Ally McCoist blames Rangers and Celtic away day lockout on 'bampots' who couldn't behave before Viaplay Cup final

Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson had their friends and fans thinking he had finally popped the question, after the MIC star posted a loved-up snap from their sun-soaked holiday in the Maldives.The couple, who got together in 2019 have been on a two week trip together, including jetting off to South Africa for the holiday of a lifetime, where they visited Kruger National Park. Rounding up their two week trip in the Maldives, Sam, 30, posted a picture of the pair stealing a kiss in the most idyllic of settings, with a backdrop of sea and sunset.

Julián Figueroa, singer-songwriter and Mi Camino Es Amarte telenovela actor, has died. He was 27.

Police seized an air rifle from reality star Katie Price’s ex, Kieran Hayler, after he was arrested amid allegations he had made threats to fire it, it has been reported by The Sun. Kieran, 36, was arrested on suspicion of child neglect and possessing a firearm. A spokesperson for Sussex Police told The Mirror: "A man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and child neglect.

Arlene Phillips has hit out at Alison Hammond after the This Morning presenter shared an apology following her recent comments about theatre performances. Alison, 48, came under fire following Friday's episode of This Morning, where she and co-host Dermot O'Leary, 49, as well as regular guest Vanessa Feltz, 60, debated whether it’s acceptable to sing along during musicals.

The King and Queen Consort led the Royal Family to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle yesterday (Sunday, April 9) for the first Easter Sunday service of the new reign.The couple were joined by the likes of The Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Beatrice and Zara Tindall at the annual service before they headed back to the castle for lunch. While the day was filled with sweet moments, there was another special anniversary being celebrated as The King and Queen Consort marked their 18th wedding anniversary yesterday.The pair married in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall on April 9, 2005 and affirmed their vows in a religious blessing at St George's Chapel later the same day.

Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools are one of those celebrity couples that seem to know how to avoid drama, and just generally get on with their family lives hassle-free. The 47 year old has been with his partner, former model and writer Juliette Norton, 48, since they were both teenagers, but the pair decided to tie the knot back in July 2000. Which means this year, they’ll be coming up to their 23rd wedding anniversary.

Singer and actress Melody Thornton has apologised to fans after a performance of The Bodyguard at the Palace Theatre in Manchester was forced to end early and police spoke two disruptive audience members.The last 10 minutes of the musical, in which the former Pussycat Dolls star plays the lead role, were axed on Friday night after some members of the audience refused to remain seated and refrain from loudly singing, despite the signs installed around the auditorium telling people not to, reports the Manchester Evening News. Speaking in a video posted to her Instagram story on Friday evening, Thornton said: “I wanted to send a really special message to people in Manchester who came to the show tonight to say thank you so much. “I respect that you paid your money and I am so grateful to everyone who respects the people on stage who want to give you a beautiful show.

Faye Brookes and Iwan Lewis got engaged New Year's Eve after a romantic proposal. And although the pair had only been in a relationship for three months, they had actually known each other for 15 years and had enjoyed a firm friendship. They even worked together on stage in the musical of Legally Blonde in 2011 and played each other's love interest of Elle and Emmett.They also lived together at one stage as flatmates.

On Sunday, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham marked his first wedding anniversary and described himself as "the luckiest person on this earth" to be married to wife Nicola Peltz Beckham . The 24-year-old son of former England footballer David Beckham and former Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham, shared the sweet tribute to his 15.1 million Instagram followers over the weekend.

Gladiator sequel.Crowe recently confirmed that he is “not involved” in the upcoming sequel to the 2000 film, with Normal People and Aftersun star Paul Mescal rumoured to take the starring role.“I mean, look, the only thing that I really feel about it is slightly jealous, you know? Because I was a much younger man, obviously, and it was a huge experience in my life,” Crowe told Collider.“It’s something that changed my life, really. It changed the way people regarded me and what I do for a living, and, you know, I’ve been very lucky to be involved in lots of big movies, but the legs on that film are incredible.”He added: “Here it is, it’s 2023, and we made that film in 1999.

Sex Pistols‘ Glen Matlock has said he was “very disappointed” with the Pistol television series.Pistol premiered on Hulu and Disney+ on May 31 last year. It starred Anson Boon as Johnny Rotten, Louis Partridge as Sid Vicious, Jacob Slater as Paul Cook and Christian Lees as Glen Matlock among a cast line-up that also includes Maisie Williams. It was based on guitarist Steve Jones’ memoir Lonely Boy: Tales From A Sex Pistol and was directed Danny Boyle.In a new interview with The Metal Voice, which you can watch below, Matlock said he was “very disappointed in it, actually, considering I had meetings with Danny Boyle about it.”He continued: “I’m not disappointed that it came out, and I thought it was important that it went ahead because it was based on Steve’s story and take on things.

Dermot O'Leary has issued a statement following Alison Hammond's apology as the pair face backlash after comments made on This Morning.

A frantic search has been launched to locate a Scots man who vanished two days ago.

Christine McGuinness has opened up on her plans to get back into the dating scene after splitting with her ex Paddy McGuinness after 11 years together.

ABBA guitarist Lasse Wellander has died at the age of 70 after a cancer diagnosis, his family has confirmed.

K-pop girl group IVE have released their first studio album ‘I’ve IVE’ and a visual for its lead single ‘I AM’.Today (April 10), the six-member group unveiled their powerful music video for ‘I AM’, the lead single of their debut studio album ‘I’ve IVE’, which arrived at the same time.The new visual features the IVE members strutting confidently through a lavish mansion and flying in a private jet, showing off their luxury bags and shoes. Later, they take to a fashion runway and perform the choreography to ‘I AM’.“That’s my life, a beautiful galaxy / Be a writer, the genre is fantasy / A big big stage will open for me tomorrow / So that is who I am,” they sing in the powerful chorus.In addition to ‘I AM’, IVE’s new album includes the pre-release single ‘Kitsch’ and nine other tracks.

Hilary Swank is embracing her new role as a mother. The 48-year-old actress revealed on Easter Sunday that she and husband Philip Schneider have welcomed their twins — a boy and a girl Swank took to Instagram, sharing a sweet photo of herself holding her newborn babies and looking out at the sunset on the ocean. «It wasn’t easy.

Ellie Goulding has spoken to NME about new album ‘Higher Than Heaven’, her Calvin Harris-collab ‘Miracle’ riding high in the charts and the possibility of representing the United Kingdom in Eurovision.Goulding’s fifth album ‘Higher Than Heaven’ was released on Friday (April 7) – and was written intentionally as purely escapist pop.“My new thing is acknowledging the things I’m good at, and I’m good at writing pop songs,” Goulding told NME. “I’ve made a classical album, I’ve made electronic music and I regularly give my vocal away to producers like Four Tet.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, saying it is “about the Guardians saving themselves”.The third film in the series is due out in UK cinemas on May 3, and sees Gunn returning to direct alongside star Chris Pratt.“It is a trilogy,” Gunn told Empire of the series’ overall narrative arc. “The first movie is about the mother, the second movie is about the father and the third movie is about the self.

James Corden has hinted who his final guests may be on The Late Late Show before it wraps this spring.Last year, Corden confirmed that he’ll return to the UK full-time once he finishes the current season of the show, which he has hosted for eight years, in spring 2023 [via Variety].Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Corden said there were 12 episodes left of the show before he leaves on April 27.“My last guest is going to be [a] huge pop star,” he told the outllet. “There’s some really fun things to come.

Kakao has been raided by South Korean authorities over allegations that it was involved in stock manipulation over its purchase of SM Entertainment shares.According to a report by English South Korean publication Korea JoongAng Daily, about 40 prosecutors and investigators from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) – the East Asian country’s financial regulator – had confiscated data from Kakao’s office in the city of Pangyo in relation to its stock trading activity from February 2023.“The special judicial police at the FSS is presently in the process of investigating if the sale of SM shares is in violation of the Capital Markets Act under guidance from the prosecution,” an FSS spokesperson said in a statement to South Korean press, per Korea JoongAng Daily.“The team is looking into whether there was artificial engagement to sway share prices in a certain direction,” they added.Per The Korea Herald, Kakao are reportedly under investigation for allegedly artificially inflating the stock price of SM Entertainment in an attempt to block HYBE from taking control of the K-pop agency.Back in February, HYBE had launched a tender offer to buy up to 25 per cent of SM Entertainment for ₩150,000 per share. However, HYBE had only been able to acquire 0.98 per cent through that offer, per The Korea Herald.Around the same time, HYBE had submitted a petition to the FSS over an “abnormal” 2.9 per cent purchase of SM Entertainment stocks that had been transacted through a IBK Securities’ branch in Pangyo, according to Korea JoongAng Daily.Kakao has yet to comment on the situation. NME has reached out for comment.Meanwhile, HYBE has since dropped its bid to acquire SM Entertainment following a discussion with Kakao.

Keanu Reeves is teaming up with Jonah Hill for a new film called Outcome.The new Apple Studios film has been co-written by Hill with Erza Woods. Hill will also direct the feature, which is described as a “dark Hollywood story” according to The Hollywood Reporter.Outcome will reportedly tell the story of Reef, who will be played by Reeves.

Girls’ Generation member Jessica Jung has performed a cover of Ariana Grande’s ‘God Is A Woman’.Over the weekend, Chinese streaming site Youku released the first episode for its new season of Great Dance Crew, a dance reality competition series that pits several top dance crews in China against one another in a series of challenges.As one of the leaders on the series, Jung teamed up with famed dancer AC for her first performance of the season. The singer opened with a cover of Ariana Grande’s 2018 single ‘God Is A Woman’, accompanied with sensual choreography.“You, you love it how I move you / You love it how I touch you / My one, when all is said and done / You’ll believe God is a woman,” she sings.

Ghost have shared a cover of Genesis‘ ‘Jesus He Knows Me’, announced a covers EP and spoken to NME about new music, the future, and being inspired by personality politicians like Trump.Following the release of their rendition of Genesis’ 1992 hit ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ over Easter, yesterday (Sunday, April 9) the band followed up with the news of a new five-track EP, ‘Phantomime’ – featuring more re-imagined songs from Iron Maiden, Tina Turner, Television, and The Stranglers.As frontman Tobias Forge told NME, ‘Phantomime’ could “cast a glimpse as to where I want to go with the band now”.“That doesn’t mean that all of a sudden we’re going to sound like Television!” he said. “It just means that there are practical things in there that have inspired me to record this EP in a slightly different way than I have done previously.”Speaking about his decision to put ‘Jesus He Knows Me’ as the lead single for ‘Phantomime’, Forge believed the “song is more relevant today than it probably was in 1992”.

Netflix has cancelled Sex/Life after two seasons.Inspired by the novel 44 Chapters About 4 Men by BB Easton, the drama series follows married housewife Billie Connelly (Sarah Shahi) who, during a midlife crisis, reconnects with her ex-boyfriend Brad (Adam Demos) who is trying to win her back.It debuted in 2021, with a second season confirmed soon after. Season two of the show aired on Netflix last month, but it has now been confirmed that a third season will not be going ahead at the streamings service.The news was confirmed by Deadline, who wrote that a representative for Netflix said that season two “brought the series to a natural close”.In a recent interview with the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, the show’s star Shahi shared her dissatisfaction with the show’s second season, going on to admit that the comments would likely mean the end of her working relationship with the streaming service.“I definitely did not have the support that I did the first season,” she said.

BLACKPINK member and K-pop soloist Jisoo has opened up about the quartet’s reactions to rumours of feuds within the group.Following her recent solo debut with her single album ‘Me’, Jisoo joined rapper Lee Young-ji on the latter’s YouTube talk show No Prepare. During the episode, the K-pop idol discussed BLACKPINK and how the members respond to rumours feud within the group, considering the members’ individual successes.“Some people might think that as BLACKPINK are so famous, there will be trouble between the members and someone might think that certain members have trouble with the others,” Lee commented, asking how Jisoo felt about such rumours.“We laugh when we see such things,” Jisoo said, sharing that such comments have become a running joke within the group.“We say [things] like, ‘they say I’m your competition, so be careful’ or ‘why didn’t you post on your Instagram, it caused a rumour, you should’ve promoted my album’,” added the singer with a laugh.

BIBI has unveiled a new single titled ‘I Am Shampoo’.Over the weekend, the singer unveiled a simple black-and-white visual for her new digital single ‘I Am Shampoo’, which was released in collaboration with Korean haircare brand Just As I Am. The music video features BIBI in a simple black tube top and gloves as she sings to the playful new track.“You’re crazy, in the good way / Gone crazy, in the good way / Slowly and then quickly / Rich and thick, baby / Sure in the good way, yeah,” she sings in the light-hearted chorus.‘I Am Shampoo’ is BIBI’s second release of 2023, after she dropped a remix of her 2022 single ‘BIBI Vengeance’ featuring Baby Tate and Princess Alba in March.

Jess Wright has shared the happy news that her baby nephew has finally gone home to his parents following his premature birth in February. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 37, took to Instagram on Sunday to share the heartwarming news, revealing that her brother Joshua, 33, and his wife Hollie have finally been able to bring their son, who they've named Dustin, home. Jess, who is mum to one year old son Presley with husband William Lee-Kemp, shared a collection of adorable photographs of her nephew as the Wright family celebrated Easter together.

Paul O’Grady’s long-time radio producer has said “we all feel robbed” while paying tribute to his late friend and colleague on Boom Radio. Malcolm Prince worked with Paul at both BBC Radio 2 and independent station Boom Radio, until the entertainer’s death on March 28 and was also one of the first people to pay tribute to the late comic. While introducing a repeat of Paul’s Christmas Day 2022 Boom Radio show, in a slot originally scheduled for a special Easter broadcast from the pair, Malcolm said: “Hello, I’m Malcolm and I’m usually referred to as Paul O’Grady’s long-suffering radio producer.

The judges of Celebrity Bake Off were left in stitches after Paddy McGuinness accidentally made a rude showstopper for his bake.The 49 year old Top Gear presenter was intending to make a sweet replica of Barrow Bridge Chimney, which is a historic landmark of his hometown of Bolton, but it came out looking rather phallic. Paddy told judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith: “What I was looking to do is give you Bake Off’s biggest erection - and I feel as though I have achieved that.” Earlier on as he made his dessert, Paddy had realised its phallic resemblance, and when his biscuit collapsed, he quipped: “A shaft has collapsed…story of my life.” Loose Women's Coleen Nolan, who is also appearing on the show, didn't miss an opportunity to dig him out, as she peered at his creation and said: "What the hell is that?" Paddy replied only half-joking as he said: "That's nice isn't it? That's encouraging.

Members of the Royal Family were out in force yesterday (Sunday, April 9) as they attended the Easter Mattins Service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Among the ranks were The Prince and Princess of Wales who made the short journey from Adelaide Cottage with their three children to spend the first Easter Sunday of the new reign with The King and Queen Consort. While they walked behind the likes of Zara Tindall and Princess Beatrice, there were a handful of sweet moments shared between the family-of-five as they arrived and departed the service.

Rangers legend Ally McCoist has branded the headbutt from Ibrox women's assistant boss Craig McPherson on Celtic boss Fran Alonso as "very poor".

Alan Stubbs says Ally McCoist was wrong to say Rangers have closed the gap on Celtic - and predicted the Hoops will soon leave them in the dust.

Football fans woke up to the news on Tuesday morning that Soccer AM is set to be axed after 28 years of comedy gold for football downs throughout the UK.

Ally McCoist insists former star players should be asked to step in to save VAR and put some common-sense back into the game.

Ally McCoist was "absolutely not having" Manchester City's penalty against RB Leipzig on Tuesday night - slamming the handball decision as "disgraceful."