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Daily Mirror
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Radio 1 Big Weekend drinks prices and inside swanky Guest Area
Guests at Radio 1 Big Weekend can enjoy a lavish weekend at the musical extravaganza with the bar offering an array of summertime beverages at inflated prices Guests can kick back in style at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool. Famous faces and friends and family of artists don't have to worry about waiting in the long queues for the bar or food outlets. Instead, they can head into the swanky Guest Area which is nestled away from the main stage. Here, they can relax on inflatable sofas under a large canopy and watch all the performances on a huge TV screen. Tucked away at the side of the Guest Area are two food trucks - a street food vendor and a Caribbean food outlet. But if you're still feeling festival ready and haven't been hit by the wind or rain, you can make the most of a BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend Photo Booth to capture a memory from the weekend. It's not just a bar and food guests can make the most of though, there are dedicated toilets just for Guests that are cleaned regularly by on-site staff meaning you don't have to wait in the long queues and use the main arena toilets. Drinks prices Beers and ciders Madri - £3.60 half / £7 pint Carling Black Fruits - £3.65 half / £7.20 pint Aspall Cyder - £3.65 half / £7.20 pint Alpacalypse IPA - £3.80 half / £7.50 pint Wine Most Wanted Malbec / Pale Rose - £8.20 (187ml) / £30 (750ml) Most Wanted Pinot Grigio - £30 (750ml) Most Wanted Sauvignon Blanc - £8.20 (187ml) Most Wanted Pinot Grigio Fizz - £9.20 (200ml) Most Wanted Alcohol Free Fizz - £7 (200ml) Most Wanted Pinot Grigio Pink Fizz - £9.20 (200ml) Cans and spirits Au Pink Lemonade - £8.60 (330ml) Au Pineapple Crush - £8.60 (330ml) Tanqueray Gin and Tonic - £8.50 (250ml) Dead Mans Finger and Cola - £8.60 (330ml) Pimms and Lemonade - £8.50 (250ml) Johnnie Walker and Lemonade - £8.50 (250ml) El Rayo Shot - £6.20 (25ml) Sambuca shot - £5.75 (25ml) Cazcabel Cafe Shot - £6.20 (25ml) Clean Co 0% Gin / Rum - £7 (50ml) Cocktails Mixtons Cocktails - £9.95 (250ml) Mojito twist Passion fruit martini twist Apertivo twist Slosh pop lolly - £8.50 Cloudy limoncello Mango and passionfruit daquiri Margarita Mojito Pina colada Seltzers Arrowtown Hard Selzters - £8 (330ml) Mango and pineapple Peach and raspberry Black cherry and apple Soft drinks Coca Cola - £2.80 (330ml) Coke Zero / Sprite Zero / Fanta Zero / Old Jamaica - £2.70 (330ml) Monster Energy Drink - £4.40 (500ml) Orange juice - £2.70 (250ml) Schweppes Soda / Tonic - £2.70 (150ml) Life Water - £2.70 (330ml)
Scottish Sun
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
The night Mark Wright desperately tried to pull me while working at infamous TOWIE club where 1D star was booted out
One footballer had his £25,000 watch and gold chain ripped from him while he sat drinking champagne with a bevvy of beauties FACE OFF The night Mark Wright desperately tried to pull me while working at infamous TOWIE club where 1D star was booted out IT was the legendary TOWIE haunt that hosted wannabe gangsters, X-rated fancy dress nights... and even superstars like One Direction, Pharrell Williams and Lindsay Lohan. Faces Nightclub, in Gants Hill, Essex, was 'a golden ticket' for TV show Z-listers, who were able to mingle with the unlikely mob of Hollywood actors and Premier League footballers who graced its halls. 15 Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan at Faces nightclub in 2013 Credit: Rex 15 The showbiz haunt was famous for its risque parties. Pictured, Danielle Lloyd celebrates her brithday with Jermaine Defoe Credit: Express Syndication 15 Former podium dancer Kayla Wild, pictured right, worked at Faces for years Credit: Supplied And the boozy antics there were legendary, with scandal-hit TV host Jermaine Jenas pictured receiving a lapdance, Zayn Malik seen being escorted off the premises and WAG Danielle Lloyd hosting scores of lingerie-clad parties. Former owner Tony Bee boasted it was 'probably the most quoted club on TV and in the press' and for good reason, according to former Faces dancer Kayla Wild, 37. Reflecting on its wild heyday, she dubs it 'a knock-off Wolf of Wall Street' and "plastic gangsters' paradise", where drugs were rife and uninhibited TOWIE stars went wild. Among them, she claims, was Mark Wright, who desperately tried to woo her after she was dispatched to their table to perform and encourage them to down trays of black Sambuca shots. 'I was told to hype them up, basically be attractive and have a bit of flirty chat,' Kayla, now an OnlyFans model, tells The Sun. 'It's because that's how VIPs liked you to behave. You'd dance on the table so that the money flowed and the men were happy, drunk and whatnot. 'I remember Mark whispering into my ear, 'What are you doing after?' and said, 'Come back with me, there's a back door, they'll let you out there. Come back with me.' 'But a friend of mine was having a house party elsewhere that night, so I left out the front door instead and didn't go with him. 'The TOWIE lot were always there and you'd get looks off them, like 'I'm more special than anyone else'. 'They obviously viewed themselves as celebrities, whereas I was the dancer so was looked down upon, even though I knew Fern McCann, Sam and Billie Faiers, and others from the show. Georgia Steel snogs Sam Bird in Faces Nightclub 15 James Argent glugging from a giant bottle of Grey Goose vodka Credit: Louis Wood - The Sun 15 One Direction's Zayn Malik is escorted out of Faces looking rather under the weather Credit: Xposure 15 Ex-footballer and TV host Jermaine Jenas gets a lapdance Credit: Alamy 'I used to work with Fern as a waitress, she even came to one of my birthdays. But the TOWIE lot pretended they didn't know me." Kayla, who spent three years working there until 2013, was paid £150 a night as a dancer to entertain the VIPs, encourage them to get drunk and splash their cash. The TOWIE gang were regulars, with Gemma Collins admitting getting in was 'like having a golden ticket'. 'It was very much the scene to be in… it had a VIP guest list from the world of TV, fashion and sport,' she recalled in her autobiography. 'It was most talked about club outside of the West End… You literally could rub shoulders with Premier League footballers and many girls went just to try to snare themselves a rich player.' Club snaps show James Argent glugging from a giant bottle of Grey Goose vodka, Sam Faiers downing shots with then-boyfriend Mark Wright and Joey Essex regularly leaving with different women. Sophie Kasaei, Lauren Goodger and Billie Faiers often entered dolled up to the nines, only to emerge considerably less groomed in the early hours after one too many tipples. You literally could rub shoulders with Premier League footballers and many girls went just to try to snare themselves a rich player Gemma Collins Footballers from across the spectrum showed up, including ex superstars like Teddy Sheringham, Jamie Redknapp and Sol Campbell. Regulars like WAG Danielle Lloyd threw birthday bashes, including one with a 'pimps and tarts' theme and for her 25th, donned raunchy Cinderella-inspired lingerie. X Factor party animal Frankie Cocozza partied there and schmoozer Calum Best was a regular. Even huge US celebs like Pharrell entered accompanied by an entourage and hellraiser Lindsay Lohan 'looked terrified', considering it 'a bit of a comedown from her usual glam nights', according to Kayla. 15 Pharrell Williams leaving Faces nightclub with his entourage Credit: 15 Lindsay Lohan visiting with DJ Samantha Ronson Credit: Goff Photos 15 Former Miss GB Danielle Lloyd at her 'Pimps and Tarts' party alongside then boyfriend Jermain Defoe Credit: Matrix 15 Kayla inside the grotty kitchen where podium dancers would get changed Credit: Supplied 15 In one horrifying brawl, a 20-year-old man punched a woman unconscious Darkest days These days, the nightclub appears to be rebuilding its reputation after a string of scandals, which eventually saw its celeb appeal fade away. The venue has faced multiple closures since its 1993 launch - including once due to a big drug raid - and eventually relaunched in 2021 after shutting sing down for a year. Recalling its infamous heyday, Kayla says: 'It had this dodgy air to it, like 'God this is risky'. Drugs were rife, there were fights and once I remember there was a stabbing. 'It had the rowdy essence that's sugarcoated in Essex glamour, while everyone's competing over who's got the most money and whose dad is the richest. 'They loved it. It was full of these rowdy fellas, all Essex city boys who were wannabe gangsters. That sort of vibe." This drunk girl grabbed my friend's hair, pulled her to the floor. I had to get security. It was quite scary, they had to drag the other girl out and ban her. Kayla Wild The darker side to Faces was well-known amongst its celebrity clientelle too. In 2003, ex-Chelsea defender Ashley Cole had his £25,000 Rolex and gold chain stolen while he sat drinking champagne with two girls. In 2007, Faces was forced to close for a month after a drugs raid saw 11 people arrested for possession of cocaine and ecstasy, which could be bought 'quite openly'. And a year later, a mass brawl broke out when Spurs man Ledley King tried to force his way into the club after being evicted for being too drunk after the club's Carling Cup win. In 2018, amid a rise in rowdy teens attending, horrifying footage emerged showing a thug punching a woman unconscious on the pavement outside the Essex hotspot. It would lead to the club being rebranded 'Faeces' by locals due to the squalor and regular scenes of violence. Kayla recalls that less glamorous side to the club, revealing their dressing rooms where they changed into saucy lingerie was 'a shabby kitchen where the washing-up boys worked'. 'I'd enter wearing UGG boots and joggers and leave in these skimpy outfits - leopard-print bikinis, everything was minuscule and booby with stockings and hold-ups and six-inch high heels,' she says. 15 Danielle Lloyd in a kinky Cinderella-style outfit to mark her 25th birthday Credit: Alamy 15 X Factor party animal Frankie Cocozza was a regular Credit: Alamy 15 Kayla says they had to wear the skimpiest outfits imaginable Credit: Supplied Dancers like Kayla were the main entertainment, performing four 20-minute slots between 10pm and 2am. And most of the time, they were in the firing line. Kayla recalls: 'This drunk girl grabbed my friend's hair, pulled her to the floor. I had to get security. It was quite scary, they had to drag the other girl out and ban her.' 'Girls there had an issue because of how we looked and dressed, we'd get mugged off in the sense that they would mouth 'She's ugly' or pick at your appearance. 'There was a lot of jealousy because all the men's eyes, including their boyfriends', were always on us, not them. 'Then on the pole, you had people touching you, pulling at you, trying to come up on the poll. Lots of letchy men, but that was the norm. 'It was absolutely iconic and a definite era, but it was a paradox too. While there was extravagance, money and sexiness, it felt like it was a bit risky and you were quite vulnerable too.'
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sambuca, an original restaurant in The Gulch, closes after 20 years
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A foundational restaurant in one of Nashville's most popular neighborhoods has closed. Sambuca Nashville opened 20 years ago in The Gulch, before the area became what it is now. The restaurant announced their immediate closure on Monday, March 24. In fact, Sunday was their last day open at their spot along 12th Avenue South. 'Safe Bar' program expands in Nashville and new app makes participating bars easy to find 'A place like Sambuca that's been around since before the Gulch as we know today was created is kind of a difficult day,' said Malick Gaye with Nashville's Chamber of Commerce. Sambuca opened in 2005, when most of the surrounding businesses and apartment complexes were just being built, and the area was still largely a railroad yard. Over that time, the restaurant helped form the identity of The Gulch. In a Facebook post announcing their closure, the restaurant blamed a 'perfect storm' of COVID and rising costs for the decision. News 2 reached out for comment from Sambuca on Tuesday but did not hear back. | READ MORE | 'One of the benefits of growth is you have all these new places and restaurants and things to check out, but sometimes that creates a strain on the demand for the folks that have been here for sometime,' said Metro Councilman Jacob Kupin. 'It's just really important to hopefully get ahead of that.' 'We know the incoming migration into the Gulch is what's causing a couple of demographic shifts,' explained Gaye. 'We're not necessarily seeing oversaturation in Nashville; what we are seeing is new ideas, new companies, new concepts.' The Gulch is now a 'young professionals' hub, according to the Nashville Chamber, and it's only becoming more dense. Councilman Kupin said he's currently working with other businesses in the Gulch that are struggling to stay alive. He added that impending transit and housing improvements in the area should hopefully help businesses stay open long-term. ⏩ 'I think it's essential, as we see growth, to also focus on how do we protect the businesses that got us here,' said Kupin. 'There's a couple of businesses, right now, at risk of closure that I've been personally working with to try and figure out how can they stay in their building, how can they stay in their space. So, of course, it's a challenge.' It's important to note that Sambuca had a Houston-based location that opened prior to Nashville's, over 20 years ago; that restaurant also closed this past December. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Yahoo
Dad killed in crash by soldier who had 'ten lagers'
A soldier who died when the car he was driving crashed into another vehicle, killing its driver, had drunk ten lagers plus shots of Sambuca before getting behind the wheel, an inquest heard. Witness statements revealed 27-year-old Lance Corporal Adam Milton, from Ballyclare in Northern Ireland, was more than three times the legal alcohol limit when he crashed on the A53 near Market Drayton in Shropshire last year. A forensic crash investigator estimated Mr Milton had been travelling at more than 100 miles an hour, and said he was "wholly responsible" for the events. The other man killed was Wayne Neville, a 42-year-old father-of-two from Market Drayton. He too died at the scene. Mr Milton served with the Royal Irish Regiment and was based at Clive Barracks in Tern Hill, Shropshire. A passenger in his car on the night in question, Mervin Young, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He was an infantry soldier who lived in the same corridor as Mr Milton at Clive Barracks, and provided to the hearing details of their intoxication. He said the pair started drinking at about 19:00 BST on 6 September, and estimated that they had consumed "about ten lagers each" and "shots of Sambuca from the bottle". He told the court he could not "remember getting into the car with Adam", and aside from momentary memories of his "good friend" driving, he could not "recall anything else until [he] woke up in hospital". Mr Young apologised to the families of both men for not being able to remember more. The inquest heard the two cars - a silver Volkswagen Passat driven by Mr Milton, and a Nissan Almira driven by Mr Neville - crashed head on at 23:57 BST that day. The busy stretch of the A53 where the crash happened, between the Tern Hill and Muller roundabouts, has a speed limit of 60mph. A toxicology report for Mr Milton - a father of two - stated his blood alcohol content was 260mg/dl, with the legal limit being 80mg/dl. Forensic pathologists determined his primary cause of death to be "multiple traumatic injuries", with "acute alcohol intoxication" a secondary cause. Mr Neville's cause of death was confirmed to be "multiple traumatic injuries". Another witness, farmer David Swinnerton, told the inquest he was travelling on the A41 between Newport and Tern Hill when Mr Milton's silver Volkswagen Passat overtook him, cutting in behind the car in front "at speed". Mr Swinnerton remarked that he "was amazed [the Volkswagen] didn't hit the car", and noticed the vehicle doing another overtake up ahead. Anthony Higginson, his sister Louise Taylor, and their father were dropping off family in Market Drayton when they encountered Mr Milton's car, the court heard. "Behind me I could hear the squealing of tyres," Mr Higginson recalled, adding that he saw the Volkswagen "hit the grass verge" as it overtook them. "I remember saying out loud 'look at this idiot'," he added. Ms Taylor said she remembered thinking that it was "an accident waiting to happen", as the driver "didn't seem to have control". Mr Higginson added that after a short time, he heard "a loud bang", soon encountering "debris and glass on the road". Discovering the crash, the family then called the emergency services. A forensic collision investigator for West Mercia Police stated that both cars' speedometers were frozen by the crash, meaning the speed at which they were travelling could be estimated. Mr Neville was travelling between 30 and 35mph, he said, while Mr Milton was driving at a speed of between 102 and 104mph. The court heard that examinations found Mr Neville had applied his car's brakes, but Mr Milton had not. The investigator concluded that Mr Milton's Volkswagen "made no attempt to avoid collision", which occurred due to a "combination of excess alcohol, excess speed, and the Volkswagen being on the wrong side of the road". "The driver of the Volkswagen [Mr Milton] was wholly responsible for the collision," he stated. Speaking to Mr Neville's family and friends - ten of whom had packed out the small court room - the coroner said it was "a testament to Wayne that you are all here". In September 2024, Mrs Neville paid tribute to her husband - known as "Nevdog" to those close to him. "Our hearts are broken, and we all miss him terribly," she said, adding that "he was a loving and devoted husband, a thoughtful brother and son, and an amazing and caring father to Morgan and Ruby." "I love you more, the end, I win - your Mrs Nevdog." Concluding the proceedings, coroner John Ellery recorded that both men had died due to a road traffic collision. Mr Ellery acknowledged that while his "role isn't to apportion blame", he agreed with investigators' statements that Mr Milton was "wholly responsible" for the crash. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Wife's tribute to devoted husband after fatal crash Both drivers dead in two-car crash on major road Victim's family fight killer's open prison move
BBC News
20-02-2025
- BBC News
Market Drayton: Soldier 'drank ten lagers' before fatal A53 crash
A soldier who died when the car he was driving crashed into another vehicle, killing its driver, had drunk ten lagers plus shots of Sambuca before getting behind the wheel, an inquest statements revealed 27-year-old Lance Corporal Adam Milton, from Ballyclare in Northern Ireland, was more than three times the legal alcohol limit when he crashed on the A53 near Market Drayton in Shropshire last year.A forensic crash investigator estimated Mr Milton had been travelling at more than 100 miles an hour, and said he was "wholly responsible" for the other man killed was Wayne Neville, a 42-year-old father-of-two from Market Drayton. He too died at the scene. Mr Milton served with the Royal Irish Regiment and was based at Clive Barracks in Tern Hill, Shropshire.A passenger in his car on the night in question, Mervin Young, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He was an infantry soldier who lived in the same corridor as Mr Milton at Clive Barracks, and provided to the hearing details of their said the pair started drinking at about 19:00 BST on 6 September, and estimated that they had consumed "about ten lagers each" and "shots of Sambuca from the bottle".He told the court he could not "remember getting into the car with Adam", and aside from momentary memories of his "good friend" driving, he could not "recall anything else until [he] woke up in hospital".Mr Young apologised to the families of both men for not being able to remember more. The inquest heard the two cars - a silver Volkswagen Passat driven by Mr Milton, and a Nissan Almira driven by Mr Neville - crashed head on at 23:57 BST that day. The busy stretch of the A53 where the crash happened, between the Tern Hill and Muller roundabouts, has a speed limit of 60mph.A toxicology report for Mr Milton - a father of two - stated his blood alcohol content was 260mg/dl, with the legal limit being 80mg/ pathologists determined his primary cause of death to be "multiple traumatic injuries", with "acute alcohol intoxication" a secondary Neville's cause of death was confirmed to be "multiple traumatic injuries". Another witness, farmer David Swinnerton, told the inquest he was travelling on the A41 between Newport and Tern Hill when Mr Milton's silver Volkswagen Passat overtook him, cutting in behind the car in front "at speed".Mr Swinnerton remarked that he "was amazed [the Volkswagen] didn't hit the car", and noticed the vehicle doing another overtake up ahead. Anthony Higginson, his sister Louise Taylor, and their father were dropping off family in Market Drayton when they encountered Mr Milton's car, the court heard."Behind me I could hear the squealing of tyres," Mr Higginson recalled, adding that he saw the Volkswagen "hit the grass verge" as it overtook them."I remember saying out loud 'look at this idiot'," he Taylor said she remembered thinking that it was "an accident waiting to happen", as the driver "didn't seem to have control".Mr Higginson added that after a short time, he heard "a loud bang", soon encountering "debris and glass on the road".Discovering the crash, the family then called the emergency services. A forensic collision investigator for West Mercia Police stated that both cars' speedometers were frozen by the crash, meaning the speed at which they were travelling could be Neville was travelling between 30 and 35mph, he said, while Mr Milton was driving at a speed of between 102 and court heard that examinations found Mr Neville had applied his car's brakes, but Mr Milton had investigator concluded that Mr Milton's Volkswagen "made no attempt to avoid collision", which occurred due to a "combination of excess alcohol, excess speed, and the Volkswagen being on the wrong side of the road"."The driver of the Volkswagen [Mr Milton] was wholly responsible for the collision," he stated. Speaking to Mr Neville's family and friends - ten of whom had packed out the small court room - the coroner said it was "a testament to Wayne that you are all here".In September 2024, Mrs Neville paid tribute to her husband - known as "Nevdog" to those close to him."Our hearts are broken, and we all miss him terribly," she said, adding that "he was a loving and devoted husband, a thoughtful brother and son, and an amazing and caring father to Morgan and Ruby.""I love you more, the end, I win - your Mrs Nevdog." Concluding the proceedings, coroner John Ellery recorded that both men had died due to a road traffic Ellery acknowledged that while his "role isn't to apportion blame", he agreed with investigators' statements that Mr Milton was "wholly responsible" for the crash. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
