'End the torture' Calls for halt to 'barbaric' care home covid visiting restrictions

THE Apprentice candidates are in for a rude awakening on tonight's installment when their tour guide challenge around the Welsh countryside goes awry. In a teaser for this evening's episode, viewers watch as hopeful Nick Showering painfully attempts to make his team's train tour more exciting than it is.

TAMMY Slaton compared herself to Spongebob characters in her latest TikTok while in rehab. The 1,000-Lb Sisters star - who was recently in a medically-induced coma - has been accused of not taking her health crisis seriously in the past.

TWO EastEnders legends have been reunited on stage for a new crime thriller show with a deadly twist. Adam Woodyatt and his former on-screen wife Laurie Brett - who played Ian and Jane Beale on the BBC soap - will act side-by-side in theatres. Adam, 53, and Laurie, 52, will start together in the stage production Looking Good Dead, playing husband and wife Tom and Kellie Bryce.

KIM Kardashian was shaded by Naomi Campbell after fans claimed the reality star "copied" the supermodel's look in her new Vogue photoshoot. Kim, 41, shared a series of photos from the shoot on social media, with one looking particularly familiar to fans.

TOWIE star Chloe Brockett has revealed she's got a very famous pal after Piers Morgan spotted her talent before she was famous.  The presenting legend and new TalkTV host has famously poked fun at reality stars - calling Love islanders  "brain dead". But he admitted to Chloe '"Essex girls aren't what they seem" after they met at a celebrity hair salon in London as they both got their locks done.  Chloe was three years away from landing a starring role in The Only Way Is Essex, but Piers already knew right away she'd be successful.

STRICTLY Come Dancing's Giovanni Pernice has broken his silence after snogging Emily Atack at the Brits - with a song. The hunky 31-year-old couldn’t resist poking fun at his latest romantic situation, as he shared the Abba classic Mamma Mia, with the lyrics: "Mamma Mia here I go again.

tennis star Novak Djokovic has been confirmed among the entries for next month's ATP Masters 1000 at Indian Wells - where only vaccinated players will be allowed to play. Event organisers have said that players and fans must be fully vaccinated against Covid.

The Snyder Cut fandom is one of the most vocal on social media when it comes to superhero films, leading the charge for years (using both positive and disgustingly negative means) to finally get the preferred cut of “Justice League” released. Now, a lot of those folks are trying to drum up support for the David Ayer Cut of “Suicide Squad.” Though everyone agrees that the original director’s cut of that film is likely better than the shoddy theatrical cut that was released, there doesn’t seem to be any indication that WB has any interest in actually putting money into it, especially considering James Gunn has taken that world and revamped it with his “The Suicide Squad” and “Peacemaker” projects.

What’s an award season without a little controversy? Beyond some online discourse, there hasn’t been much for the 2021-2022 season. That changed on Wednesday with a surprising report the Oscars will not be requiring attendees to be vaccinated.

“Mad Max: Fury Road” is one of the best action films of the last decade. But not only is the on-screen action and story incredibly interesting, but over the years, we’ve heard more and more behind-the-scenes tales that make it seem as if the drama behind the camera was almost just as fascinating.

Harry James Thornton really worries what his dad will think of him.

Nintendo has announced the Portal: Companion Collection will be released for the Switch this year.During yesterday’s (February 9) Nintendo Direct, it was announced that Portal and Portal 2 will both be coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2022 in the form of a collection, although no specific date was given.Nintendo also shared the news on Twitter, saying, “No lie, the Portal: Companion Collection – featuring the award-winning games Portal and Portal 2 – is warping onto NintendoSwitch this year!”Portal is a physics-based puzzle-platformer released by Valve in 2007 and uses a portal gun to allow players to link two locations together.

Miles Kane has hinted that The Last Shadow Puppets could return in the future.Kane formed the group with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner in 2008. They released two albums, 2008’s ‘The Age Of The Understatement’ and 2016’s ‘Everything You’ve Come To Expect.’Speaking to Music Week, Kane said they while had no plans to reunite soon, he hasn’t ruled out another album for the group.He said: “We won’t be doing anything in the near future, but I think it’d be rude not to do a trilogy.“The trilogy would be the icing, wouldn’t it?”Previously, Miles said in 2018 that he would “never say never” when it came to the group returning on day. “The Last Shadow Puppets was good, I had great fun with that.

Fashion police! Kanye West’s chunky Balenciaga x Crocs boots may be off the runway, but Snoop Dogg simply can’t get behind the wild fashion statement.

Riot Games has addressed issues surrounding toxicity within Valorant and its chat systems, outlining what it’s already done and what’s still to come.In a blog shared today, Riot Games has shared its thoughts on abuse and toxicity within Valorant.“While we can never remove the bad conduct itself from individuals, we can work to deter behavior such as insults, threats, harassment, or offensive language through our game systems,” explained the blog, whilst adding that there’s also room to “encourage “pro-social” behaviour”.Outlining what the studio already does to combat toxicity, the blog states that Riot currently uses player feedback to identify when some individuals are deemed particularly toxic, so it can punish them faster. It also touches on the game’s recently-added muted words list, which aims to let players choose which words and phrases they do not want to see or hear in the game.On the topic of punishments, Riot says it has issued 400,000 voice chat and text bans and 40,000 bans in January alone.Looking ahead, Riot shared its plans to expand its efforts to tackle toxicity in voice chat, on which it said the following:When a player experiences toxicity, especially in voice comms, we know how incredibly frustrating it is and how helpless it makes us feel both during the game, as well as post game. Not only does it undermine all the good in Valorant, it can have lasting damage to our players and community overall.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has been announced with confirmation the game will launch in September for Nintendo Switch.During the latest Nintendo Direct, and saving the announcement for last, Nintendo announced the latest game in the Monolith Soft RPG series with a 2-minute story trailer.The trailer debuted the game’s main cast, several open-world environments, and third-person action that is so familiar to the RPG series. It will apparently tie together the futures of the worlds depicted in Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.You can check out the official trailer below:Additionally, following the game’s reveal, Xenoblade Chronicles 3‘s executive director Tetsuya Takahashi also shared a message on the new title, detailing further information that will interest fans of the series.“We are currently making final adjustments to ensure we create the best game possible based on everything we’ve learned from the past entries in the series,” Takahashi said.“The key visual features a broken great sword of Mechonis and the body of the Urayan Titan with a gaping wound,” the director continued.

A Michigan man who confessed to murdering his wife last year after he was reportedly convinced by QAnon members that she was a CIA asset now may spend the rest of his life in a mental health institution.

Destinee LaShaee, the first transgender star of My 600-Lb. Life, who also went by Matthew Ventress, has sadly passed away.

Samira Wiley is speaking out about a time she was rudely body-shamed despite feeling confident AF!

Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable teenagers in certain groups by the end of August. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon previously announced plans to jab some youngsters aged between 12 and 17, including those with Down's Syndrome, learning difficulties or those who are immunosuppressed or live with someone who is.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, however reports appeared earlier in the day. Michael Matheson, Scotland's Transport Secretary, announced the changes after Shapps took to social media.