Waterloo Road actress Holly Matthews has spoken of her heart-wrenching grief as she sits with her husband Ross Blair in a hospice during his final days.

Ross, son of ex - Aston villa player Andy Blair, was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour in 2014. 

The father-of-two is being cared for at the Myton Hospice in Coventry, where Holly has stayed with him day and night for a month.

Holly, who has also starred in Doctors and Casualty, has written a candid Facebook post as she sits as Ross's bedside in his final hours.

'What a reality to be waiting for one of the people you love most in the whole world to die and even hoping that it will come soon,' wrote Holly.

'That is a weird space to be in, but a space that I and his family are living in.

'Grieving before they have gone, waiting for the last breath, half knowing it's best if it is, half relieved when it's not.

'None of this feels real at all and I keep having moments of happend what the  'how did we even get here?!' Ross, who is just 32, was diagnosed with a rare grade-4 primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET), and underwent brain surgery and chemotherapy.

At the time doctors gave him the devastating diagnosis that he had a 50/50 chance of surviving more than five years.

But Ross, a property developer, responded well to the treatment and the tumour remained stable for two years.

Things looked hopeful, and the couple - who have been together for nine years - were able to continue lives as normal, making happy memories with their daughters Brooke, now six, and Texas, four. But in 2016 a scan revealed that the tumour had grown, and on August 4 Ross underwent a second operation at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where 75 per cent of the tumour was removed.

It was followed by radiotherapy and a year of chemotherapy tablets.

Again, Ross responded well, and the couple were able to go about their lives as normal, enjoying making memories with their family.

In May the family travelled to the Caribbean for a holiday, where Ross was feeling good. 

But just two days after they returned Ross suffered a seizure, and since then Holly said his health has rapidly deteriorated.

He was taken to hospital, then after a brief spell at home, he has been transferred to the Coventry hospice where Holly remains at his bedside. 'Nearly a month on, living in Myton Hospice and my amazing husband is still holding on,' said Holly.

'Of course he's now in a deep sleep, not eating, drinking, or conscious of his surroundings, but his strong body is fighting for him and sadly at this stage it is kind of working against him. 

A double manhunt has been launched after a 15-year-old girl was raped by two different men in the same day.

The teen was first assaulted in a secluded part of Witton railway station, in Birmingham, between 7pm on Tuesday and 2am the following morning.

She had walked to the station with her friend, but was led away by a man who approached her. Shortly after that attack, the girl walked out of the station and flagged down a passing vehicle to ask for help.

However, after getting in the car she was then raped a second time by another man.

A major investigation, involving detectives from both British Transport Police (BTP) and West Midlands Police, is now under way to try to identify both attackers and appeal for witnesses.

The first attacker is described as Asian with light skin, brown eyes, was of a skinny build and about 6ft tall.

He was wearing a track suit top and bottoms, black trainers and was in his early 20s. The second attacker is also described as Asian, in his early 20s, 5ft 6/7ins tall, of large build with a tight-cropped beard and was wearing a blue jumper and black jeans.

BTP Detective chief inspector Tony Fitzpatrick said: 'This was a horrifying ordeal for this young girl and we have specially trained officers supporting her.

'It is now vitally important we investigate exactly what happened on Tuesday morning as well as identifying offenders for both of these awful incidents.

'My detectives are currently examining all available CCTV in an effort to identify the offenders and whilst these enquiries are made, we are keen to speak with any potential witnesses.

'Whilst this incident happened during the early morning and there may not have been many people around, I would be keen to speak with anyone who may have been in the area at the time.

'If you were passing by the station and saw two girls walking with an older man, then please get in touch immediately.

'Likewise, if you saw any suspicious vehicles close to Witton station close to 2am then please get in touch as soon as possible.

'Your information could prove vital in our inquiries to identify the perpetrators.' 

Mr Fitzpatrick added: 'We are now doing all we can to trace the people responsible and bring them to justice.' 

The ringleader of the London Bridge terror attack was filmed telling a former Muslim he should 'be killed' for leaving the religion less than a year before the bloody massacre.

Khuram Butt was wearing a Superman hoodie and smiled as he threatened another man in Hyde Park corner, the BBC reports.

The altercation is believed to have happened in August last year, nine months before eight people were murdered in the Saturday night attack on London Bridge.

The man who filmed Butt has now said he wishes he had gone to police with the footage.  The witness, from north west London, told the BBC: 'He came up and said "I want top have a discussion". 

'He turned suddenly and got personal and started threatening that I'm going to kill you.

'He was just threatening and very aggressive. I was scared, he said "if you do not honour my religion you should be killed".                                                        

• Khuram Butt was wearing Superman hoodie as he argued with people in London
• London Bridge terror attack ringleader told former Muslim he should 'be killed'
• The altercation is believed to have happened in August last year 
• Man who filmed Butt said he wishes he had gone to police with the footage 

Heroic Grenfell firefighters have said they were willing to die in the inferno as they desperately struggled to rescue everyone inside.

They relived their experiences of tackling the horrific fire in a new ITV documentary series exploring the challenges the brigade face every day.

A London Fire Brigade commander said as they battled flames they had 'no intention' of coming out until they had rescued everyone they could, despite their fear the burning building was on the verge of collapse. Commander Welch was one of the first senior officers to arrive at the scene and he described how the flames kept raging as more and more firefighers arrived.

He added: 'Initially they had six machines. Then they asked for eight, and then 10, and then 15, 20 and 25.'

Commander Welch said it very quickly became clear that they needed to declare a major incident .

Commander Pat Goulbourne, who was also at the scene, added that he knew Grenfell Tower and had be there before, reports the Mirror.

He said: 'I just knew we had the job of our lives on the go because already I could see fire from the lower floors and I could not believe I was looking at fire to the top floor. 'I've never seen anything like that. The fire was changing, it was moving rapidly. You could hear people screaming for help. There were people making signals for help. It was dreadful.' 

Commander Goulbourne described 'men, women and children' coming out of the building 'fully sooted'.

The men worked from a bridgehead post two floors below where the fire started on the fourth floor.

Commander Goulbourne said it was the busiest bridgehead he had ever seen.

The June 14 fire, which claimed at least 80 lives, is featured in the ITV series: Inside London Fire Brigade. TV crews followed the London Fire Brigade for 12 months, showing the diverse challenges they face.  

Commander Welch described the logistical problems the firefighters faced when they arrived at the 24-storey building in the early hours of the morning.

'We had our hoses going up the staircase, he said. 'We had people trying to get out coming down the staircase.

'We've got firefighters going up the staircase and the staircase was filling with smoke.

'The priority was really to try to reach the flats we knew had people in. The issue we had was the intensity of the fire'. 

A High Court judge has given Charlie Gard's parents until midday tomorrow to reach an agreement with Great Ormond Street Hospital on arrangements for the end of his life.

Mr Justice Francis said the 11-month-old will be transferred to a hospice where his ventilation tube will be removed if doctors and his parents fail to reach a compromise about how he should be cared for in his final moments.

Charlie's parents Connie Yates and Chris Gard had said it was their final wish to take him home to 'slip away' in his cot before his first birthday.

Both his parents and doctors have now conceded that he should move to a hospice - but continue to disagree over the detail of care plans.

Miss Yates and Mr Gard wanted to spend a week at a hospice with Charlie before he died.

But Great Ormond Street bosses said they were not satisfied that a properly-qualified specialist would be in control under the parents' plan, and said life-support treatment should end shortly after Charlie arrived at a hospice.

A family friend said the pair, 'will be devastated they have not been granted their final wishes as parents.'  

Charlie is only expected to spend a few hours in a hospice because they are not licensed to be able to look after him for more than a few hours once the ventilator is taken off. 

A shopkeeper has told how two teenagers raced into his East London off licence and screamed 'We've got acid on us!' as their skin was 'peeling off'. 

The man, who has asked not to be named, recalled the terrifying incident where two men were targeted with a 'noxious substance', which a police officer described as 'bleach', in Roman Road, Bethnal Green, at around 7pm this evening.

The attack comes after five people were left injured after having acid thrown in their faces in North and East London on July 13. Another person was injured in connection with the incident. The shopkeeper told the Mail Online: 'They were two Bengali boys who came into the shop. They had acid on their face and they were burning - their skin was peeling off.  'The ambulance caller was asking a lot of questions about it but what do I do - deal with the call or the water?

'I've never seen anything like this before. It's really scary.

'I think the boys had been attacked elsewhere and then got in their car and drove here to get water. Their car was outside.

'Their face and their legs were all burnt. One of them was saying: "Put the water in my jeans". 

Witnesses said a blue tarpaulin has been erected to shield the victims from the public.

Four fire engines, police and paramedics are at the scene, which was cordoned off. 

Footage posted online by Mr Lennon shows a topless man pouring water on to his face as he is surrounded by five paramedics as a policeman watches on.

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An Indian Muslim make up artist was dragged from the shower and Tasered before being raped and murdered in an alleged 'honour killing' because she fell in love with an Arab Muslim, a court has heard.

Celine Dookhran, 19, was found dead inside a £1.5million South London house after her friend managed to escape despite having her throat slit in the same attack. 

The court was told Miss Dookham had been in a relationship with an Arab Muslim and her family members did not approve because they were Indian Muslims. 

The survivor, who is in her twenties, claims she heard her friend scream as she was dragged from the shower and stunned with a Taser before she herself was taken from her bed. 

The victims were bound with duct tape and rope and had socks shoved into their mouths before being rolled up into dust sheets and thrown into a vehicle by two men in balaclavas.

They were driven five miles to a house under renovation before Miss Dookhran was raped and murdered – but the second woman fled.

Mujahid Arshid, 33, appeared before magistrates in Wimbledon yesterday charged with the murder, rape, and kidnap of Miss Dookhran and the attempted murder, rape and kidnap of the second woman. Vincent Tappu, 28, was charged with the kidnap of both.                                                                                                                              Smileband want to address a word of support to women that have suffered the torment of rape, it's a very disturbing element to a women's life, there are key developing support organisations that can help women with this cause of a nightmare, our thoughts go out to the family of miss Dookran, we wish to exceed the support further in the future by aiding support in some sort of way. Please click, share, subscribe to our blog.