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  • Freddie Flintoff made devastating admission to child in first tv look after near-fatal crash



    Freddie Flintoff made a heartbreaking admission about his wellbeing in his first TV interview after High Gear horror crash.

    The previous England cricketer suffered damaged ribs and facial accidents after the three-wheeled Morgan Tremendous 3 he was driving tipped over throughout filming a section for the BBC motoring present in December 2022.

    Flintoff, who had not been carrying a helmet on the time of the crash, later reached a £9 million settlement with the broadcaster over the accidents he’d sustained.

    Two-and-a-half years on from the crash and he has now opened up concerning the horrifying accident in new Disney+ documentary Flintoff.

    The programme is scheduled to premiere on 25 April and can see the previous cricketer communicate concerning the accident in addition to his achieved sports activities profession.

    Check out the trailer right here:

    

    This is not the primary time that Flintoff has spoken publicly about how the crash has impacted him, with the 47-year-old making a devastating admission about how the accident had impacted his psychological state.

    Throughout an look on Freddie Flintoff’s Discipline of Desires On Tour final yr, which sees the England ace mentoring cricket hopefuls from his dwelling city of Preston, Flintoff was requested by one of many youngsters if he was now ‘feeling 100%’.

    And his response was heartbreaking.

    “Not likely…I do not know if I ever will once more, to be sincere,” he responded, including: “I do not know what ‘utterly higher’ is. I’m what I’m now.

    “It is one thing I will must cope with for the remainder of my life. So higher? No. Totally different.”

    Footage from the aftermath of Flintoff’s 2022 crash (Disney+)

    Elsewhere within the documentary, Flintoff admitted to battling ‘anxiousness, nightmares and flashbacks’ after the crash however was decided to push by means of.

    He mentioned: “I’m battling my anxiousness, I’ve nightmares, I’ve flashbacks, it’s been so arduous to manage.

    “However I’m pondering if I don’t do one thing, I’ll by no means go. I’ve obtained to get on with it.”

    He admitted he ‘genuinely shouldn’t be right here’, including: “This shall be a protracted street again.”

    The incident was the second crash which Flintoff was concerned in throughout his tenure presenting High Gear, with the presenter crashing head on right into a market stall whereas filming in February 2019.

    His crash was additionally not the primary time through which a near-fatal accident whereas filming the present, with ex-presenter Richard Hammond practically shedding his life after crashing a jet powered automobile travelling at 288mph in 2006.

  • Comedian Reduction viewers make frequent grievance about present and query whether or not it’s a necessity

    Comedian Reduction viewers make frequent grievance about present and query whether or not it’s a necessity



    Comedians are out in power tonight for the return of Comedian Reduction – however viewers reckon the present’s gone a tad overboard on the opposite expertise.

    Celebrating it is fourth decade on air and coming reside from Salford, the BBC present goals to boost some cash whereas making us all giggle within the course of annually.

    That is proper – we’re on our fortieth Crimson Nostril Day, folks.

    The money raised helps assist these going through poverty within the UK and all over the world.

    Since Comedian Reduction’s conception in 1985, the charity has acquired greater than £1.6 billion in donations which has supported greater than 100 million folks.

    It is a good trigger and a terrific little bit of telly rolled into one – however viewers reckon the Comedian Reduction stage appears to be like a bit crowded this night (21 March).

    Individuals have been declaring that they do not say too many cooks spoil the broth for nothing…as apparently, this phrase additionally applies relating to charity fundraisers too.

    Viewers have all been saying the identical factor in regards to the variety of presenters (BBC)

    Sir Lenny Henry, who launched Comedian Reduction in 1985 with Richard Curtis, is generally on the helm of the present, however final yr was his ultimate presenting gig.

    Revealing why he’d determined to cease internet hosting the present, he beforehand mentioned: “I believe it’s time to hand over the reins as a result of there may be a unprecedented new technology of expertise and we have to give these folks and their audiences entry to what Comedian Reduction can do and the way we will increase cash collectively.

    “I am a life president for the charity and I am nonetheless going to be supporting different Comedian Reduction and Crimson Nostril Day initiatives all year long, like recruiting new expertise, doing voiceovers and many others.

    “So I will nonetheless be round, simply not onscreen.”

    Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Joel Dommett, Alison Hammond, Rylan Clark and Alesha Dixon are all presenting Comedian Reduction this yr.

    Tom Allen and AJ Odudu are then taking up from 10pm on BBC Two.

    However social media customers reckon that each one of those hosts is perhaps a bit extreme.

    Taking to X to share their complaints, one mentioned: “Why does Comedian Reduction want 8 presenters? I get if it goes on for hours however it is just on till 10pm, we do not want 8 presenters, I believe they need to solely have 4 presenters, 2 for the primary half and a pair of for the second half. 8 is much too many presenters.”

    One other added: “Does Comedian Reduction actually need all these presenters? Marvel if there getting paid.”

    A 3rd wrote: “Do we actually want 8 presenters for Comedian Reduction? They’re getting like one line of dialogue every.”

    And a fourth chimed in: “What number of presenters do they want for a 4hour present!!!! I hope they aren’t getting paid as that might most likely price all tonight’s donations.”

    Funnily sufficient, the official Comedian Reduction account replied to this consumer with an evidence about whether or not the celebs who current the present are financially rewarded.

    The put up learn: “All of our presenters donate their time to assist make the present magical.”

  • BBC iPlayer nonetheless airs ‘Lee Mack quiz present’ that left viewers traumatised after contestant’s head exploded on TV

    BBC iPlayer nonetheless airs ‘Lee Mack quiz present’ that left viewers traumatised after contestant’s head exploded on TV



    Followers will more than likely bear in mind that ‘Lee Mack quiz present’ episode that left everybody fairly traumatised.

    Normally, Lee Mack and quiz present is the proper combo, matched with a Chinese language takeaway on a Saturday evening – what extra would you like?

    However on this event, the comic featured in a 2023 episode of Inside No.9 and viewers acquired a little bit greater than they bargained for when a contestant’s head exploded.

    Watch under:

    

    The one-off episode was hosted by the Would I Lie To You panelist as he welcomed mom and daughter workforce Margaret and Catherine Oakwood within the remaining spherical.

    Not off to the most effective begin, Margaret discovered herself locked in a soundproof sales space to permit each her and Catherine to reply independently of one another.

    After Margaret did not get the ultimate query right, the household misplaced out on the large cash prize, and that is when issues went bizarre.

    Impulsively, the mum trapped within the sales space, and commenced screaming and banging on the glass to be set free, then… her head explodes.

    BBC viewers weren’t anticipating to see a head explode (BBC)

    No, that is not a phrase to say she was confused or pressured.

    Her head actually exploded off her shoulders, spattering blood all around the glass sales space within the course of.

    It actually does make for fairly horrifying viewing – however for these not within the know – you may be happy to comprehend it wasn’t really from an actual quiz present, and was actually an episode of Inside No 9, the marvellously macabre sequence from Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.

    Whereas followers had been anticipating an On The Buses tribute episode titled ‘Maintain On Tight’, they as a substitute acquired ‘3 by 3’, the primary episode of Inside No 9 to not function Shearsmith or Pemberton on digicam.

    Viewers thought they had been tuning in to an ordinary Lee Mack quiz present (BBC)

    Because the episode progressed, it grew to become clear that one thing was ever so barely off with the Oakwoods, or extra particularly Margaret (Gemma Web page) and Catherine (Saskia Wakefield).

    Cricket-loving dad Stephen (James Tucker) was frozen out early on and by no means returned.

    Catherine appeared to know the reply to each query regardless of revealing she’d principally no expertise with leisure or a lot of the surface world.

    It is actually to everybody’s credit score that Inside No 9 managed to maintain up the pretence for therefore lengthy, whereas weaving in so many sensible clues as to what was actually occurring.

    The episode continues to be accessible to watch on BBC iPlayer.

  • Inbetweeners stars reunite for Oasis reunion ‘film’

    Inbetweeners stars reunite for Oasis reunion ‘film’



    When an Oasis-esque graphic dropped on Comedian Aid’s Instagram over the weekend, followers rapidly started to spiral into hypothesis over what it may imply.

    Pleasure rapidly ramped up for a Gallagher-themed announcement whereas some even joked it was the doomsday for the brothers to separate up once more.

    But it surely’s really the reunion of one other iconic pair as LADbible can solely announce James Buckley and Joe Thomas as Liam and Noel in Oasis: The Reunion: The Film.

    Full with some severe brows, barely dodge Manchester accents and a staple parka, the pair have gotten collectively for a really particular Comedian Aid sketch.

    Most likely rather less severe and an entire lot funnier than what Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is whipping up for the precise brothers’ tour, James and Joe may also be joined by a bunch of stars as they replicate these well-known faces.

    James and Joe reunite as Liam and Noel (Jordan Mansfield/Comedian Aid)

    Saying the Pink Nostril Day sketch at present (17 March), this unique first look photograph is undeniably a comically uncanny mirror of the one shared by Oasis once they introduced their reunion final yr.

    And it’s been an ‘wonderful’ factor for the pair to get to do – particularly James.

    “I don’t suppose I’ve made any secret of the truth that I’m an Oasis tremendous fan,” he says. “So, attending to be Liam Gallagher for the day is my final fantasy actually.”

    Though, there’s been one massive hurdle for the celebs – these pesky, unshakeable, Gallagher brother important, Manc accents.

    “I’m not good at any northern accents, not good at accents in any way – I can barely do my very own,” James jokes.

    The forged had a gaggle assembly to assist create the sketch so individuals may ‘throw out some concepts’ and whereas he normally ‘by no means has any concepts’, he figured he wanted to chip in.

    “The one factor I did say was that we have to possibly embrace a joke that acknowledges how dangerous the accents are.”

    Though, Joe says that’s not been useful for him, as his accent is even worse than James’.

    Questionable accents apart, although, it’s been a little bit of a deal with for the celebs to do an Oasis and have their very own little reunion for Comedian Aid – and is in fact a deal with for us followers too.

    They do admit it’s ‘bizarre’ being again collectively once more however they’re each ‘used to it’ and used to one another’s weirdness.

    “I really like how bizarre you’re, and any excuse to do one thing with you, I’m all the time up for,” James tells his co-star, who provides: “We don’t actually get a chance to.”

    Liam and Noel or James and Joe? (Simon Emmett/Worry PR/PA Wire)

    Nicely, even when we’ll need to preserve ready for that reunion, no less than we’ve bought the 2 of them again collectively for this upcoming Comedian Aid sketch.

    And ramping up the humorous, they’ll be joined by a powerful record of cameos from Vernon Kay, Mickey Flanagan, Melvin Odoom, Tasha Ghouri, Martin Lewis, Roisin Conaty, Hugh Dennis and even Piers Morgan can be popping up as a Ticketmaster villain.

    Oasis: The Reunion: The Film will air for Pink Nostril Day this Friday 21 March, 7pm-10pm on BBC One and from 10pm onwards on BBC Two.

  • James Could and Richard Hammond return to Prime Gear HQ

    James Could and Richard Hammond return to Prime Gear HQ



    Prime Gear followers have been left all nostalgic after Richard Hammond and James Could returned to the place they used to name dwelling for therefore a few years.

    Minus frontman Jeremy Clarkson, two of the trio headed again to the previous Prime Gear headquarters, together with the studio hanger the place they might movie the episodes, in addition to the inexperienced room across the nook from it, the place the crew would work on scripts and excellent the present earlier than it aired.

    Except you are a really younger member of the Gen Z brigade, you need to be conscious of simply how epic Sunday nights had been when Clarkson, Could, and Hammond took to our screens on the BBC between 2002 and 2015.

    Taking what was an excellent but bizarre automobile present that had been operating since 1977, below that trio of automobile fans, Prime Gear changed into a worldwide phenomenon and embedded itself on the forefront of 2000s British popular culture.

    

    However the empire got here crashing down in 2015, when Could and Hammond give up the present after Clarkson’s contract with the Beeb wasn’t renewed attributable to after an ‘unprovoked bodily assault’ on a Prime Gear producer.

    The three moved to Amazon Prime Video and carried on their schtick below the brand new guise of The Grand Tour, which got here to an emotional finish in 2024.

    Since then, the trio have formally parted methods professionally. Nevertheless it’s not stopping them from assembly up in their very own time, given they’re nonetheless mates off display screen.

    Now, in a clip shared to the James Could’s Planet Gin YouTube channel, Could and Hammond had been seen rocking as much as the previous Prime Gear set at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey.

    Hammond and Could within the previous Prime Gear inexperienced room (YouTube / JamesMayDrinks)

    “I really feel humorous, I really feel actually odd being right here,” Hammond mentioned, with each of them confirming it was the primary time again on set since their final day in 2015.

    Strolling across the inexperienced room after by chance locking themselves out of the constructing, Hammond mentioned ‘it by no means appeared glamorous’ again then and positively did not now with the constructing considerably dilapidated. After lastly discovering a door inside, they mentioned ‘it smells the identical… horrible’.

    “I really feel each 10 years previous and 110 years previous,” Hammond mentioned. “It is that sense of I really feel like a bit boy however an previous man… bloody hell.

    “Each week we would come right here for years and years and years.”

    A room with so many recollections (YouTube / JamesMayDrinks)

    Venturing via the inexperienced room some extra, the duo got here throughout The Stig’s personal dressing room.

    “The Stig had his personal room as a result of no person may know who he was so he would he would smuggle himself in right here and alter and costume,” Hammond defined.

    In addition they discovered the spot the place they might put all their TV awards in a glass cupboard.

    Followers had been feeling the nostalgic within the remark part of the YouTube video.

    One wrote: “The perfect present that the BBC has ever misplaced. I can’t change my thoughts on that.”

    One other quoted Hammond saying ‘this was an enormous a part of our lives’, including: “Richard… do not realise how a lot of an enormous a part of all our lives it was too.”

    And a 3rd posted: “Nostalgia is a bizarre mixture of happiness that it occurred, and disappointment that it’ll by no means be the identical once more.”

  • Jermaine Jenas’ spouse declares break up after 16 years collectively months after ‘inappropriate messages’ scandal

    Jermaine Jenas’ spouse declares break up after 16 years collectively months after ‘inappropriate messages’ scandal



    Jermaine Jenas has break up up from Ellie Penfold after 16 years collectively.

    It comes simply months after the Match of the Day pundit was sacked by the BBC amid a scandal which erupted over ‘inappropriate messages’ he despatched to feminine colleagues.

    In a press release shared on Instagram in the present day, Penfold wrote: “I by no means imagined I must share one thing so private with the general public, however given the scenario, I really feel it’s a necessity.

    “After 16 years collectively and 4 fantastic kids, Jermaine and I’ve determined to half methods.

    “We’ll stay mates and proceed to co-parent. We kindly ask that you just respect our youngsters’s privateness throughout this difficult time.

    “Thanks, Ellie.”

    The pair – who share two daughters Geneva and Olivia, in addition to son Jacob collectively – bought engaged in 2009 earlier than tying the knot two years later.

    Jenas and Penfold have break up after greater than a decade of marriage (Instagram/@jjenas)

    Jenas was axed from BBC exhibits after his extra-marital actions had been revealed final yr.

    He revealed that his companion of 16 years had kicked him out of the household house in Hertfordshire after the allegations got here to mild – and stated that even the household canine had turned towards him.

    Talking to The Solar days after, the 42-year-old stated that Penfold was ‘completely raging’ when he confessed the reality to her

    “She’s human,” Jenas stated on the time. “After I see her now, she is simply ensuring the kids are OK.”

    He went on to hail Penfold as an ‘superb mom’ and ‘an actual one’.

    Jenas had been a presenter on The One Present and made appearances on Match of the Day earlier than the BBC introduced he was ‘not a part of our presenting line-up’.

    When information of his sacking was introduced in August 2024, Jenas was dwell on talkSPORT.

    He stated there have been ‘two sides to each story’, and the previous Tottenham Hotspur footballer later insisted he did ‘nothing unlawful’.

    Jenas as a substitute described the scenario as ‘inappropriate messages between two consenting adults’.

    The previous BBC star admitted Penfold chucked him out of the household house after the scandal got here to mild (Karwai Tang/WireImage)

    He stated on the time: “These had been two consenting adults I used to be talking to. With one she made it clear she was . I don’t wish to begin taking place the ‘who pursued who’ street, however when individuals are saying issues which can be unsuitable and false data is being unfold, I do should sort of defend my house.

    “In that specific occasion, there was an grownup dialog that befell in a bar in London the place that particular person made it very clear that they’d an attraction to me.

    “Sure there was alcohol concerned however I take full accountability. I really feel folks don’t know the reality and are forming opinions about me that aren’t correct. I wasn’t going by way of some sort of BBC vault making an attempt to get girls’s numbers.

    “I’m clearly going to say I’m not a intercourse pest. These had been consenting adults I used to be texting.”

    Throughout his enjoying profession, Jenas spent eight years at Tottenham and made 155 appearances for the membership.

    He additionally performed for Nottingham Forest and Newcastle and gained 21 caps for England. In 2013, Jenas left Spurs and moved to his ultimate membership QPR.

    Nonetheless, attributable to a critical knee harm in 2014, he performed his final skilled match that yr, although he retired from soccer fully in 2016.

    That’s when he transitioned right into a profession within the media, doing punditry for the likes of ITV Sport and BT Sport, earlier than becoming a member of the BBC.

  • Why you have to be involved for those who come throughout ‘finger of dying’ whereas swimming within the ocean

    Why you have to be involved for those who come throughout ‘finger of dying’ whereas swimming within the ocean



    You might have already got a worry of the ocean and deep sea, and we’re right here to make it worse. Sorry.

    It is mind-boggling that 71 % of our planet consists of water, but we have solely explored 5 % of our oceans.

    Whether or not or not it’s the viral video of the ‘demon fish’ or the considered sharks alone, it is utterly comprehensible to be freaked out.

    It might be honest to label the deep sea because the unknown, however it feels just like the extra we do find out about it, the scarier it will get.

    Footage of a phenomena that happens under sea ice has opened the eyes of many viewers on YouTube.

    Whilst you could not come throughout it for those who’re having a dip on the seaside, it actually reveals the capabilities of wildlife within the ocean.

    Does not look very pleasant, does it? (BBC)

    Maybe it is simply the tip of the iceberg.

    Initially uploaded by BBC Earth, the video reveals one thing described because the ‘ice finger of dying’ coming from the ice above, in the direction of the ocean ground and wildlife dwelling on it.

    What’s a brinicle?

    The scientific identify for the scary tube that grows from the layer of ice is a brinicle, and so they get their nickname as a result of they kill marine life by freezing them.

    Brinicles are discovered within the polar areas of our planet, and might solely be discovered under blocks of sea ice, freezing every part of their path after they attain the ocean ground.

    How do brinicles type?

    

    When the ocean ice cracks, it leaks brine into the ocean and as it’s extra dense, it sinks and freezes the encompassing seawater.

    In Antarctica throughout the winter months specifically, not solely does the continent double in measurement, changing into larger than the USA, however its common sea temperature of -2°C continues to be 50°C hotter than the floor.

    The stark distinction in temperature signifies that when the tube of ice grows downward from ice uncovered to the floor, it has lethal penalties.

    Brinicles engulf and freeze creatures comparable to starfish, urchins, and different members of marine life.

    They’re mentioned to be fairly fragile although, whereas being a uncommon commentary because of the particular situations require for brinicles to type.

    Do not suppose there are a lot of brinicle followers on the market after this (BBC)

    Taking to the feedback, one person mentioned: “That’s the most sinister trying piece of ice I’ve ever seen.”

    One other added: “This regarded like a scene from a sci-fi/horror movie. Excessive reward for the individuals who filmed this superior, and barely horrific, video.”

    A 3rd identified: “It is like a fairy story film with an ice witch dipping her finger to make use of her curse.”

    Nicely, for those who had been planning to go deep sea diving in Antarctica, there’s your warning.