Hero dad dies after plunging through ice to save family dog from frozen water

Piers Morgan has marked the one year anniversary of the day he stormed off Good Morning Britain and quit the show.The 56 year old had been a permanent host alongside Susanna Reid, 51, for over five years before leaving his post for good following a row with Alex Beresford about Meghan Markle.Taking to his Instagram feed a year on, Piers posted a screenshot of the moment he walked off the from the conversation before telling his 1.8million followers that he has no regrets over his decision. "A year ago today, I went for a little stroll… and in the words of Edith Piaf, je ne regrette rien! #LongWalkToFreedomOfSpeech," he captioned the post.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock is negotiating a seven-figure book deal to tell her story, according to reports.The 30 year old singer is just weeks away from stepping out of Little Mix as the band – which also consists of Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall – are set to take a hiatus. Leigh-Anne, who recently marked six months since welcoming her “miracle” babies in a cute snap, is said to be in talks with several major publishing houses for the memoir. It will reportedly focus on “identity and her own experiences at the heart of British popular culture” following the huge success of her BBC Three documentary, Race, Pop And Power, last year.

Naman Ramachandran “Bloody Brothers,” the Indian adaptation of BAFTA winning BBC series “Guilt,” is set to bow on South Asian focused streamer ZEE5.Directed by Shaad Ali (Netflix’s “Call My Agent Bollywood”), the show is produced by Applause Entertainment in association with BBC Studios India. Reset in the picturesque South Indian hill town of Ooty, “Bloody Brothers” follows two brothers, Jaggi and Daljeet, who, while driving home late one night, run over an old man.

Jacob Elordi has weighed in on the rumors about a toxic environment on the set of his HBO series Euphoria.

Vivienne Chow Taiwan-based tech giant HTC Vive approaches this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) event as an important milestone. The global leader in virtual reality will be presenting two of its recent original creations that will lay the groundwork for the future gameplay of VR products in the highly anticipated Web 3.0 era.The two featured productions, “The Sick Rose” and “Beatday — The Beginning — Mini VR Concert,” pictured above, are representative of HTC Vive Originals’ future direction, said its president Liu Szu-ming.“Riding on the state-of-art VR technology, Vive Originals will continue to create entertainment experiences that have high cultural values for the metaverse.

Naman Ramachandran The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has named ten emerging talents from across the Indian film, gaming and television industries that will participate in the 2022 edition of its BAFTA Breakthrough India initiative supported by Netflix.The 2022 contingent includes writer-director Ajitpal Singh (“Tabbar,” “Fire in the Mountain”); composer Alokananda Dasgupta (“Sacred Games”), writer-director Arati Kadav (“Cargo”), producer Mathivanan Rajendran (“Nirvana Inn”), writer-director Leena Manimekalai (“Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale”), game director Nakul Verma (“In My Shadow”), writer-director Prateek Vats (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”), writer Shubham (“Eeb Allay Ooo!”) and performer Sumukhi Suresh (“Pushpavalli”). The talents were selected by a jury consisting of BAFTA-winning composer A.R.

Hopeful Celtic supporters are set for a major update on the availability of talisman Kyogo next week.

The Florida Senate has passed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” on Tuesday, March 8.In a 22-17 vote, the Republican-controlled Senate approved the bill. It will now go on to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it. If a school district is suspected of violating this law, parents would be able to sue.During the debate, Democrat Shevrin Jones, Florida’s first openly gay senator, tearfully said to his colleagues, “To those who think you can legislate gay people away, I’m sorry.

A wind weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for western Scotland.

A perverted dad who paid a schoolgirl to meet him and asked for a picture of her feet had vile child abuse images on his devices.

A woman has been dubbed as “petty” and “unprofessional” for refusing to buy her colleague a lunchtime meal deal.

The cost of replacing Clyde Bridge is more than double the original estimated price due to rising prices in the construction industry.

A Scot from Ayrshire, helped by Martin Lewis, has been awarded £5,700 in benefit back payments from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and received the maximum award for Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 has commissioned a second season of Richard Bacon’s Jimmy Carr-hosted quiz show I Literally Just Told You.

National Geographic has greenlit an epic documentary detailing the successful search and discovery of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s sunken Endurance ship near Antarctica, helmed by British historian Dan Snow.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChinese streaming video platform iQiyi has announced plans to raise $285 million from a private placing of shares, part of which will be taken up by parent company Baidu.The move comes in the same week that the NASDAQ-listed company said it was suspending its weekend live broadcasts of English Premier League football (soccer) due to the sport’s public displays of solidarity with Ukraine.iQiyi is understood to have informed the Premier League that it would be removing the coverage following the league’s announcement that a “moment of reflection and solidarity” would be held before matches at the weekend. Several teams also displayed armbands in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Big Bang member T.O.P expressed his desire overhaul the K-pop system of training and creating idols and artists.In a new interview with Prestige Hong Kong, the South Korean musician spoke about the “harsh” K-pop system, observing how the current training regime affects younger K-pop idols and their mental well-being.“I, myself, am fortunate that I only spent less than a year as a trainee before I debuted – a relatively short time – but after, I saw all the trainees, the boys and girls, they’re under a very harsh system,” T.O.P said.“They’re told what to do and trained just like robots,” the rapper added. “They might get popular, they might get bigger, but in their heart and in ways we can’t see, they’re being isolated, and feel lonely inside.”To address this, T.O.P expressed his desire to change the system and establish a new type of K-pop record company.

Kanye West has shared a new animated video for his ‘DONDA’ track ‘Hurricane’ – check it out below.The track from the 2021 album features The Weeknd and Lil Baby, and is nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the GRAMMYs.The new video sees a number of animated prisoners escaping from a prison island, before an avatar of Kanye rises up from the sea to baptise them and gives a speech, before they all rise into the sky.It follows the controversial music video for Kanye’s track ‘Eazy’, which was shared earlier this month and featured a claymation version of SNL comedian Pete Davidson – who is currently dating West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian – being kidnapped and buried alive.Check out the ‘Hurricane’ video below.Ahead of the release of the ‘Hurricane’ visual, Kanye appears to have addressed the backlash he faced over the music video for ‘Eazy’.“Everyone lived happily ever after, except Skete you know who – JK he’s fine,” a series of title cards read at the end of the video. The track itself also includes the lyric: “God saved me from that crash / Just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s ass”.In his latest Instagram post, the rapper appears to have responded to the criticism he faced for the visuals.

Coronation Street viewers are convinced that Laura Neelan (Kel Allen) may not be telling the truth about her cancer diagnosis after spotting huge name blunder.Kelly Neelan's (Millie Gibson) mum arrived back in Weatherfield last month to reveal that she was dying of stomach cancer and only had months to live.Since then youngster Kelly has been secretly looking after her mum while juggling shifts at the barbers Trim Up North.She has also been collecting her mum's medication from the doctors.However, eagle-eyed fans noticed a huge blunder during a recent episode.A viewer shared a screenshot online o fa text message Kelly received from her mum's pharmacy which read: "Lauren Neelan. Your prescription is ready for collection."Alongside the snap, the fan wrote: "I always thought that Kelly's mother was named Laura."Last night the text that Kelly received was that Lauren Neelan's prescription was ready.

Piers Morgan famously walked out, live on air, from ITV daytime programme Good Morning Britain.Piers, 56, quit his Good Morning Britain job in March last year after dramatically storming off during an argument about Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.Since then he has announced plans to make a TV comeback with a new programme on TalkTV, which will soon launch on Sky News Australia.He has since stated that the programme will launch in the next few weeks, and that it will celebrate "the right of everyone to have an opinion."Ahead of the show's launch and one year on since his dramatic Good Morning Britain exit, Daily Star takes a look at Piers Morgans' life away from the cameras - which has been just as interesting.Piers was born on March 30, 1965 to his parents Gabrielle O' Meara, and Vincent O' Meara, who was an Irish dentist.However, his happy childhood was turned upside down when his father sadly died when Piers was 11 months old.His mother Gabrielle later went on to marry Glynne Pughe-Morgan, with Piers taking on his now famous surname and calling Glynne dad.Piers has a close bond with his parents, and his mother has often gushed about her journalist son during interviews.She also defended him when Lord Sugar made a scathing online comment about Piers in 2016, following an interview where Piers revealed that his mum is often asked if she would like to apologise for her son.In a tweet, Lord Sugar said: "Traditionally at birth doctors slap a babies bum. When @piersmorgan was born doctor took one look and slapped his mum."However, Piers' mum Gabrielle soon came to her son's defense, replying to Lord Sugar: "I am the proudest Mum in the world.

hospital.Iain Morrell, 66, was airlifted to Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary following the horrific accident at the curling pond at Kinneil House, Bo’ness.Emergency services rushed to the scene at 12.36pm on February 12 following calls from worried locals.It is understood family dog Simba had become stuck in the water and Iain had gotten into difficulty in the water while trying to rescue him.The dad tragically passed away hours after the accident.His heartbroken daughter described him as 'a one in a million dad' who had always been a great role model and inspiration.Alana Morrell said: “He was a popular and loved by many man, he was one in a million and completely irreplaceable.”“To my best friend, Dad, I’ll forever be your wain and my life