Couple refuse to travel to Blackpool from Hull for gig as Ukraine war makes it 'unsafe'

Sean Penn is opening up about Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Two Scottish landscapers who travelled to Ukraine to help those seeking to flee the invasion have reportedly been "raided" by Russian troops.

Motoring experts have revealed a number of money-saving tips that can help you save on fuel as petrol and diesel costs continue to soar.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has said he believes the conflict in Ukraine could last several months or years.

Cypress Hill have revealed that the album they release after their next will be their “final traditional” LP.The California hip-hop titans – comprising B-Real, Sen Dog, DJ Muggs and Eric Bobo – are gearing up to release their 10th studio album, ‘Back In Black’, which is set to arrive on March 18. But even with the pending release, the group are already looking ahead to the future.“The next album after this one will be the final traditional Cypress Hill album,” B-Real told The Independent.

boxing ring against his bitter rival later this month.The massive Icelander will fight Eddie Hall on March 19, finally settling a long-running feud between the two World's Strongest Man winners. Thor has the advantage of more boxing experience, having knocked out Devon Larratt when the arm wrestling legend stepped in for the injured Hall last September.And the Reign Total Body Fuel ambassador can also count on the experience of going toe-to-toe with ex-UFC champion Conor McGregor in a sparring session.Their impromptu grappling match took place when Bjornsson was filming for the hit TV series Game of Thrones in Belfast, and he decided to visit the MMA star in training."After the session we're taking pictures, me and Conor, and when two guys like myself and Conor McGregor meet something just happens, it's in the environment," he explained."We're two alpha males, and we just had to grapple, we just started, and it had to happen – it wasn't planned."I wasn't warmed up or anything, what you saw is what happened.

Ukraine – but the gap is narrowing as Ukrainian ground forces continue to score spectacular victories against the invaders’ aircraft. Exact numbers are hard to verify, but defence blog Oryx reports that Russia has lost a significant number of combat jets in the past few days, including one Su-30SM Flanker, two Su-34 Fullbacks, and two Su-25 Frogfoots - as well as two Mi-24/Mi-35 Hind and two Mi-8 Hip helicopters, and at least one Orlan electronic warfare drone.

Cambusnethan Miners’ Welfare ABC took three medals from the Scottish Novice Championships in Motherwell last month.

Russia is preparing to carry out public executions in conquered Ukrainian cities in an effort to break morale, it has been claimed.

Scotland cannot forget the need to “save our planet” despite concerns about energy security ignited by Russia’s war with Ukraine, Anas Sarwar has said.

Ukraine.Kuliak ended up winning bronze in the parallel bars, but ironically lost out to Ukraine's Kovtun Illia, who won gold.The 'Z' has recently morphed into a symbol of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and pro-Putin politicians and influencers have been spotted wearing it on their clothes and pro-invasion demonstrators have been waving flags bearing the letter.It stands for 'Za pobedy', which means 'For the victory', and has been plastered all over Russian tanks.It's understood that 'Z' merchandise is being sold via the Kremlin-funded RT.Russian teams and athletes have faced universal scrutiny ever since Vladimir Putin's forces invaded Ukraine last month, with many of them being prevented from competing.On Saturday, Russian Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin was released by Haas, despite initially being given assurances of his place on the team if he competed under a neutral flag.Football has also begun a major crackdown, with the Russian national team banned from playing at the World Cup, and Russian club sides booted out of European competitions.Russian and Belorussian athletes have also been banned form the Paralympic Games.Should all Russian athletes be banned from sport until the war ends? Let us know what you think in the comments section below...It comes as Russia's invasion intensifies, with forces destroying Ukrainian port city Mariupol and seizing the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.Putin continues to insist that Russia is not bombing Ukrainian cities, despite an overwhelming amount of evidence proving the opposite.

West Ham vice-chairman Baroness Karen Brady admitted that on one of the first times she encountered Roman Abramovich, he turned up with armed bodyguards.Brady has spoken about the Russian oligarch putting Chelsea up for sale in a detailed tribute to her relations with the club. The 52-year-old said that Abramovich, who has just put the Blues on the market, once turned up to an FA Cup match at Birmingham City's St Andrew's Stadium with personnel carrying firearms.Writing in The Sun, Brady said: “I was in place at Birmingham City when Abramovich came to watch as we played Chelsea in the FA Cup."There were rumours he was a dodgy man with dodgy money.

Ukrainian blogger has amazingly escaped death after a missile flew above him during a livestream casting rubble down onto the spot he had just vacated. Nikita Demenkov was updating his fans while staying in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, close to the border with Russia, when a missile exploded overhead.

Love Island bombshell Megan Barton Hanson, who rose to fame on the 2018 series of the show, has raked in a fortune after turning to website OnlyFans to make some money. Megan became one of the standout stars of the show after stealing Wes Nelson from Laura Anderson, but the pair split later that year when he appeared on Dancing on Ice.But heartbreak clearly didn't slow Megan down, as according to Closer, she has managed to rake in a huge fortune of £2million thanks to her endorsements, advertisements and OnlyFans snaps.Megan is said to be making a whopping £800,000 a month from her pictures, with fans rushing to the racy website to have a look at the reality star's content.While she offers a 12-month subscription to her premium content for £143, she also sells 28-day subscription to her page for just £9.Back in 2020, Megan revealed that her earnings from OnlyFans meant that she could buy her own three-bed-room flat in London.She told The Sun: "“Doing the site has definitely helped me buy my dream house and it’s given me all the money for new furniture."I knew how much girls I used to work with in the sex industry were making on webcamming, so I thought, ‘Why not?’”"I can’t believe how well I’ve done, I’m smashing it."Meanwhile, it looks like Megan is getting her love interest James Lock, who rose to fame on TOWIE, involved with her OnlyFans career.James told Daily Star that he has been helping Megan with her content as they have started working together following filming the new series of Celebrity Ex on the Beach.He said: "Because we’re pals now… I’ll do anything to help my pals out.

boxing ring later this month.The two former World's Strongest Man winners have been locked in an intense feud ever since their days competing against one another in tests of strength.To settle their differences, they will meet in the boxing ring on March 19 after the original fight last September was called off after Hall suffered an injury.Instead, Thor fought and won against arm wresting legend Devon Larratt, landing the knockout blow with 25 seconds left in the first round. But that wasn't the fight he wanted – instead, the Icelandic giant wanted to put an end to his long-running rivalry with Briton Hall so he can move on with his life.While he admits he might struggle to get as motivated for any future boxing opponents, Bjornsson had a chilling warning for the man from Stoke-on-Trent."I'm very excited for the fight against Eddie Hall," the Reign Total Body Fuel athlete said."There's this rivalry that's been going on for a long time – he wants to beat me and I want to beat him."I'm very confident in my ability to finish this fight.

An independent Scotland would be better off staying out of the NATO military alliance, the Scottish Greens have said.

Sting has shared a powerful performance of his 1985 track ‘Russians’ in support of the Ukraine – you can watch it below.Originally released during the Cold War period, the song expressed a hope that both the US and Soviet Union would find some kind of common humanity before destroying the world through nuclear warfare.Now, with the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the song has once again, sadly, found relevance, and Sting has posted a video of himself performing it in aid of Help Ukraine, an initiative that sends medicine and humanitarian aid to a warehouse on the Ukrainian border in Poland.“I’ve only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I never thought it would be relevant again,” he says at the beginning of the performance. “But, in the light of one man’s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, unthreatening neighbour, the song is, once again, a plea for our common humanity.“For the brave Ukrainians fighting against this brutal tyranny and also the many Russians who are protesting this outrage despite the threat of arrest and imprisonment – We, all of us, love our children.

She went on to praise her home country and all it has done for refugees and immigrants from war-torn countries. “Very kindly and very humanely, Sweden has done the right thing by allowing in immigrants and refugees from poor and war-torn countries,” Ulrika wrote. But she added that they are sadly beginning to “buckle”. The presenter explained that she will never relent, despite being made to feel that she has to “earn” her passport. “So, I now have to effectively earn my Swedish passport by stating every time I’ve visited my home country.“But no matter how hard they try to make me give it up, I will never relent. I was born Swedish and wish to die Swedish.“So, over my dead body, Sweden.

Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton have reportedly ‘tied the knot’ in a secret ceremony after being together for 10 years.The actor, 43, whose film credits include Pearl Harbour, Black Hawk Down and The Black Daliah, has been in a relationship with Tamsin, 33, since 2012. The pair are parents to three children, age six, four and two, and can now finally call themselves husband and wife.

Vladimir Putin’s forces are making less progress than he expected in Ukraine, and the Russian leader is facing a battle at home too as he bids to control public and political criticism. Despite public protests being illegal in Russia, many Russians have risked arrest to demonstrate against the war in the streets of Moscow and other major Russian cities.

HOLLYWOOD actor Josh Hartnett has married his long-term partner St Trinian’s actress Tamsin Egerton in a secret wedding ceremony. The Pearl Harbour and Black Hawk Down heartthrob, 43, wed the blonde British star, 33, in an intimate ceremony at The Old Marylebone Town Hall, in London.