Children in Need raises ‘record-breaking’ £37m

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Children in Need has broken its own fundraising record after an evening of entertainment across the BBC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than £37 million has been raised so far&comma; overtaking 2014′s total of £32&period;6 million&period; BBC Children in Need tweeted that the total raised was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;record-breaker”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The telethon continued late into the night with performances by Selena Gomez and Years and Years&comma; as well as a special appeal by singer Sir Tom Jones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dermot O’Leary&comma; who stepped in at the last minute to replace veteran presenter Sir Terry Wogan to host the first part of the evening&comma; was roundly praised on Twitter for his hosting duties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s been an absolute blast&period; Thank you so&comma; so much&period; To Terry&comma; I hope you’re feeling better&comma; I hope we get to enjoy a drop of the pure very soon and we’re all doing you justice here&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sir Terry was forced to pull out at the last minute due to health issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taking over on BBC Two from 10pm was EastEnders actor Shane Richie&comma; who celebrated the show’s fundraising efforts with his guests at the Queen Vic – including singers Peter Andre&comma; Jess<br &sol;>&NewLine;Glynne and Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The star-studded night began with a video presented by One Direction&comma; Sir Tom Jones and Dame Helen Mirren to thank the public for the £32&period;6 million donated last year that has helped benefit 500&comma;000 children in the UK in 2&comma;500 projects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ellie Goulding performed her new single Army&comma; the first time it has been seen on TV&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And Bonnie Langford stole the show as the EastEnders cast performed a high kick-filled routine to songs from the musical Top Hat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e4d5c38a29f">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e4d5c38a29f'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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