Mark Mardell warns BBC diversity drive will ‘annoy and dismay’ its audience as he leaves broadcaster

Mark Mardell has warned the BBC’s diversity drive will ‘annoy and dismay’ its audience in a parting shot as he left the corporation after a 30-year career. The veteran broadcaster, 63, announced on Twitter last month that he would be presenting his last World At One show after taking redundancy. Yesterday he expressed his frustrations … Read more

The 15-minute ‘noiseless’ workout you can do at home that won’t annoy your housemates or neighbours

An Australian Pilates instructor has shared the 15-minute ‘noiseless’ workout she swears by for toning your entire body – without disturbing your housemates or neighbours. The key to exercising indoors when you’re living in an apartment building or surrounded by friends and family is to avoid jumping and running on the spot. Instead co-owner of … Read more

Coronation Street’s Maureen Lipman, 74, worried her return would ‘annoy’ people

She returned to the Cobbles in 2018 as Evelyn Plummer, the long-lost grandmother of Tyrone Dobbs, following a six-week stint on the soap in 2002. And Maureen Lipman has admitted that she was ‘incredibly nervous’ that returning to Coronation Street would ‘cheese off’ some of the regular actors. The actress, 74, told Prima magazine starting … Read more