Julie Anne Merkell (née Harris; born 26 May 1972), known professionally as Patsy Palmer, is a British actress and DJ. After appearing as Natasha in the children's drama series Grange Hill (1985–1987), she came to prominence for her portrayal of Bianca Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1993–1999, 2008–2014, 2019, 2024–2025). For her portrayal of the latter, she won the British Soap Award for Best Actress in 2000, and later the award for Best Comedy Performance in 2025.
Her other acting roles include The Bill, Gimme Gimme Gimme and The Catherine Tate Show. Palmer began DJing in 2012, and subsequently relocated to Malibu, California, in 2014. She has also appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing (2005), Comic Relief Does The Apprentice (2009), The Masked Singer (2020), Dancing on Ice (2023) and Celebrity Big Brother (2025).
Read more...The May 26, 1972 was a Friday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 146 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 54 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 22 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, May 26, 2027, in 342 days. You have lived for 19,745 days, or about 473,899 hours, or about 28,433,984 minutes, or about 1,706,039,040 seconds.
Date: 27 May 1972
IRWIN SILBER, CARL DAVIDSON
Irwin SILBER
Guardian exec editor I Silber and managing editor C Davidson lr takes issue with H E Salisbury May 15 article in which he claims that Amer newsmen have not been present in N Korean capital of Pyongyang from Korean war until his current visit; holds that Salisbury did not note visit in '70 of Guardian managing editor J A Smith and staff correspondent T R Smith
Date: 27 May 1972
Special to The New York Times
Newsmen in Italy stage work stoppages on May 26 to protest raid on Corriere Delia Sera on May 24, in which police attempted to find out how pub obtained restricted information on current terrorism inquiry; hold police action is curtailment of press freedom
Date: 26 May 1972
By MARJORIE HUNTERSpecial to The New York Times
Repr Moorhead proposes on May 25 creation of ind 9-member Classification Rev Bd with authority to decide which documents should be stamped top secret or secret; proposal comes 1 wk before Pres Nixon's Exec Order on declassification is scheduled to go into effect; Moorhead holds Nixon directive is 'filled with tech defects and massive loopholes'; says his own proposal would enable Cong to control new classification system; bill stipulates that 3 members of bd would be named by Nixon, 3 by HR Speaker and 3 by Pres pro tem of Sen; Moorhead holds proposal would write into law for 1st time extent of Govt's authority to classify documents and would establish procedure to automatically declassify most documents, except extremely sensitive natl defense data, within 3 yrs; notes comm would have authority to settle disputes between Cong and exec branch over access to material sought by either house of Cong or by Cong coms or subcoms
Date: 26 May 1972
By THEODORE SHABADSpecial to The New York Times
2 Amer journalists, J A Michener and J Wish (Amer Jewish Press), walk out of Soviet daily briefing, May 25, given for visiting Amer newsmen during Pres Nixon's trip to Moscow, when A B Chakovsky (Literaturnaya Gazeta) reads excerpt from satirical novel in response to question posed by Wish on current Soviet Jewish problem; Chakovsky, in response to Wish's question why USSR does not publish Yiddish-language newspapers giving Soviet Jews news about Jewish communities abroad, says Soviet Jews have adequate sources of information in Yiddish in newspapers Birobkidzhan er Shtern and Sovetish Heimland; says Amer newsmen looking for 'Jewish problem' in USSR might begin by looking into anti-Semitism in their own country; reads from novel by I Ilf and Y Petrov, which contains joke about Jews; Michener says it is 'disgrace to make light of such a serious problem'; I I Udaltsov (Novosti Press Agency) expresses regret that Michener engaged in 'hysterics
Date: 26 May 1972
Finds 'Significant' Gains in Markets' RestructuringBy VARTANIG G. VARTAN
G M Loeb Awards for distinguished business and financial journalism to R E Bedingfield and R Metz (NY Times)
Date: 26 May 1972
By JOHN W. FINNEYSpecial to The New York Times
John FINNEYSpecial
United States Sen, 42-47, on May 25, approves Sen Baker move rejecting amendment Sen Foreign Relations Com had attached to State Dept-USIA funds bill barring USIA from distributing unattributed propaganda abroad; move discussed as symbolizing increasing isolation of Sen Fulbright, com chmn; some Dems see Nixon Adm moves to weaken com by isolating and embarrassing its chmn; aides in office of Sen Scott concede White House has been calling signals on what amendments to offer to overturn position of com; Adm seen relying on gen inattentiveness of Sens and on anti-Fulbright prejudice on Sen floor to build vote against him; Fulbright now reluctant to oppose Adm on certain issues unless com and Sen will support him
Date: 27 May 1972
Middle East News Agency repts Soviet leaders told Pres Sadat on May 26 that Arabs can always count on USSR 'aid and support' until their efforts to liberate Israeli-occupied lands are crowned with 'complete success'; says message came in cable from Soviets marking 1st anniversary of signing of 15-yr treaty of friendship and cooperation between Egypt and USSR; says cable is signed by Soviet party chief Brezhnev, Premier Kosygin and Pres Podgorny; says Sadat, in reply, said treaty 'strengthened the firmness of the Egyptian people against the Zionist-imperialist aggression'
Date: 27 May 1972
UN Sec Gen Waldheim, on May 26, expresses gratification at Soviet-US agreement on strategic arms limitation and hopes it will be 1st step toward actual reduction of arsenals
Date: 27 May 1972
Assoc Press repts Sen Williams said news repts of Mrs Frankfurter's fiscal woes will probably result in rapid improvement in pensions for Sup Ct Justices' widows