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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  • LadBaby collaborate with Martin Lewis to create Band Aid song for Christmas

    LadBaby collaborate with Martin Lewis to create Band Aid song for Christmas

    ‘We have to do whatever it takes to build a future where all of us can afford to go to sleep with a full stomach’ LadBaby are teaming up with Martin Lewis to rework Band Aid’s Christmas hit Do ‘They Know It’s Christmas’ to raise money to fight poverty LadBaby, which is made up of Mark […]

    3 years ago

  • Second journalist dies ‘suddenly’ while covering the Qatar World Cup

    Second journalist dies ‘suddenly’ while covering the Qatar World Cup

    The death comes after Grant Wahl collapsed and died on Friday Another journalist has died “suddenly” while covering the World Cup in Qatar. The Gulf Times revealed over the weekend that Al Kass TV photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam died in the country while reporting on the tournament. His death comes after American journalist Grant Wahl died […]

    3 years ago

  • Football fan launched racist tirade and attacked stewards and police during England game

    Football fan launched racist tirade and attacked stewards and police during England game

    The 27-year-old had been removed for being too drunk A drunk football fan has been jailed for launching a racist tirade before punching, kicking, head-butting and spitting at four stewards and two police officers during an England game. Jack Scotter spat in one officer’s eye, then head-butted another during the Three Lions match against Switzerland […]

    3 years ago

  • Man who vanished in 2013 found dead in New York with new name

    Man who vanished in 2013 found dead in New York with new name

    Robert Hoagland’s family had no idea what happened to him A man who disappeared without a trace almost a decade ago has been found dead in upstate New York, where he had been reportedly living under a new name. Robert Hoagland — whose disappearance featured in an episode of the Investigation Discovery series “Disappeared” — […]

    3 years ago

  • Woman ‘obsessed’ with Gonks spent £500 decorating her house with them for Christmas

    Woman ‘obsessed’ with Gonks spent £500 decorating her house with them for Christmas

    Susan has amassed 30 gonks this year alone. A mum obsessed with gonks has amassed a £500 collection of Christmas-themed ones which fill nearly every corner of her home. Susan Lowden began collecting the egg-shaped dolls with frizzy hair in 2019, and soon found she couldn’t see one without buying it. Her 135-doll collection is made […]

    3 years ago

  • Hi-de-Hi! actress Ruth Madoc dies aged 79

    Hi-de-Hi! actress Ruth Madoc dies aged 79

    ‘Audiences adored her as Gladys Pugh’ Hi-de-Hi! actress Ruth Madoc had died aged 79, her agent confirmed in a statement. Phil Belfield said his client died on Friday afternoon in hospital after surgery for a fall she had earlier in the week. Belfield, of talent agency Belfield & Ward Ltd, described Madoc as a “one […]

    3 years ago

  • Jersey flat explosion: One person killed and 12 missing

    Jersey flat explosion: One person killed and 12 missing

    Police said the search and rescue effort could take a ‘number of days’ At least one person has died after an explosion in a block of flats in St Helier, Jersey police have said, and 12 people are believed to be missing. Two “walking wounded” are being treated at hospital. Emergency services arrived at the […]

    3 years ago

  • Heartbreaking moment thieves reach into hangbag of woman, 80, to steal her money

    Heartbreaking moment thieves reach into hangbag of woman, 80, to steal her money

    The pensioner had just withdrawn money from an ATM when she was targeted A pair of heartless thieves have been caught on camera stalking an elderly woman through a shop then reaching into her bag to steal her money, weeks before Christmas. The pensioner, in her 80s, was shopping in Horsham, West Sussex, when one […]

    3 years ago

  • Conjoined twin electricians spark outcry after revealing they are paid single salary

    Conjoined twin electricians spark outcry after revealing they are paid single salary

    ‘One salary wage for two people? That’s making me angry’ Conjoined twins who were deserted by their parents after just two months have revealed that they are only paid one salary between them. Sohna and Mohna Singh, 19, from Punjab, India, featured in a YouTube interview with documentary filmmaker Ruhi Çenet last month in which […]

    3 years ago

  • Mum shares harrowing photos of son fighting for life with Strep A

    Mum shares harrowing photos of son fighting for life with Strep A

    ‘They said there is so much fluid around his lungs and they feared he had fluid on his heart. I was in despair’ A mum has shared harrowing photos of her son fighting for his life in hospital after she claims a GP misdiagnosed deadly Strep A with covid. Chontelle Gosling said she was told her […]

    3 years ago

  • Jackass star Bam Margera ‘fighting for life on ventilator’

    Jackass star Bam Margera ‘fighting for life on ventilator’

    The star is said to have been admitted to hospital earlier this week Bam Margera is reportedly on a ventilator in hospital fighting for his life after catching covid. The Jackass star is reportedly battling pneumonia after he was admitted to a hospital in San Diego, California, earlier this week. According to TMZ, the 43-year-old […]

    3 years ago

  • Campaign to boycott Netflix over Harry and Meghan’s documentary

    Campaign to boycott Netflix over Harry and Meghan’s documentary

    ‘It is time to take the title back from someone so clearly lacking any respect’ A minister has branded Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “utterly irrelevant” to Britain and urged the country to boycott Netflix where the couple’s documentary hasn’t stopped making headlines. Appearing on BBC Question Time on Thursday, employment minister Guy Opperman said […]

    3 years ago

  • Met Police officer charged with two counts of rape

    Met Police officer charged with two counts of rape

    The charges relate to two women aged in their 20s and 30s, A Met Police officer has been charged with two counts of rape and is due to appear in court on Friday. PC Rupert Edwards was arrested on suspicion of rape on 5 September and subsequently bailed and suspended from duty before being arrested […]

    3 years ago

  • Kanye West’s honorary degree from the Art Institute of Chicago has been revoked

    Kanye West’s honorary degree from the Art Institute of Chicago has been revoked

    ‘Regardless of his contributions prior to receipt of this award, it is harmful to allow Ye to use the school to help legitimise hatred’ Kanye West’s cultural significance continues to be dismantled, with his honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) being rescinded in what is a first for the […]

    3 years ago

  • Psychic who ‘predicted 9/11 and Diana’s death says England will win World Cup’

    Psychic who ‘predicted 9/11 and Diana’s death says England will win World Cup’

    ‘Never have I felt so strongly about something since my 9/11 prediction’ A psychic who claims to have predicted major events such as 9/11 and Princess Diana’s death – claims England are going to win the World Cup. Anthony Carr has been predicting world events all his life and read palms for celebrities such as […]

    3 years ago

  • Protesters glue themselves to railing during concert but make one major error

    Protesters glue themselves to railing during concert but make one major error

    The crowd erupted in cheers when the pair were simply walked off stage Climate activists who staged a protest at a concert hall by gluing themselves to a rail, were left rather red-faced when they realised the rail was removable. The protest did not last long. The protesters took to the stage during a performance […]

    3 years ago

  • Jackie Chan confirms Rush Hour 4 is in the works

    Jackie Chan confirms Rush Hour 4 is in the works

    ‘We’re talking about Rush Hour 4 right now’ Jackie Chan has confirmed that he’s in talks for Rush Hour 4. During an appearance at the Red Sea International Film Festival, the martial arts star confirmed that Rush Hour 4 is underway, Variety reported. “We’re talking about Rush Hour 4 right now,” the 68-year-old said of […]

    3 years ago

  • Police start digging for 70 bodies after daughter claims her dad is a serial killer

    Police start digging for 70 bodies after daughter claims her dad is a serial killer

    The sister’s are somewhat divided on their dad’s past Police are using cadaver dogs and taking dirt samples at a property in the US to help establish if a woman’s claims that her dad murdered 70 women and dumped their bodies are true. Lucy Studey McKiddy has alleged that her late father, Donald Dean Studey, […]

    3 years ago

  • Harry says wearing Nazi uniform was ‘biggest mistake of my life’

    Harry says wearing Nazi uniform was ‘biggest mistake of my life’

    ‘I felt so ashamed afterwards. All I wanted to do was make it right’ Prince Harry has said that dressing as a Nazi in 2005 was one of the “biggest mistakes” of his life. The Duke of Sussex addressed the fancy dress party costume gaffe during an episode of his new Netflix series. The costume, […]

    3 years ago

  • Russia frees US basketball star in swap with ‘Merchant of Death arms dealer

    Russia frees US basketball star in swap with ‘Merchant of Death arms dealer

    Viktor Bout’s gun-running inspired the 2005 Hollywood film Lord of War US basketball star Brittney Griner has reportedly been exchanged for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap agreement between the US and Russia. Griner was held at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and was last month sent to […]

    3 years ago

  • People are convinced they know who new horror villain is based on

    People are convinced they know who new horror villain is based on

    ‘Is it just me or is M3GAN a long lost Olsen twin?’ A trailer for upcoming flick M3GAN has got horror fans all saying the same thing. A creepy doll in the movie looks a lot like a certain Hollywood star. M3GAN, produced by horror movie heavyweight James Wan, centres around Gemma who uses artificial […]

    3 years ago

  • Celine Dion, 54, diagnosed with incurable neurological disease

    Celine Dion, 54, diagnosed with incurable neurological disease

    ‘I’ve always been an open book and I wasn’t ready to say anything before but I’m ready now’ Celine Dion has revealed that she has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), which causes her muscles to tense uncontrollably and is “causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal chords to […]

    3 years ago

  • Raheem Sterling to return to England’s World Cup base in Qatar

    Raheem Sterling to return to England’s World Cup base in Qatar

    Raheem raced back to England after thieves broke into his home Raheem Sterling will return to Qatar ahead of the Three Lions’ clash against France on Saturday. The Chelsea star travelled home before the last-16 game against Senegal after his family home was broken into on Saturday with thieves making off with £300,000 worth of […]

    3 years ago

  • Home Depot worker, 83, dies after being pushed over by shoplifter

    Home Depot worker, 83, dies after being pushed over by shoplifter

    ‘Beyond our comprehension that someone would do this for a couple of power washers’ An 83-year-old Home Depot employee has died after being shoved over by a shoplifter in an incident that is now being treated as a homicide. On 18 October, Gary Rasor was working at the North Carolina branch of Home Depot when […]

    3 years ago

  • Alyssa Milano gave back her Tesla after Elon Musk bought Twitter

    Alyssa Milano gave back her Tesla after Elon Musk bought Twitter

    Milano is not happy about the direction of Twitter under Musk A lot of high profile people and celebrities ditched Twitter when Elon Musk took over, but Alyssa Milano took her objection to the billionaire a step further. She gave back her Telsa. Musk’s $44 billion takeover of the social media platform has been a […]

    3 years ago

  • Joe Rogan wants The Rock to come clean about steroid use amid Liver King scandal

    Joe Rogan wants The Rock to come clean about steroid use amid Liver King scandal

    ‘There’s not a f*cking chance in hell he’s clean, not a chance in hell as big as The Rock is at 50’ Joe Rogan wants ‘The Rock’ to come clean about his steroid use after fitness influencer the Liver King last week admitted his physique was the result of more than $10,000 worth of performance-enhancing […]

    3 years ago

  • Joe Rogan thinks Conor McGregor’s piss would ‘burn a hole’ through drug test cup

    Joe Rogan thinks Conor McGregor’s piss would ‘burn a hole’ through drug test cup

    ‘It would just like burn a hole right through the bottom’ Joe Rogan has claimed Conor McGregor‘s piss “would melt” an anti-doping agency cup after the fighter suggested athletes recovering from injuries should be allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). Rogan invited a popular bodybuilder and PED expert on his podcast on 3 December, where […]

    3 years ago

  • John Travolta pays tribute to his ‘soulmate’ Kirstie Alley as she dies aged 71

    John Travolta pays tribute to his ‘soulmate’ Kirstie Alley as she dies aged 71

    ‘Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had’ John Travolta has paid a heartfelt tribute to Kirsty Alley after she lost a short battle against cancer on Monday. She was 71. Alley, best known for her role as Rebecca Howe in Cheers, starred alongside Travolta in the successful 1989 romantic comedy Look Who’s […]

    3 years ago

  • Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker jailed for 21 years

    Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker jailed for 21 years

    ‘I was beaten, strangled, shot and left to die, bleeding out on a sidewalk and gasping for my life’ The man who shot Lady Gaga´s dog walker and stole her French bulldogs has been jailed for 21 years. James Howard Jackson, one of three men and two accomplices who participated in the violent robbery last […]

    3 years ago

  • Kirstie Alley: Cheers star dead aged 71

    Kirstie Alley: Cheers star dead aged 71

    John Travolta said Alley was ‘one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had’ Kirstie Alley, a two-time Emmy-winning actor who rose to fame in US sitcom Cheers, has died aged 71. Alley died on Monday of cancer, her family confirmed in a statement on social media. “We are sad to inform you that our incredible, […]

    3 years ago

  • Teens tried to steal judge’s £15,000 motorbike from court despite guards, gates and CCTV

    Teens tried to steal judge’s £15,000 motorbike from court despite guards, gates and CCTV

    The teens ended up leaving their own mopeds at the scene but the plan went terribly wrong In a particularly “brazen and audacious” act, two teenagers tried to steal a  judge’s £15,000 motorbike from a court carpark. Shay Hollis, 18, and Deon-Dre Rogers-Barrett, 19, came across the judge’s motorbike – along with an accomplice who remains […]

    3 years ago

  • Love Island 2023 return finally unveiled – and it’s just weeks away

    Love Island 2023 return finally unveiled – and it’s just weeks away

    The show only went off air in August Love Island may have only just ended, but it is reportedly just weeks away from returning to our screens. The winter version of the show is due to begin on January 16, the Mirror reported on Monday, and is set in South Africa. It is only the second […]

    3 years ago