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Arlene Phillips and Danny Miller to represent Greater Manchester in I’m A Celebrity 2021

The official lineup for the 2021 series of the hit ITV competition show has now been released.

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Arlene Phillips and Danny Miller will represent Greater Manchester as contestants in this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

The official lineup for the 2021 series has been released.

Last year, the hit ITV show relocated from its usual location of the Australian jungle to the Welsh countryside as a result of the travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and will do so again for the 2021 edition.

The celebrities will start to arrive at Gwrych Castle campsite soon ahead of the confirmed launch date on 21 November.

Leading the charge of 10 celebrities on the confirmed lineup is pop star Frankie Bridge, who is best known for her time in The Saturdays, regular Good Morning Britain co-host Richard Madeley – who already revealed the news live on-air a couple of weeks ago – and former BBC Breakfast news presenter Louise Minchin.

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Following in the footsteps of Ian Wright, French former footballer David Ginola has also been grabbing headlines this morning after he was confirmed to be taking part.

Gold medal-winning athletes Kadeena Cox and Matty Lee have also been confirmed to appear on the daredevil competition show, alongside music producer Naughty Boy, and Radio 1 Xtra DJ Snoochie Shy.

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But when it comes to the representatives for the Greater Manchester region, Stockport-born Danny Miller – who is best known for playing the role of Aaron Dingle in the long-running ITV soap Emmerdale – has been confirmed to be heading to the Welsh countryside for the show.

He will be joined by Prestwich-born Arlene Phillips.

Former dancer, choreographer, theatre director, and talent scout Arlene Phillips DBE will be best-known to TV audiences as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing between 2004-2008.

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The official lineup for the 2021 series has been released / Credit: ITV

When lineup rumours first began emerging last week, Coronation Street actor Simon Gregson – who plays the beloved and long-standing character of Steve McDonald – was one of the names being banded around, however sadly, he does not appear to be on the official lineup that was released by ITV yesterday.

As the show is known to do each year though, a handful of other celebrities will likely enter the camp to compete for the title at a later date during the series, so perhaps Gregson could still make an appearance down the line.

Read more: Corrie legend Simon Gregson among rumoured names in ‘leaked’ I’m A Celebrity 2021 lineup

Other rumoured names on the later lineup include Eastenders’ Adam Woodyatt, and Rudimental’s DJ Locksmith.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! starts on 21 November 2021 on ITV.

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UK’s hottest binmen wanted for charity calendar and you can nominate them now

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Do you know someone who looks hot in high-vis, beautiful behind the wheel of a bin truck, or elegant while emptying the bins?

Well now is their time to shine.

That’s because, waste management experts BusinessWaste.co.uk has launched a new – and rather unique – nationwide search to find ‘Britain’s buffest binman’, celebrating the men and women who do one of the UK’s toughest and most overlooked jobs.

Bin workers do a job that many of us take for granted, but without them, our streets would be dirty, littered with bin bags, and attracting pests.

That’s why this new competition is aiming to shine a spotlight on them at a time when the waste sector faces a shortage of bin workers, as it’s more important than ever to recognise the people who keep the systems running.

The competition will crown the UK’s best-looking bin workers – with 12 winners featuring in a limited-edition charity calendar for 2026. 

The UK’s hottest binmen are wanted for a charity calendar and you can nominate them now / Credit: Supplied

Bin workers of all genders, ages, and backgrounds are welcome to apply, and you don’t even have to work on a bin lorry itself, it can be anyone behind the scenes too.

Crucially though, the aim of the competition is to raise money for charity, and this year, funds raised from the calendar will be in aid of FareShare – an organisation focused on fighting hunger and tackling food waste.

FareShare’s vision is for ‘no good food goes to waste’, and so it works to redistribute surplus food to charities that turn it into meals.

Ultimately, this tongue-in-cheek campaign is a chance for the waste sector to have some light-hearted fun.

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Keen to enter then? Or know someone who needs to be a part of the calendar? You can nominate yourself, a friend, or a loved one, and all you need to do is just ensure the nominee is happy to be entered and fill in a short form online.

You can enter, and read the full terms and conditions here.

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Britain’s least favourite chores have been revealed according to new survey

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Washing up, dusting, taking the bins out – we’re really not short of household chores to dislike, let’s be honest.

Doing the chores is, well, a chore… or is it? Surprisingly though, a new YouGov poll says different, as it’s been revealed that there are only a few household tasks that large numbers of Britons actively loathe, with many more liked that disliked, in fact.

While it probably has to be said that most chores and household tasks are not exactly what we’d choose to spend our time doing, the reality is they have to be done whether we like it or not.

The new survey, however, has revealed the some of us do actually ‘like’ it though.

YouGov asked a total of 2287 British adults for their opinions on a selection of chores in a bid to find out what the best and worst household task is.

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Cooking came out on top as the most popular chore of those polled, with a clear majority of Brits (57%) saying they like rustling up a meal, alongside a further 21% who neither like nor dislike it, and only 18% saying it’s a task they openly dislike.

Nearly half of Brits (46%) say they enjoy decluttering or clearing out their house, alongside 24% who are not bothered either way. Similarly, 40% say they like tidying up, with nearly as many (35%) neither liking nor disliking it.

In both cases, only roughly a quarter (22-27%) actively dislike making things neat and tidy.

On the other end of the spectrum, the chore that takes the top spot for being the most disliked across the board is ironing.

Four housework staples stand out as having the fewest outright fans – ironing, cleaning the bathroom, dusting, and taking the bins out, with just one in six Brits (16-18%) claiming to like doing any of them.

Although similar numbers of survey respondents dislike dusting, ironing, or cleaning the bathroom (41-45%), it’s ironing that has the strongest claim to being the most-hated chore overall, as not only do a higher proportion say they dislike it a lot (25% vs 16-18% for the other two chores), roughly three times as many Brits avoid doing the ironing altogether (20% vs 7%).

This makes it the only chore where the number of dislikers (43%) outnumber the combined total of those with a positive or neutral opinion of the chore (37%).

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How does gender come into the conversation? Well, taking the bins out is the chore polled with the biggest gender divide.

According to YouGov, while men are equally likely to say they like (24%) and dislike taking the bins out (22%), only 9% of women say they relish the task, which is relative to 42% of them who dislike having to do it.

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