Aaron Ramsdale to complete £18.5m Sheffield United transfer within 48 hours

Coronation Street's original Adam Barlow actor is now totally unrecognisable 21 years on from his stint in the soap.Fans of the long-running hit ITV soap may recall that Ken Barlow's young grandson was originally played by Iain De Caestecker before eventually being recast as current actor Sam Robertson.Glaswegian Iain - now 34 - was just 14 years old when he was cast in the role appearing for an impressive 54 episodes before he was replaced by an older incarnation of the character in 2003.Iain, however, hasn't faded into insignificance over the years and has in fact since appeared in a string of big-name roles both in the UK and across the pond in the USA.The actor now sports a healthy display of facial hair alongside a cropped hairdo and has been seen in shows including BBC One's BAFTA-winning series The Fades and mini-series Us.He has also secured roles in the political thriller, Roadkill. as well as branching out into movies with parts in Shell, Lost River and Overlord.Perhaps his most notable achievement is becoming a series regular in Marvel TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D appearing in 126 episodes over seven seasons of the hit show.The popular series is set in the same universe as Avengers Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, with key characters from the box office smash movies crossing over into the show regularly.

Kate Garraway appeared on The One Show to talk about her new programme Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway.The new BBC 2 show will marvel at how incredible the human body is and show people with real-life health issues see what is really going on underneath their skin.Talking about the new show, which airs on Wednesday (March 2), Kate said: "All of these people who we went on this journey with, they had big decisions to make and they were frightened of making them."She then laughed and added: "It was originally going to be called Kate Garraway's Body Uncovered."I was like 'please don't, no one will put that on BBC 2 at 8 o'clock!'"It would be like watching Dr Who through your fingers."The GMB star continued: "My body is not uncovered in any way but lots of other people's are and they're great examples of very serious things abut also those niggling things that really impact your life."The One Show host Alex Jones then concluded the segment and said:" Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway.To which Kate then interjected: "Yes, with Kate Garraway..."Alex then joked: "That's a whole different series which I would love to see - it starts tonight on BBC 2 at 8 o'clock."This comes after Kate opened up about how she won't be able to afford her husband Derek Draper's 24-hour care fees forever.On Thursday (February 24), the GMB presenter joined This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield as she gave an insight into her upcoming documentary Caring For Derek.With a long road to recovery still ahead of him, the mum-of-two spoke candidly about his future as she continues to provide round the clock care for him since he contracted Covid-19 and suffered major complications.

Vladimir Putin's aggressive invasion of the country isn't going entirely to plan.A week has passed since Russian troops entered the country and resistance from the Ukrainians has been fierce. Today (March 2), Russia’s Defence Ministry's casualty report revealed that 498 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine, with 1,597 wounded since they invaded.

Amanda Holden seemed to take out her frustrations on her Heart radio producer as she celebrated Pancake Day in a very unconventional way.In video shared on Heart’s official Instagram the 51-year-old presenter can be seen wearing a bright red apron and white chef hat as she chased her producers around the studio with an egg after a pancake flipping competition.She smacked an egg on one of their heads as they screamed and laughed at her.One of them said he was “eggy” as Amanda walked off saying she “don't know why she did that.”All seemed in good spirits as everyone laughed together while she exited the studio.Amanda posted her own video with co-star Ashley Roberts as they competed against each other, titled: "Flippin’ furious".Jamie Theakston commentated on their battle as they fought it out to see who could flip the most pancakes and be crowned “Heart Breakfast’s queen flipper”.He instructed them to take hold of their pans and gave them 30 seconds on the clock.The presenters, dressed in aprons and hats, took to the table to try their hand at the competition, but Amanda quickly noticed a problem.As soon as the stopwatch started, Amanda’s pan fell from its handle with a loud thud on the floor.She exclaimed as Jamie and Ashley looked on and laughed while she tried to pick up the frying pan from the floor.Amanda then attempted to flip a pancake, which she soon realised was superglued to the bottom of the pan.She said that her pals had “been in through the night”, to which Ashley replied with a side-eye and a sarcastic: “What do you mean?”The star accused the others: “You’re sabotaging, you’re cheating!”Ashley eventually scored an impressive 18 while Amanda left with zero.There's MUCH more where that came from! Want all the

Emmerdale fans think they have worked out a plan for Laurel Thomas to keep Mulberry Cottage after Kim Tate announced she was selling it. Only recently, Laurel has been struggling to look for a new property after she was unable to get a mortgage to buy her home off Kim due to Jai Sharma forging a loan application in her name.

Love is Blind star Abhishek 'Shake' Chatterjee says he’s ”not sorry” about his time on the reality show, after fans slammed his treatment of Deepti Vempati on the show.The 33 year old vet got engaged to 31 year old information analyst Deepti on the Netflix series, where contestants get to know each from behind a wall before deciding whether to get engaged or not, despite never seeing their partner in person. Although the couple fell in love in the pods, Shake came under fire after he made negative comments behind Deepti’s back in several scenes, including telling his friends and family that he wasn’t physically attracted to her.

Chelsea died in March 2021 at the age of 34.

“woke-washing” on social media — was announced Wednesday by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a company founded by the family of the famous children’s book author — whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel — after his death in 1991. The sketches will serve as the basis for a new line of books that will be written and illustrated by the group — and follows his recent “cancellation” after six of his children’s books were yanked from publication because of alleged racist imagery.Now, a new set of up-and-coming authors and illustrators are set to create “inclusive” storylines inspired by the drawings with the aim to “represent a diverse cross-section of racial backgrounds to represent as many families as possible,” according to reps for Dr.

In his successful 2020 White House bid, candidate Joe Biden campaigned as a unifier trying to save the soul of America. Last night, in his first State of the Union address, the 46th President of the United States doubled down on that unity theme.

Bandcamp has been acquired by Epic Games, the publisher behind the megahit online game Fortnite. Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp's co-founder and CEO, revealed the acquisition in a statement published on Wednesday, March 2.

EXCLUSIVE: Billy Burke (Maid) and Kevin Alejandro (Lucifer) have been tapped as leads opposite Max Thieriot in CBS’ drama pilot Cal Fire,fromJerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS Studios.

A new documentary on pop culture icon Pamela Anderson from director Ryan White (Ask Dr. Ruth, The Keepers) is heading to Netflix, the streamer announced today.

They Hate Change, the Tampa Bay duo of Dre and Vonne, have announced Finally, New, their third studio LP and their debut album with Jagjaguwar. The album follows 2018's Now, and Never Again and 2019's Juices Run Clear, both released via Deathbomb Arc.

Peter Olsen, president of ad sales, sees a blended future for the ad-supported TV business, but one in which Nielsen will continue to play a central role.

straight to your inboxDean Henderson has returned to Manchester United as he looks to go toe-to-toe with David de Gea for the number one spot at Old Trafford.Henderson spent the previous two seasons on loan at Sheffield United where he exhibited himself as one of the Blades' top performing players.

straight to your inboxBournemouth are open to selling Manchester United target David Brooks during the summer transfer window.The Cherries were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the season and have already sold Nathan Ake to Manchester City and Aaron Ramsdale to Sheffield United.New manager Jason Tindall this week insisted the club won't prevent anyone from leaving as long as their valuation is met.Brooks, 23, is a target for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer despite their primary target being Jadon Sancho.

straight to your inbox Aaron Ramsdale has revealed the message of support he received from Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson after replacing him at Sheffield United. Henderson shone during two loan spells at Bramall Lane but Chris Wilder's side accepted it would be near-impossible to secure his services again next season.Instead the Blades began their search for a new goalkeeper and opted to re-sign Ramsdale from Bournemouth three years after selling him in the first place.

straight to your inbox Dean Henderson has returned to Manchester United's training ground ahead of the start of the new season. The 23-year-old goalkeeper's loan with Sheffield United ended in late July and The Blades signed Aaron Ramsdale as Henderson's replacement in an £18.5million deal from Bournemouth.

Sheffield United turned down the chance to re-sign Dean Henderson on loan from Manchester United this summer because it would have cost them over £6million.Henderson enjoyed an impressive season in goal for the Blades, keeping the fourth-highest amount of Premier League clean sheets (13) and conceding just 33 goals in 36 outings.Chris Wilder was keen to extend the 23-year-old’s stay at Bramall Lane for another season, but United wanted them to cover all of his wages from his proposed new contract while also paying a loan fee.Altogether, that would have cost the the Yorkshire club over £6million - meaning they instead opted to bring Aaron Ramsdale back from Bournemouth.The Red Devils also refused to include an option for them to buy

Bournemouth have accepted an improved £18.5million offer from Sheffield United for keeper Aaron Ramsdale. The Premier League vultures have been told to cough up proper cash if they want to raid the Vitality Stadium in the current window.And Chris Wilder’s Yorkshire outfit have done just that after initially failing with a £12m bid to re-sign England Under-21 stopper Ramsdale.The Cherries number one is currently on holiday and will return this week to discuss personal terms at Bramall Lane.

Sheffield United have had an £18.5million bid for Bournemouth goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale accepted as they have seemingly given up on chasing Dean Henderson.