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BBC News
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Signed Gavin & Stacey call-sheet raises thousands for charity
A signed call-sheet from the final episode of Gavin & Stacey has raised £4,235 for a homelessness Scarborough, who played Pete, donated the call-sheet for the show's last ever scene to Hertfordshire-based charity DENS as a raffle Jones and James Corden – the sitcom's writers as well as stars in the show – signed it and included farewell Rogers, of DENS, said the charity was "thrilled with the success of our Gavin & Stacey raffle and would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our new patron, Adrian Scarborough, and everyone who entered". She added: "The funds raised will support DENS' vital work helping local people facing homelessness, poverty, and social exclusion."A call-sheet typically is a daily outline for a charity raffle began on 29 April and finished on Wednesday. Gavin & Stacey was first screened in 2007, and more than 12 million viewers watched the final episode on Christmas Day 56, who lives in Hertfordshire, first supported DENS as a guest speaker at the charity's 20th anniversary gala dinner last said: "I've had the privilege of seeing the incredible work they do to support vulnerable people across the community – and their services are needed now more than ever."I'm excited to work alongside the great team at DENS and do whatever I can to help grow their impact."Wendy Lewington, the charity's CEO, added: "From the moment Adrian started supporting DENS, we knew he was the perfect champion of our cause."A signed script of the final episode raised more than £50,000 when it was donated to a children's charity by Robert Wilfort, who played Stacey's brother. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Evening Standard
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Ruth Jones and James Corden announce one-off Gavin and Stacey live event at the London Palladium
When Gavin Met Stacey: An Evening with Ruth Jones and James Corden will take place at the London Palladium on October 6, just days before the release of their new book, When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between, out on October 9.
BBC News
15-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Shrewsbury woodland fire thought to be caused by disposable barbecue
A woman has urged people not to use disposable barbecues, after a fire near her house was thought to have been caused by fire in woodland in Nesscliffe, near Shrewsbury on 5 July took more than six hours for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to bring under service said the blaze involved about 20 sq m (215 sq ft) of woodland and undergrowth at Hopton Hill, and was believed to have been caused by a disposable barbecue."It's quite shocking, it's completely burnt, there's nothing left there," said Ruth Jones. She said the cottage closest to the site of the fire was about 150 yards (137m) away, and believed that the outcome could have been worse if not for the speed of the fire service."We'd have been burnt to death potentially, we are surrounded by the woods so it would've gone from one bit of woodland to the next and into our houses." "Not everyone that comes here is aware of the fire hazard," she told the BBC."There's a lot of conifers and a lot of deadwood in the woodland, and although it's a fairly remote area, we get a lot of visitors because it's a country park."We haven't had a lot of fires… maybe five in the 30 years we've been here, but this is the most serious and the most irresponsible, really." Shropshire Fire and Rescue said that if the public used a portable barbecue, they needed to make sure it was in a safe place, away from flammables, such as dry grass or urged people to never leave barbecues unattended and to make sure they are completely extinguished by submerging the coals in cold Jones said she did not think people thought ahead."I think they just think about what they want to do, and then they think that they've left it and it's dead," she said.""If you absolutely have to use one… take it home with you and make sure it's safely disposed of, don't leave it in the countryside." Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones pops in to Sheringham Little Theatre
Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones has returned to a small seaside theatre where she appeared more than 30 years ago to watch a family friend's new actress and writer visited Sheringham Little Theatre in Norfolk with Pirates of the Caribbean actor Steve Spiers for the opening night of his son's new described it as a "trip down memory lane" as she recounted how her summer run in 1993 overlapped with her contract at the Royal Shakespeare Company."I had three days where I would get up at the crack of sparrow's, drive to King's Lynn, get the train to London, rehearse all day, get back on the train, head back to Norfolk and do a performance of Absent Friends," she said. "I'm so excited to return to Sheringham after all this time."We did John Godber's Teechers and Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends and it was such great fun."It was a very special time in my life - I was 26 years old and during the run I also auditioned for the Royal Shakespeare Company."I was the bottom rung of a very long ladder, with one line in All's Well That Ends Well and lots of understudying."She has since appeared in a host of TV series including Fat Friends, Little Britain and Fat Friends, as well as the long-running BBC hit Gavin & Stacey, which she co-created and co-wrote with James Corden. More recently, she has worked with Spiers on the BBC documentary From Merthyr with Love, looking at his home town in the Welsh were in the audience, alongside actress and theatre president Suranne Jones, to watch Spiers' son Lewes Roberts perform in a new play on Thursday at the 160-seat has co-written The Case of the Three Eyed Elephant - which traces the origins of Sherlock Holmes - with Laurence Akers and actor Ryan show is also being staged at Wolterton Hall, near Aylsham, on 26 July and Bylaugh Hall, near Dereham, on 27 the show, Jones said she was "absolutely gobsmacked by the talent and energy". "If anyone needed an advert for live theatre, this was it – a truly great experience." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
South Wales Argus
07-07-2025
- Politics
- South Wales Argus
Ruth Jones MP renews calls to ban UK trophy hunting imports
Ruth Jones, MP for Newport West and Islwyn, hosted a parliamentary event on July 3 organised by animal welfare groups FOUR PAWS UK, Born Free, and Humane World for Animals UK, marking 10 years since the lion's death reignited global debate over trophy hunting. Ms Jones said: "I was proud to stand on a manifesto which committed to ban the import of hunting trophies last year and deliver the biggest boost to animal welfare in a generation. "I hope that we can be the Parliament to finally deliver this legislation and can protect more animals from having to suffer the same fate as Cecil." Cecil was killed in Zimbabwe in July 2015 by American dentist Walter Palmer, who shot the animal with a bow and arrow. The lion died after 10 hours of suffering. Dame Joanna Lumley, patron of the Born Free Foundation, also spoke at the event. She said: "The brutal, senseless killing of Cecil a decade ago shocked and enraged me as it shocked and enraged the world. "Cecil's death cannot be in vain."
