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Irish Daily Mirror
21 hours ago
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- Irish Daily Mirror
‘What am I doing with life?' - How Covid in Canada gave Kevin Kilbane the answer
Friday March 13, 2020: The date stamped on the outbound line of Kevin Kilbane's airline ticket. Little did he know that, for the next 18 months anyway, his flight to Toronto would be a one-way journey. Up to this point, there had been the outline of a plan: Kilbane, capped 110 times for Ireland, would eventually settle in Canada with his fiancée Brianne Delcourt. The pair had met a year earlier on ITV's Dancing On Ice. They would get married in Ireland. The date had been set. September 4 of that year. But the big move? That would happen a year or two down the line. And then, days after his trans-Atlantic trip, the whole world shut down. 'We've all got our story to tell from Covid,' says Kilbane, recalling his own remarkable tale. 'I'll never forget the date. I arrived in Canada on Friday the 13th of March. Toronto Airport closed down, I think, on the 14th or 15th. 'It basically shut the weekend after I arrived. Every airport across the world was closing down across the course of that week.' Suddenly, the former Preston, Everton and Sunderland man was trapped by the pandemic. For 18 months, he was unable to leave Canada. 'To get on a flight I had to get vaccinated,' replies Kilbane, 'but I couldn't get vaccinated because I wasn't a citizen here, I wasn't a resident. 'So I couldn't get the vaccine, which I needed to fly back.' Plans were moved forward. Kilbane and Brianne bought a house together, they got married in Canada, and Brianne, whose daughter Gracie was three at the time, fell pregnant. From feeling trapped, he soon came to realise that he had, in fact, been freed by this once-in-a-generation event. Life on the other side of the Atlantic had been spinning out of control. But unable to get a work permit in Canada, Kilbane was forced to take stock. 'I didn't get residency until about October 2021, so I was in the country for 18 months, and I wasn't allowed to work for well over a year,' he says. 'I was stuck, I couldn't fly back. It was over a year down the line and still wasn't able to get vaccinated. 'I couldn't get a doctor because I wasn't a resident, I couldn't get a health card here, and off the back of it I couldn't get a work permit. 'So I wasn't able to work until literally on the eve of the Euros, which were delayed because of Covid. I'm talking days; one or two days, June 2021. 'That's the first bit of (punditry) work I did over here (with Canadian TV channel, TSN). I was only able to get a work permit because I had to push certain things. 'Even off the back of that, I still didn't get residency until October or November, another few months after that. 'It was 18 months before I had residency and 15 months before I was able to work. 'During that time it was a nightmare in terms of, what am I going to do and how am I going to get work and what am I going to be able to do? 'I couldn't get work, I couldn't fly home, I couldn't do anything. It was just a crazy time for me. 'But it certainly helped me to settle down, it helped me almost to smell the roses in many respects. It definitely helped me to calm down a little bit and not go chasing stuff. 'Even when I was probably speaking to you over the years, you would have been like, Jesus Christ, you are everywhere. 'I was basing myself in Dublin at that time and I always felt that was where I was going to be, I was going to be in Ireland permanently. 'And if I needed to fly back to the UK or whatever, I'd get on a flight and go back. 'I felt like I was constantly at the BBC, I was in Manchester, I was in Dublin, I was doing the Virgin Media stuff, I was with the Off The Ball lads, and I constantly felt like I didn't have any time. 'I was constantly getting up at 4am to make a 5.30 flight, driving out of Kilmainham at whatever time. 'Then I bought my place in Castleknock and I felt like I was always racing to get on the M50, getting to the airport, running through the airport, getting on a flight, landing, working, flying back… 'I was sometimes doing that four times a week and I was like, what am I doing? 'Covid helped that. That's all I'll say. It calmed me down in so many ways. 'I just felt, where am I going? What am I doing with my life? Then everything took shape from there and I'm really thankful for everything. 'For me to be able to calm down was great, it was a great time for me.' Kilbane, with two daughters in their early-20s living in England, is now the proud stepdad to Gracie (8), and dad to Olivia (4) and Keavy (3). 'It was Covid that changed it,' he says. 'The reality was, once we hit May or June (2020); look, we're kind of stuck and we are going to have to make a decision on what we are going to do. 'We knew what we were going to do eventually, so it just kind of brought everything forward a year or two for us. 'So it was an amazing time. However we are all going to judge Covid, and we've all got our story to tell from it. But I have no regrets. Absolutely not. 'You asked me at the start if I was nervous, and I was probably nervous for different reasons. 'Obviously I didn't want to be leaving my daughters in England, but they were at an age where they could understand to an extent what was happening. 'I kind of knew where I was going. Whether it was a year or two ahead of where I thought it was going to be, then so be it, because it was going to happen anyway. 'And now I couldn't be happier. Life is as hectic as it ever has been. Keavy here has just turned three, Olivia was four in February, she starts school in September. 'It's just crazy to think of where we were and what's happening now. 'Our eight-year-old, Gracie, we are racing around with her, taking her to all sports. My middle daughter, Olivia, has soccer tonight, so we are taking her there. We're full-on. 'There's the lack of sleep, as any father and mother knows. Every single day you are tired. 'My wife Briana and I, crazy stuff! It's great. Now that I'm approaching 50, I think I should be at the stage where I'm a middle-aged man who's enjoying a bit of sleep now. 'But I love it and I couldn't have wished for things to have gone as well as they have done.'
Wales Online
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha criticises ‘out of the blue' ITV daytime cuts
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha criticises 'out of the blue' ITV daytime cuts The changes are expected to cause job losses across ITV's morning offering including This Morning, Lorraine and Loose Women (Image: ITV ) Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha has criticised cuts to ITV daytime's schedule, saying they have been "absolutely brutal" to production staff and came "out of the blue". The changes are expected to cause job losses across ITV's morning offering including This Morning, Lorraine and Loose Women, which will be broadcast from a new location in central London while still being produced by ITV Studios. Good Morning Britain is to be extended by half an hour from January, while Lorraine Kelly's morning talk show will be reduced to 30 minutes for 30 weeks of the year, ITV said earlier this month. This Morning, hosted by Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays through the year, with panel show Loose Women on from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. On her YouTube channel, Sawalha said Loose Women had been "highly successful" along with the Lorraine show, and called conversations about the cuts "misogynistic". The actress, who was in EastEnders and The Bill and appeared on ITV competition show Dancing On Ice in 2011, said: "What people don't realise at Loose Women is that we're self-employed, I am self-employed. Every contract is a new contract. "I could be let go tomorrow, I could be let go in five years, you don't know because we're not employees." Sawalha added: "What's been brutal, absolutely brutal, over the last week, honestly I feel tearful about it, is that hundreds of people... are going to be made redundant out of the blue, these are all the people behind the scenes that support us in every way." She accepted that inflation was "insane, and cuts have to be made", before becoming emotional. She said: "A lot of my friends and colleagues on this show and have worked for ITV have been there for decades... and I can't tell you how upsetting it was to see people walking around numb with shock and fear about what they are going to do... (when) television is coming very slowly to its natural end." She added that the announcement had "been so awful, it has been worse than whatever trolls have been saying about our shows that we feel really protective of". Sawalha said: "Do you know what, at the moment, all of us on screen are in work and are proud of what we do. "But behind the scenes there are people that are really suffering, and what you don't realise is when you attack the show you attack them, because you never see all the army of people behind the scenes and how hard they work. "So to all my friends and colleagues behind the scenes that have just got a huge shock out of the blue, I'm so sorry. "And (my husband) Mark (Adderley) knows just how upset I've been at home about it. I just can't bear it. So just be f****** kind (to) people." Scottish presenter Kelly has fronted Lorraine since 2010 and, under the new 2026 schedule, on weeks when the show is not on air, Good Morning Britain will be further extended by another half-hour, airing from 6am to 10am. Kevin Lygo, managing director of ITV's Media and Entertainment Division, said the changes will be "generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres". He said: "These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever." Lygo added: "I recognise that our plans will have an impact on staff off screen in our Daytime production teams, and we will work with ITV Studios and ITN as they manage these changes to produce the shows differently from next year, and support them through this transition." Earlier this month, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said the company was making "good progress" on a cost-cutting drive, and she expected to make £30 million of non-content savings during 2025. Other changes to the channel include making Coronation Street and Emmerdale only half-hour instalments, and Dancing On Ice being "rested". Article continues below Dancing On Ice previously took a break after the ninth series in 2014 before making a comeback in 2018. Coronation Street currently airs for three hour-long episodes a week, while Emmerdale has four 30-minute episodes and one hour-long instalment.
Metro
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Adele Roberts facing new health issue 3 years after being declared cancer-free
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Adele Roberts is facing more health woes, over four years since she was diagnosed with bowel cancer. The former BBC Radio 1 DJ underwent intense treatment in October 2021, including chemotherapy and having a stoma fitted. In June 2022, the overjoyed I'm A Celebrity star confirmed she had been given the all-clear. However, fast forward to now, and she's still encountering obstacles. Adele, 46, frequently shares candid updates with her followers, the latest being that her iron count is low. Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Adele shared a selfie from the hospital, sitting alongside her supportive, long-term partner, Kate Holderness. She wrote: 'Having a blood test today for my anaemia. Hopefully this one will go well and I can get more medication.' Crossing her fingers in the pic, she added: 'We're not sure why my iron count is low… either damage to my blood from chemo or due to having a stoma. 'Without my medication I have no energy. I'm not running at the moment and I'm so tired all the time.' 'Hopefully I'll get some more medicine once my GP has seen today's results… otherwise I'm going to be consistently falling asleep until I die,' she joked. In a second post, after arriving home, Adele showed the plasters on her arms after the doctor had to try both to get the blood. Adele then explained in a video that she's also facing issues with her teeth. 'OK, the next step of today's 'I've got no iron' problems…' so, in my book, if you remember, I got rejected from Dancing On Ice,' she began. 'I got rejected quite a few times, but the year before I got on, I got rejected because I casually mentioned to the doctor who gives you checks to check that you're fit enough to go on the show that I was crushing ice all the time with my teeth. I used to, like, munch it all the time. 'And he worked out that I probably had a problem with iron in my blood, so they sent me for a blood test, and then it came back that I had anaemia, and they were like, yeah, you can't be on the show.' Adele, who recently broke a world record for her marathon running, added: 'So, long story, that's how I ended up doing the marathon, actually, after Dancing On Ice, just to help myself get better. But it's also the reason why all my teeth are battered as well and damaged, so not only did chemotherapy weaken my teeth, you can't go to the dentist when you're on chemotherapy because of the effect it has on your blood, I also smashed them all up with ice. So now I'm having to fix it!' Adele shared that she's currently in the process of having her 'smile' and 'fillings' sorted, noting that she 'used to eat a lot of sweeties' so her teeth were already 'damaged' before chemo 'finished them off'. She's now having two teeth taken out, having sought advice from her girlfriend's dentist. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Finally, Adele shared that the medication she is on for her iron deficiency is Ferrous Fumarate, which she gets on prescription. More Trending The broadcaster and 2024 Dancing On Ice star has spoken at length about the side effects of her cancer treatment, including how chemo took off her fingerprints and turned her tongue black. Last month, she ran the London Marathon in aid of Cancer Research, having already taken part three previous times. Adele was aiming to beat the current record by completing all seven major marathons in less than 24 hours, which includes races in not only London but also Tokyo, Boston, Sydney, Berlin, Chicago, and New York. Having alredy set the world record for the fastest time a female completed the race with a stoma bag, this year, she smashed another, saying after crossing the finish line: 'I hope [the world record] sends a message to anyone living with cancer or who has a stoma that we can achieve anything and our bodies are brilliant.' If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, Macmillan can offer support and information. You can contact their helpline on 0808 808 00 00 (7 days a week from 8am to 8pm), use their webchat service, or visit their site for more information. MORE: Men and women are getting skin cancer on different parts of their bodies MORE: My stepdad thought he was constipated — two weeks later he was dead MORE: Feargal Sharkey shares shock cancer diagnosis after visiting doctor with sore throat
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Adele Roberts shares concerning health update as she posts hospital snap - three years after all clear from cancer battle
Adele Roberts has shared a worrying health update as she posted a snap from hospital. The TV and radio star, 46, underwent surgery for bowl cancer in October 2021, later undergoing chemotherapy treatment and getting a stoma and announcing she had been given the all-clear in June 2022. However, three years after overcoming cancer, Adele took to her Instagram stories on Thursday to reveal she's undertaking blood tests as her iron count is low. Sharing a beaming image of herself and partner Kate Holderness in the waiting room of the cardiology department, Adele explained: 'Having a blood test today for my anaemia. Hopefully this one will go well and I will get more medication. 'We're not sure why my iron count is low... either damage to my blood from chemo or due to having a stoma. Without my medication I have no energy. I'm not running at the moment and I'm so tired all the time.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. She added: 'Hopefully I'll get some more medicine once my GP has seen today's results... otherwise I'm going to be consistently falling asleep until I die.' The star later uploaded another image of herself with plasters on her arms from where the needles had been inserted. Shortly afterwards, she told how she initially discovered she had anemia amid her former bid to take part on Dancing On Ice, with the show's doctor recognising she had a problem with iron in her blood after she confessed to a habit of crunching ice with her teeth. Back in January, Adele opened up on the gruelling side effects of her chemotherapy as she revealed the treatment removed her finger tips. She's currently in remission but her journey fighting the condition left the DJ with some unexpected side effects as she revealed to Monday Mile Podcast that the treatment also caused black spots on her tongue. Adele told the show: 'Chemotherapy is different with every single person. And with me, it really affected my skin. 'So it took my fingerprints off. I couldn't use my fingers, I couldn't use touch screens, I couldn't use my phone, self-checkouts, things like that. 'It really damaged the bottom of my feet - it looked like they'd been burnt or something like that. It also turned my tongue black. She told how she initially discovered she had anemia amid her former bid to take part on Dancing On Ice, with the show's doctor recognising she had a problem with iron in her blood a 'I had these black spots on my tongue. So instead of being pink, like an intestine, she was like dark purple and it was almost like treacle would come out of it. 'It was a lot, it was a mess. I used to think if the chemo is doing this to me, imagine what it's doing to the cancer. And I made sure that I stayed active all the way through my chemo. 'And I just used to visualise all of the chemotherapy going through my body and killing any cancer cells. And it was like a way for me to stay strong mentally. Movement and visualisation, that's what I did.' Adele was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in October 2021 and documented her treatment on social media, which included colostomy surgery to remove a bowel tumour and having a stoma bag fitted. Nine months after being diagnosed, and after receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, Adele was declared cancer free, and now lives with a stoma bag, which she has named Audrey. The Dancing On Ice star previously disclosed that she felt 'accountable' for her cancer scare and felt 'she was being punished for something'. She said: 'I totally thought that I had caused it [the cancer]. My first thought was 'Am I going to die?'. But once he [the doctor] said he could help me, it's all I held onto. 'And when he said it wasn't my fault that's when I just cried and got so emotional.'
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Adele Roberts shares worrying health update as she posts hospital photo after cancer battle
The star previously addressed how chemotherapy affected her body health update Adele Roberts shares worrying health update as she posts hospital photo after cancer battle Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ADELE Roberts shared a worrying health update as she posted a hospital photo following her cancer battle. The radio presenter, 46, was diagnosed with bowel cancer back in 2021. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 4 Radio DJ Adele Roberts has shared a health update with fans Credit: Getty 4 The former I'm A Celebrity star was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021 Credit: Rex 4 Adele shared her update on Instagram Credit: Instagram @adeleroberts After chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, she was later declared cancer free. Taking to Instagram, Adele shared a new health update with her followers. She posted in her story: "Having a blood test today for my anaemia. "Hopefully this one will go well and I will get more medication. "We're not sure why my iron count is low... either damage to my blood from chemo or due to having a stoma. "Without my medication I have no energy. I'm not running at the moment and I'm so tired all the time. "Hopefully I'll get some more medicine once my GP has seen today's results... otherwise I'm going to be consistently falling asleep until I die." Adele first suffered cancer symptoms on I'm A Celebrity in 2019, although she was not diagnosed until 2021. The DJ previously told the Monday Mile podcast about how chemotherapy removed her fingerprints. Adele said at the time: 'Chemotherapy is different with every single person. 'And with me, it really affected my skin. Adele Roberts 'looks like she's been run over by a tractor' as she shows off marked stomach after Dancing On Ice finale 'So it took my fingerprints off. I couldn't use my fingers, I couldn't use touch screens, I couldn't use my phone, self-checkouts, things like that. 'It really damaged the bottom of my feet - it looked like they'd been burnt or something like that. 'It also turned my tongue black. I had these black spots on my tongue.' The radio presenter now lives with a stoma bag, which she has named Audrey. Last year, Adele revealed the real reason why she hasn't married her partner of 20 years. What are the red flag warning signs of bowel cancer? IT'S the fourth most common cancer in the UK, the second deadliest - yet bowel cancer can be cured, if you catch it early enough. While screening is one way of ensuring early diagnosis, there are things everyone can do to reduce their risk of the deadly disease. Being aware of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer, spotting any changes and checking with your GP can prove a life-saver. If you notice any of the signs, don't be embarrassed and don't ignore them. Doctors are used to seeing lots of patients with bowel problems. The five red-flag symptoms of bowel cancer include: Bleeding from the back passage, or blood in your poo A change in your normal toilet habits - going more frequently for example Pain or a lump in your tummy Extreme tiredness Losing weight Tumours in the bowel typically bleed, which can cause a shortage of red blood cells, known as anaemia. It can cause tiredness and sometimes breathlessness. In some cases bowel cancer can block the bowel, this is known as a bowel obstruction. Other signs include: Gripping pains in the abdomen Feeling bloated Constipation and being unable to pass wind Being sick Feeling like you need to strain - like doing a number two - but after you've been to the loo While these are all signs to watch out for, experts warn the most serious is noticing blood in your stools. But, they warn it can prove tricky for doctors to diagnose the disease, because in most cases these symptoms will be a sign of a less serious disease. The star admitted her concerns when quizzed about what she might wear if they were to marry Kate Holderness, who she has been in a relationship with since 2004. Adele said: "This is the reason I've not got married, because I don't know what to wear - I'm being serious. Clothes really overwhelm me. "Kate has to pick her moments when she takes me shopping because I just get really overwhelmed with choice. "And so if you came to my house you'd see Kate's rail - which is like beautiful and it's all the colours of the rainbow - and mine is just black, black, black, black, black - and maybe one white top."
