I was an anorexic who wanted to be four stone, says City supermum Dame Helena Morrissey

I was an anorexic who wanted to be four stone, says City supermum Dame Helena Morrissey with nine children Dame Helena Morrissey was interviewed for this week’s Desert Island Discs The ‘superwoman’ is one of only a few women to head an investment bank  She said she struggled with anorexia as a teenager despite a … Read more

Emily Atack heads for her second day of presenting duties at Radio 1

Emily Atack heads for her second day of presenting duties at Radio 1 as she assures fans she kept a ‘safe distance’ from her co-host amid COVID-19 fears By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 16:59 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 19:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 She made her Radio 1 hosting debut on … Read more

‘My children have no respect for me’: Fearne Cotton says she’s ‘trying her best’ while homeschooling

‘My children have no respect for me whatsoever’: Fearne Cotton says she’s ‘trying her best’ while homeschooling amid the COVID-19 outbreak By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 17:29 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 17:30 GMT, 20 March 2020 Fearne Cotton has claimed her two children have ‘no respect for her whatsoever’. The broadcaster, … Read more

Maya Jama looks casually cool in a  bomber jacket and red joggers

Maya Jama looks casually cool in bomber jacket and red joggers to head to BBC studios to present show… after singing Mariah Carey from her balcony By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 16:34 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 17:26 GMT, 20 March 2020 She kept herself entertained during self-isolation earlier this week by downing … Read more

Kym Marsh CANCELS hosting The One Show over fears she has coronavirus

‘It would have been irresponsible of me’: Kym Marsh CANCELS hosting The One Show over fears she has coronavirus… after Matt Baker self-isolates By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 11:42 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 11:42 GMT, 20 March 2020 Kym Marsh has cancelled hosting The One Show on Friday over fears she has … Read more

Coronavirus: BBC Question Time guests sit apart for social distancing

Sitting feet apart, the panellists on tonight’s Question Time took no chances as they followed ‘social distancing’ guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak. And for the first time, the BBC debate show – broadcast from the Somerset seaside town of Weston-super-Mare – was filmed without a studio audience.  Instead, the programme asked viewers to send in … Read more

Call the Midwife SUSPENDS filming amid the coronavirus outbreak 

Call the Midwife has become the latest programme to suspend filming amid the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement posted to Twitter, executive producer Dame Pippa Harris broke the news to fans that filming for the upcoming Christmas Special and Series 10 had been halted for the time being. Call The Midwife joins a long list … Read more

Zoe Ball gives blood and urges others to continue to donate amid coronavirus crisis

‘This is desperately needed’: Zoe Ball heaps praise on the ‘incredible’ NHS as she gives blood and urges others to continue to donate amid coronavirus crisis By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 13:16 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 13:23 GMT, 19 March 2020 Zoe Ball revealed she’s given blood and pleaded with her social … Read more

BBC could extend licence fee for over-75s even further due to coronavirus

BBC Director-General Lord Hall has not ruled out a further delay to the end of the free licence fee for over-75s. The universal benefit was due to end on June 1 but was pushed back until August 1 as a result of coronavirus. Asked whether it could be delayed further if the crisis is not … Read more

‘I do not have a fever’: Moment BBC News host doing coronavirus Q&A coughs into her hand

‘I do not have a fever’: Moment BBC News host doing coronavirus Q&A coughs into her hand then insists she does not have deadly bug and blames it on the ‘dusty studio’ Carrie Gracie coughed while presenting Coronavirus: Your Questions Answered  She reassured viewers it is not a persistent cough and she does not have … Read more