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Raul Malo has died at the age of 60. The singer was best known as part of the country band the Mavericks in the 1980s and 1990s but passed away on Monday following a battle with cancer.

The singer’s wife Betty wrote on Facebook: “At 8:52 pm on December 8th, 2025, my love… our boys’ father… a devoted son and brother… and a friend to so many, gained his angel wings. He was called to do another gig — this time in the sky — and he’s flying high like an eagle.

“No one embodied life and love, joy and passion, family, friends, music, and adventure the way our beloved Raul did. Now he will look down on us with all that heaven will allow, lighting the way and reminding us to savor every moment.

“Dino, Victor, Max and I — along with our entire family — thank all of you for your love and support through all of this. We felt every bit of it. In Raul’s own words: “Muchísimas gracias.”

Along with fellow founding members Paul Deakin, Robert Reynolds, and Ben Peeler, Raul attained massive success with their hit Dance the Night Away and they sold more than two million albums during their heyday.

Raul announced that he had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year. He has since shared that he’s had treatment including chemotherapy and surgery following the diagnosis.

He shared the latest update on his health in a post on Instagram yesterday. The Grammy Award winner said that he’s developed LMD, which can be used to represent leptomeningeal disease. It’s understood to be where cancer spreads to tissue layers in the brain and spinal cord.

Alongside footage of himself playing his guitar, Raul wrote in the post: “Dear Friends, I want to update you all on my health, as things have taken a turn. As it goes with cancer, it’s a very unpredictable and indiscriminatory disease.

“I’ve developed something called LMD, which stands for ‘get this s**t out of my head’. Treatment for this is radiation, which I will start tomorrow. We will probably jump into some chemo, and are even looking at alternative therapies.”

He continued: “But it’s time to take your words to heart of resting & recovering, so that’s what I’m going to do. Unfortunately, this does mean all shows going forward are canceled, but we’ll continue doing cool projects, releasing live recordings, merchandise, Trovador and so forth.”

Raul added: “I want to thank Dwight Yoakam, his band, and crew for their kindness and understanding this year, and sorry we couldn’t finish the tour the way we planned. Hang on to your tickets for the Ryman in December, as we are planning something special there, and hope to announce that very soon.”

The musician went on to tell fans that he is not “alone,” before praising his family. He said: “But I want to let everybody know, I am in no way alone, or scared. I have an amazing wife and boys, wonderful family, team, road crew, band, friends and fans. I don’t even have enough words to describe the love and support that I’m getting right now.”

Raul said in a message to friends who have reached out that he has read all of them but hasn’t been able to reply to everyone. He added in the post this week: “But your love, prayers, and well wishes have not gone unnoticed.”

He continued: “We don’t know what this will look like a couple months from now, but we are going into it like we have with everything else. Full steam ahead. Fight, recover, rest, repeat. I want to thank you all for your incredible support through all this, & sorry about the cancellations but we have no choice anymore.”

Raul encouraged his fans to find “kindness and empathy” wherever they can. He said: “Humans are alright, even if you don’t believe it from what you see on TV.” The singer, who was already due to have hernia surgery in January, concluded by saying that he will keep them updated on his health.

The Macmillan Support Line offers confidential support to people living with cancer and their loved ones. If you need to talk, call us on 0808 808 0000.

David and Victoria Beckham have been embroiled in a family feud with their eldest son Brooklyn and his wife Nicola Peltz since earlier this year, making this the first Christmas where his absence may be felt

The Beckhams are said to have a masterplan to deal with their son Brooklyn, as their first Christmas following a reported rift in the family nears. David and Victoria are thought to have been in an ongoing feud with their eldest child and his wife Nicola Peltz since earlier this year.

Brooklyn appears to have distanced himself from his parents and siblings for much of 2025, snubbing many huge family moments such as his mother’s show at Paris Fashion Week, the premiere of her Netflix documentary and both his father’s 50th birthday and knighthood.

But, as Christmas creeps closer, David and Victoria are thought to have come up with a plan to start healing the rift. According to a source, the famous couple are sending out not one but several olive branches so that their son knows they are there for him whenever he’s ready.

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A source told The Sun that the “ghost of Brooklyn” was casting a shadow over the festive period, especially as they were together the year before. “It’s like the ghost of Brooklyn is hanging over their Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. Last year they were all together like one big happy family and this year couldn’t be more different.”

The source added that Brooklyn’s absence was taking its “toll” during “special days” such as Christmas and David’s knighthood. As such, they are trying to show him “how missed Brooklyn is” and that “he does have a family that loves him”, by posting pictures of everyone’s stockings, including Brooklyn’s.

Last week, Victoria took to her Instagram stories to share a video of her mother Jackie’s home, where Christmas decorations included stockings belonging to each of her grandchildren. Brooklyn’s was hung up alongside his siblings’ stockings. “They miss him dearly and would love to be part of his life, and are no longer afraid to say it or show it,” the source said. They added that they are trying to show their son that “the door is always open” and that they would like to “start 2026 afresh”.

Finally, the source suggested what David and Victoria’s feelings about Nicola may be. It has been reported that the feud between Brooklyn and his parents started with bickering between Nicola and Victoria, though neither have confirmed this. According to the source, David and Nicola have “stopped trying” with Nicola.

According to a source that spoke to the Mail, Brooklyn and Nicola are open to mending the rift, but only if they get a public apology from David and Victoria. The source said: “There is an obvious first step which would be a public acknowledgement [by David and Victoria] of what they did, and an apology. It cannot be a performative thing. There is no realistic chance of a reconciliation without that happening first.”

Cruz Beckham also appears to have reached out to his brother, through two Instagram stories. He recently shared a picture of him, Brooklyn and their father, where he wrote “Love you guys” over the top. He also shared a cryptic post where he said: “Life is too short, at least talk it out.”

A representative for the Beckhams was contacted for comment.

Fraser Olender, who is best known for appearing on Below Deck, suffered a heart attack after excessive vaping and issued a warning to his social media followers

A much-loved reality star has suffered a heart attack. Fraser Olender, 33, who is best known for appearing on Bravo hit Below Deck, took to social media to share “very important” message with his followers, as he said he had landed in hospital with vape poisoning.

He wrote on Instagram: “A few weeks ago I was rushed to hospital due to severe chest pains and difficulties breathing. Following this, I spent a week in London hospitals seeing specialists to identify the cause and possible damage of the incident.

“To keep it simple – I had vape poisoning, (an E-cigarette or Vaping-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)) and I have never experienced fear or pain like it. Whatever was in my vape caused me to have a coronary artery vasospasm. Medically, that means the arteries supplying blood to my heart suddenly clamped down.

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“That spasm reduced blood flow enough to cause an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), better known as a heart attack – not because of a blockage, but because my heart wasn’t getting enough oxygen during the spasm.”

Putting a positive spin on things, Fraser admitted he is “grateful” to be at his point in his recovery journey and felt inspired to share it with his followers. He added: “I’m grateful to still be recovering now, and I’m sharing this because I never realised something like this could happen. If this experience can help even one person rethink vaping, it’s worth telling.

“I haven’t touched a vape since this happened and never will. The pain I endured for 24 hours was inexplicable, 2 rounds of morphine didn’t touch the sides and eventually had to be given the strongest pain relief legal to administer in ER – and that only brought my pain from a 10 to a 7.”

The TV star added: “PS, it’s been nearly 3 weeks off the vape – my skin has never been better, brighter and clearer, there MUST be a correlation. BEST skincare hack out there!” In the comments section, his co-star Captain Sandy Yawn, wrote: “No way! You have been blessed!” Fans were also shocked to see hear the news, and rushed send their well-wishes.

One said: “Happy your doing better! Need our favorite chief stew!” and another added: “My daughter vapes, i just sent this to her, praying she will stop. Im glad you are on the mend!” A third said: “As a nurse I gasped when I saw your ECG. Glad you’re okay!”

Crime definitely pays for former Pointless star RIchard Osman, as Netflix signs the second of his whodunnit novels.

Fresh from the success of The Thursday Murder Club movie, released in August, US streaming giant Netflix is turning his We Solve Murders novel into a full-length drama series. This is despite the fact he hasn’t even finished writing the story about retired cat loving cop Steve Wheeler and his bodyguard daughter-in-law Amy, who tackle crime together on a global scale. “I am really a long way behind,” Richard confesses. “I am stressed about it, if I am honest. But it will be interesting. We sold Thursday Murder Club before the first book had come out!”

The Thursday Murder Club – which saw acting greats Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Dame Celia Imrie and Sir Ben Kingsley play four retirement home sleuths – was filmed in the English countryside. But Richard, 55, stayed away from filming, saying: “I only went down to the set a couple of times. I was never going to get involved. I like writing and I am aware of the bits of the industry I enjoy.”

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Describing the film industry as “crazy” there were still some enjoyable times for the author. “I got to hang out with the director Chris Columbus,” he smiles. A fan of Celia Imrie, he describes her as “great and naughty” – praising everyone involved in filming. “The premiere was great, but like a grandfather with a child, I was able to hand it back at the end of the day,” he says. “Honestly, I had the most wonderful experience with that whole gang.”

As well as his Netflix success, he is co-writing a new Thursday Murder Club play with Tom Basden, creator of the ITV2 comedy series Plebs. Richard continues: “I am doing the play with the brilliant Tom. His movie The Ballad of Wallis Island is such an amazing film isn’t it? I asked him to do the play before Wallis Island came out, so it makes me look good and he can’t get out of it! It doesn’t matter how many calls he is getting from Hollywood, he is contractually obliged to finish the play.”

Richard, who began his career as a producer on Channel 4 shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats and the satirical comedy 10 O’Clock Live, has seen his adventures in entertainment change direction many times over the years. As well as a spell as creative director for media company Endemol UK, Richard helped make the short-lived ITV gameshow Prize Island, was script editor and producer on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, developed Total Wipeout for the BBC and created the game show 24 Hour Quiz for ITV. But it was co-presenting BBC1 quiz show Pointless from 2009 until 2022, alongside Alexander Armstrong, who he first met at Cambridge University, that made him a household name.

Nowadays, Richard watches the show at home just to see who he thinks his former uni chum – who he nicknames Zander – truly gets along with. He says: “I did Pointless for years. I have done a lot of them, like 2,000 episodes. I watch it now and I can play along. Before, I always wondered why people liked it, but I had all the answers written down. “I like to see if Zander likes his co-host. I can always tell as I know him very, very well. I can tell exactly what he thinks about his co-host at any given time.”

Richard is still a quizmaster for the daily BBC2 early evening show House of Games, on which celebrities tackle a range of wacky questions. “We record five shows a day,” he says. “It is not the most arduous day and the prizes are meaningless. I can hand out points wherever I like. It is always worth watching the one that goes out on a Thursday, as that is the one where everybody is at their weakest, me included. “The fourth one is the one to watch. If you are a good quizzer it is quite hard to not win. It is a fun show though. People always come back.”

House of Games was also the unlikely setting for romance for the host, who met his wife, former Doctor Who actress Ingrid Oliver when she was a contestant in 2020. They soon became close and fell in love during lockdown – before getting married in December 2022. Richard says: “I was doing a book event in Cheltenham recently and one of the questions was ‘who is your favourite ever contestant on House of Games?’ I was like ‘you do know I married one of them?I am not going to say Steve Pemberton!”

But, despite enjoying a diverse career, Richard is not about to follow Ingrid into acting. “I have tried to act and it is really hard. I can’t do it at all. I am so bad,” he says. “When I read with her, she does her bit and I am like an air traffic controller. and she tells me I don’t have to do the accent. We listen to it back and it is weird. How do people act? I had to play myself once on the sitcom Not Going Out. That should be easy, but it was even harder. I was even playing myself on Pointless. Sometimes I see newsreaders and I think they would make great actors, but nobody has ever said that to me.”

One certainty is that Richard will remain on TV and his books will be on our shelves for the foreseeable future. Well known for his openness regarding health problems, like an eye disorder called Nystagmus and his ongoing battle with food addiction, Richard confesses he has no desire to live forever – and thinks those who do are odd. He says: “All these people who want to live until they are 150. That seems weird to me.

“Like Putin and (Chinese President) Xi Jinping. They are obsessed with getting their organs and blood replaced. Like what is it they enjoy about life where they say ‘I can do another 75 years of this?’ A lot of them are planning nuclear wars and that feels kinda counter productive. You can drink as many kale smoothies as you like, but as soon as a ballistic missile lands on the Kremlin…”

Speaking at a recording for a 2026 podcast episode with comic Richard Herring, he continues: “How old do I want to be? The average age is 87. I don’t know, maybe 91. As long as you can keep your brain active, so long as your brain is enjoying it…stick around, right? You see 23-year-olds having fillers and you think ‘where are you going to go at 49 or 55?’ If I have my knees replaced, I could stick around until I am 100.”

Since his fame has gone global, Richard has found himself having to hide from over eager fans – which can be difficult, considering his 6ft 7in stature. He laughs: “I tend to go into a cubicle if there is one free since I have become more recognisable. When you are tall people always “sneak a peek”. I would usually go and have some peace in a cubicle. But I guess everyone looks the same height to me…everyone looks 5ft 7. It is all about perspective innit? If I write my autobiography it’s going to be called “Perspective Innit”?

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Adult star Bonnie Blue could be facing up to 15 years behind bars in an Indonesian prison after being arrested in Bali – but with ‘harsher’ jail conditions than in the UK, it may be a tricky time for her to endure

Bonnie Blue is set to face up to 15 years in a Bali prison for violating strict Indonesian anti-pornography laws. The 26-year-old was arrested on Friday after officials were tipped off about the X-rated star allegedly making pornographic content in a studio on the island.

Bonnie, whose real name is Tia Billinger was arrested alongside around 20 Australian and British nationals – as police also seized items such as contraception, cameras, erectile drugs and her infamous “Bonnie Blue Bangbus” truck that was also untaxed.

It means the adult star may be held in Bali for up to 15 years and a fine of up to 6 billion rupiah – about $541,000 Australian dollars. But if she does end up behind bars in Bali, it’s not going to be as glam as what the star is accustomed to normally.

With overcrowded cells, unsanitary digs and harsher conditions than the UK, the prison sentence may be a bleak one for her to endure.

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It’s been reported Bonnie will have an interview with Bali immigration officials within the next 48 hours as Indonesian authorities decide how to proceed with her case. According to Michael Buehler Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, cases tend to move much faster once there is publicity, a complaint, or political pressure to “make an example,” whereas similar conduct can be ignored when it remains out of view.

He further told Daily Mirror that if authorities treat this as a criminal matter rather than purely an immigration issue, it “typically moves from police questioning/investigation to a prosecutorial decision, and then potentially a court process”.

However as a foreign national, the expert said she would normally be able to request “consular access from the UK” – consular officials can help with practicalities (contacts, welfare checks, finding lawyers) but they cannot intervene in Indonesian legal proceedings.

But for the conditions in prison, if she was to be put behind bars, Indonesian prisons are widely reported to be overcrowded and under-resourced, with sanitation, healthcare access, and general living conditions often significantly worse than in the UK.

He added: “Prison conditions in Indonesia vary, but overcrowding and under-resourcing are persistent problems, and in many facilities conditions can be markedly harsher than in the UK,” and that the quality of treatment can also be “highly uneven, and informal payments/corruption can shape inmates’ day-to-day experience.”

It’s believed she had entered Bali on a tourist visa and had advertised her trip on her social media as a ‘meet-and-greet opportunity’ for recently graduated Australians attending Schoolies events in Bali.

5ive seemed like they were on top of the world, selling over 20 million records worldwide, until they broke up in 2001 – after reuniting for a tour, they reveal how coming back together was “healing” for their mental health

For iconic nineties boyband 5ive, fame came with a price. In a frank admission, the group said their break up was like an “unfinished jagged edge, and revealed how poor mental health tore the band apart. Back in 1997, when Titanic was dominating the box office and the price of a Freddo was still 10p, thousands of boys answered a newspaper ad.

Posted by the same team behind the Spice Girls, the ad was looking for young male dancers and singers to audition for a boyband which would have “attitude and edge”. Five were successful. Those five were Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Sean Conlon, Jason ‘J’ Brown and Richard ‘Abz Love’ Breen. Over the next few years, they would release several big hits, like Keep On Movin and If Ya Gettin Down, and won a Brit Award for the Best Pop Act. But by 2001, they’d split.

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Making a surprise appearance at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball after reuniting for a comeback tour, the members of 5ive took a moment to speak to The Mirror about their tumultuous career.

When asked what the best moment of the last almost 30 years was, Ritchie said: “The last tour that we’ve just done. Making this a beautiful memory. It was healing, without a shadow of a doubt. It was important to come back together because the band ended with in a very fast way. It ended with mental health issues and with overwork.” J added that Ritchie always said the band ended in an “unfinished chapter”.

“It was an unfinished, jagged edge,” Ritchie continued. “And for all of us, it’s always been like that. So now, it’s been nice to turn all of that into a happy memory that we can all go forward in our lives now. That was legitimately brilliant.”

Sean Conlon wholeheartedly agreed, adding that they wanted to make it the “best” show they’d done to date. “And I would say that before we did the tour, we were all saying and trying to portray that this is going to be the best show we’ve ever done. So, to get that feedback, not only from people that like our music, but also from the press – It’s quite rewarding. Because we put a lot of work in for it.”

Throughout the press run for their reunion, every member of 5ive has been unflinchingly honest about their mental health struggles, even taking part in the TV docuseries Boybands Forever, which detailed the harsh reality of being a young male pop icon.

When asked why they wanted to be so open, J said: “If you don’t speak about it, it just remains internalised. And that’s what the whole thing that mental health is. It’s an internal battle, an internal struggle. If you don’t externalise it somehow, you’re just trapped in the very thing, in the very place that is actually causing all of the issues.

For J, doing the tour helped him “externalise” the mental health issues he was still facing. “Not that they’re in us in the same way they were,” he explained. “But there were still shadows of things to do with the old times of the band.”

Scott Robinson argued he wanted to talk about it because there are more ways to do so, highlighting that “men don’t speak” about their internal battles. “The fact that now it’s more out there, and there’s more avenues to speak is important.

“We’ve had counselling and stuff, and with our management, it’s always on tap if you need it. It’s so important to know that you’re not alone. Men don’t speak, but we certainly do, and it’s amazing.”

“It’s natural to feel vulnerable,” Sean Conlan added. “Certainly from a male perspective, I think sometimes we’re afraid to feel certain emotions. We’re afraid to express certain emotions. Especially express vulnerability.

He gestures to the band as he continues to speak. “But we embrace that. It’s okay to speak out. We’re little sensitive souls. You can still be well hard and express your emotions.”

All the boys – or men, really, after 28 years – are fully supportive of each other and have greatly enjoyed reconnecting over the past year. Abz Love was asked what the best part of the tour was and he said: “The offstage antics for me. As much as it’s been fun on stage and performing, getting to know the guys again offstage has been a lot of fun for me.”