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With what is said to be the most romantic day in the calendar year fast approaching, there are those of us out there who really do not look forward to seeing couples hand in hand, drooling at each other like rabid dogs and basically facing nothing but hearts and flowers since we took down the […]

Sam Smith has hit the studio to re-record his single ‘Lay Me Down’. The track already features on his five million-selling debut album In The Lonely Hour. ‘It’s the song that got me my record deal, and it’s the song that started off my entire fan base’ admitted the ‘Stay With Me’ singer. Producers of […]

Justin Timberlake and wife, Jessica Biel, have announced they are expecting their first child. The ‘Mirror’ singer celebrated his birthday by sharing a picture of himself kissing Biel’s bare baby bump on Instagram. He captioned the image ‘Thank you EVERYONE for the Bday wishes! This year, I’m getting the GREATEST GIFT EVER. CAN’T WAIT. #BoyOrGirl […]

Alan Barnes from Low Fell in Gateshead was brutally attacked outside his home on the 25th January and has been living with his sister ever since the attack because he is scared to return home. Barnes escaped with bruises and a broken collarbone after the attack. When Katie Cutler, a beautician, also from Gateshead, found […]

Ne-Yo and Pitbull make you forget about your troubles with their new track ‘Time Of Our Lives’. You can’t pay your rent this month? Why not throw a ‘rent party’ and invite the two singers along? The video starts off by saying it’s New Years Eve in 1999 and a family are concerned that they […]

The daughter of the late Whitney Houston is in hospital after being found unresponsive in a bathtub. Bobbi Kristina Brown was found on Saturday morning by her husband and a friend. The 21 year old was found unresponsive in a bath just like her mother, Whitney Houston, who was found dead in a bath prior […]

We are well known for our humor and dialect and we are a tough nut to crack when it comes to taking criticism, but there are some things that we need to set the record straight on: 1. Horse Play “Lock up your horses”, Alreet, I think we’ve heard enough. Us Geordies are pros when […]

With the 30 year anniversary fast approaching, EastEnders have left us shivering in our boots with their new spine-chilling ‘Week of Revelations’ trailer. The ‘who killed Lucy’ storyline has loomed upon EastEnders fans since April last year but now the soap bosses have revealed their scary new trailer to throw a spanner in the works one last […]

A new research suggests that pregnant smokers are more likely to quit if they are paid to stop smoking. 600 women from Glasgow took part in the British Medical Journal research to determine whether they would give up smoking if they were paid to do so. The 600 women were split in to two groups; […]

Apple have revealed that they have sold over 74.5 million iPhones during the last quarter of 2014; making the company go down in history with the biggest quarterly profits, $11.8 billion, ever made by a public business. Apple exceeded all the predictions they made for the iPhone 6 sales in September when they released them […]

Calvin Harris is set to get even richer after signing a three year deal with Hakkasan Group. The DJ will play at three venues owned by the Abu Dhabi based company around Las Vegas. The 33 year old, who is worth £40 million, is said to be “excited” about performing at the clubs. Harris will […]

Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust have set a new trend to raise awareness for cervical cancer. The charity have launched the #SmearForSmear campaign where women take a selfie with lip-stick smeared across their faces. Supermodel Georgia May Jagger, is one of the first celebrities to take the selfie in her stride whilst nominating her model friends, […]

We are all beautiful no matter what the scales say. Who says you need to be a size 6 to be happy? Plus model Tess Holliday, (real name Tess Munster), proves you can love your body at any size. Tess is a 5-foot-5, size 22 model and has become the first ever woman of her […]

Over 1.3 million people were killed in Auschwitz in Poland during World War Two between 1940 and 1945. Over 1.1 million of those people murdered were Jewish with a quarter of them being children. Polish people, lesbians, homosexuals and disabled people were among those who perished at the notorious concentration camp at the hands of […]

Matt Healy has denied being in a relationship with Taylor Swift. The 1975 front man has branded the reports as ‘fake’ but has admitted that it would be ‘amazing’ if there was any truth behind the rumours. The singers become close after the ‘Love Story’ vocalist attended one of The 1975’s concerts in Hollywood, where […]

MI5 have crushed the dreams of many after announcing  that future spies with visible tattoos will not be hired. Other features that can also prevent you from becoming the next James Bond include being too small or too tall. The main priority when you are an undercover agent is to blend in and be unnoticed […]

Selfie-obsessed socialite, Kim Kardashian West, has unveiled the cover to her new book which will feature 352 pages with selfies plastered all over them. The book, which is aptly titled, Selfish, will bless bookshop shelves in May this year. The idea for the book came about after Kim took pictures around her home with her […]

According to the European Journal of Sports Sciences, more than half of secondary school boys and two-thirds of girls don’t take a shower after PE. Eight state secondary schools in Essex in deprived, urban, rural and affluent neighbourhoods took part, with nearly four thousand young people contributing towards the study. Researchers suggest that the young […]

TV legend, Anne Kirkbride, sadly passed away yesterday evening. Anne was best known for playing Deirdre Barlow in the ITV soap, Coronation Street. Anne played Deirdre Barlow for over 42 years and starred in over 1,400 episodes of the soap. Coronation Street viewers welcomed Deirdre into their living rooms nearly every evening of the week. […]

Meghan Trainor who shot to fame last year after releasing her number one single ‘All About That Bass’ has announced her first ever UK tour. The plus size singer will begin her tour on the 9th April in Manchester before heading to Glasgow on the 10th, followed by Birmingham on the 11th and ending her […]

McBusted have released a brand new video for their track ‘Get Over It’. The video starts with Tom Fletcher giving a harsh lecture to a little girl before sitting down in an office chair and starting a conversation with Matt Willis. Not before long the boss comes over and starts shouting in Tom’s face, so […]

Shut the internet down and head to the nearest bridge as chocolate giant, Cadbury, have dropped a bombshell. They have revealed that their legendary crème egg will no longer be made from their delicious Cadbury’s dairy milk chocolate. The eggshell will now be made from standard cocoa mix chocolate… No yolk! 2015 will go down […]

Beyonce has hinted to her fans that she may have another bun in the oven. The ‘Drunk in Love’ singer posted a picture on her Instagram of her buried in sand with a suspected baby bump. Bey already has a three year old daughter, Blue Ivy, to husband and rapper Jay-Z. We just can’t help […]

The Voice UK is back with a vengeance. With Ricky Wilson, will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and ‘R.I.P’ singer Rita Ora taking their seats, it certainly didn’t disappoint viewers when it aired on BBC One on Saturday night. This is the shows fourth series and is co-hosted by Marvin Hulmes and Emma Willis. Letitia George opened […]

Two major teaching unions have said that schools are struggling to deal with the rising number of students who self harm. There has been a 20% rise of 10 to 19 year olds who are admitted to hospital because of self influenced injuries in the UK (excluding Scotland). Schools are beginning to feel the pressure as cuts […]

Although Bieber’s antics are usually nothing to be admired, a considerable number of  jaws will have dropped when they saw the new Calvin Klein advert featuring the ‘Baby’ singer. And whether jaws dropped for the right or wrong reasons, one thing is certain, Justin is definitely back on the map. Bieber has been named the new […]

It seems that singer, Sia Furler, has a soft spot for Maddie Ziegler. Maddie shot to fame when she took part in an American reality dance TV series, Dance Moms, and landed her first appearance in a music video after portraying Sia for the number one single, ‘Chandelier’. The music video has been watched more […]

WhatsApp CEO, Jan Koum, has revealed that over 30 billion messages are sent through the app every day. He said the organisation is ‘humbled and excited’ by the 700 million active users. With over 30 billion messages being sent daily, it works out at an average of 347,222 messages being sent every second. WhatsApp is […]

Sony have released a new Walkman costing around £950 at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. The Walkman NW-ZX2 can hold up to 256GB of memory and has a 60 hour battery life. The price of the device is still to be confirmed but it is predicted to go on sale at the £950 […]

After serious consideration, the writers here at b**p have pinpointed people who they consider the most inspirational to young people. From TV personalities to world leaders to record breaking authors, our inspirational people are all a force to be reckoned with in their own right. Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are the ultimate Geordie duo. […]

Alternative rock band, Don Broco, and their new music for ‘Money Power Fame’ take it a little too far in the middle of a car park if we are being totally truthful. From a random woman with a rottweiler to fireworks and a car being set alight , this video looks insane but the heavy […]

Winner of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, Carl Fogarty, has revealed he has battled depression for three years. Foggy admitted he was “never happy” when he was super bike racing. The retired super bike champion said that he forgot who he was, “I used to read stuff about Paul Gascoigne and Frank […]

It’s that time of year again, with all the decorations up and the Christmas cards written out, we have decided to look at the top 10 Christmas songs of all time: 1. ‘All I Want For Christmas is You’- Mariah Carey This Christmas song has been a classic since it was released in November 1994. […]

Musician and music producer, Mark Ronson, has released his new single ‘Uptown Funk’ featuring Bruno Mars, five weeks before its initial release date. Ronson decided to release it early because of X Factor hopeful Fleur East singing a cover of the song on Saturday night’s X Factor. Simon Cowell revealed that Fleur’s performance was “one […]

Complaints have flooded into parliament after a Conservative peer implied that poor people are going hungry because ‘they don’t know how to cook’. Baroness Anne Jenkin made the claim after she helped create a report on the rising number of families having to turn to food banks for help. The number of emergency food providers […]

It looks like the Tory party are in hot water at the minute as MP Nigel Mills was seen enjoying a game of Candy Crush on an iPad in the middle of a meeting. He was sat at a tax-payer-funded tablet blasting away different candy when he should have been participating in a Work and […]

Spotify have released their most streamed lists, giving Ed Sheeran another thing to smile about. The chart-topping red head has topped the global artists list beating the likes of Eminem, Katy Perry and Calvin Harris. The ‘Lego House’ singer also took the number one spot for global male, the most UK downloads of artists and […]

David’s new track ‘Dangerous’ which features Sam Martin sees Guetta racing around a race track as if he is some sort of Lewis Hamilton. The video lasts seven minutes and eight seconds and basically has more talking and engine revs in it than actual music. So if you have a spare seven minutes and have a […]

One Direction’s new music video for their  track ‘Night Changes’ consists of Louis, Niall, Liam, Zayn and Harry singing into the camera as if you were their partner; obviously it’s a bit awkward to watch if you are male. But the different dates all go wrong after Liam throws up, Zayn gets put in his […]

The famous picture of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian kissing at their wedding has officially become the most liked snap on Instagram of all time. The pic sees the pair kissing in front of a wall of white flowers. It took them a week after their wedding to upload the photo as Kanye would not […]

Apple made the right decision to release the iPhone 6 in September, as the technology company has had a 10.4 per cent rise in sales. Four in every ten smartphones sold in the UK are made by Apple, making it the biggest market share yet according to analyst house Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. With the iPhone […]

Take That have proved they don’t need Robbie Williams or Jason Orange to make a number one hit. Their first track as a threesome, ‘These Days’ has topped the UK’s singles chart, making it their 12th number 0ne. The music video shows Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen walking around different sets and having […]

Ed Sheeran has become the 10th artist in the last five years to sell over one million copies of an album in the UK. His album, X, includes songs such as ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and ‘Sing,’  both of which have sat on top of the charts in the UK and Australia. All twelve songs from Ed’s […]

As we all know, David Cameron is our Prime Minister. Yes, we didn’t vote for him, but what do we peasants know? We only live here and work our backsides off to fund the failing government. The Tory party must laugh all the way to the bank with their six-figure salaries whilst people have to […]

World AIDS Day takes place on December 1st every year to shed light on the disease. Currently, around 100,000 people are living with HIV in the UK. 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV and 35 million people have died from the virus. Many people are unaware of the true facts around AIDS. HIV […]

Harry, Liam, Louis, Zayn and Niall are heading to Newcastle in October 2015. The famous five will perform at the Metro Radio Arena on the 25th and the 26th October next year. One Direction last took to the stage at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light this summer, performing to 50,000 screaming fans. Lauren, one of our […]

A sorrowful Labrinth sits back in a chair while he sings about being jealous of the love he didn’t receive from a certain someone, which is believed to be one of his parents who abandoned him when he was just four years old. He recently tweeted “#Jealous is such a personal song to me. It […]

Black Friday started out in the United States and is an annual event the day following Thanksgiving Day. It is regarded as the official start of the Christmas shopping season because of its crazy prices, so basically, it’s like Boxing Day but a little more brutal. The UK have adopted Black Friday with Asda taking […]