Comedy series Benidorm quickly became a fan favourite when it first hit our screens back in 2007 as it aired for 74 episodes across 10 series on ITV until 2018
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The legends reunited(Image: ITV / Tiger Aspect)
The Benidorm icons have reunited in a new heartwarming pic which has prompted calls for a reboot. The cast of the iconic comedy series have caused reboot rumours as they all got together for dinner seven years after the show’s axe.
The stars of the programme took to social media with a photo of them enjoying an evening out together. Fans were sent into a frenzy as they hoped this mean that Benidorm was making a come back.
Benidorm aired for 74 episodes across 10 series from 2007 to 2018 and viewers were gutted when it came to an end.
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Rumours emerged back in April that the show could be getting a reboot but this is yet to be confirmed. However, rumours are back once again as actress Sherrie Hewson, who played Joyce Temple-Savage in the series, posted the picture of the group.
She smiled from ear to ear as she sat with creator of the show Derren Little, Jake Canuso, who played bar man Mateo and Danny Walters, who was Tiger Dyke.
Sherrie didn’t give anything away thought as she wrote alongside the photo: “The Team.” Fans instantly took to the comment section underneath to share their excitement.
One person said: “Don’t tease. Is it a sign?” While another wrote: “This is why we need Benidorm back and NOW.” Another added: This picture has put a smile on my face,” as a fourth asked: “Any mention of a New series of Benidorm in the meet up?”
Viewers are still hoping that Benidorm will be back again one say as The Sun previously reported that ITV bosses were in talks to reboot the show earlier this year.
A TV insider told the publication: “Benidorm was adored by millions when it was suddenly cancelled. Fans will be thrilled to hear ITV wants to bring it back.
“An 11th series hasn’t been commissioned yet, but there’s major excitement building as early talks begin. Producers have started to reach out to the show’s stars and are hopefully a decision can be made later this year.”
Benidorm was axed from out TVs in May 2018 after 11 years on our screens. Announcing the news on social media that it had come to an end, Derren said: “Crazy to think Wednesday will be the last episode of Benidorm!
“I created the series over 11 years ago, wrote it, guest starred in it and ended up directing it. It’s difficult to think what else there is to do! Thank you for watching!”
A source said at the time: “Benidorm has been a huge success for ITV for a decade, but bosses feel it’s run its course.
“The ratings have started to drop off and a number of the fan favourites have left, so it just feels as though the time is right to let it go out while it’s still on a high. It has been ITV’s longest running comedy, which is a real achievement.”
The Givenchy L’Interdit Eau de Parfum Rouge is currently on sale with a huge 50% off that sees it slashed from £118 to £59, with shoppers saying they’re ‘obsessed’ with it
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The Givenchy perfume is the perfect warm and spicy scent for winter(Image: LookFantastic)
The colder months are the perfect time to swap your usual sweet and floral perfumes for something a little spicier, and Givenchy’s L’Interdit Eau de Parfum Rouge is the perfect pick. The scent is described as “smouldering and provocative”, making it a great choice for wearing in the evening, and has a combination of spicy and fruity notes that are ideal for a winter perfume.
Although the fragrance is usually priced at £118 for an 80ml bottle, LookFantastic has included it in its major beauty sale right now, slashing the price by a huge 50%. That means you can nab the bottle for just £59, making it cheaper than the 50ml bottle which is discounted from £96 to £72, and only fractionally pricier than the 30ml bottle, which is now £51.75 down from £69.
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The discounted fragrance joins the likes of other warm and spicy perfumes which are currently on sale elsewhere, such as the Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Tiger Lily which is now £48.50 down from £97 for a 50ml bottle at Boots. You could also pick up the Fenty Eau de Parfum at Sephora, where the 75ml bottle is now £97.75 down from £115, whilst the 50ml bottle is slashed from £65 to £55.25.
However the Givenchy L’Interdit Eau de Parfum Rouge is the perfect scent for the colder winter months, with a mixture of fruity, spicy and floral notes that have a slightly festive feel. The top notes include blood orange and red spice, with heart notes of orange blossom and jasmine, whilst the base notes are sandalwood and patchouli.
The Givenchy perfume also has an impressive 4.8 star rating out of five on the LookFantastic website, with one customer saying: “I’ve become obsessed with this range of perfumes and this one is gorgeous. Really sexy yet classy, not overpowering but lasts all day. A nice day to night perfume.”
Another agreed: “Amazing fragrance. This is a top pick for me. Smells amazing. Really sexy smell. And all time fave.”
There’s currently only one review which isn’t five stars, with one less happy shopper giving it two stars and writing: “Tried this perfume in the shop and I loved the flagrance. I tried to look a bit more into reviews and everyone said it’s lasting long. This is not true at all unfortunately. No matter how much you spray it doesn’t last longer than 2 hours. Most of the perfumes I have I can still smell them on my clothes after a whole shift at work. But with this one it seems that I have to take the bottle to me and spray it. Such a shame as this is quite pricey and a nice flagrance but it simply doesn’t last.”
However, others disagreed about the longevity of the Givenchy L’Interdit Eau de Parfum Rouge . One wrote: “Absolutely love this perfume. Got it in a sample and had to buy the bottle. It’s such a sexy scent. One of my faves. It does last but I think if you get used to it you can’t smell it on yourself but it does last.”
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Whilst another said: “Smells absolutely gorgeous and the longevity is insane, I can still smell it 8 hours later.” And a third agreed: “The longevity on this perfume is insane, smells absolutely amazing.”
Alan Carr was comforted by Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga as he broke down in tears, after winning the first series of Celebrity Traitors
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Alan Carr was left in tears after winning The Celebrity Traitors(Image: BBC)
Alan Carr has received a warning from The Traitors champion Harry Clark, following his victory on the celebrity version of the programme. On Thursday evening, the comedian secured the £87,000 prize for his chosen charity after the faithfuls failed to identify him as a traitor.
The 49-year-old made it to the final three with faithfuls David Olusoga and Nick Mohammed, who together eliminated Joe Marler in an unexpected twist.
After the trio chose to conclude the game following Joe and Cat Burns’ elimination, they each disclosed their true identities.
While finally confessing to being a traitor, Alan broke down in tears as he admitted the role had been “tearing [him] apart”.
He proceeded to apologise to his fellow Celebrity Traitors co-stars, who consoled him during the emotional scene.
Reflecting on his win, Harry, from series two, warned Alan to “be prepared” for what happens next.
Chatting on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, he explained: “I think the only people that trusted me [after winning] was my family and everyone still has that, ‘Oh, I don’t know if I can trust you because of what I’ve seen you do’.
“But then again, Alan was telling the truth, like even when he said he was a faithful he was laughing.
“So, he might get away with it a little bit more than me, but he should be prepared for people not believing a word he says from now on.”
Harry went on to say he wasn’t taken aback by Alan’s emotional reveal, adding: “No not at all, I think once you’re there, you really understand it, the show is completely different when you’re there.”
“At the end of the day it’s a game, and he’s also raised a lot of money for his own charity, he should be very proud of himself.”
The 24-year-old further commented that Alan’s tears “just shows how much of a good person he is”. During the game show, Alan shockingly “murdered” his friend Paloma Faith in plain sight as part of a challenge.
Following her departure, the singer confessed to feeling “humiliated” and “embarrassed” about being the first to leave. She revealed on The One Show: “My four-year-old woke up next to me and she just shook me and she went, ‘Mama, I don’t like Alan anymore he can’t come to our house’.”
She continued: “She was like ‘You can’t invite him to our house again’. I was like ‘Oh God’, she shared, before adding: “He was the only one that my kids have met and they’re like ‘Mummy’s friend’.”
Last night, Alan and Paloma had a face-to-face discussion about the incident that strained their friendship. Speaking alongside Ed Gamble in front of their co-stars, Alan admitted: “I’m a fan of her music, I’ve been a fan of hers for ages. We are friends, we go on each other’s podcasts. It absolutely really hurt, it really did.”
Paloma responded: “Observing tonight and going through my whole plethora of hormonal emotions, the reason why Alan won and the reason why I was so sad was because we all love him so much.
White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood will no longer front the Marks & Spencer Christmas advert despite being involved in the promotional clip in August
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Aimee Lou Wood (Image: Getty Images)
Aimee Lou Wood has been ‘dropped by M&S’, according to reports. The White Lotus star was set to be the face of the new Marks and Spencer Christmas advert, but appears to have been cut from the production.
The claim comes after the retail giants are said to have initially wooed the 31-year-old actress with a huge fee. Any appearance would have seen her follow the likes of Hannah Waddingham and Sophie Ellis-Bextor in featuring in the festive fun.
However, despite appearing in the promo clip in August, Aimee is thought to have been removed by the brand who have reportedly chosen to go in a different direction.
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A spokesperson for M&S told Mail Online: “We really enjoyed working with Aimee Lou Wood during the early stages of this year’s Christmas campaign – she brought great energy and creativity to the process.
“As the campaign evolved, we started to embed a new product-focused strategy under new leadership. So, rather than a single-hero advert, the campaign was reshaped around a series of festive films and influencer content-drops aligned to key seasonal shopping moments – from gifting and hosting to partywear – delivered through a social-first, multi-channel approach across social media, digital, out-of-home and print.”
It could be seen as a blow for the Stockport-born actress. However, after finding fame in Netflix’s comedy drama Sex Education, she has continued to go from strength to strength before the M&S dropping.
She also portrayed Chelsea in the third series of the Sky Atlantic drama last year. It’s thought she had signed a deal to lead the M&S ad in the summer. But with a change in direction, comes new faces.
It comes as the eagerly anticipated John Lewis advert received a mixed response. It was attempting to pull at the heartstrings with its latest offering that focuses on a father and son struggling to find the words to say how much they care about each other.
That all changes when Dad finds a present addressed to him while packing away the wrapping paper for another year on Christmas morning. This year the famous advert is soundtracked by 90s dance icon Alison Limerick’s hit Where Love Lives, with a newly reimagined version by globally acclaimed artist and producer Labrinth also featuring.
However, while some shed a tear, others blasted the production as “Depressing, boring and not very Christmassy!”
“Just seen the John Lewis Christmas advert,” one user wrote on Twitter/X. “Thought it was dull, depressing, boring and not very Christmassy,”
Another posted on the platform: “The John Lewis Christmas Advert is TERRIBLE!!! What a bunch of nonsense. Unimaginative, unfestive, rubbish. Bring back Moz the Monster or Edgar the Dragon!! #JohnLewisChristmasAdvert #JohnLewis #Rubbish.”
A third was left conflicted, writing: “John Lewis ad 2025 – I’m not sure, it’s underlying message of father son communication is great, but it’s portrayed in such a dark way, you don’t know what’s happening, it’s very vague, and not very festive at all, bordering on depressing even!”
Mass cancellations of flights in the United States are causing havoc for travellers after the government ordered a reduction in the flight schedule due to a lack of air traffic controllers.
The reduced flight schedule, set to begin on Friday, comes as the US continues with its longest-ever government shutdown, which began on October 1, after Congress was unable to agree on a federal funding bill.
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On Thursday night, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a phased-in reduction plan, which sets out that airlines must cut 4 percent of domestic flights from 6am EST (11:00 GMT) on Friday and gradually increase to 10 percent by November 14.
So far, no international flights have been affected by the planned cancellations.
According to an estimate by the aviation analytics firm Cirium, about 1,800 flights are being cancelled – a reduction of 268,000 seats.
Here’s what we know about the cancellations:
Why are flights being cancelled in the US?
Since the October 1 government shutdown, now the longest in history, there has been no sign of the Republicans and Democrats ending their standoff over healthcare funding and agreeing on a new funding bill. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers, including air traffic controllers, have been furloughed or are working unpaid.
While federal workers have received back pay following the end of previous government shutdowns, President Donald Trump has threatened to sack many of them altogether if the Democrats do not agree to sign off on the funding bill.
So far, 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 security screeners have been required to work without pay as they are classified as essential workers, so they will not receive payment until the shutdown is lifted.
However, in an attempt to alleviate pressure on the already overworked industry, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the decision to reduce flights now, before the busy Thanksgiving season at the end of the month.
In a post on X on Thursday night, Duffy said the decision to reduce flights was not about politics but about “assessing the data and alleviating building risk in the system as controllers continue working without pay”.
.@USDOT has many responsibilities, but our number one job is safety.
This isn’t about politics – it’s about assessing the data and alleviating building risk in the system as controllers continue working without pay.
It’s safe to fly today, tomorrow, and the day after because… pic.twitter.com/YRrq5sdy4T
“I’d love to pay them, but I can’t,” he added in a later post.
I don’t have access to money to pay air traffic controllers during this shutdown. Congress has said there is no money. I’d love to pay them, but I can’t.
My message to Democrats is to sit down, figure it out, and not hold the American people hostage- especially when they want to… pic.twitter.com/up2peizyZn
Is it safe to fly?
Yes.
“It’s safe to fly today, tomorrow, and the day after because of the proactive actions we are taking,” Duffy wrote in a post accompanying a wider statement.
The statement also cited FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, who said the agency would “not hesitate to take further action” to alleviate pressure on workers.
“We are seeing signs of stress in the system, so we are proactively reducing the number of flights to make sure the American people can fly,” Bedford said, adding that they were monitoring the situation.
It remains unclear how long the cancellations will continue.
Which airports will be affected?
Forty of the country’s busiest airports have cancelled flights, including:
The last government shutdown in January 2019, during Trump’s first term as president, lasted for 35 days.
On that occasion, travel was temporarily suspended at New York’s LaGuardia airport when several air traffic workers who had been required to work without pay failed to turn up, calling in sick instead. The travel suspension at LaGuardia led to delays at other major airports, including in Philadelphia and Atlanta.
This action, along with other staffing issues, prompted Trump to agree to temporarily end the shutdown. The government shutdown formally ended in February.
Air traffic controllers at Hollywood airport operating amid the US government shutdown, in Burbank, California, on October 7, 2025 [Daniel Cole/Reuters]
Which flights are cancelled and what can travellers do?
International flights will not be cancelled.
It is unclear exactly which domestic flights are affected, however. Katy Nastro, a travel analyst at Going, the flight-finder website, told ABC News that “less full flights to smaller cities, or flights with more limited schedules to begin with, are most likely on the chopping block”.
Alaska Airlines said most cancellations will affect high-frequency routes, to allow travellers to be accommodated with minimal disruption.
The Department of Transportation said airlines would be required to issue full refunds to travellers whose flights had been cancelled, but secondary costs, including food and hotel accommodation, would not be covered unless a delay or cancellation was within the control of the carrier.
The CEO of Frontier Airlines, Barry Biffle, recommended that travellers buy backup tickets with another airline to avoid being stranded or missing an essential trip if the flight gets cancelled.
Who is the worst affected?
Todd Curtis, founder of Airsafe, an aviation safety website, told Al Jazeera that the shutdown was having a significant impact on workers.
“If there’s not enough staff, there’s procedures in place. What’s a more important issue, and this was handed out by the secretary of transportation, is fatigue because of staffing issues. Controllers have been asked to work six-day [work]weeks [with] mandatory overtime. Even under the best of circumstances, this is a difficult job,” Curtis explained.
Travellers facing disruption voiced anger about the cancellations.
At Reagan national airport in Arlington, Virginia, Sandy Humes, a passenger, told Al Jazeera that she almost cancelled her trip due to the airline cancellations.
“I don’t even know what’s gonna happen, [but] then I just decided, all right, we’re just gonna go for it and see what happens. But it’s just unexpected. I’m just sick of it. It’s like, what about us?” Humes said.
At the same airport, Vic Seested told Al Jazeera that the lack of information was “disappointing”.
“It means that Valentina, my youngest, my nine-year-old, was looking forward to see[ing] me for our date night, and now I may not see her,” he said.
Which other critical services have been affected by the government shutdown?
As well as flight cancellations, the shutdown could also affect more than 42 million Americans who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP), also known as food stamps.
The government had planned to freeze payments altogether for the scheme when its funding ran out at the end of October, but on Monday, a federal judge halted that decision and said the Trump administration must provide the programme with emergency funds, at least partially.
Officials will use $4.65bn from the Department of Agriculture’s contingency fund to support roughly half of SNAP participants’ “current allotments”. Despite this, some families may not receive benefits for several weeks, US media reported this week.
When will services resume?
When the Republican and Democratic members of Congress approve the bill and funding is released for government services.
Tom Davis, a Republican South Carolina state senator, told Al Jazeera that while the Republicans and the Democrats have got into standoffs before, “somebody always blinks”.
“Traditionally, you pass what’s called a clean contingency resolution. You continue last year’s funding levels until the new levels are agreed to. Democrats have done this 12 times under President [Joe] Biden, but they refuse to do it under President Trump. So [that’s] where we are at this point, and Republicans are not going to swallow the spending increase,” he said, referring to the extension of healthcare benefits that Democrats are insisting on.
A European naval force is en route to help a ship that was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, as another vessel narrowly escaped a similar attack, with piracy surging again in the region.
The European Union’s Operation Atalanta said on Friday that its assets were “close” to the Hellas Aphrodite, a Malta-flagged tanker which was seized by pirates the previous day.
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The attackers used machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) to board the vessel.
In its statement on Friday, Operation Atalanta said it was “ready to take the appropriate action and to respond respectively to this event”.
The rescue attempt comes amid fears for the safety of the 24 mariners on board the Hellas Aphrodite, which was carrying gasoline from India to South Africa when it came under attack.
Tracking data showed that the ship was more than 1,000km (620 miles) off the Somali coast, according to The Associated Press news agency.
The private security firm Ambrey said Thursday’s assault appeared to have been carried out by the same group of Somali pirates who recently captured an Iranian fishing boat, which they have subsequently been using as a base for their operations.
As the EU naval force neared the Hellas Aphrodite on Friday, the British military’s UK Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) said another vessel had been unsuccessfully targeted by pirates on Friday.
In an alert published on X, UKMTO, which urged ships in the area to “transit with caution”, said the captain of a liquified natural gas tanker reported a boat approaching its stern, 528 nautical miles (equivalent to about 980km) southeast of Eyl, Somalia.
“The small craft fired small arms and RPGs towards the vessel,” it said, noting that the larger ship escaped by increasing its speed.
After piracy off the Somali coast peaked in 2011 with 237 attacks, the threat receded as a result of international naval patrols and the strengthening of the Somali government.
