Children's author, illustrator Shirley Hughes dies at 94

An interactive experience based on some much-loved children's stories is coming to Manchester.

All those royal divorces may be old news, but the impact they made on Queen Elizabeth was kept pretty quiet.

British billionaire Nick Candy is firmly in the spotlight right now as he considers a bid to take over Chelsea FC from Roman Abramovich. The 49-year-old property developer is in talks with financiers as he looks to form a consortium to buy the club, and will push ahead despite Russian oligarch Abramovich being sanctioned. He recently promised fans they would get a seat at the board should he be successful in buying Chelsea FC, stating that ‘the fans and the community are central to its continued success.

A Catholic Church in the United Kingdom has banned an award-winning gay author from visiting and speaking at two schools near London. The Archdiocese of Southwark cancelled the talks by young adult fiction writer Simon James Green at the two schools. Green was scheduled to speak at The John Fisher School in Purley, South London on March 7 and at St John’s Primary School in Gravesend, Kent on March 9.

Russian forces have reportedly bombed a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol leaving children trapped under the wreckage, the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky stated.

Setting the record straight. Audrey Roloff clapped back at an Instagram troll criticizing her decision to welcome baby No. 3 in a birth center.

Clive Myrie in Ukraine who tweeted on Tuesday, March 8 that he was returning to London, but would be back. Reeta is a very experienced journalist, with a long career behind her at the BBC, beginning in 1994 on the Breakfast Programme as well as BBC Radio 5 Live. She became political correspondent for the BBC in 1999 and in 2014 she was appointed as news presenter on BBC One and the BBC News Channel.

Major moment. Three months after giving birth to son Radley, Audrey Roloff reflected on her third child’s “harmonious” arrival.

Prince Harry previously pledged that he wouldn’t want to have a big family in a bid to save the environment, stating there would be a two children “maximum”. Speaking to conservationist Dr Jane Goodall during an interview with British Vogue, Harry, 37, said he and wife Meghan, 40, wouldn’t have more children after the arrival of son Archie and daughter Lilibet.

Nadiya Hussain has revealed that she will not be attempting to bake for The Queen for a second time as her Platinum Jubilee celebrations approach.The Platinum Pudding Competition was announced in January, inviting budding bakers to come up with a new dessert to celebrate 70 years of our monarch. But the 37 year old – who baked a cake for The Queen's 90th birthday in 2016 – says she will not be putting herself forward to treat her for a second time. Speaking exclusively to OK!, The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya said: "One competition in one lifetime, thank you very much!" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter But she did reveal that her children – sons Musa, 15, and Dawud, 14, and daughter Maryam, 11 – want her to bake for another Royal couple.

She became an overnight success when she first hit our screens on The Great British Bake Off in 2015.The nation fell more in love with her each week until she was eventually crowned series winner. And since her victory, Nadiya Hussain has become so much more than a Bake Off champion.

K.J. Yossman Renowned singer Shirley Bassey is set to open this year’s BAFTA film awards with a James Bond tribute.

Samantha Cameron has risen to the top of her profession while raising her children with her husband, former Conservative prime minister David Cameron.MORE: Samantha Cameron shares rare wedding photo to mark 25th anniversary with husband DavidNearly five months after leaving Downing Street, Britain's one-time first lady Samantha launched a fashion label, Cefinn, a luxury womenswear brand that has been "designed and made to last" and favoured by many stars.WATCH: Inside Samantha Cameron's time in Downing StreetLaunching her own fashion label is no surprise, given that Samantha previously worked as a former creative director at the leather goods brand Smythson. When living at No10, the 50-year-old won many fans for her smart but modern approach to dressing during David's six years in office.

Shirley Hughes was a British children’s author and illustrator known for “Dogger” and the “Alfie” series.  Shirley Hughes wrote and sold millions of children’s books that were praised for their look at everyday family life. She illustrated her own work and did illustrations for other writers.

Veronica Carlson, the British actress and Hammer Horror Films star of such 1960s favorites as Dracula Has Risen from the Grave and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, died Feb. 27 of natural causes at her home in Bluffton, South Carolina. She was 77.

Josie Gibson has shared a desperate plea on social media to try to help a friend and her children who are currently trapped in Ukraine. Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine last week, sparking thousands of Ukrainians trying to flee the war-torn country to safety. One person trying to return to the UK is a friend of Josie’s who went to Ukraine with her two kids to care for an elderly relative.

People across the UK were in mourning in 2017 when it had emerged that Sir Bruce Forsyth had died at the age of 89.