As the TV flicked on in the living room, the housemates thought they were about to watch their favourite lads do some sort of task. But they were wrong.
Throwing all of the rules out of the window during this secret chat in the garden, Big Brother revealed that Razor told Ryan: "If you wan to last until the end, vote the girls."
And we thought he was a gentleman! At this point, the housemates in the living room looked shocked - covering their mouths as they willed the conversation to stop. But it didn't.
Agreeing with his pal, Ryan said: "If Speidi stay tonight, the public want them in. They wont win, but the public want them. So don't waste it, put it elsewhere."
And Razor concluded: "We're not allowed to talk about voting. But the girls are not voting for each other."
It's odd how the only real rule on CBB is not to talk about nominations, yet they ALL bloody do it, isn't it? Is it the effect of the house or their small brains?
Hearing it back, Ryan and Razor realised how bad it soundedRazor tries the classic six year old boy trick of staring at the wall in the hope everything will go away and be fine
After BB had reported the conversation back to the boys, Ryan and Razor were told that they would be up for nomination as a result.
Giggling, Razor said "Fair enough", while Ryan agreed "Yeah, that's fine".
But Big Brother wasn't finished. The ominous voice added: "As punishment, ALL of the housemates will be up for eviction."
At this point, Ryan and Razor started laughing even more, falling apart like a couple of schoolboys in detention.
Cracking up, the chaps struggled to take their punishment seriously
Razor chuckled: "We're not that clever - this wasn't meant to be nasty, but thank you for reminding us of the rules.
"We apologise to our fellow housemates, we weren't ganging up were we?"
Looking very sheepish indeed, Ryan said: "We were just thinking out loud. We're sorry!"
Returning to the house to the sound of boos, Frankie shouted: "I was p***ing myself laughing!"
Lacey was kicked out earlier in the show
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However, the ladies were not amused. "I'm a little offended", said Heidi, forgetting she's not actually one of the ladies (being teamed with hubby Spencer). And as Gillian shook her head and said "I've got to find a dress now", Tricia rounded on Razor and yelled: "You slithering sneaky little streak of p***!"
If they Ryan and Razor were laughing before, they weren't after that. Good luck sleeping tonight, boys.
The meat industry revealed that until recently there had been no tests available for equine DNA in the UK or Ireland, as we are not horse eaters
More than 10 million beefburgers have been cleared from supermarket shelves over the horse meat scandal – as fears last night grew that the contaminated food has been sold to shoppers for years.
As shock and revulsion spread across Britain, there were concerns that the industry’s failure to test routinely for horse meat in supermarket beef products may have masked a tainted burger controversy over several years.
The meat industry revealed that until recently there had been no tests available for equine DNA in the UK or Ireland, as we are not horse eaters.
But yesterday it was revealed contaminated products were left on the shelves for two months after the Food Standards Agency of Ireland failed to inform retailers of their findings until this week.
The FSAI admitted that it knew traces of horse meat were in burgers two months ago after carrying out the first ever routine horse DNA tests on 27 supermarket own brands.
Its table of test results acquired last November showed some of the contaminated burgers had a shelf life of at least a year – and up to 18 months. That raised yet more concerns about how long horse meat burgers have been on sale.
Tim Lang, professor of food policy at City University said yesterday: “It could have been going on for years but we wouldn’t know about it because we have never conducted tests. For too long we have had light touch regulation.”
Plant: Silvercrest Foods at Ballybay, County Monaghan in Ireland
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Labour MP Barry Gardiner, a member of the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee, said: “People who have been eating this food for the past year have a right to feel angry and upset and the firms should be held to account. If ever there was a case for heads to roll, this is it.”
Silvercrest-supplied Burger King, the world’s second biggest fast food chain, issued a statement saying it was confident it had not been affected.
But a Silvercrest Foods spokesman told the Mirror: “No one in the meat processing industry checks for equine products.
"The suppliers and processes are EU-approved, so they have gone through a checking procedure.”
The shocking admission that there were no safeguards in place for DNA checks across its supply chain forced Asda, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op to scrap a total of 22 own-label burger ranges yesterday, as Silvercrest and sister firm Dalepak also make their beef patties.
All three chains stressed the move was “precautionary” and no products were directly affected.
Asda said: “We take matters like this extremely seriously, despite the fact we aren’t implicated in this report.”
The Co-op echoed that and Sainsbury’s said: “All our burgers are made from 100% British beef but as a precautionary measure we are withdrawing those sourced from Dalepak.”
Tesco cleared its shelves earlier this week as it emerged watchdogs knew of a problem as early as November.
More than a third of frozen burgers were found to contain horse DNA during the IFSA’s initial tests two months ago.
Budget burgers from Tesco and patties from Iceland, Aldi, Lidl and Dunnes Stores tested positive.
But the ISFA’s own procedures meant three more tests had to be carried out to verify its findings before its results were made public on Monday and shelves cleared.
It said new testing methods allowed it to check randomly for horse DNA – and admitted it was a “massive coincidence” that its first ever probe revealed 10 out of 27 products were contaminated, one with 29% horse meat.
Off the menu: 10 million burgers cleared from shelves
Operators Camelot claimed the increase to £2 for a single line of numbers from this autumn will help it create more winners
The dream of winning the Lotto slipped further from the grasp of millions of punters yesterday – as it was announced that the price of a ticket is to double.
Operators Camelot claimed the increase to £2 for a single line of numbers from this autumn will help it create more winners.
The firm pointed out it is the first rise since the game was launched in 1994 and the extra revenue will mean more cash for worthy charities.
But, as usual, the people who lose out will be the poorest – the ones who need a win more than most.
Many will be forced to cut down on their weekly flutter, while others who regularly use multiple lines will struggle to keep them going – afraid that the week they stop their lucky numbers will come up.
Last night the increase brought a deluge of complaints, with more than 1,000 punters venting their fury on the National Lottery Facebook page.
Many slammed the increase as “greed” and others threatened to boycott the game.
Geordie Mick said: “It’s becoming a game for the rich. Poor people will never have a chance of bettering ourselves now.”
Pauline Leather added: “As a pensioner on a budget I can’t afford to be paying £2 a line. You’ve just lost a customer and should hang your heads in shame.”
Another disgruntled player asked: “How can they do this at a time when everyone is skint? Have they never heard of the recession?”
It is understood there are no plans so far to increase the price of £2 EuroMillions tickets. But the Lotto increase will deliver a huge windfall for the Government.
The Treasury raked in £783million last year from a little known 12% duty on all National Lottery ticket sales – and that figure will soar.
The regulator which approved the huge increase yesterday claimed it was not “unreasonable”.
A spokeswoman for the Lottery Commission said simply: “If players don’t want to pay the £2, there are other lottery games that still cost £1.”
The increase means a player who buys one line of numbers, once a week, will have to find another £52 a year.
But someone who buys two lines for both Wednesday and Saturday night draws will see their yearly outlay double to £416.
Camelot, now owned by a Canadian teachers’ pension fund, claimed the “exciting” changes were in response to market research.
It said people were demanding wanted more ways to win money and a new prize structure. As a result, from the autumn, smaller winners will be paid more.
The guaranteed amount for matching three numbers will rise from £10 to £25.
For four numbers, the figure will go up from around £60 to £100, depending on the total size of the prize pot.
The jackpot for matching all six balls will also rise from around £4.1million to £5million on a typical Saturday and from around £2.2million to £2.5million on the mid week game.
HE may have been at the launch of an event on digital film-making techniques — but director Jim Sheridan reckons big-budget films these days are “rubbish”.
Oscar winner Sheridan feels the simple art of story telling is getting swallowed up in special effects.
The charismatic director is hoping to start work on a new film, detailing his life growing up on Dublin’s tough Sheriff Street later this year.
And although he’d like Daniel Day Lewis to star, playing a 17-year-old Jim “might be a stretch, even for him,” he laughed.
He even gave yours truly a screen test — I’m still waiting for the call, Jim! The veteran director is headed for the IFTAS this year, and praying organisers make it a shorter night out all around.
He grimaced: “They are doing great work, but it’s far too long.”
And as someone who spends hours on the red carpet each year, I wholeheartedly agree. Less is more, IFTA!
