'I thought my family were making plans behind my back – the truth was devastating’

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EastEnders’ Jay Brown is set to continue his downward spiral in Monday night’s episode, the show’s spoilers have revealed.The young widow has struggled since the death of his wife, Lola, earlier in the year, and despite his best efforts to look after her daughter Lexi in recent weeks, he appears to have hit a breaking point. In recent episodes, viewers have watched as Jay started to take drugs with Nadine, a woman who looks like Lola, and he has been paying her to sleep next to him.

Princess Margaret — the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II — engaged in a torrid affair with Hollywood superstar Eddie Fisher in 1953, with Fisher reportedly bragging he satisfied the royal “multiple times” during “explosive sex.”“Eddie never talked about Princess Margaret in public, he respected her too much, but he told me about their encounter many, many times during our marriage. He looked back on it with great affection,” Terry Richard, Fisher’s fourth wife, told the Daily Mail in a new interview.Details of the tryst, down to the “cigarette smoke and expensive perfume,” are included in Richard’s new memoir, “Beauty Queen Dreams,” the outlet reported.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Hollywood loves to repeat success, and now more than ever it needs to. If there’s a promising way to draw people into movie theaters that the industry doesn’t capitalize on, it will only be colluding in the decay of its own future. So when I came out of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” having experienced, for the first time in a while, what it was like a share a concert film with an ecstatic audience, one of my first thoughts was, “How could they do this again?” You might say that’s a silly question, since it has one obvious answer: They can’t.

A man from Wythenshawe has completed the massive achievement of cycling just under 1200 miles across 11 countries in just over two weeks.

Secrets are being kept in different places in Coronation Street next week. Having placed Michael’s £1000 on a horse, Ed watches the race on tenterhooks. When the horse wins, Ed punches the air in delight.

Kourtney Kardashian has made no secret about her distaste for her famous family’s lifestyle. The oldest Kardashian sibling has been clear that she doesn’t value a lot of the same things that her sisters do, especially Kim Kardashian, whom she’s been feuding with for a year. With the birth of her fourth baby right around the corner, Kourtney is now allegedly looking to make some big life changes, which includes ditching the Kardashian brand and TV show.According to OK! Magazine, Kourtney Kardashian is ready to cut some ties with her family members. The Poosh founder is said to want to live a more calm life than her siblings.

Manchester United supporters will be hoping for further news on the takeover in the coming days after a tumultuous weekend.

Shirley Jo Finney, a theater director and the star of Wilma (1977), has died. She was 74.

If a soap opera was ever to be set in a village tearooms, you'd imagine it would be something like Morley Tearooms. Walk into this adorable little cafe on the edge of Wilmslow in Cheshire, and it's like you've ventured into the café version of Cheers.

An award-winning plant-based bakery and coffee shop in Ayr will close its doors at the end of the month.

Reality star Kerry Katona has opened up to her followers on Instagram in an emotional video and revealed her sister found a lump the "size of a brussel sprout" in her breast.The former Atomic Kitten star thanked medical staff and revealed that breast cancer runs in her family.Talking about her sister Lynsey Armstrong, Kerry said: "My sister found a terrible, huge lump in her breast. And I know she won’t mind me telling you this. She was so scared.

When you see Harry Maguire claiming he has a 'ridiculously high' winning record when starting at Manchester United, your first instinct may well be to scoff. However, he does have a point, at least partly.

Coronation Street fans have rushed to Tina O'Brien's latest social media post as she shared a string of wholesome family snaps.

Wythenshawe Civic is set to go through a ‘once in a lifetime' regeneration with the council looking for a developer to deliver the new site.

Zooey Deschanel had a breakup scare early on in her relationship with Jonathan Scott!

Scott Derrickson is part of a tiny group of filmmakers who were chosen for a Marvel Studios project but actually backed out. After massive success directing the first “Doctor Strange” film, Derrickson was quickly asked to come back to helm the sequel, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” However, after quite a bit of development, Derrickson and Marvel Studios decided to part ways, citing creative differences.

Scott Derrickson is part of a tiny group of filmmakers who were chosen for a Marvel Studios project but actually backed out. After massive success directing the first “Doctor Strange” film, Derrickson was quickly asked to come back to helm the sequel, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” However, after quite a bit of development, Derrickson and Marvel Studios decided to part ways, citing creative differences.

Netflix is unveiling a first look at Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and more in its upcoming sci-fi thriller, Leave The World Behind!

It's been alleged that Russell Brand tried "to pull" the stylist working for Katie Price, right infront of his own girlfriend. Currently facing sexual assault and rape accusations by various women, the 48-year-old comedian has vehemently denied everything levelled against him. Further allegations continue to emerge following allegations in The Times and a Dispatches documentary on Channel 4.