Dan Walker addresses BBC Breakfast future after quitting Football Focus for new roles

The next stage of structural improvements to the underpass on Burghmuir Road will begin on Monday, February 28.

Two rival daily online word games have had a crossover in answers for the first time ever.

Brian Cox appeared on Loose Women on Wednesday lunchtime to discuss his tell all memoir, before letting slip a swear live on air.

A man who faced drugs charges after a fire at his Blantyre home has narrowly avoided a prison sentence.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCurtis Stone is making his debut at the SAG Awards. No, the Aussie chef, whose Los Angeles eateries include Gwen and the newly reopened Maude, hasn’t jumped into acting — he’s designing the night’s dinner menu.The first course of the evening — the awards take place Feb. 27 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica — will feature a turmeric-roasted cauliflower, mint and quinoa salad, followed by an entrée of salmon rillettes with lemon, capers and dill accompanied by a sweet potato side with curry, coconut, cilantro and cucumber as well as artichokes and mushrooms in a truffle dressing.I caught up with Stone to talk about Logan Roy, cooking for 640 people and sourcing from local farmers.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has acquired North American rights to “The Dreamers,” a series directed by Maysaloun Hamoud (“In Between”), a rising Hungarian-born Palestinian filmmaker.The thought-provoking crime comedy series screened at Series Mania Forum 2019 and went on to play at several festivals, including Zurich. “The Dreamers” was produced by Shlomi Elkabetz (“Gett,” “Our Boys”) and Galit Cahlon (“In Between”) at the banner Deux Beaux Garcons, and was commissioned by the powerful Israeli cabler HOT, whose hit shows include “In Treatment,” “Euphoria” and “Losing Alice.”Set against the backdrop of rising tensions in the Gaza Strip,”The Dreamers” tells the story of three young Palestinian students who travel to Tel Aviv in 2008 and try to establish a new and liberated Palestinian community for themselves.

London Grammar have announced details of a new London show as part of this year’s South Facing Festival.The band will perform at the Crystal Palace Bowl amphitheatre in Crystal Palace Park on July 29, with support coming from George Fitzgerald and Tora-I + Oklou (DJ set).The show is part of the open-air concert series which began last year, and will this year run from July 29 to August 21.Tickets for London Grammar’s show go on general sale at 11am on Monday (February 28) and can be purchased here.We're over the moon to welcome @londongrammar & @georgefitzmusic to South Facing 2022!Tickets go on sale Friday 25th February.

The Batman star Colin Farrell has said his character, The Penguin, wasn’t allowed to smoke in the film.The actor, set to play the antagonist in Matt Reeves’ forthcoming DC film, told Jakes Takes that he had fought for the Penguin to smoke a cigar.Warner Bros’ reasoning came from the studio’s vigilance about showing cigarettes onscreen in superhero films, despite other iterations of the Penguin (real name Oswald “Oz” Chesterfield Cobblepot) famously smoking from a cigarette holder.“I fought valiantly for a cigar, I even said at one stage, ‘Can I have it unlit,’ and they were like no,” Farrell said.“The Oz that we meet hasn’t embodied the energy of the Penguin that we recognise from the source comics and from previous films, so I’ll see if it goes again. I’d love to explore it because he’s not an underboss, he’s not a boss, he’s just a soldier of Falcone at this stage.“But he has great ambition and dreams of doing big big things.”Meanwhile, Farrell’s co-star Paul Dano, who plays The Riddler, said he had trouble sleeping while preparing for the role.“There were some nights around that I probably didn’t sleep as well as I would’ve wanted to just because it was a little hard to come down from this character,” Dano told Entertainment Weekly, discussing a specific scene with Peter Sarsgaard’s character Gil Colson.

Dan Walker took to social media last night to pay tribute to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, who died yesterday at the age of 99.The Football Focus host recalled a meeting with the Duke of Edinburgh, hours after Buckingham Palace announced the news.“I’ve read some lovely tributes to the Duke Of Edinburgh today.“I had the pleasure of meeting him once at St James’ Palace,” he wrote on Instagram, in view of his 176,000 followers.Dan went on to recall his encounter with the royal.“It was a Thursday and Steve Bruce had just pulled out of Football Focus that weekend,” the 44-year-old began.“The Duke asked me what I did.

PIERS Morgan reignited his feud with Dan Walker by joking he’s taken his old job on Football Focus. Earlier today, Dan announced he would be stepping down as host of the Saturday lunchtime sports programme after 12 years.

BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker.The Good Morning Britain star said he was "sorry" to hear Dan will be departing from one of his BBC shows.Dan, 44, announced on Thursday that after 12 years, he would be stepping down from Football Focus, which airs every Saturday.In a video message to his 707,4000 Twitter followers, Walker said: "This is going to be my last season presenting Football Focus."It’s been an amazing 12 years and I can honestly say I have loved every single second of it."I am really proud of the job we’ve done, the changes we’ve made to the show and issues we’ve looked at, and at a time when the football landscape has changed immeasurably."But, having said all that, after 12 years it's time for someone else to take the

BBC Breakfast hosts Louise Minchin, 52, and Dan Walker, 44, recently took part in an ice challenge on the news programme in a bid to raise awareness for motor neurone disease.The TV anchor took to social media ahead of the Breakfast show, as Louise confessed that she was apprehensive about taking part.The presenting duo were tasked with putting their feet in a bucket of ice cold water for 92 seconds, but Dan couldn't keep up with the challenge.The former Football Focus host let out a loud shriek during the ice bucket foot task.Dan yelped: "It's zero degrees and I'm absolutely shivering."In view of her 204,000 followers, Louise retweeted a post from the motor neurone disease (MND) charity, which read: "The stage is set for @mrdanwalker &

Piers Morgan has teased he is set to jump from ITV to the BBC and replace his former rival Dan Walker on Football Focus.Taking to Twitter on Thursday morning, Dan confirmed he is leaving the sporting show in a self shot video.The TV regular said: "It has been an amazing 12 years and I have loved every second of it."I am so proud of the job we’ve done, the changes we’ve made and issues we’ve looked at while the football landscape changed immeasurably."I’d like to say thank you to the amazing team at Focus who put so much into the show each week and thank you to the audience for tuning in every Saturday."Quote tweeting Dan, Piers added for his seven million followers: "I start Saturday."The outspoken star has long sparred with Dan thanks to

Piers Morgan, 56, shared a cheeky quip this morning about replacing Dan Walker, 44, after the start made a huge announcement.The BBC Breakfast presenter confirmed he was leaving Football Focus after 12 years, which led Piers to sweep in.Piers joked he will be Dan’s replacement on the weekly football show following his announcement.Replying to Dan’s video on Twitter, Piers wrote in front of his 7.9 million followers: “I start Saturday.”This comes after the former Good Morning Britain presenter has been teasing what he’ll be doing next.Piers tweeted in reply to a video posted by Dan announcing the news.During the clip he shared to his 707,000 Twitter followers, Dan explained why he was leaving Football Focus as well as saying an emotional

Dan Walker has announced that he will leave the show after 12 years next month.The 44-year-old will continue in his roles with BBC Breakfast and BBC Sport, and will be on hand to cover the Tokyo Olympics later this year.Walker has expressed his gratitude to the team behind Football Focus and the viewers, with his replacement not yet confirmed by the BBC.Walker said: “It has been an amazing 12 years and I have loved every second of it.

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker screamed in horror as he took part in the ice foot challenge – and viewers couldn’t stop laughing.The presenter joined former footballer Len Johnrose, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2017, to raise awareness for the disease by participating in the #IceFoot92 challenge.The aim is to dip your feet into icy water for 92 seconds while also nominating three more people to take part and making a donation via text message.In a segment on Wednesday's programme (April 7), Dan braves the cold weather and joins the challenge outside the BBC studio in Salford Quay in Manchester.He takes a big breath while removing his shoes and socks, apologising: "Sorry for getting my feet out live at the TV, don't look

Daily Star's Inside Hot TV newsletter sees Ed Gleave send you telly's hot takes straight to your inbox every SundayBBC Breakfast regular Louise Minchin, 52, has sparked an online debate after telling viewers she loved marmalade on sausages for a morning snack.The TV host explained to Dan Walker,44, that she isn't a fan of the usual condiments of HP sauce and ketchup.Kicking off the debate, Dan asked his morning co-star: "The important question to ask you this morning is; Sausage Sandwich, red sauce or brown source?"Smirking, Louise replied: "Neither. marmalade.

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BBC Breakfast host Louise Minchin joked she would have more time off from the show after getting “bored” at her counterpart Dan Walker’s conversation about golf.Louise, who was off on annual leave last week, is back on our screens this week.But when conversation turned to the upcoming Masters golf tournament today (April 6), she was less than happy.Dan, a keen golf fan, started explaining why he was so excited for the premier golfing event to sports reporter Katherine Downes.“Remember when Danny Willett won a few years ago – I stayed up all night,” he laughed.An unimpressed Louise quickly interjected: “I remember a few times that you’ve stayed up all night.”“I’ve been excited for months,” Dan continued before going into depth about who he

BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker, 44, discussed his 52-year-old co-star Louise Minchin’s reaction to the report, which was based on research by “boffins”. His post also sparked a mixed reaction from many of his Instagram followers.The headline read: “Brew what? Milk first for perfect cuppa, says boffins.”The article stated that pouring milk in first on a tea bag makes the ideal cup of tea, “research proved”.Dan commented: “Louise is not best pleased with this news.

PIERS Morgan has launched a fresh attack on his ratings' rival Dan Walker saying "there’s a nasty piece of work fighting to get out". The ex-Good Morning Britain presenter celebrated beating BBC Breakfast's viewing figures for the first time in its show's history on his last day.