Joanne O’Riordan was more anxious about her Fair City stint than covering the Paralympics

Love Island star Maura Higgins is fresh from a four-month relationship with Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice, 31. Yet while the Irish reality star and presenter and Italian dancer may no longer be together, it seems someone is spoiling Maura.The 30-year-old has retreated to Ireland following the breakup, where she is spending time with her family to help her get over it.

BBC News].It joins Liverpool and Glasgow as a UK city recognised by the UN award.Snow Patrol‘s Gary Lightbody and composer Hannah Peel, both of whom were born in Northern Ireland, have been appointed as Belfast Music patrons.“Belfast’s heart beats fervidly with music,” said Lightbody.

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva sat out Portugal training on Tuesday morning ahead of their World Cup qualifier with the Republic of Ireland.

She may just have announced her third pregnancy, but Vogue Williams isn’t planning to stop there! The 36 year old admitted earlier this year, “The plan is definitely to have more kids.The dream would be to have four.” And now a source close to the Irish star, who married Spencer Matthews in June 2018, has revealed why she’s in such a hurry! “She’s making up for lost time,” our source told OK!. "She wants to expand their family further as soon as she can.

There were shockwaves on Strictly as Adam Peaty became the sixth contestant to be eliminated and his professional dance partner Katya Jones was left in tears.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIchiyama Shozo returned this year to the Tokyo International Film Festival as its head selector, having for the last twenty years headed the rival Tokyo Filmex event.COVID last year forced the two festivals to put aside their rivalry and to cooperate in the key autumn slot.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBahman Ghobadi, the Kurdish-Iranian director whose “The Four Walls” has its world premiere this week at the Tokyo International Film Festival, wants people to watch his film on a big screen.“If you watch it on a computer you might think that ‘The Four Walls’ is about a building,” he says.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a trailer for Bahman Ghobadi’s highly-anticipated The Four Walls, which launched today at the Tokyo International Film Festival as part of its Main Competition.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNippon TV, one of Japan’s entertainment groups, has struck a deal to license 30 drama and entertainment titles to Netflix for play across Asia, outside Japan.

Maura Higgins sparkled on the red carpet following her split from Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice as she exuded glamour at the Pride of Britain awards last night.

Manchester United are prepared to let midfielder Paul Pogba run his contract down and leave the club for nothing next summer.

Injury-ridden Ellie Roebuck wants to make up for lost time as she bids to force her way into Sarina Wiegman’s plans for UEFA Women’s EURO 2022.

Maura Higgins is thought to be single again following her shock split from Strictly Come Dancing pro Giovanni Pernice but it seems she won’t be on the market for too long as another Love Island star has already claimed the Irish reality star is their “girlfriend”.Say WHAT now?The comments came from none other than Molly-Mae Hague who paid tribute to Maura after she shared a stunning snap from behind the scenes of a shoot for Ann Summers, which she captioned, “Ready for my close up

Maura Higgins first burst onto TV screens as a bombshell during the fifth series of Love Island, and she certainly left a lasting impression. The Irish beauty won over legions of Love Island fans with her hilarious remarks and stunning sense of style, going on to finish in fourth place with ex-boyfriend Curtis Pritchard.

Jaco van Gass insists he will not settle for being a one-Games Paralympic wonder.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefUchida Eiji, co-director of Netflix’ “The Naked Director” series and 2020 transgender drama movie “Midnight Swan,” tops the new sales slate unveiled by indie rights agency Free Stone Productions in time for the Tokyo festival and market.Uchida’s “Shrieking in the Rain” is a drama film in which a female first time director has tough choices to make on the set of an erotic movie production she is shooting.