When your mum is global supermodel and era-defining sex symbol, Cindy Crawford, it can be hard to avoid comparisons.

That’s exactly what Kaia Gerber has been dealing with – and trying to avoid – in Ryan Murphy’s latest controversial TV drama The Shards, she told Metro.

The nine-part coming-of-age thriller series, an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s semi-autobiographical novel, follows Bret (Igby Rigney) as he navigates senior year at an elite prep school in Los Angeles in the 80s.

Bret’s trying to suss out the mysterious new student Robert Mallory (Homer Gere, son of Pretty Woman’s Richard Gere), who’s hiding secrets up his sleeve.

Kaia plays Susan Reynolds, the ‘it-girl’ of her year who seems to have it all. But she’s more complex under the surface, keeping her insecurities hidden behind lock and key.

Alongside jock Thom Wright (Graham Campbell), their group of hedonistic students find themselves alarmingly close to a serial killer who’s preying on their peers.

Kaia, the daughter of Cindy and American businessman Rande Gerber, revealed to Metro how she found photos of her famous mum in the 80s sporting a hairstyle exactly like her character in The Shards.

‘My mum was a freshman in 1981, so there are images that I’ve seen of her with that exact hairdo in high school’, she said.

But despite their striking resemblance, Kaia originally wasn’t keen to embrace their similarities.

‘I didn’t wear my hair in a side part for so long because I didn’t want to get compared to my mum,’ she admitted.

‘And then I was like: “The only person that this hurts is myself.”‘

It’s not just their resemblance that’s striking – both Kaia and her mum started their careers as models, with Kaia booking her first gig with Versace aged 10.

Cindy, on the other hand, began her career at 16 after being featured by a local photographer in Illinois, where she grew up.

She went on to become a world-famous supermodel, working with top brands including Chanel to Balmain.

Like her daughter, she also enjoyed an acting career, starring in 1995’s Fair Game and making cameos in shows like Frasier and Cougar Town.

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While Kaia might boast Cindy’s striking genetics, she isn’t the only member of The Shards cast with a famous doppelgänger.

Graham, who rocks luscious blonde curls in The Shards, has drawn parallels with American Horror Story star Evan Peters, a frequent Ryan Murphy collaborator.

‘I should be so lucky! Those are big shoes to step into, Mr Evan Peters,’ Graham said about the actor who’s appeared in nine seasons of American Horror Story and won the Golden Globe for playing the lead in Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

‘I guess I see it now, and I really appreciate it because I really admire that guy quite a bit,’ he added.

Evan is apparently not Graham’s only celebrity lookalike. He was told that he looked like Shawn Mendes when his hair was short and brunette, and was even mistaken for Timothée Chalamet at an SNL party when the Marty Supreme star hosted the show.

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The Berlin Pride terrorist attack was a wake-up call. Although the LGBT+ community has made great progress in overturning homophobic laws in many countries, this attack shows that our safety is precarious. There are still people who want to kill us, even in Europe. We cannot take our wellbeing for granted. What happened in Berlin is a reminder that the price of LGBT+ freedom is eternal vigilance.

In the shadow of this attack and with heightened security, World Pride takes place this week in Amsterdam. As well as remembering the Berlin victims, the participants will be mindful that 66 countries still criminalise members of the LGBT community, six Commonwealth nations have life imprisonment, 12 states stipulate the death penalty and over 40 territories penalise trans and gender non-conforming people. In about 30 countries, LGBT people are suffering escalating repression.

The terror attack in Berlin reminds us why Pride events matter: they are acts of joy and defiance against those who want to banish us from public visibility – and worse. Violence reinforces the need for Pride to be more than just a celebration and a party. Fifty-four years ago, in London in 1972, I helped organise the UK’s first Pride. About 700 brave souls marched from Trafalgar Square to Hyde Park. Today, there are more than 180 Pride events across the UK with a combined attendance of over a million people.

In less than six decades, what began in a handful of western cities has become an unprecedented international phenomenon, of which World Pride is the symbol. That is why it is so exciting that London’s World Pride 2032 bid will be launching on 6 August in Amsterdam.

Today, the Pride movement is the most ubiquitous and universal worldwide movement of all time – and the most successful. It exists in more than 160 countries, sometimes covertly, with a common goal of LGBT+ liberation; uniting the global LGBT+ family across all borders, classes, ideologies, cultures and ethnicities. It is a movement of love, passion and hope. Why can’t the whole world be more like the Pride spirit?

But Pride has its enemies. Our community is also menaced by the rise of far-right movements in the US, Europe and the UK. They mostly do not espouse physical violence, but they seek to undermine our human rights and public presence.

Even in many Western nations, there is homophobic and transphobic backlash, mostly spearheaded by Christian fundamentalists and right-wing political parties. They are joined by some anti-trans activists who have now expanded their campaigns to undermine the whole LGBT+ community because we refuse to abandon support for our trans siblings.

The Berlin terrorist represents a different threat. The 21-year-old suspect, Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Islamist connections, was shot dead in a confrontation with police the following day. Hardly any LGBT+ organisations at World Pride – or anywhere else – mentioned that the killer was inspired to murder by an anti-LGBT+ Islamist ideology, a political-religious ideology that seeks to impose a form of clerical fascism. It must be confronted wherever it appears, while at the same time rejecting prejudice, discrimination and violence against Muslim people.

The main victims of Islamist repression are, in fact, not white Westerners but Muslims, including LGBT+ Muslims. In large parts of the Muslim world LGBTs live in fear of imprisonment, torture, execution and so-called honour killing by families, mobs and Islamic authorities. Yet we rarely hear any LGBT+ organisation condemn or campaign against Islamism. My Peter Tatchell Foundation is almost a lone voice.

The answer to the Berlin attack is not scapegoating, division and repression. Democracies must defend the rights of all minorities, including the right of LGBTs to hold Pride parades, without fear or violence. Simultaneously, our society must ensure that the tiny minority who seek to destroy our freedoms, whether Islamist or far right, are prosecuted with the full force of law.

Local councils run by Reform UK have banned Pride flags from their buildings, defunded Pride festivals and ordered the removal of LGBT+ exhibitions from libraries.

Nigel Farage has pledged to repeal the Equality Act and the Human Rights Act, as well as withdrawing the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights. This would remove protections against discrimination for LGBTs – and everyone else. It would leave us all with fewer safeguards and redresses against the abuse of state power by institutions such as the government, police and the security services.

Reform UK has also vowed to deport at least 600,000 people. Statistically, about 30,000 to 60,000 of them are likely to be LGBT, probably including many LGBTs who have fled persecution on the grounds of their sexuality or gender identity in Africa, Russia, South Asia and the Middle East.

Reform UK is a serious threat to the LGBT+ community, which is why when I mentioned Reform during my speech from the main stage at Brighton Pride last Saturday, the 20,000-strong crowd broke into a spontaneous and prolonged chant of “Block Reform!” We see you, Nigel!

Despite the threat from Islamists and the far-right, and anti-LGBT+ backlash, I’m optimistic. Overall, LGBTs are still making progress worldwide. The message from World Pride is: Queer freedom is an unstoppable global trend!

The Independent’s Pride List 2026 was published last month and celebrates the work and achievements of British individuals within the LGBTQ+ community . Read it in full here

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews from 10 areas remain at the scene as well as Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

In an update at 4.15pm SWFRS said: “Crews, appliances and specialist equipment including an aerial hydraulic platform and water bowsers from Rhymney, Aberdare, Abercynon, Brynmawr, Ferndale, Treorchy, Gilfach Goch and Aberbargoed, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff Central are in attendance along with support from Mid and West Fire and Rescue Service.

“We are advising local residents to keep windows and doors closed due to smoke in the area.

“The incident remains ongoing and our crews are working to bring it to a safe close.”

CHICAGO (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose for a fifth consecutive week to its highest level in just over a year, marking the latest strain for prospective homebuyers who are facing steep borrowing costs.

The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.69%, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday, up slightly from 6.66% reported last week. By comparison, the average rate was 6.63% at this time last year — and hadn’t been higher than its current level since late July in 2025.

Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing power. As rates rise, that can lead prospective home shoppers to delay buying a home, one reason U.S. home sales have been sluggish this year.

Meanwhile, borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages — which are often sought by borrowers looking to refinance a home loan — fell slightly this week. That rate averaged at 6.01%, down from 6.04% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.75%, Freddie Mac said.

Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including inflation, broader policy rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and expectations from bond market investors for the economy. They generally follow the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.

Rates have been mostly rising this year as the U.S. war with Iran, which has fueled expectations for hotter inflation as crude oil prices soared. Despite easing oil prices recently, long-term bond yields remain steeper than they were before the conflict began in late February, pushing mortgage rates to tread higher.

The 10-year Treasury yield was 4.65% as of midday Thursday on the bond market. Before the war, it was just 3.97% in late February.

After serving half his original sentence, Bear was released from prison, but between 1 March 2025 and 21 July 2025 began posting on Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube and Facebook about the case and Harrison.

The court heard these were “consistently posted messages of the most abhorrent and harmful type”.

Addressing Bear, the judge said: “What you did in that three to four-month period is simply victim-blaming.”

Harrison did not attend court, but the prosecution read out a statement in which she described feeling isolated, exposed and unsafe, and asked for the restraining order to be extended.

She said the significant stress had made her worry about her unborn child and caused her to “spiral” on some occasions.

“I shut him out of my mind for a long time and it’s not fair that he’s managed to crawl his way back in,” she said.

Bear arrived for Thursday’s sentencing with his wife, who is eight months pregnant.

As he walked in to court, he refused to answer questions but gave a thumbs-up and said: “Wish me luck guys. See you soon, hopefully.”

As his barrister spoke about why there should be a reduced sentence, Bear appeared to briefly cry.

He shook his head as he was taken away to begin another prison term.

One of the cats was found dead and infested with fleas in the lounge of Chelsea Brown’s home in Coundon, Bishop Auckland, while the other was hiding on top of kitchen cupboards.

The 33-year-old of Tyne Walk admitted causing unnecessary suffering to two cats during a hearing at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, July 23.

She was also handed a five-year animal ownership ban, along with a £200 fine and ordered to pay £480 in costs.

It comes after a gas engineer reported concerns about two underweight cats left alone at the property to the RSPCA.

Oscar has now been rehomed. (Image: RSPCA)

RSPCA inspector Heidi Cleaver visited on September 18 last year, placing seals on the doors and leaving a calling card. When she returned the next day, the seals were unbroken, indicating no one had entered the home.

On September 20, with police assistance, she gained entry to the property.

Inside, she found a black and white cat dead on the living room floor, infested with fleas, and a second, tabby and white cat hiding on top of the kitchen cupboards, also heavily infested and visibly underweight.

(Image: RSPCA)

Inspector Cleaver said: “These two cats were left without food or water and, were it not for a member of the public intervening, both would likely have died in that property.

“We are so grateful he contacted us.

“It’s very sad that one cat has died, but we’re delighted that the other one has gone from strength to strength and has now found a loving new home.”

The black and white cat was found to be in an emaciated condition and is believed to have possibly died after choking on some food.

The surviving cat was given a body condition score of one out of nine, weighing just 2.5kg – about half the expected weight for his size.

The cat’s food bowls were empty. (Image: RSPCA)

The cat was dehydrated, suffering from severe anaemia, and was heavily infested with fleas.

Brown did not attend scheduled interviews with the RSPCA.

In court, mitigation was given that she has mental health issues.

The surviving tabby cat has since been rehomed and is now named Oscar.

Inspector Cleaver said: “If you can no longer care for your pets, it’s vital that you make arrangements to ensure their welfare.

“For any pet owners struggling, there’s cost of living advice on the RSPCA’s website.”

For the East Kilbride show, the line-up is Des Clarke, Raymond Mearns, Dean Park and Liam Dolan.

Some of the country’s finest comedians will take to the stage in East Kilbride later this year.

The Scottish Comedians Theatre tour stars the country’s finest comics and brings the comedy club vibe to the theatre stage.

Each show will have at least four or five of these top comedians in the line-up.

The comedians in question are Fred Macaulay, Des Clarke, Marc Jennings, Susie McCabe, Jay Lafferty, Raymond Mearns, JoJo Sutherland, Gareth Mutch, Des McLean, Billy Kirkwood, Gareth Waugh, Dean Park, Liam Dolan, Ray Bradshaw, Mark Cox and Jane McCarry.

All comedians are worthy of headlining any show. The Scottish Comedians basically puts at least four headliners in the one comedy show.

For the East Kilbride show, the line-up is Des Clarke, Raymond Mearns, Dean Park and Liam Dolan.

Des is a multi-award-winning Scottish stand-up comedian, television host, and radio presenter best known for hosting the Heart Breakfast Show and fronting the BBC satirical comedy series Breaking the News.

He has won a string of awards for his stand-up including Chortle Best Newcomer, ITV Golden Mic Award, and multiple Scottish Comedy Awards for Best TV/Radio Comedian.

Raymond is an acclaimed actor and stand-up comedian from Glasgow’s East End, widely regarded as one of the top live performers and improvisational minds on the UK comedy circuit.

Known for his sharp, raw observational humour, quick-thinking crowd interaction, and distinct storytelling ability, Mearns has built a robust career spanning over three decades across live stages, television, radio, and film.

Dean Park is a well-known Scottish entertainer, comedian, singer, and radio presenter with a four-decade career in show business while Liam is an established comedian, variety entertainer, writer, director, and television presenter who has spent over three decades performing across Scottish theatre, television, and radio.

Born in Drumchapel and raised in Ayrshire, Dolan has built a prolific career rooted in traditional Scottish variety comedy, pantomime, and character impersonation.

Ticket for the show on Friday, October 9, cost £20 and are available from the South Lanarkshire Leisure & Culture website.

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Stephen Bear has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for breaching a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison, who he filmed having sex without her consent and shared the video online

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Disgraced reality TV star Stephen Bear has been handed a 16-month immediate custodial sentence for breaching a restraining order.

He was convicted on a charge of harassment after violating a restraining order that accompanied his 2023 conviction for filming a sex tape of Georgia Harrison without her consent and sharing it online. The Crown Prosecution Service stated that the Celebrity Big Brother star breached the order by making posts about Harrison on social media.

Passing sentence, Judge Morgan said: “You know what the terms of the order was. You understood the consequences and over a prolonged period you deliberately breached the court order. The sentence I impose must be immediate.”

Earlier in proceedings, the court heard that Bear received a surge of comments following Georgia’s appearance on a prominent podcast in which she discussed the case.

“In July 2025 after the appearance on a high-profile podcast where proceedings were discussed he received a significant number of notifications and online comments,” said Ms Deri Molyneux, who was speaking on Bear’s behalf, reports the Daily Star.

She went on to explain that Bear was also going through personal difficulties at the time, which was put forward as a mitigating factor. Bear appeared to cry in the dock as the matter was raised before the court.

Georgia Harrison submitted a victim personal statement, which was read aloud to the court, reports Essex Live.

Ms Harrison’s statement, read by Ms Kutner, described Bear’s conduct as having had a “profound impact” on her. It said: “It causes me significant distress, anxiety and fear during my pregnancy which would make me worry about the baby.

“He’s attempted to control the narrative around my life again. His online presence makes me petrified as I perceive him to be angry.”

She describes Bear as having been “relentless with the abuse”.

Bear arrived at Chelmsford Crown Court this afternoon accompanied by his pregnant wife Miami, telling onlookers “wish me luck, guys”.

The pair revealed in March that they are expecting their first child together.

While he appeared tearful earlier during proceedings, Bear displayed no obvious emotion as the sentence was delivered and he was led away to the cells.

His wife and mother, however, who were seated in the public gallery, visibly became emotional upon learning he would be returning to prison.

Meanwhile, his former partner Georgia Harrison has commended Essex Police following Stephen’s 16-month jail sentence. In a statement, Georgia said: “Essex Police took me seriously when so many women in my position are overlooked. They treated this as the serious crime it is – not a celebrity story. It is a real offence against a real person.

“They built the case properly, they stayed with it, and when the order was breached, they acted instead of shrugging. From the messages I get every day, I know how rare that still is.

“If every force treated this the way Essex Police did, thousands of women would feel safer today.”

Two men were caught on CCTV staging a car accident by pretending to lie on the ground injured for cash, as police issue a warning over fraudulent gangs’ new tactics. 

Khuram Mohammad, 41, was seen setting up a bicycle with an accomplice in a remote country lane in Leeds as part of a crash-for-cash illegal insurance claim on May 27, 2024. 

Cash-for-crash schemes are a form of insurance fraud where drivers stage collisions to get financial compensation. 

Mohammad and another man, who has now fled the UK, were caught on video propping up the stationary bicycle before getting back into the car to drive towards it at speed. 

One man is then seen getting out of the vehicle and lying down on the road, pretending to be injured, while the other calls 999. 

Admiral Insurance received a claim from the ‘cyclist’ soon after via a letter, alleging damage to the bicycle and personal injury. 

The claim read that the alleged injured man had been on the main road travelling up the hill, when another man driving in the opposite direction swerved onto the other side of the road and crashed into him. 

The Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) investigated the case and found the claims to be fraudulent and found misuse of emergency services. 

The pair set up a stationary bike before getting back into the vehicle to run it over 

Investigators established that the collision had been deliberately orchestrated after reviewing CCTV footage, which provided independent evidence of what had happened.  

Khuram Mohammad, of Bradford, was sentenced after a trial in May this year to 20 weeks’ imprisonment suspended for 12 months for fraud by false representation. 

Mohammad had attempted to make a false insurance claim against Admiral Insurance, including fraudulent injury claims and the misuse of emergency services.

The other suspect who fled the UK after the incident remains wanted. 

The blatant crime comes as police issued a warning to the public over new tactics being used by criminals amid a rise in cases of staged insurance crashes. 

Detective Chief Inspector Nik Jethwa, Head of the IFED, said: ‘Crash for cash fraud is a growing problem and criminals are becoming more aggressive in how they carry out these schemes. 

‘We want the public to be more aware than ever of the tactics being used, which put innocent road users at risk. 

‘Please take extra care at difficult junctions and roundabouts and follow our safety advice if you suspect something is wrong. 

‘There is also a real risk of identity theft, so consider the potential consequences if you are involved in a collision. IFED will continue to pursue those who exploit vulnerable people. 

‘We are working with Nextbase to amplify this message and to highlight one of the simplest ways to protect yourself: consider getting a dashcam.’ 

Police said insurance fraud crimes are on the rise, issuing a public warning about new, more aggressive tactics 

More than £25.3million has been involved in suspected crash-for-cash fraud cases over the last five years

Criminals are moving beyond simple staged bumps to more aggressive and targeted methods designed to pressure victims into giving them immediate payments, or inflating their claims

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Police said the new scams are combining aggressive staging, roadside data theft and collusion with repair networks. 

They threaten the public’s physical safety, finances and identities.

One part of the con involved demanding a photo of their victim’s driving licence – which can then be used in identity fraud. 

The scams are on the rise, with the IFED investigating more than £25.3million in suspected crash-for-cash fraud cases over the last five years – with roughly 75 per cent involving staged or induced collisions. 

Criminals are moving beyond simple staged bumps to more aggressive and targeted methods designed to pressure victims into giving them immediate payments, or inflating their claims. 

Bryn Brooker, Head of Road Safety at Nextbase, said: ‘Crash-for-cash scams rely on uncertainty.

‘If there is no independent evidence, drivers will find it difficult to prove their innocence for an incident that happened in a matter of seconds. 

‘Video footage has been proven to help by providing an impartial and irrefutable record of events. 

‘That’s why we always encourage drivers to keep any footage after a collision and share it with their insurer or police if requested.’