Former Hollyoaks actor charged with rape and child cruelty

A judge threw out murder and other charges Tuesday against a former Philadelphia police officer accused of fatally shooting a Black man in the back as he fled, ruling the instructions given to a grand jury were flawed. Ryan Pownall, 40, had been facing a third-degree murder charge in the 2017 on-duty shooting of 30-year-old David Jones. Court records showed that charge as well as reckless endangering and weapons counts against Pownall were "quashed" Tuesday after a motions hearing before a Common Pleas Judge.

Chris Fountain, who played Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street, has revealed that he suffered a mini stroke last month. The actor awoke in his home unable to speak, and called 111 on his mother's advice.

Former Hollyoaks actress Carley Stenson has been announced as the next Dancing On Ice 2023 contestant.The actress and West End star shared her excitement at the news ahead of her appearance on the show next year. Carley said: "I'm so excited that I get to learn how to dance... on ice! I'm terrified but can’t wait - I just want to make the most of this whole experience." The actress, who has also appeared in Holby City and in the West End, will join RuPaul's Drag Race UK 2019 winner The Vivienne, EastEnders' Patsy Palmer, John Fashanu, comedian Darren Harriott, Corrie's Mollie Gallagher, Olympic Gymnast Nile Wilson and Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.

Former WWE wrestler Sara Lee has died aged 30. The late star's mother Terri Lee took to Facebook this week to announce her daughter's tragic passing, admitting her family have been left "in shock". She wrote: "It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our Sara Weston has gone to be with Jesus.

A Greater Manchester Police detective accused of rape and multiple sex offences is to stand trial next summer.

The great playwright Tom Stoppard and his simpatico director Patrick Marber make a lasting gift of remembrance in the brilliant, gorgeous and devastating new play Leopoldstadt, opening tonight at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre. But it’s a gift that comes with strings, ropes even, the author seems to be warning us: There’s burden attached to memory, and pain, and, above all, responsibility – duty, even – that accompanies every yellowed snapshot in an old family album and every fading face that once seemed fixed with such clarity.

Three Minutes: A Lengthening,” similarly, is about a recently discovered reel of film that is the only evidence that thousands of murdered Jewish residents of a small Polish town ever lived. Many of their names, even so, are lost to time.The pages of Stoppard’s drama, loosely inspired by the British playwright’s own family, slowly flip like a hefty fading photo album, too, and while that strikes an appropriate tone it also creates a theatrical problem.

A former USF women’s basketball player from Wisconsin died by suicide after her fiancé called off their engagement.

Janice Fournier is sharing new original music.

A former Hollyoaks actor has appeared in court charged with rape and child cruelty offences.

A candid approach. Kelly Ripa did not hold back about her personal or professional life in her new book, Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories.

Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin cohosted Live With Regis and Kelly together for a decade, but their relationship off camera wasn’t the same as it appeared in front of the camera.

“People,” Kelly Ripa opened up about her relationship with former “Live!” co-host Regis Philbin while discussing her new book, “Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories.”The 51-year-old television host, who worked with Philbin from 2001 to 2011 after replacing Kathie Lee Gifford, told “People” that the pages about her dynamic with Philbin made up “the hardest chapter” for her to write.“There were good and bad days,” she said of the decade she spent co-hosting “Live! With Regis and Kelly.” “I don’t want to feel like I’m slamming anyone or that I’m being disrespectful. But I also want people to know it was not a cakewalk.

Ali Bastian is really excited to announce she is 20 weeks pregnant with her second child. But as well as being a time for celebration, there have been some worries along the way.The 40 year old, who also shares daughter Isla with husband David O'Mahony, revealed she had a scare early on in her pregnancy. "We had a bit of a bumpy start because I had some early bleeding, so I was sent to the early pregnancy unit," the former Hollyoaks and Doctors actress explained.

Hollyoaks actor Malique Thompson-Dwyer has welcomed into the world his second child, announcing the news in a sweet Instagram post. Thompson-Dwyer, who plays Prince McQueen in Hollyoaks, previously announced in August that he was expecting a baby with his girlfriend.

The former Vicar of Rochdale was jailed after taking part in a blockade of an oil terminal. The Rev Mark Coleman was one of 56 Just Stop Oil protesters who were sent to prison after refusing to comply with court proceedings.

Lili Reinhart has responded after her former “Riverdale” co-star Ryan Grantham was sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother.