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Emmerdale star supported by fans as he undergoes surgery year after soap axe

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Fans’ support was shown when Emmy Award-winning actor Dean Andrews admitted to having been in a hospital and having undergone surgery to treat a health condition on social media.

An Emmerdale star has updated fans to reveal he has successfully undergone surgery for a health issue. Dean Andrews is best known for playing Will Taylor on the ITV soap – a role he held from 2019 until the character was killed off in December last year.

The actor has reportedly been using his time to care for his health despite missing out on television for almost a year. He revealed on social media that he had had eye surgery on Friday.

Taking to Instagram, the Emmerdale star shred a photograph of himself strapped into a seat in a car. Wearing a black golf polo shirt, he had clear protective eye shields plastered onto his face.

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The former soap star wrote, “Eye surgery went well thankfully,” in a follow-up message. Fans responded quickly to Dean’s post’s comments section to well-heeled him.

Good news, one wrote. “Be well soon” Another letter read, “I hope you’re recovering quickly.” Another fan also expressed their happiness regarding your op. Take good care of yourself.

When Dean revealed earlier this year that he had been in a hospital and having surgery for a mysterious condition, he had alarmed fans.

The actor was photographed lying in a hospital bed and wearing a hospital gown, without providing any further information. In February, he gave the image two thumbs up and wrote, “Surgery went well. I’m so happy to have awakened. Many thanks to Chris, my surgeon, and the entire staff.

Dean is well known for his voiceover work, having co-starred in the UK TV documentary series Casualty 24/7, which has been broadcast since 2018.

Dean hasn’t appeared on screen since leaving Emmerdale, though. He previously claimed that he adored the ITV soap so much that the writers had to kill off his character to force him to leave, which transpired last year.

He previously stated to The Sun, “With other things we do, like other acting jobs, we stay there for three to five months, and then we all vanish and go on other things, and then we all return.”

Before I arrived, I remember people saying it was like a family at Emmerdale and thinking, “But here it really is,” but it is.

“Because we are together,” We are like a small family, and I definitely see Claire more than my own wife, and Olivia more than my own daughters.

I feel at ease here, I must say. When I first asked to come in and asked how long I wanted to stay, I said, “If I come in now, you’ll have to kick me out.”

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Strictly Come Dancing week 10 latest ahead of quarter finals: everything you need to know

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Before quarter finals, Strictly Come Dancing week 10 latest: everything you need to know – The Mirror

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What you need to know as quarterfinals approach.

Everything you need to know before Strictly Week 10

  • Only six couples remain in this weekend as Week 10 of the 2025 season approaches the quarter-finals, and the tension is soars.
  • Scores are rolled straight into Week 10 as a result of one contestant’s dramatic departure from Blackpool: La Voix, who had an injury, and no one left.
  • With a mix of Latin, Ballroom, and a “Couple’s Choice” routine that could change the leaderboard, Week 10’s songs and dance styles have been revealed.
  • Highlights include: Karen & Carlos choosing a Couple’s Choice to Born This Way by Lady Gaga and Lewis & Katya tackling a Rumba to Falling by Harry Styles.
  • The first-ever Instant Dance Challenge adds to the drama and introduces a brand-new twist. Couples will pull a random dance from previous weeks and have to put on costumes for the final ten seconds to prepare for the live performance.
  • The leaderboard becomes a battlefield this weekend because of the unpredictability of Blackpool and Instant Dance, which could determine someone’s ambitions.
  • Expect surprises for fans of the favorites, Lewis & Katya, who were a perfect 40 last week, making them strong contenders.
  • Couples at the bottom, like Balvinder &amp, Julian, can’t afford a slip; their only chance to avoid the dreaded dance-off is this week’s impressive performance.
  • READ THE FULL STORY: Strictly Come Dancing star ‘to miss out on semi-final’ in heartbreaking blow – The Mirror
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Jamie Oliver’s ‘really clever’ Christmas dinner hack could save you time

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Jamie Oliver, the host of Naked Chef, gave a “really clever” tip to help people prepare for their holiday meals while chatting to Zoe Ball on her BBC Radio 2 show.

Jamie Oliver has shared a “really clever” tip to help people speed up the preparation of their Christmas dinners, a meal that he dubbed a “beautiful thing”. In a recent chat with Zoe Ball on her BBC Radio 2 show (November 29), the Naked Chef star shared some useful advice for anyone planning to save some time when they cook their dinner this year.

In the segment, Zoe posed a question to the celebrity chef after recounting how she’d seen “loads of people” making their Christmas vegetables in a particular way, and wanted to know if she could do it in the same fashion.

She described how she’d seen people peeling potatoes, parboiling them, “ruffing them up” and then freezing them, a method Zoe said was also used for parsnips and carrots, and queried if she could also “do that”.

A raw potato won’t freeze in any way, but a cooked one does, according to Jamie, so make sure you toss them in a chosen fat first. “

He continued, “So what you would do is exactly what you said if you’re going to be really clever.” Protect it by avoiding the fat around it. Cover it before putting it in the tray. Purchase enamel trays, for example, for a very reasonable price.

So, put it in the container you’re going to cook it in, and then you can move it on Christmas Day, or better yet, Christmas Eve, and it’s done. “

He added that Christmas dinner is a “beautiful thing”, but conceded that it involves “quite a lot” of pans and “coming together”. It wouldn’t be the first time that he has shared a veggie-themed tip, however.

Last year, Jamie shared a 10-minute method to help you make the most out of your veggies with “very little effort”. He shared the recipe for his super steamed greens in a clementine and chilli butter on his website.

He claimed that adding a lot of flavor to your vegetable products is a no-brainer. Clementine, fresh chilli, and thyme are the ingredients I’ve chosen, but you can change them up if you want to. “

In other developments, Jamie recently spoke to to Long Lost Family’s Davina McCall about his “incredibly kind” and “very funny” wife of 25 years, Juliette Norton (also known as Jools).

The couple, who were married in 2000, have five children named Poppy, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice, and River Rocket Blue Dallas, and Jamie touchingly admitted to loving his wife “to bits.”

Speaking to Davina’s Begin Again podcast, he said: “I can’t really talk about it for her, but she has neurodiversities (sic) that make her life really interesting and really challenging, and, of course, there’s positives, but there’s loads of things that like, you know, she makes us the way that we are, and I’m very grateful for Jools.”

The Big Brother legend then asked about what first attracted Jamie to her when they met at the young age of 18, leading him to describe her as “very beautiful and pure” and “quite quirky, quite clumsy”.

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Jessie J’s cruel twist of fate and ‘ruined plan’ after breast cancer diagnosis

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Jessie J, the singer, has revealed how she managed to maintain her optimism following a mastectomy following her breast cancer diagnosis.

Singer Jessie J is certainly no stranger to health woes since childhood. But when she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer her seemingly perfect life looked as though it was falling apart.

She had just embarked on new romance with a man she now considers to be the love of her life and she had also become a mother, which was something she had wanted to experience for many years.

Jessie J’s positive attitude is remarkable, despite a cancer diagnosis and mastectomy destroying most of the body.

She told The Guardian that she was fortunate that she didn’t have to go through radiotherapy and chemotherapy while also having the operation, which she described as one of her life’s most challenging times.

She continued, “Cancer sucks, man, but you know what?” I found it early, thanks. My right breast, which I had a four-month mastectomy, now resembles a grapefruit under a bed sheet. However, I must maintain the nipple.

She continued, “They didn’t do an implant as small as my original,” touting her lack of reconstructive surgery. How unkind! I figured there was no need to bully me because I’m already struggling. Such crudeness! I said I would never get my boobs because I have OCD, and I am aware that they would never be perfect, so it’s funny. That plan was ruined by cancer.

Jessie believes that having dealt with such a blow has resulted in her having battled harrowing illnesses before. She continued, “You having a good time, I feel life goes,” “Sorry, I feel like it,” “Sit down.” It has always been accompanied by moments of success for me when something severe or obscure has happened to my health since I was a child.

The internationally acclaimed hitmaker had been cast in Whistle Down the Wind’s West End production at the age of eleven. However, she had been given the diagnosis Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a heart condition. A quick heartbeat, dizziness, and palpitations are reportedly symptoms of this condition. She explained that she was a patient receiving an IV drip during rehearsals and going home in the evening.

And years later, while attending the Brit School, she joined a girl group called Soul Deep at the age of 17. However, her joy was cut short by a stroke.

Unfortunately, fate dealt her yet another blow, sadly for the mother of one. She claimed that she had been pushed up in a car accident in 2020, which prevented her from singing for a full year.

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Amazingly, Jessie hasn’t let her various illnesses define her as an adult. She credits her parents for instilling that into her, and she acknowledges that. She claimed that she had “carried through” that she found “amazing.”

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Jack Osbourne slammed by I’m A Celeb fans as he’s accused of ‘bullying’ Ruby Wax

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Get Me Out of Here Because I’m A Celebrity! Viewers were left stunned when they saw Ruby Wax and Jack Osbourne exchange during a trial, which gave them the impression that he had disrespected her.

I’m A Celebrity viewers slammed Jack Osbourne and accused him of “bullying” Ruby Wax as he joined her for a brutal trial. The pair joined forces for the gruelling challenge alongside fellow campmates Alex Scott, Kelly Brook, Aitch and Angry Ginge as they tried to win stars for the camp to be rewarded with food for their dinner.

The six stars had to crawl into a cave for the trial where they then had to place their hands and their heads into holes to try and put pieces together to make stars. They had to pass the different coloured fragments between them to who was doing each shade as horrifying creepy crawlies were thrown all over them. Jack was seen getting annoyed by Ruby as she was slow with passing him the remaining pieces.

He remarked, “Hand me the green.” You need to concentrate, he told her, “No, Ruby, that’s wrong.” He then sternly snapped at her. They argued that he should be more considerate of her because of the viewers’ dissatisfaction with the exchange.

One person wrote, “The way Jack spoke to Ruby was so disgusting, disrespectful, and condescending,” taking to X to express their opinions.

Another person described Jack as a “massive bully.” Ruby in poor condition. how he yelled at her about making a jigsaw. Have some respect for her because she’s an elderly woman. A third person expressed concern for Jack’s disrespect toward Ruby, saying, “I hope he doesn’t speak to his mother like that #imaceleb.”

“Sorry, but one of them needs to stop bullying Ruby,” a fourth social media user said. Have some respect for #imaceleb because she’s old enough to be his mother. Fifth added, “Ginge is being so patient and assured with Ruby, and you have Jack talking to her like s**t #imaceleb”

However, one fan defended Jack by saying, “Jack was out of order for the way he spoke to Ruby, YES. However, he doesn’t merit this skepticism. Kelly has spoken to him much more harshly than #imaceleb.

With the exception of Ruby, all campmates were successful in earning five stars for camp. That gave them ten points overall while the rest of the camp received five during the drinking trial.

Jack’s campmates and his grandfather, Don Arden, have been the subject of the accusations. After his mother, Sharon Osbourne, became his manager after he was fired from Black Sabbath, he admitted that the mobster had hired a “hitman” for his father, Ozzy Osbourne.

He told his grandfather, “He sent hitmen after them, mobsters would show up with guns at gigs,” and Jack recalled how he taught her everything and carried out various messed up operations.

He claimed that because my mother had to sign everything, he would never face legal issues. other record companies would be bombed. My grandfather was a Krays’s acquaintance because of this.

Get Me Out of Here Because I’m A Celebrity! continues to air on ITV1, STV, ITVX, and STV Player every night at 9 p.m.

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Shirley Ballas talks ‘moving on’ from Strictly after Tess and Claudia’s shock exit

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Following Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman’s exit announcement last month, Shirley Ballas and I discussed moving on from Strictly Come Dancing.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has opened up about Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman’s upcoming departure from the BBC show. The presenting duo stunned fans and co-stars last month when they announced that the current series would be their last.

In a joint video announcement, Tess and Claudia said: “We have loved working as a duo, and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We were always going to leave together, and now feels like the right time. We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and every single person who works on the show.

We’ll miss them every day because they’re the most brilliant team. We’ll cry when we say “keep dancing,” but we’ll keep saying it when we’re together and are holding some pizza in tracksuit bottoms at home.

Shirley said she didn’t expect the show to survive without them, but that “their successors need to be” experienced professionals.”

She said: “Absolutely, it survived both Len Goodman and Sir Bruce Forsyth leaving, bless them both. Strictly is bigger than any of us – the celebrities, professionals, presenters, judges. It’s like Coronation Street in that no one is bigger than the show. I will miss Tess and Claudia very much, but sometimes in people’s lives, they feel it’s time to move on, and we have to respect that.”

The 65-year-old continued, “One day I’ll be ready to move on too, and that will be my choice,” while discussing her own future with the panel.

Strictly described it as “an institution,” and Shirley predicted that it would continue to grow as long as the public was pleased. Shirley kept her thoughts to herself despite noting that Rylan Clark is her mother’s favorite because she didn’t think anyone would replace them.

She continued, “We need a pair of seasoned professionals for it,” according to Best Magazine. Two extremely special people are required to complete it. And I believe that no matter who it is, they will still own it, allowing us to leave that time.

Tess has fronted Strictly since its inception, initially hosting alongside the late Bruce Forsyth, before Claudia took over. Since their exit announcement, several names have been put forward as their potential replacements, including Alex Jones, Bradley Walsh, Zoe Ball, and Holly Willoughby.

Despite speculation, BBC Chief Content Officer Kate Phillips recently stated that no decisions will be made until the following year. She stated on the restiestise podcast that “the production team, BBC Studios, and executive producer Sarah James and her team are concentrating on getting two shows out a week.

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“We haven’t got time at the moment to start doing any screen tests or chemistry testing. I don’t think we’ll really be looking at it until the New Year because we want to make sure we deliver a great Strictly series.”