Vera star Brenda Blethyn gives ITV ultimatum after Ashley Jensen's new husband Kenny Doughty quits

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Coronation Street star has joked that she 'doesn't know how to feel' after her nickname from her co-star was exposed on another ITV show. The actress, who is known for playing Amy Barlow in the ITV soap, supported her on-screen dad Simon Gregson as he took on Deal or No Deal.

Brenda Blethyn has discussed the possibility of a new season of her detective series Vera.

In Fast Love, DCI Vera Stanhope (played by Brenda Blethyn) is called to a quiet country lane where a young man has been found dead following a collision with a car. On closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is not an accident and is way more than a hit and run. Vera discovers that our victim is a popular market trader so heads down to his pitch to start to put together an idea of who our man is and ascertain why anyone would want him dead.

TikTok star Kyle Thomas’ makeshift ‘zoo’ in County Antrim, Northern Ireland has closed, his mother has said. Kyle, who has 35.3 million followers on TikTok and has amassed a whopping 1.6 billion likes on the platform, has shared videos on the app of himself alongside different exotic animals.

Vera star David Leon, who plays Joe Ashworth, has addressed the future of the ITV drama.The actor played Joe in the first four seasons of Vera, before Kenny Doughty's Aiden Healy stepped in to fill his place. But after Doughty decided to leave the show after almost a decade in 2023, Vera's leading star Brenda Blethyn admitted she wanted to quit as well. It seems that Leon's return might have kept Brenda on board, however, as he agreed to return for the 13th series.

ITV's brilliant detective drama Vera, starring Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope, is back for an exciting 13th series. David Leon is also returning as DS Joe Ashworth, after being away for nearly ten years.

Halle Bailey, who starred in the recent film adaptation of the Little Mermaid, has revealed that she has given birth to a baby boy after keeping her pregnancy under wraps. The actress took to Instagram to share the happy news, where she revealed that she and her partner DDG, who is a musician, had become parents to a baby boy called Halo. Announcing the milestone moment, 23 year old Halle shared an adorable picture with her eight million followers that showed her lovingly holding onto her son’s hand while he wore a bracelet which spelled out his name ‘Halo’ in capital letters.

Brenda Blethyn has been on our screens for years, having enjoyed a successful and fruitful career as an actor. Starting out way back in the 1980s, the 77 year old didn't experience her breakthrough moment until 1996, when she starred as Cynthia Purley in the drama Secrets & Lies.This role really put her on the map and earned her multiple awards, including Best Actress at Cannes Film Festival, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe. Plus, she also received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

Former Coronation Street Nicola Thorp has announced the safe arrival of her first child. The actress-turned-presenter announced back in September she was pregnant with her and her fiance Nikesh Patel's first baby.

Emmerdale's Sebastian Dowling, who played Heath Hope, has received an outpouring of support after speaking up about his departure from the popular ITV soap. The young actor made a dramatic exit from the show earlier this week when his character tragically died in a car crash.The shocking scenes aired over New Year showed Heath, his twin sister Cathy and their friend Angelica King stealing Wendy Posner's car to go to a party in Hotten.

There’s plenty of top telly hitting our small screens already this year, But one that’s already made quite the splash is haunting four-part series, Platform 7.The supernatural psychological thriller, which landed on ITV last month, is adapted from the 2019 book of the same name by Louise Doughty, and has left viewers who binge-watched the show traumatised.The premise of the show, says ITV, is: "A suicide on Platform 7 prompts a woman and a Transport Police officer to investigate the details surrounding her death." The nail-biting series stars brilliant Top Boy actress Jasmine Jobson (she played the much-loved Jaq since 2019) as school teacher, Lisa, who witnesses an earth-shattering event on, yes, platform seven of a railway station. Just a few scenes in we realise Lisa is, well, not alive anymore.

Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank had declared his adoration for his co-star Peter Ash - and not for the first time - following fresh 'hard to watch' scenes for the pair. Fans of the ITV soap were saddened following Wednesday night's (January 3) trip to Weatherfield.

Hallie Clarke has faced 'surgery-shaming' on Instagram, after getting her lip filler topped up for the second time in a matter of weeks. The Big Brother star, who appeared on the first series of the ITV reboot, visited The London Aesthetics just last week after previously undergoing lip and cheek filler at the same venue in November. The clinic owner shared clips of both of Hallie's visits on Instagram, which she then shared on her own social media.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her husband Ryan Anderson are navigating a whole new world now that she’s out of prison! And, apparently, that means having lots of sex, dealing with lots of haters, and finding out about some surprising new family members!

Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny reportedly spent New Year’s Eve together, despite their recent split.

Mickey Cottrell has sadly passed away at the age of 79 on New Year's Day, his sister has announced. Mickey was perhaps best known for his roles as Chancellor Alrik Star Trek: The Next Generation and Dumah in Star Trek: Voyager, he also appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Hellraiser: Bloodline, and the video game Terror T.R.A.X.: Track of the Vampire. He also worked as a producer and publicist on a number of films and TV shows.

People that Bernans’ young child was not with her at the time.The incident occurred amid a police foot chase after officers were informed of a physical assault involving the 44-year-old male driver of a black Mercedes and a 34-year-old female passenger.Police tried “to de-escalate the situation” and ordered the man to put his Mercedes into park. However, he resisted and kept on driving, turning right onto 7th Avenue.

network imposed a ban on drinking alcohol last year.Cooper, host of “Anderson Cooper 360°,” and “Watch What Happens Live” host Cohen, made sure to be on their best behavior when they both downed shots of tequila while on air.The topic surrounding CNN’s alcohol restriction was brought up within minutes after going live from Times Square at 8 p.m., when Cohen, 55, asked Cooper, “Does daddy get his juice?”“Speaking of traditions, it’s the top of the hour. We’ve been here for seven years doing this, and for most of those years, well, at the top of the hour we typically have a toast,” Cohen goes.

Kenny Doughty has departed Vera after appearing in the show as DS Aiden Healy for the last seven years, The much-loved star made his final appearance in the festive episode, which aired on Boxing Day.The next series of the show will see David Leon returns as DS Joe Ashworth, reuniting with Brenda Blethyn's Vera. Ahead of his exit, Kenny opened up about his time on the show, what it meant to him, and even revealed what he took from the set on his last day. He said: "I've got one of Aiden's jackets as a memento from the set.