The Spice Girls are set to reunite – all five of them – for a new documentary.
Victoria Beckham, who has previously turned down opportunities to get back together with her bandmates, is tipped to be involved in the new project.
Posh Spice missed the group’s massive stadium tour in 2019, but is believed to be rejoining Geri Halliwell, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton for a documentary charting their rise to stardom, The Hoot reports.
It’s understood that the 90s popstars will work with director Jason Hehir, who was behind the acclaimed Michael Jordon documentary The Last Dance.
Victoria Beckham. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Leeds’ own Melanie Brown, aka Scary Spice, said that her Masked Singer Australia co-star Dave Hughes spilled the beans about the new project.
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She said: “I told Dave, when the cameras were off, that we’ve signed our documentary to the guys that did The Last Dance, and he went and told the whole audience!
“I think I did say, ‘We’ve only just signed it, it hasn’t been announced yet,’ and then he told everyone!”
On Hehir, Mel added: “The director and the whole concept of how that was shot and filmed was really, really, really, really good. So, we’ll be doing our own version with them.”
Victoria Beckham singing Spice Girls at karaoke with her family this week. Credit: Instagram, @davidbeckham
Earlier this week, David Beckham gave his 74.8m followers a blast from the past, sharing a video of wife Victoria singing a Spice Girls hit at karaoke.
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He wrote: “Karaoke night with the one & only Posh Spice.”
He later shared a second video with the caption: “Posh Spice unplugged. last song of the night just for me.”
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BBC issues statement after UK forecast shows ‘hurricane force winds’ up to 14,000mph
Daisy Jackson
The BBC has issued a statement after alarming people across the UK with a weather forecast of hurricane force winds and temperatures of up to 400°C.
Mancs woke up this morning stunned to see predicted wind speeds of up to 14,000mph.
The alarming weather report hit the BBC Weather app today while Hurricane Milton batters Florida across the pond.
One person shared on X: “I guess we need to batten down the hatches with 26,898 mph winds today.”
Another asked: “Why isn’t this forecast making the news? 14,712mph wind sounds dangerous to me!! I’m going back to bed.”
But now the BBC has rushed to reassure people not to be ‘alarmed’ at the prospect of the entire island blowing away.
BBC presenter and meteorologist Simon King shared: “Oops, don’t be alarmed by some of our @bbcweather app data this morning.
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“Be assured there won’t be 14408mph winds, hurricane force winds or overnight temperatures of 404°C.
“It is being looked at and hopefully sorted asap.”
BBC Weather shared: “You may have noticed some data issues on our app and website. We are working hard to fix it quickly. Sorry – please bear with us.
“In the meantime here are Thursday’s weather headlines: -Colder, clearer air moving in -Rain and drizzle in south -Blustery showers near east coast”
And national treasure Carol Kirkwood said live on air: “We are having a technical glitch at the moment. It’s showing wind speeds far too fast, in fact, hurricane strength and that is not the case at all.
“Please don’t be alarmed. We are aware of it and on it.”
At the time of writing, the BBC Weather forecast service is still predicting hurricane force winds for the UK. Eek.
BBC issues statement after UK forecast shows ‘hurricane force winds’ up to 14,000mph
A Paddington Bear statue has been unveiled in the heart of darkest Manchester
Daisy Jackson
An adorable statue of Paddington Bear has been installed in Manchester, inviting passers-by to pull up a seat.
The little likeness to the much-loved animated character is complete with red hat, blue duffle coat and even his emergency marmalade sandwich.
The Paddington Bear statue has been installed as part of the Paddington Visits trail right across the UK and Ireland, celebrating the upcoming release of Paddington in Peru.
The third installment of the heart-warming film series is set for release on 8 November 2024.
The Paddington statue in Manchester has been constructed onto a bench with space beside him to sit with the loveable bear, and will be in situ for at least the next year.
He’s appeared in the middle of Spinningfields at Hardman Square.
Hugh Bonneville, who plays Mr. Brown in the Paddington films, said: “I am thrilled to reveal we are going to be unveiling a number of benches across the UK, all featuring a statue of our beloved bear.
“Ahead of the new film, fans, families and friends can sit down and have a chat with the marmalade loving bear, so watch this space for more information about Paddington…coming to a bench near you!”
In Paddington in Peru, Paddington will return home to the Peruvian jungle to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, now a resident at the Home for Retired Bears.
With The Brown Family and Mrs Bird in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mysterious disappearance plunges them into an unexpected journey from the Amazon rainforest to the mountain peaks of Peru.
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27th July 2022 
