Top Russian official killed after ‘flying down staircases’ at Putin-linked institute

Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick has been forced to tightened up security at her Yorkshire home after being a victim to homophobic death threats.The 46-year-old, who plays vet Vanessa Woodfield in the long-running ITV soap, had to involve police recently due to concerns for the safety of her family. Michelle took to her Instagram account on Monday to thank a security company for increasing protection around their countryside home. "Anyone local to the Leeds/Wakefield area who needs any security solutions then look no further than @msc.security.solutions," she said.

Christine McGuinness was spotted looking glamorous as ever in Cheshire after her split with husband Paddy McGuinness.The model, 34, and her husband of 11 years, Paddy, announced their split back in July. Meeting a friend, Christine looked in good spirits as she wore her blonde hair down and black sunglasses.The mother of three sported a beige coloured coat, white blouse and leather brown skirt.

Heroes Comic Con Belgium convention.He looked back on his first Comic-Con and noted that some people didn’t stand in his line, using the way his character, Lucas Sinclair, treated Millie Bobby Brown’s character, Eleven, as a way to justify their reasoning.“My very first Comic-Con, some people didn’t stand in my line because I was black.

Ferne McCann has been accused of launching a "vile" attack on TOWIE sisters Billie Shepherd and Sam Faiers by their mum Suzie Wells amid alleged "leaked" voice notes.

Russian soldiers at war have been laid bare by a Brit who suffered the torment first hand.Aiden Aslin fully expected to be executed or imprisoned by Vladimir Putin's army for decades after surrendering to them in Mariupol, Ukraine in April.The Nottinghamshire native, however, has now returned home to his family having served in Ukraine's military since 2018. READ MORE: Freed Brit Aiden Aslin thanks Elon Musk's Starlink for call home before Russian captureHe has made it his mission to raise awareness of the atrocities being committed by Russian forces to prisoners of war, in breach of the Geneva Convention.Taking to Twitter on Wednesday morning, Aiden, from Newark, said: "If people want to know how bad it got, just imagine hearing someone be beat to death who only just arrived after completing the crawl of beating which every POW goes though with a bag on their head from the processing area to the cell."Making light of his hell which he experienced alongside fellow freed Brit Shaun Pinner, Aiden shared a meme taken from the 2018 film Buster Scruggs.In the photo, actor James Franco can be seen looking to his left and smiling on docks with a noose around his neck.Aiden captioned the image: "When the new Westerner arrives in your prison scared of getting the death sentence in a kangaroo court.""First time?" the character asks.

unfolds, life in Gilead continues to drive Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and Janine (Madeline Brewer) back together. Especially in season 5, after Janine was unable to escape across the Canadian border and is once again a handmaid under the watchful eye of Lydia. While the two characters have always had a fraught mother-daughter dynamic, they find themselves needing each other now more than ever as Janine recovers from Esther’s (Mckenna Grace) attempted poisoning and Lydia’s concern over the way the handmaids are being treated by their commanders. Reflecting on what’s happened, Brewer tells ET that it “sets up something very important.” And now that episode four (“Dear Offred”) is streaming, she and Dowd open up about the two coming together.

Zack Sharf “The Wolverine” and “Logan” director James Mangold initially reacted to the news that Hugh Jackman will reprise his eponymous mutant opposite Ryan Reynolds in “Deadpool 3” with a gif depicting the fatal scene in “Logan” in which Jackman’s character is killed off for good. The R-rated “Logan” was billed as Jackman’s Wolverine swan song, but that’s no longer the case, nor does his “Logan” death scene carry the same emotional weight. While many on social media assumed Mangold was irked by the decision to bring Wolverine back after he killed him off, the filmmaker clarified that’s not the case. “Oh my gosh! Everybody chill,” Mangold wrote on Twitter. “Just kidding! I’m all good! ‘Logan’ will always be there. Multiverse or prequel, time warp or worm hole, canon or non-canon or even without a rationale, I cannot wait to see what madness my dear friends Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman cook up!”

Cristiano Ronaldo will bank more than £1million extra at Manchester United thanks to the UK government's lowering of the upper tax bracket.Ronaldo, 37, is already understood to be pocketing a mind-boggling £510,000k-a-week at Old Trafford, after penning an initial two-year deal with the Red Devils last summer. However, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner is now set to see a dramatic increase in his bank balance due to Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget announcement.On Friday (September 23) the newly-appointed Chancellor abolished the additional tax rate for those earning over £150,000-a-year, meaning the maximum tax bracket in the United Kingdom now stands at 40% - which applies to those on incomes above £50,271.READ MORE: Cristiano Ronaldo thought ex-Chelsea player who ended up in prison was better than himKwarteng also announced the basic rate of income tax will be slashed from 20% to 19% in April, whilst also reverting the planned 1.25% rise in national insurance.Football finance expert Kieran Maguire explained that the government's changes to taxation will see Ronaldo's take-home income rise by an extra £1.3m - the equivalent of funding 26 band 8 nurses in the UK."Cristiano Ronaldo's take home will increase by roughly £1.3m over the course of 12 months, which is a lot of money.

dating app revealed the most popular kinks singletons are experimenting with - and a lot of people are getting frisky with feet. It’s National Kink Day on Thursday, October 6, and the entire day will be devoted to celebrating consensual sexual activity, kinks and experimentation.

welcomed their daughter Carmel Allegra on 22 July and she opened up about her body in a candid post this week.  Sharing photos of herself looking radiant and smiling broadly in a pair of high-waisted jeans, crop top and pink oversized blazer pair with chunky trainers, Leona revealed she was feeling confident.  She told her followers: ‘These jeans are my best friend post baby.

dozens of the chain's pubs being put up for sale. Eleven boozers across London – plus others in fringe areas Watford and Bexleyheath – are among 32 pubs in the UK that are being sold. Wetherspoons, which has more than 800 pubs across the UK and Ireland, says it was a "commercial decision" to close and offload the pubs.

WWE star who launched an OnlyFans account admitted she retired from foot modelling after the weird requests.Shelly Martinez made her name with the iconic wrestling brand, spending two years performing as Ariel until she was released from her contract and signed with TNA. Now at 42, the entertainer switched her focus to becoming a content creator, filming vlogs for her YouTube channel, and even branching out into selling racy OnlyFans content after starring in a softcore porn movie with Jewel De’Nyle earlier on in her career.

Naga Munchetty, 47, was accused of "shouting over" 47-year-old Labour Party deputy Angela Rayner and refusing to allow her to answer questions.The BBC Breakfast interview, which culminated in angry viewers taking to Twitter to complain, was followed by an Instagram post from Naga in which she confessed that she'd needed to "let off steam"."Good start to the day. Needed to let off some steam with a run.That's done.

Newest “The Voice” coach Camila Cabello heard a familiar tune during Tuesday’s Blind Auditions — and things got a little awkward!

A woman was left devastated when her dad covered her in petrol and tried to set her alight - after she turned to him for help during a bad break up. Stacy Brooks, 31, and her dad, Mark Brooks, 61, had only just reconnected after 20 years of estrangement when the attack took place.

LOVE Island’s Paige Thorne has told Adam Collard she needs space after she was left “humiliated” by photographs of him with other women. Those close to Paige, 24, said she believed Adam, 26, had done nothing wrong but was annoyed that their relationship had been left open to speculation.

EastEnders actor Nigel Harman has found a new calling since departing the BBC soap 17 years ago.The former soap star, 49, who played the role of beloved Dennis Rickman from 2003 to 2005, is now a meditation expert who offers his fans and followers advice on how to stay mindful.The star believes in making mindfulness "simple and accessible for all" and states that meditation can help someone live a "more relaxed and fulfilled life."READ MORE: Ex-EastEnders star Nigel Harman to join BBC's Casualty after signing 'big money deal'The TV icon refers to himself as The Meditating Actor on his website which offers coaching, workshops and other forms of guidance surrounding meditation.The website says: "I started meditating over a decade ago and I’ve felt the positive impact it has had on my life and on those around me. Wherever in life we are, each of us will have periods where we feel we are out of step with ourselves, treading water, or even adrift."Taking a moment to Pause, Relax, Open, reconnects us with ourselves and the life that is here, right now, all around us.

Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilisation” sends hundreds more Russian men to the war in Ukraine, one angry conscript has been recorded making an expletive-filled rant against the Russian leader. The man identified, by Ukrainian intelligence sources as a Russian soldier in Ukraine’s Kherson region, can be heard in an intercepted mobile phone call telling of his contempt for “f*** face” Putin.Telling his partner that his unit’s morale is “complete s***,”and that many of them are desperate to get home the soldier says “I need to get wounded” in order to get home.READ MORE: Russian allies speak out as elderly and disabled soldiers conscripted by PutinThe man, who appears to be called Zhen, adds: “Earlier there was a joke that you’d leave here only wounded or dead.

READ MORE: Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Spike actor James Marsters unrecognisable in latest snap Her hair looked stunning in loose curls cascading down her back and she paired the ensemble with a striking makeup look with a powerful red lip.The 30 year old star posted the snaps to her Instagram and simply captioned it: "Cara" then a love heart emoji "karl."Family and friends and fans instantly rushed to the comments section to praise the super model.Her sister Poppy wrote: "honey bunny."While Karl Lagerfeld fashion house simply commented with four black love hearts.One fan said: "Cara you look stunning!!"While another wrote: "You look stunning! So good to see you angel."Some fans took to the comments section to wish the supermodel well.One said: "Stay strong Cara !"While another penned: "I just hope she feels okay."Cara sparked concern when a video was released of her acting erratically by walking outside with no shows on clutching a cigarette.A family friend told The Sun earlier this month: “We are all incredibly concerned. The situation has been building for a few weeks now, and Cara's family is involved.“There is talk of staging some kind of intervention and making sure Cara gets the help she may well need.”They added: “She has been burning the candle at both ends of late, and it's clearly taking its toll.