41 m. ago A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke audiobook review – an honest and hilarious memoir

The no-nonsense comic actor and author further cements her status as a national treasure with her trademark gobby one-linersA lot of terrible things happen to Kathy Burke in her memoir, though you won’t find her mired in self-pity. Burke was a toddler when her mother died from stomach cancer, meaning she has no memory of her. In the Islington council flat where she grew up, she shared a bedroom with her alcoholic dad who would give up booze only to fall off the wagon and, at his worst, became violent. When a stranger on the estate called her ugly in front of her friends, she cannily deflected the insult with laughter. “I’m the best dancer at the ugly bug ball though,” she hooted, and did a little dance.Burke would find her tribe on London’s punk scene and, in her teens, got the acting bug and a place at London’s Anna Scher Theatre school. This put her on the path to a brilliant and varied acting and writing career that saw her appearing in comedy sketches with Harry Enfield and Fren...

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42 m. ago Alan Cumming promises to 'create some mischief' as he shares career update

Scottish actor and The Traitors US host Alan Cumming has shared details of a new role away from the reality TV hit

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45 m. ago Coronation Street's Sally Carman 'absolutely heartbroken' over co

The actress, who is best known for playing Abi Webster in the ITV soap, has opened up about life on the cobbles

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47 m. ago Emmerdale's Emma Atkins says 'I'm speechless' in 'off the scale' crossover tease

The Charity Dingle actress appeared on Loose Women to tease the ITV crossover

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53 m. ago ‘Why isn’t everyone talking about Domhnall Gleeson?’ Irish actor wins first Hollywood award

The US-Ireland Alliance will give the actor the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in MarchAfter a varied career in which he has played a psychopath, a romcom heart-throb, an intergalactic warlord and a plucky newspaper editor among others, Domhnall Gleeson has won his first Hollywood award.The US-Ireland Alliance announced that Gleeson will receive the Oscar Wilde award at the event’s 20th anniversary in Los Angeles in March in the run-up to the Oscars. It honours a body of work rather than a particular performance. Continue reading...

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59 m. ago The Traitors star Alan Cumming issues career update away from the reality series

Actor and presenter Alan Cumming has shared details of an "exciting" new career move

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89 m. ago Coronation Street's Claire Sweeney warned during emotional return to familiar spot before being recognised

The actress was famed for appearing in another soap before joining ITV's Corrie in 2023

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94 m. ago Along the Texas Coast, a new sanctuary aims to protect the endangered and rare whooping crane

Partners at the International Crane Foundation and The Conservation Fund have secured permanent protection of more than 3,300 acres of high-priority wintering habitat for whooping cranes near Port Aransas, Texas

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1 hour ago The Traitors star issues career update after landing major new role

One star from popular reality TV show The Traitors has landed a major gig early next year

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1 hour ago Coronation Street fans 'taken out' by Alison King detail as she responds to Carla Connor Corriedale role

The actress, who is famed for playing Carla Connor in the ITV soap, was heard reacting to her role in the historic crossover

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2 h. ago Mystery over Carlo Ancelotti’s son Davide’s exit from first job in management as ‘escalating feud’ emerges

DAVIDE ANCELOTTI has left from his first job in management in mysterious circumstances. The son of the iconic football manager, Carlo Ancelotti, was appointed as manager of Brazilian side Botafogo in July. Davide, 36, has previously worked with his father as an assistant at Bayern Munich, Everton and Real Madrid. However, his managerial career has...

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3 h. ago Coronation Street star Debbie Rush tragedy as Waterloo Road star son dies

The actress shared the tragic news in an emotional statement posted on Instagram, confirming that her “beautiful baby boy” passed away on December 17.

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3 h. ago Alberto the albino badger could scupper £25million restoration of 16th century stately home that was nearly destroyed in huge fire

Major proposals to revive the historic Parnham House in Dorset are facing fierce opposition amid fears they would wipe out the protected wildlife habitat of an albino badger

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3 h. ago Guggenheim scraps Basque Country expansion plan after local protests

Campaigners celebrate defeat of proposal to extend Bilbao institution into areas including nature reserveEnvironmental groups and local campaigners in the Basque Country have welcomed the scrapping of a project to build an outpost of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum on a Unesco biosphere reserve that is a vital habitat for local wildlife and migrating birds.The scheme’s backers, which include the Guggenheim Foundation, the Basque government and local and regional authorities, had claimed the museum’s twin sites – one in the Basque town of Guernica and one in the nearby Urdaibai reserve – would help revitalise the area, attract investment and create jobs. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Simon Cowell claims son Eric is his 'destiny' as he leaves interviewer VERY bemused with story about his conception

Simon Cowell is back in the boyband business with his new band December 10, spawned from his major new Netflix show The Next Act.

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4 h. ago Spanish police search laboratory in African swine fever leak fears

African swine fever, while harmless to humans, is often fatal to pigs and wild boars

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5 h. ago Gladiators star Sharron Davies on motherhood and career controversies

Sharron Davies is a former Olympic swimmer

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5 h. ago Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien 'can't believe it' as she's seen with co

The ITV soap's Sarah Platt actress has been confirmed in the cast list for Emmerdale crossover, Corriedale

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5 h. ago Simon Cowell claims son Eric is his 'destiny' as he leaves interviewer VERY bemused with a wild theory about his conception

Simon Cowell is back in the boyband business with his new band December 10, spawned from his major new Netflix show The Next Act.

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5 h. ago Wales international encourages more players to follow Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake to England

Nick Tompkins has spent virtually all of his career in the Gallagher Prem

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