Crime & Safety
What time is I’m A Celeb South Africa on TV tonight?
The spin-off of the main I’m A Celebrity show serves as an all-stars version of the programme featuring previous contestants.
It first aired back in 2023, with it reportedly being made as a backup in case the main I’m A Celebrity show couldn’t film in Australia due to potential Covid restrictions.
ITV had filmed two series of I’m A Celeb in Wales to counteract this initially, but there hadn’t been a great desire to do it again.
An insider told The Mirror at the time: “This is a brilliant reserve plan in case Covid restrictions come round again in the Autumn and the cast and crew can’t get Down Under, as has happened for the past two years.
“There is no appetite to go back to Wales.
“It was great while it lasted but it’s just too dark and damp.
“Everyone’s had enough, including the viewers.”
Filming for the first South Africa series took place in July 2022, with it being broadcast in April and May of 2023.
Like the first series, the 2026 version is also pre-recorded, having been filmed in September 2025.
However, unlike last time, the finale will be live.
Rather than making the 12-hour flight back to Africa, the entire celebrity cast will instead gather in a UK studio.
From here, the public will be able to vote to crown this year’s I’m a Celebrity Legend.
What time is I’m A Celeb South Africa on TV tonight?
The first episode of I’m A Celebrity South Africa’s second series will air from 9pm on ITV1 and ITVx on Monday, April 6.
The bumper opening episode will last until 10.30pm, which will be slightly longer than most regular episodes.
A synopsis for the opening episode states: “Ant and Dec host as memorable campmates from past series of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! compete against one another in the South African jungle.
“They survived the Australian jungle or the Welsh castle, but this is an even harder proposition that will push them to their limits and test them like never before.”
I’m A Celebrity South Africa lineup 2026
The line-up for I’m A Celebrity South Africa’s second series is:
- Former football manager Harry Redknapp
- Reality star Gemma Collins
- Soap actress Beverley Callard
- Olympian Sir Mo Farah
- Former Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt
- Champion boxer David Haye
- Actor Adam Thomas
- Former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts
- Comedian Seann Walsh
- Pop star Sinitta
- Red Dwarf star Craig Charles
- Ex-footballer Jimmy Bullard
Scarlett Moffatt and Harry Redknapp performed the best on the original show out of the contestants, winning their respective series in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
Other strong performers from the original show include Ashley Roberts, who was runner-up in 2012.
Meanwhile, Adam Thomas earned third place in 2016, which was the same placing David Haye got in 2012.
Mo Farah and Seann Walsh came in fifth place in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
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When will I’m A Celeb South Africa be on TV?
I’m A Celebrity South Africa will air on weekdays between Monday, April 6 and Friday, April 24.
In most circumstances, episodes will start at 9pm with finish times varying.
Alongside that, episodes will not be airing on weekends.
Will you be watching I’m A Celeb South Africa? Let us know in the comments.
Crime & Safety
Takeaway in liquidation as immigration raid cost £280,000
J&K Cuisine Ltd fell into liquidation after Immigration Enforcement paid a visit in the summer of last year.
The company runs Bilash Tandoori in Broadshires Way, Carterton, a place it has operated from since 2014.
Gareth Hunt and Alex Cachini, of Manchester-based business restructuring specialist RPG, were appointed as joint liquidators in August.
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Statement of affairs submitted to Companies House reveal the company went bust with £351,000 worth of debts owed.
Most of this was the £280,000 fine it was issued with after it was found to have employed illegal workers.
Details of this raid and how many illegal workers were found have not been publishing in the recent list by Immigratin Enforcement.
However, as a general rule, businesses that have been caught with an illegal worker on site receive a fine of up to £45,000 per illegal worker.
Company directors Mohammed Alam, 28, and Jamal Hasib, 70, are both owed £26,107 each, the records show.
HMRC has a claim of £9,762 in unpaid VAT which is expected to go down to £6,012 due to the cash in the bank and the electricty company Smartest Energy is owed £9,221.
Bilash, which is still registered as being open on Google, has been approached for a further comment.
The website says: “Bilash in central Carterton is proud to serve wholesome and unpretentious Indian food as a shared dining experience.”
Crime & Safety
Wanted man found after alleged rape of 13-year-old girl
The 19-year-old was identified as a wanted man by Thames Valley Police on March 9 after he didn’t attend a court date in connection with an alleged rape in Oxford last year.
In an update on Tuesday afternoon, April 7, Thames Valley Police confirmed a 19-year-old man has been arrested and is due in court on Wednesday.
A spokeswoman for the force said: “Thames Valley Police is no longer appealing for help to find a man wanted in connection with a rape investigation.
“A 19-year-old-man from Faringdon was arrested on Thursday (2/3) and is due in Oxford Crown Court tomorrow.”
The court since set a new trial date for December 14, and it was indicated it would likely proceed if he was found by then or not. The trial should last between four and five days.
Crime & Safety
Didcot woman ‘cut free from car and arrested’ at RAF base
The woman, understood to be from Didcot, was one of 13 arrested on Tuesday morning, April 7 at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
Lakenheath Alliance For Peace protesters were at the site that morning continuing to demonstarte against the base being used by the US military for its war with Iran.
Suffolk Police’s spokesman said: “Officers arrived at the base soon after 6am following reports of protesters locking themselves to their own vehicles outside the main gate and gathering at two other entrances.”
Protesters at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk (Image: Lakenheath Alliance for Peace)
He said the protest caused disruption to motorists with some of the surrounding roads closed to help officers assist with traffic management.
He added: “Suffolk Police has a duty to enforce the law without fear or favour and as it currently stands, not as it might be in the future. As such, where offences are believed to have occurred appropriate action will be taken.
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“Although, the High Court found the proscription of Palestine Action to be unlawful, it also confirmed that the impact of that judgement will not take effect until the government’s appeal has been considered.”
Protesters at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk (Image: Lakenheath Alliance for Peace)
According to the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace, the Didcot woman said “we are here to interrupt business as usual, and to say in the name of humanity ‘STOP’” as she was arrested.
The alliance said she was one of 13 “peace protestors who used heavy-duty locks to attach themselves to a car, a large multi-coloured peace symbol and each other, completely blocking” the main gates of RAF Lakenheath.
Lakenheath Alliance for Peace organiser Peter Lux said that RAF bases needed to be held “accountable” when letting US planes take off.
He said that between 116 and 118 US fighter bombers have been seen departing the base in recent weeks by protesters.
“It’s definitely an RAF base, it’s sovereign territory, and so Britain is actually legally liable for what actually happens at that base,” said Mr Lux.
The blockade on Saturday is part of a six-day peace camp involving an around-the-clock vigil outside the gates of the base, ending on April 6.
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson has said: “The US is our principal defence and security partner.
“We have given permission to the US to use British bases for specific and limited defensive operations – in collective self-defence of our regional allies and to protect British lives.
“Any proposed US operation from a base in the UK or UK territory is considered on a case-by-case basis.”
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