Our Yorkshire Farm's Reuben Owen faces possibility of saying goodbye to co-star and pal

His fringe English Democrats party is perceived by the political mainstream to be far-right, even fascist, but Leigh and Atherton candidate Craig Buckley is at pains to argue: “I’m no racist neo-Nazi.” The 38-year-old factory worker is bidding to upset the political applecart in a constituency that turned blue for the first time in more than 100 years in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the filmmaking duo behind BAFTA-nominated Nick Cave pic 20,000 Days on Earth, have just wrapped filming a new performance film dubbed The Extraordinary Miss Flower. The project brings to life the remarkable story of Geraldine Flower and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 1970s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. 

For many of the people of Oldham East and Saddleworth, it appears no party leader is exciting them. When the Manchester Evening News visited the constituencytoask people to describe Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a few words, people on the streets of Uppermill uttered a familiar few words - 'out of touch'.

When Ash Palmisciano was first offered the role of Matty Barton, he knew he would be making history. But as the first transgender actor to take on a trans character on Emmerdale, there was a lot for him to weigh up - luckily seven years on, Ash has no regrets. “I didn’t know at first whether I wanted to put myself out there to tell this story,” admits Ash.

Ash Palmisciano’s character Matty Barton is going through one of the toughest times in his life after being held in remand after accidentally stabbing Samson Dingle in Emmerdale. With Samson, and his evil mate Josh, spinning lies about Matty - he’s found himself under arrest and in terrible danger.The storyline is so gritty that Ash has found himself watching it at home with his girlfriend, Shea Rowan, who he names as his biggest support. “I hate watching myself on TV, I can’t stand it,” admits Ash during an exclusive interview with OK!.

S Club star Rachel Stevens is madly in love with Brendyn Hatfield, who just so happens to be her former co-star on Dancing on Ice in 2022.That same year, Rachel, 46, announced that she was divorcing her husband of 13 years, property developer, Alex Bourne, with whom she shares two daughters, Amelie, 14, and Minnie, ten. By April 2023, reports emerged that Rachel was dating Brendyn, and in November of that year, she confirmed the rumours as she went Instagram official with her new beau. Whilst there is nothing to suggest that anything romantic happened with Brendyn whilst they were training for Dancing on Ice, in a new interview, Rachel admitted that her marriage to Alex, who stars on new Netflix show, Buying London, ended after she realised she had fallen in love with Brendyn.

She has two Best Actress Oscars and five nominations including one most recently for 2023’s Nyad. She received her first for 1976’s Taxi Driver when she was only 14. Add to these impressive accomplishments, three BAFTA awards, three Golden Globes, and an Honorary Palme d’Or among other accolades and honors. Still it is surprising to note she has never once been nominated for an Emmy for any acting role.

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made history when he joined the cast of Emmerdale in 2018, having become the first ever transgender actor to star in the ITV soap. He took on the role of Matty Barton - youngest child of John Marton and Moira Dingle, who was previously known as Hannah. Ash, 34, has taken on some groundbreaking storylines as Matty, with the character undergoing top surgery and also marrying Amy Wyatt (Natalie Ann Jamieson).

System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian has weighed in on the current situation in Palestine and the movement to boycott companies with ties to Israel.Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 in response to its occupation of Palestinian territories, killing 1,189 people. Israel’s ongoing operations in the interim have killed 37,702 Palestinians [via Al Jazeera].Recently, record labels, promoters and more have called for a cultural boycott of Israel through the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), an offshoot of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) which was behind the huge wave of drop-outs from The Great Escape, Latitude Festival and Download Festival this year.In an interview with NME about his new autobiography Down With The System, Tankian has given his take on current world events and the ongoing boycotts.

Turns out there wasn’t a whole lot of prettiness behind the scenes of one famous movie filmed during the prominent “Brat Pack” era.Jon Cryer, who starred in the 1986 film “Pretty in Pink,” revealed that he and co-star Andrew McCarthy did not get along off-camera. McCarthy has assembled several members of the group, including Cryer, to appear in his upcoming documentary “Brats,” which examines the significance of the “Brat Pack.”McCarthy, along with several other budding actors in the ’80s, like Cryer, Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, were dubbed the “Brat Pack,” a group of young actors that frequently collaborated in films like “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles.”“When we had done ‘Pretty in Pink’ together, we did not get along because he was a d—,” Cryer said of McCarthy during a Q&A session at the Tribeca Film Festival, as reported by People magazine.“That’s very true,” McCarthy admitted.

The BBC has issued an apology after an offensive remark was heard during their D-Day commemorative broadcast. Kirsty Young, who was among the presenters for the King and Queen's coronation last may, was at the helm of the special programme, BBC D-Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen, which marked the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

Katcy Stephan Thomas Shelby is back. Oscar winner Cillian Murphy will return as the fearsome gangster in a “Peaky Blinders” film at Netflix, directed by Tom Harper (“Heart of Stone,” “Wild Rose”), who directed episodes of the first season in 2013. “It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me…It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of ‘Peaky Blinders.’ This is one for the fans,” Murphy said.

Sherlock star Amanda Abbington has fired fresh shots in the rumbling row over the professional conduct of her former Strictly Come Dancing partner Giovanni Pernice.

Young star of Our Yorkshire Farm, Reuben Owen, faced an emotional goodbye on Thursday evening, as his Channel 5 series ended. The show concluded with a cosy knees-up at the local pub in the episode shown on 30 May, where Reuben along with his pals Sarah and Tommy reflected on the challenges and victories of his second year running a business, and toasted their hopes for the coming year. Viewers were left fretting about the future of the popular series and took to their social media accounts to reach out to Reuben.

EXCLUSIVE: Growing specialty distributor 3388 Films has acquired rights to Vietnamese smash Face Off 7: One Wish, and has set the weekend of June 14 to launch in numerous markets, including the U.S., Canada and the UK.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off her Oscar-nomination for her performance in Anatomy of a Fall, Sandra Hüller looks to have found her follow-up project as she looks to team with another Oscar-nominee from the 2024 class. Sources tell Deadline, Hüller is set to join Ryan Gosling in Amazon MGM Studios adaptation of Project Hail Mary with Amy Pascal producing.

More decades ago than many of us care to admit, a rock and roll album as gorgeous in sound as it was cantankerous in spirit arrived in record stores and on radio charts that could hardly have been less prepared for it. Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours stood along among the Bat Out Of Hells and Cat Scratch Fevers and Saturday Night Fevers. With its blend of voices as miraculous as its personalities were fractious, the era’s signature musical document was as much a mirror of its time as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band had been a decade earlier.

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By the time we meet them, Chatila and Reda already are down in the lower depths. Cousins from Palestine, they have spent much of their lives living as refugees on the run. Having made it as far as Athens, a kind of holding zone for people from the Middle East trying to slip into Europe, they are trying to scrape together money to get to Germany.