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Fern Britton worries about her housemates as she brings them together for a candid chat in scenes set to air on Tuesday’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother. The presenter, 66, was emotional on Monday and even went to bed early after planting a snake in Louis Walsh’s bed. While Big Brother told Fern that the […]

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Fern Britton worries about her housemates as she brings them together for a candid chat in scenes set to air on Tuesday’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother.

The presenter, 66, was emotional on Monday and even went to bed early after planting a snake in Louis Walsh’s bed.

While Big Brother told Fern that the snake would mean Louis would be excluded from eviction, in a shocking twist it actually gave him immunity from the nominations, sending him straight through to the grand final.

And while the former X Factor judge, 71, is on a mission to find out which ‘snake’ planted the snake in his bed, Fern heads to the Diary Room to speak to Big Brother.

Fern says, “I don’t like keeping it a secret and I would like to tell them that it’s me and that’s how it happened and I’m sorry.”

Celebrity Big Brother SPOILER: Stars fear Fern Britton will LEAVE the house as she gathers her fellow housemates for a candid chat in upcoming scenes in Tuesday’s episode

As the star asks her fellow housemates to gather around the sofas, they fear the worst and suspect she has decided to leave after planting a snake in Louis Walsh's bed on Monday.

As the star asks her fellow housemates to gather around the sofas, they fear the worst and suspect she has decided to leave after planting a snake in Louis Walsh’s bed on Monday.

Big Brother then suggests that Fern gather the Housemates and get it off her chest as she struggles to cope with the burden.

As the star asks her housemates to join the couches, they fear the worst and suspect she has decided to leave.

Louis asks, “What’s going on?” as Marisha says, “Something is happening.”

When Fern asks Zeze to come to the benches, Zeze exclaims, “Oh no, you’re going, right?”

Bradley tells David, “Don’t tell me she’s going to say she’s going,” while David adds, “I have a feeling she’s leaving.”

With the celebrities all together, she reassured them as she got her snake secret out of her heart.

She started: “Big Brother allowed me to bring you two together,” before looking at Louis and revealing: “I was given the job of the snake on your pillow.”

But how will Louis react to Fern’s confession? Will he forgive her for trying to get him kicked out of the Celebrity Big Brother house?

She began: 'Big Brother allowed me to put you together', before looking at Louis and revealing: 'I was given the job of the snake on your pillow'

She began: ‘Big Brother allowed me to put you together’, before looking at Louis and revealing: ‘I was given the job of the snake on your pillow’

The former X Factor judge, 71, has been on a mission to find out which 'snake' planted the snake in his bed after Fern accidentally gave him access to the grand final

The former X Factor judge, 71, has been on a mission to find out which ‘snake’ planted the snake in his bed after Fern accidentally gave him access to the grand final

Bradley tells David,

Bradley tells David, “Don’t tell me she’s going to say she’s going,” while David adds, “I have a feeling she’s leaving.”

On Monday, after the Housemates found the red snake on Louis’ pillow, he was the first to be called to the diary room to nominate.

In a dramatic turn of events, viewers then found out that Big Brother had lied to Fern, when Louis was told he had been chosen for eviction by a fellow housemate. So a snake was placed on his pillow.

He was then told to look in the hatch in front of him, where he found a four-leaf clover, meaning he missed the next round of nominations and guaranteed his place in the grand final.

Determined to find out the culprit, Louis vowed to unravel the mystery, convinced it was ‘never the obvious person’.

Pointing to Coronation Street’s Colson Smith, he said: ‘I know it wasn’t him, it could be someone else.’

Louis then said, “I’ve been watching you all week, I’ve been watching everyone, it’s never who you think…”

On Monday night's episode, Fern unknowingly spared Louis from eviction after Big Brother tricked her into believing that if she planted a

On Monday night’s episode, Fern unknowingly spared Louis from eviction after Big Brother tricked her into believing that if she planted a “secret red snake” on his pillow, he would be in the running for eviction.

Tensions between Louis and Fern are high after the TV judge commented on her performance in a previous episode

Tensions between Louis and Fern are high after the TV judge commented on her performance in a previous episode

Tensions between Louis and Fern are high after the TV judge commented on her performance in a previous episode.

The Irish music manager sat opposite Ekin-Su Culculoglu, Zeze Millz, Lauren Simon and Fernand asked: ‘I honestly want to know how things are going.’

Ekin-Su responded, “I’m doing well,” and Zeze agreed, “I’m actually doing well,” before Ekin-Su continued, “Everyone is doing their best and we’re getting there.”

Louis replied, “You look great. Even Fern looks good.’

The ladies all turned to look at Fern, who immediately reacted and playfully kicked the air in front of Louis.

Louis continued, “Do you know what I mean? You look good.’

Fern crouched low in front of him and repeated, “Even Fern?” while her co-stars told Louis he couldn’t say that.

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2024: MEET THE LINE-UP

SHARON OSBOURNE

AGE: 71

KNOWN FROM: Being a member of the Osbourne family, married to rock legend Ozzy and a judge on The X Factor.

GARY GOLDSMITH

AGE: 58

KNOWN FROM: Being Kate Middleton’s ‘black sheep’ uncle.

EKIN-SU CULCULOGLU

AGE: 29

FAMOUS FOR: Winning Love Island in 2022

COLSON SMITH

AGE: 25

KNOWN FROM: Playing Craig Tinker in Coronation Street

SAILING BRITTON

AGE: 66

KNOWN FROM: Nineties TV sensation and appearance as Phillip Schofield’s This Morning sidekick.

BRADLEY RICH

AGE: 22

KNOWN FROM: Starring in Netflix’s Heartstopper

MARISHA WALLACE

AGE: 38

KNOWN FROM: Broadway actress and singer, with roles in Dreamgirls and Aladdin

LOUIS WALSH

AGE: 71

KNOWN FROM: His stint as an X Factor judge followed a prestigious career as a music manager with bands such as Westlife and Boyzone.

DAVID POTTEN

AGE: 30

KNOWN FROM: Ibiza Weekender

ZEZE MILLZ

AGE: 35

KNOWN FROM: Social media star

LAUREN SIMON

AGE: 47

KNOWN FROM: The Real Housewives of Cheshire

LEVI ROOTS

AGE: 65

KNOWN FROM: One of Dragons’ Den’s biggest success stories.

NIKITA KUZMIN

AGE: 26

KNOWN FROM: Being a professional on Strictly Come Dancing

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Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky are on ‘standstill’ in their marriage as they refuse to address Morgan Wade romance rumors for fear the ‘difficult conversations’ could destroy their relationship, insiders say.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars announced in July that they were splitting after 27 years of marriage, but they have not made any progress on whether they will divorce or reconcile.

Mauricio, 53, is reportedly afraid to bring up his wife’s close friendship with Morgan, 29, while Kyle, 55, is said to be afraid to ask her estranged husband how he feels about dating other women.

“Mauricio and Kyle are strangely close,” a source told DailyMail.com.

Mauricio Umansky and Kyle Richards are reportedly on hiatus as they refuse to comment on whether either party wants to move on

Mauricio, 53, is afraid to address his wife's close friendship with 29-year-old Morgan Wade (pictured) because he fears it will be the end of their marriage, insiders claim

Mauricio, 53, is afraid to address his wife’s close friendship with 29-year-old Morgan Wade (pictured) because he fears it will be the end of their marriage, insiders claim

“They both feel that if they have these difficult conversations, it will lead them to a final place where they will never find a friendship again, let alone a marriage — but that’s exactly what they have to do to keep their relationship going.” to recover.

“They need to change how they approach each other and their concerns.

“If they can get to that place and talk together about what Morgan is to Kyle or if Mauricio wants to fall in love with someone else – and not through cameras for their reality shows – they will get the answers they want and need.

“No one wants to be the first to take that step and that’s why they are where they are now, separated and most likely forever.”

The source continued, “Will that happen? It doesn’t seem like it, but if they can be convinced or convince themselves to go down that path, it will benefit their entire family. Reason must outweigh emotion.’

DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Kyle and Mauricio for comment.

The estranged couple, who tied the knot in 1996, have daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16.

Kyle is also mother to daughter Farrah, 35, who she has with ex, Guraish Aldjufrie.

The couple announced in July 2023 that they were splitting after 27 years – but no progress has been made on the future of their marriage

The couple announced in July 2023 that they were splitting after 27 years – but no progress has been made on the future of their marriage

The source adds that Kyle, 55, is also afraid to ask her estranged husband, 53, how he feels about dating other women.

The source adds that Kyle, 55, is also afraid to ask her estranged husband, 53, how he feels about dating other women.

Earlier this month, the actress and socialite admitted she’d been “curious” about kissing a woman in a teaser for the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills finale — and spoke out about dating rumors surrounding herself and Morgan.

She also got teary as she addressed the cheating rumors about her estranged husband.

During the reunion, the reality star said it was “no one’s business” as to the reasoning behind the divorce.

She brought up a comment made in the season 13 finale, in which the star previously said, “Things happened that caused [her] to lose [her] to trust.’

Kyle became emotional and told host Andy Cohen, “In every marriage there are issues, and they come up, and then something happened like I said in my interview that made me lose my trust.”

In addition to their breakup, Mauricio and Kyle have also dealt with family drama.

Kyle and Mauricio, seen here in 1998, have yet to file for divorce since splitting eight months ago

Kyle and Mauricio, seen here in 1998, have yet to file for divorce since splitting eight months ago

The couple pictured with their three daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 24, and 16-year-old Portia, as well as Kyle's eldest daughter Farrah, 36

The couple pictured with their three daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 24, and 16-year-old Portia, as well as Kyle’s eldest daughter Farrah, 36

Earlier this week, Paris Hilton slammed her uncle Mauricio for publicly discussing a family feud that erupted years ago over business.

In his new Netflix series Buying Beverly Hills, Mauricio recalled how he left Paris’ father’s firm, Hilton & Hyland, in 2011 to start a rival agency, causing an explosive rift between Kyle and her family, who didn’t talk to her anymore.

Paris angrily denounced Mauricio for “using the Hilton name every chance he got to plug his lame show.”

“My dad is a perfect gentleman and has always taken the higher road,” she wrote on Instagram.

‘He would never speak negatively about his family, especially in the press. Frankly, we’re all tired of him using the Hilton name every chance he gets to plug his lame show. It’s enough already.’

An insider close to Mauricio has since insisted to DailyMail.com that he did not want to upset Kyle with his comments about her family’s affairs.

Paris Hilton (pictured) slammed her uncle Mauricio for publicly discussing a family feud that broke out years ago over affairs

Paris Hilton (pictured) slammed her uncle Mauricio for publicly discussing a family feud that broke out years ago over affairs

On social media, she blasted Mauricio for

On social media, she blasted Mauricio for “using the Hilton name every chance he got to plug his lame show.”

“Mauricio hates that Kyle’s friends and family are against him for everything he does,” she added.

“He tries not to upset Kyle, but her friends piss her off and make it seem like everything he says or does is against her, which is so far from the truth.

‘He’s just being himself and Kyle has been made to believe he can’t be trusted.

“He would love it if Kyle was by his side all the time. Her army of friends and family want nothing to do with him. It seems like an impossible task to break through those walls.”

The real estate mogul addressed Paris’ comments in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, saying he split from the Hilton’s because he wanted to “take care” of his family.

“Look, it’s sad that she got so upset about that, but at the end of the day, it’s two businessmen making two business decisions,” he told the publication.

‘I felt like I deserved something. I asked for something, he didn’t want to do it, and then I decided to go alone.

“I wanted to provide for my family, I wanted to be successful, I wanted to move forward, I wanted to do the most I could, and ultimately I made that decision to just keep doing this thing. . There’s certainly no bad blood on my side.’

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A terrified passenger on board a LATAM Airways Boeing jet described experiencing “the worst turbulence you can imagine” after dozens of people were thrown from their seats mid-flight. The pilot, Lucas Ellwood, said “everyone was terrified” on board the flight from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand on Monday, the latest catastrophe that saw Boeing […]

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A terrified passenger on board a LATAM Airways Boeing jet described experiencing “the worst turbulence you can imagine” after dozens of people were thrown from their seats mid-flight.

The pilot, Lucas Ellwood, said “everyone was terrified” on board the flight from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand on Monday, the latest catastrophe that saw Boeing send at least 10 people to hospital.

“There were people wailing everywhere, there were people hurt everywhere,” he told Good Morning America. “Everyone just hit the roof and fell to the ground.”

Others compared the chaotic scenes as reminiscent of something from ‘The Exorcist’ as reports indicate as many as 50 people were injured in the incident.

It is the latest in a series of aircraft malfunctions and in-flight errors involving Boeing jets that have wiped tens of billions off the company’s market value after incidents such as the blowing out of an emergency door from an Alaska Airlines plane in January.

Passengers aboard a LATAM Airlines flight from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand were thrown from the ceiling Monday evening amid ‘terrifying’ turbulence

Up to 50 passengers were injured during the chaotic scenes, with 10 hospitalized with head and neck injuries and broken bones

Up to 50 passengers were injured during the chaotic scenes, with 10 hospitalized with head and neck injuries and broken bones

One passenger described enduring

One passenger described enduring “the worst kind of turbulence you can imagine,” while others compared dozens of flying cabins to scenes from The Exorcist.

The exact reason for the massive turbulence is still unclear, with LATAM Airways saying in a statement only that it came after a ‘technical event’.

Passengers reportedly suffered head and neck injuries, as well as several broken bones, and the aircraft said seven passengers and three cabin crew were hospitalized.

Although no one is believed to have been seriously injured, passengers described how the flight went from calm to panic in a flash.

Many had taken off their seat belts as the journey was uneventful, before the journey suddenly dipped and shook with turbulence, sending many flying into the ceiling.

“It was like the worst kind of turbulence you could imagine,” Ellwood said afterward.

Others described it as something out of a ‘horror movie’ and felt like a roller coaster crashing without warning.

Despite the alarming incident, the Boeing 737-9 Dreamliner continued its journey as planned, landing in Auckland approximately 2 hours and 42 minutes after take-off.

An ambulance leaves Auckland International Airport after a number of passengers were injured

An ambulance leaves Auckland International Airport after a number of passengers were injured

LATAM Airways confirmed in a statement that “some passengers and cabin crew were affected,” but did not elaborate on the cause of the incident.

“They received immediate assistance and, if necessary, were evaluated or treated by medical personnel at the airport,” the statement continued.

“LATAM regrets the inconvenience and harm this situation may have caused to its passengers, and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards.”

A Boeing spokesperson told DailyMail.com: “We are working to gather more information about the flight and will provide any support our customers need.”

It is the latest in a series of terrifying incidents involving Boeing planes in recent months, including when a plug door panel burst from an Alaska Airlines flight at 16,000 feet on January 5.

In that incident, over Portland, Oregon, passengers’ phones and clothing were ripped off by the force of turbulence as the pilot made an emergency landing after frantically calling air traffic control.

Boeing’s market value fell by as much as $36 billion in the wake of the Alaska Airlines incident, while some passengers have filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the company.

And in the past week, Boeing has suffered a series of repeat accidents, putting its fleet of 737s under increasing criticism once again.

On January 5, an emergency stop door blew off an Alaska Airlines plane at 16,000 feet, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon.

On January 5, an emergency stop door blew off an Alaska Airlines plane at 16,000 feet, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon.

Passengers had their phones and clothes ripped off by the force of the door's impact, with the incident leading to a lawsuit from the passengers while billions were wiped off Boeing's market value

Passengers had their phones and clothes ripped off by the force of the door’s impact, with the incident leading to a lawsuit from the passengers, while billions were wiped off Boeing’s market value.

Last Monday, a United Airlines engine caught fire and burst into flames over Texas, with images of passengers showing white-hot flashes pouring out of the plane mid-flight.

The heartbreaking moment forced the pilot to make an emergency landing just minutes into the trip to Fort Myers, Florida.

As passengers saw flames coming from one side of the plane, a crew member admitted, “Ladies and gentlemen, we realized something was happening outside…”

The cause of the incident was bubble wrap stuck in the mechanics, but no injuries were reported.

On Thursday, a wheel fell from another jetliner shortly after takeoff in San Francisco, crushing several vehicles underneath in another near miss that left no injuries.

The 256-pound wheel severely damaged a number of cars in the San Francisco airport parking lot, although fortunately there were no people in the crash zone.

Heartbreaking video has captured the moment a Boeing plane's engines exploded and burst into flames in the skies over Texas, forcing an emergency landing

Heartbreaking video has captured the moment a Boeing plane’s engines exploded and burst into flames in the skies over Texas, forcing an emergency landing

Shortly after takeoff from San Francisco a week ago, a 256-pound wheel fell from another plane, crushing several underlying vehicles in another near miss that resulted in no injuries

Shortly after takeoff from San Francisco a week ago, a 256-pound wheel fell from another plane, crushing several underlying vehicles in another near miss that resulted in no injuries

The next day, a United Airlines plane veered off the runway after landing in Houston, forcing an emergency evacuation to the tarmac.

The plane suffered what is believed to have been a form of equipment collapse as it left the runway at George Bush Airport, although the 160 passengers and six crew were not injured.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also announced this month that it is investigating a separate incident in February in which a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet suffered a “stuck” rudder pedal.

The NTSB said in a preliminary report on the Feb. 6 flight that the plane taxied to the gate at Newark Airport without incident and that there were no injuries among the 161 passengers and crew.

It reported that the captain said that during the landing rollout, the rudder pedals did not move in response to the ‘normal’ application of foot pressure while attempting to maintain the runway centerline.

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Middle East crisis: Ramadan begins as hunger and fear haunt Gaza https://usmail24.com/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-74/ https://usmail24.com/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-74/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:22:27 +0000 https://usmail24.com/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-74/

A day after President Biden claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was “hurting Israel more than helping Israel,” Mr. Netanyahu dismissed that claim as “wrong,” escalating the increasingly public dispute between the leaders. Mr Netanyahu, in a interview with Politicschallenged Mr. Biden’s assessment of Israel’s military strategy in the Gaza Strip, saying his […]

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A day after President Biden claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was “hurting Israel more than helping Israel,” Mr. Netanyahu dismissed that claim as “wrong,” escalating the increasingly public dispute between the leaders.

Mr Netanyahu, in a interview with Politicschallenged Mr. Biden’s assessment of Israel’s military strategy in the Gaza Strip, saying his policies represented what the “overwhelming majority” of Israelis wanted.

“I don’t know exactly what the president meant, but if he meant that I am pursuing private policies against the majority, the wishes of the majority of Israelis, and that this is detrimental to Israel’s interests, then he is wrong. on both counts,” Mr. Netanyahu said.

He added: “It is a policy that is supported by the overwhelming majority of Israelis. They support the action we are taking to destroy Hamas’ remaining terrorist battalions.”

Mr Netanyahu was responding to comments Mr Biden made on Saturday in a interview with MSNBC. Mr Biden reprimanded Mr Netanyahu over the rising number of civilian casualties in Gaza, while reaffirming US support for Israel.

“He has the right to defend Israel, the right to continue to pursue Hamas, but he must, he must, he must pay more attention to the innocent lives that are being lost as a result of the actions taken,” Mr. Biden said.

“In my opinion, he is hurting Israel more than he is helping Israel,” Mr. Biden said, appearing to refer to Mr. Netanyahu’s military strategy. “It goes against what Israel stands for, and I think it’s a big mistake. That is why I want to see a ceasefire.”

When asked by the interviewer, Jonathan Capehart, whether he had a “red line” that Mr. Netanyahu should not cross, such as a ground invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, Mr. Biden gave a muddled answer but said that “the defense of Israel still critical.”

“He cannot allow another 30,000 Palestinians to be killed as a result” of his pursuit of Hamas, the president said, referring to Mr. Netanyahu.

“There are other ways to deal with the trauma caused by Hamas, to achieve it,” he added.

Mr. Biden provided no details. The Gaza Health Ministry has said more than 31,000 people have been killed in the enclave since Israel started the war in response to Hamas attacks on October 7.

But the president’s comments once again underscored the delicate position the United States finds itself in: arming Israel while providing humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Mr Biden has been more forceful in recent days about the plight of civilians in Gaza, urging Mr Netanyahu not to go ahead with his stated plans to launch a major ground offensive in Rafah without a plan to kill those who shelter there to protect. More than a million Gazans have sought refuge in the city, many of whom have been displaced by orders from the Israeli army to move to so-called safe zones.

In the interview with Politico, Mr. Netanyahu reiterated that Israel still plans to invade Rafah: “We are going there. We’re not leaving. You know, I have a red line. You know what the red line is: October 7 will not happen again. It will never happen again.”

When asked about Mr Biden’s comments, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declined to say what they suggested about the US-Israel relationship.

“I try to distinguish between rhetoric and essence: the objectives of the war and the State of Israel are simple – they are to release all hostages and dismantle Hamas’s military and leadership power,” Mr. Katz told Kan, the Israeli public. radio network on Sundays. “The United States supports these goals, as Biden emphasized yesterday.”

He added that Israel had said there would be a plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah before a ground invasion, and reiterated that his country’s army “has not deliberately harmed civilians.”

The drive for Rafah has done that drawn warnings from the United States and other allies on the potential humanitarian costs. The United Nations has said a ground invasion of Rafah could have “huge consequences for all of Gaza, including the hundreds of thousands at high risk of starvation and famine in the north.”

Under Mr. Biden, U.S. military cargo planes have dropped food, water and other aid into Gaza a handful of times in recent days. The last airdrop took place on Sunday, then said the US military it dropped meals along with rice, flour and other goods in northern Gaza.

Additionally, the Biden administration has announced plans to build a floating pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver more supplies to the enclave.

But U.S. officials have acknowledged that cutting off air aid and building a pier will not be as effective as delivering supplies by land, an option that Israel has largely blocked.

Gabby Sobelman reporting contributed.

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LEONARDO TANO’S porn icon parents helped the athlete become a rising star. Father Rocco – also known as the ‘Italian stallion’ – claims he gave the hurdles hero the warning on ‘how to combat fear of failure’. 2 Leonardo Tano and his brother Lorenzo flank parents Rocco and Rosa at a screening of the new […]

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LEONARDO TANO’S porn icon parents helped the athlete become a rising star.

Father Rocco – also known as the ‘Italian stallion’ – claims he gave the hurdles hero the warning on ‘how to combat fear of failure’.

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Leonardo Tano and his brother Lorenzo flank parents Rocco and Rosa at a screening of the new Netflix show Supersex at a film festival in BerlinCredit: Reuters
Instagram star Leonardo has broken away from his family's fame

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Instagram star Leonardo has broken away from his family’s fameCredit: Rex

Now Leonardo, 24, is in pole position to unleash his astonishing all-round talents – with all the necessary mental and physical attributes.

On a sporting level, the part-time model eagerly plays the field – and the track.

The social media influencer rode dirt bikes, was a karting champion and also ran before focusing on his main gift: hurdles.

And thanks to some fatherly advice, he confidently takes on all newcomers as one of Hungary’s most popular candidates.

Tano Senior, 59, who calls herself a sex addict, and wife Rozsa Tassi, 51, rose to fame thanks to their screen names Rocco Siffredi and Rosa Caracciolo.

Rocco has appeared in more than 1,300 adult “movies” and the Netflix show Supersex, which was released Wednesday.

But he is most proud of the fact that he keeps his son on the right path in sports.

The Daily Star report that Rocco said: “I taught him to combat the fear of failure.

“Leonardo took over all my stubbornness. But in another area he uses his head much more, so to speak.”

Tano Junior was a karting nut until he got too big.

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Fortunately, his 6-foot frame has proven ideal for the obstacles.

And his father loves the dedication Leonardo has shown in recent years, even when he was a mechanical engineering student.

He told Crush fanzine at the time: “I try to play as many sports as possible.

“My main focus is on athletics, which I do six times a week, with rest on Sundays.

“I would say I am addicted to exercise because for me it is an important ingredient for my overall health and happiness.”

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Swifties are in meltdown after images of Taylor Swift appearing to catch a cold during her first show in Singapore went viral.

The 34-year-old megastar, who recently wrapped up her whirlwind tour of Australia, was seen coughing as she performed her hit Delicate at the National Stadium on Saturday evening.

Fans have become concerned that this could be a sign that Swift will cancel the remainder of her Eras world tour due to illness.

“She doesn’t look like she’s feeling her best… girl needs rest,” one wrote, while another added, “She has to cancel the rest of the shows for health reasons.”

“She needs a break,” another complained, as someone else agreed: “Tour is taking its toll on her health.”

Swifites fear Taylor Swift, 34, could cancel her entire Eras Tour after appearing ill at her first show in Singapore on Saturday night

Swift will perform three more shows in Singapore before flying to France to continue her global tour.

It comes at a time when Swifties from Southeast Asia have been left furious by Swift’s conduct of just one stop in the area under controversial circumstances.

Singapore is Swift’s only stop in Southeast Asia, after it was reported that the country is paying the pop star $4.3 million per show to perform there exclusively.

“She needs a break,” another complained, as someone else agreed: “Tour is taking its toll on her health”

“She needs a break,” another complained, as someone else agreed: “Tour is taking its toll on her health”

“Singapore has paid a hefty sum so that NO other Southeast Asian country can get its chance,” one fan complained on social media.

“Should boycott Singapore and Taylor,” wrote another.

“Typical Singaporean behaviour: they would do anything to target their neighbours,” complained another.

The megastar, who recently wrapped up her whirlwind tour of Australia, coughed while performing her hit Delicate at the National Stadium on Saturday evening.

The megastar, who recently wrapped up her whirlwind tour of Australia, coughed while performing her hit Delicate at the National Stadium on Saturday evening.

It comes at a time when Swifties from South East Asia have been left furious over Swift's only one stop in the area under controversial circumstances

It comes at a time when Swifties from South East Asia have been left furious over Swift’s only one stop in the area under controversial circumstances

Swift’s grant from the Singapore Tourism Board to bring her tour to the wealthy country sparked a row between neighboring countries.

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin last month accused Singapore of paying Swift millions per concert to provide exclusive security for her, something he discovered after the deal closed.

Speaking at the Bangkok iBusiness Forum 2024, Thavisin said: “The Singaporean government is smart. They said they couldn’t have any other shows in Asia.”

The Thai prime minister called Singapore’s move “devious” and added that he had long wondered why Swift had not chosen to play in Thailand.

The Singaporean shows are likely to bring a boom to the economy. Swift has sold out six nights at the 55,000-seat National Stadium this month.

Singapore is Swift's only stop in Southeast Asia, after it was reported that the country is paying the pop star $4.3 million per show to perform there exclusively

Singapore is Swift’s only stop in Southeast Asia, after it was reported that the country is paying the pop star $4.3 million per show to perform there exclusively

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With hope and fear, women turn to weight-loss drugs before pregnancy https://usmail24.com/weight-loss-fertility-pregnancy-ozempic-html/ https://usmail24.com/weight-loss-fertility-pregnancy-ozempic-html/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:19:37 +0000 https://usmail24.com/weight-loss-fertility-pregnancy-ozempic-html/

Anna Parker found the image online: a teal onesie with a handwritten note on the front. “One day,” it said. It was a word Mrs. Parker kept repeating to herself. She and her husband have been trying to have a second child for four years and are now undergoing in vitro fertilization. She posted the […]

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Anna Parker found the image online: a teal onesie with a handwritten note on the front. “One day,” it said.

It was a word Mrs. Parker kept repeating to herself. She and her husband have been trying to have a second child for four years and are now undergoing in vitro fertilization. She posted the photo on her Facebook page in January, along with a message about her weight, the highest weight since her first pregnancy. Her blood sugar levels were also disturbingly high.

“I’m scared of getting pregnant,” she wrote in the Facebook post. “I’m so afraid that I will have a miscarriage due to unhealthy living.”

Ms. Parker, 38, wrote in the post that she had just started taking a new diabetes drug, Mounjaro, which is also widely used for weight loss. She felt “miserable” after her first few doses, Ms. Parker said in an interview. She was recently cleaning out her 5-year-old son’s lunchbox, and the smell of ketchup from his dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets made her throw up in the sink.

Doctors say they are seeing more and more women like Ms. Parker trying weight-loss medications in hopes of having a healthy pregnancy, or getting pregnant at all. Obese women are sometimes advised to lose weight before pregnancy, as research shows that excess weight can make it more difficult to conceive and increase the risk of miscarriage and pregnancy complications.

For patients taking these medications, the side effects are just one challenge. What some say they find more alarming is how little information there is about the risks of taking these medications before or during pregnancy. Because there is virtually no data on Mounjaro, Ozempic, and similar medications during pregnancy, doctors typically recommend women stop taking them at least two months before trying to conceive.

This leaves women with a narrow window: stay on the drugs long enough to see results, but not so long that they could endanger a fetus.

For “a journey as unpredictable and individualized as fertility,” that can be extremely difficult to navigate, said Dr. Akua Nuako, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital who focused on anti-obesity and weight-loss medications.

Although some patients hope that these medications can help them become pregnant, they do unclear but whether weight loss always makes it easier to get pregnant. In theory, the body ovulates most regularly and reliably when a person is not overweight or underweight, says Dr. Jessica Chan, a reproductive endocrinologist at Cedars-Sinai.

That’s one reason fertility doctors and clinics sometimes advise patients to lose weight. Some clinics won’t even treat patients with a body mass index of more than 40. Weight-loss medications can be a valuable tool especially for these patients, fertility doctors say. Researchers are also investigating whether these drugs can help women with polycystic ovary syndrome, a leading cause of infertility that leads to irregular periods and is more common in obese women.

“I advise patients, especially if they are not using birth control, that weight loss, especially if there is a significant amount of weight loss, can improve ovulation,” says Dr. Sarah Lassey, physician of maternal fetal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. . She said she has consulted with more than 100 patients who are taking weight-loss medications and trying to plan a pregnancy.

Part of the appeal to patients like Ms. Parker is the speed at which these drugs can work. For women aged 35 and over, who already have a greater chance of becoming pregnant, that promise can be particularly attractive.

“My husband and I are not getting any younger,” Mrs. Parker said. “So I have to do this quickly.”

And there are the risks of what Ms. Parker sees as an alternative: starting a pregnancy with excess weight or high blood sugar.

While many miscarriages are the result of… chromosomal abnormalitieswomen with uncontrolled diabetes are at higher risk miscarriage. They also develop more often preeclampsia or has a premature birth. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends that providers encourage obese women to lose weight before pregnancy. Studies have suggested a link between obesity and an increased risk of birth defects, stillbirth, premature birth and other concerns, said Dr. Andrea Shields, the vice chair of the organization’s clinical guidelines committee for obstetric care.

It is not clear whether obesity directly causes these problems, or whether other lifestyle factors or health problems, such as diabetes, may play a role.

The conversation around weight, fertility and pregnancy is “already complicated and stigmatized,” says Dr. Nuako, the physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. These medications, she said, only add “an extra level of difficulty.”

When a nurse prescribed Mounjaro to Marcela Romero in November 2022 to lower her blood sugar levels, she balked at the idea of ​​taking a “diet pill,” she said. But Ms. Romero had been trying to get pregnant for three years. She was planning to start in vitro fertilization and was concerned about her weight and risk of gestational diabetes.

At Mounjaro, she stopped thinking about food, lost five pounds in a month and saw her blood sugar levels drop. But she also felt a change in her body that she couldn’t place. Hours after injecting her fourth weekly dose, she took a pregnancy test. When two pink lines appeared, she ran down the stairs of her home in Fort Myers, Florida, and held it up to her father, who was visiting from Colombia. He started crying on the spot.

Ms. Romero was excited but also terrified that she had taken Mounjaro while pregnant. “My first thought was, this is great and all, but do we know if there are any complications during pregnancy? Are there defects that children are born with?” she said. She immediately stopped taking the drug.

She tried not to worry. But she couldn’t shake the fear and found little to ease her worries.

“Obviously there’s no information because it’s so new,” she said.

As in many clinical trials, studies of these drugs excluded women who were pregnant. The companies that make these drugs have said they plan to monitor pregnancy outcomes. One of the few human studies so far, it has been found that women with type 2 diabetes who took these drugs when they became pregnant or during early pregnancy were at no greater risk of having babies with serious birth defects than those who took insulin.

But animal studies have suggested that the drugs can harm a fetus. This is especially concerning if people use the drugs without realizing they are pregnant. And experts also noted that some of these drugs – particularly Mounjaro and the weight-loss drug Zepbound, which contain the same substance – can also make the birth control pill less effective at certain points. in the dosing schedule.

Until more human research comes along, Dr. Shields said, “we’re all just holding our breath.”

Ms. Parker plans to stay at Mounjaro long enough to lose 40 pounds, she said, and then undergo the embryo implantation. Still, she worries about the possible long-term effects of the medication on her body. “It’s a little concerning,” she said. “You think, ‘Is this just the 90s, where we take diet pills that you get at the gas station?'”

Some doctors also said they were concerned about what might happen in the period between patients stopping these drugs and becoming pregnant. Patients often regain weight after stopping the medications and may eventually enter a weight cycle, a term doctors use for weight fluctuations can strain the cardiovascular system.

For patients, every choice during pregnancy can feel like a risk. Mrs. Romero felt like she had reached a point where she could no longer physically control all her worries. “I thought, I’m going to trust the universe,” she said. “It is what it is. Because right now there’s nothing I can do, right?”

In September she gave birth to a healthy baby girl.

Ms. Parker sometimes finds herself searching Facebook posts of other women who have become pregnant after taking these medications. With so little data to look at, all she has are these anecdotes. “Maybe the weight loss outweighs the downsides,” she said. “But I don’t know if we know the disadvantages yet.”

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Gaza’s deadly leadership vacuum More than 100 people were killed in northern Gaza last week, health officials there said, after thousands of Gazans rushed toward aid trucks. The crowds on Thursday led to a stampede and prompted Israeli soldiers to fire into the crowd. The immediate causes were extreme hunger and desperation: the UN has […]

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More than 100 people were killed in northern Gaza last week, health officials there said, after thousands of Gazans rushed toward aid trucks. The crowds on Thursday led to a stampede and prompted Israeli soldiers to fire into the crowd.

The immediate causes were extreme hunger and desperation: the UN has warned that famine is looming in northern Gaza, where some 300,000 civilians are still stranded and aid deliveries are rare – and could be full.

But there is a deeper problem: Although the fighting in the north has subsided, Israel has been reluctant to fill the current leadership vacuum there. In an effort to prevent Hamas’s reconstruction, Israel has stopped police officers from the Hamas-led government from escorting the trucks – and delayed the creation of an alternative Palestinian law enforcement agency.

This means that there is no centralized body that coordinates services, maintains public order and protects emergency trucks. Video footage has emerged of armed groups attacking convoys, and diplomats say criminal gangs are beginning to fill the void left by Hamas.

Pakistan’s parliament yesterday approved Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister. He began his second term after weeks of unrest and will face questions about his legitimacy for years to come.

Analysts say public confidence in Sharif’s government is low. His party did not win the most seats in the elections a month ago; that honor went to the allies of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister. Allegations are mounting that the military tampered with dozens of races to tilt the vote in favor of Sharif’s party.

What’s next: A top analyst said the longevity of Sharif’s coalition will likely depend on military support. Khan’s allies are preparing for a strong fight in parliament.

Blasphemy: Gangs go after people accused of disrespecting Islam.


A majority of voters who supported President Biden in 2020 now say he is “simply too old” to effectively lead the country, according to a new poll from The Times and Siena College. Seventy-three percent of all registered voters said he was too old to be effective, and 45 percent believed he couldn’t do the job.

Their fears pose an increasing threat to his re-election bid and do not appear to extend to Donald Trump – who at 77 is only four years younger. Their likely rematch this fall would make them the oldest presidential candidates in history.

High Council: The justices could rule on Trump’s eligibility to hold office today, a day before the Super Tuesday primaries.

A small island in the English Channel, Alderney feels like a windswept, remote oasis. But it hides dark secrets: During World War II, untold numbers of people died in the Nazi camps.

Now the island is at the center of a debate about how to commemorate the atrocities – and how to reckon with the fact that Britain has never held anyone responsible for running an SS concentration camp on its soil.

Lives lived: A self-described “geriatric star,” Iris Apfel rose to fame in her eighties, and her wildly eclectic wardrobe made for a hit exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She died at the age of 102.

Dongbei, a region in northeastern China, has long been the industrial heart of the country: some even called it China’s Rust Belt. But in the 1990s, waves of mass layoffs left millions out of work there as China transitioned from a planned economy to a market-based economy.

Decades later, the region finds itself at the center of an artistic wave dubbed the ‘Dongbei Renaissance’. A television drama about a faded factory town was China’s top-rated show last year, and songs by Dongbei musicians have gone viral. Shuang Xuetao, who grew up there, published a new collection last month, and a star-studded film adaptation of one of his novellas is planned this year.

“I said, OK, I want to help others better understand this place of ours,” Shuang, 40, said. “I want to leave a record of these people.”

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President Vladimir V. Putin has threatened to intervene in Russia’s nuclear weapons arsenal on three occasions in the past two years: once at the start of the war against Ukraine two years ago, once as he was losing ground, and again Thursday while he feels he is undermining Ukrainian defense and American resolve. In both […]

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President Vladimir V. Putin has threatened to intervene in Russia’s nuclear weapons arsenal on three occasions in the past two years: once at the start of the war against Ukraine two years ago, once as he was losing ground, and again Thursday while he feels he is undermining Ukrainian defense and American resolve.

In both cases, the sabre-rattling has served the same basic purpose. Mr Putin knows that his opponents – led by President Biden – are primarily afraid of an escalation of the conflict. Even the bluster over the move to nuclear energy reminds Putin’s many opponents of the risks of going too far.

But Mr Putin’s equivalent of a State of the Union address on Thursday also featured some notable new elements. He not only indicated that he was redoubling his ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine. He also made clear that he had no intention of renegotiating the last major arms control treaty in force with the United States — a treaty that expires in less than two years — unless the new deal will determine the fate of Ukraine, one of which a large part probably lies in Russian hands. hands.

Some call it nuclear chess, others nuclear blackmail. Implicit in Putin’s insistence that nuclear controls and the survival of the Ukrainian state must be decided together is the threat that the Russian leader would like to see all current restrictions on strategic weapons deployed lapse. That would give him the freedom to use as many nuclear weapons as he wants.

And while Mr. Putin said he had no interest in a new arms race that would bankrupt the Soviet Union, the implication was that the United States and Russia, already in a perpetual state of confrontation, would return to the worst competition of the Cold War. War.

“We are dealing with a state,” he said, referring to the United States, “whose ruling circles are taking openly hostile actions against us. So?”

“Are they seriously going to discuss issues of strategic stability with us,” he added, using the term for agreements on nuclear controls, “while at the same time trying to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia, as they say? the battlefield?”

With these comments, Putin underlined one of the distinctive and most disturbing aspects of the war in Ukraine. Time and again, its senior military officials and strategists have discussed the use of nuclear weapons as the logical next step if their conventional forces prove inadequate on the battlefield, or if they need to deter Western intervention.

That strategy is in accordance with Russian military doctrine. And in the early days of the war in Ukraine, it clearly frightened the Biden administration and NATO allies in Europe, who hesitated to supply long-range missiles, tanks and fighter jets to Ukraine for fear it would provoke a nuclear response or lead Russia . to penetrate NATO territory beyond the borders of Ukraine.

A second fear about Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons, in October 2022, stemmed not only from Mr Putin’s statements, but also from US intelligence reports suggesting that nuclear weapons could be used on the battlefield against Ukrainian military bases. After a few tense weeks, the crisis was over.

In the year and a half since, Mr. Biden and his allies have gradually become more confident that despite all of Mr. Putin’s blunders, he did not want to take on NATO and its forces. But whenever the Russian leader calls on his nuclear powers, it always causes a wave of fear that, if pushed too far, he might actually try to demonstrate his willingness to detonate a weapon, perhaps at some point. remote location, to get his opponents to Thunder on.

“In this environment, Putin could again engage in nuclear ratcheting, and it would be foolish to dismiss escalating risks entirely,” William J. Burns, the CIA director and a former U.S. ambassador to Russia when Mr. Putin came to power for the first time, recently wrote in Foreign Affairs. “But it would be just as foolish to be unnecessarily intimidated by them.”

In his speech, Putin portrayed Russia as the injured state and not the aggressor. “They themselves choose targets to attack our territory,” he said. “They started talking about the possibility of sending NATO military contingents to Ukraine.”

That possibility existed raised by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, this week. While most NATO allies talk about helping Ukraine defend itself, he said: “Russia’s defeat is indispensable for the security and stability of Europe.” But the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine was there fired immediately by the United States, Germany and other countries. (Mr. Macron played right into Mr. Putin’s hands, some analysts say, by exposing divisions among allies.)

However, Mr Putin may have sensed that this was a particularly ripe moment to test the depth of the West’s concerns. Former President Donald J. Trump’s recent statement that Russia could do “whatever they want” to a NATO country that has not contributed sufficiently to the alliance’s collective defense and that he would not respond resonated deeply across Europe. The same goes for Congress’s refusal so far to supply more weapons to Ukraine.

The Russian leader may also have responded to speculation that the United States, concerned that Ukraine is on its way to losing, could supply longer-range missiles to Kiev or seize the long-frozen $300 billion in Russian assets now held in Western banks . and hand it over to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to buy more weapons.

Whatever triggered him, Putin’s message was clear: He sees victory in Ukraine as an existential battle, central to his grander plan to restore the glory of the days when Peter the Great ruled at the height of the Russian Empire . And once a battle is viewed as a war of survival rather than a war of choice, the leap to discussing the use of nuclear weapons is short.

He is betting that the United States will move in the opposite direction and become increasingly isolationist, unwilling to act against Russian threats and certainly not interested in confronting Russian nuclear threats as Presidents John F. Kennedy Jr. did. in 1962 or Ronald. Reagan did that in the last days of the Soviet Union.

The fact that the current Republican leadership, which had enthusiastically supplied weapons to Ukraine during the first year and a half of the war, has now heeded Trump’s calls to cut that flow is perhaps the best news that has put Putin in two years received. year.

“Every time the Russians return to the nuclear chatter, it is a sign of their recognition that they still don’t have the conventional military capability they thought they had,” Ernest J. Moniz, the former Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration and now the CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, which works to reduce nuclear and biological threats, said in an interview Thursday.

“But that means their nuclear posture is something they rely on more and more,” he said. And “that increases the risk.”

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Toon survives the enormous fear to progress in the FA Cup and keep his trophy dream alive https://usmail24.com/blackburn-newcastle-1-1-penalties-toon-win-fa-cup/ https://usmail24.com/blackburn-newcastle-1-1-penalties-toon-win-fa-cup/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 02:01:37 +0000 https://usmail24.com/blackburn-newcastle-1-1-penalties-toon-win-fa-cup/

EDDIE HOWE’s job prospects are all but safe for a while yet. Honking Newcastle stunk at Ewood Park, but they are now three wins away from that elusive first domestic trophy since 1955. 8 Newcastle celebrate their FA Cup escape, winning on penaltiesCredit: Getty 8 Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka saves Dom Hyam’s final penaltyCredit: AP […]

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EDDIE HOWE’s job prospects are all but safe for a while yet.

Honking Newcastle stunk at Ewood Park, but they are now three wins away from that elusive first domestic trophy since 1955.

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Newcastle celebrate their FA Cup escape, winning on penaltiesCredit: Getty
Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka saves Dom Hyam's final penalty

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Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka saves Dom Hyam’s final penaltyCredit: AP
Dubravka against Hyam, after being Toon's main man all night

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Dubravka against Hyam, after being Toon’s main man all nightCredit: Getty
Sammie Szmodics and Co respond to Rovers' shootout woes

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Sammie Szmodics and Co respond to Rovers’ shootout woesCredit: Getty

They may be in the hat thanks to penalty hero Martin Dubravka, but not all is well.

With their league form declining, the Magpies’ season continues to flicker.

Yet Blackburn, with just one Championship win in 13, gave them a huge scare and will be kidding themselves that they didn’t knock out the Saudi-funded Tynesiders.

Apart from Dubravka, the Geordies have been rotten here and Howe desperately needs to find the answers if he wants to stay in the post long-term.

Anthony Gordon fired them ahead but Sammie Szmodics held them back, with Dom Hyan missing the all-important penalty for the plucky Rovers.

And so did the penalties, with Newcastle’s Fabian Schar firing the first into the bottom corner.

Dubravka then saved from Szmodics before Pears gobbled up Barnes’ woeful effort.

Callum Brittain leveled the score, but Bruno Guimaraes made it 2-1.

Szmodics botched his deserved equalizer, but in vain

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Szmodics botched his deserved equalizer, but in vainCredit: Getty

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Anthony Gordon scored the opener after 71 minutes

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Anthony Gordon scored the opener after 71 minutesCredit: Reuters

The pressure then came on Sigurdsson but he made no mistake, with Elliot Anderson and Yasin Ayari both scoring to leave the score at 3-3.

Newcastle’s Gordon shot through the middle for Dom Hyam to score, but Dubravka flung himself to the right and tapped the post.

Blackburn vs Newcastle STOPPED mid-match after protest forcing players to intervene during FA Cup match

Newcastle showed their relief as they celebrated wildly.

Fans – like Howe – are desperate for silverware, especially after slipping to 10th in the Prem.

Niall Ennis and Co hail Szmodics' 79th-minute equalizer for Blackburn

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Niall Ennis and Co hail Szmodics’ 79th-minute equalizer for BlackburnCredit: Alamy
Anthony Gordon celebrates his Newcastle opener

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Anthony Gordon celebrates his Newcastle openerCredit: PA

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