£1,000 reward offered for help in catching wanted man who has been missing for months

Here’s another walking-and-talking film from festival favorite Hong Sang-soo, encapsulating a sliver of Korean life with his customary elusive delicacy. Shot largely in creamy black and white, Berlin competition entry The Novelist’s Film centers on the meeting between two artists who, for different reasons, have simply stopped working.

This Morning presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary were left in tears of laughter during the latest episode, as one guest shared his wild "spanking" story.The ITV show welcomed former rich kid tutor Matt Knott to the sofa to discuss his memoir A Class of Their Own: Adventures in Tutoring the Super-Rich.One part of the interview saw Matt recall his experience with a wealthy Russian family, which ended with him being spanked by a naked Russian oligarch in his own personal sauna.The funny anecdote left Alison and Dermot in floods of laughter as the lively pair giggled between themselves.Matt said of the oligarch: "He invited me to have a sauna, which being an oligarch, he had one in his basement and he walked in completely naked."He was showing me who's boss and it was surreal."As Alison and Dermot chuckled, he added: "Then, part of the traditional Russian [sauna] experience is that you get spanked."At this point, Alison doubled over in laughter and Dermot put a hand to his mouth. Matt concluded his funny tale with: "There's not a line in the tutoring handbook about what you do when a naked Russian oligarch offers to spank you.""The client is always right, so I let him spank me as much as I liked.

The managing director of a kitchen company has been jailed for more than six years for his part in a £10 million cocaine smuggling operation.

animals was slammed by charity RSPCA as he was banned from keeping animals for five years.The animal abuser was also ordered to pay £2,000 in costs for the horrendous crimes.Having investigated the premises in Rugby, Warwickshire, in November 2020, the RSPCA found that the man, who now lives in Manchester, had keep five adult dogs and two litters of 17 puppies all varieties of the Cane Corso breed.They also found five individual cat carriers holding a single underweight puppy each.Images from the inspection show that the poor pooches were so thin that their hips, spines and ribcages were all visible, while the charity said that the man had no food at all in his flat. Inspector Nichola Johnson said that urgent veterinary checks found that the animals had “unnecessarily suffered”.

Falkirk councillors have been challenged to leave the ‘gladiator style’ arguments behind and start co-operating ahead of a vital budget meeting next month.

swimwear category, the advertised product was an oversized T-shirt and the product listing appeared as a result of searches for T-shirts or tops.It ruled that two of the images were 'sexually suggestive' while the image of the model lifting the T-shirt to expose her stomach and side emphasised her exposed skin instead of the product.The regulator added: "We also noted that neither the partial nudity nor the bikini bottoms were relevant to the product and that the images did not show the product as it would usually be worn."For those reasons, we concluded that the ad objectified and sexualised women. It was therefore irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence."The ASA ruled that the ad must not appear again in its current form, adding: "We told Boohoo.com UK to ensure that future ads were prepared with a sense of responsibility to consumers and to society, and that they did not cause serious or widespread offence or harm by objectifying women."Boohoo said the images were part of their swimwear category and explained the model was wearing the T-shirt with a bikini.The retailer said it understood the importance of the issues raised and had removed the images from their website.A Boohoo Group spokesman said: "We are disappointed by the findings of this ruling because we pride ourselves in our inclusive, body positive imagery."Our marketing reflects the vibrant and confident culture of our brand, and is not designed to intentionally cause offence."We removed the associated images from our website when we received details of the complaint from the ASA."Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Khabib Nurmagomedov has vowed to personally resolve Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United dilemma.Ronaldo, 37, re-joined the club where he made his name as a youngster on Deadline Day of the summer transfer window in what became a dream signing for many United fans across the globe.But despite an impressive individual tally of 14 goals this season, the legendary Portugal forward has reportedly been left feeling jaded as a result of the Red Devils’ lacklustre performances and new manager Ralf Rangnick’s methods.And now retired UFC lightweight champion Khabib has revealed his plan to “talk” privately with Ronaldo as the veteran debates his future at Old Trafford.Khabib told Sky Sports: "He became 37 years old, this is not his best age but even how he plays, I think affect his whole team. His energy, his experience, his advice."They have a very good, strong, young team.

reports the Irish Mirror. Garda Nagle said that the offences finally emerged in July 2020 when a social welfare inspector at Hanover Street, Cork received notification of a pensioner in Cork, Donald O'Callaghan, who was due to reach 100.He told the court: "This would result in the issuing of a congratulatory letter from the president as well as a cheque for €2,540.

Paris Saint-Germain’s victory on Tuesday night.The Ligue 1 outfit beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the Champions League Round of 16.French forward Kylian Mbappe scored the all-important goal with just seconds left on the clock, cutting in off of the left-wing and rolling the ball between the legs of Thibaut Courtois to send Le Parc des Princes into a frenzy.Speaking about his celebrations, former Tottenham Hotspur manager said: “I felt two things. The first was joy, then Paredes ran towards me and hit my nose with his chest.“And I thought I had broken it.

Whilst every wedding guest outfit starts with finding the perfect clothes to wear, the accessories you team them with are of course equally as important.The biggest concern when putting together a show-stopping look is the shoes. If you’re looking for something to dance all night in, a platform heel will serve you well, but if it’s a destination wedding, perhaps a summer-style sandal will suit the warmer temperatures.

Long gone are the days when tampons and sanitary pads were the only period products available at your time of the month. If you head to your local chemist you'll find more options than you could ever have imagined, including menstrual cups, period pants and re-usable pads – there are now (thankfully!) so many options on how to handle your period. And sustainable period brand WUKA have now unveiled another intriguing innovation – period leggings that claim to absorb up to three tampons' worth of your flow.

Gary Lineker believes fans should 'probably lower expectations' of Manchester United icon Cristiano Ronaldo and Paris Saint-Germain's Lionel Messi.

Police are appealing for help to find a missing woman who was last seen leaving Fairfield Hospital.

A Salford -based criminal gang led a significant operation transporting drugs into Warrington, a court has heard.

Manchester boxing legend Ricky Hatton has confirmed his interest in making a boxing comeback this year.

Jess Hayes has revealed she's undergone breast surgery to get implants after feeling self conscious over her stretched skin.The 28 year old is mum to son Presley, two, and sadly suffered a miscarriage with her second child Teddy at just 19 weeks. cSharing several snaps and videos from her hospital bed following the surgery, Jess has now explained how her pregnancies and three stone weight loss made her breasts less voluminous.

BBC News presenter had shared how he had Covid last night, explaining the reason for his absence from screens.This morning, Huw shared an update with his followers after being confused about the responses.The broadcaster posted a picture of him looking at his dog Mot as he explained the situation.He penned: “A tête-à-tête with Mot about some of the weird responses to my Covid tweet.“The absolute state of some people.“If you know nothing about science it might be wiser to trust experts all over the world who agree that vaccines reduce the risk of serious illness.”He then finished his tweet with a thumbs up emoji, a black flag emoji and the hashtag “COVID19”.This all comes after Huw’s update last night that he had been off work with Covid.He had admitted he’d been left “feeling rough” as he posted an image of his positive test.Huw penned: “Been feeling rough but on the mend now.“Imagine what it could be like without the 3 jabs for protection.“Back at work soon. Diolch.”Following this, many of his 139,000 followers shared their responses.Many told the news presenter to get well soon in a series of positive messages.Ann Clwyd penned: “Hope you’re better v soon Huw! I’m one up with 4 jabs! (sic)“But there’s a lot about still so we can’t be too careful! Cofion Ann.”Fan @deborah_hilliam added: “You and me both!“I’ve had covid and shingles together - not nice - as you say thank goodness for vaccinations.“See you back on the news soon.”However, others weighed in with their thoughts on Huw’s vaccine comments.User @dawn15765 wrote: “No jab here, I didn’t even realise I had it, then one day I couldn’t smell my wine, oh right I had Covid.“I couldn’t smell my wine for three weeks, then I could.

Netflix viewers have been left gobsmacked after the realised that Vivian in new drama series Inventing Anna is the same person who played little Vada Sultenfuss in 1991 Hollywood movie My Girl.Actress Anna Chlumsky plays journalist Vivian Kent, who investigates the mysterious socialite Anna Delvey.Vivian is based on the real-life journalist Jessica Pressler, who wrote the bombshell article How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People from the New York magazine.Actress Anna, 41, got her start as a child star and played Vada Sultenfuss in My Girl in 1991 and its sequel in 1994.And when Netflix viewers realised she was Vada but all grown up, they couldn't believe it.One person said on Twitter: "Aww the girl from My Girl hasn't changed a damn bit."Another wrote: "My favourite from My Girl is in Inventing Anna!? Yes!"A third said: "This woman having the same facial expressions from My Girl is really irking me."Someone else said: "OMG I didn't know Anna Chlumsky was in this? I loved her in My Girl when I was growing up. Ugh she is fantastic."And a fifth added: "Just realising the reporter on Inventing Anna is the actress from My Girl OMG she looks the same LOL."Inventing Anna, which dropped on Netflix on February 11, stars Ozark's Julia Garner as the titular character.

sex has opened up about her rare condition. Chloe Lowery said her skin turned red the first time she touched semen but thought nothing of it.After another sexual encounter, the 18-year-old saw her face "droop" meaning she's had to avoid oral sex since.Then she visited the GP who confirmed she could have human seminal plasma hypersensitivity, a rare allergic reaction to semen.The aspiring professor also experiences a painful "burning" sensation down below which can last up to an hour.Despite learning to live with the rare condition, Chloe feels it's still not a topic many people would talk about.Now she wants to raise awareness about her condition in the hope it'll encourage more research into the rare allergy.Chloe, from Colorado, US, said: "Essentially, I'm allergic to sex."It was probably my third or so sexual experience, I hadn't had contact with it [semen] before then and it got on my skin and I kind of turned red and I didn't think much of it as I turn red sometimes."But then during another encounter it was in my mouth and I looked like I had bell's palsy in half my face for about three hours because I went into facial paralysis temporarily."It was on the right side of my face, it was droopy and I just couldn't express emotion at least with my mouth.

Winter Olympics star David Wolf was sin binned for a "very dangerous" hit to the back of an opponent's neck during Germany's ice hockey match against Slovakia.In horrifying scenes, Wolf, 32, was seen striking opponent Libor Hudacek over the head with his stick sparking a mass brawl on the ice.The commentary team described the events as "very dangerous to hit someone from behind on the back of the neck" and Swedish referee Tobias Bjork duly agreed.While Hudacek hit the deck clutching his head, Wolf was shown an instant 5 plus 20-minute penalty for fighting which meant he missed the final 90 seconds of the contest.Team-mate Stefan Loibl was also handed the same punishment for his part in the brawl as Germany's men's ice hockey team crashed out of the Olympic GamesAfter winning a silver medal in Pyeongchang four years ago, the German national team barely scraped out the group before falling at the first hurdle in the playoff round.The 'Bearers of the Eagle' were expected to challenge for a medal once again in Beijing with the hope of avenging their 4-3 loss to Olympic Athletes to Russia.HAVE YOUR SAY! Should David Wolf face further repercussions? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Hermes, which commissioned the research to mark its build on sustainability commitments – from trialling eCargo bike and pedestrian couriers, to offering packageless returns – said: “The shift to online shopping looks set to stay. “We know people are concerned about sustainability and, as the research shows, are factoring this into their purchasing decisions, which is great.“However, delivery remains one of their concerns, and as a responsible carrier, we recognise our impact on the environment and the role we have to play to be as sustainable as possible.”The research also found nearly three-quarters of respondents feel it is everyone’s responsibility to try and be green, with 64 percent feeling better when they use items they know are more sustainable.While over half (56 percent) would be more inclined to shop with a brand they know has green processes in place for its customers.And when buying from a sustainable brand, 40 percent named using green vehicles (e.g.