Win a year's worth of days out at Blackpool Tower, Alton Towers and more

International sales and production veteran Cécile Gaget has been appointed as Head of Film at leading European indie studio Wild Bunch, as it expands under the leadership of CEO Ron Meyer and co-CEO Sophie Jordan.

warned of wildfires from the drought as well as possible blackouts due to the extreme heat, Spain is seeing devastating wildfires and the UK experienced one of its hottest summers in 46 years.In response to the high temperatures, the UK has announced a nationwide ban on water-hose use — perhaps a concept California wishes the Kardashian family, who were recently named among the worst water wasters, would enact upon themselves.To remind people of the ban and encourage them to have some fun indoors while they practice water conservation, the team at PlayOJO thought up a tricky brain teaser with a hose-filled illustration.Take a peek at this illusion and try to connect the dripping spray nozzle to the correct water hose through the maze of tangled hoses and outdoor debris.Only 25% of people were able to unravel the water hose and find the spray nozzle in 10 seconds or less, according to PlayOJO.Think you’re smarter than the average person? Try to solve this visual puzzle faster than your friends.This challenge doesn’t come so naturally to everyone as it requires a keen eye, mental concentration or just some good luck.Search through five different hoses (options A, B, C, D or E) to determine which one connects to the dripping nozzle.If the twists and turns along the way don’t distract you, beware the rain boots, rubber gloves and other gardening gear that clog up the looping paths.Most of the winding hoses will lead to a leaking tap, but a sharp eye will catch that option D leads to the spray nozzle.

Every excess inch on your waistline could lead to an 11 percent increase in heart failure risk, a new study has warned.

Millions of households across Scotland and the rest of the UK are preparing for a shift in seasons which will force everyone to tighten their spending and put an even tighter squeeze on budgets as energy bills are set to rocket by more than 80 per cent from £1,971 to £3,549. Ofgem announced the new energy price cap on August 26 and it will come into force on October 1.

Toby Aromolaran has reflected on celebrating one year of dating girlfriend Chloe Burrows, and admitted that “a year flies by”. The pair met on Love Island 2021, and were runners up to Millie Court and Liam Reardon, who have recently called time on their relationship. While many couples ended up calling it quits with their villa partners, Chloe, 26, and Toby, 23, appear to be going from strength to strength.

Sky has unveiled seven original comedy shorts at the Edinburgh Television Festival written by and starring the likes of Rosie Jones, Desiree Burch and Jordan Stephens, while ordering Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (working title) and greenlighting a fifth season of Brassic.

Ofgem, the energy regulator, will announce the new price cap on Friday, August 26 and industry analysts are predicting it to be nearly £1,800 higher than the current one of £1,971. Auxilione’s latest figures suggest that the price cap will rise to nearly £3,600 from October 1, putting even more pressure on already stretched household budgets to keep on top of gas and electricity bills.

EXCLUSIVE: Andrea-Rachel Parker (Power), Lil Mama (CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story), Columbus Short (Scandal), K.D. Aubert (Friday After Next), Cocoa Brown (Never Have I Ever), Tobias Truvillion (Brooklyn’s Finest) and De’aundre Bonds (Father Stu) will lead the cast of the crime drama Sisters, from writer-director Jahmar Hill (Run), which is heading into production in October.

A 'large number' of police officers are currently carrying out "extensive" searches in an area of Tameside after a young girl was 'taken into the woods' by a stranger.

Galeca: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics today announced the winners of its 14th Dorian TV Awards, which recognizes both mainstream and LGBTQIA+ programs. Galeca is comprised of 360 film, TV and pop culture critics and journalists in the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. See more of this year’s winners in the list below.

A small rise in the proportion of unemployed people in the UK could be a sign of worse things yet to come, economists have warned.

While Salman Rushdie struggles for his life in the wake of a stabbing attack, an angry Bill Maher decried the treatment of his good friend (and frequent guest) by a man whose name had the host guessing”is not Amish.”