Met Office say 'more snow this week' as UK's cold weather to last 'until Easter'

Emmerdale star Adam Thomas has recalled the heartbreaking moment he tried to resuscitate his father following his death at the end of November in 2020.Speaking in a new episode of the podcast he shares with his brothers Scott and Ryan Thomas, the actor, 33, spoke at his "regret" that the last memory he has of his dad is when he was "jumping up and down" on his dad, trying to "save him"The star spoke candidly about the heartbreaking experience to his brother Scott and Ryan.Recalling the moment in December 2020, Adam broke down in tears.He told his siblings: "I remember getting out of the car and running upstairs in Scott's house, and just seeing him there laying on the sofa."I just thought, 'I've got to try and help him so I'm taking him off the couch and I'm trying to resuscitate him.A post shared by Adam Thomas (@adamthomas21)"I don't know whether I'm doing it right or whether I'm doing it wrong," he recalled.However, the star told how he didn't give up.Adam went on: "I remember just thinking, "Wow, this is just not how I expected it to go.""I'm crying my eyes out going, 'Come on, dad.'"I'm jumping up and down on my dad, trying to save him," he added.The Waterloo Road actor had been alerted by Scott's cleaner and was the first to reach his father.Scott reassured Adam as he continued to break down.He went on: "It's just so hard, because you don't really talk about it that much and that's the one thing that I regret, that that's the last memory of my dad.He went on to reveal that his dad's phone started to ring while he was trying to resuscitate him.Speaking about the ringtone, Adam saud: "It's my dad singing Kung Foo Fighting, and I'm just like, 'What is going on?'"They star told how his dad would have been "laughing" if

Alana Haim has performed a cover of the song ‘I2I’, which appears in the 1995 Disney animation A Goofy Movie, following an audience request.Haim has expressed her love of the film on multiple occasions, telling Vice in January: “People make fun of me, but my favourite movie is A Goofy Movie.“If you haven’t seen it, you need to watch A Goofy Movie. It’s the best movie of all time.”The musician and actor has now performed her own version of ‘I2I’, which is performed by Tevin Campbell as the character Powerline in the original film, during a Haim show in Phoenix, Arizona.

A mum has claimed that she was told she was not allowed to take a dip in a leisure centre pool simply because she had a stoma bag. 49 year-old Ruth Hussey has said that swimming is her only source of exercise due to her nerve damage from the waist down.

Maria R Peter, 51 years old, lives in Manchester. She is a personal trainer with three kids, aged 27, 19 and 15.I sat alone at a nice local bistro in Manchester, waiting for my date. It was our first meeting but we had been speaking on the phone for a few hours a night for the past week.

Witnesses have described the shocking moment a gang armed with a 'Samurai sword' began throwing gas bottles at a house in a terrifying broad daylight attack. The violence erupted on Sunday afternoon on Propps Hall Drive in Failsworth, Oldham.

The local elections are upon us, with 237 polling stations across Manchester helping to elect 32 councillors - one third of the 96 elected members. The polls open this Thursday, May 5, and will be open from 7am until 10pm. If you vote in person, you should have received a polling card instructing you where to vote.

An A&E doctor was forced to keep his children away from the back garden after it "filled with poo and loo roll", scuppering any plans he had for the Bank Holiday weekend. Omar Adam said he started to notice a problem when a drain outside his home began to "clog up" and leave an "awful smell" last month.

Families have been raving over a heated clothes airer that costs 6p an hour to run. With households struggling to pay their soaring energy bills, many are looking at what changes they can make at home.

An inquest has opened into the death of a 30-year-old dad who was hit by a car on the motorway. Benjamin Connor died following the collision on the M602, near Salford, on December 28 last year.

The billionaire owners of Asda have completed nearly 300 service stations in Germany for €485m. EG Group, which is run by Zuber and Mohsin Issa, has snapped up the 285-strong network from OMV Deutschland GmbH.

Life after the final rose proved to be more challenging than expected for Matt James, but the former Bachelor is ready to share his side of the story in his new book, First Impressions: Off Screen Conversations with a Bachelor on Race, Family, and Forgiveness.

Billionaire Kylie Jenner certainly turned heads - and left some fans baffled - as she rocked up to the 2022 Met Gala in a wedding dress-inspired gown, and fans are convinced she’s hinting at her boyfriend Travis Scott to propose. The 24 year old’s gown featured a sheer net-detailed T-shirt with ‘OFF’ printed on it, a nod to the designer brand, Off-White, which was headed up by the late designer, Virgil Abloh, who died in November 2021 after battling cancer.The rest of the gown featured a fitted, textured bodice which gave way to a huge tulle skirt that flowed out dramatically around the Kylie Cosmetics founder as she posed expertly for the cameras.

As movie makeover scenes go, few are as memorable to millennials as the one from the hit noughties movie The Princess Diaries, when Anne Hathaway’s Mia Thermopolis is transformed by her glam squad ready for her royal debut. So top marks to Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney, who used the exact audio from the movie to reveal her look for the 2022 Met Gala, complete with her own “before” images in the style of the ones of Mia in the film. In a post shared to Tory Burch’s Instagram account (Sydney’s designer of choice for her first ever Met Gala appearance), the 24 year old does indeed look like a princess in her big ballgown with her hair teased with a good amount of lived-in volume.

For the mayonnaiseFor the saladI remember this dish, which was created by Alexis Soyer at the Reform Club in London in the 1830s, from my college days. Like a lot of the classics, the original recipe had all sorts of ingredients in it.

Easter Sunday is just around the corner, and we have a feeling your weekend is going to be thoroughly packed with Easter egg hunts, Easter brunch and stuffing your face with Easter candy. We know that when things get hectic at the holidays, sometimes the perfect thing to do is to turn on a movie and take a few hours to lie low with your family. From vintage classics to modern animated films, we've scoured the web for the best movies to stream on every platform with your family this Easter Weekend, sure to please everyone from the youngest to the oldest that you can easily rent, purchase or subscribe to.

Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the annual Maundy Service that's set to take place at St George's Chapel in Windsor on April 14.The service happens each year on the Thursday before Easter Sunday.The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall will take the 95 year old monarch's place, and will meet the Dean of Windsor, The Right Reverend David Conner KCVO and the Lord High Almoner, the Right Reverend Dr. John Inge.

If you're thinking about ordering flowers for a loved one this Easter, or to decorate your own home with for the bank holiday, you've only got a week to get those orders in.

With April underway and Easter fast approaching, schools are waving goodbye to the 2022 spring term. In Greater Manchester, the majority of schools have already closed for the Easter break, while others will break up at the end of this week.

Met Office has warned that more snow is to come this week with temperatures set to take another icy plunge.Weather in the UK has been grisly for some time now despite a glorious warm spell sending temperatures soaring last month. Last week saw the mercury plummet below zero as millions of Brits were blasted with snow, and this week could be even worse.In their forecast for Tuesday (April 5) to Thursday (April 7), the Met Office say: "Rain for many northern areas Tuesday, brighter in the south.

Shotts churchgoers helped raise a smile on the faces of schoolkids and care home residents with an early Easter gift.

Easter Sunday is only a couple of weeks away, meaning it is almost that time when you can stuff yourself silly with all the chocolate without feeling guilty.