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Matt Roper

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Senior Feature Writer at The Daily Mirror

Feature Writer at Freelance

Senior feature writer, Daily Mirror. British Journalism Awards nominee - Interviewer of the Year. Founder of Meninadança. Author of Before The Night Comes.

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  • BBC presenter Nick Owen shares health update on cancer battle as he's left emotional

    5 days ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Matt Roper |Tasha Hall

    The Midlands Today host and former TV-am presenter was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2023 and has urged other men to get tested after he gave a health update admitting people have approached him on the streetBBC newsreader Nick Owen revealed that "hundreds" of men have informed him how his cancer experience prompted them to undergo tests, with some crediting the move as life-saving.

  • Jade Thirwall - 'People blow smoke up you, but I'm always humbled by my wincing mam'

    1 week ago | mirror.co.uk | Matt Roper

    Little Mix star Jade Thirwall launched her solo career less than a year ago but has already racked up a top ten hit and a BRIT award, and is now preparing for her biggest gig ever at GlastonburyShe’s the Little Mixer with the big solo future - the dark horse of the group who has shocked fans by outshining her fellow bandmates Perrie Edwards. Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson in the charts.

  • The Breakfast Club stars reunite after 40 years - and fans go wild

    1 week ago | ok.co.uk | Matt Roper |Shelley Spadoni

    Fans of the legendary 1985 movie The Breakfast Club were treated to a blast from the past as the original cast reunited for the first time in four decades since their iconic detention scene. The stars, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, and Anthony Michael Hall, gathered at a pop culture event in Chicago on April 12, sending fans into a frenzy despite the cast's transformed appearances.

  • 'Emotional' stars of 80s classic The Breakfast Club reunite after 40 years

    1 week ago | mirror.co.uk | Matt Roper |Shelley Spadoni

    'Emotional' stars of 80s classic The Breakfast Club reunite after 40 yearsIt was one of the most beloved coming-of-age films of the 80s - so fans were delighted when all five The Breakfast Club cast members got together for the first time in 40 yearsIt was a total nostalgia-fest for lovers of iconic 1985 film The Breakfast Club when all five of its stars reunited for the first time - 40 years after that fateful detention day.

  • ‘I was 90s music promoter who told Oasis their name was crap and songs too loud’

    1 week ago | mirror.co.uk | Matt Roper

    ‘I was 90s music promoter who told Oasis their name was crap and songs too loud’Owner of Manchester's iconic Boardwalk venue recalls giving the brothers bad advice when they brought their demo tape to him and was left very unimpressed with their live gigWhen Oasis take the stage on their £50million reunion tour this summer, one promoter will be reflecting on the advice he once gave the trailblazing brothers.

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28 Jan 25

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"That was The Fall of course and 'Gut of the Quantifier'; next in session we have Rhino Pampering, and their upcoming single 'I Lathered Hoof Moist on a Two-Tonne Gyasi'..." https://t.co/QkudJNsyil

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28 Jan 25

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RT @eyuplovely: Tommy Robinson is in prison, but earlier tonight his social media team attributed the terror attack in Magdeburg to “Islami…