Much-loved Celine Brazil died less than a week on from her wedding

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Tributes have been paid to a ‘wonderful’ bride who died just days after walking down the aisle.

Celine Brazil, died surrounded by family on Thursday, July 23, at St. Francis Hospice in her hometown of Dublin.

Her death came just days after the mum-of-four tied the knot with her longtime partner Niall. Their wedding was held last weekend, with their friends and family all in attendance to celebrate the happy couple as they said ‘I do’.

Tributes have poured in for Celine following her tragic death, with the grandmother-of-three remembered as “the most beautiful bride with the biggest heart”, reports DublinLive.

Grainger’s Hanlons Corner in Cabra were among those to pay tribute to Celine, with the pub sharing a message on their social media pages which read: “Everyone at Graingers Hanlon’s Corner would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late Celine Brazil.

“Celine was a wonderful person who always lit up the room whenever she walked into the pub. She was always in great form, full of laughter, kindness, and good humour.

“She brought smiles to so many faces and it was a genuine pleasure to have known her.

“She will be greatly missed by all of us, but fondly remembered for the warmth, joy, and happiness she brought to everyone around her. Rest in peace, Celine. Thinking of all who loved her at this sad time.”

Another mourner said: “Very heavy heart today. R.I.P Celine Brazil the most beautiful bride with the biggest heart. You’ll be missed so much. Thinking of Niall and her kids.”

While a third said: “RIP Celine Brazil I will never forget you ,you were just loved so much. May you get the best bed in heaven and the biggest dance floor…. I will miss you forever.”

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Celine will lie in repose at her home on Sunday, with removal on Tuesday morning to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Sean McDermott Street, arriving for Funeral Mass at 11am. followed by burial in Fingal Cemetery.

As per Celine’s wishes, mourners attending the funeral on Tuesday are asked to please wear bright clothing in her memory.

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A sailor left stranded in the Pacific Ocean for more than a month after a trip to Hawaii turned into a nightmare has revealed how he survived.

Kai Sato set off from Catalina Island off the California coast on June 7, hoping to sail across the Pacific for the first time solo.

But two weeks into his 2,500 mile journey, his boat’s mast snapped. ​When he ran out of gas trying to get back to shore and his phone died, the 39 year-old was left drifting in despair at the mercy of the elements.

“I cried for a whole week, just drifting south, like miserable,” Sato told Hawaii News Now. “I was literally like a sitting duck, just getting taken south by the current going way off course.”

When all hope seemed lost, Sato told the outlet that he eventually came up with a plan to jerry-rig the sails, using kayak paddles and PVC pipes.

With the patched-up boat it would take him another month to reach the shipping lane between California and Hawaii.

To survive, Sato told Hawaii News Now he ate oatmeal, as well as fish or squid that landed in his vessel.

After running out of drinkable water on July 11, he filled buckets with seawater and placed plastic bags over the top of them to collect the condensation.

“I was just licking that to survive,” Sato told the outlet.

Finally, last Tuesday, the intrepid adventurer he gained the attention of a Pasha Hawaii ship who rescued him.

The crew threw down and roap and he managed to climb aboard their ship.

“Oh my God, yeah, like ecstatic, you know what I mean?” Sato told Hawaii News Now. “I was like crying and like so happy, and then they got me fruit and water, and yeah, they were so good to me, those guys.”

His generous benefactors gave Sato clothes and food after he was forced to live off scraps for weeks. The Pasha Hawaii crew posed for a picture with their newest member, seen beaming in a phone shared the local news outlet.

Sato added that he is now staying with a relative, but is planning his next adventure already. Despite the setbacks of his Hawaii trip he plans on sailing next to the Philippines, some 7,500 miles away from Catalina Island.

Emma Roberts looked breathtaking in a flowing white bridal gown as she wed Cody John in a fun-filled Idaho ceremony over the weekend.

Roberts, 35, and John, 36, exchanged vows outdoors at the actor’s family estate in Sun Valley on Saturday – with Roberts’ superstar aunt Julia Roberts and her husband Danny Moder in attendance, as well as stars Demi Moore, Kristen Stewart and Sarah Paulson.

In photos obtained by The Daily Mail, the bride, who previously called off an engagement to Evan Peters, wore a custom white gown with asymmetrical sleeves by Monique Lhuillier, as reported by Vogue – and was seen giggling as she exchanged vows with a dapper John.

In a sweet moment, Roberts was walked down the aisle by her son Rhodes, five, who she shares with ex Garrett Hedlund.

Her father Eric Roberts, 70, who the actress has had a famously complicated relationship with, was not seen on the big day.

Following the ceremony, Roberts slipped into an archival after-party dress by the designer.

And for his part, John was dressed in a brown suit. 

In a sweet moment, Roberts was walked down the aisle by her son Rhodes, five, who she shares with ex Garrett Hedlund

Roberts’ superstar aunt Julia Roberts and her husband Danny Moder were in attendance

Oscar-winner Julia, 58, looked stylish in a navy blue polka dot dress, with her hair in an elegant updo for the alfresco ceremony.

Her husband Moder, 57, looked dapper in a black suit and plum tie. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Roberts’s representatives for further comment. 

American Horror Story star Roberts told Vogue about collaborating with Lhuillier on her gown, ‘I didn’t really know what I wanted.

‘I just knew that I wanted it to feel very vintage-inspired. I’m obsessed with antique books and treasure hunting, and I love collecting old ephemera, so I really wanted that to shine through in the dress.’

The night before the nuptials, Roberts donned a beautiful white ballgown with layers of tulle to go bar-hopping with her loved ones after the rehearsal dinner.

The star was seen puffing on a cigarette as she chatted ahead of her big day. 

The American Horror Story star announced her engagement in 2024 with an Instagram post.

She flashed her diamond ring in a smiling snapshot with John, quipping in the caption: ‘Putting this here before my mom tells everyone.’ 

The couple began dating in 2022, and John’s sparse Instagram profile is mostly made up of tributes to Roberts.

Roberts appeared emotional as she walked during the ceremony

The bride wore a custom white gown with asymmetrical sleeves by Monique Lhuillier, as reported by Vogue – and was seen giggling as she exchanged vows with a dapper John

The happy couple shared a kiss as they officially became husband and wife 

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Roberts was seen smiling at her guests during the ceremony

Demi Moore was in attendance at the glittering wedding – seen in pink 

Julia appeared to be wiping away tears during the nuptials

The bride showed off her stunning gown as she spoke during the ceremony

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The bride looked stunning as she said her vows in front of a picturesque backdrop 

Sarah Paulson and Billie Lourd were also in attendance at the wedding 

Rhodes matched his mom in a tiny cream suit 

The bride and her son looked radiant as they walked down the aisle 

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Roberts kissed her son as she finished walking her down the aisle 

Roberts looked touched as John read his vows to her 

Roberts wore a chic white tulle dress as she enjoyed  a cigarette after her rehearsal dinner on Friday – with the group of family and friends going barhopping

Roberts was clearly in her bridal era as she wowed in a white gown

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The star looked sensational as she chatted with pals

A giddy Roberts was seen hugging a pal during the festivities

The pair announced their engagement in 2024

The blonde beauty and her man confirmed their relationship in August 2022; seen in March 2024

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Julia and Emma have a famously close relationship – they are pictured in 2010

There was no sign of Roberts’ father Eric with whom she has a complicated relationship with – seen as a child with Eric and his wife Eliza

This past February he shared pictures of his then-fiancée and wrote, ‘You make everything magic. Happy birthday, Emma,’ to which she replied in the comments, ‘I love you.’

The now-newlyweds previously confirmed their relationship in August 2022 after they were seen kissing in New York City.

Days later, the duo made things Instagram official with a photo John posted of them sharing a kiss on a yacht.

The caption read: ‘sweet sweet.’

At the time, a source close to the pair told ET that New York native Roberts was ‘very content with Cody, and they’re enjoying their relationship and time together.

‘Their friends and family are happy for the both of them and think they make a great couple,’ the insider dished.

Since then, the low-key couple has managed to keep their relationship private. 

Julia and Danny were seen putting on a casual display at a local store before attending the wedding 

The couple pictured in 2024

She previously romanced her American Horror Story co-star Evan Peters; seen in 2018

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Before striking up her romance with John, Roberts said she didn’t want to date any more actors. 

She told Flaunt: ‘One day the veil was lifted and I didn’t want to date actors anymore. It’s hard, I think, for two actors to be together.’

‘I’m trying to think if I’ve seen it done successfully,’ she pondered before noting her actor father Eric Roberts has been married to Crack Me Up star Eliza Garrett for over 30 years. 

‘Also, the actors I’ve been with border on method actors, and that is something that I think is extremely difficult to be in a relationship with – at least for me, especially the characters that they were playing,’ she told the outlet.

She and her ex Hedlund were first linked in April 2019, after her quiet spilt from Dahmer star Evan Peters.

Roberts and Peters publicly reunited in May 2026, seven years after they called off their engagement in a contentious split.

The exes stood next to each other onstage to promote the 13th season of American Horror Story.

Chelsea currently have five strikers in their first-team squad, including Welbeck’s former Brighton team-mate Joao Pedro, their reigning player of the season and last year’s top scorer who is considered by the club to be “untouchable” and not for sale at any price following links to Barcelona earlier this summer.

Firefighters in Gironde are still struggling to bring the blaze under control.

“The weather conditions are favourable, with less wind. But there are still active fires,” Captain Wilfried Schneider of SDIS 33, the Gironde Fire and Rescue Service, told the AFP news agency.

“The most active of these is between Marcheprime and Pierroton” on the outskirts of the Bordeaux metropolitan area, he said.

Live wildfire trackers show the fire is around seven miles from the wine city, which has a population of around 850,000.

The image below, shared on Instagram by SDIS 33, shows the blaze ravaging woodland in Saumos, a village around 25 miles west of Bordeaux, last night.

“Another night of intensive work. Determination intact, total commitment. We’re carrying on,” the fire service wrote in the caption.

BERLIN (AP) — Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who generated both fascination and revulsion around the globe with his “Body Worlds” exhibits of preserved human corpses, has died. He was 81.

Von Hagens’ family and the Institute for Plastination, which he founded, said he died on Friday. A statement they issued on Monday gave no further details. Von Hagens had announced in 2010 that he was living with Parkinson’s disease.

Von Hagens trod a fine line between science, entertainment and commerce with his touring exhibits, as well as headline-grabbing actions such as a public autopsy.

At the heart of von Hagens’ work was the so-called plastination process — replacing body fluids with liquid plastic that then hardens. That technique, which he started developing in the 1970s, prevented decay, left tissues intact and allowed him to display preserved corpses and their inner organs.

The resulting exhibition, “Body Worlds,” first went on show in Japan in 1995.

Two years later, the collection of partly skinless corpses went on display in von Hagens’ homeland, overcoming an attempt by local church leaders to block its opening on the grounds that it was disrespectful. Von Hagens said he was helping viewers understand how their bodies work.

The anatomist “is forced in his daily work to reject the taboos and convictions that people have about death and the dead,” von Hagens said of his work.

“I touch here a taboo, which is our body, and nothing is so near as our body is to us,” he said.

The shows used the corpses of people who agreed to donate their bodies for plastination. Critics argued that von Hagens bordered on sensationalism with his works, which included a corpse riding a plastinated horse, and a pregnant woman with an eight-month-old fetus inside.

Von Hagens “plays with the corpses like a child plays with dolls,” the Rev. Ernst Pulsfort, spiritual rector of Berlin’s Catholic Academy, said when the show first opened in the German capital in 2001. He argued that it catered to a “public lust for sensation.”

During a “Body Worlds” show in London in 2002, the anatomist — wearing, as ever, his trademark black fedora — conducted Britain’s first public autopsy in 170 years before a sellout crowd of hundreds, defying government warnings that it might be illegal.

Von Hagens declared it a “huge success.” The British Medical Association’s head of ethics, Dr. Michael Wilkes, said it was “degrading and disrespectful.”

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American musician Carly Simon has opened up about her health following years out of the spotlight.

The 83-year-old You’re So Vain singer issued a statement to fans, confirming that she has Parkinson’s disease and was previously diagnosed with a form of cancer.

‘So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing. The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease,’ she began in her personal message.

‘It has taken me some time to understand the diagnosis, to adjust to it, and to decide how much I wanted to say about it publicly. Parkinson’s is different for everyone, and it can be unpredictable.

‘Some days I’m so tired I can’t get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself.’

Simon recalled to People how she first noticed symptoms of Parkinson’s – a disorder of the nervous system that affects movement and worsens over time – when she underwent surgery.

‘The problems began with arthritis in both knees and one hip. I eventually had all three joints replaced, out with the old and in with delicate bouquets of metal and plastic.

‘After three replacement surgeries, I assumed my difficulty walking was simply an unfortunate and rather ironic part of the recovery process.

‘But my mobility continued to worsen. I had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm. Overstuffed furniture became my enemy.

‘Once seated, I could feel as though I had been swallowed by the chair and might remain there permanently, like a guest who had badly overstayed her welcome.’

Simon said she eventually encountered periods where she could not walk at all without ‘considerable help’.

Her family also recognised that something was not right. After an ‘extensive evaluation’ at the Mayo Clinic, she was diagnosed.

While there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, she began treatment to manage her symptoms shortly after. Symptoms typically include tremors, muscle stiffness, and slowness of movement.

At the same time, however, she learnt that she had basal cell carcinoma on her face. BCC is the most common type of skin cancer, accounting for approximately 70% of all skin cancers.

While she was able to have the cancer removed, the procedure had a devastating impact.

‘The surgery affected my appearance and made me more self-conscious about being seen in public.’

Simon also survived breast cancer in 1997. She underwent a double mastectomy (surgical removal of both breasts), reconstructive surgery, and chemotherapy.

‘I have always been more critical of my appearance than anyone else could possibly imagine,’ she confessed, name-checking the ‘ironic’ lyrics of You’re So Vain and explaining how her health battles only ‘gave [her] inner critic new material’.

Ultimately, this led to her withdrawing from public life.

‘If a person is allowed to hibernate during both winter and summer, then I have become an all-season bear.’

Still, she has vowed to keep going, expressing her ‘deep’ gratitude for her children, family, and friends, plus medical professionals, for their support on days when ‘[her] own reserves were not enough’.

She also decided to speak out about her health woes due to the number of people reaching out with ‘genuine concern’, which she has been ‘touched by’.

What’s more, she’s been in the recording studio, with new music on the way.

‘I have not stopped living, and I have not stopped working.’

Titled Comes in Waves and set for release on August 14, it marks her first record release in almost 20 years, her last one being in 2008.

‘The album includes songs and fragments of songs that had been waiting for me, some for years. There were melodies, verses, and ideas written down and tucked away for some unknown future when I would have the time and attention to finish them,’ she shared.

‘Apparently, that future is now.’

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This is the moment a violent rapist who abducted a teenage girl at knifepoint escaped from his guards and fled court.

CCTV footage from outside the High Court in Edinburgh showed the moment Aaron Strachan wriggled off two guards and made off on foot after sentencing was adjourned on January 13 earlier this year.

Strachan was about to be sentenced for stalking and abducting a 15-year-old girl before taking her to his basement lair where he raped her.

The 21-year-old wore a balaclava when he ‘left his lair’ and went ‘out hunting for a vulnerable victim’.

He tracked her to a bus stop, where he ran towards her with a knife and threatened to harm her. 

He then marched her through the streets and led her into his filthy basement in York Place, where he dragged his blade down a wall before raping her.

At the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, a judge told Strachan that he may never be released from prison. 

Judge Michael O’Grady KC told Strachan his actions were ‘the stuff of nightmares for every woman and every young girl, and every parent who waits at home for their child to return home safely’.

The 21-year-old pleaded guilty to the rape and two assaults on December 4, 2025, and on Monday pleaded guilty to attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

Strachan was then seen walking down another street wearing a blue hoodie

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The violent criminal also stabbed one man in an ‘unprovoked’ attack on the same day he carried out his abduction.

Three days later, he struck again and attacked another man with a hammer – leaving the victim needing 11 titanium plates inserted into his fractured skull. 

His teenage victim told her mother about the attack and a major police search was launched.

Strachan was arrested while hiding behind the bushes in the Dalry area of the city.

He had been due to be sentenced earlier this year, but the hearing was delayed after Strachan escaped from a prison van following a hearing in January. 

Judge Michael O’Grady KC imposed an order for lifelong restriction on Strachan with a minimum period of five years in custody.

Strachan first approached the 15-year-old girl as she waited at a bus stop in Edinburgh city centre in the early hours of May 25.

After feeling uneasy, she walked away towards Princes Street, and Strachan was caught on CCTV following her, with his face covered by a balaclava.

He then ran towards the girl as she sat at a second bus stop, threatening to harm her while brandishing a knife.

After seizing her by the shoulders, he forcibly led her to the basement on York Place, where he blocked the door with wooden pallets before raping her.

After attacking the teenager, Strachan forced his victim to show him her bus pass so he could learn her name and would be able to find her. 

Judge O’Grady said: ‘The word predatory is perhaps overused in these courts, but it is an inescapable adjective to describe this truly bestial crime,’ he said.

‘You left your lair and went out hunting for a vulnerable victim.

‘Finding one, you stalked her, threatened her at knifepoint and took her to a dingy basement and raped her.’

Strachan pictured walking down another Edinburgh street after fleeing custody

The court was also shown CCTV footage of the moment Strachan slipped his cuffs and ran off while being led from the Court of Session to a waiting prison van.

The footage shows Strachan, dressed in a red top, walking between two guards towards the van, before ‘yanking’ his hand free and sprinting away in the direction of the Royal Mile.

He was then seen on CCTV walking down another street, now wearing a blue hoodie. 

Strachan’s lawyer Simon Collins told the court it had been ‘a moment of impulsiveness’ on Strachan’s part, saying his client had noticed the handcuffs linking him to a security guard were ‘not tight enough to prevent him from removing his hand’.

Describing the other two attacks, Judge O’ Grady told Strachan they had been ‘unprovoked’ and carried out on ‘virtual strangers’.

He said the attack on May 25 – the same day as the rape – had left his victim with two knife wounds to his right hand.

In the later attack, the judge told Strachan he had struck his victim on the head with a metal hammer, leaving him ‘semi-conscious’ on the ground and suffering seizures.

The man was later found to have a suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, with the judge saying the consequences of the attack for the man had been ‘catastrophic’.

The judge also laid out Strachan’s ‘concerning’ criminal record, telling him he had appeared in court on 18 previous occasions in relation to 38 separate charges, eight of which involved possession of weapons.

The judge told Strachan he was ‘entirely satisfied’ he met the criteria for an order for lifelong restriction order – an indeterminate sentence that means an offender is not released until deemed to no longer pose a risk to the public.

The judge told him: ‘You are likely to remain in prison for many years, if indeed you are ever released.’

Strachan, who remained handcuffed to security officers throughout the hearing, showed no reaction as the sentence was handed down.

Earlier, Mr Collins told the court his client’s actions were ‘extremely serious offences’.

‘I accept that, and Aaron Strachan accepts that,’ Mr Collins told the court.

‘The inevitable outcome of the offences of this seriousness is that he is facing an extremely lengthy period in custody.’   

Faye Cook, procurator fiscal for High Court sexual offences, said: ‘Aaron Strachan’s actions in abducting his victim before raping her were calculated, predatory and caused profound harm.

‘Although this type of stranger offending is rare, this conviction reflects the gravity of his crimes and the commitment of prosecutors and police to bring him to justice.

‘Sexual violence and the use of weapons to intimidate and harm have no place in our society.

‘We will continue to take action against perpetrators while supporting victims throughout the prosecution process.’

Detective Inspector Gillian Wells, from Edinburgh’s Sex Offender Policing Unit, said: ‘This was a particularly harrowing attack which was carried out in the busy city centre area and had a profound effect on the young victim.

‘I hope this sentence brings her some sense of closure.

‘The other assaults also demonstrate what a violent individual Strachan is, with no consideration of the consequences of his actions.

‘I would like to thank local officers for their excellent work which ensured Strachan was quickly identified and arrested.

‘Police Scotland remains committed to tackling sexual crimes and bringing those responsible to justice. I’d encourage anyone who has been a victim of such crimes to come forward and report it to us.

‘We’ll thoroughly investigate and have specially trained officers and partner agencies to support you throughout.’