MEGAN Barton Hanson was the belle of the ball as she stunned in a floor-length golden gown at the TV Choice Awards. The former Love Islander, who attended the bash with boyfriend Wes, dazzled in the beaded frock by Julien Macdonald. The former model wore the £250 dress from the designer’s Star collection, on sale at Debenhams. The range is modelled on his mainline collection, which costs thousands of pounds.

A MAN stumbled upon a Viking penny worth £15,000 in "the find of a lifetime" as he searched for treasures in a parsnip field. Richard Scothern found the coin - 1,100 years old - as he scanned the field on Boxing Day last year. The 45-year-old welder, who has been a metal dectectorist for 19 years, was stunned to learn the coin dated back to the reign of Viking king Sihtric Coach.

XL Bully dogs were still being sold online for hundreds of pounds this morning despite the ban on the beasts coming into force today. As of midnight last night the selling, rehoming and breeding of the ferocious hounds became illegal amid a massive crackdown by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.  But dog-selling sites were this morning still filled with dozens of listings for XL Bully hounds.  Elsewhere, on the likes of TikTok, are illegally trying to sell puppies by sharing videos of them with the caption "

IT’S been one hell of a year... From the first, glorious Coronation of a new British monarch in my lifetime, and Taylor Swift’s equally stunning succession to the throne of world’s biggest superstar, to the hideous wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East, the dreary fun-sapping antics of Just Stop Oil imbeciles and the permanently whining Duke and Duchess of Sussex, 2023 has been a roller-coaster. A ride of ups, downs — and politicians brought to their knees by an inexplicable inability to describe a woman.

DARNELL McIntosh is reaping the rewards after taking the ultimate gamble – playing for nothing. The Huddersfield winger has attracted plenty of plaudits as Simon Woolford’s side secured its Super League future with a top eight finish. But SunSport has been told how the 21-year-old decided to back himself after being initially rejected by the Giants, for no financial reward. Team-mate Leroy Cudjoe revealed: “Darnell’s progression the last 18 months has been really good.