The sitcom included a scene which referenced the Black Lives Matter movement.
The actress also appeared in Coronation Street, So Awkward and Waterloo Road.
The former soap favourite, 93, will play the mother of a son with Down's syndrome.
The Hospital Group has confirmed that patient photos are being held to ransom by hackers.
Nuro's autonomous vehicles will take to the streets as early as 2021.
Craig Revel Horwood made it to the cookery show's final in 2007 but was beaten by Nadia Sawalha.
Big-name fashion designers and models pay tribute to the late star, who has died aged 50.
Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley on a star-studded festive reading to support the arts industry.
The US model lost the baby she was expecting with husband John Legend earlier this year.
The Chinese tech giant is face a probe by regulators into locking merchants into its platform.