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One minute she’s navigating her desires in teen telly drama Sex Education and the next she’s bodice-ripping in Bridgerton. Yes, it’s been a hectic couple of years for Simone Ashley, 25. And it’s only going to get busier if the plaudits coming her way are anything to go by. Simone plays Kate Sharma, a woman out to steal Duke Anthony from the arms of his intended in season two of Bridgerton – the Netflix hit watched by 83million worldwide. She is the first South Asian actress in the drama and Simone admits her career has shocked her traditional Indian family – and that her parents find it “scary and unsettling.” Simone has come a long way since persuading her parents to let her go to a performing arts school. Before Sex Education she had small roles in TV’s Broadchurch and Doctors. But her teachers at Redroofs School for the Performing Arts, in Berkshire, were never in any doubt that Simone would become a huge star. They recognised her “burning passion” and … [Read more...] about Sex Education star set to shake up Bridgerton in steamy new series

A new lockdown has been imposed across the West Bank as Palestinians face a fresh surge of coronavirus cases and a continued wait for a proper vaccine rollout. The Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced the 12-day shutdown late on Saturday and blamed it on the struggle to get vaccines delivered to the territory. In the last 24 hours there have been 910 new cases and five deaths in the West Bank. To date Palestinians in the West Bank have received 10,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine. A separate delivery of 20,000 Russian vaccines has been delivered to the other Palestinian territory, Gaza. Advertisement The Covax scheme, the global initiative to get vaccines to poorer nations, has yet to provide any for Palestinians but a delivery is expected this week. Israel has now vaccinated half of its population but has only provided 2,000 jabs to the West Bank. More from Covid Captain Sir Tom Moore - life, legacy … [Read more...] about COVID-19: New West Bank lockdown as Palestinians faces surge of coronavirus cases

A new lockdown has been imposed across the West Bank as Palestinians face a fresh surge of coronavirus cases and a continued wait for a proper vaccine rollout. The Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced the 12-day shutdown late on Saturday and blamed it on the struggle to get vaccines delivered to the territory. In the last 24 hours there have been 910 new cases and five deaths in the West Bank. To date Palestinians in the West Bank have received 10,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine. A separate delivery of 20,000 Russian vaccines has been delivered to the other Palestinian territory, Gaza. Advertisement The Covax scheme, the global initiative to get vaccines to poorer nations, has yet to provide any for Palestinians but a delivery is expected this week. Israel has now vaccinated half of its population but has only provided 2,000 jabs to the West Bank. More from Covid Captain Sir Tom Moore - life, legacy … [Read more...] about COVID-19: New West Bank lockdown as Palestinians face surge of coronavirus cases

A woman has described the moment she discovered her husband was a bigamist who had been living a secret life 100 miles away. Yve Gibney, now 60, can remember staring in disbelief at a wedding day photo of her spouse - showing a woman who wasn't her. She had met husband Maurice in Nigeria and they had married after a three-month romance, Birmingham Live reports. But, after 17 years of marriage, she discovered her other half had met another woman who lived in Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Yve, from Wirral, Merseyside, is now speaking out about the bigamy, calling the overwhelming emotion "absolute betrayal". Do you have a view on this story? Let us know in the comments below. Oil worker Maurice, who is still married to the second woman, Suzanne Prudhoe, received a suspended sentence for the crime in 2014. Both woman were blissfully innocent and unaware of the subterfuge surrounding them, with Suzanne said to be have believed he was divorced. Yve, who is now … [Read more...] about Woman discovers husband’s bigamy and secret life after seeing photo of bride who wasn’t her

The music fills my head, and spirits me away. It’s eclectic, evocative, a beautiful arrangement of sound. At certain points, a sonorous instrument plays. It tweezes out emotions beneath the surface of my consciousness, and I feel so sad, my eyes well. Then slowly, the tone lifts and I feel soothed. This is a ‘deep listening’ session, developed by a London-based neuroscientist from research into the role of music in psychedelic therapy. It’s an immersive experience designed to improve mental health, enhance self-awareness and promote relaxation. It seems to be working. Deep listening isn’t the same as losing yourself in a favourite song or symphony, although both can profoundly affect how we feel because of the way music works on the brain. (It can spark memories, release happiness-inducing endorphins, help us process feelings, and more.) The concept is already being used to generate a calming ambience in some hospitals, clinics, even classrooms. Deep listening is constructed … [Read more...] about Can you really spring clean your mind with music? That’s the latest wellness idea from a top neurologist, ANNA MAXTED tunes in