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The areas of the UK that are set to be worst hit by Storm Bert this weekend have been revealed in a series of weather maps issued by the Met Office. The storm will strike from overnight on Friday with Britons bracing for more than a foot of snow, five inches of rain and 70mph winds.  The Met Office has issued snow, ice, wind and rain warnings across the UK and said the low pressure system would be a 'multi-hazard event' following a cold snap.

Super sleuth Coleen Rooney got suspicious about the true nature of the Jungle Junkyard during Friday night's episode. The WAG, 38, impressive investigative skills back to work to try and uncover what is really going on at Maura Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles' camp. Fans were quick to compare Coleen's detective skills to her infamous Wagatha Christie case.

Conor McGregor's fiancée Dee Devlin is showing that she is standing by the UFC star for better and for worse after a series of sexual assault allegations were made against him. She accompanied McGregor to court in Dublin on Friday, where her partner was told he must pay the woman who accused him of raping her in a hotel six years ago €250,000. McGregor, 36, faced an accusation that he 'brutally raped and battered' Nikita Hand, 35, at a hotel in south Dublin in December 2018. The MMA fighter previously told the court he had consensual sex with Ms Hand, also known as Nikita Ni Laimhin, at the Beacon Hotel. He denied causing bruising to the plaintiff. McGregor has vowed to appeal the decision, saying he was disappointed' and 'focused on my future' with his family after the jury of eight women and four men found him liable of assaulting Ms Hand and awarded Ms Hand nearly €250,000. When McGregor left the court, Devlin held his hand and faced reporters at this side. She is, perhaps, an old hand at dealing with controversies, as it's not the first scandal that has reared its head during their relationship.

Having stolen the hearts of a locked-down nation by walking 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden to raise money for the NHS , Captain Tom Moore sat down with publishers, publicists and his daughter, Hannah, to hammer out a £1.5 million, four-book deal. The former British army officer, who raised a staggering £38.9 million for NHS Covid charities while marking his 100th birthday in April 2020, had become an overnight national treasure, a symbol of hope and resilience in the midst of the misery of a global pandemic.So what better time to write his life story to further benefit good causes? 'With the offer to write this memoir I have been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name,' he wrote in the prologue to Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day, published in September 2020.

Valery Zaluzhny (bottom right), who is now Ukraine's envoy to the United Kingdom, told the UP100 award ceremony in Kyiv : 'I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun.' The General said that as of this year, 'Ukraine is no longer facing Russia. Soldiers from North Korea are standing in front of Ukraine.' He made the comments after reports emerged that around 10,000 troops had been sent by Pyongyang to fight alongside Russian troops in the Kursk region, as Moscow aims to replenish its forces and reclaim the territory taken from it three months ago. He went on to highlight the support Putin's armies had received from Tehran, which has supplied Moscow with thousands of Shahed attack drones.

A BBC Question Time audience member has enraged farmers after saying he wants to play 'the world's smallest violin' for those hit by Keir Starmer's inheritance tax. The Prime Minister is facing a growing backlash from farmers, celebrities and his own MPs over Labour's decision to impose 20 per cent inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1million. More than 10,000 farmers and high-profile supporters including Jeremy Clarkson and Lord Lloyd Webber descended on Westminster to protest against the controversial policy on Tuesday.

The scroungers wait for motorists to stop at red lights and bang on their windows asking for money. In Walsall, West Midlands, beggars have been seen working 'shift patterns' on the notorious interchange near the town's historic Victorian Arboretum. The gang take advantage of the 19 sets of traffic lights to pester commuters, particularly during the morning and evening rush hours. Conservative Councillor Gary Perry is now calling for stricter rules to be enforced to crackdown on professional beggars who locals say rake in 'thousands of pounds'. He said: 'While some beggars are genuine, the ones stationed at this junction have been witnessed doing a shift handover.'

From starting fires to wrecking cars, vandalising property or even shooting at people with air rifles, the notorious 'ASBO Kids' became known as the poster boys for street crime committed by children as young as 10. The ASBO, or anti-social behavioural order, was introduced by Sir Tony Blair 's Government in 1998 to impose curfews on individuals to deter them from a life of crime. Now Sir Keir Starmer's government is looking to resurrect it with new 'respect orders'. More than two decades on, MailOnline takes a fresh look at what happened next to the original ASBO kids.

The UK's second busiest airport was closed to new passengers for several hours today as Sussex Police deployed its bomb disposal unit following the discovery. Officers were first called at just after 8am, and although the issue has now been resolved passengers are being warned of ongoing delays and cancellations. Police did not elaborate further on the nature of the discovery - but are understood not to be linking the incident to an earlier bomb scare at the US Embassy in London .

Tina Verch claimed that despite the risks buying the three-bed home - which is less than 150 yards away from a sheer drop - was a financial 'no brainer' The 33-year-old faced criticism from locals in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, who said she was risking her families' lives living in the home which could 'slide' down the cliff at any moment. But, the mother dismissed their comments and said and said she will stay there with her partner and young daughter for 'as long as we can'. The business owner paid less than £50,000 for the property after winning an auction which had bids starting at just £10. The house was priced so low because it sits adjacent to the spot where 40 acres of land fell away in a dramatic collapse in Ventnor last December.

Looking smart in a crisp dinner jacket, the monarch laughed as he entered the Royal Albert Hall - and was met by Sir Elton John.The red carpet was stolen by television presenter Amanda Holden , who was channelling her inner Little Mermaid - not to mention a set of killer abs. She sported in a sea-foam coloured cropped, sequin-studded top with boxy shoulder pads and a skirt with a tulle train that bore a startling resemblance to Ariel's tail. Holden was there with her show co-host, Alan Carr , whose midnight blue dinner jacket and waistcoat was given added sparkle by a lizard brooch.

Left-wing celebrities who were devastated by Donald Trump's landslide election victory have pledged to flee America in order to give their families a better life. Eva Longoria , a Texas native who has been living abroad for work, is taking permanent residency in Mexico and Spain with her husband and son in order to 'escape' her 'dystopian' homeland. Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi put their California mansion up for sale after the election results came in and kickstarted their 'retirement' in the UK. The couple may soon see some familiar faces in Britain as several American stars, including America Ferrera and Barbra Streisand have said they are considering taking up residency in the UK. While some American stars have actually followed through with their plans to live abroad, an election-fueled celebrity mass exodus is not likely. Dozens pledged to flee the states after the Republican's first election victory in 2016 but ultimately back-peddled on those promises.