offer a glimpse at why men, women and children would endure the harsh uncertainty of the caravan — and why it’s better than what they left behind. Why they won’t turn back: ‘I don’t care if I die’ Olivin Castellanos, 58, a … [Read more...] about ‘I don’t care if I die’: Migrants speak out on the caravan, and what they left behind
I don’t own my child’s body
Katia Hetter is a CNN features writer who covers parenting, relationships, books, entertainment and travel. This story has been updated from a version published in 2012. (CNN)My daughter occasionally goes on a hugging and kissing strike. She's 7, and she's been holding these wildcat strikes since she was 3 or 4. Her parents can get a hug or a kiss, but many people who know her cannot, at least not all the time. And I won't make her. "I would like you to hug Grandma, but I won't make you do it," I first told her three years ago. "I don't have to?" she asked, cuddling up to me at bedtime, confirming the facts to be sure. Under cover of goodness: How pillars of the community can prey on kids No, she doesn't have to. And just to be clear, there is no passive-aggressive, conditional, manipulative nonsense behind my statement. I mean what I say. She doesn't have to hug or kiss anyone just because I say so, not even me. I will not override my own child's currently strong … [Read more...] about I don’t own my child’s body