Pregnant Rachel Riley displays her baby bump in a cherry print summer dress after Countdown filming

Pregnant Rachel Riley displays her baby bump in a cherry print summer dress after Countdown filming By Owen Tonks For Mailonline Published: 20:58 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 21:03 BST, 13 July 2021 She’s gearing up to welcome her second child. And Rachel Riley, 35, radiated a healthy pregnant glow after filming Countdown at … Read more

Pregnant Rachel Riley looks cheerful as she leaves the Countdown studios

Pregnant Rachel Riley looks cheerful as she leaves the Countdown studios with a bouquet of flowers in hand By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline Published: 20:32 BST, 26 May 2021 | Updated: 20:33 BST, 26 May 2021 Her husband Pasha Kovalev recently revealed he is trying to protect his wife from cruel online comments. However, Rachel … Read more

Rachel Riley looks stylish as she carries daughter Maven home from filming Countdown  

Rachel Riley looks every inch the stylish mother in a bright pink padded jacket as she carries her daughter Maven home from filming Countdown By Nicole Conner For Mailonline Published: 21:12 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 21:12 BST, 30 March 2021 She welcomed her first child, Maven, 14 months ago. And Rachel Riley looked every … Read more

Countdown to Lockdown: A year ago today

A year ago today, the full impact of the coronavirus crisis was beginning to be realised in Britain as the death toll soared to 144 and the Queen urged the nation to ‘come together and work as one’. But ahead of the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown, which was announced four days later, Boris Johnson remained … Read more

Countdown to Lockdown: A year ago today, morgues began to be erected as cases rose by 676

On this day, one year ago today, the official coronavirus death toll rose above 100 as cases increased by nearly 700, as panic invaded the supermarkets and the stock markets. Schools across England were ordered to close the following day, following leads in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as an under-fire Prime Minister struggled to … Read more

Covid countdown to a YEAR of lockdown: On this day in 2020 friends partied at Cheltenham

A year ago today, the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic had yet to fully hit home with Britons. While more than 3,000 had died in China by March 12, 2020, there had been just ten deaths in the UK. Blissfully unaware of the scale of the carnage to come, tens of thousands flocked to … Read more

Countdown to a YEAR of lockdown: On this day in 2020 friends partied at Cheltenham

Lockdown seems to have lasted a lifetime, and the days of packing into a pub, train carriage, shop or theatre seem but a distant memory. Yet it was only a year ago that coronavirus really began to register on the public’s radar as deaths reached double figures.  On March 12, 2020, there had only been … Read more

Under the microscope: Countdown host and former Apprentice star Nick Hewer

Under the microscope: Countdown host and former Apprentice star Nick Hewer, 77, answers our health quiz By Roz Lewis for the Daily Mail Published: 22:16 GMT, 1 March 2021 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 1 March 2021 Countdown host and former Apprentice star Nick Hewer, 77, answers our health quiz… Can you run up the stairs? … Read more

Rachel Riley exits Countdown studios with her family in Manchester

On Monday, it was confirmed that Anne Robinson will be the first female presenter of Countdown after being named as Nick Hewer’s replacement.  And Rachel Riley was seen departing the Channel 4 show’s studio in Manchester on Tuesday with her husband Pasha Kovalev and their daughter Maven, following the announcement.  The blonde beauty, 35, cut a … Read more

New Countdown host Anne Robinson quips ‘there’s no time for a facelift’

She was famed for her abrasive presenting style when dispatching contestants on The Weakest Link. But Anne Robinson has nothing but nice things to say about her two new Countdown co-stars as she prepares to take the reins from departing host Nick Hewer. She said on Monday, following the announcement that she’d be joining the show: … Read more