1.
Carlisle, Cumbria
–
Carlisle is a city and the county town of Cumbria. Historically in Cumberland, it is also the centre of the City of Carlisle district in North West England. Carlisle is located at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and it is the largest settlement in the county of Cumbria, and serves as the administrative centre for both Carlisle City Council and Cumbria County Council. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Carlisle was 71,773, ten years later, at the 2011 census, the citys population had risen to 75,306, with 107,524 in the wider city. The early history of Carlisle is marked by its status as a Roman settlement, the castle now houses the Duke of Lancasters Regiment and the Border Regiment Museum. In the early 12th century, Henry I allowed the foundation of a priory in Carlisle, the town gained the status of a city when its diocese was formed in 1133, and the priory became Carlisle Cathedral. The introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution began a process of transformation in Carlisle. This, combined with its position, allowed for the development of Carlisle as an important railway town. Nicknamed the Great Border City, Carlisle today is the cultural, commercial and industrial centre for north Cumbria. It is home to the campuses of the University of Cumbria. The former County Borough of Carlisle had held city status until the Local Government Act 1972 was enacted in 1974, what is known of the ancient history of Carlisle is derived mainly from archaeological evidence and the works of the Roman historian Tacitus. The earliest recorded inhabitants were the Carvetii tribe of Britons who made up the population of ancient Cumbria. According to Boethius and John of Fordun, Carlisle existed before the arrival of the Romans in Britain and was one of the strongest British towns at the time, in the time of the emperor Nero, it was said to have burned down. The Roman settlement was named Luguvalium, based on a name that has been reconstructed as Brittonic *Luguwaljon, of Luguwalos. This walled civitas, possibly the one in northwest Britain. In the year 79, the two Roman generals Cn, petillius Cerealis advanced through Solway as they continued their campaign further north. As a result, it is likely that control was achieved at Carlisle over anti-imperial groups. This is possibly indicated from the reconstruction of the fort at Carlisle in 83 using oak timbers from further afield, at this time the Roman fort was garrisoned by a 500-strong cavalry regiment, the Ala Gallorum Sebosiana
2.
Liverpool John Moores University
–
Liverpool John Moores University is a public research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It has 21,875 students, of which 18,375 are undergraduate students and 3,500 are postgraduate, in 1992, following an Act of Parliament the Liverpool Polytechnic became what is now Liverpool John Moores University. It is a member of the University Alliance, a group of British universities which was established in 2007. Founded as a small mechanics institution in 1823, the institution grew over the centuries by converging and amalgamating with different colleges, mott Training College, before eventually becoming Liverpool Polytechnic in 1970. The University also has a history of providing training, education and research to the maritime industry. The institution then became a university under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 under the new title of Liverpool John Moores University and this new title was approved by the Privy Council on 15 September 1992. The university took its name from Sir John Moores, the founder of the Littlewoods empire, Moores was a great believer in the creation of opportunity for all, which embodies the ethos of LJMU in providing educational routes for people of all ages and from all backgrounds. This belief led Sir John Moores to invest in the institution and facilities, such as the John Foster Building, designed by, LJMU now has more than 24,000 students. LJMU was awarded the Queens Anniversary Prize in 2005, currently, Liverpool John Moores University is receiving more applications than previously seen, according to data in 2009, the total number of applications submitted to LJMU was 27,784. On 14 April 2008, Dr Brian May CBE was inducted into the university as the fourth Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, Dr May is also the lead guitarist for the rock band Queen. He replaced outgoing Chancellor Cherie Booth QC, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, honorary fellows in attendance at the ceremony included Sir Patrick Moore and Pete Postlethwaite. May was succeeded as Chancellor in 2013 by Sir Brian Leveson, LJMU is a founding member of the Northern Consortium, an educational charity, owned by eleven universities in the north of England. LJMU is also one of the UKs top universities for teaching and research in Sports, the Higher Education Funding Council for England awarded LJMU £4.5 million over five years for the establishment of a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The CETL award recognises LJMUs record for Physical Education, Dance, Sport, LJMU is the only United Kingdom university to be awarded an Ofsted Grade A in Physical Education and it is also the premier institution for both teaching and research in Sport and Exercise Sciences. LJMU was also chosen to deliver the academic side of a scheme called the New Entrepreneurs Scholarship. According to the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2014, LJMU every unit of assessment we submitted was rated as at least 45% internationally excellent or better, there are currently three libraries based at the three campus sites operated by LJMU. The third LRC is sited on the IM Marsh campus in Aigburth and is used exclusively by student at this campus, there are more than 68,500 books in the LRCs collections, with 1,630 work spaces available for students 24 hours a day. In addition to there are over 16,000 e-books and 5,000 e-journals available
3.
Jo Stiles
–
Josephine Madonna Jo Stiles is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Roxanne Pallett. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 26 August 2005, Jo Stiles arrived in the village as new receptionist at the vets surgery and is soon noticed by the local men, especially Max King and Danny Daggert. Jo and Danny went on a date but they agreed he was far too tame for a bad girl like her. So with no potential boyfriends on the scene, Jo settled into her job and needing somewhere to live, moved into Connelton View with Dawn Woods and her son, TJ. After seeing chemistry between her new best mate, Dawn, and former flame Danny, Jo set the pair up, however, Jo’s carefree, single life seemed attractive to Dawn so she dumped Danny. Jo’s other attempt at matchmaking also went wrong when she tried to help her lonely boss, Paddy Kirk and it seemed like harmless fun until Paddy booked a ticket to Portugal to track down Fireblade. When Paddy returned with vivacious Toni Daggert on his arm, Jo knew she wasn’t Fireblade, the joke, however, was on Jo. Paddy had guessed what she was up to and he and Toni were winding Jo up to pay her back, to Jo was happy living at Connelton View but trouble was on the horizon when Scott Windsor arrived. He tried to seduce Jo but she wasnt interested but Dawn thought something was going on, although they sorted it out, Dawns mum, Jean Hope, evicted Jo because of her rent arrears. Feeling guilty that her mum hadnt given Jo much notice, Dawn arranged for her to move in with the Sugdens at Butlers Farm as she knew they didnt have much money, Jo soon developed feelings for Andy and they had an affair. They told Katie, ending the marriage on learning that Katie was not pregnant after all, after Katie left, Jo helped Andy run the farm and look after little Sarah. Jo continued to work at the vets initially, but Hari sacked her as he was adding extras to peoples invoices and didnt want Jo asking questions, Andy was pleased but Jo wasnt so Jo started her own business, making organic goats cheese. Andy and Jo got engaged, following his divorce, Andy also asked Jo to adopt Sarah and she agreed as Debbie had said she wouldnt oppose it. Jo agreed as she didnt want to disappoint Andy, while in prison, Andy made an enemy of Charlie Sellers. Charlie was released before Andy and took revenge by moving into Butlers Farm, staying initially in the barn but soon moved into the house, threatening Andy, in desperation, Jo told Debbie and she wanted to remove Sarah but Jo wouldnt let her. Eventually Debbie and Chas got rid of Charlie with help from the McFarlanes, not long after Charlie left, Andy was released on appeal and immediately called Social Services about Sarahs adoption. They told him that Debbie had not returned the papers so he confronted her, reminding her that she promised not to contest it but she insisted she needed more time. Unhappy, he visited his solicitor to investigate court orders that would finalise the adoption but was told that that kind of order was rarely granted in his circumstances
4.
ITV (TV network)
–
ITV is a commercial TV network in the United Kingdom. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990 its legal name has been Channel 3, to distinguish it from the analogue channels at the time, namely BBC1, BBC2. ITV is a network of channels that operate regional television services as well as sharing programmes between each other to be displayed on the entire network. In recent years, several of companies have merged so currently the fifteen franchises are in the hands of two companies. With the exception of Northern Ireland, the ITV brand is the used by ITV plc for the Channel 3 service in these areas. In Northern Ireland, ITV plc uses the brand name UTV, STV Group plc, uses the STV brand for its two franchises of central and northern Scotland. The origins of ITV lie in the passing of the Television Act 1954, the act created the Independent Television Authority to heavily regulate the industry and to award franchises. The first six franchises were awarded in 1954 for London, the Midlands, the first ITV network to launch was Londons Associated-Rediffusion on 22 September 1955, with the Midlands and North services launching in February 1956 and May 1956 respectively. Following these launches, the ITA awarded more franchises until the country was covered by fourteen regional stations. Following the 1993 changes, ITV as a network began to consolidate with several companies doing so to save money by ceasing the duplication of services present when they were all separate companies. The ITV Network is not owned or operated by one company, since 2016 the fifteen licences are held by two companies, with the majority held by ITV Broadcasting Limited, part of ITV plc. The network is regulated by the media regulator Ofcom who is responsible for awarding the broadcast licences, the last major review of the Channel 3 franchises was in 1991, with all operators licences having been renewed between 1999 and 2002 and again from 2014 without a further contest. However, due to amalgamation of several of companies since the creation of ITV Network Limited. Approved by Ofcom, this results in ITV plc commissioning and funding the network schedule, all licensees have the right to opt out of network programming, however many do not due to pressures from the parent company or because of limited resources. The network also needs to produce accessible output containing subtitles, signing, in exchange for this programming, the ITV network is available on all platforms free to air and can be found at the top of the EPG of all providers. Since the launch of the platform in 1998, all of the ITV licensees have received gifted capacity on the terrestrial television platform. At present, the companies are able to broadcast additional channels and all choose to broadcast the ITV plc owned ITV2, ITV3, ITV4 and CITV in their region. UTV and STV previously broadcast their own services – UTV2 in Northern Ireland and S2 in central and northern Scotland – until 2002, the broadcasters all make use of the Digital 3&4 multiplex, shared with Channel 4
5.
Emmerdale
–
Emmerdale is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale, a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale Farm was first broadcast on 16 October 1972, produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception. The programme has been broadcast in every ITV region, the series originally appeared during the afternoon until 1978, when it was moved to an early-evening time slot in most regions, London and Anglia followed during the mid-1980s. Until December 1988, Emmerdale took seasonal breaks, since then, episodes air on ITV weekday evenings at 19,00, with a second Thursday episode at 20,00. The programme began broadcasting in high definition on 10 October 2011, Emmerdale is the United Kingdoms second-longest-running television soap opera, and attracts an average of five to seven million viewers per episode. In October 2012, it was the 40th anniversary of the show, on the shows anniversary week, the show made a live episode to mark the anniversary. The premise of Emmerdale Farm was similar to the BBC radio soap opera The Archers, focusing on a family, the programmes farmyard filming was originally modelled on RTÉs The Riordans, an Irish soap opera which was broadcast from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s. The Riordans broke new ground for soap operas by being filmed largely outdoors rather than in a usual practice of British. The programme pioneered farmyard location shooting, with animals and equipment. During the 1960s and 1970s, outdoor filming of television programmes with outdoor broadcast units was in its due to higher costs. The Riordans success demonstrated that a soap opera could be filmed largely outdoors, Emmerdale has had a large number of characters since it began, with its cast gradually expanding in size. The programme has also had changing residences and businesses for its characters, including a bed-and-breakfast, the Miffield estate was the largest employer in the village of Beckindale,39 miles from Bradford and 52 miles from Leeds. Lord Miffield leased Emmerdale Farm, on the edge of the village, joshs grandson Joseph married Margaret Oldroyd and their son, Jacob, was born in January 1916. During the 1930s, Jacob Sugden purchased Emmerdale Farm, in 1945 he married Annie Pearson, daughter of farm labourer Sam Pearson. Margaret Sugden died in 1963, and Joseph died the following year, Jacob Sugden ran the farm into the ground, drinking away its profits. The badly-maintained farms future looked bleak at his death on 10 October 1972 and he was survived by his wife Annie, two sons and a daughter, Jack, the eldest, Peggy and Joe, the youngest of the three. These characters formed the basis of Emmerdale Farm, the show has had a number of matriarchs, including Diane Sugden, Viv Hope, Lisa Dingle, Annie Sugden and Moira Barton. Older characters in Emmerdale include Edna Birch, Betty Eagleton, Pearl Ladderbanks, Sandy Thomas, Seth Armstrong, Alan Turner, Sam Pearson, Lily Butterfield, the first episode of Emmerdale Farm, aired on 16 October 1972, began with Jacob Sugdens funeral
6.
Celebrity Big Brother
–
Celebrity Big Brother is a British television reality game show based on the Dutch show Big Brother, created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The show follows a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate named the winner. The series takes its name from the character in George Orwells 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, Celebrity Big Brother began as a one-time spin-off series to the original Big Brother UK, and premiered on Channel 4 on 9 March 2001. Following the successful first series, the show returned the year for a second series. Though the show did not air for the two years, it returned in 2005 and 2006. Following the highly controversial series in 2007, the show did not return in 2008. It did air in 2009, but it was axed after the seventh series in 2010 when Channel 4 chose to cancel the programme as well as the main series. Despite this, it was picked up by Channel 5, since 2012, two editions of Celebrity Big Brother have aired each year, with one airing in January and one airing following the conclusion of the civilian series in August. The show was hosted by Davina McCall from its inception to its cancellation by Channel 4. Despite being offered the position of host following the move to Channel 5. Brian Dowling, who had won on Big Brother 2 and Ultimate Big Brother, Dowling hosted the eighth to eleventh series, before being replaced by Emma Willis from the twelfth series onward. Marcus Bentley has narrated the series since its inception in 2001, much like its predecessor, Celebrity Big Brother has been met with commercial success and has also received extensive media coverage and publicity since it premiered. It has been covered in spin-off series such as Big Brothers Big Mouth and Big Brothers Bit on the Side, similar to the parent series, Celebrity Big Brother has been the source of much controversy and criticism, most notably during the 2007 series. Following this, a series known as Big Brother, Celebrity Hijack aired in 2008 in the place of Celebrity Big Brother. It has been noted that numerous celebrities who have appeared on the series have more prominent figures in the media than before. In 2000, the reality series Big Brother premiered in the United Kingdom, following the success of the first series, it was confirmed that a celebrity edition of the show was in the works. Celebrity Big Brother aired in March 2001 as a special on Channel 4 in association with the BBCs Comic Relief charity telethon. It lasted for eight days, and was won by comedian Jack Dee
7.
Stars in Their Eyes
–
Stars in Their Eyes is a British television talent show that originally ran on Saturday nights from 21 July 1990 until 23 December 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars. It was produced by Granada for ITV and based on Joop van den Endes Dutch format, a revived version by Harry Hill, began airing on 10 January 2015 until 14 February 2015, it was reported on 17 April it had been axed by ITV due to poor ratings. It remains one of Britains most successful shows, attracting around 13 million viewers for the grand final at the end of each series. It has one of the most memorable catchphrases in TV history, Tonight, and was named most popular entertainment show at the National Television Awards in 1996,1998,1999 and 2000. The most impersonated stars are Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Cher, George Michael, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, in February 1990, Leslie Crowther was chosen as the host of the show which began airing on 21 July 1990. Crowther hosted the first three series, and a Christmas Special in 1991, at the time of his car accident in October 1992, he was booked to record an Elvis Presley special hosted by Russ Abbot and a fourth series hosted by Matthew Kelly in 1993. It later became apparent that Crowther would not be able to return, thereafter, Kelly hosted the show until 13 March 2004. Kelly also hosted the 2001 pilot episode and first series of the kids version, Cat Deeley, who previously took over as host of the kids version in 2003, was Kellys replacement for the final adult series in 2005. Deeley also hosted a number of specials in 2004, Deeley hosted the show until its final episode in December 2006. Stars in Their Eyes is a talent show where contestants get the chance to appear, the show is most importantly a soundalike show, but they are also dressed up to look as close as possible to the singer they are impersonating, often with wigs and heavy makeup. The contestants then disappear through the famous doors, and reappear as the famous singer they are going to impersonate about five minutes later. At the end of the show, the audience vote for their favourite. The winners from each show in the return for the grand final to perform once more. In the original Leslie Crowther version, the finals were pre-recorded. When Matthew Kelly took over, the finals were broadcast live. The winner was announced later on that evening in a separate broadcast. The same process applied during Cat Deeleys tenure as host, each episode features Harry being pursued by Adele for being in possession of her baby and would comically chase him until she got the baby back. In April 2015, it was announced due to poor viewing figures, ITV would not be renewing the show for another series
8.
Soapstar Superstar
–
Soapstar Superstar is a British reality singing competition produced by Granada Television which first aired on British television station ITV in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, the contestants are judged on their singing ability, in a format similar to Pop Idol and The X Factor. However in this show, the audience decided which song contestants would sing in the next round, the two with the fewest votes were then put up for the public vote, and the one with the fewest votes from that round was eliminated from the competition. However, the contestant did get the honour of being part of the judging panel for that show and they got to save one contestant. Series one was presented by Fern Britton and Ben Shephard, with the ITV2 coverage presented by Jayne Middlemiss, the Voice Over was provided by Peter Dickson. The second season began on Friday 5 January 2007, zoë Ball became the new host on ITV, with the ITV2 show being fronted by Mark Durden-Smith, Sheree Murphy and Rob Deering. Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey returned as judges, however, Martine McCutcheon and Michael Ball replaced Cilla Black as judges. David Gest was also a guest judge for one episode and this was due to Michael Ball coaching the stars on how to sing songs from musicals. The Vocal Academy based in Manchester supplied the vocal coaching for the stars, the second season coaches were Jo Price, Jerone and Mandy. On 25 May 2007, ITV confirmed that the show would not be returning for a series in 2008. As a result, ITV aired an Ofcom summary of findings announcement just before the final of the series of Britains Got Talent on 31 May 2008. It was shown again on 8 June 2008 before that episode of Coronation Street. Granada Television was also fined for the breach, the Polish edition of Soapstar Superstar, Jak Oni Śpiewają aired from 3 March until 2 June 2007. It was won by Agnieszka Włodarczyk, the second season ran from 8 September until 15 December 2007. The third season aired from 8 March until 31 May 2008 and it was won by Krzysztof Respondek. The fourth season ran from 6 September until 6 December 2008. The winner was Artur Chamski, the 5th season won Laura Samojłowicz. The 6th season won Krzysztof Respondek again, in Belgium, the third season of Steracteur Sterartiest is currently airing on één, all editions were hosted by Katja Retsin and Thomas Vanderveken. Soapstar Superstar at the Internet Movie Database
9.
East 17
–
East 17 are an English pop boy band group currently consisting of original members John Hendy and Terry Coldwell and newest addition to the line-up Robbie Craig. The original line-up also featured Brian Harvey and Tony Mortimer and their style blended pop and hip hop in songs such as House of Love and Let It Rain. The group have sold a minimum of 1.8 million albums and 1.8 million singles in the UK alone. As of April 2012, the group have sold 18 million records worldwide, the group began in 1991 when Tony Mortimer was promised a record deal with London Records after he presented his own material. The deal was granted under the condition that he form a group, Mortimer later formed East 17 with Brian Harvey, John Hendy and Terry Coldwell. The group was named East 17 after the postcode of their hometown, the original roles in the band were soon altered when Brian Harvey, who was intended to be a back-up singer and dancer was made into lead singer due to his vocal talent. Mortimer wrote the vast majority of the songs, which often contained rap verses vocalised by him to complement Harveys more fluid vocals. In the great battle that dominated British pop, East 17 were also on the winning side. Their music was sharper and more streetwise and it was infused with hip hop and sold by the bucketload,18 million records across Europe, compared with Take Thats paltry 17 million. East 17 scored twelve Top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart between 1992 and 1998 and their debut album, Walthamstow, shot to No.1 on the UK Albums Chart. It featured a string of Top 20 singles, including House of Love and its Alright became a major success in Australia, reaching No.1 in early 1994 for seven consecutive weeks, and No.3 in the UK in 1993. The lyrics to some of their songs, such as Let It Rain, had political undertones, talking about war, peace, equality, love, and other political issues. In 1994, upon the release of their album, Steam. It remained at the top for five weeks and was also that years Christmas number-one, following the somewhat low-key release of the next album, Up All Night, their drop in appeal became apparent compared to previous albums. The albums songwriting duties were split among the four members of the group, rather than Mortimer alone, in 1996, the group hit No.2 with the track If You Ever, a duet with the singer Gabrielle. The press put a spin on the story, tying it in to schoolgirl Leah Betts death from MDMA in 1995, the act went against the groups boy band image, and there was a media uproar, leading to questions being raised in the House of Commons. The bands split in 1997 has been described as one of the greatest break-ups in pop history and their first single as E-17 was Each Time, which reached No.2 in the UK. This unfortunately could not help the group reclaim their success. the band were dropped by their label in 1999
10.
Ivor Novello Awards
–
The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff-born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They have been presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors since 1955, nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place each May and are sponsored by PRS for Music. They are respected worldwide as the platform for recognising and rewarding Britain. The Ivors remain the only award ceremony in the calendar that is not influenced by publishers and record companies. The Award itself is a bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the muse of lyric poetry. In 2008 Amy Winehouse received three nominations for Ivors, including two nominations in the same category, in 2010, an Ivor was awarded for the first time to a video game soundtrack, the PS3 title, Killzone 2, composed by Joris de Man. Category, Ivor Novello Award winners List of Ivor Novello Award winners TheIvors. co. uk - Official website BASCA Bucks Music Group - Ivor Novello Awards
11.
Tony Mortimer
–
Anthony Michael Tony Mortimer is an English singer, rapper, songwriter and composer. He is best known as a member of the boy band East 17, Mortimer is also the writer of the bands only number-one single, Stay Another Day. Mortimer was a member of the 1990s boy band East 17, with whom he had seven UK Top 10 singles and he turned to songwriting when the group disbanded in 1997, in the wake of fellow member Brian Harveys controversial comments about ecstasy. In 1998, Mortimers East 17 bandmates briefly reformed the group without him and they disbanded again the following year. In 2010, East 17 reformed as a three piece and were seeking a new singer, a position filled in 2011 by Blair Dreelan. The band scrapped the album and in 2012 released the newly recorded, Dark Light, the group toured Europe throughout 2011 and in early 2012. In June 2012 they returned to Australia for the first time in over 15 years, two singles were released from Dark Light, I Cant Get You Off my Mind and Friday Night, whilst a third single, Counting Clouds, was due for release in July 2012. Mortimer has continued as a producer since 1997, from his studio in Essex. Mortimer has also managed bands, including girl group Urban Angel, whose members included Roxanne Pallett, the band broke up after Pallett won a role in ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Mortimer appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in Season 19 on Episode 3 and he competed in the BBCs Winter Wipeout series in March 2012 and finished second, ahead of former Coronation Street star Steven Arnold, but behind the winner Eddie The Eagle Edwards. In December 2012, Mortimer appeared as a panellist on Channel 5 show The Wright Stuff,17 June 2013 he released his debut solo album Songs from the Suitcase. In early 2014, Mortimer departed from East 17 to focus more on his solo career, Mortimer has two daughters with his partner Tracey, Atlanta and Ocean. The award-winning lyrics of his song, Stay Another Day, were inspired by the death of his brother, Ollie, by suicide
12.
Refuge (United Kingdom charity)
–
Refuge is a United Kingdom charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing domestic violence. Refuge also runs the Freephone 24-Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline in partnership with Womens Aid, Refuge opened the world’s first safe house for women and children escaping domestic violence, in Chiswick, West London, in 1971. It is the largest domestic violence organisation in the United Kingdom, on any given day, Refuge’s services support 3,000 women and children. The charity is committed to working towards a world where women and children can live in safety, Erin Pizzey opened the world’s first refuge for women and children escaping domestic violence, in Chiswick, west London, in 1971. In 1979 the organisation became a charity, changing its name from Chiswick Women’s Aid to Chiswick Family Rescue. In 1993, the charity changed its name to Refuge, reflecting its growing national status, in 1997 three of the charitys trustees resigned in a controversy over one of their numbers links to a group associated with false memory syndrome. In 2010 Refuge was awarded the internationally recognised ISO9001,2008 certificate by the British Standards Institute, BSI Group judged that Refuge operates a quality management system for its network of services which complies with the high standards of the ISO9001,2008 qualification. Refuge provides a network of refuges across 15 local authority areas in England. Refuge also seeks to raise awareness of violence and challenge negative social attitudes. It also responds to key policy consultations and debates, ensuring that the voices, Refuge runs campaigns to raise awareness of domestic violence and reach out to women and children who experience domestic violence. In 2013, Refuge launched a campaign calling on the Government to open an inquiry into the response of the police. The campaign was backed by the family of Maria Stubbings, who was murdered by her ex-partner in 2008, an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2013 found that Essex Police made a series of failings in their response to Maria. In 2012, Refuge launched a video campaign called Don’t Cover It Up. The video was designed to raise awareness of the fact that women who experience domestic violence keep it hidden. The video has been viewed over 2.3 million times to date, in 2009 Refuge conducted a high-profile awareness raising campaign titled Four Ways To Speak Out in partnership with the cosmetics company Avon Products. The campaign was supported by a number of families whose loved ones had been killed as a result of domestic violence, the campaign was based on a YouGov survey showing that young women lack awareness of the techniques used by violent men to control women. In 1999, Sheryl Gascoigne supported Refuges campaign Its a Matter of Life and she had recently divorced footballer Paul Gascoigne following her experience of domestic violence at his hands. Refuge undertakes research into the effects of violence and issues surrounding service provision for abused women and children
13.
The British Soap Awards
–
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV and currently presented by Phillip Schofield, the trophies given to the winners are made from metal and glass and have been manufactured by British firm Creative Awards since their inception. The first event took place in 1999 and the event takes place in May each year, although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to the Granada Studios in Manchester, then to The London Studios for the 2012 awards, the 2014 awards took place at the Hackney Empire, as did the 2016 awards. The 2015 awards were held at Palace Theatre, Manchester, the soap operas nominated for awards are Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks. Now-defunct soaps that were nominated for awards were Brookside, Crossroads, Family Affairs and Night. Coronation Street and EastEnders had been the two soaps to win the Best British Soap award from 1999 to 2013, until Hollyoaks won it in 2014. Emmerdale became the fourth soap to win the award in 2016, in 2016, it was reported that the award for outstanding achievement off-screen would be known as the Tony Warren award following the death of Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street. Peter Baldwin, Stephen Hancock, Shirley Stelfox, Kitty McGeever, Kristian Ealey, anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony after passing away in January 2015. John Bardon, who played Jim Branning in EastEnders, was remembered during the ceremony. This years ceremony incorporated a Social Issue Storyline mention, which is all of the soap operas most controversial stories were specially mentioned. This was also the final ceremony where Sexiest Male and Female Awards were awarded, william Tarmey, who played Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in November 2012. Betty Driver, who played Betty Williams in Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, maggie Jones, who played Blanche Hunt in Coronation Street, was remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in December 2009. Clive Hornby, who played Jack Sugden in Emmerdale, was remembered during the ceremony, wendy Richard, who played Pauline Fowler in EastEnders, was also remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in February 2009. Mike Reid, who played Frank Butcher in EastEnders, was remembered during the ceremony, stan Richards, who played Seth Armstrong in Emmerdale, was remembered during the ceremony, after passing away in February 2005. Note, Table does not include Special Achievement or Lifetime Achievement awards
14.
TV Choice
–
TV Choice is a British weekly TV listings magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group. It features weekly TV broadcast programming listings, running from Saturday to Friday, a double issue is released to cover the Christmas & New Year period at a higher price. Launched in August 1999, the magazine features on the most watched UK TV shows, the very popular British soaps, as well as films, puzzles, crosswords. From 29 February 2012, the price was increased by 3p from 42p to 45p. On 9 March 2013 the cover price was reduced to 38p and the week,16 March 2013, to 20p, to compete with TV Pick. For the issue dated 13 July 2013 the price returned to 38p, in December 2013, the price rose again to 45p, in 2015 it rose to 50p and 2016 again to 52p. In January 2017, the rose to 55p, the highest price to date. On other times the issue is ranged from late-December to early-January, in February 2008, TV Choice became the biggest selling magazine of all categories in the UK, a position it has held ever since. It sells over 1.2 million copies a week and has a readership of 1.8 million. It has a market among C1 C2 young, mass market adults
15.
Gloria Estefan
–
Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She started off her career as the singer in the group called Miami Latin Boys which was eventually known as Miami Sound Machine. Estefans breakthrough success with Conga in 1985 made her known worldwide and it won the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in Japan. In the middle of 1988 she and the band got their first number-one hit for the song Anything for You, in March 1990, Estefan had a severe accident in her tour bus. She made her comeback in March 1991 with a new world tour and her 1993 Spanish-language album Mi Tierra won the first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Latin Album. It was the first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and it was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Many of her songs like Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, 1-2-3, Get On Your Feet, Here We Are, Coming Out of the Dark, Bad Boy, party Time and a remake of Vicki Sue Robinsons Turn the Beat Around became international hits, with chart-topping scores. Estefan has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide, including 31.5 million in the United States alone and she has won seven Grammy Awards. Estefan also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in 2015, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contributions to American music. Estefan also won an MTV Video Music Award, and two ACE Awards and she was honored with the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as being named BMI Songwriter of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has received multiple Billboard Awards and she is also on the list of VH1 top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and in Billboards Top 100 Greatest Artists Of All time. Estefan was born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García in Havana, Cuba, to José Fajardo and Gloria García, prior to the Cuban Revolution, her father was a Cuban soldier and a bodyguard for the wife of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The Fajardo family fled to Miami, Florida as a result of the Cuban Revolution, shortly after they moved to the United States, Glorias father joined the US military and fought in the Vietnam War and moved to Houston after his participation in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion. Estefan was raised Catholic and attended St. Michael-Archangel School and Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Miami, Estefan father became ill after returning from Vietnam and Gloria helped her mother, Gloria Fajardo, care for him. Her mother worked as a schoolteacher for the Dade County Public School system, Gloria Estefan graduated from college in 1979 with a BA in psychology, with a minor in French, from the University of Miami. Estefan became a citizen of the United States in 1974, under the name Gloria Garcia Fajardo. Estefan became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machines band leader, Emilio Estefan, as she later revealed, he was my first and only boyfriend. She and Emilio married on September 2,1978 and they have a son, Nayib and a daughter Emily
16.
Richard Fleeshman
–
Richard Jonathan Fleeshman is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His television career began as a twelve-year-old, playing Craig Harris for four years in Coronation Street before going on to become an established TV, West End, Fleeshman is the son of former Brookside and Coronation Street actress Sue Jenkins and actor/director David Fleeshman. He attended Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire and Wilmslow High School Sixth Form and he has two sisters, Emily Fleeshman and Rosie Fleeshman who are also actresses. Fleeshman began his career in the film called An Angel for May. At the age of 12, from 2002 to 2006, he played the role of Craig Harris in Coronation Street and he was the only member of his on-screen family to escape the axe in 2005, leaving the programme at the age of 16. His last episode aired on 16 October 2006, Fleeshman later filmed an episode of Blue Murder in 2007 in which he played the character Ben Holroyd, starring alongside Jill Halfpenny. The episode, called Crisis Management, aired in December 2007 on ITV and he played the role of Gillen in the ITV comedy drama Monday Monday, which aired on 10 August 2009. On 16 June 2010, Fleeshman joined the company of Legally Blonde in London, in 2009, he played the role of a musically talented autistic boy named Kyle Caddick in a six-part BBC drama series All the Small Things allowing him to act as well as sing. Within the series he performed songs, both solo and as part of a choir, and also sang the song that runs over the end credits. He co-wrote the song with Elton John and the shows creator Debbie Horsfield and his father, actor David Fleeshman, played the role of Gilbert in the same series. All the Small Things was screened in Australia under the title of Heart, Fleeshman starred in the West End production of Ghost, The Musical, based on the film Ghost, written by Bruce Joel Rubin, with music and lyrics by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard). He played the role of Sam Wheat alongside Caissie Levy as Molly. The show premiered at the Opera House, Manchester on 28 March 2011, when Fleeshman was offered the role in its Broadway transfer, he left the show in the West End with co star Caissie Levy on 12 January 2012 to star in the Broadway production. It began previews on 15 March 2012 at the Lunt Fontanne Theater, Richard was invited to perform at the 2012 Tony Awards. Fleeshman and Levy remained in the Broadway Production until its performance on 18 August 2012. In 2013, he starred as Bobby Strong in the UK premiere of the hit musical, Urinetown, directed by Jamie Lloyd. Richard then went on to film Call the Midwife for the BBC which was broadcast early February 2015, Fleeshman is a singer, songwriter and in 2003 he was the youngest celebrity contestant to win a Stars in Their Eyes celebrity special. He also won Soapstar Superstar in 2006 and won £200,000 for his chosen Charity, Richard also plays the piano and guitar
17.
Maxim (magazine)
–
Maxim has a circulation of about 9 million readers each month. Maxim Digital reaches more than 4 million unique viewers each month, Maxim magazine publishes 16 editions, sold in 75 countries worldwide. Maxim has expanded into other countries, including Australia. It contains content not included in the print version and focuses on the general topics, along with exclusive sections such as the Girls of Maxim galleries. Maxim Video contains video clips of interviews, music videos, photo shoots, on February 5,2005, Maxim Radio, featuring male-oriented talk programming, debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio. Following the Sirius-XM merger in late 2008, the Maxim brand was dropped, the land was sold to MGM Mirage. As of April 23,2009 Dennis Publishing has announced that it no longer continue producing a print edition of Maxim in the UK. In July 2009, Maxim partnered with the UFC for the first-ever Maxim UFC Octagon Girl Search at the UFC Fan Expo,40 girls participated in the contest, and the winner was Natasha Wicks. Quadrangle Group gave up on its investment in Alpha Media Group in August 2009, in 2013, Alpha announced the sale of Maxim to the newly created Darden Media Group, but Darden was unable to raise the money. Calvin Darden, Jr. was later charged with fraud relating to the transaction. Between 2010 and 2012, Maxim eliminated two issues, going from 12 issues a year to 10, and decreased its circulation numbers by 20%, maximum Warrior debuted in 2011, as an online reality competition that tests ten of Americas most elite military operators in ten military-inspired challenges. The videos are available online and on the Maxim app on Xbox Live, several episodes feature Dakota Meyer, Maxims Military Advisor. Maximum Warrior is produced by Grand Street Media, on February 27,2014, entrepreneur Sardar Biglari, the founder of Biglari Holdings and Biglari Capital, purchased Maxim. We plan to build the business on multiple dimensions, he said at the time, during Lanphears tenure, the September 2015 issue featured actor Idris Elba on its cover, marking the first time that the magazine didnt have a woman on the cover. Lanphear left the magazine in November 2015, at one point last year, the staffer said, he decided to throw out a nearly-complete version of the December issue in order to completely redesign the magazine. On January 13,2016 Gilles Bensimon joined Biglari as a creative director. What drew me to Maxim was Sardars vision for the brand, the Centre described Maxim as consisting of sexist bravado and racist imagery. In 2006, Alok Jha of The Guardian criticized Maxim for encouraging excessive alcohol consumption, in June 2007, Israeli diplomat David Saranga invited Maxim to the country
18.
Daniel Whiston
–
Daniel J Whiston is an English ice skater. He appeared in Strictly Ice Dancing on BBC One and all series of ITV show Dancing on Ice, Whiston was born on 21 November 1976 in Blackpool and is the son of Marj and William Whiston, he now resides in Poulton-le-Fylde just outside Blackpool. He started ice skating at the age of seven at the Blackpool Pleasure Beachs Ice Arena and he worked in the Arena and took part in his first show there when he was 18 years old. He also appeared in a tour of Grease on Ice in North America and he appears in the DVDs of the Hot Ice shows Quixotic, Xylatomia, H2O, Amarin and Chill. Whiston appeared in the one-off Strictly Ice Dancing broadcast on BBC One on 26 December 2004, Whiston performed at the 2010 Royal Variety Show, performing a combination of roller-blading and acrobatic. Whiston has appeared in series of Dancing on Ice since ITV started broadcasting it in January 2006, he is the first. He is famous for his cheeky wink at the start of each performance. His statistics are as follows, Whiston won the first series of Dancing on Ice on 3 March 2006 with partner, actress Gaynor Faye, in the third series in 2008, Whiston was partnered with another Emmerdale actress, Linda Lusardi and again they initially trained in Bradford. Initial training was problematic as Lusardi broke her foot and they were voted out in week seven, finishing sixth, in a skate-off with actress Zaraah Abrahams and her partner Fred Palascak. Both Whiston and Lusardi appeared in the Dancing on Ice Tour 2008, in the fourth series in 2009, Whiston was partnered with Roxanne Pallett another former Emmerdale actress. In week 8 Daniel and Roxanne were in the skate off against Zöe Salmon, Whiston won the fifth series of Dancing on Ice on 28 March 2010 with yet another former Emmerdale actress and childhood friend Hayley Tamaddon. In the sixth series in 2011, Whiston was partnered with former Reality TV Star Kerry Katona and they were eliminated in week 5, in a skate off against Jeff Brazier & partner Isabelle Gauthier. In the seventh series in 2012 Whistons Partner was Brookside actress Jennifer Ellison and they were eliminated in the semi-final against Jorgie Porter and her partner Matt Evers. Whiston won the series of Dancing on Ice on 10 March 2013. Whison returned for his ninth and final series of Dancing on Ice for its All-Star series in 2014 with Hayley Tamaddon who he won the show with in 2010 and they made it to the final on 9 March 2014 and finished as runners-up. We just finished the tour of Dancing On Ice and it was fantastic, everywhere was sold out. I will be carpet-fitting as well as going into peoples houses delivering, in February 2010 it was revealed that Whiston had undertaken a basic first aid course with the British Red Cross. He said, As a coach as well as a skater, I really enjoyed the course and will definitely be renewing my certificate when it expires
19.
Pantomime
–
Pantomime, is a type of musical comedy stage production, designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, generally during the Christmas and New Year season and, to a lesser extent. It is a form of theatre, in which the audience is expected to sing along with certain parts of the music. Pantomime has a theatrical history in Western culture dating back to classical theatre. It developed partly from the 16th century commedia dellarte tradition of Italy, as well as other European and British stage traditions, such as 17th-century masques, an important part of the pantomime, until the late 19th century, was the harlequinade. Outside Britain the word pantomime is used to mean miming. The Roman pantomime drew upon the Greek tragedy and other Greek genres from its inception, although the art was instituted in Rome, the English word came to be applied to the performance itself. Music was supplied by flute and the pulse of an iron-shod shoe, performances might be in a private household, with minimal personnel, or else lavish theatrical productions involving a large orchestra and chorus and sometimes an ancillary actor. The dancer danced all the roles, relying on masks, stock poses and gestures, Pantomime differed from mime by its more artistic nature and relative lack of farce and coarse humour, though these were not absent from some productions. Precursors of pantomime also included the masque, which grew in pomp, the development of English pantomime was also strongly influenced by the continental commedia dellarte, a form of popular theatre that arose in Italy in the Early Modern Period. Each scenario used some of the stock characters. These included the innamorati, the vecchi such as Pantalone, and zanni such as Arlecchino, Colombina, Scaramouche, Italian masque performances in the 17th century sometimes included the Harlequin character. In the 17th century, adaptations of the characters became familiar in English entertainments. From these, the standard English harlequinade developed, depicting the eloping lovers Harlequin and Columbine, pursued by the girls father Pantaloon and his comic servants Clown, in English versions, by the 18th century, Harlequin became the central figure and romantic lead. The basic plot of the harlequinade remained essentially the same for more than 150 years, tavern Bilkers, by John Weaver, the dancing master at Drury Lane, is cited as the first pantomime produced on the English stage. The same year he produced a pantomime on the subject of Perseus, after this, pantomime was regular feature at Drury Lane. In 1717 at Lincolns Inn, actor and manager John Rich introduced Harlequin into the theatres pantomimes under the name of Lun and he gained great popularity for his pantomimes, especially beginning with his 1724 production of The Necromancer, or, History of Dr. Faustus. These early pantomimes were silent, or dumb show, performances consisting of only dancing, spoken drama was only allowed in London only in the two patent theatres until Parliament changed this restriction in 1843
