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Donald Trump has reduced the sentence of Larry Hoover Sr, a Chicago gang founder, after lobbying from controversial hip-hop artist Kanye West.On Wednesday, the sitting US president commuted the six life sentences that Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples (GDs), was serving following a 1998 conviction, Sky News' US partner NBC News reported. It followed a campaign by West, now known as Ye, who has lobbied Mr Trump in the […]

Sean 'Diddy' Combs's ex-partner has given birth two weeks after testifying against him – as his legal team failed in a bid to declare a mistrial.Cassie Ventura gave birth to her third child with partner Alex Fine after going into labour on Tuesday, a close source told Sky's US partner network NBC News on Wednesday.The news was later confirmed by her friend and former stylist Deonte Nash, who told Diddy's […]

Benedict Cumberbatch, Annie Lennox, Gary Lineker and Dua Lipa have joined more than 300 public figures calling on the prime minister to "end the UK's complicity" in Gaza.In an open letter addressed to Sir Keir Starmer, seen exclusively by Sky News, famous names from the world of media and the arts have joined leading doctors, academics, campaign groups, and a Holocaust survivor. They have accused the British government of continuing […]

Former Hollyoaks star Paul Danan died by misadventure after taking a cocktail of drugs, a coroner has ruled.The 46-year-old played Sol Patrick on the Channel 4 soap from 1997 to 2001 and was later known for his reality TV appearances on Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Love Island.An inquest into Danan's death was told he was found unresponsive and slumped on his sofa in front of the TV at his […]

Sean "Diddy" Combs kidnapped a former aide at gunpoint to join him as he attempted to confront love rival rapper Kid Cudi, his sex-trafficking trial has been told.Capricorn Clark, who worked for the Bad Boy Records co-founder in different roles on and off for several years, told the court he banged on her door and told her: "Get dressed, we're going to kill Mescudi." Kid Cudi, whose real name is […]

The Duchess of Sussex has spoken about the challenges of balancing being an entrepreneur and a mother.Meghan, speaking on the final episode of her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder, made the comments while talking with her guest Sara Blakely - mother of four children, and founder of shapewear brand Spanx. She said to Blakely: "The amount of what you have created, evolved through - the level of what you […]

Dissident Iranian director Jafar Pahani - who has been arrested several times in Iran for his filmmaking - has won the prestigious Palme d'Or accolade at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.The 64-year-old, who was banned from filmmaking in Iran, premiered his political thriller It Was Just an Accident on 20 May. The film was one of 22 competing for the top prize - and was up against well-known directors including […]

Thousands of people are expected to attend Port Talbot this weekend as the town gears up to welcome an annual Welsh festival.The Urdd Eisteddfod is a celebration of Welsh culture when children and young people up to the age of 25 take part in a variety of competitions. There are 400 of them in total, including singing, reciting poetry and dancing.The Urdd organisation itself was established more than a century […]

Gary Lineker bid a tearful farewell to Match Of The Day as he presented the show for the final time.The ex-England striker, 64, announced his departure earlier this month after sharing a social media post from the Palestine Lobby group titled: "Zionism explained in two minutes." The Instagram post was illustrated with a rat, which has been used to represent Jewish people in antisemitic propaganda - including Nazi Germany.Lineker "apologised […]