Dawn French jokes she’s transforming into late ghosthunter Derek Acorah with grey hair snap

A nurse who was caught speeding five times in just 19 days has been banned from the roads despite arguing she needed her car as her businessman husband was too ''tied up'' with work to carpool their family.

The BRIT Awards 2022 is finally here with the likes of Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz and Dave leading nominations. With changes to its format, including gender categories being axed in favour of Artist of the Year and International Artist of the Year, one of UK's biggest nights in music is taking place on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Nominees for the 13 award categories - announced during an hour-long special titled The Brits Are Coming on ITV - include Sam Fender, Central Cee and David Guetta with three nominations each.Also in the running for BRIT gongs are Doja Cat, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X, who are up for two awards each.

music star has previously shared a few glimpses of her pad on social media before – showing off the stunning features that it boasts.From exposed brick walls to marble worktops, and a garden filled with wildflowers to a state of the art kitchen, and huge sprawling bathroom – we love everything about the singer's glamorous home, so we thought that you might enjoy a little nosey around too.Opening with a wrought-iron gate and surrounded by overgrown hedges, the entrance to Dua Lipa's London pad is quintessential of the city in which she resides.A classic paved pathway leads to her porch which boasts stunning black and white mosaic tiles – an envied feature in England.The house has brick exterior, with the inside of the porch featuring white walls with shiny green brick-style tiles edging the bottom of the floor.You might recognise parts of Dua Lipa's living room, because there is one particular feature she seems rather fond of.The stunning exposed brick wall in the spacious living room often pops up when the singer livestreams or pops up in a Zoom or video call.The living room also boasts of a slanted skylight roof, which adds flair to the room – making it light, bright and airy.She has a comfy grey sofa, which is often covered with a patterned quilt and sits facing a massive flat screen television.Another aspect of the room that lets in bucket-loads of light is the glass sliding door that takes up an entire wall.Through the glass doors, a small and secluded garden can be seen, which adds a sense of bringing the outdoors in, to the star's pad.With white walls and wooden flooring, exposed brick walls and her garden being displayed inside – Dua's living room is super cosy and perfect all year round, no matter the

relationship you will pretty much do anything for the one you love, right?Besotted with her partner, Colleen Le went as far as donating a kidney for him to save his life. But, this has no fairy-tale ending.Despite giving him one of her organs Colleen claims her boyfriend ended up cheating on her.The 30-year-old took to TikTok, where she explained her very unfortunate heartbreak.Her then boyfriend was struggling with chronic kidney disease and needed dialysis as a teenager.Struggling to fight his illness, the lad was desperate for a transplant – so Colleen selflessly donated one of her kidneys to save the teen’s life.However, although she came to the rescue - this was not enough for the lad to stay around.He not only broke up with her but admitted he cheated on Colleen months before he ended the relationship – and then blocked her off of everything.After sharing a quick clip to TikTok about the event, it quickly racked up 13 million views.Since that went viral, Colleen has posted a series of videos which explained more of her backstory.In one clip, she shared that her once partner admitted that his kidneys only functioned at less than 5%.Horrified by what she learnt about her partner, Colleen decided to get tested to see if she was a match.She explained: “I decided to get tested to see if we were a match because I didn't want to watch him die.

Liverpool to sign Arsenal ace Bukayo Saka as a replacement for star man Mohamed Salah.Salah, 29, is undoubtedly in the form of his life with 23 goals and nine assists for the Reds this season, amid reported interest from Spanish juggernauts Real Madrid.La Liga has a history of pinching Anfield's top talent, with Michael Owen and Steve McManaman both adorned to the bright lights of the Santiago Bernabeu after spells in the northwest.More recently though it has been Barcelona who have stolen Liverpool's brightest stars with Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho both unable to resist joining La Blaugrana.And if Salah is tempted with a move to the Spanish capital, Phillips believes Saka is a ready-made replacement for Jurgen Klopp's side. "I think Saka will get better and better," he told Football Insider."He’s still a young kid, he’s done a lot already in his short career."I think he’s an unbelievable talent and I think, moulded in the right way, he’ll turn out to be a top-class player."Arsenal's Player of the Season for 2021, Saka has already shown his capabilities at the Emirates Stadium and at international level.HAVE YOUR SAY! Do you think Buakyo Saka could replace Mohamed Salah? Lets 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.

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Ousmane Dembele and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's Barcelona 'bromance' was on display for all to see on Sunday after their highly amusing bench antics.The Blaugrana claimed a vital 4-2 victory over reigning La Liga champions Atletico Madrid to leapfrog their opponents and move into fourth - an all-important Champions League position.While recently-recruited former Wolves winger Adama Traore was handed his second Barca debut from the start, Aubameyang was left to settle for a spot on the bench.And it was while sat in the dugout with the substitutes ahead of the Atletico clash that fans caught a glimpse of the former Arsenal striker's blossoming 'bromance' with ex-Borussia Dortmund team-mate Dembele.Prior to kick-off, the majority of Barcelona's back-ups had taken their seats on the Nou Camp bench, when the French forward emerged from the tunnel.However, instead of claiming the one remaining spare seat on the end, Dembele amusingly ordered six of his team-mates to shuffle down to enable him to perch next to Aubameyang.The pair previously played together at Dortmund and, on Sunday's evidence, appear delighted to have been reunited in Spain.Where will Ousmane Dembele be playing his football next season? Let us know in the comments section.One fan wrote: "Former teammate knew there was bromance in BVB.

Lorraine Kelly welcomed a guest fashion presenter onto the ITV show on Tuesday, with fashion expert Gayle Rinkoff appearing for the spring fashion segment. Mark usually presents the fashion advice sections, but appeared to be having a day off as Lorraine welcomed Gayle onto the show.

Storm Keating has taken a step back from her row with a cleaner over the "disgraceful state" she and her team left her £5million former house in.The 40 year old, who recently unveiled the glass living room of her gorgeous new family home, took to her Instagram feed to post a photo of her stepdaughter Missy, 20, competing in Dancing with the Stars Ireland.The snap showed Ronan's daughter, who he shares with ex-wife Yvonne Connolly, posing on the dancefloor with partner Ervinas Merfeldas. Storm simply captioned the pic: "Tango time," with a rose emoji alongside the hashtags: "#MissyandErvinas #whataphoto #dwtsireland #throughtoanotherweek #proudfamily".

Holly Willoughby is back and better than ever this morning as she opts for a classic red knit and leather skirt to take to our screens. With usual co-host Phillip Schofield still off with Covid, Holly took to our screens alongside Alison Hammond this morning as the duo looked bright and beautiful on this grey Tuesday morning.The star, 40, took a few weeks off earlier this month to film for a new upcoming show, but we couldn't be more pleased to have Holly back and showing off her winning style once more.

Emiliano De Pablos Barcelona-based indie sales outfit Filmax has taken international sales rights to Jorge Dorado’s noir thriller feature “Objetos” (“Lost & Found”), starring “Money Heist” actor Álvaro Morte.Filmax is launching the film onto the market with a first promo at this year’s European Film Market.Shot October-November at several locations in Spain and Argentina, including Madrid and Jujuy, the film is currently in post-production.“Lost & Found” is produced by Cristina Zumárraga and Pablo Bossi at Tandem Films, the Madrid-based production company, whose recent titles include award-winning comedy “Rosa’s Wedding” and toon feature sales hit “Turu, the Wacky Hen.” A Spain-Argentina-Germany co-production, “Lost & Found” also teams Spain’s Setembro Cine (“A Fantastic Woman”), Argentina’s Pampa Films (“Chinese Take-Away”) and In Post We Trust (“Unknown Origins”), plus Germany’s Rexin Film, with the participation of Spanish pubcaster RTVE, Amazon Studios and Germany’s ZDF.Written by top Spanish scribe Natxo López (“Stolen Away,” “Unauthorized Living”), “Lost & Found” is sets against the sordid world of human trafficking, moving between some characters who treat objects with as much as care as people and others who treat people as if they were objects.The film follows Mario, who works at a large lost and found office, where he looks after all the missing items that have built up over the decades.Having decided a long time ago to live a solitary life, Mario spends his free time investigating the origin of the lost objects, with the aim of returning to people these lost pieces of their lives.Only Helena, a young police officer, who often visits the lost and found office, has been able to crack Mario’s hard, outer shell a

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinema box office in Australia rebounded by 50% in 2021, compared with 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the theatrical business was still less than half the level of 2019. Gross boss office was A$605 million ($432 million) according to data from the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia and tracking service Numero.

ArrDee and Aitch's War for domination on the Official Singles Chart begins in earnest, as today they top the UK's Official Trending Chart. 

Steve Irwin's son Robert has been accused of using animals as entertainment after sharing a terrifying clip of a crocodile chasing him. The video posted on Instagram shows the 18 year old fleeing after Casper the croc lunges at him.The teenager had climbed into the animal's enclosure to check whether he was happy and ready for shows at the Crocoseum at his family's Australia Zoo.He dangled food in front of him while the reptile snapped at it, but then when Casper got a bit close Robert told the team: "Bail! Bail!"Speaking afterwards on the Today Show, he said: "You can't have any sort of ego.

A defibrillator paid for by a Blantyre woman weeks before her death was accessed in the town just 24 hours after being installed.

Dramatic footage has shown smoke pouring from the roof of a former Scots school after a blaze took hold.

There are just 35 days until the Greatest Show on Turf begins and we’re all super excited for the Cheltenham Festival.

Boris Johnson will not apologise for his Jimmy Savile slur against Keir Starmer despite protesters harassing the Labour leader outside parliament on Monday.

Social work staff have been praised for their emergency response during the “hardest year ever” in Dumfries and Galloway.

set to welcome her second child with husband Michael Halterman, and recently confirmed that they will be adding another son to their brood, just over a year after giving birth to little Gage.The 34-year-old has already lost 156lbs since she first began filming for the TLC series with sister Tammy Slaton – who is currently in a food rehab center.In a new interview, she explained that her transformation is continuing throughout her baby journey.‘I feel like I’m actually losing weight with this baby because I’m eating right,’ she told the Sun. ‘Gage’s favorite foods are green beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and tuna fish, that boy will eat tuna salad every day if I let him.‘He eats healthy so I eat healthily.

Sunrise hosts David Koch and Natalie Barr on Monday: ‘I loved Melbourne. I loved our Australian crew, they are fantastic workers.‘Every department was superb.