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The Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Who is Love Island bombshell Will Means?
WILL Means is a super-fit personal trainer who is exploding into the famous villa as part of a quartet of new bombshells. The Sun exclusively revealed that the troop of troublemakers were primed to shake things up on the show. 4 4 Will Means is a 25-year-old personal trainer from Norfolk who entered the Love Island villa as a bombshell on June 23, 2025. He grew up on his family's farm in Terrington St Clement, West Norfolk, where he spent many a summer working the land. His family farming roots run deep — Will's dad Mark Means was named Farmer of the Year at the 2024 Farmers Weekly Awards. Will also gained recognition in the farming community when he was voted the fourth fittest farmer in the UK by Farmers' Weekly in 2023. The competition involved a series of strength and athleticism tests, drawing around 5,000 participants. Will is passionate about fitness — he completed the 2025 Hyrox World Championships, finishing in 35th place, and also completed an Iron Man event earlier in the year. He's active on Instagram, where he shares content focused on keeping fit, training and the endurance competitions he competes in. As of June 24, 2025, Will has more than 3,000 followers, which is sure to shoot up during his stint on Love Island. Before joining the show, Will told ITV: 'I'm excited and looking forward to getting in there and speaking to the girls. 'It's the chance to meet a soulmate, which would be great.' Watch moment 4 bombshells arrive in Love Island villa as Helena makes u-turn He said his usual type is 'up for a laugh' and 'sporty', while his biggest red flag is arrogance. Will explained: 'I like to share the conversation across the room. If it's all about them, they're probably not for me.' He added: 'I'm quite family-oriented, so if they are as well, that would be great. 'Nice to look at helps and someone who is up for a laugh.' 4 Villa drama Things got even more dramatic in the villa when the quartet of new bombshells took four OGs straight for a steamy sleepover in Casa Amor, as exclusively revealed by The Sun on June 23, 2025 In the summer of 2024, the same twist saw Joey Essex and Grace Jackson get together, and the show's producers are hoping for more of the same this season. A source said: 'The saucy sleepover worked brilliantly last year and bosses felt now was the perfect time to deploy the same cheeky twist. 'Dejon and Meg have just made up, Tommy and Megan and Conor and Emily are wavering, and everyone else is scrambling for a connection. Love Island 2025 full lineup Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare. Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads. Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish. Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition. Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart. Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern. Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves. Megan Clarke: An Irish actress already drawing comparisons to Maura Higgins. Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father's footsteps. Aaron Buckett: A towering 6'5' personal trainer. Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro. Antonia Laites: Love Island's first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress. Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive. Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell. Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel. Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side. Remell Mullins: Boasts over 18million likes and 500k followers on TikTok thanks to his sizzling body transformation videos. Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell. Departures: Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing. Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident. Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Norfolk farmer to enter Love Island villa
A farmer from Norfolk is one of the latest contestants to enter the Love Island villa. Will Means - who comes from a farming family in Terrington St Clement - is joining three others, including Giorgio Russo, the brother of England Lioness Alessia Russo. The four are set to appear at the end of tonight's episode of the ITV2 show, which is filmed in Majorca. According to his LinkedIn, Will is currently a sales representative at Coca-Cola but spent seven summers working on the family farm in west Norfolk. His father, Mark Means, was named Farmer of the Year in 2024 at the Farmers Weekly Awards. Talking about why he wanted to take part, the 25-year-old said: "I'm excited and looking forward to getting in there and speaking to girls. "It's the chance to meet a soulmate, which would be great. "I grew up on the family farm and I was named the fourth fittest farmer by Farmers' Weekly in 2023. It's a fitness competition. "It was good. A bit of a laugh, fourth in the UK is quite cool. "I think about 5,000 entered. It raises awareness for mental health as well and helps build a community among young farmers who spend a lot of time in tractors on their own." Will is the latest person from Norfolk to try and find love in the villa. Harley Judge, who went to Attleborough High School, entered the villa as a 22-year-old in 2017. He coupled up with eventual winner Amber Davies on the first day and the pair shared a steamy kiss just hours after meeting. Sadly, Harley didn't find love and was the first islander to be booted out of the villa. In 2018 Sam Bird, a then-gym owner from Norwich, entered the Majorcan villa as a bombshell on day 19 and coupled up with Samira Mighty. Sam ended up in a drama-filled couple with Georgia Steel and the pair were dumped from the villa on day 47 after refusing to couple up with other contestants. The couple broke up shortly after the show and Sam married Kailah Casillas-Bird last year. Ellie Spence from Norwich joined the winter series of the show in 2023 and after entering as a bombshell she spent two weeks in the villa before getting the boot. Last summer, Caine Bacon from Bradwell went to Fiji to take part in the US version of the show. He entered the villa on day 17 and was dumped from the island on day 25.
ABC News
23-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
In Britain, farmers are desperate for rainfall to save crops
For the past few weeks, Radio National Breakfast has investigated the dire effects of the drought engulfing South Australia, and parts of western Victoria and New South Wales... But Australian farmers aren't the only ones in desperate need of a drop of rain. In Britain, record sunshine and scant wet weather has left farmers desperate for rainfall to save their crops… It comes at a time of significant upheaval across the UK's agricultural industry – with changes in inheritance tax and three agriculturally significant deals signed in the last month. Guest: Andrew Meredith, editor of Farmers Weekly Producer: Kelly-Anne Taylor
North Wales Chronicle
24-04-2025
- Business
- North Wales Chronicle
Anglesey beef farmer uses Squire seed to lower CO2
Dylan Jones at Castellior, Anglesey, has been growing Wynnstay's Squire grass for the past 15 years. Farming in partnership with his father Wyn, he finishes around 1,600 dairy cross cattle a year on the 820-acre farm, taking between four and five cuts of high-yielding, high-protein silage a year, producing 2,500 tonnes to feed the livestock. Using the mixture as part of a two-to-three-year grass rotation has helped the pair move towards a low-carbon system. Despite farming intensively, they have managed to reduce their carbon footprint to just 3.9kg of CO2 per kilogram (kg) of beef liveweight (LW) compared to the national average in Wales of 11-16 CO2/kg LW. Prior to changing the system at Castellior, they used a seven-year rotation and had been growing a two-to-three-year ley in small quantities. In 2016, the Joneses started the transition to a two-to-three-year rotation. Due to the volume of manure used with the barley crops, the following grass seed performed exceptionally well with very little chemical nitrogen (N). Growing nitrogen-fixing peas or red clover as a previous crop also plays a big role in establishing the following grass ley, as it generates enough growth that no chemical fertiliser is used for the first silage cut. Dylan said: "We find that Squire really does the job. "It has been part of our system for many years and has contributed to our success. "We wanted to bring the carbon footprint down; we have achieved this and using the seed has been a key part of that." "Squire, being a two-to-three-year ley, will perform with very little chemical N; it has red clover in the mix which is great at fixing N in the soil. "I'm passionate about hitting my environmental goals and every step I've taken towards net zero has been a profitable one for the business." The Joneses buy beef stores in at 18 to 24 months, with an average of 99 days to slaughter, meaning quality feed is important. They have also earned some accolades along the way, being crowned winners of the British Grassland Society's Grassland Farmer of the Year 2024 and Farmers Weekly's Beef Farmer of the Year 2024. The family also grow 350 acres of barley and peas for feed, along with some red clover, and are entirely self-sufficient in the finishing enterprise. Dylan said: "We keep everything self-contained, using homegrown feed and doing all of the machine work ourselves. "We want to keep the business as self-sufficient as we can and strive to have as few carbon emissions as possible."
