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Metro
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Coronation Street confirms unexpected new love interest for Jenny
Coronation Street favourite Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) is a woman who's not been lucky in love over the years – but she doesn't give up hope. The former landlady of the Rovers is currently working at the Kabin, after being forced to give up the pub to Carla (Alison King). She and husband Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley) took up the license of the pub in 2018. After Johnny's death in 2021, Jenny continued to be landlady and her stepdaughter Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) helped her run the business. In 2023 Jenny and Daisy bought the pub from its owners using money they took from a secret bank account that killer Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce) had used to stash money stolen from Carla. One of Stephen's victims was Jenny's former partner Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost). A lot of people disapproved of Jenny and Leo's age-gap romance but it was perfectly genuine on both sides, so Jenny was devastated when Leo mysteriously vanished and was later discovered to have been murdered by Stephen. Jenny and Daisy's relationship turned sour prior to Daisy leaving Weatherfield. When she and her mum Christina (Amy Robbins) heard that Jenny planned to buy the pub from Carla using money inherited from Daisy's father, they vowed to destroy her. Their plan involved setting up a fake dating profile of a man called Dom, who catfished Jenny and broke her heart once again. So could the former landlady be due for some better luck in the romance department? When a pipe bursts in the Kabin, Jenny is badly in need of a hero with a set of plumbing tools and some basic DIY knowledge to stop a catastrophic flood. Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who's leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale? Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro's WhatsApp Soaps community and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we've just dropped the latest spoilers! A hero humbly steps up, and it's none other than George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley). He gallantly and competently fixes Jenny's leak and she's thrilled by his manly prowess and offers to cook him dinner as a way of saying thank you. More Trending George would seem to be the ideal man for Jenny. He's single since Eileen (Sue Cleaver) left for Thailand, has his own business and is always nicely turned out as befits Weatherfield's premier independent funeral director. There's a problem, though. Jenny's gutted to learn that Glenda (Jodie Prenger) has set George up on a dating app – and he's already had some interest. Clearly Jenny has some competition. View More » Will Jenny decide George is worth fighting for? And how will George cope with being so much in demand?
The Irish Sun
12 hours ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Mick Kearin dead – Tributes flood in for ex-Shamrock Rovers & Bohemians ace who made Republic of Ireland history
IRISH football legend Michael 'Mick' Kearin has passed away peacefully aged 82 in Lourdesville nursing home in Kildare Town. Kearin was a League of Ireland legend having started his career with St Patrick's Athletic's youth team before playing for 2 The 82-year-old passed away peacefully on Sunday Credit: 2 Kearin player over 200 games between the League of Ireland and FAI Cup Credit: @BFCdublin Kearin won three FAI Cups in-a-row with While playing for Rovers, the three-time capped amateur international earned his first Ireland senior cap in 1971. He started in the Republic of Ireland's 6-0 loss to Austria in a European Championship qualifier in Linz. Kearin started in an entirely Ireland based starting 11 before being replaced after 52 minutes by his club teammate Damien Richardson. Read more on League of Ireland The cap meant the Kildare Town native became the first Kildare man to receive an Ireland cap. While playing for the Milltown based side, Kearin made eight appearances in Europe and scored two goals. Most notably the three-time FAI Cup winner was a part of the side who famously drew 1-1 with Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Cup Winner's Cup second round clash. The second leg saw the Hoops level at 2-2 late on thanks to goals from Liam Tuohy and Bobby Gilbert but a late Gerd Müller strike knocked out the Irish side. Most read in Football Bayern Munich went on to win the competition, beating Glasgow Rangers in the final. Kearin also featured in a six-week summer exhibition to promote professional football in the US with Boston Rovers. Ireland legend joins Jacqui Hurley in making quirky prediction for Women's Euros semi from RTE couch During the exhibition he faced the likes of Sunderland, Wolves, Hearts and Stoke City as well as South American teams. Tributes have poured in for the father of four sons. His former clubs led the way paying homage to the LOI legend. Bohemians released a tribute saying: "All at Bohemians are saddened to hear of the passing of former player Mick Kearin. "After joining from St. Patrick's Athletic where he had played as a youth he became one of a number of exciting, attacking young players who made their name under the guidance of manager Seán Thomas. "Despite being a full amateur side Bohs enjoyed back to back third-place finishes in the 1964-65 and 1965-66 seasons with Mick often featuring among the goals from midfield. "There was a return to Dalymount for Mick in the 1973-74 season before he finished his career with Athlone Town." The club were he won his three FAI Cups and earned his senior Ireland cap Shamrock Rovers also honoured: "We are very saddened at the death of former Rovers player Mick Kearin. Mick joined Rovers in 1966 from Bohemians. "An Ireland Amateur international when he joined us, Mick played as a wing half and was on the team that won the FAI Cup in 1967, 1968, and 1969." Funeral arrangements can be found Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Daily Mirror
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Coronation Street favourite's unexpected romance after devastating betrayal
Coronation Street's Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) has been unlucky in love during her time in Weatherfield but could be about to embark on a surprise new romance A Coronation Street favourite has recently had their heart broken thanks to her scheming family, but romance could be about to be on the cards all over again. Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) was recently conned out of £60,000 by her stepdaughter Daisy Midgely ( Charlotte Jordan) and had discovered that the whole plot linked back to Daisy's mother Christina Boyd ( Amy Robbins) and her accomplice Dom Norwood (Dominic Rickhards). But prior to the dramatic revelations, Jenny was under the impression that she and Leo were the real deal, having met on a dating app in the weeks before all the truths unravelled during a quiz night at the Rovers Return. Since Daisy managed to get her hands on the money and flee to Bali, Jenny has been left heartbroken and on her own. She has had to give up her job as Rovers landlady and now works at The Kabin. But spoilers have revealed that her next romance will come from within the pub itself. Spoilers have revealed that in scenes yet to air, barmaid Glenda Shuttleworth (Jodie Prenger) will persuade her brother George (Tony Maudsley) to download a dating app as he attempts to move on from Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) following her move to Thailand. But Jenny then comes into he pub and she tells the undertaker that there is a burst pipe at the newsagents, so he rushes to fix it. As a thank you, Jenny cooks dinner for George but later has to hide her disappointment as Glenda tells her that George has already had some interest on the dating app. Some viewers may think that Jenny is already unlucky-in-love given her Weatherfield dating history. The character was first introduced in the 1980s under the name of Jenny Bradley when she became a foster daughter for Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) and was heavily involved in the storyline that saw her father Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) abuse the backstreet newsagent, ultimately ending in his demise when he was ran over by a Blackpool tram. Following this, she had an ill-fated affair with married man Robert Weston (Philip Bretherton), and she left the street after they split in 1991. After an absence of more than 20 years, Jenny made a comeback to Weatherfield in 2015 where she struck up a relationship with Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell), and she became obsessed with the idea of becoming a mother to Kevin's young son Jack. It was later revealed that during her time away from the Street, Jenny had had a child called Tom with her now-ex husband but he had drowned in a paddling pool as a toddler. At the time, Kevin's daughter Sophie's ( Brooke Vincent) girlfriend Maddie Heath ( Amy James-Kelly) and was the one who had discovered the truth, but she died in an explosion before she could tell anyone. Jenny later decided to kidnap Jack and try to replace her own son with him, but was eventually sectioned. When she made another comeback return to the Street, Jenny caught the attention of businessman Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley) and the pair married in 2017 before going on to run the Rovers together. Their union survived Johnny's brief affair with Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) and the prison sentence that Johnny received over a historic robbery, but ultimately came to an end in 2021 when the Platt's sinkhole caused mass destruction on the Street. Having climbed in to save his wife, Jonny quickly began to suffer from hypothermia and then drowned. Jenny also had a relationship wit Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost) and they were due to elope, but he was killed by Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce), whom she had also had a brief dalliance with. In real life, Sally Ann, who has also starred in Emmerdale, Doctors, and Waterloo Road over the years but has also enjoyed an illustrious career in theatre, married senior barrister Nicholas Rhodes in 1999 in a secret ceremony after the birth of her son James and they have been together ever since. "I never wanted to get married, ever," she told former Loose Women anchor Kate Thornton on White Wine Question Time. Sally Ann surprised her family and friends with news of the couple's secret wedding on the same day as her birthday and her son's christening. "I wanted to be with somebody and for me, the decision to have a child was a much bigger commitment. So we decided that we would start a family and we did. Then as soon as James was born, I kind of went: 'Oh I want the same name as everybody else'. "So all right, 'I'll marry you now but I don't want a fuss and you're rubbish at remembering dates. So we'll get married on my birthday at James's christening'. So that's what we did. Every year on my birthday I forget it's also my wedding anniversary!
Daily Record
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Albion Rovers 3 Cumbernauld Colts 3: Clark tells Rovers to show no fear this season after battling derby draw
The sides fought out a six-goal thriller at Cliftonhill in their Lowland League opener Albion Rovers boss Sandy Clark has told his side to show no fear and just go out and play this season in the Lowland League. Rovers kicked off their Lowland League campaign with a 3-3 draw at home to Cumbernauld Colts, in what was a ding-dong battle at Cliftonhill. Liam Allison put Colts ahead in 26 minutes, but Lancelot Pollard levelled on the stroke of half-time. Aiden McLaughlin restored Colts' lead in 72 minutes, with Tony Garth cancelling that out eight minutes later. Jack Devlin thought he had won it for the visitors in 88 minutes, only for on-loan Kilmarnock kid Grant Marchant to pop up with a last-gasp equaliser. Clark said: 'I think probably at the end of the day a draw was fair. It was great spirit from us to come back three times and showed great character. 'One thing about being young and inexperienced is that you shouldn't have any fear, just go and play, do the best you can, and the lads did that. 'When you look back at the game and the summer that we've had – a good example is Cumbernauld Colts took three of our better players from last season – and we're dealing with a very low budget, that makes them big-time favourites to win the game. 'But that wasn't our approach to the game. The lads we've brought in are very young, but they've worked really hard, and played well in the game. 'We certainly deserved to get the points, that's for sure. Could it have been all three? Maybe, but I think Cumbernauld Colts will be disappointed that they scored with two minutes to go and we managed to get the point. 'I'm disappointed with the goals we lost, because they're cheap, but that's what happens. 'The goals we scored were good quality, and good play from us, and that pleases me enormously. 'It's credit to the lads, coming back three times against an experienced team speaks volumes for their character, and hopefully that's a good sign.' Rovers continue their campaign with a trip to East Stirlingshire tonight and visit Tranent on Saturday. Clark said: 'I don't know why the Lowland League do this, but they batter games in early in the season and finish in the middle of April, but that's nothing to do with me, that's the way it works. 'When you haven't got a big squad, playing midweek games becomes challenging, but every game we play is going to be exceptionally difficult this year. 'But we showed enough on Saturday to know that if we work hard we'll get lucky at the right times, and we'll need to do the same against East Stirling and Tranent.' Clark is still looking to add to his squad, having only had four outfield players available on Saturday. He said: 'Tylar Denholm wasn't available and Alan Reid was suspended, so we have another two back in, and that helps. 'Grant Marchant is on loan from Kilmarnock and only trained with us once or twice. 'The collaboration agreement we have with Kilmarnock means we can still bring in at least one other player from them, so we have room to manoeuvre a little bit. 'But it's important not to dive in, and to sign the right players. 'The collaborative agreement could be useful for both sides, but the fact we don't have to pay for the players is a huge bonus for us. 'To be fair to Kilmarnock, we've dealt with them for the last couple of years with loans, and they've been very helpful, financially, with us. The agreement suits us, and hopefully it will suit them.'
RTÉ News
17 hours ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
'She'll have a lot of respect from the players already' - Stephanie Zambra set for Shamrock Rovers interim head coach bow
Shamrock Rovers will return to SSE Airtricity Women's Premier Division action tonight for the first time since Collie O'Neill opted to step down as head coach. Waterford will be the opposition at Tallaght Stadium and it will be a landmark occasion for former Republic of Ireland forward Stephanie Zambra after her appointment as interim head coach of the Hoops over the weekend. The 2014 FIFA Puskas Award runner-up has been on the coaching staff at Rovers since shortly after retiring as a player at the end of last year and her elevation to the head coach role at Shamrock Rovers is a real show of confidence, according to former international team-mate Rachel Graham. "That probably (says a lot) about Steph. They'll know what she's like and her professionalism," the Shelbourne midfielder said on this week's RTÉ Soccer Podcast. "You can't achieve what she has done, all them caps for Ireland, without having a great level of professionalism; dedication to football and to training. "So she's obviously shown that and I think because of that, she'll have a lot of respect from the players already. "Sometimes that can be half the battle, just getting the players on your side. She's coaching as well at our under-17 international team, so she has been working a lot on the coaching side of her game since she has retired. The club is obviously backing her. "It's someone you'd like to see do well. She's given so much service to women's football in Ireland. You'd love to see her do well. Waterford (tonight), I'm sure she's going to be nervous but it's probably one of the better games you could have hoped for for your first one." Shamrock Rovers go into the match sixth in the table in what is their third season since their re-entry to the league. When it comes to their future, Graham feels the route they have gone in with intergrating young players is the way forward. "(O'Neill) was starting to bring through the young players and Rovers have a really good underage system, really good underage players. So it's probably the best route for them to go where they're just starting to bleed these players and maybe look at it more as a long-term plan," she said. "They came in the first year (2023) and made a lot of noise and probably put too much pressure on themselves and I think they're going about it the right way now."
