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Ryan Thomas has issued a further update on the pigeon he has claimed could be the reincarnation of his father, who died in 2020

In the latest twist between Ryan Thomas and the pigeon he believes is his dad, the actor has decided to bring the bird inside. The Coronation Street star took to Instagram to tell his followers of his latest move to bring Dougie James the pigeon in out of the thunderstorms battering the country.

Ryan has been keeping fans updated with the situation regarding the animal who he thinks is a reincarnation of his father, who sadly died in 2020. And now the 41-year-old has claimed he doesn’t want to let the bird out in the bad weather.

On his Instagram Story, Ryan shared a clip of the bird in a cage next to a bowl of food. He captioned the post: “I’ve never seen him lying down I’ll let him back out for fly in the morning don’t want him out in this weather.”

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The latest update comes after fans were left gobsmacked by Ryan’s claim. He was seen in tears last week as he took to Instagram, cradling the pigeon. He said the pair had a newfound connection as he broke down and told his followers he believed the bird was the reincarnated spirit of his late father, who was a well-known soul singer.

The actor’s father died in 2020. But with the pigeon regularly flocking to his garden, he said he believed it to be his dad visiting him.

He later insisted the bird was trying to communicate with him and kept sharing snippets of his feathered friend.

Earlier in the week, while he was nursing a cup of tea in his garden and wearing a beanie hat and sunglasses, the dad-of-three told fans that Dougie had disappeared with a solemn look on his face.

“Every morning Dougie was in the garden,” he said downbeat. “Every evening, Dougie was in the garden.

“I’ve come down this morning and Dougie’s not there. I’m thinking to myself. He’s not coming back, it’s over.”

After taking a heavy sigh, Ryan added: “Every morning, I feel like ‘that’s it, he’s going to leave’ and then…”

Then he laughed and panned the camera up to the roof of his house. The clip showed Dougie the pigeon happily perched on a TV aerial.

Ryan then exclaimed: “You’ve no idea how happy this makes me. Go on Dougie!”

Despite his regular updates, Ryan has asked his fans if he is “losing the plot”. He admitted his friend had shared their concern about him.

“My mate said: ‘Looking from the outside in, it looks like you’ve lost the plot a bit.” Chuckling, Ryan then addresses his followers, saying: “Whether it’s a yes or no, I don’t care, but do you think I’ve lost the plot?”

Molly-Mae Hague recently shared her top three make-up products, and it included this new brow gel. Keen to see if it’s worth the hype, I tried it out on my unruly eyebrows…

Blessed (or cursed, whichever you think) with naturally thick, coarse eyebrow hairs, I use a brow gel pretty much every day to control and shape them, even if I don’t wear any other make-up. I have a long-term favourite (REFY Brow Sculpt, FYI) but I’m always up for trying new recommendations, so when Molly-Mae Hague recently included one in her top three make-up products, I had to try it.

Speaking to influencer William Grande this week on the red carpet at the NTAs – where her Amazon show Molly-Mae: Behind It All won an award – Molly shared her current three favourite make-up products, and it included Morphe Micro Manager Gripping Brow Gel, which costs £12 from Selfridges.

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Promising 16-hour hold, 100% of testers said that this lifts, tames and locks brows into place, and 100% also agreed that it feels flexible and comfortable to wear.

I was immediately taken by the slimline, gold-packaged design and, when I opened it, the teeny tiny spoolie brush – smaller than any I’d used before. The benefits of this, I found, are that it allows you to very precisely shape the brows exactly how you want, without overloading them with product or getting it onto the surrounding skin – an issue I’ve had with other products in the past.

To be honest, I didn’t expect it to be strong enough to hold up my heavy brows – few brow gels are – but this even passed the pulling-a-jumper-over-the-head test without my eyebrows drooping. Even better, there was no white residue or flaky bits on the hairs once it had dried – another common complaint I have. It also gave them a slightly glossy finish.

I didn’t quite test its 16-hour claim, but my brows did remain looking good all day – lifted, defined and fuller, with gaps filled in. As this Morphe gel is cheaper than my usual too, I’ll definitely be swapping to this for the foreseeable.

If you want to copy the now-BAFTA winners make-up bag even further, the two other favourites Molly-Mae listed were By Terry Cellularose CC Serum, £62, and Natasha Denona HY-GLAM Concealer, £32.

Meanwhile the star’s NTAs beauty look involved a sought-after blusher with a 1.2k waiting list, as Molly stepped out wearing NARS’ new blurring blush that thousands of fans were virtually queuing up back during its launch.

The product in question is The Multiple from NARS, priced at £33. Promising 16 hours of wear, this multitasking genius is perfect for everything from red carpet moments to everyday glam. Since launching, it’s already become a must-have product for so many beauty fans, racking up hundreds of five-star reviews in its first week.

Celebrity Big Brother star Dapper Laughs has revealed he has become a dad for the fourth time. The comedian, whose real name is Dan O’Reilly, and his wife Shelly Rae have welcomed their baby boy to the world.

The star, took to social media to share the sweet news with his overjoyed followers. Dan was overwhelmed after his wife gave birth to a baby boy, sharing the news in an Instagram upload.

The clip showed his wife having a water birth while the comic was on hand to support her. He then broke down after the birth, admitting it was “hard”. For the clip, he was dressed in blue hospital scrubs.

He captioned his upload: “Our beautiful little story continues, yesterday my absolute machine of a wife @shelleyraerae gave us our 4th child, thank you Shelley, what you have gone through to give us this amazing little family I will always appreciate, I love you..

“Family is everything to me, my children are my world. Im on cloud 9 today… Very emotional. Thank you Shelley, life complete!”

He also took the time to thanks the midwives for their support, labelling them “amazing”.

The clip showed the journey from turning up at the hospital. Dan called his wife an “absolute trooper” as he said “what you women go through is no joke”.

He confessed he “nearly missed it” as he shared an emotional embrace with his wife as he wiped away the tears. He added: “I can’t believe it”

“That’s my dad, going to have to slip Patrick in for my dad,” he said.

The clip then showed Dan holding his son with his top off before introducing his three daughters to their baby brother.

The clip ended with the sweet news of the baby’s name. After Dan wrote “I have a son..” the name Jax Patrick Ian O’Reilly popped up on the screen. It added his birth weight too, which was 7lb 2.

Michael Ianotti’s Tears In Heaven played over the top of the footage. And fans rushed to the comments section to congratulate the happy couple.

Among them was Jayne Sharp who wrote: “Tears streaming down my face here! Congratulations!!! So happy for you all. Massive props to Superwoman Shell!”

Another used wrote: “Mate I’m so happy for you right now! You got the boy #familycomplete”. And a third said: “I told you he would be a boy! Absolutely over the moon for you… the family is complete xx.

“Congratulations to you all… this is the best news I’ve heard in ages!!!! Sending love, light and huge hugs to you all.”

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In the middle of their tell all tour, Katie Price has revealed she and Kerry Katona were kicked out of their hotel just hours before heading on stage with the Celebs Go Dating star

Katie Price has told fans she was “booted out” of her hotel just hours before one of her shows with Kerry Katona.

Taking to Snapchat, the former glamour model updated viewers on her morning and wrote: “Hotel booted us out”. She and Kerry are in the middle of a nation-wide tour called An Evening with Katie Price & Kerry Katona, promising fans to “tell-all” about their lives.

In a video, she explained what happened in more detail. “Don’t you just hate it when people knock on the door of your hotel, ‘come on you’ve got to get out now’?” she asked.

“It really winds me up. I’m like, ‘yes if you want to come in you can see we are packing up,’. Anyway, we are at the theatre six hours early which is good do I’m going to find a Subway.

“I’m going to put the kittens in, settle them in, and then go get a Subway.”

Katie has been travelling with her beloved cats, after two had to be rushed to the vets after being found limp. She explained in a Facebook post that the cats were born two weeks premature and that she’s grown really attached to them.

“They were born two weeks premature and we have been bottle feeding them as well as their mum feeding them. But they’ve all been really healthy.

“We’re all really attached to them, they look at me like their second mum because obviously I feed them.”

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She added that when she took the cats to the vet, they said it might be better to put them down, but she refused and now keeps them close all the time. “Thank God,” she added when they got home. “Because they are like my babies.”

Being “booted” out of a hotel was not the only mishap on the tour so far. Katie had to apologise to fans from the stage after one show was disrupted by a group of drunken women in Liverpool.

The pair’s most recent performance in New Brighton, Liverpool, descended into chaos after a group of drunken women were ordered to leave by security and police had to be called. Security staff were reported to be talking to a member of the audience during the show and this person and her group were then removed from the venue, to the sound of cheers from the rest of the crowd.

Katie apologised to the audience after watching all the drama on a TV backstage: “Sorry about the drama. It had nothing to do with us.”

Later, two police cars were seen outside the theatre. Merseyside police confirmed to the Echo that they had been received a report of drunken women who had to be removed from the venue and that “enquiries into the matter are ongoing”.

A spokesperson for the theatre said they were grateful to the police who assisted staff to “swiftly remove them from the premises”.

James Martin’s ITV show, Saturday Morning, was beaten to the Daytime gong at the National Television Awards by This Morning

James Martin has posted a touching message to television viewers in a fresh video following his disappointment at this year’s National Television Awards.

The celebrity chef’s ITV programme, Saturday Morning, received a nomination in the Daytime category at this year’s NTAs, which took place on 10 September at The O2 Arena in London.

James’ culinary show made the shortlist alongside This Morning, Loose Women and Scam Interceptors, however This Morning claimed the gong.

“I just want to say thank you to everyone that voted at the NTAs. What a special night,” James told his followers in the footage posted to his Instagram profile.

“Congrats to This Morning winning Best Daytime. It was amazing to be shortlisted in the final four.”

James appeared hard at work in a kitchen during the video, with the television personality wearing a striped apron whilst revealing he had returned to “the day job”.

“But back to the routine. Back to the day job. Thank you to everybody that’s voted. Thank you!” he wrapped up his social media post.

Supporters rushed to offer their backing, with one commenting: “Winning next year! ! ! !” whilst another wrote: “Same time again next year James. You’re the best to us all, don’t forget that.”

A third admirer remarked: “You’re welcome – be back again next year,” and another person noted that Saturday Morning is the first cookery programme to receive a nomination in the NTAs’ Daytime category, emphasising how “amazing” the show is.

James graced the National Television Awards on Wednesday evening with his girlfriend Kim Johnson, making a striking pair on the red carpet, reports the Express.

James embarked on a relationship with Kim, a personal trainer, following his break up from long-term girlfriend Louise Davies. He and Louise, a TV producer, were an item since 2011 but parted ways in 2023.

On the other hand, Kim was once wedded to Arun Nayar, Elizabeth Hurley’s former spouse, but they called it quits in 2017.

Richard Osman has become a household name over the years, thanks to his TV career as well as more recently penning a number of best-selling books. But he has now set his sights on a new venture

Throughout the years, Richard Osman has gained recognition primarily for his television work, alongside his more recent success as an author of multiple bestselling novels. However, he is now turning his attention to a fresh project.

Despite being recognised for developing and co-presenting Pointless, he has in recent years shifted more towards his literary pursuits.

While his books have all enjoyed different levels of critical acclaim, it was his first novel, The Thursday Murder Club, that became an immediate hit upon its publication in 2020.

The book proved so popular that The Thursday Murder Club was adapted into a film this year, featuring Dame Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie in the lead roles. After its cinema debut, it also enjoyed tremendous success on Netflix, reaching the top spot on the streaming service for some time.

Following the success of the book’s screen adaptation, Osman has now revealed plans for a new venture.

In a recent interview with Candis magazine, he announced that The Thursday Murder Club is destined for the theatre: “I’m also working on a theatre play of The Thursday Murder Club. A brand-new story which sees our four heroes embarking on a brand-new adventure. More news on that next year, I suspect.”

The Thursday Murder Club, a tale of four retirement home residents who meet weekly to solve cold cases, takes an unexpected twist when they are tasked with investigating a real murder. The film features Dame Helen Mirren as Elizabeth, Celia Imrie as Joyce, Sir Ben Kingsley as Ibrahim and Pierce Brosnan as Ron.

Following the huge success of his first book series, Osman launched a new collection last year, with the first instalment, We Solve Murders, hitting shelves in September.

During his chat with Candis, he shared some exciting news about the series, saying: “I’m now writing the next book in the We Solve Murders series, which I’m very excited about.”

Before embarking on his career as a novelist, Osman began in television production, working on several popular game shows, including Deal or No Deal and 8 Out of 10 Cats.

After creating the hit game show Pointless, he stepped into the spotlight to co-host the programme, a role he held for 13 years.