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02.05.2023 - 03:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Mum Lyn Rigby has spoken of her “decade of heartbreak” as she faces the 10th anniversary of her son Lee’s murder.
She said she only survived the devastation of his execution because of the love of her husband and four daughters. On the landmark anniversary, she vowed to make sure Lee is never forgotten. Lyn said: “The pain is there every day, so much so that it becomes a part of you.
“But what tears me apart is to think that people have forgotten him 10 years on. It’s my job to make sure people remember him – not just as the murdered soldier from the TV but as a loving son, dad and brother.”
A machine gunner and proud drummer from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Lee Rigby, 25, was butchered in a terrorist attack on May 22, 2013. The savage killing was carried out by two Islamist extremists as he walked to his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London.
He was off-duty and in civilian clothes when British-born Muslim converts Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale picked him out at random and attacked him. They mowed him down from behind in a speeding car before hacking him to death in the street with knives and meat cleavers, almost beheading him in front of hundreds of terrified onlookers.
But what stunned witnesses was that the jihadi killers didn’t run away after the murder. Instead, as police sirens drew closer, they stayed, roaming among the public, glorying in what they had just done. They tried to justify their actions as revenge for the deaths of fellow Muslims in wars such as Afghanistan.
They encouraged everyone to film them on their mobiles. The war on terror was no longer just a problem in a faraway land. It was here among us on the streets of Britain.
Lyn said: “This was one of the greatest ironies of all – the
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Thania Garcia Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers took home the Ivor Novello award in the coveted songwriter of the year category at the 2023 ceremony on Thursday in London’s Grosvenor House. The event honored 30 music-makers across 14 categories in recognition of songwriting and screen composition. Wet Leg’s self-titled debut album was one of the most-talked-about releases of the last year and earned the indie rockers their first Brit awards and a pair of Grammys. The Ivor judges described Teasdale and Chambers’ writing, citing singles “Wet Dream” and “Chaise Lounge,” as “fresh, unapologetic and direct, with surprising melodies that demand attention.”
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smooch — from the past for King Charles and Spice Girls member Geri Horner.Twenty-six years after the singer, 50, kissed the then-Prince of Wales, 74, in 1997, the pair shared a peck once again.Horner reunited with Charles at the Prince’s Trust Awards at Buckingham Palace Tuesday night.Ginger Spice hugged and smooched the monarch’s cheeks at the event while also musing over his role as the United Kingdom’s sovereign. Horner famously had an intimate moment with Charles in 1997 when she and her fellow gal pals met him before a charity concert that was held for the Prince’s Trust.Horner also touched Charles’ behind at the time.
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Twelve months ago, the UK industry drew a sharp intake of breath when Euphoria and Moonlight outfit A24 lured Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett to launch the studio’s London-based production division.
Fear The Walking Dead officially comes to an end with its eighth season.The original TV spin-off to The Walking Dead began in 2015, led by Madison Clark (Kim Dickens), Nick (Frank Dillane) and Alicia (Alycia Debnam-Carey). In the years since, a number of characters have migrated to Fear The Walking Dead from the main show, including Morgan (Lennie James) and Dwight (Austin Amelio).In January, AMC confirmed the show’s eighth season would be its last, with Dickens returning as Madison Clark in a regular capacity after being a guest star in season seven.The premiere airs Sunday May 14 at 9pm ET on AMC in the US.
Rita Lee, the Brazilian singer who started her career as a founding member of the long-running, highly original rock band Os Mutantes, has passed away. The news was shared on Lee’s official Instagram page Monday morning (May 9) and first reported in English by ABC News shortly thereafter.
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TVLine.A remake of the British series “Miranda” starring Miranda Hart, Bialik starred as Kat, the fun-loving owner of a cat café in Louisville, Kentucky.
One year after Kourtney Kardashian and husband Travis Barker announced plans to pause their in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, she is embracing her body’s changes.
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