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A Callander rescue worker and his trusty dog have been honoured with an international award for their dedicated work.

President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia has unleashed a band of mercenaries renowned for war atrocities known as the Wagner Group into the conflict.While the world has marvelled at the brave Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion, Vladimir Putin has quietly slipped the elite group of killers into the country with President Zelensky their number one target.The shadowy organisation is believed to be owned by Putin's close friend Dmitry Utkin and has served as a private military in many of the world's bloodiest conflicts including Syria and the 2014 Donbas conflict. Perhaps in a bid to hammer home that they're the bad guys, the group's insignia bears a skull in the crosshairs of a gun - nice.

Kim Kardashian has fully embraced the single lifestyle after eagle-eyed fans spotted the star had made some substantial changes to her social media accounts.On Wednesday (2 March) the 41-year-old – who filed for separation from Kanye West back in December – officially returned to her single status after a Los Angeles court announced the former power couple are now legally separated.Although the pair still have issues of child custody and property to work out, the mum-of-four celebrated after she virtually attended a hearing and legally dropped the name “West” from her last name after six years of marriage.Judge Steve Cochran granted her request to have her maiden name restores, and he denied West’s motion to prevent Kardashian from transferring assets out of trusts set up during their marriage.At the hearing, the feuding couple had their high powered attorney’s in court including Laura Wasser for Kim and Samantha Spector for Kanye who was appointed last night after he fired his previous lawyer.After the news began to circulate online, the Keeping Up With Kardashian star went on to amend her social media accounts to her former name online.Now on her accounts the SKIMS founder goes by her maiden name “Kim Kardashian” as her loyal legion of fans congratulated her on the milestone moment online.One user penned: “@KimKardashian changing the name in her bio yess queen [three smiling emojis] I really hope you heal and move on from all the drama #healing #kimkardashian #KanyeWest.”Another added: “@KimKardashian Har removed the ‘West’ name! Good for her [two applause emojis].”A third chimed in with: “Happy Single AF!! Congrats Goddess!!” as one support wrote: “Congrats Kim!!!!!! [fire emoji u deserve to smile, be happy and

Good afternoon Insider team. Max Goldbart back in the saddle for your weekly dose of news as the Russia/Ukraine invasion continues to have huge ramifications for the film and TV world and vice versa.

Ukraine. We have reviewed our product range and have decided to remove from sale all products that are 100% sourced from Russia."This means that from today we will no longer sell two products - Russian Standard vodka and Karpayskiye black sunflower seeds."We have also reviewed all JJ Whitley products which are currently made in Russia.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Dead Zone, the creature feature action movie starring Michael Jai White.

TOWIE star Kirk Norcross has opened up about the heartbreaking moment he laid next to his dad's body after he died.Mick Norcross died by suicide aged aged 57 in January 2021 and Ryan discovered him and tried in vain to give him CPR.In an emotionally-charged interview Kirk said giving him CPR and lying with him “made me a man in that very moment” and revealed he told his dad after his death: “Thanks for all you did for us dad, I promise I’ll make you proud.”Brave Kirk, 34, said for the next five days he went on a five-day cocaine and drink bender and planned to take his life - before getting straight.He has now been booze and drug free for 10 months and was recently announced as an ambassador for suicide charity Papyrus.Through his charity work he now helps “10 to 20 people a day” online who are dealing with depression or thinking of taking their own life.In an exclusive interview with the The Mirror brave Kirk paid tribute to his dad as he describe his heartache over his death, saying: “My dad was my idol, he was my hero.“In some ways I’m pleased it was me who found him but it will be etched in my mind for the rest of my life. I tried to give him CPR but it was no good.“When I realised he’d passed, I lay next to his body, kissed him on the head and said: ‘thank you for everything you did dad and sorry for all I have done.

Reddit user u/j__all__day, from Chicago, who used a clever colour trick to correct the spelling on his customer’s arm. Sharing in the r/tattoo forum he said: “Tattoo misspelling fix.

Instagram who she calls her "family".Now in her latest upload, Krissy admitted to her legion of followers that she's "spent years hating her body".In a clip showing a montage of her standard day, the star wrote: "I spent years hating my body, hating foods and hating myself."When people tell me I don't know what it feels like they have no idea just how much self hurt I caused in my life."Want all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletterKrissy, who has been training for 10 years, added: "I used to avoid eating foods I loved."I used to force myself to do things I didn't want to do as I thought it would make me happy."I've built a body I'm so proud of and YES I will show it off!"She told fans she's finally accepted that "food is her friend" as she hopes to inspire other women.The PT concluded: "This is also MY body, this is what works for me when I post what I eat in a days... it will not work for you!"A simple reminder."Since she shared her words of wisdom, the post racked up over 107,000 likes and comments.

MMA show caused chaos this week after a bizarre three-on-three fight descended into a huge brawl between both teams’ cornermen. The event took place at the Epic Fighting Championship in Russia, and the fight card included a three-on-three clash between two teams.

Love Islanders have a tendency to switch up their looks completely after leaving the villa, but one star who has remained looking pretty much the same is Lucie Donlan. Well, that was the case until this week.

She announced her pregnancy back in January, and now Olivia Bowen has shared a sneak peek inside her baby's nursery with her fans. Sharing a snap of the neutral palette and a giant giraffe toy on her Instagram home account, @thebowenhome, the Love Island star revealed the colour she has chosen of the walls for her little one’s bedroom and thanked her followers for their help. “Hello there Sir!" the star, who previously explained she wants the room to be "safari-themed" began her post.

This Morning star Alison Hammond was comforted by her co-host Dermot O’Leary after she broke down in tears live on air while discussing obesity. During a viewer call-in about the subject on Friday 4 March’s episode, Alison, 47, became visibly emotional, as she reflected on her own weight battle and described it as a “disease”.

Last month EastEnders actor Zack Morris took to the BBC show’s Instagram account to announce his departure from the soap after five years. Zack, 23, who has played Keegan Butcher-Baker for five years will be leaving the show this spring in what he called "a tough decision" to give his on-screen character "some well-earned rest". Earlier this week he took to his personal Instagram account to share snaps of his leaving party with his followers.

The cast of Love Is Blind season 2 can finally reveal what happened after the cameras stopped rolling — and Natalie Lee and Salvador “Sal” Perez are both opening up to Us Weekly about giving their respective partners another chance after walking away on wedding day.

Meghan Markle’s attorney is hitting back after it was revealed that Samantha Markle is suing her half-sister over that tell-all Oprah Winfrey interview.

A couple years later, and Marisa Tomei is still waiting on a paycheque.

Mother knows best. Leighton Meester offered some rare insight into her family life while speaking about her new film, The Weekend Away.

Kate Ferdinand was a proud wife as her husband Rio Ferdinand was awarded an Honorary Doctorate.

Eurovision Song Contest has unveiled its inaugural line-up.Initially announced in 2020, the new contest was due to appear on TV in February but was delayed by NBC.

Thousands of Scots workers will receive a wage rise with changes to the ‘National Living Wage’ coming into force from next month.