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Why is Simon Cowell not on Britain’s Got Talent tonight?
However, there is one notable absentee, with Simon Cowell not on the judging panel, having been replaced by TV star Stacey Solomon.
Some fans were left asking where the head judge was for this episode, so here is what we know.
Why is Simon Cowell not on Britain’s Got Talent tonight?
It was previously revealed that Stacey would be filling in for Simon for part of the auditions after he missed the first few days of filming due to a fall.
A BGT spokesperson said at the time that the first day of auditions was postponed “due to unforeseen circumstances”.
Stacey, who lives in Essex with husband Joe Swash and her family, was drafted in to fill in during his absence.
She shared an Instagram story at the time regarding her excitement for her “dream job”.
During Simon’s absence, Amanda Holden temporarily led the panel before the long-standing judge returned for the Blackpool auditions.
Stacey and Simon have a history together, with the TV star first finding fame on The X Factor, finishing third in 2009.
The path to becoming a TV personality began with an appearance on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2010, where she went on to win the show.
Stacey has since appeared on Loose Women and now has her own shows on the BBC, Sort Your Life Out and Stacey and Joe.
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Simon’s absence is not the only judging change for the 2026 series of BGT.
Social media star KSI, who featured as a guest judge last year, has joined the judging panel on a full-time basis.
He replaced Bruno Tonioli, who left due to filming clashes with the US show Dancing with the Stars.
Who is your favourite judge on BGT? Let us know in the comments.
A reported incident at a junction in Witney is causing traffic chaos in the town, with drivers coming off the A40 and elsewhere stuck in long queues.
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An incident occurred in St Aldate’s, outside the entrance to Christ Church Meadows, at about 4pm on Tuesday, June 2.
At least three ambulances were responding to what appeared to be a medical emergency on the pavement.
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An individual was scene on a stretcher being cared for by paramedics.
An eyewitness said the incident occurred opposite the Alice Shop, and the medical teams ‘evacuated’ the person.
Apart from the pavement briefly being blocked while the first responders dealt with the emergency, it did not appear to affect traffic or block the road in busy St Aldate’s.
South Central Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.
Daniel Kaveh, 24, Justin Hughes, 25 and Kailan Chadbone, 20, were each sentenced to years in jail at Oxford Crown Court on Friday, May 29 for supplying and dealing drugs on the streets of Oxford.
Kaveh, of Lambourn Road in Oxford, and Hughes, of Woodperry Road, played ‘significant’ roles in an ‘open line’ class A drugs operation in Blackbird Leys between November 2024 and last November, the court heard.
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Kaveh was previously in court in 2021 after pulling out a ‘Rambo’ knife in a stabbing incident in Lambourn Road in Rose Hill in November 2020 which resulted in a 12 month jail sentence suspended for two years.
Between them, they supplied around 4.6kg of crack cocaine and heroin to the drugs line.
Police raids on Hughes’ home also found 232g powder cocaine and 2.338kg of cannabis, for which he was sentenced for possession with intent to supply, along with a quantity of cash, drugs paraphernalia and weapons.
Raids on Kaveh’s property found similar equipment and drugs like heroin and diamorphine, with a total street value of more than £100,000.
It was established the two dealers worked for Emman Riasat, who ran his own drug line in Oxford and wholesale supplied drugs to the line operating out of Blackbird Leys.
Hughes received a jail sentence of six years and nine months for two counts of class A drug supply and two counts of possession, while Kaveh was jailed for seven years and six months for two counts of class A drug supply.
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Also working for Riasat was Chadbone, of Bernwood Road, who worked lower down in the operation as a drugs runner.
He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and diamorphine between August 1 and November 19, 2025, committed while he was serving a suspended sentence for affray.
Chadbone received a total of 45 months in jail for two counts of drug supply and the breach of a previous suspended sentence.
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