Rihanna took a moment to reflect during a recent trip to Barbados with her three children.

On Tuesday, the Grammy-winning star shared a rare family photo with her sons and daughter, after revisiting the street where she was born, which is now named after her.

She enthused: “One minute I feel like that kid from Westbury… the next minute I’m bringing my own kids back to ‘Rihanna Drive’. Trippy how life works!”

The We Found Love singer added: “And the glory still and will always belong to the Almighty Creator!!!”

Rihanna and her partner, fellow musician A$AP Rocky, welcomed their first child, a son named RZA, in May 2022.

A year later, Rihanna announced she was pregnant for the second time during her headlining performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show, and later welcomed another son, Riot.

Last year, she disclosed that she was expecting another child while walking the Met Gala red carpet, before welcoming a baby girl – who she and her partner named Rocki, in an apparent nod to her father’s stage name – in September 2025.

Earlier this year, the A-list couple formally introduced their daughter to the world with a photo spread in W magazine, which saw the whole family sporting head-to-toe Dior (right down to Rocki’s nappy).

In the accompanying article, A$AP Rocky said: “[Rihanna] has changed a lot [in the time we’ve known each other] because she became a mother in that time span, and that certainly changes you. But this woman has always been magic.

“Philosophically, the way she operates is on another level. She is the most charming and genuine person on Earth. Her energy is unmatched – one of a kind. I just adore her.”

More recently, it was suggested that Rihanna was back working on new music, with a decade having now passed since the release of her last album, Anti.

KPop Demon Hunters performer Ejae has claimed the sight of Leonardo DiCaprio was enough to cause her to make a mistake during the band’s performance of Golden at the Baftas.

Back in February, Ejae took to the stage at this year’s Baftas ceremony alongside fellow performers Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, but has admitted she wasn’t entirely happy with how things went.

“The Baftas haunt me,” the singer – who provides the singing voice of Rumi in the Netflix phenomenon – told The Times in a new interview. “I made mistakes. I cracked a little bit on the high notes.”

During the trio’s first performance outside of the US, Ejae kicked things off from the stage at the London Festival Hall solo, before Audrey and Rei emerged from the crowd.

The Oscar winner noted that she was “put off” a high note in the song when she spotted the One Battle After Another star sitting in the audience in front of her, particularly as “he was not smiling”.

“He made me so nervous,” she admitted. “It was already so nerve-racking to be in front of all these celebrities, and then I look up and lock eyes with Leonardo DiCaprio? Come on…”

Leonardo had gone viral earlier in awards season when, at the Golden Globes, he animatedly spoke to his co-star, Teyana Taylor, about the animated fantasy film.

The Titanic actor also became a meme at this year’s Academy Awards after he enthusiastically waved a synchronised K-pop lightstick during the band’s performance of Golden.

Ejae skyrocketed to fame last year after providing vocals for the animated musical, which follows K-pop band Huntr/x, who use secret identities to protect their fans from supernatural threats.

KPop Demon Hunters became Netflix’ most-watched film of all time, winning an Oscar, Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice Award and Grammy.

“It’s still crazy to me,” Ejae told The Times of her film’s success. “I was a nobody and suddenly I’m a something.”

Controversially, the film was ruled out of a Best Animated Film nod at the Baftas because it did not have a qualifying theatrical release – but the band still appeared in one of the evening’s feel good moments.

“Performing at the EE Bafta Film Awards is a golden moment that our younger selves could never have imagined,” the trio said in a statement when their performance was first announced.

“We’re so proud to represent Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters and spread the film’s positive message to fans around the globe,” the statement added.

British voters want Count Binface to beat Nigel Farage in Thursday’s Clacton by-election, a new poll has revealed.

The survey, by the More in Common think-tank, found that 37% of the public want the comedy candidate to win in a head-to-head contest with the Reform UK leader.

By contrast, just 32% of Brits would want Farage to win.

A majority of Labour, Lib Dem and Green Party voters want Count Binface to win, although Farage is backed by Tories and, unsurprisingly, Reform supporters.

He quit as Clacton’s MP last month amid the furore over a £5 million gift he received from Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before he became an MP two years ago.

Farage said he is the victim of a “witch-hunt” and was therefore triggering a “people versus the establishment” by-election.

An investigation by parliament’s standards watchdog into Farage’s failure to declare the money was immediately put on hold, but it will start again if he wins the contest.

A total of 34 candidates are taking part in the by-election, even though Labour, the Tories, the Lib Dems Greens and Restore Britain all refused to put up candidates.

Despite the seeming popularity of Count Binface in the UK at large, Farage is expected to be comfortably re-elected in a seat he won with a majority of 8,405 at the 2024 general election.

It may not be the last by-election in the seat this year, however.

If the standards commissioner finds that Farage broke Commons rules by not declare his £5m gift, and he is suspended as an MP for more than 10 days, a recall petition will be held which could lead to another by-election being held.

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If you grew up with siblings, you might have noticed your family either adhering to or defying birth order tropes – think “the responsible eldest daughter” or “the invisible middle child”.

As it turns out, scientists reckon birth order might actually affect your health, wealth, and even IQ.

Here’s what the research says:

Some data suggest that first-borns are 13% less likely to smoke than fifth-borns, while first-borns are “more likely to be overweight, to be obese, and to have high blood pressure and high triglycerides”.

Meanwhile, first-borns seem likelier to have ADHD and/or autism than those born later. They’re also at a higher risk of food allergies and hayfever.

And second-borns may be more prone to substance abuse, migraines, shingles, and gut issues.

Firstborns seem to perform higher on IQ tests than their younger siblings, even in tests conducted as early as one year old.

Some think that might explain why oldest children could end up more successful and rich, too. A 2014 study found that eldest daughters are the most likely to succeed out of any sibling type; a 2012 study suggests first borns are more likely to hold leadership roles.

Last-borns seemed to be the most social and resilient, followed by first-borns, middle-borns, and only children in a study that quizzed parents on their kids’ qualities.

In the same research, middle-borns appeared the least happy.

Some think it might have to do with how parents treat each new child – perhaps the eldest gets the most emotional investment. “Firstborn kids get the undivided attention of their parents, whereas kids born later are often competing for parental time and resources,” NPR suggested.

Then, there are the peer groups of each sibling to consider. An only or eldest child looks up to their parents, while a younger sibling might “have role models who are slightly irrational two-year-olds, you know, their older siblings”.

With that said, birth order traits are far from universal, and not everyone agrees on how much of a difference it makes to things like intelligence and personality.

Actor and model Kellan Lutz has opened up about the “pressure” he felt while auditioning for Marvel films after his work in the Twilight movies.

In the latest instalment of the Inside Of You podcast, Kellan reflected on the period of his career after appearing in the billion-dollar-making franchise alongside Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, in which he played the vampire Emmett Cullen.

During the interview, he revealed he was, at different stages, in the running to play Marvel superheroes Thor and Captain America after the Twilight franchise came to an end with the fifth film, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, in 2012.

“There were times even post Twilight when I was, you know, going out for Captain America and Thor and the pressure was really, really on,” he recalled of the iconic roles, which went to Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth, respectively.

“I was like, I need to be so regulant and strict, and do this and do that. And then I’d get so bummed on myself.”

Kellan also shared that around this time in his career, he was feeling personally adrift.

“I lost Kellan. I lost that light,” he recalled about constantly chasing new roles once he was done with Twilight.

He shared that he became so “stressed and desperate” in this stage of his career that he lost sight of what was important to him. At one point, he even started talking with a deep voice to replicate his idol, Jason Statham.

“I would go into auditions thinking my voice was deep like that and sexy like that,” he admitted, before someone on his team pulled him aside to call him out.

Elsewhere in the conversation, Kellan claimed he had no idea how big Twilight would be when he first signed up to appear in it, and stated that he’s “grateful” that he got to even “taste of the dragon” and enjoy a level of fame many of his peers would dream of.

“A lot of people strive for that,” he claimed. “I still have friends who unfortunately… They gave up their families [to pursue a career in acting] They’ve sacrificed a lot – in unhealthy ways – to still chase this dragon of fame.”

Kellan concluded that he was happy with his current life, even if he has never donned a spandex suit to play an MCU hero.

“I like what I get to do. I like playing characters. It’s adult make-believe and I really do love it,” he told podcast host Michael Rosenbaum.

After the Twilight saga, Kellan appeared in 2014’s The Legend Of Hercules and The Expendables 3, in which he starred alongside his role model Jason Statham.

He also appeared in the crime drama FBI as Special Agent Kenny Crosby and the Taraji P Henson comedy What Men Want for Netflix.

In 2024, Kellan told Comic Book Movie: “I [would] love to do Marvel or The Avengers. I auditioned for Thor and Captain America. I got pretty close to those ones, but obviously Chris and Chris are brilliant for those.”

He added: “I don’t think I’ve auditioned again for a Marvel one, but I’d be open to doing another big franchise.”

A leading toy maker has promised to make changes to a controversial butt-shaped toy, which encourages children to squeeze, jiggle and spread the toy’s cheeks to elicit fart sounds.

Goliath, which created the ‘Butt Face’ toy – available to buy at Smyths, The Entertainer, Amazon and Asda – said it has listened to feedback from families and professionals who aired safeguarding concerns over the product.

Earlier this week, Dr Niamh Lynch, a paediatrician based in Cork and author of Should I Be Worried? A No-Panic Guide To Your Child’s Health, shared her worries over the toy, which has been marketed to children aged four and up.

“As a paediatrician, I would have a lot of safety concerns for children around this toy and the normalisation of this kind of play,” said Dr Lynch on social media.

“Because children learn through play, they learn what is acceptable and not acceptable through play – and this might break down boundaries and normalise playing with other people’s bottoms.”

In response to her video, people shared equal outrage over it. “I saw this in Smyth Toys the other day and I was seriously appalled. And anyone who bought that for a kid I would immediately suspect as a groomer,” said one commenter.

Multiple others called for the toy to be banned.

Elsewhere, on Mumsnet, one parent shared they’d spotted the product in their local Smyths store and “couldn’t believe it was real”.

They continued: “Am I being completely unreasonable, or is this incredibly inappropriate for early years? Children learn through play, and at age 4, they are just starting to grasp vital concepts like body safety, personal boundaries, and consent. Normalising this kind of interaction under the guise of ‘cheeky humour’ feels entirely wrong and confusing for toddlers.”

In response, a commenter said: “I can’t imagine who thought this would be a good concept for a toy – it’s really distasteful.”

Another described it as a “safeguarding nightmare”.

Some parents acknowledged that their kids would love it and they could understand why the product exists (“it’s grim but my 8yos would 100% want one”, said one), while others couldn’t see the problem.

“I don’t see the issue? I mean it’s tacky. And ugly. But children find bums funny. Obviously they don’t see them in a sexual way,” said another respondent. “Not saying I like this toy. But I can’t see how it could be harmful.”

Following a backlash in Australia, which saw a former child abuse detective warn that the toy could be misused by people seeking to normalise touching private parts or groom children, some stores pulled the toy from shelves.

Goliath has since told HuffPost UK that it has “decided to remove the stretch feature and change the age recommendation to 8+ years”.

“We are currently updating packaging and product design to reflect these changes,” the company’s spokesperson said.

“Ultimately, our aim is to create toys that bring families fun and laughter, while taking seriously the trust parents place in us when choosing toys for their children.”

HuffPost UK has contacted Asda, Amazon, Smyths and The Entertainer for comment.

One popular fan theory about the new Spider-Man movie Brand New Day is really starting to grab people’s attention.

In the lead-up to the film’s release, many people spotted a detail in the trailer that led them to believe that the Spider-Man comic book villain The Jackal could make his MCU debut, after they spotted Peter Parker and MJ at a party with a fictitious beer brand called the “Green Jackal” prominently displayed.

Some even suspected that Keith David might be playing the villainous character – and while this turned out not to be true, that hasn’t stopped people speculating as to exactly what the Jackal nod could have been all about.

Film fan Ivan Mars – whose posts as The Movie Detective have earned him 3.1 million followers on TikTok – has speculated that MJ’s new boyfriend, played by Star Wars actor Eman Esfandi, may actually be The Jackal in disguise.

“During the party scene where [MJ’s boyfriend] appears for the first time, there’s a beer keg labelled Green Jackal – but wait, he’s also wearing a green jacket,” Ivan pointed out.

“And if you look closely, the corners of his smile almost make his teeth look unusually sharp, just like The Jackal.”

He also reminded viewers that when Peter asks MJ how her new relationship is going, she tells him that her boyfriend is always telling her that she’s “withholding”, suggesting he might already suspect she has more knowledge about Spider-Man’s identity than he thinks she’s letting on.

“And we know Marvel never leaves these details there by accident…” he added.

Ivan’s video has now been viewed more than a million times across Tiktok and Instagram, with fans voicing their support in the comments.

“Not only that, but he was on Ned’s list of potential Spider-Man,” one TikTok user wrote, while another agreed: “Ned was suspicious of him being Spider-Man must be a reason for that.”

“Ooooohhhhhhh…..wow this is a great take!!!!” a different fan wrote on Instagram, while another Marvel fan conceded: “It is possible.”

“Dude got a sharp teeth and now he’s the goblin,” another Instagram user also joked.

While Marvel bosses are remaining tight-lipped about MJ’s boyfriend’s back story for now, one thing we can rule out is that he is actually Paul Rabin, another love interest of Peter Parker’s ex originally introduced in the comic books as the secret son of another Spider-Man villain, The Emissary.

“I am not, never have been, and never will be ‘Paul’,” the actor wrote on X earlier this week. “To those of you I saw in the comments defending my honour and saying I’d never accept that role… thank you and [may the force be with you].”

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is in cinemas now.

The UK’s leading energy supplier is encouraging the public to ‘power down’ during today’s eclipse.

The rare celestial event, which will see the moon obscure the sun by up to 95%, will take place between 6pm and 8pm, causing the sky to darken for a period of time.

During this point, a large portion of Britain’s solar power will be knocked out – just as millions of people are getting home from work and electricity demand rises.

To try and reduce the strain on the grid, Octopus Energy is urging the public to move everyday jobs outside the busy 6-8pm window – which means avoiding running certain appliances.

Octopus advised against running washing machines, games consoles and dishwashers during the eclipse – encouraging people to use them earlier or later in the day, where possible.

The following appliances can also use plenty of electricity in the home, so it might be worth turning them off at the plug, too:

• Tumble dryers
• TVs
• Ovens
• Electric showers
• Air conditioning units and fans.

Octopus noted that solar energy generated 14.4% of Britain’s electricity in July, “meaning a couple of hours without sunshine can leave a gap that has to be filled”.

According to the Guardian, today’s eclipse is expected to wipe out between 300 and 1,100 megawatts of solar power.

If enough households delay using electricity for a short period of time, it can “reduce the need to fire up extra gas power stations,” Octopus said in a press release.

The supplier said eligible customers who use less electricity than normal during the hours of the eclipse will earn free electricity the following weekend.

If you’re planning on heading outside to view the eclipse, but haven’t been able to get your hands on certified eclipse glasses, check out our guide to watching it safely using everyday, household items.

Speaking to HuffPost UK previously, Myles Robinson, a former boiler repair company owner, said: “Heat from the air or soil can warm up the water in your pipes, making it feel less refreshing”.

That (obviously) makes it warmer. But can it affect its taste, too?

Well, according to Dr Bill Simpson, a chartered chemist and specialist in sensory science, and Genevieve Upton, Our Taap’s in-house filtration expert, it can.

Dr Simpson said that “Warmer pipes mean slightly more microbial activity – this is mostly harmless but occasionally noticeable. Summer water can taste subtly different for that reason.”

One study found that a type of bacteria called Coliform bacteria significantly increases in water reservoirs during the summer.

Upton added that due to microbes like these, water is treated with chlorine, which is itself odourless and tasteless.

“But when it reacts with organic material in the water, and in the pipework it travels through, it produces byproducts – compounds that can taste faintly medicinal, or create a swimming-pool character that some people find noticeable, particularly in warmer months when water companies increase their dosing to compensate for higher bacterial activity.”

That’s not the only thing that might be at play here, either, Dr Simpson said.

“There’s also something called thermal taste: about one in five people experience a shift in how water tastes simply because the temperature has changed. Same water, different temperature – suddenly it seems more bitter, or metallic, or slightly sweet.

“Nothing wrong with the water. Just something interesting about how taste works.”

The effect can be so extreme that “Temperature changes alone can trigger a metallic sensation in some people – a kind of phantom taste response”.

Still, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t seek help if you notice some changes to your water’s flavour.

Thames Water explained that if you notice a petrol or diesel taste or smell coming from your tap, you should contact your water supplier immediately.

And per Northumbrian Water, metal-tasting water may mean your pipes are corroding and that it’s time to speak to a plumber.