Gavin And Stacey’s Melanie Walters’ warning to others after she was targeted twice by prolific scammers and reveals the two key steps you can take to stop it happening to you

The 64-year-old actress, famous for playing Gwen West on a popular BBC show, recently avoided losing a significant amount of money – potentially thousands of pounds – after receiving a scam email pretending to be from her bank. A suspicious letter arrived in the mail a few weeks later.

The Bride! Is an Intellectual Joyride Without the Joy

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film, The Bride!, is very upfront about its themes – almost to a fault. From the very beginning, it feels like the movie is explicitly stating its intentions, similar to an essay’s introduction. While it’s easy to understand the anger the film explores, the way it’s presented feels uninspired and predictable. You can quickly grasp the movie’s main ideas, and after a while, it becomes draining rather than engaging. The emphatic exclamation point in the title hints at this – the film overstates its points instead of letting them resonate naturally.