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TRISHA Goddard revealed her age on Piers Morgan's Life Stories last night leaving viewers stunned. The talk show host and TV presenter opened up about a number of tough topics on the show, including the racist abuse she suffered as a child and trying to take her own life after having a breakdown. But in a moment of light relief for viewers, Trisha left host Piers amazed when she said she is 63 years old and EIGHT years his senior. He asked her how old she was and she said: "I'm 63." Staggered, Piers, 55, said : "You are eight years older than me, but you look ten years younger than me, what's your secret?" And Trisha replied: "I have a 30-year-old and 26-year-old who keep saying to me when are you gonna grow up. "There's a lot of child in me and I've always enjoyed being active." Viewers were just as surprised, with one writing on Twitter: "Trisha Goddard has aged so well. She looks half her age." Another remarked: "She looks amazing for 63. She looks in her … [Read more...] about Life Stories shock as Trisha Goddard reveals her age and stuns Piers Morgan as she’s older than him

Lewis Hamilton has urged people who supported the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement for racial equality to "keep pushing" for "true change". The seven-time F1 champion asked his social media followers "what's next?" and said "inequities within our sport and within the world persist". Hamilton has been one of the UK's most high-profile supporters of the BLM movement and led the call for Formula One drivers to take the knee before races last year. pic.twitter.com/BeUVMpE9vm — Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) February 26, 2021 "Change is still needed. We must keep pushing to hold ourselves and others accountable," said the Stevenage-born star. "We have to keep striving for equality for all, in order to continue to see true change and lasting change in our world." Advertisement The 36-year-old was knighted in the New Year's Honours and alongside Mercedes is setting up a charitable foundation to improve diversity in motorsport. … [Read more...] about Black Lives Matter: Lewis Hamilton asks ‘what’s next?’ as he urges fans to keep up fight for racial equality

A court in Berlin sentenced a man who tried to blackmail Britain's National Health Service (NHS) to three years in jail on Friday. Judges said Emil A. demanded 10 million pounds (€11.5 million, $13.9 million) in Bitcoin or else he would blow up hospitals. The court found the Italian, who lives in Berlin, guilty of attempted extortion. Threats to hospitals, MPs and BLM protesters In a string of emails to the NHS and Britain's National Crime Agency, the 33-year-old said he would attack lawmakers and anti-racism protesters taking part in Black Lives Matter rallies. Officers arrested him in an overnight raid on June 15 by police SWAT teams and federal agents. Investigators said he used anti-Semitic language and purported to be a member of Combat 18, a violent far-right group which was banned in Germany last year. His threats came at a time when the UK's hospitals were grappling with the first wave of coronavirus infections in April last year. "This was one of the most … [Read more...] about German court jails would-be UK hospital bomber