Encrochat dealer was buying £42k blocks of cocaine once a WEEK during Covid lockdown - before his empire came crashing down

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have been quite open in interviews when discussing the massive “Killers of the Flower Moon” script overhaul that took place during the film’s development. In a new interview with The Irish Times, the director revealed that he and co-writer Eric Roth had been working on the “Flower Moon” script for two whole years when DiCaprio took issue with the approach.

A rugby coach who had a heart attack on holiday returned to thank the doctor who saved his life and was told: "You were knocking at those (heavenly) gates a few times and we weren't letting you go in". Father-of-two Mark Lang suffered three cardiac arrests and was revived each time by a team involving a consultant cardiologist at Cork University Hospital.

Movie Week is done and dusted and what a spectacle it was, but this weekend on Strictly Come Dancing, the 13 remaining couples will once again be vying to impress the judges with their routines and you - the voting public.

SAG-AFTRA headquarters Thursday, continuing to negotiate a new contract with the heads of four major studios. But on Wednesday evening, he got a call from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers informing him that the talks were off. “I was taken completely by surprise,” said Crabtree-Ireland, the chief negotiator for the actors union.

Take That are gearing up to revisit standout moments from their decades-long career in a brand new podcast series. Across six episodes, Gary Barlow, whose wife was rushed to hospital earlier this week with an excrutiating injury, Mark Owen and Howard Donald will discuss their journey, starting out in the 1990s alongside former bandmates Jason Orange and Robbie Williams to topping the charts and performing at arenas.The first episode of Take That: This Life, named after their upcoming album, will be released next week.The band joked: “Who’d have thought after all this time we’d be adding professional podcasters to our resumes? “It’s been a real treat to sit down together and just chat – about some things we’ve talked about before and some things we haven’t.

Eric Cantona has described his newly launched music career as being the “closest thing” that comes to his time on the football pitch.The retired Manchester United legend first teased a career in music earlier this year via a post on Instagram, which shared a preview of the music video for his lead single, ‘The Friends We Lost’. The clip showed him in a Shakespearean pose, holding a model of his own head and singing: “Watch yourself in the mirror – someone you hate, someone you love.”Now, he has described the new venture as the next best thing from being on the football pitch.“If you have a dream it should be a big dream.

Israeli concert-goers while performing at the Las Vegas Sphere by adding their 1984 hit “Pride (In the Name of Love)” to their set list on Sunday.“In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about nonviolence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable,” said U2 frontman Bono to a silent crowd in a video posted on the band’s Instagram. “But our prayers have always been for peace and for nonviolence.” “But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed,” continued the singer. “So sing with us… and those beautiful kids at that music festival.”As the first verse of the song begins, Bono, 63, manages to change the lyrics to reflect the recent tragedy in the Middle East rather than the assassination of Dr.

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has revealed opting to not play abroad during his playing career remains one of his biggest regrets.

Kintija Ziedone is a hard worker. She’s a waitress and housekeeper at The Alan hotel, on Princess Street.

its first residency in Sin City on Friday night, the Irish icons dropped the new single “Atomic City” — and its video — earlier in the same day.Hey, they didn’t become one of the biggest rock bands of all time without learning a thing or two about promotional synergy.And as they prepare to go Vegas — where no respectable band would have dared to go back in the day when they ruled rock — “Atomic City” finds the quintessentially earnest quartet coming out swinging and swaggering rather than taking themselves so seriously.“I’m ready for bright lights…I came here for the fight/I’m front row in Las Vegas/And there’s a big one on tonight,” sings Bono in a not-so-subtle nod to “U2: UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere,” their Sept. 29- Dec.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor 1957 was a big year for David McCallum, the respected Glasgow-born actor known for “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” “The Great Escape” and his 20-year run on “NCIS” as quirky pathologist Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard. The actor, who died Sept.

Queen and Adam Lambert are set to embark on their North American ‘Rhapsody’ tour next week – find all the details below.The legendary band launched the acclaimed show back in 2019, and brought it to the UK, Ireland and Europe last year.Per a press release, Queen and their frontman Lambert are now taking the newly “expanded and updated” production back to the US and Canada “where it first began”. The group have promised an “even more ambitious show” at the upcoming dates.Queen’s 2023 Rhapsody’ tour is scheduled to begin with two consecutive nights at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland next Wednesday (October 4) and Thursday (5).From there, they’ll visit Toronto, Detroit, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities throughout the month.

The weather is set to be mostly dry with some sunny spells today - before Storm Agnes batters Greater Manchester with heavy rain and strong winds tomorrow.

Appearing on ESPN’s “College GameDay” Saturday ahead of the University of Notre Dame and Ohio State University game, Vaughn rooted for the Fighting Irish while remembering his time as Jamie O’Hara in 1993’s “Rudy.” “This is like picking kids for me,” Vaughn said. “My dad’s from [Ohio]. My sister, born in Columbus.

VAR had no choice but to rule out Jonny Evans' goal for Manchester United against Burnley due to Rasmus Hojlund's interference with James Trafford, according to ex-Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has revealed that he has tested positive for COVID ahead of the band’s European tour dates that begin this week.The band will play Lisbon’s Altice Arena on Sunday (October 2) as the first in a new run of dates on the continent as part of their ongoing reunion tour.Ahead of the dates beginning, Barker took to Instagram on Friday (September 22) to share a photo of a positive COVID test.The band and venue have yet to share any official information regarding the Lisbon show or any future gigs.It comes after Barker returned to the tour this month following after his wife Kourtney Kardashian underwent “life-threatening emergency surgery” for their unborn baby.

Jill Dando was killed in a “professional hit”, a former career criminal claims.

Simone Biles is speaking out over an awful incident that happened a gymnastics competition.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Angela Scanlon has said she ‘loved every second’ of her first dance following the first live show on Saturday night. The presenter, 39, joined 14 other celebrities who made their debuts on the dance floor with their professional partners on the BBC show.

Beyond the glitter and glitz, Strictly Come Dancing has seen its fair share of off-screen drama, reminding us that behind the scenes, not everything sparkles as brightly as it does on the dancefloor. As well as the sequins and fancy footwork, there's been a less shiny side to the show, including backstage feuds and unhappy partnerships.