AUTUMN SIZZLER WILL SCORCH UK Temps to hit 30C say forecasters
Debbie magics up meal for TV show
DEBBIE McGee is making her TV comeback just seven months after losing husband Paul Daniels.
She recently told how she is still crippled with grief.
But next month fans will see her on ITV gameshow Who’s Doing The Dishes?
Debbie let the cameras into the home she shared with magician Paul before he passed away aged 77 in March from a brain tumour. The series, hosted by Brian McFadden, sees contestants having a meal cooked for them by a celeb.
If they guess the identity of the star they win a cash prize and the celeb must wash up.
It will be Debbie’s first major telly project without Paul.
Last month she confessed she faces a daily struggle without him.
But Debbie said filming gave her something to smile about. She said: “It sounded like a really fun programme to be involved with, and I enjoy cooking. It was fab.”
The show can terrify celebs because they can hear what the guests think of their food.
But Debbie said: “I am a capable cook. Although I once made Paul and my dad a parsnip and banana soup which they never let me forget as it was horrible.” Debbie let her guests snoop around her home in Wargrave, Berks, as they tried to guess her identity. BRITAIN is set for a scorching Indian summer with aboveaverage temperatures expected into November.
The Met Office forecast means the next three months could be sizzling.
Weathermen said it is odds-on that we will exceed annual average temperatures between September and November.
The autumn heat would give an extra boost to tourism after summer only sizzled late in the school holidays following a mild start to the break.
Temperatures could nudge 30C this month – following a trend that has seen September temperatures hit 29C or 30C in three of the past five years.
And it’s not just weather watchers who are predicting a heatwave.
Ladbrokes cut the odds on September being the hottest ever – beating 2006’s record average UK temperature of 15.2C – to 5/1.
Spokeswoman Jessica “September sunshine thermometer soar.
“The month has a good chance of being a record-breaker.”
The balmy autumn forecast will cheer Bridge will see said: the ED GLEAVE She said: “It’s worrying when strangers are in your home.
“You hope they don’t notice any cobwebs.”
Debbie also admitted she has the hots for actors George Clooney and Jason Statham.
Talking about her dream dinner party guests, she said: “Jason Statham, as I have always wanted to meet him.” Asked who she’d like to cook for her, she added: “George Clooney – I would be guaranteed good coffee.”
Who’s Doing The Dishes? is back tomorrow and is on weekdays at 3pm on ITV. music fans heading to Bestival on the Isle of Wight next weekend.
However, Brits may also find themselves dodging downpours as the Met Office warned storms might buffet Britain, with fears of above average rainfall over the next three months.
Met Office experts said the cool North Atlantic has now warmed up and the possible emergence of La Niña – the cooling of the eastern Pacific which affects the world’s weather – would not have a significant impact on the UK.
The Met Office three-month forecast said: “For September-November, above average temperatures are more probable than below-average.
“The shift towards warmer than average conditions is consistent with the warmer conditions seen in the last 10 years.” The Weather Outlook website forecaster Brian Gaze said: “Good weather looks like continuing for autumn, with Indian summer-style spells.
“Autumn is forecast to be warmer than average. September looks pretty hot with fine spells, and a good chance of the heat continuing for the first half of October.”
But the scorching end to the year follows a disappointing spring which has hit salad growers.
Poor weather across Europe earlier this year has led to shortages of tomatoes in key growing regions and resulted in rising wholesale prices.
Hailstones the size of tennis balls hitting Holland’s greenhouses and the weak Pound following Brexit has also had a big effect on prices, say experts.
The wholesale price of tomatoes is already almost 40% higher than last year – soaring 10% in just one week, according to grocery analysts Mintec.
Debbie in her kitchen and, below, with Paul