As the man who had condemned him to his first bruising grand slam final loss watched on, Alexander Zverev finally overcame his demons, and the spirited but inexperienced Flavio Cobolli, to claim a first major title, winning 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5-7) 6-1 at Roland-Garros.
Dominic Thiem was responsible for his five-set loss in the US Open showpiece six years ago and the scar tissue from that defeat, and two more since in slam finals, were evident in a nervy and generally low-quality showing on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Sunday.
But Zverev, the overwhelming favourite for the title in the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and after the exits of Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic, ultimately managed to conquer his own mind and break world No 14 Cobolli’s resistance. He was given a significant helping hand from Cobolli himself in a four-and-a-quarter-hour final decided more on errors and psychological wobbles than anything else.
At 6’6” Zverev’s most potent weapon is a powerful and accurate first serve – he leads the tour for his percentage of first serves in over the last year, at just below 73 per cent – while his huge wingspan means he can effectively straddle most of the court. His power is complemented by a surprising athleticism for a player of his size and a languid touch at the net. When he is on his game he is difficult to break down.
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This was the mammoth problem facing 10th seed Cobolli. Nerves in a first grand slam final are inevitable and Zverev, with his experience of this stage, was always likely to settle quicker. He ensured the pressure was immediately on Cobolli as the German opted to receive, with an early double fault greeted by a round of sympathetic applause which probably did not help the Italian’s nerves.
It set the tone for the rest of the set: he struggled to string a run of points together, with his backhand wing wilting under the pressure and his drop shots falling miserably short of the net. A usually charismatic presence, he was timid and passive.
A stunning forehand winner by the German, whose destructive serve and groundstrokes were near-untouchable, sealed a 6-1 first set in 35 minutes. Unsurprisingly Cobolli left the court, as the speakers, perhaps distastefully, played Lenny Kravitz’s ‘It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over’.
As he re-emerged Cobolli opted for a different tactic, trying to energise himself and the crowd, shouting to himself with every point won. The pair traded holds until 3-3, but Zverev, who had only dropped one point on serve until the seventh game, suddenly wobbled. He lost two in a row, with Cobolli planting a forehand winner in behind him to launch chants of “Flavio”, and as Zverev erred the Italian finally earned a first break point – 63 minutes into the match. He double faulted twice – for the first time in the match – and hammered a forehand wide to concede a first break.
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Zverev appeared in disbelief as he finally won a major title (AP)
An increasingly confident Cobolli served out the set, and having recovered from his first-set jitters Cobolli ran Zverev close in the third, with the pair exchanging holds until 5-4 and the Italian’s strategy of serve-and-volleying and keeping points short working to his advantage – until he conceded a cheap break under little pressure, serving at 5-4 down.
It put Zverev only a set away from the holy grail. And as at so many points in his career, when so close to the title, he began to shrink into himself. A terrible service game including two double faults handed over an early break. After another pair of breaks traded Zverev became listless, standing with his hands on his hips in disappointment after thumping a poor backhand well wide at 30-30 on the Italian’s serve, with Cobolli escaping to lead 5-3. It is an image crowds have seen many times before.
Zverev was lucky to avoid a time violation for obvious mind games as he ambled slowly to the baseline for Cobolli to serve for the set, and looked to be suffering from cramp, either due to understandable nerves or low blood sugar levels (the German has been open about managing tennis with Type 1 diabetes).
He was handed a violation in the next game after breaking again, having received some sort of remedy from his team, and held to 15 to put the pressure back on Cobolli. The Italian responded with his first hold to love of the entire match to set up the biggest tie-break of either player’s life.
The second seed dropped to the ground as Cobolli’s overhead smash went wide (AP)
Cobolli opened it with possibly the point of the match, a superb backhand winner which just kissed the baseline, before immediately netting on his own serve. Yet another unlucky net cord handed over the mini-break, but he restored parity with a Zverev error and another big serve when it mattered.
Zverev produced a sixth double fault of the match to drop from 3-1 up to 5-3 down, and although he won the next point, Cobolli bamboozled him with a brave drop shot to earn two set points. A terrible overhead smash indicated, if proof were needed, that the nerves were wreaking havoc on both sides of the net. But he whipped a forehand beyond the German’s reach to condemn him to a decider.
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Cobolli had had three days off before the final after compatriot Matteo Arnaldi withdrew from their semi-final but as the clock ticked towards the four-hour mark the energy that had propelled him into the decider deserted him. More poor shot selection dominated his first two service games and he was broken twice before calling the trainer for an issue with his calf, fatigue setting in.
After a dire opening set Cobolli fought back, before his resistance broke in the decider (AP)
A dreadful backhand into the net gave Cobolli two break points but the Italian spurned them again, flailing an overhead smash into the net with the court at his mercy, to get back to deuce. Zverev double faulted again, but went on to hold for a 4-0 lead. At 5-1 down the light went out of Cobolli’s eyes and a double fault brought up three championship points for the second seed.
One was saved by a net cord, but Cobolli flung an overhead smash miles wide – a fitting last shot, in many ways – to belatedly bring an end to Zverev’s nearly-man status.
Ederson is set to sign a contract, but not at Man Utd after they pulled the plug on a deal with Atalanta and have set their sights on Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans to bolster their midfield. Chelsea, meanwhile, are set to officially unveil Xabi Alonso amid working on deals for Pep Chavarria and Maxence Lacroix.
Jamie Varley was given a whole life term for the murder of 13-month-old Preston Davey, who suffered “unremitting abuse” in an adoption abuse case
12:07, 13 Jul 2026Updated 12:08, 13 Jul 2026
A cruel schoolteacher convicted of murdering his adopted infant during a sexual assault has made a court appearance.
Jamie Varley, 37, received a whole life sentence last month for killing 13-month-old Preston Davey, who endured “unremitting abuse” at the hands of the former secondary school head of year.
Varley attended Preston Crown Court via videolink from HMP Wakefield, frequently referred to as “Monster Mansion” and home to some of Britain’s most infamous killers.
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Dressed in a striped jumper, Varley joined from a room within the prison, his elbows positioned on a desk before him with his hands clasped near his face, speaking solely to verify his identity.
He participated in a short, two-minute proceeding under the “slip rule” which permits judges to amend legal errors or correct inadvertent oversights.
Following his conviction for murder and 24 additional offences, when sentenced last month he had mistakenly not been sentenced for one count of sexual assault.
Mr Justice Turner, also joining via videolink alongside other barristers from the trial, imposed a seven-year prison term on Varley for count 12, the sexual assault of the child, to be served concurrently with his existing sentences.
This will have no tangible impact as Varley was handed a whole life tariff and informed he would never leave prison by the same judge when sentencing occurred on 18 June.
Varley’s partner, former public schoolboy John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, also participated by videolink from HMP Preston at the proceedings. He received a 25-year prison sentence for permitting Varley’s abuse of the child and his own participation in the sexual abuse, following an eight-week joint trial.
Detectives stated that their offences had “shocked the nation”, branding Varley as “evil” and a “sadist”.
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Preston had been treated as a “plaything”, subjected to routine sexual and physical abuse after the couple adopted him at nine months old, before he was murdered four months later at their Blackpool home in July 2023.
Donald Trump’s White House back ENGLAND to win the World Cup after co-hosts were thrashed by Belgium – and Harry Kane’s golf game with the US president
Donald Trump’s World Cup point man Andrew Giuliani said America is backing England to win the World Cup.
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He told the Daily Mail: ‘You know, if the United States can’t win on our 250th birthday, then a great story line would be the English coming to America and winning during our anniversary celebrations.
‘It’s been 60 years of hurt I gather for England, so that would be beautiful victory for them if they won the tournament.
‘I do absolutely think England can go all the way, they are one of the top teams left now.’
Mr Giuliani said President Trump – who wrote last week on social media that Harry Kane was a ‘great player’ and a ‘great guy’ – was firmly following the England striker’s progress in the tournament.
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He said: ‘A few years ago I was among a group of people playing golf with President Trump and Wayne Rooney was with us, and the president knows his football pretty well, I think that’s through his relationship with (his son) Barron.
Donald Trump and America are backing England to win the World Cup, the president’s representative Andrew Giuliani has said
Mr Giuliani added: ‘Harry Kane is the number one goal scorer for the England team, and if they are going to win the tournament, he will be the main reason.
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‘He is one of the main players on the team, and he and Jude Bellingham are fine athletes.
‘England strike me as being an exceedingly well-balanced team you have to be confident and what the coach has to drill it into them that they have the potential to win.’
The revelation comes after England skipper Harry Kane confirmed he once had played golf with the US leader describing it as a pretty surreal experience.’
Kane said that it happened in later 2024 in Florida and that he was envious of Trump’s play considering he was then 78 years old.
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He said: ’I played all right to be honest, but 18 months ago he invited me to play when I was down in Palm Beach.
‘So, when the president invites you somewhere, it was a pretty surreal experience just to meet him and obviously play golf with him.
‘His golf is pretty good to be honest with you. I hope I can play golf as good as him when I’m his age, that’s for sure.
‘A unique experience, but I was just grateful that he invited me to play.’
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Memories of pandemics are often contentious. They can be disputed, uncomfortable and politically charged. As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to feel more distant, governments, communities and families have started asking how it should be remembered.
The outbreak of plague in 1346-53, known as the Black Death, was one of the worst pandemics in recorded history. Between a third and two thirds of the medieval European population are thought to have died.
Plague did not disappear, however, and society suffered from repeated outbreaks of the disease in the centuries that followed. As my research demonstrates, despite its pervasive presence, plague may have become something of a taboo subject among survivors, though individual attempts at commemoration have been preserved.
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One reason contemporaries avoided discussing plague was because it was believed the disease could be transmitted through imagination itself. People feared that thinking about plague might make it more likely to strike. In his chronicle written in the decade after the Black Death, the Carmelite friar Jean de Venette wrote that:
Such an enormous number of people died in 1348 and 1349 that nothing like it has been heard or seen or read about. And death and sickness came by imagination, or by contact with others and consequent contagion.
Others agreed that worrying about plague made people more likely to suffer from the disease. The medieval physician Bengt Knutsson advised people to “dread not death but live merrily and hope to live long”. To invoke plague, it seemed, was to invite it.
Trauma likely also played a significant role in the reluctance of some survivors to recall plague outbreaks. Those who lived through the Black Death witnessed horrors many may have preferred not to relive. So many people died that when cemeteries were full, huge trenches were reportedly excavated into which the deceased were placed in rows on top of each other. The Florentine chronicle of Marchionne di Coppo Stefani morbidly compared the layering of dirt and bodies in mass graves to “how one layers lasagna with cheese”. Some memories were better off buried.
The contested nature of plague memories can also be seen at the end of the fifteenth century, when an outbreak of disease divided a community in North Yorkshire. One group believed the victims had died of plague, while another described the illness instead as “pyned sekenes”, likely a pulmonary illness. The disagreement was significant because naming the disease shaped how it would be remembered. To call it plague was to connect it to the most feared epidemic disease in medieval life. To call it something else was to place it in a different, perhaps less charged, category.
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Such was the aversion to recalling experiences of plague that historians have suggested that “as a collective memory it was in the process of being airbrushed from history”. One striking example comes from medieval English legal practice. To prove an heir was old enough to inherit land, witnesses were called upon to recall important events that had occurred during the heir’s lifetime, such as births, deaths or marriages. Yet out of 10,181 testimonies recorded between 1246 and 1430, only 13 explicitly mentioned plague. Memories of the disease may have been too painful to recount.
Death portrayed as a chess player in a stained-glass window from St Andrew’s Church, Norwich, c.1500. Mike Dixon/Norfolk Stained Glass, Author provided (no reuse)
There is also a more mundane explanation for these silences. What survives in the historical record is often accidental. Few contemporaries left personal accounts of their experiences, and legal or financial records were usually formulaic documents, hardly suitable for lengthy recollections of personal tragedy. Our understanding of plague memories is therefore mediated by the sources that have survived.
Although individual experiences of plague are difficult to recover, the lasting impact of the disease on medieval culture is unmistakable. The rise of the Danse Macabre, which showed Death leading people from every rank of society in a final dance, reflected widespread anxieties about dying suddenly and unprepared.
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Medieval people also found more personal ways to record their experiences. Graffiti carved into church walls provides glimpses of the horrors of plague and the desire for individual memorialisation. An inscription at St Mary’s church in Ashwell (Hertfordshire) describes the plague as “pitiable, fierce, violent”. Another at St Edmund’s church in Acle, Norfolk concludes:
therefore, while in this world the brute beast plague rages hour by hour, with prayer and with remembrance deplore death’s deadliness.
Other, undated inscriptions reveal more intimate losses. One at St Mary’s church in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire simply records: “here lies Margaret in her tenth year”.
Plague may therefore have become a taboo subject for many survivors who wished to forget its horrors. Yet some of these silences are also the result of the kinds of sources historians rely upon. The voices that survive are shaped by chance, by record-keeping practices and by whose experiences were considered worth preserving.
This offers an important lesson today. The way future historians remember the COVID-19 pandemic will depend not only on what people experienced, but also on what was recorded, preserved and commemorated.
Harry Kane has sparked backlash after revealing he’s played golf with Donald Trump.
The England captain, whose six goals have helped fire his team into Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina, disclosed the round with the president during a news conference on Friday.
The Bayern Munich striker was asked by The Daily Telegraph how he fared against Trump on the golf course. Watch the exchange here.
“I played all right, to be honest,” Kane said. “Yeah, we played about 18 months ago. He invited me to play when I was down in Palm Beach, so, yeah, when the president invites you somewhere. It was a pretty surreal experience just to meet him and obviously play golf with him.”
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England captian Harry Kane, left, has drawn criticism after it emerged he played golf with Donald Trump, right.
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Kane added that Trump’s golf game is “pretty good to be honest with you” and said: “I hope I can play golf as good as him when I’m his age, that’s for sure.”
“Yeah, a unique experience,” Kane added. “But, yeah, was just grateful that he just invited me down to play, for sure.”
Trump, who turned 80 in June, has long faced accusations of cheating at golf, including from sportswriter Rick Reilly, who devoted an entire book to the subject.
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Trump praised Kane on Truth Social last week, calling him “a GREAT player!!!” before later revealing the pair had played golf together.
The England captain is not the first soccer star to face backlash over an encounter with Trump.
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi have also been criticisedin recent months following visits to the White House and photo ops with the president.
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If England end up beating reigning champions Argentina and then go on to win the World Cup against either Spain or France, Trump will hand Kane the trophy.
There’s no way @Erling would agree to meet Trump let alone play golf with him…. poor PR judgement from Harry Kane….
It’s incredibly disappointing that he said yes to Donald Trump. He’s not just the President. He’s amongst one of the most corrupt, grotesque individuals on the planet. So many crimes and so much evil yet the captain of England still wanted to spend a day with him. Fuck off Harry.
Myth 6: There won’t be anything left to leave your loved ones
The Truth: Lifetime mortgages have become increasingly flexible in recent years, and there are plans available which allow you to protect a portion of your equity for inheritance.
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Equity release will reduce the value of your estate and may affect your entitlement to means-tested benefits. If you’re considering gifting to family, you may need specialist tax advice, which is not provided by Royal London Equity Release Advisers.
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If you fall into the band where inheritance tax (IHT) is a consideration, equity release could help minimise your potential liability. This depends on individual circumstances and tax rules may change. Additionally, provided you live for another 7 years after making it, there may be no inheritance tax to pay on gifts to your loved ones.
Using a lifetime mortgage to give a cash gift may incur an inheritance tax liability. Your adviser can discuss this with you further. Taxation advice is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority.
Myth 7: It is an expensive way to borrow
The Truth: Releasing equity with a lifetime mortgage doesn’t have to be expensive.
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Vicky emotionally spoke about not yet being a mother after being open about her journey to freeze her eggs
Vicky Pattison has been seen wiping away the tears as she spoke about not yet being a mother after being open about her journey to freeze her eggs.
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The presenter and reality TV star revealed back in 2022 that she had decided to have her eggs frozen, saying at the time that her body ‘doesn’t have the luxury of loads of time’, while also knowing that it wasn’t the ‘right time’ for her to have children.
At the time, Vicky and her now-husband Ercan were early in their relationship, having met in 2019, but they have recently been seen discussing what the future looks like for them in their E4 documentary, Vicky Pattison: Maybe, Baby?, which followed the realities and pressures couples face to start a family.
Now, Vicky has emotionally opened up about her family plans, saying she feels “a bit lost” because she does not yet have a child. The former Geordie Shore star opened up on the Sort Your Life Out Unpacked podcast, telling host Dilly Carter: “It’s just the way the cookie crumbles and like how life sometimes presents you with different things and different opportunities and stuff.
“And I’ve never really felt ready until now!” The 38-year-old admitted: “It’s wild but like something just clicks, and the minute you feel ready it’s like you need a baby straight away.”
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She explained: “And all my whole life I felt so content and so happy and so proud of the things I was doing, and now all of a sudden, because I don’t have a baby, I feel a bit lost,” before admitting: “I didn’t think I’d be this age without a baby or a family.”
As she wiped away tears, she praised her husband: “I love my husband so much. He’s going to make such a great dad. We’re just trying not to put too much pressure on ourselves.” In typical Vicky fashion, the Strictly Come Dancing 2025 contestant joked: “But yeah, at the moment, Well I mean, he’s [Ercan’s] having a lovely time.”
During her recent documentary, Vicky expressed her biggest concern was how having a baby could impact on her TV career, which she has finally got to a point she had dreamed of and also shared her worries that she wouldn’t be a good mother.
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This is something she later echoed as she and Ercan spoke to Giovanna Fletcher on the latest episode of her podcast, Happy Mum Happy Baby. “I am absolutely terrified, and I’ll cry when I say this, I have a genuine fear that I won’t be good enough to be a mam,” she told the host, and former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here winner.
But Ercan was quick to reassure her, speaking about Vicky’s caring side when it comes to their relationship, and hers with their beloved dogs, Max and Milo. He said: I’ve seen the way you are with the dogs, I’ve seen the way you are with me, she’s going to be unbelievable. She’s incredible.”
The County Armagh demonstration is generally regarded as the largest parade while Belfast has the longest Twelfth parade route of the day, with participants walking more than six miles to the field.
Parades will take place on Monday in Ballymena, Larne, Ballymoney, Portglenone, Glenarm, Newtownhamilton, Belfast, Rathfriland, Killyleagh, Royal Hillsborough, Ballymartin, Ballywalter, Maguiresbridge, Limavady, Kilrea, Cookstown, Castlederg and Aughnacloy.
A three-year-old British boy has tragically died in Cyprus after falling out of a hotel window while on holiday with his parents.
The child was playing with his father in the corridor on the fourth floor of the hotel at 6pm yesterday when he fell through an open window, according to local media.
The family are believed to have arrived on Saturday and were due to stay at the hotel in the coastal area of Chloraka, near Paphos, until July 25.
In circumstances that are still under investigation, the child fell from an open corridor window and landed on the hotel’s main veranda on the first floor. He died upon arrival at the hospital.
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After Cypriot police launched an investigation into the incident, they arrested the 37-year-old father on charges of ‘causing death through negligence, reckless and dangerous actions’.
Local media reported that police were notified of the incident at around 6.40pm, after the child was picked up by an ambulance and taken to Paphos General Hospital.
An autopsy will be carried out this afternoon at the morgue of Nicosia General Hospital.
The father was brought before the Paphos District Court this morning, where officials issued an eight-day detention order.
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A young British toddler has tragically died in Cyprus after falling off a fourth-floor hotel window while on holiday with his parents
Testimony of last night’s tragedy is also expected to be heard at the legal proceedings.
The couple have another young child, a five-year-old girl, who was with them at the time of the incident.
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The mother’s parents are also in Paphos with the couple.
The Daily Mail has contacted the Foreign Office for comment.
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In a list of characters that Emmerdale fans can’t wait to see again, Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) is right up at the top of the wish list. Fear not, Dales lovers. That wish is about to be granted!
Victoria left the Dales earlier this year in February, after a deadly confrontation in the woods with her twisted serial killer half-brother John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) ended when she killed the monster in self defence with his own syringe, before trying to make it look like a suicide and fleeing the scene.
The truth behind John’s death was uncovered by the conniving lord of Home Farm Joe Tate, (Ned Porteous), who blackmailed Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) into framing Moira Dingle with an incriminating video of Victoria doing the bloody deed.
Victoria brought her half-brother John’s reign of terror to a permanent end. (Picture: ITV)
Wrestling with her own guilt over taking a life, Victoria decided to take Harry and flee the Dales, jetting off to Portugal to stay with her former stepmother Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen)
Victoria’s exit came after actress Isabel Hodgins announced she would be taking maternity leave, departing the show after almost two decades in the village.
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‘I will miss it.’ Isabel admitted’. I love the people there, but I’ve worked there for 19 years, so I feel like I’ve done what I’ve wanted to do and been selfish with my career. Now, it’s time to devote my life to being a mum, that feels right to me.’
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Isabel gave birth to her first child, Georgia, with her husband Adam Whitehead back in February. Her departure left fans eagerly clamouring for the Emmerdale legend’s return.
That return appears to be right around the corner, according to Isabel. The actress posted two photos on Instagram which heavily tease her imminent comeback. The pictures show Isabel posing with the Emmerdale sign in the sunshine, with the flowers fully in bloom.
Isabel teased her return to the Dales online. (Picture: ITV)
The soap star also included a video of her pushing her baby daughter Georgia round the village in her stroller, showing her all the sights including the church, the garage, the grave of her on-screen father Jack Sugden. Adam even got in on the fun, taking a ride on the roundabout in the village playground.
‘For the first time, I got to show Georgie (and Adam) around the village that’s been such a huge part of my life.’ Isbobel wrote.
‘I’ve been lucky enough to call this place work since I was 12 years old, so sharing it with my little family meant so much.
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‘GG’s verdict? She’d quite happily move in.’
The post had fans buzzing with excitement within seconds. One user said: ‘Are you going to be back on our screens very soon?’
A second shared: ‘Come back!’
A third added: ‘Already? Wow! Fantastic news.’
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Fans weren’t the only ones anticipating Isabel’s return. Chris Coghill, who plays eccentric hardman newcomer Kev Townsend , joked that he’d notified the relevant authorities about his co-stars comeback.
‘Just so you know, I’ve alerted security’ Christ posted.
This is the latest departure in a major cast shake up where four other actors and actresses are set to bow of the the ITV soap . This includes Jimmy King (Nick Miles), Olivia Bromley (Dawn Taylor), Bradley Johnson (Vinnie Dingle), and Caroline Harker, whose character, the villainous Doctor Todd, has already been killed off.
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Victoria’s return is sure to set the cat among the pigeons now there’s a new addition to the Sugden clan in the form of Serena Sugden (Casey Al-Shaqsy), who seemed to have a strange interest in John Sugden the moment she set foot in the village. Given the fact that Serena was recently revealed to be a copper, this can only spell bad news for Victoria.
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