LOOSE Women star Jamelia has said she was left scared for the safety of her children after she was racially abused by a man she believed was a police officer.

The singer said she was confronted by a man in uniform after she overtook his car on her way to a railway station car park with her daughters.

Speaking on the lunchtime chat show, she said he swore at her and told her: “You lot make me sick,” before referring to her as a “black b***h”.

She told the panel: “At this point I got really petrified, to be honest, I got really scared for myself, for the girls, and I just wanted to get out of there.”

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THE X Factor has released a first-look teaser ahead of the return of the new series.

Apart from the interesting act they feature in the promo clip, the person who really steals the show is Dermot O’Leary.

Other noteworthy things to look out for include Simon Cowell’s “dancing” and Nicole Scherzinger’s better version of dancing.

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EASTENDERS star Riley Carter Millington has praised the show’s fans for the “overwhelmingly positive” reception they have given him.

The 22-year-old, who has played Kyle Slater since 2015, became the first transgender actor to play a transgender character in the BBC One soap.

Riley told the Radio Times about how his life has changed since signing on for the long-running series. He said: “It’s weird to have people following me around in shops!”

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