Mike Ashley condemns Premier League pay-per-view arrangements as Newcastle owner proposes surprise price drop

The UK TV skills crisis has been laid bare by research from ScreenSkills showing the vast majority of production companies struggling immensely to find key roles such as Production Manager and Production Co-ordinator on non-scripted shows.

The star also added during a press conference earlier this month, promoting the launch of his energy drink brand, Furocity, that he doesn't feel he has changed much.Pundit Steve Bruce joked: "You haven't changed much, you've just lost some hair."He continued: "I always said: 'If I have enough money to have a cup of tea and a ham sandwich, then I'll be happy.The rest of it, not important to me."I come from a family of people among whom there's more to life than being the richest man in the graveyard."The heavyweight champion said that his family "aren't really bothered" about wealth.Tyson added that being Heavyweight Champion of the world is "worth more to me than all of the gold that this world has to offer."He explained: "It wasn't just an achievement as a sportsperson, it was a dream. It was a vision.

Renfrew Ladies and Girls FC celebrated another year of continued development with a glitzy annual awards night.

All aboard! We’ve got a one-track mind right now as the National Hunt season builds and builds ahead of the Cheltenham Festival.

A teenager was attacked with a machete while trying to assist a woman who had been assaulted by her partner after a funeral.

Storm Eunice is coming Friday in the wake of Storm Dudley where, in Scotland, the storm will bring snow, ice and wind.

The daughter of a disabled Scots pensioner claims he was ‘frogmarched’ from a musical theatre after being kicked out for ‘clapping and singing’.

Railway routes through Lanarkshire remain suspended this morning while Network Rail engineers continue to check the lines for damage following yesterday's Storm Dudley.

Kanye West has remarkably followed Pete Davidson on Instagram.It wouldn’t stir our interest in any other era, but it comes after the Saturday Night Live comedian re-joined the platform amid tensions between the rapper and his ex-wife, and Pete’s girlfriend, Kim Kardashian.Is this an olive branch we see before us?The Jesus Walks rapper appeared to signal he’s trying to move on from his spat with his estranged wife Kim’s boyfriend after he launched a series of scathing attacks on the star.Pete, 28, has only just returned to the platform, setting up a new profile with the handle ‘pmd’, his initials.At the time of writing, he has nearly 600,000 followers, including Kim and Kanye, and so far is only following his girlfriend…and Pam and Tommy actor Sebastian Stan.It followed the 44-year-old rapper vowing that Pete would not be allowed to meet the children he shares with Kim – North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two – and shared a private text allegedly from the comic.Among his insults, Kanye – who referred to Pete as ‘Skete’ in his barrage of posts on the social media app – called the King of Staten Island’ star a ‘d**’, and insisted he would reunite with Kim.Howeber, this week, the Stronger hitmaker apologised for ‘harassing’ his ex-wife online following a stream of posts.Deleting all of his posts and reflecting on his public statements, Ye admitted he was ‘learning in real time’.Alongside a photo of himself on stage, Kanye wrote: ‘I’ve learned that using all caps makes people feel like I’m screaming at them.‘I’m working on my communication. I can benefit from a team of creative professionals, organizers, mobilizers and community leaders.

Actor Ioan Gruffud has filed a restraining order against estranged wife Alice Evans.Ioan, 48, and Alice, 53, were married for 14 years when he filed for divorce in March 2021.Since their split, Alice has repeatedly contacted Ioan over email, texts and social media posts, with Ioan now taking to court to stop her from contacting him.As reported by The Daily Mail, Ioan filed 113 documents showing mostly unanswered messages from Alice where she accused him of drug use, threatened to ‘call every tabloid in the UK’ and hurled insults at him and new girlfriend Bianca Wallace.In his court filing on Tuesday this week, he also claimed Alice verbally threatened to tell the media he had abused her and she would ‘do to me what Amber Heard did to Johnny Depp’.He says Alice threatened to tell the media that he ‘had abused her and our daughters… call the police on me if I did not comply with her demands… tell people I am a drug addict and put me in prison’.Ioan also alleges Alice threatened to write a ‘fake diary’ to paint herself as an ‘abused victim, and to have the diary published’.Screenshots of Alice’s messages show her repeatedly threatening to call the police, and goading him to ‘do it’ when she learned he was considering a restraining order.While most of Alice’s messages went unanswered, images show Ioan responding sporadically in a formal manner where he requested she stop contacting him and described it as ‘harassment and abuse’.She also insulted Ioan’s mother, claimed he was in ‘dire need of psychiatric help’ and said she would ‘dedicate the rest of [her] life to spreading awareness of what [he] had done’.In his court filing, Ioan said Alice had turned against his girlfriend Bianca, 30, and had posted private information

Julia Fox has opened up on her relationship with Kanye West and said they were doing people a ‘service’ during the pandemic.The actress and model, 32, was in a hugely public, whirlwind relationship with the Donda rapper for just over a month after the pair met at a New Year’s Eve party in Miami.The romance featured full-on photoshoots, actual essays, scenes of intense PDA and gifts for Julia and her friends allegedly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.But as intense and public as it was, it ended as unexpectedly as it started, with the pair breaking up earlier this month as Kanye, 44, begged for ex Kim Kardashian back in a series of posts on social media.In a new interview with The Cut, Julia spoke about the beginning of their relationship and suggested they kept things so high-profile to ‘give people something to talk about’ – because there wasn’t much more going on in a pandemic.She said there was ‘such an interest’ when their paparazzi photos were ‘leaked’ that it made her not want to be ‘hush-hush’ about it.Celebrities are not that f*****g important. You can tell us about your stupid f*****g date.,’ she said.‘We’re in a pandemic.

Bob Saget have been granted a temporary injunction to block the release of records from the investigation into his death, which were said to contain ‘graphic’ details.On January 9, the late Full House actor and stand-up comedian died aged 65 in Orlando, Florida, with his cause of death later revealed to have been due to a head injury.It was recently reported that his family had filed for a temporary and permanent injunction to stop sensitive information concerning his death from being released to anyone but his wife, Kelly Rizzo, and daughters.A court ruling has since stated that sharing such information would cause Saget’s family ‘severe mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress’.Documents obtained by the PA news agency outlined: ‘The court finds that plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm in the form of severe mental pain, anguish, and emotional distress if the requested temporary injunction is not granted.’The legal move to prevent the death investigation records from being released was brought on behalf of Rizzo and Saget’s daughters against the Orange County Sheriff’s office and the medical examiner’s office.In the documents, it said that some of the records ‘graphically depict Mr Saget, his likeness or features, or part of him, and were made by defendants’.‘Upon information and belief, certain news and media outlets have filed or plan to file public records requests… requesting defendants release the records to the public,’ it said.It continued: ‘For the reasons stated herein, plaintiffs seek a temporary and permanent injunction precluding defendants from releasing the records to anyone except plaintiffs as the surviving spouse and daughters of Mr Saget, or to plaintiffs designee.’The temporary injunction will

supports HTML5 videoKate Moss’ sister Lottie Moss has opened up about why she checked into rehab, saying that she has a ‘really bad addiction to coke’.Earlier this month, the 24-year-old revealed that she had checked into a rehabilitation facility, sharing the news with her thousands of TikTok followers.In a new video shared on the social media platform, she uploaded a clip of herself with the words: ‘When people ask why I’m in rehab’ written across the screen, as she mouthed the words: ‘I have a really bad addiction to coke’ to someone else’s voice.The fashion model, who is also on OnlyFans, captioned the video: ‘Savage but true x,’ claiming that she hasn’t taken the Class A drug in 18 days.Several people wished her well in the comments, with one writing: ‘5 months without it and I feel the best ever!!! Well done you x.’‘At least you’re getting the help you need, proud of you xx,’ someone else said, while another commented: ‘Thank you for your honesty xxx it is the devil, hope you are okay xxx.’Following the news that Lottie had checked into rehab, her father, Peter Moss, told The Sun that she was doing ‘just fine’.When Lottie disclosed that she was in rehab, she shared multiple short videos on TikTok, with one clip reading: ‘I think I took euphoria too literally u guys (sic)’, in reference to the acclaimed American drama starring Zendaya that depicts heavy use of drugs.The clip also featured the words: ‘When everyone’s glamourising droog taking but you’re literally in r3h4b [sic],’ with Lottie likely changing the words ‘drug’ and ‘rehab’ to prevent the post from being flagged and taken down by the platform.She previously clarified that she was not in The Priory, a rehab centre attended by multiple celebrities over the

Sony’s Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg-starrer Uncharted has been dated for a March 14 release in China. The studio’s Weibo account shared the news today with a video message from Holland and Wahlberg and a subtitled trailer, as well as a new poster (see it in full below). This comes at the same time as China has also set a date for Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman, which will go out on March 18.

The Berlin International Film Festival confirmed today it has recorded 128 positive Covid cases from 10,938 tests taken at testing stations around fest hub Potsdamer Platz.

Tiger Woods has revealed he still struggles to walk one year on from his horror car crash and "will never" play golf full-time again.The 15-time Major winner was involved in an accident in February last year which wrecked his vehicle and left him needing surgery on a double leg fracture.Woods hit a tree and flipped his car before being transferred to hospital by paramedics to treat the injuries he sustained in the crash.He has yet to return to the PGA Tour since the accident and has admitted he cannot currently confirm when he will return to the Tour.Speaking to the media ahead of this weekend's Genesis Open, Woods explained: "Will I come back and play a full schedule? No. That will never happen again."I can play certain events here and there, but on a full-time level, no, that will never happen again.

weight loss journey.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has received in what must be remembered is his first managerial job, the Spaniard has one glaring weakness.

The points were shared in the heavyweight clash at the Etihad as Manchester City and Liverpool played out a 1-1 draw.

Liverpool - by insisting they are still the team to beat this season.The Manchester City boss says that the Reds remain the Premier League title favourites.Despite the crazy results at the start of the campaign, which include Liverpool losing 7-2 at Aston Villa, Guardiola is still fearful of their rivals from down the M62.City host Liverpool on Sunday in a game which already looks crucial in the title race.“They are the biggest favourite, but I think with what's happened with the pandemic, the situation is a bit different,” said Guardiola.

The Times reports that the backlash has had the desired effect and an official u-turn is expected to be announced next week, with the view at a Premier League shareholder’s meeting on Thursday being that no matches after November’s international break until the end of the year should be subject to the PPV charge.