FCO issues update to travellers as France removes all Covid restrictions

Carlin Bates offered a candid glimpse at her health battle after suffering a concussion from a fainting spell.

ESCAPE to the Chateau's Angel Adoree revealed her dream projects for the family's enviable home. Angel has starred on the Channel 4 series with husband Dick Strawbridge as they painstakingly restore the French 19th Century castle home and turn it into an events venue.  Angel recently confessed to the kinds of project she'd love to have at the French chateau. "A swimming pool, sauna and a spa! And a big extension filled with boxes of memories because I am running out of storage space," she told House Beautiful.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Poldark’s” Aidan Turner will star as a maverick coach guiding an up-and-coming tennis player (Ella Lily Hyland) to stardom in Amazon Prime Video’s new U.K. drama “Fifteen-Love.”Created by Hania Elkington, “Fifteen-Love” explores the fictional story of Justine Pearce (Hyland), a young sports prodigy, who enjoyed a meteoric rise in the world of Grand Slam Tennis, aided by her coach Glenn Lapthorn (Turner), with whom she shared an intense rapport.Together they reached the semi-final of the French Open but Justine’s dream was cut brutally short by a devastating injury and the end of her professional career.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIf I were put in charge of a film school, the first thing I would do is build a set — the cockpit and cabin of a modern airliner — and order all directing students to make a film that takes place aboard the plane. It’s my belief that creativity works best within constraints, and this seems as good a test as any to see what someone can do with a single location.Case-in-point Korean adrenaline rush “Emergency Declaration” begins at the airport, where a nervous young man buys a ticket aboard the most crowded flight he can find: KI501 to Honolulu.

Iman Shumpert was arrested on felony marijuana possession charges while traveling in Texas, Us Weekly confirms.

Seth Meyers returned to studio on Wednesday night after recovering from a second bout of COVID-19 – or as he joked, the virus’ “Season 2 pick-up” – and, beyond his return, he celebrated Kansas’ big win on abortion rights. Of course, Meyers also celebrated how angry it probably made Justice Brett Kavanaugh.On Tuesday night, voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected the idea of removing a woman’s right to an abortion from the state constitution, showing up in record highs and voting against a measure that would do just that.

Aaron Rodgers isn’t ruling out making amends with his estranged family one day, but it doesn’t sound like he plans on making the first move!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN, which briefly enjoyed its own bespoke streaming home, is moving into a bigger broadband neighborhood.Warner Bros. Discovery, which shut down the nascent CNN+ streaming hub in April just weeks after it debuted, will launch a CNN Originals section on the subscription-video hub Discovery+, creating a new venue for CNN series and documentary films, as well as original programs from sister cable network HLN, which focuses largely on true-crime content. The CNN programming will be made available starting August 19.“True crime, food and travel programming are among the most-watched genres for Discovery+ viewers, so these titles from CNN will fit right in with our best-in-class collection of unscripted content,” said JB Perrette, president and CEO of Warner Bros.

Lady Gaga’s dog walker, which resulted in the theft of the singer’s dogs.The news comes on the same day that one of those three accused, who was mistakenly released from jail due to a “clerical error” earlier this year, was recaptured by police.Last year, Ryan Fischer was shot while walking Lady Gaga’s dogs near Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. He was then attacked by two men who proceeded to steal two of the popstar’s French bulldogs, Gustav and Koji.In the unfolding court case, ​​one of the alleged offenders, Jaylin Keyshawn White, faced charges including attempted murder and conspiracy to commit robbery.

EA has released a new The Sims 4 patch which addresses a bug where Sims would want to date their family members.After the release of The Sims 4 High School Years expansion on July 28, many players reported a series of bugs that were making the game unplayable. One of them included an issue where family members would flirt and try to date each other, while another was forcing Sims to age up at an accelerated rate, meaning they were growing up, getting old and dying really fast.Thankfully, a recent update seems to have fixed both of these problems along with several other issues that were plaguing the game (via PC Gamer).

Frank Skinner has been forced to cancel his Edinburgh Fringe run because of a family health issue. The comedian was set to kick off a run of his new show 30 Years of Dirt at Assembly Roxy tonight (Thursday) but has pulled out.

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In-demand Saint-Etienne winger Denis Bouanga has been "approached" by Rangers, according to a report in France. The 27-year-old Gabon international is set to leave the French club following their relegation to Ligue 2.

Paramount+ is performing “above expectations”  in the UK, Ireland and South Korea, according to Bob Bakish, who forecast a “big year” for Western Europe to come and talked up local language content.

Tencent is reportedly looking to raise its stake in Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry publisher Ubisoft.According to a new report from Reuters, Tencent apparently expressed interest in the French publisher and is looking to raise the five per cent stake it placed in 2018.Two sources claimed that Tencent is aiming to “become the single largest shareholder” of Ubisoft with another stake purchase. At this time it’s unclear how much the company is planning on owning of the company.Additional sources said that Tencent does plan on purchasing the extrastake from the Guillemot family – the current CEO of Ubisoft – which own 15 per cent of the firm.

the continued loss of subscribers for the quarter for Netflix earlier this quarter, as well as the Peacock subscribers that stayed flat for the quarter.Though the studio didn’t provide specific viewership figures, it said that “Halo,” “1883,” “The Lost City,” “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” “Jackass Forever,” “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” and the UEFA Champions League generated strong acquisition and engagement as both domestic and international hours watched per household grew year-over-year. And on the earnings call, CEO Bob Bakish specifically touted “Halo” as a top driver globally for subscribers and acquisitions.

Naga Munchetty has been enjoying her fitness this week, something which has left her with a "clear head and mind".MORE: Naga Munchetty responds after BBC Breakfast viewer comments on her outfitTaking to Instagram on Thursday, the BBC Breakfast host - who was left "hobbling" with Achilles tendonitis last year - revealed she completed a 5k run as she shared a photo from her fitness session.WATCH: Naga Munchetty returns to hospital following health setback"Perfect weather for running home from work," she wrote in the caption. "Head and mind cleared." She added: "Now for a second breakfast with mates, a snooze (alone) and then a film for the afternoon.

Addison Rae got called out for blasphemy.

shared his foodie favourites with fans on the popular podcast, Off Menu. Naming Soho's The French House as his "favourite place to go and get lunch", he spoke lovingly about their signature dessert; madeleines. "For pudding, the only thing you can get are madeleines, you know? And they freshly bake you for you there," he said.

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Omicron BA. 4 and BA. 5 both originated, as did the original version of Omicron, in South Africa.

EJ Panaligan editorColin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson play lifelong friends, Pádraic and Colm, whose relationship reaches an abrupt impasse in the trailer for director Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin.”Set during the Irish Civil War in 1923 on the fictional island of Inisherin, the events of the film begin when Gleeson’s Colm seemingly cuts off Farrell’s Pádraic with minimal explanation, setting off an interpersonal dance between the two former friends.The upcoming film will mark the reunion of the three Irish creatives, who first worked together on the 2008 black comedy “In Bruges.” That film chronicled Farrell and Gleeson as two hitmen forced to go into hiding in Bruges, Belgium, away from their enraged boss, played by English actor Ralph Fiennes. Outside of 2017’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” McDonagh’s film efforts have included either Gleeson or Farrell, but “The Banshees of Inisherin” is the trio’s second collective collaboration.

Sophie Turner is reminiscing about her pregnancy. The actress, 26, who generally keeps quiet about her personal life outside the spotlight, shared a sweet throwback photo of her bare baby bump to Instagram on Wednesday. «Full of baby,» she captioned the shot, in which she's lying down on a bed wearing a crop top and puffer coat, arms behind her head and a playful smile on her face.

Stranger Things and Lizzo mash-up happened – and now it’s finally here. Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays villain Vecna, was practicing his character’s gravelly voice and he sounded Good as Hell when he recited the chartopper’s lyrics. The 33-year-old actor was discussing how he found the monster’s voice during Wednesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

low-rise trend is back with a vengeance for 2022. Dua Lipa and Rihanna are both committed fans, but Rita Ora is out here sporting the look on repeat.

Idles have shared the official video for their track ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ – watch below.The song appears on the Bristol punk band’s fourth studio album ‘Crawler’, which was released last November.Arriving today (August 4), the new visuals for the cut were directed by Charlotte Gosch and Idles guitarist Lee Kiernan.The clip follows a pair of kids who come across a bizarre, ritualistic gathering in the desert. We see a group of mysterious people donning masks and all-black costumes as they pass around pink rocks in a choreographed fashion.Towards the end, the children end up being surrounded by the figures while the unusual act continues to unfold around them.“The initial idea of the video was to try and visualise the monotony hell of having to work to survive and how the ‘machine’ eventually engulfs you and strips you of your freedoms,” Gosch and Kiernan explained in a joint statement.“But we wanted to achieve this in a metaphorical way that kept the meaning as open as possible.

David Beckham and his son Romeo looked so stylish on Thursday as they posed up a storm together in matching outfits.SEE: Romeo Beckham is a chip off the old block as he rocks dad's swimming shortsTaking to his Instagram feed, Romeo shared the sweet snap beside his dad and the pair looked closer than ever, both wearing the same patterned co-ord, only David's was in black whilst Romeo's was in a light pink shade.WATCH: David and Victoria Beckham go head-to-head in planking gameCaptioning the post, the 19-year-old penned: "Twinin @davidbeckham [white love heart] @mrkimjones."READ: David Beckham proves daughter Harper could be a future England footballer - watchMORE: The Beckhams' Cotswolds mansion just received a surprise upgrade – full tourFormer footballer David left a hilarious comment on his son's sweet post, penning: "Someone's been in my wardrobe," with a red love heart emoji. David and Romeo looked so stylishFans went wild for the sweet update, with one fan writing: " Two legends," on the stylish snap.

Ofgem has confirmed that the energy price cap will be updated four times a year, rather than twice as it warned that customers face a “very challenging winter ahead”. The regulator said the change would go “some way to provide the stability needed in the energy market."

Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae has re-edited an international version of his upcoming directorial debut Hunt to suit a global audience.South Korean media outlet Yonhap News Agency reported on August 3 that Lee had revised several key lines and scenes in the film following its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in order to contextualise the film’s political setting for global audiences.An international version of Hunt will now see the addition of further elaboration of South Korean politics in the ’80s. “When writing the script of Hunt, I set younger generations in South Korea who learn about the era from history textbooks as the target audience.

LOCATION, Location, Location viewers were left wiping away tears following a heartbreaking update in a 'revisted' episode of the show. Fans had turned into the C4 programme for a recap on a couple called Colin and Robin, who had turned to Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer for house hunting help in 2012.