Six point plan to tackle 'devastating' child poverty stats outlined by North Ayrshire Council

Kyle Walker looked in high spirits as he returned to Manchester City training on Wednesday after appearing to sit out Tuesday's session.

A retired army general has warned that Britain could soon be at war with Russia.

While things never seemed less than harmonious on air, the story behind the scenes at This Morning was reportedly a very different one when Fern Britton was co-presenter to Phillip Schofield.The presenters who fronted the show together between 2002 and 2009 are believed to have had a furious fallout behind the scenes that Phillip has since called 'heartbreaking'. While producers maintain that their presenters have always got along, the rift is believed to have prompted Fern's decision to leave her role at the ITV daytime show. After years of silence, the pair finally managed to appear to patch things up this week when Fern, 64, appeared in a film to celebrate 59-year-old Phillip's 40 years in TV milestone.

A Lululemon employee has shared her horror after discovering spider’s eggs and what appears to be a giant black widow spider in a clothing rack at one of the brand’s stores. In a clip shared to her TikTok account, Ellen Danz can be seen shuffling through the brand’s merchandise when she comes across masses of cobwebs and spider’s eggs.

Former Big Brother star Bianca Gascoigne has shared photographs of her eye-popping Essex pad. While Kim Kardashian opts for an all-white modern abode, Bianca’s gone all-out on a converted church.The character property is bursting full of stunning features from sky-high ceilings to carved pillars and original church windows to enjoy beautiful sunset views.

Anna Karen's neighbours believe the soap star died in a house fire that was started by a lit cigarette.The EastEnders star, who was known for playing Aunt Sal – sister of Peggy Mitchell – on the soap, died at the age of 85 in a fire at a home on Windsor Road, Ilford, as firefighters were called to scene at 10:30pm on Tuesday 22 February. While a London Fire Brigade spokesperson said at the time that the "cause of the fire is under investigation", Anna's neighbours believe it could've been caused by a cigarette.

Holly Willoughby is well and truly back in her rightful place on the This Morning sofa alongside co-presenter Phillip Schofield. After returning from her half term break from the show, the 40-year-old has been filling viewers with tremendous amounts of outfit envy as always. From floral mini dresses to a gorgeous Kate Middleton-inspired polka dot blouse, we have also been given expert lessons in how to style our back to work outfits.

MAMAMOO vocalist Solar has tested positive for COVID-19, as confirmed by her label RBW Entertainment.RBW confirmed in a statement to XSports News earlier today (February 24), announcing that the singer had contracted the virus following her PCR test taken after coming into close contact with another COVID-19 patient on February 23.“Solar completed the third dose of her COVID-19 vaccine, and she has currently halted all activities and is taking the necessary measures as well as getting rest in keeping with guidelines set by government health authorities,” the statement read, as translated by Soompi.Shortly after the news broke, Solar took to her personal Instagram to address and reassure her fans of her ongoing recovery “Thank you for worrying about me. I’ll take this [as a sign] to promote in a healthier way before my solo album comes out.

In 2009, the company was bought by a group of venture capitalists and I was made redundant as they moved my role overseas.I was actually happy to jump off that commercial rat race. I had two terminally ill parents, my son was eight at the time, I’d founded a photography business, and my partner and I decided to get married that year too. My head was a pressure cooker.I was burning through my redundancy funds and within a few years I started to feel myself losing a grip.

Stereophonics and Cat Power are among the new support acts that have been announced for Pearl Jam‘s pair of Hyde Park shows this summer.Pearl Jam will play at the BST Hyde Park series in central London on July 8 and 9, with Pixies already set to support the band on the opening night.This morning (February 24) BST Hyde Park announced a host of support acts for both shows. Cat Power, White Reaper, The Murder Capital, The Glorious Sons, Simon Townshend, La Luz, Sick Joy and Dream Nails will all play on July 8 prior to Pearl Jam’s headline slot.Stereophonics lead the support acts on July 9, with Imelda May, The Last Internationale, La Luz, JJ Wilde and The Wild Things also set to perform.More artists are due to be announced for both line-ups in the coming weeks and months.

Not many people feel the heat in the Arctic Circle.

Boris Johnson has promised the toughest UK response to the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.

Renfrewshire awoke to a blanket of snow this morning as overnight flurries left a carpet of the white stuff across the area.

New Saints boss Stephen Robinson revealed he’s delighted to be back on Scottish soil again.

We're back on the courses to follow the live action as it happens from Huntingdon and Sedgefield over the jumps as the countdown to the Cheltenham Festival continues.

Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus games for March and they include Ark: Survival Evolved, Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends and two more titles.In a blog post on the PlayStation site, the games were unveiled. All games will be available to download from Tuesday, March 1 and can be downloaded and added to your library until Monday, April 4. The games include Ghostrunner, Team Sonic Racing, Ark: Survival Evolved, and Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends.Ark: Survival Evolved is a MMO survival game.

Kate Garraway released her new documentary Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek on Tuesday as a follow-up to Finding Derek, which aired last year. Her former GMB colleague Piers Morgan could be seen rallying behind her on Twitter yesterday. Kate, 54, left viewers in tears once again as she gave them a startlingly honest glimpse into the realities of being a carer. Her new documentary, Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek, provides insight into her family as they come to terms with their husband and father’s condition. Derek, 54, caught Covid in March 2020 and was put into an induced coma by doctors, spending a total of 374 days in hospital.Kate has kept the public up-to-date with Derek’s condition ever since he was struck down with the virus. She won a National Television Award last year for Finding Derek, which documented her family’s struggles during her husband’s 13 months in hospital.Derek, who did not return home for over a year, has since admitted that the debilitating nature of his continued illness has left him feeling suicidal at times.Since then, he has received specialist treatment at a clinic in Monterrey, Mexico, with the hope that it could make a long-term difference to his condition. Piers, 56, tweeted out a message of support in view of his 7.9 million followers yesterday.“This was such unbelievably heart-rending television,” the journalist wrote.“Keep battling, Kate - you and your remarkable family are a towering testament to the power of stoicism, courage & never-give-up spirit in the face of appalling adversity.

This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby has "rallied around" her best pal and co-host Phillip Schofield amid his feud with Eamonn Holmes.The silver-haired Oldham-born star, 59, was called out by Irish native Eamonn, 62, in a recent interview, where he hit out at him for "snubbing" his wife, Loose Women host Ruth Langsford, on TV three years ago.Following the harsh words from Eamonn, Holly is reportedly now supporting her co-star more than ever.A source claimed: "Phil's This Morning family are rallying around him after the comments, none more so than Holly."It's no secret there is no love lost between Phil and Eamonn but Holly felt she had to defend her 'work husband' after all the support he's shown her over the years, particularly on the week he celebrated 40 years in showbiz," they added to OK! Magazine."She thought the comments were very below the belt," the source added.The feud comes after Eamonn's recent interview which saw him take issue with Phillip over an on-air exchange with Ruth.Eamonn spoke to the Daily Mail's Weekend Magazine on Saturday about the moment when Phillip seemingly cut his wife Ruth Langsford off while she was talking to ITV viewers in 2019.Addressing the moment, he said: "Phillip is renowned for snubbing people."It's up to Ruth to say how she felt, but I was feeling hurt for her."No one would have snubbed me like that," he added.Eamonn went on: "I have a good Belfast street fighter in me… I would be direct."I don't go for presenters who think they have a special privilege or aura or influence."At the time, Express.co.uk contacted Phillip's representatives for comment.On the ITV show three years ago, Phillip and Holly cut to Ruth so she could introduce what was coming up on Loose Women that

Countryfile star Julia Bradbury was devastated to learn last autumn that she was battling breast cancer.Since then, she has been re-evaluating her lifestyle - and that involves ditching a food addiction that has plagued her life.Brandishing an irresistible piece of chocolate cake for a photo, which she emblazoned with a nuclear warning sign, Julia confessed that the habit she'd been struggling to kick was her love of sugar."I've always had a sweet tooth," she admitted to over 203,000 Instagram followers of her worst habit."[I] felt lucky that I could eat the doughnuts, dunk the biscuits every day & snaffle the brownies, without putting on weight."However, in just a few short months, breast cancer changed Julia's life completely, and perhaps irreversibly.The 51-year-old recently had a mastectomy to give herself the best chance of survival, and she is now re-assessing and tackling all of the bad habits that have crept up in previous years too."Since my breast cancer diagnosis I've been re-evaluating my diet & lifestyle & I realise that I'd let my sugar addiction creep up on me."A treat is a treat, but loading up on refined sugar every day, just isn't healthy - whatever your weight."And it's not easy to avoid - sugar is hidden in foods under so many names."Julia, who has clearly been reading up on dietary requirements, then reeled off a mammoth list of suspect ingredients that the aspiring healthy eater should recognise and try to avoid."Anhydrous dextrose, brown sugar, cane crystals, cane sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, corn syrup solids, crystal dextrose, evaporated cane juice, fructose sweetener, fruit juice concentrates, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, liquid fructose, malt syrup, maple syrup, molasses, pancake

ITV talk show host Lorraine Kelly has explained how she feels that celebrities uploading highly-edited pictures of themselves to Instagram creates unrealistic beauty standards for the younger generation in an interview with Express.co.uk.The journalist has teamed up with WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) to support healthier lifestyle habits, without as much emphasis on weight loss.Lorraine, 62, revealed that a lack of exercise and indulging in more junk food during lockdown had caused her to go from a size 10 to a size 14.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 said. “It’s about what’s right for you.

Esquire in a new interview that he moved back into the family home when the pandemic began, in 2020, to spend time with his children during the lockdown.He explained: “Then, over the course of time, it evolved.“We were separated and got back together and we’re happy about that.“It’s been really wonderful for all of us.