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IT’S ten months since it was revealed Danny Dyer is to leave EastEnders for good. But as he now prepares to bow out next month, I can finally share details of the gritty new drama that tempted him to quit Albert Square after nine years. He will play the lead in an action thriller called Heat, on Channel 5, and begin filming in Victoria, Australia, this month.

Campaigners have questioned whether Glasgow can afford to host another Commonwealth Games after the last event in the city cost £543 million.

The xx have entered the studio for the first time in six years to work on their fourth album, the group’s guitarist and co-lead vocalist Romy Madley Croft told NME during an interview at last weekend’s Beyond The Valley music festival in Victoria, Australia. “It’s quite different being back in the studio with The xx,” Croft says in a video clip from the interview posted to NME’s Instagram page.

The iconic lighthouse property made famous in children's show Round the Twist has been put up for sale, with sellers asking for over $3million. The Lighthouse is situated on the edge of a cliff at Aireys Inlet in Victoria, Australia, just 122km from Melbourne.The three-bedroom property boasts one bathroom and incredible coastal views. The iconic building, which sits in one of Victoria's popular holiday spots, is currently used as a rental getaway but has now been put on the market for the first time in 85 years, according to Herald Sun.The sellers have listed the Lighthouse with a price guide of $3.2million-$3.5million (£2.6-2.8m).

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Chrishell Stause struck several silly poses while at a sculpture garden and winery on Monday.The 41-year-old Selling Sunset star wore a matching tube top and trousers set from Jagger and Stone as she made her way around the large sculptures at the Pt Leo Estate in the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.  'Went to a sculpture park…that was also a winery. Great combo,' the beauty wrote in her caption.

King Charles III has continued with royal duties north of the border following his ascension to the throne last month - with a reception for a top Australian official at Balmoral Castle.

While video games have come a long way from the usual heterosexual, cis-gendered characters or storylines, very few have taken a step further into the LGBTQI territory. However, a new video game from a Melbourne-based company, Up Multimedia, along with support from the Victorian state government and Film Victoria Australia, does just that.The Beat: A Glam Noir Game is an investigative thriller game where you take on the role of a gay cop still in the closet who has to investigate a murder that’s happened in an unnamed city’s gay scene.Game developer, Luke Miller went into detail behind some of the game’s iconic locations, like the laundrette and Black Rock Beach.“In the 1980s there was a ground-breaking gay film from the UK called ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’.

Olivia Newton-John will be given a special send-off in her native Australia, it has been announced.

Olivia Newton-John will be honored with a state funeral in Australia, according to reports.

Olivia Newton-John will be honored by Australia following her death on Monday at age 73.

Olivia Newton-John will be honored by Australia following her death on Monday at age 73.The star's niece, Tottie Goldsmith, recently spoke with Australia's news program and revealed that Newton-John's family has been formally offered a state funeral by the nation and that they plan on accepting the gracious honor.«We will, on behalf of not just our family, but I think Australia needs it. She was so loved,» shared Goldsmith, 59, who is the daughter of Newton-John's late sister, Rona, who died after a battle with brain cancer in 2013.

Naman Ramachandran Rocker Ozzy Osbourne made a surprise appearance in his home city of Birmingham, U.K., and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Monday evening. Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath, featuring Tony Iommi on guitar, Adam Wakeman on bass and Tommy Clufetos on drums, performed their evergreen hit “Paranoid” in front of a capacity crowd of 30,000 at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

Noise11.com.Australian luminaries, including the prime minister Anthony Albanese, have paid tribute to the singing sensation.Describing Judith as a ‘national treasure and an Australian icon,’ Albanese wrote on Twitter: ‘Judith Durham gave voice to a new strand of our identity and helped blaze a trail for a new generation of Aussie artists.‘Her kindness will be missed by many, the anthems she gave to our nation will never be forgotten.’Judith soared to fame in the 1960s as a member of the folk/pop quartet The Seekers, where she was on vocals, piano and tambourine.The trailblazing group scored a slew of top 10 hits with songs such as A World of Our Own and Morningtown Ride.With single I’ll Never Find Another You, The Seekers enjoyed global success, reaching number one in the UK, where it was the seventh best-selling track for 1965, and number four in the US.In fact, the four-piece were the first Aussie band to have had a top five hit in their home country, the UK and the United States and have now sold over 50million records worldwide.After enjoying record-breaking international success, Judith parted ways with The Seekers to pursue a solo career.She recorded multiple albums including Mona Lisas and Let Me Find Love until 2013, when she released her final LP, It’s Christmas Time.  Archie Battersbee dies in hospital after life support withdrawn, family confirmsSix arrested after 'lethal brawl breaks out at holiday park over football match''Real class' - William Saliba responds to Arsenal legend Martin KeownJudith was born on July 3, 1943 in Victoria, Australia, to a navigator father and his wife, Hazel.During her childhood, she lived in Tasmania and Melbourne, where she started her singing career in jazz clubs at the age of

Neighbours icon Guy Pearce returns to Ramsay Street tonight, as the final episodes of the soap air.Guy played Mike Young in the popular Australian soap, and in tonight's episodes, he reunites with former flame Jane Harris for a nostalgic journey through time.Neighbours shot Guy Pearce to stardom back in 1986 - with the actor going on to achieve Hollywood success in the decades since.READ NEXT: Neighbours' Izzy star’s life - pop career, grandmother paternity twist and bullying hellAs Neighbours fans prepare to get their tissues at the ready, Daily Star takes a look inside the life of one of its original icons, as Guy Pearce steps onto the street one last time.Guy Pearce was born on October 5, 1967 in Cambridgeshire, England to parents Anne, who was a school teacher, and father Stuart, who was a plane test pilot.Along with his eldest sister Tracey, the family moved from England and settled in Victoria, Australia when the star was three years old.However five years later, Guy's father sadly died in an accident while testing a plane, when the actor was just eight years old.Guy has spoken openly about his father's death in the years since, revealing to The Guardian that he thinks the intensity he brings to his acting roles has links to the loss when he was younger.He said: "I think from losing my dad when I was young. It means I have this whirring sort of emotional story that I’m keeping contained all the time.

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McDonald's Happy Meal toy inside her Big Mac burger.Stephanie Baker had just sat down and was about to start eating her Big Mac when she spotted a toy Jerry, from the well-known cartoon Tom and Jerry, in the cheese.The 25-year-old claims she had bought the burger from her local McDonald's in Victoria, Australia and was having to fix it up as it was in a messy state.The community centre worker then took to TikTok to share what had happened and her video blew up, being watched more than 1.7m times.Stephanie said she was a bit mad at first because she thought that it was "gross".She said: “I was fixing the burger up because the layers were all over the place when I first saw the toy.“I was thinking I needed to find my phone to film and take photos for proof before I touched it.“Because I knew as soon as I saw the eyes that it was obviously a happy meal toy.“I was a bit mad at first because that’s gross and I didn’t know how it got in there.“I filmed the video, took some pictures, then showed my mother and two brothers, they laughed and thought I was joking and that I had done it.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here."They then laughed at the video, because the face through the cheese was pretty funny."I didn’t go back to the McDonald’s because I was a bit worried they wouldn’t believe me and I have a lot of anxiety when I have to speak to people face to face so I just gave the burger to my dog, minus the toy, and posted the video.“The response online was funny at first but a lot of people on TikTok can be quite blunt and nasty.“So quite a few people have claimed I did it on purpose but most just laughed and found it pretty funny."McDonald’s reached out to me from

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJana McKinnon, Markella Kavenagh and Yerin Ha have joined the cast of Australian TV series “Bad Behaviour.”Filming of the four-part show, which is adapted from the acclaimed book of the same name by writer Rebecca Starford, has now completed in Victoria, Australia. It is expected to play on Australian streaming platform Stan later this year.McKinnon (“We Children of Bahnhof Zoo”) stars as scholarship student, who arrives at Silver Creek for a year of character building at the wilderness campus of an exclusive girl’s boarding school.

Olympic gold medallist Dean Woods read his own eulogy as he briefly raised the spirits of mourners with a video message at his own funeral. The Australian cyclist was the one to tell his own life story ahead of his death, aged just 55.The 1984 cycling champion tragically died of cancer earlier this month. Woods' funeral took place in Wangaratta in the Australian state of Victoria, and he appeared via video wearing the suit he was buried on.“I’m well prepared, even though I’m in the box in front of you,” he said, drawing laughter from some in attendance.

A teenager nearly died after a kangaroo jumped into her off-road motorbike, sending her crashing to the ground.Jemima Song, 14, and her sister Isabel were riding their dirt bikes in a pine grove at a farm in western Victoria, Australia, when the accident happened.The kangaroo leaped from the trees "out of the blue" and collided with the front wheel of Jemima's bike.Isabel saw her sister lying motionless in the dirt and called their dad."I was on the ground lying there and she was wondering if I was faking it or not so she tried to pick me up to see if I was okay but I wasn't," Jemima said.The teenager was taken by air ambulance to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.Jemima's dad, David Song, was horrified by his daughter's wounds and thought she might die.He said: "The worst fear was going through my mind that we were going to lose her."She had this massive trauma to the left side of her body, it looked like she had just been hit by a car."Jemima suffered eight fractures to her spine, a ruptured spleen, and a ruptured liver, as well as internal bruising.She told Nine News the first thing she remembered after the accident was waking up in the air ambulance."In the helicopter, my dad is taking a photo of me and I'm giving a thumbs-up," Jemima says.MICA flight paramedic Stuart Hill said Jemina could have died if not for her helmet and protective gear, describing her as "really lucky".Jemima spent 10 days in the hospital recovering from her injuries and went back to school just two days after returning home.The teen said she didn't eat in the first six days following the accident because her stomach "shut down" but she then made a swift recovery."I wasn't really concerned about it, I just wanted to get back on the

Tina Louise stepped out with her ex-boyfriend Brett Oppenheim on Saturday in West Hollywood, California.The 40-year-old Australian model while wearing a black crop top, black skirt and herringbone tweed jacket was seen with Brett, 44, at Delilah's nightclub along with his twin brother Jason.The tattooed beauty who completed her outfit with black boots confirmed last December on social media that they split after weeks of rumors and said they 'remain very good friends'. Together again:Tina Louise stepped out with her ex-boyfriend Brett Oppenheim on Saturday in West Hollywood, California'Brett is my ex, but we remain very good friends,' she posted on an Instagram Q&A in response to a question.Brett and Tina had gone Instagram official last April with their relationship.