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In a shock departure, Home and Away star Kate Ritchie (Sally) has been eliminated from Seven's celebrity singing competition It Takes Two.
In last nights episode, Kate and her partner, country music star Troy Cassar-Daley, were voted out.
However, all is not lost for Home and Away fans, with Mark Furze (Ric) still in the competition and part of the final three.
Following Kate's departure Mark is still betting agency CentreBet's favourite to win the series. Kate previously shared the favourite spot with Mark.
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 Many Australian viewers have recently been wondering what has happened to the show's opening titles and world famous theme tune. Recently, the show has started going straight from the recap to the day's episode, removing the opening titles usually sandwiched in between.
Well, Australia's 'The Courier-Mail' reports that this won't be forever. They report that a Seven spokesperson has confirmed that the theme and titles will be brought back "once they get through this run of bad luck on Summer Bay". Apparently, with so much happening at the moment, they need every second of airtime possible, and cutting the opening titles was the easiest way to achive this.
The article also reports that new opening titles are being filmed in about a fortnight. Could this see the 'picture frame' theme replaced by brand new titles, or does it simply mean that the shots will get another refresh? At the start of the 2006 season, all but one of the credit shots were changed, but still remained in the picture frame style, which debuted at the beginning of the 2004 season.
You can give your thoughts on the credits' disappearence here.
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Home and Away has once again been nominated in ITV's National Television Awards. It's been nominated in the category of Most Popular Serial Drama, and is up against British soaps Coronation Street, Eastenders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.
You can vote on the Official Website, and have until Friday 4th August to cast your vote.
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The Daily Telegraph reports that Ray Meagher, who plays veteran Alf Stewart, has renewed his Home and Away contract for another five years - so chances are he's sticking around for some time to come.
Ray has been on the show since it began in 1988, a feat that's even earned him a place in the Guinness World Records.
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Home and Away episodes will return to 'ABC Asia Pacific' on Monday, August 7, when the television broadcaster becomes known as the Australia Network.
The network will launch on August 7 across Asia offering news, documentaries, drama and lifestyle programs.
Home and Away will air Monday to Friday at 5:30pm (Hong Kong time).
There will be a special one hour recap of all Home and Away activity Sunday, August 13 at 6pm (Hong Kong time).
(From Press Release)
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A Home and Away episode has recieved a nominatation in the Television Serial category for the 2006 AWGIE Awards - the Australian Writers' Guild's annual awards for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing.
Writer Sam Meikle has been nominated for Episode 4121, the episode in which Flynn finally loses his battle against cancer. Meikle was also nominated for an All Saints episode, Right to Life (Episode 316).
Also in the running for the award against Home and Away's Episode 4121 are three Neighbours episodes.
The AWGIE Awards are judged solely by writers, and the judging is based on the written script - the writer's intention rather than the finished product.
The winners will be announced on August 25th in Sydney.
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BTTB has been in contact with ex H&A cast member Laurie Foell (Angie/Josie Russell), and we are pleased to hear that she will shortly be returning for another stint on Kiwi soap 'Shortland Street' as Dr Justine Jones.
Recently Laurie has been auditioning for many US shows, but despite some great feedback there have been no offers as yet.
"It's like running a marathon, it's exhausting. But I enjoyed the process, its like high competition athletics and it gave me an idea of just how tough that end of the market is, so it was good."
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