Great British Bake Off star admits key part of show is FAKED

An Ayrshire mortgage advisor admits the country's economic turmoil has left him feeling more like a counsellor to worried clients.

The Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning, as gales are expected to blow through parts of Scotland this afternoon.

Since he was a teenager Daniel Sloss has enjoyed the life of a comedian – months away from home, boozy late nights, missed mornings, lazy afternoons.

A Scots mum says her autistic son is being "ostracised" from his peers because council education bosses are unable to accommodate his complex additional support needs.

State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for more than 12.5 million people across the UK, including 981,399 living in Scotland. This regular payment of up to £185.15 per week for the Full, new State Pension or £141.85 per week for the basic old State Pension (Category A or B) is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

Brian Reid says Albion Rovers need to start picking up wins after falling to the foot of the table in League Two - starting at Stranraer on Saturday.

The DCTV Firehouse Cinema – the impressive new venue for documentary film exhibition in Manhattan – will dedicate its lobby tonight in honor of late documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud.

Netflix viewers have called a scene in Andrew Dominik’s Blonde “horrifying”, as it fictionalises Marilyn Monroe performing oral sex on JFK.After the film was released on Netflix on Wednesday (September 28), users took to social media to call out the “insane” scene.The Daily Beast journalist Marlow Stern shared an article detailing the “horrifying” scene in which John F Kennedy rapes Monroe, which was fictionalised by director Andrew Dominik.let's talk about arguably the most horrifying scene in 'blonde': jfk's rape of marilyn monroe https://t.co/Gp5aeo2SIi— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) September 16, 2022Another viewer called the JFK scene “insane” and added: “andrew dominik you’re going to hell.”One person took to social media after watching the film to call out the “degrading” scene. They wrote: “Oh my God! 2 hours and 10 minutes into #Blonde I’m wondering why it’s NC-17 then comes the JFK scene for the most degrading depiction of Marilyn Monroe.”Take a look at some more reactions here:Why would the film #Blonde fabricate a graphic rape of #MarilynMonroe by #JFK? Disgusting exploitation.

Paramore‘s Hayley Williams and Taylor York have confirmed in a new interview that they are currently in a relationship.The confirmation was made as the band were being interviewed about their forthcoming new album ‘This Is Why’, which will be their first new record since 2017’s ‘After Laughter’.According to The Guardian, frontwoman Williams and guitarist York “confirmed rumours that they are dating, but declined to comment further” during the interview.Elsewhere in the feature, the band reflected on the enforced break they took after touring ‘After Laughter’, saying that they “realised nothing is worth risking our health”.Williams explained that the openness of the ‘After Laughter’ campaign enabled Paramore to “more than ever [become] a support system to each other that we desperately needed”.Recalling how he learned of the death of a family friend during a video shoot for a single from the album, York said: “I just started bawling. I didn’t know I had this capacity until that moment.

The Terminator.The actor and former governor of California paid a visit to the site in Poland after being honoured by the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation in June.According to Metro, Schwarzenegger took a trip to the memorial site and signed a guestbook at the former concentration camp with his famous saying: “I’ll be back.”The phrase is taken from the 1984 blockbuster The Terminator, and the Memorial has since added clarification on Twitter about Schwarzenegger’s message.“This visit was planned to be relatively short. The inscription was meant to be a promise to return for another and more in-depth visit,” they wrote."I'll be back."The inscription of @Schwarzenegger in @AuschwitzMuseum guestbook. pic.twitter.com/eHGtemwzY5— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) September 28, 2022Several fans shared their confusion about the message, with one person writing: “I’m glad he visited and wrote in the book but I had to think twice about the message.“I’m sure he meant it in the nicest possible way and having been there I know its hard to find the right words but I’m not sure these were the best.”Twitter user Andy Donaldson shared the sentiment, writing: “Not sure quoting a genocidal robot is appropriate in the circumstances.”However, another person defended the actor’s sentiment about returning to the site.

LCD Soundsystem have also announced a second 20-night residency in New York.Last year, the band made their long-awaited live return, playing 17 gigs of a 20-night residency at Brooklyn Steel before the last three were cancelled due to rising COVID cases.Since then, the band have completed multi-night stays in San Francisco, Oakland, London, Philadelphia and Boston, as part of a series of mini-residencies in celebration of their 20th anniversary.From November 18 this year, the band will return to Brooklyn to play Brooklyn Steel for 20 more nights, with the gigs running through until December 17.Tickets for all 20 shows will go on general sale from 10am ET (3pm BST) on Friday, October 7 here.Find details of multiple presales here and see the full list of dates below.November 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30December 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17The announcement of the new residency comes alongside the release of ‘New Body Rhumba’, the band’s first new song in five years.The song was created for the soundtrack of White Noise, an upcoming film directed by Noah Baumbach.

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has looked back in a new interview on his infamous speech at the 2014 BRIT Awards.Turner memorably gave a speech about “that rock’n’roll” and the “cyclical nature of the universe” while collecting the band’s award for MasterCard Album of the Year at the ceremony, before dropping the microphone and walking off stage.The frontman previously addressed the speech in 2018, telling Mojo: “I maintain that I didn’t really have another way around it. Another way of justifying getting up in that room.

BBC TV host and adventurer Ben Fogle has offered a rallying cry to everyone looking for some last-minute motivation ahead of running the London Marathon on Sunday Ahead of the big race which will see 50,000 people compete in the ultimate endurance test, celebrity engagement platform Cameo asked Ben to give people a pep-talk to encourage them to keep going to the finish line.

A man and his teen son have been arrested and charged with the murder of rapper PnB Rock.

The Kardashians, the 38-year-old spoke about Tristan's desire to take their romance to the next level, despite his turbulent history of cheating on her. Khloé first found out the athlete had cheated on her just days before giving birth to daughter True in 2018, in December 2021, he cheated on her again and fathered a son Theo with personal trainer Maralee Nichols.

Jordan Peterson visited Piers Morgan and got very emotional when asked about Olivia Wilde’s recent comments regarding him.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is back in action!

Ready for baby! Caila Quinn and husband Nick Burrello are expecting their first child, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.

Some things never change. Hocus Pocus is back with an all-new sequel nearly 30 years after the original hit theaters, but the Disney+ movie cast says the biggest change is that the film actually has fans this time around.

Spreading kindness. Selena Gomez reminded fans that “words matter” after Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) spoke about being the target of online hate throughout her marriage to Justin Bieber.

Just for show! Dancing With the Stars contestants are often asked whether their onstage chemistry indicates an offscreen romantic connection.

CELEBRITY MasterChef viewers have called out Faye Winter for "faking" her cooking skills after tonight's episode. The Love Island star, 26, was tasked with cooking celeriac with Dover sole and shrimp and brown butter sauce.

BAKE OFF 2015 star Jordan Cox looks worlds away from his time in the famous tent in 2014 with longer hair and a bushy beard. The lad from Nottingham exited in week three of series five, which was eventually won by Nancy Birthwhistle. Though he was an inventive baker seven years ago, he failed to impress then judge Mary Berry and co-star Paul Hollywood with his bread recipes.

A BRAND new set of amateur bakers are heading into the tent tonight to showcase their skills on The Great British Bake Off. But a former finalist on the show has now revealed that the baking hopefuls may have met judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith already - and they most likely have their favourites.

GREAT British Bake Off 2021 star Amanda Georgiou has spilled the tea on how to make it past the intense audition stages - and win a place in the famous tent. Amanda was the sixth baker to leave last year's series after her showstopper pie fell apart in Pastry Week. She has since given advice to wannabe contestants about how to get through to one of the final bakers.

TOM Parker's widow Kelsey has opened up on the "toughest" part of her grief six months after the boyband star died from brain cancer. The Wanted vocalist Tom passed away in March, aged 33. He tragically left behind children Aurelia, two, and Bodhi, one, as well as his wife Kelsey, 32.

THE Great British Bake Off is back home – and back to its best. That means the lively banter between Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, and pitching the famous tent in Welford Park, Berks, once more.