Archive August 9, 2025

Hairy Bikers star Si King recently opened a pie business in Sunderland called ‘Propa’, and satisfied customers have been raving about the quality on social media

Hairy Bikers star Si King’s new pie business has been praised by locals after opening the business in Sunderland at the end of last year. Si, known as one half of the Hairy Bikers alongside the late Dave Myers, opened Propa in Sheepfolds Stables at Riverside Sunderland.

It has been said the ‘grab and go’ spot have “the very best of British comfort food with a gourmet twist.” The project is located minutes away from Sunderland AFC’s Stadium of Light and prides itself on the footballing tradition of enjoying a “pie and pint before the match”.

The 58-year-old previously shared his excitement over the new business and said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to launch Propa! It’s a great way to take our customers back to the tastes and smells that they grew up with and that is part of our North East identity.” It comes after reports Gregg Wallace is trying to ‘earn a living’ after MasterChef exit amid ‘battle every day’.

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“A food culture to be celebrated and embraced,” Si added. “We’re using only the very best of ingredients that the region has to offer, all sourced from producers that the team knows, and this ethos underpins everything that we want to achieve with the food that we produce. We can’t wait to welcome you all.”

The menu for the pie shop changes daily, and some previous versions included curried pork pie, chicken and leek pie, and mac and cheese pie.

Fans have been obsessed with the establishment as they took to Tripadvisor to share their thoughts on the pies made with local ingredients.

One user said: “2nd visit to Propa today. We went on purpose as sick of the usual takeaways. Other half got the mince and dumplings.. amazing he said, he wanted another to take home!”

Another added: “It was absolutely top quality and delicious! The service was great from a very lovely, polite and helpful young man. I can feel another visit coming on…”

“Wow Wow Wee Waa! Absolutely amazing and delicious! The surroundings are utterly fantastic! This is Sunderland! This is their history!” one impressed user said.

The official Propa Instagram page already has over 12,000 followers and all their posts are filled with praise from satisfied customers.

Meanwhile, since Hairy Bikers co-star and best friend Dave Myer’s death in 2024, Si has continued to honour his legacy, participating in a final Hairy Bikers program titled The Hairy Bikers: You’ll Never Walk Alone, which aired in December 2024.

In January 2025, he joined ITV’s This Morning as a regular chef on their cooking segments.

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Jeremy Clarkson’s farm has been hit with a series of unfortunate events in recent weeks. The former Top Gear star tweeted about his recent ‘catastrophic’ set back

Jeremy Clarkson shared an update on the realities of having a farm as he discussed his ‘catastrophic’ crop failure. The former Top Gear host, 65, said this year’s harvest will be disastrous in a tweet shared on X/Twitter this week.

“It looks like this year’s harvest will be catastrophic,” he said. “That should be a worry for anyone who eats food. If a disaster on this scale had befallen any other industry, there would be a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth.” One fan asked whether his Diddly Squat farm would survive “if it wasn’t supported by other adjacent businesses like the pub and shop?”

He answered: “Not a cat in hell’s chance.” One person said: “Sounds like it’ll be a good year ahead for Vegans. They eat imported Soy,” and Jeremy answered: “Er no. It’s the crops that have been disastrous. I planted 400,000 beetroot. Two grew.” It comes after Top Gear host admitted he ‘never got along’ with Jeremy Clarkson as he made a bold statement.

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Another fan told him that ‘drama is good’, and Jeremy was quick to say: “Yes. But most farms don’t have TV shows to keep them going.”

The Clarkson’s Farm star said some ‘normal weather’ would help with his crops as “it never stopped raining in 2024 and never started in 2025.”

His crop disaster was just another problem he had to deal with in recent weeks. He previously revealed his 1000-acre farm in Oxfordshire had been hit with an outbreak of Bovine Tuberculosis. “Bad news from Diddly Squat. We’ve gone down with TB. Everyone here is absolutely devastated,” he said at the time.

To add to the woes, one of the new puppies that his dog Arya gave birth to passed away last week. However, there was a silver lining as the official Instagram page for Jeremy Clarkson’s pub, The Farmer’s Dog, recently delivered some positive news.

The team announced on social media: “Good news! The weather forecast for the weekend is looking strong – so we’ve put extra bookings on the decking! Hurry!”

The announcement has led to a flurry of activity from fans eager to secure a booking at the popular pub. One person responded to the post: “I’ve been trying to book for this weekend since July 1st.” Another fan commented: “Booked table for Sunday roast.” A third person echoed their sentiments, saying: “Can’t wait to be back soon.”

Clarkson’s Farm is available to watch on Amazon Prime.

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Kylie Jenner fans are worried that The Kardashaians star has broken up with Timothee Chamelet after she shared a concerning set of Instagram posts to her followers

Kylie Jenner fans are worried that she has broken up with Timothee Chamelet. The Kardashians star, who will turn 28 on Sunday, has first sparked rumours of a romance with Wonka actor Timothee, 29, in 2023 but on Friday, she shared a post on Instagram that some of her 393 million followers have deemed cryptic.

The businesswoman took to the social media platform just before the onset of the weekend and posed for her followers while holding a glass of wine. But it was the background music that she used to accompany the snaps that sparked concern of a breakup as they all had a sad message about the breakdown of a relationship within their lyrics. One song was the Jeff Buckley classic Lover, You Should’ve Come over.

That one features the lyrics: “Maybe I’m too young / To keep good love from going wrong / But tonight you’re on my mind / So you never know,’ and ‘Broken down and hungry for your love / With no way to feed it / Where are you tonight, child? / You know how much I need it.” In the chorus, the Hallelujah legend sings: “Lover, you should’ve come over / ‘Cause it’s not too late.” It comes after it emerged Whitney Houston spent her tragic final moments ‘feasting on food’ with gravy boat in bathtub.

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And another song that she posed on her platform was the 1972 single Crying Laughing Loving Lying by Labby Siffre. That song contains the lyrics: “Crying never did nobody no good no how / That’s why I don’t cry,” in the first verse before continuing with “Loving never did me no good no how, no how / That’s why I can’t love you now.”

One fan rushed to X to share a screenshot of the breakup songs and wrote: “I hope Kylie and Timothee are doing good..” after seeing the concerning posts, and another, hopeful that no such split has actually taken place, responded to a photo of their favourite Hollywood couple and said: “They look so good together. I hope they get married.” A third wrote: “Kylie Jenner shines bright like the summer sun, and Timothée Chalamet is lucky to have her by his side.”

Despite the concern on social media, Kylie is yet to address any such breakup directly. The Mirror has contacted reps for comment.

The Kylie Cosmetics mogul first met Bones And All star Timothée when they both showed up to the same Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show in January 2023 for Paris Couture Week.

At the time, celebrity gossip page Deuxmoi shared a video of the two laughing together at the show. The duo also attended the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty in 2023 but were not seen together. Three months later, rumours started swirling about the status of their relationship after an insider claimed to Deuxmoi that they had been seeing each other for months.

According to the source, they started dating in January, which is around the same time as her breakup from Travis Scott, with whom she shares two children.

On April 16, Kylie’s black Range Rover was snapped arriving into the driveway of Timothée’s Beverly Hills home. Soon after, insdiers claimed the duo went on a date to Tito’s Tacos in Santa Monica a week before.

At the time, source told People they were “hanging out and getting to know each other”. Another insider claimed it was still early on in their relationship. Speaking to US Weekly, they explained: “Kylie has only hung out with Timothée a couple of times, so things aren’t that serious. However, she’s enjoying getting to know him better and is open to seeing where things go.

“Timothée is a total gentleman and treats [Kylie] with respect. He’s very charming and he makes her laugh, and he’s easy to talk to. He’s not like any of the other guys she’s dated before.”

The duo do not make too many public appearances together, so fans were thrilled to see them cosying up to one another at a Lakers game in LA at the beginning of May. After spotting the pair at the game, fans flocked to X to share their thoughts. “Kylie is sooooo in love and looks so happy. Love this for her,” one wrote. “Kylie and Timmy are so cute. They’re always all over one another,” another echoed.

“Honestly, Kylie is glowing. Timmy must make her so happy,” someone else suggested. While another fan added: “Have never seen Kylie look so confident and content. She is so madly in love with that man.”