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It's the hotly-anticipated new BBC drama – and it's arriving on small screens next month.

Yes, Our Girl has given Michelle Keegan one of her biggest roles since she left Coronation Street two years ago. 

Now the first image of the 29-year-old actress in character has been released… and we have to say we LOVE it.

 

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Dressed in military attire, the Manchester-native plays Georgie Lane in a lead role.

She filmed the series in South Africa at the beginning of this year – a schedule which meant she was forced to spent several weeks at a time away from her husband of one-year, reality TV show star Mark Wright, 29.

The series will first air on BBC on Wednesday, September 7.

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Niall Horan treated his family to a fun day out at the Royal Ascot, but of course we was plagued by photographers and reporters who were trying to get anything they could out of him.

As the One Direction singer was enjoying his day, BBC Berkshire reporter Tim Dellor, tried to get an interview with him, but the Mullingar man refused.

However, the reporter turned out to be super rude and said that he hadn't a notion who Niall was anyway:

"I didn't actually know who he was anyway, to be honest. I had to ask my producer," Tim said on the radio show.

"He looked like he was taking himself quite seriously; a lot of bodyguards around. I didn't have any clue who he was, but the snappers obviously did."

Tim also went on to diss the suit Niall wore on the day.

"He's not dressed properly either. He's only in a normal lounge suit.

"He had sunglasses on and was trying to stand up as straight as he possibly could to give himself an extra bit of height." OUCH.

"It was the most unimpressive performance by a celebrity who I didn't know who it was," Tim added.

However, Niall isn't one to take a slagging and took to Twitter to stand up for himself.

"What are you on about mate? I was having a day out with my family who also enjoy horse racing big time.

"I'm not there to stand infront of cameras and do s**t interviews for you.."

Oooh, BURN. 

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Chef and food writer Donal Skehan is set to present this weekend's Saturday Kitchen.

Former anchor James Martin left the show last month after a 10 year stint. He recently revealed that his resignation was down to budget cuts in the BBC, but he is happy he's "off the leash" now.

Donal will be the third celebrity chef to join the show, following on from Michel Roux Jr and Lorraine Pascale.

“Saturday Kitchen has become an institution at the BBC and a big part of many people’s weekend routine, so there is huge pressure, but I’m really excited about the challenge of a live show and looking forward to cooking some delicious dishes,” Donal told The Irish Times.

Images: Donal Skehan

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RTÉ have cancelled their plans to run an Irish Strictly Come Dancing due to lack of funds to support the show.

As we all know the BBC's Strictly is one of the most popular shows on TV in the past few years, but RTÉ doesn't have the budget to make it as good as its counterpart.

According to the Irish Sun: “Strictly is an award-winning international format with electric dance routines,” said an insider.

“It’s not a show you can cut back on costs.”

BBC bosses were concerned that another version of Strictly so close to the English version wouldn't work as it would be difficult to find celebrities in Ireland that can dance.

“It’s not just the production values, it’s finding celebrities who can dance in Ireland. The UK is so big, it’s no prolem there, but you’d struggle to find enough well-known faces who can dance in Ireland.”

Well, we were excited there for a moment, but we guess we can't have everything!

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It has been confirmed by his family that presenter, Terry Wogan has passed away.

Terry was known for his softly spoken voice and his enthusiastic approach to presenting.

Mr Wogan's family have confirmed that his death came following a short illness, and released the following statement: 

"Sir Terry Wogan died today after a short but brave battle with cancer. He passed away surrounded by his family. While we understand he will be missed by many, the family ask that their privacy is respected at this time."

Our thoughts are with his family today.

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Planning on sending out a few 'Happy New Year' messages this evening? Well, you might want to consider email or even – gasp – TEXTING, because the oh-so reliable WhatsApp is experiencing some issues today.

Users across Ireland, the UK and most of Europe experienced a total outage of the app around 4.30pm today, which lasted for around 30 minutes.

Unsurprisingly, people took to Twitter in their droves to complain/try to remember how normal texting works:

It's thought that the outage had to do with the high number of people across the world celebrating New Year's Eve in different timezones – New Zealand was the first to ring in 2016 at 11am Irish time, with Australia following soon after.

With around 900m users around the globe, we'll allow WhatsApp the odd hiccup, but here's hoping it doesn't happen again. 

The messaging service isn't the only company to have server issues today – this morning all of the BBC's websites were down, including news sites and the iPlayer. Disaster.

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We can't say that we jumped for joy when it was revealed that in Ireland, for every €100 a man earns, a woman earns a more modest €87. 

After all, €13 can go a long way when you need it to.

However, on closer inspection, we don't have it as bad as most. In fact, Ireland ranks among the top five most equal nations in the world – being beaten only by Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden. 

At the other end of the scale, Yemen, Pakistan and Syria are the world's most gender divided nations.

The UK is ranked 18th, while American makes it to number 28.

So what makes our Emerald Isle so great for the gals? Well, in Ireland, 55 percent of our university graduates are female.

And a third of senior officials, managers and legislators are women; only Colombia, Fiji and the Philippines perform better in that sphere. 

However, in political circles we let ourselves down: a limp 29 percent of government ministers are female.

Created by the BBC and available online here, the How Equal Are You calculator has been released to mark the #100Women campaign, which kicked-off yesterday and runs until December 2.

The World Economic Forum believes it will take another 118 years – or until 2133 – until the global pay gap between men and women is finally closed.

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We hoped he might go all the way… but this evening Daniel O'Donnell became the third celebrity to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing. 

The Donegal crooner had been one of the favourites from the outset but he and his professional dance partner Kristina Rihanoff were ultimately eliminated following a tense dance-off against Kirsty Gallacher and Brendan Cole. 

Still, the 53-year-old was in reasonably good spirits afterwards. 

Speaking to presenters Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly, he lauded Kristina's dance talents and also went on to wish the remaining contestants the best of luck in the competition.

And Kristina took to Twitter after the show had finished to publicly praise Daniel. "So glad I got an opportunity to get to know a great person," she stated.

Mr O'Donnell and Ms Rihanoff had earlier danced to Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon. A total of 13 couples now remain in the contest.

Strictly Come Dancing returns on Saturday 24 October at 6.35pm, with the results show on Sunday 25 October at 7.15pm on BBC One.

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The next season of The Voice UK could very well be its last, according to various sources inside the BBC.

Despite growing viewership figures – almost seven million people tuned in for the series four finale – it's believed the show may be dropped to cut costs.

Senior executives have reportedly been warned not to get into a "bidding war" for the show with ITV, amid mounting pressure to make budget cuts.

"The BBC has had no choice but to walk away in the face of all the cuts being made," a source told The Mirror.

"It’s a sad day, because it’s a BBC show."

While the show is likely not to be produced by the BBC from 2016 on, it could of course be picked up by ITV, home of The X Factor and I'm A Celebrity.

ITV are already believed to have made an offer, and a three-year deal is expected to be signed within days, with bosses there promising to match the €14million-a-series costs.

The fifth season of The Voice kicks off in January on BBC One, with will.i.am, Paloma Faith, Boy George and Ricky Wilson all lined up as coaches.

Back in August, the BBC was forced to apologise publicly to former coach Tom Jones, after he was axed from the judging panel without warning.

The singing legend took to social media to express his anger, accusing producers of "sub-standard behaviour."

Former Director of Television for the BBC, Danny Cohen, later said he was "truly sorry" for any upset caused.

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They’ve represented Ireland not once but twice at the Eurovision Song Contest: in both 2011 and 2012, when they finished eighth and 19th respectively.

But now Jedward are hoping it will be third-time lucky for their unique double act: they’re going for European glory once again next year.

And this time they want to perform on behalf of the UK.

With the BBC making a rule change which allows the public to nominate an entry – the 23-year-old Dublin twins reckon next year will be their year.

Indeed, during a chat with Mirror Online, Edward admitted it’s a “fantastic opportunity” for them.

Furthermore, the former X Factor contestants say they are currently in talks with TV producers to launch their own reality show, and revealed that they want to become a presenting partnership powerhouse like Ant and Dec.

We can’t wait!

 

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It has been almost an entire year since Adele was supposed to release her third studio album, and her fans are getting very anxious to hear some new material from the star.

While it might feel like we haven’t heard a thing from the Grammy winner in years, we might not have to wait much longer.

Her third album is expected to be released at some point this November. However this has not yet been confirmed by the singer or her management as of yet.

No need to panic just yet though, because thanks to the BBC there has been reports that Adele is definitely planning a huge comeback with not just an album but also a TV special.

The Sun reports that there is an hour-long special in the works with the BBC that will coincide with Adele’s new album release.

A source told the paper: “Adele is simply too big just to be part of a green room of guests on a chat show. She deserves her own dedicated programme where the spotlight will only be on her.”

The rumour is that following the scheme of her last albums, Adele is planning to title her latest offering 25. Her last album, 21 was released in 2011 and it is apparently hoped that 21’s success will boost sales for 25.

The source also added about the TV special:  “It’s not like she desperately needs the publicity but you can’t turn your nose up at that level of exposure.”

Meanwhile, bookies are already putting odds on the star to be a headliner at Glastonbury, which doesn’t take place for another nine months. Since speculation about her album’s release date has intensified in recent weeks, she’s become a favourite to make an appearance.

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They're the gorgeous couple who have been inseparable since first meeting three years ago in Dubai.

Certainly, Mark and Michelle's glitzy summer wedding proved the high-point of what has very much been a picture-perfect, fairytale romance.

Still, as they both forge ahead with their respective careers, it seems that the love-birds are about to embark on their first big challenge of married life: a long period of separation.

Ms Keegan, 28, has now revealed that filming for BBC's five-part Our Girl drama will take her to Africa for a full three months in early 2016.

And she's not even sure if her 28-year-old reality TV star husband will be able to visit her.

 

Date night.

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In conversation with the Sun On Sunday, the actress admitted: "I'm out there for a long time. Obviously I'll miss him and I'll miss home.

"But it's my first job working away properly and I'm just excited for the challenge.

"If Mark can come out then he will pay me a visit. It'll be tough but worth it."

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