Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek is selling some of his most treasured belongings to help pay for treatment after being diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer
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James with the cast of Dawson’s Creek, which aired from 1998 to 2003(Image: Getty Images)
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off some of his treasured TV memorabilia to help raise money for his cancer treatment. The 48-year-old, who has six children with wife Kimberly, revealed he had been diagnosed with stage three colorectal (bowel) cancer last year.
In a bid to pay for his expensive treatment, the actor – who is most famous for starring in the beloved teen drama from 1998 to 2003 – has teamed up with Propstore to sell off some of the cherished items from his personal collection.
Dawson’s Creek fans will have the chance to own the outfit he wore in the very first episode, which is expected to sell for up to £3,000. They can also get their hands on the necklace Dawson gave on-screen girlfriend Joey (played by Katie Holmes) for prom, which could raise as much as £40,000.
Other items up for sale include the shoes and West Caana Coyotes Hat that James wore when he starred in the hit 1999 teen comedy Varsity Blues. Fans will get chance to bid on the items at the Winter Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction, which will be held in London. Those interested can register now and online bids will take place from December 6.
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EXCLUSIVE: Married at First Sight UK groom Reiss Boyce has claimed that a key scene from his wedding day was cut from the E4 show, which may have changed the way viewers see him
Married at First Sight UK groom Reiss Boyce has revealed a crucial moment from his wedding day that E4 viewers didn’t see.
The reality TV newcomer opened up to the Mirror about his journey on the dating experiment, where producers matched him with Edinburgh bride Leisha Lightbody.
Whilst their final vows have yet to be shown, the pair have endured their fair share of turbulent moments throughout the process.
They even appeared incompatible on their wedding day, but 33-year-old Reiss insists the programme’s editing didn’t show the full story behind their first meeting, reports OK!.
“There were definitely stages where I wasn’t happy with the edit. They sort of cut bits out and you can be perceived as the bad guy but that’s not exactly how things went down. Some things can be twisted a little bit,” he revealed.
Reiss then highlighted an uncomfortable moment from the big day, when Leisha mistakenly read aloud a direction in her vows that instructed her to ‘pause’ – rather than actually taking a break in her speech.
The bride and wedding guests erupted in giggles, whilst Reiss appeared stone-faced on screen.
However, the groom also found Leisha’s gaffe amusing, but claims his laughter was edited out completely.
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Reiss explained: “When me and Leisha got married and she was saying her vows – she said the word ‘pause’. I actually laughed, when she said ‘pause’, I found it funny.
“But the edit cut that bit out and you just see me shaking my head and just looking in a bit of a huff and a puff. But that’s not actually how it went down.”
He added: “If I was watching someone else do that when his missus has just said ‘pause’ out loud instead of just looking at the word, I would look at him and think ‘That means he’s quite boring, he’s not up for a laugh.'”
The Essex lad then claimed that the early scenes in the show “tried to paint me like I wasn’t into it at all,” but insisted that he was genuinely interested in the relationship.
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Reiss is now embarking on a completely different venture from the E4 show.
The reality star will be making a guest appearance in the adult panto Sinderella, penned and directed by Big Brother celebrity Simon Gross.
The ‘naughty’ show is an adult twist on the fairy-tale classic, featuring popular tunes such as Dancing Queen, Electric Dreams, It’s Raining Men and Never Going To Give You Up.
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The show debuts at Scala London on Friday, December 19, with Reiss set to make his cameo appearances on December 21 and 22.
Sinderella is at Scala London from December 19, 2025 to January 11, 2026.
TV presenter Tess Daly will be among those accepting honours from the King today as she is officially made an MBE at Windsor Castle.
The 56-year-old and her Strictly Come Dancing co-host Claudia Winkleman were both made MBEs in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.
It follows Daly and Winkleman’s announcement last month that the two will leave the show after fronting it together since 2014.
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Who else is being honoured today?
Former EastEnders star Anita Dobson will also attend the royal Berkshire residence as she was made an OBE for services to charitable fundraising and philanthropy.
The 76-year old London-born actress, best known for playing Queen Vic landlady Angie Watts on the BBC soap, is a patron of several charities including Thames Hospice and Focus Foundation, which provides support for grassroots charities and local organisations.
Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly will also receive his knighthood during the same ceremony, which he was awarded in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list.
Detective Superintendent Katherine Goodwin, the Met Police chief who led the manhunt for the murderer of marketing executive Sarah Everard in 2021, is also to receive the King’s Police Medal.
Her investigation led to the conviction of Met police officer Wayne Couzens.
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When will Tess and Claudia bow out from Strictly?
Tess and Claudia are still presenting the current series of Strictly but do not have long left. They will finish the series in December.
And then their last appearance together on the show will be its Christmas special, which will air on December 25.
Claudia will continue on the BBC host hit show The Traitors.
The Celebrity Traitors is to return for a second series next year (BBC/PA)
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Husband Vernon’s sweet response to wife’s award
BBC Radio Two presenter Vernon Kay has congratulated his wife, Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly, for being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
The 56-year-old has been recognised alongside her Strictly co-host Claudia Winkleman in the King’s Birthday Honours for her services to broadcasting.
Kay, who has two children with Daly who he married in 2003, also praised Winkleman and the Strictly team for “consistently producing the best show every year”.
Posting a series of photographs on Instagram, Kay said: “Well what can we say!!! Congratulations @tessdaly on your MBE.
“All the hard work and huge effort you put into everything you do has been recognised by the King.
“Being on Strictly from the start when our babies weren’t even born just proves how well you’ve done. Now they’re almost 21 and 16 and we’ve all enjoyed this journey together!!
“Also, bravo everyone at @bbcstrictly and @claudiawinkle for consistently producing the best show every year!! Time to pop a cork me thinks…”
Vernon Kay will be there to support Tess Daly on her special day (Getty Images for the NTA’s)
Mark Jefferies
Why Is Tess Daly getting an MBE?
TV presenter Tess Daly will be among those accepting honours from the King today as she is officially made an MBE at Windsor Castle.
The 56-year-old and her Strictly Come Dancing co-host Claudia Winkleman were both made MBEs in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting.
It follows Daly and Winkleman’s announcement last month that the two will leave the show after fronting it together since 2014.
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly will bow of Strictly at the end of this year (PA)
Adam Peaty OBE has been slammed after it emerged that his family had been uninvited to his upcoming wedding to Gordon Ramsay’s daughter, Holly, later this year
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Adam Peaty is said to have ‘changed’ after meeting Holly Ramsay(Image: hollyramsayy/Instagram)
Adam Peaty OBE has been slammed after allegedly turning his back on his family. The Team GB legend, 30, is set to tie the knot with Gordon Ramsay’s daughter, Holly, in a few weeks’ time – without his family by his side.
Last weekend, it emerged that his mother, Caroline, who helped Adam on the road to Olympic success, was absent from Holly’s star-studded hen party at Soho Farmhouse, which was attended by her mum, Tana and Spice Girls icon, Victoria Beckham. But sources close to his mother have claimed Adam’s decision to shun his family appears to relate to his idea of chasing fame.
A source close to Caroline claims that Adam’s mum, Caroline, 59, believes the six-time Olympian believes his working-class family are “not good enough” to match the Ramsay family. It’s claimed that Caroline wasn’t invited to Holly’s hen as she “might have stuck out a bit”.
Now, a source close to Caroline has hit out at Adam, claiming the former Strictly Come Dancing star has “changed” since meeting Holly and is continuing to chase fame, despite his humble upbringing in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. “Adam has changed so much ever since he has been with Holly,” the source said.
They added to the Daily Mail: “She’s from a celebrity world and his parents are not, and his ego and self-importance has just got bigger. He’s not the lovely boy next door that we all remember him as. Adam has changed and he is almost a bully. He has been so horrible to his mum and he is now trying to exclude her from his life. She is worried sick about all this and can’t believe it is happening.
“We think Holly has triggered all this, and her parents – the power of the rich and famous.” Growing up, Adam was extremely close to his mother, who woke up at 4am to drive him to various swimming competitions as he built his name in the sport before winning three Olympic golds.
Sadly, it’s now claimed that after Adam met Holly and started mixing with some of the biggest names in entertainment, he is said to have changed, with the source adding that Caroline is “not good enough” for his soon-to-be in-laws. “She doesn’t fit the celebrity mold and she doesn’t look like them and dress like them.”
Just this week, Adam’s mum, Caroline, shared a cryptic quote on her personal Instagram page, alluding to the alleged rift in the family. She said: “When you love someone, you protect them from the pain, you don’t become the cause of it.”
This isn’t the only post Caroline has uploaded about the situation. After she was not invited to the hen do, she posted: “Crying is a way your eyes speak when your mouth can’t explain how broken your heart is.” Adam’s aunt, Louise Williams, has also addressed the situation on social media, claiming Holly was “divisive and hurtful” for not inviting his mother to the hen party.
She said: “@hollyramsayy I’m so glad that you had a great hen do. As a bride, you deserve that. However, as a person you were divisive and hurtful towards a woman, who I have loved and continue to love deeply.
“A woman who opened her home and heart to you. You decided, for whatever reason, not to invite her, your prospective mother-in-law to your hen night yet Adam invited his father-in-law, your dad, to his stag night.” Louise added: “You invited your mum (quite rightly) and even your mum’s assistant, your sisters, your friends, my niece, but not my sister, your future mother-in-law.
“I have also seen messages passing between her and Adam about this and other matters and, quite frankly, I expected better of you and definitely of Adam. You have inflicted a hurt on my sister that will take a very long time to heal if ever.”
The Mirror has approached Adam and Holly’s respective spokespeople for comment.
Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, 48, was stabbed in the neck in high security HMP Wakefield prison, and Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, both inmates at HMP Wakefield, were arrested after the death
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Ian Watkins was stabbed at HMP Wakefield in October(Image: SOUTH WALES POLICE/AFP via Getty)
A man has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to murdering paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins.
Balding Samuel Dodsworth, 43, an inmate at HMP Wakefield, appeared at Leeds crown court via a video link for the plea and case management hearing.
He appeared wearing a grey sweatshirt and sat with his arms crossed as he pleaded not guilty to murder, which allegedly took place on October 11th and not guilty to possession of a ‘makeshift knife’ in a prison.
A second accused, Rico Gedel, 25, refused to appear via a video link and it was said he has made an application to appear in court next in person rather than remotely.
The Recorder of Leeds, His Honour Judge Guy Kearl KC, said Gedel can enter a plea at a later date and set a provisional trial date of May 5th for the pair with the next hearing set for December 2nd. The trial is expected to last four weeks.
Depraved Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, 48, was stabbed in the neck in high security HMP Wakefield prison last month, an inquest opening into his death heard recently.
Disgraced rock star Watkins, who was serving a 29-year jail sentence at HMP Wakefield for child sex offences, was set upon last month.
He had been jailed in December 2013 with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences – including the attempted rape of a fan’s baby.
The twisted singer was arrested following the execution of a drugs warrant at his Pontypridd home in September 2012. A large number of computers, mobile phones and storage devices were seized. Analysis of the equipment uncovered Watkins’ depraved behaviour.
Watkins was previously taken to hospital after being attacked in 2023. At the time, police said his injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.
In 2019, he was jailed for 10 months on top of the sentence he was serving for child sex offences after he was found guilty of possessing a mobile phone in prison. Area coroner, Mr Oliver Longstaff, opening the inquest into his death at Wakefield last month, said: “Ian David Karslake Watkins was born on 30th July 1977 in Wales.
“He was a single gentleman at the time of his death, a serving prisoner at HMP Wakefield where Mr Watkins was pronounced deceased on the 11th October 2025 by an attending doctor.”
A forensic post mortem a day after his death was carried out by Dr Rob Ainsworth which “gave a provisional cause of death for Mr Watkins”.
“By way of circumstances of Mr Watkins death, giving rise to the need for an inquest to be held into it, it appears that Ian Watkins was pronounced deceased by paramedics who attended HMP Wakefield where he was serving prisoner, following a report he had been stabbed in the neck.
“A forensic post mortem has given a provisional cause of death for him of IA incision wound to the neck. Other prisoners have been charged with Mr Watkins murder.
“Clearly a death occurring in those circumstances being an unnatural death in state detention requires an inquest to be held into it…”
But he said it must be adjourned and suspended if someone has been arrested for murder and he said two people had been charged. The coroner said the inquest was opened and adjourned pending the outcome of the ‘criminal justice justice process.’
Watkins was once one of Wales’ most recognisable musicians – the frontman of the rock band Lostprophets. The band was formed in Pontypridd in 1997 and they went on to sell millions of albums around the world.
The band was disbanded after the paedophile singer from Pontypridd was convicted in December 2013 for a string of child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.
At his trial prosecutors described Watkins as a man corrupted by fame, drugs and power who committed crimes ‘beyond imaginations’.
Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison with a further six years on licence, and his two female co-defendants were jailed for 14 and 17 years.
The attack at Wakefield Prison came two weeks after a report was published that found violence there had “increased markedly”. The report from the chief inspector of prisons said: “Many prisoners told us they felt unsafe, particularly older men convicted of sexual offences who increasingly shared the prison with a growing cohort of younger prisoners.”
The singer had previously been attacked at the same prison in August 2023, when he was reportedly taken hostage and stabbed by fellow inmates before being freed by officers six hours later. He had non-life-threatening injuries.
During Watkins sentencing, Mr Justice Royce said the case broke “new ground” and “plunged into new depths of depravity”.
“Any decent person… will experience shock, revulsion and incredulity.” He said Watkins had a “corrupting influence”, and had shown a “complete lack of remorse”.
Watkins admitted the attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13 but pleaded not guilty to rape.
He also admitted conspiring to rape a child, three counts of sexual assault involving children, seven involving taking, making or possessing indecent images of children and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving a sex act on an animal.
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His trial heard Watkins had used his fame to manipulate and control others, often under the influence of hard drugs, including crystal meth.
After Watkins was sentenced, Des Mannion, NSPCC national head of service for Wales, said: “Watkins used his status and global fame as a means to manipulate people and sexually abuse children.
The Skechers waterproof hiking boots are now on sale with 36% off, and shoppers say that they’re ‘comfy straight out of the box’ with ‘hardly any break-in time’
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When winter arrives, it’s crucial to have the proper footwear. For those who love outdoor pursuits, keeping feet dry and warm is absolutely vital.
To shield against harsh conditions, including heavy downpours, frost and snow, numerous shoppers have recommended purchasing the Skechers Men’s Relment Pelmo Hiking Boots – and they’re currently available with 36% off. These robust, functional boots typically cost £94, though Amazon is selling them for just £59.99, with the reduction applying to both khaki and black suede options, although the latter is nearly out of stock.
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Whether trekking, walking the dog, or simply tackling the daily commute, these Skechers Relment Pelmo Hiking Boots pack numerous comfort-enhancing features that make them perfect for chillier months. Coming in sizes 5.5 up to 15, the Relment Pelmo Hiking Boots showcase a lace-up style, featuring a substantial padded collar, reinforced heel and toe for durability, plus a rubber outsole delivering excellent longevity.
Boasting a “waterproof” construction, these ankle-height boots also provide comfort through their Air-Cooled Memory Foam Comfort Insole that delivers pressure relief, immediate comfort and breathability. They’re completed with an EVA midsole for additional foot cushioning, whilst a relaxed fit ensures a “roomy” feel at the toe and front area, meaning feet shouldn’t chafe during extended wear.
Shoppers on the hunt for a bargain can also find deals at Mountain Warehouse, with these Bergen Mens Waterproof Thermal Snow Boots slashed from £99.99 to £59.99, offering a saving of 40 percent. While women could technically also snap up the Skechers Boots if the shoe size is right, they have the option for a different design with these Double-Buckle Fur Lined Ankle Boots priced at £59 at Next.
However, Skechers remains a trusted brand for comfort and durability, with the Relment Pelmo Hiking Boots boasting an average rating of 4.4 on Amazon based on over 21,000 reviews that claim they “fit perfectly” from the first wear and have “no need to break in.”
One glowing review read: “These shoes fit perfectly the first time I put them on, hardly any break in time! Very comfortable working in them, lots of great tread as well. Would definitely buy them again. Absolutely worth every penny!”.
Another shopper added: “I use my Skecher Relmos for walking, work, and gardening. They’re waterproof, hard wearing, warm, and so comfortable. I’m on my third pair now. Won’t wear anything else.”
A further customer praised: “These are my go to winter boots! I love the styles and quality of Skechers so I own a few pairs, but these are my most comfortable winter boots. I’d buy them again if they were likely to still be available once this pair wears out!”.
One displeased shopper said in a three-star review: “Not as comfortable as I would have liked for long walks. Also, the shoe laces keep coming undone which is an irritation. However, they were a good price. Will look for an alternative text time.”
While another five-star review read: “I bought these for my husband for a trip to the mountains in Colorado. Great fit, comfortable right out of the box.”
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Purchase the Skechers Men’s Relment Pelmo Hiking Boots on Amazon now, reports the Daily Record.
