It's been 25 years since Kate Hudson clinched an Oscar nomination for her role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous. Motherhood also threw a spanner into her career ambitions, with Kate taking on less roles as she raised her three children. Her efforts have paid off, with Kate receiving an Oscar nomination for her latest role as Claire Sardinia in Song Sung Blue. Back in December, Kate told Entertainment Weekly that she was trying to move her career in a 'different' direction after decades of romantic comedy roles. The actress acknowledged that her career has gone through ups and downs - but Kate always knew that success was just one good movie, or one good role, away.

East Lothian adventure park set to reopen after 'complete revamp''We’re looking forward to a fantastic season ahead''We are incredibly excited to welcome guests back' (Image: Supplied)An East Lothian adventure park has announced their reopening with 'complete revamps'. Foxlake Adventures will open their doors again on April 3, hoping to get 'more people on the water than ever'. ‌Set to be their 'busiest season to date', the destination is said to provide an escape for everyone. Foxlake is putting wakeboarding front and centre with a new range of sessions. We’re looking forward to a fantastic season ahead and can’t wait to welcome everyone back."

Thousands were expected to descend again this weekend for a multi-day outdoor street celebration, culminating on St Patrick’s Day. To Danny McDonald, owner of Stone Street’s Ulysses’ Folkhouse, St Patrick’s Day has become “a bit like Halloween. Beckett’s, Ulysses’ and other Stone Street businesses, for example, collaborate to share the costs of necessities from security and promotion to outdoor bathrooms. St Patrick’s Day fun on Stone Street, ManhattanMcGarry and his Dead Rabbit partners now start planning for Paddy’s Day around Christmas. I don’t see that ending.”There’s no fear of these industry veterans becoming jaded by the occasional ‘Oirish’ excesses of St Patrick’s Day in the US.

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According to Met Éireann, Tuesday’s festivities will enjoy a mild day. High pressure is then to take hold from Wednesday, bringing mostly clear days and mild temperatures. It will become breezy too, with moderate southwesterly winds freshening through the day, with highest temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees. It will be relatively mild with highest temperatures of 10 to 14 degrees. There will be highest temperatures of 11 to 16 degrees, with light to moderate easterly winds.

Kylian Mbappe row explodes at Real Madrid days before Manchester City clashReal Madrid face a big call about Kylian Mbappe ahead of the second leg against Manchester CityView 3 Images Kylian Mbappe is back in training (Image: Real Madrid via Getty Images)Kylian Mbappe is caught up in a club-versus-country dispute as Real Madrid ponder playing him against Manchester City. Real are reportedly hesitant to release him for France's upcoming pair of friendlies against Brazil and Colombia in the United States. As a Nike-sponsored player, Mbappe is set to take part in various marketing activities ahead of the Brazil match. Follow our Manchester City Mirror Football Facebook pageReal cannot prevent Mbappe from joining the France squad unless he is injured. View 3 Images Mbappe watched the first leg against Manchester City from the stands (Image: DeFodi Images via Getty Images)‌"His development is progressing as it should.

According to evidence examined by historian Allen Hornblum in his book Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison, large quantities of fungal organisms were applied to prisoners' skin. Between 1965 and 1966 Kligman conducted studies funded by the chemical company Dow to examine how the compound affected human skin. Another set of experiments involved the use of radioactive tracers to study how human skin renews itself. While an unarguably shameful episode in medical history, these controversies helped spur sweeping reforms in how medical research was conducted. Today the Holmesburg experiments are widely cited in bioethics literature as a warning of what can happen when scientific ambition outpaces ethical safeguards.

Cancer Research UK shutting another North Staffordshire shopThere's a 'closing down sale'View Image The Leek Cancer Research UK shop is shutting on Derby StreetCharity Cancer Research UK is shutting another of its North Staffordshire shops. ‌It comes as Cancer Research UK has already shut one of its Newcastle-under-Lyme branches on Ironmarket. Cancer Research UK is shutting 88 shops by May - with more closures predicted in 2027. Their dedication and generosity have helped fund vital cancer research and made a real difference to people affected by cancer. It’s a necessary step to ensure Cancer Research UK remains resilient and focused on the future.

Max Dowman message sums up Arsenal feelings as John Terry and Rio Ferdinand reactArsenal wonderkid Max Dowman became the youngest ever Premier League goalscorer after netting against Everton, and a host of top stars responded to his Instagram postView Image Max Dowman scored Arsenal's second goal to secure a crucial win against Everton. (Image: BEN STANSALL, AFP via Getty Images)Arsenal's top young talent Max Dowman has taken to social media to express his joy at netting his first Premier League goal, and he's been inundated with messages of congratulations. The 16-year-old clinched a vital three points for Arsenal in their quest to lift the Premier League trophy this season. The goal made the teenager the youngest ever Premier League goalscorer. The victory, coupled with Man City's 1-1 stalemate against West Ham later that day, saw the Gunners stretch their lead at the summit of the Premier League to nine points.

It was also the night their pack flexed their muscles for the first time in the tournament by submitting France up front, inspired by Chessum, the relentless Ben Earl and props Ellis Genge and Joe Heyes. But they were hurt by their eighth yellow card of the tournament shown to Genge and the exquisite finishing of Louis Bielle-Biarrey, who touched down four times. In a rare display of emotion, Borthwick slammed his hand down on his desk in celebration of the try. For the first time in the tournament, England’s pack began to snarl with the maul emerging as a potent weapon with the second of two powerful drives ending when Chessum dived over. England were stung by a breakaway try for Bielle-Biarrey but when France prop Demba Bamba was sin-binned they pounced for the sixth time through Freeman, only for Ramos to kick the title-winning penalty.

But given the St. Patrick’s Day celebration, it’s incumbent on me to consider what the saint himself would make of a secular and united Ireland. But St. Patrick organized Christianity in Ireland. Yet the realities born through the centuries would have pushed St. Patrick into accepting Irish nationalism. By the same token, St. Patrick was considered by his clerical peers a pragmatist. Alas, St. Patrick is long gone and though Church presence in Ireland is more recent, gone too from Ireland is an authoritarian Catholic Church.

Chasing big money by the beach: What happened when the Housing Minister went to CannesCivil servants and ministers were in France last week hoping to attract foreign property investors hereHousing Minister James Browne was at the MIPIM 2026 event in CannesMaeve Sheehan Today at 06:30Glasses clinked on the yachts bobbing on the marina and the sun came out through occasional rain. The actor Steve Coogan was about the only obvious celebrity.

Bernard Jackman: Ireland have rediscovered their mojo and are building nicely for Australia 2027In likes of Tommy O’Brien, Robert Baloucoune and Jamie Osborne, Andy Farrell has a fresh crop of winners ahead of Rugby World CupIreland players (left ro right) Jamie Osborne, Tommy O'Brien and Robert Baloucoune with the Triple Crown trophy. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileBernard Jackman Today at 06:30As the man with the deaf dog says ‘it can be hard to call it’. That has been the case in the majority of this year’s Six Nations but when Ireland play Scotland we now expect Ireland to win.

But the battle over Coolglass Wind Farm has become a question of who decides Ireland’s future: the courts or the Government? Climate law, he ruled, was powerful enough to override a local council’s ban. Last month, the seven judges issued their verdict: Humphreys was right to quash the refusal for the wind farm, and climate law does create real obligations. Climate law isn’t a silver bullet, nor is it just one factor among many. The Coolglass judgment’s value lies in what it acknowledges: the climate law isn’t a solution for Ireland’s climate policy failures.

Six Nations Podcast: not to be for Ireland after a thrilling final dayIt’s a Triple Crown but no title for Ireland as an epic Six Nations comes to an end. Simon Lewis and Brendan O’Brien run through Ireland’s defeat of Scotland and try to sum up a truly memorable Championship.