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The trailer for The Jinx – Part Two has debuted online, just a few weeks ahead of the docu-series’ continuation.

Kate Garraway fans were left distraught after watching her new ITV documentary Kate Garraway: Derek's Story. The new documentary - which provided viewers with an insight into how the broadcaster cared for her dying husband - aired on Tuesday night, three months after the heartbreaking death of the former political lobbyist.

Kate Garraway's husband Derek Draper died in January 2024 died aged 56 following a devastating three year battle with Covid-19. With Good Morning Britain presenter set to tell Derek's story in her new 60 minute documentary, let's take a look inside Derek's lengthy health battle before his tragic passing.

Some families faced a “stark choice” between saying goodbye to a loved one or attending their funeral during the pandemic if PPE was not available, an inquiry has heard.

A huge change is on the horizon for Oldham’s Tommyfield Market. Traders are currently figuring out how they’ll be moving to a brand new market hall due to be completed at the Spindles shopping centre next year, with the old market set to be demolished at the same time.

Gino D'Acampo has reportedly been left with a huge £5million bill following the collapse of his business My Pasta Bar.The grab-and-go style eatery launched in 2013 and then sadly entered into liquidation in 2022 after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the closure of the small chain. It was previously reported that the closure of the business had left trade creditors owed £4.8m, HMRC £113,975 and staff £53,304.

A mother threatened to harm her Down's Syndrome daughter to force authorities to become involved because she was so desperate following the withdrawal of social work support during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard.

Paul “Polio Paul” Alexander, known for being the man in the iron lung on social media (or @ironlungman), has passed away.

Boris Johnson was compared to an 'absent' football manager during the Covid-19 pandemic, a public inquiry has heard.

with an unexpected plus one. announced her pregnancy with a red carpet baby bump debut, arriving at Los Angeles' Dolby Theater in a floor-length black gown and her hair pulled back into a sleek half-updo. She finished off the look with plenty of diamonds and a bronzey glow.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Despite the popularity of Disney’s “Star Wars” franchise, Daisy Ridley says her career stalled when she finished her run leading the film trilogy with 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.” “There weren’t that many offers coming in,” Ridley said during a Sunday panel at SXSW in Austin. “It’s not that there wasn’t any… I remember finishing and thinking, ‘Oh, it’s quiet and strange.'” According to Ridley, she didn’t feel fully comfortable leading the latest “Star Wars” trilogy until she had reached the final movie, “The Rise of Skywalker.” “It took, honestly, making the third film till I felt like ‘OK, I’m good.

Disney has been like “sitting in the desert”.In 2021, the MMA fighter-turned-actor was fired by Disney and the show The Mandalorian after she posted a string of controversial opinions online.Carano has recently filed a lawsuit against Disney and its subsidiary Lucasfilm, alleging that the production companies wrongfully terminated her from The Mandalorian and other Star Wars titles for sharing a range of far-right opinions.Last month, Elon Musk said he would help to fund Carano’s suit.The posts in question saw Carano — who portrayed Cara Dune on The Mandalorian — upload a string of controversial posts, one of which compared the treatment of conservatives in the US to that of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.Others included ridiculing mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, and furthering false suggestions of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Carano also shared online comments criticising protesters during the Black Lives Matter movement.And now, in an interview with The Post Millennial, she has spoken out about the knock-on effects of the firing, saying that it has “stuck” on her, making it difficult for her to get acting work or to attract an agent.“It’s like I’ve been in this desert where I belong nowhere,” she explained.

Aphex Twin has once again clarified his stance on vaccines, after an old note of his resurfaced that seems to promote conspiracy theories. A Reddit user recently came across an ID3 tag apparently written by the electronic musician, real name Richard D.

After a three year court battle, Hilary Duff has won her lawsuit.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Adele has announced that she will be canceling her Las Vegas residency dates through March, revealing that she’s battling illness. In a post on social media, the singer wrote that she was sick at the end of the last series of shows as part of the residency, and that she didn’t have full time to recover.

A Truth or Dare sequel almost happened!

The Royal Family tends to keep tradition at the core of the monarchy but on rare occasions they sometimes show themselves willing to move with the times a bit more, as they bend or break their own rules where appropriate.

J. Kim Murphy Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love” will retain its holding as the top film on domestic charts this weekend, besting a trio of new releases in the manga adaptation “Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba — To the Hashira Training,” the faith-based Hilary Swank drama “Ordinary Angels” and Ethan Coen’s lesbian crime caper “Drive-Away Dolls.” “One Love” added $3.7 million to its domestic haul on Friday, marking a modest 51% drop from its gross seven days ago. After opening on Valentine’s Day, the Bob Marley biopic has now earned a solid $61 millionacross its first 10 days in North American theaters.

William Earl A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has denied ABC’s bid to dismiss the COVID vaccination wrongful termination case filed by a father and son who ran the construction and special effects department for ABC’s “General Hospital.” James Wahl and his son Timothy Wahl sued ABC in 2021, asserting they were fired from the long-running daytime serial when they refused to get a COVID-19 vaccination on religious grounds. On the heels of Judge Stephen I.

Kate Garraway made sure to pay tribute to her late husband Derek Draper upon returning to Smooth FM on Monday, 19 February. For over three years, political advisor turned psychotherapist Derek battled the aftereffects of Covid-19 after the virus put him in a coma back in March 2020. At the turn of the year, though, the 56-year-old tragically passed away due to complications with a cardiac arrest, leaving behind his Good Morning Britain host wife, 56, and their two children.

A new drama revealing the harrowing reality of what it was like for doctors and medical professionals during the first wave of the pandemic is being aired on ITV. The first episode of the three-part series will be shown on TV screens tonight (Monday, February 19) and follows acute medicine consultant Dr Abbey Henderson, played by Joanne Froggatt, as she struggles with her team to deal with the first wave of Covid-19 patients.