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Daily Mirror
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood left speechless as Naga Munchetty 'takes over' weather bulletin
BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood was left stunned by Naga Munchetty's move during the latest show BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood was playfully 'shut down' by her co-star Naga Munchetty live on air after she cheekily suggested they move on to "something interesting" - after 'taking over' the weather bulletin. On Thursday's episode of the popular morning programme, Naga and Charlie Stayt were back on our screens, waking up the nation with the latest global news headlines. They were joined by weather presenter Carol, who was back on the show to deliver the day's forecast. Before Carol could launch into her segment, Naga introduced her by saying: "It's time to talk to Carol and look ahead." The camera then switched to a screen showing Carol standing in front of a green screen displaying the day's weather. Seemingly taking over Carol's forecast, Naga pointed at the screen and said: "That's pretty much the view that was out there this morning and I think that is there for a lot of us. It's quite changeable weather but I think calmer nights and less stuffy nights," reports the Express. Carol humorously interjected: "And that is the forecast, I'll be back in 10 minutes with the headlines." The studio erupted in laughter as Naga jokingly responded: "Bye Carol it was really good talking to you. It is 12 minutes to 9 is the time, let's move on to something more interesting." Caught off guard by the comment, Carol pulled a surprised face at the camera and exclaimed: "A shock." Naga couldn't help but laugh as she added: "Only joking." It comes as Carol recently opened up about her time on BBC Strictly Come Dancing as she confessed that the programme left her feeling 'shattered'. The 63 year old hit the dance floor back in 2015 alongside professional partner Pasha Kovalev, with the duo bowing out of the competition during the seventh week. While speaking to Gary Davies on Radio Two, the BBC star revealed that balancing dance rehearsals with her morning weather presenting role proved demanding. She said: "When you look back on it, you think, 'I can't believe I did that'. It was joyous, it was really hard work because I was working Monday to Friday, doing Breakfast at the time. "So I was exhausted doing it, but Pasha Kovalev, my partner, is a gent as well and a really, really nice man." BBC Breakfast airs everyday from 6am on BBC One and iPlayer
1News
a day ago
- Climate
- 1News
What's going on with the emergency mobile phone alerts?
Many New Zealanders were woken up by an emergency mobile alert sent out today at 6.30am but for some, the alerts have either come repeatedly or not at all. Officials say the risk of strong currents and unpredictable surges is still very high following Wednesday's big earthquake in Russia The threat for New Zealand's coast is likely to remain in place until midday. NEMA Civil Defence Emergency Management director John Price told Morning Report a technical glitch is to blame for issues with the alert. He said there have been two official alerts sent out, one on Wednesday afternoon and one on Thursday morning. ADVERTISEMENT Follow 1News' live updates as the tsunami threat continues for New Zealand here "We made the call to send out another emergency alert [Thursday morning] to remind New Zealanders, especially if they're on route to work, school or other activities, to avoid being near the coast because that is where the main threat [is]." Texts to RNZ from listeners show some people have received an alert multiple times, others haven't received an alert at all. Helen from Christchurch said she didn't get any alert at all, while a woman in Levin didn't receive an alert Thursday morning despite others nearby getting them. A number of people said the alert disappeared from their phone before they were able to read it. RNZ has heard from one person who said she keeps getting the alert repeatedly and when she dismisses it it comes back up, draining the battery of her phone. Mark Mitchell told Breakfast there was some tsunami activity which would "carry on throughout the day". (Source: Breakfast) ADVERTISEMENT Price said they are urgently looking into the problem. "There seems to have been a glitch with the system and we do send these alerts out and we're looking into this urgently. "It's a technical glitch and it's not something we, the software, we have a different software company, we use three cellphone providers because the way the system works, the message or the text is sent out, it goes to a cell tower, the cell tower then sends that message to phones that are in that designated area." Coastal areas were designated for this alert, he said. "As to why it has repeated itself or why it has taken time to get through, these are all good questions that we need to find out the answer to." Price said the emergency alert to phones is only one tool to let people know about an emergency. Radio and other media sources were also key. "Hence why we say to people, this is not foolproof, we have to have multiple ways of communicating and we pushed out those multiple communication networks." ADVERTISEMENT What exactly are emergency mobile alerts? (Source: A warning broadcast to your mobile phone, they've been around in New Zealand since 2017. They come with a loud buzz that can usually be heard even if you're on silent mode and a banner notification detailing the emergency. They've been used for everything from tsunami warnings to dangerous fires to thunderstorms. Many other countries use them and they got a particularly good workout in New Zealand during the Covid-19 pandemic. How can they send messages to everyone's phones? And why are there glitches? Alerts use cell broadcast technology known as geotargeting to send alerts through cell towers in a selected area - which can be the entire country, as in Sunday's test, or down to a small section of a city. ADVERTISEMENT New Zealand's system was provided by Dutch company one2many, which is now a division of Everbridge Public Warning, an American software company that specialises in alert systems. In a description of their technology, Everbridge says "one message can be sent to millions of devices within a target area in seconds". "A really oversimplified way of putting it, it's like a signal that your phone picks up, which is almost like radio," NEMA communications manager Anthony Frith said. The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including tsunami threat remains for NZ and quake sparks Russian volcanic eruption, plus the pop star and the politician spotted having dinner. (Source: 1News) When an alert is issued, the agency involved will select how big a region is covered, depending on the specific crisis. "The operator who sends the emergency alert will draw a polygon around that area, a shape they need to make sure is big enough to capture cell phone towers in the perimeter," Frith said. Auckland Emergency Management general manager Adam Maggs said, while targeted messages work well, who gets them varies, depending on a variety of factors. ADVERTISEMENT "In terms of one person [in a household] receiving a message and another not, this could be due to being just outside of the geographically targeted area. The boundary for the geotargeted area is not a 'hard' boundary and there can be message leakage, depending on the location of cell towers. "Other reasons include having a phone that may be older or has missed a software update, or the phone may not have had mobile reception." How do they know my phone number, anyway? They don't. The system uses the cellphone network as a carrier of the notifications that NEMA or other emergency agencies send out. "Our system does not have any telephone numbers," Frith confirmed. "Once we've transmitted the message from our portal, it then goes to the cell towers." I hate that phone noise, can't I opt out? No ADVERTISEMENT You can't choose not to receive an emergency alert - after all, the point is that it's meant to be used for an emergency. Because it's sent out over cell phone towers, there's no 'list' of names on it to be removed from. The flurry of alerts sent out in Auckland in April saw some backlash on social media. "We often receive feedback from Aucklanders asking to be removed from the EMA system [which is not possible]," Maggs said. "We get just as much feedback thanking us for an alert or update. This will always be the case and we are fine with that. "At the end of the day, our goal is to help Aucklanders stay as safe as possible in times of emergency and we will continue to work hard to ensure that."
1News
a day ago
- Politics
- 1News
Trump wants Netanyahu to 'make sure they get the food' in Gaza amid crisis
President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed concern over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and urged Israel to get people food, seemingly recalibrating his stance on Gaza as images of emaciated children have sparked renewed worries about hunger in the war-torn territory. Trump, speaking in Scotland on Tuesday, said that the US and other nations are giving money and food to Gaza but that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has 'got to sort of like run it'. 'I want him to make sure they get the food,' Trump said. 'I want to make sure they get the food.' President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, speak with the media during a meeting at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland. (Source: Associated Press) Trump's comments seemed to result from the images in recent days of the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza and were more urgent than the resigned message he had about the 21-month Israel-Hamas war last week, when ceasefire talks derailed. His remarks also marked a new divergence from Netanyahu after the two leaders had become closer following their nations' joint strikes in Iran. ADVERTISEMENT The US president was asked if he agreed with Netanyahu's comments on Monday in which the Israeli leader said, 'There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza'. 'I don't know," Trump replied. "I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly because those children look very hungry.' Trump says US will set up food centres in Gaza Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (Source: Associated Press) In the face of mounting international criticism, the Israeli military over the weekend began airdrops of aid, along with limited pauses in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day to help with the distribution. Trump on Saturday had expressed some resignation about the situation in Gaza after the US and Israel pulled their negotiating teams out of talks in Qatar to try to reach a ceasefire. Trump said last week that Hamas was likely 'going to be hunted down' and said of Israel, 'They're going to have to fight and they're going to have to clean it up'. The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including the atmospheric river arrives, Epstein's girlfriend pushes for appeal, and Jennifer Lopez's wardrobe malfunction. (Source: Breakfast) ADVERTISEMENT But Trump seemed more inclined to action on Tuesday after reports of starvation-related deaths and images of people, especially young children and infants, struggling to get food continued to emerge over the weekend, drew international outcry. The US President, speaking as he visited with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his Trump's Turnberry golf course, said that the US was 'going to set up food centres,' but he didn't offer specifics. The White House did not immediately have more information about the food centres. International outcry grows louder Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, sits at his family home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Source: Associated Press) While Trump urged Netanyahu to do more to deliver aid, the US leader faced similar pleas. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said in a televised address on Tuesday that Trump is 'the one who is able to stop the war, deliver the aid and end this suffering". ADVERTISEMENT 'Please, make every effort to stop this war and deliver the aid,' el-Sissi said, addressing Trump in his remarks 'I believe that it's time to end this war.' Trump said Hamas has stolen food and aid trying to reach people in Gaza, but when asked by a reporter about what responsibility Israel has for limiting aid to the area, he said, 'Israel has a lot of responsibility'. But he quickly said Israel was also hampered in its actions as it seeks to keep the remaining 20 hostages kept in Gaza alive. An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Monday, July 28, 2025. (Source: Associated Press) When asked by what more can Israel do, Trump said, 'I think Israel can do a lot'. But he didn't offer more details and changed the subject to Iran. 'We have to help on a humanitarian basis before we do anything. We have to get the kids fed.' Starmer was more adamant than Trump, calling it 'a desperate situation' in Gaza. ADVERTISEMENT 'I think people in Britain are revolted at seeing what they are seeing on their screens,' he said. Vice President JD Vance echoed Trump's comments as he spoke Tuesday in Canton, Ohio and said the US was worried about the humanitarian problem in Gaza and seeing 'a lot of starving children'. 'Israel's got to do more to let that aid in, and we've also got to wage war on Hamas so that those folks stop preventing food from coming into this territory,' he said. US and UK leaders discuss Gaza as UN discusses Israel-Palestinian two-state solution Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (Source: Associated Press) Starmer, who faces pressure from his Labour Party to recognise a Palestinian state as France did last week, said the UK supports statehood for the Palestinians, but it must be part of a plan for a two-state solution. Trump said last week that France's recognition of a Palestinian state 'doesn't carry any weight'. ADVERTISEMENT 'I'm not going to take a position,' Trump said of recognising a Palestinian state. He added of Starmer, 'I don't mind him taking a position'. The comments came as the UN General Assembly brought together high-level officials to promote a two-state solution to the decades-old Israel-Palestinian conflict. Israel and the US are boycotting the two-day meeting.
1News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- 1News
Winner of NZ's Supreme Pie Award revealed
A potato top pie has been crowned the winner at NZ's Supreme Pie Awards in Auckland last night. The swirled potato top creation with a centre core of fondant-style cooked potatoes finished in au gratin layers was created by Samraksmey (Sam) So, owner of Rosedale Bakery & Café on Auckland's North Shore. So said he developed the recipe after seeing a dish of French-style layered potatoes in a magazine. Speaking to Breakfast, So said the win was "unexpected" and "amazing". The fancy French inspired pie was crafted by Samraksmey (Sam) So, owner of Rosedale Bakery & Café in Albany on Auckland's North Shore. (Source: Supplied) ADVERTISEMENT "I feel excited," he said. He said last year his potato top pie came highly commended, and the team spent the entire year perfecting the recipe for this year's awards. "We take the time to fry the potatoes and then we put them on a tray with butter, garlic and rosemary and we bake them off. We cut them with a round cutter after baking and put them in the pie and bake again, and they look like a crispy outside." The pie had been flying out the door this morning, in the wake of last night's win. Rosedale Bakery & Café owner Samraksmey So told Breakfast the win was "unexpected" and "amazing". (Source: Breakfast) So, who owns two bakeries in Albany, Auckland, bought his first bakery in 2019 and started really making a name for himself when he won a silver award for his mince and cheese entry in the 2023 Bakels NZ Pie Awards. It was his golden pastry sausage roll though that secured his baking credibility when he won the Bakels Legendary Sausage Roll competition in the same year. ADVERTISEMENT Celebrity chef judge Nici Wickes said New Zealand bakers were great at making pies. "We saw so many pies today and really all of them were fantastic. It was very hard to choose. You cut them open dead down the centre, open them up and it was unbelievably fantastic to see the different fillings people have gone for, how innovative they've been," she said. The Café Boutique gold winner, a rhubarb and raspberry sweet pie earned an "unbelievably delicious" credit from Wickes too. Ian Moore, who has been a judge for many years and is now the chief judge, summed up the competition saying: 'The standard was amazing again as usual". "The final range is fantastic across the board and it just comes down to a half point here and a half point there. And once again those final flavours and the range had a significant difference in all of them because of their different categories. It was an amazing day and once again a great standard.' Gold winners: Bacon & Egg – Sean Vo, Levain Artisan Bakery, Blockhouse Bay Auckland ADVERTISEMENT Mince & Gravy – Sopheap Long, Euro Patisserie, Torbay, Auckland Mince & Cheese – Michael Gray, Nada Bakery, Wellington Potato Top – Samraksmey (Sam) So, Rosedale Bakery & Café, Albany, Auckland Steak & Gravy – Sok Heang Nguon, Taste Bakery and Roast, Henderson, Auckland Steak & Cheese – Sok Keo, Milldale Bakery, Wainui, Auckland Chicken & Vegetable – Mengheng (Jason) Hay, Richoux Patisserie, Ellerslie, Auckland Gourmet Meat – Buntha Meng, Wild Grain Bakery, Silverdale, Auckland ADVERTISEMENT Vegetarian – Sopheap Long, Euro Patisserie, Torbay, Auckland Café Boutique – Ellie Linton-Brown, Main Street Café, Huntly Commercial/Wholesale – Dad's Pies, Silverdale, Auckland.
The Herald Scotland
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Strictly Come Dancing celebrity 'confirmed' at BBC studio
They were joined by the two new professionals, Alexis Warr and Julian Caillon. However, aside from the dancers who began training on Monday (July 28), there was also a celebrity who was spotted by fans making their way to Elstree Studios, rumored to be part of this year's line-up. From BBC a radio 2 Instagram 'Claws up if you remember this Scott Mills masterclass? 🦀😂 Hear #Strictly pros, Alexia Warr & Julian Caillon on Breakfast, catch up on BBC Sounds! ✨' — 🪩 All Things Strictly 🪩 (@StrictlySparks) July 28, 2025 Love Island star spotted at Elstree studios as Strictly rehearsals begin It comes as someone posted on the Strictly Come Dancing Reddit page: 'My daughter's a receptionist at Elstree and was super excited that she saw Danni Dyer at the studio yesterday. Something to do with strictly??' This person responded: 'She is rumoured actually! I guess she will be on it, she'll be good. 'She was also rumoured to take part in celeb SAS tho (edit: the one that films for next year) guess she's deciding which to do.' Another commented: 'i've heard her name floating around so thats brill news x' All the winners over the years One chimed in: 'Last year the celebs did their costume fittings before they were announced, so it's possible she could be at elstree for that.' Meanwhile, this viewer shared: 'So exciting it's that time of the year again!!!!' Last month, the Love Island star was just one name thrown into the rumour mill as a source previously told The Sun: 'Bosses are thrilled she's agreed to take part and are ironing out her fee. "She's bubbly, down-to-earth and straight-talking and producers reckon she'll make an ideal contestant - not to mention the bonus of having Jarrod and dad Danny in the audience supporting her." Recommended reading: Elsewhere, the BBC recently confirmed Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and head judge Shirley Ballas will all return to the judging panel, with recent MBE recipients Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman back on hosting duties. Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this autumn. Newsquest has approached Strictly for comment.
