Former Dalbeattie soldier continues fundraising challenge - on his birthday

Frankie Essex has revealed that she’s been “scammed again” as she hit out at the people behind it. Former TOWIE star and OK! columnist Frankie took to Instagram on Saturday, 1 April, to express her frustrations as she labelled the ordeal as “daylight robbery”. She wrote on her Story: “We have been scammed again.

The opening of the first San Carlo in Alderley Edge at the former Gino D'Acampo Luciano restaurant has been delayed - as bosses have decided to create an entirely new design for the huge site. The family-run Italian restaurant group took the keys for the site off celebrity chef Gino on February 15.

As Taskmaster returns to our screens on Thursday night for it’s 15th series, another batch of famous faces will be hoping to outwit host Greg Davies as they take on a series of bonkers challenges set by co-host Alex Horne. Joined by Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ivo Smith, and Mae Martin, the hopeful celebrities will be put through their paces week after week in the hope of securing a coveted trophy of Greg's head at the end of the series.

K.J. Yossman Former Amazon Studios Europe boss Georgia Brown has revealed her first industry role since leaving the streamer last year. She is set to chair a skills task force for the U.K. screen industry with the intention of focusing on critical labor shortages in the production sector. Joining her on the task force will be senior representatives from major U.K. broadcasters BBC, ITV and Channel 4 as well as international studios and streamers including Prime Video, Netflix, Disney and NBCUniversal, key orgs such as ScreenSkills, PACT and the British Film Commission and national screen agencies. The British Film Institute (BFI) have convened the task force following a skills review commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport showing crew shortfalls will soon reach breaking point. Its remit is to produce and support a plan of action that will result in growth, training and increased retention in the screen sector as well as improvements in equity, diversity and inclusion and mental health. Where appropriate, the task force will make recommendations to the U.K. government.

Former Amazon Studios Europe boss Georgia Brown is to chair the BFI’s Skills Task Force, which has been assembled to address major skills shortages in the UK film and TV sector over the next five years.

Brad Pitt has officially sold his Los Angeles home for roughly $40 million, ET has learned. The 59-year-old Oscar winner has called the property located in the Los Feliz area home for nearly 30 years, after buying it in 1994 for a reported $1.7 million. «Brad Pitt has sold his Los Feliz home for around the asking price of $40 million. The deal was done off-market,» a source tells ET.Pitt and Angelina Jolie — who tied the knot in 2014 and finalized their divorce in 2019 — spent time at the home while in L.A.

The BBC’s appointment of Chair Richard Sharp “should not stand” and the process was “fatally flawed,” according to former Director General John Birt, who threw his weight behind the corporation over the Gary Lineker scandal.

Two former Castle Douglas High School pupils are on the trip of a lifetime in Africa.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent U.S.-Lebanese actor Tony Shalhoub, who played the “defective detective” on “Monk,” is set to star as former auto mogul-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn in a high-profile TV series directed by Michael Winterbottom. Ghosn is the French-Lebanese-Brazilian former CEO of automakers Nissan and Renault who in 2020 jumped bail and absconded to Beirut hidden in a music case on a private jet while on trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan. The six-part series titled “Fall of the God of Cars” is written by Winterbottom, the prolific British director of “Welcome to Sarajevo,” whose TV work comprises hit sitcom series “The Trip” and, more recently, “This is England” starring Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson.

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Take My Hand, a romantic drama feature starring Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland), Adam Demos (UnReal), Bart Edwards (The Witcher), Meg Fraser (Bloody Hell) and former Big Brother contestant Xavier Molyneux making his film debut.

Megan McKenna and Oliver Burke have confirmed their romance by sharing snaps of a romantic trip to Paris online.

Love Island star Jessie Wynter has just opened up about her sex life with new partner Will Young. The 26 year old Aussie beauty hooked up with the 23 year old farmer after they both recently appeared on the dating show. But even though they hit it off massively in the villa, unfortunately, they didn’t make it to the finals - being pipped to the post by winners Kai and Sanam.

Criterion Games general manager Matt Webster has announced the founding of Fuse Games, and has told NME why he stepped away from EA to start a new studio with other Criterion veterans.Announced today (March 16), Fuse Games is based in Guildford, UK, and currently numbers 17 employees.The studio has already started work on a AAA title with “significant funding”, and has claimed its debut game will fuse “uncompromising attention to game-feel with blockbuster spectacle and player-centric innovations in social gameplay, self-expression, and creativity”.Speaking to NME, Webster shared more on the direction that Fuse will take for its first game.“Over the last decade, Fuse’s founding team has had a lot of experience in a variety of genres, with work on games like Battlefield and Battlefront, as well as racers like Burnout and Need For Speed when we were at Criterion,” reflected Webster. “It’s too early to announce what we’re working on at Fuse right now, but we’ll be sticking to the values that have served us well over the years – working fast, rapidly iterating, and letting our team be creative within the genre.”While Webster will serve as the studio’s general manager, he is joined by four other co-founders who worked alongside him at Criterion.

David Blaine proved his superhuman abilities to power through injury after dislocating his shoulder during his Las Vegas show Saturday night. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the magician had a faulty landing during his "In Spades" show at the Resorts World Theater. The stunt involves an 80-foot drop into a stack of cardboard boxes in the audience.

Kate Garraway has shared her daughter's cheeky - and slightly savage - response to her mum over her birthday gift as she turns 17. The presenter gave a shout-out to her 'baby' on her special day while appearing on Good Morning Britain on Friday (March 10).

reality dating shows like or Then you might want to check out — a new take on the international reality series about the trials and tribulations of rural romance, premiering tonight, March 8, on Fox. The premiere episode will land on Hulu tomorrow, March 9.Watch on HuluOriginally premiering in the UK in 2001, the original has aired in 35 countries and resulted in 180 marriages and over 400 children.  follows four farmers who’ve finished sowing their wild oats and are ready to settle down with a wife.

EXCLUSIVE: MGM+ has set cast for Belgravia: The Next Chapter, Julian Fellowes’ sequel series to the hit historical drama. Harriet Slater, Ben Wainwright, Edward Bluemel, Claude Perron and Elaine Cassidy are set as series regulars in the drama series executive produced by Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant. Additionally, Toby Regbo, Hannah Onslow, Sophie Thompson and Sophie Winkleman will recur in the eight-part series. Filming is underway in the UK with premiere set for winter 2023.

Former Film and TV Charity CEO Alex Pumfrey has joined ITV to head up partnerships with broadcasters, streamers and telecoms giants.

Brad Pitt became a global film superstar, due in no small part to Shania Twain immortalising him in her 1998 song ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’, in which she name-checked the upcoming actor as somebody noticeably standing out from his peers.

Stephen Bear is headed to prison for almost two years.