Meet 'The Russian Pele' who was sent to the Gulag for 12 years instead of the World Cup

The TV licence's future is more muddled than ever after the UK's Culture Secretary said the government will be looking at new ways of funding the BBC.

Soft Cell singer Marc Almond got his fans in a frenzy this morning with his appearance on BBC Breakfast.

The rising cost of living has dominated the headlines for the past few weeks and with good reason as inflation is at an all time high, resulting in a price hike on absolutely everything.

Linlithgow Academy’s senior football team are set for the big stage tonight as they grace the hallowed turf at Hampden Stadium for the Senior Shield final.

Tory MP Jamie Wallis has been charged with failing to stop and driving without due care and attention following a car crash in November last year, South Wales Police said.

Sam Heughan has opened up about his new memoir 'Waypoints' and told fans he wants to take them on a personal journey of his life.

Ryan Thomas revealed on Good Morning Britain that his pregnant wife-to-be Lucy Mecklenburgh is due “any day.” The former Coronation Street actor appeared on the ITV morning show alongside his brother Adam to talk about their podcast and his appearance on ITV’s new show, The Games. The 37-year-old opened up about the training for the new show and admitted: “The guys, the celebrities are fantastic and they’ve all made massive progress and I’m really proud of them.

Richard Arnold made a joke on Good Morning Britain about how much airtime he gets on the show. The 52-year-old reporter had to cover some sports news in his entertainment section as Ben Shepherd kept interjecting about the missing facts from his story.

Cara Delevingne's grandmother Jane Stevens, the former lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret, has died.The 85 year old, who was known as Janie Sheffield, acted as Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting for many years and grew to be a close confidante of the late Royal up until her death in 2002. Described as an elegant woman with “a great sense of fun” by daughter and mother to model Cara, Pandora Delevingne, Jane lived quite the eventful life, she revealed. “She was stunning, elegant and had a great sense of fun,” Pandora told the Daily Mail.

Former Girls Aloud member Nicola Roberts has given fans a look at the results of her laser facial journey, and it’s safe to say that she is glass skin goals following the treatment. The 36 year old took to Instagram to show off the results of her treatments with Dr Marwa Ali, who is based at the Wellness Clinic in London’s Harrods and specialises in natural-looking results.

Holly Willoughby was visibly moved as she watched a clip from Julia Bradbury's new ITV documentary. It follows Julia’s very personal experiences, from emotional video diary entries to navigating having to tell her young children about her breast cancer diagnosis.

The road to happily ever after. While Travis Barker prepared his proposal to Kourtney Kardashian, the reality star’s family was concerned about how her ex, Scott Disick, would handle the news.

PHILLIP Schofield tried not to cry today when he met the stars of LGBTQ+ teen drama Heartstopper on This Morning. The TV star, who announced he was gay in February 2020, heaped praise on the coming-of-age romance from Netflix.

WEATHERFIELD teen Amy Barlow was spiked during her school's Valentine's Day dance. She still struggles with some lingering trauma - but Coronation Street fans were shocked at her outburst on last night's episode.

QUEER Eye star Tan France has opened up about his horrifying experience of being beaten up by grown men as a young child. The TV personality told the terrifying story as part of his new BBC documentary Beauty and the Bleach, exploring colourism in the UK.

A CONTESTANT on The Great British Sewing Bee suffered a nightmare blunder just minutes into the latest challenge. The BBC One sewing competition returned this week with 12 new contestants hoping to be crowing the ultimate sewer.

REUBEN Gray made quite the impression on Britain's Got Talent back in 2017 with an emotional apology song to his ex. The singer-songwriter was just 16 when he auditioned for the long-running ITV show - and he looks very different today as a 21 year-old.

Emmerdale actress was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.The former Countryfile star has been battling the disease herself since she was diagnosed last September.In a show of support for Malandra, Julia took to Twitter to send her “healing thoughts” to the actress.Sharing a video of the magazine interview, that saw Malandra confirm her diagnosis, Julia said she also aimed to raise awareness among the online community.In view of her 170,000 Twitter followers, Julia penned: “Healing thoughts & love to actress Malandra Burrows diagnosed with Stage 3 #breastcancer.“Not the story either of us wanted to share, but hopefully we're spreading #awareness & fueling the desire for more research about this pervasive disease that terrorises so many women.” (sic)Last week, Julia was inundated with praise after she shared an insight into her post-operation process after she underwent a mastectomy late last year.The BBC star admitted she was left in “shock” following the procedure.However, she could be seen smiling again as she soaked up the sun in a bikini during a holiday in Mauritius.She captioned the shot: “I had no idea what life after a #mastectomy would be like.“I feel incredibly grateful that some things have gone my way during my #breastcancer diagnosis.“Each of our stories is different... I was fortunate to be able to have immediate recon after my breast was removed containing a 6cm tumour.”The presenter continued: “Nothing prepares you for the shock & impact...& yet but here I am in a bikini again.“Didn't think this would happen.

This week, grime-punk act Bob Vylan look set to score their Official Albums Chart debut with Bob Vylan Presents: The Price of Life. This is no mean feat for the duo - comprising Bobby Vylan and Bobb13 Vylan - who are a wholly-independent act working across every element of their record's infrastructure.

Terry Crews has admitted the timing of those controversial Black Lives Matter tweets he posted in the summer of 2020 was a mistake.

The current invasion of Ukraine by Russia with its appalling loss of life and destruction of cities seems steeped in another era. From the end of the Second World War until 1991 a Cold War, existed between the US and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, in the Eastern and Western Blocs.