Demi Moore is experiencing something she’s never felt before - true freedom, at 63-years-old.

The Oscar-nominated star of films including The Substance and Ghost has opened up and revealed where she stands on the possibility of looking for a romantic partner again, and why, now, with her life not revolving around a man or children, she’s enjoying life as if it’s “a fruit I’ve never tasted that is so delicious”.

In a candid interview, she shared, “This is probably the most autonomous my life has been. I’m a single woman. My children are grown. To be where I am, in this singularity, where my life is more my own than it’s ever been.”

Speaking with Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, she added, "This agency, this autonomy that I’m having the privilege to experience now, it’s almost like a fruit I’ve never tasted that is so delicious.

"My schedule’s my own. It’s not built around the children or the family or a partner.

"I had a lot of responsibility very young. I was a mother very young and had a family and a husband. I wasn’t afforded to have that type of autonomy that comes with a freedom that perhaps some people experience in their younger years."

Does this mean she’s ruling out the idea of a future romance? Not so.

"And it doesn’t mean I’m closed to the idea of partnership and my family is really still everything. But I’m not identified as a couple. I am out in the world just as myself. Right now, because it’s so new, that is the thing that is moving life."

As she steps into a sense of freedom and opportunity, Demi is also acutely aware of how differently she views ageing - and how the concept has shifted for women over the generations.

"I was recently having a conversation, about not the world changing around us, but that we, as women are changing how we’re seeing ourselves. I think there’s been a misperception that ageing and getting older are the same thing. And they’re not.

"Ageing is an incredible gift and getting old is a mindset. Getting old is a choice."

She added, "There was just not a blueprint to prepare emotionally for potential apathy that all of a sudden doesn’t feel like your personality, doesn’t feel like you, like something’s missing.

"It’s why I think women have historically felt that this time, post 50, that they’ve become invisible."

Despite being aware of the scrutiny her industry puts on looks - especially for women as they age - the Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle star has redefined what she wants to hold on to as she gets older, with a focus on longevity that goes beyond the surface level.

She explained, "My value is not based on the outside of who I am, but the inside of who I’ve become… I think that where longevity has moved versus this eye of anti ageing, anti ageing was about fighting something. We’re fighting something that’s inevitable. It’s a waste energetically."

For Demi, it’s all about what she’s getting out of life - making time for gratitude and focusing on the "fundamentals - quality sleep, high quality healthy food, meditation, creating a sense of familiarity and calm wherever I am in the world."

With summer in its final throes, it’s time we look ahead to cosier nights in - and what better companion than the return of Rivals?

Confirming that the remaining episodes of the critically-acclaimed second series are set to return very soon, fans will get to escape to the glamorous decadence of Cotswolds in the 80s as the nights draw in.

Teasing the upcoming episodes, a synopsis from Disney+ reveals, “Against a backdrop of hedonistic parties, Bonfire Night chaos, the Hampshire Hunt Ball and a turbulent Christmas, affairs unravel, alliances fracture and rivalries intensify.

Caught in the middle of the frenzied franchise war, Taggie O'Hara (Bella Maclean) must find the courage to follow her heart, while those around her face the consequences of ambition, power and secrets that can no longer remain hidden. But as series two draws to a close, who will get their happy ending?”

When is Rivals airing new episodes?

The final instalment of the smash hit show’s second series will air from Wednesday, November 11.

The first three episodes will be available to watch on this date, with three more episodes rounding out the series released in the weeks after. The three remaining episodes will be released one at a time, with the finale set to air from December 2.

Fans can catch up on all previous episodes now, with the series streaming on Disney+. Membership starts from £4.99 a month.

How did Rivals finish in the mid-season finale?

Fans of the 80s-set drama will no doubt be desperate to see where the series leads, after the shocking midseason twist that deviated from Jilly Cooper’s original novel.

The last time we saw Lord Baddingham (David Tennant), Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and co, tragedy struck. Lord Baddingham’s wife, Monica (Claire Rushbrook), was tragically killed in a car crash set in the middle of a devastating storm.

Monica was driving Caitlin, the daughter of Declan (Aidan Turner) and Maud (Victoria Smurfit) home after discovering her husband had been having an affair with Caitlin’s mother. While Caitlin survives, Monica does not - but this change from the novel had fans questioning if she had really died.

Well, it would appear so. After it fell to Lord Baddingham's ultimate rival, Rupert, to deliver the heart-breaking news to his nemesis, the trailer for the new series suggests tragedy hasn't quelled any of their rivalry.

"Your wife died in my arms, broken by your games," Rupert is shown snarling at his enemy, only to be met with the lord - shotgun in hand - replying, "Well she's not here anymore. I've got nothing left to do but fight."

Notably, in Jilly Cooper’s novels, Monica doesn’t die, and she reappeared in subsequent books in the Rutshire Chronicles series. With deviations from the novels well in play, the new episodes promise plenty of surprises.

Will there be a Rivals series 3?

After receiving widespread acclaim by critics and scoring legions of viewers, it’s perhaps not a surprise that Disney+ has already greenlit a third series of Rivals.

The streaming service has confirmed a further twelve episodes will be filmed.

Considering that some storylines from the original Rivals book look likely to be resolved by the end of series two, it’s thought that the new series will begin to incorporate elements from Jilly Cooper’s other books in the Rutshire Chronicles stories, including follow-up novel, Polo.

Anneka Rice is known to many, and will be remembered for the 80s and 90s juggernaut TV shows Treasure Hunt, and Challenge Anneka.

Sprinting around in her iconic, bright jumpsuits, and racing around the country in her huge blue lorry, the presenter brought both chaos and a sense of community into millions of homes through her shows.

However, Anneka maintains that the person viewers came to know and love was just a persona. Really named 'Annie,' the presenter tells The Times that Anneka is "a better version of myself."

She calls her alter ego "a whirlwind of community action who will leave no stone unturned - not the 'Annie Rice' who likes to go to bed at 8.30pm and is riddled with self-doubt."

In another candid admission, the presenter reveals that she's always struggled with her mood, although maintains she isn't depressed. She's tried therapy, but says it didn't work.

"I think I just carry with me a level of sort of sadness as a human being," she explains. Referring to how she feels as "an inherent sadness," Anneka says, "I’ve just always known that other people seem to skip through life in a merry old way and I seem always to be taking an old suitcase around with me."

Growing up with an unhappy mother, she believes those feelings "seeped" into her, and she's done everything to avoid passing on that sadness to those around her.

"I haven’t exorcised all my demons in my lifetime, but I am confident my loved ones are living without a brooding black dog on their shoulders," she says.

Anneka stepped away from the spotlight completely in 1995, and reveals a big contributing factor to this decision.

Going through a divorce at the time, and a mum to three boys, a letter from her soon to be ex-husband's lawyer changed everything.

It implied "she was a bad mother for working," which she says were not her ex-husband's words but "legal banter."

"It wasn’t that my children would be taken from me, because obviously I was their carer. It was just the fear that I wasn’t being 100 per cent the right mother" she explains.

She continues, "I did it with a feeling of where I was in the world, very content in my position. I was truly content and I enjoyed motherhood."

Refusing to look back on the decision and give it any more thought, Anneka shares that amid the sadness and path her life ended up taking because of that letter, she has one "absolute reason for life" - her grandchildren.

"I think of myself as a granny above all," she says of her four grandchildren, concluding, "I hope I am a friend to many and a mentor too."

Broadcaster Ashley James shared pictures of herself wearing incontinence pants to Instagram, and the response was huge.

Among a series of snaps of a recent trip to Paris, Ashley included some of her wearing nothing but a vest and some pants she needed to help with the bladder and bowel incontinence she suffers from as a result of injury following the birth of her son.

"I shared this on my Stories this weekend and was actually blown away by the response, and it reminded me how important it is to speak about these things," she wrote in the caption.

She added, "Lots of you will know that since having Alf I’ve lived with various birth complications, and one of them is incontinence." The presenter has also previously shared her experience of vaginismus after having a baby.

Overwhelmed by the number of people who got in touch after she revealed her incontinence, Ashley appeared on This Morning to speak about it further, and help those "shamed into silence" by the condition.

Speaking to Cat Deeley and Ben Sheppard, she shares that in the build up to sharing the viral photos of herself in the incontinence pants, she was in Paris with her husband to see Celine Dion perform.

During the journey there, she realised she'd forgotten the washbag containing the "pads that I need since the birth of my son."

Her initial reaction was to tell her husband Tommy, "I'm not going to be able to go out." Her husband's initial response was that she'd be fine and there was no need to worry.

"That's the thing with incontinence," Ashley says, explaining, "You have to plan your days and evenings around an invisible fear that nobody on the outside really sees, but you know it can happen."

The presenter says she tries "not to feel shame or embarrassment around" both the "bladder and bowel incontinence" she experiences, but acknowledges people with the condition can be "shamed into silence."

By sharing her story, she wants to break the taboo surrounding urinary and faecal leakage.

To help Ashley make it to the concert, her supportive husband visited a couple of pharmacies to try and source some incontinence pads for her to wear.

Instead of the pads Ashley would've had in hr washbag, her husband returned with "these massive pants." They found the humour in the situation, and this prompted the presenter to share photos of herself wearing them with her social media followers.

"I'm conscious that my life looks so glamorous," she says, adding, "But below the surface of it, incontinence doesn't discriminate, and I don't want to feel ashamed or embarrassed of it."

She continues, "It's not my fault, this happened to me as a consequence of the birth of my son."

Ashley says "the only way we can normalise it is by talking about it," as she praised the "amazing response" to her starting conversations about incontinence.

"So many people feel ashamed and alone," she shares, continuing, "That embarrassment, that silence stops people seeking support and getting help."

Ashley reveals that she might need surgery for the condition at some point, but is currently "putting it off."

Prue Leith is very open about most things, including her 13-year affair with her first husband, intimacy in later life and letting her husband buy her clothes.

However, she hasn't spoken often abut cosmetic surgery, and many would be surprised that she's even had any.

Yet, during an appearance at the Bradford Literature Festival, the cooking star shared not only her own positive cosmetic surgery story, but also revealed her mother had also undergone a procedure she described as "life changing."

Prue's mother, Margaret "Peggy" Inglis, an actress, even credited getting a breast augmentation with landing her the biggest role of her career in her 70s.

"My mother was 70 and decided to have a boob job," Prue shares, adding that at the time, she thought her mum to be "ridiculous."

Her response to Peggy had been, "Why are you having a boob job? It doesn't matter about your boobs, nobody is going to see them anyway," explaining, "She'd been a widow for many years."

Peggy explained that her decision was "nothing to do with anyone else," it was purely for herself because she'd "hated" her chest all her life - she felt her breasts were "far too big" and she was "sick of carrying them around."

Prue realised her mum was "much happier" after the procedure. "When she was 71, she got the job of her life," she explains, adding, "Which was the lead in a play, a huge play - she was never off the stage.

"It was fantastic, it changed her life." Prue then continued to reveal her own cosmetic surgery story.

"I had really bad bags under my eyes, you know, horrific bags," she shares, adding, "So when I was in South Africa, I quietly went off and had my bags removed."

"I felt fantastic for it," she says candidly. Although she doesn't reveal how old she was at the time of the surgery, she once told The Times she had it when she was 50.

"I had my eyes done when I was 50 and was very pleased, but I’ll probably never do my neck. My husband wouldn’t stand for it," she said.

Still hosting Bake Off at the time of the interview, she explained, "I just wish the Bake Off camera wouldn’t go round the side of my neck because I see fat bits, and when your head is down eating cake you get lots of chins - I’d like some of them removed."

Hearing her uplifting take on cosmetic surgery during the Bradford Literature festival, many people were inspired to comment when the conversation was shared to Instagram.

One person wrote, "Amazing. I did breast reduction at 60 and it changed my life, I did it for ME," with another sharing, "My grandma got her eyes done at close to 90, she looked amazing."

Another person said, "Absolutely - I love that story! I’ve just had my breasts reduced and reconstructed for exactly the same reason as your mother. I’m 63 and I feel so free and happy having had this done. I absolutely love my new boobs."

Somebody else shared, "Aging gracefully and tastefully. That’s what a bit of a nip and tuck should do. Love it, Prue."

Jerry Hall has reached that age where her adult children have started trying to parent the parent - but she’s not ready to be dismissed as too old to do anything just yet.

The iconic model and actress is gearing up to take part in the much-anticipated second series of The Celebrity Traitors, and despite her children thinking she was too old to get really stuck in with it all, Jerry’s letting her competitive nature power her through.

In an interview, the model, who shares four children with The Rolling Stones frontman, Mick Jagger, revealed their concerns with her taking part, saying, "They worry. They’re like, ‘You think you’re younger than you are. You and Dad are always doing things that you did in your twenties that maybe you shouldn’t be doing now!’"

Despite their worries, Jerry isn’t in agreement. She shared with The Telegraph, "I am the oldest person doing it, but I am quite an active person.

"I don’t sit down much. I have a lot of animals - two dogs, a cat, three horses, eight chickens. I do a lot of gardening. I’m very, very busy, and then I babysit my three grandchildren a lot."

There’s something else keeping the 70-year-old motivated - good, old fashioned competitiveness.

Of the series ahead - which is famous for its mind games as well as the often physically demanding challenges, Jerry revealed, "My competitive nature will always override any fear. I’m throwing myself into this because I want to win for my charity."

"I’m very competitive, as is Mick and our children,” she added. "We’re all very competitive. We love playing games, and everyone always wants to win.

"You know, if there are teams, we’re then driving each other on in those teams - it would be like, why’d you do that? No, you should have done that!"

Not dissuaded by being the elder statesman of this year’s celebrity line-up, which also includes actor Richard E. Grant, singer James Blunt and comedian Miranda Hart, Jerry offered the surprising - if not necessarily useful - skills she’s bringing to the castle.

She told the outlet, "I have my captain’s licence, I’ve got my winemaking certificate…I was a girls’ leg wrestling champion in my school district growing up, which is very popular in Texas." Well, surely a warning to anyone who dares accuse Jerry of being a Traitor.

The second series of The Celebrity Traitors debuts at 8pm on Thursday, October 1 on BBC One and iPlayer. It’ll air twice a week - Thursdays and Fridays - for the following four weeks, with the finale set to air on October 30.

No sooner have I given out top tier recommendations for what to watch in September, it's time to move on to October.

And the summer TV drought is finally over, with the October schedule absolutely stacked with a great selection of dramas, thrillers, and reality shows.

But if you want to save yourself some time, I've picked out the absolute cream of the October TV crop, and found the top five shows definitely worth staying in for this month.

The top 5 TV shows to watch in October

The Celebrity Traitors

When is it on TV? The first episode airs on Thursday, October 1, at 8:00pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with episode 2 following at the same time on Friday, October 2. The 10-episode series will then air twice a week, every Thursday and Friday.

I'm not a huge fan of reality TV or celebrity spin-offs of anything really, but when it comes to The Traitors and any of its iterations, I simply refuse to miss an episode.

They really broke the mould with this utterly addictive reality series, and the first win was deciding to have the inimitable Claudia Winkleman at the helm.

Clearly, the country is in agreement with me that this is one of the shows to be tuning into - the whopping viewing figures and sheer calibre of celebrities queuing up to take part is testament to its popularity.

There'd better be more moments like Celia Imrie's fart-gate this year - and if I burst into unexpected sobs like I did when Alan Carr was announced as last year's winner this time around, then the show has done its job.

Kill Jackie

When is it on TV? All eight episodes of the series will be available on Prime Video on 2 October 2026.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is always a very watchable presence on TV, and for Kill Jackie, was delighted to not only return to film in her hometown of Swansea, but to finally get to act using her own accent.

Some filming also took place in Spain for this series that's giving serious Ride or Die vibes (a Hannah Waddingham-led brilliant show that should have absolutely not been cancelled.)

Catherine stars as Jackie Price, a fine art dealer living a luxury life travelling the world. She's also hiding from her former life as an international drug smuggler - as you do.

Everything changes when she finds out The Seven Demons, a pack of terrifying hitmen from her murky days, have been hired to kill her.

Not one to stand around doing nothing, Jackie heads off an a wild and dangerous mission to take out The Demons one by one before they kill her.

Expect ruthless killers, dramatic deaths, buried secrets and a whole lot of suspending your belief - this one is more for escapism than anything else.

Last One Laughing: Halloween

When is it on TV? The Last One Laughing: Halloween special will air the first three episodes on 23 October with the final airing on 30 October on Prime Video.

This is another to add to the list of shows that've really made me reconsider my stance on reality TV. I put off watching it despite everyone in the office talking about it, not thinking it would be for me. It's definitely for me.

Again, it seems to be another show that like The Celebrity Traitors, has become another sort of cultural phenomenon that keeps the nation tuning in, and draws in a brilliant calibre of contestants.

For the Halloween special, seven comedians take on the extra gruelling challenge of not laughing, but also not screaming...

The line-up includes Jack Dee, Phil Wang, Reece Shearsmith, Harriet Dyer, Tom Allen and familiar faces from season 1, Lou Sanders and Daisy May Cooper.

Nocturne

When is it on TV? The first two episodes air on Apple TV on October 30, followed by new episodes every Friday.

I could probably sum this one up in two words: Stephen. Graham.

Not only did he scoop up awards left, right and centre for Adolescence, but absolutely everything Stephen Graham has ever done turns to gold, and Nocturne is sure to be no exception.

There's also Liev Schreiber and Zazie Beetz, so an absolute stellar cast. The 10-episode show is based on the internationally bestselling crime novels The Sandman and Lazarus, by the Swedish author duo Lars Kepler (the pen name of married writers Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander.)

Stephen Graham is a "diabolically cunning" serial killer named Jurek Walter, while Liev Schreiber is Jonah, an ex-soldier turned homicide detective.

Tired of working the tough streets of Philadelphia, Jonah moves to a small town in western Pennsylvania for a quiet life, until the town and his family come under attack from Jurek.

When the desperate search for Jurek’s last missing victim gets underway, Jonah is forced to send his surrogate daughter, FBI Agent Saga Bauer (Zazie Beetz), up against formidable foe Jurek. Audiences will be left wondering how far the deadly killer will go...

Adultery

When is it on TV? ITV haven't given a release date yet, but it's definitely going to be sometime in October - I'll update this when it's confirmed.

Described as "scandalous" and "provocative," this one also has a brilliant cast with Dominic Cooper, Romola Garai, Matthew McNulty and Shelley Conn in the lead roles.

Tom (Dominic Cooper) is married to Hannah (Shelley Conn.) When their 15-year-old daughter Jess starts dating her schoolmate Ollie, meeting Ollie's parents Beth (Romola Garai) and Neil (Matthew McNulty,) changes Tom and Hannah's lives and kicks off the main storyline.

The synopsis reads, "When Tom meets Ollie’s Mum Beth in the most unexpected of circumstances, the two families’ lives are potentially turned upside down forever. Will Tom and Beth be able to control their desires unlike their lovestruck teenagers?"

From the title of the show, it looks like the answer is most definitely going to be no, they can't. This is definitely going to be edge of your seat, it-will-never-end-well drama.

Broadcaster and campaigner Esther Rantzen has died at the age of 86 after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023.

Her family confirmed she passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones at her home in the New Forest on September 30th, 2026.

In a statement, the Bafta-winning TV presenter's family paid tribute to "the most wonderful mother" and "cherished grandmother," whose "legacy of compassion and understanding will live on in her charities Childline and the Silverline, and through those of us who were lucky enough to love and be loved by her."

In a moving final letter, Esther wrote, "Dear Everybody, I am so sorry I cannot send you each individual thanks for the fun, the support and the help you have been to me."

She continued, "I have been immensely lucky in the friendship and the professional advice I have had from you which has enabled me to live such a long and happy life.

Sadly, all good things come to an end, as they say. So I particularly wanted to say goodbye and thank you so very, very much. Perhaps I will see you eventually, on the other side. I do hope so."

Esther became a household name as host of consumer programme That's Life! in 1973, which was a huge hit and drew in millions of viewers.

She later went on to host her own BBC talk show, Esther, appeared in series 2 of Strictly Come Dancing and was inducted into the Royal Television Society's hall of fame in 1997.

An activist and campaigner, Esther founded Childline in 1986, a charity that helps children who were worried or in danger. In a statement, the charity says, "She worked hard to understand what life was like for children and young people who were worried or upset, and she knew how hard it could be to ask for help.

"We will make sure that Childline continues to be there for you, and everyone else that needs us"

The broadcaster also founded The Silver Line in 2012 to support older people tackle feelings of loneliness and isolation.

The charity says, "By founding The Silver Line Helpline in 2012, part of Age UK since 2019, Esther ensured that tens of thousands of lonely older people have someone to talk to.

"It is a gift that will continue to keep giving to those in need of a reassuring voice during the day or night."

In her later years, became an advocate for assisted dying after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2023.

Referencing her charitable and advocacy work in her final letter, Esther says, "If any of you would like to donate something to charity in my name as a celebration of what we have had together, I do know that the Dignitas charity in Switzerland is facing serious challenges and would be very grateful.

"And the Oakhaven Hospice in Lymington has also been wonderful to me. And Cathy would like me to pay tribute to Cats Protection of course."

She was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 1991, a CBE for services to children in 2006, and in the 2015 New Years Honours was made a Dame in recognition of her charity work.

Esther's family have said that she will be remembered for her "endless capacity for joy," adding, "We are grateful she is finally at rest with her beloved husband, Desmond Wilcox, but we will miss her immeasurably. She was our sunshine."

During an appearance at an event in Los Angeles all about menopause and women’s health, Halle Berry shared how she's accepting changes in her appearance as she turns 60 - and she's happy it hasn't turned her into a "monster".

When asked what she learnt to embrace as she enters a new decade, she replied, "My new face and body."

"It is changing. I look in the mirror every day and I see, ‘Oh God, there’s one thing that wasn’t there last week,’ but what I’m proud of is that I can learn to accept that and not turn myself into a monster with all kinds of things we could do today."

The Oscar winner added, "I can accept ageing as a natural part of life and I can know that I’m more than this body and this face that I’m walking around in."

Previously, Halle has revealed what she does to keep her body active as she ages, revealing she does "no cardio" and focuses on lifting weights.

She also revealed one of the greatest lessons for her has been learning to set boundaries and put herself first - without any regret.

She told the audience, "I have no more guilt about it. I do it at will, and I tell my family that all the time. ‘No, I’m not doing that. How about you do that for yourself?'"

She continued, "You learn how to say no with no guilt. You can say no with love because you’re choosing to love yourself. And that’s what I’ve really come to terms with… loving myself has been, I think, the greatest gift to show up in my life."

As well as this newfound freedom to choose herself, Halle shared what she wanted other women to know.

"I think as I’m aging, I’m learning that confidence just grows. It grows. You become more of yourself. And that’s why I say this time of life, whenever I’m talking to women, I tell them, this is going to be your best chapter.

"It’s your ‘I have zero f***s to give’ chapter. And you really start to patronize yourself.”

Halle celebrated her 60th birthday on August 14, and shared snaps from her dreamy holiday with fans on social media. Just before she entered the new decade, she revealed in an interview that 60 was absolutely nothing like she thought it was going to be when she was younger.

She told NewBeauty, "I can’t say that I thought this is what 60 would be like! I am wildly surprised that I feel like I feel at 60.

"When I was in my 20s, I thought, ‘Oh, 60 is going to be really old.’ If this is what 60 is, it’s not really old. That’s what I want every woman to know. I feel like my best self. I really do.

"I have finally arrived to being who I really am. And that’s a really good feeling. Ageing is a privilege. I’m so lucky that I’m still here."

ITV has quietly dropped Winter, an atmospheric piece of crime noir that fans of the genre are going to find compelling.

Airing from September 30 and set, and partially filmed in Bristol, the six part series is based on the long-running French series Balthazar, which ran between 2018 - 2023.

In the original show, Raphaël Balthazar is one of the most talented forensic pathologists of his generation, visualising the ghosts of the dead to help him solve the most complex cases - sometimes he gets help in the form of the ghost of his murdered wife.

Picking up from he left off, Richard Armitage (Fool Me Once) is Dr Ethan Winter, an equally unconventional forensic pathologist using unorthodox and rule-breaking methods to solve crime.

Like Balthazar, Winter is haunted by murdered girlfriend Simone, whose loss overshadows his every move. At work, he instantly clashes with Annabel Scholey's (Rivals) DI Lauren Bell when they come together on a case.

Lauren is a driven detective equally dedicated to solving every crime she'd handed.

Each episode covers a new murder, while viewers are slowly given more access to Winter's private life across the episodes as he's consumed by the unofficial investigation he holds into the death of Simone - and the man he believes has been wrongly convicted of her killing.

DI Bell has her own issues to work through as she overcompensates in her working life to move out of the shadow of her father’s reputation, while the man she's married to is having an affair.

Like Balthazar before him, Richard Armitage hopes audiences will also want to see Ethan Winter return for multiple seasons.

"I know that people roll their eyes when they hear 'He doesn’t play by the rules,' but he really is unusual," the actor tells Radio Times.

He adds, "He’s a scientist, but because of something that’s happened to him, he has this spiritual side to his character. That’s not something you see often in a scientist."

Speaking about the research he did for the role, Richard says the only deceased bodies he's seen are those of his parents.

"Being in the room with a person who’s passed away is very different from being with the 'dead bodies' of telly drama," he shares, adding, "Whatever it does to you is very, very different."

He continues, "I did research for Winter and went to the morgue at Leicester Royal Infirmary, which is the hospital I was born in. I didn’t see any dead bodies, but I could smell them."

Not only is he acting in a crime drama, the actor also writes them. "I’m writing my third crime thriller," he reveals, adding, "I was commissioned by Audible, so I write them to record them and they’re audio for a year and then they go to print."

He calls this a "great outlet" that allows him to explore lots of "twisted worlds." His books could soon be playing out on screen, as he shares, "My first two books have been optioned – one by Sony and the other by Jed Mercurio."

Speaking about her role in the series, Annabel Scholey says she was drawn to the part because she's never played a detective before.

"I’ve played a lawyer, a surgeon, a scientist, but not a detective and it was something that I was really interested in exploring," she tells Numéro Netherlands.

She continues, "Lauren has a real sarcasm and dryness about her personality. She’s not an open book, she hides a lot of how she feels.

"I’ve played a lot of roles where the character wears their heart on their sleeve, is very emotional with lots of twists and turns, but I haven’t played many characters that keep everything under the surface, so that was a really different challenge for me which pulled me in."

Winter airs on ITV and ITVX from September 30.

Netflix is definitely the place to be for gritty true crime documentaries that lay out the facts of a case, and leave viewers thinking about the people involved for days afterwards.

The streamer's large catalogue includes the unmissable Maternal Instinct, Should I Marry A Murderer? and the Worst Neighbor Ever series.

Now, viewers can tune into the 90-minute documentary The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part. The one-off film delves into the search to uncover the truth Thomas Randolph, who wed six times and left a trail of failed marriages and mysterious deaths in his wake.

It wasn't until his sixth wife, Sharon Causse, died, that Thomas was investigated. Journalist Dan Slepian teamed up with detective Dean O'Kelley to embark on a 20-year journey to find out what the former paralegal - who went on to become known as the Black Widower - had really done.

We take a look at what happened to Thomas's six wives, and where he is now, after the truth about him finally came out.

What happened to Thomas Randolph's six wives?

Thomas Randolph met his sixth wife Sharon Causse on a dating site in 2006 and they married shortly afterwards. After the wedding, Sharon changed her will to leave everything she owned to her new husband, and he took three life insurance policies out on her.

On May 8, 2008 Thomas, then aged 53, made a panicked call to police to say his home had been invaded by an intruder and wife, Sharon, then 57, had been shot. He told dispatch he had in turn shot the intruder, Michael Miller.

The couple had just returned from a Mother’s Day dinner when Sharon was killed, and Thomas had lingered in his car for a few minutes while she entered their home alone. Sharon was killed instantly by a gun shot.

Thomas claimed he found her body when he later entered the house, and had killed the intruder who was still in the property.

When his story caused alarm bells to ring, Dan Slepian and Dean O’Kelley knocked on doors and carried out interviews until they came to realise Thomas Randolph had been married six times with four of those wives dying under mysterious circumstances.

Kathy Thomas

Thomas Randolph's first wife was Kathy Thomas. The pair married on August 2, 1975 when they were aged 20 and and 18 respectively.

They went on to have two children together, but Kathy later found her husband to be controlling and unpredictable, alleging that he cheated, stopped her seeing friends and used drugs.

Thomas had a life insurance policy on her, and the documentary states he once asked a friend of his named Steve to kill someone for him in return for money.

Although Steve wasn't given a name at the time, he believes Thomas was asking him to kill Kathy.

Kathy ultimately divorced Thomas and left the marriage alive, and in a huge twist went on to marry Steve, the man who had once been asked to carry out murder for money. Both later testified against Thomas in court.

Becky Gault

Becky was one of the women Thomas had been seeing during his marriage to Kathy, and as soon as the divorce from his first marriage was finalised, he married Becky.

It's alleged that he soon began his controlling behaviour with her, and like him, she started using drugs.

While fearful of what would happen if she left her husband, by 1986 Becky had left Thomas.

In November 1986 she visited his house to pick up some of her belongings, and the following day was found dead on a bed at his home. She left a suicide note and a gun was found in her hand.

Despite the placement of the gun and blood spatter analysis not fitting with Becky having pulled the trigger herself, there was no further investigation.

Another friend of Thomas later came forward to tell police that just like with his his first wife, Thomas had asked him to kill Becky. In return, he offered half of the life insurance policy he had on her.

Thomas was arrested after his friend's confession and charged him with murder. When Becky's death was later ruled a suicide, Thomas was acquitted of her murder and got her life insurance policy payout.

Leona Stapleton

Thomas married his third wife Leona, in March 1994. Their very brief union only lasted a year before they divorced in 1995 allegedly because Leona uncovered the affairs he was having and left.

Leona passed away from liver and gallbladder cancer in 2006, and had cut all ties with Thomas in the years since their divorce.

Gayna Allmon

Shortly after divorcing Leona, Thomas met and married Gayna in October 1995. Once again, he took out a life insurance policy on her, and it wasn't long before she also became suspicious of his behaviour.

She reports him to be controlling, and became frightened of him when she was told about the previous accusation of murder made against him.

When he 'accidentally' fired a shot while in the same room as her while cleaning his guns, she left him and their divorce was finalised in July 1997.

In a very disturbing pattern, another acquaintance of Thomas's called Glenn Morrison later came forward to suggest he'd been offered half of the life insurance payout to kill Gayna.

Francis Randolph

Francis was Thomas's fifth wife, and she'd suffered heart issues for her entire life. She had a planned surgery in April 2004, and her family were told everything had gone well.

However, her daughter Rachel Gaskins later alleged that Thomas asked her to leave her mother's hospital room, and Francis died 30 minutes later.

Thomas had life insurance policies on both Francis and Rachel, and Rachel believes him to be responsible for her mother's death, although this was never investigated.

Thomas claimed Francis died due to medical malpractice and sued the hospital. According to People, he was given a wrongful death settlement of nearly $400,000 as well as Francis' life insurance payout.

Within 24 hours he had Francis' body cremated, preventing an autopsy or any further investigation into her cause of death. Rachel also suggests he prevented her from attending her mother's funeral.

Where is Thomas Randolph now?

When it came to the death of Thomas's sixth wife Sharon, it transpired he'd hired a handyman he befriended, Michael Miller, to dress as an intruder and kill her after their Mother's Day dinner.

Michael went ahead with the plan and afterwards, Thomas shot him dead. Like other friends he'd had alleged conversations with about killing former wives, Thomas had promised Michael money from the insurance payouts.

Instead, he double crossed and killed him. Thomas was arrested and charged with murder in 2009.

At his 2017 trial, he was convicted on two counts of murder with a deadly weapon and a count of conspiracy to commit murder, and sentenced to the death penalty.

In 2020, that verdict was overturned, as evidence had been included in the trial relating to the death of Becky, of whose murder he'd been acquitted.

The court ruled that the jury should not have heard "prior-bad-act evidence" and another trial took place in 2023.

Thomas was convicted a second time and sentenced to 60 years to life in prison for the murders of Sharon and Mike in 2008.

Now 71, Thomas remains in prison, where he faces staying for the rest of his life.

The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part is currently streaming on Netflix.

Kristin Scott Thomas is known for talking openly when it comes to topics such as grief and ageing.

The actress has been very candid about the "joy and acceptance" that comes with being in her 60s, and also the profound effect of losing her father at the age of five, and her step-father at the age of 11 on her life.

However, no matter how tolerant people are of their age, cosmetic surgery and tweakments are available and unescapable - and they're particularly prevalent in the industry Kristin works in.

Women in general are expected to preserve their youth, but those in the public eye are under constant scrutiny every time they leave the house with a wrinkle on show or dare to look their age in any way.

Although Kristin embraces getting older, when asked whether she thinks surgery is necessary to keep her career going, she feels "conflicted."

When asked that question by The Telegraph, the actress replies, "I don’t know. I mean, actresses such as Imelda Staunton keep on working, and I don’t think she’s ever gone down that road."

She adds, "I don’t think Maggie [Smith] ever did either. I suppose the question is to facelift or not to facelift."

She recalls having a poignant conversation with a young woman in New York about the prospect of a facelift, who warned her that if she had one, "I’d never look the same again."

Instead, the woman told her, "You just look expensive." Believing this to be a good point, Kristin now comes to think of cosmetic surgery as "a kind of status symbol," explaining, "It’s about displaying your wealth. And the rest of us either sink or swim."

Sharing how she feels inner turmoil over whether she'd ever go ahead and have one or not, she shares, "I’m quite conflicted about it, because it’s always slightly diminishing when someone says, 'That woman hasn’t taken care of herself.'"

She continues, "Deep down we do care about these things. Sometimes you see women who are 70 and they look fantastic. And it’s clear they’ve had a brow-lift perhaps."

However, she believes it to be "dangerous" when seemingly small surgeries mount up. Kristin shares, "I had a make-up artist who used to say of women like that: 'Oh, her face looks as if it’s been ploughed.'"

The actress also shares what she has had done to her face, but at the moment she keeps everything "always non-invasive" and has "lasers, that sort of thing. Nothing that requires any recovery time."

Kristin reveals, "I’ve this wonderful massage therapist in Paris who gets right in there with her hands inside your mouth. She just releases all these muscles, and it’s amazing. Oh, but it hurts."

Confident with how she looks, Kristin refers to her face as "a good face," understanding that the how it looks isn't the most important thing. "It can be used in all sorts of different ways," she says, her remarkable career being testament to that.

However, knowing it's a "good face" doesn't always align with her personal feelings towards it, as many women might identify with.

"Whether I like my face is another matter. I sometimes look in the mirror and think, God, who is that?," she says candidly.

Something else the star doesn't mind sharing insight into is her second marriage. Kristin split from her first husband, obstetrician François Olivennes, in 2005.

Kristin later married John Micklethwait, editor in chief of Bloomberg News, in 2024. "I don’t know how to describe it without going mushy," she told The Times at the time of her wedding.

She added, "But to have two hearts, two brains, two minds, two energies all striving for the same thing is fantastic."

Two years later, the actress shares, "I think I was perfectly happy before, but not this happy."

She continues to say that although her husband "is not the cure to anything," meaning he can't take away her ongoing challenges with grief for which she's had therapy, she says, "but he is a man with whom I can talk about anything."

Kristin concludes, "He is inspiring and clever. My partner in crime."

Channel 5 added to their Under Suspicion true-crime franchise by scheduling a dramatisation of the horrifying 1996 murder of Lee Harvey at the hands of his girlfriend, Tracie Andrews.

Following on from Under Suspicion: Kate McCann, which told the story of what happened to Madeleine McCann's mother in the days after she disappeared in Portugal in 2007, Under Suspicion: Tracie Andrews - Road Rage Killer was due to air earlier this year on July 13.

However, true-crime fans were left bemused when the one-off film was quietly removed from the schedule just days before the release date with no explanation - although there was some online speculation about the reasons for the unexpected change.

Now, Channel 5 has confirmed a new release date for the show, and it will air on September 30 at 10pm.

When Lee Harvey died during a car journey on December 1, 1996, Tracie Andrews maintained her fiancé, then aged 25, had been murdered at the hands of a road rage killer.

Tracie's story began to unravel when she gave different timelines to the events surrounding the murder, and her story was notably inconsistent.

Forensic evidence suggested the couple had been engaged in a big argument at the time of Lee's death, and eventually it came out that there was no road rage attacker - Tracie had stabbed her fiancé 42 times with a pen knife.

She was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1997 and released in 2011. Actress Emma Rigby takes the part of Tracie in the drama, and had never heard of the case before being cast in the role.

To help her prepare, Emma says, "I watched every documentary made about the case; there are many. I wanted to really mirror Tracie, so I studied real-life footage of her and listened to recordings."

She continues, "I read the book Pure Evil written by Lee's mother Maureen Harvey. I found her insight very helpful, and deeply moving."

When asked what she found most chilling and shocking about playing and researching Tracie, Emma says candidly, "The most chilling moments are when we used transcripts of what Tracie actually said.

"Her tone is terrifying and her lack of remorse is extremely sad. Tracie is the very definition of chilling. Her behaviour is shockingly unbelievable."

Letting viewers know what she found the most shocking, Emma replies, "I had never heard of Tracie Andrews or the Road Rage case before signing onto the project. I was eager to do as much research as possible and approach it without bias."

Calling herself an "avid consumer of true crime content," the actress continues, "However the more I consumed [about Tracie] the more horrified I became. Each new detail that emerged was more shocking than the last, it makes for a gripping drama."

Grant Armour who wrote the script, was fascinated by the press conference responsible for Tracie's story really beginning to unravel - one held two days after Lee's death closed early because of Tracie's conflicting accounts of what happened.

Explaining why he was particularly interested in that moment of the case, Grant shares, "The press conference is the moment that is ingrained in most people’s memories when they hear the name Tracie Andrews."

He adds, "Tracie tells the press this frightening story of a road rage attack on a dark country lane leaving her fiancé, Lee Harvey, brutally murdered and her beaten by a violent stranger with 'staring eyes.'"

He says this story gave her "the nation’s sympathy" before "cracks in her narrative began to show."

The writer explains, "Tracie was an aspiring model and, according to Lee’s mother Maureen, Tracie referred to herself as the 'star witness' before she stepped out in front of the national media.

"I think Tracie was intoxicated by the idea of fame and the attention and adoration it promised. The press conference was this crystallising moment where she could position herself as a 'celebrity victim' but ultimately her performance let her down."

He concludes, "The press photo of Tracie demonstrating the 'staring eyes' is the single image most associated with her, as it revealed an unhinged side of her personality and broke her victim facade."

Under Suspicion: Tracie Andrews - Road Rage Killer airs on Channel 5 on September 30.

Happy Blue Lights season 4 day to all who are celebrating and tuning in to the epic police drama.

The peelers are back, with six new episodes airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from September 29.

Sharp eyes are saving lives once again as our PSNI favourites are thrown into their "toughest shift yet" and everything kicks off as protests outside a migrant centre descend into riots.

Gerry Cliff's murder trial is also underway during season 4, and uncovered evidence he left behind will leave everyone reeling.

But before you settle down for the new episodes, are you the sort of person who starts a new series but needs to pause because you can't quite remember what happened in the previous one?

Us too, which is why we've put together a handy season 3 recap with everything you need to know before tuning into season 4.

Blue Lights season 3 recap

As season 3 opens, viewers get to see that after a lot of building tension and touch-and-go, Stevie and Grace are finally a couple. They’re even living together and looking for a home of their own.

That’s pretty much where the good news ends though, and it’s straight into the gritty realism this show is so brilliant at.

Out working together, Grace and Stevie end up involved in a drug bust involving a dealer called Sandy, whose accomplice, a young girl, escapes the scene.

Afterwards, Grace is looking over some captured images of the pair and realises she recognises the running girl as Lindsay, a child she met in the care system when she worked as a social worker.

Shane and Tommy later respond to a call about a collapsed man at a private club in the city, The Deanery. Run by this season's super villain, Dana Morgan, this club becomes the hub from which the biggest storylines from the show play out and links to the drug dealer Grace and Stevie just busted.

The collapsed man bought cocaine from Sandy and Lindsay through an app. While he’s unconscious from an overdose in hospital, Shane wants to wrench his eye open to use his retina to unlock his phone and find out where the drugs are coming from.

All he can access is some chats, and nothing to trace the people at the top of the drug chain. While Tommy protests that what Shane is doing is unethical, Shane quickly snaps photos of the chats but is interrupted by a doctor who makes it clear the officers need to leave.

These actions nearly see him dismissed later in the series for misconduct of evidence, and the collapsed man is actually crooked accountant George McLelland, who cooks Dana's books for her criminal dealings.

Elsewhere, Tommy and Aisling are still a couple and living with Annie - she is having a difficult life outside of work. Her mum is dying and obviously she wants to visit her, but this is incredibly dangerous because of both her Catholic background, and choice to become a police officer - paying her a visit would mean risking her life.

In what should be good news for Stevie but he doesn’t exactly seem ecstatic, Sandra suggests that he’s temporarily promoted to ‘skipper,’ or sergeant. He's right to be wary, as his first shift is a chaotic disaster.

Viewers are introduced to Paul ‘Colly’ Collins, a former colleague of Helen’s. His role at the station is to carry out a top secret, high-level intelligence operation involving Dana and the Ginley network.

Colly steps in when Sandy is arrested, offering to help get him out of a life of crime in exchange for being a police informant.

Sandy agrees just before he’s asked to meet the enforcer Fogarty at Matchett's Mill. He lets Lindsay know where he's going, who is now back in touch with Grace.

Lindsay gives Grace Sandy’s whereabouts, but as she arrives there with Stevie, Fogerty pushes Sandy to his death from the roof and his body lands in front of their car.

Without Sandy, Lindsay is left without protection and Fogerty makes it clear she'll be forcibly sent to Dublin to "work" in one of his clubs. Grace discovers Lindsay is one in a long line of girls who've been trafficked into sex work under similar circumstances and the care system are too under-resourced to stop it.

Later, when Aisling and Annie are called to a rush to a road smash, Aisling is left devastated and in shock when Ciaran, the young driver dies in her arms.

Evidence found at the scene points to the lad being a "clean skin," or someone with no criminal record acting as an asset for a dissident republican faction.

Colly finds Ciaran has links with Dana Morgan - she has been enlisting and dissident republicans to expand her drug network - she's left white-collar drug running behind to actively sanction extreme violence.

Dana targets Chief Superintendent Robinson, whose husband is a frequent visitor to her club, although his wife is unaware of what goes on there.

Using George's digital footprint to find out the Chief Superintendent's home address, Dana passes this to local dissident republicans who plant a bomb under her car. The bomb is found, but Nicola and her family need to leave their home quickly and move to a safe place.

By episode 3, Annie has made the dangerous move to visit her mum, and is constantly checking for threats and bombs under her own car, rattled by what happened to Nicola.

Sadly, her mum passes away, leaving the young officer understandably in a state of grief. She's later called away from the wake after a credible threat to her life is discovered.

The team at Blackthorn put together a makeshift funeral service inside the safety of the station, remotely live streaming the real funeral for the heartbroken officer.

Aisling seems to be suffering from something like PTSD after the car crash death, often praying and starting to break the rules at work - when she's rattled by a domestic call to a fellow officer's house, she later returns to the house off the clock without anyone knowing, putting herself in danger.

She then puts a lot of people in very serious danger when she breaks protocol to visit the dissident republican parents of the boy who died in the car crash.

The reckless, unauthorised decision looks like it'll get her killed, but eventually takes a human turn when the parents unexpectedly hand her a list of names associated with the group, to be used in police investigations.

Aisling is suspended from duty and made to attend a residential treatment facility to recover, before she can return to active duty.

Meanwhile, Colly meets with crime matriarch Tina McIntyre - she wants him to secure her son Mo's release from prison, who is on remand for Gerry Cliff's murder.

After the McIntyre family were pushed out of the drug trade by Dana Morgan and Donal Fogerty, Tina offers to trade secrets about the Ginley network with Colly in exchange for her son's freedom, in order to reclaim her territory and take down her rivals.

Elsewhere, Grace is still struggling to protect Lindsay, and eventually gets through to her by sharing her own painful history in the care system - this was something audiences weren't aware of until now.

Lindsay eventually confesses everything she knows about trafficking and forced sex work in Dublin, and also handed over some names of those involved to Grace - the names are piling up.

Lindsay's intel allows Grace to track down and arrest George McLelland, the bent accountant laundering millions for Dana's drug enterprise.

Dana, realising he knows too much, arranges for her accountant to be silenced. While Grace is driving the transport vehicle with him on board, they're ambushed by hitmen and Grace is backed into a corner.

DI Louise Kerrigan steps in behind the scenes, expertly guiding Grace through the crisis and saving everyone involved.

Shane, having been stabbed in the leg during a routine call to a restaurant, by a customer experiencing cocaine-induced psychosis, reflectively recovers in hospital. The evidence misconduct case against him is dropped and he can return to duty when fully healed.

As the series begins to wrap, Tina's son get the early release promised by Colly. Now considered a snitch, Fogerty and Dana want Tina gone.

Fogerty arranges to meet Tina at a quiet quarry. But just when it looks like things are about to go south for her, Lee Thompson (from series two) takes the role of sniper and unseen from the quarry edge takes Fogarty down.

In the closing moments, viewers see that Helen has been promoted and will head up the classified, long-term intelligence operation to infiltrate Dana Morgan's club and crime network.

That opens the door to season 4, which should pick up where season 3 left off.

All seasons of Blue Lights are available to view on BBC iPlayer.

Peelers are here! Blue Lights is back for season 4, and the show's return is one of the most exciting TV events of the year.

Airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from September 29, the latest series sees Grace, Tommy, and Annie now three years into one of the most gruelling jobs they could've chosen. This time, their limits are stretched even further than ever, as they face a new street threat and volatile protests.

After his tragic death at the end of season 1, Gerry Cliff's murder trial gets underway. Richard Dormer is set to make a welcome return to the role, and the beloved officer's story building up to his untimely death is revealed through gripping flashbacks.

Secrets unfold that send the police force and the criminal underworld into chaos, as evidence left behind by Gerry sends shockwaves through Belfast.

There's no need to miss out on a moment of this gritty police drama, as we share how to tune in from anywhere in the world.

How to watch Blue Lights in the UK

If you're in the UK, it's very simple to watch Blue Lights season 4, as it's free to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

Providing you have a TV licence, you can watch the episodes when they begin airing on September 29 at 9.00pm.

You can either watch the episodes weekly when they air, or all at once if you prefer - all six of them will be made available to view at the same time on BBC iPlayer on demand from September 29.

BBC iPlayer is free to use, and all you need is an email address, UK postcode and TV licence to sign up for an iPlayer on demand account.

How to watch Blue Lights season 4 from anywhere in the world

If you’re going to be away from your usual TV set-up when Blue Lights season 4 starts airing, but don't want to wait a single moment to see what the Belfast police have thrown at them this time around, there's no need to worry.

You can still enjoy all six episodes available and potentially for free, with the use of a Virtual Private Network - a VPN.

A VPN allows you to change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to the show, even if you're not there.

Our sister site, TechRadar, has tested all of the major VPN services and they rate Nord to be the absolute best.

They say, "It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services, and ranks among the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, and PlayStation. So for a one-stop-shop, you can’t go wrong with Nord."

If you've never installed a VPN before, don't worry, it's quick and easy. Just follow these three steps:

• Download and install the VPN following NordVPN's easy-to-follow instructions.
• Once you've installed your VPN, open the app and select your server location as anywhere in the UK.
• With your VPN installed and server location set to UK, you can now watch Blue Lights season 4 on BBC iPlayer.

After the conversations sparked by his multi-award winning, record breaking Netflix series Adolescence, Stephen Graham announced a global project to keep the show's message going in October last year.

The show took an unflinching look at the urgent problem of toxic masculinity and the manosphere, highlighting the frightening reality of rising violence against women the world currently faces.

The actor's post-Adolescence project has now arrived, and takes the form of a book called Letters To Our Sons.

For the book, Stephen issued an open call for fathers from all over the world to write to their sons about what it means to be a man. Their letters have now been compiled in to a book about masculinity and published by Bloomsbury.

Many high profile actors, athletes, musicians and presenters also contributed to the book - Javier Bardem, Danny Dyer, Louis Theroux, Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Daley are just a handful of celebrities to pen a letter for inclusion.

At a promotional event for Letters To Our Sons, Stephen issued a powerful plea about the urgent need to combat violence faced by women and girls, calling to the government to take tougher action against it.

According to The Mirror, the actor used his platform to share a real story about a young boy who was detained for only six months after stabbing a girl.

"He didn't kill her, but he stabbed her violently and viciously and yet I think he got something like six months," he said.

Stephen continues, "We need to look at this system." He points out, "Women aren't afraid of women breaking into their houses, women aren't afraid of women raping them, women aren't afraid of women who violently attack them... women are afraid of men."

Offering thoughts about what needs to happen to take on this growing problem, Stephen says, "We need to look at that as a society and we need to look at ourselves and we need to start this conversation at a very young age and we need to make sure we fill our boys, our young men, with the capabilities to be masculine."

He adds, "But we need to really look at that and start to teach our young boys respect, compassion and empathy for women."

The actor also shared how to create a space for those conversations. "We need to listen. We need to give [our children] a platform to be able to talk to us and let us into what's going on in their world," he says.

Stephen continues, "Make sure you spend the time to get to speak to your children on what's going on and give them that safe place to talk. Knock on the door, begin those lines of communication, talk to them, make sure there's an environment where you can be honest and you can be open and be curious, ask questions, don't be afraid to ask questions."

The actor candidly reveals that although he's surrounded by people who love him, that's something he's "worked really hard to get."

He urges people not to be afraid to "bare" their soul and emotions, asking, "What is there to be afraid of?" He understands that all relationships take work, particularly those with your children.

He concludes that being present is one of the best gifts a child can be given by their parent. "To be present is the most beautiful thing we have," he says.

The actor worked with psychology lecturer Orly Klein on Letters To Our Sons, and the inspiration for it came from something she did for her own son.

For his 13th birthday, the psychologist "asked a load of men who we loved and admired to write him a letter on what they believe makes a good man, and what they wished they'd known when they were younger."

She then "ended up with all these amazing letters full of nuggets of wisdom, and life lessons for him to carry through now for the rest of his life in becoming a man."

Stephen Graham and Orly Klein will make a donation for every letter published in the book, which will go to the charity MANUP? and the social enterprise Dad La Soul - both organisations help young men struggling with mental their health.

All episodes of Adolescence are available to stream on Netflix.

Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley are well known for discussing hugely relatable topics on their Dig It podcast, covering everything from menopause and HRT, to the grief of losing loved ones.

Most recently, the pair discussed something that many people have increasingly strong opinions about: Getting rid of unwanted hair as a woman.

The pair weighed in on the double standards of this beauty ritual, while Zoe shared a horror story that saw her not wax a particular part of her body again.

Zoe says that while she used to always "tidy myself up" in the past, her current mantra when it comes to body hair is, "Let it grow, let it grow!"

Hailing a benefit of ageing, she says, "The good thing is that I can't see as I get older, and I can't see how hairy my armpits are."

She adds, "And also with my legs, I can't be bothered - I shave them and I blink and they've grown again." Telling the story of a friend who insists women should "shave every other day," the horrified presenter asks, "who shaves every other day?!"

Revealing how often she tends to the hair on different parts of her body, Zoe shaves her armpits "once a month," and her "lady area" is tidied "If I think I might get lucky," as she quips, "which is not that often."

Jo reveals that she's reached an age where her hair "has stopped growing," with underarm hair being a "thing of the past."

Unsurprisingly, she sees this as "fantastic" because it takes having to think about it out of the equation and is one less step when getting ready.

Jo suggests her hairs have stopped growing because she was "very religious" about getting everything waxed - this can sometimes reduce the density and thickness of the hair and slow growth altogether.

Talking about her armpits and sharing a waxing horror story, Zoe says, "I had that done once when I was hosting the Big Breakfast, and I had to host it with my arms out because they [her armpits] were in agony."

The presenter held her arms out at shoulder height to demonstrate just how much pain she'd been left in, that she couldn't have her arms at her sides.

"I've never waxed them since," she says. Zoe and Jo discuss fellow celebrities who have been pictured at events with their body hair intact, such as Phoebe Bridgers and Julia Roberts.

Jo shares that she hopes her daughters' can feel "liberated" from waxing and shaving, as attitudes towards beauty standards change and more women don't bother getting rid of hair.

"When we were younger, you just didn't have hair," she recalls, adding, "It was not the done thing - we were conditioned to get rid of it all the time."

Zoe shares, "There's so much else to worry about, that shaving my armpits and legs goes by the by."

She concludes that as we age, "women get hairier, men get less hair," rightly questioning, "where is the sense in that?."

Warning: Spoilers ahead for all episodes of The Split Up.

Viewers who loved Nicola Walker's The Split, have been equally as delighted by its glossy spin-off The Split Up.

Written by Ursula Rani Sarma, the drama in The Split Up unfolds at Manchester law firm Kishan Law, as its dedicated founder Dhruv (Sanjeev Bhaskar) prepares to hand over his beloved firm to his equally ambitious daughter, Aria (Ritu Arya).

As the family firm of divorce lawyers deal with a different case each week, their own messy personal lives are far more dramatic than the ones they're tasked with legally unpicking.

Mainly, Aria’s life was thrown into turmoil when Dhruv brings forensic accountant Luke (Dimitri Leonidas) into the fold. Aria once had a one-night stand with him at a conference when she was already in a relationship with current fiancé, Neal (Danny Ashok).

Those tuning in have been hooked by Aria being torn between her safe and dependable soon-to-be husband, and the man she has incredible chemistry with who could be her one true love.

With the arrival of her wedding day during the show's finale, which man did Aria pick? We break down her decision, and what else happened at the end of the show.

The Split Up ending explained

As The Split Up finale opens, Aria is wedding flower shopping with her future mother-in-law Harshika (Sindhu Vee). Harshika knows there's something amiss with her son's relationship but asks Aria not to tell her what's happening to avoid taking sides - a wise decision under the circumstances.

Aria's sister Maya (Aysha Kala) is also having a bad day, as the day of her signing her divorce papers has arrived, and she's also having to put up with half-hearted explanations from Aria about Luke really being nothing more than a one night stand.

Maya has spent the series dealing with the fallout from her husband Michael's (Tom Forbes) affair, trying to regain hr identity - she can't be dealing with her sister's drama too.

As the sisters arrive at the firm, Aria is greeted with a table full of wedding gifts from clients, and her mounting unease at her impending nuptials is palpable.

With her wedding due to take place the next day, Aria heads off to find Neal. The pair have awkward discussions about the state of their relationship - he's gradually found out pieces of information about her infidelity, but doesn't yet know it was with Luke and the full extent of their feelings for each other.

It's then a bad day for everyone when Dhruv calls a family meeting to talk about Zoya (Shalini Peiris.) Zoya had been born and raised in Delhi, but moved to Manchester to take on a high-profile legal case.

As she networked with the city's legal scene and became known to the Kishan family, a huge secret was exposed: Zoya is actually Dhruv's secret daughter from an arranged former marriage.

He'd abandoned his first wife and child and started a new life in Manchester. And now, Zoya is demanding £200,000 inheritance, or 25% of the value of the firm. Dhruv's family meeting is about working out how to move forward with navigating Zoya's demands.

Amid everyone's ongoing drama, Aria's wedding day arrives and she ultimately does what she believes is the right thing to do and marries Neal.

She tells a devastated Luke beforehand, "I wanted you, but I need Neal more," later telling Neal she'll never take him for granted again and that she's always "been his."

The wedding itself brings some of the major storylines to close, some more satisfactorily than others.

Ahead of the big day, Aria's brother Kav Kishan (Arian Nik) finally finds some inner peace. Having struggled to pass his his law finals and feeling like he lived in the shadows of his successful sisters, Kav also grappled with his sexuality throughout the series.

By the finale, he has the courage to tell his dad that he wanted to specialise in mediation law instead of litigation, which would have been Dhruv's preferred speciality for him.

He also admits his true feelings to Ashok (Mawaan Rizwan), telling him, "I'm in. Whatever this might be, whatever this might become, I'm in." He then cements his feelings openly by performing a public karaoke rendition of Atomic Kitten's Whole Again for his boyfriend, for all to see and inviting him to the wedding.

Zoya attends the wedding and clears the air with Maya, also giving Dhruv chance to meet her daughter, and his granddaughter, Indira.

It turns out Zoya had another secret. She wasn't just after Dhruv for his money, she'd split from her nasty ex-husband who was doing everything he could to get full custody of Indira.

Zoya had run out of money to pay for legal bills and had turned to her real father as a last resort. She wasn't trying to extort him, she was just a desperate mum who didn't want to be separated from her daughter and needed help with that.

The Kishan family vow to pull together to help Zoya with whatever she needs.

However, just when it looks like things are going to be ok, there are two late arrivals to the wedding.

The first is Luke, and the second is Zoya's ex-husband who has something to show Dhruv. He presents Dhruv with a copy of his own real birth certificate that shows Dhruv is actually called Aran. He also didn't divorce Zoya's mother, making him a bigamist.

The ex threatens Dhruv to stop helping Zoya with her case or he will expose his secrets, leaving Dhruv looking terrified - although viewers don't fully know what the secrets could be - maybe a storyline for a possible season 2?

While it appears that Maya and Michael might get back together (spending the night together on occasions and slow dances at the wedding seemed to drop big hints hey would,) Maya ultimately decides she cant trust him anymore and appears to make their split final at the reception while everyone dances around them.

Luke tells Aria that he's resigned from the firm and will be returning to London. As Neal sees how intimately the two are talking and how upset Luke looks, he seems to put two and two together but doesn't say anything.

The final moments of the finale provide a close-up of Aria's face as she dances with her new husband, appearing incredibly unhappy with the decision she's made, and sad to see her other love slip away.

While there's been no word about season 2 of the show yet, there's certainly plenty of storylines left to explore if the BBC does decide to take audiences back to Kishan Law in the future.

All episodes of The Split Up are available on BBC iPlayer, and can also be viewed weekly when they air on BBC One.

Ruth Langsford lost her father, Dennis, to complications from dementia in 2012. Her 94-year-old mother, Joan, is also currently living with Alzheimer's disease and Ruth has shared an emotional update about her health and the "living grief" of witnessing a parent decline with the degenerative condition.

During a candid conversation with Jane Moore on Loose Women, whose mother also has dementia, Ruth says, "When you start thinking or feeling that your loved one doesn't have a quality of life," that the situation gets really hard.

She reveals that although her mum does still "have some quality of life," she's been quite unwell this year. Ruth shares that "each time" Joan has been ill, "her dementia will take a little dip."

"You have to be realistic," she says, adding, "dementia doesn't get better, you're just waiting for the inevitable."

This has led to the presenter stepping in to make sure life can be as good for her mum as it can be. "I always feel my job as her daughter is to always make sure she's comfortable, does she look happy - she still smiles, she still likes music," she explains.

Ruth continues, "She's not eating very much now, so there are all those signs, and it's really, really difficult to watch."

Adding her perspective, Jane shares, "You've said goodbye to someone a million times with dementia." She continues, "They say death by a thousand cuts, this is loss by a thousand cuts" as Ruth agrees, "It's a living grief, isn't it?"

Jane says with honesty that when the day comes that her mum passes away, she'll be "very upset," but will also "feel relief."

Ruth has previously shared concerns that after having two parents diagnosed with dementia, she might get it herself and worries about a genetic link "literally all the time".

She says, "If I ever have a senior moment where I go, ‘what’s her name again?’, somebody that I know quite well, and I have a complete and utter blank, it really frightens me."

She's also revealed the backlash she went through for making public the decision to put her mum in a care home.

Replying to a negative comment about it on social media, she wrote, "How dare you. You know nothing about my mother's medical needs, her requirements, how dare you."

Afterwards, she felt bad for becoming angry, but argued, "It just showed how much it hurt, you're feeling all those things yourself. It's a very hard thing for people, and I see it all the time."

"I do lots of things for Alzheimer's, the memory walk every year, and I chat to people, and that's the one thing people talk about the most, saying, 'I feel so bad because I put them [their relative] in a care home,'" she says.

At the time, she had some advice for anyone feeling guilt over making a similar decision about care homes. "Don't feel guilty, it's done with love, you are doing this with love," are her words of encouragement.

It’s not long until viewers will find out whether Miranda Hart is playing the role of Traitor of Faithful in the second series of The Celebrity Traitors - but whichever way it pans out, Miranda is full of “joy” for the experience.

The BAFTA nominated comedian is making something of a comeback after a long-term battle with chronic fatigue syndrome saw her take a step back from television.

As The Celebrity Traitors is set to return, Miranda has described what filming the show has done for her, revealing that she was left wanting "to jump about like a schoolgirl with joy" as she looks forward to continuing her comeback.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Miranda explained why it felt time to make her return to television after battling the chronic illness. She said, "My decision making in life generally, and certainly work, is follow the joy.

"I haven't done much TV work for a long time, having only recently come out of long-term ill health issues and when I was offered this, my whole body sort of relaxed, I smiled, and I just wanted to jump about like a schoolgirl with joy.”

As for what to expect from the new series of the hit BBC series, she shared, “It's just fun. It's outdoors, it's games. All the stuff I love.

"It's play basically and I'm passionate about encouraging people to play more generally and this game is that in spades. It's a brilliant television show - the only flaw in taking part is that as a fan of the show it will be less fun to watch it with myself in it."

Whether this means we’ll see more of Miranda on TV again remains to be seen, but she is feeling more confident about her health.

In her 2024 memoir, I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You, Miranda first revealed that she was diagnosed with Lyme disease, which led to her becoming bedbound with ME/CFS - myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

She shared, "I'm still living with elements of ME, and that brings fatigue and pain to manage, but I have come to a point where I feel well enough to step out, and that's also partly why I'm doing this.

"The joy of mucking about on television again will hopefully outweigh some of the challenges and I think it will be challenging on my body, so it'll be interesting, and it'll take some courage as this is a big next step."

She added, "When you live with a chronic illness, it's invisible, so people don't know that you're sitting there in pain but then it reminds you that everybody's got their thing."

The Magpie Murders TV series is a huge hit with fans around the world. Based on the bestselling book series by Anthony Horowitz, the clever and compelling show has finally returned for its third, and sadly final, outing.

In 2022, audiences were delighted to find the perfectly cast Lesley Manville taking on the role of Susan Ryeland, a book editor turned sleuth, as the first book in the series was adapted for our screens.

The sequel, Moonflower Murders, followed in 2024 and now the trilogy concludes with Marble Hall Murders. Airing on BBC One from September 26, the six new episodes follow Susan as she's hired to work on a new Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan) novel.

Led into another murder mystery, revolving around the death of a beloved children’s author, Susan shockingly finds that she is a suspect in the case unfolding.

But before sitting down to enjoy the latest series, viewers have been wondering about Charles Clover. As a few years have passed since the events of Magpie Murders, we're offering a recap of what Charles did during season 1 of the show, and what this means for a possible return in Marble Hall Murders.

What did Charles do?

During Magpie Murders, Charles Clover pushed Alan Conway (Conleth Hill) to his death from a tower and tried to cover it up.

Alan was widely disliked, and the finger could have been pointed at many people for his death - Susan spends the series piecing together what happened to him and who was responsible for the murder.

The author behind the Atticus Pünd detective novels, Alan had loathed writing the series, but they were a huge commercial success and the only way he was able to stay wealthy.

He felt mounting resentment that his ambitions to write more "important" literature were hindered by being financially trapped into penning the commercially successful novels he despised.

Finding out that he's dying of cancer, Alan decided to execute a plan that would weaponise his book series, ensuring the first letter of his first eight book titles spelled out "AN ANAGRAM".

The final clue was the name of his famous detective, with "Atticus Pünd" being an anagram for "A STUPID C***." As an insult to his publisher and readers, Alan planned to appear on TV before his death to reveal the hidden message in his books.

However, his plan was scuppered when Charles found out about it. Charles was the founder of Cloverleaf Books, the publishing house behind Atticus Pünd. Having spent 11 years building the business, he had big plans to sell it retire.

With CloverLeaf Books about to be bought out by a multinational publisher, Alan's big and public reveal of the anagram would destroy the company's reputation and stop the buyout going ahead.

Driving to Alan's country home, Abbey Grange to confront him, Charles ended up pushing Alan from a tower at his mansion before staging his crime to make it appear that Alan took his own life.

He took the last chapter of Alan's final Atticus Pünd novel after the murder and hid it in his office. Inside that last chapter, the fictional detective, terminally ill like Alan, wrote a note explaining his decision to end his life - Alan had written this by hand.

Charles also had a genuine apology note that Alan had previously sent him following some drunken bad behaviour at a dinner party.

Charles then created the fake suicide note by combining Alan's handwritten version of the goodbye note from Atticus and layering it with the other handwritten dinner party apology, to create what appeared to be Alan's genuine suicide declaration.

He then took the typed copy to hide the fact he'd stolen the letter and re-written it word-for-word - anyone who found it would immediately know the suicide note was fake.

His plan was to persuade the ghost writer tasked with finishing Magpie Murders to change the title from Magpie Murders to "The Magpie Murders" so that Alan's anagram wouldn't work.

Despite his efforts, Susan later uncovers the hidden insult when looking into Alan's death. She realises just what Charles would've lost if fans of the novels had also worked it out.

Confronting Charles at the Cloverleaf Books office, her suspicions are cemented when she finds the book's missing final chapter hidden a locked drawer in Charles' office.

In the manuscript, Susan finds Atticus Pünd was dying and wrote a farewell letter, and his words were the exact ones Charles used to forge the suicide note.

When Charles finds out he's been caught, he knocks Susan unconscious and sets fire to the office building with her inside.

She is saved by her partner, Andreas Patakis and Charles is sent to prison for his crimes.

Is Charles in Marble Hall Murders?

Yes, Charles does reprise his role in Marble Hall Murders, but does so while still behind bars.

In the new series, central character Eliot Crace is connected to Charles through past business dealings with his family, particularly his grandmother Miriam.

Privy to many Crace family secrets, Susan is forced to visit Charles in prison to ask for his help when she realises Atticus Pünd's novel mirrors the family's real-life murky reality.

Charles' wife Elaine is back in Susan's life, and she feels ready to head to the prison to come face-to-face with him as she's reconnected with somebody so close to him.

Not to spoil the plot for those tuning in, but Susan's visit to Charles is a dark moment as she sees how broken he is by being incarcerated.

With pent up anger and nothing to fill his time with, Charles has been plotting revenge on those who wronged him and saw him go to prison, using someone on the outside to help him orchestrate his plans.

Susan is left in real danger as Charles' plan plays out while the race to find the truth behind the Crace family secrets is on.

Marble Hall Murders airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from September 26.

On their podcast, Dig It, Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley had the most British of conversations - discussing the weather. Or rather, how Zoe is more than ready for the cold weather to truly start, while Jo wants to bask in as much late summer as possible.

There were many years in the past a British summer was famous for being a let down - wet, windy and often cold. But times, they are a-changin’ and after months of scorching temperatures, Zoe is leading the charge for winter woollies, stews and lit fires.

Winter fashion trends and little luxuries to get your home cosy for autumn is one of the highlights of the wetter, colder months. But Jo isn’t quite ready to hang up her summer clothes just yet, arguing against Zoe and suggesting we enjoy the warmth while we can.

Zoe started the debate by declaring, "It's too hot for September. I don't like it. I need to be getting into my winter woollies. I want to eat stews. I want to light the fire.

"In London, it's like 24, 25 degrees. I don't want this heat anymore."

She continued, “I like a season change. I like it on the day. it's autumn equinox. It's happened. I want to be cold.”

Jo rallied against this, arguing you can embrace the cosy season in November and December. And, unsurprisingly, the debate was just as divided in the comments.

Many came right out in support of Jo’s assessment, arguing that British winters are already long enough. One fan online wrote, "With Jo as winters are to [sic] long and drag on forever. The sunshine and warmth makes me happy and I love being outside”.

Another was thinking with more practicality. They wrote, "Team Jo!!! We have months of dark mornings and dark evenings to come. Let’s enjoy the sun and warmer weather and still being able to dry the washing outside!!!"

The warmer weather does make it easier for people to continue getting their September gardening jobs done. Still, there were just as many voices echoing what Zoe was arguing for, including the idea that the winter wardrobe was a big reason why.

Someone shared, "I have a lovely cardi and I want to wear it! Plus I want a good excuse for a hot chocolate" and another added, "Zoe all the way. I want a 4pm pyjama o clock".

All valid reasons. But which side do you fall on?

Katherine Ryan is mostly known for her comedy chops. But she is also a very experienced in motherhood too, with four children, aged between 17 and 12 months.

And when it comes to parenting, there is one rule she likes to stick to - and it was passed down to her from her own mother Julie.

Speaking exclusively to woman&home, Katherine, 42, said, “My mum never used a baby voice with us growing up, and always treated us with empathy, patience and respect.

“I try to be the emotional digestive system for my children, but otherwise, [I] treat them like dysregulated little adults.”

And Canadian-born Catherine extends that rule into what the family eat at mealtimes too. “I’m extremely relaxed about everything, and my approach to mealtimes has always been inclusivity rather than deprivation,” she says.

“My teenage daughter is the most challenging of all my four children when it comes to eating at the minute, because she would exist on iced coffees and fried chicken if I didn’t deliver tempting, nutritious meals to her bedroom door.”

Katherine is working with meal subscription kit Gousto on a new campaign to tackle food labels, and while she admits she is "surprisingly bad” in the kitchen, there is one thing she can rustle up.

“I can actually make a really delicious chicken stir-fry, which I think is super versatile,” she says.

And the most important thing she’s learnt as a parent? “I can be extremely effective on five and a half years of broken sleep.”

“I’m always trying to make informed food choices for myself and my family, but sometimes you look at the back of a packet and think, ‘What is that?!’ So, I loved the idea of making all that information a bit easier to understand, and that’s exactly why I partnered with Gousto and nutritionist Rob Hobson to launch What-The-Food.co.uk.

“The tool lets you search an unfamiliar ingredient or scan the back of a food label to get a clear, scientific explanation from Rob, alongside a much simpler (and hopefully more amusing!) explanation from me.”

Katherine Ryan has partnered with Gousto and expert nutritionist Rob Hobson to tackle the food labels that are leaving Brits baffled with new AI-powered tool. For more information, please visit what-the-food.co.uk

Dame Mary Berry lost her son William in a car crash in 1989, when he was just 19-years-old.

She has previously spoken out about the impact his death has had on her life, but has now revealed that she refused to ask "why?" after William passed away, feeling it would be "wrong."

Mary also shares the reason his death hit her daughter the hardest out of her two remaining children.

Appearing on the Therapy Works podcast, Mary Tells host Julia Samuel that the aftermath of William's death was all about "going forward" and the "wonderful memories" she had of him.

"I felt so fortunate to have two other children," she explains, adding, "I never, ever asked 'why,' because I think that's wrong," she says.

Mary continues, "I remember going to church the following Sunday [after William's death] and there was a big plaque on the wall and it was the Busby family - they lost all three sons in the first World War."

This made her question, "How do you lose three?" Instead of then asking for the reason her son had been taken from the world, Mary made her life about moving forwards.

"The Busby family continued," she says, suggesting she used the family's story to help reframe loss and continue with her life, instead of ruminating on why the tragedy happened.

Part of her focus became prioritising the wellbeing of her remaining children, son Thomas and daughter Annabel.

"I'm really grateful for what I have," Mary shares, continuing, "When you lose someone like Will, I immediately had to look after the other two children who are left, particularly Annabel."

Mary says Annabel was particularly hit hard by losing her brother because "she was there with him" when it happened.

"You can imagine the shock that child had, I had to help her through that very difficult time" she says, saying that Annabel then became "vulnerable" and "leant on her friends" during the "exceedingly difficult time."

Mary recalls that her daughter then became very close to her father Paul in her grief, who was "always there for her."

She says grief was "easier" for Tom, who "definitely helped his sister" through it adding the experience of supporting her daughter has helped her "know what to do" when somebody she knows loses somebody close to them.

"I know now to go straight in, chat to them and remind them of happy times and the qualities of the person who has died, to try and bring a smile back," she says.

Mary is also known for her devotion to her husband. As well as talking about their shared experiences of grief, she also touched on their relationship during the podcast.

The cooking star calls her 94-year-old husband "the most important thing that I've got," and they've been married for 60 years.

Now having to look after Paul more than ever, Mary says she's "delighted" to do this, and is determined to keep him motivated despite his increasing difficulties with getting out.

"I'm there to help him and care for him," she says, adding, "It's very easy to get in that chair and have another snooze, and I get him out - we walk around the garden, play a bit of croquet, he does need stimulation."

She explains that when he's "stiff and in pain," motivation to go out can be hard, but she keeps encouraging him anyway.

Mary concludes, "I'm very lucky that he's there," as she thanks her parents for handing down "good genes" that allow her to keep going to care for her husband with so much energy.

Adored around the world, All Creatures Great and Small is back on Channel 5 for season 7.

Of all the characters, Helen is a huge hit with fans. Rachel Shenton who plays James Herriot's wife in the show has revealed that for season 7, Helen will be looking different to fans than she does in the original novels on which the series is based.

During a recent TV interview on This Morning, Rachel was asked how much she leaned on the books to draw on her character.

The actress shared that she thought the original novels offered a "biased" view of Helen that she was keen to build on and diversify.

"We meet Helen through James in the books," she begins, adding, "So it's through his perspective - it's his voice really when talking about her."

Rachel then shares that season 7 moves away from that perspective to really give the character her own voice. "This is the first series we see her [Helen] in her own right, as a multi-faceted character," she shares.

She explains that by only ever previously seeing Helen through James, "There's always a biased version of her." To develop the character and add more depth to her, Rachel needed to find out more about the real Helen from others who knew her that weren't James.

For this, she turned to his children, Jim and Rosie. The actress says "Jim and Rosie have just been brilliant," revealing that through the anecdotes they've given her about their mother, a "playfulness" they described her as having has made it into the show and moved Helen forward.

Delving into what to expect from the all-new episodes, Rachel shares that as well as her character feeling a little different, the entire show takes on a new lease of life as the timeline moves away from wartime.

"We're into 1946 now, and it feels hopeful and exciting, more than we've ever felt before," she says.

She continues, "We're coming through the dark clouds and we can look forward, so that feels like All Creatures of old." The show first aired with a different cast between 1978-1990, and capturing the essence of the original feels exciting.

The actress also spoke about why she believes audiences identify with the show so much, despite it being set in quite different era.

"When it's about those core qualities of love and community, they don't go out of date," she says, adding, "That's never going to not feel relevant."

There's also the fact that the beautiful countryside setting looks so spectacular on screen, audiences can't fail to fall in love with that too.

"You can point a camera in any direction and it just looks beautiful," Rachel agrees, concluding that it's an "absolute privilege" to work on the series.

All Creatures Great and Small season 7 is airing on Channel 5.

Angelina Jolie has opened up about her friendship with fellow Hollywood icon Salma Hayek, praising their unique connection and bond.

The two acting titans became friends on the set of 2021’s Eternals - a Marvel superhero film - and reunited for the movie, Without Blood, directed by Angelina. Sharing that she’s never had a similar connection in her life, Angelina credits some of it to becoming friends later in life.

"I think it’s so nice we met at this later stage in our life, because we’ve been through so many similar things, experienced different things, and somehow have landed as older women in a very similar place."

Speaking to People, Angelina continued, "To appreciate that friendship and that bond and that understanding - I haven’t had that kind of a connection in my life."

Joining her in the interview, Salma was equally gushing in her support for Angelina. She said, "It’s hard to find that connection… I love her mind and I get her. So I think when you know somebody gets you, you feel safe and you can be whoever you are in whatever circumstances."

Salma divulged what it was like being directed by her friend for their new movie, an adaptation of Alessandro Baricco’s 2002 novella that follows two people dealing with the after-effects of war and trauma.

Salma shared, "Sometimes we would start passionately screaming at each other. Then I start crying and she hugs me, then we’re laughing nonstop. And from the outside, I could see people say, ‘What’s going on?'"

She continued, "I can say whatever. She’s never offended because it’s coming from me. And we’re talking about issues, and then we start crying because we’re moved, not because we made each other cry... And then we say something stupid and we start cracking up."

In 2021, while promoting the Marvel movie the two appeared in, Angelina even described Salma as a "sister".

She appeared on the Mexican talk show Ventaneando where she said, "I love Salma. She's one of the greatest gifts that came with this movie" before calling her "my sister" and adding that she was "wonderful".

Angelina’s friendship with Salma is not only a testament that people can make new friends at any age, it’s a change in what she has said in the past about having a close knit community around her.

The Oscar winning actress told The Hollywood Reporter in 2024 that she didn’t really have many close friendships. She revealed, "I don’t really have those kinds of relationships. Maybe it’s losing your parent young. Maybe it’s working.

"Maybe it’s being somebody who’s been betrayed a lot… I’ve had a few friends over the years not be there for my family in their hour of need."

Entrepreneur Emma Grede has appealed to women everywhere to take, and maintain control of their finances, and to "stop outsourcing them to a man."

During an appearance on Loose Women, Emma shone an important light on something a lot of women might find familiar: That it's very easy to fall into traditional gender roles in a relationship where a man cares for the finances and women take up the emotional and domestic slack.

However, the businesswoman wants women to stop doing this, straight away. "All women have to take responsibility for their own financial wellness," she begins.

Emma continues, "This is not about how much money you've got - in fact, the less you have, the more you need to take responsibility for it."

Making the point that "money isn't just money," she reveals what else it stands for. This includes "your ability to live well," "what you get to do," and "your freedom."

For women who have never looked after their finances before, Emma says that those who don't understand how their mortgage works, what the money in their household goes towards and how things like the economy affect their personal financial matters, "You give away so much choice."

She says that when it comes to money matters, to "outsource that to a man" is "like madness." She adds, "It's absolutely crazy, and we can't be doing it."

Emma explains, "I know too many women that have been left high and dry, not understanding anything about their finances because somebody leaves them or there's been a death."

It's a very familiar story, and when the segment of her making her point was shared to Instagram, it gathered hundreds of comments from those who knew somebody who had experienced what Emma was talking about.

One person wrote, "I am a financial planner, and I can’t stress enough the need for financial education for women and the younger generation. A top tip is always to have a running away fund."

Another added, "Her message on this is spot on. This is so much bigger than whether you're single or married or not, it's just the reality. Every woman should be aware of her finances."

Another commenter simply said, "This is so true, and I was one of those women left high and dry," while another shared the lesson she'd learnt, adding, "My first husband paid all the bills and when he left me I had no idea what to do. So I learned about it and 21 years later, remarried, I still control all the finances."

The Great British Bake Off has been serving up delights for 16 years now, and just when fans thought they couldn’t possibly have room for more, the show adds a new secret ingredient - Nigella Lawson.

Nigella has joined long-time judge Paul Hollywood for the show’s 17th outing, replacing Dame Prue Leith after nine years. Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding have stayed on as hosts, overseeing the antics inside the iconic tent.

The new series has already begun, with the 12 new bakers put to the test with Cake Week. If you missed the first episode or you just want to make sure you don’t miss another morsel, here’s how to watch the Great British Bake off from anywhere.

How to watch Bake Off in the UK

If you're in the UK and have a TV licence, you can watch Bake Off on Channel 4 live as it airs from 8pm on Tuesday evenings, starting from Tuesday, September 22 right through to the final on November 24.

If you miss any of the episodes as they air, you can catch up afterwards through Channel 4’s free on-demand service.

The free on-demand service contains ads and if you'd like to go ad-free, you can pay to upgrade to Channel 4 Plus. As well as ad-free streaming, you also get select early access with this upgrade. A subscription costs £3.99 a month or £39.99 a year after a 7-day free trial.

How to watch GBBO from anywhere in the world

If you’re going to be away from your usual TV set-up when Bake Off continues but don't want to miss a single Hollywood Handshake or cake catastrophe, don’t worry.

You can still enjoy each of the episodes on Channel 4, with the use of a Virtual Private Network - a VPN. A VPN allows you to change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to the series, even if you're not there.

Our sister site, TechRadar, has tested all of the major VPN services and they rate Nord to be the absolute best.

They say, "It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services, and ranks among the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, and PlayStation. So for a one-stop-shop, you can’t go wrong with Nord."

If you've never installed a VPN before, don't worry, it's quick and easy. Just follow these three steps:

• Download and install the VPN following NordVPN's easy-to-follow instructions.
• Once you've installed your VPN, open the app and select your server location as anywhere in the UK.
• With your VPN installed and server location set to UK, you can now watch Bake Off from anywhere - for free!

There will be ten episodes in total for the 17th series of Bake Off, and if you’ve got room for more, there’s a new companion show airing each week. Second Helpings, hosted by Jon Richardson and Judi Love, will follow the main episode each week, replacing the previous spin-off An Extra Slice.

ITV's The Blame is another timely drama that reflects the shocking state of misogyny and violence against women and girls the country faces.

At a time Prime Minister Andy Burnham has addressed and promised to tackle the crisis, he referenced the case of Sarah Everard, a woman murdered by a police officer - she was killed by one of the people who she should've been able to trust.

Although fictional and based on the debut novel of the same name by Charlotte Langley, The Blame highlights real world institutional cover-ups, lies, moral compromise and misogyny in the police force.

By the series finale, the hunt for the killer of Sophie Masden showed the extent of corruption at Wakestead Police Station, as DI Emma Crane gets to the bottom of what happened to the teenager.

The shocking cover-ups surrounding her death not only showed just how dangerous it is to be a woman in the current climate, but also dealt viewers a shocking twist - the rapist and the killer in the show are two different people - but who are they?

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By the time the finale comes, DI Emma Crane knows someone working at the station lures women to their home to assault them using police records, and knows they're involved in Sophie's death - she just hasn't quite worked out who it is.

Events leading up to Sophie's death began when her skating coach made inappropriate sexual advances towards her.

After she's removed from the skating team for rejecting him, Sophie visits Wakestead Police Station searching for help, only to be treated badly by DC Joel Stevens and DC Douglas James during her interview.

Unnerved by the experience, the teenager starts her own investigation into the station, and finds that somebody working there in a position of power had used his standing to get women to come to his house, where he'd drug and sexually assault them.

The rapist also kept photos o his victims, and Sophie found out that the serial abuser was actually Head of Digital Forensics, Neil Shergill. He was perfectly placed to access details of vulnerable women who'd previously reported an assault but been ignored.

Having accessed their reports, he'd use a burner phone to message them pretending to another officer who wanted to take their case and get justice for them. Once the women visited his house and consumed spiked drinks, they wouldn't remember what happened the following day and he got away with rape for years.

When he got in touch with Sophie to pretend he wanted to get involved in her case, the already suspicious young girl didn't drink her spiked wine and found evidence around his home cementing her suspicions about him being a serial rapist.

However, Neil wasn't the person who eventually killed her, but worked closely with the person who did. Sadly, Sophie managed to escape Neil's clutches, but when she took her evidence to the person she thought she could trust, he also happened to be that very killer... but more on that later.

During the finale and one step behind, Emma puts herself in danger by visiting Neil to say she has the burner phone number of the rapist, asking him to use his skills to find out who it belongs to.

Knowing it's his phone and he's about to be unmasked, he offers her a spiked glass of wine. When she's about to pass out after unwittingly drinking it, he offers to ring the burner phone and of course, it rings inside his house.

Neil suggests this is it for Emma, and he'll be taking her life to cover up once again what he's been doing. Just when it looks like it's literal lights out for the detective, Tom arrives to save her. He kills Neil and Emma wakes up in hospital.

It turns out Emma had just about managed to message Tom for help before she passed out. While Emma later recovers at home, she's lovingly looked after by Tom, until she's ready to go back to work.

No sooner is she back at work, Emma is given a talking to by Lewis that gives her a sense of unease she can't shake off.

DC Lewis Brimah warns her that Tom might not be the person she thinks he is, suggesting he has evidence that "nobody is a good guy all of the time" to gently break it to her that her lover isn't what he seems.

Kapil Manek later suggests Tom is behind him having to resign after having him set up, and Emma's mounting discomfort is hard to ignore.

Who is the killer?

We've established that Neil wasn't the killer, and Emma's instincts and mounting evidence about the killer's identity are all pointing towards Tom.

And she is right, it turns out that Tom Radley killed Sophie. While investigating Marissa Andrei's sexual assault, Tom had seen CCTV footage proving Neil Shergill was the culprit.

Instead of reporting it, he used the evidence to keep Neil in his pocket - this was another in a long line of colleagues Tom manipulated and walked over to aid his own career progression.

It transpires that Kapil was telling the truth - Tom asked Neil to frame Kapil for leaking the identity of a confidential informant because he wanted a promotion and it looked like Kapil might get it.

Tom turned killer when Sophie had taken him evidence about Neil being a serial rapist. Believing he might be one of the only officers she could trust, Tom murdered Sophie because he knew he'd be implicated in covering for Neil if everyone found out about him.

He murdered the young girl and got Neil to help him cover it up. He later uncovered the extent of Neil's crimes but still didn't report him because he was in too deep.

Tom tries to explain to Emma that he'd also found out that Neil killed Amber Dodds, not Stanley Vogel, the man Emma put behind bars for the crime.

He says he was trying to protect her from her big error being uncovered, and the fact she'd been so sure it was Stanley she'd planted evidence to convict him.

But it's not enough, he's done too much for Emma to to have any shred of forgiveness for what he's done. With both of them in tears, Emma arrests Tom and calls it in.

In the closing moments of The Blame, Lewis finds evidence that DI Crane is also corrupt and looks at the evidence in horror. Not knowing what he'll do with this information might just be opening the door for season 2 of the series.

All episodes of The Blame are available to stream on ITVX.

Susanna Reid has sat and chat with some of the biggest names across the biggest industries - from politics to sport and showbusiness, she’s done it all.

For woman&home’s centenary issue, available Thursday, September 24, the Good Morning Britain star was the one answering the questions for a change, and she discussed everything from her top five trailblazing moments for women in history to the Hollywood star she’d vote in to No.10 Downing Street.

In the issue, she also revealed what makes someone like Josh Widdicombe a really "fun" guest, why the new Strictly Come Dancing host stood out as one of her favourite interviews of the year and how she approaches an interview with him differently to the likes of a politician.

When asked about her favourite guests to interview, Susanna replied, “Josh Widdicombe.

"We’d been given a heads-up before the interview that he was going to deny [rumours about] being the third presenter of Strictly Come Dancing alongside Emma Willis and Johannes Radebe. We were waiting for him to say, ‘It’s not true’ but he wouldn’t.

"Later that day it was announced that he was, in fact, the new presenter of Strictly Come Dancing. When people don’t answer a question, when it’s someone wonderful like Josh Widdicombe about such a great programme like Strictly, it’s not frustrating. It’s fun."

Susanna was quick to add, though, this doesn’t apply to all guests equally. She quipped, "You don’t want that too much from politicians who you want to nail to the mast!"

And Susanna would know. She has interviewed the likes of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022, when she stood firm and held him accountable for the claims that he and fellow Tory politicians flouted Covid rules during the partygate scandal.

When it was confirmed Josh was joining the show - replacing long-standing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman - reaction from the show’s fans was mixed. However, the first episode which saw the new presenting trio take over was hailed a success by many critics, and attracted over five million viewers.

Josh has since lifted the lid on just what the audition process was like, telling The Times that his first audition involved interacting with judges Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke.

He then had to watch videos of famous dances from the show and react as if they’d just been performed.

At the time, Josh thought he had done “rubbish”, telling the publication, “I thought I was rubbish. Everything I said felt false. I didn’t know where to put my hands.”

It was meeting his co-hosts to be, Emma and Johannes, that made everything fall into place. He shared, “From the moment we met, everyone was on the same wavelength, everyone was laughing”.

The wait has felt like forever, but a new series of Bake Off is finally here. And of course, the show is bringing with it an all-new judge in the form of Nigella Lawson.

While public speculation has mounted over how well existing judge Paul Hollywood and hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding will gel with the show's new recruit, Nigella has been happy to open up about her relationship with the existing trio.

This includes sharing details of the "separate bonding sessions" she hosted with Paul, Alison and Noel individually ahead of the launch, to get to know them better and cement their chemistry ready for the show's September 22 release date.

"I decided to meet everyone properly before we started," she explains, continuing, "I didn’t want the first time we hung out together to be on set."

But while Nigella would've undoubtedly made the most excellent host for these get togethers, she baked Noel a cake as part of their session but refused to make one for Paul, calling this suggestion "madness."

"Noel came round for tea and I did make him a cake," Nigella says, in conversation with The Guardian. "I love Noel,” she continues, adding jokingly, "He and I look like two ghouls first thing in the morning" with Paul quipping, "Two goths, climbing out of your coffins."

When it came to having Paul over, Nigella provided drinks, "salami, olives, that kind of thing." She explains, "I wasn’t going to bake for him. That would be madness."

Paul reveals he was "disappointed" by this, saying, "thanks very much" when he found out Noel was gifted a cake. "I was hoping for a cake on a gingham altar," he says.

When it came to Alison Hammond, Nigella opted to make their bonding time slightly different.

She met Alison at the This Morning set and took her out to lunch. Speaking fondly about their restaurant date, Nigella shares, "I hitched a ride to the restaurant in her car and we were practically married by the time we arrived. We have a real laugh together and talked about everything."

Despite not wanting to bake for Paul, Nigella has been repeatedly forced to shut down rumours of a feud between the pair, and maintains they are completely on good terms.

"One of the many lovely things about Paul is that he’s good at being teased," Nigella says. Although she calls him "Professor Precision" and says he "often acts bad cop and does that laser stare," she argues that they "complement each other."

As the time approaches where viewers get to see the pair on screen for themselves, Nigella reveals she wouldn't normally watch herself on TV, but is willing to make an exception for Bake Off - and she's also offered hints about some of the high jinx audiences can expect to see from the judges and hosts once they tune in.

"I don’t like watching myself but I do want to see it because there’s an awful lot of action that we’re not around for," she says, with the caveat, "I’ll fast-forward through my bits and watch the bakers."

As for the bonding sessions, they definitely appear to have done the trick. "We sometimes did a bit too much rabbiting and got told to shush," Nigella shares of herself and her new co-stars, saying "even Paul got the giggles."

She continues, "Alison once sent us out of the tent in disgrace." However, she does try and maintain balance between having lots of giggly fun and staying professional.

Nigella concludes, "As judges, we need to retain a modicum of decorum and dignity… we try, anyway."

Bake Off airs on Channel 4 from September 22.

If you miss the sharply observed look at the realities of parenting Motherland gave you, then you'll adore the equally stark reflection of midlife staring back at you in Youth.

Now Sharon Horgan, creator of possibly the best show about the dangers of the playground and the PTA ever written has moved onto the next stage of her own life, she's written another incredibly accurate comedy about it.

Swapping motherhood for midlife, when Sharon found herself suddenly single and divorced just as she was about to turn 50, she did what any self-respecting writer would do: She poured her experiences into a comedy-drama that must've been like therapy for her, and will make women of the same age tuning in feel seen.

In the eight-episode Youth, airing on HBO Max from September 21, Sharon takes on the role of Alex, a divorced sandwich generation woman trying to date while being caught between far too many responsibilities.

Alex has a job as a literary agent to hold down, a teenage son to care for, and ageing parents who are making increasing demands on her time.

She's also put herself under a lot of pressure to find a new partner quickly, before she gets "too old" and doesn't have to spend her later years alone. It is, unsurprisingly, the dating side of the show that brings many of the laughs.

And if you're wondering about why a series about midlife and the abject fear of a ticking clock is called "Youth", it's actually a nod to those in their 50s being in "the youth of old age."

Rupert Friend takes the role of Patrick, "a sort of on-again, off-again ex-flame" of Alex, whom she describes as "an institutionally single man-child."

Clubbing is also tried out for size as a place to meet a new man, while Tim McInnerny's Michael seems like the most stable choice but Alex can't seem to get past how his ageing face makes her feel about her own fall into later life.

As well as the laughs, it wouldn't be a Sharon Horgan-penned show without making the audience think at least a little about some of the more existential stuff the subject matter throws up about being old.

A lot of it comes down to misogyny and the fear of ageing and being alone that society puts on women in particular. Alex's panicked time limit she's put on finding someone to share her life with is rooted in still wanting to look young for some part of their relationship - like having an aged face would somehow ruin it all.

There's also the pressure on women to maintain their youth in the first place. When it's something fetishised by social media in an online world, those messages about life, love and romance only being worth anything when you're young aren't challenged - but Youth forces viewers to stare this ridiculous construct square in the face.

The show has already garnered a hugely positive response from critics, hailed as "utterly hilarious" (The Guardian), "painfully true" (The Telegraph) and "a portrait of midlife that's anything but mid" (Roger Ebert).

Along with that praise, if you've ever seen anything Sharon has written or acted in before, you know this needs to go straight on your watch list.

Youth airs on HBO Max from September 21.

Bake Off is about to kick off for an all-new series on September 22, and there's one thing that viewers can't stop talking about - the fabulous Nigella Lawson taking over as judge from the departing Prue Leith.

After it was announced that Nigella would be joining the long-running baking competition, debate erupted over how she'd fit in with existing judge Paul Hollywood, and hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding.

Both Paul and Nigella have already shut down rumours of a feud between the pair of them, and now, Nigella and Alison have revealed their candid first impressions of working together.

During a video shared to Instagram, the duo are asked to "spill the tea" on their initial reaction to each other. Without missing a beat, Nigella replies, "Love. Deep love at first sight."

She confirms, "It was love at first sight and we haven't stopped talking since." Alison shares, "I joined Bake Off for the cake - that's literally why I joined, but now we've got Nigella, and she's like a cake in herself isn't she?"

When asked to reveal something surprising about filming the series, Nigella reveals, "You don't have an ear piece, you don't have anyone to tell you what to say."

She continues, "We can just babble away." Alison says she was surprised at "how blue Paul Hollywood's eyes were," although she's had a little time to get used to this now.

"I fell into them," she says of Paul's famous dazzling eyes, asking Nigella, "did you fall into them?" Sweetly, Nigella replies, "Well, I've totally fallen into your eyes, so don't expect me to be totally available to everyone."

"Do you see what I'm saying? She's a girl's girl," Alison enthuses about her new co-star. Eventually, Nigella admits, "Paul's eyes are magnificent - but they are sometimes quite frightening."

Enthusiastically, Alison shares that she was taken by surprise that "we could eat whatever we wanted" during filming. Nigella's humorous, but true, response to this is, "But if you can't eat cake on Bake Off, then the universe would implode upon itself."

Those commenting on the post had nothing but positive things to say about the two women and the energy they'll undoubtedly bring to the new series of the competition.

One person shared that Nigella joining the show will inspire her to tune in when it airs. She wrote, "And this will be the very first Bake Off I’ll watch, because of Nigella and of course, I'll love seeing Alison on it too."

Somebody else wrote, "Wait, these two together? My heart can't handle this legendary combo!" while another chipped in, "Is Nigella is the most charming woman ever? Swoon."

Another fan says, "Nigella has the most incredible energy and sense of humour. I can’t wait to see her in this season."

Bake Off airs from September 22 on channel 4.

Lulu went "to hell and back" writing her revelatory 2025 memoir, If Only You Knew, but she’s happy to have come out the other side, and she’s no longer "ashamed" of her past.

In the book, the Shout singer opened up in detail about hiding her decades long battle with alcoholism before getting sober at a treatment centre in America in 2013. By sharing her issues with drink publicly for the first time, Lulu revealed that she’s closed one chapter of her life.

She shared in a new interview, "Now that I’ve come out and been vocal about being an alcoholic, I’m not proud of it, but I’m not ashamed. Because I was ashamed."

Elsewhere in her new interview with The i Paper, Lulu confessed that, looking back at her career heydays, she does have some regrets. "I was so busy. Today people talk about being present and enjoying the moment. I don’t think I did too much of that."

Still, entering a new era of her life free from shame, there’s something which helps her every day - her faith. She told the outlet, “You have to start praying. I’ve always had tremendous faith.

“I call it spirituality more than religious. Every morning I get down on my knees and thank God for what I have.”

The singer has addressed her alcoholism in the past, previously telling The Times, "I was a secret drinker... It's a family illness. The gene is there."

She added, "The thing about drink is that you become the worst part of who you really are. You can be happy and singing and having fun but that doesn’t last. If you keep drinking, you can become morose. We can become angry."

"I worked so hard to understand this. I finally understood it’s an illness that messes with everything. So I know it sounds perverse, but I’m glad I’m an alcoholic and that I’m in recovery."

Now that she’s faced the demons from her past, Lulu - ever the optimist and full of spark at 77 - is excited about what the future holds, including her brand-new album.

Having something of a comeback, Lulu’s first song in nearly 10 years was an Ibiza-inspired dance track. This zest for life is what’s propelling her forward as she gears up to release her album in January.

She shared, “I’ve struggled with my life, during my childhood, the break-up of my marriages, failures in my career. Music always opened up a new beginning. And this album, it’s been rejuvenating.”

There aren’t many people who would disagree with calling Sienna Miller one of the defining style icons of our time - but one person who might is Sienna Miller herself.

Whether she’s proving that chic autumn outfits don’t need to be complicated or effortlessly making a case for an alternative to barrel jeans, the Anatomy of a Scandal actress is always on the best-dressed lists. Which is why it was a surprise to discover that Sienna thinks she’s "completely lost [her] fashion sense" since becoming a mother again.

Speaking about reclaiming her sense of self postpartum, Sienna shared, "I have completely lost my fashion sense. I’ve been pregnant or breastfeeding for nearly four years, and I think something happens to the brain - or you’re so tired - that you sacrifice your identity.

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She continued to British Vogue, "You’re just ‘mother’... and not in the Gen-Z way, as much as I would like to be.

"I know I have a good aesthetic," she added. "I can tell when something’s lovely and when it’s not, but when it comes to putting clothes together myself, I don’t know.

"I’m just in a strange place. I literally have to text my friends who have great style and ask them to help me."

Sienna has three children. Her eldest, daughter Marlowe, was born in 2012, with her ex, Tom Sturridge. She welcomed her second daughter in 2023 and her third child, a son, was born in May 2026. The father of these two children is Sienna's fiancé, Oli Green. The pair have kept the names of their two children private.

It’s an open and relatable admission - and it’s not just about being postpartum. Sienna opened up about the changes in her body challenging the way she dresses, which women of all ages are likely to relate to throughout different stages of their life.

She shared, “I’m just really questioning all this, because I’m just so underslept and I kind of don’t know who I am. I also have massive boobs, which I don’t know how to dress.”

Sienna might be in an era of self-doubt, but as many people still look to her as one of the defining British style icons, it’s worth sharing her top tips for autumn dressing. Her 2026 uniform, she revealed to the magazine, will be built around “jeans and a nice jumper and a Phoebe [Philo] shoe.

“But, really, what I’m most excited about is people breaking away from the social-media uniform. I’m yearning for that individuality - for people who don’t have a playbook and have to go and cobble things together. I’m looking forward to trying to find that myself.”

If you were sad to wave goodbye to Trigger Point when the season 4 finale aired, you won't be for much longer.

Its incoming replacement, The Blame, is gathering a huge buzz online and drawing comparisons to Happy Valley - it will most probably be your next TV obsession.

Based on the debut novel of the same name by Charlotte Langley, the six-part series airs on ITV from September 20 and stars Michelle Keegan as DI Emma Crane, and Douglas Booth as DI Tom Radley - Michelle says she was "hooked" on the script from the moment she laid eyes on it.

When the pair investigate a devastating murder of a teenage girl in the fictional town of Wakestead, a suspect is quickly identified. But as they dig deeper into the case, Emma and Tom uncover institutional cover-ups, lies, moral compromise and misogyny in the police force.

Described as "part propulsive mystery, part social commentary, part love story," there's something for everyone as The Blame takes on big questions affecting the real world.

While the subject matter was challenging for the cast, Michelle Keegan has revealed another "struggle" she had while filming, and the person she turned to that helped her through it.

"I was struggling one day, which happened a few times, with my lines," she says, adding, "because it's very police terminology and you have to get it spot on every single time."

Whenever Michelle ran into difficulty, she turned to her co-star Doug for support. "He would always have my back, always," she shares, continuing, "Even if I fluff a few lines, he would make me feel very, very calm about it, and I wouldn't spiral."

To prepare for the role, the Brassic actress "watched a lot of 24 Hours in Police Custody," and also used her dad as a source of inspiration.

"My dad was a police inspector in the early 90s and 2000s," she explains, adding, "so I asked him what it was like working in the force back then."

Her dad had told her "the ‘lad-culture’ was exactly the same" as it's shown in the drama, with it being "heavily male influenced" and "very rare to have a high-ranking female officer."

While the show has similar gritty, institutional corruption of its outgoing predecessor Trigger Point, it also brings deeper meaning to what can be a standard genre in the same way Happy Valley did, there's a little dose of something extra in The Blame - romance.

Not to give too much away, but this bonus element will also stray from the usual on-screen formula and give viewers something else to think about.

For Michelle, one of The Blame's greatest strengths is that it will keep everyone guessing until the very end - of this she is totally certain.

"I don't know one person who would guess that ending!" she says, adding, "I’d put money on it."

The actress concludes, "That’s why Megan [writer and producer] is so brilliant - all the twists and turns she puts in there, all the fingers being pointed at different people and then no one will see that ending coming."

The Blame airs on ITV and ITVX from September 20.

Jo Whiley has admitted she’s in the midst of a “challenging decade”, and her reasons why could feel so relatable to so many.

The DJ was joined by musician Anastacia for a guest appearance on Dig It, the podcast she shares with Zoe Ball, and Jo opened up on finding being 60 “more difficult than being 50” because she’s at that age where more people close to her begin to fall ill or pass away.

She shared, “Honestly, I think this is a challenging decade. I think being 60 is more difficult than being 50 simply because people die and you have to look after people and there are lots and lots of challenges.”

She added, “Professionally, it's all great, but the thing about people dying is pretty rubbish. Maybe I've just had a bad year.”

Jo’s candid conversation comes after a particularly trying time - all of which she’s documented and talked about on the podcast. Jo, who is now 61, sadly lost her father, Martin Whiley, on July 21 at the age of 86 following a battle with Parkinson's disease.

Speaking about navigating her grief, Jo shared on a previous episode of the podcast how she prepared for the inevitable, and how her family were always the focus. She told Zoe, “With Frances [her sister], I’ve always dreaded her losing one of our parents and the children losing one of their grandparents.

“But it’s okay because you’ll have each other. It’s hideous and it’s painful and it’s sad, but we will get through these things and life carries on”.

Jo also opened up about finding her own release after losing her dad. Going back to work shortly after losing him, Jo shared that she initially felt “guilty” but the support shown to her really carried her through.

She shared, “It's quite a release to go and dance and sing… Life carries on, and you do have to carry on enjoying yourself."

Back to her recent episode with Anastacia, the Left Outside Alone singer tried to offer a hopeful message from the fact that ageing means the possibility of loss and illness.

Anastacia said, "The only thing I can say is once again, what you just said to yourself…Do it now. Live it now. Go hang with those friends you love.

"Go take extra time out for yourself because you know what? Just having it all be about work at our ages, you know, like we know it could happen tomorrow."

Sharon Horgan has an incredible career as an actress and writer, known for both penning and starring in the likes of Pulling, Catastrophe and Bad Sisters.

Away from our screens, the star married TV producer Jeremy Rainbird in 2005, and the couple share daughters Amer and Sadhbh.

However, when they divorced in 2019, Sharon was 49 and a single mother navigating life after a split with juggling her career.

Heading into her 50s, there was something else looming large that she found incredibly daunting - dating in later life.

Now 56 and her daughters aged 18 and 22, Sharon says candidly, "If you are in your mid-50s and you haven’t found your person to get old with, then you’re kind of f**ked."

She adds, "Because how do you put yourself out there as a sexual person when you’re a pensioner, nearly?"

In conversation with The Irish Times, the actress reveals that she tied herself up in knots with questions about the sort of man she might find, and put herself under a lot of strain find another relationship quickly.

"I’d sort of marginalised myself and given myself this stupid, fake ticking clock that put so much pressure on me, almost as much as the biological clock puts on women," she shares.

Revealing some of the things going through her head at the time, she says, "To suddenly find yourself single and thinking, 'Well, what now? What kind of partner will I attract? At a certain age, who will be left? Will it just be the weirdos and the freaks and the institutionally single bachelors and the old men? Who will be out there?'"

The actress has a new show starting on HBO Max on September 21. While writing Youth, about a 50-something woman navigating divorce and the chaos of midlife, Sharon obviously had a lot of her real feelings and experiences to bring to the script.

She also ended up questioning whether anyone would want to turn the script into a show because of her age, asking herself, "Are you still relevant? Why would anyone want a show from someone who is hitting 60? Am I suddenly going to be persona non grata?"

"It all kind of dumped itself on me," she says, adding, "and I also thought it was kind of funny."

During one scene, her character, Alex ponders with a friend whether a woman can be sexy at 60. She asks, "Has any man ever said, ‘You have to meet my girlfriend. She’s sexy, she’s fun, she’s 60′?"

Sharon shares that she got this quote from fellow actress Courtney Cox, who felt the same way on entering her sexagenarian years.

She then realised society and the patriarchy has a lot to answer for when it comes to how women feel about themselves after reaching a certain age, and how this compounded how she felt about her ability to date and be successful at work.

"It’s a real-life patriarchal conditioning we’ve placed on ourselves – and we buy into it," she says of the limits and worries we place on ourselves.

The actress is no longer single and is dating fellow actor Barry Ward. Asked whether being in a relationship has squashed some of her age-related insecurities, she says, "I’m definitely more chilled and calmer."

She concludes, "I do think about it, just not as darkly or incessantly. I think it’s connected to happiness, and living in and appreciating today rather than fixating on the future."

Youth will stream on HBO Max from September 21.

For more than a decade, Susanna Reid has been the dependable, inquisitive and steadfast host of Good Morning Britain. Rising in the middle of the night to start work at 6am, she presents the show with a smile on her face and, of course, with absolutely perfect hair and make-up.

Alongside her have been a string of co-hosts - including the likes of Richard Madeley and Ed Balls. But perhaps her most famous double act was with Piers Morgan. He sensationally stepped away from the show in 2021 after a fallout related to comments he made about Meghan Markle. And while they are friends again now, Susanna, 55, admits it did take some time to get back to a good place.

“I’m lucky to call Piers Morgan a friend. We went through a rough patch when he left GMB – it was a turbulent time and a massive shock,” she said, speaking to woman&home for our special 100th anniversary edition.

“But we spoke very quickly afterwards because our friendship meant a lot to both of us and still does. We used to have the fiercest arguments on- and off-air, but they toughened me up, and made me a better journalist and presenter. I am grateful for that and for our ongoing friendship. Piers also throws the best Christmas parties!”

Susanna joined the show in 2014 after a long stint hosting the BBC Breakfast show. And while she has been working in news for decades, she admits nothing is guaranteed any longer, mostly due to AI, and she is simply enjoying the work as best she can.

“We’re in challenging times with the advent of AI. I’m savouring every moment in television because who knows at what point I might be replaced by an AI version? We disappear into our own algorithms – people just want their own interests and it worries me,” she said.

“When you’re in news, current affairs and journalism like I am, you are appealing to a breakfast audience with a million different interests. You are keeping people’s spirits up with entertainment, but at the same time delivering difficult, challenging news about the economy and world events. If we have an AI version of super-highly tailored news, you would lose that sense of ‘I didn’t realise I wanted to know about that’ or ‘That didn’t occur to me’.”

In addition, there have been some difficult times at ITV in the last year, with budget cuts, studio moves and the loss of many behind-the-scenes staff. It is something Susanna is conscious of.

“Moving GMB to ITN was a big, dramatic change. The team was cut down, and who’s not going to feel sad about losing a chunk of staff?

“But people have found other fulfilling work and change is an opportunity – you have to lean into change and make it work. My generation’s time of life is a constant period of flux and change. We have ageing parents and growing children. We’re not stuck. We have to adapt all the time and be flexible,” she said.

“I don’t think beyond GMB. I won’t until the moment someone says, ‘Thanks very much. You can have a lie-in tomorrow!’ It’s very important to accept that you’re not going to work forever at a particular job. For whatever reason, things change. There will always be other things.”

But what other things might that be for Susanna? A podcast, it seems!

“Maybe one day I’ll have my own podcast – I’m a massive podcast fan.

“In my 50s, my ambition has changed. When you are young and starting out, you think about how you can get on as an individual, and when you get older, your role is to encourage the team.”

Wise words from one of the most inspirational women around!

MobLand is finally back for season 2, and the women of the hit gangland drama are playing just as dirty as the men, with their character's stories just as gritty and important.

While the season 1 finale saw some of the most shocking violence ever to be witnessed on screen, it also saw psychotic heads of the Harrigan crime family Maeve (Helen Mirren) and Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) being carted off by police.

While they should've seen several life sentences thrown at them for the atrocities they'd carried out throughout the season, that, of course wouldn't make MobLand the compelling, escapist viewing it is if they weren't there.

Having beaten the charges against them and regained their freedom, they're back for season 2 while Tom Hardy's fixer Harry Da Souza cleans up every mess they make and keeps what's left of the clan alive.

And Helen Mirren is correct when she says that women are the "strength and power" of the show. Her cunning and despicable Maeve, alongside Bella (Lara Pulver), and the likes of Zosia (Jasmine Jobson) are just as powerful and complex as their male counterparts.

Rather than standing on the edge as eye-candy characters, they drive the plot as Machiavellian masterminds who are just as ruthless as anyone else.

Speaking during the London premiere of season 2, Helen Mirren told the Press Association: "It’s the strength of the women that is so powerful to the story."

She continues, "They all have agency. They’re in the story. They’re not peripheral to the story."

Most importantly, the actress shares, "They’re not there just to be a pretty face or to explicate things, they’re right in the plot, which is great to see."

The star also shares that she "didn’t know what I was letting myself in for quite honestly," when she signed up to do the series.

"Neither of us really knew what we were signing up for at all," she explains of herself and co-star Pierce Brosnan.

"But we knew it was Guy Ritchie, so we knew that would be fun," she says, adding, "We knew we’d be with each other, and we knew that would be fun."

Once they'd read the scripts and settled into their characters, Helen says, "The whole thing just sort of took off like a jet engine."

She has also shut down rumours of a feud between herself and Tom Hardy. They emerged in May when it was initially announced that Tom would not be returning for season three of the show.

The rumour mill suggested this was because of behavioural and creative clashes on set. However, Tom will officially be returning, and Helen responded to claims she'd been "roped" into the reports of negativity between the pair.

She told EW, "I did not get roped into it. No one asked me. I was simply saying the truth of me and my situation and where we stand on this, and incidentally Pierce also did [the same]."

She concluded, "We absolutely love working with this guy [Tom], we love doing the show, and we would love to continue, and that’s all there really is to it. But we weren’t roped into anything."

MobLand season 2 airs on Paramount+ from September 18.

The fourth instalment of Ryan Murphy's Monster anthology has arrived, this time looking at the intriguing case of Lizzie Borden.

Previous outings of the Netflix show have focussed on the often gruesome cases of infamous killers like Jeffrey Dahmer, Lyle and Erik Menendez and Ed Gein.

However, the 1892 case of Lizzie Borden is different. Although she was accused of killing her father, Andrew Borden, and her stepmother, Abby Borden, she was actually found not guilty of the crime.

Because of this diversion from the other Monster shows in the series, viewers are wondering just why she was acquitted and what Lizzie went on to do with the rest of her life after the scandal.

Why was Lizzie Borden acquitted?

In August 1892, Lizzie's father and stepmother were brutally attacked with a hatchet and found dead at their Massachusetts home they shared with Lizzie and her sister, Emma.

Lizzie and the family maid were the only people home at the time of the murders. The maid, Bridget "Maggie" Sullivan was ruled out of the investigation because her whereabouts at the time of the attack was accounted for and Lizzie was accused instead.

Ultimately, Lizzie was acquitted because evidence against her was circumstantial and not enough to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Also, gender and class bias played a role in her going free.

As an upper class woman who was a Sunday school teacher and respected member of the church, the jury couldn't believe that a woman of her standing would be able to carry out such a savage attack.

Evidence gathered against Lizzie included her initial statements to police being erratic and contradictory. Her changing accounts of her whereabouts and actions at the time of the murders aroused suspicion.

One example includes claiming that at the time of the attack, she was in a barn at the property looking for equipment for an upcoming fishing trip.

When searched, police found the incredibly hot, unventilated loft of the barn where the equipment was kept, to be covered in a thick layer of undisturbed dust with no footprints or signs that anyone had really been in the space.

Lizzie later changed this story to say she hadn't been in the barn loft, but just in the lower part of the barn eating pears. She later altered that to say she'd never been in the barn at all and had been in the back garden at the time of the murders.

Other evidence against her included a friend of the Borden family, Alice Russell, saying she'd witnessed Lizzie burning a blue dress - the one she had been wearing on the day of the murders.

On top of that, local drugstore worker Eli Bence, suggested Lizzie had visited the shop to attempt to buy the poison prussic acid a day before the killings.

During Lizzie's trial in June 1893, Judge Justin Dewey announced that her initial confusing statements made to police would be excluded from the evidence.

This was because she didn’t have an attorney present when they were made, and the statements were rendered inadmissible.

Her defence team also argued that because her Lizzie's doctor had prescribed a large dose of morphine to calm her nerves in the days following the killings, the opioid had made her confused and this also accounted for the conflicting stories she gave.

The testimony from Eli Bence was also blocked and he was banned from telling the jury anything about it.

This was due to the defence and judges agreeing that because Andrew and Abby had been killed with a hatchet and no poison found in their systems, Lizzie's attempt to buy poison was irrelevant.

Alice Russell's account of witnessing Lizzie burning the dress she was wearing on the day of the murders, did however make it to the trial.

Although considered the star witness in the case, under cross examination Alice was ultimately unable to confirm that dress she saw Lizzie burning on a stove was the exact one she'd been wearing when her father and step-mother died.

Lizzie explained that she was getting rid of an old dress that had been ruined by paint after work carried out their house. This story was backed up by her sister Emma, who said she'd been the one to suggest to Lizzie that she dispose of the old dress by burning it to get it out of the house.

Lizzie's trial concluded on June 20, 1893, and after deliberating for 90 minutes, the all-male jury found her not guilty.

No other suspects were ever identified in the case, which remains unsolved over 130 years later.

What happened to Lizzie after her trial?

Lizzie and her sister Emma inherited a substantial amount of money from their father's estate, and they bought a mansion together in an affluent neighbourhood in Fall River, near to where they'd been brought up.

Lizzie began using the name "Lizbeth," but could not escape the controversy that surrounded her after the trial, despite not being found guilty.

Shunned by locals in the surrounding area, Lizzie began travelling to Boston and New York to attend theatre shows, something she had a huge interest in. She found comfort in the anonymity of being away from Fall River.

In the early 1900s she met a theatre performer named Nance O'Neil, and a great friendship grew. However, speculation arose that the friendship had developed into something romantic, and more controversy followed Lizzie around.

Around this time, she fell out with Emma who moved out of the home they bought together and although reasons for their falling out were never made clear, it was speculated to be something to do with Nance.

The sisters did not reconcile. Lizzie's friendship with Nance also eventually broke down and she mostly lived a private life at her mansion afterwards.

Following gallbladder surgery and ongoing health problems, Lizzie died at her Fall River home on June 1, 1927, at the age of 66.

Emma died nine days later, and the sisters were buried at the family plot along with Andrew and Abby.

Neither sister married or had children, and both left their fortunes to various charities and good causes.

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story airs on Netflix from September 17.

At the age of 70 Jerry Hall is living alone for the first time, and couldn't be happier. Following two divorces, she reveals why living by herself "liberates" her from paranoia, outlining every reason she finds it joyful.

"I was a bit nervous about living alone at first," she tells The Telegraph, adding, "I thought, ‘Oh God, I’ve never done this ever’, but it’s so easy!"

Jerry explains, "The house stays so clean. You can watch anything you want on TV," sharing that one of the major benefits is choosing who to share her space with.

"I only invite the people I love," she says, revealing that this is "the most peaceful, stress-free time of my life." Another incredibly valid reason to enjoy living by herself? "I can sleep diagonally across the bed.”

After marrying Mick Jagger in 1990 and having four children together, the couple divorced in 1999 after 23 years together in total and Jerry wed Rupert Murdoch in 2016.

Her second marriage ended after six years, and gave the star another reason to feel joy in her solitude. "Now I’m not worried about some woman stealing my man. I’m liberated from being paranoid," she says, choosing to remain single for the moment.

Mick Jagger was notoriously unfaithful throughout their marriage, with Jerry suggesting he also left her to take the strain of the mental load and didn't want her to have a career.

"I was in charge of the kids, the social life and the travel plans" she says, continuing, "In all relationships somebody has to compromise. It would have been fine, but then he was such a womaniser."

"Now it’s fun time for me," Jerry says of entering her 70s. For her, that looks like spending time with close friends, a 9.30pm bedtime, gardening and being a grandmother.

Daughters Elizabeth and Georgia May both have a son each, Jerry's own son James has a daughter.

"I love being a grandma,” she enthuses, adding, "What excites me more than anything is having the grandchildren come to stay. Thrilling!"

Another joy she's embracing is ageing. "I’m accepting of age," she says, continuing, "We humans get old and then we die. I don’t mind that, but I don’t do any kind of Botox or plastic surgery."

She suggests her fading eyesight also helps her accept her changing looks. "You can’t see so well. So I look in the mirror and go, ‘Hmm. I think I look pretty good,’" she laughs.

When it comes to having another relationship, it would appear living alone and being single has too much appeal. Jerry says "I’m certainly not looking for it or planning" for having a man in her life.

"I have lunch with people, a lot of men friends. But I’m enjoying just being… relaxed," she says.

Sports Illustrated icon Christie Brinkley is living proof that age is just a number as the model strutted down a New York Fashion Week runway aged 72, exuding carefree confidence and glamour.

Part of the reason Christie is still so effortlessly youthful and vital is down to her mentality - she’s simply refusing to let ageing be a scary thing, and she wants women everywhere to do the same.

In a new interview, she shared, "I have to say the 70s have been amazing. When I actually say the number, it seems very foreign to me because I don’t know, I don’t feel like that, and I want to let other women know not to fear [ageing] because it’s not what you think.

She added, "I’m having a great time" - and she’s certainly making it look great. Her recent appearance at Dennis Basso's ready-to-wear Spring 2027 show in New York saw her strut down the runway in a slinky off-the-shoulder gown featuring a thigh split.

Looking every inch the glamorous model, her blonde locks were styled with a bouncy blow dry and she completed the look with a signature red lipstick.

Speaking about her return to the runway in her 70s, she shared with her Instagram followers afterwards, "Thank you to @dennisbasso for giving this honor to a seasoned 72 1/2 woman... we still don’t see enough of us represented."

For Christie, she’s - quite literally - walking the walk after talking the talk when it comes to keeping her attitude positive on ageing. A few years ago, before she turned 30, she spoke with People and shared that her focus wasn’t on the number.

She told the outlet at the time, "I pretty much feel, as I'm approaching 70, the same way that I felt when I was approaching 30. I feel good. I feel strong.

"I feel like the number doesn't match my spirit, so I may as well just keep spiriting on."

Earlier this year, she revisited this topic and shared her words of advice, including what she thinks young people do that you stop caring about as you get older.

She told Society Allure, "When you're young, you are always wondering and thinking about what they're thinking about you, and you know, people don't really spend that much time thinking about you.

"You should just get on with it and enjoy your day and dive into life and each day. Every day is a brand new clean canvas for you to paint with all the colours and activity. Dive in and enjoy."

Slow Horses is back for season 6, and it really is the show that keeps on giving - each outing of this cult series seems to be more brilliant than the last.

Even better news for fans of Jackson Lamb and his ragtag gang of shamed, but lovably imperfect MI5 operatives, is that season 7 has already been filmed and Apple TV have just renewed it for season 8.

While this is exciting, let's not get ahead of ourselves. With season 6 airing on the streamer from September 16, we'll take a look back at all the key plot points you need to remember from season 5 before settling down to tune in.

Slow Horses season 5 recap

At the start of season 5, Shirley is still reeling from the death of Marcus, and Louisa is unsurprisingly stepping away from Slough House (and sadly remains absent for the rest of the season,) for a mental health break.

Shirley is anxious, jumpy and a little paranoid. Catherine is following her around to make sure she doesn't do anything stupid, but loses sight of her long enough for Shirley to manage jumping off a balcony in a nightclub to apprehend a man she thought had a knife - the babysitting wasn't really going to plan.

But the biggest talking point of the opening episode is that Roddy Ho has a girlfriend. Yes, it sounds just as improbable saying it again a year after we witnessed it happening on screen, than it did at the time.

More likely though, is that everything points towards it seeming highly likely someone could be trying to kill Roddy. And it could be something to do with the unlikely girlfriend who is seen tipping someone off about the time Roddy is most likely to be alone in his flat.

Anyway, stepping into the action, there's a massacre in Abbotsfield. Current London mayor Zafar Jaffrey is running for re-election, and is up a against fierce right wing populist, in the form of Conservative MP Dennis Gimball.

The radicalised Rob Trew briefly speaks to a man campaigning and handing out flyers for Jaffrey, before opening fire in a town square and killing 11 people with a military-grade assault rifle.

He's quickly shot dead by a hidden sniper, and this kicks off a series of attacks carried out by terrorists the Park and the Slow Horses need to find the identity of, with all their usual hindrances.

That very same (currently mystery) sniper is later found creeping around Roddy's flat, but Jackson has sniffed out the danger following his master hacker and is hiding out at the apartment ready to see off any assailants - the attacker is quickly dispatched through a window to crash land on the floor below.

If viewers still weren't suspicious of Roddy's girlfriend Tara, it's under no doubt she's up to no good when River and JK Coe are sent to an address found for her, and the Polish couple living there have never heard of her.

Fear not, Lady Di is now on the case. Making a connection between what's happening to Roddy and the Abbotsfield massacre, she arrives at Slough House to have Roddy immediately dragged to the Park for interrogation.

Still nobody is able to join the dots about how he's connected to a terrorist outfit apparently on a mission to destabilise Britain - it's not long before they strike again and manipulate eco warriors into sabotaging London's petrol infrastructure. But still, nobody knows who they are.

Because of the attack on fuel, London is at a standstill and the terrorists are already poised to strike again. This time they've hidden a bomb in a thermos flask and pay a homeless man to toss it into the penguin enclosure in Regent’s Park Zoo.

Slough House have difficulty getting to the bottom of any of this, because they're put on lockdown and unable to leave Jackson's office, guarded by Dogs. The Park believe Roddy is involved, and that makes all the Horses a risk.

The lockdown provides an opportunity for a Gary Oldman acting masterclass involving bodily functions and stories that may or may not be true, about a pregnant girlfriend once being set on fire.

All of this was a ploy to escape the Dogs and get on the terrorist case, but is also the standout reason to watch the season again.

Once free of their guards, the Slow Horses are off to protect the mayoral candidates because it looks like they could be next on the terrorist hit list.

River and Coe are assigned to Dennis Gimball, and Shirley and Catherine are tasked with watching over Zafar Jaffrey.

Jaffrey is later irked when it transpires his son, Irfan, was one of the climate activists who took part in the fuel attack.

Meanwhile, still under interrogation by Lady Di, Roddy reveals a horrifying piece of information: To impress Tara, he put his hacking skills on full display and hacked into the MI5 database in front of her.

He then LEFT HER ALONE to look at any of MI5's top secret intel while he strolled out to get takeaway.

Roddy still won't believe Tara could be using him, showing his total and utter lack of self-awareness in the process.

Meanwhile, Jackson and Emma Flyte have managed to hunt down Tara's real address but she's fled to Roddy's flat, believing nobody would look for her there - Jackson almost immediately works out where she is.

Zafar Jaffrey is a little more than irked when his son is now classed as a domestic terrorist after it turns out somebody died as a result of the fuel attack - Irfan thought he was taking part in a protest, not being used as a pawn to invoke death and destruction.

Knowing Gimball will use this against him, Jaffrey sends Tyson to have a private meeting with Gimball to plead with him not to use his son's scandal for political gain.

With a political campaign debate between the two mayoral candidates about to get underway, Coe and River are still protecting Gimball, and Catherine and Shirley are keeping a watchful eye over Jaffrey.

Shirley manages to foil an attempt on Jaffrey's life as he begins a speech ahead of the debate, and Gimball is outside rehearsing his own speech when he's approached by Tyson. The pair end up in an argument and River is forced to intervene.

Coe climbs down from his higher surveillance vantage point on some scaffolding to help, but accidentally sends a rogue tin of paint flying down onto Gimball’s head. He’s killed on impact - oh dear.

Later on, Lady Di is finally getting on board with Jackson and Coe's terrorist destabilisation theory, one she's been dismissing for the series so far. Jackson believes the attacker's next step is to "blind" their enemies, which a captured Tara agrees with.

We find out the terrorists are from Libya, and Tara believes this "blinding" could be something to do with a Libyan proverb about bodies raining from the sky. It's down to the Park and the Horses to work out what this could mean.

Using Tara to try and catch the terrorists backfires - she isn't a bystander they recruited, she's deeply ingrained in their gang. When sent undercover with a tracker to meet with them, she promptly dumps her coat containing the device and is reunited with the terrorist crew.

During the finale, Tara is on the phone to the Park, holding the Libyan ambassador at gunpoint - and she had many demands, and if they aren't met, a place of worship will be attacked.

She wants money paid into a Cayman Island Trust with links to none other than right wing politician Peter Judd, who has been taking money from the Middle East for "services rendered."

Jackson is one step ahead of Tara again and manages to have her taken down and arrested at the embassy. But her terrorist colleagues plan to go ahead with the next stage of their plan and carry out their "place of worship" attack at the Abbotsfield massacre memorial where Jaffrey is speaking.

An attack at the service gets underway with shots fired, but the Slow Horses step in to save the day and bring it to a halt, with one attacker escaping.

With everything now seemingly over and the terrorists dead or apprehended (apart from one), River visits his grandfather who has been trying to say something for a long time about bees.

In his confusion he can't quite articulate it, but it could be something to do with his in-depth knowledge of terrorist strategies and a final "sting in the tail" just when everyone think they're safe.

River calls Jackson to let him know about the escaped attacker, and it turns out Claude is the target for the final "sting." He is indeed attacked, with the terrorist holding policies he made during his political career responsible for Libyan citizens' hardship.

River is able to save Claude, but he shouldn't have bothered - Claude announces he's made a deal with Judd to blame Slough House for everything that went wrong during season 5, and it will be closing down.

But wait. Jackson has a recording of Claude threatening Dennis Gimball during an earlier episode he can use as leverage, and use it he does. Because of this, Lady Di becomes First Desk and Slough House won't be shutting after all.

That's where we leave our favourite misfit crew, although there's disappointment for River who believed his hero actions would see him returned to MI5 properly. Sadly for him, Lady Di is adamant she won't be having him back.

Slow Horses season 6 airs on Apple TV from September 16.

Earlier this year, actress Caroline Quentin announced that nearly 50 years after leaving school, she was returning to university at the age of 66.

Speaking to Woman & Home magazine shortly after making her exciting announcement, Caroline was asked whether she had an unfulfilled ambition.

"Yes, but I'm about to fulfil it," she shared, adding, "This autumn, I'm starting a postgraduate diploma in the history of art at the Courtauld Institute, it's the course of my dreams."

After leaving school with "a couple of O Levels," the actress added told us that her husband and children are "so supportive," and although she was nervous, she knew "the best things in life are often hard."

With her start date now here, Caroline has spoken to Lorraine Kelly on her talk show with an update about the pride, joy - and nerves - she has for her first day.

Telling the host that she "went straight to work" after finishing school, Caroline says that "people just assume you've had a university education."

"I left school at 16 with very few qualifications, I wasn't very good in the classroom," Caroline explains, adding that this wasn't because she was badly behaved, but instead, she was easily "distracted."

Sharing her feelings about beginning her university journey, the Men Behaving Badly actress becomes emotional. "I always want to cry when I talk about it, it's so ridiculous," she shares.

After a pause, Caroline says proudly that where she'll be studying "is a centre of world excellence."

As part of the application process, she needed to write an essay, sharing, "I haven't written an essay since I was 16," and it was "quite a big essay," as well as filling in a form.

The actress says the university is very "selective" about who it lets in and as she scored a place she is "so proud of myself."

Her two children, Rose and William, had cheered her on to complete the application, urging, "Go on mum, you've always wanted to do it."

After she "worked quite hard on the essay" and secured a place, the next challenge is the daunting first week.

"I've got Freshers' Week next week," she laughs, joking that her son had told her to make sure she uses her student card "to get cheap pints" followed by her "OAP pass to get the free night bus home."

Caroline shares, "I've learnt a lot as an actor about history, and working with language, but my real passion has always been art."

She concludes triumphantly, "And I'm going to do that."

When the clip of the conversation was shared to Instagram, it gathered hundreds of comments of support, and stories from those sharing their own later in life university experiences.

One person wrote, "I did my masters aged 50 and I'm now on a second career because of it. This year I’m 60 and looking forward to studying again when I retire. Lifelong learning is good for the soul, it makes me emotional too."

Another added, "I put off my writing ambitions (four decades of teaching took up all of my time and energy) but became a novelist aged 62. I'm currently working on my 10th book - you're never too old to follow a dream."

Celebrated as the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie remains the best-selling novelist of all time - her books have sold more than two billion copies.

Whether you love curling up on a rainy day with one of her twisty mysteries or you prefer watching one of the TV adaptations of her classic stories, Agatha's whodunnits continue to win over legions of fans, new and old.

To celebrate what would've been the legendary author's 136th birthday, see if you can crack the case of these quiz questions.

Curl up with a good mystery

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When the 7 Up documentary aired in 1964, it was supposed to be a one-off film.

It took a group of 14 randomly chosen seven-year-olds from different backgrounds, and filmed them to get a snapshot of varying ideas around the effect of fate, class and environment on people’s life journeys and outcomes.

Then it was decided the producers would return to the same children every seven years, offering a groundbreaking look at social history in the process. The series was directed by Michael Apted until his death in 2021, and award-winning documentary maker Asif Kapadia took over the reins for the final outing.

Now the children of 7 Up are 70, and the final instalment of the series has arrived. As 70 Up airs on ITV, we look at the lives and fates of the cast of the show and where they are now.

70 Up cast: Where are they now?

John Brisby

John became a barrister, but wasn't always happy with the way he was portrayed on the show and had a difficult relationship with director Michael Apted.

He dropped out of appearing in 28 Up and 42 Up, but did appear in 35 and continued to see the rest of the series through after 42.

During 35 Up, he likened the series to a "little pill of poison" injected into his veins every seven years, suggesting he wished he'd never been put forward by his headmaster to take part.

On his return to the series, he'd never allow Apted to interview him. John rejected the idea of being the "token toff" in the show, which he suggested failed to include his immigrant roots and charity work in the pursuit of a narrative.

In 70 Up, John reveals candidly, "I never liked Michael."

Neil Hughes

Neil Hughes began the series announcing, "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up," before later episodes showed him to be struggling with depression and experiencing bouts of homelessness.

He later became a local councillor, and after that, a preacher. He now lives in France, and 70 Up sees him in a cluttered house, suggesting, "I look like a hoarder, I know."

He tells The Guardian, "With the greatest respect to viewers of the show … they didn’t see the real me. There’s a me here who Michael never discovered."

Neil no longer watches television and won't be watching 70 Up. He says this is "partly a self-defence mechanism" and also because "I’m very sensitive to screens. I don’t have a mobile phone."

He concludes, "I’m as happy as I could be given my life … I’m still quite lonely at times, but this is a common characteristic of our age."

Bruce Balden

Bruce Balden began the series as a seven-year-old announcing we should be giving most of our money to the poor, who went on to teach maths to immigrants in the East End and later went on to teach in Bangladesh.

When 49 Up aired, he was working at a private school, and has always been guided by his faith. According to The Times, Bruce has moved from Anglicanism to Quakerism, and donates to a London synagogue "to help defray their security costs."

He has two sons, Henry and George, and hopes they'll become "moral atheists" rather than "religious hypocrites." Now retired, Bruce and his wife Penny live in Berwick-upon-Tweed, where he sings in a choir and volunteers with the RNLI.

He's enjoyed his time taking part in the series, sharing that the crew returning every seven years has been "like seeing old friends every time they drop by."

Symon Basterfield

Symon grew up in a children's home and was introduced in the series as "the illegitimate child of a single mother." He didn't know his father, and was often asked when the cameras returned to him what it was like not to have a father in his life.

His mother died of cancer in 1990, and Symon wishes he'd asked more questions about his dad. "It’s still in my head now, I should have asked. First, who’s my dad? What did he do? Where did he come from?" he says.

Symon adds, "I can’t remember who told me he was Nigerian, it might have been my mum. But I don’t know that he’s Nigerian. So I know nothing about the man, I never saw him."

Symon went on to have five children with his first wife, Yvonne, and a son with his second wife.

The couple trained to become foster parents and have since welcomed over 120 foster children into their home.

Andrew Brackfield

Andrew was a classmate of John Brisby and living in South Kensington when he was introduced on 7 Up.

He told viewers that he'd be going on to Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, a dream that did eventually come true.

He read law at Trinity and became a partner at the global Linklaters law firm. He retired in 2018 and owns homes in Wimbledon and West Sussex

Like John, Andrew hasn't always enjoyed taking part in the show. He says the best thing about the documentary is "seeing it come to its successful conclusion, with a symmetry between seven and 70."

He shares that he stayed with the series until the end because, "I don’t know anything else that’s followed people for 63 years. It’s incredible."

Suzy Dewey

First seen practising ballet at her London school as a seven-year-old, Suzy left school at 16 and lived in Paris before marrying solicitor Rupert.

She went on to have two sons and a daughter and spent time as a full-time mother, later becoming a bereavement counsellor. Another child from a wealthy background, Suzy also felt her life was misrepresented.

She didn't take part in 63 Up due to feeling "picked on," but did return for the final outing of the documentary.

She hasn't always watched previous episodes, but will be tuning into 70 Up. Reflecting on her age during a recent TV appearance, Suzy says, "You get to 70 and we’ve lost friends a lot younger than me from cancer and other things."

We’re in sniper alley now at this age and I just think, if you’re reasonably healthy at 70 and can get on with your life, well we’re just really fortunate."

Jackie Bassett

Originally from the East End, Jackie married at 19 and was controversially asked by Michael Apted in 21 Up whether she had met "enough men" before deciding to marry.

In 49 Up, she told confronted him over that question him. "I was really angry… you wouldn't have asked some of the other people in this programme that question," she said, adding, "You will edit this programme as you see fit, I've got no control over that."

She felt Apted was out of touch with the changing role of women in society. "I think he still thought we were all in the kitchen, as I mentioned to him at 21," she says, adding, "I just thought, 'No, come on, it's about time one of us called you out on it', because he never never asked us questions about politics. It was nearly always domestic."

Jackie went on to have three sons, and moved to Essex, then Glasgow, before now retiring to the Norfolk coast. "It’s quiet. I love it," she says of her current home.

Tony Walker

Originally from Bethnal Green, Tony has gone on to have a varied life and career. He held childhood dreams of being a jockey, but became a taxi driver when that didn't work out.

Tony was unable to become a taxi driver after being told he was "too heavy." He says, "That was me out of the game. It broke my heart."

A father-of-three, Tony has never minded the fame being on the show brought him, happy to hand out signed photos, and even turning his hand to acting.

Tony has appeared in EastEnders, The Bill, and was a stand-in for Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun.

Now retired to a caravan in Epping Forest, Tony shares that he always liked and admired Michael Apted. He tells The Observer, "I felt he loved me, and I loved him," adding, "He wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea with the cast. But to me, he was like a dad."

Sue Fitzgerald

Also from the East End, Sue has always been happy to take part in the documentary. After leaving school she spent 20 years working at Queen Mary University of London as an administrator for its law courses.

She's now retired to Essex, and can sometimes feel "a bit lost" with her free time. She tells Saga magazine, "A lot of the past seven years, since the last TV programme, was taken up with looking after my parents."

She adds, "My mum was bedridden for quite some time and I was dealing with care systems and things like that. It’s something that people of our generation are dealing with."

Now having lost both parents, Sue plans to travel with her husband, and find some volunteering opportunities.

Peter Davies

Peter went on to become a teacher, and is now a writer and part of a folk band, The Good Intentions.

In 28 Up, he expressed negative views about Margaret Thatcher and was torn apart by the press for his comments. He then left the show but returned in 2012 for 56 Up.

Asking for his band to be featured on the show on his return, they got a record deal as a result. Peter still works full time as a writer and musician and now credits the show for helping with record sales and with promoting his writing.

Paul Kligerman

When viewers first met Paul, he was living in a children's home because of his parent's difficult divorce - he lived at the home with Symon.

He later emigrated to Australia with his father and brother. Paul met his wife Sue there, and the couple settled in Melbourne and had two children.

He returned to the UK to film the Up series, and tried to rebuild a relationship with his mum.

He is still married to Sue and they've been together for over four decades. Also a proud grandfather, Paul often reflects on his difficult family dynamics.

"You need a good family," he says, adding, "You need it for yourself and you need it to make your life whole."

He lost his father 10 years ago, sharing, "He did the best he did and, as far as I’m concerned, he did a good job," urging viewers to "learn to be kind to other people and forgive them for their failings."

Charles Furneaux

Charles dropped out of the show after 21 Up, following an off-camera argument with Michael Apted where the film maker later admitted to going "beserk."

Charles Furneaux went on to work at the BBC before becoming commissioning editor at Channel 4.

He doesn't appear in 70 Up in person, but does provide a voiceover to pictures provided by himself, to regain some control over how he's portrayed in the final instalment.

Lynn Johnson and Nick Hitchon

Lynn Johnson and Nick Hitchon have both sadly passed away. Nick died of throat cancer in 2023, but wanted to film scenes for 70 Up to be included after his death.

He originally lived on a farm in Yorkshire and later moved to America where he became a nuclear physicist. He died just three days after completing filming for 70 Up.

East Ender Lynn had been a childhood friend of Sue and Jackie. She took part in the series until her death in 2013 at the age of 57, after suffering with a brain condition. Until then, she worked as a librarian.

"She was a very special person," Jackie says, adding, "She was a big part of our TV experience up until she died and it was so sad when she wasn’t there anymore."

70 Up airs on ITV from September 15.

Just days after Vicky McClure made history by winning a much-deserved National Television Award (NTA) for her portrayal of Lana Washington in Trigger Point, season 4 of the beloved ITV thriller has come to an end.

The actress filmed her own stunts for the show, that saw Lana on the front line with Counter Terrorism Command as London is hit with a wave of devastating bombings.

The bomb disposal expert races against the clock to hunt down the people behind the attacks, finding out who she can trust and who is hiding dark secrets in the process.

With the fate of the world coming straight to Lana, preventing an apocalypse places the biggest strain on the expo so far - we take a look at what happened in the finale and where we find Lana by the end of the series.

Trigger Point season 4 ending explained

By the end of Trigger Point season 4, Lana and her team have been doing everything in their power to stop a group of mercenaries working for US benefactors, who have been working equally tirelessly to provoke war between the US and Iran.

The mercenaries planned to carry out a horrific attack to create conflict that would push the US and the UK to attack Iran. This culminated by the planting of nuclear explosives at an England vs US football match which would cause maximum destruction when detonated.

By placing the blame with Iran, this would set off the chain of events that could lead to all out war and global devastation. During the finale, the mercenaries are at the football stadium disguised as police officers as Lana and her team race to get there and identify the device.

Lana argues against evacuating the stadium, not wanting to provoke panic and make it harder for her to locate the explosives. Lana tells Danny (Eric Shango) to leave and get away from the source of such massive danger as he's just about to become a father.

When she finds it, Lana will only have a short time to work on the device before being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation - it's implied that she will risk her life to dispose of the bomb if it comes to it, even if that means facing the consequences of exposure.

At the stadium, Lana overhears the police impersonators say there's 30 minutes left until detonation, giving her a clearer picture of what she's facing - she lets her team know nobody can be trusted.

With time running out, help comes in the form of Helen Morgan, whose brother had been earlier been abducted to manipulate her into betraying her team. This ultimately led to the deaths of Commander Quentin and DCI Batra.

Helen rescues her brother just before he's about to be shot dead, and he's able to tell her where to find the bomb. Helen hands this information to Lana who realises she's on the wrong side of the stadium to get to the bomb quickly.

No sooner does Lana find the location of the device after a tense and hindered search, she's told the Prime Minister has given the green light to send British jets to attack the stadium.

Everyone in the stadium is being sacrificed for the greater good - the aerial attack would prevent the bomb detonating and minimise deaths from any explosion.

By this time, and to have the jets called off, Lana has just minutes left to disconnect the radioactive part of the device that would set it off, without damaging the rest of the bomb.

She eventually uses a gun to separate the radioactive side and prevent detonation. Seconds before the jets are due to arrive at the stadium, they're called off when Lana has disposed of the threat.

Just before she achieves success in shutting down the device, Lana comes under attack from a sniper and just after her moment of triumph is left bleeding out and losing consciousness on the floor.

Although it looks like the expo might've reached the end of the road, viewers later find out she survived. As Danny arrives to introduce his newborn daughter to the team, Lana is seen having tracked down Helen to a lake house in France.

As Helen stands outside on a wooden pier overlooking a serene scene, she looks down to see a bomb planted below the wooden planks underneath her - hearing a noise behind her, she turns to see Lana looking like she might press a button at any moment and blow her up.

Telling Helen "I'm not an expo anymore," she demands an explanation for her betrayal. Helen says she couldn't see an alternative, saying Lana would "never understand the life" she and Luke have had.

Lana responds with informing her that in their job, "We protect millions, not just the one," before letting her know the bomb beneath her feet wasn't real and having her arrested - Luke had already been taken away by police earlier.

Later handing over Helen's recorded confession and her ID badge, Lana reveals, "That is me done." That's where audiences leave her, driving off into the sunset with her dog, into an uncertain future she's yet to decide on, her job having taken such an incredible emotional toll.

All four seasons of Trigger Point are available to stream on ITVX.

If you're looking for something to watch tonight on TV, look no further than Channel 5's adaptation of Graham Norton's bestselling novel, Forever Home.

If you've read the novel, don't expect it to be a truly faithful to the source material, but you can expect to find yourself gripped and fully immersed in this take on the psychological thriller.

The six-part show, airing from September 14, is led by Downton Abbey's Amy Nuttall, and Shetland's Douglas Henshall. Amy Nuttall takes the role of Carol, who is married to the much older Robert (played by Henshall.)

Robert is suffering from dementia, and as his condition worsens, some unsettling information comes to light.

When Robert won't leave his home and has visible anxiety about its hidden basement, Carol starts to wonder if his agitation has something to do with with the disappearance of his first wife Joan, who ran off with Robert's brother 20 years ago.

Robert had been left to bring up his two young children Kaden and Sally alone when Joan apparently left for a new life.

When Carol begins her own investigation, she's horrified to discover a body in the basement's freezer, and it looks like Joan could have been murdered.

But getting the truth out of Robert is difficult, with his confusion and poor memory hindering those trying to untangle his secrets.

Joining Amy Nuttall and Douglas Henshall in the series are Denise Welch (Waterloo Road), Lewis Cope (Emmerdale), Jenny Walser (Heartstopper), Shane Zaza (Happy Valley) and Kevin Whately (The Inheritance).

Delving into the differences between the novel and the TV series, the first major change is the setting - Irishman Graham Norton understandably set the book in his home country. However, the series sees Ireland switched out for North-East England.

The cast also share with Radio Times the other major diversion from the source material - that the person responsible for the murder in the TV series is actually different to who did it in the novel.

Amy Nuttall says that viewers "won’t know what's coming," with audiences being "kept on their toes" as a result. The actress also teases "more twists and turns than there are in the book."

"Nobody will be able to spoil it for others online or down the shops," points out Jenny Walser, who takes the role of Sally. She adds that for those who think, "Well, I've read the book and I know what happens," the answer will be, "no, you don't."

Jenny says this change is "just an added extra," and "a bonus, hopefully that the audience will love."

For those worried about this change from the book, the actress urges them not to be concerned, because "the heart of the novel is still very much intact, very much there".

Graham Norton was happy with the changes made to his original material and very "gracious" about handing it over to the crew to be creative with.

Amy Nuttall says "there has to be some changes," sharing that audiences will find they've been made "beautifully and brilliantly."

Forever Home airs on Channel 5 from September 14.

The 78th annual Emmy Awards have arrived, and it's one of the biggest nights for the greatest talents on our TV screens.

The Pitt is one of the frontrunners to win big at the ceremony, with Beef, Pluribus, and Widow's Bay among some of the excellent shows nominated at the awards this year, which take place on September 14 in Los Angeles.

Matthew Rhys, Carey Mulligan and Jack Lowden are among the British nominees hoping to take home a trophy from the prestigious event.

If you're Emmys ready but not sure how to watch the ceremony, here's what you need to know about tuning in.

How to watch the Emmys 2026

Viewers can watch the 2026 Emmys on September 14 at 8 p.m. ET, live on NBC. If you have cable, you can tune into their your local NBC channel or use your login to watch from a computer or phone using the CBS website or app.

The ceremony will stream live on Peacock for those with a subscription for a premium tier. The standard Premium tier with ads starts at $13/month, while the ad-free Premium Plus tier starts at $20/month.

If you don't catch the ceremony live, it will be available to stream in its entirety the following day for US subscribers. The Peacock official website doesn't offer free trials, but those hoping to watch without committing to a fully paid up account can do so through their Prime Video account.

Prime Video subscribers can get a seven-day free trial for Peacock as an add on to the Premium Plus plan through the streaming service.

You can also stream the ceremony on sites including YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling, FuboTV, and DIRECTV Stream.

If you’re going to be away from your usual TV set-up when the Emmys are airing, you can still still tune in with the use of a Virtual Private Network - a VPN.

A VPN allows you to change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to the show, even if you're not there.

Our sister site, TechRadar, has tested all of the major VPN services and they rate Nord to be the absolute best.

They say, "It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services, and ranks among the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, and PlayStation. So for a one-stop-shop, you can’t go wrong with Nord."

Fans of Heated Rivalry, one of the most talked about shows of the year so far, were disappointed to find out the series missed out on being nominated.

Stars of the queer ice hockey romance Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams weren't eligible for nominations because the show is a fully financed Canadian production. Without US involvement, the Emmys cannot recognise the series.

Heated Rivalry will however, be eligible for the 54th International Emmys, which take place in New York on November 23.

After going out on a high, the final series of Stranger Things also failed to score any nominations for its stars in the top categories, with Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour having previously received nominations but not taken home any awards.

Fans of Apple TV's Widow's Bay, which has now amassed a cult following, were delighted to see the breakout comedy-horror hit score a whopping 19 nominations.

British stars Matthew Rhys and Kate O'Flynn are both up for awards, with Rhys also nominated in two different lead actor categories - one for Widow's Bay and the other for The Beast in Me.

The actor said in a statement about his nominations, "Thank you to the TV Academy for nominations for both Widow's Bay and The Beast in Me. I spent the year as a psychopath and a politician, and the Television Academy has generously chosen not to hold either against me… I am so happy that both series were so warmly received this year."