It has been revealed that the Alan Rickman left £4million in his will including legacies of £100,000 to charity.

He left £100,000 to charity when he passed away to cancer in January. 

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday - the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts - she wrote: 'Please don't start flame wars over it, but this year I'd like to apologise for killing (whispers)... Snape.'

Getting drunk and embarrassing yourself used to be part of the Christmas party season job description but there has been an unwelcome crackdown festive fun and those days are over.

Lynda La Plante's classic TV series Widows is set to be released as a movie in November. Now she wants Freddie Flintoff to play the role of Spencer Gibbs from series Prime Suspect in her next TV show.

Richard Curtis who wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral said at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Gloucestershire that he had wanted Alan Rickman but was outvoted.

The author, 54, made a touching tribute to the late star, who tragically died in 2016 of pancreatic cancer, when a Harry Potter fan gushed about his portrayal of Severus Snape in the film franchise.

EDDIE HEARN: You probably have seen the video of Dereck Chisora and Dillian Whyte going at each other. That's made us think very carefully about how put them face to face in the build up to their fight.

EDDIE HEARN: There is a fine line between hyping a fight and going against the codes of conduct of the sport. Dereck Chisora went too far and now there will be a British Boxing Board of Control meeting.

EDDIE HEARN: Social media is a funny thing. I was bemused to see comments on Twitter this week that Kell Brook wants to swerve a fight with Errol Spence – pretty odd as he fought Gennady Golovkin.

EDDIE HEARN: With just a fortnight to go until the biggest fight in British boxing history, Wladimir Klitschko has began to crank up the mind games ahead of his clash with Anthony Joshua.

EDDIE HEARN: This is the first time Aanthony Joshua has has had any disruptions during his camp and it hasn't been ideal. It's been a pretty long road to Saturday's showdown in Cardiff.

EDDIE HEARN: Deontay Wilder had a very exciting dust-up with Luis Ortiz at the weekend. It was easily the biggest test of Wilder's career and credit to him for coming through it. In the seventh he was gone.

EDDIE HEARN: Over here, we are thinking about what next for Tony Bellew. He has emerged as a real stand-out star of British boxing in the last few years.

EDDIE HEARN: The stage is set for a heavyweight war at the O2 this Saturday. It’s one neither fighter needed to take, one neither fighter should be taking but it’s the one they both wanted to take.

COLUMN: After the camp Joshua had, it was a great outcome. He had a back problem after about two weeks and eight weeks out it was 50-50 over whether he would even be able to fight.

EDDIE HEARN: I had written him off but that was a very impressive display. I had him winning by about two rounds but aside from how well he boxed, that really was an amazing recovery in the 12th.

EDDIE HEARN: I have had a lot of people asking for an update on Joshua and as ever a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes. We have made offers to the major heavyweight contenders.

The 30-year-old Victoria's Secret Angel flashed her stunning figure in a skimpy bikini top as she documented her vacation with beau Tom Daley to her Instagram followers

Tom Daley, 25, walked with the push chair while he joined his husband Dustin Lance Black, 44, and son for a family stroll, in London on Sunday.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LAURA LAMBERT: Jack Laugher is trying to explain how hard it is to string together six perfect dives. 'It is like taking a penalty in a World Cup final,' he tells Sportsmail.

Elsa Hosk looked loved up with her man Tom Daley when they were spotted cosied together during in New York on Saturday. Elsa cuddled up to her boyfriend, while her beau gave her a loving kiss.

The pair looked every inch the happy couple as they attended the Romeo and Juliet gala night in London on Sunday.

The diver, 25, went for a 'spiritual meditation' experience at a waterfall and documented the day on his YouTube channel.

The catwalk Queen, 27, looked stunning in a white crop top as she posed with Tom Daley at the launch of Adidas LDN, the new flagship store opening on Oxford Street, London on Thursday.

The pair looked every inch the happy couple as they attended the Pride of Britain Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Monday.

Tom Daley shared an adorable snap of his son Robert Ray, 17 months, on Sunday.

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Tom Daley's knitting hobby, which he took up to deal with self-isolation, is not going down too well with his husband, film producer Dustin Lance Black.

Channel 9 paid $120,000 to a child recovery agency whose operator was previously arrested in Singapore and who have Facebook posts of 'successful' operations which are not theirs.

Craig Michael remains behind bars in Beiruit with charged with kidnapping after the botched child recovery operation of Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner's two young children.

In a segment aired on 60 Minutes on Sunday night journalist Tara Brown defended her crew's involvement in the botched child abduction of Sally Faulkner's two child in Beirut, Lebanon.

Tara Brown was even supposed to board a getaway boat with three TV crew members following the abduction of Sally Faulkner's children in Beirut earlier this month.

The Brisbane mother at the centre of the 60 Minutes kidnapping attempt now has no contact with her children. Sally Faulkner's estranged husband has stopped all contact.

Adam Whittington's Gold Coast family has called on Channel Nine to front up the US$500,000 so Ali Elamine (pictured) will drop the kidnapping charges against him and three others.

It has been confirmed that 60 Minutes presenter Tara Brown will not be attending the event in Melbourne on Sunday night.

Nothing's sacred when comedian Dave Hughes is around, and as he kicked off hosting duties at the 2016 TV Week Logie Awards, he made light of the recent 60 Minutes controversy.

Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner has made a 'guarantee' to bring her children Lahela, five, and Noah, three, back after the botched 60 Minutes child abduction in Beirut, Lebanon.

Despite high expectations he would be freed on bail on Wednesday Australian-British man Adam Whittington remains in a Beirut prison for his involvement in the 60 Minutes child abduction.

The four remaining prisoners jailed in Beirut over the botched 60 Minutes child abduction case have been refused bail after Ali Elamine refused to drop charges against the men.

CBS News veteran Morley Safer has passed away at the age of 84. Safer, who had been a correspondent on 60 Minutes for all but two of the show's 48 seasons, retired from his job last week.

Long-time 60 Minutes producer Stephen Rice has lost his job after a review by the Nine Network over the botched 60 Minutes child recovery in Lebanon.

Sydney's Ten Eyewitness News presenter Hugh Riminton, who worked for Channel Nine for over a decade, dubbed Mr Rice the 'scapegoat for the 60 minutes fiasco' in a series of tweets on Friday.

Channel Nine news director Darren Wick has revealed the Australian network will still 'pay for stories,' denying money was to blame for 60 Minutes botched 'child abduction' story

Veteran journalist and founding producer of 60 Minutes Gerald Stone has slammed Tara Brown and her team for their handling of the botched child kidnap story in Lebanon.

Sacked 60 Minutes producer Stephen Rice has enlisted the help of a high-profile lawyer to fight his dismissal over the botched abduction of Sally Faulkner's two children in Lebanon last month.

An email chain has confirmed that the top executives of 60 Minutes knew of the plan to abduct Sally Faulkner's two children in Beirut for three months before the foiled attempt in April.

Tara Brown and the 60 Minutes TV crew could still face up to three years behind bars in a Lebanese prison for their role in the botched child abduction scandal if they are charged with kidnapping.

Australia's reporter Tara Brown's job was on the line before Nine Network bosses decided to sack 60 Minutes producer Stephen Rice over the botched child abduction scandal, it has emerged.

Journalist Liz Hayes has broken down during an interview with a former police officer shot in his Sydney home in 1984, after refusing a bribe from now-convicted murderer Roger Rogerson.

The botched child recovery in Lebanon funded by 60 Minutes has cost Channel Nine more than $2 million in legal fees and compensation.