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It's been nearly 40 years since The Bill first graced our TV screens. From tragic passings to a pop star offspring and a stint on Celebrity Big Brother, we take a look at the lives of the actors after the series ended.

There's no stopping former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan – she's gone from strength to strength since leaving the soap including lead roles in Our Girl and Brassic. But it's the 36 year old's recent critical acclaim following the release of Netflix thriller Fool Me Once, a Harlan Coben special drama, that really cemented her stardom.

Kaz Crossley has traded her lengthy tresses for a shaved buzz cut in a dramatic hair switch up this week, shaving her head in a bid to help out the Little Lady Locks charity. The 30 year old former Love Island star, who has been open about her struggles with alopecia over the past year, took to Instagram to share her transformation in a new post, with fans hailing her as 'inspirational' as Kaz explained that her hair would go towards making a wig for a young person who has lost their hair. Sharing a beaming picture as she clutched onto her chopped long hair, the reality personality urged others to donate and help out the charity.

The Only Way is Essex cast were out in force at a PrettyLittleThing party recently - but there was one woman who wasn’t there. Dani Imbert, 25, Junaid Ahmed, 29, and Saffron Lempriere, 31, were out celebrating on Thursday 11 April, but Ella Rae Wise, 24, was absent and fans wonder if a ‘feud’ has started between the TOWIE ladies.

Janette Manrara, 40, the beloved star of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, has alarmed fans with news that she is undergoing a skin 'treatment'.The vivacious dancer, who welcomed her daughter Lyra into the world last summer, revealed to her followers that she is in the midst of her second microneedling session aimed at refreshing her sun-touched skin.The stunning professional let fans in on her beauty regimen and said:"Had my second session of micro-needling today w/ @theaestheticsdoctor. We've been working together to help with my pigmentation from years of not being careful in the sun in Miami! (Side note: WEAR SUNSCREEN! )". The microneedling session wasn't alone time for the new mum - baby Lyra was along for the ride too! In Janette's own words, she said: "I didn't have anyone to look after Lyra so she came along.

Meghan Markle appeared to suffer an awkward moment while attending a charity polo match at the Grand Champions Polo Club in Florida this weekend, which her husband Prince Harry and his team were victorious in. Celebrating the win, Harry, 39, and his teammates stood up on stage while Meghan, 42, presented them with a trophy, planting a kiss on Harry before placing herself in the middle of the men for some pictures.

Stacey Solomon has hilariously responded to comedian Joe Beckett, after he recalled the 'biggest p***take' at her wedding to husband Joe Swash. On 24 July, 2022, Joe, 42, and Stacey, 34, married in a whimsical backyard wedding at their £1.3million home, which they affectionately named 'Pickle Cottage'. Rob, 38, was one of the guests at their nuptials, and he opened up about the ceremony during an episode of his Sky Max show, Rob Beckett's Smart TV.

One of the victims killed in Sydney's horror mass stabbing had just bought her wedding dress.

UK holidaymakers have expressed their frustration over a new £97 rule in Spain, with many stating they 'simply won't go' on holiday there anymore.

A pet owner has told of the tragic moment his beloved dog died in his "arms" after he was struck by a car in Glasgow.

Lee Mack, star of ITV's The 1% Club, has announced he will be stepping back from his popular BBC show, Not Going Out.

Ant McPartlin's ex-wife Lisa Armstrong made a rare show of support for Ant and Dec during the final episode of Saturday Night Takeaway.

Spotify is reportedly planning on introducing a feature to allow users to slow down, speed up and remix songs on the platform.The developments have been detailed in a new report by the Wall Street Journal, who say that the streaming service is looking to experiment with tools that will allow users to manipulate existing songs on the platform.The report suggests that users will be able to edit and mash together tracks to create modified versions of songs that can them be added to “virtual collections” on Spotify, but which will then not be available to share on external platforms.The Wall Street Journal suggests that “discussions about the tools are early and licensing agreements have yet to be worked out,” but that they hope the additions will “appeal to young users, while generating new revenue for artists.”At the start of this month, the streaming platform officially demonetised all songs with less than 1000 streams, having first announced the policy last year in the ‘Modernising Our Royalty System’ report.According to Spotify data, there are around 100 million songs on the service, yet only around 37.5 million meet the new requirements to generate revenue.Spotify said that 99.5 per cent of all streams on the platform “are of tracks that have above 1,000 streams.” They went on to claim that demonetising the tracks won’t result in a “change to the size of the music royalty pool being paid out to rights holders”.It argued that instead it will “use the tens of millions of dollars annually to increase the payments to all eligible tracks, rather than spreading it out into $0.03 payments.”Spotify also went on to say it requires a minimum number of unique listeners now if royalties are to apply – a measure brought in to

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have drawn a line under their Barbenheimer experiences by performing a duet of Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ on Saturday Night Live.Gosling, who played Ken in Barbie, was hosting the episode of SNL, and was joined in the opening monologue by Blunt, who played Kitty in Oppenheimer.The two, who are also co-starring in the new action comedy The Fall Guy, reflected on the difficulty in moving past such a huge phenomenon. “You know, when you play a character that hard, that long, just letting go feels like a breakup and for processing a breakup, there’s really only one thing that can help – the music of the great Taylor Swift,” said Gosling.With that, they launched into their adapted version of ‘All Too Well’, complete with choreographed backing dancers and scenery referencing both films.“I was just Ken, and now I’m just Ryan,” sang Gosling, with Blunt adding: “I used to be the alcoholic wife of a dude in a hat / Talking to Albert Einstein / Sipping a margarita / With some Christopher Nolan and a bag of vodkila”.See the sketch below:Gosling ended weeks of uncertainty by showing up at the Oscars last month and performing a showstopping version of ‘I’m Just Ken’, alongside Mark Ronson and Slash.Since then, Ronson has reflected on the legacy of the song, which he co-wrote and produced.

Lise Pedersen Berlinale Forum entry “Shahid,” the debut feature of Iranian-German filmmaker Narges Kalhor, has been picked up by Prague-based doc specialist Filmotor ahead of its premiere at Swiss documentary festival Visions du Réel, where it is competing in the more experimental Burning Lights section. Described by Kalhor as a collective work between herself and other artists, including a costume artist and a painter from Iran, a German music composer and a choreographer from Berlin, “Shahid” shifts playfully between genres, challenging conventional filmmaking rules.

Lisa Armstrong, Ant McPartlin's ex-wife, showed a rare display of support for the presenter during the final episode of Saturday Night Takeaway this weekend.The popular family entertainment show, hosted by Ant and his best pal Declan Donnelly, has been a staple on our screens for over two decades. The last episode was packed with surprises and special guests like Simon Cowell and Holly Willoughby, ending with an emotional farewell from the beloved duo.

Presenter Maya Jama, 29, has taken to social media to show off her amazing figure while she soaks up the sun on holiday. The Love Island host took to her Instagram stories to share a snap of her in a green bikini. Maya posed in the mirror and went makeup-free as she displayed her abs in a series of selfies.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Tyler, the Creator is no doubt one of the greatest showmen working today in hip-hop. During his headlining set on Saturday night (April 13) at Coachella, the rapper once again proved just that, transforming the main stage into a desert canyon and using lighting and projections to create an ambiance so vivid and entrancing that it could only have sprung from an imaginative mind as his own.

With the holiday season now upon us and people jetting away for holidays, it's always good to know what you should do if something goes wrong.

Princess Diana's secret second wedding dress, which was kept under wraps, had three significant differences from the first.

A dentist has revealed a very common mistake that could be harming your oral health.