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Gemma Collins is planning a huge festival – about herself.The GC wants to invite pals to a garden party at her new Essex mansion to watch a big-screen video marking her 40th.The TOWIE star said: “I’ve got a rather biggish garden.

Reaching a year in lockdown is a sad milestone that made me reflect on how the world has changed - and how I have too.

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Committed to a healthy lifestyle. Adam Levine’s trainer, Austin Pohlen, opened up about the singer’s fitness goals.

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Lockdown was even worse than my worst nightmare - but brighter days should be aheadA look back at the past 12 months through the eyes of a sports report.It isn’t even fair to say that lockdown was every sports reporters’ worst nightmare. It was so unprecedented it wasn’t even something I’d ever woken up in a cold sweat thinking about.Around 70 percent of a normal Lennox sports section would be live coverage – be that football, rugby, hockey, bowls, cricket, boxing or whatever else was on that weekend.

written off with the help of what's called an IVA. IVA stands for Individual Voluntary Arrangement.

Ben Shephard was flabbergasted during tonight's episode of Tipping Point as a player named Amy saw her final turn ended in disaster.Andy, Susan, Jerry and Amy all took part tonight as they all hoped to win mega money on the ITV game show. It was just Andy and Amy left as they battled it out to hopefully make it to the final.Amy was playing her final counter, so she had one last chance to get through.In a show rarity, Amy performed a 'kamikaze drop' and her counter tumbled directly on top of numerous other coins, meaning it failed to push any over the edge.Ben exclaimed: "Oh no! Your last drop is a kamikaze".Amy was gutted as she said: "Oh for God's sake".

Stacey Solomon has recently moved into a stunning new home.The Loose Women panellist, her fiance Joe Swash and their children Zachary, Leighton and Rex, seem delighted by the move.The new Tudor style house is huge, and comes with 2.5 acres of garden and a matching Wendy house. However, for those of us missing a party lifestyle, the former X Factor contestants new abode does seem to have the ideal set up.

Ayrshire have been labelled “vague” by a long standing campaign group member.And Joe Dalling, project manager at the Tarbolton Tenants and Residents Association, said the proposals drawn up for Tarbolton Moss Landfill site are merely a “sticking plaster solution” and do not go far enough.His reaction comes in the wake of an announcement that the first phase of a longer-term plan, involving public partners, for remediation of the site, has received funding from Scottish Government.The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) will be funded to initiate environmental works at the site, which was abandoned by a private operator in 2018, when they fell into liquidation.Residents living near the site have raised concerns over pollution since

 Graham Swift, at times in their home.Sarah argued that despite its current popularity, the trend for airy living spaces is not “the solution to happiness”.The star also admitted she is avoiding knocking down walls at her home on a 22-acre sheep farm she’s renovating with her other half. The presenter explained she sees the importance of the option to not have to “see the other’s face or hear them” at all times.Opening up about her beliefs in reference to her living space that she shares with her husband of 18 years, Sarah said: “I’m not convinced that taking down every wall and living in an aircraft hangar is actually that great.“In fact, for most people – even if it’s just two of you – it’s quite nice to have a space where you don’t have

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Joe Manganiello has been having fun in quarantine.

There have been plenty of coming-of-age films about high school athletes. But most of the time, those films devolve into “Rocky”-esque sports dramas about state championships.

Rod Stewart's assault case in Florida is being held up by "one issue", a court has heard. The 76-year-old singer and his son Sean, 40, have been charged with simple battery following an alleged incident on New Year's Eve 2019 at a luxury hotel in Palm Beach.Security guard Jessie Dixon claims Sir Rod punched him in the ribs during a row over access to a private party in a children's area at the Breakers Palm Beach Hotel.Sean Stewart is said to have got "nose to nose" with Mr Dixon.

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no Zoom element to it. A letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released to the film industry website Deadline said: “Our plan is to stage an intimate, in-person event at Union station in Los Angeles, with additional show elements live from the Dolby theatre in Hollywood.

GEMMA Collins broke down in tears today as she celebrated her parents' 44th wedding anniversary with an emotional post on Instagram. The Towie star's parents tested positive for Covid before Christmas — with her dad Alan saying he would "rather be dead" as he fought for his life in hospital.

cancer just four months after giving birth to her baby girl.

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