Booo! We have a huge apology to make to you guys - last night, we were left stranded and unable to update the BB website to launch coverage of Day 1 in the Celebrity Big Brother house, due to a server upgrade that our hosting company was conducting.

We were unaware of the maintenance that was being conducted, and had prepared the website earlier that day to cover all the up-to-the-minute action leading up to the housemates’ entrances. However, were unable to update until our host finished the maintenance (very badly timed maintenace, we must add!)

So a huge apology on their behalf and we hope that it hasn’t put you off sticking with Big Brother UK Website for your BB updates - please bear with us as we catch up and bring you up to speed on all the action since the show’s launch.

Welcome back to a new series with Big Brother UK Website! You may have noticed, we’ve made a few changes recently and are back with a new look.

We hope the new layout will enable us to bring you a more organised and efficient news system, and also allow you to get more interactive with our stories - as we introduce a discussion option in the form of Comments at the bottom of each of our news stories.

As ever, you can discuss the latest news in our Forums with hundreds of other BB fans in the run-up to Celebrity Big Brother.

Please bear with us, there are still a number of bugs and issues we’re coming across now that we’ve gone live with the new layout - but we hope to iron these out in the next few days!

Thanks as always for your patience, and we hope you plan to join us in 2009 for our… wait for it… TENTH year online!

Happy New Year,

- Joe & the Team