Al Michaels Named to Emeritus Role with NBC Sports

JLS heartthrob Aston Merrygold has exclusively revealed that his own little boys - Grayson Jax, four, and Macaulay Shay, 23 months - are best friends with the other children of his much-loved bandmates.The 34-year-old singer and dancer - who shares sons with choreographer wife-to-be Sarah, 38 - even referred to JLS as "one family". He explained: "They see each other all the time – it’s something we’ve made a conscious effort to make happen.They get to share these amazing experiences with not only their dads but their uncles, too." Aston's bandmates Marvin Humes, 37, shares three children - daughters Alaia-Mai, nine, and Valentina, five, as well as one-year-old son Blake - with his This Morning host wife Rochelle Humes, 32, whilst Oritsé Williams shares eight-year-old son Omre with ex-girlfriend AJ Azari.

Love Island bosses are said to be “working to the wire” as they race to finish building the luxury villa contestants will be staying in ahead of the show’s launch in three days time. Whole sections of the Mallorcan venue still remain in disarray ahead of the start of the new series, which returns to our screens on Monday June 6th.The villa’s walls, floors and furniture still remain unfinished, with work on the show’s sexy retreat The Hideaway, having only just begun. Builders have been racing to try and get the work completed in time for the first contestants arriving on Saturday, reports the Sun, but executive producer Mike Spencer remains confident it will all come together.

Britain’s Got Talent viewers have called out the show for reaching an “all time low” after Simon Cowell demanded that act Ranger Chris and his dancing dinosaurs win in the final. Fans immediately condemned the judge for making the statement after the act’s bizarre performance on Tuesday’s live semi final episode, which saw the ranger get up and dance in between two giant dinosaur figures onstage.

Liam Payne has hit out at former One Direction band member Zayn Malik as he revealed in a recent interview that he “dislikes” his former friend “for many reasons” following the breakdown of their friendship. The singer, 28, who first shot to fame alongside Zayn, 29, as part of band One Direction on The X-Factor back in 2010, opened up about their rocky relationship following Zayn’s departure from the band.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to have been granted specialist police protection during their trip to the UK for the Queen’s jubilee. The pair are set to arrive in England today, Wednesday June 1, with almost-three year old son Archie, and 11 month old Lilibet.This will be Lilibet’s first time on British soil, meaning she's never met her grandfather Prince Charles, or Her Majesty The Queen.

Bode Miller and Morgan Beck welcomed the newest addition to their family — a baby girl — and now the proud mom is finally revealing the name they chose for their youngest child.«6 Months Of little miss Scarlet Olivia Khione Miller,» the 35-year-old professional volleyball player wrote alongside an adorable series of pics of the baby smiling. A post shared by Morgan Miller — The Simple Mom (@morganebeck)From the comments underneath her post, Beck's fans were thrilled about the name reveal, with one person writing, «Her own beautiful meaningful name,» and another pointing out that one part of Scarlet's moniker was an ode to Miller's career as an alpine ski racer. «She’s beautiful and I love that part of her name means 'snow',» the commenter wrote in reference to Khione, which is the Goddess of Snow from Greek mythology.Beck and Miller announced the arrival of Scarlet in November with a black-and-white snap of the newborn. «She’s here!» Beck captioned the photo.A post shared by Morgan Miller — The Simple Mom (@morganebeck)Months later, the couple still hadn't come up with the perfect name for their daughter, with Miller telling the show that «she's stumped us on names so far.»«We have a lot that we like, but she hasn’t smiled or high-fived or anything when we say them to her, and we say them to her all the time,» he added.Miller and Beck — who wed in 2012 — are also parents to four sons: 7-year-old Nash, 3-year-old Easton and 2-year-old twins, Asher and Askel.

Debbie Gibson is about to embark on an exciting new career venture as she kickstarts a month-long The Body Remembers tour in America and she's looking and feeling better than ever. Speaking to HELLO! from her home in Las Vegas, Debbie, 51, revealed the remarkably down-to-earth secrets to her incredibly youthful appearance and chatted about exercise, diet and even plastic surgery. MORE: Debbie Gibson wows in leather mini skirt ahead of new tour "Here's what's so funny," she said. "I would love to tell you that I have all this willpower with food.

Activists have scaled the roof of a weapons factory in Glasgow forcing the building to evacuate.

Though it'll come as no surprise that Scotland is home to some of the world's most beautiful beaches.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a ‘day of action’ this month which will focus on encouraging around 400,000 people of State Pension age to check eligibility for a benefit worth on average around £1,900 each year in financial support and additional discounts or reductions.

Anas Sarwar is now more popular than Nicola Sturgeon, according to a new opinion poll.

Johnny Depp will take to the stage with Jeff Beck in Glasgow this weekend.

A woman was left distraught after waking up after a quiet night drinking with her partner to find he had passed away in their living room.

Unpopular proposals to introduce a joint head teacher to oversee nearly 2000 primary and secondary pupils at two schools in Chryston are being dropped by North Lanarkshire Council.

Naman Ramachandran Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Platinum Jubilee from June 2 and the U.K. is awash in events celebrating the milestone. At press time, there were no fewer than 2,429 public events and 3,388 street parties or private events taking place across the country, with London leading the way with 1,000.The U.K.

Courtney Howard Director Julia Hart has quietly crafted a Disney+ franchise that continues to unfold in creative and charming ways. Her adaptation of “Stargirl” debuted on the streamer just as lockdown began; now with “Hollywood Stargirl,” the second film in the series, it’s clear the writer-director’s voice has taken shape in the same assured way as that of her young heroine. Hart and co-writer Jordan Horowitz’s follow-up goes blessedly off-book, diverging greatly from author Jerry Spinelli’s source novel “Love, Stargirl” to deliver its own unique view on how artistic passion evolves and inspires.

Strictly star John Whaite has opened up about his romance with fiancé Paul Atkins – prompting a number of supportive comments from his fans.John, 33, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a black-and-white snapshot of the couple smiling for the camera. WATCH: John Whaite makes Giovanni Pernice suffer!He explained in the caption: "Relationships are complicated - the ones we have with ourselves, and those that we share with others."They aren't a blissful merging of freedoms, but rather a complicated sharing of experiences, both joyous and painful.

Manchester United prospect Amad has furiously denied reports that claimed he does not want to play for the Ivory Coast national team and has refused call-ups.

A flight bound for Manchester Airport was forced to turn back amid reports of a shattered windscreen in the cockpit. The Aer Lingus flight reportedly declared an emergency over the Irish Sea.

A drug-dealing dad was spared jail after vowing to turn over a new leaf and "to get my son back".

FIFA 22 packs for pressuring players into making in-game purchases and being misleading about their odds of getting particular rewards.Published yesterday (May 31), the report offers an investigation into “how the gaming industry exploits consumers using loot boxes” and uses two games – FIFA 22 and Raid: Shadow Legends – as case studies embodying the industry’s “manipulative” practices regarding loot boxes.The NCC says the practice often involves “targeting loot boxes and manipulative practices at kids” and using “layers of virtual currencies to mask or distort real-world monetary costs”.The report goes on to identify FIFA 22 as a case study for this behaviour, and accuses developer EA of employing “a wide arsenal of tricks to push consumers into spending as much time and money as possible exploiting consumers hope to receive the reward despite a miniscule chance and likelihood to do so.”FIFA 22 allegedly markets its packs by aggressively trying to trigger players’ fear of missing out, and the report claims EA’s transparency mechanics are “meaningless probability disclaimers” that do not actually tell players the specific probability of getting desired 90+ rated cards.Going on, the NCC claim that even when players get their desired reward from a pack, they rarely stay valuable due to “power creep over the FIFA gameplay cycle” that slowly introduces stronger and stronger cards.“This creates a continuous gameplay loop, where players are continuously encouraged to open packs in the hope of obtaining upgraded cards to keep up with other players,” condemns the report.It’s also alleged that because FIFA‘s pack probabilities are “dynamically generated”, they “can potentially be manipulated in real time based on any number of

The 1975 are set to return with new music next month, if posters spotted by fans are to be believed.Today (June 1) is an important day for the band, who chose their name based on a poem including the date, and often release new music or share future plans with fans on the day.For 2022, they appear to have put up posters featuring a black-and-white photo from a distance that appears to be frontman Matty Healy, and a date of July 7. It comes after the band hinted at new activity by wiping their social media accounts back in February.See the poster, shared on social media by a fan account, below.AND HERE WE GO – NEW @the1975 7 JULYPhoto: @aworldaIone #The1975 pic.twitter.com/34Nn6Lkwib— The 1975 Updates (@The1975_Tour) June 1, 2022This August, The 1975 will make their live return, playing two gigs as part of Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival.

Al Michaels, who in March exited NBC’s flagship Sunday Night Football booth after 16 seasons to join the new Thursday Night Football franchise at Amazon, isn’t exiting his former home completely.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAl Michaels may be leaving NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” but he’s not leaving NBC.The veteran broadcaster, who revealed in March that he planned to lead Amazon’s new streamcast of “Thursday Night Football” in the fall, is keeping a foothold at NBC Sports. Michaels will have “emeritus” status, and is expected to contribute across the NBC Sports portfolio, including, the company said, to the NFL Playoffs and the Olympics.“Revered by viewers and colleagues, Al has been the soundtrack for many of the greatest moments in sports television history,” said Pete Bevacqua, chairman of NBC Sports, in a statement.  “We are thrilled that he’s staying in the family and raising the stature of our events for years to come.” Michaels has has covered more major sports events than any sportscaster, and has, on occasion, found himself narrating history as well as a particular event.