The actor was pictured on social media having a drink at the Turf pub next to the Racecourse.

Will Ferrell says he feared that his classic Christmas film Elf would be “my last movie” while filming it almost 20 years ago. The US actor and comedian said the film had “stood the test of time” because it was “beautifully uncynical”.

Tributes have been paid to Two And A Half Men actress Conchata Ferrell, who has died aged 77. Ferrell played cantankerous housekeeper Berta on the popular sitcom, starring alongside Jon Cryer, Angus T Jones and Charlie Sheen, and later Ashton Kutcher.