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Katharine McPhee hits back at critics after David Foster bikini comment

Katharine McPhee has said she “let her body do its thing” after she gave birth as she hit back at critics after her husband David Foster shared a photo of her in a bikini less than a year after she welcomed her first child. The Smash actress, 37, ...

30 Dec 2021 at 10:55

Katharine Birbalsingh quits social mobility role citing ‘too much baggage’

A Government social mobility tsar has quit her role, citing the fact that she comes with “too much baggage” and was doing “more harm than good”. Katharine Birbalsingh, who was appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission in 2021, said that ...

06 Jan 2023 at 15:44

Ignore Ofsted, says social mobility commissioner

Headteachers should ignore Ofsted and “put the blinkers on” about their advice, the chair of the Social Mobility Commission has said. Social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh told heads at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) ...

12 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Social mobility tsar urged to apologise for saying girls dislike ‘hard maths’

The Government’s social mobility tsar has been criticised for comments implying that girls do not study A-level science because they dislike “hard maths”. Katharine Birbalsingh told a meeting of the Science and Technology Committee to discuss ...

27 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark praised by pastor who led London jubilee service

A Lutheran pastor who led a service at a church in London attended by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark for her golden jubilee has hailed her as a “beacon” after she announced her surprise abdication. Flemming Kloster Poulsen said she was a ...

31 Dec 2023 at 21:07

Governors misinformed before backing school’s ‘prayer ban’, High Court told

Governors at a north London school that imposed a “total ban on prayer rituals” backed the policy “on the basis of misinformation and errors”, the High Court has been told. Michaela Community School in Brent, previously dubbed ...

17 Jan 2024 at 11:45

UK ‘underprepared for severe pandemic because of planning for no-deal Brexit’

Efforts to improve the UK’s ability to cope with a severe pandemic were paused for the Government to focus on planning for the impacts of a no-deal Brexit, a Cabinet Office official has told the Covid inquiry. Katharine ...

16 Jun 2023 at 20:43

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Cate Blanchett: Female-led films no longer described as ‘fashionable things’

Cate Blanchett says that women playing lead roles in films has “stopped being talked about like it’s a fashionable thing” but that the matter still needs to be kept “unfortunately politicised”. The actress said “big ...

11 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Headteacher brands Jess Phillips’ social media posts ‘racist and bullying’

Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips has been accused of “racist and bullying behaviour” after getting into a row on social media with high-profile headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh. Ms Birbalsingh, former chairwoman ...

01 Jul 2023 at 18:38

Death of mother and son in avalanche was a ‘tragic accident’, inquest told

A mother and son caught in an avalanche in the French Alps while skiing were killed in a “tragic accident”, an inquest has heard. Katharine Vokes, 54, known as Kate, and her 22-year-old son Archie died after the ...

27 Nov 2024 at 12:43

Duchess of Kent has died, Buckingham Palace announces

The Duchess of Kent, wife of the late Queen’s cousin the Duke of Kent, has died, Buckingham Palace has announced. Katharine, 92, was known for consoling losing Wimbledon finalists, notably a tearful Jana ...

05 Sept 2025 at 12:09

William and Kate pay personal tribute to Duchess of Kent after death aged 92

The Prince and Princess of Wales have paid a personal tribute to the Duchess of Kent, praising her for working “tirelessly to help others” and describing her as a “much missed member of the family”. The ...

05 Sept 2025 at 20:38

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