ITV confirm replacement for Vera after Brenda Blethyn series comes to an end

Vicky McClure returned to the small screen this week as ITV's thrilling series, Trigger Point, is back for its second season, after a successful first run in 2022.The first episode of the new season was widely praised on social media as some fans exclaimed their 'heart was racing' during the thrilling segments. However, not all viewers were impressed.

Trigger Point viewers were left issuing a complaint over the opening episode of series two - but those who binge-watched the entire series ended up finding themselves sharing the same verdict.

While she is usually up bright and early to grace screens on her eponymous show every morning, viewers have noticed that Lorraine Kelly has recently been missing from the early show on Fridays. While many took to social media to complain about her absence, with some even suggesting it no longer air on a Friday, the presenter has now stepped in herself to give an explanation.

Sian Welby is fast becoming a household name after joining the This Morning team last week and hosting Capital Breakfast since 2020, but admits that fame does have a scary side too.The presenter, 38, has revealed that she's had some incidents with fans since rising to fame, including one who has been sending her 'creepy' messages for the last ten years. “Obviously I get a few creeps. I have had somebody for the past 10 years who has wanted to gunge me.

The second series of Trigger Point is set to explode onto our screens after almost a two-year hiatus, with some new faces joining Vicky McClure.The ITV drama follows Lana Washington, played by Line of Duty star Vicky McClure, as a bomb disposal expert with the Metropolitan Police as she attempts to crack down on terrorism across London. After its first season, the show became a fan favourite with its explosive twists and turns with a talented cast keeping us on the edge of our seats! As we get ready to welcome back the ITV drama, let's take a closer look at the cast and where we recognise them from...

A new season of smash hit drama Trigger Point is returning to our screens very soon. Fans have been patiently waiting for two years for the show's next instalment.

Looking was a hit show on HBO that shed light on LGBTQ+ characters and featured a star-studded cast including the likes of Jonathan Groff, Russell Tovey and more. It turns out that it could have also starred Pedro Pascal!

Bachelor Nation finally got the confirmation they’ve long been waiting for: Susie Evans and Justin Glaze ARE DATING!

Dancing On Ice viewers can expect a change to the show's format this weekend, with a shake-up on the cards. ITV confirmed this Sunday's show will be slightly different than usual, with competitors only having one chance to perform for judges Jane Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo.

Coronation Street star Matt Milburn, who plays the role of Tommy Orpington, will be caught up in an affair storyline with Tracy Barlow (played by Kate Ford), just a month after his return to the cobbles. The news of his upcoming storyline was confirmed by the actor himself who returned to the hit ITV soap on Christmas Day, reports Birmingham Live. Speaking of the storyline, Matt told Digital Spy: "I was made-up.

Stars of ITV's Vera have bid farewell to the hit show after the thirteenth series came to a close, and it's yet to be revealed if another season will be made. The popular detective drama focuses on DCI Vera Stanhope, played by Brenda Blethyn, and began airing in 2011.The latest series starred the likes of Julia Sawalha, Emily Kathryn, David Leon and Jake Lowe. Riley Jones, who has played DC Mark Edwards in Vera since 2011, shared a goodbye message to fans on social media after the 13th series finished airing, where he thanked viewers for their support as well as his co-stars.

While there was a live-action movie, “The Last Airbender,” in 2010 from M. Night Shyamalan, the film never took off nor captured the spirit of the “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” animated series from Nickelodeon which has become a cult classic for specific audiences who grew up with it.

The former chief executive of Greater Manchester’s failing mental health trust was still being paid his £196,000 CEO salary for months after resigning and finishing his duties at the helm. Over the four-month period, the incoming chief executive officer was also being paid the same six-figure salary by the trust, the Manchester Evening News can exclusively reveal.

“Star Wars” animation is always pointed to by diehard fans as some of the best storytelling the franchise has ever seen. And while “The Bad Batch” isn’t discussed as top-tier (at least from what has been told to me by big fans), it’s still probably better than a lot of what is happening in live-action.

There’s a new update about the cast of Selling Sunset season 8!

Maya Jama reportedly "blames herself" for the death of her late boyfriend Rico Gordon, who was tragically shot dead at the age of only 21 when he went to visit the ITV Love Island presenter in Bristol.

Guy Ritchie’s new Netflix series The Gentleman has landed, along with a release date. Check out the trailer below.Premiering in March, the new series will introduce audiences “to a new slice of the world initially brought to life in Ritchie’s 2020 film of the same name,” according to a description from Netflix.A synopsis adds: “While the characters in the upcoming TV show will be totally different from the movie, The Gentlemen will have all the same bite — along with a bunch of fresh tricks up its well-tailored sleeve, as the new teaser trailer reveals.”In the trailer shared today, it also revealed that Ray Winstone would be a part of the cast.Describing the plot, Netflix continued: “The White Lotus star Theo James leads The Gentlemen as the Duke of Halstead, Eddie Horniman, the estranged son of an English aristocrat who finds himself embroiled in a world of criminality — specifically career criminal Bobby Glass’ (Ray Winstone) industrial cannabis empire on the East End of London.“Crawl’s Kaya Scodelario stars as Susie Glass, Bobby’s effortlessly fashionable and ruthless daughter who handles the day-to-day business of the drug operation.”Check out the trailer here:Ritchie is at the helm of the action drama as creator, co-writer, executive producer, and director of the first two episodes.“The world of The Gentlemen is a little bit of me,” Ritchie told Netflix last November.

Vera star Brenda Blethyn has revealed she nearly didn't agree to star in a new series of the ITV drama.

Love Island star Amber Davies is taking on a new venture competing on this year's Dancing On Ice and will no doubt be supported by her West End co-star boyfriend. Amber, 27, who won Love Island back in 2017, is dating Ben Joyce, who stars in the London West End production of Back To The Future: The Musical - playing the lead role of Marty McFly. Amber revealed she "accidentally fell in love" with Ben when she starred in the same show as Lorraine Baines McFly back in 2022.

Salford has a Lib Dem on the council again after the party won a key by-election yesterday and promised to "put pressure" on the dominant Labour Group.