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Ryan Thomas and Lucy Mecklenburgh have been giving fans a glimpse inside their Manchester home transformation.

The former Coronation Street actor, 41, and The Only Way is Essex star, 34, originally bought their house in 2021 but were still waiting to move in.

Lucy had been keeping her Instagram followers up to date with the progress being made on their house as they completely renovated the interior.

Two years after originally buying the place and selling their former property in Essex, Ryan and Lucy were able to move into their new family home and celebrate.

But despite having a gorgeous new abode, Lucy recently candidly revealed that she and Ryan are actually sleeping in separate rooms.

After appearing as a guest on Ryan’s podcast At Home with the Thomas Bro’s with his brothers Scott and Adam, Lucy told listeners: ‘Basically we sleep in separate bedrooms because Ryan is a nightmare sleeper. Ryan snores, he sleep talks, he whacks me in his sleep.’

Scott then teased: ‘He always wants a cuddle,’ with Lucy responding: ‘I mean, that is annoying.’

The home was reportedly purchased by Adam before Lucy had a chance to view the property – it’s lucky she ended up falling in love with the place eventually.

Over the years Lucy gave a glimpse into the exhaustive and extensive work done on the stairs as she posted a photo of her taking a quick power nap while sat up.

The jaw-dropping property features stunning orange and cream tiled floors throughout the entrance, with a chic black runner draped over the stairs.

The pair have completely transformed their kitchen which features oak wood flooring and marble worktops.

Alongside the very modern appliances, the couple have added a rattan light fitting and a retro radio. Not to mention, the space also has a breakfast bar and envious floor-to-ceiling wine fridge.

Lucy is clearly a fan of interiors and has added plenty of chic neutral touches throughout the property, as well as a number of plants and framed artwork. She also opted to keep the stunning stained glass windows but gave the rest of the space a modern makeover.

The couple, who are proud parents to son Roman, five, and Lilah, three, as well as Ryan’s daughter Scarlett, 16, who he shares with ex Tina O’Brien, have plenty for the kids to enjoy throughout the home too.

The garden provided a huge space for Lilah’s first birthday party where they installed a massive soft play area laid out on the grass.

The renovation was clearly a big turning point for Lucy, who was caught in a flood of tears as she boxed up her former family home.

Sharing a heartfelt video, she admitted: ‘One of the most emotional weeks of my life. I really didn’t expect to get so emotional, but I moved out of my home of 11 years this week.

‘That’s how we spent our half-term – actually the kids had the best time. We had mixed emotions because we outgrew this house so long ago, we’ve made the big move to Manchester and we’re really happy. But there are so many memories I have hung on to in this house.’

Opening up further, she added: ‘I went from being single, it was my first big renovation project, it was my first real home since moving out of my parents. I brought both my babies back from hospital here and honestly there’s something about that, that I could never get rid of this house. So we just made it work over the years, but it definitely wasn’t big enough, we didn’t have enough bedrooms, enough storage.

‘Seeing the rooms empty is just the bit that made me cry.’

Ryan and Lucy announced their engagement back in 2019 after a very romantic Amalfi Coast proposal.

The pair met during their appearance on Celebrity Island With Bear Grylls in 2017.

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A major defence-linked chemical plant and an oil refinery deep inside Russia are ablaze after a Ukrainian onslaught.

The audacious drone strike hit Metafrax Chemicals in Gubakha, Perm region, and the Novo-Ufimsky oil refinerary in Ufa, around 870 miles from the frontline.

One of Vladimir Putin’s largest refineries – Kirishi, in Leningrad region – was alight after a strike.

The chemical plant produces key explosives for the Russian armed forces while the Kirishi plant has a capacity of some 21 million tones per year.

The strikes unfolded as Nato was forced to scrambled war planes over Romania and Poland after Russian drones were operating on the border of Ukraine.

A ‘threat of an air attack’ warning was issued and the airport in the eastern Polish city of Lubin was shut briefly in response.

It was the second act of alleged Russian aggression in less than a week after Poland triggered Nato’s Article 4 over a drone swarm on Wednesday.

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said the incident left the world the closest it’s been to conflict since World War II.

Earlier on Saturday, US president Donald Trump took to Truth Social to vow he would impose major sanctions on Putin – but only if Nato stops buying oil from Russia.

He wrote: ‘I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA.

‘As you know, NATO’S commitment to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking!

‘It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia. Anyway, I am ready to “go” when you are. Just say when?’