Jay Blades' partner 'softens blow' as he uncovers 'everything that’s wrong' from his shows

Kep1er have release a music video teaser their forthcoming single ‘Up!’.In the clip, the members of the K-pop girl group huddle together for a self-timer photo against the backdrop of a elaborate, brightly coloured set made to recall a beach house. Later, montages of Kep1er enjoying the summer with cocktails by the pool and popsicles, as well as goofy photobooth moments flash by.‘Up!’ is set to be the title track off Kep1er’s sophomore mini-album, ‘Doublast’.

Sonic Team has been insistent on referring to its upcoming Sonic Frontiers as being “Open Zone” as opposed to open-world, and now director Morio Kishimoto has specifically clarified the differences between the two terms.“Level-based platformers often have a world map. Our Open Zone is a world map, only we’ve made it entirely playable,” Kishimoto stated in an interview with IGN.

Santigold has announced her upcoming fourth album, ‘Spirituals’, with a new single, ‘‘Ain’t Ready’.Featuring production by Illangelo, Dre Skull and SBTRKT, the song speaks about the power of moving forward and embracing change. “It come in hard / Kick in one side of your heart / What a blow, no it won’t stop / So I take my time now getting back up / Taking the reins,” Santigold sings over pounding textures and rumbling bass.“This song was my own battle song.

Modern Family spin-off series.The actor, who played Mitchell Pritchett in the sitcom, discussed the planned spin-off which was ultimately scrapped by ABC in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.“The script’s out there and it’s very good,” Ferguson said when asked if a spin-off could happen. “So, you know, who knows? If someone wants to produce it, maybe.”Back in May, Ferguson said there were “discussions” at ABC about an offshoot during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.“There were discussions and I think the network decided against it,” Ferguson said.

Pachinko star Kim Min-ha has opened up about what the second season of the Apple TV+ K-drama has in store for viewers.In a new interview with Deadline, the South Korean actress teased what viewers can expect from the much-anticipated continuation of the hit K-drama series. Kim played the teenaged version of the shows main character Kim Sunja, whose adult version is portrayed by Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung.“[Sunja will] become stronger, even though there are so many burdens on her shoulders,” Kim hinted.

Charli XCX, Paolo Nutini and Sleaford Mods among those due to perform.The Revive Live campaign was launched in the summer of 2020 in an effort to help UK grassroots venues survive post-COVID. Its first run of dates saw Wolf Alice, Sam Fender, Tom Jones and more play sets to intimate crowds.In January of this year the Revive Live Tour made a comeback with a series of winter dates that included special shows from Bastille, Enter Shikari and others.Today (June 16) it’s been confirmed that a further 200 Revive Live concerts will take place nationwide between June and September.

BBC News that an appropriate performer could not be found at such short notice.Keane, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Eliza Shaddad and Newton Faulkner are still set to play at the Priory. Front Street and the Metro station will also host free acts and performances.I’m so sorry to let you know that our headline show at Mouth Of The Tyne Festival on 9th July has been cancelled.

Amber Turner and Dan Edgar's romance has reportedly been hit by a rough patch after claims he "wants a piece" of co-star Ella Rae Wise. Dan, 32, who recently vowed to propose to his other half "very soon" after she dropped hints, was reportedly accused of flirting with the 21 year old during a night out in Essex.

Could you be in the money today? Well, if consumer watchdog wins their £750m court battle today that could well be the case.Tech giant Apple could bit hit with a massive bill that will see a pay out for iPhone users if the watchdog wins.The court battle is set to take place today after claims by Justin Gutmann that Apple Apple deliberately slowed down the performance of its iPhone handsets by hiding a power management tool in software updates. Justin believes they did this to to combat performance issues and stop older devices from shutting down suddenly.Their claim was launched with the with the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and they are seeking damages of £768million for up to 25 million UK owners, for a range of older iPhone models.

Amy Hart has revealed she's been scammed out of £5,000 after fraudsters took the money from her bank account. The Love Island star, who recently recalled how she "ruined" the sweet moment her boyfriend Sam Rason was about to say "I love you", took to her Instagram stories to recount exactly what happened. Lying down in bed with her blonde mane in a bun and a white T-shirt on, she told her 1.1m followers: “So Sam gets a good morning.

Cooking Vinyl has signed DJ and film maker Don Letts to release his debut solo album.“It’s taken a bit of time to create this soundtrack to my mind but with the help of a few friends, some heavy bass lines and a record label with taste the dread stands firm”, says Letts.Cooking Vinyl Manager Director Rob Collins adds: “Don Letts has been ever present in my life since I was a sixteen year old kid at the Roxy being turned on to reggae and heavy dub. Now to work with him after 47 years is extraordinary.

Kate Bush releasing Running Up That Hill. But there were also many less than wonderful things - most of which resided on one’s head. When it comes to choosing the most ludicrous hairstyle of the decade, the bar is high. Should that accolade belong to the bubble perm? The feather cut? The pompadour? No: it must surely belong to the mullet, that risible creation whose raggedy, off-kilter proportions make everyone look daft.

DEALSWarner Chappell has signed Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano. “Queer people need to feel like they can be their true, authentic selves and I want to use my music as a channel to help inspire and uplift”, says Antillano.

Manchester City fans are in a confident mood after seeing their fixtures for the 2022/23 season.

Experimental musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has announced that she will release her latest album, ‘Let’s Turn It Into Sound’, later this summer.“The album is a puzzle”, she says. “[It] is a symbol of receiving a compound of a ton of feelings from going out into a situation, and the song titles are instructions to breaking apart the feelings and understanding them”.Of first single, ‘Is It Me Or Is It You?’, she adds: “This song is about breaking free from others’ perceptions of you and playing with the line between what is yours and what is being projected onto you.

Jon Hopkins and Anna have announced their latest collaboration, with Anna creating a ‘night version’ of ‘Deep In The Glowing Heart’ – a track from Hopkins’ ambient album ‘Music For Psychedelic Therapy’.The pair first came together when Hopkins asked Anna to remix his track ‘Singularity’ in 2018. Then, as now, she turned in a brilliant techno rework of Hopkins’ original.

The wait is over. After clearing her social media accounts to signal a new era, Beyoncé has finally revealed details of her upcoming project RENAISSANCE.

Jay Blades, star of The Repair Shop, was left illiterate after a traumatising youth involving poverty, rat-infested council flats and subsequent homelessness. However, despite a careers adviser telling him he would "never amount to anything", Jay succeeded on TV - and then a poignant moment of wanting to get close to his daughter inspired him to turn the tables on his past and learn reading."I’d decided that I wanted to read my daughter a bedtime story," he explained to Zoe Ball on her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show earlier this year."What better way to do it than document that journey that I’m taking?"Consequently he decided to star in a BBC show, Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51.He admitted that at first it was "unbelievably difficult" and that he'd had to start from the beginning, learning phonics.Jay had set himself the challenge of being able to read a story to his daughter Zola before her 16th birthday - and there was love and pride in his eyes when he finally managed to do it.He spent months learning via Zoom chats with a charity called Read Easy before eventually taking the plunge."Today’s the day, I finally feel ready to read my daughter a bedtime story," he announced to the world.He then connected to a Zoom chat with Zola, who currently lives in Turkey, and read to her from the children's book Olivia.Smiling and clapping, Zola exclaimed: "Well done, that was so good.

Jay Blades took to Instagram today to share an emotional update featuring his fiancee, Lisa.The Repair Shop star captioned the post: "THOUGHT OF THE DAY," in view of his 50,000 followers, as he urged his fans to tell their loved ones how much they mean to them.Alongside a snap of himself hugging Lisa, Jay wrote: "You might not have tomorrow to say, 'I Love You.' #sayit."The emotional plea sparked a string of supportive comments from followers, with many admiring his attitude.@jennid64 praised: " Proving yet again what a lovely man you are… Lisa is a lucky lady… but I’m sure you are too!"@sarah197050 echoed: "So true ,you never know what is around the corner I know only too well."If you love someone tell them while you are still here and while they are still here, don't wait." (sic)@Big_David_F chimed in: "Beautiful photograph Jay and Lisa, once again a fine example set by you both."We must show that love is far stronger than hate."Demonstrating that, at every opportunity, we must share the love with those closest to us, but also with the wider society."@lehj contributed their own experience of the loss of a loved one, commenting: "So true, I lost a friend unexpectedly yesterday - I wish I could tell her one last time how special she was."@richardaharper1 concurred: "I used to tell my (now late) girlfriend of seven years, everytime we met how much I loved her. Now I tell her in my thoughts and memories."There's never a wrong time to tell someone you love them!"@Veronicam1967 added: "Tomorrow is never promised Jay.

The TV show host said now he has no issues with discussing his mental health struggles publicly.He said: “I don’t have an issue with talking about my mental health.“It became a problem for me because I didn’t.“I grew up with a macho idea that you should hide your vulnerability.“Women get that, but they’ve moved on, emotionally, ten times faster than men.”Jay then went on to talk about the first time he ever showed this vulnerability.The star said the first step was “crying in front of another man”.He explained to Radio Times that he was “so broken” and the only thing he could do was “let out all the emotions”.For Jay, this was then followed by a year of therapy, he added.He said he was proud to be part of the plethora of BBC films which contain celebrities who speak openly about mental health struggles.Other popular public figures have also addressed the matter, including Joe Wicks, David Harewood and Rio Ferdinand.Jay explained it’s important as it gets people talking.The Repair Shop star said struggles such as death, suicide and cancer were subjects that everyone shied away from but were important to discuss.Jay was also asked if he felt as if he was in a happy place.He explained that he has embraced gratitude as a way of learning to be happy.Jay Blades’ BBC documentary, Learning To Read at 51, was released at the start of this year.It received many positive reactions from viewers as The Repair Shop presenter challenged himself to improve his literacy skills.It comes after Jay was diagnosed with dyslexia as an adult.He left school with no qualifications other than having built up a reputation for being a great fighter, in his own words.The show tackled a range of topics, further diving into the research findings which

K.J. Yossman “The Repair Shop’s” Jay Blades has struck a first look deal with BBC Studios via his production company Hungry Jay Media.Hungry Jay is a joint venture between Blades and production company Hunrgy Bear (“Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel”), which was founded in November 2020 by Dan Baldwin and Juliet Denison Gay.The 1-year deal will mean BBC Studios has first dibs on Hungry Jay’s factual entertainment slate.