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Dancing On Ice chaos as ITV bosses scramble over ‘awkward’ pairing between soap star and skater
CHELSEE Healey was supposed to skate with dancer Sylvian Longchambon – that is until Chelsee’s closeness to Jennifer Metcalfe came to light.
Jennifer previously dated the French skater, before his relationship with fellow actress Samia Ghadi, with who he is now married with a child.
With that being the case, DOI bosses determined the match-up would be a particularly unwise one, so instead put Chelsee with pro skater Andy Buchanan.
A show source says: “ITV bosses originally wanted to pair Chelsee up with Sylvian but decided against it pretty quickly.
“She’s close friends with Jennifer Metcalfe and to skate with Jen’s ex after all the Dancing On Ice drama and how they split up – it would be a nightmare.
“The tension would be unbearable – everyone thinks Sylvian will be avoiding Chelsee backstage at the show because of the history. She’s really happy to be skating with Andy.”
Sylvian, 44, has been married to Coronation Street actress Samia Ghadi, 42, since 2016, after they met as partners on the 2013 series of DOI.
They share eight-year-old son Yves together, while Samia also has daughter Freya with ex-husband, Matt Smith.
Before that he dated Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe, 41, after they were paired up on the 2011 series of the show.
But Sylvian left Jennifer on Christmas Day 2013 – and began dating Samia around the same time. Samia however has denied having anything to do with the split.
But speaking at the time Jennifer said the break-up felt like “death”.
She said: “It’s like death. I felt gutted. It was the worst Christmas ever.”
Chelsee, 36, and Jennifer play sisters Goldie and Mercedes McQueen, in Channel 4 soap, Hollyoaks.
But they are also extremely close in real life too and are often spotted out and about in their native Manchester.
Last year, Jennifer was front and centre at Chelsee’s gender reveal party, when she confirmed she was pregnant with another girl.
Chelsee is now a proud mum to two daughters, Coco, five, and 11-month-old Cookie.
Before she started training for DOI, Chelsee said she’d sought advice from Jennifer, as well as fellow former DOI contestant and Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter.
Speaking to Closer, she said: “I’ve asked my Hollyoaks friends Jen Metcalfe and Jorgie Porter, who’ve done the show before, for advice. I told them to give me a few lessons. I definitely won’t be as good as them!”
Shoppers go wild for new supermarket Quality Street deal that works out cheaper than tubs
CHOCOHOLICS have gone wild for a new Quality Street deal that is cheaper than buying a tub.
As the festive season gets closer, shoppers are flocking to the supermarket to pick up the delicious treats which are perfect for gifting – or for when you have people over.
Asda currently has a deal on the 300g of Quality Street pouches, making it cheaper than buying a 600g tub.
The current promotion is on offer to Asda Rewards members who can purchase two pouches for $4, making each pouch £2.
Asda is also slinging 600g tubs of Quality Street for two for £9,
It means that two pouches are 67p per 100g, making it cheaper than the current two tubs which comes to 75p per 100g.
In comparison Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda and Iceland are selling the classic chocolate box for £6.
Aldi is offering the tub for £4.49 and Ocado for £5.#
To pick up the bargain buy from Asda, you need become a rewards member and use the coupon in the app to claim the discounted chocolates.
You can simply sign up online for Asda Rewards and start saving.
How to save at Asda
Savvy shopper Eilish Stout-Cairns recommends that shoppers grab items from Asda’s Just Essentials range.
She said: “Asda’s budget range is easy to spot as it’s bright yellow! Keep your eyes peeled for yellow and you’ll find their Just Essentials range.
“It’s great value and I’ve found it has a much wider selection of budget items compared to other supermarkets.
Sign up to Asda Rewards
The savvy-saver also presses on the importance of signing up to Asda’s reward scheme.
She said: “Asda Rewards is free to join and if you shop at Asda you should absolutely sign up.
“As an Asda Rewards member, you’ll get exclusive discounts and offers, and you’ll also be able to earn 10% cashback on Star Products.
“This will go straight into your cashpot, and once you’ve earned at least £1, you can transfer the money in your cashpot into ASDA vouchers.
We’ve previously rounded up the best supermarket loyalty schemes – including the ones that will save you the most money.
Look out for booze deals
Eilish always suggests that shoppers looking to buy booze look out for bargain deals.
She said: “Asda often has an alcohol offer on: buy six bottles and save 25%.
“The offer includes selected bottles with red, white and rose options, as well as prosecco. There are usually lots of popular bottles included, for example, Oyster Bay Hawkes Bay Merlot, Oyster Bay Hawkes Bay Merlot and Freixenet Prosecco D.O.C.
“Obviously, the more expensive the bottles you choose, the more you save.”
Join Facebook groups
The savvy saver also recommends that fans of Asda join Facebook groups to keep in the know about the latest bargains in-store.
Eilish said: “I recommend joining the Latest Deals Facebook Group to find out about the latest deals and new launches in store.
“Every day, more than 250,000 deal hunters share their latest bargain finds and new releases.
“For example, recently a member shared a picture of Asda’s new Barbie range spotted in store.
“Another member shared the bargain outdoor plants she picked up, including roses for 47p, blackcurrant bushes for 14p and topiary trees for 14p.
To find your nearest Asda, just simply head to the website and look for the store locator tool.
Quality Street was launched in 1936 and has been a favourite with families since.
The selection includes ‘the purple one’ which brings together hazelnut and caramel, the toffee finger, orange chocolate crunch, strawberry delight and ‘the green triangle’.
If you’re looking to stock up on on the festive favourites ahead of Christmas, make sure you shop around and check the variety of products available.
There are plenty of comparison websites out there that’ll check prices for you – so don’t be left paying more than you have to.
Most of them work by comparing the prices across hundreds of retailers.
Trolley is great shopping tool that allows you to compare your favourite products across the major grocery stores.
Google Shopping is a tool that lets users search for and compare prices for products across the web. Simply type in keywords, or a product number, to bring up search results.
Price Spy logs the history of how much something costs from over 3,000 different retailers, including Argos, Amazon, eBay and the supermarkets.
Once you select an individual product you can quickly compare which stores have the best price and which have it in stock.
Idealo is another website that lets you compare prices between retailers.
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Go own brand – if you’re not too fussed about flavour and just want to supplant your chocolate cravings, you’ll save by going for the supermarket’s own brand bars.
Shop around – if you’ve spotted your favourite variety at the supermarket, make sure you check if it’s cheaper elsewhere.
Websites like Trolley.co.uk let you compare prices on products across all the major chains to see if you’re getting the best deal.
Look out for yellow stickers – supermarket staff put yellow, and sometimes orange and red, stickers on to products to show they’ve been reduced.
They usually do this if the product is coming to the end of its best-before date or the packaging is slightly damaged.
Buy bigger bars – most of the time, but not always, chocolate is cheaper per 100g the larger the bar.
So if you’ve got the appetite, and you were going to buy a hefty amount of chocolate anyway, you might as well go bigger.
Maura Higgins set for VERY awkward I’m A Celeb reunion after past romance as full line-up is revealed
MAURA Higgins is set for a VERY awkward reunion with another co-star in the I’m A Celeb jungle.
The Love Island star, who was announced today in the official line-up, is set to come face-to-face with the father of one of her exes.
Maura, 33, will be sharing the camp with sporting legend and former featherweight world champion Barry McGuigan, 63, after Ally McCoist dropped out.
The Irish presenter dated Barry’s son Shane before she found fame on Love Island.
Maura and British boxing coach Shane met in May 2018 when she worked as a ring girl for William Hill.
The bombshell was on ring card duty for the David Haye vs Tony Bellew rematch and Shane was booked to commentate for a radio talk show.
Insiders said at the time: “Maura has brains and beauty and she quickly caught Shane’s eye.
“They got chatting and had instant chemistry so of course he asked her out.
“They went on a few dates and had fun, but Maura lives in Ireland, Shane is running his successful boxing gym in London, and then she was travelling for work so it wasn’t easy to pull off.
“There were no hard feelings when it ended. It turned out to be short lived and the spark fizzled out.”
After a few dates they decided to remain pals but have worked at boxing matches side by side since.
They continued: “They’ve crossed paths and have remained friends. No doubt he’ll be the one watching and cheering Maura on from the sidelines this time.”
Shane has trained a string of successful fighters including David Haye, George Groves, Lee McGregor and Josh Taylor.
Barry will be taking on the jungle challenge after a tough few years, who lost his daughter Danika to breast cancer.
He told The Late Late Show in 2021: “She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache.”
While Maura was also a late signing after Tommy Fury’s exit helped pave the way for the Irish model to appear on the show.
Maura will be leaving behind her boyfriend Pete Wicks after The Sun revealed they are an item.
A Jungle insider said: “With Tommy Fury pulling out it gave show bosses the opportunity to look at other Love Island stars and Maura stood out as the perfect candidate.
“She’ll bringing a bit of glamour to the jungle and make a brilliant campmate because she’s got a great sense of humour and is bound to get on with everyone.”
Ferne McCann reveals her Dancing On Ice pro partner saying ‘he’s got his work cut out’
REALITY TV star Ferne McCann has let slip that she will appear on Dancing On Ice and that her partner has got his work cut out.
She revealed in an Instagram post that she will be taught by Brendyn Hatfield.
Taking to Instagram, she said: “The news is in! I’ve met my Dancing On Ice partner and it is……BRENDYN!
“While he defo has his work cut out (sorry Brendyn!) we’re super excited to hit the ice and bring the sparkle.”
The star of the ITVBe show Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) raved about the pairing, under a photo of the two skating.
She finished third in “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” and is now looking forward to her new challenge on the ice.
The star has already begun training with Brendyn, who recently revealed to the Sun Online that the new series will be his final one.
He is currently in a relationship with S Club Seven star Rachel Stevens, who he met on the show.
Other celebrity pairings for the popular show, which will hit screens in January 2025, include her TOWIE co-star Dan Edgar, who asked not to be paired with professional skater Vanessa Bauer.
Instead, Vanessa has been paired with Love Island star Chris Taylor and they announced their news on Instagram, saying:
“Bloody DELIGHTED to say me and Vanessa are skating together.. swipe to see how in sync we are(n’t yet. I’ll accept 51 per cent responsibility for that)”
Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healy and Andy Buchanan. An insider recently revealed to the Sun Online that “Chelsee is over-the-moon after being paired up with Andy.”
They added: “Chelsee is looking forward to getting stuck in and knows she and Andy will make a great team.”
Model Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton. Molly also took to Instagram to tell fans about their pairing, saying: “Soo excited to announce our partnership! We are thrilled and can’t wait to start our journey for @dancingonice season 17. It’s an absolute pleasure to be skating with @colin_grafton. All starting to feel real now.
And last but not least, TV star Michaela Strachan, who presents The Really Wild Show and Springwatch, will team up with Mark Hanretty.
Michaela teased: “Couldn’t be happier to be paired on Dancing on Ice with SteveRedgrave5 (legend)??? No swipe right to the utterly fabulous @Mark_Hanratty. If my first training session is anything to go by, this is going to be a fun journey and I’m so ready for the ride/slide. “
Dame Sarah Storey is another sporting hero who will take to the Ice along with Sir Steve Redgrave along with former footballer Anton Ferdinand.
Soap stars will also appear on the show, including EastEnders star Charlie Brooks and Sam Aston, who plays Chesney Brown in Coronation Street.
And there’ll also be a comedian in the shape of Josh Jones from 8 out of 10 Cats.
All of the stars and their partners will battle it out over nine weeks to be crowned Dancing On Ice champions.
Last year’s winners were Coronation Street’s Ryan Thomas and Amanu Fancy.
Dancing On Ice is presented by Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby .
Ant and Dec break silence as full I’m A Celeb line up is revealed with shocked reaction to one contestant
ANT and Dec have broken their silence and shared a playful reaction video to the full I’m A Celebrity line up, after it was confirmed on Friday.
After frantic swaps behind-the-scenes, Ant and Dec have decided on their star-studded jungle cast.
The Sun already revealed wag Coleen Rooney will be bunking down with critters in Australia next month after securing the biggest deal in I’m A Celeb history.
And she has an incredible list of stars joining her in the jungle, from McFly star Danny Jones to Love Island royalty, Maura Higgins.
Ant and Dec have now shared their thoughts on the celebs heading into the jungle with them.
In a video captioned: “If we had to describe this year’s lineup in 10 words,” the two presenters reacted as they found out who’d be joining.
Reactions included the words: “Good. Very good. Really good. Brilliant. Yes. Yes. Yes. YES.”
The TV favourites could be seen sitting alongside each other while being told the cast reveal.
Those watching the video can’t hear whose names they’re reacting to, but the happy duo seem delighted as they shout “yes” and clap their hands.
For one of the sign ups, they can be heard gasping, and for another they burst into laughter.
At one point, Ant says: “What? Is he?”
Fans were loving the reaction video, but really wanted to know who they were reacting to when they acted shocked and said: “Is he?”
This week, The Sun revealed McFly’s Danny Jones had been drafted to replace Tommy Fury after the boxer pulled out.
Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle, after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011.
Other names heading into the I’m A Celeb jungle include Jane Moore, Oti Mabuse, Maura Higgins, Dean McCullough, Tulisa, Barry McGuigan, Melvin Odoom, Alan Halsall, Rev Richard Coles, Coleen Rooney and GK Barry.
Line of Duty star joins DC Universe in huge new TV role amid rumours of new BBC series
A LINE of Duty star has swapped the world of crimefighting for a part in the DC Universe by taking a huge new TV role – sparking rumours of a new BBC series.
Kelly MacDonald who played bent copper DCI Joanne Davidson in the police drama, has accepted a role on the HBO‘s Green Lantern TV show, Lanterns.
This time, Kelly is back in crime-fighting mode as she joins the DC Universe’s cosmic police agency.
The eight-part series centres around two intergalactic cops, John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), who are propelled into a dark mystery that grips the American heartland on Earth.
Kelly is Sherriff Kerry – Hal’s love interest.
According to the script, she plays a “no-nonsense woman deeply devoted to her family and close-knit town…
“Her resilience, shaped by a complex past that’s hardened her resolve, anchors her when the community’s secrets begin to surface.”
The Scottish actress also starred in Broadwalk Empire, for which she was nominated for an Emmy in 2011, and a host of TV shows.
She also has an impressive movie career playing Diane opposite Euan McGregor in Trainspotting and Helena Ravenclaw in Harry Potter.
But she is well known by fans for her role as the bent cop in Line of Duty.
The critically acclaimed BBC drama aired on screens from 2012 to 2021, spanning six series.
After getting together for a night out, the cast recently sparked new episode rumours.
Leading the ensemble were Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar.
The trio played Steve Arnott, Kate Fleming and Ted Hastings respectively – with fans desperate for more Line of Duty.
In a clip posted by Martin to Instagram, the actors are seen having fun on a tuk-tuk ride around London.
Meanwhile, music including Gloria Gaynor’s classic “I Will Survive” can be heard playing in the background.
HBO produces Lanterns, based on DC’s Green Lantern comics.
No release date has been scheduled for Lanterns.
Line of Duty is available to stream on BBC Player.
