Man, 25, who lost everything in first lockdown forced to live in tent for two months

To mark Valentine’s Day, many people are taking to social media to make loving tributes to their partners, including Vogue Williams.

AMANDA Holden has said she is "devastated" about breaking lockdown rules. The 49-year-old has been reported to police for travelling 215 miles to Cornwall after getting a "distressing" phone call from her stepdad Leslie, 75.

Kilmarnock takeaway has created a special munchie box for Valentine's Day in lockdown.

Celtic. Neil Lennon's side have earned three consecutive Premiership wins and are slowly building momentum as they head to Perth to face St Johnstone.

Eamonn Holmes spoke about his 92-year-old mother’s heartbreaking Valentine’s Day message to his late father on social media today.The 61-year-old took to Instagram to recount the story, which he said incorporated “love and loss all in one.”Alongside a picture of his parents on their wedding day and a more recent photo of his mother Josephine, Eamonn shared the beautiful tribute.The This Morning star told his 716,000 followers that his mum had re-read the couple’s last Valentine’s Day cards, which were sent three decades ago.The TV star’s father Leonard died of a heart attack at the side of the road following a camping trip with his wife and Eamonn’s younger brother.His post began: “My Father passed away 30 years ago.

direct to your inboxAmanda Holden is said to be "devastated" after having to break lockdown rules to visit her elderly parents in Cornwall.The Britain's Got Talent judge said she made the trip after receiving a "distressing telephone call from her elderly father on Friday afternoon", her agent said in a statement."Amanda is aware that all families are going through difficulty during these turbulent times but received a distressing telephone call from her elderly father on Friday afternoon," the statement added."On balance Amanda felt the round-trip to Cornwall was necessary to contain the matter at her family home."Amanda did not act on a whim and has adhered to Covid rules every step of the way in all three lockdowns."Amanda is aware of

direct to your inboxPerhaps it was the rare sight of sunshine in the morning sky, in an otherwise bleak month, that inspired such positivity.Or maybe she was simply thinking ahead to Valentine’s Day this weekend?Whatever the motive, our social media editor was inspired to write this cheerful post on the Manchester Evening News Facebook page on Thursday.“Have you met someone in lockdown? Or been on a Zoom date? We want to hear your lockdown love stories.”It didn’t quite pan out as she’d expected.The responses - and there were hundreds - were mainly written by people with a fine sense of sarcasm.Kenny James kicked off a torrent of daft responses with this gem.“I fell in love with myself,” he declared.“After talking for a while I was surprised

We’re all in a very different place than we were 12 months ago.

A young mum, who is dying of a rare cancer, is leaving loving messages and presents for her children to unwrap after she has gone.

Police will be carrying out checks on motorists in London on Valentine's Day to ensure they're not breaking Covid lockdown rules to see their lovers, according to reports.

cooking a sausage on an iron.In the clip, uploaded on TikTok by user @jimmystewart59, he records the making of what he's dubbed his hotel lockdown brunch breakfast wrap and admits it was an “epic fail”.Bizarrely, he fries sausages and bacon on an iron and shows them sizzle and get brown, dripping grease onto the table below.Unfortunately, at that point, the rising smoke levels set off the fire alarm.“Oh f*** not again,” he yells, quickly wafting a towel around to try and dispel the smoke.Later, he speaks to the camera and says: "You'll never believe this – I've been asked to leave."The video was watched more than 100,000 times on the video-sharing app and the Scotsman has gathered a lot of fans with his off-the-wall hotel cooking videos.In

Glasgow street.Cops were called to Bain Street  in the Gallowgate area of the city at around 2.30pm on Saturday.Several police vans were spotted on site, with officers taping off a section of Calton after reports of a disturbance at a nearby property.Police say they have arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with the disturbance.They added that the incident was contained and there was "no risk to the wider public".Glasgow City Council warned drivers to be aware after the street was closed at the Gallowgate junction for several hours due to the incident.It has since been reopened.A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Around 2.30pm on Saturday, 13 February, 2021, police were called to a report of a disturbance at a property on Bain Street,

direct to your inboxFamilies of Manchester prisoners say they have been forgotten in the pandemic. In prisons, inmates have been consigned to their cells for up to 23 hours a day to try and prevent the spread of the virus.In-person visits were cancelled in March, then briefly allowed in the summer, before being stopped again in the autumn, preventing children from being to able to see their parents face to face for months on end.The separation has had agonising consequences for kids - and parents behind bars, relatives on the outside say. One woman, who, like all the relatives we spoke to, asked not to be named, told the M.E.N that her partner's mental health has deteriorated in HMP Manchester.She said he had logged two requests for help,

KATIE Price's boyfriend Carl Woods has splashed £10,000 on a very unusual gift for her on their first Valentine's Day together. The mum-of-five's celebrations started early this morning as she was delivered a £500 hamper from her other half - but that was just the start of her weekend of gifts.

LITTLE Mix have been struck by a devastating security breach after their first single as a trio was leaked online. Heartbreak Anthem, with dance music heavyweight DJs David Guetta and Galantis, wasn’t due out until next month but it surfaced online late on Friday night, upsetting band members Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards.

Donncha O’Callaghan has had many memorable moments over the years but the rugby ace decided to poke fun of himself to celebrate joining Instagram.

Dalmellington has signed up some top professionals as they beat the lockdown blues with some online coaching master classes.Players at Craigmark Burntonians YFC are honing their skills at home – thanks to some top tips from former Rangers star Kenny Miller, ex-Hearts frontman Christian Nade and Celtic starlet Greg Taylor.The trio are among of host of top players who’ve given up their free time to provide tips, experience and motivation to the Craigmark youth stars who have been kicking their heels at home during lockdown.And it’s hoped the master classes pay off for when the team finally return to the pitch.The club joined the West of Scotland Youth Football League more than a year ago and things were going well until the pandemic

Amanda Holden has been reported to police after breaching lockdown by travelling 215 miles to see her parents in Cornwall according to reports.The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 49, said she had received a “distressing phone call” from her 75 year old stepdad Leslie, and that’s why she made the journey. Amanda is said to have arrived to see Leslie and mum Judith, 71, after leaving from Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, on Friday.

Manchester United - despite not making a Premier League appearance for the club.The United third-choice keeper, 38, is seen as experienced cover at Old Trafford but to date his only first-team action has been a League Cup and Europa League start.But the ex-Derby, Burnley and Sheffield Wednesday stopper could still be handed a player-coach deal in the summer when his playing contract expires.Grant, a £1.5million signing from Stoke in July 2018, is currently doing his coaching courses and United are considering adding him to their keeper-coaching ranks in June.The news comes just weeks after Grant admitting to being frustrated that a hard week of training is not rewarded by a match at the weekend as it has done throughout his career.He said

Dani Dyer has shared the most adorable picture of her three-week-old son, Santiago to her Instagram followers.

direct to your inboxDespite the difficulties lockdown has brought, some people have managed to find love in the darkest of times.While there have been tough restrictions to follow on social mixing, and restaurants and bars have closed, singletons might joke that the closest they’ve had to a relationship this past year has been with their takeaway delivery driver.But a few have been lucky in love with online dating.Sex therapist Cate Mackenzie says lockdown has brought a number of relationship trends, including trauma bonding, which has forced those early on in relationships to get serious more quickly.She describes couples who called the first shutdown in March ‘loved-up lockdown’, as they were furloughed, chose to move in together, and