Comedian Jason Manford shares heartbreak as BBC and XFM radio star pal dies aged 50 from bowel cancer

Whether you know him from stage or screen, there's no doubting Jason Donovan is one talented guy. So we've got high hopes when it comes to his performances on this year's Dancing on Ice.

direct to your inboxComedian Jason Manford has helping locals to get their COVID-19 jabs - and he couldn't resist making a dig at anti-vaxxers as he lent a hand.The comic from Salford posted a photo from the car park of a vaccination centre in Heald Green in Stockport as he shared a snapshot from his busy day.

Lou Reed‘s longtime keyboardist and member of Downchild Blues Band, died aged 74 in Toronto last week after a two year battle with cancer.The musician’s publicist Eric Alper confirmed the news to CBC News today (January 10).The Canadian keyboardist was born in Stevensville, Ontario in 1946, and began his musical career in 1963 with early R&B outfit Jon and Lee & The Checkmates.

Bobby Davro has shared her heartbreak after his father Bill Nankeville has died aged 95.The 62 year old comedian and actor shared the news as he posted a tribute to his late British national mile runner dad on his Twitter. Bobby shared a photo of himself and his dad smiling together on his Twitter and wrote on top: “Today I lost my best friend and my hero.The most wonderful human being I have ever known.

Coronation Street star Alan Igbon has died “peacefully” aged 68, his niece has confirmed.The soap actor, who also starred in Brookside, was best known for playing Tony Stewart, the estranged father of Jason Grimshaw – played by Ryan Thomas – in the ITV programme in 2003. Alan’s niece confirmed the sad news as she shared a tribute to him on Facebook on Monday 4 January.

Variety, Stephens’ children said he “passed away with my Mum, his wife of 63 years, by his bedside”.Born in 1934 in London, Stephens kicked off his songwriting career in musical theatre, before eventually moving into pop music. He made his big break in the pop world with his 1964 single for The Applejacks, ‘Tell Me When’, co-written with Les Reed, which landed in the UK Top Ten.

Pierre Cardin died at the age of 98 in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris.France’s Fine Arts Academy announced the news of Cardin’s passing in a statement on social media. “The members of the Academy of Fine Arts announce with great sadness the death of their fellow member Pierre Cardin,” the elite French arts group Tweeted.“It is a day of great sadness for all our family. Pierre Cardin is no more,” the family said in a statement.

direct to your inbox A man has died after being hit by a car in Middleton on Christmas Eve. The 30 year-old pedestrian was involved in a collision with a grey BMW 320i M Sport on Rochdale Road just after 7.30pm on Thursday, December 24.Emergency services raced to the scene he was rushed to hospital in a serious condition.