‘I want to do other things’: TV veteran Jenny Brockie steps back from hosting SBS’s Insight after almost 20 years By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:21 BST, 1 October 2020 | Updated: 07:21 BST, 1 October 2020 She’s the face many Australians have turned to on SBS for the past 20 years. … Read more
His is the most trusted face of television news: benevolent, authoritative, mellifluous and always calm. But it seems that there is another side to Sir Trevor McDonald, whose second marriage has reportedly hit the buffers after 34 years. The ‘other Trevor’ is an enthusiastic boozer – he once said he would drink most of a … Read more
Georgia Love paid tribute to Mike Larkan as he made his final appearance on TV on Friday after he was made redundant following Ten’s brutal budget cuts last month. The Channel 10 journalist, 31, shared a series of photos alongside the weatherman, 56, and said ‘the newsroom will never be the same without you’. ‘I can … Read more
McLeod’s Daughters icon Bridie Carter has been getting to know her new co-stars on the set of Home and Away this week. And the actress has had no problem slipping into her role as real estate agent Susie McCalister on Tuesday, as the long running drama filmed on Sydney’s Palm Beach. In one scene, the 49-year-old was … Read more
A hero of the battle of Arnhem who was shot and captured, only to escape a prisoner of war camp and discover a secret German weapons test has died at the age of 98. Paratrooper John Jeffries died in Richmond, North Yorkshire, on August 30, after a remarkable life that saw him serve his country … Read more
It’s Titchmarsh vs Marr! Gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh will go head-to-head with veteran journalist Andrew Marr for Sunday morning TV crown Andrew Marr’s programme interviewing political heavyweights airs at 9am Mr Titchmarsh will present Love Your Weekend on ITV at 9.25am as it airs Mr Titchmarsh’s two-hour show is being compared with the BBC’s Countryfile … Read more
BBC Radio veteran Richard Cartridge dies ‘from short illness’ aged 72 – just weeks after leaving job of 46 years Richard Cartridge, 72, died after a short illness just weeks after leaving his job Former BBC Radio Solent presenter retired in June after 46 years at the station He was one of Radio Solent’s longest-serving presenters … Read more
A Second World War veteran who survived kamikaze attacks has died just days before this year’s Victory in Japan (VJ) day. Richard Edser, 94, from Harlow in Essex, was on board the HMS Formidable aircraft carrier during his service in East Asia. After his death on August 12, his children Bernard Edser and Madeline Couchman … Read more
‘Courageous’ D-Day veteran John Hutton dies aged 96 one year after parachuting into France to mark the 75th anniversary of the landings John ‘Jock’ Hutton was 19 when he served in 13th Lancashire Parachute Battalion The Ministry of Defence said his ‘courage and spirit’ must not be forgotten He parachuted into Normandy and descended to … Read more
Hundreds of police hunt Afghan war veteran and his pet PUMA after ‘he pulled knife on zoo keepers’ and fled to the forest to avoid handing over the big cat in Poland Kamil Stanek was ordered to hand the puma over to Poznan Zoo in January On Friday, officials made a 200 mile journey to … Read more