EastEnders star Gillian Wright is quitting the soap after eight years as Jean Slater but has refused to rule out a comeback some day.
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Dramatic ending for Emmerdale's Sian Reese Williams as she falls prey to serial killer
Friday 26 July 2013
Emmerdale fans saw Sian Reese Williams come to the end of the road on the ITV soap last night when her character became the latest victim of serial killer Cameron Murray.
David Wicks returns to EastEnders after 20 years
Thursday 25 July 2013
Michael French is making his comeback in EastEnders as womaniser David Wicks almost 20 years after he first arrived in Albert Square.
Theatre review: Away from Home, 24/7 Festival, New Century House, Manchester
Wednesday 24 July 2013
As a gay man and a passionate football supporter Rob Ward has struggled for years to make the two aspects of his life sit together comfortably. Given the homophobia endemic in football it has not been easy. But it has produced a singularly brave – and rather extraordinary – piece of theatre.
Prince of Walford: EastEnders shoots new scenes to celebrate Royal baby's birth
Tuesday 23 July 2013
The arrival of the royal baby will be marked in tonight's episode of EastEnders after show bosses ordered some last-minute filming to reflect the birth.
Andrew Marr returns to TV screens to see off David Miliband, who says relationship with brother Ed is 'healing'
Sunday 14 July 2013
The former Labour minister said the party could be on the verge of a “great prize” if the next government is not a coalition
Anna Wing: Actress who made her name at 70 as the prickly EastEnders matriarch Lou Beale
Thursday 11 July 2013
It took Anna Wing a lifetime of character roles and bit-parts to become a television star at the age of 70. So keen was she to play EastEnders' grumpy matriarch Lou Beale that she arrived for her audition clutching the birth certificate proving her to be a true East Ender, a photograph of her grandmother and a family album. "All my life, I've been an actress," she told the producers. "Now I want to be a household name."
Neighbours star Craig McLachlan lands BBC role as country detective in The Doctor Blake Mysteries
Friday 05 July 2013
Former Neighbours star Craig McLachlan is coming back to the BBC playing a country doctor detective.
Bernie Nolan, lead singer of The Nolans and star of Brookside, dies of cancer aged 52
Friday 05 July 2013
The former lead singer of The Nolans, a 1980s girl group best known for hits "I'm In The Mood For Dancing" and "Don't Make Waves", has died of breast cancer aged 52.
'Dead' body of pensioner floating in Nottinghamshire river was actually alive
Friday 05 July 2013
Police were called to Colwick Marina after the captain of a pleasure cruiser reported a body floating in the water on Tuesday
The Snowden affair is reviving Cold War politics
Thursday 27 June 2013
American suspicions of Russia have reignited in wake of the whistleblower's flight
Ex-Coronation Street star Denise Black to join the cast of Emmerdale
Thursday 20 June 2013
Former Coronation Street star Denise Black, known to viewers for her role as hairdresser Denise Osbourne, is joining the cast of Emmerdale.
Sorry to see you go, Glo: Sue Johnston to quit Coronation Street's cobbles
Thursday 20 June 2013
Royle Family star Sue Johnston is quitting Coronation Street.
Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan left 'very shaken' after thieves broke into her home
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan is recovering after a break-in at her home which left her "very shaken" but unharmed.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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