Lovebirds Molly Rainford and Tyler West open up exclusively about running the London Landmarks Half Marathon – and how that wedding planning is really going

Tyler West and his fiancee Molly Rainford were just two of the celebs getting their running shoes on for the London Half Marathon on Saturday morning.

Radio DJ Tyler and EastEnders star Mollie, who fell in love during their Strictly stint and got engaged last August, tell us about how their wedding planning is going, running together and how Celebrity Race Across the World changed them as a couple.

“Planning is happening”, says Tyler when the Mirror asks if wedding bells are imminent following his romantic proposal to Molly on a beach in Mykonos last summer.

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“But planning a wedding is… wow, a whole other job. Honestly, you need to take a sabbatical to do that wedding planning!. I swear to God, I’m going to, like, request annual leave.”

“We have started slowly but surely planning”, adds Molly, but admits they’re in no rush to put a ring on it. “ It’s one of those things, you’re only ever engaged once — we always said that — so you want to enjoy it.

“Yeah, we’re trying to soak up this moment because once you’re married you’ll be married forever. You’re now fiancés; you’ve got to enjoy that phase.”

But Tyler adds laughing, “With that being said, Molly does have the spreadsheet out on a weekly basis.”

“Haha, it’s true”, adds Molly. I’m just very indecisive about everything, so it’s a struggle. It’s a great start!”

Meanwhile, their latest challenge was taking on the London Landmarks Half Marathon, as we caught up with them at the starting line on Sunday morning, alongside other famous faces including Radio 2 stalwart Jo Whiley, former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, and Love Islanders Curtis Pritchard, Tom Clare & Casey O Gorman.

Explaining why they got involved, Tyler tells us, “We decided to take on the London Landmarks because it seems like the most incredible event that’s been put together. And obviously it’s just supporting baby charity Tommy’s, which is incredible — but anytime that we get a chance to do our part, it really does mean a lot to us.”

Molly adds, “I think we’ve probably only tapped into this running bag more recently. I feel like it’s only been the last year that I’ve become more confident in even just going out and running a 5K.

“So when I heard about the London Landmarks, because it’s such an iconic route, it felt like the right one to kind of dive into for me. And to be running alongside so many other people doing it for such amazing things — we’re running for the King’s Trust — it’s so inspiring.”

Tyler says it’s not the first time they’ve run a marathon – but he has extra motivation this year. “I’ve done the marathon before — that was actually during Strictly that we did that — and the atmosphere, the environment on the day was on another level.

“I think also the personal motivation for me at the moment is that I’ve just turned 30 as well. I’m kind of in that phase where you do a challenge and then prove to yourself you can do it, then the other challenges in life seem a lot easier or more achievable. Yeah, so we’re giving it a go!”

Do they generally train together at home? “Yeah, we do, actually”, says Molly. “I feel like Tyler is definitely naturally more motivated than me, and he does definitely get me out of bed to get training! But I think now I’m in my own little rhythm.

“We do the gym separately because obviously he’s lifting weights way heavier. But with the running, no — we enjoy it, don’t we? Especially in the summer; it’s kind of our little time together.”

Adds Tyler, “What is it, they say? The couple who trains together, stays together. That’s it. Or have loads of arguments on the way, complaining about the weights — that’s sometimes what we do…”

The pair were also two of the famous faces who took on Celebrity Race Across the World last year, finishing as runners-up in the final leg to winners Roman and Harley Moon Kemp, as they raced from Medellín in Colombia to the finish line on the Guajira Peninsula.

Do the loved-up pair feel they can do anything after that challenge? Tyler says it’s ‘the best we’ve ever done.”

“ The experience is just next level. When you’re on the race, you come up with so many different challenges and so many different problems, and you’ve got to problem-solve. You feel way out of your depth, and then it makes the things outside your comfort zone become your comfort zone. So it definitely proved to us that we can probably do anything.”

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Molly admits, it’s inspired them to take on more tough challenges, since. “We’ve done High Rocks… I think there’s a lot more challenges that we’ve been able to do since. It was so rewarding to complete something like the Race Across the World. So for us it’s like, yeah, we want to feel that feeling again.”

And do tough experiences like that, which saw some viewers worry as they bickered on-screen that it was a risky move for a couple, make you stronger?

“I do think they make you stronger as a couple”, says Molly. “But then they also test you – a lot! It’s so funny because it’s not a normal thing to do; it’s not like just… going for a date.

“Anyone when we mention Race Across the World to people in a couple, they’re always like, “Oh, I could never do that with my partner, I’d end up killing them.” And it’s like, yeah, well, you know what, I feel like we must have just had bigger fish to fry! Like, we had more stuff to worry about than argue with each other.”

Tyler adds, “ But I think it does make you stronger. It’s really special being able to spend that amount of time with someone — like 24 hours a day for literally seven weeks. It definitely brought us closer. We wanted to say on and do another two weeks!”

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The bi-monthly markets held on Front Street in Stanley have been described as a ‘firm favourite’ with local residents in a new survey by The Retail Group.

Victoria Keen from at Karbon, one of the organisers, said: “The markets have received overwhelming support, with around 11,000 visitors joining us across the markets held so far, and the feedback has been fantastic.

“The results of our independent research with market visitors and traders show we are creating a unique experience that is helping put Stanley firmly back on the map.”

Stanley food market is returning. (Image: KARBON HOMES)

April’s market last week saw live cooking demonstrations from Nourish Food School, face painting, street food traders, and an interactive light installation by MADEby Bridge Creative.

Additional market dates have been confirmed for June 12, August 14, and October 9.

Stanley food market is returning. (Image: KARBON HOMES)

The market has received funding from the North East Mayor, Kim McGuinness, who praised the positive effect it has had on the area.

Mayor McGuinness said: “It’s exciting to see the positive impact that the Stanley Street Food Market is having on the community, bringing people together, celebrating the culture and heritage of Stanley and creating a buzz in the town.

“I’m really pleased we’ve backed the market and it’s great it’s been such a success.”

Thomas Wales, director at Baccanalia, said: “It’s brilliant to be back in Stanley in 2026.

“We’ve designed our Street Food Carousel series to bring consistent, high-quality experiences into town centres across the region, and Stanley has become an integral part of that circuit.”

A crew from the Bolton Central station were called to an incident on Archer Avenue at around 2.15am.

There, the crew worked to rescue an individual from the bedroom of a property using a ladder.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said the crew was assisted by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS).

North West Ambulance Service has been approached for further comment.

President Trump has branded Pope Leo XIV as “WEAK” on crime and “terrible” on foreign policy, in a late-night Truth Social blitz which also saw him uploading an A.I.-generated image of himself dressed as Jesus.

Last week, Pope Leo said Trump’s warning that an “entire civilisation will die tonight,” in reference to Iran, was “unacceptable.” The pope has also suggested that a “delusion of omnipotence” is fuelling the war between the United States and Iran.

In his lengthy Truth Social post, the president claimed that the Catholic Church’s leadership had been “arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else” in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and suggested that he preferred the pope’s brother.

“I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA,” the president blasted. “He gets it, and Leo doesn’t!

“I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.”

The president went on to suggest that his own election played a role in the Catholic Church’s choice of pope in May 2025.

“Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise,” the president wrote. “He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump.

“If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.”

Trump added: “Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician.”

Around 40 minutes after unloading on the pope, Trump uploaded an A.I.-generated image of himself dressed as Jesus.

In the picture, the president is bathed in golden light as he places a shining hand on a sleeping man’s forehead.

A nurse and a praying woman are both kneeling around the patient in the image, while a man in a camouflage uniform looks on. A fourth individual, dressed in a green uniform, is also by the patient’s bedside.

In the background, a huge U.S. flag, a pair of bald eagles and a trio of military planes can be seen flying through the air.

Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene shredded the president’s post, stating that she was “praying against it.”

“On Orthodox Easter, President Trump attacked the Pope because the Pope is rightly against Trump’s war in Iran and then he posted this picture of himself as if he is replacing Jesus,” Greene wrote on X. “This comes after last week’s post of his evil tirade on Easter and then threatening to kill an entire civilization.

“I completely denounce this and I’m praying against it!!!”

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, also issued a statement in response to Trump’s post.

“I am disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging words about the Holy Father,” he wrote. “Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician.

“He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls.”

Italian historian Massimo Faggioli told Reuters that he believes there is “no ambiguity about the situation now.”

“Not even Hitler or Mussolini attacked the pope so directly and publicly,” he said.

Lawrence Fox was put on antibiotics at first

A dad was given just nine months to live after his indigestion ended up being pancreatic cancer. Lawrence Fox, 67, first noticed something was when his wrong when food started coming ‘straight out’ of him in July 2024.

He said: “I wasn’t digesting my food properly, it was basically just coming straight out of me. One minute I’d want to go to the toilet, the next minute I’d have nothing, depending on when I’d eaten. I had the runs, my stools were very soft, and as soon as I was eating, within the next couple of hours I was going to the toilet.”

The former construction manager’s symptoms were originally put down to a condition he had suffered from before, diverticulitis, where the intestine becomes infected or inflamed. Lawrence, from Canterbury, Kent, was put on a course of antibiotics for the suspected infection, but when his symptoms didn’t get any better, he was told to get an endoscopy.

But when the procedure, carried out in August that year, failed to find anything, he had to wait until November to get a CT scan. To make matters worse, Lawrence’s mother was dying of sepsis – meaning he had put some of his symptoms, such as a loss of a stone in weight, down to stress.

He said: “At the time, I was more worried about my mum than I was. I was just glad I was getting it checked out.”

But by the beginning of December, shortly after his mother passed away, Lawrence was given the terrifying news that doctors had found a 75mm growth. He was told he had stage four pancreatic cancer and could have just nine months to live. Doctors said they couldn’t operate on the tumour, as it was near a main artery, so Lawrence was told he would need to start chemotherapy.

Lawrence said: “That wakes you up. My thought was – they obviously think I can take this chemo and they wouldn’t be doing it if they didn’t think there was a chance of it doing something. So, I thought, if they’re going to give it to me, I’ve got to give it my all.”

According to the NHS, fewer than 10 per cent of people with the same diagnosis survive five years. Following 12 rounds of chemo for nine hours a day, Lawrence’s cancer has shrunk to just 15mm in size – meaning his cancer is no longer considered stage four.

The keen golfer has even since returned to playing the sport – after getting help from a golf pro to shorten his swing to work around the catheter inserted for his chemo. His 40-year-old son, Jamie, who lives with cystic fibrosis, was set to run the Brighton Marathon on Sunday, April 12, to raise money for his dad’s condition.

Lawrence has since returned to more activities as well as Pilates and he hopes to begin swimming again, thanks to help from Pilgrims Hospices. He is now urging anyone unsure about symptoms to get checked.

Lawrence said: “If you don’t feel right and it’s to do with digestion, if you keep getting indigestion or your bowel movements change for no apparent reason, get it checked out. It might be something and it might be nothing. It doesn’t cost you anything – just make the phone call to get it checked out.”

Ofgem has issued an urgent alert

Ofgem has issued an urgent warning to every household with gas and electricity meters.

It has warned that people could not only be breaking the law but also putting their lives at serious risk. Ofgem (the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets) acts as the UK’s energy regulator. As a non-ministerial government department, its principal role is to protect the interests of energy consumers. In a recent post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Ofgem warned: “Tampering with your meter is illegal and could be dangerous.”

The alert also includes a link to the Ofgem website, which explains that “energy theft” takes place when individuals attempt to cut their gas and electricity bills by interfering with their meters. It cautions: “It can cause property damage, injury or death.”

According to Ofgem, meter tampering leads to one death every 10 days, with electric shocks, severe burns, house fires, fatal gas leaks and explosions all being potential outcomes of energy theft. The regulator has also advised people to “be wary of people offering to reduce your energy bills by making changes to your meter.”

Common signs a gas meter has been tampered with include:

• pipes that appear misplaced
• dials that aren’t moving or are obscured
• gas flowing despite no credit on prepayment meters
• the meter installed backwards with dials concealed
• the odour of gas around the meter box
• rubber tubing where metal piping should be

Typical indicators of electricity meter interference include:

• exposed wires, coiled around components or attached with clips
• broken casing
• electricity flowing despite no credit on prepayment meters
• a burning odour
• smoke or sparks in the vicinity of the meter

First, understand that there can be differences in how boys and girls experience and express anger.

Help your child learn how to label his feelings.

“

One sentence that I often use when working with boys is that ‘you can feel whatever you want to feel, but you can’t always do whatever you want to do.’

– Steven Meyers, psychologist

Be soothing.

Provide consequences.

If you’re worried about your child’s anger, ask for help.

Steeped in history, the UNESCO World Heritage Site has stood as a dominating spectacle close to the England-Scotland border for almost 2000 years.

But rangers say an increasingly common sight along the famous 84‑mile route, which stretches from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, is dog mess left beside the path, or worse, poo bags stuffed into gaps in the historic wall itself.

Margaret Anderson, a senior ranger at NNPA, said she wants to highlight the issue “before it becomes a bigger problem”.

“Northumberland National Park rangers and volunteers are cleaning up dog fouling at locations across the national park every day,” said Margaret.

“It’s an issue the rangers and volunteers have noticed more of recently, where dog poo bags are being hidden either in the wall or in places that are more out of sight.”

A hotspot for illegal dumping is reportedly in the section of the wall close to Steel Rigg, along the Hadrian’s Wall Path National Trail towards Sycamore Gap.

At times, dog poo bags have also been captured lining parts of the Steel Rigg car park (Image: NNPA)

The ranger is encouraging dog owners to “visit responsibly” and “do their bit to keep the National Park unique and special for everyone who visits”.

“It’s a real shame when we find dog poo bags left in the national park – it really does spoil the tranquil beauty of the place and the experience for others,” she said.

“We love seeing people out enjoying the countryside for their health and wellbeing. One of the best parts of the job is meeting people in the national park.

“Most dog owners are brilliant and are already doing the right thing; we just need more help keeping it looking its best.”

NNPA are currently averse to adding more bins along the route; something it believes “would spoil the natural beauty of the landscape”, Margaret added.

The ranger said that even if there is no nearby bin, taking it a little bit further “makes a big difference”, adding: “If you’ve bagged it, just take it with you.”

She said: “Dog poo might seem like it just disappears, but it sticks around longer than people think and can upset the balance of delicate ecosystems, including plants, wildlife and water quality, which are really important for nature to thrive. It can also transmit diseases to livestock.

“Poo bags, even the biodegradable ones, don’t just vanish overnight; they can take years to break down.

“We’re all here because we love these places, so let’s look after them together.”

Park chiefs advise that members of the public should not approach those suspected of dog fouling, but they can report it to NNPA via its website.

Britney Spears has checked into rehab after a ‘huge wake-up call’.

The singer, 44, has entered a substance abuse treatment facility just one month after she was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

An insider has now revealed to Metro that Britney will take ‘as long as she needs’ in treatment and checked herself into the facility voluntarily.

A source said: ‘Britney’s arrest was a huge wake-up call for her.

‘Her decision to get finally get help was her own choice and it’s incredibly brave that she’s taken the first steps towards a healthier future.

‘She’ll be there for as long as she needs and wants to leave feeling like she’s in a much better space both physically and mentally.’

A representative for Spears confirmed to Metro that she has voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility.

The Oops!…I Did It Again singer reportedly ‘isn’t struggling with one substance in particular’, but is instead putting her mental and physical health first and taking time to focus on herself.

The pop icon is due in court on 4 May after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Spears was pulled over by police in Los Angeles after ‘driving erratically at high speeds’ on a motorway.

On the evening of March 4, she was arrested near her home in Thousand Oaks, just outside of Los Angeles after a police officer allegedly saw her swerving from lane to lane.

Although she wasn’t injured, police took her to hospital to take tests and determine her blood alcohol level and whether there were drugs in her system.

After being stopped, she then ‘showed signs of impairment’ and submitted to a series of field sobriety tests before briefly being taken to jail.

Soon after a representative for the singer said what unfolded was a ‘completely inexcusable unfortunate incident’.

‘Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life. Hopefully, she can get the help and support she needs during this difficult time,’ they said.

Referencing her sons and family, they added: ‘Her boys are going to be spending time with her. Her loved ones are going to come up with an overdue needed plan to set her up for success for wellbeing.’

She was then booked into a cell where she was described as ‘emotional and crying’, before being released three hours later.

If convicted, Britney would be facing her first DUI offence and be banned from driving.

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