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One Direction star Liam Payne laid to rest after emotional funeral service attended by former bandmates

Stars including Harry Styles, Niall Horan, James Corden, Cheryl and Simon Cowell attended the service with Payne’s family

The Independent UK

Cheryl and One Direction stars mourn Liam Payne at singer's funeral

Singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson gathered with other mourners at the private funeral in Buckinghamshire

Evening Standard

Cheryl Tweedy and One Direction members mourn Liam Payne at funeral

Singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson gathered with other mourners at the private funeral in Buckinghamshire.

The Independent UK

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One Direction members reunited alongside Simon Cowell at Liam Payne funeral

Payne died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

Evening Standard

Liam Payne’s girlfriend among first mourners to arrive at his funeral

Payne, 31, died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

Evening Standard

One Direction stars among mourners at Liam Payne’s funeral

Payne, 31, died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

The Independent UK

Funeral of One Direction singer Liam Payne to be held today

Payne died on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

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Funeral of One Direction singer Liam Payne to be held

Payne died on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

Evening Standard

How to watch 'Boybands Forever' online from anywhere

Part-exposé of record label mistreatment, part-nostalgia fest. Here's how to watch "Boybands Forever" online, on TV and from anywhere in the world.

Tom’s Guide

Boybands Forever on BBC Two review: lays bare the pressures on pop acts in what remains a very current cautionary tale

4/5 Many of the contributors still carry mental scars from their so-called glory days

Evening Standard

Five's Ritchie Neville on Boybands Forever: 'I wished fame had an off switch!'

Boybands Forever on BBC Two explores the highs and lows of life as a pop pin-up, something Five's Ritchie Neville knows only too well...

WhatToWatch

Simon Cowell reveals he almost 'punched 90s boyband icon in the face'

The BGT judge recounted the story in a new BBC documentary

Evening Standard

The dark world of Nineties boybands: ‘They put a bucket by the stage so I could spew’

IN FOCUS: Screaming girls. Sudden riches. Your face on the cover of Smash Hits magazine. Life in a Nineties boyband sounds like a dream, but one survivor of the maelstrom likens it more to being in the military. Jessie Thompson goes behind the scenes of revealing new BBC documentary ‘Boybands…

The Independent UK

Trio charged over death of former One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina

But officials ruled out third party involvement in the star’s fall from a balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires last month.

Evening Standard

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Britain's Got Talent 2025: winner, how to watch, judges, hosts and everything we know

Britain's Got Talent 2025 has crowned its winner!

Evening Standard

David Walliams takes swipe at Simon Cowell after Britain’s Got Talent axe

The comedian, 53, was axed from his judging role on the ITV show in 2022

Evening Standard

Katherine Ryan vows to 'embrace her inner Simon Cowell' and be the 'villain' on big talent show

EXCLUSIVE The comedian also reveals what happened when she tried to ‘slide into DMs’ of fellow judge Shania Twain

The Independent UK

Nicole Scherzinger, who put One Direction together, pays tribute to Liam Payne

Pussycat Dolls star was instrumental in shaping the line-up of the boyband when she appeared on ‘The X Factor’

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Evening Standard

Nicole Scherzinger: Working with Liam Payne was a blessing

The former One Direction star, who died falling from a third-floor balcony last week, first met Scherzinger on ITV show The X Factor.

The Independent UK

Zayn Malik reschedules US tour dates after Liam Payne’s death

Malik left One Direction in 2015 before the group went on indefinite hiatus in 2016.

Evening Standard

Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy: I have ‘lost the best part of myself’

She described the singer as her ‘best friend’ and ‘the love of my life’.

Evening Standard

Release of Liam Payne's body yet to be decided on, says Argentina prosecutor

A post-mortem examination report said Payne died of multiple traumas after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina

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Liam Payne 'never stopped loving' ex Cheryl Tweedy and son Bear, pal says

Simon Cowell's brother Tony Cowell believes late singer Liam Payne "never stopped loving" ex-partner Cheryl Tweedy and his seven-year-old son Bear, and he has remembered the star as a "kind and considerate" man and a "wonderful father".

Evening Standard

Robbie Williams' songwriter thinks the music industry shouldn't work with under 18s? He's right

Liam Payne’s death is the latest casualty of an industry that treats underage stars as commodities

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Liam Payne sought advice from Simon Cowell

Liam Payne sought "advice and direction" from his former mentor Simon Cowell in the months before he died.

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