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Gillian Halliday and Aine Toner have put together some of their favourite TV mothers – the good, the bad and unpredictable

Coronation Streets Sue Johnston has admitted that she has no plans to retire, and while she does get tired, acting still excites her after all this time.

INTERNATIONAL Womens Day is one to celebrate successful, influential and inspirational women around the world both current and throughout history.

The Canadian great-horned owl has been dive-bombing locals living in Sedgley, West Midlands, leaving some people too afraid to leave their homes.

Residents of a Black Country town are terrorized by an aggressive owl that appears from the sky and attacks retirees, children and pets.

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Television is full of lovely mothers, whether they’d fight a Demogorgon for their child, or put up with being married to Tony Soprano. It’s our guide to television’s best mums

TODAY the role of women is celebrated across the world.

Of course, there have been varied depictions of mothers on screen for decades. Some, such as Roseanne or Nora Ephron’s film Heartburn, were even written by mothers themselves. There were the long-suffering, or straight-faced mothers such as Barbara Royle in The Royle Family or Pam Shipman in Gavin & Stacey; eye-rolling mothers such as Karen in Cold Feet or Sue in Outnumbered; the lovelorn single mums of Birds of a Feather; the formidable matriarch Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders; or the anima...

Where Brookside cast are now - including a Corrie director, The Bay actor and Dancing On Ice winner The Channel 4 soap left our screens back in 2003 but some of its cast have continued to have successful careers 20:10, 8 MAR 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information you...