Emmerdale’s Charlie Hardwick has revealed that she would like to be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. The actress, who is currently on a break from her role as Val Pollard in order to appear in a play, said that she has always wanted to learn to dance because she used to be a “head banger”!

Jason Donovan will have a new album out in time for Mother’s Day this year. He tells me: “I have a new deal with Universal and some tracks will be covers, some my own, but it will be a personal album for sure.”

X Factor runner-up Cher Lloyd reveals that since being on the show she has not heard from her mentor Cheryl Cole. She said: “She left me high and dry really, but I was expecting that, after all it’s just a TV show.”

Carol Vorderman is the latest star to sign up for ITV’s Life Stories. The maths whiz revealed to a pal: “I think I will end up crying, I mean that’s the premise of the show is it not?”

Amy Childs, Ulrika Jonsson and ski-jumping star Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards are to take to the floor in Let’s Dance for Sports Relief. The series returns next month for a five-week run with celebrities recreating classic dance scenes to help fundraising efforts.

Former X Factor judge Dannii Minogue says she would love to return to acting now her stint as a judge in the UK has come to an end. “People forget I did that before all this and my music of course,” she said. “If there was a good project, that would be great.”

Jonathan Ross has made a pitch to become a judge on Britain’s Got Talent. The talk show host said: “I love Britain’s Got Talent; I love all the talent shows on TV. If  Simon Cowell ever asked me I would definitely do it if I had the time.”

Recently-departed Eastenders actress Pam St Clement is not retiring and is looking towards the stage to make her return. “I have been offered some wonderful things, but I do like the idea of treading the boards again,” she said.
Natalie J Robb, who plays Moira in Emmerdale, says she is on a diet and has also quit smoking too.
“I decided as my character was looking at a sad storyline now would be a good time to lose weight as it’s a natural effect that would happen in real life,” she said.
Not planning a workout DVD are we Natalie?

Expect to see a more stylish look when Midsoner Murders returns later in the year. Bosses have taken the two main stars and styled them at Selfridges in London with top-line suits as: “We want to update slightly and make it more appealing to a mass market around the world.”

Alex Pollizzi, who is best known as The Hotel Inspector, is coming back with a new show for BBC Two called ‘The Fixer’. She tells me: “I look at businesses and how we can help them get back on track with the problems they have.” But she admits: “The Yorkshireman we have in the show was the hardest to deal with...”

Britain’s Got Talent newcomer David Walliams has reportedly proven a hit at the first set of auditions for the series – with a string of one-liners aimed at fellow judge Simon Cowell. The Little Britain star poked fun at the mogul during the try-outs at the Lowry Theatre in Manchester, as well as taking potshots at One Direction and the X Factor.

Call The Midwife has landed a second series just two episodes into its run after BBC bosses were delighted with record audiences. BBC One controller Danny Cohen has commissioned a further run after figures showed the hit Sunday night show had drawn the biggest audience for the launch of a new drama on the channel.

The recent National TV awards were a flop ratings-wise despite having the talents of Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross etc at the helm. Not only that, phone votes were down too, so not such a great night after all...

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Russell Grant is taking over the title role in the Wizard of Oz stage show from this month and is thrilled with the offer. “To be on that stage every night, well it’s really a dream come true and it’s all down to my stint on the show and of course the great British public who helped me all the way,” he said.

Loose Women host Andrea McClean has revealed her latest marriage has broken down, but fans were disappointed that she chose to reveal it just ahead of her tell-all book coming out. A little too loose maybe?

Coronation Street’s Katherine Kelly has described her character Becky’s exit storyline with actor Jeremy Sheffield as her "leaving gift”. The actress, whose dramatic departure from the soap was screened recently, revealed her alter ego's romance with the former Holby City star has been a nice way to round off her time. “I thought it was well done, he is really nice,” she said.

Recently-axed EastEnders actress Cheryl Fergison who played Heather in the show tells me she wants to go into the celebrity jungle in the next series. “I love the show and think it may lay the ghost of Big Heather to rest, so people may cast me differently,” she said.