A former star of Rich House, Poor House, has given a huge insight into how the Channel 5 programme is filmed and revealed where the often huge budgets come from

A star of Rich House, Poor House has revealed who really pays for the huge budgets. The Channel 5 programme explores the major wealth divide between people across the nation.

Two families from opposite ends of the scale swap lives for seven days, with one family thrust into a world of luxury they had dreamt of, while a wealthier family finds themselves tackling life on the breadline.

Each family swaps budgets and houses, with their lives being completely transformed. The show follows one family that ranks among the top ten wealthiest households in Britain and another from the bottom ten per cent to find out whether money can actually buy happiness.

Now, series five, episode one star Terri-Ann Nunns has revealed what really happens when the family exchanges cash. Terri-Ann, from Doncaster, swapped her five-bedroom house for a council house on the other side of the town in South Yorkshire. But it wasn’t a far cry for the businesswoman, who revealed she had grown up in a council house and admitted that she at times struggled financially. Eventually, she turned her life around and had a weekly budget of £1,200 after promoting her diet and lifestyle business which helped her lose seven stone.

Speaking on Instagram, the businesswoman said: “When filming Rich House, Poor House, does our budgets come out of our own pocket, or does it come out of the film production company’s pocket? That’s a question I’ve just been asked, so I’m going to answer it.”

She went on to add: “We tell them our budget, we show them obviously all our banks, and bank statements, and everything of what we, we pay out, and what we do in things.

“Then the production company actually provide the money to the other family, and vice versa. So we don’t actually have to pay our own hard-earned money, and, obviously, vice versa, they don’t have to pay their hard-earned money.” Terri-Ann went on to explain that after swapping houses and lifestyles, both families still have access to their own internet banking and bank cards, should they need them.

“However, for me, it were like, ‘Why would I want to, use my own money?’ When I’m doing this for a reason?’ I’m doing it for an experiment for my children. I grew up on a council estate. I grew up with nothing.

“For me, it were a doddle, I’ve been a single mum in a two-bedroom flat with two children.” Terri-Ann revealed the reality of her life before she amassed her fortune, explaining that she found the show “easy” and wanted to take on the experience with her children, who had grown up in a life of luxury.

“Don’t get me wrong,” Terri-Ann said, adding: “My oldest daughter did because obviously she were with us when we were in a two-bedroom flat, when we had to live with my mum, when I had to go bankrupt. But the younger two, they’ve never, obviously, they’ve, they were born when my business was hugely successful.”

While Terri-Ann’s business raked in £500,000 each year, which even helped her purchase Kylie Minogue’s old Range Rover. However, years after appearing on the show, her world crumbled following the collapse of her business and her marriage to husband Michael.

But since then, Terri-Ann has documented rebuilding her career for her social media followers.

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This is the moment a migrant paraglides into Europe from north Africa – a day after another died trying the same stunt.

Police were still searching for the sub-Saharan man today after he vanished shortly after landing at the Benzu viewpoint in Ceuta close to its land border with Morocco.

Spanish cops said today people smugglers charging migrants to make the risky air crossing were being given courses lasting just a few minutes instead of the 80 to 100 hours of training normally considered appropriate before risking their lives taking to the skies.

Diego Madraza, a spokesman for the AUGC Civil Guard union, said: ‘They have no flight training, sometimes they are given a course lasting barely a few minutes before taking off.

‘Recently in Morocco, a gang that trained migrants in this type of entry using paragliders was dismantled.

‘As soon as one door closes on them, another opens, so now detection can no longer be only be sea or land, but it can also be aerial.’

Footage of the new paraglider crossing on Saturday evening emerged a day after a man drowned in a failed attempt to reach Ceuta, and ahead of a feared new invasion of Spain’s North African enclave following the mass border breach late last month when an estimated 72,000 migrants reached EU soil.

The sub-Saharan man’s body was discovered in the Mediterranean shortly after the alarm was raised around 8am on Friday morning.

Police raced to the spot where he had been spotted plunging into the water in the hope of rescuing him alive but discovered him dead from a suspected drowning.

The Red Cross and the Sur Sur organisation distributing aid in Ceuta  after migrants stormed the border on August 3, 2026

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He had tried to reach Ceuta on a paraglider via the Benzu breakwater bordering Morocco.

Calling out Spain’s Interior Ministry, the AUGC said on X late yesterday alongside a video of the new paragliding crossing which this time worked: ‘We warned about it in January.

‘@interiorgob responded in writing to Congress that paraglider entries did not exist.

‘Last Friday a young man died after plunging into the sea near the Benzu breakwater while attempting to enter this way.

‘First documented death in Spain by this route.

‘And a few hours ago another flight over the border. The video speaks for itself.

‘They take off from “The dead woman”, the mountain that connects the Moroccan neighbourhood of Belyounech with the border perimeter near the Benzu breakwater.

‘Denying it does not make it disappear. It only prevents resources from being provided and surveillance measures from being adapted in time.’

Police in Ceuta are steeling themselves for the ‘real danger’ of a new mass border breach from Morocco on August 15, which has been heavily promoted on social media.

The Civil Guard has reportedly admitted in an internal report the risk of a second mass attempt to reach EU soil is real – and prepared for the possibility organisers could bring it forward now the August 15 date is out in public.

Although most of the migrants who made it to Ceuta have returned to Morocco, officials admit 2,500 irregular migrants remain including some 1000 children, although locals insist the figure is far higher.

Distressing pictures have emerged of dozens of young men, families and children sleeping on the pavement on makeshift beds made out of cardboard boxes at an industrial estate.

They have also erected makeshift camps made out of bamboo and reeds on a beach near a temporary migrant holding centre.

Several girls who were among the wave of migrants and remained in Ceuta have complained of being sexually assaulted after arriving and finding themselves obliged to sleep rough.

On Saturday a Moroccan migrant who broke into a stranger’s fifth-floor flat and crept into bed with her in his underpants was handed an expulsion order.

Beatriz Ferron, 62, started screaming after waking up to find the semi-naked intruder, one of the estimated migrants who swam into Ceuta in last month’s mass border breach, laying beside her.

The paragliders set off from the mountain Jebel Musa in order to fly over the 20ft Cueta border fence

Migrants walk on the Moroccan side of the border behind the 20-foot border fence between the two countries

Migrants try to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026

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Terrifying footage showed scores of people seemingly breaking into homes across the city late at night

The intruder was arrested on Friday morning and hauled to court hours later in Spain’s North African enclave.

At the weekend it emerged he had pleaded guilty to a crime of breaking and entering and handed a 16-month prison sentence which was immediately substituted for deportation and a five-year ban on entering Spain.

Court sources also confirmed the unnamed individual already had a deportation order hanging over his head and had been convicted of three sex assaults in Spain.

Full details of his previous crimes have not been made public but the earlier removal order is said to have been issued by a court in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia.

Last November five people were arrested in Morocco after police smashed a gang accused of helping migrants reach EU soil using the daring method.

The suspects, said to come from different African countries, were rounded up nearly two months after a man was filmed flying over a heavily-fortified border fence into Ceuta which lies opposite Gibraltar.

All Spanish police found from a search of the spot where he landed was the abandoned multi-coloured paragliding gear in undergrowth he had used for his exploit.

The successful border breach was described at the time as the first of its kind ever – attempted or accomplished – between Morocco and Ceuta.

Another heatwave is set to hit Northern Ireland for a number of days this week

Another heatwave is set to hit Northern Ireland this week, with temperatures predicted to reach 28 degrees.

The Met Office forecast for the week beginning August 10 warns that temperatures are about to spike, rising from highs of 18 degrees on Monday to 28 degrees on Thursday, August 13.

The week will start off quite cool as the forecaster says Monday will start sunny before clouds develop in the evening. However, this is due to clear on Tuesday, August 11, when sunny skies are predicted throughout the day, and temperatures will reach 23 degrees in the afternoon.

This weather is predicted to continue on Wednesday, August 12, although the highest temperatures are set to be a few degrees higher at 25.

Thursday is forecast to be the warmest day of the week, with temperatures in the mid-20s for most of the day before reaching 28 degrees in places.

The Met Office has warned that while there will be lots of sunshine and warm weather, there is the potential for heavy showers in places during the heatwave.

Coming into the weekend, temperatures are set to drop again on Friday, August 14, with highs of 21 degrees predicted, dropping further on Saturday, August 15, when temperatures will be in the high teens.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is freezing her eggs as she decides her next political moves ahead of the 2028 presidential election campaign.

“This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” Ocasio-Cortez, 36, said on Instagram about her decision regarding her reproductive options.

The New York congresswoman, a leading figure of Democrats’ progressive left flank, did not say explicitly whether she plans to have children. She said in her social media posts that she was taking a “political risk” in talking so personally about her potential family plans.

She said later on ABC “This Week” on Sunday that she has not ruled out running for president or for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrats’ floor leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, in 2028. She explained that she wants to normalize conversations about what women face in their professional and personal lives, while also highlighting the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.

“In this political environment, where this administration is denying reproductive care to women across the country, from abortion rights to the ability to carry out a healthy pregnancy, I think it’s important for us as leaders to have these conversations,” she said.

Trump’s administration opposes abortion rights, and the Republican president’s first-term appointees to the Supreme Court provided the margins in the 2022 ruling that struck down the Roe v. Wade decision that had established a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.

Separately, however, Trump in 2025 signed an executive order designed to lower the costs of in vitro fertilization.

Ocasio-Cortez sponsored a Democratic bill in 2022, when the party controlled the House, to codify abortion rights into federal law after the Supreme Court’s abortion decision.

As part of her weekend announcement, Ocasio-Cortez noted that women — in politics and other fields — face different standards and scrutiny about their family status.

“Men run for office, or frankly they interview for jobs, and people don’t think in the back of their minds, ‘OK, this guy’s running for office, how old is he? Oh, well, is he going to want to start a family?’” she said.

House of the Dragon has aired its bloodsoaked season 3 finale and many characters did not survive past the Battle of Tumbleton.

The House of the Dragon season 3 finale is here – and fans have been left reeling as yet more characters meet a violent end.

As the long-awaited Battle of Tumbleton unfolds on the HBO show, several major players are lost, while away from the ill-fated town, huge revelations are made.

It follows the dramatic events of episode 7, where we see a brutal dance of dragons, learn of Lord Ormund’s daring Gambit and discover the fate of Aegon’s dragon Sunfyre.

But what happens in the nail-biting final episode of House of the Dragon season 3? And which characters finally meet their end?

*Warning: This article contains huge spoilers for House of the Dragon season 3 episode 8.*

Who dies in House of the Dragon season 3 finale?

High Septon Eustace

In shocking scenes, Rhaenyra Targaryen finally decides to put High Septon Eustace to the sword.

It comes after his continued refusal to anoint her as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, which is critical for the stability of her rule, as many of her subjects follow the Faith of the Seven.

In the end, she instructs Ser Alyn of Hull to carry out the gruesome deed, and he obliges by driving a sword through the religious leader’s stomach in the King’s Landing Sept.

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Roderick Dustin

During the Battle of Tumbleton, Roderick Dustin dies by dragonfire when Ulf the White goes rogue, burning soldiers on both sides with the help of his dragon, Silverwing.

The leader of the Winter Wolves’ death doesn’t feel tragic, as he vows to survive just long enough to see Tumbleton’s main gate fall.

He also manages to strike down Lord Ormund Hightower in the process, meaning he more than lives up to the task.

Kat

After the battle is ended, we learn Hugh Hammer’s wife Kat has died amid the chaos.

Earlier in the episode, we hear Hugh calling for her during the struggle, but he does not find her.

When Hugh discovers her body in the ruined remains of Tumbleton, he lets out a cry of anguish.

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Ormund Hightower

Villainous Lord Ormund Hightower, who establishes himself as one of the most snobbish and prudish characters in the Game of Thrones universe, meets a fittingly vulgar end.

After forcing children to guard Tumbleton’s gates as human shields, he is set upon by Roderick Dustin, who drives a sword up his backside.

Moments later, both are engulfed by dragonfire, courtesy of a disillusioned and hungover Ulf.

Heleana Targaryen

Tragically, death finally befalls everyone’s favourite dreamer far away from the battlefield.

Following the forced departure of her mother Alicent, Helaena is no longer protected from the cruelty of the palace.

In the end, she decides she would rather die than remain imprisoned by Rhaenyra and throws herself out of the window very reminiscent of the one King Tommen Baratheon defenestrates himself from over 100 years later in Game of Thrones.

She leaves behind a curiously detailed tapestry, which could reveal her most telling prophecy to date.

House of the Dragon season 3 is available to watch on HBO Max UK & Ireland and Sky Atlantic.

By NOOR QURASHI, NEWS REPORTER

Published: 12:00 BST, 10 August 2026 | Updated: 12:38 BST, 10 August 2026

A bungalow was completely destroyed in a suspected gas explosion.

The property in Newton Longville, near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, was caught on doorbell video as it exploded on Sunday morning.

One man, believed to have lived inside, has been taken to hospital while his Doberman dog was taken to the vet.

Striking footage shows bricks and debris flying out onto the street, damaging nearby homes and cars.

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Plumes of black smoke can be seen rising from the property as locals approach the wreckage in the aftermath of the blast.

Residents reportedly gathered in the local pub where victims were treated by emergency services.

An witness described the explosion as ‘very scary’ while another said they heard a ‘bang’ three miles away in Bletchley.

One resident, Graham Fuller, said he heard his wife ‘scream’ following the explosion before running outside.

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A bungalow was completely destroyed in a suspected gas explosion 

The bungalow is seen exploding here on a quiet residential street in Milton Keynes

The property in Newton Longville, near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire was caught on doorbell video exploding at around 9.44am on Sunday

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An eyewitness described the explosion as ‘very scary’ and said the home was ‘almost completely demolished’

He told the BBC: ‘Debris everywhere, I ran out into the street and my neighbour had already managed to grab hold of the occupant of the property… He was badly burnt, in shock, and we were trying to treat him while all the chaos was going on.

‘We’ve been kicked out of our homes at the moment – we don’t know when we’re going back.’

Another resident likened the explosion to ‘World War Three in the street’.

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He added: ‘I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemies, to be quite honest with you.’ 

Thames Valley Police said: ‘At around 9.44am emergency services were called to Cobb Hall Road, to a report of an explosion, fire and collapse of a property.

‘One person sustained injuries, requiring hospital treatment, where they remain.’

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue said they were dealing with a suspected gas explosion and had sent four fire engines to the scene.

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Neighbours have since set up a GoFundMe page to support the homeowner and other residents affected by the ‘horrific event’.

One resident likened the explosion to ‘World War Three in the street’

Police and gas working at a suspected gas explosion at a bungalow injuring a man on Cobb Hall Road in Newton Longville

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Thomas Humphries, who launched the fundraiser, said: ‘On the 9th August a horrific gas explosion occurred, severely damaging and injuring the home owner as well as other properties.

‘My aim of this goal is to raise support and care for the home owners and residents that have been affected by this horrific event.’

Mr Humphries said 85 per cent of donations would be given to the home owners affected while 15 per cent would be ‘evenly shared to any resident that has experienced secondary damage to their property, belongings and themselves physically and mentally’.

The multi-award-winning American band brought their flamboyant headline show to TK Maxx presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Saturday night, turning the North Yorkshire coast into a giant open-air dance floor.

Frontman Jake Shears, joined by Del Marquis, Babydaddy, a full band, and vocalists, burst on stage with the unstoppable I Don’t Feel Like Dancing – a fittingly euphoric opening for a sun-soaked Saturday by the sea.

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There was barely time for the crowd to catch its breath as Laura and She’s My Man followed, setting the tone for a night packed with disco beats, singalong choruses, and more glittering glam-pop than Scarborough had seen in some time.

Shears and co dazzled as brightly as the earlier summer sunshine, leading thousands in mass dance and singalong moments to fan favourites including Take Your Mama, Comfortably Numb and, inevitably, the gloriously camp Let’s Have A Kiki.

The party did not stop there.

Scissor Sisters closed their hit-packed set with Filthy/Gorgeous and Music Is The Victim, sending fans home buzzing after a colourful celebration of one of pop’s most distinctive back catalogues.

Special guests Bimini and The Hidden Cameras helped get the Saturday-night party underway, with both acts also making guest appearances during the headline set.

Scissor Sisters’ show follows a string of huge nights at Scarborough Open Air Theatre this summer.

The venue’s record-breaking 2026 programme of 26 headline concerts continues on Friday with Holly Johnson, followed by Hollywood Vampires on Saturday.

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ITV viewers shared their thoughts after crime drama Van der Valk returned to screens

Viewers issued the same complaint as crime drama Van der Valk aired on ITV.

The Amsterdam-set series starring Marc Warren as police detective Van der Valk has returned for a fourth run, which is airing three years after its last season wrapped.

Fans have said it’s “a joy” to have it back on screens, but many were less than impressed with its latest episode, posting messages on social media calling it “laughable”.

In the episode, an environmental campaigner is murdered before a global conference, and a suspect caught on CCTV turns out to be a famous singer Cobie Stegenga (Lateesha Verwey) who was presumed to be dead. The plot thickens when it turns out that Cobie has been living below the radar for two years, and that she was under the control of villain Anki Bergen (Raquel Cassidy).

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The final moments of the episode saw a chase and a showdown between Van der Valk and Inspector Lucienne Hassell (Maimie McCoy) as they apprehended Anki.

Some viewers tuning in poked holes in the plot, with one posting on X: “Getting increasingly daft. Jeep can’t catch a Volvo estate over rough ground. They then shoot out its tyre with a pistol from distance — despite a hostage being inside. Then VdV SHOOTS AN AXE out of a woman’s hand despite not hitting a BMW earlier in the episode.”

“How could they possibly have made the last 15 minutes of #VanDerValk any more pathetic!??” someone else posted on the platform, which was formerly Twitter.

“Great episode but poor ending, laughable,” said someone else, while one remarked: “This has degenerated into pretty laughable c*** now. Shame.”

Another viewer suggested the storylines were “really bad”, adding: “I like Marc Warren usually but this series is awful.”

Somebody else commented: “A woman comes at you with an axe, you’re a police officer you have a gun, you let them walk away with a person of interest. Do better.”

However, others were impressed with Marc’s performance and gripped by the action.

“Enjoying this latest series of Van der Valk,” said one. “Especially as this episode they are showing more of the beautiful city of Amsterdam!

Another said: “I’m loving the new series of Van der Valk. Mind you… I’d watch Marc Warren in anything.”

Van der Valk is available on ITVX.

Durham County Council is planning a major redevelopment of the former Fyndoune Community College site in Sacriston as part of its investment in specialist education.

The new facility will cater for pupils with special educational and medical needs, including secondary school-aged children who require additional support.

A pre-application for the redevelopment has now been submitted to the council, with letters to be delivered to nearby residents from Monday, August 17.

The council said the revamped site would provide a “dedicated, high-quality specialist educational curriculum” designed to prepare young people for life in their local communities.

Councillor Cathy Hunt, the authority’s cabinet member for children and young people’s services, welcomed the plans.

She said: “We are delighted that plans are in place to redevelop Fyndoune.

“As part of our commitment to invest in services that are vital to our communities, these proposals will help us to support even more of our young people.

“The redevelopment of Fyndoune will allow for secondary pupils with additional needs to stay closer to home, as well as supporting those across the county who are unable to attend school for medical reasons, to make the transition back into mainstream school.”

The council also said the new facilities would benefit the wider Sacriston community, with residents able to access both indoor and outdoor facilities.

Councillor Hunt added: “We will also make sure that the updated facilities will benefit the community, offering access to both indoor and outdoor facilities for residents, promoting positive health, wellbeing and community engagement.

“We look forward to work getting underway to redevelop the site in the new year.”

Fyndoune Community College closed in April 2021 following a merger with Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise in Ushaw Moor.

The announcement comes after the Reform-led administration launched a new capital programme earlier this year, aimed at improving schools, children’s and adults’ social care, and infrastructure. 

Among the investments is £33.5 million in special educational school provision, including a £13.5 million investment in new facilities at Fyndoune and £26 million for a new special school at Villa Real, Consett. There are also plans to invest £7 million towards Durham Cares, aimed at alleviating pressures on children’s services.  

A public consultation event will be held in the school hall at Fyndoune on Thursday, August 27.

The event, which will take place between 4pm and 7pm, will feature a display of the proposed plans.