Emmerdale's Chas Dingle will suffer from a case of the jilt jitters this Christmas.

The vengeful brunette – played by Lucy Pargeter – had planned to leave cheating fiance Carl King (Tom Lister) at the alter after discovering he'd been enjoying a steamy affair with Eve Jenson (Suzanne Shaw).

Christina Aguilera, Robbie Williams, will.i.am and Rihanna are set to sing duets with ‘The X Factor’ finalists on Saturday night (11.12.10).

The international stars have each reportedly agreed to be paired up with hopefuls Cher Lloyd, Rebecca Ferguson, Matt Cardle, and boyband One Direction in a bid to help them win the hit ITV1 show.

Doctor Who's Time Lord will be cloned by aliens in a dramatic episode of the sci-fi drama next year.

An army of monsters from outer space will make a carbon copy of the handsome doctor - who is played by Matt Smith - as they invade Earth.

Gavin Henson believes 'Strictly Come Dancing' has helped him get over his love split.

The Welsh rugby ace - who parted ways from singer Charlotte Church in May after six years together - signed up for the BBC One show in the hope of escaping the pain of his break-up.

'Coronation Street' stars have been hit with an alcohol ban ahead of tomorrow night's (09.12.10) live episode.

Bosses of the ITV1 soap have insisted nobody is allowed to drink in the 24 hours before the cameras start rolling, as they want cast and crew to put on their best performances.

Simon Cowell introduced a semi-final sing-off to last week's 'X Factor' to stop the show from becoming "boring".

The 51-year-old music mogul - who has been at the centre of "fixing" claims after controversial Cher Lloyd was kept in the competition on Sunday night (05.12.10) instead of popular Mary Byrne - pleaded with fans of the ITV1 show to rest assured t ...

A Germany man has been arrested for having a Christmas advent calendar filled with marijuana.

The unnamed 21-year-old's flat was search by a drug-detecting dog named Lucky, who initially discovered a small quantity of marijuana on the kitchen table.

A man in the US has changed his name to Captain Awesome.

Formerly known as Douglas Allen Smith Jr., the Oregon-based man changed his name because of NBC show 'Chuck', claiming the character of Devon 'Captain Awesome' Woodcomb inspired him.

A woman in the US has bitten off her husband's tongue when he went to kiss her goodnight.

Karen Leuders bit off half of the tongue of husband Willard, who managed to mumble to an emergency operator he needed an ambulance.

A woman in the UK is refusing to sleep in her house because she believes a poltergeist is living with her.

Holly Taylor, 22, shares the home - built on the site of an old police station in Pemberton - with two-year-old daughter Willow, and claims spooky happenings including lights switching on and off, plates smashing and ornaments moving have continu ...

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria has revealed she was "touched" as she spent hours studying her wedding presents at an exhibition in Stockholm.

The princess - along with her husband Daniel Westling - looked in wonder at the 2,000 gifts they received for their June 19 nuptials, which are now on display at the Royal Palace.

Britain's Princess Beatrice was rescued by bodyguards after she was almost knocked over at a nightclub opening.

Security guards for the 22-year-old daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were left terrified when a man jumped on her back at the at the opening of Prince William's friend Guy Pelly's new nightclub Public in London's swanky Chelsea district.

Buckingham Palace has banned the production of commemorative tea towels to mark the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Official cloths celebrating the royal nuptials would "not be in good taste" according to royal aides and have been struck off the approved memorabilia list for the nuptials next year according to The Sun.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth praised the bravery of a soldier she presented a gallantry award to yesterday (07.12.10).

Corporal Ricky Furgusson marched up to the queen to collect the Military Cross at the ceremony in Buckingham Palace despite losing both legs and an eye in Afghanistan in January.

Tonight's 'Apprentice' will see Stuart Baggs and Chris Bates come to blows in a bitter bust-up in the middle of London's Trafalgar Square.

With the two teams told by business magnate Lord Alan Sugar to create and manage their own tourist bus company for this week's task, self-titled Stuart 'The Brand' Baggs' sneaky tactics quickly begin to anger his rivals.

One Direction were pelted with peanuts when they performed in Doncaster yesterday (07.12.10).

The 'X Factor' boyband - Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Harry Styles - went on a UK tour to visit each of their hometowns ahead of this weekend's final, and while they received plenty of support from their many fans, the ...

Hollyoaks' India Longford will be brutally murdered after meeting the man of her dreams online.

The sensible student - played by Beth Kingston - will see her rebellious sister Tex (Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove) hook up with a hunky companion when she decides to use the internet to score a date for the festive season.

Denise Richards’ daughters want dolls for Christmas.

The actress – who has six-year-old Sam and five-year-old Lola with ex-husband Charlie Steen – says the youngsters are obsessed with American Girl toys and their wish lists to Santa contain nothing but the popular brand this year.

Nicole Richie has reduced the guest list for her forthcoming wedding.

The socialite – who is expected to marry Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden this weekend – has reportedly upset some of her pals, who thought they would be attending the nuptials at her father Lionel Richie’s Californian home.

Celine Dion’s twins are already developing different personalities.

The ‘Think Twice’ hitmaker – who gave birth to sons Eddy and Nelson on October 23 – admits she sees more of herself in Eddy, whereas his brother is showing similar traits to his father, Celine’s 68-year-old husband Rene Angelil.