Author: News Desk

Mason Ryan is living his best life in Cirque du Soleil a decade after leaving WWE and undergoing an incredible transformation. The 42-year-old wrestler, whose real name is Barri Griffiths, grew up in North Wales and caught the eye of the sports Entertainment giant 2009 before appearing on TV two years later and working with the likes of John Cena and current SmackDown star Randy Orton. In 2014, he left the company and returned to the independent scene, but WWE still changed his life even after letting him go. Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, the musclebound star explained how WWE put…

Mariah Carey is excellent at any time of the year but there’s something particularly special about her at Christmas, and in a similar vein, Gilmore Girls is a comfort watch in every month, but in autumn, it reaches another level of lure. Fans of the classic 00s TV show have long participated in a seasonal tradition of clicking play on season one, episode one on September 1. But how did the 2000 series become directly associated with three months of the year? The concept isn’t particularly autumnal – a comedy-drama about the exploits of close single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren…

The big topic of conversation recently has been focused on who will be the next James Bond, but what about the next villain? While Theo James, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Regé-Jean Page, Idris Elba and countless other handsome Hollywood heavyweights battle it out to become the next 007, there is a person lurking in the shadows, just waiting to be the next character we love to hate. With big shoes to fill, including those of Richard Kiel, Joseph Wiseman, Mads Mikkelsen, and, most recently, Rami Malek, the aspiring bad guy’s job is not going to be easy, but it seems there is…

Hunt for tourists who handed in backpack of vanished hiker  The family of a missing hiker are looking for two tourists who found his backpack after he vanished on Giant’s Causeway. Lester McLennan, 20, travelled to the iconic rock formation from Belfast by bus at 9.30am on Friday 1 November. He hasn’t been seen again. His mother, who had joined him on the trip from south London to visit family in Northern Ireland raised the alarm when he failed to return to their Belfast accommodation from the trip. “I think we’re looking for his body now,” his devastated mother Lalitha…

Allison Pearson: Police investigating criminal offence after ‘dumbfounded’ columnist’s social media post Essex Police have confirmed they are investigating alleged criminal racial hatred after columnist Allison Pearson said she was “dumbfounded and upset” when she was questioned by police last week. Ms Pearson said she was being investigated over a year-old deleted post online, claiming the investigation was related to a Non-Crime Hate Incident (NCHI). This refers to an act which is prejudiced towards a person with a particular characteristic, but is not illegal. Her claims have gained widespread attention and attracted significant criticism towards Essex Police, including from leader…

XL Bully ‘lunged for baby’ strapped to mother amid surge in dangerous dog attacks A police force has warned dog owners to take responsibility for their pets “before someone dies” after 13 dangerous attacks in less than 48 hours. One man was left with serious injuries to his face and a mother was terrified after a loose XL Bully lunged for her baby that was strapped to her chest. In a separate incident, another loose dog attacked an elderly woman and her grandchild in Sheffield. A man suffered lacerations to his face, neck and head after he tried to separate…

Bishop who forced Welby to resign warns senior clerics put job promotion ahead of tackling abuse The bishop who forced Justin Welby to resign over his handling of the John Smyth abuse case has warned that too many senior clerics are putting their own job prospects above tackling scandals in the Church of England. Helen-Ann Hartley, the Bishop of Newcastle, broke ranks last week to speak out over the former Archbishop of Canterbury’s failure to stop serial abuser Smyth from continuing to pursue his victims. She claimed Welby and the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell sent her a “coercive letter”.…

William Hague hits out at ‘two jobs’ rival Peter Mandelson as they battle for Oxford role William Hague has criticised Peter Mandelson’s bid to become the UK’s new envoy in America as well as taking over the top job in the British university sector. The former Conservative leader spoke out as tensions flared in the battle between the two men to become chancellor of the University of Oxford. Lord Hague said the two roles would be “incompatible” as he dismissed a jibe by the former Labour cabinet member Lord Mandelson that it was time to end the “Tory monopoly” of…

Buses get £1 billion boost – how much cash each area will get to improve services confirmed Bus services will get a cash boost of nearly £1billion in plans to be announced tomorrow. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh is to reveal who gets what as she vows to deliver London-style services to the whole country. The Department for Transport said the cash would mean fewer cuts to at-risk routes and make more buses run on time. And Ms Haigh said it would bring to an end the postcode lottery of unreliable services. Buses are by far the most popular form of…

There’s a real variety of domestic news dominating the UK this Sunday morning with politics leading the way. No single issue leads the papers providing a wide variety of reports across the political spectrum from COP29 to Labour’s £1bn bus promise.

The latest from the hit TV show I’m a Celebrity makes several of the tabloid front pages as original WAG Coleen Rooney speaks exclusively about moving on from the trial dubbed ‘WAGATHA Christy’.

The back pages are dominated by English football and rugby – as the rugby team suffered their fifth straight loss and the three lions prepare to face Ireland in the last match of the international break.