Heatwave will see UK temperatures hit 25C one day this month after first seeing thunder

Oasis star Liam Gallagher has issued a health announcement. The rocker will undergo hip replacement surgery after his Knebworth gigs in early June. Revealing the need for the operation, he said: “I think I’d rather just be in pain, which is ridiculous, obviously.

Kelly announced she was expecting her first baby with Slipknot’s Sid Wilson, four months after confirming their romance.  She wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of her ultrasound scan: ‘I know that I have been very quiet these past few months so I thought I would share with you all as to why… ‘I am over the moon to announce that I am going to be a Mumma. To say that I am happy does not quite cut it.

Britain’s Got Talent viewers are used to their fair share of surprising auditions, but one, airing this evening in the final set of auditions from this series, may be the most shocking of all. That’s right, the Teletubbies came to town. The icons of children’s television took to the stage to audition in front of Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden, as part of a special birthday celebration.

Jurgen Klopp's side are aiming to exact revenge on the La Liga winners for the 2018 Champions League final defeat in Kiev. Thousands of fans have embarked on the odyssey to the Stade de France in Paris to watch the Reds in UEFA's showpiece game. There will also be a whole host of celebrities cheering the Reds on at home as they bid to win their 7th European Cup.

Kourtney Kardashian Barker revealed that she has been advised to “drink” her husband Travis Barker’s semen “four times a week” as the couple try to have a baby.The couple, who have recently tied the knot in an extravagant wedding in Italy, appeared on the family’s Hulu TV show The Kardashians to discuss the strange advice their fertility doctor gave. Kourtney, 43, explained to her cleanse expert that she was instructed to drink 46 year old Travis’ semen to help her thyroid by her fertility doctor.

Manchester City goalkeeper Zack Steffen has withdrawn from the USA squad for their June fixtures, throwing his World Cup chances into doubt.

Gogglebox star Tom Malone Sr has sparked concern among fans of the show after appearing with an injury. The Channel 4 star was back on screens on Friday night (May 27) alongside wife Julie and son Shaun.

Gary Neville and Jaap Stam are at odds over which Manchester United player should be handed the club’s player of the season.

A horrified mum has revealed the moment she thought her son had died after he was struck by a wagon in Ramsbottom . Alex Pennington was hit by a 50-tonne truck after stepping out into the road at around 3.30pm on Thursday (May 19). The incident happened at the junction of Lumb Carr Road and Bolton Road West.

A young and energetic lurcher is looking for a place to call home after he was given up to a rescue centre as a puppy. Gino arrived in the care of Manchester Dogs Home in May 2021, but has had barely any interest from adopters.

Real Madrid their ninth European Cup - and this weekend they are out for number 14.The France icon lined up alongside the likes of Luis Figo, Raul and Roberto Carlos, with future Spain boss Vicente del Bosque at the helm as the Los Blancos were once again crowned kings of Europe.Daily Star Sport has taken a look at where each of the 18-man playing squad are now 20 years later before the current crop take on Liverpool - with one even enjoying a recent Sunday League cameo in Shrewsbury.Cesar kept a young Iker Casillas out of the starting line-up back in 2002, having almost a decade of experience at Valladolid before moving to Real Madrid.Cesar was subbed off in the final for his counterpart through injury, and left to join Zaragoza in 2008 before spells with Tottenham, Valencia and Villarreal.Following his retirement, Cesar spent five months of a two-and-a-half year contract as sporting director at Valencia back in 2020.Who will win the 2022 Champions League final? Give us your prediction in the comments section belowMichel Salgado spent another seven years at Real Madrid following the final, going on to join Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, with Steve Kean brutally telling him he was omitted from their squad to avoid having to give him a new contract.Six years later came a surprise swansong at Independiente, and also a spell in India's Premier Futsal as a marquee player.Salgado has been taking part in punditry since his time as a player, but became head of football at Cypriot club Pafos FC last year - before joining Total Sports Investments Football Group.Iconic defender Fernando Hierro left Real Madrid a year after the final and had short spells at both Al Rayyan and Bolton Wanderers before retiring.Following a

READ MORE: Shadowy KGB elite silovarchs 'plotting Putin coup to replace him with someone worse'Likewise, when Britain pulled out of Egypt in 1956, the British presence in Cyprus ensured close proximity to the Suez Canal. It provides fundamental access to the Indian Ocean for Western countries whose cargo ships would otherwise have to sail the long way around Africa, thus jeopardising their oil imports from the Arabian peninsula and much more.Despite withdrawing from Cyprus in 1960, Britain still controls around three percent of the island’s territory in the form of two UK Sovereign Base Areas in Dhekelia and Akrotiri.

great white shark chasing after its prey – directly to where he is swimming.London-born photographer Euan Rannachan is on a mission to help break down the terrifying stereotypes of great white sharks.The 36-year-old adventurer, who also owns company Be A Shark, has been organising cage-diving trips in Guadalupe Island, Mexico, where he takes tourists cage-diving in shark-infested waters.In one video he posted in April, Euan gives nerve-wrecking sense to viewers of what it is like to be eaten by an apex predator."Could not love my toothy friends more," Euan teased in his post.The massive 13ft shark is seen going after a bait, which is attached by a hemp rope with no hook, as it emerges from deep water among other small fish.When Euan's team pulls the bait closer to the camera, the sea beast makes a rapid turn and opens her jaw, ready for a bite.Unfortunately the shark misses the target and ends up nearly hitting Euan.When she turns around and heads back to the bait, the photographer realises how lucky he is to get so up close to a great white shark.Speaking about how he felt in the water as the shark approached, he told Daily Star: "Every time I am in the water at the island it's always exciting. You never know what you might see, and each time its a little different.

Russia's despotic President Vladimir Putin has ramped up his invasion of Ukraine, and is now employing a “scorched-earth policy”, according to a top Ukrainian commander. Petro Kuzyk has been leading the National Guard Rapid Reponse brigade in the fight to defence the embattled city of Severodonetsk.The area has become Putin's main target of violence in recent weeks, as he attempts to save face in the invasion which has gone on around three months longer than he had originally planned.Commander Kuzyk told local media that around 500 Russian shells were hitting the city every hour.He said, in a video interview showing him sitting on the floor, smoking a cigarette while surrounded by supplies: “We have intelligence that huge columns of tanks are moving in the direction of Severodonetsk.“This tactic has been tested, it does them little good, but thanks to massive shelling, they can move forward — because they are destroying positions, trenches and buildings step by step.“They did not capture Rubizhne — they wiped it off the face of the earth.“We are catastrophically short of artillery-systems, accurate, counter-battery systems that destroy enemy artillery from a long distance.“Here, they still have an advantage in artillery.”The Eastern city has become the new focus of Putin's troops.The area is now being dubbed the “new Mariupol”, after Putin's forces levelled that city early on into the invasion.Commander Kuzyk added: “We do not have enough multiple launch rocket systems that hit the target.“We need to more or less close the sky — it’s either serious air defence systems, or fighter aircraft.

heatwave potentially on the cards. According to the Met Office's three-month summer outlook, the chances of "hot weather" are double those of other years.It states: “There is an increase in the likelihood of warmer-than-average conditions in the month ahead.“Predictions are consistent in suggesting an increase in the likelihood of temperatures being above average overall.“While this doesn’t necessarily mean heatwaves will occur, it does increase the likelihood of heatwaves compared to normal.”Exacta Weather’s James Madden said: “There is now the potential for a major spell of warm weather to develop during the latter part of May or early June.”Bookies are predicting a potential record hot summer this year, with Coral slashing their odds from 3/2 to 5/4.Spokesman John Hill said: “The betting is pointing to a record hot summer this year in the UK.

The Met Office has forecast that temperatures will likely be "above normal" across the country.By Monday, the whole of the UK is expected to see sunshine following a cloudy weekend.David Oliver, Met Office deputy chief meteorologist, said: “It is a different mix of weather this bank holiday weekend after what has been a largely settled week for the UK.“The high-pressure that has been dominating the UK in recent days will move away to the south, allowing a low-pressure system to move in from the northwest."Brits are set to enjoy a mix of springtime weather with some of the country bathing in near 20C temperatures, with cloud and wind in others."The highest temperatures of the weekend are expected to be on Monday, where the mercury could hit 17C.The low-pressure system will introduce clouds and outbreaks of rain for much of Scotland and Northern Ireland, with some blustery winds in exposed coastal areas.By Tuesday, forecasters expect it to be cloudy in the north and northwest, with some rain at times, reports the Met Office.For rest of May the mercury could drop as low as -3C with the Met Office predicting "chilly" nights and turbulent weather conditions as we head into summer.WX charts show heavy rainfall is forecast will hit most of the country for the start of the new month.Parts of Britain could be plunged into sub-zero temperatures as early as next week, mere days after being blessed with scorching temperatures.For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.A new weather map from independent forecaster WXCharts shows a shock return to snowy scenes that could be on the horizon, thanks to Arctic winds blowing in from the north.According to the

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticPost Malone has posted a release date for his long-promised new album: “Twelve Carat Toothache” will be out June 3, he announced in a social media message that contained little else besides a blurry red image and a link to pre-save the album on streaming services.The album will mark the performer’s first on the Mercury Records label, the revival of which was announced by Republic Records earlier in April. Tyler Arnold, the newly installed president of Mercury, signed and developed Post Malone at Republic, where he had been executive VP of A&R.Twelve Carat Toothache.

Britain over the course of the May Day bank holiday, with temperatures reaching close to freezing.The thermometer is due to sink to 4C in London, with areas across northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland facing weather as cold as freezing.That is a stark contrast compared to the last bank holiday weekend over Easter, when temperatures peaked at 19C.Although conditions are due to remain fairly dry across the UK over the bank holiday, arctic winds dragged in from the North Sea will bring in the stark temperature drop, with colder mornings and late-season frost.Former Met Office meteorologist John Hammond said: "The mercury will go into reverse, with a cooler trend to end April.“Fresh waves of Arctic air mean a good chance, even across southern Britain, of temperatures falling close to or below freezing."Met Office meteorologist Luke Miall said: “High pressure starts to drift towards the north of the UK this weekend allowing lower pressure to develop in the south of the UK.“This means we start to see an easterly feed to our winds and with this, it will turn cooler over the next few days.”To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.He added: “We will continue to see easterly winds dragging in the winds from the North Sea and this will peg back temperatures through the rest of this month.“It will start to feel that little bit colder particularly if you are on the eastern side of the UK where we will see those cooler winds coming in from the North Sea.”The Met Office’s Greg Dewhurst said: “Looking at the pressure pattern for Saturday, low pressure sat to the south of the UK high pressure sat to the north will bring a brisk easterly flow across the whole of the

weather feature expected to dominate the UK into next week — making the UK colder than Sweden.Southern areas are forecast to watch the mercury plunge to -2C overnight in the first few days of May, while northern areas will experience biting lows of -5C, according to the Evening Standard.The long 'revenge' of wintry weather means the nation could experience its coldest May since 1997 only days after basking in an Easter bank holiday 'mini-heatwave'.Ex-BBC and Met Office forecaster John Hammond of Weather Trending predicted: “The mercury will go into reverse, with a cooler trend to end April.“Fresh waves of Arctic air mean a good chance, even across southern Britain, of temperatures falling close to or below freezing.“One or two wintry showers are not ruled out later in the week, most likely on higher ground in the North.”A Met Office forecaster has meanwhile predicted a phase of dry but cold weather, saying: “North-easterly winds will bring cooler air, with chilly nights and widespread frosts possible.“Temperatures are slightly below or near normal into the start of May, with mainly dry conditions this week but showers possible in the North."The Met Office's long range weather forecast from Saturday 30 April to Monday 9 May reads: "Daytime temperatures will remain near normal or slightly above, but colder nights, mainly in the south could see some patchy frost in sheltered rural areas."Moving through the middle and later part of this period there is a risk of more unsettled conditions bringing spells of rain, mainly to the north and west, with patchy showers at times mainly in the east, and potentially some cooler air for a time."For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up

snow blitz next week as forecasters predict the UK will be colder than Sweden. The Met Office has issued a warning for people to wrap themselves up to stay warm from temperatures which are set to plunge to -5C.A "Russian chill" will cause the coldest start to May in 25 years, as the South can expect a widespread frost in the coming days.

A balmy spring is set to continue this weekend in Greater Manchester with temperatures higher than in parts of Spain in some areas. The Met Office has forecasted more bright sunshine and blue skies with highs of 15C in Manchester on Saturday, compared to 12C in the Spanish capital of Madrid.