The TV BAFTA nominations have been announced ahead of the ceremony on May 12.

The sixth series of royal drama The Crown has received eight nominations across the board, after the concluding series focused on the death of Princess Diana.

Black Mirror has received seven nominations for the episode Demon 79, the fifth episode of the sixth season of the dystopian reality series.

The episode centers on a meek saleswoman who is told she must commit terrible acts to prevent a disaster in northern England in 1979.

Meanwhile, Happy Valley, Slow Horses and The Sixth Commandment each received six nods after being warmly received by fans and critics alike.

The stars in the running for the lead actress include Anjana Vasan for Black Mirror, Anne Reid in The Sixth Commandment and Bella Ramsey for The Last Of Us.

Also nominated in the category are Helena Bonham Carter for Nolly, Sarah Lancashire for Happy Valley and Sharon Horgan for her role in Best Interests.

In the Leading Actor category, Brian Cox is nominated for Succession, Dominic West for The Crown and Kane Robinson for Top Boy.

Also in the running are Paapa Essiedu for The Lazarus, Steve Coogan for The Reckoning and Timothy Spall for The Sixth Commandment.

Coogan’s nod comes after a wave of controversy over his role as pedophile Jimmy Savile, which aired on the BBC last year despite claims it was axed.

His portrayal of the depraved presenter was described as ‘scarily good’, but the series led to criticism for turning the harrowing events into entertainment.

In the daytime TV category, Loose Women, Lorraine, Make It Market and Scam Interceptors have all been nominated.

However, This Morning was axed after a turbulent year for the show which saw both regular presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby leave.

The show saw a rotation of shows holding down the fort as bosses looked for new permanent hosts, who were recently revealed as Cat Deeley and Ben Shepherd.

In terms of best drama series, The Gold, Happy Valley and Slow Horses are all nominated alongside Top Boy.

While in the Entertainment Series category, Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas and Later… With Jools Holland are among those nominations.

Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and Strictly Come Dancing are also shortlisted.

17 of the 44 nominees in the performance categories have received their first BAFTA TV Awards nomination, including Amit Shah, Bella Ramsey and Bridget Christie.

This list also includes David Tennant, Éanna Harwicke, Elizabeth Debicki, Hammed Animashaun, Hannah Waddingham, Harriet Walters, Harris Dickinson and Kane Robinson.

The BAFTA Television Craft Awards will take place on Sunday April 28.

The BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises will once again be presented by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and air on Sunday 12 May on BBC One and iPlayer.

The awards are also broadcast in North America, Scandinavia, South Africa and Australia on BritBox International, in Australia and New Zealand on BBC Studios ANZ, and in 24 countries in Africa and the Middle East on AlThaqafeya and MBC Channels, together with other territories to be confirmed.

Today’s nominations were determined by a combination of TV membership-wide voting, juries and chapter voting.

Juries are composed of voters with the relevant professional expertise and a balanced distribution of gender, background, location and age.

Chapters are made up of BAFTA members who have specialist knowledge in the relevant subject for the category in question.

Juries and chapters are made up of voters within the BAFTA membership, including more than 5,700 creative practitioners from the television industry. The latest demographic information about BAFTA membership can be found here.

Given the very large number of entries for the BAFTA Television and BAFTA Television Craft Awards, the use of juries ensures that every longlisted entry for every category is seen and considered by every voting member.

This year, more than 500 voters participated in 127 hours on 43 juries, and four chapter votes took place to decide the nominations.

Two first-time nominees in the New Talent category: Fiction Kat Sadler (Writer – Such Brave Girls) and Mawaan Rizwan (Writer – Juice) are also nominated as Writer Comedy and Scripted Comedy nominees for Such Brave Girls and Writer Comedy and Male Performance in a comedy program for Juice, with three nominations each.

Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, said: ‘It is a real privilege to announce today’s nominations, which recognize the most gripping, entertaining, challenging, funniest, most informative, highest quality and most impactful TV programs of 2023 , as voted by BAFTA members.

More than 100 programs from 12 broadcasters and streamers represent an extraordinary range of content. We are proud to present this incredible talent at our Television Craft Awards on April 28th and our Television Awards with P&O Cruises on May 12th.

It is important that we celebrate the extraordinary craftsmanship and creativity of the broadcasting sector, especially during what has been a challenging year for many people working in the industry.”

A HOME decor expert has told how she made her small bedroom look a lot bigger with a few design choices.

In addition to tasteful large works of art, a mirror trick opened up her small room.

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KC (@thecasaverde) shared her interior design tips in a TikTok video.

“I have a fairly small bedroom, the smallest in the apartment, but I think I did a good job of making it seem like a cozy space that is so much bigger than it actually is,” she said.

She placed two large mirrors in her bedroom to fake the illusion of a larger space

“They’re looking at the window, which really adds to the illusion that the room is bigger,” she explained.

Other decor pieces, such as a hanging ceiling lamp, helped “draw the eye upward,” along with a wall-mounted desk with built-in shelves and an armless desk chair.

While having a small room can often be limiting when it comes to decor, KC encourages people to go crazy with their artwork.

“Don’t be afraid to hang big art in small spaces. It really helps to really bring things together,” she said.

A color scheme also worked well for a cohesive look, with KC opting for a neutral theme.

“I bring accents of color with the art and the [Tchotchkes] that I have,” she said, showing her prints.

“Your clothes have personality too, don’t be afraid to put it on display, like I did with this coat rack here.”

Together with her coat rack, she chose an open brown dresser with thick legs to store her wardrobe.

“The little legs help open it,” she said.

People were impressed with her artistic eye and crafty decor choices.

“You definitely made the most of that space!” said one commenter.

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AI can handle some mind-blowing tasks these days, but I never thought it would allow people to drive cars using just their eyes.

Well, that’s exactly what I did this week.

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Chinese company Honor unveiled a brand new Magic 6 Pro smartphone with a mind-boggling eye-tracking feature at an event in Barcelona.

Sensors and AI in the device know where your eyes are looking on the screen, so you can tap buttons without lifting a finger.

The experience was eerily similar to something I could imagine in an episode of Black Mirror

It’s a feature that could ultimately be a real life changer for people with disabilities and movement disorders.

And to demonstrate the technology’s wildest potential, Honor has come up with a concept that allows users to drive cars.

The Sun was one of the select media invited to test out the crazy tool – watch our full experience in the video above and read on below for the verdict.

Give it a try

As a concept, it’s important to point out that I wasn’t able to drive the car on a real road.

Instead, it’s in a secure warehouse environment and the vehicle has very strict limits so it doesn’t accidentally deviate if I look at the wrong button.

I also drove the car outside from a safe distance, I did not sit inside while he was driving.

To start, you need to calibrate your eyes with the smartphone so that it can recognize them.

Once that’s done, there’s a dedicated app with four simple buttons: engine start, engine off, forward and reverse.

All you have to do is stare at the relevant button and the car will automatically do its job.

My experience was a bit mixed: the ignition started fine.

But when I tried to move it forward, it took a moment for the eye tracking to pick up on my gaze.

It turned over without any problem and then it took a while for the engine shut off button to come out.

Others who tried it in my group had no problems, so maybe I needed to calibrate it better or hold the phone higher.

We’re clearly still a long way from actually driving cars on roads with our eyes (if that’s ever the case), but the experience was eerily similar to something I could imagine in an episode of Black Mirror.

As I explained before, I can definitely see how this feature could be useful for people with disabilities – once it’s refined.

You can also imagine how it could work nicely if you’re actually behind the wheel and want to, say, answer a call without physically picking up your phone (although you can already do this with your voice).

It’s taken years to make self-driving cars a reality and we’re just getting started. So you can imagine how long it would take for eye-tracking controlled cars to become a norm – but it was fun to try.

The ability to operate everyday apps with your eyes will appear in an update on the Honor Magic 6 Pro in the coming months.

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Cathy Newman has shared some advice for women who are feeling the social pressures of growing older.

Speak with the timesthe Newsnight presenter, who has just published her third book The Ladder, the 49-year-old said she will never get Botox.

And she has revealed her technique for dealing with the normal aging process, and the one her own face is going through, as she resists the pressure to give in to invasive anti-aging procedures.

Although Cathy doesn’t see herself on television as she writes in The Ladder, she advised women to learn to accept their faces as they get older by looking in the mirror.

She wrote, “Train yourself to look at your reflection and see beyond the lines.”

The refusal to indulge in anti-aging procedures is a bold move, as female presenters have traditionally extended their careers by looking younger than they are thanks to surgeries and Botox.

But speaking to the Times about how a “normally aging 49-year-old female face…is becoming an anomaly on screen,” Cathy revealed that as she approaches 50, she’s been “thinking about aging a lot lately.” ‘. .

She added: ‘For men, 50 can be a milestone that brings gravity. But when a woman turns 50, when you’re on TV, you think, “when are you going to get plastic surgery?”

‘Everyone has insecurities about how they look. But the bags and wrinkles are also 30 years of wisdom, experience and life. And that’s what I love about being fifty. If women want that [surgery] that’s their choice. But it’s definitely not my choice. I would like to look good when I get old, but when I get old, I get old too.’

However, she added that she has “really good” lighting at home and so she may leave the house thinking she looks great, “but maybe it doesn’t matter.”

Cathy has worked at Channel 4 News since 2006 and became its first female presenter in 2011.

She also hosts a Friday evening radio program for the Times called The Ladder (where she got the name for her book), in which she interviews successful women at the top of her field.

The book is described as a ‘distillation’ of the show, which includes interviews with women from diverse careers such as Angela Rayner, Davina McCall and Mary Beard.

Conversely, she may be best known to many for her 2018 Channel 4 interview with Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson.

During the 30-minute interview, Ms. Newman questioned the University of Toronto psychology professor about his radical views on gender disparities in the workplace and the limits of freedom of expression.

The exchange has since been viewed more than a million times on Channel 4 News’ YouTube page.

Following the fiery clash, Channel 4 called in security experts after Cathy received death threats and abuse online.

Sick messages posted online after the interview included “RIP Cathy Newman” and “Cathy Newman, we know where you live.”

The mother-of-two was also called a ‘b****’ in more than 500 posts and was the target of other obscene misogynistic messages.

Critical comments were expected, but the death threats caused serious concern. Ben de Pear, editor of Channel 4 News, condemned the trolls, calling the abuse a ‘terrible indictment of the times we live in’.

He tweeted: ‘Our on-screen journalists at Channel 4 News expect to be held to account for their journalism, but the level of virulent, misogynistic abuse, nastiness and threats to Cathy Newman is an unacceptable response to a robust and engaging debate. ‘

The journalist suffered even more trouble yesterday when her then 13-year-old daughter found a pornographic mock-up of her mother with Dr. Peterson on Instagram.

Speaking about the incident to the Times, she said she remembers talking about trolling with her old on-screen partner, Jon Snow, who was surprised by the meme because he “didn’t get something like that.”

Cathy Newman’s Ladder (HarperCollins £18.99) is available now.

A CRAFTY homeowner revealed how she turned a $7 mirror into something out of a design magazine.

All you need are three inexpensive items.

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Budget-friendly shopper Demi (@demi_j35) was influenced by an interior design trend she saw on TikTok.

“I decided to do the wall mirror hack,” she said in the clamp.

She went to her local Walmart and picked up ten of the $7 full-length mirrors.

Since her store only sold them in black, but the accents in her home were mainly silver, she decided to get a little creative.

“I have some metallic silver spray paint.”

She covered the reflective parts with painter’s tape so the paint wouldn’t spill over to that part, and started spraying them all.

In the comments, she revealed how she kept them safely hanging on her wall.

When she first tried using Gorilla Adhesive Peel And Stick, her walls were too textured for it to hold properly.

So she opted for tried-and-true nails and a hammer.

“It works perfectly.”

When she unveiled the finished product, viewers were impressed by how simple and impressive it was.

She placed five mirrors next to each other so that the edges touched, and another five underneath – so that it looked like one large paneled piece.

“Absolutely amazing, I love this and I’m so happy someone spray painted something silver!” wrote one commenter.

“Brilliant,” another added.

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Oh lord, I upset some people last week. And by some people I mean half of Australia's male population. Oh, I made them very angry! Still, I wholeheartedly stand by what I said.

To summarize very briefly: I had just returned from an adventurous trip to New York and was starting to recover from the horny atmosphere the city left me with.

The men there have no shame. They will approach you in line for groceries, in a park, and even at the security desk at JFK Airport. I said that Australian men should take note because they have become a bit 'snobby' when it comes to lovemaking.

A grunt in our direction or a swipe on the dating apps is about the most they can do to woo us, and I for one have become very bored with it.

Anyway, the guys didn't like my opinion on this. Oh no. The best word to describe the reaction was triggered. I woke up to literal essays on Instagram, with men ranting over and over about how we women are all too single-minded these days – that we have to get over ourselves and worry about the fact that they never look inward.

Sigh.

As I scrolled through post after post, there was one thing that really struck me: these men were not oil paintings. Most were overweight, unkempt, with messy stubble or scraggly beards, beer bellies and bad haircuts. Oh, and don't even get me started on the clothes. They weren't exactly shouting, “I'm a catch.”

They were actually hot messes and yet here they were whining to me about women not wanting to date them. No of course not. Because you look like you need a tetanus shot and a healthy dose of vegetables.

What these guys didn't understand was something oh so simple. People are attracted to people who look good.

I didn't say attractive, I said composed. What we present to the world is what we attract. It's basic science.

Holding a dead fish while dressed in tattered boardies with a big old beer belly hanging over the top doesn't make our ovaries rumble with a desperate need to reproduce with you.

Mike Thurston, a popular health and fitness YouTuber with over a million followers on Instagram, put it well in a recent podcast.

'I don't understand why all men don't want to try to improve their physique and appearance. It's crazy how many doors it's opened for me and how much confidence it's given me,” he said. 'If you're unhappy with your life, or something isn't going right, the easiest thing to do is start working on your physical appearance, and the benefits are serotonin and self-confidence. Good things will come after that.”

And this comes from a little king, who has the ladies lining up for him. As much as we don't want to believe what he says, it's true.

I remember a guy at a party I went to late last year. Was his face attractive? Not really. He had a block head, but what he did have was a healthy tan and ripped muscles. The girls at the party loved him. All this guy did was go to the gym a few times a week and enjoy the sun. It didn't take a huge bank account or a high-paying job to keep the women flowing.

So guys, stop whining and sign up for a gym membership. It's literally that simple. We women put in a lot more effort, whether that's wearing a nice perfume, dressing up for a date, getting our legs waxed, Botox, fillers, but many men don't put in the same effort, but want the same result. Ridiculous!

About a year ago I was scrolling through the messages on my phone and came across a man with a simple request. He explained that he wasn't getting any swipes on his dating profile, and would it be good if he sent me some screenshots so I could tell him where he went wrong.

I appreciated the courage it took to ask me that, so I said “go ahead.” Within minutes I was reviewing his Tinder profile and could see exactly where he went wrong and how to fix it.

All the shots were from an unflattering angle into his truck. Some with beards, some without. No friends in the photos, and it gave off a slight 'Wolf Creek' vibe. When you know, you know.

I gave him three simple tasks. First, keep the beard (it flatters his face), but trim it a bit, take the photos from higher up and show some of him doing activities or with friends.

Fourteen days later he sent me the most beautiful thank you message. He started getting matches and had gone on three dates, one of which looked very hopeful.

I was happy!

All the man needed was a few adjustments in the way he presented himself to the world, and the world suddenly became his oyster.

So it's time to take a good look in the mirror. With a healthy fitness plan and a better diet, you will find that not only will you start to get the attention of the ladies, but you will also feel a lot better about yourself.

So simple.

• Harry wants a trial 'as soon as possible', unless the group meets the compensation demands

By Sam Greenhill, Senior Reporter

Published: 8:28 PM EST, January 29, 2024 | Updated: 02:13 EST, January 30, 2024

WITHIN minutes of Jurgen Klopp announcing he will leave Liverpool, panicked fans were drawing comparisons to Sir Alex Ferguson.

They fear that Klopp's departure from Liverpool in May will do the same thing as Ferguson's departure from Manchester United in 2013.

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Although Ferguson's tenure at Old Trafford lasted three times longer than Klopp's at Anfield, that is the extent to which the German embodies his team and his club.

It immediately felt impossible to imagine Liverpool being recognizable as Liverpool without Klopp. And it felt very likely that the club would fall into disrepair.

There is no Boot Room now. And while Xabi Alonso is an obvious successor with Liverpool connections, he is a very different character to Klopp.

But while comparisons to Ferguson in 2013 are obvious, the more immediate concern for Kop supporters should be comparisons to Fergie in 2001.

It is often forgotten that the great Scot announced at the start of the 2001-2002 season that the coming season would be his last with the Red Devils, but made a U-turn mid-season.

When Klopp was told about that Ferguson story yesterday, he was surprised he wasn't aware of it. But Ferguson described that announcement as the “biggest mistake I ever made.”

He added: “I think a lot of players had put their tools away. They thought, 'Oh, the manager is leaving'.”

United had just won three titles in a row, but that season they finished third and failed to win any silverware.

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While Liverpool are in the hunt for a quadruple player – top of the league, just booked a place in the Carabao Cup final and still going strong in the FA Cup and Europa League – the concern should be that Klopp's announcement will undermine this excellent current will derail the season.

His players will not suddenly lose their desire to dethrone Manchester City as champions or beat Chelsea at Wembley next month.

There will indeed be plenty of talk about 'doing it for Jurgen'.

To give him the perfect farewell by winning the Europa League and FA Cup finals at the end of May.

But subconsciously, the blow you get from knowing that a human considered a force of nature has admitted that he's “out of energy” cannot be underestimated.

Klopp is only 56, fifteen years younger than Ferguson when he finally retired. Twenty years younger than Roy Hodgson.

But during an honest, inspiring press conference yesterday he kept referring to how old he felt.

He said he was “not a young rabbit.” When asked if he would give the board advice about his successor, he replied: “The last thing they need is advice from the old man who is walking away.”

He said he looked like he was much older than nine years since his arrival in October 2015.

RIGHT TIME TO GO

And he admitted he felt “relief” in November when he decided to go. Klopp even started talking about himself in the past tense.

He sounded burned out, insisting he wasn't burned out yet, but was confident he would be burned out by the summer, which isn't how burnout usually works.

This must be worrying for his players. Klopp will have been a constant, life without him was unthinkable until yesterday. Only defender Joe Gomez predates the German's arrival.

Klopp epitomizes this Liverpool side because their greatest attribute is an energy that comes from the manager himself. Watch it every match day.

The way he stands and watches the opponent from the halfway line during their warm-up, while rival bosses catch their breath.

The way he kicks every ball and addresses every fourth official. The way he celebrates routine victories so exuberantly for the Kop.

Then watch his team press the opponent with murderous intent, suffocate them and attack with such speed and focus.

Klopp and his team of mentality monsters are one. And how Klopp has embraced his adopted city's 'us against the world' mentality, their outsider identity and their 'This Means More' romanticism.

Even yesterday, when he announced the mother of all distractions, he claimed the only distractions would come from an “outside world” desperate to derail his trophy-chasing team.

FOREVER RED

He may be German, but he's more Scouse than most Scousers. Klopp is a great English club management. Yes, there has been 'only' one European Cup and 'only' one national title.

But between 2018 and 2022, the Reds reached three Champions League finals and achieved at least 92 Premier League points three times – a figure Fergie achieved only once.

And after last season's slump, Klopp has refreshed his midfield and revitalized his team to such an extent that their only defeat in 27 home games came in the VAR-inflicted farce at Tottenham.

It is exceptional that a club without state funding from Manchester City has challenged Pep Guardiola's team so often.

While there is resentment on the terraces and in the boardroom between City and Liverpool, there is great respect between Guardiola and Klopp.

Guardiola often refers to Klopp as his biggest rival and motivation.

The Catalan has been at the Etihad for just eight months less than Klopp has ruled Liverpool, and the two share an obsessive workaholism.

Klopp's announcement is a reminder that even the most ruthless men still have limits.

For now, Guardiola will see this as a boost before another classic City-Liverpool title arrives.

Klopp's admission of exhaustion is not a sign of weakness. His self-awareness is commendable.

Yet, when a manager announces he is leaving, the dynamics of a football club change. Just ask Ferguson.

A fitness influencer has sparked heated debate after calling out a male stranger who she caught checking out her derriere in the mirror as he walked past her at the gym.

Addison Elisa, who lives in North Carolina, took to Instagram to share the now-deleted clip with her followers.

It showed the fitness fanatic working up a storm in an empty gym as she flexed her muscles in the mirror – before seeing a man walk past the glass doors and look inside.

Addison appeared to take a swipe at the unsuspecting man for “admiring her winnings,” but other social media users were quick to criticize her for jumping to conclusions.

In the original clip, which has since been deleted, Addison was seen admiring her gym gains in skin-tight shorts and a crop top.

She flexed her arms and looked at her ass in the mirror as a man walked by in the background.

He peered through the glass window before Addison, seeming to realize his presence, turned away sharply.

The influencer added text to the video that read, “POV: You admire your winnings, but so does the random guy walking past the room.”

She continued in the caption, writing, “I wish I could say this is the first time this has happened [happened].'

But shortly after posting, the video was picked up by fellow influencer Joey Swoll, who was less than impressed.

He reshared Addison's clip with his 3.4 million followers before adding his own comment, as he urged: 'Fputting your a** out there for the whole internet to see, but you're mad that a guy walking by looks in to see what you're doing?

'How does that even make sense? This nonsense has to stop.

'You are in a shared space: the gym. You have set up a tripod. You're posing.'

He continued, “People will be watching you. That is normal. This doesn't make that guy a gym crawler.

“But let me guess: If he had looked at your post online and liked it, you'd be okay with it. You have to do better. Mind your own business.'

And it seems dozens of other social media users shared his sentiment as one sarcastically wrote, “I can't believe guys walk by and LOOK IN A WINDOW FOR TWO SECONDS. The nerve.'

Another person added, “Because she wants the attention, but she doesn't want the attention…but she wants the attention.”

A third person wrote: 'I'm over people like this. Get over yourself. No one is looking at you.'

Another follower commented: 'Classic case of main character syndrome.'

One person who claims to know the man in the video personally defended him, writing: “This is my gym and I have known the man in the video for over a year.

'Nictest man and the farthest thing from a creep!!! He's just there to train, just like the rest of us!!'

Following the widespread furor, Addison shared another video to directly address Joey's comments.

She started it off by saying, “At the end of the day, I posted what I posted. I didn't have to zoom in on that man.

'I take full responsibility for that. I don't know who he is, but the video is very out of context and misinterpreted.

“My caption had nothing to do with me feeling uncomfortable because this guy was walking by. I didn't say he was sexualizing me. I didn't call him a pedo. None of these words were used.”

She continued, “So if you want me to take responsibility, I will now.

“I didn't have to do that at all, so I apologize, but your fan base also needs to take responsibility if you're going to claim to be the CEO of positivity while your followers radiate negativity and hate.

“So as you say, 'do better,' respectively.”

In her caption, she explained that viewers may notice her “getting clumsy” in the video when she sees someone approaching.

She brought up that it was 'not because he was a man', but because it had 'caught her off guard'.

Addison added that she doesn't care who looks at her at the gym, “because we all have eyes.”

She called out Joey because he allegedly gave the impression that she was 'pinning' [herself] to be sexualized.'

The content creator closed the video with the same advice Joey told her, saying, “Do it better and also take responsibility for the hatred that comes from your actions.'

Addison disabled the comments on her video response.

Emily Atack showed off her blossoming baby bump as she posed for a series of photos on Friday.

The actress, 34, announced in a sweet Instagram post two weeks ago that she is five months pregnant with her first child.

Although they have not been made public, Emily is believed to be dating nuclear scientist Dr Alistair Garner, and the pair have reportedly set up a house together as they prepare for the baby's arrival.

She shared an update to her Instagram Story on Friday, wearing a black strappy crop top and a maxi skirt.

The TV personality posed in the mirror and placed her hand on her stomach as she took a photo.

Emily announced she was pregnant and “over the moon” to become a mother in an update shared in December.

Announcing the happy news, she wrote on Instagram: 'Hi everyone, it's been a while but I'm back with some news. I'm happy to share with you that we are having a baby!!

'I have never been so happy and terrified at the same time. Please go easy on me.

'Every day is mixed with excitement, fear, joy, hysteria, topped off with lots of vomiting – a bit like when you've just stepped out of Oblivion at Alton Towers with a hangover.

'I got to know my body on such an insane level. It has made me appreciate the one I was given so much. I do my very best to make it a home for the little squid I raise.

'We can already feel the baby lying on a mattress with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and asking for more chocolate chips.

“I'm so happy to be able to write all this to all of you. You have always stuck with me through the years, please stick around to see how I entered my motherhood era. Christ. Let's go.'

A friend told me The sun: 'Emily is delighted about the happy news and is happy to tell family and close friends about her little one on the way. It's the perfect end to her year and she feels on cloud nine.

They added: 'Emily is more than ready to become a mother and it's something she's dreamed of all her life. Her relationship with Alistair has gone from strength to strength and they have started living together.

'Family is everything to her – she comes from a large family and is very close to all her brothers and sisters – so she can't wait to start one of her own. They have all rallied around her and are happy for the joyful occasion.”

Emily was spotted in London in September cozying up to handsome nuclear scientist Dr. Alistair Garner.

The star shone as she walked the streets of the British capital with Alistair, who describes himself on LinkedIn as a materials scientist and electron microscopist specializing in nuclear and space applications.

The pair were spotted walking hand in hand through the city as they enjoyed the sunny day before settling into a cafe together.

An onlooker told it The sun: 'Emily was deep in conversation with Alistair. She drank a cocktail and Alistair ordered a beer. Emily seemed to be enjoying herself and couldn't stop smiling. As they left, they held hands.”

Emily has been single since splitting from her former Big Brother star and ex-tree surgeon boyfriend Liam McGough last year.

They sparked rumors that they were back together in July after spending the evening together with some friends.

However, the couple's friends said they were just good friends.

Liam was a housemate on the 2007 series of Big Brother when he finished in third place, losing to winner Brian Belo.

Emily has previously been linked to a number of men, including singer Harry Styles, comedian and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Seann Walsh, and footballer Jack Grealish.

TV star and Manchester City footballer Jack are said to have had a secret six-week affair while he was still dating girlfriend Sasha Attwood – something the pair have vehemently denied.