Kate Cassidy, the girlfriend of former One Direction star Liam Payne, said “nothing about the past few days have felt real” after his death at the age of 31.

A man has died weeks after he was stabbed in south-west London, police have said. The Metropolitan Police has now named the victim as Omarkafi Sahal, 28, and a murder investigation is under way.

An American professor of law honoured by Anne said his four-year-old daughter once offered the Princess Royal to ‘show her’ how to curtsy.

A much-loved former teacher who worked at the same school across three decades is being remembered after her death aged 80.

The blast happened in Violet Close, in the Benwell and Elswick area of the city, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Cowell said the singer’s son Bear, whom he shares with former X Factor judge Cheryl, will be ‘so proud’ of what he has achieved.

Sir Keir Starmer said the international community must “make the most of this moment” in pushing for an end to the Middle East conflict, as he met allies in Berlin after the death of Hamas’ leader.