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Jeff Brazier’s marriage split and row with Ruth Langsford – star’s latest statement

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Jeff Brazier’s marriage split and row with Ruth Langsford – star’s latest statement – The Mirror

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Jeff Brazier has been at the centre of some drama lately as news of his marriage breakdown emerged and he then endured something of a row with Ruth Langsford live on air

Jeff Brazier recently split from Kate Dwyer after seven years of marraige(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

What you need to know about Jeff Brazier’s marriage split and row with Ruth Langsford:

  • It’s been a tough time for Jeff Brazier recently as it emerged that the TV star, who has made a career out of presenting the daytime competitions on programmes like Good Morning Britain and This Morning since he shot to fame more than 20 years ago, had split from Kate Dwyer after seven years of marriage. The Celebrity Big Brother star appeared on ITV Daytime towards the end of November without his wedding ring, and then announced that he and Kate had actually gone their separate ways in the summer.
  • Jeff, 46, who is dad to EastEnders actor, Bobby, 22, and his brother, Freddie, 20, from his relationship with the late Jade Goody admitted the couple “could no longer make each other happy” as he broke his silence with a statement on Monday. Posting a snap whilst working on a daytime competition, he wrote on Instagram: “Just had the perfect week in St Kitts thanks to @stkittstourism Celebrating the sunshine and time to reflect on life & work while spending time with the team filming for one of our big @itvwin January competitions.”
  • Prior to that, Jeff explained that they chose to keep the news secret for some time so they could adjust to their new lives. The presenter also said that despite going their separate ways, they still keep in touch and wish each other the best. Jeff wrote: “I’m so full of love and gratitude for Kate.” Kate reportedly still keeps in touch with Bobby and Freddie despite no longer spending family time with them. Read the full statement here.
  • But the drama didn’t stop there for Jeff as fans will know that he’s enduring something of a row with Loose Women anchor Ruth Langsford. In a very awkward exchange, Jeff warned Ruth about “eating into his screen time” as he presented the competition segment on the ITV show.
  • Ruth looked stunned after Jeff’s comment, but appeared to brush it of. Insiders have since claimed while Ruth did not want to make a complaint about the comment, Jeff was spoken to about the incident. A source then claimed that Jeff was suggested to take some time away from the show as he came to terms with the upheaval in his private life.
  • But it’s not all bad for the TV favourite, who was recently said to have landed a lucrative deal for a reality show that will focus on him and his sons that will be “absolutely compulsive viewing” for fans.
  • READ THE FULL STORY: Inside Jeff Brazier’s fresh start after month from hell and on-air fallout with Ruth Langsford
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GMB’s Ranvir Singh wows in high street velvet jumpsuit with waist-cinching detail

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Ranvir Singh wowed her velvet jumpsuits on this week’s Good Morning Britain, and her latest one has a flattering waist-cinching detail and you can shop it on the high street

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This week on Good Morning Britain, Ranvir Singh has been wowing in a series of flattering and chic velvet jumpsuits that are perfect for the party season. Earlier this week she opted for the Sosander Blue Velvet Wrap Jumpsuit which you can pick up for £99 at Next, and has an elegant wrap silhouette that flatters your shape.

However on today’s episode of GMB, she opted for another option which has a similar waist-cinching fit but is considerably more affordable at just £45. Ranvir wore Joe Browns’ Radiant Velour Zip Through Jumpsuit in a stunning deep berry shade, which has been slashed from £65 to £45 in the brand’s winter sale.

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The Radiant Velour Zip Through Jumpsuit comes in both petite and regular lengths, with wide draped legs that skim over your hips, and a fitted bodice that accentuates your waist to create a flattering silhouette. The jumpsuit also has voluminous long sleeves which help create some drama and accentuate the fitted body, whilst the tie waist belt lets you cinch it in even further for an extra fitted look.

Perfect for wearing to your work office party or as a Christmas Day outfit, it has a collared neckline that keeps it looking smart and sophisticated, with a subtle low V-neck that makes it office appropriate. However the zip fastening up the front lets you adjust how low the plunge is on the neckline, as well as making it easy to get on and off.

Its stretchy material also keeps the Radiant Velour Zip Through Jumpsuit ultra-comfortable to wear whether you’ll be spending all evening sat at the dinner table or up on your feet dancing. You can also pick up similar styles and silhouettes elsewhere on the high street, including this stunning emerald green Jersey Velvet Wrap Jumpsuit from Boden for £129.

Meanwhile if you prefer something that bares a little more skin, this Black Velvet Halter Neck Jumpsuit from Nobody’s Child is perfect. It’s on sale down from £99 to £79.20, and has an adjustable tie halter neckline and low back, with wide leg trousers for a balanced, classic silhouette.

However shoppers have been praising Joe Browns’ Radiant Velour Zip Through Jumpsuit, with one saying: “I love this jumpsuit! Comfortable and flattering, fits really well. Beautiful deep red colour too.”

Another wrote: “Beautiful Outfit – Perfect Fit! I absolutely love this outfit! It fits me perfectly. I’m 5”2 and the petite length is spot on. I can’t wait to wear it on our Christmas night out with staff. Excellent value for money – truly elegant and beautifully made.”

However some found a few issues with fit, with one adding: “The material was lovely & the colour…but I’d order a smaller size – as it comes big & im 5’5” so order a petite as I ordered a regular length and it was too long for me even though I’ve got long legs.”

Another said: “Love the jumpsuit – gorgeous rich colour and fit is great. The only problem was it was about 3 inches too long so I’ve paid to have it shortened (I’m 5’4”).”

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However others raved about it, writing: “Fabulous quality and fit… and leg length great for my height.”

Rob Reiner admitted tragic fear just days before ‘murder’

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Just hours before he and his wife wife Michele Singer Reiner were brutally killed at their Brentwood home, iconic director Rob Reiner opened up to friends about an agonising personal fear

Mere hours before his shocking murder, Rob Reiner opened up about a devastating fear.

An icon of Hollywood, Rob was beloved across the world for directing silver screen classics such as When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, and The Princess Bride. And news of his death at the age of 78 has led to an outpouring of affection and admiration from cinema lovers.

The bodies of filmmaking legend Rob and his photographer wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found at their Brentwood mansion on Sunday, December 14, 2025, with their daughter, Romy, making the harrowing discovery. They’d suffered multiple knife wounds The following day, it was announced that the Reiners’ middle son Nick has been arrested on suspicion of the double murder of his famous parents.

Los Angeles Police Department investigators have “determined that the Reiners were the victims of homicide,” and that Nick was “responsible for their deaths.” It’s now expected that the 32-year-old, who has struggled with drug addiction since his teenage years, will today appear in court at 8.30am, LA local time.

Meanwhile, those who knew Rob and Michele have shed light on their apparent concerns, sharing during their final Saturday night spent at Conan O’Brien’s star-studded Christmas party.

READ MORE: Rob Reiner latest: Son Nick’s ‘anti social behaviour’ at party hours before deaths

Rob and Michele had attended the festive bash with Nick, who caused an uncomfortable scene, as per People. A source revealed: “Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous.” It’s understood the parents and son ended up having a “very loud argument”, allegedly over Nick’s drug use and refusal to pursue more treatment.

It’s understood the screenwriter first went to rehab at the age of just 15 in what was to be the first of 17 stints. His behaviour that night gave his worried parents cause for alarm. As reported by The New York Post, a longtime friend of the Reiners, who lives close to the family home, shared: “They had had an argument at Conan’s holiday party, and Rob had been telling people that they’re scared for Nick and scared that his mental state was deterioating.”

While Nick had supposedly kick the habit, it’s said that “he was not so much off them”, a topic which allegedly cropped up at the gettogether. Another family friend divulged: “I know [the parents] wanted him to get help, go to rehab, but he wanted to get help while at home – he did not want to get treatment at a facility. And I know they have argued about that for years.”

Meanwhile, NBC reports that Nick became “disruptive and upset” when his parents raised their concerns over his health at the party where, as per Rolling Stone sources say Nick “exhibited anti-social behavior”, which included staring at people. It’s understood that Rob had brought Nick, who has previously spoken openly about his mental health and addiction battles, along to the bash so as to “keep an eye on him”. After the argument, the couple ended up leaving. Mere hours later, they were dead.

Nick checked in to The Pierside Santa Monica, where staff discovered a shower “full of blood”, with a trail leading off of the bed. A window was also covered up by bedsheets. The 32-year-old was later arrested at a Los Angeles subway station in Exposition Park, close to the University of Southern California campus, some 15 miles from his parents’ Brentwood home.

Nearly a decade before Nick was arrested for the murders of Rob and Michele, he admitted to destroying his parents’ guest house while high on meth. In a 2018 podcast, Nick recalled: “It’s not much of a story. I got totally spun out on uppers — I think it was coke and something else — and I was up for days on end. I started punching out different things in my guest house.”

According to Nick, he “started with the TV and then I went over to the lamp,” and eventually “everything in the guest house got wrecked.” When quizzed as to whether there was “any logic at all” to his behaviour, Nick replied that he was in a “crazy” state. He also revealed that, prior to this incident, his parents told him he “had to go”.

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READ MORE: Rob Reiner’s heartbreaking apology to troubled son for ‘not listening’ as he tried to help

Israel denies entry to Canadian MPs trying to reach occupied West Bank

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Israel has denied entry to a group of Canadian lawmakers who were seeking to reach the occupied West Bank to hold talks with Palestinian officials and human rights advocates, Canadian civil society groups say.

Six members of Canada’s Parliament were trying to reach the West Bank from neighbouring Jordan when the Israeli authorities turned them back, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said in a statement on Tuesday.

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NCCM said the MPs – who were travelling alongside Canadian community leaders as part of a trip organised by The Canadian Muslim Vote, a nonprofit group – were told they were considered “public safety threats”.

“This development is deeply troubling and extremely disappointing,” NCCM CEO Stephen Brown said in the statement.

“Israeli authorities had issued electronic travel authorizations to all members of the delegation, yet lawful observers, including elected Canadian officials, were ultimately barred from entry as ‘public safety threats’,” he said.

“While we are saddened by this outcome, it regrettably aligns with a broader pattern by the Israeli government of restricting access to those seeking to independently witness the realities in the occupied territories.”

In a statement on social media, the Canadian Muslim Vote said “the inability of Canadian elected officials and observers to access the region is a matter of public interest and raises important questions for Canadians.”

The Israeli Ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs did not respond to Al Jazeera’s requests for comment on Tuesday.

The Canadian Global Affairs ministry also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Israel maintains control over all the crossings into the occupied West Bank and routinely turns away foreign citizens it views as critical of Israeli policies and human rights abuses against Palestinians.

The Canadian delegation included six parliamentarians, according to a report from Canada’s public broadcaster: five from Canada’s governing Liberal Party and one from the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP).

The NDP MP, Jenny Kwan, told CBC News earlier this week that she expected Israel to obstruct the delegation’s visit. “At any juncture, anything could happen,” Kwan said.

Call for sanctions

Canada has been a staunch ally of Israel for decades.

But the Canadian government has faced sustained calls to cut off its longstanding support for the country amid Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 70,000 people since October 2023.

The West Bank also has seen a surge in Israeli military and settler violence in the shadow of Israel’s war on Gaza, with tens of thousands of Palestinians forced from their homes over the past year.

On Tuesday, advocacy group Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) condemned Israel’s decision to block the Canadian delegation.

The group called on Canada to impose diplomatic sanctions against the Israeli government and expel the country’s ambassador in response.

“Israel is an illegitimate occupying power in Palestine, and simply does not have the right to bar entry to Canadian lawmakers into the country,” the group’s president, Yara Shoufani, said in a statement.

Shoufani noted that the entry denial comes just months after Canada, along with several of its European allies, announced plans to recognise an independent Palestinian state.

Man who drove into Liverpool parade jailed for 21 years

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A British man who drove his car into a crowd of football fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title, injuring more than 130 people, has been sentenced to 21 and a half years in prison. In sentencing 54-year-old Paul Doyle, the judge said the attack was deliberate, describing how Doyle repeatedly accelerated into the crowd.

Top Trump aide suggests boat strikes aim to topple Venezuela’s Maduro

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has suggested that the United States military’s attacks on alleged drug boats around Latin America aim to ultimately topple Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

In comments published by Vanity Fair magazine on Tuesday, Wiles appeared to contradict the Donald Trump administration’s stated rationale behind the bombing campaign – combating drugs.

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“He [Trump] wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle. And people way smarter than me on that say that he will,” Wiles was quoted as saying.

Vanity Fair released a lengthy profile on Wiles on Tuesday, hours after the Pentagon announced three more boat strikes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that it said killed eight people.

“So not a war on the cartels. It’s regime change,” Democratic Senator Chris Murphy wrote on X in response to Wiles’s comments. “Either way, totally illegal and nonsensical.”

The US administration has been intensifying attacks on vessels as it ramps up its military presence near Venezuela, raising speculations that Washington may be plotting another regime change war against Maduro’s left-wing government.

Trump has repeatedly asserted over the past months that the Venezuelan president’s “days are numbered”.

Last week, US forces raided and seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move that Caracas denounced as “international piracy”.

Trump – who recently pardoned the right-wing former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, a convicted drug trafficker – has portrayed the boat strikes and the push against Maduro as an anti-narcotics campaign.

Legal experts say the targeting of vessels in international waters in the Caribbean and Pacific – which has killed more than 90 people –  likely violates US and international law and amounts to extrajudicial executions.

The Pentagon has only provided grainy footage as evidence that the boats it has targeted were carrying drugs, while describing the victims as “narco-terrorists”.

The US has been designating drug-trafficking organisations as “terrorist” groups, but UN experts have rejected that label as justification for the deadly bombardment.

“These attacks do not appear to have been conducted within the context of national self-defence, an international or non-international armed conflict, nor against individuals posing an imminent threat to life, thus violating fundamental international human rights law prohibiting arbitrary deprivation of life,” the experts said in a report last month.

“Unprovoked attacks and killings on international waters also violate international maritime laws.”

In October, Trump joked that people are no longer going fishing near the Venezuelan coast due to the US attacks.

Washington has had tense relations with Caracas since the rise of Hugo Chavez, Maduro’s late predecessor, in the early 2000s. The oil-rich South American country has been under heavy US sanctions for years.

Trump, who received the newly established FIFA Peace Prize earlier this month, has campaigned against more US wars and portrayed himself as a peace president.

But his administration has been escalating against Venezuela and issuing threats to Colombia, which is led by another left-wing government under President Gustavo Petro.

The US president has refused to rule out a ground invasion of Venezuela. He has also declared the country’s airspace closed “in its entirety”.

Last week, the Trump administration released its National Security Strategy, emphasising the need to establish US “preeminence” in the Americas.

Maduro has accused the US of creating a “pretext” for war, expressing openness to diplomacy with Washington while rejecting what he called a “slave’s peace”.