Not just for Christmas! Fair City star tips Once Upon A Panto for TV success

It’s been a difficult couple of weeks for Orla who has been left reeling after her house was broken into in Carrigstown.

straight to your inboxIt's been a great weekend for Gabriel Jesus.Firstly he scored his first goal of the year in Manchester City's win against Sheffield United, then he saw his beloved Palmeiras win the Copa Libertadores and finally, as a result, he won a free meal in a bet with Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar.The final of the Copa Libertadores — the South American equivalent of the Champions League — was held at the Maracana on Saturday with two Brazilian giants in Palmeiras and Santos

straight to your inboxSergio Aguero has revealed that he has fully recovered from Covid-19 and will soon return to full Manchester City training. It had already been an injury-plaguedridden season for Aguero and it got even worse in 2021 as he tested positive for coronavirus.

Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood has been confirmed.As part of a two-book deal with publishers Weidenfeld & Nicolson, the filmmaker will be releasing his first work of fiction from June 2021, with a deluxe hardcover edition to follow this autumn.“In the seventies movie novelizations were the first adult books I grew up reading,” Tarantino in a statement.

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan helped Manchester City to move to the top of the Premier League with a superb run of form, and now he's hoping to offer his magic touch to struggling local businesses in the city that have been hit hard by lockdown restrictions.Gundogan scored twice in City's 5-0 win at West Brom on Wednesday that took City top of the table, and they stayed there after Manchester United's shock defeat to Sheffield United.

straight to your inboxNot bad for a player who said, three years ago, that his ravaged knees meant he could never again be the same man.Ilkay Gundogan has lit up Manchester City’s surge to the top of the Premier League with a remarkable return of seven goals in his last eight games.But this is a player who had to stop ‘shooting in’ during warm-ups to protect a knee that had twice been wrecked and patched up again.A player who admitted that the very sight of younger teammates smashing the ball

straight to your inboxBayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has reiterated that there is no chance of the club selling Leroy Sane. The German international has only started seven Bundesliga matches this season after his summer transfer from Manchester City.

straight to your inbox every day for freeJames Maddison has warned that Leicester City are perfectly happy to do their business on the pitch and out of the limelight. The Foxes went top of the Premier League with an impressive victory over Chelsea on Tuesday evening in which Maddison played a key role.

news of the River City star’s tragic passing at the age of 61. The Perth-born actor was most recently known for his role as Pete Galloway on the hit BBC Scotland soap.

straight to your inboxJohn Stones has revealed how he revamped every aspect of his game in a bid to resurrect his Manchester City career.And the England defender says that his exciting new partnership with Ruben Dias has been the other key factor in his spectacular return to form.Stones scored twice in the 4-0 win over Crystal Palace, but more importantly, the clean sheet made it one goal against that pair in their last ten games together.Talk of Stones and Dias being one of the great Premier

Perthshire -based TV actor Andy Gray, star of River City, has died at the age of 61. Andy, who was born in Perth, was best known for his role as Pete Galloway on the BBC Scotland soap.

It seems as though there’s another lockdown baby on the way as Fair City star Ben Condron has announced that he and his partner Rachel are expecting their second baby.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola could not find the words to express Kevin De Bruyne's brilliance after another majestic assist helped Manchester City on their way to a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace.Crystal Palace were making life difficult for the hosts before a brilliant ball from the right spun into the box from De Bruyne and was headed in by John Stones for the opening goal.

Fair City was forced off air last April when the pandemic first hit causing an interruption in the popular soap’s broadcast.

One of the big hits of Christmas has been the Olympia Panto which, of course, went online this year. And it has been revealed that thousands from all over the world have watched the show — Once Upon A Panto — which can be seen online right up until Sunday as the virtual run has been extended due to demand.

Sunday’s visit to Fair City sees the whole Orla and Darragh situation become even more muddled.

Drama is still ongoing in Carrickstown after the Christmas period, and Wednesday night’s episode of Fair City will see some of this untangle.

straight to your inboxRoy Keane believes Kevin de Bruyne is capable of playing any midfield or attacking position on the field after raving about Manchester City's "world-class" star.De Bruyne was at the centre of a vintage Manchester City performance, which saw them beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. City led 3-0 after a little over a half-an-hour with De Bruyne taking centre stage.