BENEFITS Street is back on our screens with a new estate and a new set of residents.

Kingston Road on the Tilery Estate in Stockton-On-Tees is where the focus is this time and questions have been asked about whether the documentary series exploits vulnerable people for entertainment value.

Tom Pollard from the Who Benefits? campaign says that the Channel 4 show will never truly represent those claiming welfare.

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During the last series, a Who Benefits? petition was signed by over 3,000 people calling on Channel 4 to adhere to its responsibility to “support and stimulate well-informed debate on a wide range of issues”.

FORMER X Factor winner Matt Cardle has announced he’ll be treading the boards soon as he joins the cast of Memphis: The Musical.

Matt will be taking over from Killian Donnelly to play radio DJ “Huey Calhoun” from July 6.

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He joins an all-star cast that also boasts singer Beverley Knight in the role of Felicia Farrell.

FINALLY, TV gardener Monty Don has warned that young people are being turned off gardening because they can no longer afford homes with green spaces.

The Royal Horticultural Society has reported a surge in interest in the young, but the presenter, 59, criticised councils for building on allotments.

He said that spiralling property prices meant that younger generations did not have the opportunity to get green-fingered.

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The Gardeners’ World presenter also criticised politicians for not making ecology a priority.