Barbara Windsor: Last News

He explained: "I was nodding off, I just wasn’t myself."And so, in desperation, I went to the doctor and she carried out some tests."But upon receiving the diagnosis, the star revealed that the results came as a surprise.Christopher continued: "When I went back for the results, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which was a shock.“My body had been telling me that there was something wrong but I just thought I was tired!" he said to My Weekly.Last year the panto performer said goodbye to his close friend Dame Barbara Windsor after she died following a battle with dementia last year.Speaking about the restrictions placed on funerals, Christopher told The Sun: "Sadly I think this is going to go on until 2023 before we go back to complete

EastEnders star Ross Kemp admits it still hasn’t sunk in that Barbara has gone.The pair were close pals for decades after bonding on the set of EastEnders.He told the Daily Star Sunday: “It’s surreal. I still expect her to come round the corner.We knew each other for 30 years.

Barbara Windsor was continuing to earn cash right up to her tragic death, new documents have revealed.A firm set up by Babs called Sauce E Ltd to take in cash from her TV roles, ads and royalties is still trading.Husband Scott Mitchell is now in sole charge of the outfit and accounts sent to Companies House this week reveal cash reserves of £892,401.And the paperwork shows that more than £75,000 of income was owed the firm for the last two trading years – including the 12 months to December 2020.Before Barbara‘s death, Scott had a 25% stake in the company.A report attached to the accounts said the firm was still trading as a going concern.The assets were largely built up from her time as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders – a role which she took

EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor has revealed plans for a bigger memorial for the star.The Peggy Mitchell actress passed away in December last year at the age of 83 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.Due to coronavirus restrictions, her funeral in January was only attended by 30 people.Speaking at the TRIC Awards on Wednesday, her husband Scott Mitchell confirmed he is planning a larger event to celebrate Barbara's life in 2022.Scott told The Mirror: "I'm definitely getting something together for next year."I have to give myself time - it's only been nine months since she passed. I'm still processing it."But there will be something next year.

Ross Kemp keeps a special photograph of his former EastEnders co-star Dame Barbara Windsor in his office.The journalist and actor appeared at The Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards on Wednesday, and, speaking exclusively to Daily Star, opened up about his feelings for the late actress.Barbara, best known for her portrayal of Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, tragically passed away following a battle with dementia in December last year.Now Ross, who played Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap, has revealed he has a very special way of keeping her close."We knew Barbara and I have a picture of her in my office that she gave to me on the first day I met her, from when she was in her 20s," the star spilled.He added: "She's timeless.

The Sun in March 2021 TV agent Melanie Blake revealed the moment she witnessed the explosive argument off-camera.

Amy Winehouse had a special connection with Carry On actress Dame Barbara Windsor and would make secret visits to Barbara’s house during her time in rehab. Although the singer was being treated for her alcohol addiction at a private facility in 2010, a close friend to the hitmaker shared how she would sneak out to visit her “new nan.” Her best friend Tyler James, 39, says the singer songwriter developed a close friendship with the on-screen actress after the loss of her grandmother Cynthia.

Bafta viewers were left in tears last night as the show paid tribute to stars including Helen McCrory, Paul Ritter and Nikki Grahame.

Amy Winehouse and Barbara Windsor used to reenact old EastEnders scripts when Winehouse would briefly bunk off rehab stints, the late singer’s best friend has claimed.Musician Tyler James has revealed from his forthcoming biography My Amy: Memories of Amy Winehouse that Winehouse and Windsor had secret meet-ups and were good friends.“When she met Barbara it was as though she became a new nan figure for her,” James told The Sun. “Amy was in and out of private hospitals being treated for addiction to alcohol but it was easy to sneak out and Barbara lived round the corner.”He claimed that Windsor’s would indulge Winehouse’s wishes for her to pull out old scripts and perform scenes together.

AMY WINEHOUSE loved making secret visits to ­Barbara Windsor’s house so the pair could rehearse lines from her EastEnders scripts, with the singer playing Peggy Mitchell. Despite being in a private ­hospital having treatment for alcohol addiction, Amy would regularly sneak off to spend time with the late Carry On actress, who she saw as a “surrogate nan” after the death of her beloved grandmother Cynthia.

Amy Winehouse used to make secret visits to Barbara Windsor's home so the unlikely duo could practise lines from her EastEnders scripts.

“She was also an amazing TV star who graced our screens for a very very long time,” penned another.“She should have been honoured twice.

Barbara Windsor in Carry On Camping could fetch more than £1,000 when it goes under the hammer.The ill-fitting two-piece pinged off the star during an ­exercise class in an iconic scene from the 1969 film.Proceeds will go to the Alzheimer’s Society, honouring Dame Barbara who died of the illness last year, aged 83.Her widower Scott Mitchell said: “It’s a touching tribute to Barbara to think any item associated with that famous scene will raise money to help people living with Alzheimer’s.

Martine McCutcheon has told how she loved working with Barbara Windsor – and revealed the star had an ‘almost photographic’ memory before Alzheimer’s took hold.

Ex-Coronation Street star Paula Lane turned to Barbara Windsor for help when preparing for her new role in Call The Midwife. The actress, from Huddersfield, said she binged the star's iconic Carry On films in order to nail a cockney accent in the London-based drama.

Paula Lane has come a long way since she played Kylie Platt in Corrie – about 200 miles, in fact.

READ MORE: Tom Jones album: What do critics think of Tom Jones' new album?As a child, Martine was keen on acting and got her first role in an advert for Kool-Aid at 12-years-old. She then gained a role on the series Bluebirds, opposite her later on-screen mother-in-law Dame Barbara Windsor.

SHE is one of TV’s most ­recognisable faces, having starred in EastEnders when it drew 20million viewers, and on Loose Women for more than 20 years. Today Nadia Sawalha opens up about wild nights out with Barbara Windsor, interviewing Pamela ­Anderson while the Baywatch legend was in bed with a new ­husband and wetting herself laughing live on air.

Fancy an escape? Sign up to the Chill newsletter for weekly inspiration and advice on UK holidays POP-UP campsites will open at stately homes, farms, ­racecourses and showgrounds to meet the soaring demand for staycations.More than 500 locations that do not usually permit stays will become overnight destinations as hotel, B&B and cottage costs rocket.The law to get Britain to Carry On Camping like Barbara Windsor in the classic comedy movie has been relaxed to allow pop-up sites to open for 56 days without planning permission – twice as many as in recent years.Dan Yates, managing director of the UK’s biggest camping booking platform Pitchup, said: “For many landowners 28 days is not viable.“Once you’ve got the toilet facilities and factored

RYLAN Clark Neal has revealed Barbara Windsor gave him a simple tip that's "kept him working in showbiz for ten years". The 32-year-old met the late Dame in 2012 while starring on the ninth series of The X Factor.

He's been a national treasure since he burst on to our screens 10 years ago on X-Factor.