EXCLUSIVE: When it comes to breaking into the most-watched titles on British television, Netflix is not exactly prolific, but the streamer seems to have found a hit in Matilda The Musical.
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BBC presenter Lucy Owen has revealed that she was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery, after nearly losing her sight.The 52-year-old presenter, who is often seen fronting BBC Wales Today, had to go for the emergency op after a routine trip to the opticians led to her being diagnosed with a detached retina - which can cause blindness in some cases if not treated correctly. Taking to Twitter, Lucy posted a selfie as she sat in the car with an eye patch over one eye – seemingly on her way home from hospital. She wrote: "Again I need to say a huge thank you to the #NHS.
Going home after Mr Williams and the amazing team @CV_UHB stopped me losing sight in my eye with surgery for a detached retina." Her followers rushed to offer their well-wishes in the comments on the post, as one wrote: "Must have been very painful. Hope all is well. Very lucky; my Mum lost her sight in one eye due to detached retina and it sadly changed her life.
I miss her everyday." Another said: "Well done you too. Regular check ups with ones optician are so important," whilst a third commented: "Wow that’s a shock glad you are on the mend take it easy." A fourth wrote: "Oh my God poor you. So sorry to hear this, hope your get better very soon,and thinking of you.all my love to you Lucy." Lucy then posted an update to Twitter as she laid on the sofa, as she jokingly held a box of chocolates over the affected eye and cuddled her dog, whilst a huge bunch of flowers stood on the table next to her.
She wrote: "Thanks so much for your lovely messages, so kind of you. Having to lie on my side for a week and won’t get my vision back for a few months - tricky for autocue! "But look what I had from my wonderful Wales Today colleagues. So lucky work with such
.EXCLUSIVE: When it comes to breaking into the most-watched titles on British television, Netflix is not exactly prolific, but the streamer seems to have found a hit in Matilda The Musical.
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Latto isn’t holding back.
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EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is facing growing pressure to find a resolution for five seasoned female presenters, many of whom have been unable to work for months amid a merger of the corporation’s UK and international news channels.
K.J. Yossman “Doctor Who” has just added another star to its roster: 14-year-old Lenny Rush. Rush is set to join the fourteenth season of the re-booted series as a mysterious figure called Morris. He’ll star alongside Ncuti Gatwa, who will take the mantle from David Tennant as the new Timelord, and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday. Indira Varma also stars as a new character known only as the Duchess while Jonathan Groff joins in “a mysterious and exciting guest role,” according to the BBC. In May, Rush won a BAFTA award for best male performance in a comedy for his role in “Am I Being Unreasonable” alongside Daisy May Cooper.
Fern Britton hasn't had an easy time of it the last few years, with difficulties including health issues, the breakdown of her marriage to fellow This Morning star Phil Vickery, and a recent run-in with an over-zealous member of the paparazzi. But she has something to celebrate this week, as she revealed on Twitter.