Content creator Farah Shams has candidly revealed her battle with nitrous oxide addiction in an emotional TikTok, urging young people to avoid drugs altogether. Her honest confession has sparked widespread discussion online, with many praising her openness while highlighting the growing concerns surrounding recreational nitrous oxide use across the UK.

South African music star Tyla has found herself at the centre of a growing controversy after Lagos was quietly removed from the schedule of her upcoming world tour, just days after the dates were first announced. The Grammy Award-winning singer unveiled her international tour on Monday in support of her newly released album, APOP*. The original itinerary listed 34 cities across several continents, including stops in Lagos, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.

A former funeral director has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting a series of offences that included failing to bury or cremate deceased individuals and providing grieving families with ashes that did not belong to their loved ones. Robert Bush, the former owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, pleaded guilty to 67 offences committed over a 12-year period. His crimes included denying 30 people a respectful burial or cremation, stealing from 12 charities, and engaging in fraudulent trading practices.

Axel Rudakubana, the teenager responsible for the Southport murders, has been charged with a series of offences allegedly committed while serving his sentence in prison, including assaults and possession of a weapon.

Three men have been sentenced to prison for carrying out a daylight raid on a jewellery shop in south-west London, making off with merchandise valued at approximately £225,000. Deniz Mehmet, 28, Robert Clarke, 50, and Lee Ramsey, 46, all from Essex, were responsible for the robbery at a jewellery business in Paved Court, Richmond, on 31 January.

Tomi Adeyemi has shared new details about her decision to distance herself from the upcoming Children of Blood and Bone film, revealing the experience of bringing her bestselling novel to the big screen left her emotionally devastated.The Nigerian-American author described working on the adaptation as "the worst thing I have ever had to live through," adding that she "left set hyperventilating and sobbing."