Dean Wright tributes to popular Northern Ireland businessman "never slow in helping others out"

COVID disaster relief on a rare Pokémon card.Vinath Oudomsine allegedly lied to a US government loan program set up to provide funds to businesses affected by COVID-19. He claimed he ran an entertainment services business with ten employees and a turnover of $235,000 (£179,200).

LCD Soundsystem have added two new dates to their upcoming Brixton Academy residency. Tickets are available here.The residency is being held to celebrate the “platinum” 20th anniversary of the first time they performed live in London in 2002 at Arthur Baker’s ‘Return To New York’ and Erol Alkan‘s ‘Trash’ parties.The O2 Academy Brixton run will now take place from June 27-29 and then July 1-3, with the extra dates being June 27-28. The dates are the band’s first UK shows in over four years and tickets are available here.Last month the group announced that they will play four nights in a row at Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall from March 28-31, and four nights at Boston’s Roadrunner from April 3-6.We’ve added two more dates in London.

NME journalist Gavin Martin, who has died.The news was reported by Louder Than War earlier today (March 11). A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.Born in 1961, Martin was first published in the NME letters page when he was just 13-years-old before moving to London as a teenager to work at the magazine alongside Julie Burchill, Tony Parsons and Danny Baker.Martin wrote U2‘s first-ever NME cover interview in 1981 ahead of the group releasing their second studio album, ‘October’, later that same year.

Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has shared an update on the film adaptation of her 2021 memoir, Crying In H Mart.As announced in June last year, the musician is writing the screenplay for the film adaptation and the soundtrack under the moniker, Japanese Breakfast.Speaking to Consequence about her progress on the film, Zauner said: “So I actually just finished the first draft of the screenplay.“My producers really like it, so hopefully the revision process won’t be too brutal. And yeah, hopefully that will come out sometime in the next couple years.

Willie Nelson's sister and bandmate, Bobbie Nelson, has died. She was 91. Bobbie, who was a pianist, singer and a member of the band Willie Nelson and Family, passed away Thursday morning, "peacefully and surrounded by family." "Her elegance, grace, beauty and talent made this world a better place.

Frankie Bridge opened up to her friends and fans on Thursday and confessed some sad news about her singing career.MORE: Frankie Bridge looks unbelievable in cropped power suitThe former The Saturdays singer took to her Instagram Stories this week to reply to some burning questions from her followers and the mother-of-two got candid about her life.WATCH: Frankie Bridge gives rare insight into her bedtime routine with husband WayneOne curious fan asked: "Do you sing around the house?" to which Frankie replied: "I actually hardly ever sing. I have a bit of a complex about it.

Sharna Burgess posted a new maternity photo to her Instagram on March 10. The pic appears to have been taken during a recent trip to Hawaii, with Megan and her boyfriend, Brian Austin Green, on the beach as the sun sets in the background. In the photo, Sharna is wearing a white cutout dress, which hugs her growing baby bump at her midsection. Brian is dipping her down and planting a kiss on her lips, while gently cradling her stomach to show off the bump.

Rosalia, 28, is a name that’s been taking the music world by storm over the last year and with a gig as the musical guest for the March 12 episode of Saturday Night Live, she’s about to get even more attention. The Spanish singer-songwriter will team up with host Zoe Kravitz for the comedy sketch show and it’s just one of many fantastic opportunities she’s been getting lately. With over 18 million followers on Instagram, she’s definitely making her mark in a big way and we’re ready to see what else she has in store!

micronation with its own flag, government and a 'secret police force'. Coffee Caye is a 1.2-acre uninhabited tropical paradise off the coast of Belize and is now better known as the Principality of Islandia.The island is shaped a bit like a coffee bean and can be walked in just minutes, but its small size hasn't stopped the micronation from claiming independence.

Interfax reports.The application read: "In accordance with the Federal Law ‘On Countering Extremist Activity’, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation sent an application to the court to recognize Meta Platforms Inc. as an extremist organization and ban its activities in the territory of the Russian Federation."Meta claims it made the recent changes to its policy to allow the citizens of Ukraine to voice their feelings about the ongoing conflict in their country.

James Corden isn’t great at trash talking.

A mum has been warned by a judge that this was her ‘last chance’ after dodging a prison sentence for dealing drugs.

"Deltacron" has been officially identified as a coronavirus variant.

North Lanarkshire Council plans to invest over £500,000 in communities in the Northern Corridor over the next five years.

A man has been attacked near Asda in Grangemouth.

Police are investigating a potential sighting of missing Scot Karen Stevenson nearly three weeks on from her disappearance.

family while going through the process to build your own.Talking about doing this herself, parent Stacey, an accountant from Cornwall, told money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk: "My husband and I had been trying for a couple of years to conceive but it wasn't happening for us even though we both have one child from previous relationships."We looked at adoption, fostering and IVF and decided to try IVF."I looked up several different clinics to get an idea on price and even looked abroad as the costs really vary across the country even just hours apart."I ultimately always wanted to donate my eggs though, I saw a documentary as a teenager about it in America and it really stuck with me which is why it was really the first thing I looked at when we found we needed IVF."She continued: "The cost reduction wasn't actually something I knew about until after doing the research into UK egg sharing."We ended up doing one collection and two lots of putting eggs back. Had we paid for everything it would have cost between £6000 and £8000."However we only ended up paying around £2000.

plane crashed into a hedge after the main door opened just 10 minutes into a training flight.The 49-year-old instructor was undertaking her first trial lesson with a student when the door of the Piper PA-28-180 fixed-wing single-engine aircraft started to open.The instructor made several failed attempts to close it to no avail, North Wales Live reports. The plane, which was being flown by the student began losing altitude around 150m from the runway and struck a hedge at Mid Wales Airport, Welshpool, Powys just after 10.30am on July 9, 2021.The instructor and student were uninjured but "substantial damage" was caused to the landing gear and propeller.A report by the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) states: "The instructor was undertaking her first instructional flight, a trial lesson with a planned landaway at Mid-Wales Airport, Welshpool."Approximately 10 minutes into the flight, with the student flying, the main door started to open."The instructor made a few unsuccessful attempts to close it and then decided to continue to Welshpool as they understood the departure airfield was busy."A straight-in approach was requested, and the instructor explained the approach procedure to the student."The aircraft was lined up with the runway centreline with the flaps extended and was stable at 67 kt.

NASA has told how it has spent the last month preparing for an asteroid impact.The confession was made during the Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise – which is the fourth gathering of several space experts in recent years.Although it was not clear whether or not the organisation is actually worried about an impending impact.Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer at NASA Headquarters, said: “While NASA has previously led and participated in simulated asteroid impact scenarios, this specific exercise marked the first time an end-to-end simulation of this type of disaster was studied, to include assessing a scenario from discovery of the asteroid impact threat through the aftermath effects of its hypothetical impact with Earth.“An asteroid impact to our planet is potentially the only natural disaster humanity is capable of accurately predicting and preventing.“Conducting exercises of this nature enable government stakeholders to identify and resolve potential issues before real-world actions to respond to an actual asteroid impact threat would ever be needed.”While there are no predicted asteroid impact threats to our planet for the foreseeable future, this exercise - hosted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland - focused extensively on United States federal and state government coordination that would be necessary to respond to such a threat should one ever be discovered.Over the course of two days, multiple government agency officials worked through a detailed hypothetical scenario in which astronomers “discover” a simulated asteroid, designated 2022 TTX, that has a probability of impacting the Earth six months after its discovery.As more information was revealed to exercise

Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner has revealed that Playmates living at the property never talked about the tycoon’s penis.Tasha Reign has had an illustrious career as an adult performer, filming her first adult movie at the age of 21, as well as modelling.One of her biggest dreams was to feature in Playboy magazine.And although she never became one of Hefner’s official girlfriends, Tasha spent a lot of time at his mansion.Recently interviewed by ex-porn star Alexis Texas on her Private Talks podcast, the model shared her experiences of being close to the titan of the adult industry.Tasha was asked by Alexis whether she had ever slept with Hefner, and replied: “I never saw his d***, but he liked that kind of control.” Alexis asked: “Did anybody in the house talk about it? Was it big, was it small?” “Nobody talked about it because I think there was a shame in the fact that whoever was having sex with him was having sex with him, that was like a shame thing. “So they weren’t like, ‘oh his c**k’s like this’, they were like, ‘I never hooked up with him’.”In fact, working with Playboy during Hefner’s later years, Tasha admitted that the Hef she knew was very different to the iconic entrepreneurial figurehead that he had been described as.“He was literally decrepit – not in a mean way – he was ageing and he wasn’t doing well, it was hard for him to even be mobile," she remembered.

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has warned there is much more work to do to kick racism out of football.The League launched its 'No Room For Racism Action Plan' 12 months ago in a bid to stamp out discrimination in the game.'No Room For Racism' messaging will be visible at all top flight matches taking place from March 12 to 20 - as clubs continue to urge fans to challenge and report discriminatory behaviour wherever they see it.Developments as part of the action plan have included new programmes to enhance coaching career opportunities, a focus on improving diversity of the workforce and the League’s continued efforts to tackle discriminatory abuse online and at matches.Tackling online abuse remains a priority for the Premier League, which operates an online abuse reporting system that sees a specialist team investigate each incident reported - with legal action taken where appropriate.But despite the progress being made, Masters knows there is still a long way to go.He said: "The No Room For Racism Action Plan provides a clear focus for our work as we continue our commitment to tackling discrimination and promoting equality."While we are pleased with the progress we are making across football, we know that significant change takes time and there is still much more we need to do to ensure equality is fully embedded across all areas of the game.Has football done enough to combat racism? Let us know in the comments."We will continue to work with our clubs and football partners as we collectively seek to make significant change and ensure football is a welcoming and inclusive environment for all."Darren Moore, chair of the League's Black Participants' Advisory Group, added: "It's hugely important that we