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Great British Bake Off star Luis Troyano has passed away from oesophageal cancer aged 48 following a private battle with the disease. His agent, Anne Kibel, shared the sad news on Twitter on Tuesday, as she paid her respects to the 2014 runner-up and marketing manager who hailed from Stockport. …

Royal Mail have launched a parcel collection service which will see parcels and mail collected from people’s homes reports the BBC. This comes as there has been an increase in online shopping – especially throughout the pandemic – and as Royal Mail are set to make a loss this year. …

The journalist Martin Bashir is ‘seriously unwell’ with coronavirus, the BBC announced last night.  Corporation chiefs confirmed the 57-year-old, who currently works as the news channel’s religion editor, is very ill with complications of the virus.  News of Bashir’s ill health came on the 25th anniversary of his famous  interview with Diana, Princess …

George Osborne is the latest name to be linked to the next BBC chairman role, according to reports. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, who earlier this year missed out on a position as chairman of the Royal Opera House, is being urged to apply for the role, according to The …

Prince William and Kate Middleton hire BBC broadcaster Zeinab Badawi as a director of the Royal Foundation after the Duke’s former private secretary steps down as a trustee Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 38, have hired new director for charity  Duke and Duchess of Cambridge appointed  Zeinab Badawi for Royal …

The Duchess of Cornwall has called her recent guest-edit of The Emma Barnett Show a ‘wonderful experience’ in a touching note written to a royal fan.  Camillam, 73, took on her first-ever radio guest edit on the BBC Radio 5 Live programme in July where she opened up about life …

Daisy’s not so Normal any more! Vogue hails BBC star as one of the most influential women in the world… but Meghan misses out Daisy Edgar-Jones, 22,  starred in the hit BBC 3 show Normal People  She joined The Queen as one of the most influential women in Britain today …

Kate Middleton cut a stylish figure in a recycled floral dress as she joined Prince William to visit Gavin & Stacey’s slot machine arcade in South Wales on Wednesday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 38, hit the real-life beachfront family attractions made famous in comedy favourite Gavin and Stacey.  The couple …

Niall McGinn has spoken out about the abuse he has received at the hands of a minority of Scottish football fans. The former Celtic man and Co Tyrone native has had to deal with sectarian abuse and worse since arriving from Derry City in 2009, reports The Daily Record. In …

Fern Britton has branded Antony Armstrong-Jones the ‘most spectacularly rude and uncooperative interviewee she has ever met. The TV presenter, 62, who formerly presented ITV’s This Morning, took to Twitter to make the revelation as she watched BBC 2’s series ‘Princess Margaret: The Royal Rebel’. The fascinating documentary, which aired as …