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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  • Tom Hardy will be Hannibal Lecter-type serial killer in new Apple TV series

    Tom Hardy will be Hannibal Lecter-type serial killer in new Apple TV series

    Things are about to get bloody! Tom Hardy is reportedly set to star in a grizzly serial killer tale coming to Apple TV+ where he will take on a Hannibal Lecter-type role. Deadline reports that the 45-year-old Brit will be one of the big names attached to the streamer’s latest project, Lazarus, a grizzly serial […]

    3 years ago

  • Nicola Bulley’s sister says there is ‘no evidence whatsoever’ she fell in river

    Nicola Bulley’s sister says there is ‘no evidence whatsoever’ she fell in river

    ‘It’s just a theory’ Nicola Bulley’s sister has hit out at a police theory that the mum-of-two fell into the River Wyre, stating there is “no evidence whatsoever” that is what happened. At a press conference on Friday, a week after Nicola went missing while walking her dog in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, police […]

    3 years ago

  • Husband has three-and-a-half affair during five-year marriage – wife stays with him

    Husband has three-and-a-half affair during five-year marriage – wife stays with him

    ‘He’s always been a great dad and husband and I don’t have any large complaints about him or our marriage in general’ A woman who discovered her husband was having an affair for three-and-a-half years decided to “forgive” him – because she didn’t want to “abandon” him during his “darkest moment”. Alexandrea Acevedo, 26, was […]

    3 years ago

  • Police believe they know what happened to Nicola Bulley

    Police believe they know what happened to Nicola Bulley

    Nicola went missing a week ago today Police on Friday revealed that the “main hypothesis” in the disappearance of Nicola Bulley is that she fell into the River Wyre. The mortgage broker was last seen walking her dog along the River Wyre, Lancashire, around 9.10am Friday, after dropping her two daughters off at school in […]

    3 years ago

  • Wanted man who is 4ft 9 inches taunts police on social media while still on the run

    Wanted man who is 4ft 9 inches taunts police on social media while still on the run

    ‘Shorty’ is still on the loose A diminutive fugitive nicknamed ‘Shorty’ has taunted cops by filming himself outside police stations and posting cheeky messages on Facebook and TikTok. Dean Manning, 34, who is just four foot nine inches, is being hunted by police officers to return him to prison after breaching his release terms. In […]

    3 years ago

  • Criminologist details 5 possible theories behind Nicola Bulley’s disappearance

    Criminologist details 5 possible theories behind Nicola Bulley’s disappearance

    ‘There’s a belief people don’t just disappear into thin air. Sadly, we have had a lot of people who have disappeared into thin air’ A criminologist has detailed five possible theories behind the disappearance of mum-of-two Nicola Bulley who has now been missing for over a week. The mortgage broker was last seen walking her […]

    3 years ago

  • Boy, 14, has golf ball removed from his butt

    Boy, 14, has golf ball removed from his butt

    The boy had hoped he could pass the ball naturally Doctors were forced to give a teenager a litre of laxatives after he got a golf ball stuck in his intestine after putting it up his bum. Several earlier attempts to remove it with various medical devices had failed, a report published last month in […]

    3 years ago

  • Mum abused for ‘inappropriate’ and ‘too revealing’ outfits she wears on school run

    Mum abused for ‘inappropriate’ and ‘too revealing’ outfits she wears on school run

    ‘Where’s the school? The red light district?’ A mum has revealed the abuse she gets for the outfits she wears when dropping her son off at school, with people online accusing her of flashing “her a***”. Charlie Hayes, has amassed more than 100,000 followers on TikTok where she showcases her colourful, alternative outfits, but not […]

    3 years ago

  • Missing mum Nicola Bulley’s final text before ‘vanishing into thin air’

    Missing mum Nicola Bulley’s final text before ‘vanishing into thin air’

    ‘You wouldn’t have done that if you were going to get up and go missing’ Nicola Bulley booked a playdate with a friend in her final text minutes before she disappeared, reports claimed on Friday a week after the mother-of-two went missing. The mortgage adviser sent the text at 8.57am just before logging onto a […]

    3 years ago

  • Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s mum in horror car crash

    Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s mum in horror car crash

    ‘Angels of mercy watched over my mom as she was in a car crash late last night’ Dwayne Johnson has praised his mother as a “survivor” after she was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles earlier this week. The 50-year-old actor posted a picture of his mother, Ata Johnson’s smashed-up Cadillac on Instagram […]

    3 years ago

  • Bobi the farm dog is the oldest living pooch ever aged 30

    Bobi the farm dog is the oldest living pooch ever aged 30

    Bobi has never been chained up or attached to a leash A farm dog called Bobi has been crowned the oldest living dog – just two weeks Guinness World Records gave the title to a a 23-year-old dog called Spike. Bobi, who lives in the Leira district of Portugal, is 30 years and 267 days […]

    3 years ago

  • Body language expert reveals signs you’re giving someone the ‘ick’

    Body language expert reveals signs you’re giving someone the ‘ick’

    Watch out for the eyebrow flash! A body language expert has revealed the signs you’re giving someone the ‘ick’. Adrianne Carter suggests a date can show they aren’t interested in you – or you’re turning them off – by folding your arms or making distance between you both. She even suggests they might move an […]

    3 years ago

  • Alec Baldwin to be formally charged today over Rust shooting

    Alec Baldwin to be formally charged today over Rust shooting

    Baldwin’s wife has said she doesn’t ‘feel so strong’ since news of the charges was first announced Alec Baldwin will reportedly be formally charged today with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of western movie, Rust. The 64-year-old will be charged alongside the film’s weapons supervisor, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, over […]

    3 years ago

  • Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan ‘paralysed from the waist down’

    Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan ‘paralysed from the waist down’

    ‘He put his heart and soul into the business and (it) ate him up’ Hulk Hogan has reportedly lost feeling in his lower body following back surgery and has to use a cane to walk around. The 69-year-old wrestling superstar, real name Terry Gene Bollea, is said to have undergone an unknown procedure where nerves […]

    3 years ago

  • Britain’s ugliest dog crowned as judges claim they’ve discovered ‘a star’

    Britain’s ugliest dog crowned as judges claim they’ve discovered ‘a star’

    ‘Some people find Peggy’s unusual appearance strange, and in rare cases off-putting’ The judges of Britain’s ugliest dog competition have said they “never imagined we would discover a star – but that’s exactly what happened” after a Pug and Chinese Crested cross, called Peggy, was crowned. Peggy’s owner, Holly Middleton from Leven, near Hornsea, in […]

    3 years ago

  • Woman, 28, who died after being mauled to death by eight dogs she was walking named

    Woman, 28, who died after being mauled to death by eight dogs she was walking named

    Police have said no one will face charges over the death A woman mauled to death by eight dogs she was walking has been named as Natasha Johnson. The 28-year-old was attacked by the dogs while walking at a beauty spot in Caterham, Surrey, on January 12. Surrey Police were called to Gravelly Hill after reports […]

    3 years ago

  • ‘Monster’ with sharpened teeth ‘kidnaps and repeatedly assaults woman’ for week

    ‘Monster’ with sharpened teeth ‘kidnaps and repeatedly assaults woman’ for week

    ‘He doesn’t stop. He will not stop. That’s why he’s a serial monster’ A woman kidnapped by a man dubbed a “serial monster”, who sharpened his teeth and allegedly threatened to rip her throat out, has detailed her horrific ordeal. Michael Barajas, 36, is charged with kidnapping a 20-year-old pregnant woman in Flint, Michigan, US, […]

    3 years ago

  • Taylor Swift casts transgender man as her love interest in latest music video

    Taylor Swift casts transgender man as her love interest in latest music video

    ‘At a time when trans rights are increasingly under attack, this representation is major’ Taylor Swift is being lauded for featuring a transgender man as her love interest in a new music video that’s been dubbed “pop perfection”. The ‘Lavender Haze’ video, written and directed by Swift, dropped Friday and features transgender male model Laith […]

    3 years ago

  • Homeowners furious after delivery men leave brand new sofa wedged in staircase

    Homeowners furious after delivery men leave brand new sofa wedged in staircase

    ‘Then they said ‘look we’ve got to get back to Birmingham’ and tried to leave’ A homeowner has slammed a furniture company after they abandoned a failed attempt to deliver new sofa – leaving it jammed on the stairs. Luke Ansell had just moved into his brand new home in Bournemouth in December when he […]

    3 years ago

  • Annie Wersching, best known for role in TV series 24, dies aged 45

    Annie Wersching, best known for role in TV series 24, dies aged 45

    ‘Annie, you left us way too soon’ Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the TV series 24 and most recently for staring as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard, has died. She was 45. Wersching died on Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist […]

    3 years ago

  • Cristiano Ronaldo will return to Europe, Al Nassr manager confirms

    Cristiano Ronaldo will return to Europe, Al Nassr manager confirms

    ‘He will not finish his career at Al Nassr, he will return to Europe’ Cristiano Ronaldo will return to Europe to finish his career, Al Nassr manager Rudi Garcia has confirmed. The 38-year-old signed a record-breaking deal with Saudi club Al Nassr – reportedly worth £175m-a-year – after Manchester United terminated his contract in November after he […]

    3 years ago

  • Lisa Loring, the Original Wednesday Addams, dies aged 64

    Lisa Loring, the Original Wednesday Addams, dies aged 64

    ‘She is embedded in the tapestry of pop culture and in our hearts always’ Lisa Loring, the original actor behind Wednesday Addams’ appearance in The Addams Family, has died. She was 64. Loring’s daughter Vanessa Foumberg confirmed the actor died Saturday due to complications from a stroke, Variety reported. “She went peacefully with both her […]

    3 years ago

  • Boss uses coffee test in every interview and won’t employ those who fail

    Boss uses coffee test in every interview and won’t employ those who fail

    Success at the company boils down to the hot drink test Job interviews can be a real game of chess, and it isn’t always obvious where you’ve gone wrong. But one boss has revealed he has a very unique way of testing potential candidates’ suitability, and it has nothing to do with a five-or-ten-year plan. […]

    3 years ago

  • Two retired Met Police officers charged over child sex abuse images

    Two retired Met Police officers charged over child sex abuse images

    The charges follow an investigation into a Met Chief Inspector found dead Two retired Met Police officers have been charged with offences relating to possessing child sex abuse images following an investigation into a serving chief inspector found dead before he was charged with similar crimes. Jack Addis, 63, of no fixed address and Jeremy […]

    3 years ago

  • Piers Morgan slammed for ‘misogynistic’ Madonna remarks

    Piers Morgan slammed for ‘misogynistic’ Madonna remarks

    Piers said Madonna should be ‘put out to pasture’ Piers Morgan has been slammed by critics for labelling Madonna the “most grotesque, train wreck embarrassment in the history of world entertainment”, with the remarks being branded “misogynistic” and “sexist”. Piers spoke about the Queen of Pop on Wednesday after she announced a 40th anniversary world […]

    3 years ago

  • Husband of police officer who slept with six co-workers is staying with her

    Husband of police officer who slept with six co-workers is staying with her

    Maegan Hall’s husband  ‘really wasn’t on board’ for swinging sessions The husband of a police officer fired for allegedly sleeping with six colleagues plans to stand by her, according to reports. Maegan Hall’s on-duty antics made headlines earlier this month when she was named as the main culprit when a La Vergne Police Department, Tennessee, […]

    3 years ago

  • Helicopter pilot pulls off very cheeky flight pattern

    Helicopter pilot pulls off very cheeky flight pattern

    A ballsy stunt, but not all is as it seems A helicopter pilot has made a bit of a dick of himself with a midair manoeuvre that has gone viral. A somewhat phallic flight pattern in the the skies of Comino, in Malta, was traced by an Armed Forces of Malta’s (AFM) helicopter earlier this […]

    3 years ago

  • Best man caught out lusting over bridesmaid on hot mic in viral wedding video

    Best man caught out lusting over bridesmaid on hot mic in viral wedding video

    ‘He’s got frosted tips bro can say anything he wants’ A best man has overshadowed his besties’ big day, by making his wedding video go viral for all the wrong reasons. Unable to contain his excitement over seeing a bridesmaid with a plunging neckline, the unidentified man blurted out, “oh yeah, zoom in on those”, […]

    3 years ago

  • Forces told to check all officers against police database in wake of David Carrick case

    Forces told to check all officers against police database in wake of David Carrick case

    David Carrick is one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders Forces have been asked to check all officers and staff against national police databases to “identify anyone who has slipped through the net” in the wake of the David Carrick rape case, the Home Office announce on Wednesday. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) will […]

    3 years ago

  • Six people, including three kids, killed after throats slit by kite strings at festival

    Six people, including three kids, killed after throats slit by kite strings at festival

    The youngest victim was a two-year-old girl, killed while riding her scooter At least six spectators were killed, including three children, after their throats were slit by out-of-control strings during an annual kite-flying festival in India. The Tribune India reported a further that 176 people were injured from cuts and falls during the day of celebration […]

    3 years ago

  • Mum and two young children freeze to death after sleeping in park

    Mum and two young children freeze to death after sleeping in park

    The mum is said to have told her children to hide if anyone approached them, and to lay down on the ground and sleep A mum and her two young children were found frozen to death, and a third child only survived by seeking help from a stranger, in a devastating incident in America. Monica […]

    3 years ago

  • British woman marries US prisoner serving 20 years for rape after just 9 months

    British woman marries US prisoner serving 20 years for rape after just 9 months

    ‘Initially’ she thought rape was ‘a very serious thing to be convicted of’ A British woman has got hitched – to a man serving 20 years in a US prison for rape – after just nine months of courtship. Gemma Vasquez met Leonel Vasquez through her Spanish teacher – who also happens to be his […]

    3 years ago

  • Jeremy Clarkson ‘axed as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’

    Jeremy Clarkson ‘axed as host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’

    Amazon was said to have ditched him a day earlier Jeremy Clarkson is fighting to stay on the telly amid the ongoing fallout over his “hateful” column about Meghan Markle with both Amazon and ITV hinting at dropping the former Top Gear star. On Tuesday, shortly after Clarkson issued a grovelling apology to the Duchess […]

    3 years ago

  • Kevin Spacey controversially accepts Lifetime Achievement Award

    Kevin Spacey controversially accepts Lifetime Achievement Award

    Spacey is facing a total of 12 sexual offences in the UK against four men Kevin Spacey has received a lifetime achievement award in Italy – days after he appeared in a UK court to face sex assault charges – and thanked the Italian National Cinema Museum for having “the balls” to host him. The […]

    3 years ago