Jill halfpenny

  • EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK

    Strictly Come Dancing winners: All the celebrity glitterball champions so far

    Which celebrities have lifted the glitterball - and where are they now?

    19-min read
  • EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UK

    'The Holiday': Who stars in the Channel 5 thriller?

    An adaptation of the beach read mystery airs across the week.

    2-min read
  • NewsYahoo News UK

    9 Strictly Come Dancing contestants who made the most of their higher profile

    Danny Mac is the latest Strictly star to turn from straight drama (Hollyoaks for 4 years prior to Strictly) to musical theatre, being snapped up for the lead role of Sam in new musical Sleepless in Seattle, based on the Tom Hanks film. Queen of all, Alesha Dixon was a former member of R&B girl band Mis-Teeq when she debuted on Series 5 in 2007. With a faltering solo career and a relationship breakdown to contend with, her bubbly personality and magical partnership with pro partner Matthew Cutl

  • NewsBen Arnold

    What Happened To The Stars Of Byker Grove?

    It was the youth club drama with the breathlessly funky theme tune, run by a man with bristling handlebar moustache that wouldn’t have looked out of place on Doctor Watson.  There were blindings, teenage pregnancies, a brain tumour, drug addiction, homelessness, and a bitter rivalry with the youth clubs of Denton Burn and Jesmond Grange, all set in the frame of a suburb of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (though it was actually filmed in Benwell, not Byker). Axed in 2006, a wealth of talent was spawned from