'I’ve had an absolute ball': RTÉ's Sean O’Rourke announces retirement

The winning lottery numbers for the National Lottery's £20million jackpot are here, along with Saturday's Thunderball draw for half a million pounds.

Saturday Night Takeaway fans were convinced they'd caught a studio guest swearing on the ITV show - before the 9pm watershed.Ant and Dec's beloved Saturday night show returned to screens this weekend (March 5), and the action-packed show included pranks on Strictly star Craig Revel-Horwood and live performances from glam rock band The Darkness.However, eagle-eyed viewers were distracted when a stunned member of the audience, Laura, was picked to join the Geordie hosts on stage and play a game called The Masked Humdinger.The game involved members of Laura's family, including her mum and daughter Holly singing in crazy costumes, just like the masked celebs normally do on ITV's The Masked Singer.The thing is, many fans thought Laura looked rather unimpressed to be chosen out of everybody in the live studio audience.In fact, they were convinced they'd caught the show guest swearing on camera - mouthing the word "s***" in front of the nation.Fans flocked to Twitter to point out the alleged language blunder before the watershed, when curse words aren't allowed to be broadcast.One wrote: "#SaturdayNightTakeaway Laura looks like she wants to kill whoevers responsible."A second commented: "Sh** I think she said lol #SaturdayNightTakeaway." Lins asked: "Did Laura just say sh**? #SaturdayNightTakeaway," adding several laughing face emojis.A third added: "Laura is FUMING #SaturdayNightTakeaway." CD13 added: "She just said sh** on camera #SaturdayNightTakeaway."A fourth penned: "I love how mortified Laura is #SaturdayNightTakeaway." A fifth agreed: "Laura’s raging isn’t she #SaturdayNightTakeaway." Alex added: "She is NOT happy! #SaturdayNightTakeaway."However, it became clear Laura enjoyed being up on stage with Ant and Dec, and the

Jean Slater’s shopping trip turns into the day from hell as she is accosted by security guards. The cleaner, played by Gillian Wright, 61, finds herself in the middle of a shoplifting drama as she is bundled into a jewellery store.

Ford Sierra found in a garage has been sold for £60,000 – three times its showroom price.The RS500 Cosworth was around £19,950 when new and it had a top speed of 150 mph and was capable of reaching 60mph in six seconds.The white D-reg three-door car has 78,000 miles on the clock and was flogged at auction last month after being found in storage in the north west of England.The motor was flogged by auctioneer Hampson in Manchester.And Classic and Sports Car magazine said: “This completely original 1987 Ford Sierra RS pop Cosworth went to a new home last week, having spent almost a decade dry-stored and unused.“Discovered and sold by Hampson Auctions, we hope its next lucky keeper will bring it back to best.”And Fast Car mag warned potential buyers looking to snap up a Cossie: “ Cossies are no longer supercars for the working man.“Today you need a mortgage to buy a three-door and balls the size of melons to drive one as it’s intended.“So-called Cosworth Tax is real: parts prices are no joke, with massive bills. And it will break down…”Ford made just 500 of the two-litre motors and the seller -Ford launched the Sierra RS Cosworth at the 1985 Geneva Motor Show, and Motorsport magazine pronounced it “quite simply the best high-performance saloon in the world”.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.

officer has told how he risked his life to get close to some of Britain’s most dangerous gangsters.Soldier-turned-policeman Shay Doyle played the part of a 24-hour villain after a bloody gang war left innocent kids dead in Manchester’s violent Moss Side area.He was also on the frontline of the hunt for double cop killer Dale Cregan and the murder probe into the gangland slaying of Salford’s “Mr Big” Paul Massey.But a life in the shadows took its toll, sparking a devastating breakdown.Now, in an explosive memoir, Shay tells how he went from Manchester “street kid” to one of the UK’s most ­secretive and elite officers.Built like a cage fighter and street smart, he was raised on a council estate rife with drugs – and could have turned to a life of crime.Instead, he ended up playing the part of Northern Irish gangster Mikey O’Brien.He was given a new identity, his DNA and fingerprints were removed from the national database and any trace of his old life was removed.Shay, now in his early 40s, said: “It was like I’d vanished. I was given a new passport, birth certificate, driving licence, bank cards, credit cards, all the essential documents for a new identity.“I was sent to the secret Special Branch facility in Lisburn, where I received ­further training in handling firearms and improvised explosives because part of my backstory – or legend – was that I was a professional robber.“I learned how to make cutting ­charges to blow a hole in a wall and how to breach the skin of an armoured cash van with a shape charge.“I was even sent to a diamond centre to learn about clarity and cut.

ITV show Starstruck – and now he always asks for them. He said: “I was given some Freddos in my dressing room, that gave me the idea to start asking for them.“I got given caramel ones, which I didn’t even know they did and I love them.“The thing is, they’re 25p now – I’m livid.

BBC chiefs turned down a new series of Nicholas Lyndhurst’s sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart. The show’s writer Laurence Marks was up for penning a new batch of episodes to make viewers giggle and offered it to execs.But he was snubbed and told the corporation wanted to focus on new ideas.Laurence told the Daily Star Sunday: “We could have done another series of Goodnight Sweetheart, but the BBC pulled back from that.“They got frightened that they were putting on too many old shows — shows that had already been seen. So instead they put on shows that nobody wanted to watch.

Saturday Night Takeaway is back to add sparkle to Saturday nights.

A resident of under-siege Kyiv downed a Russian drone with a jar of cucumbers from her balcony, it has been claimed.

The big fight tonight comes in the shape of YouTube stars Deji and Alex Wassabi facing off at Wembley Arena.

Joining Deadline as part of the Amazon Studios presentation at Contenders Film: The Nominees event were two of the stars of Aaron Sorkin’s funny, moving and cleverly constructed story of the relationship of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos, which all takes place in a week during the course of a taping of an episode of I Love Lucy.

Prices are definitely not slashed at one Florida home that’s for sale. The house used as the location setting for Tim Burton’s 1990 cult classic, Edward Scissorhands, is on the market for a cool $700k.

George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney are friends of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Hollywood star George once opened up on Meghan’s treatment with a warning that “history was repeating”.George will be on our screens today as his hit film Ocean’s Twelve airs on TV this evening.However, some viewers may be keen to know more about the star’s life off-screen as well.The Hollywood actor is reportedly pals with Meghan and Prince Harry, who also live in California.George has even spoken in the past to defend Meghan.He compared her treatment of being photographed as similar to that of Princess Diana.Chatting back in February 2019, he made the admission in an interview with an Australian magazine.He told Who magazine: “I do want to say, they’re just chasing Meghan Markle everywhere.“She’s a woman who is seven months pregnant and she has been pursued and vilified and chased in the same way that Diana was.“And it’s history repeating itself.

After years of waiting, the film adaptation of Jessica Knoll‘s bestselling novel Luckiest Girl Alive is finally headed to Netflix.

Fra Fee will be heading back to the stage for his next project!

The more you know! During Netflix’s Love Is Blind season 2, eagle-eyed viewers couldn’t stop talking about Shaina Hurley and her frequent squinting.

Kodi Smit-McPhee walks the carpet while attending an event at the 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday (March 3) in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne are saying a teary goodbye to Los Angeles as they prepare to return to their Buckinghamshire mansion to avoid soaring tax rates. In a new interview, the Black Sabbath frontman, 73, confirmed that he and his wife of 40 years, 69, are preparing for the move home after having spent the past 25 years in Beverly Hills.The rock and roll legend confirmed that he and his flame-haired wife are set to make the move back to Welders House in Bucks.Ozzy blamed the move on California's rising tax rate.He said: "We are a bit sad.

Brady Bunch cast member Maureen McCormick wants to do. Per the National Enquirer, McCormick, who is best known for her role as eldest and coolest Brady sister Marcia claims she wants to do. The former teen idol reveals she wants to buy the original Brady Bunch home and get the gang back together.“She wants her TV siblings on board.

Sam Heughan and his Outlander co-star Sophie Skelton have been living it up in New York ahead of the launch of the sixth season of the show.

Kristen Stewart has been making the rounds for awards season, and she’s looking absolutely incredible while doing it! The star — who has been nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for her work as Princess Diana in Spencer — proved on point when she was spotted at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on Friday (March 4). At the annual event, Kristen was handed the American Riviera Award, allowing her some acceptance speech practice if she just happens to walk away with the Oscar in a few weeks.