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The Irish Sun
25-05-2025
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- The Irish Sun
Emmerdale star Charley Webb enjoys theatre trip with close friend Sheridan Smith after pair were spotted holding hands
EMMERDALE star Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith after the pair were spotted holding hands on a night out. In April, The Sun revealed Advertisement 6 Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith Credit: Instagram 6 They were recently spotted holding hands on a night out Credit: Click News and Media Since then, Charley and Sheridan have struck up a budding friendship, with the Gavin & Stacey star receiving a visit from Charley while filming BBC drama The Cage in Liverpool. Now, the duo have enjoyed a night at the theatre, posing for a selfie from their seats. Sharing the moment to her Instagram Story, Charley wrote: 'Excited. Our House,' alongside a performing arts emoji. The show in question is thought to be a local performance of Our House: The Madness Musical - which features hits by the ska band Madness. Advertisement read more on Charley Webb Their friendship seems to have blossomed just as both women navigate new chapters in their personal lives. Charley shares three sons, Buster, Bowie, and Ace, with Matthew, her co-star and now estranged husband. Though they split in 2023, the pair remain committed to co-parenting. Sheridan, meanwhile, has a four-year-old son named Billy with her former fiancé Jamie Horn, from whom she separated in 2021. Advertisement Most read in Soaps Exclusive After Charley moved out of her £900,000 Yorkshire home in late 2023, she stayed with Sheridan, finding comfort with her fellow single mum. Their bond grew further last summer when they Sheridan Smith glams up tiny black dress on holiday as she parties with Emmerdale's Charley Webb The two even 6 Their bond grew further last summer when they jetted off to Greece Credit: instagram Advertisement 6 The pair even spent Christmas together Credit: Instagram / @miss_charleywebb 6 Charley and Matthew Wolfenden announced their marriage had ended in November 2023 Credit: Getty 6 In April, The Sun revealed Sheridan had split from ex-boxer Dave Ryan Credit: instagram
Scottish Sun
25-05-2025
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- Scottish Sun
Emmerdale star Charley Webb enjoys theatre trip with close friend Sheridan Smith after pair were spotted holding hands
Their friendship seems to have blossomed just as both women navigate new chapters in their personal lives what a pair Emmerdale star Charley Webb enjoys theatre trip with close friend Sheridan Smith after pair were spotted holding hands Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) EMMERDALE star Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith after the pair were spotted holding hands on a night out. In April, The Sun revealed Sheridan, 43, had split from ex-boxer Dave Ryan while Charley, 37, and her actor husband Matthew Wolfenden, 45, separated last year. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 6 Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith Credit: Instagram 6 They were recently spotted holding hands on a night out Credit: Click News and Media Since then, Charley and Sheridan have struck up a budding friendship, with the Gavin & Stacey star receiving a visit from Charley while filming BBC drama The Cage in Liverpool. Now, the duo have enjoyed a night at the theatre, posing for a selfie from their seats. Sharing the moment to her Instagram Story, Charley wrote: 'Excited. Our House,' alongside a performing arts emoji. The show in question is thought to be a local performance of Our House: The Madness Musical - which features hits by the ska band Madness. Their friendship seems to have blossomed just as both women navigate new chapters in their personal lives. Charley shares three sons, Buster, Bowie, and Ace, with Matthew, her co-star and now estranged husband. Though they split in 2023, the pair remain committed to co-parenting. Sheridan, meanwhile, has a four-year-old son named Billy with her former fiancé Jamie Horn, from whom she separated in 2021. After Charley moved out of her £900,000 Yorkshire home in late 2023, she stayed with Sheridan, finding comfort with her fellow single mum. Their bond grew further last summer when they jetted off to Greece for a sun-soaked holiday. Sheridan Smith glams up tiny black dress on holiday as she parties with Emmerdale's Charley Webb The two even spent Christmas together, which Charley called her 'favourite Christmas yet', sharing joyful snaps of their celebrations. 6 Their bond grew further last summer when they jetted off to Greece Credit: instagram 6 The pair even spent Christmas together Credit: Instagram / @miss_charleywebb 6 Charley and Matthew Wolfenden announced their marriage had ended in November 2023 Credit: Getty
The Herald Scotland
25-05-2025
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- The Herald Scotland
Has Ewan McGregor mellowed or is he still a Mr Grumpy Chops?
Back in 2004 they were just two skinny drifters on motorbikes, off to see the world, and what a lot of it there was to see in Long Way Round (London to New York), Down (John O'Groats to Capetown); and Up (Ushuaia in Argentina to LA. Now the pair are back with Long Way Home (Apple TV+). The route will take them from Scotland to England via 17 European countries. Like their chosen bikes, both men are now of a certain vintage, MAMILS in leather rather than Lycra, and in the case of Boorman with a long and painful history of repairs. For all those reasons and more - that title for a kick off - Long Way Home felt like a farewell. As McGregor said in the first episode, film companies don't like you heading off on motorbikes. Think of the insurance for a start. But here they were, Charley and Ewan, or Ewan and Charley if you prefer. It always seemed like McGregor was the alpha of the pair, the more charismatic but grumpier one. Now in his fifties, had time mellowed him? As the halfway point approached, the pair were in Norway, having been through Germany, Denmark, and Sweden. So far there had been no outbreak of the Victor Meldrews on McGregor's part, though he looked narked when a kid in Sweden pumped up the volume in his Volvo sound system. McGregor issued a word to the wise about hearing damage, but that was it. With megabucks Apple TV+ now running the show there had been an upgrade in everything. The stop-offs were more interesting, and the back-up consisted of a third-person motorcycle escort plus a small crew in two electric trucks. Apart from that, the pair are all alone out there (eye roll number two). Read more I shouldn't mock because the back-up was needed when someone took a slight spill which could have been much worse. 'It's a pleasure riding with you Ewan,' said Boorman. 'It's been a pleasure riding with you too Charley, as always,' came the reply. If this is the last hurrah they are going out in style and, in McGregor's case, in a most unspanner-like way. Safe home, boys. Scotland's Home of the Year (BBC1, Monday) has a reputation as a no-snark zone. So when a whiff of trouble enters paradise, as it did this week, it stands out like a broken window in a Bearsden cul-de-sac. The first contender for the Highlands and Islands top spot was Tiny Skye Cabin, a small but perfectly formed structure down a dirt path. The interior was a study in minimalism. On the floor was a brown, indeterminate animal skin. It could have come from a sheep or a small bear. At least it cosied the place up a little, unlike the 'sofa', which was a wooden bench. 'This is SO comfortable,' said Danny in what must surely be the first sarky remark in the show's history. Overall the extreme Ikea vibe was not cutting it with the judges. Oh, they praised aspects here and there, and judge Banjo caused giggles in the wet room when he 'accidentally' turned the shower on, but there was no getting away from it. The homeowners had committed the ultimate SHOTY crime of offences against soft furnishings - mainly by not having them. 'I feel like we're in Marie Kondo's house,' said judge Banjo, referencing the Netflix organising queen. 'She says throw it out if it doesn't spark joy. These guys have thrown a lot of stuff out.' Much more the judges' cuppa was An Cala Cottage on Skye. The traditional bungalow, home to Caroline, Lee, and their collie Nuala, had been transformed using colour, charity shop finds and a custom-made bookcase. 'It's simple and unapologetic, and maybe a bit scruffy. I quite like it,' said Danny. An Cala took first place. It was a cosy spot, but the score was the same as last week's modernist masterpiece in Central and Tayside. Do the two really compare? That's a battle for the final. Rose Ayling-Ellis is having a moment. Make that more than a moment. Since winning Strictly she hasn't put a foot wrong, and this week she took on her first lead role in the crime drama Code of Silence (STV, Sunday-Monday). It was an above-par piece by writer Catherine Moulton (Baptiste, Hijack), but by far the best thing about it was Ayling-Ellis. She played Alison Brooks, a young deaf woman washing pots in a local branch of His Majesty's constabulary in Canterbury, Kent. Called upstairs to CID one day, she was told 'all our lip readers are busy on other jobs' and would she mind helping out? There was no time to stop and ponder whether that would happen because too much else was going on. Like Alison, the viewer was dropped into the middle of a fast-moving investigation and had to crack on regardless. In another life, this clever young woman might be rising through the CID ranks herself instead of being paid minimum wage to help them out now and then. Not that Moulton, herself hearing-impaired, would be so crass as to point this out. Instead, the look on Alison's face said it all. Used to feeling invisible and excluded by her disability, she was now 'seen' and accepted. She could get used to this. 'I don't want to be hearing,' she said. 'I just want them to be a bit deaf.' The same lightness of touch was seen in the way Code of Silence handled lip-reading. As Alison watched, words and parts of words floated onto the screen before swimming into focus. Clarkson's Farm (Amazon Prime Video) returned for a fourth series. Confession time: I've never watched it. As a bunny-hugging veggie feminist Scot, I just assumed there was nothing in it I would enjoy and a lot that would irritate. But as a TV critic that lily-livered attitude will not do. The show is a global hit, with fans trekking from all over the world to Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton to worship their beer-bellied God. Must be something in it, right? Which was how I came to spend an evening watching a young farmer lead a packed theatre in a singalong of The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) and thinking the English were a weird lot. On stage was Kaleb Cooper, Clarkson's farm manager. In the new series, Kaleb has run off to join the showbiz circus, leaving Jezza on his tod. He was not happy. 'I'm thrilled to bits for Kaleb,' he said, fighting his way through the mud and rain to feed the pigs. 'I'm not a socialist. I want him to do well. I want him to make money. I want him one day to be able to buy his own farm. But he has left me a little bit in the lurch.' Scene after scene followed of Clarkson stuffing things up. When not out in the fields he was at his desk, filling in forms to get government money. He was like The Archers' Brian Aldridge, but useless. Help arrived in the form of Harriet, a young agency farmer. She was a tea person, Clarkson was coffee, but somehow they got along. Was there any chance they wouldn't? That said, the whole enterprise stands or falls on its central character. If you don't care for him, his earthy humour, his general jeans-wearing old fogey schtick, there was unlikely to be anything to detain you here. Tiny Skye Cabin was a masterclass in minimalism (Image: PHOTOGRAPHER:IWC Media) Long stretches of not very much happening followed. He ordered eight tractors to test-drive and they all turned up at once. I think it was supposed to be hilarious. I could have also done without the pigs going off to slaughter. But there were moments when he put all that 'stuff and nonsense' bluster to one side and came across as a decent sort, as when he and Harriet chat about farming's toll on mental health, particularly among young men. As for how much time I'd like to spend with him in future, not sure. If he gave up the meat and became more of a Paul and Linda McCartney, Mull of Kintyre-type farmer, maybe. But you can bet whatever farm you like - that's never going to happen.
The Irish Sun
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Emmerdale legend's return axed FOREVER as fan favourite secretly moves to Australia – and abandons her family
EMMERDALE has ruled out a return for a soap legend with a brutal off-screen storyline. The ITV soap has dropped a bombshell about a popular character amid speculation that she is returning. Advertisement 2 Debbie got the bombshell news her mum had secretly married and moved to Australia Credit: ITV 2 The shock move puts to an end speculation that Charley will return to the soap as Debbie Credit: Rex Viewers know that Sarah Sugden has been secretly dealing with a health issue that has seen her diagnosed with cancer. However she's been forced to deal with it alone as her family - grandparents Charity and Cain Dingle - have been too busy doing other things to listen to her when she tries to tell him. In today's episode Sarah tried to reach out to mum Debbie who as far as everyone else was aware was living in Scotland with younger son Jack. However as Sarah tried to tell her mum about her diagnosis, Debbie interrupted her call to share some news of her own - she's secretly married and moved to Australia. Advertisement Read more on Emmerdale The shock news left Sarah reeling and when she told her grandparents they were also shocked, and again ignored Sarah as she tried to open up to them. It also puts an end to speculation that Debbie Dingle actress Back in 2021 actress race row. He was investigation . Advertisement Most read in Soaps A source said at the time: 'A source said: 'Charley is closing the door on Emmerdale for good and won't be going back. 'After she gave birth to her third child with Matthew in 2019 she returned briefly before taking some time out again. Emmerdale's Matthew Wolfenden reveals brutal way wife Charley Webb dumped him 'The past few months have given her time to think about the future and it is one that doesn't involve Emmerdale. 'Matthew being caught up in the row on set fuelled her decision to step away. Advertisement 'Charley has been on Emmerdale for 19 years and her character Debbie has had a rollercoaster ride. It's time for a new adventure for Charley. Soap stars leaving this year Soap has - or will lose some iconic characters this year - here we've rounded up the latest departures... EASTENDERS Navin Chowdhry CORONATION STREET Calum Lill Bill Fellows Launa Santos Helen Worth Lucy Fallon HOLLYOAKS Matthew James Bailey Gregory Finnegan Stephanie Warring Annie Wallace NEIGHBOURS Ryan Maloney Lucinda Cowden 'Naturally the door is open for her character, who is now living in Scotland, should she change her mind. But for now she is looking to the future.' It seems the show has now made the decision for her.
Scottish Sun
21-05-2025
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- Scottish Sun
Watch as Emmerdale's Matthew Wolfenden reveals brutal way co-star wife dumped him after 15 years together
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) FORMER Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden has revealed the brutal way wife Charley Webb dumped him. The actor - who played David Metcalfe in the ITV soap - met Charley on the job and the pair fell in love, getting married and eventually having three children. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 Matthew Wolfenden has revealed how Charley Webb ended their marriage Credit: Getty 3 The couple were together for 15 years and share three sons Credit: miss_charleywebb/Instagram 3 The couple met while both working on Emmerdale Credit: Instagram But after 15 years together, Matthew has told how Charley ended their marriage while she was on tour with a play. Matthew, who had just quit Emmerdale and was at home raising the boys, was about to temporarily move to London for a West End play. He said: 'It was Charley's decision. Charley decided she wanted to separate. 'It was hard, it was a hard time for me. By this point I'd decided to leave Emmerdale. Charley was on tour with a play called Quiz so I was leaving a job I'd been in for 18 years, I'd just been offered a job in the West End, so it was a big change for me. 'I had the kids full time at that time because Charley was out on tour and then out of the blue I got this news that she wanted to separate. 'It was a tough time for me, it was a time of big changes and then this on top of things wasn't the best news in the world. But things happen for a reason and yeah. 'It was a very very tough time but these things happen and I'm not the first person in the world to have separated from their partner with kids involved. 'It was the fact that the kids were quite young and it wasn't only a couple of years ago. That was a concern to me. We had to move onwards.' He added on podcast The Lewis Nichollls Show: 'I didn't expect it at all, it was a big shock. Separation is very difficult when you've spent 15 years together, your lives together and everything you own is together - just sorting out. Emmerdale star Matthew Wolfenden breaks silence on soap race row and reveals why he was suspended 'Especially when the separation happened when Charley was on tour and I was moving to London after leaving Emmerdale.' But he also revealed after the initial devastation, the former couple put their differences aside and found a way forward. He added: 'Everything was a bit up in the air for the first few months but we're very very amicable, we're still friends and we've got kids together so you have to be. We're always going to have a relationship. 'We had the best 15 years together and we had three amazing kids together. But in terms of co-parenting we decided we'd do a week on, week off. 'We kept our house for the time being so the kids didn't have to move between houses until they got their heads around it really. We wanted it to be as much of a comfortable transition for the kids as possible.' Real-life soap couples Soaps are renowned for their sweet and scandalous romances – but it's not just in scripted storylines where love is blossoming. A number of our favourite small-screen actors have fallen for co-stars and soapland rivals when the cameras have stopped rolling. Max Parker and Kris Mochrie Despite playing brothers Luke and Lee Posner on Emmerdale, the pair never actually shared any scenes together. But the pair still fell in love after meeting on set. Max and Kris got together in 2020, moving in together later than same year and got engaged in 2022. In a sweet Instagram post, the couple confirmed they're planning a 2025 wedding. Beth Cordingly and Ian Kelsey Beth, who plays Ruby Fox-Miligan, announced her love for her co-star Ian Kelsey, who played Dean Glover, shortly after she joined Emmerdale at the beginning of 2024. 'I am very in love with Ian and very happy. I think it really does work him being an actor too. He has been so fantastic," she gushed. Laura Norton and Mark Jordan Kerry Wyatt and Daz Eden actors Laura and Mark met on the set of Emmerdale in 2014. The couple, who got engaged in 2018, told Loose Women they spent a long time deciding whether they should "just stay as friends." Although it seems they were meant to be and the pair now share two children together. Zoe Henry and Jeff Hordley Emmerdale favourites Zoe and Jeff, who play Rhonda Goskirk and Cain Dingle met at drama college in 1994 and have been together ever since. While working together might be too much for some couples, that's definitely not the case for Zoe and Jeff. Zoe previously told The Sun: "Working on the same show as Jeff also helps because if one of us is having a bad day then the other will completely understand." Lesley Dunlop and Chris Chittell Lesley and Chris are another Dales romantic success story. Unlike some of the other soap stars, the pair who play Brenda Walker and Eric Pollard, are together on and off screen, officially tying the knot in 2016. They also adore working together, but have clear home-work boundaries. "We make a point of not talking about Emmerdale when we're at home, though – that would be just too sad, wouldn't it?" Chris revealed. Sally Carman and Joe Duttine Abi Franklin and Tim Metcalfe actors Sally and Joe got together after meeting on the set of Coronation Street in 2017 and they tied the knot in July 2022. But unlike some of the Emmerdale stars, Sally and Joe prefer that their characters don't interact much. Sally previously admitted it "would be horrendous" to work on a storyline with Joe because "he's too funny." Anthony Cotton and Peter Eccleston Sean Tully may have been unlucky in love on the cobbles, but in real life Antony's met his Prince Charming. The soap star started dating long-term partner Peter in 2005, after they met when he was working as an assistant props buyer on Corrie. Jane Danson and Robert Beck Corrie favourite Jane Danson tied the knot with soap star Robert Beck in 2005. The actress, who plays Leanne Battersby, shares two children, Harry and Sam, with the former Brookside star. During their marriage, Robert has also done a stint in Weatherfield playing criminal Jimmy Dockerson. Caroline Harding and Chris Gascoyne Chris, who played pub landlord Peter Barlow, married soap star Caroline in 2002. Although she is best known as an Emmerdale star, Caroline did visit her husband at work when she did a two-episode stint as doctor on the Manchester soap in 2020. The couple share a daughter called Belle, plus two children, Pip and Freddie from Caroline's previous marriage. Nadine Mulkerrin and Rory Douglas Speed Nadine Mulkerrin, and Rory Doulas Speed are known for their Hollyoaks alter egos Cleo McQueen and Joel Dexter. The loved-up pair got engaged on a December 2018 trip to Amsterdam - just over a year after they announced they were dating. They now share two kids, Reggie and Dougie. Sophie Austin and Shayne Ward Former Hollyoaks star Sophie, whose best known for playing villain Lindsay Butterfield, was introduced to singer and ex-Corrie star Shayne through mutual friends. She gave birth to their daughter Willow in December 2016 and they welcomed a son in 2022. And he revealed he's taken a huge step with his nw girlfriend Heather, who he met while starring in the West End after his split. Matthew said: 'Things do have to come to an end so we've just sold our house and me and my new partner have just bought a house so there's going to be another transition. These thing take time but it's all good.'
