Girl, 3, raped on public footpath and left fighting for life in hospital

Police are appealing for help to trace a teenager who has been reported missing from his home in Stirling.

Perhaps the Best Picture race is truly over. When the 2022 Oscar nominations were announced Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” landed 12 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, four acting nominations, and Editing.

Scots Team GB ice skater Lewis Gibson reminisced about his early days of learning to skate at Ayr Ice Rink - and meeting Lorraine Kelly for the first time at Seamill Hydro.

Kurt Zouma has been fined £250,000 and had his two cats taken into the care of the RSCPA after a video of the footballer kicking one of the animals appeared online.

A new sub-variant of Omicron Covid is now spreading throughout the nation.

Domestic abuse will not be tolerated and victims are not alone – help is out there.

Kate Middleton has been announced as the latest in a long list of famous faces to read a book on CBeebies Bedtime Stories.This Sunday, the Duchess of Cambridge will read The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark on the children's channel, becoming the first member of the Royal family to do so. But the 40 year old is not the first member of the Royal family to read a children's story on television, and is actually following in the footsteps of her father-in-law. Prince Charles, 73, published his own children's book, The Old Man of Lochnagar – which he wrote to raise main for The Prince's Trust – back in 1980 and, four years later, he took to our screens to read it.

Joe Alwyn and Taylor Swift tend to keep their relationship private, but the actor made a rare reference to his other half during a recent interview.

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty has revealed that she "fell over" during her first dance at her wedding.Speaking on her BBC Radio 5 Live show this morning, the host, 46, spoke about how she related to pop star Anne-Marie's fall at the BRIT Awards last night, which saw her take a tumble while performing her latest hit Kiss My (Uh Oh).Speaking on her radio show today, Naga praised the singer for composing herself after the fall.At the start of her show, the BBC presenter said: "Styling it out."How good at that are you?" she asked listeners.Naga went on: "Well, Anne-Marie carried on singing after taking a little tumble at the BRITs last night."The newsreader paused for a second as she replayed the moment the star fell before getting back up.Addressing the moment, she said: "That's properly styling it out isn't it?"Really, really good," Naga praised the star.The BBC host went on to reveal that she could relate to Anne-Marie's fall as she relayed her own clumsy moment anecdote.Naga continued: "I mentioned earlier on Nicky's programme, I don't know if I styled it out, but I did fall over in a big, puffy wedding dress during my first dance to You're Just Too Good To Be True".She admitted that despite having learnt a dance routine in anticipation of the big day, her and James Haggar's first time spinning around the dance floor as husband and wife featured a surprise."We even figured out a dance routine and everything."It didn't go to plan but the wedding day was a success apart from that," Naga admitted.She jokingly added: "It never happened, wasn't on Insta, so never happened."Naga married TV consultant James in 2007.She previously told the Guardian that "being kind to each other" and "golf" were the secrets behind their

FromSoftware have announced that all online services for Dark Souls PC games will be unavailable for the foreseeable future due to “technical difficulties”.Earlier this year, it was announced that all PvP servers for the entire series had been deactivated following a Remote Code Execution (RCE) hack, which essentially allows the potential attacker to execute arbitrary code on a remote device, meaning they can take control of a player’s PC.Now, it’s been announced that Dark Souls’ online services will once again be taken down while the company extends the fix to work with their upcoming title Elden Ring.Writing on Twitter, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware said they were “aware of the technical difficulties players have experienced with the Dark Souls suite of games on PC.”#DarkSouls pic.twitter.com/ZRhX9OcvQe— Dark Souls (@DarkSoulsGame) February 9, 2022“We want to thank the entire Dark Souls community and the players who have reached out to us directly to voice their concerns and offer solutions. Thanks to you, we have identified the cause and are working on fixing the issue.”The statement continued: “In addition, we have extended the investigation to Elden Ring – our upcoming title launching on February 25 – and have made sure the necessary security measures are in place for this title on all target platforms.

Esports is potentially going to be a category in future Commonwealth Games, with a pilot being trialled at the 2022 event.Later this year at the Commonwealth Games 2022, the event will be trying out esports for the first time and will be known as the Commonwealth Esport Championships. No medals will be awarded, as it is only a pilot.

Kanye West wants to reunite with his wife and kids. The 44-year-old Yeezy founder took to Instagram early Wednesday with a series of family photos, showing his estranged wife Kim Kardashian playing outdoors with their four children: North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2. "GOD PLEASE BRING OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER," the rapper wrote.

After four decades on the air, "Wheel of Fortune" is still full of surprises.  At least, that’s what viewers learned this week when two contestants won the $100,000 grand prize in the bonus round twice in back-to-back nights of gameplay. While contestants have won the prize before, this marks the only time that two contestants have won it in the same week, let alone two nights in a row.  Yahoo Entertainment reports that contestant Lisa Kramer took home the grand prize on Monday, earning a total of $116,700 in winnings.

ANT and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway will officially return to ITV later this month - and it's coming a lot sooner than you think. Earlier this week, the Geordie duo were seen gearing up for another series of their hit show in a revealing trailer, promising fans the "happiest ninety minutes of the week".

LISA Armstrong shared a cryptic post about "going through heavy s**t" as she arrived for work on Steph's Packed Lunch today. The makeup artist was pictured sporting an all black look as she arrived at the studio in Leeds to film the Channel 4 show wearing a pink face mask and love-heart shades.

ALMOST two decades ago The Worst Witch had us all in its spell. Mildred Hubble and her classmates at Miss Cackle’s Academy For Witches first wove their magic on CITV in 1998 and the series ran until 2001.

THIS Morning viewers were left saying the very same thing as they tuned in to watch one of the Tinder Swindler victims on the show. Cecilie Fjellhoy was in the ITV studio to talk to host Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby about the experience, which has left her nearly £200,000 in debt.

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DANNIELLA Westbrook has revealed her lookalike daughter has been signed as an influencer and is in line for a big payday. The former EastEnders actress opened up about how Jodie Jenkins - who sports an impressive 13.4k followers on Instagram - was starting up a new career. Danniella, 48, took to Instagram to gush over her daughter's signing, revealing she was to be represented by the Social Inspire Group.

OUR Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen took drastic measures after a heart-breaking stillbirth at Ravenseat. The Yorkshire Shepherdess documents her life with her nine children and many animals on her Twitter and Instagram pages as well as on the hit Channel 5 programme.