Kelvin Fletcher - 'Playing Andy on Emmerdale taught me nothing about farming'

Andy Cohen will never forget when he first met Britney Spears… and her very “captor.”

Andy Cohen is recalling what it was like interviewing Britney Spears several years ago while she was still under her conservatorship.

Emmerdale icon Sammy Winward is returning to TV, eight years after quitting the ITV soap to pursue a "normal" career. Sammy, 38, joined Emmerdale as Katie Sugden in 2001 when she was just 15 years old and was introduced as Andy Sugden’s first girlfriend. She was at the heart of some dramatic storylines over the years which saw her get married, have numerous affairs and suffer a miscarriage, as well as shattering her pelvis after a fall.

For anyone who drives regularly on the M56 or A556 through Cheshire, there is a familiar and sad sight along the roadside - of a gradually decaying old pub. Once The Nag's Head, and more recently the Cheshire Lounge, its car park and fields famously played host to Sunday car boot sales off Junction 7 of the M56 at Bowdon for years.

Strictly Come Dancing fans were dealt a crushing blow this week, when celebrity contestant Amanda Abbington revealed she was pulling out of the competition due to “medical problems.” The star, who had been partnered with Giovanni Pernice, was widely considered to be one of the strongest competitors in this year’s series, however despite her success on the dance floor, the star made the tough decision to withdraw just days after missing the fifth live show of the series. Initially Amanda’s absence was only thought to be temporary, as an announcement made on It Takes Two indicated that she would be returning the following week - however, it has since been confirmed that this is not the case, as Amanda has opted to protect her health by quitting the show completely.

There will be NO big Christmas Lights Switch-on event in Manchester for 2023 - despite the council vowing last year that it would return after the disappointment of the plug pulled in 2022. Council bosses are yet again blaming "no safe or suitable location" in the city centre for the event.

Dingle court assembles in scenes set to air in November as the murder of Lydia Dingle’s (Karen Blick) rapist leaves them all under suspicion in Emmerdale. But can Lydia crack the case before the police get involved? The Dingles are under fire from one another as they try to find out who killed Craig Reed (Ben Addis) after his body is found in the fields at Home Farm by Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle). Realising one of the Dingles is to blame, the entire family head to the Woolpack for a lock-in.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Gregg Sutton, a songwriter and musician who recorded as a solo artist, was a member of Lone Justice, toured with Bob Dylan and was the musical director for comedian Andy Kaufman, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 74. No cause of death was immediately given.

Tom and Giovanna Fletcher celebrated being together for 20 years this weekend and shared a collection of sweet photographs from over the last two decades.The couple share three children; Buzz, eight, Buddy, seven, and Max, four, and first met 25 years ago at school, before Tom rose to fame in boyband McFly alongside pals Harry Judd, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones. As they took to social media to share a collection of snaps, fans hailed Tom and Giovanna, who tied the knot in 2012, as "goals", with one commenting: "Couple goals right there.

Amy Dowden has left fans teary-eyed after sharing a photo of the sweet 'get well soon' card her former celeb dance partner Tom Fletcher's son made for her. Nine-year-old Buzz, the son of the Mcfly star and Giovanna Fletcher, created an adorable homemade card to give to the dancer as she continues her battle with stage three breast cancer.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In America, doing what Andy Lau does in Hong Kong film industry satire “The Movie Emperor” would likely net him an Oscar nomination. Or at least an MTV Movie Award.

Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden has said that being partnered with Tom Fletcher on the show and becoming friends with him may have saved her life.The ballroom dancer is currently in treatment for breast cancer and in an appearance on Friday's Loose Women, 20 October, she explained how she had discovered a lump in her breast thanks to Tom and his wife Giovanna. Amy, 33, danced with McFly star Tom in the 2021 series of Strictly and became good friends with the Fletchers, joining them on a fundraising trek for breast cancer charity CoppaFeel!, which Giovanna is an ambassador for.The dancer said: "I'd only recently started checking my breasts.

Strictly Come Dancing star Nadiya Bychkova has once again shared her love for Janette Manrara after they were last seen celebrating her birthday together. At the end of last month, the dancer was up north for an appearance on BBC's Morning Live, meaning she could catch up with Janette who moved to Cheshire earlier this year.

Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher, known for his role as Andy Sugden on the popular ITV soap, said goodbye to the Dales two years ago now as he leads his life as a sheep farmer on a 120-acre holding on the edge of the Peak District.

Emergency services are continuing to search for a woman in the River Kelvin after a man was rescued and rushed to hospital last night.

had been secretly separated for six years at the time of Smith’s infamous 2022 Oscars slap – in which he smacked Chris Rock on live TV, for making a joke about Jada’s hair. The audio was cut and censored for several seconds as Smith returned to his seat. But captions and lipreading by viewers revealed his message to Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”But now, Jada has revealed that she was only “his wife” on paper, and they were living separate lives since 2016.

Tom Sandoval is having a pity party over the fallout — when he decided to cheat on Ariana Madix!

Aljaz Skorjanec has shared the sweet thing he tells his wife Janette Manrara every day since welcoming their first child into the world. The Strictly Come Dancing stars, who were both professional dancers on the show, announced their daughter's arrival in July.

Former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher, known for his role as Andy Sugden on the popular ITV soap, has opened up on the "accident" that led him to saying goodbye to the Dales for good as he now leads his life as a sheep farmer.

Former Emmerdale actor and Strictly Come Dancing star Kelvin Fletcher has shone a light on the reason behind his career change after departing from the ITV soap seven years ago. Kelvin, who became a father for the fourth time last year, joined Emmerdale back in 1996 as the character Andy Sugden, though quit the soap in 2016 after 20 years and has since embarked on a very different lifestyle.