Month: March 2023

Several consequences could follow the French government’s use of Article 49.3 of the constitution to pass President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform without a vote in the National Assembly on Thursday. They include no-confidence motion against the government, the dissolution of the Assembly, and ongoing street protests. FRANCE 24 breaks down the options for the opposition and the president.

Hill was forced to apologise on air (Picture: BBC)

A BBC presenter was forced to apologise after a live blunder on Saturday afternoon.

Introducing the next segment on BBC One at 5.20pm, broadcaster Jane Hill began: ‘Now it’s the final weekend of the Rugby Union Six Nations, and Ireland have just kicked off against England.

‘Ireland are hoping to secure the title, but France’s win against Wales earlier kept alive their hopes of remaining champions.

‘Ben Croucher has been watching.’

The clip then cut to a picture of what appeared to be a ‘Make America Great Again’ rally, which saw hundreds of people in a crowded room amongst American flags.

After a few seconds, the clip returned to Hill, who said: ‘Goodness, I am so sorry.

📺 BBC News hijacked with a Trump – Make America Great Again rally photo instead of the rugby report.Presenter looked in total shock 😂 pic.twitter.com/uQun8rlNsD— Jamie Jenkins (@statsjamie) March 18, 2023

This isn’t what was meant to be shown on screen (Picture: BBC)

‘That is absolutely not the sort of story, we don’t want to be bringing you on a very big sporting weekend as it is.

‘I do apologise, I hope we’ll have more on the Six Nations later on.’

More to come…

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Love Island star Montana Brown has shared an adorable clip revealing the gender of her first baby with boyfriend Mark O’Connor.

The reality TV star, 27, shared the exciting news on her Instagram, after announcing her pregnancy on Christmas Eve last year.

‘Baby O’Connor is a….’ she captioned the clip, which showed her stunning gender reveal party with family and friends.

In it, Montana stands out from the lavish white and cream decor in a brown maxi dress showing off her blossoming bump.

The clip then cuts to the happy couple standing by a balloon, and popping it to reveal it’s a… boy!

The pair look absolutely ecstatic to see the blue confetti, sharing a sweet kiss.

It’s a… (Picture: instagram/montanarosebrown1

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The post was showered in love, with Towie star Amber Turner writing: ‘Ahh congratulations this is too cute,’ as Love Island 2022 contestant Antigoni Buxton penned: ‘Awww so excited for you’.

Montana has been sharing her pregnancy journey with the world, previously opening up about how the pregnancy was unexpected, after hormone struggles she faced.

Answering questions on Instagram, she revealed: ‘This was planned, however, I didn’t realise for ages that I was pregnant, because we were trying earlier on in the year and it wasn’t happening.

‘I had loads of tests done through Pippa Campbell, found out I had really low levels of oestrogen and testosterone, which I was really surprised at.’

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‘I thought it’s going to take us a bit longer,’ she added, before saying: ‘And then Bob’s your uncle Fanny’s your aunt, it was very very random and unexpected, but it was planned.’

She elsewhere spoke about her early symptoms, feeling ‘sick’ and having ‘hot sweats’ for the ‘first three week’.

‘I had excruciating pain, shooting pain, and that’s why I didn’t think I was pregnant, I was like, this hurts, I thought I had a gall stone or appendicitis or something,’ she said.

In another video, Montana explained being ‘over the moon’ and ‘overjoyed’ when she found out she was pregnant, thinking that it wasn’t ‘that likely’ and Mark had to convince her to take the pregnancy test.

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Montana has previously spoken about how romance blossomed with ex-rugby player Mark during the second coronavirus lockdown before going Instagram official in 2021.

Their relationship came after Montana, from Hertfordshire tried to find love on Love Island, back in 2017, coming in fifth place with Alex Beattie.

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