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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  • Every UK household to get energy bill discounts of £400 this autumn

    Every UK household to get energy bill discounts of £400 this autumn

    Payment announced as part of a package of new measures worth £15bn Every UK household will get an energy bill discount of £400 this autumn as part of a package of new measures to tackle soaring prices, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced Thursday. The poorest households will also get a one-off payment of £650, Sunak said […]

    4 years ago

  • How to Murder your husband author found guilty of murdering her husband

    How to Murder your husband author found guilty of murdering her husband

    Nancy Crampton Brophy wrote a series called Wrong Never Felt So Right A romance writer who once wrote about ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ has been convicted of fatally shooting her husband. In Portland, Oregon, a jury on Wednesday took eight hours to return a verdict of second-degree murder against Nancy Crampton Brophy for shooting […]

    4 years ago

  • Woman goes blind and cries blue tears after having eyeballs tattooed

    Woman goes blind and cries blue tears after having eyeballs tattooed

    Who knew tattooing your eyeballs could be so painful An influencer has told how she was left temporarily blinded and “crying blue tears” after having her eyeballs tattooed. Body modification model, Amber Luke, detailed the reality of getting the extreme tattoo in an Instagram post this week. The 26-year-old from Brisbane, Australia, said the incident […]

    4 years ago

  • Johnny Depp ‘cowered in corner’ after Amber Heard row at trailer park, witness claims

    Johnny Depp ‘cowered in corner’ after Amber Heard row at trailer park, witness claims

    Morgan Night’s testimony contradicts Amber Heard’s evidence of the incident in Hicksville Johnny Depp was left “cowering in the corner” after being berated by Amber Heard during a stay at a luxury trailer park resort, an eyewitness testified during the defamation trial. Morgan Night’s evidence contradicts the actress’ claims that her ex-husband had flown into […]

    4 years ago

  • Texas school shooting: Video appears to show gunman at school

    Texas school shooting: Video appears to show gunman at school

    The killer is believed to have been armed with a handgun and an Ar-15 semi-automatic rifle and was wearing body armour Video appears to show the moment the suspected shooter arrived at a Texas elementary school before gunning down 19 students and two adults. The footage, shared on Facebook, appears to show the armed suspect […]

    4 years ago

  • Energy price cap expected to rise by £830 to £2,800 in October, Ofgem chief warns

    Energy price cap expected to rise by £830 to £2,800 in October, Ofgem chief warns

    ‘Genuinely a once-in-a-generation event not seen since the oil crisis of the 1970s’ The cost of living crisis looks set to get worse, with the UK’s energy cap expected to rise in October to around £2,800. Ofgem’s chief executive Jonathan Brearley said Tuesday that energy costs could rise by £829. The cap which applies until […]

    4 years ago

  • Kurt Zouma: West Ham footballer pleads guilty to kicking and slapping a cat

    Kurt Zouma: West Ham footballer pleads guilty to kicking and slapping a cat

    The West Ham player and his brother were prosecuted under the Animal Welfare Act Kurt Zouma has reportedly pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping a cat after video emerged of the incident in February. The West Ham defender barged through crowds outside the Thames Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday where he appeared alongside his brother younger […]

    4 years ago

  • Wayne Couzens denies four counts of indecent exposure before Sarah Everard murder

    Wayne Couzens denies four counts of indecent exposure before Sarah Everard murder

    The incidents are alleged to have taken place in Swanley, Kent, on four separate occasions Wayne Couzens has denied four counts of indecent exposure in the months leading up to the murder of Sarah Everard. Couzens, who was part of the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection unit, is serving a whole life term for abducting, […]

    4 years ago

  • Imran Ahmad Khan: Former Tory MP jailed for 18 months for sexual assault

    Imran Ahmad Khan: Former Tory MP jailed for 18 months for sexual assault

    Khan was thrown out of the Conservative party after being convicted Former Conservative MP, Imran Ahmad Khan, has been sentenced to 18 months jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy after plying him with gin. Khan, who served as MP for Wakefield from 2019 until this year, was thrown out of the Conservative Party after […]

    4 years ago

  • Vladimir Putin survived assassination attempt at start of Ukraine invasion, report claims

    Vladimir Putin survived assassination attempt at start of Ukraine invasion, report claims

    The claim was made by Ukraine’s chief of defence intelligence Ukraine has claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin survived an assassination attempt two months ago at the start of the invasion. The nation’s Chief of Defence Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov claimed Putin was attacked in an “unsuccessful attempt” on his life soon after the invasion got underway […]

    4 years ago

  • Courtney Love shares dramatic moment Johnny Depp saved her from dying outside nightclub

    Courtney Love shares dramatic moment Johnny Depp saved her from dying outside nightclub

    Courtney Love has spoken out about the time Johnny Depp saved her life with CPR after she overdosed outside Los Angeles iconic,  Viper Room. In a series of videos shared on Love’s friend, Jessica Reed Kraus’s Instagram account, the singer expressed support for Depp who is embroiled in a defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber […]

    4 years ago

  • Birmingham Children’s Hospital worker held over ‘poisoning’ of child

    Birmingham Children’s Hospital worker held over ‘poisoning’ of child

    Birmingham Children’s Hospital asked police to get involved following the death of an infant in its care A health worker has been arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life after an infant died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The hospital asked West Midlands Police to investigate after the child died while being […]

    4 years ago

  • Dave Chappelle ‘attacker’ charged with attempted murder

    Dave Chappelle ‘attacker’ charged with attempted murder

    Isaiah Lee has denied the charge which relates to an alleged stabbing in December 2021 Dave Chappelle’s alleged attacker has been charged with attempted murder in relation to an unrelated incident, but police have said the incident involving the comedian “helped police solve this crime”. Chapelle, 48, was tackled to the ground as he performed […]

    4 years ago

  • Johnny Depp goes into character after fan shouts he’ll aways be her captain Jack Sparrow

    Johnny Depp goes into character after fan shouts he’ll aways be her captain Jack Sparrow

    The performance followed an earlier claim from Depp that he had made fans ‘waffles’ for breakfast Johnny Depp continues to delight his hordes of fans, this time with an impromptu performance of his famous character – Captain Jack Sparrow. Arriving at the Virginia County Courthouse in Fairfax Virginia, for his defamation proceedings against Amber Heard, […]

    4 years ago

  • Wagatha Christie: Rebekah Vardy storms out of court just 30 minutes into final day

    Wagatha Christie: Rebekah Vardy storms out of court just 30 minutes into final day

    Vardy had just been accused of destroying evidence Rebekah Vardy reportedly left the courtroom just half an hour into the final day of proceedings in the ‘Wagatha Christie‘ trial on Thursday. Coleen and Wayne Rooney are not in attendance due to a “long-standing travel arrangement”, the couple’s barrister told the High Court. The couple is […]

    4 years ago

  • ‘Middle-class coke heads’ who do drugs at football games face five-year ban

    ‘Middle-class coke heads’ who do drugs at football games face five-year ban

    Violence at games is being blamed on ‘spectators taking cocaine’ People caught using or selling cocaine at football matches could be banned from stadiums for five years and have their passports confiscated, under new rules announced Thursday to stop games getting out of hand. Policing minister Kit Malthouse said from now on, those busted with the […]

    4 years ago

  • US hospital charged woman $40 for crying during consultation

    US hospital charged woman $40 for crying during consultation

    The cost of crying in the US has gone up considerably A woman was charged $40 (£32) for shedding a tear during a visit to a doctor in the US. YouTuber Camille Johnson, from New York, says her sister has a rare disease and has been “really struggling” to find appropriate care. During a recent […]

    4 years ago

  • Russian gymnast who wore ‘Z’ symbol has been banned from the sport for a year

    Russian gymnast who wore ‘Z’ symbol has been banned from the sport for a year

    Ivan Kuliak has had to return his bronze medal and prize money The Russian gymnast who supported his country’s invasion of Ukraine by wearing the insignia ‘Z’ on his vest at a world cup event, has been banned from the sport for a year. Ivan Kuliak was disciplined on Tuesday by the International Gymnastics Federation […]

    4 years ago

  • Man arrested after Sheffield United’s Billy Sharp attacked by Nottingham Forest fan

    Man arrested after Sheffield United’s Billy Sharp attacked by Nottingham Forest fan

    Nottingham Forest said the fan would be banned from the club for life A man has been arrested after Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp was assaulted after a rival fan ran onto the pitch on Tuesday night during an incident that left him needing stitches. The incident happened after Nottingham Forest beat Sheffield 3-2 on […]

    4 years ago

  • Rochdale dog attack: Boy killed in Milnrow named as Daniel John Twigg

    Rochdale dog attack: Boy killed in Milnrow named as Daniel John Twigg

    The attack happened in Milnrow on Sunday afternoon The three-year-old boy killed in a dog attack in Rochdale has been identified as Daniel John Twigg. Paramedics were called to Milnrow on Sunday afternoon. Daniel was taken to hospital but died a short time later. A 48-year-old man was arrested under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 after […]

    4 years ago

  • Beergate: Police to investigate Sir Keir Starmer over allegations he broke lockdown rules

    Beergate: Police to investigate Sir Keir Starmer over allegations he broke lockdown rules

    Police said they now had ‘significant new information’ Sir Keir Starmer will be investigated by police over allegations he broke lockdown rules while drinking with colleagues, police revealed on Friday saying they now had “significant new information”. The Labour leader has been under scrutiny since footage emerged of him drinking a beer with colleagues in Durham […]

    4 years ago

  • McColl’s collapses into administration putting 16,000 jobs at risk

    McColl’s collapses into administration putting 16,000 jobs at risk

    The company has 1,400 stores and employs 16,000 staff Convenience store chain McColl’s has collapsed into administration, putting 16,000 jobs at risk, according to reports. McColl’s said the company’s lenders did not want to extend banking agreements that were keeping the business going. The company has 1,400 stores and employs 16,000 staff but it is […]

    4 years ago

  • Amber Heard breaks down as she claims Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a bottle

    Amber Heard breaks down as she claims Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a bottle

    Amber Heard said the incident happened in March 2015 in Australia Amber Heard was visibly shaken on the stand and broke down as she detailed how Johnny Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle during emotional testimony that the actor’s defense team later labelled the “performance of her life”. Heard detailed the alleged assault that […]

    4 years ago

  • Johnny Depp’s lawyers claim Amber Heard has put on ‘performance of a lifetime’ in court

    Johnny Depp’s lawyers claim Amber Heard has put on ‘performance of a lifetime’ in court

    Depp’s lawyer suggests Amber Heard’s evidence has continued to ‘grow new and convenient details’ Johnny Depp‘s lawyers have claimed that Amber Heard has put on “the performance of her life” while testifying against him in his multi-million-pound defamation case. The Pirates of the Caribbean star is suing his former wife over an op-ed she wrote […]

    4 years ago

  • Game Of Thrones prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ trailer released

    Game Of Thrones prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ trailer released

    House of Dragon is set for a UK release in August Game of Thrones fans have finally been given a sneak peek at the events before the blockbuster series in a teaser for the prequel, House of Dragon. The series, set to be released later this year, tells the story of House Targaryen 200 years […]

    4 years ago

  • Baby P: Tracey Connelly set to be released from prison despite government challenge

    Baby P: Tracey Connelly set to be released from prison despite government challenge

    The Parole Board rejected a government challenge The Parole Board has rejected a government challenge against its ruling and is set to release Tracey Connelly, the mother of Baby P, from prison. Justice Secretary Dominic Raab had asked the Parole Board to reconsider their decision to release Connelly who was jailed in 2008 over the […]

    4 years ago

  • Tory MP solves cost of living crisis – tells families to buy value brands

    Tory MP solves cost of living crisis – tells families to buy value brands

    Apparently buying value brands can help people ‘manage their household budget’ A day after Boris Johnson‘s car crash interview with Susanna Reid where he admitted the government wasn’t doing enough to combat the cost of living crisis but took credit for a pensioner’s misfortune, another Tory MP has proved he’s equally out of touch. Environment […]

    4 years ago