Steve Hopkins

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

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  • First-ever heatwave emergency response ‘being drawn up by government’, report claims

    First-ever heatwave emergency response ‘being drawn up by government’, report claims

    The UK’s record high for 2022 currently stands at 32.7C Government ministers are reportedly drawing up the first-ever heatwave emergency response after a rare amber weather warning for extreme temperatures was issued by the Met Office on Monday. The warning comes into force Sunday with the possibility of temperatures surging above 35C for the South East […]

    4 years ago

  • ‘Stray spark’ ignites fire on timber beams blocking major London railway line

    ‘Stray spark’ ignites fire on timber beams blocking major London railway line

    Network Rail believes ‘very dry’ beams may have caught fire through a ‘stray spark’ Train tracks have caught fire after a spark reportedly ignited timber beams as the UK swelters under 30C heat. According to Metro, the blaze happened on a bridge in Battersea, South London and resulted in services between Victoria and Brixton being suspended. […]

    4 years ago

  • Declan Donnelly ‘beyond devastated’ following death of brother Father Dermott aged 55

    Declan Donnelly ‘beyond devastated’ following death of brother Father Dermott aged 55

    Father Dermott was rushed to hospital after collapsing on Thursday Declan Donnelly’s brother has died at the age of 55 following a serious illness, leaving the TV star “beyond devastated”. Father Dermott collapsed on Thursday and was taken to North Durham Hospital, but died Friday. The priest’s death was confirmed by the Bishop of Hexham […]

    4 years ago

  • Boris Johnson says he is ‘so sad to give up the best job in the world’

    Boris Johnson says he is ‘so sad to give up the best job in the world’

    The PM faced a wave of new resignations Thursday including from his newly appointed chancellor Boris Johnson has confirmed he will resign saying he is “sad to be giving up the best job in the world”, but “them’s the breaks”. The PM made the announcement outside 10 Downing Street shortly after midday saying no one […]

    4 years ago

  • Boris Johnson expected to quit today, report suggest

    Boris Johnson expected to quit today, report suggest

    The Prime Minister has woken to a wave of fresh resignations Boris Johnson is expected to quit on Thursday, a day that began with eight more resignations. The prime minister has reportedly agreed to resign, but wants to stay on until a new Tory leader is elected by autumn, the Guardian reported. Sky News said […]

    4 years ago

  • Nadine Dorries does it again – congratulates Nadhim Zahawi for wrong job

    Nadine Dorries does it again – congratulates Nadhim Zahawi for wrong job

    And the new health secretary… is not Nadhim Zahawi Nadine Dorries was forced to delete a tweet after she congratulated a fellow minister for a job he never got. The Culture Secretary who is never far from a fumble – her last just days ago when she confused rugby league for union – congratulated “my […]

    4 years ago

  • Tesco will no longer stock popular pet foods including Whiskas, Pedigree and Dreamies

    Tesco will no longer stock popular pet foods including Whiskas, Pedigree and Dreamies

    Disputes over pricing and productions costs are not limited to pet food A number of popular pet foods and snacks including Whiskas, Pedigree and Dreamies have reportedly been shelved at Tesco following a dispute over pricing. Mars has stopped supplying six brands to the supermarket, which also includes IAMS, Sheba and Crave, but has not […]

    4 years ago

  • Brits to bake through four-week scorcher with highs of up to 35C predicted

    Brits to bake through four-week scorcher with highs of up to 35C predicted

    The all-time temperature record for the UK is 38.7C set at Cambridge University on 25 July 2019 Four weeks of scorching hot weather with highs of up to 35C have been predicted, according to reports. Temperatures are expected to nudge 30C this week, before rising further throughout the month. The news comes after the Met […]

    4 years ago

  • Nelson Piquet used homophobic language against Lewis Hamilton, new report claims

    Nelson Piquet used homophobic language against Lewis Hamilton, new report claims

    Piquet earlier apologised to Hamilton for using a racial slur Nelson Piquet used homophobic language against Lewis Hamilton, a new report has claimed. An interview with Piquet on a Brazilian podcast from last year surfaced this week, in which he twice used a racially offensive expression when referring to Hamilton. On Friday, Sky News said […]

    4 years ago

  • Man, 93, shoots home intruder and fends off his accomplices after they wouldn’t ‘adhere’ to citizen’s arrest

    Man, 93, shoots home intruder and fends off his accomplices after they wouldn’t ‘adhere’ to citizen’s arrest

    Police said it appeared Joe Howard Teague’s actions were justified A 93-year-old man shot and critically wounded a burglar and scared off his accomplices, according to authorities in Los Angeles. The retired plumber, identified as Joe Howard Teague by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, confronted the intruders when they broke into his house in Moreno […]

    4 years ago

  • Proud Boys and The Base designated as terrorist organisations in New Zealand

    Proud Boys and The Base designated as terrorist organisations in New Zealand

    The Proud Boys are also deemed a terrorist group in Canada New Zealand’s government has declared the Proud Boys a terrorist organisation, citing the far-right group’s involvement in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol building as an act of terrorism. The Base was also given the same classification in a decision published Thursday, […]

    4 years ago

  • The reason Travis Barker was rushed to hospital has finally been revealed

    The reason Travis Barker was rushed to hospital has finally been revealed

    The Blink-182 drummer was rushed to hospital on Tuesday Travis Barker was reportedly rushed to hospital earlier this week for pancreatitis, reports suggest. The 46-year-old musician was pictured being wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher on Tuesday, before being transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His wife, Kourtney Kardashian, at his side. As #TravisBarker was rushed […]

    4 years ago

  • Halifax says customers who don’t like staff pronoun badges can close their accounts

    Halifax says customers who don’t like staff pronoun badges can close their accounts

    The bank has told customers unhappy with the initiative they are ‘welcome to close’ their accounts Halifax is seemingly locked in a game of cat and mouse with its customers after an announcement that it was adding pronouns to staff name badges didn’t go down well with everyone. The bank shared a photo on Twitter […]

    4 years ago

  • British teen says she was raped in Majorca hotel by ‘famous actor and musician’

    British teen says she was raped in Majorca hotel by ‘famous actor and musician’

    The teen was said to have been made to shower after the alleged rape A British teenager has allegedly been raped in Majorca by two men described as “a famous Vietnamese actor and musician”, according to reports. The 17-year-old told police she was attacked at a hotel in Andratx, the south-west of the Spanish island, […]

    4 years ago

  • Horrifying detail emerges in Texas migrant truck tragedy that claimed 51 lives

    Horrifying detail emerges in Texas migrant truck tragedy that claimed 51 lives

    Three men have been arrested over the tragedy in San Antonio Horrifying new information has emerged in the people smuggling tragedy that left at least 51 people dead – including how victims were reportedly sprinkled with steak seasoning to mask their odour. A law enforcement official revealed the ploy after the tractor-trailer was found with […]

    4 years ago

  • Dame Deborah James: Cancer Campaigner dies aged 40

    Dame Deborah James: Cancer Campaigner dies aged 40

    Dame Deborah, a mother of two, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016 Cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James has died at the age of 40, her family has said. A post on her Instagram page on Tuesday night read: “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dame Deborah James; the most amazing wife, […]

    4 years ago

  • Jasmine Burkitt death: BBC reality TV star dies aged 28

    Jasmine Burkitt death: BBC reality TV star dies aged 28

    Jasmine, known as Jazz, has been remembered as ‘the most incredible human’ Jasmine Burkitt, who appeared in BBC Three show Small Teen Big World, has died at the age of 28. Burkitt’s death was confirmed by her fiancé, Lewis Burke, who said: “She is the most incredible human that ever walked this planet, she is […]

    4 years ago

  • Ukraine: Missiles hit shopping centre containing over 1,000 people in Kremenchuk

    Ukraine: Missiles hit shopping centre containing over 1,000 people in Kremenchuk

    President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the mall had no ‘strategic value’ A missile strike has hit a shopping centre containing over 1,000 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday. Reports suggest as least two people have been confirmed dead and 20 injured, the BBC reported. He said on Telegram that […]

    4 years ago

  • Man jailed for ‘most appalling campaign of abuse’ court had ever seen

    Man jailed for ‘most appalling campaign of abuse’ court had ever seen

    Michael Maughan raped his victim on multiple occasions A “dangerous” man who carried out one of the worst campaigns of abuse a court had ever heard has been jailed for 18 and a half years Michael Maughan raped his victim multiple times and threatened to take her to Epping Forest in Essex and kill her, […]

    4 years ago

  • Right to abortion overturned by US Supreme Court after nearly 50 years

    Right to abortion overturned by US Supreme Court after nearly 50 years

    The power to decide on abortion rights will now be handed to the 50 states to determine individually The US Supreme Court has voted to overturn the right to choose abortion which has existed for almost 50 years. The power to decide on abortion rights will now be handed to the 50 states to determine […]

    4 years ago

  • ‘Dinosaur lady’ wins internet with baffling Question Time remark on rail strikes

    ‘Dinosaur lady’ wins internet with baffling Question Time remark on rail strikes

    Having endured Piers Morgan’s Thunderbirds questions, Mick Lynch is dragged into dinosaur debate Mick Lynch has had a week of it, casually shutting down presenters’ questions as “nonsense” and “twaddle” and even defending his likeness to a Thunderbirds villian. But the RMT union boss faced his most trying of questions on Thursday when a woman […]

    4 years ago

  • ‘Drunk’ man steals cop car – responds to domestic violence callout ‘identifying himself as a deputy’

    ‘Drunk’ man steals cop car – responds to domestic violence callout ‘identifying himself as a deputy’

    Jeremiah James Taylor faces eight charges including aggravated motor vehicle theft A Colorado man allegedly stole a police patrol car while intoxicated and then attended a domestic violence callout before leading officers on a high-speed chase. Jeremiah James Taylor faces eight charges, including aggravated motor vehicle theft, after the incident on Monday morning which began […]

    4 years ago

  • Man and woman charged with conspiring to bring child to the UK to harvest organs

    Man and woman charged with conspiring to bring child to the UK to harvest organs

    The Met was alerted to ‘potential offences under modern slavery legislation’ in May 2022 Two people have been charged with conspiring to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs, the Metropolitan Police revealed on Thursday. Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, and 60-year-old Ike Ekweremadu have been remanded in custody and are due […]

    4 years ago

  • Jaylon Ferguson: Baltimore Ravens linebacker dead at 26

    Jaylon Ferguson: Baltimore Ravens linebacker dead at 26

    It has not been revealed how the 26-year-old died Baltimore Ravens player Jaylon Ferguson has died at 26 years old leaving his team “profoundly saddened”. The Ravens announced the news Wednesday, but did not say how the pass rusher died. “We are profoundly saddened by the tragic passing of Jaylon Ferguson,” the Ravens said in […]

    4 years ago

  • Barnet stabbings: Man arrested after mother and young daughter found dead

    Barnet stabbings: Man arrested after mother and young daughter found dead

    The girl is believed to be five-years-old A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman and a girl, believed to be five, were found stabbed to death in Barnet in north London. The victims are believed to be mother and daughter and were known to the arrested man, the Metropolitan Police […]

    4 years ago

  • Russian journalist sells his Nobel Peace prize for $103.5m to help children in Ukraine

    Russian journalist sells his Nobel Peace prize for $103.5m to help children in Ukraine

    Dmitry Muratov won the award in 2021 for protecting ‘freedom of expression in Russia’ A Russian journalist has raised $103.5 million (£84.5m) to help Ukrainian children impacted by the invasion by auctioning off his Nobel Peace prize. Dmitry Muratov, who was the co-winner of the prestigious award in 2021, sold his award on Monday, with […]

    4 years ago

  • Fire breaks out in block of flats close to Grenfell Tower

    Fire breaks out in block of flats close to Grenfell Tower

    The fire comes after the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower blaze on 14 June Sixty firefighters are fighting a blaze in a flat close to Grenfell Tower in west London. Eight fire engines have raced to the scene at a high-rise block on Queensdale Crescent in Shepherd’s Bush after being called at 9.23am. The […]

    4 years ago

  • Cristiano Ronaldo’s £1.7m Bugatti Veyron ‘involved in crash in Majorca’

    Cristiano Ronaldo’s £1.7m Bugatti Veyron ‘involved in crash in Majorca’

    An employee of the footballer was said to be behind the wheel A supercar owned by Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly been involved in a crash in Majorca. An employee of the Manchester United star is thought to have been behind the wheel of the Bugatti Veyron when the accident happened on Monday morning. According to […]

    4 years ago

  • EastEnders’ Jessie Wallace ‘arrested for drunkenly assaulting police officer’

    EastEnders’ Jessie Wallace ‘arrested for drunkenly assaulting police officer’

    The actress was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer/drunk and disorderly conduct EastEnders star Jessie Wallace was arrested and accepted a caution after allegedly attacking a police officer outside a nightclub on Sunday morning. The 50-year-old, who plays fiery Kat Slater on the soap, was cautioned for the incident outside the Verve nightclub […]

    4 years ago