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From a Gavin and Stacey star to Dani Dyer’s return: every Strictly Come Dancing 2026 contestant rated

The wait is over. From soap stars to athletes and Kim Kardashian’s hairdresser, we’ve rated this year’s celebrity hoofers in terms of likely glitterball success

The Guardian - UK

Natalie Cassidy: ‘June Brown and I would fly to Malaga to drink and smoke fags’

INTERVIEW: As the ‘EastEnders’ legend voices an elderly feline in Ricky Gervais’s outrageous new animated sitcom ‘Alley Cats’, she speaks to Adam White about flying to Malaga to ‘drink red wine and smoke fags’ with June Brown, her fitness DVD regrets, and the origins of that infamous ‘SEX’ necklace she…

The Independent UK

EastEnders legend shares moving reason behind BBC soap return

Actor has returned sporadically over the years – but this time had deeper importance

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‘Barbara Windsor smacked our bottoms!’ Pet Shop Boys on showstopping visuals, horrified bosses – and snubbing the queen

As a 600-page doorstopper celebrates their groundbreaking costumes, gigs, sleeves and videos, the duo talk about ‘side-stepping the pop-star thing’ – and the naked trampolinist EMI had to censor

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Windsor’s widower campaigns on Alzheimer’s as he ‘owes it to her legacy’

EastEnders and Carry On actress Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2014 and died in 2020 aged 83.

Evening Standard

Barbara Windsor’s widower says he’s hurt by backlash to new relationship

Scott Mitchell met his new partner, ‘EastEnders’ actor Tanya Franks, while fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research

The Independent UK

EastEnders star reveals why she decided to leave soap after 30 years

Natalie Cassidy left the long-running BBC series earlier this year

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Former EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy says leaving soap is ‘freeing’

Cassidy told Prima magazine she enjoyed working with many of the older actresses on the soap and she would not be averse to returning.

Evening Standard

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison says she’s ‘retraining brain’ after life-changing stroke

‘It was one of the lowest times in my life,’ former BBC soap star said

The Independent UK

Barbara Windsor’s widower Scott Mitchell defends new relationship: ‘I would like to believe she would be happy’

Mitchell met his new partner, Tayna Franks, while fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research

The Independent UK

EastEnders star Pam St Clement in tears remembering Barbara Windsor in emotional special

The heartfelt moment took place as Ross Kemp, best known for playing the tough-as-nails Grant Mitchell, hosted EastEnders: 40 Years on the Square

Evening Standard

Jaime Winstone: Reprising Peggy Mitchell role in EastEnders was ‘overwhelming’

The actress is returning to the role as part of a mental health storyline on the BBC soap.

Evening Standard

Young Peggy Mitchell star returning to ‘dream’ role for EastEnders Phil storyline

Winstone portrayed Dame Barbara Windsor in biopic Babs, and took on the actress’ role in a 1979-based flashback episode.

Evening Standard

Cockney influences found in Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, says expert

Linguistics professor says London dialect is most likely to be spoken in Essex, but aspects have traversed the globe

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The Independent UK

Iconic EastEnders character returning to the show after nine years

Producers said the character is returning for an ‘explosive’ storyline

The Guardian - UK

Barbara Taylor Bradford obituary

Bestselling author who enjoyed overnight success with her debut novel A Woman of Substance

The Independent UK

EastEnders star reveals she ‘couldn’t afford to eat’ after cancer diagnosis stopped her from working

‘How could I have been earning that much and now I am here?’ the actor said

The Guardian - UK

‘We didn’t worry about a few dirty laughs!’ The Carry On women on playing nags, bra-burners and ‘crumpet’

No one could say that the Carry On movies stretched their female stars, or paid them generously. But, decades later, Amanda Barrie, Valerie Leon, Sheila Hancock and co have fond memories

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The Independent UK

Barbara Windsor’s widower opens up about EastEnder’s star’s final weeks

‘It’s a cruel thing to watch,’ he said

The Guardian - UK

Peter Charlesworth obituary

Streetwise entertainment agent and producer who worked with stars such as Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland and Joan Collins

Evening Standard

Traitors presenter Alan Cumming's My London: The Rosewood, Duckie & Barbara Windsor

Actor and presenter Alan Cumming heads to South Bank for a first date, would open up Buckingham Palace to homeless people and gets to grips with our glorious capital on foot

Manchester Evening News

Quality Street Gang: How Jimmy the Weed and Krays' pal Ronnie Knight became partners on the Costa Del Crime

Knight, Barbara Windsor's first husband and a friend of the Krays, died this week aged 89. In the 80s he became pals with Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly from the Quality Street Gang after going on the run to Spain

WhatToWatch

Count Abdulla cast: who's who in the horror comedy series

The Count Abdulla cast sees Jaime Winstone as a vampire who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Arian Nik's Muslim doctor.

Daily Mirror

Ronnie Knight was living off state pension after blowing his proceeds of crime

Knight pocketed £1.3million in today’s money for his share in the 1983 Security Express heist, but after 11 years on the run he was living in a rented one-bedroom flat

Daily Mirror

Barbara Windsor's wild love life - criminal ex-husband, Kray twin romp, and Sid affair

Dame Barbara Windsor had a fascinating love life over the years, between her gangster boyfriends, three husbands, a lengthy affair, and crushes on her EastEnders co-stars

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