CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt today said that watching Brits queue up to see Barbie has inspired him to turn Hertfordshire into Hollywood.
The Treasury has slashed taxes for movie makers in a bid to bring them to Britain.
Ministers want blockbuster producers to move from sunny LA to locations such as Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire and Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
Filming for the Barbie movie, which topped £1bn in the box office, mainly took place in the Southwest of England.
ARE you wanting to leave your windows open in the heat but don’t want pesky flies coming into your home?
Thankfully B&M has a very affordable solution - and people are hailing it a game-changer.
B&M’s official TikTok page uploaded a video showing some of their “must have” summer products.
First up was an Easy Fit Insect Window Screen that you can pick up for just £3.
And second was a magnetic insect door screen that can be yours for £4.
WATER chiefs officially declared a drought on one of Britain’s wettest days of the year.
As forecasters issued a “danger to life” warning due to flash floods, Affinity Water even threatened customers with a hosepipe ban.
Homeowners who had battened down the hatches as remnants of Hurricane Humberto hit received an email telling them to reduce their shower times by one minute.
It was also suggested they use a water butt to help with water wastage, despite more than a month’s rain falling in six hours.
CHILLING CCTV images show the Ford Fiesta driven by the tragic group of teens - moments before they are killed in a horror crash in Snowdonia.
Harvey Owen, 17, Jevon Hirst, 16, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, can be seen driving through Harlech, North Wales at around 11:30am on Sunday, on their way to the mountains.
Just minutes later the teens were killed when their silver hatchback veered off a wet and windy country lane in the village of Garreg - just eight miles away.
MANY dieters do their utmost to make sure they "walk off" any extra calories they've consumed throughout the day.
But it turns out you're going to have to walk a lot further than you may think to burn off the calories you munch on at your favourite high street restaurants.
And if you want a good old Nando's chicken and chips or a Pizza Hut pizza, you're going to have to walk more than a half marathon - which would take you over five hours at a moderate pace.