|
Lacey Turner
Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is an English actress. She gained prominence in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' for her portrayal of Stacey Slater, a role she initially played between 2004 and 2010 before returning in 2014 and departing again in 2025. She has won four National Television Awards, eight The British Soap Awards, British Soap Awards and eight Inside Soap Awards, ''Inside Soap'' Awards for this role. Turner has also appeared in ''Being Human (British TV series), Being Human'' (2011), ''True Love (TV series), True Love'' (2012), ''Bedlam (2011 TV series), Bedlam'' (2012), ''Switch (British TV series), Switch'' (2012) and ''Call the Midwife'' (2014). Between 2013 and 2014, she starred in a leading role as Molly Dawes in the BBC military drama ''Our Girl''. Early life and career Turner was born on 28 March 1988 in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, to Catholic parents Les Turner and Beverly Harvey. She was raised along with her two younger s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet () is a suburban London boroughs, London borough in north London, England. Forming part of Outer London, the borough was formed in 1965 from parts of the ceremonial counties of Middlesex and Hertfordshire. It is the second largest London borough by population, with 389,344 inhabitants as of 2021, also making it the 17th largest List of English districts by population, district in England. The borough covers an area of , the fourth highest of the 32 London boroughs, and has a population density of 45.8 people per hectare, which ranks it 25th. Barnet borders the Hertfordshire district of Hertsmere to the north and five other London boroughs: London Borough of Camden, Camden and London Borough of Haringey, Haringey to the southeast, London Borough of Enfield, Enfield to the east, as well as London Borough of Harrow, Harrow and London Borough of Brent, Brent to the west of the ancient Watling Street (now the A5 road). The borough's major urban settlements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgware
Edgware () is a suburban town in northwest London. It was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex east of the ancient Watling Street in what is now the London Borough of Barnet but it is now informally considered to cover a wider area, including parts of the boroughs of London Borough of Harrow, Harrow and London Borough of Brent, Brent. The district is located north-northwest of Charing Cross and has a generally suburban character. The urban-rural fringe includes some elevated woodland on a high gravel and sand ridge along the Hertfordshire border with Greater London. Edgware is principally a shopping and residential area, identified in the London Plan as one of the capital's 35 major centres, and one of the northern termini of the Northern line. It has a Edgware bus garage, bus garage, a shopping centre called the Broadwalk Centre, List of libraries in Barnet, a library, a community hospital, Edgware Community Hospital, and two streams, Silk Stream, Edgware Brook and Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abortion
Abortion is the early termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. Abortions that occur without intervention are known as miscarriages or "spontaneous abortions", and occur in roughly 30–40% of all pregnancies. Deliberate actions to end a pregnancy are called induced abortion, or less frequently "induced miscarriage". The unmodified word ''abortion'' generally refers to induced abortion. Common reasons for having an abortion are birth-timing and limiting family size. Other reasons include maternal health, an inability to afford a child, domestic violence, lack of support, feelings of being too young, wishing to complete an education or advance a career, or not being able or willing to raise a child conceived as a result of rape or incest. When done legally in industrialized societies, induced abortion is one of the safest procedures in medicine. Modern methods use medication or surgery for abortions. The drug mifepristone (aka RU-4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its initial launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Internet forum, Forum. History (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform Sky (UK and Ireland), SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ITV Digital, ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting many visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockney
Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle class roots. The term ''Cockney'' is also used as a demonym for a person from the East End, or, traditionally, born within earshot of Bow Bells. Estuary English is an intermediate accent between Cockney and Received Pronunciation, also widely spoken in and around London, as well as in wider South Eastern England. In multicultural areas of London, the Cockney dialect is, to an extent, being replaced by Multicultural London English—a new form of speech with significant Cockney influence. Words and phrases Etymology of ''Cockney'' The earliest recorded use of the term is 1362 in passus VI of William Langland's ''Piers Plowman'', where it is used to mean "a small, misshapen Egg as food, egg", from Middle English ''coken'' + ''ey'' ("a rooster, cock's egg"). Concurrently, the List of mythological places, mythical land of luxury Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation (RP) is the Accent (sociolinguistics), accent of British English regarded as the Standard language, standard one, carrying the highest Prestige (sociolinguistics), social prestige, since as late as the beginning of the 20th century. It is also commonly referred to as the Queen's English or King's English. The study of RP is concerned only with matters of pronunciation, while other features of standard British English, such as vocabulary, grammar, and Style (sociolinguistics), style, are not considered. Language scholars have long disagreed on RP's exact definition, how geographically neutral it is, how many speakers there are, the nature and classification of its sub-varieties, how appropriate a choice it is as a standard, how the accent has changed over time, and even its name. Furthermore, RP has changed to such a degree over the last century that many of its early 20th-century traditions of transcription and analysis have become outdated or are no long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by ''horse opera'', a derogatory term for low-budget Western (genre), Westerns. According to some dictionaries, for something to be adequately described as a soap opera, it need not be long-running; but some authors define the word in a way that excludes short-running serial dramas from their definition. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first Broadcasting, broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running soap opera. The longest-running television soap opera is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in 1960. According to Albert Moran, one of the defining features that make a television program a soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demi Miller
Demi Miller is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shana Swash. She made her first appearance on 6 September 2004 and last appearance on 7 July 2006, when she was axed by ''EastEnders'' executive producer Kate Harwood. Creation and development In August 2004, it was announced that a new family was to be introduced to ''EastEnders''. Louise Berridge, the executive producer, commented: "I'm delighted to introduce the Miller family, who will be joining Mickey on Albert Square in September, but I warn you - this lot are trouble." She added: "Even the dog is dodgy. They're set to cause havoc all over the Square, and by the end of their first week the sparks will be flying - literally." Lacey Turner also auditioned for the role of Demi before being cast as Stacey Slater, later that year. It was announced in February 2006 that Swash and co-star Gerry Cowper had been axed from ''EastEnders'' by John Yorke. "Gerry and Shana have been enormous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacey Turner 2010
Lacey may refer to: People Surname A–L * Al Lacey (born 1942), Canadian politician * Andrew Lacey (1887–1946), Australian politician * Bill Lacey (American football) (born 1971), American football player and coach * Bill Lacey (footballer) (1889–1969), Irish footballer * Bob Lacey (born 1953), American baseball player * Bruce Lacey (1927–2016), British inventor * Catherine Lacey (1904–1979), English actress * Denzil Lacey (born 1990), Irish radio presenter * Deon Lacey (born 1990), American football player * Dermot Lacey (born 1960), Irish politician * Des Lacey (1925–1974), Irish footballer * Dinny Lacey (1890–1923), Irish Republican * Edmund Lacey (died 1455), English bishop * Edward S. Lacey (1835–1916), American politician * Francis Lacey (1859–1946), English cricketer * Frederick Bernard Lacey (1920–2017), American judge * Genevieve Lacey (born 1972), Australian recorder player * Ian Lacey (born 1984), Australian rugby league player * Ingri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haribo
Haribo GmbH & Co. KG, doing business as Haribo ( , , ; stylized in all caps), is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr. It began in Kessenich (Bonn), Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1922 in the form of little gummy bears called ''Gummibärchen''. The current headquarters are in Grafschaft, Rhineland, Grafschaft, Germany. History On 13 December 1920, the company was registered in the commercial register by its founder Hans Riegel Sr., Johannes Riegel. In 1921, his wife Gertrud Riegel was the company's first employee. According to the company, Riegel's seed capital was a sack of sugar, a copper pot, a marble slab, a stool, a stonewalled stove and a roller. In the same year, he bought a house that was located in the ''Kessenich'' district of Bonn, on a street called ''Bergstraße''. The house was Haribo's first production facility. Two years after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushey
Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. It had a population of 25,328 in the 2011 census, rising to 28,416 in the 2021 census, an increase of 12.19%. This makes Bushey the second most populated town in Hertsmere. Bushey Heath is a large neighbourhood south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow reaching elevations of above sea level. Etymology Bushey is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form ''Bissei''. Although there has been some debate, modern, scholarly commentary has concluded that the name originated as a compound noun, compound of the Old English words ''bysc'' ('bush, thicket') and ''hæg'' ('enclosure'). Thus it once meant 'enclosure made of bushes'. History The first written record of Bushey is its entry in the Domesday Book of 1086, which describes a small agricultural village named 'Bissei' (which later became 'Biss(h)e' and then 'Bisheye' during the 12th century). However, cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Young Theatre School
Sylvia Young Theatre School is an independent school in Marble Arch, London, England. It is a specialist performing arts school named after its founder and principal, Sylvia Young OBE. Outline The Sylvia Young Theatre School was founded in 1972 with part-time classes in east London. It was established as a full-time school in 1981 on Drury Lane and, due to expansion, it moved to a former 1880’s church school building in Rossmore Road, Marylebone in 1983. The school moved premises once again in 2010 to a converted church in Nutford Place, Westminster. Students either attend the full-time school (students aged 10 to 16 years), the part-time school on Thursday evenings and Saturdays (students aged 4 to 18 years) or holiday schools (students aged 7 to 18 years). Tuition fees for full-time schooling (as of 2022) are £15,000 per annum for day pupils, £25,000–30,000 per annum for boarding pupils. (Day pupils outnumber boarding pupils by a factor of five to one.) Students from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
