Former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby is reportedly 'struggling' following her departure from the show and may not return to presenting duties on Dancing on Ice.
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Former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt has shown he's still in the same muscular form as his pop heart-throb heyday - baring all for a new charity calendar. Adam, who nowadays runs his own bar in the historic market town of Knutsford, has persuaded a host of the town's men to strip off for the calendar.
Naturally, it's all for a good cause, raising money for a testicular and prostate cancer charity - and urging men to check for signs of the disease. The calendar will feature Adam as the cover star.
He'll be showing off the rippling muscles that made him a huge heart-throb after joining Coronation Street as Nick Tilsley in 1997 as a fresh-faced 19-year-old. He would go on to pursue a pop career, with his 1999 single I Breathe Again famously featuring a video of a completely naked Adam in a glass box.
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Now Adam, 45, is the owner of Dexter and Jones gin bar in Knutsford with his TV presenter wife Katy -and his heart-throb past has been a running joke with regulars - leading to the idea of the charity calendar. But the shoot proves his fitness is in just as good nick 25 years on.
Commenting on how the calendar came about, Adam said: "It started as a joke between a few regulars teasing me about my naked photos during the 90s.
"They’d had a few beers and thought they could do better... so I told them to prove it! Although I may have regretted that dare at times since, we’re hoping it will really do some good.”
Adam’s wife Katy, who is a presenter for ITV, added: "I started asking people if they were genuinely up for it, honestly thinking nothing would come of it, but I was
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Dec Donnelly is enjoying family life Down Under as he was spotted enjoying a day at the beach with his wife, Ali Astall, and their two children.The 48 year old TV presenter is making the most of his free time before the return of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! on Sunday, 19 November. On his beach day with Ali and their children, Isla, five and Jack, one, Dec looked happy and relaxed as he frolicked on the sand, wearing a pair of navy blue swimming shorts with different-coloured turtles printed on them, as he also donned a dark blue t-shirt.
Ant McPartlin has touched down in Australia ahead of the latest series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! which returns on Sunday, 19 November.The 47 year old TV presenter will reunite with his co-presenter and best pal Dec Donnelly, who has been spending time in Australia with his wife, Ali Astall, and their two children, Isla, five, and one year old Jack. As Ant made his way through the airport, he teased what is to come on this year's show, as he said that the celebrities set to enter the jungle are "really good" and that the cast is "really strong".
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