Carol Smillie: Last News

A popular Lanarkshire butcher has tasted success at the Scotch pie world championship, picking up three bronze awards at the prestigious industry event.

Carol Smillie's career has spanned over decades, firstly as a model before leaping into television.

Three businesses in the region have their eyes on the country’s top pie prize.

Former Changing Rooms host Carol Smillie has given fans a glimpse into her life away from TV presenting, revealing that she also works as a humanist celebrant.The TV presenter, 61, has been conducting non religious weddings, funerals and baby name ceremonys since 2019. And after sharing a video of a gorgeous wedding venue to her Instagram just a few days ago, fans were quick remark on her glam look.

Two Ayrshire bakeries are in the running for the 2023 World Championship Scotch Pie Awards.

Channel 4 Changing Rooms viewers were bewildered last night (September 7) when interior design celebrity and TV host Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen chose an unusual kitchen ingredient as a source of inspiration for a bedroom transformation. In the latest episode, Laurence, 57, renowned for his unusual approach to home design, used kitchen ingredient pasta to decorate a statement piece for a room, more usually found on your plate than stuck to your wall.The DIY show, sometimes known for its disastrous makeovers, involves a trusting homeowner handing over the interior decorating of their residence to a flamboyant team and the show itself has now had a makeover after a 17 years. First presented by TV personality Carol Smillie, Changing Rooms has been off air since 2004 and the new reboot has already raised eyebrows with a transformation using untraditional materials.

Jeremy Vine star Storm Huntley has warmed the hearts of her fans on social media after she shared an adorable photo of her growing family just weeks after welcoming her son. Storm and her musician husband Kerr Okan welcomed the new arrival on Monday 11 July, before going on to reveal that his name was Otis Abi Okan, when she shared the news on social media just one day later. Sharing a photo of the family together on Instagram, Storm and Kerr could be seen smiling brightly as little Otis tilted his head back with his mouth open.

@carolsmillieofficial and I being Thelma and Louise for @radiotimes many moons ago.“Carol (S) was leading Changing Rooms on BBC1 and I was hosting 'Carol Vorderman's Better Homes' for ITV. “Both shows were rocking more than 10 million viewers every week.

Channel 4, with Laurence back on hosting alongside new co-host Anna Richardson.The 51-year-old replaced Davina McCall who was due to present the rebooted show but pulled out after a schedule clash.Speaking to Express.co.uk, Anna said Carol approached her about her new role on Twitter.She spilled: "Carol was so sweet, she got in touch and was like you know what good luck with the new series."I messaged back saying, 'I couldn't have learnt from a better person and I'm taking care of the mantle.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen only wears leather trousers because they’re easy to wipe paint off. The 'Changing Rooms' star is to squeeze himself into his trademark trousers once again for the show’s reboot, but insists the only reason he favours them is because of how practical they are when painting, as if he wears “jeans or cords” they get “ruined” by the splatters.

Tiger King’s Carole Baskin has teamed up with journalist and The Crown subject Carol Thatcher to sing, well, a carol.Oh, plus Carol Smillie, Carol Wright and a Carol Decker have been thrown in the mix to overload us on Carol-ness.As part of streaming service Deezer’s new Christmas charity campaign, the carols, as well as Carole Parkinson from The Brittas Empire (Harriet Thorpe) and Carolyn Pickles (they may be pushing that, but we’ll let it slide in the name of holiday merriment) have flexed their vocal cords for a rendition of Deck The Halls.But as the assorted Carol(e)s launch into the tune with varying levels of enthusiasm and festive zest, we want to know where the heck Carol Vorderman is.Of course, clutching a stuffed tiger toy, Baskin

Alison Hammond is about to add to her presenting portfolio by being named as the new host of Wheel of Fortune, when the show gets a reboot.

Changing Rooms was the television event of the week at one point in our lives, long before the coronavirus pandemic interrupted our way of living. What better than a bit of nostalgia to fill our evenings as the legendary home makeover show that was watched by 10m viewers at its peak gets set to return after 16 years off air.

television event of the week at one point in our lives, long before the coronavirus pandemic interrupted our way of living.What better than a bit of nostalgia to fill our evenings as the legendary home makeover show gets set to return after 16 years off air that was watched by 10m viewers at its peak.Airing on BBC between 1991 and 2004, it has been reported that it's poised for a comeback, and bosses are hopeful that the original team, including host Carol Smillie, and designers Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Linda Barker will be game for a new series.The show revealed some notoriously bad makeovers which went down in history and some much better ones that homeowners seemed to like.But what are the original team up to now? Let's take a look...