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    Stephen Mulhern’s £1m Butlin’s role axed in latest career blow for ITV star

    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

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    Keir Starmer backs Badenoch call and claims Kneecap slot at Glastonbury ‘not appropriate’

    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

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    CBB star James Whale ‘spends lots of time crying’ in ‘final weeks’ of terminal cancer battle

    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

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    Lee Mack is really Not Going Out as his kids profit from his TV sitcom success

    The Would I Lie To You star said his teenage kids couldn’t give two hoots about his career but are happy to use his success to boost their bank balances. It comes as Lee’s sitcom Not Going Out returns to our screens for a 14th season.James Desborough17:41, 21 Jun 2025Updated 17:41, 21 Jun 2025The 56-year-old funnyman is proud to still be one of the last major sitcom creators on UK TV(Image: More