Coronation Street's Bill Roache spotted for first time since being hospitalised with Covid

Countryfile star revealed what is the "essential" element to his successful and happy relationship.Adam has always preferred to keep his family out of the spotlight, with not much known about his relationship with his wife.The couple have two children together, Ella and Alfie.Alfie is in his late teens, while Ella is in her early twenties at university.Speaking to the Mail Online back in 2016, Adam was asked what the secret is to a happy relationship.He replied: "Being able to laugh together is essential."Adam previously revealed that it was his partner Charlie that convinced him to go for the Countryfile job.He told the Mirror in 2020: "Countryfile did a presenter search, and although I wasn't bothered, my partner nagged me about it, as she thought I'd be really good."After lots of auditions, I ended up getting the job."At first, I was only working once a month, then when it went prime time, the viewing figures went up to six million, and that was that."The 56-year-old revealed he had come close to losing his home, his farm and his livelihood during the disastrous foot-and-mouth disease back in 2001.The farmer explained that he was on the brink of financial collapse, nearly losing everything.This was when Charlie nagged Adam to take the Countryfile job to sort out this crisis.Adam told the Telegraph in 2016: "The worst time was in 2001 – we'd invested heavily in Cotswold Farm Park, then foot-and-mouth hit just before we opened."The bank closed in and wanted their money.

When asked what he thought helped him improve on opening up on his feelings, Connor said that it was being surrounded by "the best people."The singer said that he "felt bad" for feeling this way, as he wanted to have the best time with his bandmates.Connor said that he was extremely "swept of his feet" when in the early days of The Vamps due to excessive touring.But he added he didn't want to sound "ungrateful" as the experience was amazing.He said: "After Can We Dance happened we were mega busy.

Dancing on Ice star Chemmy Alcott has opened up on the horrific injuries she's sustained over the course of her skiing career, insisting that she wears them with "pride".Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the Ski Sunday presenter, 39, candidly discussed accidents she's suffered throughout her ski career, which she says she's "proud" of, as it shows she "pushed herself to the limit" while competing.The Alpine ski racer broke her neck skiing when she was just 11, which saw her have two vertebrae fused together.Altogether, she has broken 47 bones, including shattering her right leg in an 80mph accident, and a compound fracture of her fibula and open fraction of her tibia.Chemmy's right leg has a 15-inch metal pin and nine screws through the bone and she's undergone surgery for Anterior Cruciate Ligament tears.But when asked why she kept skiing in spite of her injuries, Chemmy gushed over her passion for the winter sport.She said: "I think the knowledge that the grass isn't greener, that I was able to make a small career out of something that I love doing, which is the most incredible job in the world."Actually, I'm really proud of all the injuries I had."Because all the injuries were proof that I was willing and confident enough to take risks," she added.The sportswoman told how she went through a phase of being too careful on the slopes which, while she didn't injure herself, affected her performance.Chemmy explained: "Actually I was healthiest in my twenties when I didn't break anything."It's because I was skiing within myself and I had a fear of failure."So I was choosing to go 80 per cent and keeping 20 per cent in my back pocket," she said.Chemmy went on to say how her scars reflected a time when she didn't hold

Dancing on Ice star Ria Hebden has told how she was left panicking over a missing element during her performance on the first week of the show.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the Lorraine presenter, 39, spoke of her panic at not having had time to practice her first performance with partner Lukasz Rozycki and a prop they were planning on using.Speaking just days before she took to the ice, Ria spoke out about dealing with elements of the show that were "out of her control".Ria said: "We have a prop, a major prop that we're using in our opening number and it only arrived today."Not giving any clues about what the prop is away, the Dancing On Ice contestant told how she only has a few days practice with the item.She admitted: "I was really anxious about it last week as it does feature in the performance and it hasn't arrived."But it's been much better now it's here and I can get familiar with it."I'm relieved, excited and relieved!" she added.However, the star also said she had yet to see the outfit she'll be wearing during the first live show.Ria explained: "I still haven't seen my outfit yet, I'm like, 'What's happening?!'"It's very surreal, all these elements are completely out of my control."You just have to kind of surrender to them," she admitted.The Lorraine star was eliminated from the show on movie week following a skate-off with S Club star Rachel Stevens and her partner Brendyn Hatfield.The same week, Kimberly Wyatt was awarded the high score of 34 following her routine to The Greatest Show.Taking to social media to address her exit, the star told how she was "proud" of what she had achieved, having previously revealed that she'd had no skating experience.After thanking her fans for their messages of

Dancing On Ice star explained how she realised she wanted to change her maiden name, Whittaker, to Tim’s.Sally and Tim have recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and the couple have stuck together through the hardships of her cancer battle.The Coronation Street star was diagnosed with breast cancer and after going into remission in 2009 she decided to change her name.She told OK! Magazine about the move in 2018: “I’d kept Whittaker because everyone knew me as that but it suddenly didn’t seem very important...“I want to be Mrs Dynevor and not Sally Whittaker.Tim was really pleased.

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CORRIE’S Bill Roache, 88, has been spotted for the first time since his secret battle with coronavirus was revealed.  The veteran actor, who plays Ken Barlow in the long-running ITV soap, was last seen on TV screens in early March. Bill, 88, was seen today for the first time since The Sun revealed his ill health forced him to be written out of the ITV soap so he could focus on his recovery.

Don't miss out on the biggest soaps gossip! Get a daily email direct to your inbox with our newsletterVeteran Corrie star Bill Roache has been off-screen after falling ill with Covid - but has now "recovered well".The 88-year-old who plays Ken Barlow, tested positive for the disease and was written out of the soap as he took time to get better.But the star has got better and is set to return to the Cobbles “as soon as possible”.A Corrie spokeswoman said: “Following recent reports about his health, William Roache has asked us to clarify that he took time off work after testing positive for Covid.

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CORRIE star Bill Roache, 88, has revealed his secret battle with coronavirus. The Sun revealed the TV legend's ill health forced him to be written out of the ITV soap as he focused on his recovery.

He may hold the Guinness World Record for the longest  serving soap star but Corrie’s Bill Roache, aka Ken Barlow, is taking a bit of a break.

Coronation Street legend Bill Roache, 88, took time off from the ITV soap to battle covid-19. Bill, who plays Ken Barlow on Corrie, was forced to take a break from the cobbles after he contracted coronavirus.

"If you think positively, your cells will renew themselves all the time, if you go down, the renewal process will go down."If you stay up, the renewal process will go up, you don't have to age as much as people think, I'm not, anyway."Bill is the only remaining character who appeared on the show since it first hit the network in 1960.His character's time on the soap has seen him married to three women and has also been involved in several scandalous affairs.The soap was forced to close the doors to the Manchester-based set in January 2020 when the world suddenly went into lockdown following the outbreak of the coronavirus.In compliance with government guidelines, bosses made the tough decision to halt production which meant that several

Coronation Street actor Bill Roache, 88, has secretly battled Covid.The icon British actor fell ill earlier this year with the virus and was forced to take time away from the show.He has opted to keen details about the ordeal to his friends and family but after news broke, ITV decided to give more details on his behalf."Following recent reports about his health, William Roache has asked us to clarify that he took time off work after testing positive for Covid," a spokeswoman for ITV said.They added: "He has recovered well and is looking forward to returning to the cobbles as soon as possible.”A source told The Mirror that Coronation Street writers are currently penning new storylines which involve Ken.The unnamed insider added that they are

Veteran Corrie star Bill Roache has been off-screen after falling ill with Covid - but has now "recovered well".

VETERAN Corrie star Bill Roache has been forced off screen for months after falling ill. The TV icon, 88, who plays Ken Barlow, asked bosses for time off after becoming unwell – and has been written out of the ITV soap.