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The number of drink related deaths had dropped in West Lothian, after a spike during the two years of Covid lockdown.

A drug and alcohol abuse organisation said they were working to ensure help was available to those in need, as it emerged that the number of drug deaths in West Lothian had remained unchanged for the third year in a row.

Steph McGovern.On Wednesday's (12 October) episode of the show the star was tasked with cooking Steph her lunch and she seemed a bit worried about his cooking skills.Luckily it seems that Russell was also worried as he said that it is lucky she is "dressed as a paramedic" referring to her all green outfit.READ MORE: Hollyoaks star leaves Steph's Packed Lunch fans 'in tears' with emotional chatSteph laughed and said: "I am!."The chat show host was donning a green zip up jumpsuit with a matching belt alongside a pair of white sliders.Chef Mike Reid was supposed to appear on the show and cook Steph her lunch but he was off sick and so regular guest Russell was forced to step in.Steph can give as good as she gets when it comes to cheeky swipes. On Monday (10 October) she made viewers laugh when she took a facial jibe at strictly star.

The Telegraph’s own Guy Kelly and Christopher Howse, both deft wordsmiths and of very different generations, are here to conduct a weekly study of modern life. What they like, hate, fight over and agree on may surprise you. This week, they consider our ongoing love affair with tobacco. - Guy KellyIf the Government is honest with itself, it would admit the real issue with smoking is that it remains cool.

In Dancing on Ice, celebs from all corners of the TV world, wobble around an ice rink, clinging gamely (or grimly) onto their professional partners who did all the twirly, complicated moves, while we all wait with bated breath to see if they’ll do a Gemma Collins: fall flat on their bums and go viral on social media. Well, if that isn’t enough of a thrill for you, this switch to the kitchen is the perfect way to add a bit of pep to your midweek viewing.

Steph Mcgovern's afternoon show Packed Lunch will be pulled off-air next week with big changes being made to the Channel 4 schedule. The popular channel 4 show won’t be on air for two weeks.The series, which is filmed live in Leeds Dock, will be replaced by Couples Come Dine with Me and Find It, Fix It, Flog It from Monday April 11.This means that Friday’s show on April 8 will be the last episode for a while.However, fans shouldn’t panic as the series is just taking a well-earned Easter break.A Packed Lunch spokesperson confirmed to The Sun: "The series is taking two weeks off for Easter but will return on Monday April 25th."On Wednesday (April 6), the show took an awkward turn when series regular Luke Kempner appeared to storm off the set after Steph made a joke that he had "no personality" during a debate on whether intelligence or personality helps get people further in their career.

Steph's Packed Lunch star Luke Kempner appeared to storm off set when his co-star joked he had "no personality".Steph McGovern's Channel 4 chat show returned to screens on Wednesday (April 6), and it saw show regular Luke join John Whaite, Mike Reid and Jane Seymour in the studio.However, host Steph couldn't resist taking a cheeky dig at Luke in front of his fellow panelists, joking that he didn't have any personality, and it all escalated very quickly.It came during a debate on whether intelligence or personality gets somebody further in their career.TV chef Mike Reid said he likes to see how new kitchen recruits interact with the rest of his staff as interviews aren't enough to give a clear judge of character.He said: "It's very hard to see how they really are, but once they're in that environment. Once they're doing the job you can usually see [what they're like] really quickly."Steph then quipped her co-star Luke would have trouble as he lacks both personality and intelligence.She said: "I just wonder what you do though when you have no intelligence and no personality though, like Luke."The studio erupted in laughter before Luke said "I ain't having that.

Cooking with the Stars has been renewed for a second series. The show, fronted by Emma Willis and Tom Allen, will see eight new celebrities be taught to cook by a professional chef.

READ MORE: Nabil Elouahabi looks completely different 20 years after Only Fools and Horses role Mike Reid’s legacy in EastEnders playing Frank lasted 18 years, as the character continued to be written in and out of the soap until 2005. He continued to act until 2007, appearing in two episodes of The Bill that year, but the actor sadly passed away at the age of 67 due to a heart attack while staying in Marbella, Spain not long afterwards.

Bank Holiday weekend, many of us will be dusting off our barbecues and getting ready to host friends and family once more.But if your skills are a bit rusty, help is on hand from Ready Steady Cook chef, and culinary director of steak restaurant chain Gaucho, Mike Reid.He’s provided his top 10 hints and tips for barbie success, from how to master the flame to the best ways to marinade your meat and easy grill cleaning hacks.So get grilling!Here’s what he had to say to the Daily Star:Mike says having the right equipment will help take your BBQ game to the next level.“A great pair of tongs is essential along with a good BBQ spatula,” he explained.

Wigan hospital in honour of its MacMillan Palliative Care team, by covering more than three million metres of cardio activity in the month of January. Led by Mike Reid, of Mike Reid Fitness in Hindley, the 25-member strong group set out to complete individual challenges of half-a-million metres in total.

Music Row, the CMA-winning artist had been living in an assisted-living facility since 2016 and died on Monday morning. The ACM-winning singer was best known for her hit singles such 80s Ladies, I Always Come Back and Do Ya.Singer Brandy Clark reacted to the news on Twitter as she wrote: ‘I’ll never forget the night that I opened for Mike Reid at the Franklin Theater in 2013.

FOLLOWING the death of Barbara Windsor last week at the age of 83, we’re bringing you the telly legend’s story – in her own words. Sun writer Mike Ridley has adapted her book All Of Me: My Extraordinary Life, and today you can read all about Dame Barbara’s time in EastEnders, from being physically sick with nerves on her first day to the bonds she built with her beloved co-stars.

Shaun Williamson, 54, has exclusively told Express.co.uk that he was forced to hide in a “broom cupboard” once after performing the warm-up at a comedy gig starring his former EastEnders colleague Mike Reid.The actor was the opening act for the show in Kent, during a period in which he was unsure if his character Barry Evans would be continuing in the BBC One soap.Shaun explained: “So I was in the show as Barry for a year and a half, and they clearly wanted him to be a villain, and I said to producers after he went to prison, ‘Is he coming back?’“They said, ‘We don’t know’, so I thought ok it was a nice experience, what am I going to do now? So that’s when I started learning to do stand-up comedy and learnt how to be a compère “A friend of

The Butcher family have taken centre stage in some of the biggest EastEnders storylines over the last three decades.

Ready Steady Cook will make an explosive return to our screens this afternoon after a decade away from our screens.