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AN IT installation engineer from Bolton is putting his sewing skills to the test in the new series of The Great British Sewing Bee. Damien, 39, is one of 12 talented home sewers who is competing in the show, which began on BBC One on April 14. Joe Lycett hosts the show where sewers create gorgeous garments under the scrutiny of judges Esme Young and Patrick Grant, for the title of Britain’s Best Amateur Sewer. Damien started teaching himself to sew three years ago when a pair of work ...

Escape to the Chateau followed by Midsomer Murders. Monday 8pm ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU – Documentary/Reality - The story of couple Dick Strawbridge and Angel Adoree along with their family as they buy, renovate and redecorate the 19th-century Château de la Motte-Husson in Martigné-sur-Mayenne, France, and simultaneously juggle growing both their business and family. Escape To The Chateau Series Promo Harvest and Birthday - Its harvest time and Dick wants to make jam and turn pears ...

After the first Covid-19 lockdown was enforced, entry-level sewing machines sold out across the country for months. A project called the Big Community Sew was launched by Patrick, director of Blackburn-based clothing manufacturer Cookson and Clegg. It encouraged thousands of people to make face masks for their friends and neighbours, and gowns and scrubs for NHS workers – and Grant got fellow Sewing Bee judge Esme Young, plus presenter Joe Lycett, involved too. Patrick said: “Those ...

After the first Covid-19 lockdown was enforced, entry-level sewing machines sold out across the country for months. A project called the Big Community Sew was launched by Patrick, director of Blackburn-based clothing manufacturer Cookson and Clegg. It encouraged thousands of people to make face masks for their friends and neighbours, and gowns and scrubs for NHS workers – and Grant got fellow Sewing Bee judge Esme Young, plus presenter Joe Lycett, involved too. Patrick said: “Those ...

The singer said, “I have a very close friend at the minute who is suffering from cancer. It’s terrifying, you look at the statistics and the more research there is and the more money and funding there is to do that the better people’s odds are.” Related Story “You never know when the next big breakthrough is going to happen. And hopefully very soon,” she said. In 2020, Sarah Harding revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was told by doctors she "wouldn’t see anot...

In a way, it’s a wonder Mel Giedroyc — presenter, actor and writer — didn’t grow up hating books. “As a kid, I’d hear my elder brothers and sisters taking about ‘mum and Marcel Proust’, and I didn’t know who that was, and I thought mum had gone off with somebody called Marcel Proust. I think they were winding me up: ‘Mum really loves Proust.’” That wasn’t even the worst of it. “During those long summer holidays in the 1970s, my mum — I don’t think she even took ...

The programme was in aid of the charity Stand Up To Cancer.

Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley, comedians Rob Beckett and Tom Allen and singer Alexandra Burke are to showcase their cookery skills as The Great…

Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley, comedians Rob Beckett and Tom Allen and singer Alexandra Burke are to showcase their cookery skills as The Great…