Clive Myrie admits 'we do cock it up at BBC' but says critics are ‘weird not to be proud’

A burly pub landlord was beaten up and wrestled to the floor by his girlfriend after he punched her in the face during a drunken row, a court heard. Adam Prestage, 40, was subject to immediate ''retribution'' by Tracey Ellis in front of her two children when he left her with a bloodied lip.

#flowerstagram has more than 36 million posts on Instagram.While there are many florists jostling to put themselves on the map, Joseph Massie is fast establishing himself as a name to know in the world of floristry. At the age of 34, he has won five consecutive Gold Medals, as well as four Best in Show titles, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. In fact, he is widely regarded as the floral artist of his generation, with customers more than happy to spend a minimum of £5,000 for his sculptural designs. He’s even showcased his artistry at the White House, while the Obamas were in residence.“That was probably one of the most incredible things I’ve done, especially given where I’m from,” says Massie, who grew up in Huyton, a deprived borough of Liverpool.

Wimbledon fans have enjoyed a thrilling start to the 2022 competition so far.But, on Tuesday, some viewers watching the BBC coverage were left less than impressed by remarks made by Sue Barker and John McEnroe. WATCH: Kate Middleton makes surprise appearance at WimbledonThe TV pundits made reference to their former colleague and tennis ace Boris Becker, who was jailed for two and a half years in April for hiding £2.5million worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts.Boris, 54, who was part of BBC's Wimbledon coverage last year, is currently serving out his sentence at Huntercombe prison near Henley-on-Thames. US star John spoke about his friend during Tuesday's commentary, saying: "Boris, we love you. We miss you, man." Co-star Sue agreed, adding: "We do indeed."However, viewers were unhappy with the BBC for allowing the pair to send well-wishes to the "convicted criminal".

UFC champion Aljamain Sterling was left baffled after realising Tyson and Tommy Fury are brothers.The bantamweight received a shock when he learned that Jake Paul’s next opponent is in fact the WBC heavyweight champion’s sibling. It came while ‘The Funk Master’ spoke about Paul’s upcoming clash with Tommy on his YouTube channel, with the highly-anticipated bout now scheduled to take place on August 6 at Madison Square Garden.His co-host mentioned the elder Fury’s gigantic net worth and the revelation provoked a confused response from Sterling, who defended his UFC bantamweight in April with a decision victory over Petr Yan.READ MORE: Jake Paul brands Tommy Fury 'scared little b****' after rival is denied entry to USSterling asked: “Who’s his brother? [Tyson Fury] is Tommy Fury’s brother? There’s no f****** way.

incident-filled first-round win at Wimbledon on Tuesday.The Australian advanced to the next stage at SW19 after beating Britain's Paul Jubb 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-5. However, the match wasn't without controversy as Kyrgios spat in the direction of spectators he said were racially abusing him, smashed a ball out of the court and called one line judge "a snitch."His latest on-court outburst drew the ire of talkSPORT presenter Laura Woods, who suggested Kyrgios "crossed the line" at SW19.

READ MORE:Jake Bugg talks joining Liam Gallagher’s band, festival tales and new musicTheir second tour was a special one, though, as it celebrated the 10 year anniversary of their life-changing Free album, which caught airtime on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show back in 2011.Free fires off epic alternative anthems like Make A Beast Of Myself, Time For You to Stand Up and Crash Land, where you'll hear fans religiously scream back the lyrics: "We're f***ed" at every show without fail.Fast-forward a decade, and lead singer Sam is still determined to bring the party at every show with one simple mission; give people "the best gig of their life".Sam chatted exclusively to Daily Star's Sam Huntley about all things music, from The Beatles and Foo Fighters to how he writes songs, lead singer pressures and why it's so vital to be vulnerable.How does it feel to be out on tour again?"It feels strange. We’ve already done a UK tour.

Deborah James left her family behind when she sadly died of cancer on Tuesday at the age of 40.Married with two children, the podcast host had spent the final weeks of her life spending quality time with her family after announcing in May that the bowel cancer treatment she had been on was no longer working.She shared snaps of her and husband Sebastien Bowen in the days before her passing as she was given end-of-life care at her parents' home in Woking.The family had been planning for life after her passing, with Deborah making memory boxes for her children to open during certain future milestones.The broadcaster, as part of preparations for her death, had also even given her husband love advice if he looks for a new partner once he has grieved.The host of BBC podcaster You, Me and The Big C died only weeks before her 14th wedding anniversary to Sebastien Bowen.According to LinkedIn, Sebastien is a banker who is a partner at Pomona Capital.He was educated at the exclusive London private school St Paul’s and has a master’s degree from the University of Edinburgh.Deborah called her husband her "rock" because of the support he gave her during her cancer journey, from when she was first diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2016 and through the trauma of her surgeries for infections, bleeding and having 17 tumours removed.The campaigner - who has raised £6.9million through her Bowelbabe fund for Cancer Research UK - had two children with Sebastien, Hugo, 14, and Eloise, 12.The prolific fundraiser revealed in an interview that she and Sebastien, who married in July 2008, started divorce proceedings and even began dating other people only a year before her cancer diagnosis.The Londoner told the Daily Mail in 2020 that the

dog after 'taking over' her downstairs bathroom.Louise, 59, who lives on Brereton Avenue in Cleethorpes, said her house was overrun after a four foot pile of rubbish left by fly-tippers on an alleyway next to her home caused a huge boom in the rodent population.After she stopped going into the garden due the infestation, the pests began to enter the property, leaving her bathroom unusable as the floor became covered in droppings and rat traps.READ MORE: Patrols of elephants hunt for tigers after five people killed in grisly attacksNow, Louise says she has had to have her dog put down after it developed leptospirosis from contracting Weil's Disease, which is spread in the urine of infected rats.Recalling the sad loss of her pet, Louise told Grimsby Live: "My dog that I had when I first moved in caught one of the rats. She didn't eat it and didn't bite into it, she just caught it."We had to have her put down because she caught leptospirosis which is a disease rats carry that makes you constantly vomit and makes your kidneys shut down.

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Tottenham and England ace Peter Crouch believes the likes of Steven Gerrard and John Terry may have been afforded similar powers to Kylian Mbappe, during their time at Liverpool and Chelsea respectively.A year of constant speculation linking Mbappe to Real Madrid spectacularly came to a close when the French World Cup winner announced that he would sign a new three-year contract at the Parc des Princes. The new deal is understood to have included a signing bonus believed to be worth around £86million, as well as a £43m yearly salary.But if these eye watering sums were not enough, various reports claimed the 23-year-old could also be granted a meaningful say in decisions, from management to potential signings.

Russia’s richest has said that “domestic problems” could force Vladimir Putin into a military confrontation with the west, if his Ukraine invasion succeeds. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a businessman-turned-philanthropist, has been living in the UK since 2015 after he made made his fortune in the 1990s through currency trading and in the oil industry.In an interview with the Financial Times, the outspoken Putin critic said that the threat of an escalation of the conflict to drag in NATO countries was serious if Putin achieved his goal of seizing the Donbas region in the southeast of Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has accused Western leaders of clinging "to the shadows of the past" as he creates a new world order with his invasion of Ukraine. The world will not be as it was before the "special operation", Putin said in his speech at the plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

cancel culture in a new interview. However, the former This Morning star admitted that someone like Vladimir Putin “does need to be cancelled, and quickly".Fern opened up about her thoughts on cancel culture whilst speaking on the podcast Walking The Dog with Emily Dean.The presenter went for a walk with the podcast host as they chatted whilst out walking their dogs. Fern, who is promoting her new book The Good Servant, discussed the story of Marion Crawford.Marion, whom the book centres around, was the governess to a young Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth, who was later shunned by the Royal Family after releasing a book about her time with them. Emily suggested to Fern that what happened to Marion was one of the earliest examples of cancel culture. “She was cancelled, essentially,” Emily remarked, to which Fern replied: “She was.”“She was one of the first big high profile cancellations, really,” Emily continued. “She lost everything,” Fern reflected.

Eurovision fans are pleading with the BBC to keep James Corden ‘away’ from the song contest should it be held in the UK. On Friday, we learned the 2023 Eurovision could be held in the UK, as Vladimir Putin continues his devastating invasion of winners Ukraine. While there is no definite yet, the BBC have confirmed they are considering the request to host the competition, which in 2022 saw Sam Ryder clinch the UK’s best result in years.

Vladimir Putin is seriously ill, suffering from either Parkinson’s Disease or cancer or both, a medical expert says there is "no convincing evidence" that the Russian leader is seriously ill.In fact, says Professor Michael Clarke, war studies fellow at King's College London, the only medical treatment Putin is undergoing is a regular dose of Botox.Professor Clarke said Putin has been "known to hit the Botox quite heavily" and while his doctors are "never far away” that is more likely to be because he’s a hypochondriac.He told Sky News that "these stories [of Putin’s illness] will circulate but there's no convincing evidence”."When you see him in these clips,” Professor Clarke added, “he looks alright. You can't detect Parkinson's from the way someone walks or detect cancer just by looking at photographs”.The General SVR Telegram channel, which reportedly run by a Kremlin insider, claimed that Putin had been struck down by a "sharp sickness, weakness and dizziness" last week.

Glastonbury Festival.The comedian, actor and TV presenter said that it’s “interesting” to see what he claims is a lack of “Black and brown faces” at the festival and other UK events.He made the remarks while speaking to BBC journalist and presenter Clive Myrie for the Radio Times. “It’s interesting to watch Glastonbury and look at the audience and not see any black people there,” he said.Henry’s perceptions were backed up somewhat by Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis, who said in a new BBC documentary that Stormzy’s headline performance in 2019 came “a little bit late”.

Muse’s Matt Bellamy has claimed that Donald Trump’s reign of division in the US allowed Vladimir Putin to “cause chaos” in the West.The frontman was talking to NME for this week’s Big Read cover story, ahead of the Devon rockers’ new album, ‘Will Of The People’, being released in August.Discussing a lyric in the record’s title track that declares, “We need a revolution so long as we stay free”, Bellamy began: “It’s a worrying time because there is a chance here. There’s a window for a lovely new kind of political model or socio-economic structure that could be really good.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has just three to six months left before he's “medically incapacitated”, an intelligence expert has claimed.Since the invasion of Ukraine began in February, it has been claimed that the despot has incurable cancer, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's, and that he either has just three years to live - or is already dead.Earlier this week, former CIA agent Robert Baer claimed that there could be some credence behind the claims.And yesterday, former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele agreed.He told BBC Radio 4’s The World at One: “I don’t see him [Putin] being in power for more than three-six months from now. There are signs his health is failing for a start which will be a factor in this.“And if what we’re being told by the CIA and others and our own sources is true then it looks as though he could become incapacitated over that sort of period of time.”“This is a strongman regime where people have to have fear of the leader and if the leader is incapacitated medically then there will be a move against him, I'm sure.”The Kremlin has often ignored the claims, but recently spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “It’s absolute nonsense.

Vladimir Putin has finally come clean over the reason why Russia invaded Ukraine — while also admitting that the current bloody conflict is “horrific”. The Russian president revealed that the war is all about regaining land and strengthening their collective hand.Speaking to a bunch of young entrepreneurs and specialists ahead of the St.

Vladimir Putin has claimed that it has become his responsibility to take back and strengthen Ukraine as he appeared to finally admit that the war was about returning land to Russia.

With the BBC receiving major plaudits for its Saturday night Party at the Palace to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, a peak of more than 13M viewers tuned in for the concert, which featured Diana Ross, Nile Rodgers and Queen.