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EXCLUSIVE: ITV hosting duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly turned down going on a popular TV show according to it’s former host Dave Benson Phillips – and here’s why…10:00, 22 Jun 2025Dave hosted the show for it’s entiretyChildren’s TV presenter Dave Benson Phillips has confessed why Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly turned down appearing on his iconic programme.Dave is best known for hosting BBC’s Get Your Own Back, which was an extremely popular long-running children’s programme that ran for 14 series from 1991 until 2004.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star about his telly past, Dave revealed why the Geordie duo let him down.Dave explained: “We had asked Ant and Dec to come on but they didn’t end up coming on because they didn’t want to be seen doing a children’s program, because they were kind of moving them into a different slot which was more for the adult.Ant and Dec turned down Get Your Own Back(Image: More

A former star of the Australian version of Beauty And The Geek has been charged with murder after her partner was found dead at their home in what has been described as a ‘grisly scene’08:11, 22 Jun 2025A former reality TV star was arrested and charged of the murder of her partner(Image: More

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are said to be planning ‘make-or-break talks’ in the coming weeks as they hope to get through a ‘rough patch’ amid ongoing split rumours01:40, 22 Jun 2025(Image: More

Nicola Peltz has reportedly been left feeling ‘attacked’ by ‘false claims’ that have been made against her – with friends of the 30-year-old speaking out in her defence23:59, 21 Jun 2025(Image: More

Stephen Mulhern has been axed from his £1million role as the face of Butlins after his contract wasn’t renewed, in the latest blow to the TV presenter’s careerMagdalene Dalziel Showbiz Editor , Seamus Duff Showbiz Reporter and Adam Cailler Senior reporter and Reddit team lead22:16, 21 Jun 2025Updated 22:16, 21 Jun 2025Stephen fronts the ITV revival of Deal or No Deal(Image: More

Dua Lipa fans have been left fuming as the Training Season hit-maker chose to bring Charli XCX out as her special guest for the second of her two sold-out Wembley stadium gigs22:03, 21 Jun 2025Updated 22:03, 21 Jun 2025Fans are furious(Image: More

Sir Keir Starmer said he did not believe Kneecap should be allowed to perform at Glastonbury Festival next week, after a member of the group was charged with a terrorism offenceAdam Cailler Senior reporter and Reddit team lead and Casey Cooper-Fiske PA Entertainment Reporter21:52, 21 Jun 2025Updated 21:52, 21 Jun 2025Starmer has slammed the Glastonbury organisers(Image: More

Speaking during what will be one of his final shows, James Whale said that he is ‘actually in my last couple of weeks’ and that the ‘last time I saw my oncologist, he said I probably have only got weeks to go’18:36, 21 Jun 2025Updated 18:43, 21 Jun 2025He made a sombre admissionLegendary radio presenter James Whale has admitted he only has weeks left to live. James made the heartbreaking admission that he was suffering from stage four kidney cancer back in 2020.As well as being rushed to intensive care last year, things only got worse for the broadcaster when he previously revealed his show on news channel TalkTV – co-hosted by his former producer during his TalkSPORT days Ash Gould – was being cancelled.Last month, James had given another emotional update saying that his condition had gotten worse. As a result, doctors had decided to stop giving him treatment, and was given the devastating news that he would be “lucky to make it to Christmas ”.Content cannot be displayed without consentBut now he has given a very sombre update, and confirmed he has weeks left to life.Speaking during what will be one of his final shows, from home, he said: “I’m actually in my last couple of weeks. Last time I saw my oncologist, he said I probably have only got weeks to go.Article continues below“Over the 50 years, I have interviewed and chatted to some of the most amazing people. It may have been you. Maybe we’ll catch up for the last time.”While speaking to a caller named Paula, he went on: “And I spend a lot of time crying. And it really, it’s a bit embarrassing, Paula, to be quite honest with you.James and Ash have been working together for decades(Image: More