Police open investigations as Michael Oliver subjected to ‘abhorrent attacks’ after controversial Arsenal red card
POLICE have opened an investigation after referee Michael Oliver was subjected to “abhorrent attacks”.
The official sent off Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly during the clash against Wolves.
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The decision was deemed as controversial and was not changed by VAR.
The defender, 18, tripped Matt Doherty as he looked to break away.
Replays showed that the Arsenal star’s studs caught the Wolves player.
The Premier League confirmed that VAR supported the decision as Lewis-Skelly was guilty of “serious foul play”.
The PGMOL have now released a statement confirming that the police have opened an investigation into abuse targeting the referee.
It read: “We are appalled by the threats and abuse directed at Michael Oliver following the Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal fixture.
“No official should be subject to any form of abuse, let alone the abhorrent attacks aimed at Michael and his family over the past 24 hours.
“The police are aware, and a number of investigations have commenced.
“We are supporting Michael, and all those affected, and are determined to tackle this unacceptable behaviour.
“Sadly, this is not the first time a match official has been forced to deal with threats in recent times.
“We will continue to support all investigations.”
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West End actor BLINDED after thug smashed through windscreen with metal object in random traffic lights road rage attack
A WEST End star was blinded in his right eye after he was randomly attacked by an armed thug while waiting at traffic lights.
Mike Holoway, 63, needed stitches inside his eyeball after an attacker smashed through his van window with a metal object in Beckton, East London.
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Last night the actor, who is currently unable to work, told of his ordeal and revealed he needs three operations over nine months in a bid to save his sight.
He told The Sun: “It was 15 seconds of hell. If it wasn’t for the witness I don’t know if I would still be here.
“I was stationary and I heard banging on my door and pulling of the handle. He began screaming and shouting at me.”
Mike, who starred as the main role in Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat for four years, suspects he was targeted in a brutal attempted robbery.
He said: “This man smashed his fist through my side window, driver’s side window. Straight into my face, knocked me across to the passenger seat.
“I had to have metallic fragments pulled out of my face.
“You think you know how you can react in these situations. But I saw stars. I didn’t know what the hell was going on.
“By the time I picked myself up and got my momentum, I reached for my phone to take a picture of the reg plate, but he’d gone.
“It was quite a tall man, who looked Turkish, with short dark hair and eyes. He smashed straight through the window into my face.”
It is believed the thug held a knuckle-duster or small weighted object, which he took with him after being spooked by oncoming vehicles.
Mike floored it and moved away from the scene on the evening of December 18, and was guided to safety by a witness named Bobby.
He said: “Bobby was, as far as I’m concerned, the angel of the day. He got me together and made sure I could get to hospital.”
Mike was rushed to A&E in Essex, where he stayed for more than seven hours for scans and tests.
He was then taken to Moorfields Eye Hospital in central London for surgery after initial findings showed extensive damage to his eye.
LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY
It is unknown how much sight the actor will be able to regain following the attack, casting serious doubts on the future of his career.
Dad-of-two Mike, who also starred in cult TV series The Tomorrow People, now faces a long road to recovery.
He added: “I’ve got to have a lens replacement. I’ve got to get a cornea donor. I’ve got to have a cornea replacement.
“My eye at the moment is being held together by six stitches.
“I’m on painkillers all day, every day for the first five weeks of it happening. It’s a bit of a blur. My wife Emma has been incredible.
“I have to say Moorfields, the team there, the specialists there, the nurses have been unbelievable, absolutely staggering. So they’ve saved my eye.”
He has launched a Gofundme campaign to help with his recovery, which has raised more than £5,000.
The Metropolitan Police has made no arrests.
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Dancing On Ice fans work out ‘real’ reason Dan Edgar keeps getting high score
DANCING On Ice fans have ‘worked out’ why Dan Edgar keeps getting high judges’ scores.
Towie cast member Dan, 34, is paired up with pro skater Vanessa James on the ITV show.
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This week’s episode, Movie Night, saw Dan channel James Bond in his latest performance.
The reality star scored 31, his highest so far – but fans had a lot to say about the outcome.
One viewer wrote on X: “the fact they know no one is gonna vote for dan so they’re overmarking him to make sure he gets through #DancingOnIce.”
Another added: “Im obviously watching a different show cos i thought dan was boring and nearly fluffed the jump. #dancingonice.”
While a third shared: “I give Dan and Vanessa a 6.0. Most of this routine consisted of you supporting Vanessa to perform, which takes great strength, but I wanted to see more of YOU, not Vanessa, as beautiful as she is.
“I did notice some great crossovers, though. #DancingOnIce.”
In their first performance, Dan and Vanessa received a score of 29, meaning they increased by two.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Dan previously lifted the lid on his Dancing on Ice training sessions.
Ahead of the series starting, he said the sessions were “going really well”.
He added: “I am really enjoying it. It is tough,” before revealing: “I am using muscles in my legs I have never used before in my life.
“My legs are feeling it most days. I have fallen over a couple of times. But it is mad how quickly – if you do something for two hours a day, there’s nothing in life where you really stick at it.”
Dan then spoke of the change he has noticed physically since training for the show, with him dubbing it as a “really good workout” before gushing about the overall experience.
“The whole experience… I am really grateful to have the opportunity to do it,” he told us.
“We started our routine and I have got a wardrobe fitting soon,” he teased, adding: “I am sure there will be some mad outfits.”
Dancing on Ice airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
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Dancing On Ice 2025 pairings
Here's the 12 celebs taking part in 2025 - along with their professional partner.
Sarah Storey revealed she had quit on December 6, 2024, and it’s not known if she will be replaced.
The Paralympian was partnered with Sylvain Longchambon.
Charlie Brooks and Eric Radford
Chris Taylor and Vanessa Bauer
Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton
Chelsee Healey and Andy Buchanan
Michaela Strachan and Mark Hanretty
Ferne McCann and Brendyn Hatfield
Dan Edgar and Vanessa James
Sir Steve Redgrave and Vicky Ogden
Anton Ferdinand and Annette Dytrt
Sam Aston and Molly Lanaghan
Josh Jones and Tippy Packard
Love Island All Stars’ Ron brutally shuts down potential romance with Harriett after she stole him from Kaz
LOVE Island’s Ron Hall has brutally shut down any hope of a potential romance with Harriett Blackmore.
Ron was coupled up with Kaz Crossley until Harriett entered the All Stars villa and stole him.
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Harriett – who was previously in a relationship with fellow All Star Ronnie Vint – left fans gobsmacked when she stole Ron from Kaz during the recent recoupling.
And then fans were left even more gobsmacked when Ron shut down any hopes of a romance with the stunning bombshell.
Harriett was given a heads up by her friend Grace Jackson that Ron is not interested in her in a romantic way, which leaves her totally shocked and taken aback, as per MailOnline.
Pulling Ron for a chat, Harriett was candid and said: “I’ve heard a few things from everyone else about how you’re feeling but it’s a bit of a shock as it’s such early days…”
Harriett’s entry into the villa, alongside Montel McKenzie, came just moments after Marcel Somerville and Olivia Hawkins were dumped from the villa.
Ahead of her return to the villa, Harriett said: “I think that my last time in the Villa was cut too short so I think I deserve a second chance, I’m looking forward to it!”
She previously dated Ronnie Vint during her stint on the show last summer, and she revealed she’s not looking for a second romance with her ex.
“[I want to] explore new connections… but I definitely need to have a conversation with Ronnie though, I think that’s important.
Harriett added: “I don’t know how I’m going to feel when I see him, I haven’t seen him in months, we last spoke in September.”
PLOT TO REKINDLE AND WIN?
But despite Harriett seemingly defiant that she and Ronnie won’t rekindle, some fans are convinced that the pair have an elaborate plan to win the show.
Some fans have a theory that the pair never really ended their relationship, with them actually still together and appearing back on the show in order to rekindle, win and nab £50,000.
One person on X recently said: “No one can convince me that Ronnie and Harriet didn’t plan this ‘rekindling’ since last year.”
“Okay plot twist: what if Harriet and Ronnie never actually broke up and they both agreed to go on all Stars so they could win together?” asked a second.
A third person then penned: “Okay now I’m starting to think they aren’t actually broken up & they just said that to come back on the show & win.”
Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up
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Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders who are in the villa so far.
- Scott Thomas – season 2 (2016).
- Marcel Somerville – season 3 (2017) – OUT
- India Reynolds – season 2 (2017) – OUT
- Gabby Allen – season 3 (2017).
- Elma Pazar – season 5 (2019) – born in 1993.
- Curtis Pritchard – season 5 (2019).
- Kaz Crossley – season 5 (2019).
- Olivia Hawkins – season 10 (2023) – OUT
- Nas Majeed – season 6 (2020).
- Luca Bish – season 8 (2022).
- Catherine Agbaje – season 10 (2023).
- Ronnie Vint – season 11 (2024).
Bombshells
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who has joined the villa so far:
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – season 8 (2022).
- Casey O’Gorman – season 9 (2023) and All Stars (2024).
- Ron Hall – season 9 (2023).
- Tina Stinnes – season 2 (2016).
- Grace Jackson – season 11 (2024).
- Harriet Blackmore – season 11 (2024).
- Montel McKenzie – season 10 (2024).
While a fourth echoed: “Ronnie & Harriett have done this to come on here, reunite and win love island.”
This comes after some fans were fuming over the show, branding it “fixed” amid Harriett and Montel’s entries into the villa.
FIX CLAIMS
Viewers reckon that Olivia and Marcel were axed in a bid to save another couple – who likely had the least votes – so two former flames can be reunited.
Fans were saying last week that Ronnie and Elma must have had the least votes but they had to keep him in for Harriett’s return.
Reacting to the news of Harriett’s return and Olivia’s dumping underneath a post made by the Love Island account on Instagram, fans shared their “fix” theories.
“So it was meant to be Ronnie and Elma who were meant to get kicked out but they had to keep Ronnie for the reaction,” wrote one person.
“This is why the dumping was fixed tonight then! Time to stop watching now she’s back,” said another.
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Ricki Lake Thanks Those Who ‘Showed Up’ After She Lost Her Home in the L.A. Fires: ‘I Don’t Come from Money’
Coronation Street to be rocked by explosive new storyline as arsonist uncovered on the cobbles
THINGS will be hotting up on Coronation Street if these first look pictures are anything to go by.
A huge blaze will rip through the Platt’s house in tense scenes next week, destroying not only the home but the lives of Jack P Shepherd and Julia Golding’s David and Shona in the process.
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And with no sign of Georgia Taylor’s Toyah, or the kids, it becomes evident that people could be trapped inside – forcing Shona, alongside Nick and Max to head back inside.
It will later be revealed that the fire is an arson attack, with a mysterious hooded figure seen pushing a petrol-soaked rag through the letterbox of No. 8.
It means a number of the street’s residence will have to try to prove their innocence to the police in the scenes that will air from February 3.
Elsewhere, Abi is on the warpath after uncovering that Toyah shopped her to social services, and a huge confrontation takes place.
And a drunken Leanne is creeping around the cobbles feeling lonely, with fingers soon pointing in her direction as the arsonist behind the huge blaze.
It comes after David actor Jack warned ‘no one is safe’ in his character’s storyline – amid a cast cull.
Jack, 37, has played David Platt ever since joining the ITV soap in 2000.
Now, with his character’s loved ones in immediate peril, Jack addressed the latest developments in Weatherfield.
He said: “Knowing that no one is safe and they could come after his whole family, he’s panicked and he’s desperate.
“He’s trying to think of ways to pay the money back but it’s a huge lump sum to come up with and he’s bricking it.”
The actor added: “David’s unpredictable, even for soap, you can see where it’s going with certain stories and that it’s not going to end well but you’re not quite sure how he’s going to get out of it or if he’s going to win in the end but hopefully he does.”
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8pm on ITV.