Barbara Windsor appeared in nine films in the Carry On comedy series, plus Sparrows Can’t Sing, for which she was nominated for a Bafta, as well as parts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and On the Fiddle with Sir Sean Connery.
She was well-known to…
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Woman, 74, earns ‘once in a lifetime’ Hyrox world champs chance
HyroxAnnie Reid was looking for a new challenge at the start of the year and decided to take on a Hyrox race A 74-year-old woman said she had been given a “once in a lifetime chance” after she qualified for the Hyrox World Championships.
Annie…
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Kate Middleton’s reaction to royal fan’s remark on Prince George height revealed
Kate Middleton had a hilarious reaction to fan’s bold prediction…
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The window artists beautifying High Street shops
Ash Field/Our Tiny WindowsArtist Ash Field started painting his own coffee shop windows – he’s now travelling around the country with his creations Small businesses have a lot to contend with these days – not least standing out from the crowd and…
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The Wisbech embroiderer racing to recreate the Bayeux Tapestry
PA MediaMia Hansson hopes to have her replica of the Bayeux Tapestry finished by October 2027 Mia Hansson is in a race against time.
As the British Museum prepares to put the Bayeux Tapestry on display in London next September, the…
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Why the man who signed Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues and Madness went to Ukraine at 82
Danny FullbrookBedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Danny Fullbrook/BBCDave Robinson, co-founder of Stiff Records, has had a long career in the music industry At 82, Dave Robinson’s lifelong commitment to music shows no sign of slowing…
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Annette Dionne, last of the famed Canadian quintuplets, dies at 91
Canada·NewAfter she and her siblings were taken from their parents in the 1930s and put on display for tourists, Annette became a champion of children’s rights. She died on Christmas Eve, according to The Dionne Quints Home Museum in North Bay,…
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