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TOWIE legend Amy Childs has revealed that her brother Will has been involved in a ‘major car accident’ but just grateful to have her family around her especially after such a hard year

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TOWIE’s Amy Childs has revealed that her brother Will, who also appeared in the show, has been involved in a “major car accident” and been rushed to A&E. The long-running star, 35, was joined by her sibling earlier this year on the ITV2 reality show and took to her social media to reveal that he was lucky to be alive after a tragic incident took place.

Amy posted a picture onto her Instagram Story on Wednesday which showed her mother Julie standing behind Will, who was seated in a wheelchair fresh from his hospital dash.

She wrote: “Someone was looking over my brother. A major car accident, his car is a complete right off. Been in A&E but he is coming home. I love you so much Will Childs. We have definitely been thrown a lot of stuff our way this year. But we are all here to tell the tale, my family my everything.”

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Will, who works on the family’s flower stall in Romford, joined The Only Way Is Essex at the end of the last series, more than a 15 years after his sister appeared in the very fist episode of the programme. Upon his casting, an insider told The Sun: “Over the last 15 years, TOWIE has always featured the cast’s family and friends. The cast and producers are happy that Amy’s brother has featured in the upcoming series.”

But Will has been known to fans of Amy ever since she shot to fame, and he has been an active presence on her social media over the years. The latest incident is yet another heartbreak for former Celebrity Big Brother star Amy, who is engaged to Billy Debosq, but told earlier this year of how her wedding had to be postponed because of her mother’s illness.

At the time, she said: “It’s been intensely stressful. None of us was expecting Mum to have a heart attack – it turned our world upside down.” Amy, Billy, their two-year-old twins Billy and Milly, and Amy’s children from previous relationships – Polly, nine, and Ritchie, eight – were enjoying a family holiday in Tenerife when Amy received the bombshell news.

“We got the awful phone call from my dad that Mum had a heart attack when we were out there, and we decided to fly home that same night. I was in shock. Mum was at home when it happened and suddenly got this excruciating pain in her chest. She was rushed to hospital in an ambulance and they said she’d had a severe heart attack.

“It was so frightening. She had a stent put in and was in hospital for six days. She’s now home but she’s being monitored daily and is on a lot of medication. It’s so tough for her – she sometimes struggles to walk upstairs.” Amy went on to tell OK! that the hardest part for her is that it’s difficult for her to spend as much time with her grandchildren because she needs to rest. It’s heartbreaking. She was only 59 – it happened just before her 60th birthday. We cancelled all her birthday celebrations, but we’re hoping to do something later in the year.

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“We’ve all been worried sick. It’s been horrendous and just shows you never know what’s around the corner in life. My mum and I are inseparable, best friends. We call each other five times a day. She always jokes that she never cut the umbilical cord when it came to me, so it was just devastating.

Amy and Billy then made the heartbreaking decision to postpone their big day, which was booked for September at the stunning Cliveden House Hotel in Berkshire. At the time, she explained: “I’d already booked the florist, the entertainment, and I’d started looking at some gorgeous wedding dresses. But it all got too much, to be honest – so we decided to move it to next year.

“It’s upsetting, but I know we’ve made the right decision. Right now, we’re focused on looking after Mum. When we come back from filming TOWIE, we’ll start thinking about getting another date booked in. We want to have the most beautiful day so it’s worth waiting for.”

Amy,then shared that she has pushed the wedding back to next year despite initially having planned to have it in the autumn, but is convinced that it will be a ‘lovely’ day when it eventually happens. . She said: “The wedding’s gonna be lovely. I’ve organised nothing, not organised the venue, not organised my dress. So good luck to me next year getting married!

“We were supposed to get married this September but we’re doing it next year and I’m really excited, but I’ve got nothing organised!”

Amy previously claimed that she had ‘everything sorted’ for the big day, apart from the dress, and that it was all slightly set back when her mum was rushed to hospital following a heart attack so they had to wait until things were better.

She told OK! “We got everything sorted. The only thing I didn’t sort out was the dress. I was looking at designers – I had a stylist. In the end, my life was turned upside down with my mum and that was really tough.

“Mum is better. She needs a lot of rest. She had no symptoms before the heart attack and I think that is what has shocked her the most. At least she had my dad there.”

Lady Victoria was pictured looking incredible at David’s knighthood after party, and one Beckham family member might give her a run for her money.

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The Beckhams had reason to celebrate this week after 50-year-old David finally received his knighthood for services to sport and charity. Now he can officially be known as ‘Sir David’. While it’s said wife Victoria Beckham, 51, is already referring to herself as Lady Victoria.

However, David’s younger sister Joanne appeared to be the only person in the Beckham clan who appeared so hard to recognize since she last appeared. The 43-year-old prefers to avoid being seen because she was formerly a hairdresser before starting her own 24-hour luxury concierge service.

Showing off a bit of a ‘glow up’, Joanne certainly turned heads as she stepped out to celebrate David’s special day with her famous family with a lavish after party at Gordon Ramsay’s Michelin starred restaurant in Chelsea, West London.

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In a floor-length, burgundy satin slip dress that wouldn’t have looked inappropriate on her sister-in-law Victoria, Joanne looked incredible. She paired her chic outfit with matching clutch bags, black heels, and what appeared to be diamond earrings.

Her hair is now longer and as lighter-colored, and her skin appears more tanned than usual.

David donned a smart black tuxedo, which he also rocked out to the nines. While Lady Victoria wore a cropped fur jacket and a black satin floor-length gown, she looked stylish. Sandra and David, David’s proud parents, were also present at the shindig.

Romeo, 23, Cruz, 20, and Harper, 14, were present to celebrate his success, too, and the Beckham children, of course. However, Brooklyn’s 26-year-old son was notably absent from the celebrations.

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David acknowledged that it was a “very emotional day” despite the pain it might have caused. An orchestral rendition of Golden from the popular Netflix series K-Pop Demon Hunters played background to reveal more about the big moment.

It is thought to have been a rather cheeky reference to Victoria’s frequently used nickname, “Goldenballs.” In all truth, David said, “Today was such an emotional day. It was more emotion than nerves.”

“There have been a few tears and a lot of emotion,” he added to the Sun. “It’s been a very special day.” David explained that his achievement is something that they can “all be proud of today as a family”.

Son Romeo gushed over David following the knighthood as he shared on social media: “No one deserves this more than you, love you so much xxx Congrats Sir dad.”

Victoria praised Cruz and the Windsor Castle family, while Cruz also shared photos of the family. Thankful for this occasion and for my incredible team who worked so hard to realize the vision.

In honor of his new initials, Sir David Beckham, David wore the first-ever tailored menswear piece from Victoria’s own fashion label, which featured sweet details, including a label with the date and SDB.

Brooklyn has chosen not to message a congratulatory message over the summer because he has chosen not to share the news of David’s knighthood. Instead, the aspiring chef quickly shared a post about pretzel pita chips on Instagram that caused a stir among the followers.

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A new bunch of famous faces will be adapting to jungle life – and a cheeky new video with Ant and Dec teases excited fans about exactly which celebs are heading Down Under

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Ant and Dec have teased the I’m a Celeb line-up for 2025, as the presenters prepare to return for another series in Australia – and excitement is building as the start date was recently revealed.

The first trailer for the new series, which is the show’s 25th, follows Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly hosting a bushtucker trial-style Christmas dinner, as they confirm the new ITV series will start on Sunday, November 16. Dec was pictured arriving in Australia with his wife Ali today.

The 60-second teaser sees the presenters interrupt the festive fun of a family to offer up plates filled with items often seen during food challenges, where celebrities have to eat gruesome food to win stars for camp. Ant said: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s about to get even better with the news that the new series of I’m A Celebrity is just weeks away!”

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In a new video uploaded by the official Ant and Dec Instagram account, they said: “If we get the pen in the cup we’ll reveal the I’m A Celeb line-up.” The presenters then proceeded to purposely miss the cup, with Ant snatching the pen from Dec’s hand.

They captioned the post: “Ah well, guess you’ll have to wait.” There has been plenty of speculation about the newcomers into the series after a star-studded cast last year.

The last series of the reality show saw McFly star Danny Jones crowned king of the jungle, with Coleen Rooney finishing second and Reverend Richard Coles coming third.

Other stars taking part in last year’s series included Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall, Loose Women and TikTok star GK Barry, former boxer Barry McGuigan, dancer Oti Mabuse and N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos

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Rumours are swirling about which famous faces will swap their home comforts for the Australian jungle this year. Model and TV personality Christine McGuinness has fuelled rumours of an appearance after revealing she’s feeling more adventurous this year.

Speaking at the Pride of Britain Awards, she saidl: “In the past I was never away from my children; I’d be frightened of the creepy crawlies; I have sensory issues. I have never been outside Europe so flying over there would be quite a challenge, but I’ve got a bit of ‘f*** it’.”

Emmerdale star Lisa Riley has long been on producers’ wish lists – and she’s confirmed the offers keep coming. She told the Daily Star in 2023: “They ask me every year. They dangle that big carrot every year. I’ve always said ‘no’, but the older I get… I’m 47. I always go, ‘Corr, I’m getting old’.”

Presenter and performer Denise Van Outen is also being tipped for a stint in the jungle. A spokesperson for Ladbrokes told Heart Radio: “It looks like the stars have finally aligned to give us Denise van Outback in 2025.

“With a new album in the autumn and a tour booked for the spring, there’s a glaring hole in her calendar that she could fill with a Bushtucker Trial or two.”

Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen confirms he will reprise his role as Gandalf in the new Middle Earth blockbuster

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Hopes of the star ever uttering his character’s iconic line, “You shall not pass” again looked bleak last summer, after Sir Ian fell from a West End stage in a freak accident.

Now recovered, he plans to start work on the fourth Rings movie, The Hunt for Gollum – to be filmed in New Zealand next May and directed by Gollum star Andy Serkis.

Sir Ian, 86, says: “Next year, I’m talking about going back to Middle Earth and reprising a little bit of Gandalf, I am not slowing down.

“Well, I am in the sense that however hard you are working on a film, it’s not as hard work as being in the theatre or, as I now realise, anywhere near as dangerous.”

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Bouncing back after he tripped and fell into the front row of an audience during a performance of Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre in London last June, fortunately, Sir Ian escaped serious injury.

Protected by a padded fat suit he was wearing for the role of obese knight John Falstaff in the Shakespearean adaptation, he fractured a wrist and sprained his neck. “In the middle of a performance one night, my foot caught in a chair,” he recalls. “As I tried to shake it off with the other foot, standing on a newspaper, I started to glide on the polished surface of the stage, inevitably towards the audience.

“I think if I had been a bit younger, I might have jumped up or sat down or something to stop it. There was something in my head that was saying, ‘This is the end’. But it was the end of that production for me. I fell into the lap of someone on the front row. And thanks to that lap, and thanks to the padding I was wearing, I did very little damage, but I thought I was a goner.”

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Speaking about his colourful life at the Two Brewers gay bar in Clapham, south west London, Sir Ian says he led a subdued existence, focussing on his acting ambitions, while studying English at the University of Cambridge. He explains: “It wasn’t until I came out aged 49 that I began to discover the gay life of London. I mean, my gay life was living with a series of partners very happily and openly.

“Everybody knew I was gay, who knew me. But I didn’t go out, probably because I was working too hard. All through the 1960s, when everyone else was supposed to be having fun in swinging London, I didn’t know anything about it. I was just busy getting on with being an actor.”

Born in Burnley, Lancashire, Sir Ian’s background remains extremely important to him. His passion for the stage was inspired by his parents, Margery and Denis and his older sister Jean, who took him to cinemas and theatres around Wigan, where he lived until he was 12. He remembers: “My father was a civil engineer, a borough engineer of Wigan and later Bolton. So I lived in both those towns in Greater Manchester.

“My sister, five years older than me, was the one who took me to the theatre, but my parents loved going to the theatre, rather than the cinema. In fact, the cinemas in Wigan were flea pits. But in Bolton there were three professional theatres. And one had a repertory company, which did a different play every week. Another one did opera, ballet, big pantomime, and the Grand Theatre, my favourite, was variety with a different bill each week.”

His mother’s death from breast cancer when he was 12 profoundly influenced his life – making him anxious about affection. “It’s still there,” he says of his loss. “If I’ve had a break up in a relationship I feel it. I think that’s because of the loss of my mother. I used to have a dream that she wasn’t really dead at all. And they were wonderful dreams, meeting her again. My father married again quite quickly, I think partly to give me a mother figure, and Gladys arrived, my stepmother. She lived till she was 100. My father died far too young. And then my sister died before she was 70. “

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Describing his upbringing as Christian, he adds: “We were nice to each other. We were nice to other people. And generosity was in the air. We weren’t very rich, but we never wanted for anything.” Encouraged to fulfil his acting ambitions at his “wonderful” school in Bolton, Sir Ian has since won a Tony, six Olivier awards, a Golden Globe and nominations for five BAFTAs plus two Oscar nods for Gods and Monsters in 2001 and for Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001.

His film credits are rich and varied, incorporating everything from X-Men to Cats, Mr Holmes, The Da Vinci Code and starring alongside Robert Downey Jnr in his 1996 movie Restoration. He recalls Robert’s well-publicised drug problems, saying: “I don’t know what drugs he was on, but he was on an awful lot of them and yet functioning perfectly well and acting brilliantly.” He adds, with relief: “He got out of it. And now, of course, he’s a hugely successful film star”.

Undoubtedly Sir Ian’s proudest moment came in 1991, when he was knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Ian, who co-founded the gay rights charity Stonewall in 1989, says: “I’ll always be proud that I got my knighthood after I’d come out. Derek Jarman, who had been out long before me and saw me as a latecomer to the cause, thought I really shouldn’t accept a knighthood from Margaret Thatcher. But others advised me differently and said, ‘No, get the knighthood and then use it.’ It is true that if you’re on a campaign and you want to reach people, to have a title, I’m afraid, helps.”

Despite his campaigning, Sir Ian says he struggled with his sexuality in his early years, and had recurring dreams about “murdering himself.” Fortunately, his fears evaporated when he came out publicly on BBC Radio 3 in January 1988. He says: “The person I’d killed or thought I’d killed was myself. I worked out. And I deserved punishment for that. But now I’m out and Ian McKellen is alive. There’s no need for that dream. Why wasn’t I out before, you might think? Well, I didn’t feel there was any need to be. I was living openly with men.

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“Everybody knew I was gay. I never hid it from anybody, except that bit of coming out that most people don’t have to bother with, which is talking to the press about being gay.” He chose radio to declare his sexuality, thinking “a lot of people would listen.” He adds: “I said, ‘Well, I think I call myself a homosexual.’”

Out, proud and looking forward to the future, work remains at the forefront of Sir Ian’s life. Alongside his Rings comeback, he is involved in a film adaptation of his former West End play Frank and Percy, charting an unexpected relationship between a widowed schoolteacher and an elder statesman. It will also star Sir Stephen Fry, Dame Joanna Lumley, Baby Reindeer star Jessica Gunning, Alan Cumming and Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa.

Letting slip about the project, Sir Ian says: “Nobody else knows this. We have green-lit a film written by Martin Sherman, who is the author of many other wonderful gay plays. It’s about two old geezers, one me and Roger Allam, in the play that we did at Windsor a year ago. It is about two old guys, walking dogs who meet and fall in love. It’s a wonderful, very English comedy. It’s going to be directed by my ex, Sean Mathias, who directed the play, and that’ll be a lovely reunion for me.”

Happy with life professionally and personally, Sir Ian is enjoying the irreverence that comes with old age, He says: “When I was young, I had a desperate need to prove, a desperate need for validation. And as I grow older, that matters less and less and less.”

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