Francesca joined The Tab as an Assistant Editor in 2023, before becoming Senior Assistant Editor after one year. Whilst at university, Francesca joined The Tab as a student writer, going on to become Co-Editor in Chief after eight months.
Francesca graduated from Newcastle University in 2023 with a BA Honours in Geography. She completed her final dissertation on sustainability, graduating with a 2:1 overall.
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Her ex-boyfriend’s lies resulted in her seven month imprisonment in a maximum security facility
The mother and daughter who inflicted lies and violence in a battle for custody
And it’s going to be an extra long episode
The dancer defended her performance in her first interview since the Olympics
This feels like the gulag drama all over again
She even got her kids involved for the fourth duet of the original video
Clearly there’s some favouritism going on
Fellow Islanders have left cute and supportive messages in the comments
I literally can’t with this show
Getting Augusted in August is ROUGH
Of course he’s an environmentalist
Ryan is BRAVE to delay the paternity test
Her parents even took her to their acting classes instead of getting a babysitter
She even has Blake’s famous face mole…?!
Win or lose, we’re on the booze
She also shared details to a domestic violence hotline after criticism from viewers
Atlas’ restaurant is unrecognisable to readers
Some of these were too sneaky
Femke Bol explained exactly why her voice sounds so high pitched in interviews
Rowers breed rowers like there’s no tomorrow
Sad to announce I will never recover from these
They share a seven month old son, Otis
They have a combined net worth of $400 million
He’s got a net worth of $2 million?!
Her ‘niche talent’ earned her £73.84 after Mimii and Ayo won Love Island 2024
Ryan Reynolds is obsessed with Sabrina the Teenage Witch and it shows
The lime cardi SCREAMS Brat summer
He shares his three-year-old son, George, with Eiri
Snoop Dogg is living his best life in Paris rn
The girl who was too busy focussing on her walk to pick up her certificate is so real
Two of them went to Oxford?!
They’ve been living their best lives in Cannes and Marseille
The Lady Danbury actress claimed Bridgerton’s huge success has done ‘nothing’ to change how black actors are treated in the industry
So he’s the co-founder of a popcorn business now?
The Young Sheldon spin off will follow Georgie and Mandy’s life together
It’s all a bit gushy
How do I become besties with Glen Powell and Paul Mescal too?
The disturbance lasted for several hours and has been declared a ‘serious public order incident’
Jonny Mitchell and Stephanie Pratt’s fling feels like a lifetime ago
He got paid $8 million to be topless in most of Neighbours
I expected incest from the Lannisters but Jon Snow and Daenerys were a curveball
Sad that he and Vanessa Hudgens aren’t endgame
I don’t condone smoking but Fabien looks fit, sorry
I’m praying that Ewan Mitchell is single
He has absolutely zero social media
She was paid £50 AND a got piggyback off Harry Styles
Or give up like I did because it’s so hard
He actually makes Wales look fun?!
They’re actually insanely hot under those wigs x
That $20 million per episode budget has to go somewhere
She has more holidays than I have hot dinners
One woman just sent an image of herself wrapped in plastic…?
The experts really fumbled the bag with this one
It turns out Dunder Mifflin looks pretty good on a CV
And no, it’s not Lady Tilley Arnold
The way Mateo would THRIVE at Marks & Spencer
Kevin ‘dropping’ his ice cream is anything but discreet
The protest against the university’s ‘complicity’ on the situation in Gaza lasted 47 days
No, he’s not single and yes, I have cried about it
Grace became confused and shaky after drinking from a cup she knocked over at Friday’s concert
She ordered £450 of chicken kebabs for her Eras Tour show on Friday
They met on the set of Wicked and have been besties ever since
The guidance has been criticised as ‘ideologically driven’
It’s not too late to withdraw your application
Serves you right for going in the first place
Unfortunately, he’s in a relationship *sigh*
A Nicola Coughlan x Doctor Who crossover is exactly what this world needed
And it’s not because it’s French
Hundreds of people rallied through the city on Saturday before gathering outside the student encampment
Nasen Saadi will appear in Winchester Crown Court on Tuesday
They attended their last lecture wearing beanies, glasses and even drew on fake stubble
The man accused a protestor of ‘trespassing’ on ‘his university’ and ‘intimidating people’
As if being Viscount Bridgerton wasn’t iconic enough, he just smashed Hackney Half too
And she still doesn’t get her happily ever after
Manchester Museum and Queens Arch are located opposite Brunswick Park, where a pro-Palestine encampment is still ongoing
Occupiers arrived on the Green Heart on Thursday and are the first in the UK to have been threatened with police action
Animals which were used for experimentation in 2023 include mice, rats, gerbils, guinea pigs, sheep and fish
The nature of their relationship was completely different in the play
Netflix also cut out all of the bizarre gifts Martha gave Donny
Students intend to occupy campus until the University of Liverpool meets their demands
Tents were pitched last night, with students intending to stay until their demands are met
Getting paid to kiss Blake Lively would heal me too, tbh
The women physically assaulted the victim before warning her ‘next time don’t f*cking mess with Arabs’
I’m disappointed he didn’t stop off for a pint at Squirrel’s
He even had time to go travelling
He drastically changed his appearance for the series
‘It lived and died on Martha and we couldn’t have been luckier’
I can’t believe she’s not actually Scottish
‘I never saw her as a villain, I always saw her as multifaceted and complicated’
The psychic medium said that producers ‘pushed on a relationship topic that she didn’t want to go into’
In a letter to UKLFI, Principle Sir Anton Muscatelli said the rector’s views ‘do not represent those of the university’
The rodent was seen on the first floor of the All Saints Library on Saturday
Northumbria Police believe this man may have witnessed the incident and could have valuable information
Ellie Wilson’s complaint found that Mr Alonzi’s behaviour had ‘repeatedly crossed the line’
Professor Tams told judges that Germany had only licensed four exports of weapons of war to Israel since October
PC Price committed gross conduct and would’ve been dismissed from the force had he not already resigned
The 20-year-old student had called police after her ex threatened to post naked photos of her online
28-year-old Arjun Tandon transformed his life after his arrest which had brought ‘shame’ on his family
Remy Gordon and Kami Carpenter were sentenced to 26 and 25 years respectively at Birmingham Crown Court today
Umran Ali Javaid is currently driving the second-hand vehicle through Europe after setting off from Scotland
22-year-old Maisie McClure didn’t use her ‘pass’ card until the 13th question