News about Richard Whiteley

The maths whizz, 63, recounted on her LBC show about the time she ran away when Countdown host Richard Whiteley died in 2005 as she was racked with grief. But listeners reacted with anger and accused Vorderman of making the 19-year-old Briton's disappearance 'all about me'. Speaking to Missing People's head of helplines Paul Joseph about people going missing, Vorderman was close to tears as she said: ''Richard Whiteley died, and he died quite suddenly. Every day people would talk to me about him, even though I wasn't with him. There was a great love between us, and I couldn't cope, I just couldn't cope.' The TV star said she 'just didn't know what to do' and with her children with her ex-husband at the time she 'just had to disappear'.

Susie Dent (pictured) says she appears to be asexual and invisible at the age of 57. Paul Atkins, a schoolteacher, and the English author, split last year. She says that dating is not on her radar at the moment and doesn't feel pressure

Emmerdale's soap Emmerdale is celebrating fifty years with a blockbuster episode. Emmerdale debuted in 1972, the year Britain announced that it would join what would be the EU. Jaci Stephen reveals her favorite scenes from the past 50 years, describing how the soap went from quaint to deadly. In 1972, the original cast was seen correctly. Debbie Dingle, the top of the page. Bottom left: Moira Barton, John and Holly Barton

On Thursday's episode of the famous Channel 4 quiz, Tom Stevenson, a third-year English, media, and culture undergraduate at the University of Worcestershire, scored 154 points, two points higher than the previous highest score. The 21-year-old told The Sunday Times that he wanted to attend the competition because he didn't want disappointing A-level results to 'define him.' (Pictured: Tom Stevenson on Countdown after recording the show's highest ever score)

After a brief appearance on the teatime quiz show, Murray, 45, has been named as the new permanent host of Countdown. In a Mayan interview with The Times, the Northern Irish broadcaster has already announced himself in Susie Dent's 'inner circle,' including a month after making a homophobic remark about Clare Balding. (Pictured from left: Colin Murray at the V Festival in 2004, he is presenting Countdown this summer. Inset: with Noel Gallagher in 2006)

Carol Vorderman shocked audiences by revealing her incredible abs in a pair of tiny shorts after a clothing cut in Portugal in two weeks (far left). For years the host, 61, has had tongues wagging with her peachy posterior (second left in 2017), who has denied having plastic surgery after announcing a glamorous post-Countdown look (second right in 1999). While being first recognized for her dowdy appearance on Channel 4's Countdown (far right in 1986), Carol unveiled a new appearance in the early 2000s after losing three dress sizes and winning Rear Of The Year in 2011. (centre) So, here's a look back at Carol's transformation as she continues to surprise audiences with her figure in her 60s.