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BBC News
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Boy, 9, shares passion for farming at Nantwich Show
A nine-year-old farmer said it had been "amazing" to spend his birthday showing off his flock and teaching other children about farming at Nantwich school pupil, Freddie, brought along his collection of rare breed sheep which he feeds and tends to every is Nantwich Young Farmers' centenary year and the annual event has been a highlight in the Cheshire farming calendar since 1897. This year, livestock shows, music performances and cheese competitions entertained about 9,000 people at Reaseheath College."Showing your land and your sheep off to the public is amazing," Freddie said. Freddie keeps his sheep in Burland and his rare breeds include North Ronaldsay, Silvernose, Oxford Down and Clun the day, crowds of children gathered around Freddie and his flock to ask questions about their wool, feed and a busy day of teaching, Freddie said that he would not be able to celebrate his birthday in the evening as he would be too busy returning his flock to the addition to the livestock, this year's show also saw the return of the cheese competition after a successful pilot last judges and the public were given the opportunity to taste and rank various cheeses, all made within 100 miles (160.9km) of the showground."Nantwich is the home of cheese," said organiser Nick Birchall from The Cheese Shop in Nantwich."We were making cheese here when the Romans came and we're still making cheese here."Awards were given for best soft cheese, best blue cheese and best cheese made in Cheshire. Sponsor of the cheese competition, David Williams, whose family has made cheese in the area for generations, had high praise for the event."It probably is one of the best shows in the country of this size," he said."It's what I call an old-fashioned show but with a modern twist - we've got something for everybody."
Scottish Sun
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Lingo duo fall short of winning huge jackpot on ITV show as time runs out – could you work out the puzzles?
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A DUO on Lingo fell short of winning a huge jackpot prize on the ITV show as their time ran out. Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray took to the airwaves to host the latest edition of the popular gameshow. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 7 ITV viewers tuned in to watch Adil Ray front another edition of Lingo Credit: ITV 7 Brothers Jack and Rob from Manchester reached the final round of the established game show Credit: ITV 7 They just could not guess the last six letter word Credit: ITV He welcomed three pairings into the shiny floor studio to try their luck at Lingo. This included two brothers from Manchester named Jack and Rob who attempted to win a huge prize. At the start of the show, Adil asked Rob if the siblings are competitive with each other. The contestant had the presenter laughing as he quipped: "We would basically be competing against each other more than we will the other people to be fair." The duo beat out London couple Rosie and Wes and Jenny and Dev from Nantwich to get to the final round. If they solved just a four letter lingo puzzle in the final round, they would get half the money they banked during the game. By just guessing three letters within a time limit, they would take home a decent pot of £1,870. If they guessed the right characters both a four letter word and a five letter word they would have gotten £3,740. If they could have done both, as well as a six letter Lingo in 90 seconds, their winnings would have been doubled to £7,480. For their four letter word, Jack correctly guessed the word 'Lobe' after three goes. Lingo duo miss out on jackpot after running out of time on ITV show This was after the brother's passed on the first word which was 'gram' as Jack could not figure out two of the letters. Rob also had to pass on his first five letter word as he could not think of the word 'tough'. Adil remarked: "That was tough," in response as the bothers shared their disappointment. However, he correctly guessed the word 'stamp' on his first try of his second language puzzle. ITV's daytime TV schedule changes in full Good Morning Britain will be extended by 30 minutes to run from 6am to 9.30am daily. Lorraine will run from 9.30am-10am, on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. During the weeks Lorraine is not on air, Good Morning Britain will run from 6am to 10am. This Morning will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays throughout the year. Loose Women will be in the 12.30-1.30pm slot, again on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. The changes will take effect from January 2026. The contestants were definitely going home with £3,740, and things were looking good for the pair with 30 seconds left on the clock. However, they just couldn't get the right word for the last six letter word. The first word they guessed was 'insane,' for which the letter 'n' was placed in the correct position with 'a' and 'e' getting an orange light. Jack and Rob then tried to guess similar words which included 'insure' and 'invest'. No! No! Don't tell me you've got it now, that would be really annoying! Adil Ray However, they ran out of time before they eventually got to the correct word. Both of the siblings were left extremely frustrated as they guessed that the correct word was 'inside', just seconds after the clock ran out. The host exclaimed: "No! No! Don't tell me you've got it now, that would be really annoying!" Looking at the huge screen he jokingly added: "Don't show us! Don't show us!" After the result was confirmed to all present in the studio, Adil tried to console his contestants as he remarked: "I'm more annoyed than you are!" 7 At the start of the show, the sibling duo joked about their competitiveness Credit: ITV 7 Jack and Rob beat out two other couples on the show Credit: ITV 7 The brothers could have taken home over £7,000 if they guessed a six letter word Credit: ITV 7 The duo correctly guessed the correct term just seconds after their time limit ran out Credit: ITV Lingo continues on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
The Sun
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Lingo duo fall short of winning huge jackpot on ITV show as time runs out – could you work out the puzzles?
A DUO on Lingo fell short of winning a huge jackpot prize on the ITV show as their time ran out. Good Morning Britain 's Adil Ray took to the airwaves to host the latest edition of the popular gameshow. 7 7 He welcomed three pairings into the shiny floor studio to try their luck at Lingo. This included two brothers from Manchester named Jack and Rob who attempted to win a huge prize. At the start of the show, Adil asked Rob if the siblings are competitive with each other. The contestant had the presenter laughing as he quipped: "We would basically be competing against each other more than we will the other people to be fair." The duo beat out London couple Rosie and Wes and Jenny and Dev from Nantwich to get to the final round. If they solved just a four letter lingo puzzle in the final round, they would get half the money they banked during the game. By just guessing three letters within a time limit, they would take home a decent pot of £1,870. If they guessed the right characters both a four letter word and a five letter word they would have gotten £3,740. If they could have done both, as well as a six letter Lingo in 90 seconds, their winnings would have been doubled to £7,480. For their four letter word, Jack correctly guessed the word 'Lobe' after three goes. Lingo duo miss out on jackpot after running out of time on ITV show This was after the brother's passed on the first word which was 'gram' as Jack could not figure out two of the letters. Rob also had to pass on his first five letter word as he could not think of the word 'tough'. Adil remarked: "That was tough," in response as the bothers shared their disappointment. However, he correctly guessed the word 'stamp' on his first try of his second language puzzle. ITV's daytime TV schedule changes in full Good Morning Britain will be extended by 30 minutes to run from 6am to 9.30am daily. Lorraine will run from 9.30am-10am, on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. During the weeks Lorraine is not on air, Good Morning Britain will run from 6am to 10am. This Morning will remain in its 10am-12.30pm slot on weekdays throughout the year. Loose Women will be in the 12.30-1.30pm slot, again on a seasonal basis for 30 weeks of the year. The changes will take effect from January 2026. The contestants were definitely going home with £3,740, and things were looking good for the pair with 30 seconds left on the clock. However, they just couldn't get the right word for the last six letter word. The first word they guessed was 'insane,' for which the letter 'n' was placed in the correct position with 'a' and 'e' getting an orange light. Jack and Rob then tried to guess similar words which included 'insure' and 'invest'. No! No! Don't tell me you've got it now, that would be really annoying! Adil RayLingo, ITV However, they ran out of time before they eventually got to the correct word. Both of the siblings were left extremely frustrated as they guessed that the correct word was 'inside', just seconds after the clock ran out. The host exclaimed: "No! No! Don't tell me you've got it now, that would be really annoying!" Looking at the huge screen he jokingly added: "Don't show us! Don't show us!" After the result was confirmed to all present in the studio, Adil tried to console his contestants as he remarked: "I'm more annoyed than you are!" 7 7 7 7
BBC News
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sophie Ellis-Bextor to visit Nantwich shop Applestump Records
A record shop that has its origins in the Covid-19 lockdown is to host Sophie Ellis-Bextor later this year - a singer who kept up spirits during the pandemic with her online "kitchen discos".Her visit to Applestump Records in Nantwich is part of her tour of record shops to promote her eighth album - an idea that store owner Steve Cook said he pitched to her Cook said the business had gone from strength to strength since its modest told BBC Radio Stoke how it grew from a hobby of visiting different cities to buy records. That became difficult during the pandemic, so he started doing his own dealing - initially from his driveway before branching out. "It's bonkers, isn't it? I never in my wildest dreams thought it would end up like this," he said."Ambition and the fun of it all just takes over."While he was doing business from his driveway, Mr Cook said he had "a stroke of luck" when a local cafe invited traders to set up market stalls in their building over a series of gradually got busier and busier, he said, and he eventually opened a small premises in the town centre. 'Kitchen discos' Ms Ellis-Bextor, 46, who has had six UK top ten singles, performed regularly during the pandemic by way of "kitchen discos" on social Cook said the tour of record stores was an idea he had pitched to her management, who told him they loved the eighth album, Perimenopop, was a record that was intended to bring joy, Ellis-Bextor said, adding it was about growing older, which she did not who pre-order it from Applestump Records will be offered a ticket to meet the will be at the store on Barker Street for a few hours on 15 Records has previously hosted The Libertines frontman Pete Doherty who visited to sign records, as well as The Lottery Winners, who Mr Cook said he believed were the first artists with a Number One to play in Nantwich. Read more Cheshire stories from the BBC and follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
09-07-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Air ambulances sent after Nantwich three-vehicle crash
A road has been closed after three vehicles crashed in crash happened at about 14:00 BST on Wednesday on the A51 Chester Road, near Snugbury's ice cream shop in said the road was closed between the Bluestone traffic lights and Red Fox at were urged to avoid the area and use alternative routes. The North West Air Ambulance also confirmed that two of its helicopters were sent to the monitoring firm Inirx reported that the A51 was closed in both directions, with queueing traffic from the Burford Crossroads, Acton to Spitfire Road, Wardle. Read more Cheshire stories from the BBC and follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
