Special Olympics honour for Ayrshire athlete after bronze win at Berlin games

Finding a little bit of ‘me time’ can be difficult for new parents, and a trip to the hairdresser can be the perfect way to take a few hours to enjoy yourself and unwind. New mum Jessica Fox definitely appreciates the benefit of getting a few hours of pampering, as the Hollyoaks star headed to the Collinge & Co salon in Liverpool for a hair makeover following the birth of her son River in March.

If EastEnders fans thought the Knight family drama might die down this week, they should brace themselves for further scenes as the fall out continues. Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) returned last week after 25 years away and being thought to have died in childbirth in prison in one of the biggest plot twists the BBC soap has aired.

Katie Holmes is taking boho chic to the red carpet. The actress attended the American Ballet Theatre’s opening night performance of Like Water For Chocolate in New York City on June 22nd. She looked stunning in a long black crocheted dress that showed off her toned figure.

Kendall and Kylie Jenner will soon have another sister-in-law. The daughters of Caitlyn Jenner have four half-siblings: Brody, Brandon, Burt, and Cassandra. Over the weekend, Brody, who appeared on 11 episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, got down on one knee to propose to his pregnant girlfriend, Tiarah “Tia” Blanco.A post shared by Brody Jenner (@brodyjenner)From the photos, it does not appear any of the Kardashians were in attendance. Caitlyn and Brody’s brother Brandon Jenner were spotted in the photos, but Kendall and Kylie were noticeably missing.

Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny continue to spend time together. The pair, which started seeing eachother in February of this year, was spotted while out on a drive in Beverly Hills. It’s a moment that shows how much the two have grown closer, and that suggest Jenner is sharing some of her passions with her partner.

Suri Cruise is enjoying summer in the city. The 17 year old was spotted with a friend as the two enjoyed the city and had some drinks to handle the heat. Suri Cruise buys flowers for Katie Holmes on Mother’s DayKatie Holmes’ black leather look and smokey eye at Tribeca Film Festival: See PicsKatie Holmes stuns in crocheted dress at the opening night of ‘Like Water For Chocolate’Cruise was photographed in a relaxed outfit made out of a black strappy top and matching sweatpants.She paired the outfit with some white sneakers and wore a braid in her long brown hair.

Naman Ramachandran UPDATED: Suspended RTE director general Dee Forbes has resigned. Forbes said in a statement on Monday: “I regret very much the upset and adverse publicity suffered by RTE, its staff and the unease created among the public in recent days. As director general, I am the person ultimately accountable for what happens within the organisation and I take that responsibility seriously. I am tendering my resignation to RTE with immediate effect.” PREVIOUSLY: Irish public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE) has suspended its director general Dee Forbes, a former high-level Discovery executive, over an ongoing scandal around an overpaid TV host.

Naman Ramachandran The Cineworld Group will file for administration in the U.K., but the business will continue without interruption. Cineworld Group and its subsidiaries had commenced Chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court in September 2022. The group now expects to emerge from the Chapter 11 cases in July and will continue to operate its cinemas as usual without interruption, it said in May. On Monday, the group said it would will apply to a court in England for an administration order. The application would only apply to Cineworld Group plc itself as the listed parent company of the group and not to any of the operating companies or subsidiaries in the rest of the group, which would continue to operate as usual without interruption. Any administration order would not affect the status or rights of any of the group’s employees.

Parents have welcomed a miracle baby after turning to GoFundMe to help pay for a third round of expensive IVF treatment.

1. I’m Still Standing2. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart3. Rocket Man4. I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues5. Your Song6. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me7. Step Into Christmas8. Candle In The Wind9. Sacrifice10. Are You Ready For Love

The search for Tyson Fury’s next opponent continues to rumble on.

Police have released a picture of a man they want to speak to after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted at a Harry Styles concert in Trafford.

Manchester City players past and present have sent emotional messages to Ilkay Gundogan after the midfielder's move to Barcelona was confirmed on Monday.

Lewis Capaldi‘s set at Glastonbury 2023 has been described as “amazingly powerful” by the mother of a teenager with Tourette’s.While onstage on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on Saturday (June 24), Capaldi was noticeably experiencing vocal difficulties, and exhibiting tics from his widely-publicised Tourette’s.Speaking to the PA, Laura Hummersone, whose 19-year-old son Harry has Tourette’s, said that the performance and visibility of the condition was “amazingly powerful” as the pair watched at home on TV.“Watching Lewis yesterday, in that moment, I think he did more for Tourette’s than any charity or education on the topic in all the times I’ve known about Tourette’s,” she said. “I was in tears.”She added: “[Capaldi] was openly ticing and my son tries to suppress his most of the time when he’s out, which means that when he comes home, he has these huge tic attacks where he can barely do anything.“Some of the tics that Lewis was doing were tics that my son does on a regular daily basis, jerking the head.”Hummersone went on to hail the “acceptance, tolerance, understanding, empathy and compassion which the crowd showed yesterday,” calling it “phenomenal”.“I wanted Harry to see the love from that crowd,” she added.

Elton John has announced a collectible, limited edition release of ‘Diamonds (Pyramid Edition)’ – order it here.The release arrives as a celebration of the music icon’s historic Glastonbury performance on the Pyramid Stage Sunday night (June 26) – which NME lauded as “one of the festival’s best-ever headline sets” in a five-star review.‘Diamonds (Pyramid Edition)’ (available digitally here), features tracklisting personally selected by John which “reflects last night’s historic setlist”, according to a press release.It will feature highlights from ‘Diamonds’, his 2017 greatest hits collection. Pressed on coloured vinyl, the new release also includes a commemorative 10×10 print.John’s Rocket Club fan club members were tipped off this morning (June 26) about 100 signed copies of the release, sold from 10am today on a first-come-first-served basis from the Elton John Eyewear pop-up store at 59 Greek Street in Soho, London.Check out the artwork and track list below.‘Diamonds (Pyramid Edition)’:A: ‘Pinball Wizard’‘Bennie And The Jets’‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’‘Are You Ready For Love’‘Your Song’B: ‘Tiny Dancer’‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’‘I’m Still Standing’‘Cold Heart’‘Rocket Man’John performed a sensational, career-spanning set at Glastonbury Festival yesterday, featuring a whole host of special guests and a moving tribute to his late friend George Michael.“Sir Elton celebrates the past, present and future of music at last ever UK show,” NME wrote in a glowing five-star review.“Sir Elton left everything on the field.

Emiliano De Pablos The 7th edition of Spain’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, the Europe-Latin America TV and networking forum, will dedicate this year its countries focus to Poland and Mexico.  For the first time ever, the event will also host a Spanish Content Showcase, integrating a series of activities to highlight the freshest and most attractive contents and formats from top Spanish distributors. Conecta Fiction unspools June 26-29 for the second year running at the El Greco Palace of Congress in Toledo, the capital of Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha, just south of Madrid. 

This Morning viewers were left asking 'where's Holly' after Holly Willoughby went 'missing' from the programme. The ITV daytime show returned to screens on Monday morning (June 26) but fans were in for a surprise as it wasn't the show's usual main host at the helm.

Christopher Vourlias The release of “Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire,” a pan-African Disney Plus Original animated series that will drop globally on the streaming platform on July 5, could be a game-changer for an African animation industry that continues to scale new heights. Executive produced by Oscar winner Peter Ramsey (“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”), Anthony Silverston of South African animation house Triggerfish, and Tandayi Nyeke, the 10-part anthology series offers a dizzying blend of mythology, science fiction and Afrofuturism, presenting 10 bold, wholly original visions of the future from a distinctly African perspective. The series, which is produced by Triggerfish, features animators from six African countries drawing on their own ancient histories, folklores and contemporary urban landscapes to reimagine a world populated with cyborg cattle, flying minibus-taxis, radioactive octopi and robotic birds. Collectively, they present a portrait of the continent that’s never been seen before.

Naman Ramachandran The beloved “Famous Five” stories of Enid Blyton are being reimagined for the BBC and ZDF by Nicolas Winding Refn. The 3 x 90′ series is based on the 21 “Famous Five” novels and short stories Blyton wrote between 1942 and 1963. The series follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. It is created for television and executive produced by Winding Refn (byNWR) and Matthew Read (Moonage Pictures), in co-production with ZDF in Germany. The French territory is already presold to TF1. Filming is currently underway across the southwest of the U.K.

Toyah Willcox and husband Robert Fripp have returned with the latest instalment of their Sunday Lunch cover series, this week perfoming ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’ by Cream while literally covering themselves in cream.The new cover sees Willcox pour cream all over her head and leather top, while Fripp performs guitar in a black shirt and white tie.“Take your guitar off, baby,” Willcox says, before she pushes his head into her cream-covered chest. “Oh, that’s not fair,” Fripp says, to which Willcox replies: “But it’s fun.”The pair then laugh together at the spectacle before the video ends.

Apple have sent out an urgent warning to millions of iPhone users to get them to check their settings for security updates now.

Losing weight is a huge endeavour and it's understandable for anyone hoping to slim down to go back to the basics.

Elton John raised the roof at Glastonbury last night in what could be the Rocketman singer’s last ever performance, and he was watched by more than 7M viewers on the BBC.

Drive auteur Nicholas Winding Refn is is forging a TV adaptation of The Famous Five for the BBC and ZDF.

Planet Of Lana, developer Wishfully and publisher Thunderful have told NME that it was the right call to make the platformer a day-one Xbox Game Pass title.Planet Of Lana launched for Xbox and PC on May 23, and was available from day one on Xbox’s Game Pass subscription service — joining the likes of Redfall, High On Life, and Hi-Fi Rush in doing so.While there have been questions on whether Game Pass cannibalises the sales of games on its catalogue, Adam Stjärnljus — Planet Of Lana’s creative director and Wishfully’s co-founder — says it was the right choice for his team.“For us at Wishfully, being an indie studio releasing our first game, it has been invaluable,” Stjärnljus tells NME. “It lowers the entry bar for players to discover and try our game with a huge potential to bring over players that normally might not gravitate towards the puzzle platformer genre as well.

K-pop boyband SHINee have made a comeback with their new single and album ‘Hard’.On June 26 at 6pm KST, the SM Entertainment boyband dropped their eighth studio album ‘Hard’ and a vibrant music video for its lead single of the same name.In the new visual, the members perform to the track from a trippy set modelled after the inside of a piano. In other scenes, solo shots of them glitch into one another as they dance.“Hard like a criminal, hard like the beat / Hard like ma flow (Mmm, tasty) / Yeah, strike a pose, take a bite / Who’s coming? / We go hard, oh, catch a fright?,” they chant on the chorus.Including ‘Hard’, the group’s new studio album comprises a total of 10 tracks.

Emmerdale is about to explode a bombshell of a storyline for Jai Sharma as he makes a shocking discovery that shakes his world to its core. Jai (Chris Bisson) starts off tonight's (Monday) episode in high spirits as partner Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) makes a huge commitment to him.

Ex On The Beach star Declan Doyle was left reeling after the "disgusting" behaviour from hotel staff whilst he was on a trip to the Dominican Republic with his daughter when they quizzed him on the 11-year-old's relation to him.

Shock new data reveals that there have been almost 4,000 complaints of anti-social behaviour at 22 Motherwell tower blocks in recent years.

Keith Lasley admits he never picked up on the special connection between the home support and their beloved Buddies in his playing days.

Just as Junior's 18th birthday celebrations are over, Peter Andre is starting to prepare for the next milestone in his kids' lives. With Princess' 16th birthday coming up on June 29, the dad-of-four says he "can't believe" his eldest daughter is reaching that age. But when it comes to exact plans, it seems that Princess is a bit indecisive on what she'd like to do to celebrate.

A West Lothian-based dementia nurse has been honoured at a glittering awards ceremony.

Harrison Ford has confirmed that he has no plans to retire from acting just yet.The actor – who is stepping back from his iconic role as the titular character in the Indiana Jones franchise after the fifth and final instalment, Dial of Destiny – has shared that retiring altogether is not a prospect for him.“I don’t,” Ford replied to CNN in a new interviews after being asked if he had plans to retire. “I don’t do well when I don’t have work. I love to work.

Britney Spears fans have reacted to the singer’s rumoured guest slot with Elton John at Glastonbury 2023 not materialising.Ahead of Elton’s closing set at the 2023 festival last night (June 25), rumours had been swirling about a guest appearance, which would have been Britney’s first in five years and since her controversial conservatorship ended. The pair released a new version of ‘Tiny Dancer’ together last summer.Though John was confirmed to be joined by four special guests at his headline slot at Glastonbury, none of those ended up being Britney.

Casino Royale director Martin Campbell has revealed that Henry Cavill could have been an “excellent” James Bond “if Daniel [Craig] didn’t exist”.Speaking to Express UK, Campbell, who led the Craig-starring James Bond reboot with Casino Royale, revealed that Cavill – now most famous for playing Superman and Geralt in The Witcher – had auditioned for the 007 franchise but was “a little young at the time”. For context, the reboot’s auditions were held 18 years ago, when Cavill was just 22-years-old.Campbell said of Henry Cavill’s audition: “He looked great in the audition. His acting was tremendous.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds is among a group of investors who have agreed a deal to pay €200 million ($218 million) for a 24% stake in the Alpine Formula 1 motor racing team. The deal sees French manufacturer Renault and its sport car division Alpine sell a stake in Alpine Racing to an investor group headed by Otro Capital, RedBird Capital Partners, and Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Investments. The deal, which values Alpine Racing at about €900 million, covers only the race team, not the wider Alpine road car manufacturer. Alpine Racing SAS, the entity manufacturing F1 engines in France, is also not included in the transaction and will remain entirely owned by Renault.