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EastEnders’ Best Bad Girl revealed as iconic soap turns 40 – but do you agree?
SHE was the scheming killer EastEnders fans loved to hate.
Now Janine Butcher has been voted Best Bad Girl in The Sun on Sunday’s exclusive poll to celebrate the soap’s 40th anniversary.
Janine – played by Charlie Brooks – was the clear winner in our readers’ eyes, with 92 per cent of you picking her.
The daughter of Frank Butcher, Janine first appeared in Walford as a troublesome schoolgirl in 1989.
Her clashes with Frank’s second wife, Peggy Mitchell, became the stuff of legend and her malice only escalated until she killed husband Barry Evans by pushing him off a cliff to claim his inheritance.
Janine beat vile Stella Crawford in our poll of favourite characters, past and present.
Stella physically and emotionally abused fiancé Phil Mitchell’s son, Ben.
Peggy Mitchell was Best Pub Boss for 81 per cent of you, with Angie Watts in second place. And Phil Mitchell was rated Best Bad Boy by 59 per cent, seeing off evil Nick Cotton.
Elsewhere, bumbling Dot Branning – who found porn while searching “bushes” online – was Funniest Character.
Pat Evans was Best Battleaxe, and Mick and Linda Carter Best Double Act.
Meanwhile, Tiffany Butcher was Sexiest Female; Ravi Gulati Biggest Heartthrob; and Sharon Watts Strongest Woman.
Billy and Honey Mitchell were Happiest Couple.
‘I had his jersey under mine’ reveals tearful ex-coach of Dillon Quirke as he dedicates hurling title to tragic GAA star
DILLON QUIRKE’S former coach paid tribute to him after guiding Thurles CBS to the Dr Harty Cup.
Niall Cahill engineered the Tipperary school to their ninth Dr Harty title with a 1-13 to 0-13 win over St Flannan’s College, Ennis on Saturday.
It came ten years after their last one in 2015, when Quirke was part of the team.
Dillon died of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome during a hurling match for his club Clonoulty-Rossmore at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Co Tipperary, in August 2022.
And speaking to the Irish Examiner, Cahill fought back tears to dedicate the cup to his former player.
He said: “We won here in 2015, Ronan Teehan was the captain. Dillon Quirke was corner-back the same day.
“There is a whole load of the lads sitting in Sydney at the moment in a pub having a barbeque celebrating, they couldn’t get home, they’re working.
“There’s lads all around the world. But Dillon couldn’t be there.
“I didn’t want to say anything to any of the boys all week, I put on his jersey from 2015 underneath my own today.
“I wanted him here. He helped us. He was something else.
“He is such a loss to Clonoulty, the school, everything. I didn’t want to burden the boys with anything about emotion.
“We had a picture inside in the dressing-room of Dillon. We don’t kind of allude to it or mention it but the boys know who he is.
“It’s for us and the staff and the people involved. Evelyn Heffernan works with us and two of her boys Enda and Ronan were playing in 2015, best of friends with Dillon.
“You just knew coming down there was something bigger happening.
“Just delighted to think of Dillon and to remember him on the day because he lived for Harty and just loved that medal so much.”
In the wake of Dillon’s untimely death, his dad set up the Dillon Quirke Foundation to help screen young people for cardiac issues.
And speaking back in January, he believes his son’s passing can help save countless other lives.
He told The Irish Sun: “I’ve heard dozens of stories from parents that ring to say, ‘we’re obviously very sad about what happened to you and your family, but you’ve now saved our child’.
“And so, what better story could one have to hear? To hear that is tremendous for us.
“It’s a big solace to me personally because we’re doing so much with the foundation.”
‘GREAT SHOCK’
On average, 100 young people in Ireland currently die each year from SADS — a much higher rate than that reported in other EU countries.
Since the foundation was established, they have had over 10,000 kids screened — and saved dozens of young lives.
Now Dillon’s father wants the screenings to be mandatory.
Dan explained: “It was a great shock to us all as a family.
“There was a huge outpouring of grief during the time of the funeral and so many people tried to help us.
“We didn’t know where we were going really, but I guess we just had to look into it to see.
“We only found out it was Sudden Adult Death Syndrome after. It took a couple of months to confirm. I suppose in a state of numbness, we were looking for answers. And we couldn’t get answers.
“So we just delved into Sudden Adult Death Syndrome ourselves and saw what it was about, worldwide.
“Unfortunately, in Ireland, there’s very little awareness about it.”
The foundation has carried out 10,128 cardiac screenings across Ireland in partnership with 275 sports clubs.
Tragedy as girl and boy die in horror car crash as cops arrest man & woman over fatal smash & fleeing scene
TWO children have died in a horror car crash with cops arresting a a man and a woman after they fled the scene.
Police officers scrambled to Walthams Place in Pitsea, Essex, after reports a girl and a boy had been involved in a collision just before 6.30pm tonight.
Emergency services attended the scene and battled to save the children but both of them tragically passed away.
An Essex Police spokesperson confirmed that the car failed to stop after the fatal smash.
A man and a woman have since been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.
The pair currently remain in custody.
Temporary Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hooper said: “My thoughts are with the friends and family of the girl and boy who have died this evening.
“Specialist officers are supporting them at this truly unimaginably difficult time.
“Our officers will be carrying out enquiries in the area this evening to establish the circumstances which led up to the collision so if you saw anything or have any information please get in contact.”
Cops urged anyone to come forward immediately after the fatal smash.
The statement added: “If you saw anything, have any CCTV, dash cam or doorbell footage, or have any information please get in contact with us.
“Please quote incident 931 of 1 February.
“You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.
“Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our online reporting services.“
If you would like to make an anonymous report you can contact independent charity @Crimestoppers.
Alternatively you can get in touch on their website or by calling 0800 555 111.
Prison killer drugs epidemic laid bare as bosses fear 41 inmates could overdose behind bars EVERY day
PRISON chiefs are preparing to deal with up to 41 opioid overdoses every day as they battle a tidal wave of hard drugs.
Ministry of Justice chiefs are looking for an annual supply of 15,000 special kits of medicine that reverses the effect of killers such as heroin, fentanyl and morphine.
They want the nasal Naloxone sprays to be delivered to all prisons and probation offices with an annual bill expected to be more than £250,000.
The spray is administered when drug users are feared to have overdosed and works to relieve dangerous symptoms caused by high levels of opiates in the blood.
Information provided by the MoJ on the tender said: “The estimated volume of kits required could be 15,000 kits per year, to be delivered across the HM Prison and Probation Service estate.”
A two-kit pack costs £32 plus VAT, meaning the annual bill would be £240,000 plus VAT as well as delivery costs.
The rise in overdoses is believed to be fuelled by the growth of synthetic opiates such as nitazenes and fentanyl.
Nitazenes are 250 times stronger than heroin. In 2022, 15 inmates in England and Wales died of unintentional overdoses on it.
MPs on the justice committee launched an inquiry last month into the high levels of drugs in prisons.
The group will look into the supply of drugs into jails, the involvement of organised criminal gangs in the distribution and trafficking of drugs in prisons.
They will also examine the use of technology including drones and mobile phones in facilitating supply.
In October last year the MoJ revealed the number of drones sighted or reported in or around prisons in England and Wales had risen from 478 in 2022 to 1,063 in 2023.
Masked Singer fans slam Maya Jama after spotting major issue with her guesses
THE Masked Singer fans were fed up tonight after a series of improbably guesses from Maya Jama.
While the audience aren’t strangers to an obscure guess from the panel, Maya took it to another level tonight.
Perhaps her most outlandish prediction of the night was that Dressed Crab was none other than King Charles.
Though the monarch has a fun side, it’s safe to say appearing on the ITV entertainment show is out of the question.
When it came to Wolf, Maya began well, noticing a picture of some brown eyes belonged to Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and therefore the person behind the mask had a song called Angel Eyes.
Favourite to be the character is Marti Pellow, whose former group Wet Wet Wet had a song by that name.
But Maya claimed the hit was written by Abba then went off on a tangent that ended up with her guessing Kian Egan from Westlife.
One viewer fumed on X: “Maya Jama took a stab in the dark that a giant singing crab on the telly was King of England. Right.”
Another said: “Maya Jama’s guesses are so ridiculous.”
A third said: “Honestly maya jama is doing my tree in with these clue guesses tonight.”
However, not all of her choices were terrible.
She agreed with Mo Gilligan that Bear is Example, linking a chicken clue in his VT to a viral song he did with Ed Sheeran called Nando’s Skank.
Two characters were exposed in tonight’s show in a dramatic double elimination.
First up was Kingfisher, who was revealed to be artist Sir Grayson Perry, 64.
Perry said he wanted to be “something cute” and that he’d had a “lovely time embracing the spirit of the show”.
His initials, GP, fooled the judges who thought it was a link to comedian Harry Hill‘s former career as a doctor.
In reality, it was a lot more straightforward than that and Perry joked he’d done his best Hill impression.
Teasing what he would have done next, Perry said after the show: “I was gutted when I got knocked out. I had two really lovely songs lined up for next week.
“I was going to sing, ‘Feed the Birds’ from Mary Poppins and there wouldn’t have been a dry eye in the place! I’d already been practising. I could hardly get through without blubbing.
“And then I was going to do ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan. That’s a great song. Lots of words though. Very hard to learn but I had it nailed and I was really looking forward to it.”
Next up was Snail, who was none other than Andrea Corr, 50.
The Corrs singer said she “loved” the costume, she added: “I had such a good time, everyone’s been lovely, it’s been really joyous. I wanted to do it for the children.”
Who has left The Masked Singer 2025 so far?
Much to the delight of telly fans, The Masked Singer is back in 2025.
Twelve celebrities have been hidden behind intricate costumes, with their identities concealed.
Sadly, not all of this year’s whacky and wonderful characters can make it to the end of the show, as there can only be one winner.
Here’s who has been unmasked so far:
Teeth – this character baffled judges and viewers with their changing voice. They were finally unmasked as former Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc. None of the panel managed to guess it was her
Tattoo – despite Davina McCall saying “you sound the same” after this character was unmasked, none of the judges guessed it was 80s singer Carol Decker, whose hit China In Your Hand was a No1 hit for five weeks
Toad In The Hole – a massive diva strop saw the character storm off the stage after the judges voted them off. They later returned to be unmasked as singer Macy Gray
Pegasus – the mythical horse was revealed to be Prue Leith, with judge Jonathan Ross correctly guessing her identity
Spag Bol – this character was first to be unmasked and was none other than Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway.
Plus there was one extra unmasking this season, with Giant Joel – a caricature of host Joel Dommett – unveiled as double-double Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah.
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