MANCHESTER UNITED travel to Nottingham to take on Champions League-chasing Nottingham Forest TONIGHT
Ruben Amorim’s side have endured a mixed season, currently in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
United’s remaining hopes of qualifying for the Champions League next season rest on the Europa League.
However, the side will want to build up a big head of steam in the Premier League, as they look to end a poor season strongly.
Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, have enjoyed a wonderful season, just 12 months after they survived relegation by six points.
Nuno Espirito Santo has Forest five points clear of Chelsea in fourth, and four points behind Arsenal, with the side picking up a huge Champions League boost with a 1-0 win over Man City.
Only five points separate Chelsea in fifth and Bournemouth in 10th, so Forest will know the paramount importance of remaining a safe distance ahead of the rest.
Forest have already had a huge boost upon returning from the international break, qualifying for the FA Cup semi-final after beating Brighton on penalties.
MICK JAGGER’s bed-hopping antics during the Rolling Stones’ heyday are well documented.
But one of his more risque escapades has now come to light thanks to a new book, Gliders Over Hollywood: Airships, Airplay, And The Art Of Rock Promotion.
In it, Paul Rappaport, the ex-Vice President of Rock Promotion at Columbia Records, recalls a tale he was told by Atlantic Records executive Tunc Erim, who warned him about how dicey life could be working with the group.
He wrote: “Tunc told me about traveling with the Stones to somewhere in the Middle East.
“Mick had evidently hit it off with the daughter of a Saudi prince, and the prince was none too happy about it.
“Mick wanted the girl to travel with him and the band for a while, and Tunc was in charge of secreting them out of the country together, which meant being chased down by the prince’s men wielding big guns and long curved swords as they ran for the Stones’ private jet across the airport tarmac.”
Lucky they didn’t catch Mick.
Given Saudi’s previously gung-ho approach when it comes to chopping off body parts of “bad people”, I wonder what they might have lopped off if they did.
MEGHAN TRAINOR has revealed she turned to type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro to lose weight.
In a lacy black dress at Billboard’s Women in Music bash in Los Angeles, the All About That Bass singer looks to have shed some pounds since her Jingle Ball Village gig in MIami in 2014 – but hit out at people who asked how.
On Instagram, she wrote: “It’s a little disheartening that so many of the questions (and comments) were focused on my body instead of my music, my passion, or the decade of hard work that got me here.
“I’ve been on a journey to be the healthiest, strongest version of myself.
“I’ve worked with a dietician, made huge lifestyle changes, started exercising with a trainer, and yes, I used science and support (shout out to Mounjaro!) to help me after my second pregnancy.”
MUMFORD & SONS are on course to land a third No1 album with Rushmere.
It is in the lead ahead of Friday’s new chart, with the single Caroline also working its way up.
Tonight, you can see the group perform live in a special concert from Manchester thanks to Amazon Music.
It is at 9pm via the Amazon Music UK channel on Twitch, and Prime Video.
THE pre-sale for Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball tour started this week – and when our Jack joined O2’s queue for tickets at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena, he had 38,000 ahead of him.
She has added a second date at the venue, along with another at London’s O2 Arena.
It brings the total to six shows in the UK in September and October.
They go on general sale at noon tomorrow.
TOM HARDY looked absolutely thrilled to be at the New York premiere of his new series MobLand . . . not.
In fact, he appeared totally disinterested at the thought of spending another hour or so of his life promoting Guy Ritchie’s new TV series.
From what I’ve seen so far, Tom is brilliant as the charming yet terrifyingly threatening fixer Harry Da Souza.
You’d think reviewers blowing a bit of smoke up his backside would give him something to smile about.
Maybe the jet lag is hitting him hard.
IF you want to know where the celebs stay while at Glastonbury, take a look at the Pop-Up Hotel.
Unlike some more hardcore guests who stay on site, such as Cruz Beckham and Tilda Swinton, others choose to pay thousands of pounds for the joys of, as the website states, “flushing toilets”.
But to have such a privilege during the Worthy Farm bash in June, you need to be absolutely loaded.
A basic “classic room” starts at £3,699 for two people, or if you’re feeling very fancy you could spend £10,999 for a disused railway cabin, which also sleeps two.
A tipi tenthouse suite costs a staggering £28,999 – though it does sleep ten.
If anyone has a spare bed and doesn’t mind sharing with a tubby woman who snores, count me in.
DUA LIPA is back on stage tonight in New Zealand – but spent her day off suitably refreshed.
She went to a vineyard in Auckland with her parents and younger brother to taste wine.
Dua shared pictures from the trip on Instagram.
She arrived in style after charting a helicopter to fly her to and from the winery.
After Dua’s final show in Auckland on Friday, she will have a five-week break before the European leg of her huge Radical Optimism tour in Madrid on May 11.
And last night Dua announced the Latin American part of the tour – with eight stadium shows across countries including Argentina, Chile and Peru.
HIS breakout album was 2023’s I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy – but now Teddy Swims says his girlfriend has since tricked him into seeing a therapist.
The US singer-songwriter whose partner Raiche Wright is expecting their first child this summer, said: “She was like, ‘I think we should go to couple’s therapy as we’re having a baby. I want to make sure our communication is great’.
“The next thing you know, we’re in therapy. Then I’m talking to a therapist on the side in solo sessions. I was like, she got me!”
He revealed success has been a challenge mentally.
On Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, he explained: “I thought that when enough people said I was good at this, that all my problems would vanish.
“But that was the most lonely feeling.”
ANASTACIA was a jobbing wedding singer before finding fame – and performed at Hollywood film director Steven Spielberg’s nuptials.
But when the star later bumped into him and went to say hi, he hadn’t the foggiest who she was.
She told Radio 2’s Pop Top 10 with Scott Mills and Rylan Clark, out today on BBC Sounds: “Steven Spielberg was at a restaurant with his wife, and Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise.
“I was like, ‘I need to go up to Spielberg because I sang at their wedding’. He’s like, ‘Do you remember her?’. She says, ‘I absolutely do!’.
“Penelope goes, ‘We know who she is’. They’re like, ‘It’s Anastasia you know’. It was quite a moment.”
At least you’ll recognise her next time, Steven . . .
TINA O’Brien’s love life might be on the rocks – but for her Corrie character Sarah Platt, it’s just heating up.
The Sun last week revealed that the soap legend had split from her husband of six years Adam Crofts.
But on the cobbles I can reveal that things are looking a little better.
Sarah is about to enjoy a hot new romance with hunky policeman Kit Green, played by Jacob Roberts.
It’s off the back of Tina signing up for another year on the ITV soap.
A source said: “Bosses are relieved that Tina is up for another year on the cobbles after losing some big names over the past months.
“She’s got big storylines coming up for Sarah including a juicy new romance with gorgeous PC Green.
“Tina’s happy she can dive into work and keep busy amid her marriage split.”
Pals of Tina revealed she’d called time on her marriage to Adam three months ago after growing apart.
A source close to the couple, who first started dating in 2011, added: “Tina and Adam have ended their relationship and are spending some time apart.
“They moved house at Christmas and have decided to live separately for the time being.
”Tina and Adam are on good terms, they’re still close and are committed to being a family, even if they’re not together.”
The estranged couple share a son, Beau, while Tina is also mum to Scarlett, 16, from her previous relationship with Ryan Thomas.
Tina and Adam started dating in 2011 before marrying on New Year’s Eve in Manchester in 2018.
They have now both ditched their wedding rings and unfollowed each other online.
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STACEY Solomon and Joe Swash tied the knot at their idyllic Pickle Cottage home nearly three years ago, on July 24, 2022.
The romantic, intimate ceremony took place in the garden of their £1.2million Essex house and marked a brand new chapter in their fairytale relationship.
It was a long time coming for both Joe 43, and Stacey, 35, who will be starring on screens tonight in their new self-titled fly on the wall series.
Viewers will soon be able to tune in to their major fly-on-the-wall BBC reality show, Stacey & Joe.
The six-part series was filmed during the summer and autumn of 2024, and will see cameras follow the lives of Stacey and Joe, their six children, four ducks and two dogs.
Stacey and Joe will be seen raising their ‘pickles’, the name they’ve dubbed their children who include, Stacey’s son’s Zach, Leighton, their joint children, Rex, Rose and Belle, and Joe’s son, Harry, 17, from a previous relationship.
Some of the big moments documented in the series include Zach waiting nervously for his GCSE results and Stacey winning big at the National Television Awards.
Stacey said: “2024 was the year me and Joe pushed ourselves out of our comfort zones. We took on different projects and tried new things. It’s been so amazing and nerve-wracking all at the same time.
“And we just want to keep doing that in 2025, starting with Stacey & Joe.”
But it appears the couple have both had to overcome a few obstacles before they reached their happily ever after.
Before Joe settled into his role as a family man with his and Stacey’s blended family, Joe spent years on the single market.
The ex-EastEnders actor also endured the heartbreak of a ‘tricky’ court battle with his ex-girlfriend over his eldest child Harry.
But, Joe moved on from his past heartbreak and settled down with his dream woman, as revealed by Fabulous, where he has become the ultimate family man.
Before he fell into the arms of his Loose Women star wife in 2016, Joe spent six years single.
His previous relationship had been with fellow EastEnders actor, Kara Tointon.
The pair first met in 2005 when they played Mickey Miller and Dawn Swann on the soap, but it wasn’t until after Joe left the show in 2008 they became a couple – however, it was short-lived love with the pair parting ways in 2010.
Prior to Kara, Joe’s only other known long-term relationship was with the mother of his son Harry, Emma Sophocleus.
Emma and Joe dated between 2005 and 2008, when their relationship famously ended.
When he began dating Stacey, not only did Joe have to adjust to living with her two eldest children – Zachary and Leighton – he also had to introduce her family to his own son, Harry.
The dad has previously hinted about his ‘tricky’ relationship with Harry’s mum Emma, revealing the pair had to go to court to settle custody issues over their son.
Speaking about it on the podcast, Step Life, Joe explained: “With me and Harry, it was tricky with his mum.
“We had to go to court…so in hindsight, it’s a great thing. But it’s been a strange one for Hal – he’s had to do a lot of adapting.
“I do feel quite sorry for Hal for what he’s had to go through.
“Me and Hal, we’re in each other’s lives on a daily basis now.
“We talk to each other every day, we see each other every couple of days, he only lives 20 minutes away from me, and at the beginning, maybe even five years ago, it’s completely different to what it is now.”
Stacey and Joe have both said their relationship had a good foundation as they were firm friends before anything turned romantic.
The pair were introduced during I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! in 2010, where they formed a great friendship.
Joe later admitted he always fancied Stacey but it wasn’t the right time to pursue anything romantically.
Six years later, however, the pair finally got together, and sparked dating rumours in January 2016 when Stacey posted a snap of herself on a spa weekend stating that she felt like a “new woman”.
Just days later she was spotted arm-in-arm with Joe in Essex.
That same month, Stacey made it official on Instagram – sharing a snap of her new boyfriend with some flowers.
Whilst they seemed loved up to fans, the couple admitted sparks didn’t immediately fly, with Joe remarking how his first kiss with Stacey was like “kissing a dead person”.
“We’re very blended and we make it work.
Joe Swash
Appearing on Shopping With Keith Lemon, Joe told how the pair got close in Australia when Stacey was a guest on the spin-off show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! NOW! which he presented.
He said: “We spent loads of time together and before I knew it she was going home so I thought, I’ll make a move.”
Stacey added: “He opened the door and he just jumped on me. Keith, I didn’t know what to do so I just stood there like this.”
To this, Joe then quipped: “It was like kissing a dead person! She didn’t move, no tongue action, it was all me. With my tongue, I was trying to find her tongue. I was like, ‘What’s going on here?’”
The adorable couple moved in together in Essex in October 2018 after three years of dating and have paved the way for other blended families, with both having kids from previous relationships.
After the court’s ruling, Joe’s relationship with his son has flourished and Harry has become part of the wider family.
The Loose Women panellist’s elder children are also from previous relationships with Dean Cox and Aaron Barham.
Together, Joe and Stacey welcomed baby boy Rex Toby Francis Swash, on May 23, 2019, Rose Opal Esme Solomon-Swash was born in October 2021 and Belle on February 7, 2023.
Belle, of which the name means “beautiful” in French, is a “special connection to [your] Rose” and “will forever” remind Joe and Stacey of “the bluebells that are about to bloom as [she] sprang into the world”.
Speaking about their family dynamic, Joe told OK! Magazine: “We’re very blended and we make it work. But like every blended family, it’s a constant progression and a journey.
“One of the kids may not be happy with something, another one with something else, so you’re always adapting.
“There’s no right or wrong way of doing it, you’ve just got to try to do what’s best for everyone and remember that everyone’s got a point of view, even the kids.”
Since moving in with his now wife, Joe has left his bachelor past behind and has fully embraced his role as a dad and stepdad.
In fact, he could now be described as the ultimate family man, delighting in doing the school run, whipping up meals for the kids, and maintaining a good work/life balance alongside Stacey.
Joe revealed: “[All the kids] go to different schools, [have different] activities and have their own lives. But we manage it.
“When Stacey’s having a busy period, I’ll take some time off work and do the school run and other bits. And when I’m busy, Stacey will.”
When he has time, Joe loves to cook a family feast, and his love of making food inspired him to sign up to the 2021 series of MasterChef.
Since I’ve had the kids I feel a lot more settled
Joe Swash
He shared: “I do cook at home for the kids – a bit of pasta, dishes that everyone can cook.
“And I love making a Sunday roast. That’s the reason I wanted to do the show, so I could learn some skills and techniques to pass on to the family.”
Meanwhile, Joe admitted he’s seen a big change in himself since meeting Stacey and settling down.
He continued: “I’ve always been a little bit of a live wire and got FOMO really badly and wanted to be in the thick of things, out with my pals.
“I was also a little bit scatty. But since I’ve had the kids I feel a lot more settled and don’t feel the need to go out and get drunk.
“I just really love being with my kids. There’s never a dull day.”
In December 2020, Joe proposed to Stacey with a huge diamond ring on a walk in the woods.
She posted a picture of her flashing the ring, overcome with emotion, as she lay back on a huge bunch of flowers, and the caption alongside it read: “He asked me to marry him and after crying for what felt like a very long time… I said yes”, with several emojis of a heart and diamond ring.
She then added a personal message to Joe and penned: “To the moon and back bub. I have no words.”
But the couple didn’t say ‘I Do’ until July 24, 2022 in a private ceremony at their home Pickle Cottage surrounded by family and friends.
The couple and their family moved into their Essex home in March 2022 and the Tap To Tidy author shared the news with fans by posting a photo with a gushing tribute to her family, writing: “Home Sweet Home. And so a new chapter begins. We can not even describe how strange it feels that this is home.
“Never in a million years did we ever think this would be. We feel so lucky and are so grateful to have found this hidden treasure closer to our family and further out.”
We can’t wait to fill it with love and give it our everything. To raise our family here. And to just start a fresh. I’m very emotional for some reason. It still hasn’t sunk in and doesn’t quite feel real.”
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JAMEELA Jamil has revealed she has tried to take her own life multiple times while struggling to cope with crippling insomnia.
The She-Hulk star, 39, has lifted the lid on her experience with the debilitating sleep disorder and said it sparks feelings of “despair” and “hopelessness”.
In a candid publication on Substack, Jameela admitted that “every suicide attempt” she’s made has been due to a severe lack of sleep.
Jameela, who has been in a relationship with Grammy winner James Blake since 2015, also said her insomnia affects her sex drive and makes her “fully lose a grip on reality”.
The actress, model and broadcaster wrote: “I would, without flinching, trade in all the success, money and adventures I’ve had to just be a good sleeper. Insomnia is the absolute ghetto of the mind, body and soul.
“It is years of the loneliest, darkest and most despairing hours in the middle of the night… It’s a lower sex drive. It’s nihilism and hopelessness. It’s being desperate for donuts all f***ing day because you need some respite and consolation.
“Every suicide attempt I have ever made was a result of just that few too many days in a row without a wink of sleep.”
Jameela continued: “You lose your mind. You fully lose your grip on reality.
“Hopelessness and bitterness takes hold of you and sinks into your marrow. Death feels undramatic, it just sounds like a nice big slumber. Your empathy reserves switch off.
“You don’t have the capability of thinking about how your actions will affect others. You convince yourself that it’s the only sensible option.
“Nothing has ever felt more rational or clear in the moment. It’s not sad. It’s not angry. It’s quiet and it feels like autonomy. It is a liar. It is a thief.
“This devastating act of chaos comes to you disguised as peace and tranquility. It’s terrifying. Insomnia is corrosive in every way.”
Jameela began her career fronting Channel 4‘s T4 from 2009 until 2012.
She later moved into radio and hosted The Official Chart and The Official Chart Update on BBC Radio 1 with DJ Scott Mills.
In 2020, the podcaster came out as queer after facing backlash for taking on a judging role on the TV show, Legendary.
Jameela now lives in Los Angeles in the US and is also an activist.
She describes herself as a ‘feminist-in-progress’ and uses her platform to advocate for disability rights, LGBTQ rights, body neutrality, and social justice.
Jameela is also outspoken about her health conditions, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and an eating disorder.
Four years ago, Jameela revealed she had taken valium from the age of 10 to help with her insomnia.
During an interview with Red Table Talk, she said: “After three decades, having started valium at the age of f***ing ten… I am finally clean off all sleeping pills.
“I didn’t take them every single night, but maybe four times a week – I would stay awake the other nights.
“In the past year and a half my short term memory has started to go, and I’ve learned that they can cause early onset dementia (I was calling it Jamentia) so I’ve finally thrown in the towel and flushed them down the loo.”
Jameela explained how she had given up caffeine, was not eating carbs after 2pm, had banned red meat from her diet and was walking 10k steps a day to try and improve her sleep instead.
EUROVISION fans have voiced their disappointment over the placement of Ireland in the finals.
Contest bosses have announced that Norwegian singer EMMY will perform song Laika Party third in the second semi-final on Thursday, 15 May.
However Irish Eurovision fans had hoped the quirky track with its own dance would open one of the semis.
Alex Basmati of Eurovision podcast Eirevisionpod told The Irish Sun: “This is a bit of a surprise as fans suspected Emmy would open the semi as it’s upbeat and broadly appealing to a younger audience.
“It’s not the worst spot to be in, for example second is notorious for being a ‘death slot’ with lowest qualifying odds – whereas both acts in the third spot managed to qualify last year.
“It’s also surrounded by songs with songs of different genres which helps it stand out.
“We saw in 2024 how important staging is with Bambie Thug’s incredible performance which elevated it from odds barely predicting a qualification to jumping to a favourite to win the whole thing.
“We know EMMY has the voice and the song to qualify, it’s really down to their staging plan to push it into a qualifying position so looking forward to see what they have up their sleeve for Laika Party.”
While another Irish Eurovision podcaster Keith Mills told it was now 50/50 if Ireland would qualify.
Keith of the All Kinds Of Everything Facebook group told us: “I don’t think it’s a great draw for Ireland but it could have been worse.
“I expected us to open. The first half of a semi-final is always a challenge but at least we are separated from the favourites and we have the UK voting in our semi-final. I’d give us a 50/50 chance.”
Meanwhile Irish Eurovision winning songwriter Phil Coulter admits he can see why some Irish acts are unhappy that Norwegian born singer Emmy is singing for Ireland in Switzerland next May.
Phil told The Irish Sun: “I understand why people are cheesed off. In an ideal world, Ireland would be sending a good melodic song sung by a good singer, which is how Ireland has won Eurovision before but the contest has changed so much.
“It’s a lot less about songs now. If you asked anybody on the street to name the last four or five winners of the Eurovision now, they’d be struggling to name one.”
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