Thousands of British Airways flights cancelled over coming months

The 2022 series of the Great British Bake Off will go ahead as planned on Tuesday 13 September. Channel 4 has confirmed that the new series will still air as originally planned, despite many other TV channels changing their schedules due to the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Soap actor Adam Rickitt has been spotted getting stuck into work at at his gin bar after tearfully revealing he was scammed out of "tens of thousands of pounds".The 44 year old star, who has appeared in Hollyoaks and Coronation Street, made the emotional admission in a video posted to social media on Friday. On Tuesday, Adam looked downcast as he carried barrels and chairs outside the Cheshire venue, named Dexter & Jones, which he co-runs with his Good Morning Britain correspondent wife Katy. The actor cut a glum figure in a blue t-shirt, pale pink shorts and bright trainers.

A Gemma Collins superfan, a woman who took her cat to prom and "Compost Carole" are among the quirky Great British Bake Off 2022 contestants this year.The full line-up has been revealed ahead of the new series of the Channel 4 Show, which starts on Tuesday 13 September at 8pm, when a new batch of diverse amateur bakers enter the tent. As usual, they will need to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith to be crowned the champion, while hosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding are also back for series 13. So who are the contestants this year? Meet then below...

The British Broadcasting Corporation says it’s made good on its promise to donate revenues from its notorious 1995 “Panorama” interview with Princess Diana to charities linked to the late royal.On Friday, the BBC announced a total of £1.42 million ($1.64 million) to Centrepoint, the English National Ballet, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, The Leprosy Mission, National Aids Trust, The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and The Diana Award. Diana wasn’t linked with the award. It was established after her death.“The BBC had indicated its intention to donate to charity the sales proceeds derived from the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.

Zack Sharf The upcoming Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance Somebody” stars BAFTA-winning actor Naomi Ackie as the legendary singer, which means the debate over Black British actors taking roles away from American actors is bound to resurface. The debate surged in 2017 after Samuel L. Jackson called out Daniel Kaluuya’s casting in “Get Out,” for which the actor earned an Oscar nomination. “I tend to wonder what that movie would have been with an American brother who really feels that,” Jackson said. In a new interview on “The Shop” (via The Root), Idris Elba railed against the claim that Black British actors are takes roles away from American actors. Naomi Ackie’s role in “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” served as a launching pad for the discussion. Talk show host Maverick Carter asked Elba about Ackie’s casting, noting that Black American women might criticize a Black British actor playing an American icon.

The Great British Bake Off start date has been announced.Taking to their official Instagram page, the show shared a snap of Paul Hollywood, Dame Prue Leith, Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding.The caption then read: "In knead of some good news? Here’s a little something… "The Great British Bake Off is back on your screens on Tuesday 13th September at 8pm!" Many viewers were certainly excited about the news of the show returning.Taking to the comment section, one viewer wrote: "Can't wait, see you on the 13th September 8pm #GBBO." A second said: "Happy to see Noel looking as dazzling and vampiric as ever." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter "Did need some good news! Very exciting," another commented. A fourth wrote: "Woohoo my favourite is back." And others said: "Tuesdays just got better," "This makes my day! I can't wait to try the weekly challenges," and "Omg my life has meaning literally.

 The battle lines between the BBC and its former star news presenter Emily Maitlis continue to be drawn, with BBC insiders lending their support after she claimed a BBC board member had interfered in editorial matters as “an active agent” of the Conservative party.

A new scam has been spotted, with fraudsters now pretending to help British Airways customers with lost luggage.

Shell Energy will refund and compensate 11,275 prepayment customers after it was revealed that their accounts were overcharged.

A remake of the 1985 sword and sorcery film “Red Sonja” had been in the works for ages at Millennium Media. One incarnation had Robert Rodriguez producing with “Planet Terror” star Rose McGowan attached to play the comic book heroine.

Thousands more homeowners who paid a doubled ground rent on their property will receive a refund after the competition watchdog cracked down on “unfair” leasehold practices. More than 5,000 households in the UK will be compensated after being caught in contracts that saw their ground rents double in price every 10 years.

, has been living in the public eye since birth, even though her family could never imagine they would become the faces of the United Kingdom. When her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne in 1936, her father, King George VI, took on the responsibilities of the kingdom and put Lizzie in line for the throne. When George passed away on February 6, 1952, at age 56, she officially became II.

Another round of British Airways flight cancellations has been announced.

A new space. Prince William and Kate Middleton are moving into their new home, but it doesn’t seem like there will be invitations for Harry and Meghan. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are moving along to a new cottage this summer with their children, but is there room for more?