Two American men tried Pimm’s for the first time while they were punting in Cambridge, and their blunt verdict resonated with a lot of people who have had similar experiences

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Brits know that Pimm’s is the perfect summer drink, and it features in many homes when the weather warms up a little, as it tastes fantastic with ice and lots of fruit. To serve a classic British Pimm’s, mix one part Pimm’s No. 1 with three parts chilled carbonated lemonade, load the glass or pitcher with plenty of ice, and garnish generously with fresh mint, cucumber slices, strawberries, and orange wedges.

And that’s pretty much how two Americans in the UK had it served to them when they tried it “for the first time,” while doing a quintessentially British activity in Cambridge.

Kalani, who posts on TikTok as @kalanighosthunter, and his pal shared that they’d never had Pimm’s before, but were intrigued about why the drink has such a big hype around it. Kalani said they were going to “go punting here in Cambridge” and try some Pimm’s while they were at it.

For those who don’t know, punting is riding in a flat-bottomed boat pushed with a pole. Naturally, people who live in Cambridge will know this.

The pair went up to a boat that was selling all different types of alcoholic beverages, and they both tried the “UK’s drink of the summer”.

Kalani noted that there were “some strawberries in there, some mint,” as he took a sip. His friend described it as “so refreshing,” but Kalani’s one-word verdict was that the drink was “dangerous”.

“You don’t even taste the alcohol,” he shared, and his friend said that on a “very hot day” like when they were on the boat, all you want to do is guzzle it because it’s cold.

They joked that things could “get interesting” if they continued to drink the Pimm’s.

Kalani said: “It kind of reminds me of if I combined a Sprite and iced tea. The strawberries are the best part […] it has that nice alcohol flavour in there. That was delicious”.

The pair really enjoyed their punting experience, saying it was really relaxing, but the Pimm’s certainly stole the show for them both, as Kalani joked he needed a “jug, a pitcher,” or “a gallon” of the beverage.

In the comments, someone wrote: “Beware because Pimm’s doesn’t half creep up on you. One minute you’re punting along, all civil and elegant, and the next you’re pole dancing on the punting pole singing Rihanna at the top of your lungs”.

Another penned: “Pimm’s while punting in Cambridge? You, my friend, have hit peak Britishness”.

Somebody else warned against how strong Pimm’s can be, saying it’s 25% alcohol. “I had Pimm’s at my wedding. I was having a few between each double vodka, thinking it was just juice. I was hungover for three days”.

A woman replied: “My mother thought Pimm’s was a mixer. She was mixing it with vodka or gin for years. I drank spiked Pimm’s as a child because she thought it was just a little bit of vodka or gin with some lemonade and another mixer”.

ITV is reviving Name That Tune for the first time in 29 years, with presenter Alison Hammond set to host the brand-new series.

The broadcasting company revealed the news of the revival earlier this year, and has now confirmed when it will return to TV screens.

ITV confirms when revival of Name That Tune will air

The music quiz show originally began in the United States in the 1950s before launching in the UK in 1976, and becoming a weekly half-hour show in 1983.

It was transformed into its own show in 1983 due to its widespread popularity.

The original UK series was hosted by comedian Tom O’Connor until 1983, with Lionel Blair taking over until 1988.

The show last appeared on UK television in 1998, when it was briefly revived by Channel 5 and presented by Jools Holland.

ITV’s new version will challenge contestants to identify famous songs in a series of high-energy rounds.

Tracks will span generations and genres, all leading up to a dramatic finale.

The show’s band will also be performing in the new UK version, made up of a group of elite musicians who have performed with some of the world’s biggest stars, including Adele and The Spice Girls.

Alison Hammond said: “As a massive music lover, my biggest challenge as a host will be trying not to grab the mic and start singing along when one of my all-time favourite tunes comes on!

“And trust me… that will take serious self-control!

“I grew up absolutely loving the original show, so being part of this now feels like a real full-circle moment.

“I cannot wait to get into the studio, put the contestants through their paces, and see who really knows their music.

“And let me tell you, being joined by the super-talented Name That Tune band, who’ll be belting out some of the biggest songs on the planet in their own unique, electric style… oh, it’s going to be next-level.

“Bigger, louder, and more feel-good than ever, this is going to be EPIC!”

Katie Rawcliffe, Director of Entertainment, Reality & Daytime at ITV, added: “Name That Tune is such an iconic brand, we are excited to be bringing this refreshed global format to the UK audience.

“It’s a fun family series that not only sees contestants challenged in the studio, but viewers can play along with all the family, providing a unique playlist that spans generations.”

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The rebooted gameshow Name That Tune will air in the first quarter of 2027, according to TV Zone.

It will consist of nine episodes.

Noah Rubenstein, President for Prestige Entertainment Group and Owner of Name That Tune, said:  “Name That Tune has been bringing people together through music for generations, and we’re excited to see ITV introduce it to a new era of UK audiences.

“With its unique mix of competition, nostalgia, and entertainment, this format continues to prove its global appeal.”

Will you be watching the revival of Name That Tune on ITV? Let us know in the comments.

The Our Yorkshire Farm star shared a pointed post with her followers after receiving a string of negative comments about her appearance and work ethic.

Amanda, known to fans as the Yorkshire Shepherdess, posted several photographs showing her wearing a stylish sundress while carrying out jobs on the farm.

The 51-year-old also included screenshots of some of the critical messages she had received before issuing a defiant response entitled: “Address the dress.”

The Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen (Image: CHANNEL4)

“There is no way we can dress this up,” Amanda began in a message spread across several slides.

“We tell our children to aim high. Be the best that they can be. Work hard. To take opportunities and seize the moment. To be strong and not fear standing tall and proud. Be yourself. Challenge perceptions. Step out of your comfort zone. Use your loaf. Be happy and proud.”

She continued: “Keep climbing but reach out to others. Do not give up or bale out. Our time here is short. Understand that you are not going to be everybody’s cup of tea. And that is no sweat.”

Amanda’s supporters quickly rallied around the TV personality and condemned the abuse directed at her.

One fan described the comments as “absolutely appalling” and praised Amanda and her family for their hard-working attitude.

They wrote: “They’re the most hardworking family I’ve ever seen and the most level-headed children they’ve raised.

“There’ll always be haters.

“Just rise above them as always.”

Another follower urged Amanda to “keep being you”, while several others praised her confidence and work ethic.

One supporter wrote: “God forbid a woman have some self-confidence, choose what she wants to wear and be successful.”

Others branded the messages aimed at Amanda “vile” and “disgraceful”, arguing that she should be free to wear whatever she chooses.

Amanda rose to fame through the Channel 5 documentary series Our Yorkshire Farm, which followed her family’s life at Ravenseat Farm in Swaledale.

She regularly shares photographs and updates from rural life with her followers, documenting everything from livestock and lambing to the challenges of working in the Yorkshire Dales.

Her latest post appears to make clear that she has no intention of allowing online criticism to dictate how she lives, works or dresses.

The judge who granted the right to play another year of college sports to some athletes whose eligibility ran out last school year issued a new order Sunday that makes clear that does not include football players who signed pro contracts this summer then had a change of heart.

U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney responded to an NCAA request for clarity about her Friday ruling that granted a fifth year to athletes who graduated high school in 2022 and were not included in the new NCAA rule that allows five seasons of eligibility for Division I players.

That decision, she said, still stands, but has no impact on other NCAA rules, including its prohibition on players signing pro contracts, then coming back to college.

The ruling, as first written, had the potential to upend the upcoming college football season, where teams are starting camp planning on the so-called “five for five” rule to take effect beginning next fall.

Extending it to players this fall granted hundreds a chance to return to school. In the direct aftermath of the decision, some media reports were listing players on NFL and CFL rosters who were signaling they’d be open to returning to school.

But that appears to be off the table after Sweeney’s clarification that said there are no changes to the NCAA’s rules regarding pros; no exceptions over when athletes can enter the transfer portal; and no impact on elements of the landmark House lawsuit settlement, which dictates how many players teams can put on rosters and how much schools can pay them.

The rulings out of U.S. District Court in Denver figures to impact sports differently. Football teams, for instance, have already started practice for this season, while baseball doesn’t start for a while.

In making decisions, teams figure to factor the NCAA’s coming appeal of Sweeney’s order and whether to risk bringing back players who could then be declared ineligible if her decision is overturned.

NCAA President Charlie Baker issued a statement after Sweeney’s initial ruling came out Friday, saying the ruling was potentially chaos-inducing and a reason Congress needs to pass the Protect College Sports Act. That bill, being considered in the Senate, includes lawsuit protection for the NCAA over eligibility rules, the likes of which they defending in several courts around the country.

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The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets.

Before late last week, the dollar was trading above 163 yen, touching 40-year highs. After regulators were suspected of stepping in, it fell below 160 yen.

Early Monday, after the official announcement of the intervention, the dollar dropped about 1% to 156.34 yen. That’s a big change for the exchange rate.

The yen’s prolonged weakness against the dollar has been a source of frustration for Tokyo. Since Japan imports so much of what it consumes, a weak currency pushes prices higher, increasing inflation.

Efforts earlier this year to raise the value of the yen against the dollar did little to budge the exchange rate.

Last week, the U.S. side was suspected of lending a hand. When asked why Washington was helping, Trump said Sunday that “We have a good relationship with Japan. We’re very strong —- very, very strong financially — and they are, you know, they have a weakening yen, and they wanted a little bit of help, and we’re always there for Japan. Japan’s been very good to us, with the exception, of course, of Pearl Harbor.”

Trump said the U.S. got “financial benefit” out of the intervention, calling it a “signal of friendship.” “It’s also good for the world economy.”

In Tokyo, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama issued a statement confirming the intervention, saying the finance ministry had purchased yen in coordination with the U.S. Treasury Department.

The move followed a joint statement last year and “countered excessive volatility and disorderly movements in the Japanese yen in recent months,” it said.

It added that the ministry would not hesitate to act further if necessary.

Mr Beattie said he believed transgender people should receive support, particularly around healthcare and bullying, but argued this should not undermine the rights of women.

Independent MLA Doug Beattie has said the debate around transgender issues has become “hijacked” and insisted his focus remains on protecting women’s rights rather than debating the rights of the wider trans community.

Speaking to Belfast Live, the former Ulster Unionist Party leader was asked whether the experiences of transgender men who were born female are sometimes overlooked in the wider discussion following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of sex in equality law.

Mr Beattie said there were “grey areas” that needed to be addressed, including how facilities should be provided for transgender people, but argued this should not come at the expense of women’s single-sex spaces or protections.

“The conversation I’m having is about women’s rights, what women deserve,” he said.

“It’s not about men’s rights, it’s about women’s rights. Now, of course, you know, when you talk about women’s rights, it suddenly has an effect on other people who are from the transgender community, but that’s not what the conversation is.

“The conversation is about women’s rights. Do women deserve to have their own spaces free from biological males? Yes. Do women deserve to have sport which is free of males? Yes, they do. Do women deserve to have language that is associated with women protected and not changed? Yes, they do.”

Mr Beattie said he believed transgender people should receive support, particularly around healthcare and bullying, but argued this should not undermine the rights of women.

“That’s the conversation about women’s rights. The conversation about the transgender community is a different conversation completely, although one’s been hijacked by the other.

“I look at the transgender community as a community; I think they need to be looked at. They need to be given support, particularly the bullying that they receive when they’re in schools. I think that needs to be looked at, and I’ve raised that on many occasions.

“I think that we need to make sure that we have healthcare which can help with them and deal with any of the issues that they have. So I’m fully supportive of the trans community and making sure they get assistance.

“What I’m not supportive of is them being able to trample over the rights of women. So we need to find a way around that, we can still do that by being respectful, and I’ve never said anything unrespectful, and if you have listened to, to any of the commentary I’ve given, I have not done anything about, the trans community.”

Reiterating his stance on privacy, he said: “Everything I’ve talked about is let’s make sure we secure women’s rights, women’s right to their own space, women’s right to privacy, women’s right to dignity, and women’s right not to have biological males be in their spaces.”

Mr Beattie was also asked about concerns that transgender men who were assigned female at birth but present as male could, under sex-based policies, be required to use female facilities.

“Anybody who’s biological male should be using biological male facilities. It’s as simple as that, and likewise for anybody who’s biologically female, they should be using biological female spaces.”

When asked what measures should be put in place to stop a predatory biological male from claiming to have been born female in order to access female spaces, he acknowledged there were complexities in some situations.

“Now there is of course a grey area there, and you’ve just highlighted that grey area about what do we do about those people who present in a particular, in a particular way, and for me there’s absolutely no issue whatsoever if we can provide spaces for them, you know, everybody talks about toilets and changing spaces, and that’s fine.

“This is not just about toilets and changing spaces. This is about women’s groups. This is about rape groups. This is about all sorts of sort of things.”

Mr Beattie said he believed practical solutions could be found, including additional facilities where appropriate.

“I’m for making sure that everybody has the facilities they need, and that means that in an area where we have a male toilet, a female toilet, and a unisex toilet, then why not.

“I think we can be innovative in what we do. I think we can support the trans community, but that’s what they are. You know, your sex is biological. You’re either male or female. But if you identify as something different, let’s make sure that we can support that, and the space is there for them. But let’s not destroy women’s rights in doing that.”

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Cult sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf V will be back on TV screens, airing live on BBC Two.

Originally broadcast in 1992, the fifth series of Red Dwarf took the comedy in a darker direction.

It has been described by many fans as one of the show’s best runs.

Red Dwarf V to air live on BBC 34 years since original

Red Dwarf originally aired on BBC Two from 1988 to 1999, before being later revived by Dave, airing from 2009 to 2020

The Red Dwarf V series follows the misadventures of Dave Lister (Craig Charles), the last known human alive, stranded three million years into deep space.

He is joined by a hologram of his former bunkmate Arnold Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kryten the sanitation droid (Robert Llewellyn), the evolved Cat (Danny John-Jules), and the ship’s computer Holly (Hattie Hayridge).

From Thursday, August 13, Red Dwarf V will air live on BBC Two from 9pm.

It comes alongside a new venture for the franchise in print form, with a new book, Red: Dwarf Titan, released on July 15.

Co-written by series co-creator Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall, it serves as a semi-prequel to the events of the show.

In Red: Dwarf Titan, Lister and Rimmer receive “a message from the far future warning them that all realities are going to collapse unless they do something about it.”

The book explores events prior to those depicted in the series.

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The 17-year-old died at just after 2am on Sunday at the Kendal Calling festival site in the Lake District, Cumbria Constabulary said.

The force said in a statement that the girl’s family have been told and are being supported by specialist officers.

It added: “Inquiries into the circumstances surrounding her death are ongoing.”

Officers want to speak to people who were in the area of the Calling Out tent and the Big Wheel at the festival around 2am.

They also want to speak to a group of women who directed emergency personnel to the girl after becoming concerned for her welfare.

The four-day festival features acts such as Wolf Alice, Biffy Clyro, Primal Scream, Scissor Sisters and The Libertines.

It takes place at Lowther Deer Park.

A festival spokesperson said in a statement: “The team at Kendal Calling are deeply saddened by the passing of a festival attendee in the early hours of Sunday morning following a medical episode.

“As soon as the individual became unwell, they were immediately attended to by our on-site security and medical teams.

“Paramedics and medical personnel provided emergency care at the scene and did everything they could to help.

“We extend our deepest sympathies to the individual’s family, friends and loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.

“We are supporting the relevant authorities and will continue to assist them with their investigation.”

Monday is expected to bring the hottest weather of the week, with a surge of hot air moving north from France ahead of an approaching Atlantic low-pressure system.

Southern and eastern parts of England will widely reach low to mid-30sC, with a few locations across London and the Home Counties likely to reach 34C.

Much of the Midlands, East Anglia and southern England will see temperatures reach around 30C or above, while eastern parts of Wales will also experience unusually hot conditions.

Scotland, Northern Ireland and western Britain will experience cloudier skies with outbreaks of rain as low pressure slowly moves across Ireland.

Overnight into Tuesday, rain in northern and western areas is expected to become locally heavy and thundery.

Further south, most places will stay dry, warm and humid, although a few thunderstorms could develop across south-east England.