As she celebrated her 30th birthday with a collection of images, Victoria Beckham shared a heartfelt post in which she gushed about Jackie Apostel, her son Cruz Beckham’s girlfriend.
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Jackie Apostel’s warmly departed a warm tribute to Victoria Beckham.
Victoria Beckham shared a gushing tribute to her son Cruz Beckham’s girlfriend to celebrate her birthday. The former Spice Girl admitted her admiration for 20-year-old Cruz’s girlfriend Jackie Apostel as she marked her 30th birthday.
Victoria, 51, praised Jackie as the “most beautiful soul” in the touching social media post as husband David Beckham also wished Jackie, who is 10 years Cruz’s senior, a special day. Sharing a picture of the pair together Victoria wrote, “To the sweetest, kindest, most beautiful soul. We all love you soooo much.”
She tagged Jackie in the uploadon her Instagram Story, adding a string of images of them together at an array of swanky showbiz outings. Sharing a picture of Jackie with Cruz she wrote, “Happy birthday, we hope you have an amazing day and can’t wait to celebrate with you.”
Then, Victoria said, “We all adore Jackie.” apostel”. After that, David left a message for Jackie in a caption in a few images of himself thanking her for her influence on Cruz.
Happy birthday, David wrote, “Both inside and out, to a very special person.” I appreciate you creating the best version of yourself for my son.
After meeting while attending the Glastonbury Festival, Cruz and Jackie have been dating since June 2024. Cruz, who turns 21 in February 2026, officially joined Jackie a few months later in October 2024.
The couple made the announcement via Instagram, but there were some flaws. Many fans criticized the nearly a decade-long difference, calling it an age gap.
Jackie recently attended Paris Fashion Week with the Beckhams, joining them in france to pose on the red carpet and attend Victoria’s own fashion show. She was seated alongside Cruz and his brother Romeo Beckham, 23, sister Harper Beckham, 14, and their dad David, 50, to take in the catwalk show.
The eldest of the Beckham children, Brooklyn, 26, was noticeably absent from the event, as was his wife Nicola Peltz, as a rumored conflict between the family members continues.
Jackie posted a tribute to Victoria for her work on her social media account after the lavish fashion show, in which she expressed her gratitude and expressed her joy over being there with the Beckhams.
She wrote, “What an incredible show and in my favourite dress yet, @victoriabeckham honoured to witness all of this come to life.” A troll replied to the post questioning her romance with Cruz writing, “Why is a 29-year-old dating a 20. That’s just weird. I’m talking about Jackie dating Cruz.”
Jackie then retorted and explained her reasons, stating that he is kind, funny, caring, driven, mature, talented, loyal, and also quite attractive.
In the 1970s, The Raincoats were a group of women who revolutionized the British rock scene. And it was Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain who offered the band an opportunity of a lifetime after they inspired him
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The Raincoats (L-R) Gina Birch, Anne Wood and Ana da Silva.(Image: Redferns)
An unlikely quintet of menopausal women form a punk band in Sally Wainwright’s new Sunday night BBC One drama Riot Women.
The six part series – episode 2 is on tonight at 9pm or on iPlayer – makes nostalgic viewing for Gina Birch and Ana da Silva, who formed punk group The Raincoats nearly 50 years ago.
“Polar opposites” form the band after meeting as art students in London in the seventies with Gina, a lively 21-year-old from Nottingham, and Ana Da Silva, a chilled 28-year-old from the Portuguese island of Madeira.
“We had a very good working relationship even though we were living our own lives. We sometimes argued. We excel at doing that. Gina, 70, laughs with an especially sharp smile.
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Rebellion was more important than musical prowess during The Clash and The Sex Pistols’ heyday. London provided freedom for Ana, now 77, who had grown up in an Estado Nova-ruled dictatorship. She says: “People could look how they liked to look and no one hassled them. Portugal has its own rules, but I love it there. At that time, you couldn’t kiss in the street. People did, but it was a law that you couldn’t”!
Ana, who adds, “It was like a door opened and I embraced a lot of it and then became a part of it,” found Punk to be particularly appealing. I liked how I expressing myself. London’s sense of adventure also gripped Gina, who made a squat in bohemian Notting Hill her home. She says, “When I moved to London, it was very much the big city, and I felt very provincial.”
In a neighborhood with a lot of musicians and artists, I had two rooms at the top of the house. But it was very dilapidated. Everything appeared to be deteriorating. She first spotted Ana at art school at this time, according to the statement. I noticed her because she was very, very suntanned, she had hair down to her waist and she was a little bit older, “says Gina”. I had just finished my A levels and had socialized with Nottingham’s crazies.
“Ana would order a glass of water and a black coffee at the nearby cafe,” she said. Nobody I knew had a glass of water. In Nottingham we would have orange squash or Ribena”! We immediately became friends, and Ana continues, “My cousin and I started going to a lot of gigs together, and he had a car.”
They were fans of bands like The Slits and their regular home, The Roxy, which had a lot of regulars. Gina says: “It was only really when I saw The Slits and there were four women on the stage playing their first show. In some ways, it was completely new and fresh. It was terrifying. It was about mischief, it was about comradery. It was about breaking the law as a young woman.
It only made me realize that I could do it. Previously, it had been men. Four women were suddenly in charge of their own destiny. “Then, one day, Gina entered a music store and purchased a guitar without even trying it out. She says:” I took this bass home. I spent a lot of time listening to music where the bass could be heard, and someone even taught me how to tune it.
She and Ana had already formed a band the day after that. In 1977 The Raincoats were born! Gina continues, “We hoovered them up when they got thrown out of the Slits.” When Palmolive, one of The Slits musicians, joined the band, we were thrilled. Then Palmolive wanted a violin or keyboard player and that’s when we got Vicky (Aspinall) We created a voice that was our own. We weren’t attempting to play four-four. We were examining it as if it were a heartbeat or a life rhythm.
They released their first single Fairytale in the Supermarket and their debut album The Raincoats on the Rough Trade label two years after their creation, according to Ana. “There were three moments for me that were miraculous,” they say. One was finishing the song in the rehearsal space. The first was when the album was released, which indicated that we were a real band, and the second was when the single was released. On the way there, I can recall crying as I drove from my house to Rough Trade to look at it. Those three moments were magical. “
Their fourth concert in Poland, which was then performed behind the Iron Curtain, was another career highlight for Ana. She says, “The audience was so eager for something new that having a punk band was magical for them. We may as well have come from Mars. It was incredible.
Odyshape, their second album, was released in 1981, but there were still some intriguing themes. Ana – who says they broke up after every record – explains:” We all had strong ideas about things and sometimes those ideas clashed. When they recorded a live album, The Kitchen Tapes, in December 1982 in New York at a venue known as The Kitchen, which was a hub for experimental music, tensions were at an all-time high.
The cassette version of the record sold for a lot in the Big Apple and became a hidden gem. But, a year later, they received the disappointing news from their label that no more copies of their records would be produced in the UK. The band eventually disbanded in 1983. Gina attended The Royal College of Art before working in an antiques store in Notting Hill before producing music videos. But in the summer of 1992 something very exciting happened. The Raincoats’ music was extremely difficult to obtain, and The Kitchen Tapes was the only album that was still available.
That’s when Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and his wife Courtney Love came into their lives – tracking Ana down at the antiques shop. She recalls that these two young people entered our conversation while we were talking. I was unaware of Courtney Love or Kurt Cobain’s identity. I found out later. At the time, she was expecting. He made a personal introduction. Kurt said, ‘ When I listen to your music I fall on the floor. ‘ His body sort of sways out of sync or something. They attempted to obtain a copy of the first album when they went to the Rough Trade store.
When no one could help, they directed the star to Ana’s workplace, where he asked if she could sell him a copy and she said she’d find him one. She recalls Kurt and Courtney’s style as “I liked it.” It had an impact.
When Ana found a copy, the band signed it, she put some photos inside and sent it to him. In the liner notes to his upcoming album, Incesticide, he thanked me for his kindness toward me. He remarked, “I feel like a stowaway in an attic when I listen to the Raincoats.” Rather than listening to them I feel like I am listening in on them. I have to be completely still while we are together in the same old house, or I could hear them spied from above. Everything will be destroyed if I’m caught because it’s their thing.
The Nirvana endorsement sparked a resurgence of interest in The Raincoats – prompting their label to reissue their albums, while Kurt also released them on his label in the US. According to Ana, “It made a lot of young women believe they could do this as well.” And the Raincoats reconnected their musical chemistry.
We simply made the decision to have fun. It sounded good. Then things escalated”, says Ana. The chance of a lifetime arrived when Kurt learned they were playing together at a party in London without even listing them. Gina recalls that Nirvana’s agent called her while she was working on a music video that day that she wanted to tour with The Raincoats. I was just starting a potential film career. However, we were aware that Nirvana was amazing at the time.
The band decided to go for it despite the band’s subsequent hiccups. They were in New York doing a gig a little while before the tour when they got the terrible news that on April 5, 1994 Kurt Cobain had killed himself. We were conducting a soundcheck, Ana says, and DGC’s Ray Farrel said, “I have bad news. Cobain passed away.
“It created this really sad atmosphere. I thought he was speaking to the lyrics to the song I wrote. Gina continues, “We really felt that we wanted to dedicate this set to him.” The tragedy meant the tour was cancelled, but two years after Kurt’s death, The Raincoats released a fourth album, Looking in the Shadows.
Ana describes the singer as having the impression that he had somehow become a kind of guardian angel for us. He gave us a new life. While The Raincoats are no longer performing, Gina adds: “I think that’s a lovely way to think of him as a guardian angel. His devotion to us has made a significant contribution to history. Even so, I believe we would have had a place in history, but his presence is much more evident.
Gemma Collins, a weight-loss star, discusses her latest weight-loss journey, fiance Rami’s wedding plans, and why she’s ready to be known as “her authentic self.”
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Gemma spills the beans on her wedding plans with Rami(Image: Getty Images for Thirty8 London)
Gemma Collins may be known for her extravagant persona, but it’s clear the former TOWIE favourite has mellowed in recent years. A far cry from the outlandish glamour of ‘The GC’, a beaming Gemma tells OK! exclusively that, these days, she’s much more focused on cherishing the little things in life.
As she chats to new on a video call from her sprawling Essex garden, the 44-year-old also shares an update on how she has achieved her slimmed-down figure, after starting weight-loss injections about a year ago. Gemma, engaged to Rami Hawash, 50, since February 2024, already describes herself as stepmum to his son Tristan, seven. Here, she reveals her plans for their 2026 wedding and why she could be spending Christmas with celeb pal Coleen Rooney…
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Gemma, you look incredible. How is your weight-loss progressing?
I’ve actually lost four and a half pounds. I’m feeling fantastic. I’ve been increasing my exercise, but it’s just going to be a long way? However, I don’t put too much effort into it. You have to be kind to yourself, because I love myself as I do. Making those wise decisions and being mindful is about the only thing that needs to be remembered. I don’t put myself under any pressure. You didn’t have to wait five minutes for it to gain it, and you won’t have to wait five minutes for it to lose.
These days, you seem very at ease. Do you believe your life has more of a sense of balance?
Yes, these days, I can combine my family and my career. Because I hadn’t had that for so long, I just enjoyed being a stepmum and a normal girl for a while. Now, everything has come full circle. Because I was so focused on my career, I put off starting a family for so long. Then my family intervened, and I now have Rami. It’s a life experience, and I’ve chosen that path from my life. I’m now prepared to return, so I can bring back both my true self and my career, not just another fake.
Are you currently planning your wedding, Rami?
Oh my goodness, that will occur in 2026. I’ll have a planner for my wedding. They will handle it. I’ll just say, “Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no”. That is it. But I’m actually very excited, which I am.
Will you soon be back on television?
Yes ! I just recently produced two significant television programs for the first time this year. So I’m already very much back. Next year, I’ll already be smashed out. I’m in 2027, a year and a half ahead of schedule. I have the ability to make up my mind as to what I want to do right now. Only when I believe it will be entertaining and people will like what I do.
Do you have a show you’d never watch?
I wouldn’t do Celebrity: SAS Who Dares Wins – hell no! They wouldn’t get The GC near that. I think people forget my age – I’m nearly 45 now, hon. I need an English breakfast tea and my country walks, not pretending I’m in the army! The Traitors called me about a year-and-a-half ago and I didn’t do it, but I’d maybe do that one. It better be warm in that castle though.
Would you ever go back to TOWIE, then?
Oh no, I’m always ringing them. Look, I really enjoyed the show, and that’s what inspired me. We all move on in life, but that’s the show that gave me my gorgeous home. And I’ve left.
You’re collaborating on Paddy Power’s newest advertisement…
Oh, it’s all about glamour and being loud and proud. I’ve always loved Paddy Power because the games are all so fun – and I’m really lucky, especially on roulette. I’m in the advert with Peter Crouch, Coleen Rooney and Danny Dyer, so we had a blast. It’s all about having fun with your friends. A lot of people do their gaming alone, but you don’t need to do it alone. Make it super fun. I’m going to have a Paddy Power casino evening at my house with a poker table, fake money, the lot!
What are your Christmas plans now that you’ve always gone big?
My house is always so festive. However, I have no idea what I’m doing this year, which is funny. Let’s see if we can get an invitation to one of their events because Rim says he wants to leave, but since I’m so good friends with Coleen Rooney, Danny Dyer, and Peter Crouch, we can’t wait. They must have a very fancy Christmas at the Rooneys, I bet! It’s who I’m with, in my opinion. Christmas isn’t about the best dinners and champagne; it’s about having the people you enjoy spending the most time with.
Does having children now make it more special?
Oh definitely. My stepson, Tristan, is coming up for eight now so he keeps asking if Father Christmas is real. I’m telling him, “Of course he is.” I’m taking him to Lapland this year to prove it. And I’ve got two older nephews who I’m trying to keep young for as long as possible. I’ve got a new baby nephew too, so I’ll get to enjoy it all with him. It’s the kids that make it for me. But it’s Christmas every Sunday at my house because I do a big dinner for all of the family. It’s all about who you spend it with. We live in a world now where everything is so accessible and everyone has everything they want, so it’s about quality time.
In his most recent social media post about living as a pub landlord, Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that some of his customers have questionable toilet habits.
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Jeremy Clarkson exposes the dark side of owning his pub The Farmer’s Dog(Image: INSTAGRAM)
Jeremy Clarkson is never one to hold back when it comes to getting something off his chest. So it’s no wonder he recently took to his social media account to reveal the unhygienic habits of some of the customers at his pub, The Farmer’s Dog.
It has been just over a year since Jeremy, 65, took over the pub as landlord alongside running a farm and being the main attraction of his Amazon Prime TV show titled Clarkson’s Farm.
He took to social media to express his frustration, saying, “People go to the toilet, sit on it, and somehow miss the bowl, and I cannot understand how they’re doing it” (forgive me for this).
And frustratingly, the TV host will most likely never discover the culprit because installing CCTV cameras in toilets is against the law.
He continued, “And you’re apparently prohibited from installing CCTV in the cubicles so we’ll never know.” Simply put, how did you get it all up and down the walls? There are many things that irritate me.
However, he is particularly proud that all of the food produced in his restaurant comes from British farmers.
The former Top Gear host is best known for his occasionally harsh opinions, which do seem to have waned as the years go on.
In fact, he argued that those who don’t have food allergies should be allowed to patronize his bar in one of his columns for The Sun. A customer who is gluten-free complained to the servers at Jeremy’s pub about making them sick after receiving the incorrect beer.
The TV personality backed up this claim, writing, “Food intolerance enthusiasts will claim after they leave that you poisoned them and that you must now give them 50, 000 pounds.” I’m considering seriously outlawing those who have food intolerances. They are just so annoying, even though I am aware that it would be commercial suicide.
After seeing an increase in Chinese tourists, Jeremy’s farm appears to be a hit worldwide. However, when he explained to one visitor why they were interested in his TV show and farm, he was shocked and humiliated by the response.
Why are they watching, he wrote in his Sunday Times column. One of the visitors to the farm shop asked me the following question. His response was incredible. We can’t believe how incompetent you are, so we’re in trouble.
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He continued, “Over there, they are bombarded with stories of successful people doing things well, so it makes a nice change to watch a fat man screw everything up.”
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Kaye Adams, the broadcaster who hosts her BBC Radio Scotland show, is best known for her broadcasts, but she has reportedly been fired from the air as a result of an internal dispute.
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Kaye has reportedly been taken off air(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Kaye Adams has reportedly been taken off air from her BBC radio show following an internal complaint. The 62-year-old has allegedly been told to step back from her Mornings With Kaye Adams job while BBC bosses look into the complaint.
The broadcaster has hosted her three-hour phone in show on BBC Radio Scotland, which she gets paid £155,000 for, since 2010. However, Kaye has not been heard on the airwaves since October 6.
Adams has not left the organization permanently, according to BBC Scotland, who has declined to comment on the claim. Concerns like these are handled according to the BBC, which it described as having “robust internal processes.”
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The BBC said: “We would not comment on individuals. If any complaints or concerns are raised, we have robust internal processes in place to manage these.” The Mirror has reached out to representatives for Kaye Adams.
According to legend, the complaint was brought in as part of the BBC’s Call It Out initiative, which was created in response to the scandal involving former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace.
Adams has also been a long-standing presenter of ITV’s daytime show Loose Women which she hosted last Friday. She also works for the BBC as a freelance presenter as well as hosting her show on BBC Radio Scotland show.
She now offers a 9am to midday slot on several days a week. Adams’ representative refuted the allegations and told The Sun that the BBC had not yet received any complaints from her.
She has also worked for BBC Radio Scotland for more than 15 years, and no issues have been raised about her.
Kaye has been replaced on air by Connie McLaughlin while investigations are ongoing. This comes as Kaye recently opened up about her recent health scare after attending a Pilates class that left her “really scared” she was having a stroke.
Kaye explained that she lost her balance after being struck by a wave of dizziness during a reformer Pilates class over the weekend.
She shared that the “horrible” physical feelings made her fear the worst was happening when she spoke about the experience on the How to be 60 podcast. The funniest thing that I’ve recently had, “she started,” is, do you know what I mean? Because of the abundance of bright lights and music, I practiced my Pilates on Sunday, which I call disco Pilates.
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“My goodness, the world started to spin as soon as I got off the reformer.” When the head is surrounded by birds, it’s like a Tom and Jerry cartoon. I swore, “Oh my God, I’m having a stroke.”
She continued, “I was actually very scared; it was horrible. My body was struggling to maintain its balance. Kaye continued to make it “really weird” what was actually happening. She came to the conclusion, “I’ve looked it up, and it seems to be vertigo.” You can be prone to crystals in your ear, according to what they say. It’s incredibly strange.
Helen Flanagan, a star of Coronation Street, has revealed details of her most recent, “brave” career move after years of illness that left her feeling “powerless.”
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Helen Flanagan opens up about new move(Image: Getty Images for the NTA’s)
Helen Flanagan has shared some news about the next step of her career and how “brave” she’s had to be to get it going. This comes after the former Coronation Street star suffered ill health that left her feeling “powerless”.
Earlier this month, Helen, who first shot to fame as Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, revealed she’s adding ‘author’ to her list of accomplishments. The actress is getting ready to release her first “tell-all” biography, titled Head and Heart: Break-ups, Breakdowns and Being Rosie.
The book is intended to be a “powerful, honest, and moving memoir” that follows Helen from childhood to the present.
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She said at the time, “I’m so happy to tell you about my book.” Writing a book about motherhood, mental health, and everything in between has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.
I became incredibly ill in January 2024. I felt extremely powerless because I couldn’t work or look after my kids, but writing down what I was going through helped. Some of it didn’t make sense, but some of it did, so I wanted to use that knowledge to inform my decision-making. So we are now.
Since then, Helen has revealed that the book is now available for pre-order and has updated it with a new update. She shared a video of a photo shoot she did for the book, and said, “I’m going to put the link in my bio to pre-order it.”
She added that writing about her mental illness was “therapeutic” for her and that she needed to be brave, but that she hopes readers will share her experiences with it.
Writing so openly and honestly about heartache and mental illness has been very therapeutic for me. It was difficult at times, and it required revisiting some difficult life experiences, but it feels like I’ve finally done it.
I’ve discussed topics I’ve never discussed before. I’ve been keeping so much secret until now. I’ve had to be brave because I don’t take myself too seriously and a lot of my life has been, well, a bit crazy, so I think it will make you laugh. I’ve been in a few hilarious situations over the years.
Clare Fitzsimons, the commissioning editor of Mirror Books, who are publishing the memoir, said: “Helen Flanagan has grown up in the public eye, having played Rosie in Corrie for 12 years, and documents her life to her million-plus followers on Instagram.
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For the first time, Helen will reveal her full, unrefined story, starting with her courageous battles for her gorgeous family. Helen’s powerful, honest, and moving memoir is a joy to be releasing.
