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Ex-Brookside actor Philip Foster who played villian Christian Wright jailed after £13m fraud on aspiring young models https://news.sky.com/story/ex-brookside-star-philip-foster-jailed-after-fleeing-uk-over-13m-fraud-on-would-be-models-13600000 I remember him he played a really nasty character who was controlling Rachel Jordache Turned out to be a scumbag then in real life too

June or July yes it was before she made the charts

Just uploaded this TOTP backstage Radio 1 show from June 1998

Cliff Richard is releasing a Christmas single this year a reggae version of an old hymn The Lord Is My Shepherd new lyrics composed by his long running writer Chris Eaton who wrote Saviour's Day.

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35 years ago, not been since

Possibly The Stonk too

Mark's Brand New Top 40 weekending 16th October 2026 Based on plays from CD, Cassette And Vinyl 1 (02) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 2 (03) Taylor Swift - Patient Zero 3 (New) Haircut 100 - Vanishing Point 4 (New) Bryan Adams - A Little More Understanding 5 (New) Darling Buds - Oh No You Don't 6 (Re) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 7 (14) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor 8 (13) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 9 (17) Adele - Cry Your Heart Out 10 (23) Shania Twain - Faded Blue Jeans 11 (16) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 12 (New) Ella Langley - Dandelion 13 (15) Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 14 (05) Madonna - Danceteria 15 (06) Jessie Ware - Sauna 16 (Re) Olivia Dean - Baby Steps 17 (New) Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell 18 (New) Ella Langley And Morgan Wallen - I Can't Love You Anymore 19 (Re) Shania Twain - Dirty Rosie 20 (New) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - I Want The Job 21 (Re) Steps - Scared Of The Dark 22 (New) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 23 (Re) Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind 24 (Re) Haircut 100 - A Wonderful Life 25 (Re) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Favourite Kind Of Idiot 26 (Re) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 27 (Re) Sienna Spiro - Die In This Hill 28 (Re) Sam Fender And Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 29 (Re) Ed Sheeran - Camera 30 (Re) Olivia Dean - Man I Need 31 (New) Chaka Khan - Chakzilla 32 (New) ABC - The Night You Murdered Love 33 (New) Morrissey - You're Right, It's Time 34 (New) Sienna Spiro - Pure 35 (Re) Dexys Midnight Runners - Once A Man Twice A Child 36 (32) Ella Langley - Be Her 37 (40) Chaka Khan And Snoop Dogg - Boogie's In My Soul 38 (34) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 39 (Re) Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Orphelia 40 (30) Ariana Grande - Hate The Way You Love Me

Unfortunately some of those won't be eligible,

Mark's Album Chart - 16/10/2026 1. (01) Paul Heaton - Jenius 2. (04) Ella Langley - Dandelion 3. (02) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 4. (09) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 5. (05) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 6. (11) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 7. (03) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 8. (14) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie 9. (13) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 10. (17) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 11. (07) Dexys Midnight Runners - Love 12. (18) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 13. (06) Bananarama - True Confessions 14. (08) Jessie Ware - Glasshouse 15. (10) Madonna - Confessions II 16. (12) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 17. (15) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 18. (16) Perrie - Perrie 19. (19) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 20. (20) Louise - Confessions

NOW 12" 80s 1987 Part Two arrived today

Happy Birthday Cliff 86 today New track dropped this morning

Mark's Top 40 weekending 9th October 2026 1 (03) Morten Harket feat. Tomine Harket - Hold Me 2 (01) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 3 (12) Taylor Swift - Patient Zero 4 (02) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 5 (11) Madonna - Danceteria 6 (04) Jessie Ware - Sauna 7 (09) Cliff Richard - Spirit In The Sky 8 (14) Erasure - Wings Of Love 9 (13) Take That - Dreamers 10 (19) Jamie Miller - Babydoll 11 (05) Hazell Dean - Long Time Gone 12 (New) Ashe - Stop The Wedding 13 (06) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 14 (08) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dance Floor 15 (07) Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 16 (10) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 17 (21) Adele - Cry Your Heart Out 18 (17) Anastacia And Roachford - Cuddly Toy 19 (18) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 20 (20) Sugababes - Ghost 21 (Re) Katseye - Animal 22 (15) Diane Butler - If You Don't Like Me Fcvk Off 23 (16) Shania Twain - Faded Blue Jeans 24 (23) Madonna And Kylie - Love Sensation 25 (27) Stella Lefty - Boston 26 (25) Nickelback - Make Me Love You 27 (22) Simple Minds - Beginner Boys 28 (35) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up 29 (40) Owen Paul - Serious 30 (39) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 31 (37) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do 32 (36) Ella Langley - Be Her 33 (34) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 34 (31) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 35 (32) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 36 (24) Europe - Come This Madness 37 (28) Deniece Pearson - Berry 38 (30) Peter Gabriel - Face The Wall 39 (26) U2 - Silencio 40 (Re) Chaka Khan And Snoop Dogg - Boogie's In My Soul

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Same here and i think a lot of supermarkets have stopped selling them. I agree they were needed for the more casual buyers but i guess they weren't selling well i can understand but it's still ashame.

Former Coronation Street actor Eric Potts who played Diggory Compton has pleaded guilty to indecent images of children. https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a74070951/coronation-street-actor-guilty-indecent-images-children/

Did anyone else recognise former Emmerdale actress Anna Brecon (Lady Tara) in EastEnders as a nurse i didn't notice until i saw the credits In Emmerdale

A little bit different just found some rental notes I rented the following today and tomorrow in 1995 6/10/95 Pulp Fiction Disclosure (Demi Moore, Michael Douglas) 7/10/95 Reality Bites I Love Trouble (Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte - Romantic Comedy)

Mark's Top 40 weekending 2nd October 2026 1 (02) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 2 (01) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 3 (19) Morten Harket - Hold Me 4 (03) Jessie Ware - Sauna 5 (06) Hazell Dean - Long Time Gone 6 (05) Paul Heaton - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 7 (04) Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 8 (10) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor 9 (09) Cliff Richard - Spirit In The Sky 10 (07) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 11 (14) Madonna - Danceteria 12 (New) Taylor Swift - Patient Zero 13 (New) Take That - Dreamers 14 (New) Erasure - Wings Of Love 15 (20) Diane Butler - If You Don't Like Me, Fcvk You 16 (16) Shania Twain - Faded Blue Jeans 17 (17) Anastacia And Roachford - Cuddly Toy 18 (08) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 19 (21) Jamie Miller - Baby Doll 20 (25) Sugababes - Ghost 21 (23) Adele - Cry Your Heart Out 22 (12) Simple Minds - Beginner Boys 23 (15) Madonna And Kylie Minogue - Love Sensation 24 (18) Europe - Come This Madness 25 (28) Nickelback - Make Me Love You 26 (22) U2 - Silencio 27 (13) Stella Lefty - Boston 28 (24) Deniece Pearson - Berry 29 (26) Alanis Morissette - Season Of The Witch 30 (32) Peter Gabriel - Face The Wall 31 (30) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 32 (29) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 33 (35) Dexys Midnight Runners - Once A Man Twice A Child 34 (31) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 35 (38) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up 36 (34) Ella Langley - Be Her 37 (36) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do 38 (37) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 39 (39) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 40 (New) Owen Paul - Serious

Mark's Album Chart - 02/10/2026 1. (01) Paul Heaton - Jenius 2. (02) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 3. (03) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 4. (04) Ella Langley - Dandelion 5. (05) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 6. (06) Bananarama - True Confessions 7. (07) Dexys Midnight Runners - Love 8. (08) Jessie Ware - Glasshouse 9. (09) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 10. (10) Madonna - Confessions II 11. (11) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 12. (12) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 13. (13) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 14. (14) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie 15. (15) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 16. (16) Perrie - Perrie 17. (17) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 18. (18) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 19. (19) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 20. (20) Louise - Confessions

Mark's Top 40 weekending 25th September 2026 1 (01) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 2 (07) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 3 (04) Jessie Ware - Sauna 4 (03) Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 5 (02) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 6 (14) Hazell Dean - Long Time Gone 7 (06) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 8 (05) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 9 (13) Cliff Richard - Spirit In The Sky 10 (12) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor 11 (16) EnglishNed - Taxi For John 12 (15) Simple Minds - Beginner Boys 13 (08) Stella Lefty - Boston 14 (32) Madonna - Danceteria 15 (20) Madonna And Kylie - Love Sensation 16 (39) Shania Twain - Faded Blue Jeans 17 (New) Anastacia And Roachford - Cuddly Toy 18 (New) Europe - Come This Madness 19 (New) Morten Harket with Tomine Harket - Hold Me 20 (New) Diane Butler - If You Don't Like Me, Fvck Off 21 (35) Jamie Miller - Babydoll 22 (New) U2 - Silencio 23 (38) Adele - Cry Your Heart Out 24 (19) Deniece Pearson - Berry 25 (New) Sugababes - Ghost 26 (New) Alanis Morissette - Season Of The Witch 27 (37) Chaka Khan And Snoop Dogg - Boogie's In My Soul 28 (New) Nickelback - Make Me Love You 29 (11) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 30 (10) Echo And The Bunnymen - These Alarms 31 (09) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 32 (New) Peter Gabriel - Face The Wall 33 (18) Shona McGarty - Mr Anxiety 34 (33) Ella Langley - Be Her 35 (24) Dexys Midnight Runners - Once Man Twice A Child 36 (23) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do 37 (36) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 38 (23) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up 39 (34) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 40 (31) James Blunt - Tastes Like Summer

Mark's Album Chart - 25/09/2026 1. (01) Paul Heaton - Jenius 2. (02) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 3. (03) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 4. (05) Ella Langley - Dandelion 5. (11) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 6. (04) Bananarama - True Confessions 7. (13) Dexys Midnight Runners - Love 8. (06) Jessie Ware - Glasshouse 9. (07) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 10. (08) Madonna - Confessions II 11. (09) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 12. (10) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 13. (12) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 14. (14) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie 15. (15) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 16. (16) Perrie - Perrie 17. (17) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 18. (18) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 19. (19) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 20. (20) Louise - Confessions

22nd September 2026 CDs from HMV Bullring Carly Rae Jepsen - Day And Night Chaka Khan - Chakzilla Dexys Midnight Runners - Love Echo And The Bunnymen - Apples For Isaac Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 45s from The Diskery in Birmingham A-ha - Train Of Thought A-ha - Touchy! Aswad - Don’t Turn Around Bangles - Walk An Egyptian Bangles - Be With You Barron Knights - R-R-Rock Me Father Christmas Bucks Fizz - New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) Billy Ocean - Calypso Crazy Billy Ocean - Bittersweet Billy Ocean - Loverboy Billy Joel - An Innocent Man Brown Sauce - I Wanna Be A Winner Climie Fisher - Fire On The Ocean Communards - Tomorrow Culture Club - God Thank You Woman Curiosity Killed The Cat - Ordnary Day Disco Aid - Give Give Give Donna Summer - Breakaway Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven Falco - Rock Me Amadeus Falco - Vienna Calling George Michael - A Different Corner Glen Goldsmith - Dreaming Gwen Guthrie - (They Long To Be) Close To You Human League - Open Your Heart Human League - Life On Your Own Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) Inner City - Ain’t Nobody Better Three Degrees - The Heaven I Need Jason Donovan - Nothing Can Divide Us Jaki Graham - From Now On Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam - Lost In Emotion Los Lobos - La Bamba Milli Vanilli - Baby Don’t Forget My Number Milli Vanilli - Blame It On The Rain Midnight Star - Midas Touch Midnight Star - Headlines Melissa Etheridge - Bring Me Some Water Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart Nick Kamen - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good Oran “Juice” Jones - The Rain Paul McCartney & Wings - Mull Of Kintyre Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You Sabrina - All Of Me Sinitta - Love On A Mountain Top Shakin’ Stevens - Turning Away Shakin’ Stevens - Come See About Me Shakin’ Stevens - This Ole House Shakin’ Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy Shakin’ Stevens - Breaking Up My Heart Spagna - Every Girl And Boy Sybil - Stronger Together Sheena Easton - The Lover In Me Waterfront - Nature Of Love Wham! - Wham Rap (Enjoy What You Do) Yazoo - The Other Side Of Love Yazoo - Only You I took some video

Mark's Top 40 weekending 18th September 2026 1 (01) Johnny Hates Jazz And Jaki Graham - Soul Believer 2 (02) Paul Heaton And Rianne Downey - Sad Songs And Lawsuits 3 (New) Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 4 (05) Jessie Ware - Sauna 5 (03) Lulu - I'm In Love Again 6 (04) Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas 7 (08) Miley Cyrus - Bass Persuades 8 (09) Stella Lefty - Boston 9 (06) Snow Patrol And Kylie Minogue - These Alarms 10 (12) Echo And The Bunnymen - Brussels Is Haunted 11 (07) Dave Hill - Play It To The Crowd 12 (13) Carly Rae Jepsen - Don't Leave Me On The Dancefloor 13 (35) Cliff Richard - Spirit In The Sky 14 (28) Hazell Dean - Long Time Gone 15 (29) Simple Minds - Beginner Boys 16 (30) EnglishNed - Taxi For John 17 (10) Haircut 100 - A Wonderful Life 18 (11) Shona McGarty - Mr Anxiety 19 (16) Deniece Pearson - Berry 20 (14) Madonna And Kylie Minogue - Love Sensation 21 (15) Yell feat. Daniel James - Hands Up 22 (18) Allan Clarke - Walking On Still Waters 23 (17) Becky Hill - What Do I Have To Do 24 (39) Dexys Midnight Runners - Once A Man Twice A Child 25 (40) Mungo Jerry - Pick It Up 26 (19) Micky Dolenz - Terri 27 (20) Marty Wilde - Can't Stand Losing You 28 (21) Perrie - Passenger Princess 29 (22) B*Witched - Firefly 30 (24) Natasha Hamilton - Garden Of Eden 31 (34) James Blunt - Tastes Like Summer 32 (27) Madonna - Danceteria 33 (26) Ella Langley - Be Her 34 (33) Ariana Grande - Hate That I Made You Love Me 35 (New) Jamie Miller - Babydoll 36 (Re) Dexys Midnight Runners - My Life In England 37 (Re) Chaka Khan And Snoop Dogg - Boogie's In My Soul 38 (New) Adele - Cry Your Heart Out 39 (New) Shania Twain - Faded Blue Jeans 40 (38) LeAnn Rimes - Wild Things Run

Mark's Album Chart - 18/09/2026 1. (01) Paul Heaton - Jenius 2. (10) Sienna Spiro - Visitor 3. (06) Jessie Ware - Superbloom 4. (02) Bananarama - True Confessions 5. (03) Ella Langley - Dandelion 6. (New) Jessie Ware - Glasshouse 7. (04) The Darling Buds - Same Sun - Same Sky 8. (05) Madonna - Confessions II 9 (07) Paul McCartney - The Boys Of Dungeon Lane 10. (08) Mariah Carey - Here For It All 11. (09) Shania Twain - Little Miss Twain 12. (11) Haircut 100 - Boxing The Compass 13. (25) Dexys Midnight Runners - Love 14. (12) Morrissey - Make-Up Is A Lie 15. (13) Suzette Charles - Suzette Charles 16. (14) Perrie - Perrie 17. (15) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 18. (16) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 19. (17) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 20. (18) Louise - Confessions