‘We'll miss you!’ Ben Shephard bids farewell to GMB co-star as he exits after 40 years

Paul Gascoigne was in tears last night – after cops dropped their probe into a £140,000 raid at the star’s home.

READ MORE: Monty Don bids farewell in "personal conclusion" to BBC seriesMeat Loaf has died at the age of 74, his family confirmed in a statement. The iconic rocker and star of Rocky Horror Picture Show had battled health problems for many years and even had to have "emergency back surgery". TMZ claimed earlier today that the singer did not attend a business dinner for his new show earlier this week.

Meghan Markle to Madonna, but today Piers Morgan showed his sensitive side. In view of his 7.9 million followers, he revealed regretfully his former teacher had died last night.Author Tim Adler had originally tagged his name in a post breaking the sorrowful news."Very sad news to be told that my shorthand teacher, the redoubtable June Beavers, passed away last night," the message read."Please RT to any journos who were her former pupils."Piers retweeted the announcement within minutes, adding his condolences."So sorry to hear this.

Meat Loaf had an incredible impact, not only on his fans, but on fellow celebrities who knew and loved him, as well. The legendary entertainer died on Jan. 20, and social media was full of tributes following his passing. Several celebrities weighed in with their own messages of love and support. Cher was one of the first stars to comment on the news, writing on Twitter, “Had so much fun with Meat Loaf when we did “Dead Ringer.” Am very sorry for his family, friends and fans. Am I imagining it or are amazing people in the arts dying every other day?!”

Good Morning Britain fans couldn't contain their laughter as Laura Tobin accidentally made a rude on-air blunder. Innocently presenting the weather segment on the ITV daytime show on Friday, the meteorologist, who was recently compared to Kate Middleton in the looks department, told viewers they would have a frosty start to the morning.

Tributes have been paid to iconic star Meat Loaf after the actor and singer died aged 74, with Zoe Ball dubbing him ‘a force of nature’The death of the star was confirmed on Friday morning, famed for his Bat Out of Hell album and appearance as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.The Grammy award winner reportedly died with his wife Deborah by his side, according to Deadline.Stars quickly have flooded to post their tributes to the great singer, who was loved by all.Cher led the sadness of the showbiz world by writing: ‘Had So Much Fun With Meatloaf When We Did  “Dead Ringer”. Am Very Sorry For His Family,Friends,& Fans.

Deadline on behalf of Meat Loaf’s family that a cause of death will not be released.The Texas-born star began his career in the late 1960s.He sold over 100 million albums worldwide and starred in more than 65 movies, including Fight Club, Focus, Rocky Horror Picture Show and Wayne’s World.In the 90s, his hit I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) was the UK's best-selling single of 1993 and earned him a Grammy Award.His best-known album, Bat Out of Hell, remains one of the top 10 selling albums of all time.The album was also adapted into a stage musical which premiered in 2017 and features some of Meat Loaf's best loved hits.Tributes have flown in since the star’s death was announced.Cher, who performed the hit song Dead Ringer for Love with Meat Loaf, tweeted: “Had So Much Fun With Meatloaf When We Did Dead Ringer. Am Very Sorry For His Family, Friends,& Fans.

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway was left emotional during Friday's instalment of the ITV morning programme, as she was reunited with one of her fellow I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! campmates.Adele Roberts appeared on the show alongside her partner to discuss her battle with bowel cancer, which has left her with a stoma bag and undergoing chemotherapy after a surgery to remove the tumour.The stars appeared together in the Australian jungle back in 2019, and wasted no time while reminiscing about their various escapades during GMB.Adele even admitted that the strange jungle diet had left her doubting whether something was seriously wrong when she began suffering digestion problems, which eventually led to her cancer diagnosis.Kate told Adele: "You're looking so well!", as the Radio 1 star was left blinking back tears, asking Kate: "Do I really look okay, Kate?"Adele admitted she has nicknamed her stoma bag 'Audrey' as she praised NHS staff for helping her through her cancer battle.The star said she should be "back to her normal self" by summer as she likened her chemotherapy sessions to "snipers" taking out any remaining traces of cancer.Speaking about her diagnosis, Adele admitted: "It was a shock.

GOOD Morning Britain's Laura Tobin has been left red in the face after making a VERY rude slip up live on air on Friday morning. The meteorologist laughed off the mistake as she was mocked by hosts and friends Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway as they replayed the clip.

PIERS Morgan has paid tribute to legendary Bat Out Of Hell performer Meat Loaf after he died aged 74. The star’s family this morning announced his death, confirming that he had been surrounded by his wife and family in his last moments.

Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway couldn't resist making a cheeky quip about her underwear as the presenters chatted about Machine Gun Kelly's engagement.Kate, Ben Shephard, Susanna Reid and Richard Arnold were reacting to the news that MGK had gifted Megan Fox an engagement ring that "hurt to take off" - featuring a crown of thorns which would hurt the skin to remove.The musician explained in an interview with Vogue: "The concept is that the ring can come apart to make two rings."When it's together, it's held in place by a magnet. And then it forms an obscure heart.

Kate Garraway's Life Stories has unveiled its new star-studded line-up with Charlotte Church, Nadiya Hussain and John Barnes. Good Morning Britain presenter Kate, 54, is taking over from Piers Morgan, who announced that he had quit in October after 12 years and 100 shows, of hosting the hit ITV series this February. Each episode will "delve into the lives and minds" of singer Charlotte, 35, Great British Bake Off star Nadiya, 37, and footballing legend John, 58.

Piers Morgan to Holly Willoughby, Rylan Clark, Gemma Collins and Dolly Parton.No longer were we prepared to sit here, impatiently twiddling our thumbs, merely waiting for the future to arrive. No, we wanted to see if we could get a little heads-up, at least so we can get the articles prepped.We spoke with psychic Nicolas Aujula, who has some feelings on what may happen, and shared some rather tantalising tidbits of positive news we can hopefully look forward to witnessing in the months to come.Want the proposed future tea?While Aujula doesn’t think she’ll leave This Morning any time soon, he did note: ‘There’s going to be this great shift, or a change in her TV career – maybe she may even host her own show.‘I do feel she’ll be giving women a platform, women’s issues are quite important to her, and I think, as she gets older, she’ll really take a stand for some of the issues that women go through and she’ll talk about what she’s been through as a woman.’‘I don’t feel there is a serious love for her at the moment.

Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan’s review of her ITV documentary on Prince Andrew.The TV presenter yesterday took to Twitter, where she has garnered 107,500 followers, to remind viewers to tune in at 9pm.In response to her tweet, fellow broadcaster Piers wrote: “Excellent doc,” alongside two clapping hands emojis.Soon after, Ranvir quote-tweeted Piers’ post to thank him for his kind words.She penned: “Appreciate that so much @piersmorgan thank you.”But Piers was not the only one to send a message of support to Ranvir, as other viewers replied to her tweet heaping praise on her work.Michell20152500 typed: “Ranvir well done on your amazing documentary last night and for being so brave yourself, thinking of you and sending lots of love to all these brave courageous amazing women.“Justice will prevail and the truth always comes out xx”260qman said: “So sad but incredibly powerful.“Well done and it must have been so difficult the way you opened up this morning @GMB.”L1nda_jacks0n added: “Fabulous documentary.“Sad that it brought up so much trauma for yourself but ever the professional.”Susannasholly penned: “It was a brilliant doc!“I’m so sorry you had to go through what you did and I hope that victims can speak out after what you said.”It comes after Ranvir joined Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid on Tuesday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain to discuss her documentary Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile.Ranvir, who waived her right to anonymity, bravely opened up about her own experience of sexual assault as a child.During the discussion and ahead of the documentary airing last night, GMB also previewed a teaser in which Ranvir attempts to call a number linked to Prince Andrew.After dialling the number,

“Thank so much to all of you who sent unbelievably lovely messages about him in response to all my posts over the years. He leaves a huge hole in my sky.”Fans were eager to offer their condolences and well wishes to David. @Thesocialdisser said: “So sorry to hear about your Dad, David.

Twitter to announce his passing, David wrote: "My dad Colin Baddiel died earlier tonight."Thank so much to all of you who sent unbelievably lovely messages about him in response to all my posts over the years."He leaves a huge hole in my sky."He followed up with a separate tweet, where he paid a special thanks to the hard-working carers who looked after his dad over the past few years, right up until the very end."Thanks so much for all your incredible messages of support," he reiterated."It all so helps. I’d like to also thank while I’m here @bowles_clive, Sandra Wiseman and all the other amazing carers who helped look after my dad for the last seven years."Among those sending their condolences was Piers Morgan, who penned: "Oh no.So sorry to hear this, David.

BBC viewers felt they had no option but to switch off the channel as Piers Morgan made a return to breakfast TV over the weekend.

Piers Morgan, 56, will appear on BBC One’s Sunday Morning show with Sophie Raworth tomorrow at 9am.The former Good Morning Britain presenter has hinted that he has something in store for Boris Johnson, asking him to tune into the broadcast.Tweeting out to his 7.9 million followers, Piers quipped about coming out of his “enforced retirement”. He wrote: “UPDATE: It’s been a quiet news week, so I thought I’d come out of (enforced) breakfast show retirement and do the paper review on BBC1’s new Sunday Morning show with @sophieraworth.”“Tune in from 9am… especially you, Prime Minister @BorisJohnson,” he added somewhat cryptically. Piers’ followers had a mixed reaction to the post, with some eagerly anticipating his return, while others seemed unimpressed by the journalist. “Something big is coming isn't it please say yes,” Maggie1152 speculated.“Not expecting something big to come up in time for this are we?” asked TheMrAlex6.“Oh please bring up Johnson isolating (hiding from the public) when he doesn't need to,” Anne Milne pleaded. “Oh what a nice little Sunday morning treat, don’t hold back I’ve missed you honest opinions and saying how it is!” wrote Nikki Middleton.“Oh exciting, hope you give Boris a good grilling be it a review,” added Steve Gale.“Me too, so miss Piers on TV, love him or hate him..he always delivers a controversial debate,” mused Sara Nicholls. Meanwhile, others weren’t interested, including Minesawater who wrote: “Nah, you’re alright, mate. I’d rather watch a few episodes of Mrs Brown’s boys.”“I look forward to you flouncing off set again,” Paul C added in reference to the moment Piers left Good Morning Britain after being called out on his comments against Meghan Markle.

Loose Women star Denise Welch, 63, has hit back at Piers Morgan, 56, after she took to Twitter to comment on the controversy surrounding the purported Downing Street lockdown parties. Piers had claimed that the Government’s alleged gatherings that took place during lockdown would make “covid sceptics and anti-lockdowners feel vindicated”.In view of his 7.9 million followers, he typed: “The worst thing about all these illicit Downing Street parties is they will make covid sceptics and anti-lockdowners feel vindicated in their suspicions that the virus was never that dangerous or why would the people running the country all be ignoring the rules so brazenly?”Denise fired back at Piers while sharing a screengrab of his tweet with her 511,000 followers.She penned: “Anti lockdowners are not Covid sceptics Piers.“We are people who knew that such drastic action would cause horrendous collateral damage as it has.“We also knew that Covid, although desperately serious for some, was not to most people as reflected in the [governments] blatant lack of fear.”But Denise’s remarks divided Twitter users, who responded to her tweet with their own arguments.PaulSmith1961 tweeted: “Well said Denise - unfortunately for Piers, he’s always been on the wrong side here - he’s jumped on the righteous bandwagon and recently he’s been trying to get off that horse - good luck with that one.“I’m triple jabbed and that’s a personal choice and the way it should be!”lisaweider said: “My Dad died of Covid.

BEN Shephard and Kate Garraway have led the tributes to Good Morning Britain "legend" floor manager Tim as he quits the team. The TV hosts gushed over Tim Carr, who has worked with ITV Daytime for 25 years across a number of shows - as he waved goodbye following his final shift. Ben, 47, and Kate, 54, thanked Tim for his hard work with the broadcaster over the past 40 years as they announced he was stepping back.

Steph's Packed Lunch star was visibly devastated to be losing 52-year-old Vivek to rival channel NewsUK, but wished him well on his journey nevertheless.Steph McGovern, who tweets using the handle @StephLunch, broke the news to her almost 420,000 followers as Vivek grinned for the camera while eating, as the show's name might suggest, a plate of lunch.From celebrity tantrums and storm-outs to tense and tearful topics being discussed live on air, 39-year-old Steph has weathered many a storm with her co-worker.However he announced in November that he would be leaving the team to pursue new projects when 2022 came around.Vivek's decision will give him a chance to reunite with acid-tongued Piers Morgan, with whom he had spent time in the past.He received a tweet from Piers after the news broke, simply stating: "Welcome aboard Vivek! Great to be working with you again."That might prove little consolation to Steph though, who admits that she will miss having him around.Vivek has also tweeted revealing his fondness for the show, boasting last month when he discovered that Steph's Packed Lunch had been shortlisted for Best Daytime Programme at the Broadcast Awards.He also jokingly listed his career highlight: producing a show featuring guest Stephanie Matto, who claimed she could earn £30,000 per week by selling her farts.Besides that bizarre story, in another, a tearful Katie Price opened up about her experiences with online trolls taking aim at her disabled son Harvey.Then, back in the summer, Vivek and Steph no doubt experienced a heart-in-mouth moment when comedian Joe Lycett appeared to spectacularly lose his sense of humour live on air.He seemed to take offence to one of Steph's playful jibes referencing a photo of him,