News about Gaynor Faye

The daughter of writer Kay Mellor has revealed her mum left a treasure trove of TV scripts when she died two years ago. The Fat Friends writer, pictured right with daughter Gaynor Faye, left more than £13.2million to her family after she died suddenly in May 2022 - just days after her 71st birthday. Ms Faye, who has starred in Emmerdale and Coronation Street, told the BBC a new TV series could be in the works. She added: 'She's got scripts she put in a drawer and said there's always a time and a place for it.'

Fans are eager to find out who will be crowned the champion of the 2024 series, from iconic soap stars to X Factor legends, with even one actor lucky enough to win the show twice. Here is a look at the former stars who have been crowned in the past as this year's Dancing On Ice premieres this Sunday.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The most valuable historical data from the last 2,000 years may have been on video recorder mini-tapes in my loft. I've lost the battery charger, which is the issue. Of course, academics will disagree about whether or not my children's home movies from the 1990s are really that important. And they aren't right now, historically speaking. But films like this, millions of them being taped at family gatherings and weekend barbecues, will soon be a priceless social record in one day.

Anita Carey, a actress who appeared on Coronation Street and Doctors, died at the age of 75 after battling breast cancer. Joyce Smedley, a long-running soap in 1996 and 1997, died on July 19 after a 13-year fight with the disease, according to the Guardian. Ms Carey, who performed Vivian March in Doctors from 2007 to 2009, was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, but she continued to work in the United States on stage and television.

Vicky Entwistle, a former Corrie actress, has revealed that she plans to write a tell-all book about her time on the ITV soap. The actress, 53, who appeared on no-nonsense Janice Battery for 14 years, is accused of divulging many of the show's mysteries and even pleaded for assistance from some of her former co-stars. According to The Sun, Vicky will also discuss the reasons for her surprise departure from the high-profile position in 2010.