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Jeremy Renner has revealed how he was in a bit of a daze when he was first told he was wanted for the latest Mission: Impossible movie.

EastEnders stalwart Pat Evans will bow out from the soap after a quarter of a century tomorrow with a specially-created arrangement of the show's theme.

David Harewood admitted to being "astonished" after he was awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours.

TV executive Peter Bazalgette, who brought Big Brother to the UK and devised a string of much-copied lifestyle and reality shows, has called his knighthood in the New Year Honours List a "delightful compliment".

Ronnie Corbett has received a CBE for services to entertainment and charity in the New Year Honours.

Lorraine Kelly said she was "thrilled" to be recognised in the New Year Honours list.

Helena Bonham Carter said she decided to accept her CBE in "honour" of her late father who spent the last years of his life severely disabled after a routine operation went wrong.

Only one in five people knows how much of their cash would be protected if their bank or building society went under, the savings safety net said on the anniversary the new limit was put in place.

The commuter belt areas of Woking in Surrey and Falkirk in central Scotland are among 11 towns which outperformed London in a list of the biggest house-price percentage rises over the year.

Forget dreams of becoming a millionaire, cash-strapped consumers say £354,000 would be enough to change their lives forever, a survey has found.