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Scottish Sun
3 hours ago
- General
- Scottish Sun
‘It's a miracle he survived', hillwalker plunges 160ft in horror sheer drop fall on Scots mountain
'Where he fell has almost certain fatal consequences. He was very lucky indeed' RESCUE MISSION 'It's a miracle he survived', hillwalker plunges 160ft in horror sheer drop fall on Scots mountain Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A HILLWALKER has baffled rescuers after miraculously surviving plunging more than 160 feet in Glen Coe. The man in his 30s fell from a precarious ledge over 1600 feet up an iconic Scottish mountain. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 The man in his 30s fell from a precarious ledge over 1600 feet up an iconic Scottish mountain Rescuers said he faced a sheer drop fall with 'almost certain fatal consequences'. The man was with a group on Gearr Aonach, the middle of the Three Sisters range in Glen Coe. But he fell in an area known as The Zig Zags last weekend. Five members of Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team were scrambled while another rescue was happening at the same time in Glen Etive – and what turned out to be the third in a day. 'He fell on a vertical drop of 164 feet,' said deputy team leader Brian Bathurst. 'It has become a particular accident blackspot – with three call outs recently to that same spot. It appears people are misjudging the junction. 'He hit a ledge on the way down and suffered multiple injuries and was in a critical condition. It is a miracle he survived. It is very rocky terrain. 'Where he fell has almost certain fatal consequences. He was very lucky indeed.' An Inverness-based coastguard search and rescue helicopter flew the walker to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. His condition is unknown but is no longer life threatening. Watch shock moment couple cheat death as they fall off 5,000ft mountain while taking risky shortcut to avoid queue The team was so short-handed that day that veteran rescuer Ronnie Rogers, who is in his 70s, helped out with the Glen Etive rescue involving a man who suffered broken ribs after falling into a burn. 'Knowing we were going to be short handed, Ronnie once again laced up his boots and raced into the Glen to help despite the fact that after 50 years he officially 'retired' from front line team duties in November 2022,' added Mr Bathurst. 'He is a legend. Since stepping back, Ronnie has helped with team callouts by calling team members on the phone to deploy them to incidents so was well aware that help was needed that day. 'We would like to wish all the casualties well in their recovery and as always a huge thank you to the helicopter crews and everyone else involved.'
Metro
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Much-loved Corrie couple get back together in emotional turn of events
Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan) was a man on a mission in tonight's Coronation Street. The character discovered a few days ago that ex-partner Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) has dementia. The couple split shortly after Debbie learnt about her diagnosis, as she convinced herself that Ronnie would be better off with someone else. With a plan formed in his head, Ronnie defiantly made his way to Debbie's hotel with only one goal – get back with her. Ronnie pointed out that Debbie has so many people around her that love and want to support her, and that pushing them away wouldn't work. Debbie broke down to Ronnie at this point, telling him that she's terrified about the future. Holding her hands, Ronnie reassured Debbie and said that he will be there for her every step of the way and when they reach points that seem harder than others, he'll feel worried like Debbie, because he doesn't want her feeling completely on her own. Debbie got back with Ronnie after declaring her love for him. The cobbles resident has struggled to accept support from people in the wake of her health news, so letting Ronnie back in was a huge step. The couple decided to celebrate that evening with drinks in the Bistro. They sat alongside Kevin (Michael Le Vell), Abi (Sally Carman) and Carl (Johnathan Howard), who all reminded Debbie that they were here for her as well. More Trending Though fans have been worried that Debbie would be killed off in the coming months, star Sue Devaney has set minds at rest by confirming that this isn't the case at all. Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who's leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale? Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro's WhatsApp Soaps community and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we've just dropped the latest spoilers! Speaking to Lorraine recently, she said: 'We wanted to do the diagnosis and get that sorted and then do the journey of living with dementia… 'She's not going anywhere yet! I know the story is going to go on well into 2027, so Debbie's not going anywhere.' View More » The actress also teased the possibility of Debbie starting a choir as the ITV soap explores how she lives with the condition. MORE: Police drama in Coronation Street as Debbie issues a serious warning MORE: Unexpected police drama confirmed for Debbie in Coronation Street MORE: All Coronation Street spoiler videos for next week as tragedy strikes
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Scotsman
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Theatre reviews: Man's Best Friend The Inquisitor
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Man's Best Friend, Tron Theatre, Glasgow ★★★★ The Inquisitor, Oran Mor, Glasgow ★★★★ The Croft, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh ★★★ It's a truth universally acknowledged that during the pandemic, the relationship between people and their pets gained a whole new significance and intensity. I'm not sure, though, that that inflexion-point in human-pet relations had ever been celebrated in theatre, until the moment in 2022 when Douglas Maxwell's monologue Man's Best Friend first appeared at A Play, A Pie, and A Pint. Jordan Young in Man's Best Friend | Mihaela Bodlovic The monologue tells the story of Ronnie, who, after the tragic loss of his wife, and a decision to walk away from his job, finds himself - as the world opens up again - working as a dog-walker to five rowdy canine charges, four of them owned by his Glasgow neighbours. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Now Ronnie reappears - at the Tron and on tour - in an expanded 80 minute version of the play, directed by Jemima Levick, and performed by Scotsquad star Jordan Young; and three years on, Man's Best Friend emerges as an even more powerful response to a moment in history that changed so many lives, and left unresolved pain in so many hearts. In this version, the show receives a slightly more elaborate staging, courtesy of designer Becky Minto and lighting designer Grant Anderson. In truth, though, it hardly needs them, so clearly does the play's strength lie in Douglas Maxwell's writing - often hilariously funny, yet also profound, and sometimes richly poetic - and in the performance at the centre of the show. In this version, Young takes centre stage as a fine tragi-comic actor at the absolute height of his powers; younger than Jonathan Watson's original Ronnie, but all the more poignantly lost for that - until the play's pivotal moment, when his own dog leads him towards s shocking discovery that, at last, begins to awaken him from the long sleep of grief. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad This week's final spring season Play, Pie and Pint show is likewise a profound and thoughtful monologue; but in Peter Arnott's The Inquisitor - a 2007 play restaged to mark Arnott's 40th anniversary as a playwright - the speaker is not alone. He is an investigator conducting a final interview with a man accused of terrorism; but he finds that his interviewee will not speak, and sits in silence throughout the encounter. The effect is to create a monologue in which the speaker - powerfully played by Tom McGovern - spends an all but fruitless hour trying to bring his interviewee (an eloquently silent Michael Guest) back from his exalted commitment to a martyr's death, to the compromised, messy yet magical stuff of ordinary human life. McGovern's style, in making these arguments, is deliberately quixotic, and a shade hyperactive, as if he barely trusts Arnott's powerful words to carry the weight of the play. Carry it they do, though; to a conclusion that has only become more telling, as definitions of terrorism and hate crime grow ever more far-reaching, and the morality of those in power ever more compromised, and contested. The Croft | Contributed There's no such gravitas, alas, about Ali Milles's touring play The Croft, at the Festival Theatre, which takes a potentially powerful drama about love between women across three generations - all connected to a remote seaside croft in the western Highlands - and makes the fundamental mistake of trying to turn it into a horror movie. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad An impressive cast give the show their best shot, with Gracie Follows and Caroline Harker as lovers Laura and Suzanne, and Liza Goddard as 19th century crofter Enid, all turning in bold performances. In the end, through, a dramatic script has to play to its strengths; and here, that strength lies in the portrayal of brave women trying to defy patriarchal thinking down the ages, rather than in the cheap suggestion of some nameless supernatural evil, lurking in the very stones of the place.
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Laila Rouass' impassioned plea as she announces wedding to Ronnie O'Sullivan
Footballers' Wives star, Laila Rouass, has tied the knot with snooker champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan, after rekindling the relationship following a previous split Laila Rouass has made a strong statement after revealing she's finally got hitched to Ronnie O'Sullivan. The Footballers' Wives star and snooker champion, rekindled their relationship recently after being separated for almost a year. EastEnders star, Laila, 54, who has starred in a whole host of TV shows, including Holby City and Spooks, split with Ronnie, 49, nine months ago after previously spending 13 years together. However, sharing a snap of the couple outside a registry office in Shadwell, East London, today in which Laila sports a cream silk dress and black cowboy boots, the actress revealed they'd finally tied the knot after their recent reconciliation. The newlyweds have smiles a mile wide in the snap as they celebrate their nuptials covered in confetti, with Ronnie grinning, cutting a casual figure in a navy shirt, trousers and trainers. However, Laila's accompanying caption to the photo is full of emotion as she references the ongoing war in Palestine. Telling her followers she and Ronnie decided to 'refresh their connection after a year's break', she praised the Palestinians, writing: "The Palestinians have taught me so much, most importantly to honour human connection, make love your motivator and to keep refreshing it. So after almost a year break…this was one way of pressing the refresh button." Teasing that "Venice was fully booked", in reference to Jeff Bezos' £15 million wedding to Lauren Sanczhez today, she continued: " it wasn't Venice…that was fully booked. It was Cable Street in Shadwell where I was born and where my heart belongs. "It's where in 1936, local activists along with the Jewish community gathered together to demonstrate against the planned fascist BUF marchers and it's on their shoulders we stood today and said our 'I dos'." Explaining that Cable Street has a special place in heart, Laila, whose mother is Indian and father is Moroccan, concluded: "The Battle of Cable Street was used by my father as an example of how a community rooted in justice, can bring change…that we all have a duty to fight for the freedom and rights of others. "The East End is the land of the immigrants. Its vibrancy, diversity and working class roots is something I treasure. "I was born there, I was educated there, today I was married there and I will be buried there because my roots are my roots. "Free Palestine"Mrs O'Sullivan." Laila's impassioned post was met with a flurry of well wishes from her famous pals, including singer Beverley Knight, who replied: "Congratulations Laila" and Denise Van Outen, who said: "Congratulations you two." Meanwhile, Nitin Ganatra, who played Masood Ahmed on EastEnders, seemed somewhat shocked by the news, as he responded: "Whaaaaaaaat? Congratulations!" followed by two love hearts. A recent report claimed that Ronnie , a seven-time world champion, and Laila are expected to make a fresh start in Dubai after rekindling their romance. A source told The Sun: 'They've been on and off before but Ronnie really wants to make it work with Laila. She will be joining him in the Middle East and they'll see how it goes.'
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Laila Rouass and Ronnie O'Sullivan's rocky 12-year engagement before wedding
Holby City and Footballers' Wives star Laila Rouass and Snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan have officially tied the knot after recently getting back together Laila Rouass and Ronnie O'Sullivan were engaged for 12 years before they finally tied the knot in a secret ceremony. The couple split nine months ago after previously spending over a decade together. But they got back together earlier this year and Laila confirmed the big news in a post on her Instagram account, which included a snap of the newlyweds after their ceremony. The Footballers' Wives star shared snaps of the couple standing outside St. George's Town Hall as they celebrated being newly weds. Snooker icon Ronnie wore a navy button-up shirt and matching trousers while Laila looked out of this world in a silk cream dress and cowboy boots. She completed her look with a Palestinian keffiyeh draped over her shoulders. She called for a "Free Palestine" as she said in the caption: "The Palestinians have taught me so much, most importantly to honour human connection, make love your motivator and to keep refreshing it. So after almost a year break…this was one way of pressing the refresh button. " it wasn't Venice…that was fully booked. It was Cable Street in Shadwell where I was born and where my heart belongs. It's where in 1936, local activists along with the Jewish community gathered together to demonstrate against the planned fascist BUF marchers and it's on their shoulders we stood today and said our 'I do's'. "The Battle of Cable Street was used by my father as an example of how a community rooted in justice, can bring change…that we all have a duty to fight for the freedom and rights of others." "The East End is the land of the immigrants. Its vibrancy, diversity and working class roots is something I treasure. I was born there, I was educated there, today I was married there and I will be buried there because my roots are my roots. Free Palestine. Mrs O'Sullivan." It has been said the couple are hoping to have a fresh start in Dubai after rekindling their romance. The Sun also outlined that O'Sullivan is planning to sell his home in Essex to relocate abroad, with Dubai just a two-hour flight away from the snooker academy that he has set up in Saudi Arabia. Ronnie and Laila had an on-off romance for years, with the two first meeting in 2012 and getting engaged a year later. Ronnie even became stepdad to Laila's daughter, Inez, from her marriage to Nasir Khan. However, they put any idea of marriage on the "back burner" as Laila said they were "enjoying their time" and there was "no rush". Their relationship soon struggled in 2022 and their split up. Laila, known for Holby City, wrote at the time: "After nearly ten years of love and memories, Ronnie & I have parted ways." It wasn't long before they worked things out, with Ronnie insisting he was "happier than ever". He said: "It's good. She's great. I love her. She's great company and I love being around her. She's very supportive. I have to behave myself. I know when to go, 'Alright, you're in charge'. But she's also really good at going, 'Listen, you've got a busy life, you've got a lot to do, just get on with it'." In 2024, their relationship hit another rocky patch as Ronnie moved out of their £2million home in Essex, with the couple listing the house up for sale. "They've tried so hard but they just can't make it work," it was claimed at the time. And now, the couple found their way back to each other again and tied the knot.
