Chart-topping singer Ellie Goulding has announced that she has welcomed her second child.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Brit Award winner shared with her Instagram followers that she’d given birth to a baby daughter towards the end of last week.

Ellie wrote: “On Friday, I gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby girl. We are totally obsessed with her.

“It was fitting that I spent International Women’s Day with her and the incredible female team at St Mary’s, who provided me and my baby with extraordinary care and kindness. I will always be in awe of midwives.”

The Love Me Like You Do singer added that her family’s new arrival “fills me with so much joy”, particularly due to how excited and “so so happy” her son Arthur has been “to become a big brother to this little angel”.

She ended the post by tagging her partner, the American actor Beau Minniear, who she met on the set of her Destiny music video.

The two-time Grammy nominee’s announcement came on the same day that her fellow 2010s hitmaker Paloma Faith shared the news that she’d also given birth on Friday.

Ellie is already a mum to a four-year-old son, Arthur, who was born in April 2021.

Arthur’s father is Ellie’s ex-husband, Caspar Jopling, to whom she was married between 2019 and 2024.

In 2022, while guest editing Marie Claire magazine, she wrote: “I never believed people when they said ‘motherhood really changes you’. I thought I’d be a bit tired, have different priorities, but no. It really has changed everything about my life.

“There have been so many chemical hormonal changes that I still can’t even compute. My brain is like a different brain and I’m still trying to figure that out. While I’ve been trying to figure out the changes to my mind and body, I have been spending a lot of time by myself to reconnect and rebalance.”

Ellie announced her pregnancy in December 2025, with the British star maintaining that wanted to continue working as long as possible while she was expecting.

“I didn’t want to become just a pregnant woman first,” she told Nylon magazine in January. “Not every woman has this luxury. I have amazing people around me. I have an amazing boyfriend. I do have it a little easier in that I do have amazing support.”

She added: “I’m still working every day and still writing every day. It’s just that I am growing a human inside me.

“I’m perhaps not the most, like, Mother Earth about it, if you know what I mean? It’s a beautiful thing to be able to grow a child, and I feel very lucky that I’m healthy – but it’s not all I am right now.”

If you’ve already torn through all four episodes of Netflix’s hit miniseries The Dinosaurs, you’re definitely going to want to check out the streaming giant’s latest gift for viewers.

The unique documentary premiered last week, and has already gone down a storm, with the show exploring the “rise and fall of the dinosaurs”, with narration from the incomparable Morgan Freeman.

On Monday evening, Netflix released blooper footage from Morgan inside the recording booth, and we’re delighted to report that it’s an absolute treasure trove.

From the international treasure introducing himself as “Morgan fucking Freeman” to the Oscar winner stumbling over some species’ trickier names (“Yutyranus? Let’s say Yutyrannus, ‘anus’ sounds like ‘ass’”), the clips are a must-watch for anyone who loved The Dinosaurs.

The Dinosaurs was co-produced by recent EGOT recipient Steven Spielberg, and serves as the sister show to his previous nature series Life On Our Planet.

Since its premiere earlier this month, the show has gone down a storm with critics (it holds a rare 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on seven especially positive reviews) with particular praise for Morgan’s commentary.

It’s similarly proved popular with Netflix users and, at the time of writing, it’s the UK platform’s number one show, ahead of hits like Bridgerton, The Night Agent and Vladimir.

Over the last few days, the paleontology community has also been weighing in – and let’s just say they have a few notes.

The Dinosaurs director Nick Shoolingin‑Jordan previously told Netflix’s companion outlet Tudum that he wanted to “tell the full chronology all the way through and take the audience on a rip‑roaring adventure” with his latest venture.

Dan Tapster, its showrunner, added: “We had eight 50-minute episodes to tell the entire story of life on Earth [in Life On Our Planet], so there were lots of things where we could only scratch the surface – and the dinosaur story was absolutely one of them.

“With The Dinosaurs, we finally get to tell that story in full and celebrate it like no one has ever done before.”

Picture a green garden, and what do you imagine? Possibly uniform, manicured lawns, few “weeds”, and ideally, zero “pests”.

But speaking to HuffPost UK, Helen Bostock, a senior wildlife specialist at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), said gardens “do better when there are lots of different organisms to work in harmony.

“We’d love everyone to have a biodiverse garden because caring for our planet and global biodiversity starts at home.”

Here, she shared what a biodiverse garden means, why it matters, how it can help you, and how to achieve it.

It means having a variety of species in one place. That can include plants, animals, fungi, and insects.

So, Bostock said, “A biodiverse garden is one that is bursting with many different forms of life, from the smallest micro-organism to the largest tree. It is a holistic community covering fungi, lichens, plants, invertebrates, mammals and birds.

At first glance, she continued, a casual observer might not notice much diference between a truly biodiverse and less well-rounded garden, “but glimpses can be had perhaps when a compost heap is turned and is alive with centipedes, worms and springtails.

“Or when the dawn chorus starts up in spring with a cacophony of bird song. Or when a curious gardener steps out after dark to hold a torch up to a white sheet to discover there are wonderfully named moths such as angle shades, brimstone, buff-tip and elephant hawk-moth calling their garden home.”

“Environments are more resilient and function better when there is both species and genetic diversity, helping combat challenges such as climate change, carbon capture and pollution,” Bostock explained.

And even though gardens are pretty small-scale, they still play their part in the broader ecosystem.

“We’d love everyone to have a biodiverse garden because caring for our planet and global biodiversity starts at home,” the wildlife expert added.

A properly biodiverse garden is brilliant for the environment. But if you need any more convincing, it can make your job a lot easier, too.

For instance, “A vibrant garden ecosystem is one that requires [fewer] inputs from gardeners – when natural predators are keeping the aphids in check, [fewer] sprays are needed,” Bostock said.

“It is also more productive – when insect pollinators are in abundance, our fruit trees will set heavier, higher quality fruit.”

Then, there’s the joy of nature. One study found that the more types of birds live near us, the happier we tend to be.

“A biodiverse garden also becomes a space that nurtures our own sense of wellbeing, full of joyful moments. It can inspire a deeper connection with the natural world, whether you are aged 1 or 100 (just ask David Attenborough!),” Bostock ended.

1. Leave some areas of your garden wild,
2. Build a pond if you have room (you can start with a washing-up bowl),
3. Establish a compost heap,
4. Skip the pesticides and weedkillers,
5. Embrace wildflowers, including “weeds” like dandelions,
6. Plant for pollinators,
7. Go peat-free to help preserve peatlands.

We often hear of how today’s parents are cycle-breakers – choosing to bring up their kids in completely different ways to how they were parented, often to prevent patterns of trauma from repeating.

In fact, a recent Kiddie Academy survey of 2,000 parents revealed 41% of Gen Z parents are favouring “cycle-breaking” parenting.

As this conversation grows in popularity, terms are becoming popularised describing certain ways of parenting that can impact children far into adulthood – and one of these is ‘emotionally immature parenting’.

“An emotionally immature parent is someone whose emotional awareness and capacity are limited in the parent-child relationship,” says Sian Morgan-Crossley, psychotherapist and author of How to Heal From Emotionally Immature Parents (Hay House, £14.99).

Emotionally immature parents might struggle in areas such as self-reflection, emotional regulation, and empathy under stress. “Many are practically supportive and physically present; but emotionally absent. The difficulty lies less in intention and more in emotional capacity,” she explains.

An emotionally immature parent, then, might struggle to deal with their child’s anger, distress, rejection, or growing independence. “When challenged, they may become defensive, take their child’s behaviour personally, or expect their child to adjust to their moods,” says the therapist.

“Because accountability can feel threatening, conflict often leads to withdrawal, criticism, denial, or blaming rather than to repair.”

These parents might also find it difficult to see their child as a separate individual and so “the parents’ own unresolved needs, sensitivities, or insecurities shape the emotional climate of the relationship”.

Counselling Directory member and psychotherapist Lianne Terry says children who grow up with an emotionally immature parent might struggle with emotional confusion (“struggling to understand or trust in their own emotions”) because their feelings were dismissed or criticised, or they had to prioritise a parent’s feelings over their own.

“These children may also be hyper-vigilant, so watching people’s moods carefully, trying to avoid conflict and feeling responsible for keeping others calm,” she explains.

Children can end up becoming their parent’s emotional caretaker; offering comfort, mediation and feeling responsible for adult problems, which can make them seem mature beyond their years.

“They may however find it very difficult to express their own needs, as this may lead to rejection, criticism or anger, and so they suppress them instead,” says Terry, which she warns can lead to high stress levels and undeveloped emotional regulation skills.

Once children reach adulthood, they might struggle with people pleasing, chronic self-doubt, fearing disappointing others, difficulties setting boundaries, and prioritising others’ needs over their own.

“They may have difficulty with trusting in their relationships, so being overly independent or conversely anxious about being abandoned,” continues Terry.

It’s not uncommon for people who grew up with this type of parent to find themselves in repeating relationship patterns, gravitating to emotionally unavailable partners or taking on the caretaker role, too.

They might also find it difficult to identify or express their own emotions.

• You often feel triggered and overwhelmed by your child’s emotions.
• You take your child’s behaviour personally.
• You need you child to behave a certain way to feel okay.
• You have difficulty regulating your own emotions (Terry notes: “In general, you may find that you shut down, withdraw or explode instead of expressing your feelings constructively”).
• You struggle to repair with your children after conflict or admit when you’re wrong.
• You feel threatened by your child’s independence or criticism of them.
• You avoid difficult emotions – you might say “you’re fine” or “stop being silly”, or feel uncomfortable when they’re sad, angry or anxious.
• You think in a very black and white way, seeing behaviour as “good” or “bad” rather than developmental.
• You struggle with boundaries – either being too rigid or controlling, or being too permissive, because conflict feels too difficult to manage.

“The key question isn’t: ‘am I emotionally immature?’,” Morgan-Crossley, explains, “but rather, ‘can I stay emotionally present when my child is distressed, angry, or different from me?’

“Emotional maturity is not the absence of triggers; it is the ability to take responsibility for them.”

If you recognise some of the above signs in yourself, take a deep breath. The work begins here. Morgan-Crossley suggests the most constructive response is self-reflection and working through your own childhood experiences.

“Taking responsibility for their own emotional responses and finding ways to work through their own childhood issues – whether through therapy, reading or psychoeducation – can all greatly improve their parenting relationship with their child,” she explains.

Terry says a great first step for parents who identify in this way is to work on developing emotional awareness.

“Learning to identify how you feel is a great foundation. Some things that might help with this include: journalling, emotion wheels, mindfulness or just simply asking yourself ‘What am I feeling right now?’,” she says.

Then, once you recognise your emotions, you can start to regulate them, says the therapist, and the key here is to calm the nervous system. Things that will help with this include: breathing techniques, somatic awareness and pausing before reacting, she says.

Another key part of navigating emotionally mature relationships is repairing after conflict – so this might look like apologising, acknowledging feelings, admitting when you’re wrong, and reconnecting with your child.

“Therapy can be really helpful in allowing individuals to process childhood experience, understand triggers and build healthier relationship patterns,” Terry ends.

January was the month of many storms (Goretti feels like it happened a year ago, but hey). Then came the long, wet February, which saw incessant rain across the UK.

“Blood rain” aside, March so far has provided a brief sunny respite. But in this year’s signature whiplash fashion, some parts of the UK might see snow this week, the BBC said.

The Met Office said “wintry” conditions will begin to affect parts of the UK this Thursday to Saturday (12-14 March).

It comes with “unsettled,” windy conditions.

Friday is expected to be the coldest day.

And the crisp spell will likely wrap up by the end of the week.

Why are the conditions changing so quickly?

The jet stream is “ramping up”, the BBC reports, bringing with it a series of increasingly cold and wet weather fronts.

The conditions are expected to be very windy, which could prevent overnight frost from forming, but during lulls, some especially “prone” areas could dip below freezing.

Because strong winds are expected to bring sleet and cold showers to the North of the UK (including in Scotland, where gales are predicted later in the week), snow might fall on high ground in the North, though it’s not expected to settle.

And hailstorms are possible across the country, even in the south.

It’s hard to say for sure whether this week’s weather conditions will definitely lead to snow.

It’s generally hard to tell when snow will fall in the UK.

The wind that blows in cold air and the wind that blows in wet air come from different directions, meaning very chilly precipitation, which is needed for snow, is a relatively rare occurrence.

Even when it does happen, “A lot of the rain that we see in the UK, at all times of year, was snow when it started falling, but has fallen into air that is warmer than 0⁰C and melted,” the University of Reading wrote.

Since premiering on the platform last week, Netflix’s new documentary The Dinosaurs has become a huge hit with viewers.

A sequel of sorts to the nature series Life On Our Planet, the new venture was co-produced by EGOT recipient Steven Spielberg and features narration from the unmistakable Morgan Freeman.

The four-parter tells “the story of the rise and fall of the dinosaurs — where they came from, why they mattered, how they evolved and how they met their ultimate fate” using cutting-edge visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic, the team behind the sensational ABBA Voyage.

So far, The Dinosaurs has gone down a storm, earning a rare 100% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes (based on seven positive reviews) and at the time of writing, it’s still the number one show on Netflix UK, ahead of the likes of Bridgerton, The Night Agent and Vladimir.

But what’s the reaction been like within the community of dinosaur experts?

Over the last few days, a Reddit thread inviting paleontologists to weigh in has been popping off, with a mix of reactions.

One of the most popular answers came from user u/Maip_macrothorax, who has described it as a somewhat “shallow” watch, albeit not a “terrible” one.

“While it suffers from similar issues to Life On Our Planet (like the ‘evolutionary superiority’ framing), it’s to a much lesser degree,” they wrote. “The pacing here is also a lot better.

“I just wish they explained some things better,” they added, while criticising some of the information for being on the “misleading” side.

Fellow dino expert u/mmcjawa_reborn had a similarly mixed reaction, hailing the show for featuring “a lot of critters” who don’t always get a moment to shine – specifically naming “Procompsognathus, Rhynchosaurs, Marasuchus [and] Tanystropheus” – and praising the use of visual effects to bring the dinosaurs to life.

However, they agreed that the narration had “varying accuracy” while some character designs veered towards “dull”.

“Worth a watch… just wish the script for the narration was better,” they surmised.

Another viewer, u/endmaga2028, admitted they were “disappointed” at certain mispronunciations early on in the series, though others were less critical on this subject.

Meanwhile, u/Practical_Reveal9477 was even less impressed, calling the show “overly dramatic” and with “little educational value”, suggesting that “all signs pointing to a simple and quick cash grab”.

On the other hand, u/GuessBrilliant9167 admitted they were moved to tears by the final episode, even if they conceded the show on the whole was “a bit more of the same”.

“The bird/dinosaur montage and comparing behaviours made me very emotional and reminded me how resilient and successful dinosaurs were and still are today,” they enthused.

Director Nick Shoolingin‑Jordan previously told Netflix’s Tudum outlet that he wanted to “tell the full chronology all the way through and take the audience on a rip‑roaring adventure” with The Dinosaurs.

Showrunner Dan Tapster added: “We had eight 50-minute episodes to tell the entire story of life on Earth [in Life On Our Planet], so there were lots of things where we could only scratch the surface – and the dinosaur story was absolutely one of them.

“With The Dinosaurs, we finally get to tell that story in full and celebrate it like no one has ever done before.”

The Dinosaurs is now streaming on Netflix.

Quentin Tarantino has responded to Pulp Fiction star Rosanna Arquette’s recent comments lamenting that the film industry had given the Oscar winner a “hall-pass” to include racial slurs in his movies.

On Monday evening, Tarantino issued a response to remarks made by Arquette in an interview with The Times published over the weekend.”

“Personally I am over the use of the N-word – I hate it. I cannot stand that he has been given a hall pass,” she said, referring to the fact that the racist slur has featured in Tarantino movies like 2012’s Django Unchained and 2015’s The Hateful Eight.

She insisted: “It’s not art, it’s just racist and creepy.”

Following this, Tarantino said (as reported by TheWrap): “I hope the publicity you’re getting from 132 different media outlets writing your name and printing your picture was worth disrespecting me and a film I remember quite clearly you were thrilled to be a part of? Do you feel this way now? Very possibly.

“But after I gave you a job, and you took the money, to trash it for what I suspect is very cynical reasons, shows a decided lack of class, no less honour.”

Elsewhere in her Times interview, Arquette spoke favourably about other aspects of Pulp Fiction, describing it as “iconic” and “a great film on a lot of levels”.

Tarantino’s latest film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was released in 2019, with reports claiming last year that he’d scrapped plans for his next big-screen offering, The Movie Critic, because of its similarities with his previous project.

In the last few years, Tarantino has also written a novelisation of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, as well as a spin-off, The Adventures Of Cliff Booth, slated for release later this year, with David Fincher on directing duties.

He has also turned his hand to writing for the stage, with a play he’s also poised to direct on London’s West End.

Reform UK has been accused of backpedalling “in panic” over its previous enthusiasm for the UK to back the US and Israel bombing Iran.

Senior figures in the party vocally supported the military action after it was launched just over a week ago.

Nadhim Zahawi, the former Tory chancellor who defected to Reform earlier this year, even said: “We should join the bombing if needed.”

Last week, party leader Nigel Farage said: “We should do all we can to support the operation. I make that perfectly, perfectly clear.”

He added: ”“The gloves need to come off, we need to accept that we are part of this with the Americans and the Israelis. We have to take the gloves off. We have to get rid of this regime.”

Deputy leader Richard Tice also urged Britain to be “responsible” and support our allies on X last week.

Responding to a social media critic, he wrote: “What is your plan? Wait til the Iranian regime commits another terrorist outrage in the UK, directly or via proxy, then wring your hands? Or just rely on US to protect us?

But in a major U-turn, Farage told a press conference on Tuesday: “If we can’t even defend Cyprus, let’s not get ourselves involved in another foreign war.”

His change of heart comes after a spike in global oil prices led to warnings of higher mortgage rates, petrol prices and inflation.

A Labour source said: “Nigel Farage and Reform spent the past week saying they would bomb Iran.

“Now they’re backtracking as petrol prices rise, leaving their foreign policy in chaos. That’s not serious leadership, that’s panic.”

British voters are becoming increasingly opposed to the conflict, with 59% of voters now saying it’s a bad idea compared to 49% last week.

Pollsters at YouGov say support remains steady at 25%.