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EastEnders star Lacey Turner remembers June Brown as being ‘young at heart’

EastEnders actress Lacey Turner said she could chat to June Brown “like she was a friend of the same age” – despite their age difference. Brown, who played chain-smoking Dot Cotton on the BBC soap for more than 30 years, died at her home on Sunday ...

05 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Soaps

Dame Barbara Windsor’s husband remembers June Brown as ‘true force of nature’

The husband of late EastEnders star Dame Barbara Windsor has described June Brown as “a true force of nature” and a “one-off” after her death at 95. Scott Mitchell, who was married to Dame Barbara from 2000 until her death aged 83 in December ...

04 Apr 2022 at 15:55

Barbara Windsor’s widower urges PM not to scrap dementia mission in her memory

Dame Barbara Windsor’s widower has called on Liz Truss not to scrap the dementia taskforce announced by her predecessor, Boris Johnson, in memory of the late star. Scott Mitchell said the roughly £95 million in funding is at risk after ...

13 Oct 2022 at 17:58

Soaps

Jaime Winstone: EastEnders role bookends my journey with Dame Barbara Windsor

Jaime Winstone has said playing a young Peggy Mitchell in a flashback episode of EastEnders will be an “amazing milestone” that “bookends” her journey with Dame Barbara Windsor. The matriarch of the Mitchell family was played by Dame ...

28 Aug 2022 at 23:00

EastEnders stars ‘absolutely stoked’ to raised £50k for Bab’s Army at marathon

EastEnders star Heather Peace said the cast is “absolutely stoked” to have raised £50,000 in memory of their late co-star Dame Barbara Windsor by running the London Marathon. The actor said fundraising for Alzheimer’s UK had gone ...

23 Apr 2023 at 17:09

Samantha Womack would have delayed own cancer treatment to strike with NHS staff

Samantha Womack said she would have delayed her own cancer treatment to strike with NHS doctors and nurses “fighting” for better pay because they “shouldn’t be eating from food banks”. The 50-year-old actress described herself ...

12 May 2023 at 07:12

Leaders in dementia research to chair Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission

Two leaders in dementia research have been appointed to chair the UK’s dementia mission, which was launched in memory of Dame Barbara Windsor. Alzheimer’s Research UK chief Hilary Evans and Professor Nadeem Sarwar, a senior ...

20 Mar 2023 at 04:52

Fashion & Beauty

Twiggy: I did not plan to get into modelling

English model, actress and singer Twiggy has revealed that she never planned to go into modelling. Twiggy, 73, whose full name is Dame Lesley Lawson, rose to prominence as a model in the 1960s, and has appeared on the ...

03 Aug 2023 at 07:51

Ross Kemp says it took him five ‘tough’ days to write Barbara Windsor’s eulogy

Ross Kemp has revealed that it took him five days to write Dame Barbara Windsor’s eulogy and said the experience was “very tough” for him. The actor and documentarian, 59, used to play Grant Mitchell in BBC soap ...

01 Oct 2023 at 00:36

This Morning guests joke Shephard and Deeley have not been ‘cancelled’ yet

Sir Rod Stewart and Jools Holland joked with Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley on This Morning that the presenting duo have not been “cancelled” yet as they helmed their first show together. The two music veterans ...

11 Mar 2024 at 13:46

News

Dame Barbara Windsor’s widower to become dementia ‘people’s champion’

Dame Barbara Windsor’s widower Scott Mitchell has been appointed “people’s champion” of the UK’s dementia mission, which was launched in memory of beloved star. Mr Mitchell said he was “honoured” to carry ...

20 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Barbara Windsor’s legacy is about dementia not just ‘bra flying off’ – widower

Dame Barbara Windsor’s legacy is “more than her bra flying off in Carry On Camping”, her widower said, as Babs’ Army prepares to battle through the TCS London Marathon to fundraise for dementia research. ...

06 Feb 2023 at 23:12

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