I’m a Celebrity 2025 viewers react as winner crowned in series finale

The grand final of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! has crowned YouTuber Angryginge the winner of this year’s series, with Celebs Go Dating host Tom Read Wilson finishing second.

During the episode, Ant and Dec confirmed that former EastEnders actor Shona McGarty had finished third.

Despite speculation that this series would end with an all-male final, it was rapper Aitch who stumbled at the last hurdle on Saturday night, with viewers giving him the least votes and sending him home.

This meant that TikTok star Angryginge, Shona and Tom were this year’s finalists.

As he left camp, Aitch told his campmates that he predicted that he wouldn’t make the final and saw his departure coming, while revealing that he wanted his jungle BFF and fellow Mancunian Ginge to take the win.

Angela Rayner will return to cabinet, Keir Starmer says

Sir Keir Starmer has said the “hugely talented” Angela Rayner will make a comeback to his cabinet as he slammed “misogynistic” criticism of her.

Ms Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy Labour leader in September after an investigation found she had underpaid stamp duty on her seaside flat in Hove.

In an interview with The Observer on Sunday, the prime minister said that he missed Ms Rayner and described her as “the best social mobility story this country has ever seen”.

It comes as speculation grows that she could run on a joint ticket with health secretary Wes Streeting to challenge the prime minister for the Labour leadership amid concern over the direction of the government and its devastating approval ratings.

When asked if he missed his former deputy, Sir Keir said: “Yes, of course I do. I was really sad that we lost her. As I said to her at the time, she’s going to be a major voice in the Labour movement.”

Pressed as to whether she will be back in the cabinet, he added: “Yes. She’s hugely talented.”

Asked about claims Ms Rayner could return to the front bench, cabinet minister Pat McFadden told Sky News: “I think Angela Rayner is great. I would welcome it, but this is a decision for the prime minister.”

Pressed again on whether she might return, he said: “I think she’s an enormous talent. I’m a great admirer of Angela, but that question is up to the PM.”

No 10 was forced to knock down reports that the former deputy PM had been offered the job of education secretary in order to stave off a leadership bid, saying the claims were “highly speculative”.

Sources had told the Daily Mail she was resisting the offer in order to prepare her own bid for Downing Street.

And in a damning sign of the mood music in the Parliamentary Labour Party, The Times reported on Sunday that Labour MPs are referring to Sir Keir as a “caretaker prime minister”.

Sir Keir also hit out at the “misogyny” he said had played a part in the level of criticism she and chancellor Rachel Reeves have received in recent months.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch argued during Prime Minister’s Questions last month that any return for Ms Rayner should be on the condition that “she must pay back the £40,000 of property taxes she avoided”.

Earlier this week, a source close to the former deputy prime minister said she will “not be played like a pawn” after reports of a deal for Ms Rayner and Mr Streeting to run for the Labour leadership.

The source said “there is no vacancy and there is no pact”, after The Telegraph reported that allies of Mr Streeting were pressing Ms Rayner to sign up to a “joint ticket” for the top job.

Allies of Ms Rayner have previously slammed “false” claims that she is eyeing up a Labour leadership bid, with the ex-deputy PM insisting she has “not gone away” when asked about a return to frontline politics.

In a wide-ranging interview, Sir Keir also insisted that he had no intention of stepping aside before the next election.

He said: “When I took over the Labour Party, everyone said to me, ‘you’re not going to be able to change the party’. We ignored that and carried on.

“Then they said to me, ‘you’re not going to be able to win an election’. We got a landslide Labour victory. Now, 17 months into a five-year Labour term, they say ‘you’re not able to change the country’.

“Every time we’ve been in this position, we’ve defied them. And that’s what I intend to do.”

Ms Rayner’s office and Downing Street have been contacted for comment.

The sad truth about Richard Osman and the books you should buy instead

In this season of lists, choosing Christmas presents in a favourite bookshop must rank high on any catalogue of winter’s secret pleasures.

A few weeks ago – reviewing Stephen King’s classic On Writing – when Christmas was still a remote suspicion of tinsel, I reported on the imminent opening of my friend Chloe’s new bookshop on a high street in Hardy’s Wessex. Today’s good news is that, midway between Bath and Salisbury, Fox & King is now open and ready for the first great challenge of any bookseller’s year: the Christmas Books Campaign, that annual offensive, with terrible losses in the No Man’s Land of British literary culture, where a gruesome roster of wannabe bestsellers are bestowed on aunts, nephews and stray in-laws.

Every year, the statistics repeat the same old story. Thirty per cent of new titles sold per annum in the UK will be traded in this “golden quarter” – October to December. A lucky handful of mega-winners will be matched by desolate platoons of losers – the many new titles that fail to pass muster. Amid the carnage, does this indicate a wider book bonanza? Yes and no.

First, we need to submit any Christmas list to some ageless criteria. In 1886, writing in the Pall Mall Gazette, the young Oscar Wilde declared: “Books today may be conveniently divided into three classes.” There were, he decided, “books to read” and “books to re-read”. No argument there. Finally, in an era that “has no time to think”, there were, he said, “books not to read at all”.

His response to this brutal taxonomy was Wildean, pure and simple: “Whosoever will select ‘the Worst 100 Books’ and publish a list of them, will confer on the rising generation a real and lasting benefit.”

The book market is never pure and rarely simple. Who knows what Oscar would have made of 2025? Never mind our having “no time to think”, our politics is broken, society’s enraged by social media; what’s more, there’s a wrecked economy, a ruined planet and a horribly monetised culture.

Browse these Christmas shelves at leisure, and read the runes. 2025 has not been a bumper year – far from it: there might be a case for saying that books are perhaps a mirror to an impending decline.

The sorry emblem of these times is The Impossible Treasure, the latest volume in nice Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series. This year’s likely Christmas bestseller – a lazy gift for any gran, cousin, or misfit – is prolix, preposterous and pointless. No matter; like all its competitors, Fox & King has already romped through its preliminary order, and will be queueing up for more. Booksellers must dance to the reader’s tune.

Another creative dialogue taking place within the literary marketplace will be the way in which some writers are shaped by their audience. Crime/Thrillers is a mighty engine within successful bookshops today. With a beady eye on their audience, some very accomplished contemporary writers – John Banville, Kate Atkinson, JK Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith) – have subordinated their pens to this genre, possibly because it seems to offer some obscure consolations.

When life makes no sense, with a disrupted world in flux, it’s reassuring to read about a time and place in which crimes are solved. In this cosy world whose titles often, inexplicably, have either a “bookshop” or a “swimming club” in the title, Rachel McLean and Tom Hindle (A Kller in Paradise; or Murder on Lake Garda) are household gods.

Another winning genre is the mash-up of memoir and nature-writing like the now classic H is for Hawk (2014). It is no surprise that Katherine May’s Wintering, and Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton are still churning rich seasonal sales.

The bookshop market remains capricious. Nothing new there; that’s part of its charm. A generation back, in the fabled Eighties, one sure-fire Christmas choice would be the Booker Prize shortlist (six novels in search of new readers). The news from Fox & King is that this international literary prize, and also the Baillie Gifford Prize (formerly the Samuel Johnson), no longer excite much popular interest. This tide of indifference is echoed by the perfunctory coverage of Booker in the national press, at least in comparison to the fever surrounding, in recent memory, Midnight’s Children (1980) and The English Patient (1992).

Out in bookish Wessex – as good a straw poll as any – David Szalay’s Flesh has sold just one copy since taking Booker’s laurels. Similarly, with the Baillie Gifford, Helen Garner’s How to End a Story (Orion, £30) remains unsold. A better bet would be Frances Wilson’s exceptional Electric Spark: The enigma of Muriel Spark (Bloomsbury, £25).

Popular but pricey middlebrow hardbacks always enjoy steady pre-Christmas sales. Two top-selling titles, Lyse Doucet’s The Finest Hotel in Kabul (Hutchinson, £25) and Andrew Graham-Dixon’s Vermeer (Allen Lane, £30) compete this year with Mother Mary Comes To Me (Penguin) by Arundhati Roy. But all of these will be outsold by Middle England’s darling, Rory Stewart. His Middleland (Jonathan Cape £20) has become the ageing baby-boomer’s comfort read.

Finally, there’s always the cult book, driven by word of mouth, such as The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, even if, on my reading, his Cutting for Stone is superior. Also at Christmas, there are those titles – in the department of “no accounting for taste” – such as Always Remember: The Boy, The Mole, the Fox and the Horse and The Storm by Charles Mackesy. Published last year, this is still being bought by adults and children alike, as an inexplicable but harmless phenomenon. For a savage, cast-iron classic, why not try the Cambridge University Press-annotated edition of Gulliver’s Travels?

Such lists have their own addiction, but they are never the last word. A good list can – indeed must – challenge its own existence. Let’s agree that if 2025 has been a below-average year for new titles, a good bookshop can still fulfil that hankering, after Wilde, for “the great re-read”. I’ve never believed in “instant classics”, but here’s a Top Three of Must Reads – Well-Kept Secrets, or Golden Perennials – you’d hope to find in a good high-street bookshop:

1. Marilynne Robinson: Housekeeping

2. Jilly Cooper: Rivals

3. Elizabeth Taylor: Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont

Happy Christmas!

Prince Harry’s security arrangements ‘reviewed by Home Office’

The Duke of Sussex’s security arrangements for his visits to the UK are reportedly undergoing a fresh review, with the Home Office initiating a new threat assessment.

This marks the first such assessment since 2020, according to reports in The Sun.

The development follows a formal request made by Prince Harry to home secretary Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment.

A source close to the duke confirmed in October that he had sought a risk assessment from the executive committee for the protection of royalty and public figures (Ravec), which operates under the Home Office’s purview.

This latest review comes after the duke lost an appeal in May, challenging the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office.

That case concerned Ravec’s decision regarding the level of taxpayer-funded protection he should receive while in the country.

The legal challenge was initiated after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex relocated from the UK to Canada, and subsequently California, following their decision to step back as senior royals.

The duke has previously stated that the Court of Appeal’s ruling makes it “impossible” for him to safely bring his wife, Meghan, and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, back to the UK.

Ravec has now instructed its risk management board to reassess his threat level, The Sun reported.

The newspaper said the process is already underway and a decision is expected next month.

A government spokesperson said: “The UK government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate.

“It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”

During Harry’s last visit to the UK in September, a “known stalker” came “within feet” of him on two occasions, according to a report in The Telegraph.

Man charged with murder after student, 18, dies on night out

A man has been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old student who was stabbed to death while on a night out with his football teammates.

Henry Nowak, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, suffered a puncture wound to his chest and two wounds to the back of his leg after becoming involved in an altercation.

He was pronounced dead at the scene after officers attended the incident in Belmont Road, Portswood, on Wednesday.

Hampshire Police have since charged 22-year-old Vickrum Digwa, of St Denys Road, Southampton, with murder. He has also been charged with possession of a bladed article in a public place.

Kiran Kaur, 52 and of St Denys Road, has been charged with assisting an offender. Both are due to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

Police said a 51-year-old man, previously arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

A 26-year-old man, also arrested on suspicion of murder, was released with no further action in relation to that offence. He was additionally arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and a public order offence and has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

Mr Nowak’s family wrote in a statement released on Sunday: “Our kind, intelligent, and talented son was in his first year at Southampton University studying accountancy and finance.

“He’d smashed his A-levels and was fully embracing university life, joining not one but two football teams, making new friends as well as working part-time at the local Morrisons.”

The statement continued: “Henry was loved by all those that knew him. He was an incredible son, brother, cousin, grandson, nephew, friend and teammate. He was an all-round top lad and everyone who was lucky enough to share his company thought the same.

“He went on a night out with his new football teammates, celebrating the end of their first semester at uni. Devastatingly, he never made it home.

“Our hearts ache when we think of the bright future he had ahead of him, full of opportunity and adventures. There are no words to describe just how heartbroken we are that we will never get to see him grow and fulfil his awesome potential. We are so proud of him and all he achieved.

“Our world will never be the same without our amazing Henry.”

Southampton University vice-chancellor Professor Mark E Smith said: “We are shocked and deeply saddened by the death of our student, Henry Nowak.

“Our thoughts are very much with his family, friends, and all those who knew and loved him at this incredibly difficult time.”

Perfect portraits: from groups to selfies and candid pics, expert tips

Portrait photography has come a long way from the days where everyone needed to be smiling directly into the camera, as a flash bulb popped.

And in fact, following on from an era where social media sites offered very curated, sometimes heavily filtered snapshots of our lives, more natural, candid images that really show off our personalities and experiences are now very much on trend. Think authentic photos of genuine moments where no-one is really paying attention to the camera. Instead they’re focused on enjoying what’s happening and the people they are with. For example, friends around a table enjoying a drink and a chat. Families engaged in a favourite activity. Photos that look like a glimpse into someone’s normal every day.

The best way to capture these in-the-moment shots? On a mobile: our ever-present, hand-held, do-everything device that has steadily taken over photography in the 26 years since the first camera phone appeared. Samsung’s newest device, the Galaxy S25 FE offers a wealth of photography-first features, from multiple cameras, lenses and wide angle settings, to in-built AI technology that will help you take the best possible pictures, then easily edit them afterwards. And as a photographer who runs masterclasses in mobile photography I couldn’t wait to try it out.

The phone itself is slim and lightweight, which makes it so much easier to hold steady, for clear, crisp, blur-free images, and take discreet, candid snaps.

Of course, we all have friends, family members and even pets who love performing for the camera. But for those who are a bit more reluctant to step into the frame, the Galaxy S25 FE offers a whole host of easy-to-use, fun AI features that will have even the most camera-shy feeling completely confident and ready for their close-up.

Samsung’s Drawing Assist function is a prime example and was an absolute hit with my kids, transforming our Sunday afternoon walk from a litany of moaning and dragging feet into a fun-filled adventure involving a lucky escape from the shark that apparently now lives in the park pond, and flying through the air with some giant balloons.

And all it took was a few simple, if strategically positioned snaps and some quick sketches using the Sketch to Image* function when editing the photo. This works best when you have some space in the frame around your subjects so you can easily draw what you want to add. In the shark image, for example, we needed enough water to the left of my kids for the shark to emerge from.

In the photo where the children are flying with the balloons, I needed them to be high up against the sky, and I also wanted the trees visible to add some context to the story we were trying to tell. They’re on top of the boulders, but I had to crouch down on the ground to cut out the houses in the background. By using the Generative Edit** function I was then able to replace the boulders with trees and then used Sketch to Image to draw in some balloons to make it look like they were floating away.

You don’t need to be an amazing artist for Sketch to Image to work well either, just enough line and shape for the app to recognise what you want to add into your image. The only limit here is your imagination and creativity. Involving the kids in some fun photography also meant that I got to capture some real, candid moments of them in the beautiful Autumn sunshine, with none of the usual complaints.

While playing around with reality can be fun, the Galaxy S25FE’s other AI features can also be used to make more subtle adjustments to enhance your images.

Just a few minutes of work with the Generative Edit function on a day out with a friend, helped me erase two unwanted photobombers from a photo (in which she perfectly co-ordinated with the graffitied heart wall in Borough Market). While removing some distracting weedkiller from the table where my cat was basking in the sunshine ensured the perfect pic where I can really appreciate him in all his fluffy glory.

Aside from fun and helpful editing functions, the phone’s AI technology is also running in the background to give your photos a boost, whatever and whenever you are capturing them.

This is great when you’re shooting challenging lighting conditions, for example at night. Dark, grainy and blurred photos are a thing of the past, with Samsung’s Nightography feature. Tapping the yellow moon icon that appears in dim lighting will enable this clever function which captures multiple images and then uses AI to blend them together to create one sharper, brighter image.

This can take a few seconds, so you’ll need to keep very still when using this feature – if you can, brace your arms on a table and hold the phone with two hands to keep the camera as steady as possible. It also helps if your subject is still, so this is more for capturing adults and older kids than snapping a restless pet or fast-moving child.

For these trickier subjects, from youngsters to four-legged friends, the excellent autofocus on the device makes for pin-sharp portraits rendered in high definition. And if you couple that with the outstanding Samsung colour profile you get beautifully saturated, nicely contrasted images which really pop. All the colours are beautifully rendered and all skin tones (and fur tones) are true to life. No filters are needed here.

And this is not just true of portraits you take of other people. The 12 MP camera lens on the front of the phone makes for gorgeously rendered, high resolution selfies with a variety of crop options, so you can find the perfect angle or image composition.

Taking a selfie at a 1:1 square crop, as well as the standard 3:4 crop option means you can easily include a friend or family member in your photo. And there’s a lovely little feature where you can get the lens to zoom out a little by tapping the ‘two person’ icon to provide a little extra space.

The 9:16 crop option means you can opt for a more flattering, longer and thinner photo while the full frame cop allows you a more zoomed-in selfie.

And if you want to take your selfies to another level, the option to add a little skin toning and smoothing effect and iron out any wrinkles (or in my case remove evidence of a sleepless night) is one of the additional features that makes the selfie camera stand out!

The excellent battery life means you don’t need to worry about it lasting, even after a few hours of photo fun. And when your battery does run down, lightning fast charging will see you back at 60 per cent in just 30 minutes, so you don’t have to wait long until you are good to go again.

Overall, whether it is taking vibrant portraits of yourself or capturing creative, candid images of the people (and pets) in your lives, making memories you’ll want to share is easy and fun with the Galaxy S25 FE.

Kirsty Hamilton is a portrait photographer – find out more at her website and on Instagram.

To find out more about the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE visit Samsung

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Charlton fan who died during match against Portsmouth is named

A Charlton Atheltic fan who died after a medical emergency at a match against Portsmouth on Saturday has been named.

Norman Barker, affectionately known as “Headphones Norm” due to his trademark headphones, received medical attention at the stadium but later died in hospital.

The match held at the Valley stadium was halted in the 12th minute while Mr Barker received treatment, but was subsequently abandoned.

Mr Barker, a season-ticket holder for over 35 years, had been the subject of a special feature by Charlton Athletic football club before his death and was a familiar face at events.

“Charlton, it’s a way of life for me,” he said in the video about his love for the football team, adding that he first discovered the club after moving to the Woolwich area in 1968.

“The thing that stood out for me was the football, big crowds, the noise, and the fans, the total surroundings, it was fascinating. I’ve been sitting with the same people for 20-odd years, it’s like a second family. Home from home.”

Tributes poured in for the “Charlton legend” across social media, with player Greg Docherty writing: “Absolutely devastating news… From all of the players at the club our thoughts are with his family and friends through this extremely difficult time.”

One fan wrote: “He was the definition of proper Charlton, he’ll be deeply missed at the Valley and at away games, my thoughts are with his family and friends.”

Charlton released a statement on Saturday writing: “The club are devastated to report that a Charlton Athletic supporter has died following a medical emergency during today’s game at The Valley against Portsmouth.”

It continued: “The match was halted in the 12th minute while the supporter received treatment and was subsequently postponed. The club would like to thank the Charlton staff and first responders who did everything they could, but sadly the supporter later passed away in hospital.

“The club are grateful to supporters in attendance and the Portsmouth players and staff for their patience and understanding as this tragedy unfolded. Everyone at the club sends their heartfelt condolences to the supporter’s family and friends at this incredibly difficult time.”

Both sides stayed on the pitch for approximately seven more minutes before referee Matthew Donohue ordered the players to leave the field in the 19th minute.

Mr Barker was seen being taken away on a stretcher by paramedics after around 12 minutes of treatment. After 45 minutes, a tannoy announcement confirmed that the match had been abandoned.

The dangerous habit that two in five young drivers admit to

A new survey has revealed that over two in five young drivers are illegally reading or sending messages on their phones while driving.

The poll, commissioned by road safety charity IAM RoadSmart, surveyed 2,025 UK motorists.

The charity said that many young motorists “struggle to detach themselves from the distractive nature of a smart phone”, adding that texting, social media use, and video calling are “rife” within this demographic.

The findings show that 43 per cent of respondents aged 17-24 admitted to illegally writing or reading a phone message while driving in the past 12 months.

This figure stands in stark contrast to older age groups, with 29 per cent of drivers aged 35-44 and just 10 per cent of those aged 45-54 reporting similar behaviour.

Meanwhile, one in six (16 per cent) young drivers confessed to engaging in instant messaging behind the wheel during at least half of their journeys.

More than a third (34 per cent) said they have used a handheld phone to record video footage or take a photo when at the controls of a vehicle.

Penalties for illegal phone use were doubled in March 2017 to a £200 fine and six penalty points.

Analysis by IAM RoadSmart found offenders also face “legal, insurance, commuting and re-test” costs totalling up to £12,000.

Department for Transport (DfT) figures show that 154 people were killed or seriously injured in crashes on Britain’s roads where a driver using a mobile was a contributory factor in 2024.

IAM RoadSmart director of policy and standards Nicholas Lyes said: “A troubling number of young people are not only dicing with death, but they are also putting themselves at huge financial risk giving into the urge of using their smart phone.

“While the fear of missing out appears to be a huge problem when behind the wheel, younger drivers should be far more worried about the implications of illegal phone use.

“Even if the risk of a serious collision isn’t enough to deter this behaviour, losing your licence so early on will stunt your employment chances, disrupt education, and will put you at a significant financial disadvantage.

“It’s almost a decade since the penalties were increased for mobile-phone related driving offences, and we would support upping the fine level once again.

“Perhaps a good place to start might be by matching the fine to the price of a new smart phone.”

A loophole allowing drivers to escape punishment for hand-held phone use if they were taking a photograph or playing a game was closed by new legislation in March 2022.

A DfT spokesperson said: “Using a mobile phone has been a criminal offence since 2022.

“There are tough laws and penalties for anyone caught doing so.

“We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads, with our Think! campaign targeting the root causes of dangerous driving, and our road safety strategy – the first in a decade – set to bring more measures.”

The survey of 2,205 UK drivers was conducted by research company Online95 in September.