
Holly Patrick
Short Form Content Editor at The Independent
assistant editor @independent video, formerly @storyful mostly pottering around galleries. all views my own, rt/like ≠ endorsement | she/her
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2 days ago |
independent.co.uk | Holly Patrick
A man who was abandoned as a baby inside a plastic bag with his placenta still attached had an emotional reunion with his birth family on Wednesday's (25 June) episode of Long Lost Family on ITV. In September 1984, Jon Scarlett-Phillips was discovered in the toilet of a leisure centre car park in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, wrapped in a blanket. Now 40, he enlisted the help of the show, presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, to trace his birth mother.
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2 days ago |
independent.co.uk | Holly Patrick
Jamie Laing and pregnant Sophie Habboo poked fun at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's hospital dance before the birth of Princess Lilibet, in a video recorded inside Buckingham Palace on Wednesday (25 June). They appeared to be sharing their take on Meghan and Prince Harry's delivery room routine, footage of which was shared by the former Suits actor earlier in June, which was a bid to induce labour. Both dances were set to the song “Baby Mama” by Starrkeisha.
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independent.co.uk | Holly Patrick
Rare albino deer spotted wandering through townA rare albino deer was spotted wandering through a Michigan suburb, video posted on social media on 18 June shows. Ramez Khuri said he was on his way to work on 12 Mile between Middlebelt and Orchard Lake when he spotted what appeared to be an albino deer at the entrance to the Woodues apartments. "This deer was entirely white. It was beautiful, and what a rare experience! I just watched it until it went into the wooded area," Mr Khuri said.
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2 days ago |
independent.co.uk | Holly Patrick
Taylor Swift gave a surprise performance at her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s “Tight Ends & Friends” concert in Nashville on Tuesday, 24 June, with her arrival on stage prompting ecstatic screaming from fans. The global pop icon, 35, took to the stage at the Brooklyn Bowl during the Kansas City Chiefs player’s annual three-day summer training camp to sing 2014 hit “Shake It Off.”“We would like to dedicate this to our favorite players who are going to play and these are the tight ends,” Swift said.
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3 days ago |
independent.co.uk | Holly Patrick
Jack Watkin, 26, who previously featured in a Rich Kids of Instagram documentary, defrauded businesses and individuals of over £200,000. Watkin committed fraud by falsely claiming he had contacts for exclusive Hermes handbags and would split resale profits, spending the illicit gains at Harrods and the Dorchester hotel. He pleaded guilty to eight counts of fraud by false representation at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday.
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