Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson claim a bronze medal in the European Figure Skating Championships. After starting the final round in second place, timing issues cost the pair the chance to clinch gold.
REPORT: GB’s Fear and Gibson fall short of European gold
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While it was a poor day for the Brits, it was a day of success for Georgia – who count among their coaching team one of the most controversial figures in ice skating.
The afternoon session contained the men’s short program, and leading the field is another Georgian – Nika Egadze, who registered an impressive score of 91.28.
Egadze is coached by Eteri Tutberidze, who drew headlines for her berating of Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Olympics.
Tutberidze was sat next to Egadze as the results were announced in Sheffield, hugging her charge after his score came in.
He then defended Tutberidze’s training methods in his media conference, telling the BBC: “I really like to work with Eteri, I have skated with her for nine years.
“We are really well connected, as a whole team. And she listens to me more now.”
In the media conference after his pairs win with Metelkina, Berulava revealed they had used Tutberidze’s private rink to practice while waiting for their visa issues to be resolved.
Tutberidze previously worked with the Russian national team, whose athletes are banned from these championships – and will compete as neutrals at Milan 2026 – because of the country’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine.
VICKY Pattison looked absolutely sensational in a new string of throwback pictures and videos from her time in Cyprus.
The Strictly Come Dancing star was flown over to the exotic island as the host of Channel 4 series Honesty Box – where struggling couples competed for a cash prize as they were grilled on their romance by a military-standard lie detector.
But while the cameras were off, Vicky seized the moment to soak up some sun by the hotel pool, showing clips of her stripping down to a tiny black bikini for some summer sun.
Sharing the new pictures on Instagram, Vicky shared: “Come and film the Honesty Box with me…
“Had this in my drafts for AGESSSSS… and thought it needed to be shared! Last year Honesty Box hit screens and I wanted to give you a little BTS of what a day in the life looked like out there!”
“Me and my team had such a ball! And the show was AMAZING!!!” she wrote.
“Loads of singles, all looking for love in a villa with one MAJOR twist… THE HONESTY BOX! Which uses military grade, lie detector technology to make sure our cheeky little truetopians are being as honesty as possible!!! ??
“That’ll put the cat amongst the pigeons! ? All with me and the gorgeous [Lucinda Light] making sure these cheeky little minxes behave ?”
Unfortunately for Vicky, the potential for any other trips over to Cyprus for the show have been cancelled following the axe of the series after just one batch of episodes.
The decision was made in November as Channel 4 chose to focus on other dating shows that also grabbed public attention at the time.
A Channel 4 spokeswoman said: “Honesty Box was a brilliant format from a great team but there were many great new reality hits this year.
“We have had tough decisions on what is returning. Virgin Island really landed with our audience and will return next year.”
The show was part of a new string of shows by Channel 4 which became smash hits – most notably Virgin Island, which aired around the same time and caused a bigger buzz as cameras followed a dozen virgins on a journey to pop their cherries.
Honesty Box is available to watch in full now on Channel 4.
The Dodgers avoided arbitration with reliever Brusdar Graterol on Wednesday, reportedly agreeing to terms with the Venezuelan right-hander on a one-year, $2.8-million deal before Thursday’s deadline to avoid an arbitration hearing.
Graterol, 27, missed the 2025 season after undergoing surgery on the labrum in his right shoulder in November 2024. The $2.8-million figure is the same as his salary for last season.
After being acquired by the Dodgers in a 2020 trade that sent Kenta Maeda to the Minnesota Twins, he turned into a hard-throwing member of the team’s bullpen.
Graterol’s best season came in 2023 when he recorded a 1.20 earned-run average across 67.1 innings in 68 games, striking out 48 batters and walking 11.
Shoulder inflmmation and a hamstring strain limited Graterol to only seven appearances during the 2024 regular season — though he did pitch in three World Series games against the New York Yankees, including the clinching Game 5 — before he underwent shoulder surgery.
Graterol can become a free agent after the 2026 season.
The Dodgers have three other arbitration-eligible players who have until Thursday to agree to terms on a salary for next season: Left-hander Anthony Banda, outfielder Alex Call and right-hander Brock Stewart.
If any of the players cannot come to an agreement, the team and player must exchange salary figures and a hearing will be scheduled. Negotiations can continue until the date of the hearing.
HELEN Flanagan is looking as hot as ever in her latest snaps, shortly after reigniting her feud with ex Scott Sinclair.
The gorgeous actress, 35, took to Instagram on Sunday to wow onlookers in a figure-hugging corset and tights.
The metallic corset featured subtle leopard print detailing and dainty spaghetti straps falling down over Helen’s shoulder.
And it’s safe to say every inch of the ensemble hugged her assets to perfection.
Helen finished the look off with a pair of black kitten heels, a glowy brush of highlighter on her cheekbones and a black mini skirt.
Crouching down on the floor while eyeing up the camera, Helen radiated confidence and don’t-care energy.
Fans of the star were stunned by her beauty and took to the post’s comments section to leave her compliments.
“Gorgeous,” said one user, who has built an Instagram fan page dedicated specifically to Helen.
“Always a stunner,” said a second.
A third added: “Sexy Helen!”
The breathtaking pics come just after Helen locked horns with ex Scott, 36, over the festive period.
She let rip into him in an online rant over his parenting decisions, where Scott reportedly failed to show up to their son’s nativity because he was at a Formula One party instead.
The exes share three children together – Matilda, 10, Delilah, 7, and Charlie, 4.
“You really are a piece of s***,” Helen raged, as she shared Scott’s Instagram post from the event.
“How dare you not turn up to Charlie’s nativity.”
Scott, 36, had posted snaps from his weekend in the United Arab Emirates where he watched Lando Norris secure his maiden Drivers’ Championship title.
“What a weekend-Abu Dhabi F1,” Scott wrote.
He added: “Happy Days, blurry nights..”
Meanwhile Helen posted a snap of her cuddling their son, writing: “Loved Charlie’s nativity. My star, my heartbeat.”
Helen and Scott split up in 2022 after spending 13 years together.
The former flames, who were engaged, have hinted at struggling to co-parent, with Helen telling The Sun: “He lives like Somerset and I live in Lancashire. So we live so far away from each other, which is really difficult when you’ve got three young children.
“I hate calling it co-parenting because I don’t really feel like a co-parent to be honest with you anyway.”
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also increases the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating release of the files, according to a person briefed on a letter sent to U.S. attorneys.
The figure is the latest estimate in the expanding review of case files on Epstein and his longtime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell that has run more than a week past a deadline set in law by Congress.
The Justice Department has more than 400 attorneys working on the review, but does not expect to release more documents until Jan. 20 or 21, according to the person briefed on the letter who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it.
The White House did not dispute the figures laid out in the email, and pointed to a statement from Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general who said the administration’s review was an “all-hands-on-deck approach.”
Blanche said Wednesday that lawyers from the Justice Department in Washington, the FBI, the Southern District of Florida and the Southern District of New York are working “around the clock” to review the files. The additional documents and lawyers related to the case were first reported by the New York Times.
“We’re asking as many lawyers as possible to commit their time to review the documents that remain,” Blanche said. “Required redactions to protect victims take time but they will not stop these materials from being released.”
Still, Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi is facing pressure from Congress after the Justice Department’s rollout of information has lagged behind the Dec. 19 deadline to release the information.
“Should Attorney General Pam Bondi be impeached?” Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who helped lead the effort to pass the law mandating the document release, asked on social media this week.
Democrats also are reviewing their legal options as they continue to seize on an issue that has caused cracks in the Republican Party and at times flummoxed President Trump’s administration.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on social media that the latest figures from the Department of Justice “shows Bondi, Blanche, and others at the DOJ have been lying to the American people about the Epstein files since day one” and pointed out that the documents released so far represent a fraction of the total.
Groves and Kim write for the Associated Press.
