News about Will Mellor

Naga Munchetty of BBC Breakfast accuses Death in Paradise actress Ralf Little of calling her old during a tumultuous on-air moment

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 5, 2024
Naga Munchetty of BBC Breakfast accused Death in Paradise star Ralf Little of calling her old at an uncomfortable time on Thursday's show. On the podcast Two Pints with Will and Ralf, the actor, 44, was speaking with them about their forthcoming UK tour. Ralf asked Charlie Stayt, 49, how long he had known Will for as the pair worked together on Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.

After 16 years on the ITV1 soap, the Coronation Street actress has dropped a major hint at his departure

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2024
The actor, 22, has played Simon Barlow since 2008 and has been involved in numerous hard-hitting storylines but took to social media on Monday to share a behind-the-scenes snap

Will Mellor shares a sweet 'then and now' post as he marks 25 years since his first date with wife Michelle and says he 'couldn't be happier'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 21, 2024
Will Mellor's first date with wife Michelle in a sweet Facebook post on Wednesday. The actor, 47, posted a throwback snap of the couple from 1999, which he compared next to a new snapshot. In the latest snapshot, the couple looked more loved up than ever as Michelle wrapped her arms around her husband.

SPOILER ON MONITOR: Harvey Gaskell retaliates as he chases Adam Barlow and leaves him dead in dramatic scenes

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 3, 2024
Adam Barlow of Coronation Street was declared dead after devil ganger Harvey Gaskell retaliates for his revenge from behind bars on Monday. After backing out on a pact to remove the lawyer from jail, played by Sam Robertson, the prosecutor finds himself on the wrong side of the story (Will Mellor). As Harvey learns Adam has given the police an incriminating CCTV video destroying his appeal, he sends an accomplice to Weatherfield.

Will Mellor, 47, reveals one-night stand with a major Hollywood star and claims she treated him like 'a piece of meat' then 'threw him away like a used tea bag'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 28, 2024
Will Mellor has admitted that he and Brigitte Nielsen spent the night together and said the Danish actress treated him like'some little plaything.' The actor, 47, said that the ex-wife of Sylvester Stallone, 60, begged him to come to her hotel room for an intimate meeting before 'getting rid of him like a teabag.' Will & Ralf's Will & Ralf podcast will discuss the Two Pints. Brigitte Nielsen greeted me and asked me to have sex with her in a hotel room.' 'Like, "Send a driver for him, go and get him!' It was like I was some piece of meat. I was afraid.'

Will Mellor and his partner Michelle and daughter Renee are on a yacht in Lanzarote enjoying a sun-soaked family holiday

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 22, 2024
In Lanzarote, Will Mellor and his wife Michelle and daughter Renee enjoyed a sun-soaked boat ride. As sunbathing on the top deck, the actor, 47, who lives Jayden, 20 and Renee, 16, as well as his wife, posed shirtless. Michelle smiled for the camera alongside Renee as she looked stunning in a purple cut-out swimsuit.

Will Mellor reveals he was just hours away from quitting acting when he landed role in Mr Bates vs The Post Office - after it was named as ITV's biggest new drama in a decade

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 8, 2024
Will Mellor has confessed that he was just hours away from quitting acting before landing a role in The Post Office's acclaimed drama Mr Bates. Since telling the tale of a long-running fight to expose the Horizon IT system, in which hundreds of Post Office workers were wrongfully accused of theft and fraud, the miniseries has become ITV's most popular new series in over a decade. Will, a 35-year actor, has now admitted that he was considering giving up acting in favour of presenting when he was offered the call.

Coronation Street is a major tourist attraction in the wake of murderer Harvey Gaskell's tragic taleline to save himself from prison

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 30, 2024
A Peaky Blinders actor is expected to lead the cobbles. Ian Peck, a actor who appeared on CCTV in Birmingham, is expected to join Coronation Street and will be seen on televisions next month. Ian will portray terminally ill man John Perry, who will admit to the murder of Natasha Blakeman as part of real murderer Harvey Gaskell's (Will Mellor) intricate plot to free himself from prison.

After playing real-live victim Less Castleton on the ITV drama, Mr Bates vs. the Post Office actor Will Mellor is making a documentary on the Horizon scandal

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 25, 2024
Will Mellor, 47, (left and insets), was sub-postmaster Lee Castleton (right) in the ITV drama, which told the real tale of several sub-postmasters around the UK wrongfully accused of theft and fraud due to a defective Horizon device that was installed. After losing his battle with the Post Office, Mr Castleton, a Bridlington man, was discovered to have a £25,000 shortfall at his branch. Despite doing nothing wrong, he was left 'traumatized' and had to sell his shop and home after being told to pay back money and court fines.

Lee Castleton, the innocent victim of the Post Office scandal, was smeared as a "nasty chap" who was "out to trash" the company by a person in charge of the failing Horizon IT device that paid him out of £25,000

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 18, 2024
When East Yorkshire subpostmaster Lee Castleton faced his court fight in 2007, Peter Sewell was part of the Fujitsu Post Office Account Security Team. Mr Sewell described the road the court was built on as a spot where 'they used to hang people out to dry'. After losing his battle with the Post Office, Mr Castleton, a Bridlington, was discovered to have a £25,000 shortfall at his branch. When pressed on whether it was important to shield Fujitsu's overall reputation, Mr Sewell admitted that "we all protect our own businesses."

Will Mellor undergoes eye surgery after his sight 'deteriorated rapidly' in his forties

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 16, 2024
Will Mellor has admitted that he underwent lens replacement surgery on both of his eyes after his sight deteriorated rapidly when he reached 40. The former Coronation Street actor, 47, told his followers that he was trepid before undergoing the op at OCL Vision in London. He said, 'Today is a big day for me.' I'm about to have lens repair surgery.

Moment daughter of bankrupt Post Office victim Lee Castleton breaks down in tears as she reveals being bullied at school after her father was wrongly accused of stealing £25,000

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 14, 2024
After the dodgy Horizon system, which was developed by Fujitsu, made it seem that money was missing from his shop in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, former subpostmaster Lee Castleton (right with his wife Lisa) was tracked by the Post Office, it was determined that money was missing from his shop. He was shocked and had to sell his shop and home after being ordered to pay back money and court fines in the amount of £321,000 after doing nothing wrong. The ordeal left a lasting impression on his family, including Millie-Jo (left), who had to deal with bullying at school as cruel classmates chucked bottles at her and spat on her head. As she described the internal turmoil she goes through when simply trying to buy a pair of jeans, she burst in tears today as she recalled how the scandal had caused wrangled her mental stability and her money relationship for the past two decades.

According to the Horizon scandal probe, a Post Office investigator who behaved like a Mafia gangster' was accused of "disgusting conduct" and having a "unbearable attitude" as he interviewed sub-postmasters about allegations of stealing

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2024
Stephen Bradshaw has been employed at the Post Office since 1978 and was involved in the federal investigation into nine subordinates, including Lisa Brennan, a former counter clerk at a Huyton post office near Liverpool. Mr Bradshaw's suspects testifying spoke of his 'confrontational' demeanor and 'unbearable' attitude, according to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. When waiting for a meeting before having to use a'very small parcel lift,' a wheelchair user said she was refused a chair because she couldn't scale the stairs.

According to a post office investigator, he was never warned of problems with defective Horizon software and is not 'technically minded,' although he denies behaving like a 'Mafia gangster' trying to obtain 'bounty' from sub-postmasters with 'thinty' from sub-postmasters with 'threads and lies'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 11, 2024
Stephen Bradshaw has been employed at the Post Office since 1978 and was involved in the criminal investigation into nine subordinates, including Lisa Brennan, a former counter clerk at a post office in Huyton, who was falsely accused of stealing £3,000 in 2003. Mr Bradshaw, who appeared as a witness to the Horizon IT probe this morning, said he was not "scientically minded" and was not equipped to know whether there were bugs or errors in the Horizon accounting software.

Touching moment Mr Bates vs the Post Office actor Will Mellor shares hug with former postmaster Lee Castleton who was pursued for £25,000 he didn't steal

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 10, 2024
Will Mellor hugs former postmaster Lee Castleton, who appeared in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office in a video clip. Mr Castleton was pursued and bankrupted by the Post Office after it came out that money was missing due to a problem with the Horizon software. Mellor is the former postmaster in the recent hit comedy starring More than 700 Post Office workers after being incorrectly charged on erroneous information from the company's Horizon computer system, which was developed by Fujitsu. The ex-Coronation Street actor made an ardent plea for the victims of the affair, insisting that they should have the compensation and justice they so richly deserve.' It follows Rishi Sunak's announcement that around 750 former postmasters will be able to sign simple declarations of innocence to be exonerated en masse

After playing Lee Castleton in a dramatic TV drama that shows how former postmasters were wrongly accused of fraud, Will Mellor calls on post office bosses at the time of the Horizon affair to 'finally tell the truth,'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 8, 2024
Will Mellor have called on the Post Office bosses in charge at the time of the Horizon affair to reveal the truth after the miscarriage of justice had been brought firmly into the spotlight this year. In the ITV drama Mr Bates vs. The Post Office is a newspaper owned in the United States. Actor Will, 47, plays subpoena Lee Castleton, and it tells the tale of a long-running struggle to reveal the Horizon IT system, in which hundreds of Post Office employees were wrongfully accused of stealing and fraud. More than 700 Post Office workers were falsely charged based on incorrect information from the company's Horizon computer system, which was developed by Fujitsu.

Storm Henk struck A-list celebrities, including George Clooney and David Beckham, who have been wracked by the floods that have caused chaos

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 5, 2024
Photographs showed George and Amal Clooney's house (left) deluged by floodwater on Wednesday as roads were turned into rivers in the midst of torrential rain. David and Victoria Beckham (centre) were also affected by the storm on the day as they paraded the mess created by their sprawling Cotswolds estate. Will Mellor (right) was one of the actors to vent his fury after a tree fell into his garden and killed someone, who cried out, "it might have killed someone."

Mr Bates vs. the Post Office are the real victims of a corruption investigation after losing their jobs - and the bosses are embroiled in the scandal

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 4, 2024
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office is a show that will be all too real for some. The new ITV series chronicles the tale of a mass miscarriage of justice that engulfed hundreds of innocent Post Office workers as a result of a flawed IT system and subsequent cover-up. More than 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses were charged by the Post Office between 1999 and 2015 based on inaccurate information from the Horizon system. After falling victim to the faults, former postmaster Alan Bates (top left, as depicted by Toby Jones) led and secured a court contest. His victory opened the way for the overturn of hundreds of criminal charges. Several other innocent former Post Office workers have been wrongfully dismissed, including Jo Hamilton (top right, portrayed by Monica Dolan), Lee and Lisa Castleton (bottom left), and Noel Thomas (bottom right, portrayed by Ifan Huw Dafydd) and Noel Thomas (bottom right, played by Ifan Huw Dafydd). Former Post Office CEO Paul Vennells (top, center, portrayed by Lia Williams) and the company's former director Angela van den Bogerd (bottom, center, portrayed by Katherine Kelly) are also depicted.

'Why is Nadhim Zahawi an ITV actor now?' Viewers are taken aback by the fact that ex-Cabinet Minister David Cameron has taken up a new role — appearing in a TV drama titled Mr Bates vs. The Post Office was shocked

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 3, 2024
In a move that has boosted eyebrows with viewers and on stage, former Cabinet Minister Nadhim Zahawi has landed a role playing himself in the drama. As it was broadcast, viewers said 'no way' as they learned it was really the MP, not an actor who looks exactly like him. Now, 'Nadhim Zahawi' is an actor.' One wrote, 'Jesus wept.'

As the Post Office's monstrous care is revealed in a revealing television drama, Lee and Lisa describe how they were bankrupted, their wellbeing was in jeopardy, and their children screamed after being falsely accused of fraud

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 3, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: When Lee and Lisa Castleton purchased a local post office branch in 2003, they felt it was the start of an idyllic new family life. The company, which would also be their living quarters, was located on the seafront in East Yorkshire's picturesque seaside town Bridlington. Both parents expressed adamantly that it was a wonderful place to raise their two children. 'It gave us every little piece of what we wanted,' is how 54-year-old Lee puts it.' No one of them could have predicted how quickly, if even to a point, that one call will plunge them into a nightmare in which they are still embroiled 20 years later. The Castletons are expected to face allegations of fraud within a few months, costing them their livelihood, their house, their reputation, and their health. They would take years for them to discover that they were not alone, but rather one of hundreds of hundreds of families wrongly accused of robbery by the Post Office in what is now known as one of the largest miscarriages of justice in British history.

Will Mellor shares his fury at his local council after a tree crashed into his garden during Storm Henk: 'It could've killed someone!'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 2, 2024
Will Mellor has admitted that he isn't happy with his neighborhood council after they ignored him. On Tuesday, the actor, 47, posted a clip on Instagram depicting a large tree that had fallen due to Storm Henk. Will had previously warned the council about the 'dead trees' and fumed that 'it could've killed someone!'

Mr Bates vs. The Washington Post Office is a newspaper distributed in the United States. According to CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, it was a first-class investigation into the human emotions that caused this tragedy

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 1, 2024
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: This major, recent four-part drama, which will air nightly with a documentary to follow on Friday, features only three stories of hundreds. Jo Hamilton (Monica Dolan), a Hampshire resident, was spending hours on the Horizon helpline, patiently following instructions and watching the imaginary discrepancies pile up. She returned to the bank with a note that the computer expected her to bank £2,032.67 more than she had taken in the previous week, and saw the shortfall double on screen to more than £4,000.

SPOILER VAL: Damon and Harvey, the epoch's brothers, are returning to Weatherfield, causing even more drama for the Platt family

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 1, 2024
Two villains return to the cobbles as Coronation Street kicks off yet another year of drama, death, and turmoil in 2024. Brother Damon and Harvey Gaskell are back in the soap for a new year, and they will no doubt leave chaos in their wake. After a romantic dinner on New Year's Eve, it seemed that a reunion was on the menu for estranged husband and wife Adam (Sam Robertson) and Sarah (Tina O'Brien).

Will Mellor, a founder of Two Pints Of Lager and A Packet Of Crisps, has told BBC bosses that the 90s show will be revived

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 14, 2023
In an exclusive chat with MailOnline, the actor, 47, who plays Gaz Wilkinson, said that he and other cast members were up for the show to make a comeback. It would be fitting that relaunched the channel in February 2022, it would be the perfect time to bring back their old flagship, according to John. They did decline in a BBC fashion, but in true BBC fashion.