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Martin Roberts couldn't hold back the tears as he broke down outside Costco, claiming his purchase for Ukranian child refugees had been rejected.

Instagram today after a trip to Costco, where he tried to buy multiple bottles of Calpol to send as aid for Ukrainian children.

Lucy Alexander hopped onto her official Instagram account to pay tribute to her daughter Kitty Castledine on the 12th anniversary of the latter's paralysis.

Twitter over his DIY frustrations or minor life inconveniences.The Homes Under The Hammer star recently lost his cool as he attempted to install a new fridge in his home, which led to one fan jokingly brand him a "drama queen", while he told another not to call him if they needed help.The TV personality was faced with a massive set-back since the old fridge was stuck inside the cabinet.Martin hopped on to Twitter to share a string of videos with his 28,000 fans during his attempt to replace his fridge."I think I may be failing at the first hurdle here," he said."Does that look like it's going to fit in there? Oh no!"He then followed up with another video explaining that after removing all of the screws, the fridge was still tied to something.Martin asked for assistance from his followers, hoping that they had a clue why the fridge was not coming out of the cabinet."I'm really struggling here…," he continued."I've got the things off, and all the screws are off."The 58-year-old then began to pull on the fridge to show that it was still locked in position."But if I pull on it, the b****y thing doesn't move," Martin stressed."I've all the bits off it. It's a complete disaster!"In a third video, the BBC star told fans he could get the fridge out by "pulling very hard" as he popped a bottle of Prosecco and took a long, and perhaps well-deserved, swig.Laughing to himself, he captioned it: "And so… 3 hours 15 minutes later…"Fans soon began to react to the series of videos, with one giggling: "Drama Queen but well done."Martin simply replied with a stream of laughing faces.Another wrote: "So pleased you have got it sorted...

Homes Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts has faced it all - from crashing through broken floorboards and falling downstairs to panicking that boilers have been leaking lethal carbon monoxide. However, the 58-year-old property expert is adamant that he's in it for the long haul, and hopes to offer his skills in the years to come.Martin has encountered some horrific homes in his time, exclaiming of some: "You wonder how on earth people could have been living in there!"The open-mouthed presenter has often allowed his astonishment to show on screen, but now he has voiced the feelings behind his experiences during an exclusive interview.Referencing half a dozen particularly bad properties, he revealed: "It is like those extreme hoarder type programmes where there's just a small space for the chair, surrounded by years and years and years of rubbish piled around it!"Plus he imagines that some have housed entire menageries of animals, compelling him to wish he had fresher oxygen."You can imagine the kind of smell and the state that they're in," the horrified presenter confided.His message to homeowners is that there is much they can do to prevent, for example, the stench of mould."Just check there's airflow, so you don't get damp," he encouraged."Make sure you check for blocked gutters, blocked drains...

The Masked Singer UK fans reckon they've finally figured out who's behind the disguise of Mushroom, with many fans theorising that it could be a Homes Under the Hammer star.Fans reckon that Mushroom might be Homes Under the Hammer star Martel Maxwell, who is a journalist-turned-presenter and has co-presented opposite Martin Roberts since 2017.The Masked Singer on ITV has seen Mushroom perform twice since the new series kicked off in the new year.While on the show, the mysterious celebrity has dropped many hints while chatting to viewers in VTs. "There's not a lot of places you won't find mushrooms.

Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts is well-known for being a whiz in the home, but regularly feels frustration when he hears of "houses exploding when it goes so badly wrong". He recently teamed up with Gas Safe Register to warn followers of the perils of having an "elephant in the room"."I've seen so many properties with extremely bad safety issues," he grimaced, during our exclusive interview."The houses I see all the time, you go into a bedroom and you'll see some cranky old boiler there...

Homes Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts now believes he has "never had such a lovely, overwhelmingly positive response to anything I've ever done" when it came to friends and colleagues, he was initially unsure of how his family - and especially his children, who he shares with wife Kirsty Roberts - might have taken the news. His Strictly The Real Full Monty performance marked the first time Martin had ever gone fully nude in public."It was a big thing for my children having their dad strip off," Martin admitted, adding that it came with the prospect of being heckled at school."I think they were a bit worried about what their mates would say but, actually, their mates were really supportive," he enthused.That didn't mean there was no teasing, of course, and the 58-year-old admitted that friends of his children Scott and Megan were texting them, taunting: "We've just seen your dad's bum!"However, he added: "I think even kids got the reason [for The Full Monty].

Homes Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts appeared to be frustrated as he attempted to install a new fridge in his home. But the TV personality was faced with a massive setback since the old fridge was stuck inside the cabinet.Martin hopped on to Twitter to share a string of videos with his 28,000 fans during his attempt to replace his fridge."I think I may be failing at the first hurdle here," he said."Does that look like it's going to fit in there? Oh no."He then followed up with another video explaining that after removing all of the screws, the fridge was still tied to something.1558099Martin asked for assistance from his followers, hoping that they had a clue why the fridge was not coming out of the cabinet."I'm really struggling here…," he continued."I've got the things off, and all the screws are off."The 58-year-old then began to pull on the fridge to show that it was still locked in position."But if I pull on it, the bloody thing doesn't move," Martin stressed."I've all the bits off it.

Strictly The Real Full Monty star Martin Roberts has confessed he was absolutely mortified about the idea of his former Homes Under The Hammer co-star Lucy Alexander seeing him perform his striptease.Speaking in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, he has revealed the reason why."It's like, would you want your work colleagues to see you without clothes on?" spluttered Martin of the embarrassing moment he bared all for the nation."Strangers are one thing, but friends, family members, colleagues....!"I didn't want [Lucy] to see me, but obviously she watched."I always called her my TV wife, but [until then she'd] never seen me naked!"He added mischievously: "The next time I see her, it's going to be...

BBC's Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts has recently took on his own home transformation.

Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts, that included him buying a historic property in Wales as well as new TV ventures. During the past 12 months, Martin appeared on BBC2's University Challenge and stripped in ITV's Strictly The Real Full Monty to raise awareness of the importance of going to see a doctor for an early diagnosis of possible medical issues.

HOMES Under the Hammer's Martin Roberts ended up stripping naked after begging Strictly bosses for a place on the show. The 58-year-old has made no secret of his desire to take part in the BBC One dancing show, and admitted he has been calling producers in a bid to get a spot on the 2022 series.

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Martin Roberts was initially terrified when he learnt of the line-up he'd be performing his Strictly The Real Full Monty striptease with, which included Duncan James, Colin Jackson and James Jordan.

THE Masked Singer viewers are convinced that Mushroom is Homes Under the Hammer star Martel Maxwell after another round of clues. The journalist-turned-presenter has co-presented opposite Martin Roberts on the much-loved BBC One show since 2017. Mushroom has so far remained unmasked in the hit ITV singing competition, which sees celebs perform from inside elaborate costumes.

Homes Under The Hammer presenter Martin Roberts, 58, was left incensed after he was apparently snubbed by Strictly Come Dancing producers following his pleas to become part of the show’s celebrity line-up.The star felt baffled after the dance competition’s bosses ignored his social media campaign in a bid to join last year’s series, protesting that he should have at least been given a courtesy call due to spending “18 years on telly every day” fronting BBC show Homes Under The Hammer.Speaking about his frustrations in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, Martin said: “I’ve wanted to do Strictly for years. “And you just sort of sit there quietly, and you just hope you get the call, and then nothing happens. “And then you see people on there and you think, ‘surely I’m in some kind of category, 18 years on telly every day!’“But there’s this mysterious sort of selection process, nobody really knows how it works.“Like casting of anything, you know, it’s all terribly secretive.”The property expert continued: “Obviously, they’re balancing lots of things and I respect them for that, you know, they've got lots of lots of things to juggle. “But that day, I heard from my agent that they wouldn't even take a Zoom call or a phone call, and I thought, that’s like not even getting over the first hurdle. “So what am I doing that’s so wrong that means I don’t even get a chance to say I’d be quite good at this? “So I was a bit hacked off,” he admitted.The Homes Under The Hammer presenter shared his hopes to join Strictly when he posted a video on Twitter back in June, in view of his 27,000 followers, asking fans to help him out in a campaign to land him a place in the BBC dance competition.However, his pleas fell on deaf ears, as

Homes Under The Hammer since the show started in 2003, along with Lucy Alexander. Lucy left in 2016 to pursue other avenues, with Martin now presenting the show with Martel Maxwell and Dion Dublin.Speaking to Express.co.uk, Martin revealed his plans for his future on the show.Insisting he isn't planning on leaving, the property expert said: "I will carry on until people are bored of me or I can’t drive up and down the country anymore."I still love doing it, travelling is a bit of a pain and stuff, but when you get into the properties...

Homes Under The Hammer, but they could scarcely imagine all of the behind the scenes battles that presenter Martin Roberts has fought.The BBC presenter has opened up about the moment he fell through the floor.Navigating a home from hell, the good-natured 58-year-old was momentarily left shocked and stunned but ultimately took the ankle-spraining fall in his stride."I tried to keep talking and carry on saying what I was saying," he revealed of the experience, which had left him clutching his leg."You have to dress appropriately when you look around houses as some of them are in a bit of a state."They can catch out even an expert like me."I didn't expect to fall through that particular bit of floorboard, but I did nevertheless."He added: "It was painful and shocking. I don't think I drew blood.

ghost with a shotgun who guards his 17th-century Welsh farmhouse – and he left out Christmas presents for the spooks.The housing expert learned the history of the Edwards family, who lived in the country pile for generations, while filming new show Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted.Martin says: “I love my haunted house and now I know the ghosts’ names. I’m not the landlord – I’m the custodian.“I sensed it straight away but nothing negative.

Homes Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts confessed to spending time in his fair share of barely inhabitable homes.The Strictly The Real Full Monty star was left incredulous about how anyone could have braved such tough conditions."I've seen about five or six hoarder homes over the years," he admitted."You wonder how on earth people could have been living in there...

BBC's Homes Under the Hammer since the programme began in 2003.