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More than two decades after Gladiators first aired, the hit show is coming back on the BBC with a brand new cast.
The iconic show, which originally aired on ITV from 1992 to 2000, is making an epic return to screens with an 11-episode season later this year.
The fearsome group includes trained rugby players, accomplished swimmers, sprinters and powerlifters as well as a former Premier League referee.
Here are the new Gladiators:
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Ryan Thomas skated to victory and was crowned Dancing On Ice’s 2024 winner alongside pro partner Amani Fancy during Sunday’s action packed live final.
The former Corrie star, 39, beat Made In Chelsea’s Miles Nazaire and partner Vanessa Bauer, after Adele Roberts finished in third place and Greg Rutherford was forced to quit hours before the show due to injury.
Ryan and Miles both battled it out as they performed the iconic Bolero – made famous by Torvill and Dean
The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin has been crowned Europe’s leading tourist attraction while Miami Beach has been named the leading city destination of North America in the ‘tourism Oscars’.
The accolades came courtesy of the 2023 World Travel Awards, ‘which recognise industry leaders in the tourism, airline, hotel, and hospitality sectors’.
Catherine Toolan, managing director of Diageo Irish Brand Homes, said: ‘This is fantastic recognition for Irish tourism and for everyone at Home of Guinness who creates a world-class visitor
Is there anything better than spending the day at the British seaside? A new ranking from AA has crowned Britain’s best beach.
The expert motoring team at AA looked at the cost of petrol, the distance to a town, nearby attractions and other factors to determine the winning beach.
This year’s winner was Abersoch Beach in Wales which was described as “the premier beach to visit in the UK this summer”.
An AA spokesperson added: “This beach welcomes dogs throughout
Hamza Yassin couldn’t keep the smile off his face while Tess Daly looked bleary-eyed as they head home from the Strictly Come Dancing after party on Saturday.
The wildlife cameraman, 32, and his dance partner Jowita Przystal were crowned this years winners of Strictly and lifted the Glitterball trophy just hours before.
He cut a casual figure in a pink and blue striped shirt while giving onlookers a thumbs up.
Beaming: Hamza Yassin couldn’t keep the smile off his face
Omar Slaimankhel & Ozman ‘Oz’ Abu Malik were crowned the winners of The Block: Tree Change for 2022 on Sunday night.
The Sydney-based best friends made the largest sum over reserve of all five Block houses in Gisborne South at auction, selling their home for $5,666,666 – taking home a record breaking win of $1.6million.
But fellow co-stars weren’t impressed with Omar and Oz’s win after their millionaire friends got into a bidding war with IT entrepreneur Danny Wallis.
Omar
An eight-year-old boy has been crowned the winner of the 2022 US Mullet Championships – which saw 25 boys compete to see who has the best mullet of all time.
Emmitt Bailey, from Menomonie, Wisconsin, earned the title after receiving the most votes – 9,896, to be exact – and took home the cash prize of $2,500.
While 688 boys from across America originally entered the competition in the hopes of being told that they have the best mullet in
Chelcee Grimes and Wes Nelson were crowned the winners of The Games during the tense live final held at the Crystal Palace athletics track on Friday night.
The songstress, 30, and the Love Island star, 24, came top of the women’s and men’s leaderboards after racking up wins over the week with a series of sporting challenges on the track, in the pool and around the velodrome – while Wes was the overall winner with 45 total points.
During the
