ITV Beth Nixon plays abuser Megan Walsh in Coronation Street in her first TV role Coronation Street actress Beth Nixon has said she is determined to “do justice” to the soap’s current grooming plot in order to “serve the people who have been through it”. Nixon, from York, plays school …
Read More »The Manchester community shop selling groceries at huge discounts
Kelly Foranand Jonny Humphries,North West Kelly Foran/BBC Andy Hawthorne said the idea, formed to help ease food insecurity, had “gone a bit nuts” A charity boss who founded a community shop selling groceries at a fraction of the price of supermarkets said the concept was so successful “it had gone …
Read More »Stephen from The Traitors: ‘I’m proud to be from Lewis
BBC/Studio Lambert/Paul Chappells Stephen Libby said he managed to keep the Traitors outcome a secret Spoiler warning: This article contains details of the final episode of The Traitors. The best way to keep one of TV’s most sought-after secrets? Not telling anyone in your island community, says The Traitors contestant …
Read More »German FA official wants 2026 World Cup boycott talks
Of the 104 matches at this summer’s World Cup, 78 will be held in the US. The French government said it is not currently in favour of a boycott, while the Danish Football Association said it is “aware of the current sensitive situation”. Denmark will aim to qualify for the …
Read More »UFC 324: Modestas Bukauskas on heart surgery aged 19 and how horrific injury drove him to drinking himself to sleep
In his youth, Bukauskas played tennis and basketball, even moving across the world to pursue the latter, but every road led him back to fighting. Once his heart issue was resolved, Bukauskas focused entirely on mixed martial arts – bar a short side quest aged 24 when he appeared on …
Read More »Here’s how Pittsburgh’s incoming winter storm compares to 2010’s “Snowmageddon”
This weekend’s winter storm could bring the most snow western Pennsylvania has seen in a long time. It poses the question: will it be another “Snowmageddon?” It’s hard not to remember people skiing in Shadyside, trekking the Pittsburgh streets for miles, and trying to push their cars, buried in snow. …
Read More »‘Turning this into a business would take away its humanity’
BBC Dave Cunningham is registered blind and is a regular at 2 Royal Avenue Amid the hustle and bustle of Belfast city centre lies an historic building that has become an oasis of calm. It is a place that anybody can walk into to chat, relax or read. And it …
Read More »Buyout firms plot £1.5bn takeover of private hospitals giant Spire | Money News
Britain’s largest operator of private hospitals is in talks with a pack of buyout firms about a takeover that would result in it becoming the latest FTSE-250 company to disappear from the London stock market. Sky News has learnt that private equity firms including Bridgepoint and Triton Partners are exploring …
Read More »Zuffa Boxing: Callum Walsh wins comfortably on promotion’s opening night
Ocampo wore Zuffa gloves, but Walsh opted for his usual gloves and shoes. The fight card moved at pace with majority of bouts competitive, and the ringwalks clocked in at under a minute as the boxers made the short walk from backstage to the ring. Fight bonuses of £37,000 were …
Read More »Northern Ireland patients struggle to access services
Getty Images More and more dental practices in Northern Ireland are refusing to take on NHS patients Joe Friel needs a dentist. He has a gap in his teeth that feels like “the size of a goalpost”. The problem? He’s called 20 dental practices over a four-month period and none …
Read More »Police officers to be told they must get work licence or face dismissal
Every police officer in England and Wales will be required to hold a licence to be able to continue working, the Home Office has said. They will have to prove they have the right skills in issues such as tackling violence against women and girls or face being removed from …
Read More »Joao Palhinha on Tottenham’s woes, coaching influences & international glory
Kelly: If you could relive one match from your career, what would it be? Joao: When I won the league with Sporting it was during Covid times and we didn’t have the supporters in the stands. The game that gave us the title was when we beat Boavista. Everyone inside …
Read More »A grief-filled woman spent months sleeping in the cemetery where her husband is buried. Then “an angel” came to her rescue.
Syracuse, New York — Police officers in Syracuse, New York, were surprised in December to find a 55-year-old woman living among the dead at Oakwood Cemetery. The story of how Rhea Holmes came to live in that cemetery started years earlier with the death of her husband, Eddie Holmes. The …
Read More »Women filmed in secret for TikTok content
BBC Dilara didn’t realise she was being filmed using smart glasses Dilara was on her lunch break in the London store where she works when a tall man walked up to her and said: “I swear red hair means you’ve just been heartbroken.” The man continued the conversation as they …
Read More »China no longer Pentagon’s top security priority
China is no longer the top security priority for the US, according to the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy. The document, published once every four years, instead says that the security of the US homeland and Western Hemisphere is the department’s chief concern, adding that Washington has long neglected the …
Read More »Ukraine hits out at Winter Paralympics for lifting ban on Russia | World News
Ukraine says the Paralympics should not have lifted its ban on Russia – disputing its claim it is no longer clear that sport is being used to promote the war. Only Russians entered as neutrals are allowed at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. But the Paralympics could now see athletes …
Read More »Iran warns any attack will mean ‘all-out war’ after Trump says US ‘armada’ on its way | World News
A senior Iranian official has warned that the country will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us” ahead of the arrival of a US aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the region. The warning and surge in US military presence comes almost two weeks after Donald …
Read More »Is Rachel Duffy one of the greatest Traitors ever?
Caroline McClatcheyBBC News NI BBC/PA Rachel Duffy seemed to relish her role as a traitor Spoiler warning: This article contains details about what happened in The Traitors final. She’s only gone and done it. Rachel has won and she brought her fellow traitor Stephen along with her. The final of …
Read More »Stuck between the US and Russia, Canada must prove it can defend its Arctic territory
Canada’s Arctic is a massive, treacherous, and largely inhospitable place, stretched out over nearly 4 million square kilometres of territory – but with a small population roughly equal to Blackburn in England or Syracuse, New York. “You can take a map of continental Europe, put it on the Canadian Arctic, …
Read More »Why this winter storm will likely be a wild one
Most of the US is bracing for a prolonged stretch of frigid weather and a massive winter storm that could wreak havoc on roads and power grids over the next several days. At least 170 million Americans are under winter weather alerts. “Bitterly cold temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills” …
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