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The Sun
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Only 1 in 5 people can find all 5 differences in this tricky rain-soaked crime scene in under 45 seconds – can you?
TRUE crime fans are urged to put their detective skills to the test with this tricky new brainteaser. Everyone can see the stiletto, but only those with the mind of Sherlock Holmes will be able to spot the five differences between the two pictures in 45 seconds. 2 With crime shows such as Line of Duty and Happy Valley dominating TV screens over the past decade, many viewers have learned a trick or two about how to spot when something looks fishy. But do you have the skills to be a real detective? Whether you're trying to improve your sight, or test your IQ, this puzzle will prove a challenge to many readers. Put your observation skills to the test and figure out whether you have what it takes to spot five differences in just a few seconds. Make sure to set your stopwatch before undertaking this challenge, to make it extra hard for yourself. If you can do it in under 45 seconds, you are said to have the eyes of an eagle. The perplexing puzzle, provided by I-Spy Detectives depicts two images of a rainy crime scene. At first glance, it looks like both of the images are exactly the same. However, those with the brains of Poirot will immediately be able tell that this is not the case. There are in fact, a total of five differences between the two images. Everyone can see the beach but only those with a high IQ can spot five differences in 32 seconds in this brainteaser Unless you're lucky enough to spot the differences straight away, we recommend analysing the images very closely. The visual deception of this puzzle will have you peeling your eyes, but the payoff is worth it. If you need a hint, we recommend focusing on the bottom half of the image. One of the differences can be found in the bottom left hand corner of the image. How can optical illusions and brainteasers help me? Engaging in activities like solving optical illusions and brainteasers can have many cognitive benefits as it can stimulate various brain regions. Some benefits include: Cognitive stimulation: Engaging in these activities challenges the brain, promoting mental agility and flexibility. Problem-solving skills: Regular practice enhances analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Memory improvement: These challenges often require memory recall and can contribute to better memory function. Creativity: They encourage thinking outside the box, fostering creativity and innovative thought processes. Focus and attention: Working on optical illusions and brainteasers requires concentration, contributing to improved focus. Stress relief: The enjoyable nature of these puzzles can act as a form of relaxation and stress relief. If you're looking for more of a challenge, this clever puzzle asks you to find the playing card suits that are the wrong colour. And only those with the eyes of a hawk will be able to spot the two odd items out in this summer themed brainteaser. Festival fans are challenged to spot the drummer hidden in this festival scene. And finally, jewellery fans are urged to locate the diamond ring hidden at the beach in this summer puzzle. Coming back to our challenge, were you able to solve it in under 45 seconds? For those struggling to find the answer, we have marked the solution for you. 2
Times
11-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Adrian Dunbar: ‘On holiday during the Troubles, everything felt freer'
Adrian Dunbar, 67, is an actor, director and singer from Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. His film and television credits include My Left Foot, The Crying Game, Ashes to Ashes and Hear My Song, which he also co-wrote. Dunbar played the role of Ted Hastings in Line of Duty, rumoured to be returning next year. He lives in Highgate, north London, with his wife, Anna. He is stepfather to Anna's son Ted, 45, and they also share a daughter, Madeleine, 37. I had something of a Mark Twain childhood in the Sixties. Summers were all about fishing on lakes and holidaying in Bundoran, a popular surf town on Ireland's west coast. My home town, Enniskillen, might only be a few miles away from the Northern Irish border, but crossing over felt like entering into a much freer, more open and easier society. This was during the Troubles, so going on holiday had a kind of double whammy: you'd hit the open air and seaside, and you could just run free. Bundoran had a mini-Blackpool vibe with slot machines, a huge dancehall called the Astoria, rides, and piped music (it was often the Beatles). All these decades later, Bundoran is still a large feature of my life, as I have a house nearby. I always look forward to returning to Belfast when filming Line of Duty. Vicky [McClure], Martin [Compston] and I stay in the same apartment block. We're up too early for a big breakfast during the week, but I'll often cook us a fry-up on a Saturday morning. • What to do in New Zealand I've visited some fantastic places — some for work, others not. At drama school in the early 1980s, I had a very lovely girlfriend called Anat Topol, daughter of Chaim Topol, known for playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Anat and I visited Israel together on a number of occasions; on one trip we travelled to Galilee and Kamon, then on to Be'er Sheva, Eilat and all the way down to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. I was introduced to a lot of very interesting Israelis who gave me an amazing insight into the country, and I remain friends with them to this day. When the kids were young, around 30 years ago, we took them out of school on an extended holiday for three months — we thought, this is for their education, so let's take them out and just do it. We started in Thailand, where we visited Bangkok and Chiang Mai and several small villages along the way. After a couple of weeks we flew to Sydney, where my wife Anna is from, to meet all her relatives. From there we went up north to Cape Tribulation, Byron Bay, Manly and Watsons Bay, ending the trip in Bali, Ubud and Candi Dasa in Indonesia. It's a trip we still look back on, and it was really educational. • Best hotels in Bali In 2005 I filmed Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped for the BBC in New Zealand and Tasmania. In New Zealand we filmed in Alexandra, Auckland, Oamaru and Queenstown, where during my time off I set out alone on a six-day tramp through the hills in snowy weather conditions. I stocked up on nuts, bread, cheese and tinned sardines and set off for Glenorchy, a lovely spot at the start of the Greenstone cable track, planning to stay in these huts along the route that you have to pre-book. I trekked the first 14km without any issues, arriving late at night to the first hut, and I was on the road early again the next morning. The scenery was spectacular and it looked like the sort of vista you'd see in Scotland or the west of Ireland, except suddenly there would be a 4ft-long mountain parrot ripping the bark off a tree, looking for grubs. • Best places to visit in Thailand When I reached the next hut I realised I didn't have enough food, because I was burning a lot of calories wading through deep snow. Fortunately four old Kiwis arrived and took pity on me, giving me a delicious bowl of rice pudding with raisins and cinnamon. Over the next few days I built fires, helped an American boy who had fallen into a hole and joined forces with two paratroopers for part of the walk. It was a fantastic trip — I loved it. We film Ridley on the Lancashire Moors, and during filming I stay in central Manchester, in an apartment around Cutting Room Square. I love the city — there are so many great restaurants and bars and the people chat to you. A friend of mine owns This &That, an Indian restaurant in the town centre, which is great value: for £7.50 you get rice, three curries and a garlic naan. • Where to eat in Manchester One of the reasons I got excited about Ridley was to be in the moors, among the old industrial wasteland and the beautiful hills and valleys. We shoot during winter, which is quite bleak, but there's a stark beauty that's wonderful. Having said that, it's not so nice when you're on the side of a hill and your face is so frozen that you can't two of Ridley airs 8pm on Sunday nights on ITV and STV and streams on ITVX and STV Player In our weekly My Hols interview, famous faces from the worlds of film, sport, politics, and more share their travel stories from childhood to the present day. Read more My Hols interviews here
Daily Mirror
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Adrian Dunbar lets slip huge hint on Line Of Duty's future series
Line Of Duty star Adrian Dunbar, known for his role as Supt Ted Hastings, was asked about the future series of the fan-favourite programme, which came to an end in 2021 Adrian Dunbar teased the future of Line Of Duty during his appearance on This Morning on Thursday morning. The actor won critical acclaim for his role as no-nonsense anti-corruption Superintendent Ted Hastings in the BBC police drama, starring alongside Martin Compston and Vicky McClure. The series six finale episode of Line of Duty consolidated with a figure of 16 million viewers in 2021. While the ending received a mixed review from fans, most fans have been speculating on the possible return of another series. Adrian added fuel to the fire while speaking to Emma Willis and Joel Dommett on the ITV morning programme. When quizzed about whether he was "excited to go back", the 67-year-old actor said: "Yeah. When it happens, yes. Absolutely we'll be excited to go back." Love Is Blind UK host Emma then asked whether it actually "will happen". It comes after Gary Lineker 'signs a huge deal with ITV to host new show' after BBC exit. Adrian said: "We actually don't know if it's going to happen. I actually called my agent this morning to see if there's anymore news but there isn't any real definite news, sadly. So we're just going to have to wait." It's not the first time he was quizzed about the fan-favourite series. Asked for an update on a rumoured new series, he recently told Radio Times: 'Myself, Martin and Vicky talk all the time, but Jed [Mercurio, the series creator], not so much, because he's working on a project in the US at the minute. "So yeah, we're very tight, and we'll meet up and have a curry, then the internet goes mad if we're all seen together. There were signs that we were going to be doing something next year. "We're all waiting for the BBC to say, 'Yeah, it's happening'. An official confirmation is what we're waiting on, but all the signs are very good. Jed hasn't given us any updates – he's beavering away, I suspect.' In series six, DSU Ian Buckells, played by Nigel Boyle, was unmasked as the mysterious H, the corrupt police officer at the top of a criminal conspiracy. However, fans and critics were split over the reveal with thousands taking to social media saying they felt let down and others praising the decision to avoid a more dramatic conclusion. On X, formerly twitter, show creator Jed Mercurio responded to viewers with varying degrees of sympathy for their complaints. He told one user called Katie: 'It's interesting how many of the people most critical of the finale were wanting more thrills and action. This is the problem with attempting to satisfy all viewers' expectations. It's just not possible, I'm afraid.'
Yahoo
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Adrian Dunbar shares Line of Duty series 7 update
The star of the BBC drama told This Morning he called his agent to find out "more news". What did you miss? News just in from Adrian Dunbar - the Line of Duty star has revealed he got an update on series seven as recently as this morning (7 August), but it contradicts his recent comments about the show's future. Appearing on This Morning on Thursday, 7 August, Dunbar was in the studio to talk about ITV detective show Ridley. But it wasn't long before hosts Joel Dommett and Emma Willis gave in to temptation and asked him about BBC hit Line of Duty. Since the series six finale in 2021, fans have been obsessing over whether there will be another instalment, with varying responses from key cast members Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston. But despite his recent confirmation that series seven was on the way, Dunbar told Dommett and Willis he had called his agent about the show just hours earlier and had been told "there isn't any more real definite news". What, how and why? Dunbar might have been a guest on ITV's This Morning to talk about the broadcaster's own cop show starring him, Ridley, but even the hosts couldn't resist steering the conversation towards his BBC police procedural hit Line of Duty. He plays Ted Hastings alongside McClure as Kate Fleming and Compston as Steve Arnott in the hugely successful drama from Jed Mercurio about police corruption investigators AC-12 and fans are desperate for news of whether there will ever be a seventh series. Willis asked him of his co-stars over the years: "Do you have favourites?" and Dunbar delighted Line of Duty fans everywhere by replying: "Vicky and Martin, obviously." It nicely teed up a question about the show's future and Dunbar said: "When it happens, yes, absolutely we'll be excited to go back." But he continued: "We actually don't know if it's going to happen. I actually called my agent this morning to see was there any more news, but there isn't any more real definite news about it sadly, so we're just going to have to wait. "Everybody wants to know that it's happening, and so do we." Read more: The best Line of Duty series 7 theories, from H rumour to red herring Anna Maxwell Martin reveals Line Of Duty secret Adrian Dunbar wants Line of Duty return before he needs a Zimmer frame Reflecting on the show's runaway success, he said: "It was extraordinary. First series was great, second series just took off with Keeley (Hawes) and Craig Parkinson and it just started to build from there. "Because of the twists and turns, I think nobody wanted to come into work on Monday and not know what had happened in Line of Duty over the weekend. You had to know, so that just built and then it became a thing. We didn't really realise that it would get to these sort of heights, but it's great that it has." What has Adrian Dunbar said about Line of Duty 7 before? The actor's most recent comments will be a disappointment to fans after implying in an interview just a week earlier that the show's return was imminent. Dunbar had told The Times: "We're really excited about getting our hands on a Line of Duty script, to see what happens to us. Jed is writing. We've talked to the BBC. It is down to the BBC to make an announcement, but we're keeping our fingers crossed that next year we'll be working on a new series. No doubt Jed will think of some interesting twists and turns." He had also acknowledged viewers' issues with the big series six reveal that bungling cop Ian Buckells was crime lord H, a question that had plagued the drama since series one and which many thought was an anticlimactic result. Dunbar said: "When you find out it is this idiot, Buckells, it is so frustrating. There is a scene where the three of us are told who it is, and we look at each other and go, 'What?' We asked Jed to write that scene because we realised how our audience would feel. "But Jed's point was that police corruption can hang on one cop deciding to ignore one piece of information that comes across his desk." This Morning airs on ITV1 at 10am on weekdays.
The Independent
07-08-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Line of Duty star says people ‘jumped to conclusions' about Kneecap
Adrian Dunbar, who stars as Ted Hastings in Line of Duty, has defended the rap trio Kneecap, saying that people "jumped to conclusions" about the group amidst recent controversies. Kneecap has faced several show cancellations and was recently banned from entering Hungary, which they attribute to a "smear campaign" due to their support for Palestine. One of Kneecap's members, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (Mo Chara), was charged with a terrorism offence in May for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a London gig – a charge he denies. The group has been criticised for alleged comments made at gigs, including "kill your local MP", but has since apologised and denied supporting Hamas or Hezbollah. Dunbar, who recently attended a Kneecap gig with his daughter, described the Belfast trio as 'a band of good musicians' who 'make great music' and promote the Irish language.
