A DANCING On Ice newbie has revealed her secret heartbreak prior to her debut on the ITV series.
It came as they re-located back to the UK and their native Doncaster, after spending the past few years living in Canada.
Skating pro Molly Lanaghan, 26, returned to home turf after 10 years when she bagged a spot in Dancing On Ice’s professional line-up for 2025.
She has been paired with Coronation Street favourite Sam Aston, 31 – whose early time in the series was marred by a horror injury.
He admitted he was “proper buzzing” when the pair were partnered up – and their friendship has been a source of distraction for Molly after a spot of personal turmoil.
She split from her boyfriend and professional partner Dmitre Razgulajevs in January 2024.
In a chat with The Mirror, she opened up on the aftermath and said: “My last relationship was with my last skating partner.
“That was a long seven-year relationship and when we finished skating together, we ended our relationship.
“I’m out of that and now in the show – I just wanted to focus on it and live in the moment.
“I’m really lucky that I can focus on myself right now.”
The relationship breakdown came at the same time as she moved her life back to the UK.
She added to the publication: “In October when training for the series started, I moved back.
“It’s nice to be back home.
“I met Sam’s wife and kids. They’re lovely.
“We’ve had Sunday dinners together and I also met some of his siblings. He is one of nine – he has a big family!”
Here's the 12 celebs taking part in 2025 - along with their professional partner.
Charlie Brooks and Eric Radford
Chris Taylor and Vanessa Bauer
Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton
Michaela Strachan and Mark Hanretty
Dan Edgar and Vanessa James
Anton Ferdinand and Annette Dytrt
Sam Aston and Molly Lanaghan
Josh Jones and Tippy Packard
Here’s who has left the show so far:
Sir Steve Redgrave and Vicky Ogden
Ferne McCann and Brendyn Hatfield
Chelsee Healey and Andy Buchanan
Sarah Storey revealed she had quit on December 6, 2024. The Paralympian was partnered with Sylvain Longchambon.
Yet it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for Molly and Sam on the nail-biting ITV series.
After one routine to The Who classic Baba O’Riley, which scored 29 points, host Stephen Mulhern revealed Sam was far from 100 percent.
He explained that the actor had an accident in rehearsals that saw his shoulder dislocate and it needed help to pop back in.
One viewer wrote: “Sam is brilliant!
“Despite the stumble and the accident before tonight’s performance he still carried and didn’t give up. Well done Sam.”
MANCHESTER CITY superstar Erling Haaland appears to have trolled Arsenal youngster Myles Lewis-Skelly as their bitter feud continues.
Haaland, 24, sparked quite an intense rivalry with the Gunners in September when City drew 2-2 with their unlikely rivals at the Etihad.
The star striker scored the opener and threw the ball at opponent Gabriel Magalhaes’ head after John Stones’ last-gasp equaliser.
After the full-time whistle, the Norway international got into an angry spat with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and told him to “stay humble”.
That sparked a feisty confrontation with the North Londoners’ Gabriel Jesus, who tried to calm Haaland down.
Lewis-Skelly, 18, also got involved in the confrontation after his debut and drew the ire of the Norwegian star who looked at him with disdain before mouthing off: “Who the f*** are you?”
The versatile defender got some revenge in the second leg earlier this month as he helped Arsenal pick up a dominant 5-1 victory over the reigning Premier League champions.
Lewis-Skelly scored his team’s third goal and mocked Haaland by mimicking his signature meditation celebration.
Arsenal used that win to get even with the outspoken Man City star, who was booed by the home crowd throughout the match.
Gabriel also laughed at his face after Martin Odegaard’s opener and the Emirates’ DJ played Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 track HUMBLE at full-time.
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But now the pendulum has swung back in Haaland’s favour after the Gunners’ title hopes were dealt a devastating blow on Saturday.
Arteta’s side lost 1-0 to London rivals West Ham at home and failed to cut the deficit with leaders Liverpool down to five points.
And Lewis-Skelly suffered a day to forget as he was sent off for a foul on Mohammed Kudus.
The Arsenal academy graduate was initially shown a yellow card but a VAR review upgraded the card as he was deemed to have denied Kudus a goalscoring opportunity and was given his marching orders.
Some West Ham fans decided to rub salt into their rivals’ wounds by imitating Haaland’s meditation celebration outside the Emirates in an apparent attempt to mock Lewis-Skelly.
The Hammers’ supporters posted the pic on Instagram and the ex-Borussia Dortmund star “liked” it.
Haaland appears to have taken one more swipe at Arsenal after the stick he took in north London.
However, it is also possible the ex-Red Bull Salzburg star was just pleased to see fans paying tribute to his celebration…
MIRIAM Walsh quipped she is ’30, flirty…and still pregnant’ as she marked her milestone birthday over the weekend.
It was already known that the camogie ace would not be part of the Kilkenny panel for 2025 as she prepares to welcome a newborn into the world.
And clearly the nine-month wait gets a little old for every woman who has to go through pregnancy.
Sharing a bunch of fun-filled photos from her 30th, the Tullaroan clubwoman joked: “Thirty, flirty…and still pregnant.”
Former Wexford sharpshooter turned RTE pundit Urusla Jacob was among those on hand in the comments section.
She hailed: “Happy birthday Miriam, you’re looking great. 30 will be your best year yet no doubt x.”
Her former county teammates were pipped 0-13 to 0-11 on Saturday as Galway took a tight clash of All-Ireland contenders.
Kilkenny — led for the first time by Tommy Shefflin — led 0-7 to 0-5 at the break.
But Galway dug deep to come away from Dunmore with the two points.
Miriam Bambrick and Katie Nolan gave Kilkenny the ideal start.
Sabina Rabbitte got the westerners off the mark in reply, Kilkenny continued to control the early stages, racing four points clear as Katie Byrne also slotted over.
Two Aoife Prendergast scores continued their momentum but Galway captain Carrie Dolan and Niamh Niland ensured the Tribes were just two behind at the break.
Prendergast extended Kilkenny’s advantage at the start of the second half but Dolan stood up and fired over a pair of scores to tie the game for the first time.
The momentum had swung Galway’s way as Ailish O’Reilly edged her side in front before Rabbitte pushed her side two clear.
Prendergast cut the deficit to the minimum but O’Reilly grabbed a crucial brace of scores for Galway to secure a gritty triumph.
The action was even tighter at The Ragg, where reigning league champions Tipperary shared the spoils with last year’s Division 1B victors Dublin.
The sides played out an exciting 1-10 to 2-7 draw that will give them each some momentum after the first round of games.
All-Ireland champions Cork also ran out 2-10 to 0-8 winners over Waterford as they began their hunt for a first league title in 12 years at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
In Division 1B, Clare produced a fine comeback to defeat Wexford 2-9 to 0-14.
The Banner trailed 0-9 to 0-5 at the interval but goals from Áine O’Loughlin and Ziyan Spillane helped them to emerge triumphant.
Westmeath lost their first ever Division 1B game in Raharney as Down ran out 2-11 to 1-5 winners.
Meanwhile, Antrim left Limerick with a 2-10 to 1-7 win.
A TOP drug gang is using a team of beautiful women to go door to door to collect their drug debts.
They have been going around working class areas of Drogheda collecting anywhere between €100 to €3,000 from various different houses.
They hold the money for the mob bosses and then hand it over to them at the end of the week.
One female individual involved is believed to have collected between €200,000 to €300,000 in a month.
This particular gang is now led by a man in his late twenties who is now living in Alicante in Spain.
He has set up a new base there and his cohorts regularly fly over and back to see him.
Gardai have so far not issued an international arrest warrant for him although he is wanted in Ireland for a number of different offenses.
The young gang boss was involved in the Drogheda feud but fled after the horrific murder of 17-year-old Keane Mulready Wood by psycho hitman Robbie Lawlor who is also now dead.
A Garda source said there are now as many women involved in this drug gang as men.
They are all good looking, like the good things in life and are in it for the money.
He stated: “They go door to door collecting the drug money and never have a problem getting paid. It is all very courteous and polite.
“Families used to have the rentman, the milkman, the breadman, the vegetable man calling every week well now and it’s the drug woman.
“They don’t carry weapons or have any bodyguards because everyone knows don’t dare touch them. You couldn’t make this up, it’s like something out of a Netflix movie.
“We believe they have been collecting anywhere between €100 to €2,000 a week.”
Separately, a man and a woman, both in their 20s, have been arrested and charged by gardai following a seizure of drugs and cash worth over €1m in Dublin.
Community Gardai and the Drugs Unit based at Tallaght Garda Station swooped on a residential property in the Old Bawn area of Dublin 24 on February 18..
Officers confirmed that the search resulted in the seizure of a “substantial quantity” of controlled drugs, including cannabis, cocaine and ketamine, with a combined estimated street value of €950,000.
Some €231,000 in cash was also taken from the property during the probe, bringing the total seized to over €1million.
A man and a woman, both aged in their late 20s, were arrested and charged over the seizure.
The woman charged in connection with the investigation was due to appear in court earlier this week.
The man has been charged and released. He is scheduled to appear before Tallaght District Court next month.
The drugs seized are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.
Gardai said investigations into yesterday’s seizure are “ongoing”.
TRIBUTES have poured in for a five-year-old boy who died in a crash in Co Laois on Saturday afternoon.
Aaron Hussain, 5, was hit by a car in the Kilminchy area of Portlaoise at about 4.20pm on Saturday afternoon February 22nd.
He was rushed to Portlaoise Regional Hospital, but pronounced dead a short time later.
The driver, a woman in her 40s, was not injured.
Locals said Aoran was a junior infant student in the Educate Together school in Portlaoise town and was the son of Tauqir Hussain and Irina Novikova.
His parents are well known in the Portlaoise business community with his dad Tauqir involved in barber’s shop in Lyster Square.
Locals are said to be comforting his parents at this tough time.
No funeral arrangements have been made as yet.
In a statement cops said: “Gardai and emergency services attended the scene of a fatal road traffic collision that occurred at Kilminchy in Portlaoise on Saturday, February 22.
“The collision, involving a pedestrian and a car, occurred at around 4.20pm.
“The five-year-old boy was fatally injured and was removed from the scene to Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise.
“He was pronounced dead a short time later and a post mortem examination will take place in due course.
“The female driver of the car, aged in her 40s, was not injured.
“A technical examination is due to be carried out by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators on Sunday morning, February 23.”
Gardai are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them.
They said: “Any road users who may have camera footage, including dash-cam, and were travelling in Kilminchy, Portlaoise, Co. Laois between 4pm and 5pm this afternoon are asked to make this footage available to investigating Gardai.
“Anyone with information is asked to contact Portlaoise Garda Station on 057 867 4100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.”
The Laois Muslim Community shared the news on social media.
They said: “We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Aaron Hussain.
“May Allah (SWT) give patience and strength to his family during this difficult time.
“Our heartfelt condolences go out to his loved ones, Father Tauqir Hussain & mother Irina Novikova. May Allah (SWT) shower him with mercy and grant his family peace and comfort.”