Independent girls' school slammed for not meeting required standards

Amid those rumours Spice Girls might be a good bet for Glastonbury 2023 (Melanie C has a 'good feeling' it may happen one day), the group have teased celebrations for the 25th anniversary of their Spiceworld album.

A leading independent barrister has been appointed by the BBC to lead the review into the conduct of disgraced former DJ Tim Westwood during his two-decades long time spent working for the corporation.

The mega-rift between UK trade body Pact and union Bectu over the soon-to-elapse TV Drama Agreement has taken another turn with Pact inviting commissioners from streamers and broadcasters to a “summit” to discuss next steps.

The Scottish Government has spent nearly £30,000 on legal advice on referring its draft indyref2 bill to the Supreme Court.

Geri Horner is said to have told Liz Truss to “go for” the role of Conservative leader amid criticism she faced for hugging MP Nadine Dorries at the Women’s Euro 2022 final.The Spice Girls singer was pictured with the Culture Secretary as the Lionesses led England to victory against Germany on Sunday evening (July 31). “Girl power radiating from Wembley tonight,” Dorries captioned the image on Twitter.Many fans subsequently pointed out Dorries’ history of voting against gay marriage and “only recently demonising the trans community”.A photo has since emerged of Horner with Truss, who is currently going up against Rishi Sunak to become the next UK Prime Minister.Speaking to MailPlus about meeting the Spice Girls star, Truss explained: “[Horner] said ‘go for it’, she was very positive.” See the photo below.How long before Geri Halliwell is the next Culture Secretary pic.twitter.com/5NLGs8kTJ7— dominic dyer (@domdyer70) August 1, 2022While some fans expressed their disappointment with Horner (née Halliwell), others said that they weren’t surprised because the singer had previously described Margaret Thatcher as the “original Spice Girl”.Horner also paid tribute to the late PM following her death in 2013, writing: “Thinking of our 1st Lady of girl power, Margaret Thatcher, a green grocer’s daughter who taught me any thing is possible…x.”The final result of the Tory leadership contest will be announced on September 5.

When Lucy Abbott was a young girl, all she could think about was football. She would have played and talked about the game every single day - if she'd been allowed to.

Liz Truss has insisted she will not allow a second referendum on independence to take place if she becomes the next prime minister.

WATCH BELOW: Victoria Beckham singing Spice Girls' "Stop"It seems all five of the original band will be reuniting to film a documentary about their time as the UK’s biggest band.While it’s not the complete reunion tour we’ve been asking for, we’re definitely happy to take it.It’s especially exciting since this project will involve Posh Spice – who was recently seen belting out Stop, karaoke-style.She was famously absent from the 2019 UK reunion tour, so fans will be dying to see her take the stage with the other girls.Victoria Beckham and Melanie Chisholm.While it’s still early days for the production, we’ve begun to collect a few details here and there about what we can expect from the upcoming film.Apparently, it will be created and produced by the same team that brought us The Last Dance, the famed Netflix series about the career of NBA legend Michael Jordan."The director and the whole concept of how that was shot and filmed is really, really, really good.

Spice World, but it's almost as good. It's a documentary series about the ultimate BritPop girl group, and all five Spices are reportedly involved.

Girls Aloud have taken part in a charity five kilometre run, in honour of their late bandmate Sarah Harding.Participating in the Race For Life For Sarah event on Sunday (July 24), Cheryl, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud ran the 5 kilometres across London’s Hyde Park, while bandmate Kimberley Walsh joined virtually.The event was held to raise money for cancer research and celebrate the life of Harding, who died in September of last year after revealing in 2020 that she had been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.Speaking at the Cancer Research UK-organised event, which was watched on by over 1,000 attendees, Cheryl commended the fan turnout before commenting on the lingering grief in the wake of Harding’s death at 39 years-old. “[It] doesn’t feel like she’s gone at all,” the singer said, “I’ve never experienced or anticipated this grief…I still can’t quite believe it’s real.”Sharing a similar sentiment, Coyle told press at the event that she “was completely in denial right up until the day [Harding] passed.”Taking to Instagram yesterday (July 25), Coyle further paid tribute to her former bandmate, telling followers that “Sarah would have loved this day & loved seeing you all coming together for such a great cause.”A post shared by Nadine Coyle (@nadinecoyle)Harding first revealed her breast cancer diagnosis in August 2020, revealing in an Instagram post that the disease had also spread to other parts of her body.

Rishi Sunak has claimed that Nicola Sturgeon's plan to hold a second referendum on independence next year is the "wrong priority at the worst possible moment".

French MPs have voted to end the TV licence fee as part of a bill aimed at tackling the country’s cost of living crisis, in a move that has provoked fears over the future independence of French state broadcasters.

Victoria Beckham relived her Spice Girls days by singing the group’s 1997 hit, “Stop” at karaoke night!

The stars of Girls Aloud have come together on Sunday 24 July at London's Hyde Park to take part in the Race for Life charity run in honour of their late pal Sarah Harding. Sarah tragically died aged just 39 in September 2021 to breast cancer and now her bandmates have reunited to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Appearing on stage wearing matching pink charity-themed T-shirts, Cheryl, 39, started off the event with a heartfelt speech thanking all who had come to take part in the 5k challenge.