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[Perdita]

Peaches Geldof has revealed she was "amazed" to have given birth on her late mother Paula Yates's birthday.

The model welcomed her second child Phaedra Bloom Forever on April 24, the birthday of Bob Geldof's former wife.


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Peaches Geldof

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Paula Yates


Speaking to Hello magazine, Peaches said of the coincidence: "[The date] wasn't an option. Maybe it is if you go private, but we didn't and were given the date randomly by a consultant.

"I was pretty amazed when I read it though, and had to smile. I couldn't help feeling mum must have had a hand in it."

Peaches's first child Astala was also due to be born on April 24 last year, but the date was brought forward after Peaches needed a Caesarean.


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Peaches, Tom Cohen and Astala


She said: "It's like mum was very determined that one of her grandsons would be born on her birthday.

"There's this kind of crazy synchronicity to it."

In 2000, Paula Yates was found dead from an accidental heroin overdose on September 17, the birthday of Peaches's sister Pixie.

Peaches Geldof married partner Tom Cohen last year.

[lizann]

^ let's hope she don't drop this baby

[Perdita]

Wayne and Coleen Rooney have confirmed that they have welcomed a new baby boy.

The couple's second son - named Klay Anthony Rooney - was born in the early hours of Tuesday morning (May 21).

The Rooneys' announcement was greeted with congratulations from Twitter users including Lord Sugar and Ed Sheeran.

Klay is a brother to the couple's first son Kai, who was born in November 2009.

The couple confirmed just before Christmas that they were expecting another boy, and Coleen's brother Anthony McLoughlin shared a scan photograph of the baby via Instagram at the end of the 2012.

It was reported last winter that Coleen wanted to give birth to her second child at an NHS hospital.

[Katy]

Klay. With a K, really! what sort of name is that!

[Perdita]

Bill Pertwee has died at the age of 86.

The actor - who played Warden Hodges in Dad's Army - died peacefully earlier today (May 27) surrounded by his family, his agent Meg Poole confirmed.


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Bill Pertwee after receiving his MBE


Poole paid tribute to the sitcom star and his dedication to show business.

She said: "He was a really, really nice man. Very bright, very intelligent.


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Ian Lavender, Clive Dunn and Bill Pertwee


"He came from a big theatrical family, a big show business family, and like all of them it was his life and it was very important to him and he was a hugely professional, very clever man."

Pertwee starred as ARP Warden William Hodges in both the radio and TV adaptations of the long-running comedy.

He is survived by his son Jonathan Pertwee.

RIP Bill

[lizann]

nigella Lawson's husband is filing for divorce

[Perdita]

Journalist and broadcaster Alan Whicker has died at the age of 87 after suffering from bronchial pneumonia.

His spokeswoman said he died in the early hours of Friday morning at his home in Jersey.

With a TV career that stretched nearly six decades, he was best known for his long-running documentary series, Whicker's World.

The show, which ran from 1959 to 1988 on both the BBC and ITV, saw him travel all over the world.

The series featured Whicker reporting on the unusual and bizarre, interviewing all types of people from millionaires and monks to gangsters and dictators.

He once said he counted himself one of the luckiest men in the world because he enjoyed his work so much.

Alan Whicker
Whicker was made a CBE in 2005
After joining the British Army at the end of World War II, it was his stint as the editor of the British Army newspaper that whetted Whicker's appetite for a future in journalism.

He joined the BBC in 1957, where he became a correspondent for the flagship current affairs show Tonight.

There he was credited with bringing interview techniques like walking to camera and cutaways to television.

But it was Whicker's World, a perennially popular ratings winner, that made him a household name.

The show even inspired a famous Monty Python sketch about Whicker Island, a mythical place populated by Alan look-alikes awaiting that "inevitable interview".

Whicker moved to Jersey in the 1970s after visiting many times in the '60s, saying the slow pace of life attracted him to the island.


I loved his programmes, RIP Alan

[Perdita]

Lynda Bellingham has confirmed that she has been diagnosed with cancer.

The actress and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant has postponed her appearance in Kay Mellor play A Passionate Woman to focus on her treatment and recovery.

Bellingham said: "I'm devastated not to be able to honour my commitments to the play this year. But having toured many times before, I'm aware of the sheer stamina needed and I need to prioritise my recovery.

"That said, nothing's going to stop me coming back next year, and I can't wait to be 'a passionate woman'."

No further details about the former Loose Women panelist's condition have been released at this stage.

Sheffield Theatres artistic director Daniel Evans, whose company were due to host the first stop on the tour at the Lyceum theatre this September, added: "A Passionate Woman is an extraordinary play about an extraordinary woman, and that woman is Lynda Bellingham.

"She is the heart of this production, and it's inconceivable that we would do it without her. Our priority is to Lynda and her health, and we look forward to welcoming her back soon."

Bellingham rose to fame through appearances in TV dramas such as All Creatures Great and Small and became synonymous with Oxo's TV advertising campaign, where she played the mother of a suburban family.

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Peter Andre and girlfriend Emily MacDonagh are expecting their first child.

The couple are said to be "absolutely thrilled" by the pregnancy, with a due date of early next year, reports The Sun.

News of the pregnancy follows speculation in June when the singer was seen with his hand suggestively placed on MacDonagh's stomach.

Andre met the 23-year-old medical student through her father, a doctor who treated the singer's kidney stones in 2010.

The couple previously made it clear they want to marry, after Andre revealed: "I've never been happier."

The baby will be Andre's third child, following son Junior and daughter Princess.

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