P&O Ferries LIVE: 800 staff made redundant as firm suspends sailings

The Great British Bake Off presenter Matt Lucas has hit back at claims that he was shown ‘favouritism’ when he made his baking debut in the tent. In the most recent episode of the Celebrity Bake Off, Matt donned his apron and stepped in to compete against the likes of Example and Annie Mac when another famous face dropped out of the show at the last minute.The 48 year old was seen attempting to make glass window biscuits, and judge Paul Hollywood soon stepped in to give him a helping hand.

Love Island bosses have reportedly signed beautician Sophie Draper up to appear in the upcoming series of the dating show. Sophie, 22, dated footballer Matty Cash, who plays for Aston Villa, for four years before splitting last year.  The pair had been living together with their dog before they parted ways.

Example has revealed that Matt Lucas had to step in as a contestant on The Great Celebrity Bake Off after Martine McCutcheon pulled out of the show last minute. The Great British Bake Off special in aid of Stand up to Cancer has seen a new host of celebrities step into the famous tent to bake for the judges, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.

Emma Willis hasn’t baked since winning Celebrity Bake Off, according to ­her husband Matt.

FX has set the date of its Danny Boyle-directed limited series about Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. Pistol will premiere May 31 exclusively on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ in UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

It's been less than two weeks since P&O Ferries made 800 members of staff redundant with immediate effect via a Zoom call. Seafarers have been replaced with agency workers who are being paid below the UK's minimum wage, the company's CEO Peter Hebblethwaite said last week.

A P&O ferry has taken off from a Scots port for the first time since 800 members of staff were sacked.

The man who helped launch a million memes has died.

Bill Hader and Anna Kendrick are still going strong. A source tells ET that the pair are not only «in love,» but that they're «very happy» together.«Bill and Anna are in love and very happy in their relationship, and enjoying their time together,» the source shared. While the lovebirds appear to be in relationship bliss, the source said that Hader and Kendrick are not getting ready to head down the aisle just yet.«They're in no rush to get engaged and are happy with how things are going,» the source added.ET first learned the pair were an item back in January, when a source told ET that the 36-year-old actress and 43-year-old  alum had been «dating for a while» now.«Anna and Bill have been dating for a while.

Love Island star Matthew MacNabb confirmed that he is in a relationship with his professional partner on Dancing with the Stars after being voted off the RTE show on Sunday night. The Irish heartthrob had been a contestant with ballroom expert Laura Nolan up until the semi final as the pair lost out in the dance-off to Dublin singer Erica Cody after a unanimous judge vote.

Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of “Rust” in October, says Halyna’s family is now trapped in Kyiv as Russian attacks escalate on Ukraine’s capital.Matthew told TMZ on Friday that the “safe passage” corridors Putin agreed to are being bombed and Halyna’s mother Olga Androsovych and father Anatoly Androsovych have no option but to stay. Olga continues to work as a nurse at the hospital where she has worked for more than 10 years.

A slight executive shift here at Amazon Studios as Movies Co-Head Matt Newman goes to Prime Video’s global Sports group to develop sports docuseries, movies and scripted fare. Julie Rapaport will remain Amazon’s Head of Movies.

K.J. Yossman Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen has been knighted.