TRENDING TANKING
DENISE VAN OUTEN
THE TV star, right, has signed up to ITV’S Dancing on Ice. She joins the line-up for 2021 which so far includes Myleene Klass, Jason Donavan, Emmerdale’s Jon Warren-Plant and Corrie’s Faye Brookes. “Hopefully I’ll be able to skate” said Denise. “Because I literally cannot stand up on ice...”
TOILET ROLLS
SHOPPERS are being urged not to panic buy as toilet roll sales rose by more than a fifth amid new UK Covid-19 restrictions. Manufacturers insisted supplies would not run out.
CENTENARIANS
THE UK’s elderly population has reached a record high and the number of adults aged 100 rose by more than 10% in the space of a year, says the Office for National Statistics. There were 13,330 centenarians in 2019 – a 5.2% rise from 2018.
US
WE LOVED David Nicholls’ bestselling book about a middleaged couple taking their son on a European tour as they’re on the brink of splitting up, and now the BBC1 adaptation starring Tom Hollander and Saskia Reeves has been winning praise from viewers and critics alike.
RUSSELL BRAND
THE comedian, actor and activist was called out for his ‘patronising’ tweet about working class men who used ‘surprisingly poetic language’ on spotting his dog. “’Apricot’ coloured said one. ‘Cinnamon’ said another.”
STAYING OUT LATE
LATEST coronavirus restrictions mean pubs, cafes and restaurants will have to shut at 10pm every night. We’re usually in bed with a cup of cocoa by then anyway!
WHITBREAD
UP TO 6,000 jobs could be axed by the hospitality firm, which owns Premier Inn and Brewers Fayre, due to the pandemic. The company blamed the cuts on a slump in hotel guest numbers since lockdown.
LORIEA CAMPBELLCLAREY
THE 27-yearold diagnostic radiographer, right, became the first contestant to leave the Great British Bake Off tent when she failed to impress judges with her bubblegum flavoured Battenberg during Cake Week.