Michaela Coel & Benedict Cumberbatch Donate As Sam Mendes’ UK Theater Fund Swells To $2M

COUNTRYFILE viewers have been left devastated after Adam Henson revealed the fate of his beloved dog Peg. Adam, 56, regularly features his sheep dog on the BBC show as he goes about his farming duties.

Brenda Edwards has spoken out for first time since the passing of her son Jamal and said she is completely devastated.

For Michael Mosley, fast weight loss involves eating eggs for breakfast to help shed the pounds.

EASTENDERS star Jack Derges has revealed his fiancée Yasmin Alamiri has given birth to their second child, a son named Raffi Jack. The soap actor took to his Instagram yesterday to announce the joyous news with an adorable photo of the sleeping newborn.

A huge residential development in Hamilton has been approved by councillors this week.

In-form Giorgos Giakoumakis did his talking on and off the park after his treble downed Dundee at Parkhead on Sunday.

Loose Women stars Christine Lampard and Ruth Langsford have expressed their sorrow following the news of Jamal Edwards' death. The music entrepreneur passed away aged 31 on Sunday following a "sudden illness".MORE: Loose Women's Brenda Edwards breaks silence on devastating death of sonHis heartbroken mother, Brenda Edwards, released a statement on ITV the following day, which read: "It is with the deepest heartache that I confirm that my beautiful son Jamal Edwards passed away yesterday morning after a sudden illness. Myself, his sister Tanish and the rest of his family and friends are completely devastated.

JAMAL Edwards paid tribute to his friend Ed Sheeran in his final Instagram post two days before his death. The entrepreneur, 31, helped launch superstar Ed's career on his SB.TV YouTube channel over a decade ago, and the pair were firm friends.

CALL The Midwife fans were in floods of tears as TWO beloved characters were killed off in the brutal series 11 finale. Viewers were on the edge of their seats after a train crashed as it travelled from Chelmsford to Liverpool Street.

Rail operator Northern has announced ALL its train services in the North West and Greater Manchester have now been cancelled.

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane believes Jadon Sancho is starting to grow into his role at Old Trafford following his performance in Sunday afternoon's 4-2 win over Leeds.

Warzone developer Raven Software has announced that as part of the battle royale’s anti-cheat system, PC players who encounter hackers will be given a “Damage Shield” that prevents hackers from hitting them with critical damage.As detailed in a progress report for Ricochet anti-cheat, Raven Software has shared that it is looking to apply more “in-game mitigations” to prevent cheaters from ruining games while they’re in them.One of these mitigations involves a “Damage Shield”, which has finished testing and is now live on Warzone servers.As to what the Damage Shield entails, the developer explains that “when the server detects a cheater is tampering with the game in real-time, it disables the cheater’s ability to inflict damage on other players,” which essentially sounds like a God Mode.“This mitigation leaves the cheater vulnerable to real players and allows [Ricochet] to collect information about a cheater’s system,” adds the blog.The article also outlines that there is “no possibility” the game will accidentally apply a Damage Shield outside of a scenario involving a cheater, and says “we will never interfere in gunfights betweeen law-abiding community members.”Looking ahead, the Ricochet team has shared that there are further mitigations “live and in development,” and confirmed that Warzone has seen “a decline in cheat reporting” since launching some of them in the last few weeks.On some of the mitigations that have not yet been detailed, the blog teases that “you might start seeing clips of our new tricks soon, but we won’t ruin the surprise.”In other Warzone news, Season Two of Warzone launched last week and has brought NPC enemies and a Chemical Factory.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Oscar-winner Olivia Colman and producer Francesca Moody (Fleabag) are launching The Theatre Community Fund, which will provide grants to UK theatre professionals who have been struggling economically during the coronavirus pandemic.Donors will contribute through initial lump sums and, innovatively, through fixed, confidential percentages of their incomes over the next two years.

Netflix deal for her drama series I May Destroy You.The actress, who wrote and starred in all 12 episodes of the BBC/HBO show – as well as co-directing nine – revealed earlier this month that the show was initially offered seven figures from Netflix. She said she refused the offer when the streaming giant wouldn’t allow her to keep any percentage of the copyright.Speaking in a new interview, Coel said that after initially accepting the offer, it felt liberating being able to turn it down after daring to ask further questions about the deal.“It was really easy to accept it because that’s the first thing I did,” she said during the BBC’s Creative Diversity Xperience virtual event.

Naman Ramachandran “I May Destroy You” creator and star Michaela Coel has said she felt “incredibly empowered” after turning down a $1 million offer from streaming giant Netflix for the show that eventually found its home at HBO and the BBC.Coel revealed earlier this month how, in May 2017, with the help of her then agents CAA, she had negotiated a deal with Netflix, but it fell through when she asked for a percentage of the show’s copyright. In a frank conversation hosted by Farrah Chaudhry on Tuesday, as part of the BBC’s first ‘Creative Diversity Xperience,’ Coel said that while it was initially easy to accept the check, “something made me question the nature of the deal.”“It wasn’t just a check,” Coel said.

Benedict Cumberbatch famously entered a comic store dressed as Doctor Strange in 2016 and now there is new footage to experience four years later.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorPaapa Essiedu, one of the breakout stars of BBC/HBO’s I May Destroy You, and Gangs Of London actor Joe Cole have joined the cast of ITV’s Black Lives Matter-inspired drama shorts series Unsaid Stories….Deadline last week revealed the four-part anthology series, which will be made by Greenacre Films, the producer behind Netflix’s Michaela Coel-fronted feature Been So Long.Essiedu and Pippa Bennett-Warner (Maxxx) will feature in Lynette Linton’s Look At Me, which focuses on the lives of a young professional couple in the aftermath of them being stopped by police while out driving on a date.

The Theatre Artists Fund, spearheaded by Sam Mendes to help support freelancers in the U.K. stage industry struggling during the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has raised £1.6 million ($2 million) since it launched on July 6, with donations from a number of major stars.

Benedict Cumberbatch celebrated 44th birthday On July 19. The British actor has several bow-worthy performances to his credit.

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch turns 44 today! From his riveting portrayal of Sherlock Holmes to his stellar performance in The Imitation Game Benedict is a powerhouse performer. Over his past 22 years in the film business, Benedict is one of the few actors who has managed to score both box office hits as well as critical acclaim for his acting.