3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on Michelle Keegan teases her future on hit BBC drama Ten Pound Poms – as she prepares to welcome first baby
PREGNANT Michelle Keegan has teased her future on the popular BBC drama Ten Pound Poms as she prepares to welcome her first baby.
Michelle, 37, who is due just before summer, starred in the first series of the hugely successful drama as nurse Kate Thorne, who travelled to Australia to track down her son.
BBCMichelle Keegan reprises her role as nurse Kate Thorne in the new series[/caption]
BBCMichelle remains hopeful she’ll be able to return to Australia despite impending motherhood[/caption]
Maria HibbsMichelle and husband Mark Wright announced their pregnancy in December[/caption]
Season two will start on Sunday, March 9, and will see Kate and the gang head into the year 1957, with everyone determined to finally settle and feel peace and relaxation Down Under.
Ahead of the new series airing, Michelle spoke to The Sun’s TV Mag and hinted at her future on the show, despite her impending motherhood.
Michelle said she remains “hopeful” that she’ll be able to return to Australia and see some of the sights recommended to her by her Aussie colleagues.
She said: “Hopefully if I’m back, ever back, I will definitely go.”
She added how she enjoyed being in Australia much more the second time around, which bodes well for the future too.
She said: “I feel like when you come back to do a second season anyway, and when the audience has taken to it so well, it’s like a sense of relief almost.
“Like you feel like a weight’s been lifted off your shoulders and you can sort of enjoy it a little bit more.
“So for me, going back to Australia, I really enjoyed it this time. We had better weather.”
The stunning actress also discussed her experience working with young Australian actor Alastair Bradman, who plays her son Michael on the show.
She said: “He was so professional. There wasn’t one day where he didn’t know his lines.
“He’s so talented, very professional, so sweet. And he took direction really, really well.
“When you watch him on screen and he just, he breaks your heart. He breaks your heart, his little angelic face. He’s just, he’s so good. He’s brilliant.”
Michelle and her former TOWIE star husband Mark Wright shared the news of their pregnancy on Instagram last December by posting a photograph of Michelle cradling her blossoming bump.
The pair announced their happy baby news after nine years of marriage with a stunning photoshoot in Mallorca.
FUTURE PLANS
Since their baby announcement, Michelle and Mark have been targeted for a fly-on-the-wall series documenting their journey into parenthood – but despite offers, Mark recently said it’s unlikely they will.
He explained: “A lot of production companies have pitched but we’ve kindly said no, at the moment.
“Career-wise, we’re both so busy doing our own separate things. Michelle’s on a journey with her acting career and I’m doing my presenting and other stuff.”
He added: “We love the fact that we keep our work separate and we come home to be together for our personal time. That’s just how we’re going to keep it for now.”
BBCTen Pound Poms has been hugely popular since it first aired last year[/caption]
Ten Pound Poms returns Sunday, March 9 at 8pm on BBC One.
3 weeks agoLatest NewsComments Off on ‘One of the greatest KOs in history’ – Mauricio Ruffy pulls off devastating head-kick to beat King Green at UFC 313
FANS are calling Mauricio Ruffy’s spinning wheel kick on King Green “one of the greatest knockouts in UFC history”.
Ruffy, 28, got the better of Green, 38, at UFC 313 in Las Vegas last night, literally ‘kicking off’ a spectacular night of MMA on the Alex Pereira vs Magomed Ankalaev card.
GettyMauricio Ruffy pulled off one of the best knockouts of the year at UFC 313[/caption]
RexRuffy delivered a devastating spinning kick to King Green’s head[/caption]
AlamyGreen was knocked out by the incredible kick[/caption]
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Brazilian Ruffy had sparked out his veteran opponent just over two minutes into the first round of their faceoff.
Ruffy, who extended his record to 12-1-0, is now on a streak of seven wins in a row as he saw King drop to the floor will a perfectly landed kick to the face.
Spotting Green with his hands down, the South American delivered a devastating kick to bring the fight to an end and earn his 10th career win by knockout.
Fans online were in awe of the sensational spinning kick, with many taking to social media to react.
One wrote: “One of the greatest KOs in UFC history. Simply amazing.”
While another added: “Ruffy definitely lands himself on the all-time great KO list with that one”.
A third commented: “Brutal and beautiful at the same time”.
And a fourth posted: “Don’t think Green even saw it coming! That was definitely a KO I won’t be forgetting any time soon…”
APRuffy celebrated with a back flip in the middle of the octagon[/caption]
GettyThe Brazilian won the Performance of the Night bonus[/caption]
Former UFC star Daniel Cormier said on commentary: “My jaw is on the floor… that was always one of King Green’s biggest issues, keeping his hands down. You can’t do that with a guy like this in front of you”.
Ruffy celebrated his victory in an equally impressive manner, launching into a backflip in the centre of the octagon.
And he’ll be heading home $50,000 (£38,700) richer thanks to being awarded the Performance of the Night bonus.
For Green, the defeat means he is unable to celebrate his 50th career bout in the way he wanted to, leaving his record at 32-17-1.
The California-born star has now lost two fights in a row after his first round submission to Paddy Pimblett last July.
Elsewhere on the night, Alex Pereira dropped his light-heavyweight title in a decision defeat to Magomed Ankalaev.
While Justin Gaethje beat Rafael Fiziev once again in a rematch of their 2023 bout at UFC 286.
GettyAlex Pereira lost his title to Magomed Ankalaev[/caption]
EPASyrian Security Forces detain a man, suspected former Syrian regime supporter, following the clashes[/caption]
EPASyrian Security Forces guard at a checkpoint following multiple violations and thefts that occurred over the past few days[/caption]
APRelatives and neighbours attend the funeral procession for four Syrian security force members killed in clashes with loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad[/caption]
Soldiers loyal to the ousted tyrant Bashar al-Assad launched a surprise ambush on the army of Syria’s new rulers
The new government said it was responding to attacks from remnants of Assad’s forces – and blamed “individual actions” for the heinous violence.
An overwhelming 745 civilians have been killed, mostly in massacres, alongside 125 government security force members and 148 militants with armed ground affiliated with Assad were killed, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Electricity and drinking water were also cut off in prominent areas around the city of Latakia as the clashing country entered into its third day of bloodshed.
Violence began to erupt on Thursday when pro-Assad militants launched an ambush on Syrian security forces in the Latakia region – where many of the minority Alawites, who made up Assad’s support base live.
On Friday, Sunni Muslim gunmen loyal to the government began revenge killings against members of Assad’s minority Alawite sect, terrified residents say.
Witnesses revealed how women were reportedly inhumanely forced to “walk naked” on the streets before being shot dead.
And a teenage boy was also handed a rifle and forced to shoot his own family, reports claim.
One resident of the west coast city Baniyas in Syria told Sky News: “They forcibly brought people down to the streets, then they lined them up and started shooting them.
“They left nobody. They left nobody at all.
“The scene that I saw was pure horror – it’s just indescribable.”
The terrified citizen added that he hid in a bin before managing to desperately flee in the night.
Another resident, Ali Sheha, 57, fled his home with his family and neighbours just hours after the brutal violence began to unfold.
He said that at least 20 of his neighbours and colleagues in one neighbourhood of Baniyas – where Alawites lived – were killed.
Some of those brutally murdered were innocently shopping in the city or in their homes.
Residents claim that the gunmen included foreign fighters and militants from neighbouring villages and towns.
Sheha said: “It was very very bad. Bodies were on the streets.”
Homes have also been looted and set on fire, two residents of Syria‘s coastal region said.
ReutersSmoke rises while members of the Syrian forces ride on a vehicle as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect[/caption]
GettyFighters with the new Syrian government stand in the back of a truck in the Tartus region of Syria on Friday[/caption]
EPASyrian security forces stand on a tank as they take part in an operation following attacks carried out against Syrian security forces[/caption]
Syrian leader Ahmed Sharaa called for peace on Sunday following 48 hours of carnage and the death toll surpassing 1,000.
He said: “We have to preserve national unity and domestic peace, we can live together.
“Rest assured about Syria, this country has the characteristics for survival.
“What is currently happening in Syria is within the expected challenges.”
The Observatory’s chief Rami Abdurrahman said the revenge killings stopped early on Saturday – but dozens of innocent civilians had already lost their lives.
He said: “This was one of the biggest massacres during the Syrian conflict.”
Syria’s state news agency reported that all roads leading to the coastal region have been shut off in an attempt to “prevent violations and gradually restore stability”.
It added that government forces have regained control of much of the areas from Assad loyalists, citing a Defence Ministry official.
The bodies of 31 people killed in revenge attacks that tragically include nine children and four children, were laid to rest in a mass grave, residents said.
A funeral was also held for four Syrian security force members in the northwestern village of Al-Janoudiya.
Under Assad, Alawites held top posts in the army and security agencies.
The new government has blamed his loyalists for attacks against the country’s new security forces over the past several weeks.
AFPMembers of Syria’s new security forces prepare to depart from the northwestern city of Idlib, as reinforcement for the coastal area[/caption]
Getty1,000 people have been killed in clashes between loyalists of the deposed Assad regime and forces of the country’s new rulers[/caption]
ReutersMembers of the Syrian security forces check a car as they battle against a nascent insurgency by fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect[/caption]
The civil war that has been raging in Syria since March 2011 has left more than half a million people dead and millions displaced.
The new government has pledged to unite Syria after 14 years of civil war.
Dozens of exiled fighters from the militant Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a surprise offensive against Vladimir Putin‘s ally President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December.
His life took a dramatic turn in 1994 when his elder brother, Bassel, the family’s chosen heir, died in a car accident.
Bashar was abruptly recalled to Syria and groomed for power.
Initially, hope stirred for reform as Bashar promised modernisation, anti-corruption measures, and political openness.
But the so-called “Damascus Spring” was short-lived.
Within a year, Assad cracked down on dissenters, signalling the beginning of his authoritarian rule.
The Assad regime quickly devolved into a kleptocracy, with Assad and his extended family siphoning wealth while suppressing opposition.
The Syrian Civil War became a geopolitical quagmire.
Assad, backed by Russia and Iran, portrayed himself as a bulwark against terrorism while cynically releasing jihadist prisoners to bolster extremist factions.
This fuelled the rise of groups like ISIS, reshaping global terror.
Assad left aboard a military plane amid rumours of its crash before resurfacing in Moscow, where Vladimir Putin granted him asylum.
It comes as an apparent Russian conspiracy to distribute false news about an al-Assad ‘aircraft accident’ has been exposed.
The Ukrainian Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security claimed on X that Russia “hid their trail” in assisting al-Assad’s escape by circulating fake claims that he died in a crash.
Meanwhile, opposition forces took control of key cities, toppled Assad’s statues, and announced plans for a transitional government.
The fall of Assad deals a blow to allies Russia and Iran, with both withdrawing assets from Syria.
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