‘She wasn’t impressed’ Chris Packham left Megan McCubbin’s mum unhappy with risky stunt

Power cuts may hit Scots during Storm Dudley and Eunice this week as the Met Office has issued three weather warnings covering the severe weather.

Christopher Vourlias Russian sci-fi comedy “Couple from the Future,” a 2021 box-office hit directed by Alexey Nuzhny (“Fire”), is getting a Chinese remake, Variety has learned.Production and distribution powerhouse Central Partnership has sold the rights for a Chinese adaptation to Shanghai Matching Culture Media.The film is set in the year 2040. Evgeniy and Alexandra have been married for 20 years, and their relationship has lost its passion. Getting divorced isn’t an option – in the future, annulling a marriage is a very expensive affair.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival recently announced a complete retro dedicated to Douglas Sirk, 35 years after the death of the director best known for melodramas made in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, such as “Magnificent Obsession” and “Written on the Wind,” that aims to provide a fresh critical interpretation of his work.Sirk, who was born in Denmark and worked in Germany, which he left for Hollywood during Hitler’s rise to power, later returned to Europe and eventually retired in Switzerland.Among his most prominent fans were late great German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Bernardo Bertolucci.For the first time, Sirk’s filmography will be reviewed in the light of unpublished documents made available by the director’s family through the Douglas Sirk Foundation and preserved since 2012 at the Cinémathèque Suisse, broadening the perspective on this major auteur. Variety spoke to Locarno’s artistic director Giona A.

The Queen is reportedly all set to help Prince Andrew pay off his £12million settlement to accuser Virginia Giuffre.

A new pizza takeaway is set to open up in Larkhall's Union Street this spring.

Bodo/Glimt held a meditation session to prepare them for the wall of sound they'll experience against Celtic on Thursday night.

Martin Compston fans were delighted to see the Scots actor back on TV screens for the second season of Traces.

Alan Carr’s estranged hubby Paul Drayton has vowed to never drink again after booze wrecked his marriage and landed him in jail.He was briefly sent to prison for crashing into a police car while drunk and returned to rehab after his release.Paul showed fans around his room at the treatment centre before revealing it was his last day at the drying out clinic.In a question-and-answer session on Instagram he said the biggest lesson he had learned was "don’t pick up another alcoholic drink".He said: "This is my last day in rehab."Packed my case read (sic) to go and get picked up."It has been quite emotional to be honest with you but worth it.

Volunteers from around the UK are being recruited to take part in a new study for an Omicron booster jab.

Members of Dundee’s LGBT+ community have been invited to a weekend ‘Queer Question Time’.

A stalker who crept into his victim's home several times over a period of weeks has been ordered to stay away from her for two years.

autopsy report which describes how the convict convulsed for 15 minutes before dying of his lethal injection. Grant had sentenced to death in 1998 for the killing of Gay Carter, a member of staff at the prison where he was serving time for robbery, whom he stabbed 16 times.At his execution in October 2021, Grant reportedly swore repeatedly and cried 'Let's go' before he was injected.

Gary Lineker has brutally mocked Prince Andrew with a sarcastic tweet following the announcement that the Duke of York has reached an out of court settlement with claimant Virginia Giuffre.Ms Giuffre, 38, has accused the Duke of sexually assaulting her on three occasions when she was 17 - though the Prince has repeatedly rebuked these allegationsBut despite demanding a trial by jury to clear his name, Andrew performed a drastic u-turn on Tuesday to reach a 'settlement in principle' with Ms Giuffre, thought to be in the region of £12million.In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, royal expert Kinsey Schofield revealed the out of court agreement to be "the best possible outcome for the royal family brand."But that hasn't stopped Match of the Day host Lineker from having a sly dig at the Duke on Twitter.Lineker wrote: "Reports that Palace have spent as much as £12m on Giuffre." "I’m not sure it’s enough to avoid going down," quipped the former Barcelona and Tottenham forward.It's also not the first time Lineker has tweeted about the Prince's dealings with Ms Giuffre.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

great white shark which attacked him out of the blue while startled fishermen look on in shock.The short clip shows the aftermath of the attack in Australia as the fisherman perched on a bank watch the waves roll over the scene of the fatal attack. Blurred out in the centre, red water marks the spot where the remains of the unfortunate swimmer, who was reportedly bitten in half, float.

Olympic gold medallist, 65, sparked outrage at the weekend after footage emerged of him appearing to thwack a horse 10 times on its rear end.Approaching a water obstacle, the horse hesitated to proceed forward and with a rider in the saddle, it was seemingly smacked for motivation with a tree branch.Now the ex-Equestrian champion has been temporarily suspended while an investigation is carried out by the BHA.A BHA statement read: "The Chair of British racing’s Independent Judicial Panel has today approved an application from the BHA that an interim suspension should be placed on the training licence of Sir Mark Todd following the emergence over the weekend of a video showing him striking a horse with what appears to be a branch."This interim suspension means that while investigations continue into the circumstances of this incident, Sir Mark will be unable to race horses in Great Britain or internationally."The trainer has admitted the individual involved in the video was him, has apologised for his actions and agreed to the imposition of an interim suspension."On Sunday the BHA condemned the video and confirmed that it was looking into the incident."The BHA will provide further updates as necessary in due course, though will not be able to comment on the detail of the investigation itself until it is concluded.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

Prince Harry will be seething like a “bull to a red rag” over Camilla’s Queen Consort announcement, a friend of Princess Diana has claimed.In a public statement celebrating her Platinum Jubilee earlier this month, the Queen said it was her “sincere wish” that the Duchess of Cornwall will be Queen Consort when Prince Charles becomes King. While royal sources have said that Prince William “approves” of his grandmother’s decision to make Camilla Queen Consort, the same cannot be said for Harry.

John Oliver remembers the very first time he asked a girl out on a date.

Disney’s Encanto soars to Number 1 on the Official Film Chart following its long-awaited release on DVD, Blu-ray & 4K UHD.

Kanye West has said that he is “working on his communication”, and “takes accountability” for recent comments regarding his estranged wife Kim Kardashian.The rapper has been particularly active on his Instagram account over the past week, taking aim at Kardashian’s new boyfriend Pete Davidson and telling his fans to “look at this dickhead”.“I’ve learned that using all caps makes people feel like I’m screaming at them,” he wrote in a new message on Instagram last night (February 15), referencing a spate of recent all-caps posts, and adding that he is “working on my communication.”He added: “I can benefit from a team of creative professionals, organizers, mobilizers and community leaders. Thank everybody for supporting me.

Jeremy Clarkson, who runs his Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, said he enjoys game shooting "very much" as he addressed backlash it has received from the likes of conservationist Chris Packham, 60, and other activists.The 61-year-old spilled that while he respects people may disapprove of the move, "someone has to kill" them for food. In his column with The Times, he said: "I get that Chris Packham wants pheasant shooting banned but I think he’s wrong."I think that if there were no shooting, landowners would be less bothered about looking after their land."I think a great many countrymen who earn a living on shoots would lose their jobs."Jeremy also believes that this could result in woods would be "bulldozed" in a bid to make way for

ZOOLOGIST Megan was presenting the BBC wildlife programme yesterday with her step-dad, naturalist Chris Packham, when she was left red-raced after making a slew of gaffes about marine animals.  As she compared two seal species, the 26-year-old confessed she was a little muddled after labelling them squirrels more than once.  Megan started off fine, saying "We have two species of seals around the UK, most of them I have to say make their home up in Scotland. "40 percent of grey seals are up here, but these are common seals.