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Find out who is taking part this year (Picture: ITV) Get your skates on! ITV has started unveiling the celebrities competing on Dancing On Ice 2023. Last year saw Regan Gascoigne and partner Karina Marta beat the likes of former Strictly pro Brendan Cole and singer Kimberly Wyatt to lift the coveted trophy. Struggling to hold back his tears after landing a perfect score, Paul Gascoigne’s dancer son said: ‘I am so overwhelmed, I never thought it was possible.’ But which famous faces will be swapping the red carpet for the iconic ice rink as they battle it out to…

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Michelle is the 10th superstar taking to the ice (Picture: ITV) Liberty X star Michelle Heaton is the 10th celebrity confirmed for Dancing On Ice 2023. Speaking to Lorraine Kelly during Monday’s edition of her titular show, she said: ‘I’m so excited – I can’t believe it. ‘Me and the kids are such huge fans of the show in general. I’ve always wanted to do it but I know I would never have been able to complete anything because of the way I was 18 months ago, so I’m really truly grateful that I’ve got it this year when I’m…

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​Former Tory chancellor also calls on Kwasi Kwarteng to speed up release of OBR forecastsLiz Truss must increase benefits in line with inflation rather than earnings, the former chancellor Sajid Javid has said, as the prime minister faces increasing Conservative pressure to relent over the issue.Victoria Prentis, the work and pensions minister, insisted no decision had been made, while seeming to hint she would prefer the more generous settlement. Continue reading… 

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​Report for Law Society says framework is essential for future interactions with the environment and biotechnologyGranting legal rights and protections to non-human entities such as animals, trees and rivers is essential if countries are to tackle climate breakdown and biodiversity loss, experts have said.The authors of a report titled Law in the Emerging Bio Age say legal frameworks have a key part to play in governing human interactions with the environment and biotechnology. Continue reading… 

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Alex and Mollie have their their happy news (Pictures: Alex Bain/Mollie Lockwood/Instagram/ITV) Coronation Street’s Alex Bain has revealed that he’s engaged to girlfriend Mollie Lockwood. The actor, who plays Simon Barlow on the ITV soap, proposed to Mollie during a romantic date in October last year. ‘I thought: “If I don’t do it now, I’ll keep getting more and more nervous!” I was pretty certain she’d say yes, but I was still bricking it.’ he told OK! Magazine. The couple subsequently told their family their happy news, and have since managed to keep it secret until now. ‘We wanted to…

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Paweenuch Supolwong, 3, lost 24 classmates in the massacre (Picture: AP/Reuters) A little girl, 3, napped through Thailand’s worst mass killing – miraculously emerging unscathed. Paweenuch Supholwong was asleep on the floor and covered by a blanket when an attacker burst through the door of her pre-school and massacred 24 of her classmates and 12 others. She is thought to be the only child at the day care centre to come out uninjured, with the gunman seemingly believing she was dead already.  Another child named Sumaee was stabbed and shot twice but survived after two bullets were removed from his…

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