TOWIE newbie Junaid Ahmed says he dated 'closeted footballers on the downlow'

Coronation Street star Martin Hancock has revealed he's got secret connection to co-star Joe Duttine away from the ITV soap.

Lewis Capaldi has led the tributes to the fiancée of a former X Factor star after she tragically passed away on the morning of her wedding.Danielle Hampson died on the morning of her wedding to former X Factor star Tom Mann, with the ex Stereo Kicks member confirming the news in a devastating Instagram post.A number of musicians poured in with messages of support, including Scottish superstar Lewis Capaldi, who wrote: "Love you brother," while former Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle told him: "Sending so much love, light and healing to you, Bowie and everyone who loved Dani."Mrs Hinch added: "Absolutely Heartbreaking. Sending all the love and strength I have to you and your beautiful little boy xx."While Take That's Howard Donald wrote: "I’m gutted beyond words that one of our dancers on Wonderland has passed away.

Conor McGregor has been pictured grabbing his privates and his fiancee Dee Devlin as the couple relax on a yacht. The couple are currently holidaying in the South of France, enjoying a break away from their three young children ahead of their upcoming wedding.

job market.So instead, the pair, who were inspired by YouTube, bought Ford Transit minibus, which they converted and drove around Europe in.After enjoying their travel stint in the bus, Harri and Nicky returned to the UK and took part-time jobs so that they could save up to buy an iconic US school bus - which they now live in Stateside.They're currently living a nomadic life, travelling up and down the West Coast – and say they are enjoying living everyday as it comes.They claim they spend just $1,000 (£820) a month on food and fuel, while living "rent free".Nicky said: "We saved up from selling the Boxer and having part-time jobs and used that to buy the bus which cost $10,000 (£8,000) all in including taxes."It's from 2012 with 96,000 miles and was well looked after."We spent $5,000 (£4,000) on the conversion making it $15,000 (£12,000) all in - and we're hoping to sell it for $30,000 (£24,000) to $35,000 (£28,000) when we're done travelling."We're living rent free with no money on park-ups and we're totally off-grid so don't need to plug into a supply."We spend about $250 (£203) a week on food and fuel so spend about $1,000 a month."We get negative comments from people saying it was funded by the bank of mum and dad - it gets under our skin because people always think our parents pay for it but they don't pay for anything."The couple met back in 2015 when they were both 16 before studying at University of Southampton together and graduated in the middle of 2020.Due to the pandemic, they said employers were cautious about taking them on.The pair started watching vanlife videos on YouTube, and discovered they could experience a different way of living.They bought a van while living with Harri's family and working

Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro will be honored with career awards at the 56th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), running July 1-9 against the backdrop of the picturesque Czech Republic spa town.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTelevisaUnivision is getting more entrenched in TV’s measurement wars.The Spanish-language media giant is teaming up with data company VideoAmp, one of a growing number of audience-measurement companies whose services are being tapped as TV networks mull alternatives to Nielsen, the industry’s de factor arbiter of audience size. Under terms of the pact,  TelevisaUnivision will use VideoAmp’s data in a suite of advanced advertising solutions, giving advertisers a better sense of the viewers they are reaching and their responses to commercials.The company believes the agreement may help in its quest to draw a larger number of national advertisers to its client pool.

Fire crews are attending a huge blaze at a block of high rise flats on Queensdale Crescent in Shepherds Bush, London.According to the London Fire Brigade, half of a flat on the 12th floor is "alight".Eight fire engines and 60 firefighters are currently attending the scene, the organisation tweeted.They added: "We've taken over thirty 999 calls to the fire in W11."We were able to use '9Eye' which enabled a caller to show our control officers live images of the scene."The emergency services were called at 9.23am, and the cause of the fire is not yet known.The Conservative MP for Kensington, Felicity Buchanan, tweeted: "Very concerning to hear about the high rise fire at Queensdale Crescent in Shepherds Bush."I am told by @LondonFire that 8 fire engines are there, 60 firefighters and a 32mm aerial appliance."A 64mm one has been called."Ariel appliances are used to fight fires in tall blocks of flats when traditional fire fighting equipment is unable to reach it.No injuries have been reported so far, but a BBC Radio London video shows thick black soot covering the window area, and around five or six floor above the flat where the fire started.According to My London, one woman called Joanna took pictures of the fire.She wrote on social media: "In West London and saw this and heard sirens."Getting closer it seems a different building than the [Grenfell] Tower is on fire."No less horrific for those affected and has made me feel physically sick.

David Beckham’s Studio 99 is producing a series on the rise of football’s Premier League billionaires for Paramount+ as the streamer unveils a five-strong UK factual slate that includes shows on luxury yachts, the Loch Ness monster, Simple Minds and strippers in Vegas.

EXCLUSIVE: IMAX and Pathé Live have set a new partnership to bring French pop-rock band Indochine to IMAX screens this fall. On Saturday June 25, the sold-out Indochine – Central Tour concert at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon, France will be shot with 22 IMAX-certified cameras. This will be the first concert ever released through the Filmed for IMAX camera program when rollout begins across France and select markets on November 23. It will then screen for one-evening only in non-IMAX cinemas the following day. IMAX currently has 17 theaters across France.

Chelsea and have given new Blues chief Todd Boehly an ultimatum regarding transfer talks. The American businessman completed a £4.25billion takeover at the end of May and has already begun to implement changes behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge.

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorOscar-winning actors Geoffrey Rush and Benicio Del Toro will be feted at the 56th edition of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, which will run July 1-9.

TikTok have been gushing over an adorable clip of the Queen running after Prince William as he chases after a royal carriage as a child. In the video, which was first recorded during celebrations of Prince Andrew's wedding to Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in 1986.The Royal Family were seen ending off the newlyweds when a four-year-old William went chasing after the horse carriage.

Ariana Grande and a tight long sleek ponytail go together like rama lama lama (you get the idea). It’s a style that she’s very much secured as her signature look over the years, so much so that when she moves away from the hairdo it’s still a bit of a shock to the system for us. But this week the 28 year old has done exactly that in honour of her r.e.m.

Danica Taylor is currently residing in the Love Island villa, but back in the UK she lives in a stylish home in Leicester.The 21 year old dancer has already found herself at the centre of the drama in the iconic Majorcan villa, having entered as a bombshell and ruffled a few feathers among the Islanders. During a recent recoupling, Danica opted to couple up with Luca Bish, 23, leaving him and love interest Gemma Owen, 19, devastated as they were forced to separate.

The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is right around the corner, and today the festival announced its two honorary awards for 2022. In something of a surprise, KVIFF will bestow the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema presented to Geoffrey Rush.

Love Island series one winner Jessica Hayes dishes the dirt about the show’s “dress rehearsals” before the main show airs.This year’s series of ITV2’s Love Island is already bringing the drama with its hilarious yet steamy challenges. Jessica, 29, who appeared and won the reality TV show in 2015, revealed how she was apart of a small group of young singletons to test out every element of the show in an unaired test run She confessed that before each season, a group of newbies, who are the main villa rejects, are flown out to Majorca to spend time in the villa.Leaving nothing to chance, it allows for producers to test out drinking games and a variety of camera angles to see how the main show will look.

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Antiques Roadshow left professional tennis player Elizabeth James in tears as she reminisced over her career when having her Wimbledon dresses valued. Liz, who featured as a guest on a recent episode of the BBC program, presented expert Hilary Kay with a dress embroidered with the Prince of Wales feathers as the show stopped off in Dyffryn Gardens near Cardiff, South Wales.

Anna Vakili has suggested that previous Love Island winners may not be in love but are simply there to take the grand prize of £50,000.The pharmacist who found fame on season five of the hit ITV2 dating show has been extremely honest about her experience on the programme, where she found her best friends.Over the years, couples who have won the show have not always remained together, famously Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea who split after the rugby ace dumped the Geordie babe over text.Now, Anna has exclusively spoken to the Daily Star about the grand prize and who should walk away with it.Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars? Contact us at staronlineshowbiz@reachplc.comShe said: "I feel like the people that find love should win the show."I would also love it more if someone won the show that came from nothing and they get an opportunity from Love Island, as well as love."How much better would that be than someone that's already got everything."She added: "Personally, that would make me happier."During the opening episode of the season, the Islanders of 2022 discovered that the public had been voting to decide who coupled up with who.Reflecting on this, Anna said: "I'm in two minds about it, one side of things I think it's a nice thing they've done, when you're standing up there and when you come out and you're waiting for people to step forward or not step forward it's just based on your looks and not your personality."I don't like the idea of that as such, it can be a sh***y feeling for the people who are going up there and it can ruin your confidence."She continued: "In another sense, it brings more drama when they pick themselves because it's always like 'you were going to pick me.'"And it

BBC series. The actor, 59, has played Dr Patrick Turner since the series began in 2012 and recently confessed to his wife Heidi Thomas, who is the writer and creator of the period drama, what he didn't like about filming.He explained to his wife, 59, that he didn't like acting with babies during the Covid-19 pandemic.Due to the pandemic, it wasn't safe for real babies to be on set, therefore the stars of the show found themselves acting with dolls and fake babies which had to be disguised using blankets.Speaking at the BFI and Radio Television Festival, he explained that he missed having real babies on set."They know I am soppy because I love a baby, I am one of those blokes, I couldn’t pick a baby up in the early years of my life," he said.He added: "And then I had a child, and sometimes nurses and the midwifery nurses are like ‘Oh just give him the baby’ while the mums are eyeing me up still."In response, Heidi admitted that this was the first time her husband had said anything about a storyline she had written for him."When I created the series, obviously we are married, and we have been for years, but he never ever in all this time commented on his storyline.