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The Irish Sun
18 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Curse of Fred & Rose West's children – from tragic suicide to paedo son who chillingly said ‘I have a bit of dad in me'
THEY grew up in the house of horrors where their twisted parents sexually tortured and murdered young women - including their own sister. The 14 Fred and Rose West rank among the most infamous serial killers in British history 14 Daughter Heather (left), pictured next to her sister Mae, was murdered by her evil parents Credit: collect 14 The West family pictured at their daughter Anne-Marie's wedding Credit: swns 14 Anne-Marie testified against her parents in court Credit: swns The couple's evil crimes were only uncovered when the traumatised children told teachers about Heather's The rapist and serial killer couple shared ten children in total - including five they had together. Charmaine and Anne-Marie were Fred's daughters from his first marriage, then there were Three of these children were conceived with clients Rose slept with while working as a prostitute, while Charmaine and Heather were killed by their parents after enduring years of abuse. READ MORE IN FRED AND ROSE The surviving siblings have felt the curse of the Wests' depraved crimes over the years, as they struggled to come to terms with the lasting impact of their warped childhood. Now, after The Sun revealed their paedophile son Stephen has had his eighth child - a daughter with his former glamour model fiancée Emma Bradley - we look at where the troubled West children are now. Anne-Marie Anne-Marie was Fred's second daughter from his first marriage to Catherine Costello, known as Rena. Most read in The Sun Her mother and older sister Charmaine were both murdered by the Wests. Anne-Marie is the oldest surviving child of the family and she was the only one of her siblings to testify about the abuse they suffered at Rose and Fred's hands in court. Netflix documentary delves into the crimes of Fred and Rose West with new testimony and footage In 1972, when Anne-Marie was eight years old, she was restrained and raped by Fred, while Rose watched and actively encouraged the abuse, even forcibly undressing her step-daughter. After this first assault, Rose — who was sexually abused by her own father — allegedly told Anne-Marie: 'I'm sorry. Everybody does it to every girl. It's a father's job. Don't worry, and don't say anything to anybody.' From the age of 13, Anne-Marie was forced into prostitution, telling clients who visited the house - where Rose was already selling sex - that she was 16. Anne-Marie ran away from home in 1979 when she was 15. She later changed her name to Anne-Marie, and married husband Philip Davis. She later wrote a book about her ordeal at the hands of her parents called Out of the Shadows. Now aged 61, she still lives in Gloucester but has sadly struggled with her mental health for years. Last month her husband told the 'It's the siblings who live with the misery and pain of what went on in that house and the trauma is probably too much for them to have any contact," he said. "Even though some of them live near each other, they don't speak or see each other because that only opens up old wounds for them." Mae West 14 Mae West is Fred's youngest daughter Credit: REX FEATURES 14 Mae (right) pictured with her paedo brother Stephen Credit: PA 14 Mae suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her mother, Rose Credit: REX FEATURES Shortly after Mae was born in 1972, Rose started selling sex from an upstairs room at their Cromwell Street home, meaning Mae always grew up with a string of strangers coming in and out of the house. Mae also suffered physical abuse at the hands of her mother, and was sexually abused by Fred. After her parents' arrest, Mae initially denied that she'd been sexually abused, but later wrote about it in her 2018 memoir, Love as Always. She also detailed her struggle to come to terms with the crimes her parents committed. "Knowing your parents are regarded by most people as evil beyond belief is incredibly hard to live with, especially when your own experience of them has been more complicated and you've seen a side to them which makes them more than simply monsters," she wrote. "Both of them had a side which seemed, at times at least, like other people. Mum could be tender and gentle with very young children; she had a sense of humour. Dad could be friendly and make us laugh.' Even after Rose was convicted of 10 murders and sentenced to life in prison, Mae still believed she was innocent and continued to write to her and visit her in prison. She told That's Life magazine: 'As the years passed though, I realised how controlling and manipulative Mum was. She'd been dubbed the most evil woman who had ever lived. 'I've read about Stockholm syndrome, where a person can become emotionally dependent on the person who is holding them hostage. I realised I was an emotional hostage to Mum. Now we no longer speak.' Mae is now married and has two children, Amy and Luke. After Luke was born she became a recluse, terrified to leave the house in case she was recognised as a West. But with the help of therapy she has come to terms with her past and has a job in retail. Stephen West 14 Paedo Stephen was jailed for having sex with an underage girl Credit: PA Stephen, now 51, lives in Gloucestershire with his former glamour model fiancée Emma Bradley just a few miles away from his childhood home, the Cromwell Street house of horrors. Stephen may have been the first person Fred confided in about his crimes. On the morning police began searching their infamous 25 Cromwell Street home, Fred reportedly told his son: 'Look son, look after mum and sell the house… I've done something really bad. I want you to go to the papers and make as much money as you can.' Later, while in custody, Fred made chilling admissions to Stephen, including the horrifying revelation that as a child, the young boy had unknowingly helped dig the graves of his Stephen recalled: 'He [Fred] said to me: 'Can you remember helping me dig those holes in the garden when you were a kid?' I said I couldn't remember, but he said: 'We did it together, you know.' Then he said: 'That's where the girls were found, in the exact holes.'' Stephen struggled mentally and attempted suicide in 2002. Two years later, he was sentenced to nine months in prison after admitting to seven counts of having underage sex with a 14-year-old girl when he was 20. He reportedly once remarked: 'There's a bit of my dad in me.' Sources said Stephen and fiancée Emma are planning to tie the knot in August at the posh Celtic Manor hotel in Newport - against her family's wishes. One family insider told The Sun: 'None of us support it. He makes us uncomfortable.' Stephen, who is a grandad, has been married twice before and now has eight children. The former builder is believed to be out of work and living on benefits, driving a motability car he gets for one of his daughters, who is disabled. Last month he told the Daily Mail that most of the West children are estranged, explaining, "We don't have anything to do with each other. I don't speak to my siblings and there are no large happy family get-togethers. Too much has gone on. It's probably too painful for us." Barry West 14 Fred and Rosemary West's youngest son Barry was found dead from a suspected overdose Credit: COLLECT 14 A journalist who met Barry said he was tormented by his parents' vile nature Credit: PA 14 Barry claims to have witnessed his parents murder his sister Heather (pictured) Credit: REUTERS Born in 1980, Barry was one of the West's younger children and claimed to have seen his parents murder his sister Heather when he was just seven years old. He said: 'I heard my mum slap her, then I looked through the crack and saw my dad walk round behind her and put his leg out. Then he grabbed her neck and tripped her over. 'She went on to the floor. I could see her just a few feet away. Then my mum just booted her. 'She was kicking and kicking her and calling her a s**g. My dad still had her by the throat.' He later branded his mother a 'psychopath' and said: 'I was happy when my dad committed suicide and now I think they should put my mum in a room with all the parents of the people she helped murder so they could tear her to pieces.' Who are the UK's worst serial killers? THE UK's most prolific serial killer was actually a doctor. Here's a rundown of the worst offenders in the UK. After his death Jonathan Balls was accused of poisoning at least 22 people between 1824 and 1845. Amelia Sach and Annie Walters became known as the Finchley Baby Farmers after killing at least 20 babies between 1900 and 1902. The pair became the first women to be hanged at Holloway Prison on February 3, 1903. William Burke and William Hare killed 16 people and sold their bodies. He tragically died of a suspected overdose in 2020, aged just 40, while he was living in a supported hostel for adults coming out of rehab or prison. Journalist Howard Sounes, who wrote a book on the depraved couple, met Barry and had stayed in touch. He said Barry was tormented by his childhood. He said: 'He was totally haunted by his childhood. How do you overcome being the son of Fred and Rose West? 'The whole West story is littered with these really tragic stories, there was a lot of collateral of the West murder case.' Tara West Tara was born of Rose West's prostitution and her biological father was one of Rose's clients. Tara, now 47, was named after the Tara Hotel in Gloucester, which Rose frequented with her clients. In 1992, she was taken into care and forbidden contact with her parents or her older siblings. She is now believed to be married and living in the north of England under a different name. Louise West Louise, now 46, was also taken into foster care as a child and is now thought to be living in the north of England. She is believed to have intermittent contact with some of her sisters. Rosemary Jr. and Lucyanna Both Rosemary Jr, 42, and Lucyanna, 41, were fathered by clients of Rose. They too had their names changed when taken into foster care in 1992 and have remained private under their new identities. 14 Fred and Rose's killing spree came to light after the couple's children discussed their sister Heather being 'under the patio' with social workers Credit: REX FEATURES 14 A police search uncovered nine bodies buried in the Wests' garden and cellar Credit: REX FEATURES 14 The home of murderers Fred and Rose West Credit: Garratt/Mirrorpix/Getty Images
Scottish Sun
18 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Curse of Fred & Rose West's children – from tragic suicide to paedo son who chillingly said ‘I have a bit of dad in me'
THEY grew up in the house of horrors where their twisted parents sexually tortured and murdered young women - including their own sister. The children of Fred and Rose West lived with the threat that if they misbehaved they could end up buried under the patio like their sister, Heather, while the girls also had to fend off the disgusting sexual advances of their dad. 14 Fred and Rose West rank among the most infamous serial killers in British history 14 Daughter Heather (left), pictured next to her sister Mae, was murdered by her evil parents Credit: collect 14 The West family pictured at their daughter Anne-Marie's wedding Credit: swns 14 Anne-Marie testified against her parents in court Credit: swns The couple's evil crimes were only uncovered when the traumatised children told teachers about Heather's gruesome grave, sparking a police search that uncovered nine bodies buried in the garden and cellar of 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester. The rapist and serial killer couple shared ten children in total - including five they had together. Charmaine and Anne-Marie were Fred's daughters from his first marriage, then there were Heather, Mae, Tara, Louise, Rosemary Jr, Lucyanna, Stephen and Barry. Three of these children were conceived with clients Rose slept with while working as a prostitute, while Charmaine and Heather were killed by their parents after enduring years of abuse. The surviving siblings have felt the curse of the Wests' depraved crimes over the years, as they struggled to come to terms with the lasting impact of their warped childhood. Fred committed at least 12 murders and killed himself in January 1995 while on remand in prison. Rose was convicted of ten murders in November 1995 and sentenced to ten life terms with a whole life order. Now, after The Sun revealed their paedophile son Stephen has had his eighth child - a daughter with his former glamour model fiancée Emma Bradley - we look at where the troubled West children are now. Anne-Marie Anne-Marie was Fred's second daughter from his first marriage to Catherine Costello, known as Rena. Her mother and older sister Charmaine were both murdered by the Wests. Anne-Marie is the oldest surviving child of the family and she was the only one of her siblings to testify about the abuse they suffered at Rose and Fred's hands in court. Netflix documentary delves into the crimes of Fred and Rose West with new testimony and footage In 1972, when Anne-Marie was eight years old, she was restrained and raped by Fred, while Rose watched and actively encouraged the abuse, even forcibly undressing her step-daughter. After this first assault, Rose — who was sexually abused by her own father — allegedly told Anne-Marie: 'I'm sorry. Everybody does it to every girl. It's a father's job. Don't worry, and don't say anything to anybody.' From the age of 13, Anne-Marie was forced into prostitution, telling clients who visited the house - where Rose was already selling sex - that she was 16. Anne-Marie ran away from home in 1979 when she was 15. She later changed her name to Anne-Marie, and married husband Philip Davis. She later wrote a book about her ordeal at the hands of her parents called Out of the Shadows. Now aged 61, she still lives in Gloucester but has sadly struggled with her mental health for years. Last month her husband told the Daily Mail that she was estranged from her siblings despite them living in close proximity. 'It's the siblings who live with the misery and pain of what went on in that house and the trauma is probably too much for them to have any contact," he said. "Even though some of them live near each other, they don't speak or see each other because that only opens up old wounds for them." Mae West 14 Mae West is Fred's youngest daughter Credit: REX FEATURES 14 Mae (right) pictured with her paedo brother Stephen Credit: PA 14 Mae suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her mother, Rose Credit: REX FEATURES Shortly after Mae was born in 1972, Rose started selling sex from an upstairs room at their Cromwell Street home, meaning Mae always grew up with a string of strangers coming in and out of the house. Mae also suffered physical abuse at the hands of her mother, and was sexually abused by Fred. After her parents' arrest, Mae initially denied that she'd been sexually abused, but later wrote about it in her 2018 memoir, Love as Always. She also detailed her struggle to come to terms with the crimes her parents committed. "Knowing your parents are regarded by most people as evil beyond belief is incredibly hard to live with, especially when your own experience of them has been more complicated and you've seen a side to them which makes them more than simply monsters," she wrote. "Both of them had a side which seemed, at times at least, like other people. Mum could be tender and gentle with very young children; she had a sense of humour. Dad could be friendly and make us laugh.' Even after Rose was convicted of 10 murders and sentenced to life in prison, Mae still believed she was innocent and continued to write to her and visit her in prison. She told That's Life magazine: 'As the years passed though, I realised how controlling and manipulative Mum was. She'd been dubbed the most evil woman who had ever lived. 'I've read about Stockholm syndrome, where a person can become emotionally dependent on the person who is holding them hostage. I realised I was an emotional hostage to Mum. Now we no longer speak.' Mae is now married and has two children, Amy and Luke. After Luke was born she became a recluse, terrified to leave the house in case she was recognised as a West. But with the help of therapy she has come to terms with her past and has a job in retail. Stephen West 14 Paedo Stephen was jailed for having sex with an underage girl Credit: PA Stephen, now 51, lives in Gloucestershire with his former glamour model fiancée Emma Bradley just a few miles away from his childhood home, the Cromwell Street house of horrors. Stephen may have been the first person Fred confided in about his crimes. On the morning police began searching their infamous 25 Cromwell Street home, Fred reportedly told his son: 'Look son, look after mum and sell the house… I've done something really bad. I want you to go to the papers and make as much money as you can.' Later, while in custody, Fred made chilling admissions to Stephen, including the horrifying revelation that as a child, the young boy had unknowingly helped dig the graves of his father's victims. Stephen recalled: 'He [Fred] said to me: 'Can you remember helping me dig those holes in the garden when you were a kid?' I said I couldn't remember, but he said: 'We did it together, you know.' Then he said: 'That's where the girls were found, in the exact holes.'' Stephen struggled mentally and attempted suicide in 2002. Two years later, he was sentenced to nine months in prison after admitting to seven counts of having underage sex with a 14-year-old girl when he was 20. He reportedly once remarked: 'There's a bit of my dad in me.' Sources said Stephen and fiancée Emma are planning to tie the knot in August at the posh Celtic Manor hotel in Newport - against her family's wishes. One family insider told The Sun: 'None of us support it. He makes us uncomfortable.' Stephen, who is a grandad, has been married twice before and now has eight children. The former builder is believed to be out of work and living on benefits, driving a motability car he gets for one of his daughters, who is disabled. Last month he told the Daily Mail that most of the West children are estranged, explaining, "We don't have anything to do with each other. I don't speak to my siblings and there are no large happy family get-togethers. Too much has gone on. It's probably too painful for us." Barry West 14 Fred and Rosemary West's youngest son Barry was found dead from a suspected overdose Credit: COLLECT 14 A journalist who met Barry said he was tormented by his parents' vile nature Credit: PA 14 Barry claims to have witnessed his parents murder his sister Heather (pictured) Credit: REUTERS Born in 1980, Barry was one of the West's younger children and claimed to have seen his parents murder his sister Heather when he was just seven years old. He said: 'I heard my mum slap her, then I looked through the crack and saw my dad walk round behind her and put his leg out. Then he grabbed her neck and tripped her over. 'She went on to the floor. I could see her just a few feet away. Then my mum just booted her. 'She was kicking and kicking her and calling her a s**g. My dad still had her by the throat.' He later branded his mother a 'psychopath' and said: 'I was happy when my dad committed suicide and now I think they should put my mum in a room with all the parents of the people she helped murder so they could tear her to pieces.' Who are the UK's worst serial killers? THE UK's most prolific serial killer was actually a doctor. Here's a rundown of the worst offenders in the UK. British GP Harold Shipman is one of the most prolific serial killers in recorded history. He was found guilty of murdering 15 patients in 2000, but the Shipman Inquiry examined his crimes and identified 218 victims, 80 per cent of whom were elderly women. After his death Jonathan Balls was accused of poisoning at least 22 people between 1824 and 1845. Mary Ann Cotton is suspected of murdering up to 21 people, including husbands, lovers and children. She is Britain's most prolific female serial killer. Her crimes were committed between 1852 and 1872, and she was hanged in March 1873. Amelia Sach and Annie Walters became known as the Finchley Baby Farmers after killing at least 20 babies between 1900 and 1902. The pair became the first women to be hanged at Holloway Prison on February 3, 1903. William Burke and William Hare killed 16 people and sold their bodies. Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was found guilty in 1981 of murdering 13 women and attempting to kill seven others between 1975 and 1980. Dennis Nilsen was caged for life in 1983 after murdering up to 15 men when he picked them up from the streets. He was found guilty of six counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to life in jail. Fred West was found guilty of killing 12 but it's believed he was responsible for many more deaths. He tragically died of a suspected overdose in 2020, aged just 40, while he was living in a supported hostel for adults coming out of rehab or prison. Journalist Howard Sounes, who wrote a book on the depraved couple, met Barry and had stayed in touch. He said Barry was tormented by his childhood. He said: 'He was totally haunted by his childhood. How do you overcome being the son of Fred and Rose West? 'The whole West story is littered with these really tragic stories, there was a lot of collateral of the West murder case.' Tara West Tara was born of Rose West's prostitution and her biological father was one of Rose's clients. Tara, now 47, was named after the Tara Hotel in Gloucester, which Rose frequented with her clients. In 1992, she was taken into care and forbidden contact with her parents or her older siblings. She is now believed to be married and living in the north of England under a different name. Louise West Louise, now 46, was also taken into foster care as a child and is now thought to be living in the north of England. She is believed to have intermittent contact with some of her sisters. Rosemary Jr. and Lucyanna Both Rosemary Jr, 42, and Lucyanna, 41, were fathered by clients of Rose. They too had their names changed when taken into foster care in 1992 and have remained private under their new identities. 14 Fred and Rose's killing spree came to light after the couple's children discussed their sister Heather being 'under the patio' with social workers Credit: REX FEATURES 14 A police search uncovered nine bodies buried in the Wests' garden and cellar Credit: REX FEATURES
Irish Independent
4 days ago
- Health
- Irish Independent
Meath man's plea for help for his wife who has had life taken from her by chronic Lyme disease symptoms
That's how long Meath native Anne-Marie has been living and dealing with the debilitating effects of chronic Lyme disease, the symptoms of which have robbed her of so much of who she used to be. Now though, they are hoping that a GoFundMe page set up to help her receive promising – albeit expensive – treatment at the Klinik St Georg in Germany. This was described by Daire as 'the only chance to get some of her [Anne-Marie's] life back.' A lover of all things outdoorsy and described by Daire as being in the 'prime of her life' at 33, Anne-Marie would once have thought nothing of heading off up Ireland's highest mountain, Carrauntoohil, if the mood took her. She was trained in social care and was heavily involved in supporting women and children fleeing domestic violence, survivors of the Magdalene laundries, and children with special needs. Follow Independent Meath on Facebook Now though, the 36-year-old struggles to make to it the end of her street – approximately a 200-metre distance – and even if she does, the only reward for her efforts is a week spent languishing in bed, drained by fatigue. Daire added that she is now almost fully dependent on him and others for even the most basic of needs, including showering and eating. It was in February of 2022 that Anne-Marie first began to feel unwell, eventually becoming bedbound and barely able to muster enough strength to eat or even speak. Unable to sleep for more than a few hours, even with the help of medication, her weight dropped to a mere 48kg, just 7.5 stones. What followed was three years of the couple going to see countless specialists including cardiologists, neurologists, immunologists, infectious disease specialists, gastroenterologists, sleep and respiratory experts, and many more. As well as this, Daire said that she became so frail she didn't have the strength to put a jumper on herself or pull the blankets up over herself. She had severe light and sound sensitivity and has had to spend most days and nights in a dark room with noise-cancelling headphones and an eye mask on, in pain, and unable to sleep. Having exhausted all of the treatment options available here in Ireland, the couple have moved back in with their parents in an effort to save money and have been forced to turn to crowdfunding to help raise enough money to get Anne-Marie the potentially life-saving treatment at a prestigious clinic in Germany. Daire, also a Meath native, spoke to the Irish Independent this week about the fundraiser – it currently sits at just over €26k raised of their target amount of €62k – and explained, in heartbreaking fashion, just exactly what this disease has cost them both. "It [Anne-Marie's illness] is our everything. It's something that we manage sometimes from hour to hour, day to day. "The disease takes everything from you. Anne-Marie was a very active person before all this. Down in Killarney, we used to love hiking and we would have lived right next to one of the access points to Carrauntoohil. We'd have been up there any time the sun was shining,' he said. "Now though, the simple act of walking to the top of the street which is 200 metres maybe, this will leave her in bed for the rest of the week,' he continued. Getting sick right at the tail end of COVID, Daire said, was possibly the worst timing as he believes that early Lyme disease symptoms were crucially missed by medical professionals here in Ireland. "I think the first 14 months were probably the hardest. We just didn't have a clue, we were grasping at straws and relying on a system that doesn't know this disease well and it was also at a time, in the country, when the health service was firefighting the last of the bad COVID waves." "To be sick in that climate, we were being told that some of the more ambiguous symptoms of Lyme were probably just COVID and we ended up in this misdiagnosis loop and you start losing time,' he said. With almost half of the money now raised from the fundraiser, Daire is, thanks to talking to others who have been through the treatment in the clinic that Anne-Marie can get back to something resembling her normal life. "There's a high percentage of success there. The clinic has some people who don't respond but we've spoken to quite a few Irish people who have been there. One of them actually was a young lady from Kerry, Karen O'Shea. She went over there to the clinic in a wheelchair and after the treatment, she was able to walk onto her flight. It was a huge night and day turnaround for her." "A lot of the patients from the clinic that we've spoken to are all in the same boat. They might not have the full lease of life that they had before but at least they are no longer constrained/stuck in their bedrooms or prisoners in their own home." The treatment, he says, will be intensive. "They will give the person a triple course of IV antibiotics on the week leading up to a hypothermia session where they'll then put the person under anesthetic before bringing their core temperature up to 42 degrees. This is right on the threshold of what the human body can tolerate. They'll keep it at this temperature for multiple hours with the idea being that the heat is able to access places that the antibiotics can't go to and that the Lyme likes to hide in." In total, the in-patient treatment in the clinic will be five weeks long and there will be six months of follow-up after this when Anne-Marie is at home. All money raised from the treatment will go towards:
Scoop
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
FANGZ - Announce Debut Album 'Shui' And National Tour, Reveal Blistering Single 'Anne Marie'
Eora/Sydney punk rockers FANGZ have announced their debut album ' Shui ', out Friday, July 4 via Impressed Recordings, alongside their biggest national headline tour yet. The news lands with their explosive new single ' Anne Marie ', produced by (LOSER) and mixed by Jonathan Gardner (Front End Loader, Grinspoon). 'Anne-Marie' unfurls with razor-sharp punk riffage, pounding rhythms, and Josh Cottreau 's searing belts, setting the tone for the track's unrelenting ferocity. Chant-along choruses erupt into an explosive bridge, unleashing a tidal wave of distorted guitars, double-timed drums and an exuberant solo cranking it up to eleven. Josh Cottreau touches on the meaning of the track: "'Anne Marie' is a heartfelt tribute to my sister, Leigh-Anne Marie — a constant source of strength, support, and unconditional love. The song reflects on moments of struggle, gratitude, and personal growth, honouring the one person who never gave up, even when times were hardest. It's a message of appreciation for her unwavering belief and a reminder to keep going and never stop doing what you love." FANGZ's latest national headline tour includes stops in Meanjin/Brisbane, Tarndayna/Adelaide, Boorloo/Perth, Naarm/Melbourne, Eora/Sydney, Ngunnawal/Canberra, Dharawal/Wollongong, Mulubinba/Newcastle, Yugambeh/Gold Coast and Gubbi Gubbi/Caloundra; tickets are available via This follows on from a busy 2025 launching the Melbourne and Brisbane contingents of FANGZstock and packing out the global premiere of ' Shui', presented by Great Southern Nights, at Trocadero Room, Eora / Sydney. The band have traversed the country multiple times, selling out headline shows, performing at festivals and sharing stages with the likes of FIDLAR (USA), Pennywise (USA), The Bronx (USA), Cancer Bats (CAN), RedHook, Comeback Kid (CAN) and He Is Legend (USA). Last year, FANGZ completed an East Coast tour in 24 hours, an annually curated festival 'FANGZstock', launched their own hot sauce ' Fang us Some Sauce ', and hold the Guinness world record for the most hard-boiled eggs eaten in one sitting by front man Josh Cottreau (143 eggs in three minutes and ten seconds). Since their 2019 inception, FANGZ have released three EP's ' For Nothing ' (2019), ' But No Thanks ' (2020), ' Falling Is Pretty Normal ' (2022), and a slew of singles, which received strong support from the likes of triple j, triple j Unearthed, Triple M, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Metal Hammer (UK), Loudwire (USA), Classic Rock (UK), Metal Injection (USA), Louder Sound (UK), NME, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Guardian, and many more. Coming into 2025, the group has released singles ' Wasting Time ', ' Nothing To Lose ', ' Same Old Story ' and ' Wide Awake ' from their forthcoming debut album. The releases were warmly embraced by Spotify, Apple Music, triple j and numerous community radio stations, and blogs.
Scottish Sun
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Anne-Marie shows off flat stomach three weeks after giving birth to second baby saying ‘glow up in progress'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ANNE-MARIE has flashed her flat stomach just weeks after giving birth to her second child. The Ciao Adios hitmaker, 34, welcomed her new arrival with rapper Slowthai, 30, earlier this month. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 6 Anne Marie has flashed her flat stomach in a new post partum picture Credit: Instagram 6 The Ciao Adios hitmaker gave birth to her second child this month Credit: Instagram @annemarie 6 Anne-Marie, 34, told how she is in the midst of a 'glow up' Credit: Instagram Yet she is already eager to freshen up her look and told her Instagram followers a "glow up" was "in progress" as she stripped to a black sports bra for a selfie. Anne-Marie turned her face away from the lens but made sure to capture her bare stomach and toned abs as she posed in baby blue striped pyjama trousers. Her flame coloured hair could be seen flowing in loose waves over her shoulders and she took her snap in the middle of her living room. Fans were quick to react to her post-partum snap, with one writing: "YESS YES IT IS!!! WAHHHOOOO." A second put: "MY GOOOOOOOOD." A third then wrote: "We love this vibe." BABY JOY Anne-Marie only made public her latest pregnancy in February, but shared the happy news that her baby boy had arrived on May 2. Sharing a series of pictures, Anne-Marie wrote: "Another beautiful little thing has entered our lives. Hello everyone." Former Voice UK judge Anne-Marie welcomed her first child, a daughter, with rapper Slowthai in February last year. Shortly after her husband was found not guilty of raping two fans on the roof of house party after a gig, she made her second baby announcement. Anne-Marie goes TikTok official with musician boyfriend Slowthai after nine months Anne-Marie shared the news in a video, which saw her singing along to her her song Don't Panic. She then revealed her blooming bump, captioning the clip: "Surprise!" Anne-Marie later revealed how different her second pregnancy had been, sharing that she was no longer a vegetarian. The star said: "The other day I really wanted to eat a steak and I've never eaten steak in my whole life. "I've got gestational diabetes this time, though. "So yeah, that's annoying because I can't eat cereal or bread." Anne-Marie and her baby daddy Slowthai - real name Tyron Kaymone - secretly married in Las Vegas in the summer of 2022. 6 The star told how her image revamp was 'in progress' Credit: Instagram 6 Prior to giving birth to their second child she supported husband Slowthai in court where he was found non guilty on two charges of rape Credit: PA
