A TERRIFYING POV video has emerged showing a Ukrainian cameraman shredded with shrapnel after being blown up by a Kamikaze drone.

Shocking footage shows Pavlo Borysko being attacked by a Russian FPV drone while filming military drone pilots on the frontline.

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Cameraman Pavlo Borysko seen just moments after the attack[/caption]

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After the dust settled, Borysko was seen covered in blood with his winter jacket and a bulletproof vest riddled with holes.[/caption]

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He underwent several surgeries that took metal pieces out of his body[/caption]

Footage filmed by Borysko shows the moment a Ukrainian drone was about to take off when the site was hit by a Russian FPV.

An explosion can be seen on the video before shrapnel is sent in every direction.

After the dust settled, Borysko was seen covered in blood with his winter jacket and a bulletproof vest riddled with holes.

Nearby Ukrainian soldiers applied a tourniquet on Borysko and sent him to the field hospital.

He was found to have numerous shrapnel wounds and a leg fracture.

The brave cameraman was then transferred to a regular hospital where he underwent several surgeries that took metal pieces out of his body.

Borysko was accompanied by war correspondent Olexander Motorny who continued filming at the scene even after the explosion.

Motorny said: “I was filming the drone pilot, who was in the safe place, and Borysko was filming the drone taking off. We heard the explosion and rushed outside.

“He was yelling because he was shell-shocked. He said, ‘You have to film me; it is important.'”

The incident happened near Vovchansk, just about 10 kilometres from the Russian border.

Borysko and Motorny are part of the Ukrainian national TV channel 1+1.

Vovchansk was occupied by Russia twice, first at the beginning of the full-scale invasion and a second time in 2024 during the Russian counter-offensive.

According to the Ukrainian military, parts of the city are still under the control of Putin’s army.

Meanwhile, twisted Russian soldiers posted sickening videos of their murderous drone strikes on innocent Ukrainians online as warped war “trophies”.

Horrifying clips of several bomb drops on civilian homes, buses, and cars have been posted on Telegram during Mad Vlad’s terrorist invasion.

Videos, proudly uploaded by sick-minded Russian troops, show drone operators flying their weapons at a low height over the city.

These terrifying machines – filmed through the remote operator’s camera on the device – have not just targeted Ukrainian troops but have shockingly gone after civilians.

Public workers like nurses, waste collectors, police, and paramedics are just some of the people caught up in these attacks.

These sick strikes started on the outskirts of the port city a few months ago.

Russian troops then started to launch their attacks within the heart of the tortured city.

Ukrainian officials have warned the number of hits and victims has rapidly started to increase since the summer.

The tragic strikes have killed nearly 70 people and injured over 700 in the past few months, per CBC.

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Pavlo Borysko works for Ukrainian national TV channel 1+1[/caption]

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Borysko reporting from the frontline[/caption]

LISA Riley has shared a cryptic message after Peter Kay was slammed for making a cruel joke about her. 

Comedian Peter, 51, made a harsh reference to actress Lisa’s battle with alcohol, after she quit drinking nine years ago. 

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Today Emmerdale star Lisa, 48, took to Instagram to post about “seeing the good in life”. 

She shared a quote that read: “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”

Lisa added: “See the good in life….before you ALWAYS jump to the negative….its such a simpler way to live for sure.”

Fans were quick to comment on the upload, with one writing: “Absolutely! A saying everyone should take heed of your positive outlook Lisa, always bring a smile to my face thank you.”

Peter came under fire following his latest gig in his native Manchester, which saw him boot audience members out after a series of interruptions. 

After he called for one female fan to be removed when she shouted “we love you Peter Kay”, he couldn’t resist a distasteful dig as she made her way through the aisles – with audience members claiming he said: “Have a drink have we?

“Go on, off you go Lisa Riley.”

A fan then told MailOnline: “The whole thing just feels very nasty and bitter.

“His performance was poor but the way he dealt with one heckler and someone shouting ‘we love you’ was ridiculous.

“My friend and I left the show after that, half an hour early. Others left the show early too.”

Lisa has spoken openly about her decision to go sober, once admitting to drinking two bottles of wine a night.

She also confessed she “drowned my feelings in alcohol” following her mum’s death.

SHOPPERS are racing to Primark to get their hands on a new bodysuit that they have already declared as the perfect holiday buy.

So if you’re looking for something to freshen up your spring and summer wardrobe, then you’ve come to the right place.

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Primark has launched two new bodysuits for 2025[/caption]

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The bodysuits come in two colours[/caption]

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They’re only £10 too[/caption]

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The ruching detail is very flattering for all body shapes[/caption]

The £10 bodysuits come in two colours – navy and olive green – and are available in sizes XXS to XL.

And they boast a very flattering ruching detail that will look good on all bodyshapes.

Describing them on the website, Primark bosses say: “A staple in your new season edit, this ruched bodysuit is finished with a stylish asymmetric neckline.”

They’re already on the shelves in stores and are available for click and collect.

Staff at the retail giant’s Lincoln store have since gone viral with 196,000 views after sharing a clip of the new buys.

Alongside the video, the local branch gushed: “How stunning are these new bodysuits???”

And fashion fans appear to be in full agreement as they’re desperate to get their hands on one.

One shopper cried: “Not a want, a NEED.”

“Running to Primark”, said a second.

Someone else wrote, “These look so nice omg.”

A fourth added: “Will buy asap.”

Others, meanwhile, have declared the bodysuits as the perfect buy for a sunshine break, as one chimed in: “For holiday, chefs kiss.”

“These for Turkey”, echoed a sixth.

If this has inspired you to pop in to your nearest Primark, you might also notice that the seamless crop tops are BACK – and they’ve had an upgrade.

If you were obsessed with the ribbed camis that sell out every summer but weren’t quite quick enough to nab every colour, fear not, as they are now back in stock.

But they’ve had a slight tweak for spring 2025.

In previous years, the cami crop tops have boasted a V-neck nad ribbed material.

Now, they have been given a much sleeker look with a soft and stretchy fabric, spaghetti straps and a scoop neck. Even better? They’re double lined.

And they’re already up for grabs in seven colours – black, purple, sage green, grey, white, baby pink and taupe.

Shoppers have already praised the staple tops as “the best thing ever” and “so soft”.

JORGINHO has reportedly agreed terms with Flamengo for a free transfer from Arsenal.

The Italian is in the final months of his contract with Arsenal that expires in June, and could be headed back to the country of his birth on a free transfer this summer.

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Jorginho joined Arsenal from Chelsea[/caption]

As he is in the last six months of his deal, Jorginho is able to negotiate a pre-contract agreement with any club abroad.

Brazilian side Flamengo were reportedly pushing to sign the midfielder last month, but didn’t want to pay a transfer fee for the player.

Brazilian outlet BolaVIP claim that the interest has now advanced and Flamengo have agreed a salary with Jorginho.

Ex-Chelsea full-back Filipe Luis, who is now head coach at Flamengo, spoke to the Arsenal player last month to help convince him to join the Brazilian outfit.

Jorginho has been in demand and it was reported last month that his representatives held talks with another Brazilian club Palmeiras.

The former Chelsea player is among seven Arsenal players who could be axed in the summer.

It has been reported that Mikel Arteta has sanctioned the departure of players in order to raise funds for a summer spending spree.

Getting Jorginho’s £110,000 weekly wages off the books could allow Arsenal to reallocate those funds towards summer reinforcements.

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Arsenal were inactive in the January transfer window, potentially missing an opportunity to bolster their squad as they look to catch Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Jorginho joined Arsenal from Chelsea two years ago for a fee of £12million.

He has appeared 73 times for the Gunners in the Premier League, but has been a bit part player this season only starting six games and appearing off the bench four times.

IF you come down with a cough, sneezing or sniffles in the days before you’re due to travel, cancelling your flight can seem like overkill.

After all, it’s just a cold – right?

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Flying with a cold could up your risk of ear barotrauma[/caption]

But a pilot has recently gone viral for warning passengers not to set foot on a plane while battling a common cold, or risk permanent ear and hearing issues.

Captain Jaimes García who works for Colombian airline Avianca shared a video to TikTok, explaining the risks of air travel if you have a cold.

He warned that the change in altitude could trigger what’s known as ear barotrauma – a type of ear damage caused by pressure differences between the inside of the ear and the outside of the ear.

It can lead to ear pain and, in some cases, permanent hearing loss.

The pilot said: “If it’s very severe and you’re very congested, your eardrum could even rupture. It’s very serious.”

Professor Franklin Joseph, consultant physician in general internal medicine and head of Dr Frank’s clinic, told The Sun: “Flying with a cold can indeed increase the risk of ear barotrauma.”

He pointed out: “Given the recent increase in flu cases, many individuals are experiencing head colds and congestion

“It’s important to be aware of these risks and take appropriate measures to protect your health while travelling.”

According to Prof Joseph, ear barotrauma “occurs due to a blockage in the Eustachian tubes – the small passages that help regulate pressure in the ears”.

“When you’re congested, these tubes struggle to equalise pressure during takeoff and landing, leading to discomfort, pain, or even more severe symptoms such as hearing loss or fluid build-up behind the eardrum,” he said.

If your ears become blocked and painful during takeoff and landing – the dreaded “airplane ear” – you’re experiencing ear barotrauma.

Symptoms of the condition will vary according to whether it’s mild or severe – but having a cold might put you at risk of more long-lasting damage.

Prof Joseph said: “Mild cases may cause a feeling of fullness, temporary hearing loss, or ringing in the ears – also known as tinnitus.

“However, in more severe cases, individuals can experience persistent pain, vertigo, or even perforation of the eardrum, which may lead to ear discharge and longer-term hearing issues.”

In some cases, people may even experience bleeding from their ear.

“While most cases resolve on their own, serious cases may require medical intervention,” Prof Joseph said.

Ear pain and hearing loss aren’t the only health consequences of flying with a cold, he added.

“Aside from ear barotrauma, flying with a cold can also exacerbate sinus pressure, leading to intense headaches or facial pain,” the specialist explained.

“Additionally, congestion and dehydration in the cabin environment may worsen symptoms, prolong recovery, or increase the risk of spreading illness to fellow passengers.

“Those with pre-existing respiratory conditions, such as asthma, may also find that cold symptoms make breathing more difficult at altitude.”

Tips for avoiding ear damage

Prof Joseph shared some tips for avoiding ear barotrauma – and staying generally healthy – if you really can’t put off your travel.

“If flying with a cold is unavoidable, using a decongestant nasal spray before take-off and landing can help reduce nasal congestion,” he advised.

“Chewing gum or swallowing during ascent and descent can also aid in equalising ear pressure.

“It’s essential to stay well-hydrated and avoid caffeine or alcohol, as they can contribute to dehydration.”

You might also find sipping on water and yawning helpful to ease pressure in your ear, according to Ana Kim, an associate professor of otolaryngology at Columbia University Irving Medical Centre.

She also suggested pinching your nostrils closed with your fingers and then gently blowing air into your nose, or giving earplugs a go.

THE FA Cup fifth round draw is here – but there are some notable absentees!

Manchester United left it late to beat Leicester on Friday night, and they enter the draw as ball number one.

Ball number 10 is one to watch as Plymouth go into the fifth round of the draw after knocking out Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.

Manchester City also enter the fifth round, after surviving a scare against League One outfit Leyton Orient.

• Start time: 7.10pm GMT (approx)
• TV channel: BBC One; The One Show
• FREE live stream: FA Cup YouTube channel

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DON’T let a few rogue TV settings ruin the quality of your picture.

Even if you’ve forked out thousands on a very posh television, your movies and shows are still at risk of looking very dodgy.

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Even a top 4K telly can show a bad picture if you use the wrong settings[/caption]

The Sun has rounded up five essential settings that you’ll want to check to make sure that you’re not sabotaging movie night – no matter if you’re using an Amazon Fire TV Stick, watching Netflix, or just browsing through Freeview channels.

ENERGY SAVER

Most modern TVs will come with some kind of energy-saving mode. It’ll probably be helpfully named Energy Saver.

This is a great mode that can slightly reduce your energy bills, but it often comes with a catch.

Usually Energy Saver will make a change to screen brightness, dimming the overall picture.

For a start, it’ll mean that the picture is dark, which makes it hard to see what’s going on.

You’ll probably find that contrast is reduced, colours look less vivid, and the picture is overall poorer.

After all, many TVs are marketed on how bright their screens go. It can make a huge difference to how your picture looks.

So if you’re watching something important like a top Hollywood flick, keep energy saver off.

You can always switch it back on for regular telly.

MOTION SMOOTHING

Another setting you’ll want to look out for is Motion Smoothing.

It might also be called Motion Interpolation, Smooth Movement, or something very similar.

Video on your TV is a series of images shown very quickly. The speed at which it can show a new image is called the refresh rate.

A refresh rate of 60Hz means that your TV can update the picture on the screen 60 times every second.

But Hollywood films are often produced at 24 frames per second, which creates a mismatch.

We’ve come to know and love this effect over the years, giving the movies a cinematic feel.

However, some TVs use Motion Smoothing to insert fake frames based on computer guesswork – bringing 24fps footage up to 60fps.

Naysayers argue that this creates a horrible “soap opera” effect for movies, and top Hollywood talent like Tom Cruise, Martin Scorcese, and Christopher Nolan have all urged people to avoid the feature.

So if you’re watching a proper movie, try turning Motion Smoothing off.

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Try turning off settings with “Motion” in the name to fix the issue[/caption]

ASPECT RATIO

Aspect ratio is the relationship between the width and height of the image on your screen.

For instance, a 4K movie has 3,840 pixels on every row and 2,160 pixels on every column going across the screen.

That works out at about eight million pixels overall, for exceptional detail.

The aspect ratio for standard 4K is 16:9. That means that for every 16 pixels on a row, there are nine pixels in the column.

This determines the shape of the footage that you’re watching.

But if you’ve got the wrong aspect ratio set on your TV compared to what you’re watching, the content might look squished, stretched, and can even have entire chunks cut off.

Thankfully it’s very easy to adjust aspect ratio in your settings.

Often it’ll be done automatically – but it might not work properly sometimes, especially if you’re streaming from other devices.

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Look for Aspect Ratio or Picture Size settings on your TV[/caption]

Manually checking the correct aspect ratio for each TV show and movie could quickly get tiring.

So instead, try just eye-balling it.

As you flick through the aspect ratios, one should stick out as looking just right. No cut-off footage or wide, stretched bodies.

And if you really can’t tell what looks right, you could just Google it and set the correct aspect ratio.

VIVID

Another setting to watch out for is something called Vivid.

Whether this looks good or bad will probably depend on what you’re watching – and how your TV maker has set the feature up.

Vivid is a type of picture mode that will change settings on your TV to make the image look, well, more vivid.

But sadly this often means just cranking the saturation up – that’s the intensity of colours.

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Some saturation can make a movie’s colours pop, but it can quickly look gaudy and artificial.

So try turning it off to see if you prefer it. You might find that movies and TV shows look much better with Vivid switched off.

Be aware that many TVs have a Dynamic mode that automatically changes settings for you. So that can also be to blame for dodgy colours.

SHARPNESS

Finally, there’s Sharpness – a common setting that makes it very easy to mess up a TV’s picture.

Sharpness is meant to control how defined the edges of objects look on your screen.

It’ll enhance the edges so that they look sharp and clear, which can be useful.

But if you set sharpness too high, you’ll begin to notice a lot of “noise” on the screen.

These are strange artifacts that your TV churns out because it’s trying to add edge detail that isn’t there.

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And with sharpness set to very high levels, it can totally ruin how your picture looks.

So keep sharpness nice and low – and if you really want to increase it, do it by a little at a time to see how the changes look.

ISRAELI hostages have been chained, gagged and burned by Hamas thugs in a horrific campaign of abuse.

Innocent civilian captives are also being hung by their feet and starved while held in Gaza.

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Israeli captive Eli Sharabi was freed on Saturday after almost 500 days[/caption]

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Or Levy being interviewed by Hamas onstage[/caption]

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Furious Donald Trump said the latest hostages freed under Hamas and Israel‘s fragile ceasefire deal “looked like Holocaust survivors”.

The US president said he was losing his patience with the deal after seeing footage of Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami, who appeared gaunt upon their release.

Hamas terrorists brutally dragged more than 250 hostages back across the border during their October 7 attack.

Now, almost 500 days on, the last hostages are finally being released and laying bare the shocking treatment they have received and witnessed.

Sharabi, 52, Levy, 34, and Ami, 56, said they had been forced to go days without food and were often only given a single rotten pitta to share.

Israel’s health ministry said they were suffering from “severe malnutrition” and had lost significant body weight.

Barbaric Hamas brutes also only let them relieve themselves twice a day at specific times, Channel 12 news reported.

They were also cruelly interrogated by Hamas fighters, who burned them with a white-hot, unidentified object.

Levy said he was held in the tunnels for the majority of the time, and was only allowed to show every few months – spending 491 days barefoot.

He reportedly told his family: “I was bound in a dark tunnel, without air, without light.

“I couldn’t stand or walk, and only toward the time of the release did the terrorists remove the chains and I learned to walk again.”

He also described depraved mind games Hamas thugs subjected hostages to, by telling them they would be freed soon.

Warped Hamas terrorists tried to give hostages more food in the days before they were finally released in a last-minute attempt to improve their health.

President Isaac Herzog branded the emaciated state of the hostages as “what a crime against humanity looks like”.

He said: “The whole world must look directly at Ohad, Or, and Eli— returning after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained — being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers.”

Those released told how Eliya Cohen, who remains in captivity, has had a bullet wound on his leg since the October 7 atrocity that still hasn’t received proper treatment.

He has also been chained up throughout, and has been given very little food or daylight.

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Eli Sharabi before he was abducted[/caption]

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Cohen was held in the tunnels with Sharabi, Levy and Ami – making his mother fear for his life.

She told Israel Hayom newspaper seeing them left her unable to sleep and added: “You understand they are suffering a holocaust.”

Alon Ohel, another hostage, meanwhile has been bound, starved and given no medical attention for shrapnel in his shoulder, arm and now partially blind eye.

His heartbroken Idit Ohel mum said: “I can’t understand it. I don’t think there’s a single mother who could handle her son being hungry, hungry for food, and held in chains for so many days.”

She added: “Everything you can see that Eli and Or went through, Alon is now experiencing.”

Hostages previously released outside the latest deal also gave distressing accounts.

Among them was Amit Soussana, who told how she was raped and tortured at gunpoint by merciless terrorists.

She said: “I was alone, chained by the ankles with a metal shackle, unable to move, and forced to beg to use the bathroom,’ she said.

“I was sexually assaulted by the Hamas terrorist who guarded me. He forced me into the shower, following closely with his gun aimed at me.

“His heavy breathing and predatory stare were terrifying… I was powerless to stop it.

“I had no one to comfort me and had to ‘behave’ for the man who had just violated me in the most horrifying way.”

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Armed fighters in one of the underground tunnels in Shujaya neighborhood of Gaza City[/caption]

“Not a day goes by that I don’t think about what that terrible man did to me, but I keep reminding myself that I am free now and that he can’t hurt me again, ” she added.

So far, 16 of the 33 hostages to be released have come home, as well as five Thai hostages who were returned in an unscheduled release.

In exchange, Israel has released hundreds of prisoners and detainees, ranging from prisoners serving life sentences for deadly attacks to Palestinians detained during the war and held without charge.

But Hamas has accused Israel of dragging its feet on allowing aid into Gaza, one of the conditions of the first phase of the agreement, a charge Israel has rejected as untrue.

In turn, Israel has accused Hamas of not respecting the order in which the hostages were to be released and of orchestrating abusive public displays when they have been handed over to the Red Cross.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said it would not let the dire condition of Levy, Ami and Sharabi “pass without response”.

It comes as Trump has said he is “committed to buying and owning” the Gaza Strip and relocating the two million Palestinians living there.

He today insisted Palestinians wouldn’t have right to return to Gaza under his plan for US “ownership” of war-torn territory

Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have hit back at plans – but Netanyahu praised his proposal as “revolutionary”.

UNFORGOTTEN was last seen on air in 2023 but the brand new sixth series returned to our screens this week.

The episode saw Sinéad Keenan and Sanjeev Bhaskar both returning as their characters DI Khan and DCI James as they investigate cold cases and unsolved crimes from the past.

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Unforgotten was last seen on air in 2023 but the brand new sixth series returned to our screens last night[/caption]

Like previous seasons of the hit ITV drama, viewers can expect grisly murders and complex storylines as the pair work closely to uncover the secrets of the past.

Sinéad, 47, is an Irish actress, who is also recognised for her roles as Farrah Phelan in Fair City and werewolf Nina Pickering in Being Human.

However, what viewers might not realise is that Sinead didn’t start of wanting to be an actor.

The 46 year old who was born and raised in Dublin, and the eldest of three children, instead wanted to be a lawyer.

She attended University and graduated with a degree in sociology and history.

As a child, she loved the US legal drama Matlock, but as she got older she realised that she actually just wanted to play the part of the lawyer, not be one.

Earlier career

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She played Nina in the hit drama Being Human[/caption]

Her first role was in 1999, when she was cast as the teenage girlfriend of Cillian Murphy in the film, Sunburn.

After this, she played the character Farrah Phelan in Irish soap Fair City for a year.

She left Fair City amid fears of becoming type-cast and moved on to film the movie On the Nose with Cracker actor Robbie Coltrane.

Her next television role was as Lisa Cassidy in short-lived Irish sitcom The Cassidys.

She then appeared in numerous tv hits including Murder City, Taggart and Doctors, before landing the role of Kelly Hawkins in ITV’s Moving Wallpaper.

Following this, the actress played Nina Pickering in Being Human and had guest roles in Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Silent Witness, and David Tennant‘s final episodes of the science fiction show Doctor Who.

In 2021, she starred in the two-part BBC One drama Three Families, which focused on abortion in Northern Ireland.

Famous siblings

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Sinead Keenan and her sister Grainne Keenan arriving for the ITV Palooza[/caption]

However, Sinéad isn’t the only actor in her family because she also has famous siblings, Rory and Gráinne, who are also highly successful in theatre, television and film.

Gráinne has worked alongside Glenn Close in the film The Wife and starred with Adrian Dunbar in the thriller Blood.

She also appeared in the Martin Freeman comedy Breeders and starred alongside her sister Sinead in Unforgotten as her on screen sister Debbie.

Their brother Rory has also worked extensively in theatre and film and had roles in Peaky Blinders, War & Peace, Birdsong, and The Guard.

He is married to actor Gemma Arterton who portrayed Bond Girl Strawberry Fields in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace and spy Pollyana Wilkins / Agent Galahad in the action war film The King’s Man.

Meet Cute

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She met her husband twenty years ago when they were acting in a play[/caption]

Sinéad met her husband, TV director Chris McGill, twenty years ago in a lovely meet-cute that could have come right out of a rom-com movie.

They were in a Royal Shakespeare Company production in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

‘We were in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I was playing Hermia; he was playing a fairy! He was the understudy Lysander to my Hermia,’ she told The I.

Chris has worked with stars like Tom Hiddleston and Jude Law, and he’s directed many episodes of EastEnders and Holby City.

The couple now live in Shakespeare’s hometown with their two young sons

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Rory Keenan and his wife Gemma[/caption]

LUKE LITTLER has revealed his Mount Rushmore of darts.

Littler, 18, has taken darts by storm since bursting onto the scene at the World Darts Championship in 2023/24.

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Luke Littler has revealed his Mount Rushmore of darts[/caption]

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Littler’s mentor Phil Taylor was the first name on his list[/caption]

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However, after becoming the world champion in 2024/25, Littler has now lifted the lid on who his idols of the sport are.

Speaking on the Huw Ware podcast, Littler was asked for his top four players of all time.

The Nuke replied: “As a fan, obviously, Phil Taylor is at the top.

“Michael van Gerwen is two.

“Raymond van Barneveld is three.

“I’ll say Adrian Lewis. From what I’ve watched.”

Littler has had a number of conversations with legendary Taylor, including dinner ahead of the World Darts Championship.

The Power, 64, has said he believes Littler could eclipse his staggering tally of 14 PDC world championship titles.

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Meanwhile, Van Gerwen had a similar dramatic entrance to the darts scene as Littler.

The Dutchman was a three-time world champion before Littler even became a pro.

But Mighty Mike is now one of Littler’s biggest rivals, and placing him on his top four shows the immense respect Littler has for Van Gerwen.

Fellow Dutchman Van Barneveld is in the twilight of his career by his own admission.

But the 57-year-old is a five-time world champion – four-time BDO and one-time PDC – and rightly has a spot among the legends of the game.

The final name on Littler’s list, Lewis, is on hiatus from darts.

The 40-year-old said he was taking an “indefinite break” due to personal reasons back in 2023.

And following the two-time PDC world champion’s inactivity, Jackpot lost his Pro Tour Card at the end of 2024.

On the podcast, Littler was also asked how he spent his 18th birthday.

He said: “Very good. Just went bowling with my friends. Just played a few games of bowling, a few games of pool and then went home. I pre-planned it.

“Obviously, it was a Tuesday, so it was a half-priced drinks.

“A week before, I went in to the ten pin and I said, can we get birthday at 8 o’clock? And then there was like two-end lanes.

“So I said, I want the end two lanes for 8pm. They sorted it out. We were out of the way.”

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Five-time champion Raymond van Barneveld was the third name on Littler’s Rushmore[/caption]

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Adrian Lewis was the last name on the list despite losing a his Pro Tour card[/caption]

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