Robbers with metal poles steal cash and cigarettes in '60 second' shop raid

Former Coronation Street and EastEnders star Jill Halfpenny is back on our screens tonight (Tuesday March 1st), in a tense drama about a group holiday that goes seriously awry. It’s the latest role for the Geordie star who started her career as a teenager in Byker Grove alongside Ant and Dec, but hit the big time as Rebecca Hopkins in Coronation Street, the nurse with whom Martin Platt cheated on Gail.

Olivia Bowen is currently living the life of luxury in Tenerife with her husband Alex Bowen on a loved-up babymoon ahead of the arrival of their first child.The Love Island couple - who announced their pregnancy on New Year's Day - tell OK! they have been enjoying their days on the beach and celebrating their happy news of becoming parents. This week, Olivia, 28, has given her fans an insight into their romantic holiday as well as showing off her blossoming baby bump in a number of gorgeous snaps on her Instagram.

Prince Charles has spoken out against Russia and President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine during a royal engagement Tuesday, March 1, as he condemned the attack as "brutal aggression".The first in line to the throne was joined by his wife and future queen consort Camilla in Southend-on-Sea, for a visit in honour of the murdered MP Sir David Amess.The royal pair formally granted the seaside location city status, a triumph that the late Sir David had been campaigning for for decades. During his speech, Prince Charles, 73, also made a segue way into talking about the current Ukrainian crisis.

As Russian president Valdamir Putin declared war on Ukraine last week, Ukraine has been on the fore-front of everyone's minds.The Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv has been bombarded with strikes as Russia has continued its offensive on its Eastern European neighbours. With the harrowing news coming from the ongoing war, Ukraine and its capital city has been the forefront of everyone's minds. And the spelling and pronunciation of its capital city has also been called into question as people continue to share support for Ukraine.

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced a final round of Keynotes and Featured Speakers for the 36th annual Conference taking place in Austin, TX from March 11-20, with Ron Howard, Ted Lasso stars Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt, actor-filmmaker Gillian Jacobs, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. representative Beto O’Rourke, and musicians Brian Eno and Nathaniel Rateliff among the notable additions.

Lily Konigsberg of Palberta and Nate Amos of Water From Your Eyes have shared "Crutch," their second track as My Idea. It follows the lead single and title track of their debut album, CRY MFER, out April 22 via Hardly Art.

“I’ll never get back what I lost track of” We had that line written for the last year but could never figure out what to do with it. We kept writing it down, not knowing where it should live.

HBO Max has unveiled the first footage for its upcoming Julia Child drama series Julia, starring Sarah Lancashire as The French Chef creator and host herself.

ITV talk show host Lorraine Kelly has shared her dramatic weight loss transformation with her 476,000 Instagram followers.The journalist has teamed up with WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) in hopes of getting her “va va voom back”, after forming unhealthy lifestyle habits over lockdown.Lorraine, 62, took to Instagram last night to share an update on her weight loss journey.The star posted a picture of herself holding a WW pamphlet reading “congratulations” on her recent milestone next to another snap with Celebrity Ambassador Coach Suzy Stirling.Lorraine captioned the photos: “FIVE weeks in and feeling happier and healthier which is what it’s all about ! Thanks @wwsuzystirfry and @ww.uk.She then repeated the words from Suzy’s own identical post about the presenter’s progress.A post shared by Lorraine Kelly (@lorrainekellysmith) “This is what success looks like!!!” Suzy penned proudly. “Massive well done to @lorrainekellysmith not only have you achieved your half stone but you’ve lost a whopping ELEVEN pounds!!! “Three pounds for a stone! FANTASTIC!!! @ww.uk and I are SUPER proud. “What a fantastic journey you’re having,” she added, with hug and fist-bump emojis. Lorraine recently spoke to Express.co.uk about how she was dismayed to find that she had gone from a size 10 to a size 14 due to a lack of exercise and indulging in more junk food during lockdown. The star agreed that, while the perfect size is different for every person, she wanted to get back to feeling like herself again with the help of WW.“It’s not about how much space you take up in the world,” Lorraine explained. “It’s about what’s right for you.

Ever since she started dating Pete Davidson, fans have wondered what Kim Kardashian and Ariana Grande‘s relationship is like today. Does the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum like her beau’s former fiancée?

Earlier this month, Sharon Van Etten shared "Porta," her first single of the new year. Today, she followed it with "Used To It," another slow-burning but ultimately triumphant track.

Bartees Strange made one of the best albums of 2020 with Live Forever so it's little surprise to see him snapped up by one of the major indie labels. 4AD, currently home to Big Thief, The National, and Deerhunter among many others, have today announced that they have added Strange to their historical roster and shared a new song.

Heather and Terry Dubrow aim to lead by example. It's why they open up their lives (both professional and personal) on  and.

The Juno Award nominations are here.

MPs are to receive a 2.7 per cent wage increase taking their salaries to £84,000 after they were awarded a pay increase by parliament’s spending watchdog.

Meteorological spring has kicked off from today following a mixed bag of conditions during the winter just passed.

Today marks the start of Endometriosis Awareness Month.

North Lanarkshire’s longest-serving opposition councillor is to stand down at May’s council elections.

HBO has pulled tonight’s premiere of The Larry David Story, a two-part documentary about the award-winning producer/writer and comedian, at David’s request.

“Whenever a human remembers something, it changes every time.” This is not so for Yang, the robot caretaker played by Justin H. Min in video-essayist-turned-filmmaker Kogonada’s sophomore feature, “After Yang.” Adapting Alexander Weinstein’s short story, “Saying Goodbye to Yang” from his sci-fi anthology “Children of the New World,” the South Korean-born director tweaks a Philip K.

A survey of more than 1,700 Manchester Evening News readers found that 87% are put off by the charges.