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Queen Vic's Barbara Windsor quits EastEnders

28.10.09
Barbara Windsor shocked EastEnders fans by announcing she is quitting the soap after 15 years as Peggy Mitchell... more

Staying ahead of the celebrity game with wigs and weaves

14.10.09
Any self-respecting celebrity who wants to stay in the limelight knows all it takes is some good extensions, the odd weave - and a wig... more

Matt Lucas quits West End role after ex-partner Kevin McGee’s suicide

06.10.09
Matt Lucas is being comforted by close friends and comedy partner David Walliams after his ex-partner’s suicide... more

BBC bias row over Boris on EastEnders

01.10.09
BBC accused of political bias for allowing Boris Johnson to appear on EastEnders despite rejecting an idea from his predecessor Ken Livingstone... more

Sporting Miscellanies

06.08.09
We doubt Simon Jordan ever truly regrets saying anything. But the Crystal Palace chairman might wish he had chosen his words slightly more carefully in an interview with The Surrey Comet in June when he discussed how he came to fund the art-house movie Telstar... more

Baa-bye Larry Lamb... evil Archie is axed from EastEnders

18.05.09
Eastenders actor Larry Lamb is to be axed — reportedly in a BBC bid to save money. ... more

Police officers’ son, 7, loses his £1m battle with cancer

14.05.09
The son of two serving Met police officers has died after a long battle against a rare form of cancer... more

EastEnders is television we can Adam and Eve in

11.05.09
In the British Soap Awards on Saturday night EastEnders triumphed. It smacked Coronation Street down the apples and pears (stairs) and smacked it in the boat race (face) ... more

Stop Messing About makes a solo voyage

23.04.09
Stop Messing About is a jocular aside made in this affectionate recreation of a long-lost Kenneth Williams radio series.... more

Carry On film producer dies

15.04.09
Peter Rogers, the producer who created the Carry On films, has died at the age of 95, Pinewood Studios said... more

EastEnders' farewell to Wendy Richard

09.03.09
A host of television stars gathered at the funeral of Wendy Richard as family members and friends were joined by actors from the two shows for which she is best remembered - Are You Being Served? and EastEnders... more

Stalwart TV star Wendy Richard dies of cancer aged 65

26.02.09
Wendy Richard, the much-loved television actress who played matriarch Pauline Fowler in EastEnders for more than 20 years, has died... more

EastEnders stars can't stop smoking

28.01.09
When the cameras stop, the EastEnders soap stars just have to start puffing.... more

Scott Maslen marries sweetheart in front of EastEnders cast at fairytale home

16.09.08
The 37-year-old EastEnders actor, who plays swaggering Jack Branning, dissolved into tears when he saw Estelle in her Cleopatra-inspired ivory gown.... more

What a carry on: David Walliams takes his mum out for a laydees' night with Dale Winton and Barbara Windsor

08.08.08
David Walliams and Dale Winton share a friendly kiss as they take the ladies in their life out for dinner. Suited and booted, the Little Britain star, 36, treated his mum Kathleen to a meal at a Mayfair restaurant.... more

EastEnders star Scott Maslen engaged to Estelle Rubio

04.08.08
EastEnders star Scott Maslen, who plays resident lad Jack Branning, is set to wed his long term girlfriend Esetelle Rubio.... more

Little Britain's Matt Lucas faces multimillion payout in first gay celebrity divorce

18.06.08
Matt Lucas faces paying out millions of pounds following his split from his partner two years after they wed in a civil partnership.... more

EastEnders hard man Phil rushed to hospital after falling down stairs on set

17.06.08
Actor Steve McFadden was was left in agony with a shattered hand after falling down the stairs on the set of Eastenders.... more

Sequins, short frocks and an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction. Yes, it's the soap awards

04.05.08
The starlets of British soap operas turned out for their big night yesterday, showing plenty of flesh in their annual parade of short, sequinned dresses. And, of course, there was inevitably the actress who exposed just a little too much. Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallet nearly suffered a wardrobe malfunction on the red carpet for the British Soap Awards when one of the straps on her halterneck dress came loose... more

EastEnders stars endure big chill in windy Weymouth after BBC cost-cutters scrap episodes in Spain

09.04.08
EastEnders producers have had to scrap plans to shoot a series of special episodes in Spain due to budget cuts, it has been claimed... more

Clash of the soap matriarchs: Pat and Peggy come to blows at Frank Butcher's funeral

27.03.08
In what promises to be a classic clash of the soap matriarchs, the former wives of Frank Butcher come to blows on the day the former Albert Square stalwart is laid to rest ... more

Oh what a night for Valli: Frankie goes to the West End for Four Seasons musical premiere

19.03.08
The stars turned out alongside Four Seasons heartthrob Frankie Valli, at the Prince Edward theatre in Soho to watch the musical based on the group's colourful life, Jersey Boys... more

World-class icebreaker

16.01.08
Few UK artists can headline at Ronnie Scott's as effectively as Claire Martin, a charismatic singer and world-class icebreaker.... more

Break into the cage

23.11.07
The most flamboyant clubbers are flocking to glitzy new West End venue Electric Birdcage.... more

Dame Helen crowned Queen of the Baftas

12.02.07
Dame Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the Baftas, but it was mission unaccomplished for James Bond.... more

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