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Ring the Jingle Bells! A Third 'Three Wise Men' Christmas Movie Is Heading to Hallmark This Year (Exclusive)
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Hallmark Channel has greenlit a third Three Wise Men movie The first two Christmas movies starring Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and Paul Campbell have been massive hits for the network The new movie will debut later this year as part of Countdown to ChristmasThe Brenner brothers are back! Following the success of 2022's Three Wise Men and a Baby and 2024's Three Wiser Men and a Boy, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and Paul Campbell are coming back together for a third installment in their Hallmark Channel Christmas movie franchise. "This Countdown to Christmas, the dance continues," Walker says in the teaser video above, referencing the viral dance from the original film. Margaret Colin, who plays the mother of Luke (Walker), Taylor (Hynes) and Stephan Brenner (Campbell), is also returning. While Campbell and actress Kimberley Sustad co-wrote the first two movies (with Russell Hainline as well on the second), no writers have been announced yet. The movie also doesn't have a description or a title at this juncture — so let's see your best guesses in the comments! (Should it be Three Wisest Men? Three Wise Men and a Teenager? Three Wise Men and a Little Lady?) The film is set to go into production this summer and will air later this year. Three Wise Men and a Baby was the No. 1 most-watched original cable movie of 2022 and its sequel was the network's second most-watched Christmas movie of 2024 (after Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, which also starred Hynes). "We were surprised at the reaction that people had with the first Three Wise Men, and we're just glad to do it again," Walker told PEOPLE ahead of the sequel. Added Hynes, "What these movies do best is when it explores new themes that maybe haven't been done, and I think Wise Men does that incredibly well." "I think we found something really great, really fun," said Campbell, who co-wrote the first two movies with Kimberley Sustad. "We definitely bring the silliness." 'In 2022, our Brenner brothers, Andrew, Tyler and Paul danced — literally — into viewers' hearts, creating on-screen magic and a ratings hit,' Jennifer Kramer, vice president of programming at Hallmark Media, said in a statement. 'The Three Wise Men movies are funny, heartwarming and show the power of family and brotherhood.' Hynes, Walker and Campbell can all be seen on Hallmark's current reality series, Christmas at Sea (airing Mondays), which was filmed during the Hallmark Christmas Cruise last November. They even rocked their Three Wise Men outfits and performed the movie's choreographed dance while aboard. Plus, they'll be setting sail on the cruise again this November, as well as appearing during Hallmark's Christmas Experience in Kansas City and Christmas Con in New Jersey. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Three Wise Men 3 premieres later this year during the 16th annual Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel. Other previously announced festive entries include Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story with Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario, A Newport Christmas with Ginna Claire Mason and Wes Brown, new baking series Baked with Love: Holiday, hosted by Tamera Mowry-Housley, and second seasons of Finding Mr. Christmas, hosted by Jonathan Bennett, and Sarah Drew's Mistletoe Murders. Read the original article on People
Glasgow Times
17-06-2025
- Business
- Glasgow Times
Public-private deal to invest £1bn in offshore wind supply chains unveiled
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the 'unprecedented' collaboration would help deliver clean energy jobs, energy security and lower bills, with investment in areas such as Teeside, Scotland, South Wales and East Anglia. In addition to previously-announced funding of £300 million from publicly-owned Great British Energy, the Crown Estate has pledged £400 million to support new infrastructure including ports, supply chain manufacturing and research and testing facilities. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the country was 'witnessing the coming of age of Britain's green industrial revolution' (Paul Campbell/PA) And £300 million from industry would match government funding, to deliver investments into supply chains such as advanced turbine technology and offshore wind turbine foundations, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) said. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: 'This is an unprecedented collaboration between public and private investors with Great British Energy crowding in millions of private sector investment from industry and the Crown Estate, to ensure that British companies and workers win the global race for clean energy. 'We are witnessing the coming of age of Britain's green industrial revolution as we build this new era of clean energy abundance, helping deliver new jobs, energy security and lower households' bills.' Industry body RenewableUK's deputy chief executive Jane Cooper said: 'A concerted focus from industry and Government on growing the offshore wind industry's supply chain in the UK could deliver an extra 10,000 jobs between now and 2035, boosting the UK's economy by £25 billion. £1 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 – RenewableUK and Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) Media Release Today at RenewableUK's Global… — RenewableUK (@RenewableUK) June 17, 2025 'Our sector is stepping up, working closely with the Energy Secretary and the Crown Estate to create new opportunities for manufacturing high-value goods like turbine towers, blades, foundations and cables, and providing high-quality jobs building, operating and maintaining offshore wind farms.' In addition to the £1 billion funding, which has not yet been allocated to specific projects, the Government has announced it will allocate up to £544 million from its 'clean industry bonus'. The bonus scheme provides funding to offshore wind developers for prioritising investment in some of the UK's most deprived communities and in cleaner supply chains, with companies pledging to invest in regions such as Scotland, the North East and East Anglia. Up to £200 million has been allocated to clean energy facilities such as electrical equipment and heavy steel products in the North East, unlocking up to £4 billion in private sector investment, while up to £185 million will go to Scotland, unlocking up to £3.5 billion for ports and wind farm components. Great British Energy, @OWGPUK, @NatWealthFund, @thebankscot, @TheCrownEstate, @crownestatescot & @devbankwales have agreed to work together to support the UK's offshore wind. By coordinating our efforts, we'll give developers & supply chains confidence to invest in the sector. — Great British Energy (@GBEgovuk) June 17, 2025 The East of England will get up to £20 million from the bonus, and Northern Ireland has been allocated £25 million, with industry estimating the cash could support up to 14,000 jobs and drive up to £9 billion of private funding into the regions over the next four years. The funding will be delivered through the contracts for difference scheme, which pays clean energy developers an agreed price for the power they produce from their projects, and will be allocated to companies that are successful in the next round of auctions for the contracts. Those projects that win contracts in the auction can then finalise their investment into clean energy manufacturing factories, DESNZ said. The funding for the clean industry bonus would be paid for through bills, adding less than £2 a year over the next four years, officials said.
Western Telegraph
17-06-2025
- Business
- Western Telegraph
Public-private deal to invest £1bn in offshore wind supply chains unveiled
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the 'unprecedented' collaboration would help deliver clean energy jobs, energy security and lower bills, with investment in areas such as Teeside, Scotland, South Wales and East Anglia. In addition to previously-announced funding of £300 million from publicly-owned Great British Energy, the Crown Estate has pledged £400 million to support new infrastructure including ports, supply chain manufacturing and research and testing facilities. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said the country was 'witnessing the coming of age of Britain's green industrial revolution' (Paul Campbell/PA) And £300 million from industry would match government funding, to deliver investments into supply chains such as advanced turbine technology and offshore wind turbine foundations, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) said. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: 'This is an unprecedented collaboration between public and private investors with Great British Energy crowding in millions of private sector investment from industry and the Crown Estate, to ensure that British companies and workers win the global race for clean energy. 'We are witnessing the coming of age of Britain's green industrial revolution as we build this new era of clean energy abundance, helping deliver new jobs, energy security and lower households' bills.' Industry body RenewableUK's deputy chief executive Jane Cooper said: 'A concerted focus from industry and Government on growing the offshore wind industry's supply chain in the UK could deliver an extra 10,000 jobs between now and 2035, boosting the UK's economy by £25 billion. £1 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 – RenewableUK and Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) Media Release Today at RenewableUK's Global… — RenewableUK (@RenewableUK) June 17, 2025 'Our sector is stepping up, working closely with the Energy Secretary and the Crown Estate to create new opportunities for manufacturing high-value goods like turbine towers, blades, foundations and cables, and providing high-quality jobs building, operating and maintaining offshore wind farms.' In addition to the £1 billion funding, which has not yet been allocated to specific projects, the Government has announced it will allocate up to £544 million from its 'clean industry bonus'. The bonus scheme provides funding to offshore wind developers for prioritising investment in some of the UK's most deprived communities and in cleaner supply chains, with companies pledging to invest in regions such as Scotland, the North East and East Anglia. Up to £200 million has been allocated to clean energy facilities such as electrical equipment and heavy steel products in the North East, unlocking up to £4 billion in private sector investment, while up to £185 million will go to Scotland, unlocking up to £3.5 billion for ports and wind farm components. Great British Energy, @OWGPUK, @NatWealthFund, @thebankscot, @TheCrownEstate, @crownestatescot & @devbankwales have agreed to work together to support the UK's offshore wind. By coordinating our efforts, we'll give developers & supply chains confidence to invest in the sector. — Great British Energy (@GBEgovuk) June 17, 2025 The East of England will get up to £20 million from the bonus, and Northern Ireland has been allocated £25 million, with industry estimating the cash could support up to 14,000 jobs and drive up to £9 billion of private funding into the regions over the next four years. The funding will be delivered through the contracts for difference scheme, which pays clean energy developers an agreed price for the power they produce from their projects, and will be allocated to companies that are successful in the next round of auctions for the contracts. Those projects that win contracts in the auction can then finalise their investment into clean energy manufacturing factories, DESNZ said. The funding for the clean industry bonus would be paid for through bills, adding less than £2 a year over the next four years, officials said.
Scotsman
14-06-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Acorn carbon capture: The £18bn project that could protect 35000 jobs remains a pipedream
The key carbon capture project that could revitalise the North Sea economy in the net zero world, will still need final support from the UK government. Sign up to our Politics newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The project that could add almost £18bn to the economy, create or safeguard almost 35,000 jobs while cleaning up Scotland's polluting industries has taken a giant leap forward - but there is still a long way to go to turn a pipedream into a reality. The Acorn carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) project was finally handed investment funding of £200 million in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' spending review after years of false promises and hope. But before there are spades in the ground in a vacant field of grass at St Fergus gas terminal near Peterhead, the Labour UK government will need to give 'a final investment decision' in the years ahead. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Acorn carbon capture project will be built next to the St Fergus gas terminal (Photo: Paul Campbell/PA Wire) | Paul Campbell/PA Wire Those behind the Acorn project, including Shell and Harbour Energy, had hoped to be up and running by 2030, but the repeated delays have made the early 2030s a more realistic prospect. It is thought it could attract up to £12bn of capital investment over a 10-year development period. Carbon capture technology essentially prevents harmful CO₂ emissions from being released into the atmosphere, instead harnessing the gas and injecting it deep in the seabed from where it once came from. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Climate campaigners have warned that the technology has not yet been tested at commercial scale - a claim refuted by Professor John Underhill, director for energy transition at Aberdeen University. Professor John Underhill, director of the Centre for Energy Transition, University of Aberdeen. Image: Lisa Ferguson 'The technology is proven and has been deployed successfully at Sleipner in Norway since the 1990s and at Quest in Canada for the past decade,' he said. 'There are new projects at Northern Lights in Norway, Greensands in Denmark, Porthos in Holland and just last month Perenco and Carbon Catalyst successfully injected the first molecules of carbon dioxide into the Leman gas field in the UK Southern North Sea.' Harnessing oil and gas infrastructure The Acorn project will repurpose former oil and gas infrastructure, including former wells which will be used to store the carbon. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Professor Underhill said that his independent geological and engineering research at Aberdeen University found the western part of the Acorn complex is 'unsuitable for storage', with the developers now focusing on Shell's depleted Goldeneye field as the storage site. But Professor Underhill warned that 'some challenges' remain, although they are not 'insurmountable'. He said: 'The field is partially overlapped by a wind farm - Marram Wind - and by an oil and gas exploratory licence, awarded to Finder Energy.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It is estimated that an average of 10,800 jobs will be created across the UK during the decade-long development and construction period, of which 4,700 will be in Scotland. An additional 4,700 operational jobs including 2,300 expected in Scotland will also be created in the longer term. Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband at the St Fergus gas terminal (Paul Campbell/PA Wire) | Paul Campbell/PA Wire UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband used a visit to the Acorn site this week to insist the job opportunities could be 'unlimited'. Crucially, the Acorn project could also safeguard 18,800 jobs that would otherwise be lost across the UK, including 12,100 in Scotland. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Enrique Cornejo, head of policy at Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) told Scotland on Sunday that without the Acorn project, alongside other UK CCUS projects, 'the UK is not going to be able to reach net zero'. The energy industry has warned that the oil and gas sector will play a crucial role in the transition to clean technologies (Picture: Andy Buchanan) | AFP via Getty Images He said: 'These projects really demonstrate how the offshore energy sector and the oil and gas industry is key to deliver the energy transition. 'This is a technology that is proven, it works and it's going to be essential and pretty much the only solution for a number of industrial emitters to decarbonise and reach net zero.' There are still hopes that by 2030, the Scottish Cluster, which includes the Acorn project and a connection to the Grangemouth hub, could capture 5-10Mt of CO₂ per year. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Acorn project could play a key role in the future of Grangemouth (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World) The latest greenhouse gas emissions statistics, published this week, revealed that industrial emissions in Scotland have shrunk by 7.5Mt, an almost 60 per cent reduction, since 1990. But the remaining annual industrial emissions of 5.1Mt of carbon could be dwarfed by the Acorn capacity. Mr Cornejo said: 'It has big potential to create new jobs, but more importantly, to preserve thousands of existing jobs across the UK in sectors like cement, ceramics, glass manufacturing.' It is also thought that the Acorn project could play a key role in the UK government's 'mission' for a clean electricity system by 2030, if it can get up and running quickly. Mr Cornejo said: 'In the case of Acorn, this will enable Peterhead power station to continue delivering gas that we need. But with carbon capture, this gas will be decarbonised. This will be really important to complement our electricity system that is going to be increasingly based on renewables which are intermittent. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'Having that support from these gas-fired power plants with CCUS is going to be critical for the success of this mission.' Amid the constant delays, Mr Cornejo said that 'having legally-binding net zero targets has made the case for this project much stronger', as well as the clean power mission. Local tensions Locally in the North East, there have been tensions between business leaders and the UK Labour government's attitude to the oil and gas sector which dominates the landscape. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Aberdeen is central to the UK's oil and gas sector Russell Borthwick, chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce, said: 'We welcome the Government's recognition that Acorn is of vital strategic importance to the energy transition. This is a case the chamber has been making strongly over a number of years now. 'While we await further detail around the scale of government support, we hope it will allow work to proceed on the project's preliminary stages and move it forward. The UK is going to require five CCS projects, at scale, to meet its climate targets – the North-east of Scotland has a vital part to play.' The Scottish Government, which has been calling on the UK government to financially back the Acorn project for years, is expected to now hand over £80m of pledged funding that was contingent on Westminster support. Scottish Climate Action and Energy Secretary, Gillian Martin | Andrew Milligan/PA Wire SNP Climate Action and Energy Secretary Gillian Martin, said: 'While this initial funding to Acorn is welcome, it is essential that UK government investment matches the level seen in carbon capture projects south of the border. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'We will continue to work constructively with the UK Government to ensure the fastest possible deployment of the Acorn Project and the Scottish Cluster, so that a just transition for our energy workforce can be secured, while also delivering on net zero targets.' Nic Braley, general manager of the Acorn project, said: 'We will continue to work closely with UK and Scottish Governments to discuss the detail of the announcement and how we proceed.
Scotsman
13-06-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Ed Miliband: We 'owe Scotland' over £200m Acorn project funds and 'unlimited' jobs potential
Ed Miliband has claimed there are 'unlimited opportunities' for energy jobs in Labour's vision for the North Sea. Sign up to our Politics newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has insisted politicians 'owe the people of Scotland' the Acorn carbon capture project after 'years of dither and delay'. Mr Miliband has insisted that there are 'unlimited opportunities' for jobs as he pledged to put Scotland and the North Sea at 'the centre of this energy transition' as he boasted Labour was 'putting its money where its mouth is'. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband at the St Fergus gas terminal (Paul Campbell/PA Wire) | Paul Campbell/PA Wire The Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary visited the site of the key energy project at the St Fergus gas terminal near Peterhead where he confirmed £200 million from the Labour government will propel the Acorn project forward with up to 15,000 jobs potentially being created. The £200m, the amount asked for by the companies involved in the Acorn project including Shell and Harbour Energy, was confirmed in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' spending review, despite speculation carbon capture projects could face the axe. A final investment decision is still to take place and will do so in the next spending review towards the end of the decade when construction could begin. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Scottish Government is now expected to hand over its previously promised £80m of funding for the Acorn project which was dependent on UK ministers finally putting their hands in their pockets. Carbon capture prevents harmful carbon from entering the atmosphere and instead harnesses the gas and traps it below the seabed. But critics have warned the technology is yet to be tested at commercial scale. The Acorn carbon capture project will be built next to the St Fergus gas terminal (Photo: Paul Campbell/PA Wire) | Paul Campbell/PA Wire Plans for Scotland to reach net zero by 2045 and the UK as a whole to do so by 2050, rely on scaling up the technology. Speaking to The Scotsman at St Fergus, Mr Miliband said he understood the 'frustration' of failed promises after 'years of dither and delay' from previous UK governments. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He said: 'Lots of previous governments have promised Acorn but kept pushing it back and pushing it back. That's why we were so keen to deliver. 'When I thought about my priorities for the spending review, and obviously you have these discussions with the Treasury, I thought Acorn is a non-negotiable - it's got to happen. 'It's got to happen because we, frankly, owe the people of Scotland that promise. It's also in our national interest - in the Scottish national interest, in the UK national interest and I'm so pleased that we've got to this point. Now we are basically turbo-charging this.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The UK government has pledged funding for a key initiative to repurpose an existing 110-mile pipeline from Grangemouth - connecting that industrial hub to the Acorn project, potentially playing a key role in ensuring the landmark Project Willow technologies are viable. 'This is not just about the site here, but this is also game-changing for the link to Grangemouth,' Mr Miliband added. 'We are not just decarbonising here, but you have that crucial link to Grangemouth. 'What's so clear is that Scotland's incredible heritage, its incredible present opportunities and its incredible future opportunities makes Scotland the centre of this energy transition.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The North Sea oil and gas sector has been heavily critical of the Labour UK government for its energy policies including the energy profits levy and a vow to end new offshore fossil fuel licences. Amid fears over energy jobs being lost in the transition, Mr Miliband insisted the Acorn project 'is about thousands of jobs'. He added: 'What's so exciting talking to the companies is that there's huge opportunities to decarbonise the UK and there's huge opportunities for this to be the place where the rest of Europe transports its CO2. That means huge extra job opportunities here.
