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Lucy Spraggan on her path to healing following rape during X Factor

An apology from Simon Cowell paved the way for Lucy Spraggan’s healing process nearly a decade after she was raped while a contestant on The X Factor, she has revealed. “When I heard he (Simon) wanted to speak to me, I thought I’d give him a piece ...

20 Jul 2023 at 07:00

Lifestyle

As Simon Cowell shares positive therapy experience, how can it help even if you aren’t in crisis?

X Factor boss Simon Cowell, 63, has shared that having discovered therapy in the past year, he feels as though “a weight has lifted off my shoulders”. The music mogul, who is behind The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, said he wished he had ...

31 Aug 2023 at 13:31

Lifestyle

Leona Lewis: I’m leading by example to make the planet better for my child

Singer Leona Lewis has recalled how her parents were “annoyed” by her constantly turning off lights as a child because she was “trying to help the planet”. Now based in Los Angeles, the former X-Factor winner grew up in Islington, and told ...

19 Apr 2023 at 11:05

Arts & Entertainment

Tributes in Ireland as One Direction star Liam Payne dies in Argentina balcony fall

Tributes have been paid in Ireland and all over the world after the death of former One Direction star Liam Payne in a hotel balcony fall in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Local police said the singer fell from the third floor into the ...

17 Oct 2024 at 07:26

Arts & Entertainment

Fiancée of X-Factor star who formed English-Irish boyband dies on wedding day

Lewis Capaldi and Ellie Goulding are among the celebrities sending heartfelt messages to X-Factor star Tom Mann, after the death of his fiancee on what was meant to be the couple’s wedding day. Mann found fame as part of the ...

22 Jun 2022 at 11:58

Arts & Entertainment

Simon Cowell ‘lucky to be alive’ after second electric bike accident, reports say

Simon Cowell has been pictured with his arm in a cast after reports he injured himself falling off an electric bike. The music mogul and Britain’s Got Talent judge, 62, is said to have taken a tumble over the bike’s ...

02 Feb 2022 at 12:07

Arts & Entertainment

Irish presenter leads tributes to Caroline Flack on late star's birthday

Laura Whitmore and Olly Murs were among those marking the birthday of late Love Island presenter Caroline Flack. Flack took her own life in February 2020 at the age of 40 and Wednesday would have been her 43rd ...

09 Nov 2022 at 17:43

Arts & Entertainment

'Love you Liam, mammy Mary' - X Factor's Mary Byrne in emotional Liam Payne tribute

Singer Mary Byrne has paid tribute to Liam Payne after his tragic death at the age of 31 in a balcony fall in Argentina this week. Dubliner Mary competed on ITV talent show the X Factor in 2010, the same year ...

18 Oct 2024 at 11:51

Lifestyle

N-Dubz singer Tulisa: If it hadn’t been for my music, I’d be finished financially

Little more than a decade after N-Dubz singer and former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos fell victim to a tabloid cocaine sting which she said caused her life to fall apart, the celebrity is reflecting on ...

13 Aug 2025 at 00:01

National News

X Factor star Mary Byrne says she and Liam Payne were like ‘mammy and boy’

Former X Factor star Mary Byrne has said her relationship with Liam Payne was like “the older mammy and the boy” during their time on the show. Byrne, 64, who came fifth on series seven of the ITV singing ...

17 Oct 2024 at 17:56

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