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Happy Valley star Sarah Lancashire risks scolding from BBC for ‘breaching guidelines’ Sarah Lancashire’s new TV advert could be a breach of strict BBC guidelines, according to reports. The Oldham-born actress has starred in dozens of major projects throughout her career, from Coronation Street to the recent Netflix hit Black Doves. One of her most beloved roles, however, is that of Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley. Lancashire, 60, portrayed the police officer in the Bafta-winning drama for three series, but it seems her willingness to maintain the character’s legacy could land her in hot water. Quite literally, if you will,…

Alan Carr fears he’s losing his eyesight as he undergoes terrifying procedure Alan Carr has revealed details of a health scare which left him worried he might be losing his eyesight, suffering through a terrifying treatment that involved having a ‘spike’ driven into his eyeball. The comedian and TV personality, 48, has astigmatism – a condition that means that the eyeball isn’t round as it should be. Instead, it is shaped more like a rugby ball, causing blurred vision and sight loss. Alan’s scare came as he began experiencing a sense of pressure behind his eyes, leading to a fear…

Top 10 tabletop games and TCGs to look forward to in 2025 GameCentral looks forward to a new year of board game and trading card releases, with news on Warhammer, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dungeons & Dragons, and more. 2025 is the year of the trading card game. In every gaming café across the country you have to fight through swathes of One Piece players just to get to the counter, while social media is rife with rumours of the new League Of Legends Project K. The trading card game calendar is filling up with big events, such as The Pokémon World…

Games Inbox: Will Nintendo Switch 2 have motion controls? Motion to includeNow a few weeks have passed, it’s kind of surprising how little we’ve really learned about the Nintendo Switch 2. So I just wanted to ask one question I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere else and that’s whether the Switch 2 will have motion controls? Watching the reveal trailer, they go out of their way to show the Joy-Cons working in terms of pressing buttons and moving the analogue stick, plus the new mouse feature, but they never show them using motion controls. I know they have a bad reputation…

Israel on Monday began allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire. Live: Displaced Palestinians start returning to northern Gaza

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Greece on Sunday The mass protests demand justice for rail crash victims demanded of the nation’s deadliest rail disaster in 2023. Demonstrations broke out in 97 cities in Greece and 13 locations abroad. Marches in the largest Greek cities of Athens and Thessaloniki had about 30,000 and 16,000 demonstrators respectively. “What is happening today is majestic,” Pavlos Aslanidis, the father of a victim, told the media in Thessaloniki. “This is now a global fight,” he added, referring to the protests abroad. Demonstrations broke out in 97 cities in Greece “My son’s…

Unai Emery sends message to Arsenal and West Ham over January transfer Unai Emery has issued a warning to Arsenal, West Ham and any other club interested in signing Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran before the January transfer window closes. Duran was once again named on Villa’s bench on Sunday as England international Ollie Watkins started the Premier League clash against West Ham. Colombia star Duran has only started four league games this season and his lack of regular minutes has led to speculation over a January exit. Duran was heavily linked with West Ham and Chelsea before Aston Villa…

Karen Carney says Man Utd only have one ‘world-class’ player Karen Carney says Manchester United, one of the biggest clubs in the world, only have one ‘world-class’ player. United picked up a much-needed Premier League victory away at Fulham on Sunday evening, beating Marco Silva’s side 1-0 thanks to Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike. Manchester United, who had lost five of their last seven league games, were second best for large periods at Craven Cottage but returned to Old Trafford with the three points. United’s second league win since the Manchester derby in mid-December sees the Red Devils move up…

‘That says it all’ – Rio Ferdinand digs out Man Utd star despite Fulham win Rio Ferdinand criticised Rasmus Hojlund’s performance in Manchester United’s much-needed Premier League victory over Fulham. Neither side reached their top levels at Craven Cottage but United secured a 1-0 win thanks to Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike in the 78th-minute. Manchester United have endured a dismal run in the Premier League but won two games this week following a 2-1 victory over Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday night. Few United players impressed in west London but Ferdinand was especially frustrated by the performance…

Ruben Amorim finally confirms why he won’t pick Marcus Rashford for Man Utd Ruben Amorim has opened up on his decision to repeatedly overlook Marcus Rashford and says he would sooner pick Manchester United’s goalkeeper coach than a player who is ‘not giving the maximum every day’. Rashford, 27, was once again absent in United’s Premier League victory over Fulham on Sunday. Manchester United were not convincing against Marco Silva’s Fulham’s but secured a much-needed win thanks to Lisandro Martinez’s deflected strike. Rashford’s last appearance for his boyhood club Manchester United was on December 12. In United’s next match –…