Steve Hopkins

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Steve is the deputy director of editorial at Joe. He manages Joe.co.uk and oversees the trending news team, where he helps cover the most talked about news, politics, sports and entertainment stories. Steve joined Joe in May 2021 from HuffPost UK.

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  • Josh Homme’s children file restraining order against him

    Josh Homme’s children file restraining order against him

    Homme’s lawyer called the allegations ‘spurious’ and said they had previously been dismissed Josh Homme’s children are reportedly filing for legal protection from the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman, claiming they’re scared of him. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Homme’s boys, Orrin, 10, and Wolf, 5, have filed for domestic violence restraining […]

    5 years ago

  • Gogglebox star Pete Sandiford secretly marries girlfriend Paige Yeomans

    Gogglebox star Pete Sandiford secretly marries girlfriend Paige Yeomans

    He’s also become a dad for the first time! Gogglebox‘s Pete Sandiford married his girlfriend Paige Yeomans in a secret ceremony, with the star confirming the news at Thursday night’s National Television Awards. The 26-year-old, who attended the event with his sister and co-star, Sophie Sandiford, revealed the news to The Mirror shortly after telling […]

    5 years ago

  • 24-year-old has 22 children and wants to have even more

    24-year-old has 22 children and wants to have even more

    All of the surrogate children arrived within 18 months A young woman who “dreamed” about having a big family, has achieved exactly that. At just 24, Christina Ozturk has helped bring 22 children into the world, and she wants more. Christina, who is originally from Russia, gave birth naturally to her first-born daughter when she […]

    5 years ago

  • England’s fifth test match against India at Old Trafford cancelled over Covid

    England’s fifth test match against India at Old Trafford cancelled over Covid

    India’s backroom staff tested positive for Covid England’s fifth Test against India at Old Trafford has been cancelled after a number of India’s backroom staff tested positive for Covid, according to reports.  India has forfeited the match, meaning the series is drawn 2-2. India was unable to field a team because they fear further cases […]

    5 years ago

  • Worker wins £5,000 payout after being given 3 nuggets for £1.99

    Worker wins £5,000 payout after being given 3 nuggets for £1.99

    A workplace canteen dispute over three chicken nuggets has resulted in a worker being paid out £5,000. Steven Smith claimed he felt “shocked” and “disillusioned” when he was handed the £1.99 portion and “antagonised” when told it would cost him 99p for extra, an employment tribunal heard. Smith, 30, told the canteen employee, “If I […]

    5 years ago

  • Warning as anti-vaxxers tape razor blades to conspiracy posters

    Warning as anti-vaxxers tape razor blades to conspiracy posters

    A transport union has called for the ‘strongest possible action’ to be taken over the ‘disgusting practice’ London transport staff have been warned that anti-vaxx posters have been found with razor blades attached to them sparking calls for the “strongest possible action” to be taken against those behind the sinister practice. The RMT (Rail, Tube […]

    5 years ago

  • Bristol: Knife attacker forces staff at petrol station to hide in safe room

    Bristol: Knife attacker forces staff at petrol station to hide in safe room

    One person has been taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after storming a Bristol petrol station with a knife on Thursday. Staff at Morrisons Daily in Hengrove Way were forced to hide inside a safe room as armed […]

    5 years ago

  • Gary Lineker bodies Matt Le Tissier over ‘flu vaccine’ Covid claim

    Gary Lineker bodies Matt Le Tissier over ‘flu vaccine’ Covid claim

    Too easy! Gary Lineker has totally owned Matt Le Tissier after the former footballer-turned TV pundit gave him a free-kick over Covid. Writing on Twitter on Tuesday, Le Tissier, who spent his entire professional career with Southhampton, asked: “Why didn’t we ever try this hard to “defeat” flu? It has a similar fatality rate to […]

    5 years ago

  • Council bans men from applying for ‘exciting job’ – sweeping streets

    Council bans men from applying for ‘exciting job’ – sweeping streets

    The special measure by a Melbourne council aims to ‘foster greater equality’. A council in Australia has banned men from applying for an “exciting” job opportunity. Wait for it… street sweeping. Darebin City Council in Melbourne has made the vacancy available to anyone who is non-male. Applicants will be considered who are women along with […]

    5 years ago

  • Afghan soldiers trained by UK and US forces are ‘now fighting for the Taliban’

    Afghan soldiers trained by UK and US forces are ‘now fighting for the Taliban’

    The claim comes after an analysis of pictures of Taliban fighters Afghan soldiers who were trained by British and US forces have reportedly defected and are now fighting for the Taliban, a newspaper story has claimed. According to reports on Wednesday, British army officers have analysed recent images of the Taliban using their weapons and […]

    5 years ago

  • Emirates flight attendant faced weight checks for ‘being too heavy’

    Emirates flight attendant faced weight checks for ‘being too heavy’

    Duygu Karaman was just 63kgs An Emirates flight attendant has claimed she was frequently weighed and put on a management programme by the airline after being labelled “too heavy” –  she was 10 stone (63kgs). Duygu Karaman, who had worked as cabin crew for the airline for a decade, told the Mirror that she quit […]

    5 years ago

  • Tom Kerridge defends charging £87 for sirloin steak and chips

    Tom Kerridge defends charging £87 for sirloin steak and chips

    Tom Kerridge has three Michelin stars but people are being taken aback by the price of his steak and chips Chef Tom Kerridge has been forced to defend food prices at his “unpretentious, proper pub” after foodies took issue with him charging £87 for a sirloin steak and chips. The Michelin-star chef was unapologetic about […]

    5 years ago

  • UK records more than seven million coronavirus cases since start of pandemic

    UK records more than seven million coronavirus cases since start of pandemic

    The milestone comes as another 41,192 infections were reported on Monday The UK has now recorded more than seven million Covid cases since the pandemic began. The milestone came Monday, Sky News reported, as 41,192 new infections were reported in the latest 24-hour period and 45 Covid-related deaths. Those figures compare with 37,011 infections and […]

    5 years ago

  • Wetherspoons to slash prices for one day to protest hospitality tax

    Wetherspoons to slash prices for one day to protest hospitality tax

    The 7.5% discount will be applied to all food and booze at 870 pubs to mark Tax Equality Day Cheers! We’ll drink to that. For one day only, on September 23, Weatherspoons will cut prices by 7.5% to protest hospitality tax rates. The pub chain will let customers enjoy discounted food and booze at its […]

    5 years ago

  • Wiley charged with assault and burglary of kickboxer friend

    Wiley charged with assault and burglary of kickboxer friend

    Wiley is due to appear in court on September 13 Wiley has been charged with assault and burglary, police have confirmed. The rapper –  whose real name is Richard Kylea Cowie Jr – is alleged to have broken into the home of friend and kickboxer Ali Jacko in east London on 28 August. The 42-year-old, […]

    5 years ago

  • Nineteen soldiers from one regiment test positive for cocaine and cannabis

    Nineteen soldiers from one regiment test positive for cocaine and cannabis

    ‘Jaws were on the floor with shock’ over army’s ‘biggest ever drugs bust’ Nineteen soldiers from one squadron have tested positive for cocaine and cannabis in the army’s biggest-ever drugs bust, according to reports. The soldiers, from the 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, had been taking the drugs at the barracks and at their home, sources revealed […]

    5 years ago

  • Doctors plead for people to stop taking horse dewormer for Covid

    Doctors plead for people to stop taking horse dewormer for Covid

    Joe Rogan used the drug after he tested positive for Covid A doctor in the US is urging people to stop taking the horse deworming drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 – something that Joe Rogan claimed he used to treat the virus last week. Patients in Oklahoma have been needing urgent treatment after overdosing on […]

    5 years ago

  • Peppa Pig trolls Kanye after album gets better review than Donda

    Peppa Pig trolls Kanye after album gets better review than Donda

    This rap beef just went ham Peppa Pig trolled Kanye West on Twitter after getting a better album review in the most cray news since Covid. While Kanye has been busy hogging ‘All Of The Lights’ with his Donda listening parties, his album only got a 6.0 rating on review site, Pitchfork. Farmyard favorite, Peppa’s […]

    5 years ago

  • Jack Grealish hits back after he’s called ‘classless’ for Villa interview

    Jack Grealish hits back after he’s called ‘classless’ for Villa interview

    Grealish said reiterated his unwavering love for the club Jack Grealish has furiously hit back at an article that suggested he had “insulted” and spoke down about his former club Aston Villa, declaring “I’ve been a Villa fan my whole life and still am.” In a tweet on Friday, the England international and now Manchester […]

    5 years ago

  • Teen dies in freak elevator malfunction after he got pinned between two floors

    Teen dies in freak elevator malfunction after he got pinned between two floors

    JauMarcus McFarland was a promising Atlanta football player A teenage athlete has died in a freak accident after an elevator malfunctioned and pinned him between two floors of an apartment building in Atlanta. JauMarcus McFarland, 19, got jammed between the falling car and the third floor of the Highland Avenue building on Tuesday afternoon, according […]

    5 years ago

  • State of emergency in New York amid ‘historic’ flooding

    State of emergency in New York amid ‘historic’ flooding

    The deaths including that of a toddler and a state trooper At least 58 people have died in the US as it struggles to deal with the remnants of Storm Ida. The deaths include that of a Connecticut state trooper and at least four people who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Louisiana. Two people […]

    5 years ago

  • WHO monitoring new Covid variant named Mu

    WHO monitoring new Covid variant named Mu

    The Mu variant has been detected in 39 countries and at least 32 cases have been discovered in the UK The World Health Organisation has added another Covid variant to its list of “variants of interest”. The Mu variant, also known as B.1.621, was added to the watchlist on Tuesday after it was detected in […]

    5 years ago

  • Piers Morgan asks ‘do I get my job back?’ after Meghan Markle OfCom win

    Piers Morgan asks ‘do I get my job back?’ after Meghan Markle OfCom win

    Piers wants his job back, or at least thinks he should be offered it Piers Morgan has asked if he should get his presenting job back at Good Morning Britain after Ofcom cleared him over the Megan Markle furore that led to him quitting. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex complained to Ofcom after Morgan […]

    5 years ago

  • Piers Morgan wins Ofcom complaint over Meghan Markle argument

    Piers Morgan wins Ofcom complaint over Meghan Markle argument

    Ofcom has said that Piers Morgan was entitled to share his opinion about Markle’s interview. Piers Morgan has won his Ofcom complaint relating to the Meghan Markle furore that led to him quitting Good Morning Britain and has celebrated by writing a column about it. Update: Piers Morgan asks ‘do I get my job back?’ […]

    5 years ago

  • UK ‘ready’ to launch strikes against ISIS-K in Afghanistan

    UK ‘ready’ to launch strikes against ISIS-K in Afghanistan

    The Pentagon has said there are 2,000 “hardcore” ISIS-K fighters in Afghanistan The United Kingdom is “ready” to launch strikes at ISIS in Afghanistan, the head of the Royal Air Force has said. While the UK finished its withdrawal from Afghanistan on Sunday, RAF Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston told the Daily Telegraph that […]

    5 years ago

  • Kabul airport attack: At least 60 people killed and 140 others wounded

    Kabul airport attack: At least 60 people killed and 140 others wounded

    Boris Johnson labels attack ‘despicable’ At least 60 people were killed and 140 others wounded in the explosions at Kabul airport, a senior health official has told the BBC. An Afghan interpreter who was working with the American forces has spoken to CBS. “I just saw a lot of people got hurt and people that […]

    5 years ago

  • BBC Presenter Lisa Shaw died of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine complications

    BBC Presenter Lisa Shaw died of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine complications

    It is believed to be the first time a Covid jab has been ruled the underlying cause of death in the UK BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca vaccine, a coroner concluded on Thursday. Shaw, who worked from BBC Radio Newcastle, died in May, just over three weeks after she […]

    5 years ago

  • Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80

    Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80

    Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died aged 80. Watts’ London publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed the news on Tuesday evening and his band later paid tribute to him as “one of the greatest drummers of his generation”. The Rolling Stones issued a statement on Twitter at 5.45pm, writing: “It is with immense sadness that we […]

    5 years ago

  • Katie Price: Man bailed after arrest for assault, theft and coercive control

    Katie Price: Man bailed after arrest for assault, theft and coercive control

    A man arrested on suspicion of assault, theft, and coercive control after Katie Price needed hospital treatment on Monday, has been released on bail. Price, 43, was rushed to hospital with an eye injury after an alleged assault at her home in Little Cranfield, Essex, around 1.30am. Essex Police said on Tuesday that a 32-year-old […]

    5 years ago

  • The moment anti-vaxx protesters storm ITN’s London office

    The moment anti-vaxx protesters storm ITN’s London office

    Anti-vaxx protesters tried to storm a BBC building earlier this month, unaware that the corporation had moved Protesters stormed the London headquarters of ITN, the company which produces ITV News and Channel 4 News, on Monday, just two weeks after a similar demonstration failed to target the BBC. Pictures on Twitter showed police trying to […]

    5 years ago

  • Seven dead as stampede to flee the Taliban continues at Kabul airport

    Seven dead as stampede to flee the Taliban continues at Kabul airport

    Dominic Raab is being urged to step in and create a safe passage into the airport as horror stories emerge of Afghans being shot at and abused Seven Afghan civilians have been killed at Kabul airport as the stampede to flee to Taliban continues. The deaths are believed to involve four women, according to reports, […]

    5 years ago

  • Taliban set woman on fire for bad cooking, according to reports

    Taliban set woman on fire for bad cooking, according to reports

    Afghan lawyer also suggested women have been shipped into neighbouring countries in coffins to be used as sex slaves The Taliban set a woman on fire for ‘bad cooking’, reports claim, amid growing fears the insurgents are returning to their barbaric ways. Former Afghan judge Najla Ayoubi told Sky News that a woman was yesterday […]

    5 years ago

  • Dominic Raab dodged urgent Afghanistan call while on holiday

    Dominic Raab dodged urgent Afghanistan call while on holiday

    The roasting of Dominic Raab continues Dominic Raab dodged making a call to his Afghan counterpart and instead asked a junior minister to do it, according to reports. The Secretary of State, already under fire for holidaying as the Taliban claimed Kabul, was advised to personally make the call seeking urgent assistance. Senior Foreign Office […]

    5 years ago

  • All the ways Boris and Dom messed up Afghanistan

    All the ways Boris and Dom messed up Afghanistan

    The PM and the Secretary of State were both on a Summer break. But their failings don’t end there Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab endured an almost four-and-a-half-minute long roasting on Wednesday when the magnitude of their “carelessness” in responding to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was laid bare in the House of Commons. Update: […]

    5 years ago

  • Comedian Sean Lock has died age 58

    Comedian Sean Lock has died age 58

    Comedian Sean Lock has died at the age of 58, after battling cancer. TRIBUTES: 8 out of 10 Cats co-stars and comics pay tribute to Sean Lock after his death BEST MOMENTS: Sean Lock’s best moments prove he will be remembered as a comedy genius Lock, best known for panel shows 8 Out Of 10 […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth shooting: Killer’s mother was his first victim

    Plymouth shooting: Killer’s mother was his first victim

    Jake Davison killed five people in the Keyham area of the city including a 3-year-old girl. The first victim of Jake Davison’s Plymouth killing spree was his mother, police have confirmed. Davison shot 51-year-old Maxine Davison, also known as Maxine Chapman, at her home in Biddick Drive, in the Keyham district of the city, before […]

    5 years ago

  • Three-year-old child and serving police officer found dead in Worcestershire

    Three-year-old child and serving police officer found dead in Worcestershire

    West Mercia Police said the officer and the child were found following “concerns” for their welfare.  A three-year-old child and a serving West Mercia police officer have been found dead at an address in Worcestershire, police said on Friday. West Mercia Police said, in a statement on Twitter, that the deceased were found at an address […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth shooting: Girl, 3, confirmed among dead with other victims aged 33 to 66

    Plymouth shooting: Girl, 3, confirmed among dead with other victims aged 33 to 66

    Police have confirmed more details of the Plymouth shooting A three-year-old girl has been confirmed as one of five people killed in the Plymouth shooting spree. The other victims of Jake Davison’s rampage in the Keyham area of the city on Thursday – including survivors – ranged in age between 33 and 66. The girl, […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth timeline: Police detail how Jake Davison killed five people in as many minutes

    Plymouth timeline: Police detail how Jake Davison killed five people in as many minutes

    Police confirmed at a press conference that one of the victims was ‘a very young girl’ Jake Davison’s shooting spree lasted a “matter of minutes” in Plymouth on Thursday night, and he knew his first victim, police have confirmed. Devon and Cornwall Police Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer on Friday detailed how Davison, 22, went about […]

    5 years ago

  • BREAKING: Plymouth Gunman who killed five named

    BREAKING: Plymouth Gunman who killed five named

    One of the victims is believed to be a child under the age of 10. The gunman who killed five people in Plymouth on Thursday night before turning the weapon on himself has been named locally as Jake Davison. Three females and two males were shot in the Keyham area of the city. Two of […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth shooting: Child among six killed

    Plymouth shooting: Child among six killed

    Three females and three men were killed in the shooting in Keyham. A child is believed to be among six people who have died after a shooting in Plymouth. Update: Plymouth Gunman who killed five named Devon and Cornwall Police said two females and three males died at the scene in the Keyham district, while […]

    5 years ago

  • BREAKING: Police confirm a ‘number of fatalities after shooting’ in Plymouth

    BREAKING: Police confirm a ‘number of fatalities after shooting’ in Plymouth

    ‘Critical incident’ declared following ‘serious firearms incident’ in Keyham district Police in Plymouth on Thursday night confirmed a “number of fatalities” following a “serious firearms incident” in the Keyham district. “There have been a number of fatalities at the scene and several other casualties are receiving treatment,” Devon and Cornwall Police said on Twitter. “A […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth emergency: ‘Significant’ incident underway in Keyham

    Plymouth emergency: ‘Significant’ incident underway in Keyham

    The MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport described the incident as “really worrying” UPDATED: Police have confirmed a number of fatalities in a ‘major firearms incident’ in Plymouth Emergency services are responding to a serious incident in Keyham, Plymouth. The South Western ambulance service said it was called at around 6.12pm on Thursday to an […]

    5 years ago