Monty Don explains reason for Gardeners' World absence as he unveils international series

Game Of Thrones spin-off House Of The Dragon has finished filming.Writing on his personal blog, Martin confirmed that shooting on the highly-anticipated new series had completed and that the show is now in post-production.“Exciting news out of London — I am informed that shooting has wrapped for the first season of House Of The Dragon,” Martin wrote.“Yes, all 10 episodes,” he continued. “I have seen rough cuts of a few of them, and I’m loving them. Of course, a lot more work needs to be done.

The O2 suffered significant damage to its roof following high winds.The storm caused severe disruption and damage to numerous part of the UK, with the Met Office issuing a red warning for wind – the highest level – for London, the South East and parts of the east of England.Winds caused by the adverse weather shredded parts of the white-domed roof of The O2, which is located near Greenwich in south-east London.Dome update – six panels shredded and counting ! pic.twitter.com/p2AVhf17Ly— Ben Hubbard (@BJFHubbard) February 18, 2022The O2 will remain closed for The WeekendUpdated information for The O2 and upcoming shows will be available on our website https://t.co/HR1mpE3EhpStay safe and take care— The O2 (@TheO2) February 19, 2022In a statement, the venue confirmed that the venue will remain closed this weekend while “urgent repairs” take place to the roof.“Due to adverse weather conditions, we can confirm that there has been some damage caused to the tent fabric in our roof at The O2.“The affected areas have been cleared and The O2 will remain closed tomorrow morning whilst urgent repairs take place.”An AP Dhillion show that was due to take place at indigo at The O2 has been rescheduled to February 22.

Nandi Bushell, Julien Baker and more have teamed up with an Afghan charity on a new single, ‘God Help Us All.’ Listen to it below.The musicians have teamed up with The Miraculous Love Kids, a non-profit organisation that teaches music to young Afghan girls, to cover Morello’s Nightwatchmen song.The organisation was recently forced to stop its programme after the Taliban took over government control in Afghanistan six months ago. The song aims to raise awareness of the plight of girls in the country since the Taliban’s re-emergence.The founder and director of Miraculous Love Kids, Lanny Cordola said: “It has been a hellish past six months trying to evacuate and relocate the girls and their families.“Tom Morello’s soul hymn perfectly encapsulates this feeling,” he continued.

being targeted by the World's Scariest Man, it seems The Rock is more interested in a much calmer pursuit - namely curling. Like most of us at around this time every four years, The Rock - real name Dwayne Johnson - has been gripped by the sport, which sees teams launch stones on a sheet of ice before chasing after them with brooms. Except they're not stones, they're rocks, something that The Rock only learned after American broadcaster NBC photoshopped his face onto one and tweeted it out on Wednesday afternoon.

Stranger Things star is only just celebrating her 18th birthday today (February 19).Most know her as Eleven from the Netflix smash hit, which is set to return for a fourth season this year, but she's featured in a number of TV shows and films during her nine-year career.While she keeps her life off-screen mostly private, she gives glimpses into her day-to-day on social media – and she's dating the son of a rock music legend.Millie proves a star-studded life isn't always rosy though, as she's also gone through a battle with anxiety and lost the hearing in one ear.To celebrate her big day, Daily Star is taking a look at her life away from the cameras.Millie Bobby Brown is dating Jake Bongiovi, the son of rock music icon Jon Bon Jovi.Jacob Hurley Bongiovi is 19, and the duo made their romance public in June last year.They started rumours of a relationship a few weeks earlier though, when they were pictured together on Jake's Instagram.He called her his "BFF" at the time, while she responded with a unicorn emoji.Since then they've managed to keep things going despite her busy work schedule, and Millie shared a cute photo of them together on Christmas Day last year, writing: "Happy holidays."They haven't shared any pictures together more recently, but Jake was in the UK at the end of January judging from his Instagram, which featured a classic red phone box.In the past, Millie dated England rugby star Jason Robinson's son Joseph, and social media star Jacob Sartorius.Millie made her on-screen debut in 2013, playing Young Alice in two episodes of Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.Since then, her stardom has skyrocketed, mainly thanks to her landing the role of supernatural Eleven in Netflix's Stranger Things.She's starred in a

Valentine’s Day gifts, The Taliban “destroyed flowers and popped balloons” in the streets of Kabul. Enforcers from Afghanistan’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (MoPVPV) raided flower shops in the capital Kabul, enforcing the hardline Islamic republic’s new rules.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are being pushed to the front of the Royal Family as they embark on a series of overseas tours, according to a royal commentator.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge already have a busy start to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year with several visits to other countries.William has already been overseas with his first-ever visit to the United Arab Emirates for the Expo 2020 Dubai, as royal fans went wild for his photo next to a police supercar.Kate is also set for a rare solo tour overseas as she meets members of the Danish Royal Family in Copenhagen.There have also been reports that by March the couple will be on a third overseas visit but this time together.It has been expected to embark on the 12-day tour in March across Commonwealth nations, including Belize, Bahamas and Jamaica, according to the Express.According to reports, these Commonwealth visits are to strengthen the connections between these countries and the Royal Family following Barbados' decision to become independent.Royal commentator and deputy editor of Royal Central Britanni Badger believes Kate and William being chosen for the task shows that the family have “trust” in them to be the face of the family as future king and queen.“I think they are putting more trust in them to be at the forefront,” Bitanni told the Daily Star.“With The Queen's age, she doesn't travel now, and Charles and Camilla are in their 70s.

Instagram earlier today to share her wardrobe mishap as she prepared to present Football Focus.The BBC presenter admitted she’d forgotten to bring a second jumper as she showed off the issue to her Instagram followers.Earlier today, the star shared the problem with her 1.3 million followers on her Instagram Stories.Appearing in a short clip, the star was left giggling as she reached up her arm to show the issue.Wearing a purple jumper dress, Alex revealed it had torn and left a hole in the armpit.In the video, she can be heard saying: “I’ve got a problem with my jumper today.”She then motioned for her fans to “shh” about the mishap.Alex captioned the clip: “I didn’t bring a spare jumper to set today.“Oh nooooo [laughing face emoji]” sic.“See if you can spot it on the show.”She also posted a photo of her getting her microphone put on as she shared a glimpse of her full look.The star looked fantastic in her purple ribbed jumper dress, which runs to mid calf.The gown is fastened with a zip running all the way up her front.She accessorised the look with black strappy heels.Alex captioned the snap: “Work time.”Every Saturday at midday, the former footballer hosts Football Focus on BBC One.She took over the job from Dan Walker last year, and has won rave reviews as its host.Today the star is joined by Ashley Williams and Nedum Onuoha to host.The team will be previewing a big weekend of football as well as interviewing stars.Alex Scott will be chatting to Antonio Conte about his time so far at Tottenham.She’ll also speak to Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson and Everton’s Donny Van De Beek.Alongside this, viewers will be able to see a feature on Arbroath and their season so far.

EastEnders.The ex-EastEnders star, 30, played Lee Carter in the iconic BBC soap on and off between 2014 and 2020.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star at the Daily Mirror's People's Pet Awards, Danny said his time on EastEnders changed the way he saw soap actors forever.The star spilled on the soap ahead of its 37th anniversary today (February 19) - with almost 40 years since its first episode aired on February 19, 1985.Danny said: "I grew up watching soaps, my mum's a big fan. A lot of my family are.

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“Looking forward to seeing the programme as filmed with a full crew.“Taking to Instagram, he showed fans three containers, which acted as socially distanced spaces, being removed from his home.He echoed that the “old team” were back “live and present and wonderfully real. Fantastic”.Earlier this month, he told fans he will be away from the show for a couple of weeks.During his break, his co-stars including Adam Frost stepped in for presenting duties.Monty’s absence from the show sparked mixed reaction from his fans.One of his followers wrote: “You need to do more in your own garden Monty.“There is a lot of people or gardeners who learn a lot from you being in your own garden.

Monty Don, 65, is a familiar face on screens as he heads up the series Gardeners’ World on BBC Two.

Monty Don, 65, has shared on Instagram how containers that acted as “socially distanced spaces” for the Gardeners’ World crew have finally been removed.The gardening expert is ecstatic that filming can be resumed with the “old team, live and present”, after the coronavirus pandemic enforced changes upon the show’s production.Monty posted a photo of a large container being airlifted away and typed: “The three containers that acted as socially distanced spaces for the crew operating the remote cameras went last week and today we resumed filming in the garden with our old team, live and present and wonderfully real. Fantastic.”In response, fans were also pleased about Monty having normality back.One fan typed: “Congratulations...

Monty Don, 65, has addressed a Gardeners’ World viewer who suggested he “do more" filming in his own garden after he announced he had been absent from the show due to filming a new series abroad.The seasoned gardener shared he had been working on location in Italy, Greece and Croatia, but would be returning to film in his garden this week.On Friday he typed on Twitter: “Away from GW tonight  (and next week) because have been filming new series in Italy, Greece and Croatia. “Back now and resume filming in the garden as normal next week.”One of his followers typed back: “You need to do more in your own garden Monty. “There is a lot of people or gardeners who learn alot from you being in your own garden.

Gardeners' World Monty Don took to social media yesterday to share an update from Longmeadow.The 65-year-old gardener told fans his new summer house was being built in "dribs and drabs" but that it was coming along nicely.Monty posted a picture of the structure online, in view of his 910,000 Instagram followers.The image showed a beautiful building made with a mossy green corrugated material, standing proudly amongst the flowers and trees."New summer house on the Mound is coming on."Doing the work in dribs and drabs but getting there," he captioned the snap.Many took to the comments section of his post to share their thoughts on the new addition."That’s my kind of greenhouse," one user wrote alongside a green heart."Beautiful and love the

Monty Don, 65, is the much-beloved presenter in charge of Gardeners’ World on BBC Two. Given his popularity, one fan of the broadcaster was keen to know whether he was available to send videos to his followers as well.The viewer in question dropped Monty a note asking: “@TheMontyDon Are you on Cameo or anything like that?”The gardening presenter, who often interacts with his fans on social media, replied asking what Cameo was.“It's a way that fans can get personalised videos from people.Thanks for getting back to me,” penned the follower.However, it wasn’t good news when Monty replied as he admitted he doesn’t “do that sort of thing” due to time constraints.Monty wrote: “No, I don't do that sort of thing.

Monty Don, 65, has shared he is busy working on “other projects” after being asked by a viewer why he only seems to host the show “every other week”.The Gardeners’ World host hit back that he “does not do every other week” however he does occasionally take a break to focus on his other commitments.Monty had shared a photo of white roses blooming in his garden on Instagram.He typed: “Charles Darwin’ & ‘The Pilgrim in the Cottage garden.”In response, one said: “Hi Monty, we love the show every week and adore Patti and Nell. “My wife and I are wondering why you present GW every other week. We think you may be doing other projects, so can’t do every week. “It must be very time consuming to present a weekly show.

Gardeners’ World favourite Monty Don, 65, had some sad news for viewers during tonight’s instalment of the BBC programme.The horticulturalist revealed that he would be taking a break from hosting the show for the next few weeks.Towards the end of the programme, Monty broke the news to fans as he relaxed in the sun at Longmeadow with his beloved pet dogs.The gardener said: “Well that’s it for today. “And I’m away for a couple of weeks.” Monty went on to reassure that Gardeners’ World would return next week despite his absence.He also revealed that his co-star Adam Frost would be replacing him and fronting the show from his garden.Monty continued: “But Gardeners’ World, of course, will still be with you and in Adam’s garden.“And I’ll be back

Gardeners’ World tonight will be returning with another new episode fronted by Monty Don.