Jane Whittenshaw, EastEnders and Call the Midwife actor, dies

TV regular died last weekend with her husband Hugh and carers at her side, her agents have announced

Jane Whittenshaw, the actor best known for appearing in EastEnders and Call the Midwife, has died.

A statement from her agent said she died last weekend, with her husband, Hugh, best friend and carers at her side. The cause of death has not been disclosed.

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Comedians went virtual, Ai Weiwei went to Portugal – and Bake Off pledged the show would go on. In the first of a two-part series, cultural figures look back on a year that shook their industry

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