'20in of snow' to fall as Met Office issues flood warnings amid freezing Arctic blast

NSW government and ACON on Wednesday announced that it was setting up the first state-funded health care centre for the LGBTQI community. Schembri said that he felt “uncomfortable” as a gay patient. Schembri was speaking at the launch of the LGBTQI Health Strategy at Kinghorn Cancer Centre at St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney.Earlier this year in January, he was diagnosed with “a rare and random life changing illness” and spent eight weeks  “in and out of hospitals across the public and private systems”. Schembri said he had come out at the age of 14 and had lived and worked for over 25 years in clinical, managerial and chief executive roles in the New South Wales health system.“I thought I knew our public and private systems well. What I wasn’t prepared for was the number of times as a patient, I was asked if my wife was coming to pick me up after a procedure or whether my partner –  pronoun, ‘she or her’ – was joining the consultation,” said Schembri, who rejoined work last week. The historic NSW LGBTIQ+ Health Strategy 2022-2027 is built on the voices, experiences and insights of over 1,600 LGBTIQ+ people across the State and more than 750 NSW Health staff.

Russian soldiers are holding 100 Chernobyl technicians 'like prisoners in a concentration camp' amid warnings that Vladimir Putin's men could cause a nuclear disaster. The technicians have reportedly been working at gun point to maintain safety at the nuclear power plant, which was captured by Russia on the first day of the invasion of Ukraine.

Residents have told of a “war zone” after cars at two homes in Airdrie were petrol-bombed.

James Marsden and Minnie Driver were both guests on The Late Late Show with James Corden this week and they reminisced about being neighbors at one point!

Kim Kardashian revealed that boyfriend Pete Davidson got her name "branded" with ink on his chest.During an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Kim, 41, addressed rumours that Pete, 28, has got a tattoo of her name on his chest.The rumours come after eagle-eyed Kim fans zoomed into the photo that Pete sent to her ex Kanye West following their public feud.The SNL funnyman Pete took a topless selfie in bed while posing with a peace sign, with a tattoo of Kim's name noticeable on his chest.The SKIMS founder told Ellen: "He has a few tattoos, a few cute ones that he got but the Kim one isn't a tattoo, it's actually a branding."The beauty mogul added: "Let me explain it – he wanted to do something that was really different because okay, the first tattoo he got, I was like, 'Thank you, oh my god,' second, I was like, 'So cute, but that's what tattoo people do, right? They get tattoos of what's going on in their life."When Kim was quizzed whether her boyfriend only had three tattoos of her, she coyly responded: "A little more than that."The branding is my name. The other ones are cutesy things.

UK are set to see scorching temperatures of 20C today as a mini heatwave takes hold of the country.The warm spell follows relatively drab conditions for most yesterday with patchy showers and grey skies.'Blood rain' was even reported yesterday in parts after a wave of Saharan dust swept across Europe. There are hopes that the glorious weather today could last into the weekend, allowing us to make full use of it.Netweather’s Ian Simpson has said: "It will turn very warm for the time of year away from south and east-facing coasts, with highs of 17 to 19C in parts of England and perhaps even 20C locally."It is expected that the warmest temperatures will be down south, although northern regions are also expected to be hotter than usual for this time of year.

Fox's hit reality series The Masked Singer continues its seventh season on Wednesday, though a new report details some trouble brewing behind-the-scenes.One of the mystery celebrities has reportedly been coming to rehearsals with a massive entourage, which is rubbing some of his or her fellow contestants the wrong way, according to a new report from TMZ.While the celeb's identity is not revealed in the report, he or she has seemingly broken a show tradition of coming to rehearsals solo. Trouble:Fox's hit reality series The Masked Singer continues its seventh season on Wednesday, though a new report details some trouble brewing behind-the-scenes Entourage:One of the mystery celebrities has reportedly been coming to rehearsals with a massive entourage, which is rubbing some of his or her fellow contestants the wrong way, according to a new report from TMZThe celebs are typically by themselves for rehearsals, to avoid any chance of revealing their identity before they are officially unmasked on the show.This person, however, is apparently not worried about revealing their identity, rolling with a huge group including friends, family members, management and their beauty and hair team, at all times.

Coronation Street fans were left annoyed on Wednesday's episode as they pointed out Kevin Webster's "hypocrisy" as he judged Abi Franklin after her surprise newborn baby. Only recently, Abi gave birth three months early after a surprise pregnancy with estranged husband Kevin thinking her ex Tez is the father but it's actually Imran Habeeb.

EXCLUSIVE: Jessy Schram is returning to NBC‘s in the role of Dr. Hannah Asher as a series regular. Schram made her One Chicago debut in Season 5 Episode 12 and was last seen in the Season 6 premiere.

What is Tristan Thompson trying to say here? The NBA star went full Cryptic Khloé for his latest post on his Instagram.

murder case of a young woman who was killed and had her hands bound with her own bra could now be solved, as fresh evidence has reignited the investigation. It has been revealed Jessie Earl's familial DNA sample will be cross-referenced with a notorious serial killers' 'trophies'.

Carol Vorderman took to social media to warn fans about online "trolls" making fake accounts pretending to be her.The former Countdown star, 61, sent an urgent message to her 215k Instagram followers about the alleged imposters - who have been contacting the star's fans and pretending to be the numbers whizz.Taking to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday (March 16), concerned Carol said: "QUICK WARNING. Getting lots of messages saying that there are MANY fake accounts contacting them pretending to be me."THIS and @vordersvan ARE THE ONLY OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS.[sic]"Hitting back at the trolls, she wrote: "All the others are trolls...

BBC for a second series on Wednesday night, March 16. Celebrity judges Claudia Winkleman, Chris Eubank, Harry Hill and Nina Wadia were on hand to work out which fellow famous face owned a luxury four-bedroom house. The panel had to work out whether the home belonged to Hatton, Claire Richards, Rob Rinder or Deborah Meaden.

Amanda Warren has been tapped as the lead in the CBS drama pilot East New York.

Sasha Urban editorCBS police drama pilot “East New York” has cast Amanda Warren (“The Purge”) in the starring role of Regina Haywood, a serious street cop turned deputy inspector.“East New York,” written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, was given a pilot order last month. No other cast members have been announced.The pilot’s executive producers are Finkelstein, Flynn, Mike Robin from Skyemac Productions, Christine Holder and Mark Holder from Wonder Street.

"I don’t want to do anything about it, I’m just finding it interesting as a sober person of 46, we didn’t need to do that.

This is My House would return for a second series in 2022 but with a slightly new format. It will return for 10 episodes - instead of the original six - and the one-hour format is being scrapped as the episodes become shortened to 30 minutes.

Comic Relief. The Masked Singer host revealed has has caught Covid.

Jonathan Bailey is sharing how 's cast and crew work hard to ensure everyone feels safe during sex scenes. In an interview with , the actor detailed how things go down when filming the show's intimate scenes, which includes the presence of intimacy coordinators on set, who ensured that «no one goes into a scene quaking, worrying about how it will go.»«If you are concerned, you can talk to them,» he explained, adding that actors were also given consent forms to sign before each scene that detailed «which bit of skin we are going to show in each scene and where we will be touched and how.»«It turns sex scenes into a choreographed dance,» he added.For his part, the actor shared how he ensured that his frequent scene partner, Simone Ashley, always felt comfortable when they were shooting intimate scenes together. Bailey plays Lord Anthony Bridgerton, who takes the reigns as the leading character during the show's second season focusing on his quest for love. Although Anthony sets his sights on Edwina Sharma (Charithra Chandran), he is told that he must «tame her sister,» Kate Sharma (Ashley).

Learning from the past? Amid Tristan Thompson’s paternity scandal and its ongoing drama, he shared a cryptic message about moving forward.

Katie Price showed off her two half-sleeve tattoos in a new Instagram snap from her getaway to Thailand. Last week the former glamour model was seen struggling to hold back her tears of pain as she sat through a three-hour tattoo session. And the 43 year old's new floral inking, said to be inspired by her mother Amy's fight with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and boasts her favourite flowers, was seen in her new snap shared on Wednesday.