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Just one month after being listed for sale, the property Amanda Holden and Alan Carr purchased for a six-figure sum has now been put on the market.

Amanda Holden and Alan Carr are one step closer to selling their Spanish telly renovation for a massive profit. The presenting duo bought a rundown townhouse in Granada and overhauled it for their BBC series Amanda and Alan’s Spanish job.

Buying the shabby building for €65,000 (£55,000), it was on the market for £208,355. Up for sale for just over a month, it looks to have been snapped up by one lucky buyer. The house is now ‘under offer’ on Rightmove. A source said: “Their bold decorating has pulled in a sale very fast and people love their DIY style!” All proceeds are going to Comic Relief and Children in Need.

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A 90-minute drive from Malaga airport, they transformed it from a decaying shell that hadn’t been lived in for 35 years into a sophisticated, three-bedroom home in the main square of the historic village of Mocln. Amanda, 54, and Alan, 48, have sensitively restored the house to life while carefully preserving some of the building’s original features and integrity.

It has two bathrooms, two of which are in the Mediterranean style, with the option to add a small plunge pool. It has three floors and is double-fronted. A new roof was added as part of the property restoration.

The bathrooms and kitchen use hand-crafted tiles from the nearby Cabra, Bert & May factory, and were inspired by Andalucia’s culture and art. The pair’s mission to give the house a new life was followed by viewers.

In episode one, Amanda joyfully declared, “I’ve found the most amazing house. Because it’s so large, a third project must have a true WOW factor. Really ambitious. This will be according to the Bible.

However, as they learned what a bad state it was in, some issues came up along the way. You don’t notice any flaws in someone until you meet them, Amanda said. The situation applies to a house. You go round and say, “Oh my God, this is amazing, I love this, I love this,” before gradually turning into a nightmare.

“Amanda has chosen the house this year,” explained Alan. “She’s got a great eye, but she loves a challenge, it’s in her DNA. Every time you open the door there is another mess. A courtyard, an overgrown tree, some stairs that probably go up to heaven?” When they discover the ruined roof, they think they’ve seen the worst of it. But Alan finds an unwelcome mess in the bath and jokes, “It’s weird because a lot of the decor is dated, but the turd is fresh!”

Similar programmes on the BBC have previously seen the Britain’s Got Talent judge and comedian renovate homes in Sicily and Tuscany, after finding the properties for just 1 euro. They’ve announced a fourth series, this time in Greece.

Just before she was scheduled to appear on a different show on Monday, Loose Women panelist Ruth Langsford last minute revealed that she had to cancel a scheduled TV appearance.

Presenter Ruth Langsford has announced that she’s had to cancel a scheduled TV appearance as a result of ill health. She shared the news just hours before she was due on air.

Ruth, 65, had been scheduled to front another episode of her QVC show tonight. Ruth Langsford Fashion is broadcast once a week on the shopping channel, with each episode featuring “style advice and inspiration” from the former This Morning host. She however announced earlier that she wouldn’t be on the latest episode, airing from 7pm to 9pm. She shared the news in a post on her Instagram Story this afternoon. It included a photo of Ruth and colleague Melissa Hardy. The Loose Women revealed that stylist Melissa would temporarily replace her on the fashion show.

I’m having a terrible stomach bug, so I’m sorry I can’t do my QVC show tonight! I’m so glad that Melissa [Melissa] is stepping in to replace me, and we’re seeing some lovely new pieces come out.

She also suggested in the post that her coworker was her “hero,” with her posting a description sticker next to the pair’s photo. Ruth thanked her replacement, saying, “Thanks Melissa,” elsewhere.

Following the announcement that Ruth was currently unwell, Melissa shared the post on her own account and shared a message with her. She wrote, “Feel better soon, Ruth,” in the caption on her own post today.

She announced in a later post that Ophelia Dennis would be appearing on Ruth Langsford Fashion tonight. In her previous post, she stated, “Stepping in for the lovely]Ruth] at 7 & 8pm with Ophelia &amp, lots of new pieces.”

Ruth has been a QVC employee for more than a decade. She founded Ruth Langsford Fashion, a clothing line, in 2017 and was appointed brand ambassador. In recent years, she has continued to appear on the shopping channel.

During a Q&amp, A with her followers back in 2019, she revealed about her relationship with the brand. Ruth later admitted at the time that she felt “privileged” to have been contacted by QVC to work with them.

After being questioned about her origins for the shopping channel, the insight was shared. She responded, “I was very privileged that [QVC] invited me to create my own clothing range with them, so of course… “Yes,” I said.

Ruth has made it known to share her work with QVC and some of its products on her account. For instance, she mentioned hosting a “fun photoshoot” for Today’s Special Value just last week.

She wrote, “Fun photo shoot yesterday for my upcoming QVC] TSV (Today’s Special Value). We worked hard, but we always laugh, too! Ruth then thanked her coworkers for their support during the photo shoot.

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David Beckham’s former publicist Alan Edwards writes for the Mirror to mark David Beckham’s milestone 50th birthday as he remembers bonding over chinese takeaways, his love of Usher and the star’s acts of generosity

As Becks turns 50 on Friday, his former publicist Alan Edwards – the man who helped invent Brand Beckham – opens up about his memories working with the footballer and watching him evolve into the global superstar he is today. Writing for the Mirror, he remembers meeting a 19-year-old David, who had just returned to Manchester United from being on loan at Preston North End. And he was by his side as his profile soared including meeting now-wife Victoria Beckham and his infamous World Cup sending off.

“The first time I remember meeting David it was in Manchester, and I went back to his digs afterwards. It was a one up – one down house, nothing flash at all. I wasn’t sure what we were going to talk about, I’d met a few footballers before, and they always seemed to talk about which car they wanted or what nightclub they wanted to get into.

I immediately sensed David was different, he started to talk about his vision for football. He went on to say how much he hated racism and then talked about how he thought football would develop in America and the development of Women’s soccer. It was quite mesmerising really. It was as if he could see into the future, I was absolutely astonished and started scribbling notes on a bit of paper.

As I got the train back from Piccadilly station to Euston, I reflected on how I instinctively knew I had been in the presence of greatness. It’s not something that happens often, but he was clearly destined for incredible things.

Behind the scenes, David was always very friendly and he was absolutely devoted to his family but there were no airs and graces about him. I remember having Chinese takeaways around David and Victoria’s house and we’d have impromptu meetings sometimes on a Friday night. Contrary to myth there was no carefully crafted and designed at a marketing company. It really was all very natural and organic.

David could also be very generous, once I was down with him at the BBC studios and he was trying on some jackets and he asked me to try on one of them just to see if the size would fit. I didn’t really think anything of it but about a week later he turned up in the office with a lovely pinstripe suit that he’d had made for me. It was typical of David and not only had he surprised me with a lovely gift, he’d actually hand delivered it himself.

I’m not going to claim credit for being the person behind brand Beckham but I was certainly there in the beginning and it was so exciting to be around David and Victoria. Really it was a hoot, we had great fun.

But both of them were extraordinarily hardworking and in their own way were very ambitious. David and Victoria were so big at the time, Victoria was part of the Spice Girls which was the biggest thing since the Beatles and David was fast becoming a global superstar. The combination made them the hottest thing on the planet.

We were once contacted by Buckingham Palace who had a problem with the amount of letters they were getting for David and Victoria. [The couple lived in a mansion dubbed Beckingham Palace]. They were already global royalty. New opportunities and adventures were opening up on a daily basis.

I didn’t really have any preconceptions about David as he was still very early in his career and had just broken into the Man United team. I had by that point seen his incredible goal from the half way line against Wimbledon and so I knew he was quite a special talent.

Victoria was clearly an integral part of everything that happened with David, she was there encouraging and supporting him and of course at that point initially Victoria was a bigger star than he was.

After the whole World Cup saga, in which David was treated so unfairly I remember going out to see the Spice Girls in New York they were playing the legendary Madison Square Gardens and as I was walking down 42nd Street, I bumped into David who was looking for a ticket to get into the show, incredibly! Of course we whisked him straight in. But people there didn’t give him a second look, obviously all that changed afterwards.

I think the sending off of the World Cup was the most terrible thing, it wouldn’t happen now, but he was absolutely pillorised for an innocuous flick of the foot which wouldn’t normally have got a player sent off. Somehow he carried the can of everything that was happening with England and some of the reporting was disgraceful. The attacks on him were way beyond the pale. His first game of the new football season after the world cup was away at West Ham and he had to endure all kinds of taunts and abuse but he came through it with flying colours as he always did.

I think the secret of his success is that he’s kept his feet on the ground. Underneath it all he’s a very natural, normal person but his work ethic is unbelievable, he never takes his foot off the gas, always looking to create new opportunities and is very entrepreneurial.

There were so many highlights working with David, my enduring memory really of it all was it was such a fun ride. I remember when it all came to an end and I ceased to represent David I was very upset. Two or three weeks later the phone rang in the middle of the night. It was David calling from Japan just to ask me if I was okay and how I was doing. I was so touched by that, it was very classy and said a lot about him as a human being.

I’m not surprised to see that David is still relevant, pushing new boundaries. I remember with music he wasn’t going to be listening to Westlife or something safe like a lot of footballers at the time, he always wanted to know about new stuff coming out of America. For instance I remember he knew all of Tupac’s lyrics by heart. I introduced him to an unknown teenage singer called Usher and they hit it off straight away and saw in each other that they were both special talents. David knew everything that was happening in music. So he’s always kept one step ahead, and of course he’s still a super handsome guy which helps! I’m sure there’ll be many more interesting chapters in his future.”

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Following the tragic death of his wife when a car struck a crowd of festivalgoers, a British actor bravely spoke out. Jenifer Darbellay, 50, was the subject of Noel Johansen’s obscene remarks at a Vancouver, Canada, vigil.

Audi SUV struck the Filipino heritage festival crowds. Difficult to many people were hurt and eleven were killed.

On Saturday night, near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street, the horror broke out at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver, Canada.

Noel, who has appeared in Psych, Supernatural, Fargo, and The Good Doctor, also had injuries along with his daughter Darby, who is also seven years old. Ford Ford, Ford’s son, and Ford’s son, Ford, both attended the festival.

He was using crutches as he observed the vigil on Monday. He told the audience, “What you see here is an injury that doesn’t matter because what’s inside my heart is broken.”

“Because my wife passed away behind me during the incident.” She never made a self-congratulation. She never considered herself to be that big of a person.

And I can assure you that anyone who knows her, she was larger than life. So don’t be a “little guy,” instead of a “big guy,” and instead reach out and reach out with everything you have. Also, remember that we all went through this.

Noel is best known for his roles in Hallmark films like Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery, Chesapeake Shores, All That Glitters, When Calls the Heart, Chesapeake Shores, Harvest Love, and Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters.

His friend and business partner have created a GoFundMe page to raise money for the family. I’m literally shocked as I write this, but I want to do something for Noel and his two kids, Ford, 15, and Darby, 7, Daingerfield said.

Noel is going through an incredibly difficult time, and moving forward with his life will seem impossible.

“Jean was extraordinary. She was a very thoughtful, warm, caring, smart, stylish, and artistic woman. a talented artist, devoted wife, and selfless mother. She had the sweetest voice, was there without judgement, and always gave the best hugs.

She gave her time volunteering on the PAC committee at Darby’s school, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, to make it special to me and my family (her husband and kids).

Nine women and two men, ages between five and 65, were among the victims. The Lapu-Lapu festival was being celebrated by up to 100 000 revelers at the time of the attack.

The arrest of a 30-year-old man is not being interpreted as terrorism. Three victims were also in serious condition, while seven were in critical condition.

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