Coronation Street’s Millie Gibson & Jack P Shepherd look different to their characters as they soak up the sun off-set

A nearly three-hour televised debate between French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen on Wednesday night scored the lowest ever ratings for such a match-up. With 15.6 million total viewers, the heated exchange between the incumbent and the far right extremist was aired live on both TF1 and France 2. The market share was, however, a solid 61%.

Pete Doherty has announced that he will publish a memoir, titled ‘A Likely Lad’, this summer. It promises to tell “Doherty’s version of the story” and be “a rock memoir like no other”. So you can start pretending you don’t want to read that now.

Warner Music Asia has announced that it has signed Thai artist Valentina Ploy in a deal that will see the major work in partnership with her existing record company, indie label What The Duck.“I am so happy to be working with Warner Music”, says Ploy. “[I’m] very excited and grateful to become part of the family as I feel that they support my vision of developing my artist career beyond limits”.“It’s always been a dream of mine to bring my music to the world and Warner Music is perfectly suited to help me reach the widest audience possible”, she adds.

Orbital have announced that they will release a new retrospective album called ‘30 Something’, which will contain reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of tracks from across their career. Its first single is ‘Where Is It Going?’, a version of their collaboration with Stephen Hawking for the 2012 London Paralympics opening ceremony.“This is our special Paralympic version of ‘Where Is It Going?’, featuring the fantastic Stephen Hawking”, say the duo of the single.

t Eamonn Holmes, 62, has vented his frustration at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who recently paid a visit to Queen Elizabeth II in the UK while en route to The Hague in The Netherlands for the Invictus Games, with Harry saying the monarch was on "great form".The former This Morning presenter took offence to Harry’s comment in an interview with NBC’s Today Show where he said he wanted to make sure his grandmother was "protected" and has "the right people around her".Following reports that the Duke is working on a book in which he’ll open up about several of his relatives in the Royal Family, Eamonn said: “He’s bringing a book out where he’s slagging off Camilla and maybe William and his father. “How on earth… why wouldn’t they just throw him over the balcony and her with him?”Previously Eamonn has said on the programme: "And also the sneaky nature with which they got into the country last week and they go and see the Queen whilst his brother is away on a skiing trip. "The funny thing is, I noticed Harry during an interview at the Invictus Games, Harry was so like his father.“He doesn't want to be like his father, but he sits there and he says, 'I think what is happening here, it's extraordinary, extraordinary'.“He keeps using the word extraordinary, which is a favourite word of Prince Charles, when he talks about things. “He is more like his father than he would probably like to be," Eamonn added.Omid Scobie, who co-wrote the book Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family, tweeted: "Everyone is entitled to an opinion, especially on an interview made for public consumption. “But you know what isn’t acceptable? Vile ‘commentary’ that only serves to incite violence and hate.”In response to

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are ending their exclusive podcast deal with Spotify.According to Bloomberg, Barack and Michelle’s media company Higher Ground could not come to an agreement with the popular streaming service, stating that they wanted their content to reach a larger audience. The former First couple’s production company signed a three-year agreement with Spotify in 2019, and due to the terms of the deal, their projects were unable to reach an audience wide enough for the Obamas’ satisfaction.After Higher Ground’s deal with Spotify ends in October, the company will not renew its contract, Bloomberg reported.

This Is Us took a leap into the future this week with season 6’s 13th episode, “The Day of the Wedding.” The episode finds the whole Pearson clan convening once again, this time for Kate’s wedding to her co-worker Phil, a second marriage we see her getting into five years after the big, unexpected demise of her relationship with Toby. This is Us episode writer Jon Dorsey exclusively commented on the importance of the season’s 13th episode, just 5 away from the series finale and the culmination of the Pearson family’s modern-day storyline.

Emmerdale favourite Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) is faced with a health setback in upcoming scenes.The Woolpack chef suffered a life-changing stroke last month.Next week, April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) prepares welcome home decorations for her dad's return from hospital while Mary Goskirk (Louise Jameson) reassures her daughter Rhona (Zoe Henry) she’s there to support her throughout his recovery.Meanwhile, in the hospital, Marlon thanks his nurse Gail and prepares to leave.Once he’s settled in, it’s slightly chaotic as they start to work out a way of going forward.April’s pleased to spend time with her dad but when she helps Marlon to a drink of water, he starts choking. The little girl is terrified believing he’s having another stroke and calls desperately for Rhona, leaving both April and Marlon distraught.

Didn’t make the cut! Kim Kardashian didn’t hold back during her Saturday Night Live monologue — but the reality star had plenty of other jokes that were scrapped before they could make it onscreen.

Apple has begun to roll out a new safety feature in the UK which scans children's messages for harmful content.Using AI, iPhones will check for images containing nudity and issue kids with warnings about sending or receiving the messages.The 'expanded protections for children' feature, which must be enabled manually, processes all the data on device and doesn't upload any pictures or warnings to Apple. If the feature is activated and a potentially harmful image is sent or received, users will get a popup warning them that the "photo could be sensitive" and ask them to confirm whether they want to see it.The warnings also remind users that "naked photos and videos can be used to hurt you" while blurring the image.

partner's life for three years, and even complained that she visited her mother with cancer too much. Manchester Crown Court heard how Roberts gifted his partner an iPhone to track her movements.

This Morning 's Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield hit panic mode after an 'enormous spider' was spotted in the studio. Holly and Phil were presenting This Morning on Wednesday (April 21), but the daytime TV show hosts began to panic when they saw a large spider scuttle along the studio floor.As they tried to keep calm, Phil, 60, announced what he had seen as Holly said: "There is the most enormous spider that ran underneath the camera."As the camera panned to the giant insect, Holly giggled: "It doesn’t look so big on the telly” but repeatedly claimed "it’s really big."Holly, 41, began fidgeting but desperately tried to keep calm as the spider was still in her view.

Russian soldiers have gone viral on Twitter for the wrong reasons after they were filmed running around on the Ukrainian frontline with no body armour and a "baseball bat bomb."In the short clip, the Russian squadron can be seen jogging through a shelled-out town and to shelter behind ruins.One of the grinning soldiers is shown to be carrying a plank of wood that has been heavily strapped up with what appears to be some sort of plastic explosive.None of the soldiers are wearing body armour and strangely all of them are grinning as they manoeuvre through the area. Sharing the strange clip, which is believed to have been shot near the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, defence journalist OSINTtechnical said: "Russian forces moving near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol with some interesting improvised explosive devices."Appears to be bricks of plastic explosives wrapped around a wooden plank."Naturally, the group's efforts didn't go undiscussed on the app with many people questioning the brains of the group.One person said: "What on earth would you use this for?!"Another agreed: "No armour either ...soon corpses."Another thought they looked a tad too happy considering how Putin's war had gone thus far.

Neighbours, after Karl hides a huge lie from his wife this week.Karl has recently invested a huge amount of money, but has hidden the scheme from Susan.Anxious about lying to Susan, will she find out? And how will this affect their relationship when she does discover the truth?It is yet another twist and turn for the couple, who have become one of Neighbours' most iconic soap couples - taking viewers on the ups and downs of their family and love lives.Away from Ramsay Street, Karl Kennedy actor Alan Fletcher has led an equally interesting life away from the soap - from marrying his famous wife to an incredible music career.Neighbours would not be complete with Karl and Susan Kennedy - but many viewers may not know that Alan also had another role on the soap in the eighties.In 1987, he also starred as a boxer called Greg Cooper, who worked in the garage owned by Robinson family patriarch Jim.It was one of the actor's first roles after appearing in 1982's Cop Shop, TV series The Love Boat and films including Mercy Mission.However in 1994, he and Susan Kennedy actress Jackie Woodburne arrived on Ramsay Street - where they have continued to delight viewers ever since.Between numerous affairs, their hilarious bedroom antics and being the parent figures to residents in Erinsborough (and viewers at home), the couple have become one of the soap's most iconic couples.Alan and Jackie also have a close bond off-set too, having worked together prior to appearing on Neighbours, recalling their first day on set to Daily Star, saying: "Alan [Fletcher] and I knew each other, we'd worked together before, but it was the first time that the five of us had shared a scene together and there was just this beautiful, instant connection and

Instagram followers. The matching sports bra and leggings combo complemented her bronzed glow as she took to the mat, with the bright colours highlighting her washboard abs and toned arms as she performed the yoga session in her back garden.She styled her wavy hair in an effortless up do and wore black eyeliner whilst she showed off her impressive skills.Jenny smiled at the camera, did a headstand on the mat and extended her legs above her head, eventually splitting them apart in one solid movement.The presenter then clasped her feet together, kicked her legs back to join the floor and smiled as she turned off the camera.Jenny captioned the video with: “The sky is blue, my outfit too.

Blac Chyna's lawsuit against Rob Kardashian and the rest of his family is fully underway now with each side making a slew of allegations, and ET is taking a closer look at why Blac Chyna mounted a $100 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family and what to expect in the coming days.In a statement to ET and just days before the trial, the Kardashian's family attorney, Michael Rhodes, addressed the allegations saying, «We aren't going to sully the process by responding to slanderous nonsense.»Blac Chyna's attorney, Lynne Ciani, told ET that «the defendants' illegal conduct not only cost Chyna millions and millions of dollars, [but] their conduct was emotionally devastating to her.» Ciani added that «Chyna will appear in court to testify and to personally witness the entire trial, from start to finish.»According to, Rhodes told the judge that the Kardashians made a settlement offer earlier this week that was rejected by Chyna. This defamation lawsuit won't be the end of Rob and Chyna's feud.  reports Chyna's separate trial in her "revenge porn" case is set to start in early May.On Monday, April 18, jury selection begins and the trial is expected to last approximately two weeks.

Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 on Thursday, and members of the royal family wasted no time paying tribute to the family matriarch.Prince William and Kate Middleton were two of the first to post a sweet message on social media for Her Highness.«Wishing Her Majesty The Queen a very happy 96th birthday today!» the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrote alongside two photos, one which showed Queen Elizabeth surrounded by her great-grandchildren and late husband, Prince Philip.A post shared by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@dukeandduchessofcambridge)William and Kate added, «An inspiration to so many across the UK, the Commonwealth and the world, it’s particularly special to be celebrating in this #PlatinumJubilee year.»The Platinum Jubilee is being celebrated this year in the Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of the Queen Elizabeth II on Feb. 6, 1952.In a post on the Royal Family's official Twitter page, a portrait of the Queen as a toddler could be seen alongside the message, «Happy Birthday Your Majesty! Today as The Queen turns 96, we’re sharing this photograph of the young Princess Elizabeth aged 2.

Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd wowed fans as he showcased an eye-catching look for the new season. The David Platt actor was embracing the sunshine as he reached for an animal print black and white short-sleeved shirt. And his sharp look was a far cry from the hoodies and denim jackets favoured by his soap character.

Coronation Street actress Kel Allen has quit her role as Laura Neelan in the popular ITV soap after two years and has already filmed her final scenes. On Friday's episode of Corrie, terminally ill Laura appeared to take the blame for the murder of her husband Rick and was escorted away by police for questioning.Ex-soldier Gary Windass who actually committed the crime, looked on in amazement while Laura was taken away by officers.Meanwhile, Laura's daughter Kelly pleaded her mother's innocence as she cried to the policemen to let her mother go.Speaking candidly to The Sun, actress Kel expressed that she felt emotional filming her last scenes for the legendary soap.She said: "Oh my god, it’s emotional.

Coronation Street fans can expect plenty of drama next week.As Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) arrives at the courtroom to show her support both Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo) and Abi Webster (Sally Carman) are awash with guilt.The local authority solicitor lists a host of reasons proving Abi to be an unfit mother and why Alfie should be taken into care.Imran pleads Abi’s case, doing everything in his power to convince the Judge that Abi’s changed.Toyah suggests to Imran that he’s done all he can for Abi and it’s time to step back and concentrate on Elsie’s adoption hearing. Imran covers his turmoil, while Abi’s furious.When Abi bans him from seeing Alfie, Imran declares he’ll do whatever it takes, even if it means putting his name on the birth certificate.

Coronation Street's cast were out enjoying the sunny spring weather in force this week as they were spotted around Manchester. Jack P. Shepherd donned a black ensemble even in the beaming sunshine as he donned a T-shirt, jeans and lace-up boots n the hue for a casual stroll through the city.The David Platt star went one step further and slipped on a pair of black sunglasses as he strode the streets with a serious expression.