Woman watched in horror as fire ripped through home in suspected petrol bomb attack

EastEnders actress June Brown who has died at the age of 95 years old.Her death was announced by her family, who it is reported that the actress spent the final months of her life with, following her departure from EastEnders as Albert Square resident Dot Cotton in 2020.June Brown was one of the soap's longest reigning cast members, after starting out her career at the Old Vic Theatre School in the late forties, where she met her first husband.Her acting career would also bring her into contact with her second husband, later in life.However before she became an EastEnders icon, June's life started with heartbreaking losses in her childhood, including the deaths of two of her siblings.Dot Cotton star June Brown was born on February 16, 1927 in Suffolk to her parents Louisa and Henry Brown.She was one of five children and lived with her family in the village of Needham Market, but sadly in her early years, June suffered two heartbreaking losses.In 1932 when the actress was five years old, her younger brother Peter was born, but sadly died 15 days later after been diagnosed with pneumonia.Two years later, June also suffered another loss when her elder sister Marise died in 1934 at the age of eight from a disease similar to meningitis. Speaking about her loss to Daily Mail, June reflected on how she had never found anyone similar to the role model she had in her elder sister, saying: "I’ve never felt such loneliness.

A man who brandished a 12-inch kitchen after his friend's young dog had been fatally attacked by a couple's bigger dog has been spared jail.

Chicago Fire fans - it seems we may be getting the return of our beloved Captain Matthew Casey very soon.Exclusive: Chicago Fire star Alberto Rosende talks season 10, Gallo's love life and moreShowrunners Derek Haas and Andrea Newman have confirmed that although they have yet to finish writing or filming season 10, they are "penciling in" a wedding for Lieutentant's Kelly Severide and Stella Kidd - and that does mean the hopeful return of best man Casey, played by Jesse Spencer, and girlfriend Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer).WATCH: Casey says goodbye to Firehouse 51"Kara is scheduled to be back for the finale and may be bringing someone with her from Oregon - maybe," teased Derek during a conversation with press ahead of the show's return on 6 April."I am not writing anything in ink, but we're penciling it in."MORE: Chicago Fire's Taylor Kinney sparks mixed reaction with new behind-the-scenes photoMORE: All we know about remainder of Chicago PD series nine following setbacks"We love Jesse Spencer and we are excited to try and get him back for the finale," added Andrea, adding that it is their "goal" for Casey to make an appearance.Jesse asked to leave the show to focus on his family after 18 years on network TV; he worked for eight years on NBC show House before helping to launch Chicago Fire in 2012.

Martha Stewart took to her Instagram on Sunday (April 3) to announce that her four dogs killed her beloved cat Princess Peony.

Free Coronavirus testing in England has now been scrapped, as the government continues to push forward with its 'Living with Covid' plans. From 1 April, only a small minority of the general public are eligible for free tests, while everyone else will now have to pay should they wish to be tested.

Martin Lewis has revealed how to find out what the cheapest petrol in your area is. The Money Saving Expert guru, who recently advised Brits on what to do ahead of energy bills increasing, is known for being the journalist to go to for the best ways to save pennies, and now the UK needs it more than ever. The 49 year old's latest tips and tricks come in the wake of the country's biggest cost crisis since the 1970s, with fuel prices increasing every day and utility bills skyrocketing.

Poliça have announced details of new album ‘Madness’ and shared the pulsating first single from the record – listen to ‘Alive’ below.‘Madness’ is out June 3 and has been described as “something of a companion piece” to 2020’s ‘When We Stay Alive’.The album was mostly recorded between 2020 and 2021 in Ryan Olson’s Minneapolis studio and was partially created by anthropomorphic production tool “AllOvers(c)”, which was designed by Olson and fellow producer and sound-artist Seth Rosetter.According to vocalist Channy Leaneagh, the lyrics across ‘Madness’ represent the idea that “I am here for you all and I am never truly myself here. I am her for you all and I am never truly her”.Poliça have also released the first track from ‘Madness’. Check out ‘Alive’ below.Speaking about the song, Leaneagh said: “Bad things happen, the fire goes out; even with the best flammables it stays dark until nothing matters becomes the fire itself.”You can preorder ‘Madness’ here and below, find details of the tracklisting and album artwork.Madness tracklist:1. ‘Alive’ 2. ‘Violence’ 3. ‘Away’ 4. ‘Madness’ 5. ‘Blood’ 6. ‘Fountain’ 7. ‘Sweet Memz’In February Poliça (vocalist Leaneagh, producer Olson, bassist Chris Bierden and drummers Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson) released their first new music of the year, in the form of standalone single ‘Rotting‘.

Naman Ramachandran Huma Qureshi, one of the stars of Zack Snyder’s Netflix film “Army of the Dead,” has wrapped the shoot of anti-body-shaming film “Double XL.”Qureshi, who stars in the film alongside Sonakshi Sinha, also debuts as a producer via her company Elemen3. Satram Ramani (“Helmet”) directs.“In all cultures there are ways in which we try and standardize beauty and we try and almost tell young young girls, that [if] you don’t adhere to a certain body type, you are not beautiful, cherished, you’re not special, you’re not valued,” Qureshi told Variety.

cash from her sexy pictures and videos - making a cool $12,000 (£9000) a month.However, Lisa Tooley, 42, admits her family are "embarrassed" about her raunchy career and call her a "bad influence". Lisa is on track to make $144,000 (£109,000) a year after joining OnlyFans – but her family aren’t thrilled.

Passengers flying from Manchester Airport face long queues and delays this week as the Easter holidays get underway. Disruptions at the airport, caused by staff shortages and high demand, have left many travellers stranded and unable to get to their desired destination on time.

A major change to who gets fast-tracked access to Universal Credit comes into force from today, April 4. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is updating the rules to allow more people who are nearing the end of their life to have their payments fast-tracked.

Metro Weekly, “We mandate that the prices be shown on every work of art so there’s never that ambiguous space where you don’t know how much something costs and you have to enter one of those weird negotiations.”Given that nearly all of the represented art is priced between $50 and $3,000, the result, Mitow said, is “a more fun, more approachable, more accessible space to interact with and hopefully collect art in.”Also aiding in that cause is a dedicated team helping to organize the event with solid representation of female, minority, and LGBTQ artists that goes well beyond the art show norm.Furthermore, 20 percent of ticket sales go to the cause of supporting LGBTQ youth.More than 70 independent artists will offer more than 800 artworks at this weekend’s Superfine DC — and first since a COVID-induced hiatus.The event has been organized with local input from entities including the DMV League of Artists, which helped curate the exhibition, and Oxford Properties, which is hosting the event at its Gallery Place venue at 713 7th St. NW.The Superfine Art Fair is at 713 7th St.

A 'fearless' solicitor who drove round Manchester in a double-decker bus telling Donald Trump to go home has died, aged 74.

Wolfgang Van Halen is feeling "pretty damn grateful" for his first-ever Grammy nomination. The son of late Van Halen axe-slayer Eddie Van Halen was shortlisted for Best Rock Song for his track 'Distance' about his late pop - which he released as Mammoth WVH - at the ceremony in Las Vegas on Sunday night (03. 04.

VR headsets were delighted to play Half-Life: Alyx, the latest canonical entry in the Half-Life series, but it’s been pretty quiet for the series since. But now a mod team has created a new story called Levitation, which will offer up to five hours of gameplay in the campaign.The project is a collaboration between level designer and artist Shawn Snelling (also known as FMPONE) and animator Corey Laddo (thanks, PCGamer), and it’s still going to be in virtual reality.Outside of Black Mesa (which was endorsed by Valve and allowed to be sold on Steam), Levitation looks like one of the most impressive fan-made projects for the series so far – especially going off the brand new trailer, which you can watch below.The trailer shows some beloved characters returning for Levitation, such as Russell (from Half-Life: Alyx, originally played by Rhys Darby), and G-Man.

Pregnancies, love magic, changes of allegiance, and betrayal were just some of the themes touched upon in yet another exciting episode of the hit show Outlander.

MOLLY-MAE Hague has revealed when she and Tommy Fury will move into their dream £3.5m home. The 22-year-old posted on her home account MollyMaison to apologise to fans for the lack of content but insisted that would change very soon.

EX CORRIE star Catherine Tyldesley has revealed she feels like an "elephant" during the latter stages of her second pregnancy. The former soap star, 38, is expecting her second child, a little girl, with husband Tom Pitfield, and revealed the happy news in October.

RICHARD Madeley has revealed how he stays slim at 65, thanks to a very simple diet trick. The Good Morning Britain host revealed how this easy hack even helped him lose three stone after he gained weight during a break from being on telly. On this morning's episode of the ITV show, Richard and his co-presenter Kate Garraway were discussing the new law that is coming into force on Wednesday, April 6, which will mean large cafes and restaurants have to list calorie information on menus.

Coronation Street, Doctors, and Casualty, reportedly died earlier this week. A family friend confirmed the actress sadly died at her home in France, but a cause of death has not yet been confirmed. Jennifer portrayed Nancy Milne in several episodes of Doctors, making her final TV appearance on the show back in 2015.She also starred as Mrs Bradbury in Coronation Street and as Lily Compton in Casualty.The actress had significant roles in hit 70s shows The Brothers and Special Branch.Fans and friends have paid tribute to Jennifer on Twitter, with those who appeared to know her during her life sharing the sad news a few days ago.The South of France English Theatre tweeted out: “Dear All to say sad news that the lovely wonderful English actress Jennifer Wilson has left us on 29th March. “She was nearly 90 and had a wonderful career and will be much loved by all for her beauty and talent.” (sic)Rob Cope wrote: “Farewell my lovely friend Jennifer Wilson who has passed away in Cannes aged 89.  “Jenny was a Shakespearean starlet before finding success in TV, most notably as Jennifer Kingsley in The Brothers.  “I shall remember the balmy hot nights in Cannes we shared together and the laughs.”Thebrotherstv72 tweeted out a picture of a young Jennifer smiling at the camera.They captioned it: “Farewell Jennifer Wilson who has passed away in France, aged 89.  “Jennifer was in every episode of The Brothers between 1972-76.  “Condolences go out to her daughter Mel and grandsons.  RIP.”Jennifer had an acting career spanning 50 years, which began shortly after she left RADA.She initially began performing as a stage actress, taking on roles in Twelfth Night and Macbeth.Jennifer met her future husband Brian Peck when they acted together on