Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were said to have been subjected to boos by audience members as they won a National Television Award (NTA) last night.
The pair – who have presented ITV daytime show This Morning together since 2009 – scooped the coveted ‘Daytime’ award at the annual televised awards ceremony last night, after being up against fierce competitors Loose Women, The Repair Shop, and The Chase – but audience members around them could be heard audibly booing when they were announced as the winners.
As their names were called, cameras panned to Phil as he put his head in his hands and held back tears, before the pair took to the stage.
Thank you to everyone who voted for us this year. The National Television Award means so much to us all, and we couldn’t be more grateful for your continued support. ♥️ pic.twitter.com/Q3wNkY26uS
Accepting the award on stage, Phil addressed the crowd in an emotional plea saying: “Please don’t think we ever complacent, and please don’t think we ever take this for granted.
“This means so much to us every year, especially this year.”
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Holly then added: “This means everything because it’s voted by you and I think This Morning has a very special relationship with you – you make our show for us, you really do.”
Despite the positivity from the presenters as they accepted their award, and the gratitude they expressed for their fans during the speech, viewers at home still couldn’t help but notice the boos as the pair took to the stage and many headed to social media to question whether others could hear them too.
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TV critic Scott Bryan said a source at the event claimed there were audience boos.
A source at the ceremony says that there were some boos in the room when This Morning won an #NTAs, but boos stopped during the speech.
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are currently under fire after being accused of jumping the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II‘s coffin lying in state back in September, which has gone on to cause widespread public outrage and debate, and has even seen over 78,000 people and counting sign a petition to have the pair removed as hosts of This Morning.
The petition stated that ITV “should be ashamed of exploiting the situation” by allowing the pair to “push pass thousands” that had been waiting overnight.
Phil and Holly have denied all claims they jumped the queue.
The pair said in a statement addressing the situation last month: “Like hundreds of accredited broadcasters and journalists, we were given official permission to access the hall. It was strictly for the purpose of reporting on the event for millions of people in the UK who have not been able to visit Westminster in person.”
They added that “none of the broadcasters and journalists there took anyone’s place”, and they insisted that they would “never jump a queue”.
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Nathan Aspinall urges PDPA to improve mental health support within the sport
Danny Jones
Local sports personality Nathan Aspinall has urged the Professional Darts Players Association (PDPA) to provide better mental health support moving forward.
It’s not the first time ‘The Asp’ has called for more awareness and provision when it comes to player welfare and mental wellbeing, specifically, which remains a prevailing societal problem in general.
The Greater Manchester native has opened up about his own struggles many times in the past and has made a public plea for the PDPA to intervene and offer more help.
Speaking at the 2026 PDC World Darts Championships after his opening round victory, the 34-year-old instead chose to focus on more important issues than his strong start.
As you can see, Aspinall began by stating that “the PDPA now need to step in and help these guys because there’s a lot of guys suffering.”
Having long been an champion for male mental health, in particular – supporting the local Healthy Minds practices in his hometown of Stockport, for instance – he’s been one of the outspoken player on the subject for some time.
Noting that there are at least “two or three people” he refused to name, his message was simple: “There’s a lot of fantastic dart players in our sport, but it’ll be a shame to see so many of them go because of mental health”
The 2019 UK Open and 2023 World Matchplay winner has battled with multiple obstacles, including an ocular condition known as bilateral traumatic Brown’s syndrome, as well bursitis, which causes inflammation around key joints.
But it’s not necessarly injuries and the physical side of things that have been his biggest concern.
𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗨𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁
"I really do not care anymore.
"I do everything I can to be a good sportsman and you still get s**t. So you know what? I don't care. Say what you want." pic.twitter.com/mCBjQ6kvyj
One of the biggest and most recurring challenges for him has been ‘dartitis’, which many players within the discipline wrestle with the more their careers progress.
Aspinall has confessed to suffering almost chronic panic attacks due to the mental blocks (also commonly known as ‘the yips’) brought about by the intense pressure of playing on stage/live on TV.
With that in mind, it’s great to see him not only back on form and pulling impressive performance such as his ‘big fish’ finish on Friday night, but continuing to draw more attention to the underlying mental health crisis, especially among men. Well played, Nath.
You can watch his post-match interview in full down below.
Featured Images — Sandro Halank (via Wikimedia Commons)/Live Darts (screenshot via YouTube)
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Fans are preparing to pay tribute to Mani from The Stone Roses ahead of his funeral service
Danny Jones
Stone Roses fans and Greater Manchester locals alike are getting ready to pay their respects to the late, great, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, following his tragic passing last month.
As well as details surrounding his funeral being announced earlier this week, the iconic Manc musician’s cause of death has also finally been revealed.
While Hatton’s service featured a high-profile cortège which started all the way from his hometown of Hyde, past multiple landmarks and ending at the Etihad Stadium, those local to Mani’s family home on the edge of Stockport are also being welcomed to help send him off.
It's the funeral of Mani of the Stone Roses on the 22nd. He lived locally. This poster is asking people to line the route of his funeral cortege to "show that he truly was adored". pic.twitter.com/X0DYHl10Hp
He had been struggling with emphysema for some time; he was declared dead at his home in the suburb of Heaton Moor, and is said to have died peacefully in his sleep.
As you can see from the posters put in various places around the area, residents wishing to pay their own tributes to Mani before his private funeral service at Manchester Cathedral are encouraged to line the long street leading down from St Paul’s and Heaton Moor United Church as he heads towards the city.
Departing Parsonage Road from 10am on Monday, 22 December, before turning right onto Heaton Moor Rd, then Wellington and eventually on to the Cathedral, you can expect plenty of people to show up.
One of those people will be his former bandmate and another influential guitarist, John Squire, who is one of many famous musical names to have honoured him in their own way over the last few weeks.
Other members of The Stone Roses, as well as Primal Scream (who he joined in 1996), are expected to join the close family and friends at the service itself.
Nevertheless, we have no doubt that plenty will be observing the funeral in their own way.
So, for those of you also looking to honour him, you know what to do; and to quote the poster itself, “together we can show this local legend and his family that he was truly adored.”
Emily Sergeant -
14th October 2022 
