Dua Lipa is youngest person to feature on Sunday Times under-40s rich list
Robert Watts, compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List, said: 'Our 40 under 40 list showcases many of the country's brightest stars from the worlds of tech, fashion, music and sport. Almost all of these people built their fortunes themselves and their number includes some who left school with few, if any, qualifications.
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Jeremy Clarkson reveals truth behind savage Clarkson's Farm 'editing mistake'
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Fern Britton's opens up on 'difficult times' as she shows off mega weight loss
It has been a tough five years for TV favourite Fern Britton after her stalker hell and divorce but she is loving her new life in Cornwall - and her incredible new look Fern Britton has revealed how she has overcome a "catalogue of difficulty" in the past few years amid her incredible weight loss success. Last year, James Haviland was handed a 10-year restraining order after pleading guilty to stalking the TV presenter. She also had to come to terms with her divorce from Phil Vickery, and has battle health issues. There's been some creature comforts to help get her through it all and Fern hopes her new slim look makes her perfect for also heading back to the small screen and more TV work in the coming years if she returns to London. Losing five stone, the This Morning legend is feeling better than ever. She told The Sunday Times: "When I'm not feeling well, one of my cats will always sit on my bed with me. They take it in turns, like a shift pattern. This has been particularly comforting in recent years because I've had a catalogue of difficult things to face, from getting my home together here in Cornwall to discovering that I had a stalker." Fern is back in great shape but is not hankering for a TV comeback or a man in her life. Instead she wants to continue to write bestselling books from her Cornwall home. At 67, it is now five years since her 20-year marriage to TV chef Phil Vickery ended, but Fern insists: 'I'm not looking for love." She told Woman & Home: 'I'm still a bit too wary of losing my liberty. There's nobody to run something past but, on the other hand, I think back to running things past people and it never really worked out, so why don't I just make my own decision? Then I'm the only person who can go, 'I f***ed up there'." Her stalker hell was her biggest challenge since the collapse of her marriage. Haviland, 63, drove 200 miles to stay in 66-year-old Fern's holiday cottage in the village where she lived and last week admitted he'd stalked ther for two years. He started by sending Fern flowers and cards before embarking on a mega journey to be close to her - staying in the village she lives - Cornwall's Padstow. Fern first met Phil when she hosted Ready Steady Cook in 1999, and they married the following year, having daughter Winnie in 2001. They also appeared regularly on ITV 's This Morning, which Fern fronted for a decade from 1999 and Phil joined as chef in 2006, with Fern quitting in 2009 while Phil still makes occasional appearances. Appearing to have one of the strongest marriages in showbiz, no one expected Fern and Phil's split announcement in January 2020. "After more than 20 happy years together, Phil and I have decided to go our separate ways," Fern tweeted. "We will always share a great friendship and our lovely children . We would appreciate it if our privacy is respected at this time. Thankyou for your continued kindness and support."
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3 days ago
- Metro
BBC's ‘brilliant' true crime drama made me question my own morals
It was a superb way to end the first season, telling us that in fact the six episodes we just watched had only been chasing half of the gold from the Brink's-Mat robbery. The second season of The Gold is concerned with the other half, half-inched by Charlie Miller (Sam Spruell), who was only half-glimpsed during the heist when the BBC show first aired in 2023. Unlike your standard heist drama, the 1983 robbery itself, which saw six men break into a depot near Heathrow for a bit of foreign currency, only to find £26million in gold bullion (equivalent to about quadruple that today), is of little interest to the show. Instead, we see how Miller and his gold slid under the radar for so long, before he decided to smelt the lot down and launder it. Miller fills the shoes of season one's Kenneth Noye (Jack Lowden) – who makes a return after being sent down by the Old Bailey – as the criminal at the heart of this enterprise, who is at pains to squirrel the cash away before the police catch up with him. He's joined on the baddie side by smooth-talking John Palmer (Tom Cullen). Viewers will remember Palmer as the smelter extraordinaire. We find him now having set up a money-grubbing timeshare business in the Canary Islands – one lucrative enough to land him on the Sunday Times Rich List. Both Palmer and Miller come from dirt poor backgrounds they never want to return to, continuing the first season's themes on the British class system. With much tactful speechifying, the criminals spin their ill-gotten gains as a way of getting back at the establishment. At times, it's hard not to be convinced, especially when they look like they're having so much fun. On the other side of the moral equation are Hugh Bonneville as the incorruptible copper Brian Boyce and his two young detectives, still beavering away years down the line. They're under-funded and under-staffed, often acting out their scenes in drab office buildings with little natural light and hawkish superiors telling them to pack up shop. It's not just the palpable absence of vibes that makes the police's side less of a rootin' tootin' good time. In the first episode alone Miller gets one over on Scotland Yard repeatedly – and has Danny Ocean-level swagger as he does so. In those moments, you can't help but think creator and writer Neil Forsyth hasn't also been a little bit seduced by the sexiness of being a bank robber. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video There were murmurs of this around season one, when Lowden's charismatic incarnation of Noye was compared to Robin Hood, endlessly speechifying on how the rich just get richer. TV is no stranger to an antihero (Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, to name just two) but it's further complicated when the real Noye was a gangster and murderer. When he was sentenced at the Old Bailey, he shouted to the jury: 'I hope you all die of cancer.' This fact was included in the drama, but a lot of Noye's behaviour was papered over by Lowden's cheeky chappy performance. With a true crime drama it can be easy to get sucked in and forget about the real people affected off screen. Especially when the ones doing the bad stuff are cocky, cool and flying around on a private jet. More Trending But the second season of The Gold has more creative license that also puts us slightly in the clear for being taken in by the villains. Miller and his snooty posh accomplice Douglas Baxter (Joshua McGuire) are composite characters, inspired by some of those involved in the Brink's-Mat story, instead of being real people. On the whole, The Gold is once again brilliant. Perhaps even better. Scenes zip along at a clip and Forsyth seems to have taken on board the criticism over last season's trite state-of-the-nation speeches. Just make sure you don't look up the Brink's-Mat Wikipedia page if you don't want spoilers. View More » The Gold season 2 is available to stream on BBC iPlayer now and airs on BBC One at 9pm on Sunday (June 8). Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Divisive horror movie full of 'grotesque monsters' now streaming on BBC iPlayer MORE: 'Doctor Who's finale infuriated fans – but the next series will fix everything' MORE: Bake Off legend claims she's been dropped by the BBC after 10 years on TV
