EASTENDERS has made UK soap history by casting a transgender actor to play a transgender character in a continuing role.

Riley Carter Millington, 21, is set to join the BBC One show’s cast, playing newcomer Kyle.

Viewers will get a brief glimpse of Kyle on screen this October, before the character returns permanently at the end of the year.

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MILK Tray Man is back on TV screens after a 13-year absence as Cadbury launches a search for his successor – and this time, it could be a woman.

The polo neck-wearing 80s hero famous for his daring escapades to deliver a box of chocolates to the lady he loves is calling for candidates to become the brand’s new face, culminating with a leading role in the next Milk Tray ad.

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SIR Bruce Forsyth slipped and fell at his home and has been told by doctors to have complete rest for at least a week.

The 87-year-old showbiz veteran was in hospital following the fall and has had to pull out of presenting his variety show Bruce’s Hall Of Fame due to injury, the show’s production company said.

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COLIN Firth has been spotted filming the much-anticipated third instalment of the Bridget Jones franchise, titled Bridget Jones’s Baby.

Firth, who plays Mark Darcy, was photographed looking dapper in a navy suit on set in Islington, north London.

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Dame Helen Mirren has revealed she is scared of celebrity journalists, despite playing one in her new film.

The 70-year-old actress, who portrays gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in Trumbo, said meeting her real-life alter-ego in person would have terrified her.

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Ahead of the film’s European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, she said: “She would have scared the s**t out of me. Actually, a lot of journalists scare the s**t out of me. I have never been a big fan of celebrity journalism. I find it kind of boring.”