Peter Hardy Dies: Australian Actor Known For ‘McLeod’s Daughters’, ‘Chopper’ Was 66

Members of drugs gang who planned to produce methamphetamine at a lab in Motherwell on an “industrial scale” have been handed prison sentences.

Essential resurfacing will take place on the A78 northbound on and off-slip roads at Newhouse Interchange south of Irvine.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The inside story behind the ascent of Finland’s outgoing prime minister, Sanna Marin, is the subject of a new three-part docuseries from HBO Max. The streamer has unveiled the Finnish original “First Five,” which is billed as an “intimate” portrait of Marin and her headline-grabbing female cabinet. The project comes just weeks after Marin and her centre-left Social Democratic Party was defeated by the conservative National Coalition Party. Marin was sworn in as prime minister in December 2019. At just 34 years old, she was the country’s youngest PM, and formed a cabinet with four other women — a number of whom were also under 35. Mere months later, the group was thrown into an unprecedented challenge when the COVID crisis hit Finland.

Emmerdale fans were stunned to learn that stalwart Dominic Brunt turned 53 last week. Better known as the lovable village vet Paddy Kirk since 1997, whose fourth marriage to Chas Dingle recently crumbled into pieces thanks to her affair with the late Al Chapman, Dominic's birthday was celebrated in a Facebook fan group on Saturday.

Olivia Attwood and her fiancé Bradley Dack will return to our TV screens for a new series of Olivia Meets Her Match, this time titled Olivia Marries Her Match, as the couple prepare for their big day.The former Love Island star, 31, announced the new series on Instagram, as she revealed that filming kicked off yesterday. In a video posted to her Instagram Story, Olivia began: "So it has been a year, two years...

The funeral ceremony for Paul O'Grady will see dogs from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home serving as guards of honour and will feature a performance by the Salvation Army Band.The TV star, who shot to fame as Drag Queen Lily Savage in the 70s, passed away unexpectedly last month at the age of 67 after suffering from sudden cardiac arrhythmia.The funeral will be held later today (April 20) and will feature the dogs in special nod to the star's love of the animal. Paul served as an ambassador for the animal charity in 2012, and his show Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of Dogs, detailed life at the animal shelter.

Prince Harry is said to have issued a series of demands ahead of the King’s Coronation in light of the once senior royal accepting his father’s invite Earlier this month it was confirmed that the Duke of Sussex will be flying over to the UK from America to attend King Charles’ highly anticipated Coronation, but without his wife Meghan Markle in tow. The former Suits actress is believed to have been invited to the affair, but has opted to stay stateside to look after her and Harry’s young children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

A rare animal has been spotted roaming the streets of Britain with the RSPCA being forced to issue a warning. The organisation has condemned the keeping of wild animals as pets.

In a bid to reduce plastic waste, Woolworths said in a statement that this change would allow “more than 1800 tonnes of plastic [to be] removed from circulation annually across the state.”

Coronation Street fans have speculated that a new love could be on the way for acid attack victim Ryan Connor after being brutally rejected by two people in earlier episodes. At the end of March, Ryan, played by Ryan Prescott since 2018, was the victim of an attack after he threw himself between Daisy Midgeley and her stalker Justin Rutherford.

The Government recently announced that on Sunday 23rd April at 3pm they will be testing out the UK wide ‘Emergency Alerts’ test. Emergency alerts are a loud alarm sound and text notification that can be sent to people’s phones as a warning if there is a life-threatening emergency nearby, a severe flood or gas leak for example.The test means that every phone in the country will go off on Sunday as a practice run, even if it’s on silent.

Killer Mike has announced plans to release a new album and has shared the first taster from the record ‘Don’t Let The Devil’.The LP ‘Michael’, which is his first since 2012’s ‘R.A.P. Music’, is set to be released on June 16.The first single from the record, which you can listen to below, features his fellow Run The Jewels cohort El-P.“[Run the Jewels] is the X-Men, this is my Logan,” Mike said in statement via Rolling Stone.

Fast X has been released and reveals more about Jason Momoa’s new villainous character, Dante.The trailer kicks off with Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew in Vatican City as they attempt to disarm a rolling bomb set loose in the city by Dante. Flashbacks reveal how Dante got caught up with Toretto, dating back to Fast Five.Dante turns out to be the son of Herman Reyes, the lead antagonist of Fast Five. During the events of Fast Five, Toretto masterminded a heist in Rio De Janeiro to steal from Reyes, killing him.

Bring Me The Horizon have announced a new single, ‘Lost’.The Sheffield band took to social media on Wednesday night (April19) to announce the track, confirming that it will arrive alongside an accompanying music video on May 4. The band have also released a 26 second snippet of the track, which features frontman Oliver Sykes singing: “Someone tell me / Why am I this way? / Stupid mеdicine, not doin’ anything / What the hell is fucking wrong with me? / I guess there’s no remedy / I’m so terribly lost“.The snippet also sees Sykes lying face-down on the floor with pills scattered around him as sings.

If you're looking for an escape to the countryside there are several areas on the outskirts of Greater Manchester with properties that boast idyllic surroundings.

Jane McDonald has thrilled fans as she announced a 'first' as she plans her small screen return. The singer and TV star confirmed the return date for her popular series Holidaying with Jane McDonald - and it's just days away.

A driver who was stopped by police for a seatbelt offence was found with five large vacuum-packed bags of cannabis.

It’s Thursday and one star sign will shine when exchanging creative ideas, while another is ready to devote energy into more meaningful pursuits. There are 12 zodiac signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces - and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more. These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years.

Former TOWIE star Frankie Essex gave birth to her twins, whom she shares with boyfriend Luke Love, last May and has since shared updates while settling into life with babies Logan and Luella. In her exclusive column for OK!, Frankie has discussed a range of topics related to motherhood – from her first social outing with the twins and a blackout at her home when they were just a few days old, to “feeling more human again” as the babies dropped their dreaded 2am feed. This week, Frankie speaks about Luke’s upcoming marathon, reminiscing over the twins’ newborn stage and taking the babies to their first festival this summer… Amy looks unreal! Amy Childs recently shared on Instagram that she was filming again and the babies are only about a week old! I can’t believe she’s filming – she looks unreal.

A Lanarkshire football club has been gifted brand new strips for its under-16s boys' team in memory of a teammate who died from cancer.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Hot Docs and Netflix have revealed the five Canadian documentary projects that will share CAD 175,000 ($130,000) as part of the Hot Docs Incubator program, the latest instalment of the Canadian Storytellers Project. These five projects will each receive CAD 35,000 ($26,000). The program, designed to ignite developing doc projects that show creative and market potential, will also engage filmmakers in a series of intensive workshops focused on story, market preparedness, and career or company building. Work-in-progress scenes of the projects will screen to international decision-makers and Industry delegates at next year’s edition of the Hot Docs film festival.

Marta Balaga There was no escaping K-content in Cannes this year, with South Korea delivering well-received Canneseries competition title “Bargain,” MIPTV’s showcase of new formats, all hoping to dethrone “The Masked Singer,” Kortop Media’s “Midnight Horror: Different Nights,” “Pale Moon,” sold by KT Studiogenie and, finally, CJ ENM’s “Island.”  Co-created by Bae Jong and Jang Jeong Do, the show – produced by Studio Dragon and YLAB – is based on a popular comic book, first published in 1997. It has since been turned into webtoons, web novels and dramas, always combining the fantastical with the ordinary. 

Ashley Benson and Brandon Davis are stepping out for the day.

Late last year, I forecast on these pages that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were well on the way to becoming the most hated-ever royal couple, inheriting with gusto that role from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. So, I could but chortle this week when I saw Twitter hashtag "#WalmartWallace" trending in reference to Markle who has opted to forgo the biggest day of the life of her father-in-law, the king's May 6 coronation.

The stars are stepping out in style!

Keri Russell steps out in a low cut, daring dress for the premiere of her new Netflix series, The Diplomat, in New York City on Tuesday (April 18).

Scheana Shay is breaking down her altercation with Raquel Leviss.

Camila Cabello just dropped a new song snippet which seemingly talks about her heated make out session with ex, Shawn Mendes!

EXCLUSIVE: Audible is set to launch a new narrative documentary podcast exploring the true story behind a Russian spy’s life undercover inside the U.S., narrated by Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl).

Kristin Cavallari isn't against her children pursuing a career in entertainment — just when they are no longer children.The reality TV star-turned-author-turned-lifestyle guru recently sat down for a chat on  on Wednesday and she reflected on her own experiences in front of the camera, and how she'd feel if her kids wanted to do TV themselves.«Well, I would say 'no,' until they're 18,» Cavallari said with a laugh. «I mean, listen, if they want to pursue a career in entertainment when they're 18, absolutely, I will support it.

A royal expert has claimed Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle were "clearly not that close" during the former Suits star's time in the UK. Kate Middleton, 40, and Meghan Markle, 41, hold a similarity in the fact they both married into the royal family, Kate to Prince William in April 2011 and Meghan to Prince Harry in May 2018.

vastly overpaid) $44 billion purchase of the site. But at least when it comes to some of Twitter’s most notable celebrity users, he’s sadly (or, if you prefer, hilariously) mistaken.

season 4 stars Chelsea Griffin and Kwame Appiah took to the field on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle to celebrate the Mariners — as well as their new life together.The couple came out to throw the first pitch in the Mariners' match-up against the Milwaukee Brewers, in what was their first public appearance the fourth season of the hit Netflix reality dating series came to an end.Griffin, a Seattle native, took the mound side-by-side with her husband, rocking Mariners jerseys with «Appiah» emblazoned on the back of both. Griffin's family cheered her on as she threw out the ceremonial first pitch to outfielder Jarred Kelenic.Apart from Griffin's family, the two were also cheered on by fellow season 4 alums Zack Goytowski and Bliss Poureetezadi — who are also both Seattle residents.The couples cheered on the home team throughout the game, however the Brewers pulled out a 5-3 win in the end.Both Griffin and Appiah and Goytowski and Poureetezadi found love with one another on the unconventional dating series, and tied the knot back in May 2022.However, unlike Griffin and Appiah, Goytowski and Poureetezadi did not get engaged on the show itself. Goytowski was first engaged to Irina Solomonova, but the pair called off their engaged and Goytoswki subsequently sparked a romance with Poureetezadi.For more on this season of, and the ill-fated reunion special earlier this week, check out the video below.

After a report detailing Kanye West’s defunct 2024 presidential campaign quoted the Ye as saying he wants to be “left alone” and is currently focusing on Donda Academy and his family, the controversial artist has deactivated his Instagram account. Before going through with it, though, he shared a screenshot of the deactivation page confirmation to his stories.

McLeod’s Daughters, Neighbours and more, has been identified as the man who drowned at Freemantle’s South Beach last week.Hardy, 66, had been snorkelling at the beach when he was found unconscious in the water on March 16, ABC News reported. Attempts were made to resuscitate the actor via CPR, but were ultimately unsuccessful.A coroner’s report is currently being prepared, according to The Guardian.His brother Michael Hardy confirmed the news on Facebook, writing: “I am devastated to say that my brother, Peter Hardy, passed away suddenly this morning.

Australian actor Peter Hardy shared some 'reasons to be cheerful' online just an hour before his sudden death while snorkeling at a West Australian beach.  The 66-year-old was pulled unresponsive from the water at about 10. 40am at  Fremantle's South Beach on Thursday, shortly after sharing a series of photos online.