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After a man was imprisoned for at least 16 years for plotting to abduct, rape, and murder her, the former This Morning presenter has revealed her time spent in isolation.

Holly Willoughby has made a heartbreaking admission after opening up on taking a step back from our screens after a sick plot to kidnap and murder her.

The former This Morning presenter left the show in October 2023 following 14 years on our screens. At the time she announced she was doing so “for me and my family”. Sharing the news online, she wrote: “It’s been an honour to just be part of its story and I know this story has many chapters left to go. Sadly, however, I now feel I have to make this decision for me and my family. I will miss you all so much.”

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In July 2024, ex security guard Gavin Plumb was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 15 years and 85 days after being found guilty of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder the star. The court heard how the sinister plan had had a ‘life-changing’ impact on Holly, who bravely waived her right to anonymity.

In a rare interview earlier this year, Holly courageously opened up on her experience stepping back from the spotlight following the ordeal. “I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anybody at all — sometimes things go wrong, but you have to keep going for it because that’s all you can do. You have to hold on to, ultimately, [how] all this serves its purpose. A lot of the change has been really good, you know? I’ve spent a long time not being able to take my kids to school,” she told The Sunday Times Style Magazine.

Every other parent would be like, “Christ, you absolutely dodged a bullet there,” according to the school run. However, there have been so many assemblies that I haven’t been able to attend and missed. His eldest son, Harry, is currently completing his GCSEs; this is his final year of college and A-levels.

She continued, “And I’m actually appreciative of having this time.” I believe I missed that without even realizing it. It’s really lovely to receive some of that back.

The terrifying kidnap and murder plan is laid bare in new Channel 5 documentary, The Plot To Kill Holly Willoughby, which airs today (May 1). The programme looks back on the events from 2023, when Holly was quickly replaced ahead of appearing on This Morning after learning about the vile plot.

Nicola Rice, a specialist prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, quoted Nicola Rice as saying: “Gavin Plumb will remain in prison where he can no longer threaten or harm women.”

There is no denying that Gavin Plumb’s plans to kidnap, rape, and murder Holly Willoughby were fabricated, and he had the intent to persuade others to do the same.

“I hope the sentence of today sends a comfort to the victim, as well as to the victims of his previous crimes,” said the judge, “and sends a clear message that the CPS will always pursue charges of violence against women.”

Meanwhile in a statement, Holly praised the Crown Prosecution Service and those involved in convicting Plumb. She said: “As women, we should not be made to feel unsafe going about our daily lives and in our own homes. I will forever be grateful to the undercover police officer who understood the imminent threat and to the Metropolitan and Essex police forces for their swift response.

Thank you to the Crown Prosecution Service, the Honorable Mr. Justice Murray, Alison Morgan KC, the jury, and everyone involved in this case for making sure justice was served and that the defendant won’t be able to harm any more women. I’d like to applaud the bravery of his former victims who spoke up at the time. This conviction might not have been possible without their bravery.

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After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on laughing gas, Kanye West’s team has confirmed that the rapper is planning to sue his dentist for medical malpractice and negligence.

Kanye West is planning to sue his dentist for medical malpractice and negligence. The singer’s team has confirmed they are suing Dr Thomas Connelly – know as the father of Diamond Dentistry – after making a string of allegations.

Kanye’s team has given notice to Dr Connelly of their intention to sue him for medical malpractice, gross negligence, fraud, exploitation, abandonment, psychological and emotional trauma, reckless administration of controlled and uncontrolled substances as well as “other malicious and deceitful behaviours”. In a letter from Kanye and wife Bianca Censori’s lawyers, released to the media today, Ye claims he suffered serious injuries and damages as a result of the services he received in 2024 and 2025.

Kanye is alleged to have first visited Kanye for cosmetic dental care in 2024. Various procedures, including specialized prosthodontic work, were allegedly performed. Evidence supports that you engaged in numerous inappropriate and dangerous behaviors while Ye was in your care that were unrelated to any accepted medical condition or standard of care. While Ye was your patient, these actions were not isolated incidents, but rather a pattern of improper behavior by you between 2024 and 2025. As Ye’s spouse, Ms. Censori was a witness and a bearer of many of these events.

There were a number of allegations made in the letter, including one involving Dr. Connelly’s alleged improper and excessive use of nitrous oxide for non-medical purposes.

The lawyers then responded, “You gave Ye instructions on how to self-administrate nitrous oxide and allowed him to do so without any medical supervision or safeguards in place.” You allowed Ye to inhale nitrous oxide on his own, using his means (tanks, masks, etc.) rather than administering sedation only under direct medical supervision (as required for patient safety). and instructions for doing it at will.

Ye “began to exhibit distressing neurological symptoms and erratic behavior consistent with nitrous oxide overuse and toxicity,” according to the letter, adding that the symptoms included “confusion, memory lapses, incoherence, unpredictable changes in mood, impaired motor function, and other cognitive and behavioural impairments.”

Ye’s team also claimed that he had “reportedly spent on the order of $50, 000 per month and, accumulating into the hundreds of thousands of dollars” (). The lengthy documents continued to state that Dr. Connelly has been accused of professional abandonment and that there has been financial exploitation of the patient due to fraudulent billing and overcharging.

Ye asserts that he suffered from physical and neurological injuries, psychological and emotional trauma, as well as financial losses. According to the attorneys, Bianca Censori is suing for consortium loss and related damages.

The Mirror is seeking comment from Dr. Connelly’s team.

Prince William visited Scotland earlier this year on an under-the-radar basis, and he shared a photo of one of the adults-only adults-day centers as they celebrated their 100th birthday today.

Prince William has shared never-before-seen pictures from an under-the-radar visit and released a surprise message. It has emerged that the Prince of Wales paid a secret visit to the Deidre Knight Centre, an adult day care centre in Forfar, Scotland, two months ago while on a trip to nearby Aberdeen.

He met Christina Charlton, who also provides support for people who have a physical or mental handicap or social isolation, as well as other people, including carers and support workers. And after Christina celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday, his official social media accounts shared images of the visit and his meeting with her. The now-centenarian is seen laughing at the princes as William and Christina take sweet snaps of them.

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The pictures were captioned “It was a pleasure meeting Christina Charlton during a recent visit to the Deidre Knight Centre in Forfar, Angus,” according to a surprise message sent to her birthday. She turned 100 today, she celebrated! We wish you a wonderful day.

“Thank you to the amazing caregivers and support staffers who make Deidre Knight such a warm, welcoming community. “

The couple’s 14th wedding anniversary celebrations on the Isle of Mull were recently celebrated with William and wife Kate’s return from another trip to Scotland.

The royal couple showed off their creative and DIY talents by renovating Aros Hall, a community-owned space in the picturesque coastal town of Tobermory, on Tuesday when they arrived on the island for the two-day visit.

With her balayage look, which features chestnut-colored locks with highlights, Kate debuted a new hair color, while William wore a similar smart casual outfit.

During the visit, Kate also revealed she has taken up beekeeping and received a chainsaw for Christmas as she immersed herself in nature to recover from cancer. Kate, who has previously told how nature became her family’s ‘sanctuary’ after her diagnosis and during chemotherapy last year, told a local beekeeper how she was “desperate for any tips” for her new hobby.

Kate mentioned how important it is for kids to “get outside as much as they can” on day two of a visit to a remote forest on the Isle of Mull. Together with William, they spent their second day in Scotland, spending the mornings in the sun-soaked Ardura Community Forest, a haven for local families, and the money they’ve been purchasing for locals.

Both men described the “fabulous” time they had on Mull as they boarded a ferry to Iona at the conclusion of their trip as they left the island. A crew member questioned the couple about their time on Mull as they approached the ferry and asked how they had enjoyed it.

William replied: “It’s been fantastic, thanks”, adding that the good weather the couple have enjoyed throughout their stay “obviously helps”.

Philip Grindell, who served 30 years in the Metropolitan Police, shared his thoughts on the investigation into Gavin Plumb, who was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 16 years in jail last year for his Holly Willoughby plot

A man who plotted to rape and murder Holly Willoughby reportedly had more than 130 other names on his list of potential targets.

In a new Channel 5 documentary, Philip Grindell, who served 30 years in the Metropolitan Police, weighed in on the investigation of Gavin Plumb, a 37-year-old Essex man who plotted to kidnap, rape and murder the former This Morning star.

Last year, jurors heard how Plumb had been planning the terrifying attack since 2021, after becoming obsessed with the star over a number of years. Chelmsford Crown Court ultimately handed Plumb a life sentence with a minimum of 16 years in jail.

Plumb, who discussed his kidnap plans online, having joined forums like one titled ‘Abduct Lovers’, reportedly had thousands of pictures of Holly on his phone and had gathered information on her movements.

Philip explained how police received intelligence that Plumb posed a threat after he shared his plans online. He also pointed out an “immediate red flag” when the plotter, who has previous convictions for attempted kidnap, talked about murder.

It was suggested that the security guard, from Harlow, Essex, planned to use “serious violence”, and once police descended on his home, his unlocked phone allowed them to “make an assessment”. But what they found next was equally chilling.

Philip said: “And so when they were able to look at his mobile phone and see images that he’d saved of Holly Willoughby – I think it’s over, you know, 10,000 or something – it allows them very quickly to make an assessment.

“They’re in the right place; it’s the right person. They know they’re on the right track. During the search, they find a list in his bedside cabinet, which has over 130 names on it, of people he is also interested in or has some fixation on.

“At that stage, they won’t know how much of a fixation, which ones he’s targeting. Are any of those other people at greater risk? You don’t know who else he’s engaging with. Does he have co-conspirators? Who’s at risk here?”

In a press release issued last year, Essex Police described how Plumb spoke online about his intentions to restrain his victim and even bought chloroform, cable ties and ropes.

Thankfully, an undercover police officer from the US reported Plumb to the FBI and UK police. As Plumb continued to talk about his sick plot online, he attempted to include the undercover cop in his plans, who then reported him.

Plumb, who was arrested at his home in 2023, will serve at least 15 years and 85 days in prison, due to the time he spent on remand prior to his trial, reports the BBC.

Essex Police’s Detective Chief Inspector Greg Wood said: “He tried to claim throughout the trial that he was an obsessive fan and a fantasist – that is simply not true.

“He planned this attack on Ms Willoughby over a two-year period, scoping her movements, seeking to elicit help from others to carry out his wicked plan, buying chloroform and other items to incapacitate, restrain and inflict violence upon her.

“He is no fantasist – he’s a calculated, violent, sexual predator who has spent his adult life inflicting or plotting to inflict harm on women.”

The Bee Gees and The Beatles are going head-to-head in a battle of the biopics, as RJ Gibb reveals a Spielberg-backed film about the Gibb brothers starts filming in September – just as Sam Mendes prepares four Beatles movies starring Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan

They were two of the biggest bands of all time and now The Bee Gees and The Beatles are fighting for supremacy in a new battle of the biopics. Leading British stars Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan announced last month they were to play Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in four Sam Mendes films about The Fab Four.

But today, speaking exclusively to The Mirror, RJ Gibb, son of late Bee Gees star Robin Gibb, reveals that the eagerly awaited Paramount movie about the Gibb brothers will start shooting in September – sparking a box office skirmish between two musical megabands.

RJ Gibb claims Steven Spielberg has joined forces with Gladiator director Ridley Scott to make the movie, with the working title You Should Be Dancing. RJ, named after dad Robin John, says: “Our biopic is happening. Graham King, who wrote the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is writing our movie. Spielberg has a part of the action and Ridley Scott will be directing.

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“Our movie, hopefully, starts filming this September. We are all very excited, as it has been a few years in the making. The Beatles versus the Bee Gees, you don’t get much bigger. Of course the Beatles sold more records… but The Bee Gees, well, they had longevity.”

Shooting in London and Miami, the biopic will chart the rags to riches rise of the Gibb brothers – Barry, Maurice and Robin.

Born on the Isle of Man, before moving to Manchester and then emigrating to Australia, it will follow their journey to chart success in Oz and beyond – after record producer Robert Stigwood introduced them to a worldwide audience.

Global stardom followed, with the Bee Gees selling more than 220 million records and making history in 1977, when their soundtrack album to the Saturday Night Fever movie became the biggest selling album of all time, selling 40 million copies.

RJ, 42, reveals that the biopic may also include newly unearthed early recordings made by the then penniless Gibbs in 1967, when they busked in exchange for their passage aboard SS Fairsky from Australia back to the UK.

He says: “We have just found songs they recorded on board that ship. We have some amazing things we want to show the world for the first time. They were coming back to (the UK) to meet Robert Stigwood.

“My dad told me how they asked the captain if they could do a show each night to entertain the passengers in order to pay their fare.” Busking on a guitar, they would slap a suitcase for drums.

“Thankfully, my grandfather Hughie recorded the sessions where my dad and his brothers can be heard covering songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Adam Faith.

“It is audio gold as these songs have never been heard before. My dad would have been 16 at the time.”

RJ, who has just released his own single Let It Be You, says: “These new songs will be sought after, especially with the new biopic. The president of the Bee Gees fan club located them somewhere. My grandmother Barbara entrusted someone with the tapes and they have now given them back to us

“Thankfully, my grandfather recorded everything as he was always walking around with a tape recorder. He always had the latest bit of kit. The world has never heard the Bee Gees cover songs by the Stones or The Beatles before. Nobody knows they exist.”

RJ, who is being consulted over the new movie with Barry Gibb, hopes the band’s first live debut in 1957 will be included, when they were known as The Rattlesnakes, before changing their name to The Bee Gees.

Speaking from his dad’s 12th century home in Thame, Oxfordshire, he shares his hope that the movie will include their first UK performance at the Gaumont Cinema in Manchester.

He says: “That night they were meant to be lip synching, but Maurice dropped the wax recording and it smashed so they had to sing for real.”

RJ also hopes the biopic will reveal the secret behind the Bee Gees’ famous harmonies.

“They sang in toilets, as they used the tiled walls for the resonance and it helped tone their sound, “ he laughs. “My dad said they used to sing in the best toilets in Australia.”

His dad also told him how the engine noise as he flew over Germany helped him devise the rhythm to the song I Started A Joke.

“It was just like a Hoover or a fan sound ,but Dad heard the melody. It is incredible. These kind of stories need to go into the biopic,” says RJ.

Casting is underway for the new movie and RJ believes rumours that Hollywood star Bradley Cooper will play Barry Gibb are true.

“Casting is always up in the air until the last moment,” he says. “The last I heard, Bradley was in line to play uncle Barry.

“I saw Rami Malek in the Queen biopic and he looked uncannily like my dad in the early 60s. I did put that forward for Rami to play Dad and, for a while, it was considered, but I don’t think Graham King wants to use the same actors. I am sure there is someone out there who wants to play my dad.”

Despite the Gibb brothers’ musical harmony, things could be less harmonious on the road, according to RJ. He says: “Creative brothers do row, but when it came down to it, they loved nothing more than being on the road together.

“The Bee Gees were an incredible team.” Moving to other volatile brother teams, RJ is delighted to see the Gallagher brothers reuniting as Oasis.

Back in 2021, Noel spoke highly of the Bee Gees in the documentary How Do You Mend A Broken Heart, saying: “You can’t buy that (Bee Gees) sound from a shop. When you have family members singing together it is unique. They are an important chapter in the book of music.”

In a mutual show of respect, RJ says: “I was very pleased when I heard Oasis were getting back together. I think it is wonderful.

“I have met them a few times. They are fun guys, a bit off the wall but who isn’t in this industry?. All geniuses are like that. Noel took it a bit to heart what happened (clash with Liam) but it is positive they are coming back.

“I guess when you are brothers you can speak your mind. You can say something when you are family, you can say the most terrible things but if it is your brother they will forgive you.”

Hinting that he could have new songs on the way, which he recorded with his dad, before his death from cancer and intestinal surgery complications in 2012, aged 62, RJ says: “As well as carrying a torch for my dad I am finding my own voice.

“But I do have about six or seven songs that I wrote with my dad before he passed that have never been released. There are some musical gems with him singing along with me which I can turn into a mainstream song.”

Writing up until his death, RJ says his dad even penned songs with brother Barry, who visited from his home in Miami, before he died.

“Barry and my dad were close at the end. I know they wrote together in the hospital room,” says RJ.

“They were talking just before dad was diagnosed about working together again. So who knows? Those songs could come out at some point.”

Unashamedly proud of The Bee Gees and of his dad’s legacy, RJ adds: “The Bee Gees are the soundtrack to a lot of people’s lives.

“My dad was my best friend. We were like brothers. That is why it was so hard to lose him. But growing up with the legacy has been a blessing. I mean, what better shadow to live in.”

RJ Gibb’s new single Let It Be You is out now. The summer mix of Lose Control by RJ Gibb and DJ Kokiri is available on all platforms.

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The Boomtown Rats star announced yet another exciting project to follow the 40th anniversary of the legendary concert as it approaches.

Bob Geldof looked back on the legacy of Live Aid 40 years on insisting there was still more work to be done – as he launched a musical telling the remarkable story and a new album. The 73-year-old, who organised the original 1985 event alongside singer Midge Ure, reunited at Wembley Stadium today.

It was where it all started, when icons like David Bowie, Queen with Freddie Mercury and Elton John took to the stage to raise funds for the famine in Ethiopia. Bob says the charity still has so much work to do, as he announced the Just for One Day – The Live Aid Musical album. “We wake up every day with 10 or 12 emails dictating the latest horror from the hungry lands,” he said.

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“We couldn’t possibly know that 40 years down the track that the issue would be as vital. The world and it’s emotional bandwidth with Gaza and Ukraine and Trump and all that evil and accept that in Sudan 2.5m are being forced to starve as an instrument of war because America has decided not to send any grain, then 5 million people in Africa are in peril of their lives from AIDS because Trump has decided that’s not fun anymore.”

The Boomtown Rats star told Radio 1 host Jo Whiley, “Wembley doesn’t look any different, looking around Wembley Stadium.” Although it appeared shiny and new, it still looks awful.

He said he wasn’t entirely convinced of the idea at first but was blown away by the performance when he spoke at the launch of the musical Just For One Day, which tells the story of the Live Aid concerts taking place in the US’s national football stadium in London and Philadelphia. He admitted, “I was mortified as I read the script.” You’re reading a version of yourself, I tell you.

Midge agreed, “I went to see the Old Vic show.” I entered as a jaded, obedient old rock star anticipating cheese.

However, both men described how impressed they were by what they saw. The musical is remarkable, according to Bob. Its political relevance is what makes it unique, in my opinion. People used to understand, but now it’s about Freddie and everything else. The musical offers a contemporary perspective on the subject.

“When you hear (The Who’s) My Generation sung like that. I took Pete Townshend to see the show. He couldn’t imagine his song, which is beyond at anthem… He clutched my knee and I knew he was thinking ‘Should I record it like that?’”

Midge added: “One song in particular jumped out for me. Bob Dylan’s Blowing In The Wind. The interpretation was phenomenal and it changed my option of what musicals and theatres could be. Fred and Ginger was all I could conjure up. The passion they have equals the passion of the artists on the day. This is a different way of getting the message out, which is incredibly important.”

The Old Vic hosted the musical’s premiere last year. It has so far raised £600,000 for the Band Aid Charitable Trust, and it is anticipated to have raised more than £1 million by the year’s end.

The musical “presents” the idea of what people could do together in a different generation,” Bob said. It’s another jukebox musical, I read somewhere. It’s true, dude! That is the name of it. It was repeatedly hit. The result is to bring that sense from 40 years ago to life and relevance. And that is what it accomplishes.

On May 15, the Band Aid Charitable Trust will receive 10% of the proceeds from Just For One Day’s return to London’s Shaftesbury Theatre. The album will be released on July 11 in preparation for Live Aid’s 40th anniversary on July 13.