BBC Weather presenter Jay Wynne has died aged 56 after a long-term health battle. Jay’s brother confirmed the tragic news with a heartbreaking tribute shared online.
“Jay had a gift for gentle clarity, making his forecasts for sometimes complex weather systems feel accessible and engaging,” his brother, Matthew Wynne, started in the sad statement.
He continued: “A keen skier, golfer and musician, Jay enjoyed travelling to pursue his sporting interests. We will miss his wisdom, generosity and dry sense of humour.”
The presenter joined BBC Weather in the autumn of 200 and was a regular on BBC News at Ten.
Jay Wynne died aged 56
The star went on to work on a North Sea offshore oil rig for a few years as a technician before getting his Environmental Geography degree from the University of Aberdeen.
While doing environmental research, he travelled around the world and explored Southeast Asia.
He even worked as an English teacher in Fukuoka, Japan. He later earned a master’s degree in Applied Meteorology at the University of Reading.
The presenter joined BBC Weather in the autumn of 200 and was a regular on BBC News at Ten ( BBC)
His Met Office training included a six-month secondment at RAF Northolt and lasted 14 months.
In 2011, he discussed his love for his job with Radio Times. Jay said: “I have been known to drive around after night shifts, waiting for the sun to come up.
“At night, it’s difficult to tell what kind of cloud there is on satellite pictures, so I like to see if I was right. More often than not, I am.”
Upon hearing the news, fan paid tribute to the presenter on X/Twitter. One user said: “Sad to hear. Always came across as a lovely guy when presenting the weather,” while another added: “Such sad news.”
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The global superstar filmed a cosy music video with this Bridgerton star for new song Camera ahead of the release of his highly anticipated album Play, which has been released today
Ed Sheeran and Bridgerton star get cosy in sweet tribute to wife Cherry(Image: Ed Sheeran)
Ed Sheeran and Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor got close in the new music video for his song Camera, which features on his latest album Play. The highly anticipated eighth album is released today (12 September).
The singer celebrated the release of his latest record by dropping the official music video for Camera. The video stars Bridgerton icon Phoebe Dynevor. Directed by Emil Nava, the same person who worked with Ed on the Lego House music video starring Rupert Grint, the Camera music video focuses on the early stages of a relationship.
It’s all shot on an iPhone and shows Ed and Phoebe’s characters first meeting at a restaurant, followed by moments from various dates, such as picnics, bar-hopping and even sharing the stage at one of Ed’s stadium tours.
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Ed and Phoebe got close in the music video for Camera(Image: Ed Sheeran)
Ed originally planned to use real-life footage of him and his wife, Cherry(Image: Getty Images for The Met Museum/)
When announcing the project, Ed revealed he had considered using real-life footage of him and his wife, Cherry. But, ultimately, he chose to keep those moments private and recreate them instead.
“My original Camera music video idea was using private home footage of mine and Cherry’s key moments of our relationship,” Ed said.
“But as you guys know, we are an intensely private couple, and some things we wanted to keep just for us. So, I recreated a few key moments of our relationship for the music video with the wonderful Phoebe Dynevor.”
Ed’s latest album has been described by the singer as “a direct response” to the “darkest period of my life”. He explained in a press release that he “wanted to create joy and technicolour, and explore cultures in countries I was touring.”
The singer is no stranger to travelling the world and has recently stated he has plans to move to the United States with his family. His reasoning was that he has a massive tour planned and doesn’t want to leave Cherry or his two daughters, Lyra and Jupiter, in Suffolk. And though he grew up in Suffolk, where the family currently lives, he also spent a lot of time in Ireland as a child, as his father hails from Belfast.
Due to his father’s heritage and how often he spent time in the country, Ed once referred to himself as “culturally” Irish, sparking backlash. On the Louis Theroux Podcast, he said: “I class my culture as Irish. I think that’s what I grew up with. My dad’s family is … he’s got seven brothers and sisters. We’d spend all of our holidays in Ireland.
The music video featured moments Ed originally shared with Cherry, like getting her to join him on stage(Image: Ed Sheeran)
“My first musical experiences were in Ireland, I grew up with trad music in the house. So I identify culturally as Irish, but I was obviously born and raised in Britain.”
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He went on to say that he thought of Ireland as his “second home musically” and added that it is the place he is the most successful. The Galway Girl singer said he didn’t “overthink” it and was proud of his culture and identity.
“I don’t overthink it but I do feel like my culture is something that I’m really proud of.”
Award-winning TV star Jeremy Clarkson has shared his thoughts on celebrities that are choosing to buy properties in the Cotswolds and move to the picturesque region
Jeremy Clarkson has shared his thoughts on celebrities moving to the Cotswolds(Image: PA)
The beautiful Cotswolds never ceases to wow visitors thanks to it’s picturesque, sweet chocolate-box villages with cosy countryside pubs and incredible gardens. Some have become so obsessed with the incredible region that they have decided to call it home – including a number of celebrities.
The Beckhams have set up home as has Kate Moss. Simon Cowell is also rumoured to have a home in the Cotswolds. Plus the King famously has a home in Tetbury. It seems US celebrities have also shown an interest as Ellen DeGeneres is rumoured to have bought a £15million Cotswolds farmhouse, while Taylor Swift rented a mansion in the Cotswolds during her Eras tour in 2024.
And recently, it’s been reported that Beyoncé and Jay-Z are in the final stages of purchasing land with the intent to build a “mega-estate” on the edge of Wigginton, an Oxfordshire village which currently boasts a population of under 200.
Mr and Mrs Carter, who are reportedly worth around $3.4billion (£2.5billion) – making them the richest celebrity couple in the world – are reportedly paying a £7.5million fee for property. The couple reportedly began searching for new places to live during the LA wildfires earlier this year.
It seems that the quiet nature of the area appeals to people, but could celebrities moving to the Cotswolds change it?
Clarkson’s Amazon Prime video show, Clarkson’s Farm, winning Best Factual Entertainment Programme at the National Television Awards recently(Image: Getty Images for the NTA’s)
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Speaking to The Times, an employee of The Falkland Arms in Great Tew, where the Beckhams live, said: “We love our local clientele and we don’t want the couple’s [Jay-Z and Beyonce’s] arrival to bring in a different sort.”
Recently former Top Gear star and Cotswolds farmer Jeremy Clarkson shared his take on the countryside spot becoming more popular with A-Listers. Clarkson moved to the Cotswolds in 2008 when he bought the 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm in Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire. He and his partner Lisa Hogan live in a mansion on the estate.
While celebrating his Amazon Prime video show, Clarkson’s Farm, winning Best Factual Entertainment Programme at the National Television Awards recently, Jeremy was asked what he thought about Beyoncé and Jay-Z buying a home in the Costwolds.
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In a clip shared on TikTok by Yahoo News, Jeremy said: “I have literally no clue who they are. I mean I’ve vaguely heard of Beyonce Jay-Zed but I honestly don’t know who they are.”
He added: “And everybody says the Cotswolds is being taken over by celebrities and… you just think, well I don’t see them. I look out of my window in a morning and I don’t see them.”
In a rare move, the US backed a UN Security Council statement condemning Israel’s attack on Hamas’s political office in Doha. Members took turns to criticise the Israeli move, highlighting support for the “territorial integrity of Qatar”.
If you are in the front few rows of the crowd, or listening closely to the referee’s microphone, you can hear the shout.
“Three metres to go, two metres to go, one metre…”
It is the sound of England scrum-half Natasha Hunt tracking a rumbling mass of Red Roses forwards, giving them an estimated time of arrival to the tryline.
It is the countdown for one of England’s most reliable attacking launchpads – the driven line-out.
In England’s final World Cup warm-up against France, the Red Roses silenced a buoyant crowd in Mont-de-Marsan, crossing four times through the catch-and-drive tactic.
It delivered the first and final tries in their tournament opener against the United States, with Sadia Kabeya and Lark Atkin-Davies crossing.
Samoa and Australia also succumbed to the steamroller.
As England enter the knockout stages with Sunday’s quarter-final against Scotland, as the matches get tighter, it is a weapon they may reach for even more regularly.
In top-tier matches since the last Women’s World Cup, England have scored an average of 1.04 tries a game via their driven maul, well clear of the rest of the world.
“The girls are just very good at it,” says England forwards coach Louis Deacon, with a bit of understatement.
Earlier this summer, football’s Lionesses adopted a ‘proper English’ mindset, invoking the qualities of fight and resilience on their way to European Championship glory.
Deacon and Sarah Hunter, a key part of the England pack until she retired in March 2023 and now defence coach, believe there is something similar in England’s driven line-out expertise.
“We’re English, we love set-piece and those sort of areas of the game,” said Deacon.
“It’s brilliant that it’s part of our DNA,” added Hunter.
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Hooker Atkin-Davies won the first of her 71 caps more than a decade ago.
“I have scored quite a lot of tries off the back of a maul,” she says.
“My first role though, the most important thing, it to throw the ball accurately [into the initial line-out].
“As a hooker you have quite a habitual process – you will see I spin the ball a lot in my hands before the throw, that is part of my process.
“Then I join the back of the maul and, first and foremost, push as hard as I can.
“Depending on the set-up of the opposition, we might be looking to twist and find a weakness, but mostly it is about making sure we are tight and going forward.
“The girls in the front of the maul do a lot of the work, while at the back, our variety means sometimes we have a flanker on the ball, sometimes a hooker.”
Asked about the number of different variations for driven line-outs England have in their arsenal, Deacon replies coyly “a lot”.
His team revealed one in the win over the United States. With 50 minutes gone and the Red Roses 40-7 up, England front jumper Zoe Aldcroft caught a line-out eight metres out from the American line.
As the USA braced themselves for a shove, Kabeya and second row Morweena Talling instead peeled round into the narrow blind-side channel, linking up with hooker Amy Cokayne, who went in at the corner.
Those trick plays are essential. For England’s strength can, conversely, also be a weakness.
Such is their forward power and the usual slickness of their line-out, that the Red Roses have previously leaned on the line-out drive too heavily.
In the last play of the previous Rugby World Cup final in 2022, England, trailing New Zealand by three points, had a line-out five metres out from the Black Ferns line.
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Since then, under new head coach John Mitchell, England have attempted to add more dimensions. The hope is now they can as easily cut teams open on the opposite wing, as bust through the front door.
“In the past it’s probably an area that we probably went to too much,” said Deacon.
“When we look back to the last World Cup, people were questioning ‘can England only play it one way?’
“There’s a lot more variation in our game now. I think over the past two years or so, we’ve grown our game. We can play more than one way, we can play four different ways if we want to.
“You don’t want to be a one-trick pony, certainly if you want to be successful.”
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has alleged that Kenya’s Anti-Doping Agency (ADAK) is non-compliant with its code and the east African nation will face consequences next month unless certain conditions are met.
Wada said in a statement released on the eve of the World Championships in Tokyo that ADAK had not addressed “several critical requirements” which were highlighted in an audit in May last year.
ADAK has 21 days from receiving formal notice to dispute Wada’s allegation of non-compliance.
Wada’s decision was taken by its executive committee following recommendations from its independent compliance review committee.
Its statement added the decision, and its consequences, will enter into force on 2 October, after the end of the World Championships, unless the decision is challenged before the same date.
Under potential sanctions, ADAK will lose all Wada privileges including funding and participation in agency programmes and Kenyan representatives will be barred from holding positions on Wada boards or committees.
Kenya would also be barred from being awarded the rights to host regional, continental or world championships and other international events during any period of non-compliance.
The east African nation intends to bid to host either the 2029 or 2031 World Athletics Championships after failing in an attempt to host this year’s edition, which begins on Saturday.
BBC Sport Africa has contacted Kenyan officials for comment on Wada’s announcement.
Doping has been an issue with Kenyan athletics for a number of years, with a total of 19 individuals from the country banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) in 2025 alone.
Six others have been provisionally suspended since January including Ruth Chepngetich, the women’s marathon world record holder.
Another marathon runner, Sabastian Sawe, the fastest man in the world this year, said on Thursday the issue has “become like a cancer for Kenyan athletes”.
Ethiopia’s Welteji suspended
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Meanwhile, Ethiopian middle distance runner Diribe Welteji will miss the World Championships after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) granted a request from the AIU to provisionally suspend her.
The 23-year-old, who won silver in the 1500 metres at the last World Championships in Budapest two years ago, was cleared of a charge of failing or refusing to submit a doping sample by the Ethiopian Anti-Doping Authority in late August.
The AIU appealed to Cas, releasing a statement on Thursday saying it had requested Welteji be ineligible to compete until the matter was adjudicated.
Cas confirmed she will be suspended for the duration of its arbitration process.
