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| 2025 | Appeared in 'Words of War' playing the role of Ilya Politkovsky. |
| 2025 | Cast in the film 'Longbourn' as the character James. |
| 2025 | Slated to play Richard Burton in the film 'Mr Burton', currently in post-production. |
| 2025 | Passed away, marking the end of a significant acting career spanning multiple decades. |
| 2025 | Set to appear in 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy'. |
| 2025 | Set to appear in 'A Working Man' as Levon Cade, which is currently in post-production and he will also produce the film |
| January 16 2025 | Joan Plowright passed away at Denville Hall in Northwood at the age of 95. |
| 2024 | Joined the cast of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'. |
| 2024 | Starred in 'Paddington in Peru'. |
| 2024 | Starred in The Beekeeper. |
| 2024 | Statham was associated with World of Tanks: Holiday Ops promotional campaign |
| 2024 | Statham's film 'Expend4bles' was nominated for Worst Picture at the Razzie Awards |
| 2024 | Statham was nominated for Worst Actor at the Razzie Awards for 'Meg 2: The Trench' |
| 2024 | Jason Statham was featured in Volkswagen Transporter advertising as 'The Transporter' |
| 2024 | Returned to Gavin & Stacey and performed in the musical Opening Night. |
| 2024 | Cast as Harvey Dent in the film Joker: Folie à Deux, marking a notable role in a major comic book film adaptation |
| 2024 | Became a series regular as Franklin Warner in 6 episodes of 'Sherwood' |
| 2024 | Appears in Inside No. 9 as Larry in the episode 'Mulberry Close' |
| 2024 | Richard Armitage is set to appear in multiple projects including 'Fool Me Once', 'Red Eye', and 'Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft'. |
| 2024 | Sheridan Smith was nominated for the Best Actress award for her performance in Shirley Valentine. |
| October 2024 | Revealed on the podcast 'What Did You Do Yesterday?' that he lives in North London with his girlfriend and four cats, including a Sphynx cat. |
| March 2024 | Smith is set to star as Myrtle in 'Opening Night' at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. |
| February 22 2024 |
Cottam power stations
Demolition of the boiler house at 10 am, continuing the site's decommissioning process.
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| 2023 | Acted in The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. |
| 2023 | Announced to return for the third Paddington film alongside Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, and new cast members including Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, and Emily Mortimer. |
| 2023 | Busy year with multiple films: 'Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre' as Orson Fortune (also producer), 'Fast X' as Deckard Shaw, 'Meg 2: The Trench' as Jonas Taylor, and 'Expend4bles' as Lee Christmas (also producer) |
| 2023 | Starred in Meg 2: The Trench and continued his role in The Expendables series. |
| 2023 | Secured a main role as Ben in the production 'You & Me' |
| 2023 | Dalton starred as Donald Whitfield in the Paramount+ western series 1923. |
| 2023 | Became the voice of Armadillo in the English dub of the Italian animated series This World Can't Tear Me Down. |
| 2023 | Appeared on the fifth series of Celebrity Hunted with Ed Gamble, ultimately being caught after deliberately provoking the Hunters. |
| 2023 | Robert Lindsay performed as Sir Philip 'Pip' Bin in 'Bleak Expectations' at the Criterion Theatre, London |
| 2023 | Richard Armitage appeared as Jasko in 'The Boy in the Woods'. |
| 2023 | Richard Armitage publicly disclosed that he had a male partner. |
| 2023 | Smith began filming 'The Castaways' for Paramount+. |
| 2023 | Sheridan Smith starred as Lori Holme in 5 episodes of The Castaways. |
| 2023 | Sheridan Smith received two Olivier Awards, a British Academy Television Award, and a National Television Award, as well as two International Emmy Award nominations. |
| 2023 | Sheridan Smith starred in the West End play 'Shirley Valentine'. |
| December 2023 | Sheridan Smith spoke about her tattoo regrets and her intention not to add any further ink to her skin. |
| August 17 2023 |
Cottam power stations
Demolition of the main building began, including the DA bay, bunker bay, turbine hall, and coal conveyer.
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| May 2023 | Released debut album 'Party Gator Purgatory' with his music collective Temps. |
| April 19 2023 | Ash confirmed the end of the Bauhaus reunion, with the remaining members reforming Love and Rockets. |
| April 13 2023 |
Cottam power stations
Explosive demolition of precipitators 3 and 4 at the Cottam power station site.
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