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76ers signing ex-Lakers, Celtics guard to $3 million contract

The Philadelphia 76ers are signing Lonnie Walker IV to a two-year deal, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. One of the most prominent players on the buyout market nearly started this season with the Boston Celtics before heading overseas. Now, he’s back in the NBA. As the Sixers look to rebound from a poor first […]

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Donald Trump’s net worth in 2025

Donald Trump’s net worth in 2025 is $5.6 billion. Trump is the 47th President of the United States after surviving two assassination attempts. He’s also a businessman and television personality.  Trump previously served as the 45th President of the United States of America before losing his reelection bid to former President Joe Biden in 2020. […]

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Wetherspoons pulls key breakfast item from the menu due to shortage as fans rage ‘what’s happening to the world?’

WETHERSPOONS bosses have been hit with a free-range eggs shortage on their popular breakfasts.

But diners will get a hash brown instead of a yolker on their grub.

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Signs have gone up at pubs in Manchester, Brighton and Somerse[/caption]

A notice at many of the chain’s 852 branches tells punters of the missing eggs.

A sign from a pub in Manchester said: “Free-range egg supply shortages.

“Because of free-range egg shortages, we will be replacing eggs with a hash brown on the following dishes: Large traditional breakfast, traditional breakfast, small breakfast large vegetarian breakfast, vegetarian breakfast, small vegetarian breakfast freedom breakfast.

“If you would like an alternative item, please order at the bar – and we will assist you with this. Apologies for any inconvenience which this may cause.”

One person said on a social media page dedicated to the chain: “What a clucking liberty.”

Another person in Somerset said they had to do without eggs on their breakfast as well.

Yet another added: “None in Brighton yesterday.”

And Andy said: “First a Guinness shortage and now no eggs. What’s happening to the world?”

Wetherspoons said: “We source some of our free range eggs from suppliers and farms based in Northern Ireland.

“The recent outbreak of Avian flu has put pressure on egg availability with measures put in place by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to restrict the spread. We are working with all of our egg suppliers to reduce disruption in pubs.”

How can I save money at Wetherspoons?

FREE refills - Buy a £1.50 tea, coffee or hot chocolate and you can get free refills. The deal is available all day, every day.

Check a map – Prices can vary from one location the next, even those close to each other.

So if you’re planning a pint at a Spoons, it’s worth popping in nearby pubs to see if you’re settling in at the cheapest.

Choose your day – Each night the pub chain runs certain food theme nights.

For instance, every Thursday night is curry club, where diners can get a main meal and a drink for a set price cheaper than usual.

Pick-up vouchers – Students can often pick up voucher books in their local near universities, which offer discounts on food and drink, so keep your eyes peeled.

Get appy – The Wetherspoons app allows you to order and pay for your drink and food from your table – but you don’t need to be in the pub to use it. 

Taking full advantage of this, cheeky customers have used social media to ask their friends and family to order them drinks. The app is free to download on the App Store or Google Play.

Check the date – Every year, Spoons holds its Tax Equality Day to highlight the benefits of a permanently reduced tax bill for the pub industry.

It usually takes place in September, and last year it fell on Thursday, September 14.

As well as its 12-day Real Ale Festival every Autumn, Wetherspoons also holds a Spring Festival.

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TV star couple to host new BBC One series on mental health and therapy after success of Netflix show

MATT and Emma Willis have been open about having therapy during bumpy times in their 16-year marriage ­­– and now they are dropping in on stranger’s counselling sessions.

The couple, who co-host Netflix dating show Love Is Blind, will go behind the scenes of real-life therapy in a new series for the BBC.

Matt and Emma Willis, smiling for a photo.
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Matt and Emma Willis are set to go behind the scenes of real-life therapy in a new series for the BBC[/caption]

The four-parter will see the duo joined by individuals looking to improve their lives in what will be the first time cameras capture therapy in action for British TV.

From the makers of Channel 4’s First Dates, Inside Therapy will also feature some of Britain’s leading counsellors.

An insider told me: “Matt and Emma are really digging deep into what it looks like to go through therapy with unprecedented access to some of the leading mental health experts.

“What happens inside therapy sessions must normally stay within those sessions, but some brave individuals have agreed to showcase what it’s really like. The clinic will capture their breakthroughs in real time.

“It will cover topics from grief and anxiety to relationship struggles and crippling phobias.

“Matt and Emma make the perfect hosts for this, as both of them have been very open about their own transformative experiences with therapy, including marriage counselling.”

Matt and Emma added: “Therapy has played a huge role in our lives. It’s given us the tools to understand ourselves and each other better.

“With this series we’ll hear from experts and see what really happens in therapy, to help break down the stigma and start conversations.

“We know therapy isn’t always easy to access, so by bringing it to TV, we hope to give people a window into the process and share tools that could help them navigate their own challenges.

The series, which is currently in the works, will air on BBC One.

It follows Matt’s BBC documentary Fighting Addiction, in which the Busted star discussed his struggle with drugs and alcohol addiction.

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I felt utterly helpless after losing our precious son – it made me a control freak before breakdown, says Ben Fogle

WE know him as the tough-guy adventurer who is either climbing Mount Everest, racing to the South Pole or running a marathon through the desert.

But Ben Fogle has revealed how the stillbirth of his son Willem in 2014 turned him into a control freak — and eventually led to the mental health breakdown he suffered last year.

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Ben Fogle (pictured with wife Marina) has opened up about what led to his mental breakdown[/caption]
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Ben and Marina share son Ludo, 15, and daughter Iona, 13[/caption]

The 51-year-old TV presenter, whose shows include Countryfile and New Lives In The Wild, said: “A number of years ago, my wife and I lost a son, who was stillborn.

“And it’s amazing how you deal with a loss like that.

“My wife Marina was very raw with her emotions.

“Mine were much more measured.

“It doesn’t mean I felt it any less, but I probably kept them within.

“And one of the big things that happened to me was that I became obsessed about control, because I’d lost control there.

“I was actually in Canada when it happened, and I had to take a flight to get back.

“I didn’t know if my wife was going to survive.

“It was like one of the periods in my life, I’ve had a few, when I had lost all control.

“And what my brain, this amazing thing, did was it made me absolutely obsessed about control.

“And I wanted to control everything.

Ben, who has son Ludo, 15, and daughter Iona, 13, added: “I wanted to control how happy my children were.

“I couldn’t bear it if they weren’t happy.

“But you can’t. You can give hugs and kisses.

“But if a child is sad, you can’t just magic happiness.

“And I think when you try to control things when you are in the public eye and in modern life, that’s really, really difficult.

“And that for me was also one of the problems. It was like a clash.

“A perfect storm of circumstances that all culminated together. I think it was a perfect storm.

“I think what happened in 2023 is that I overdid it.

“I was being over-stimulated, I was absorbing too much, I was doing too much, I was expecting too much of myself.

“It was losing control of my emotions.

“It was that lack of control that eventually led to a point where I had to press the pause button.”

‘DOOM SCROLLING’

Ben, whose symptoms included crippling paranoia and anxiety, was then diagnosed with ADHD, and said that one of his first remedies was to delete social media apps from all his devices

Speaking for a forthcoming episode of the High Performance podcast, he added: “It was definitely a chaotic period that I haven’t completely got over.”

Asked what the first warning signs of him not being well were, Ben, who first found fame on 2000 BBC One reality show Castaway, said it was when he was about to head to Antarctica for a month recreating the journeys of explorers Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

He said: “On the lead-up to that — it was over the Christmas period, I left on Boxing Day — I was agitated.

“A bit like if you have a dog and you see the dog walking in circles.

“I felt restless and sick. I didn’t want to go and I couldn’t really put my finger on why I was feeling that way.

“Now in hindsight I realise it was probably what is sometimes described as a panic attack.

“I probably should have not done it. I did it. I loved it.

“It was an amazing, amazing experience. I then came back and I was almost over-elated.

“My emotions were see-sawing up and down. There was almost too much elation.

“That was the point of these sort of yo-yoing emotions that in hindsight I realise were my body saying, ‘Do you know what, you just need to slow down, stop being hard on yourself’.”

Ben Fogle on the Falkland Islands.
Ben has now cut back on work, turning down offers he would previously have accepted

Explaining what made him seek help, he added: “It was lots of tiny little alarm bells. It was a period of moments.

“I just realised I needed to do something and to ask someone who perhaps was more knowledgeable in this field.

“I saw a psychiatrist to kind of explain what I was feeling, how I was struggling a little bit.

“I think the whole thing probably lasted in its kind of storm-like period a couple of weeks.

“And then I’d say it took quite a while to kind of clear that up — a couple of months probably. It’s probably an ongoing thing.

“I deleted social media apps from all my devices.

“Like everyone, I was doom scrolling.

“I think there’s an assumption — because of what I do, I’m constantly out in the wilderness, I’m constantly extolling the virtues of living in an analogue world, of switching off — that I am somehow completely immune to that.

“But I spend an hour coming into London on the train, scrolling and looking and looking at the news.”

Now he tries to avoid his phone on trains and leaves it behind when he is running or walking the dog.

He has also cut back on work, turning down offers he would previously have accepted.

And he spends an astonishing ten hours every day outside, even when the weather is freezing.

He said: “I live in the countryside.

“I’ve got lots of dogs, we’ve got horses, and I am probably outside, let’s say, of a 12-hour conventional day when I’m home, we and the family are outside probably ten hours of that — even in the winter with torches out.”

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  • Ben is touring the country in March and April speaking about his life and travels in his show called ‘Wild’.

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Delivery firm Evri reveals staggering number of packages that will be lost or stolen this year

PARCEL giant Evri admits it will lose eight million packages this year — 22,000 a day.

The delivery company, which estimates it will handle 800million parcels in 2025, predicts it will lose track of one per cent of them.

That equates to 153,846 lost parcels every week. Some will eventually reach their destination after a delay.

But others will not arrive at all thanks to being damaged or stolen. Evri last year delivered more than 730million parcels.

Thanks to an investment boost of £32million in operations and customer services, it claims to have a 99 per cent success rate.

Evri counts late or lost parcels under the same category — making up the one per cent.

The scale-up saw the firm deal with 12million customers per week last year.

And more than 7.3million parcels a year did not reach their destination on time or at all in 2024 — 20,000 a day.

Evri delivers 4,000 parcels to UK households every minute during peak delivery periods.

Now some are questioning whether the sudden scale-up has impacted on customer service.

Professor David Edmundson-Bird, of Manchester Metropolitan University, said: “When businesses expand too quickly without proper infrastructure and planning, customer service often becomes a significant casualty of growth.”

Evri said its couriers are rated 4.7 out of five by customers and it is “on track” to handle 800million parcels this financial year — with more than 99 per cent successfully delivered on time.

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Evri admits it will lose eight million packages this year[/caption]

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M&S shoppers raving over ‘jaw-dropping’ new sauce perfect for popular desserts and scanning at tills for just £2.50

SHOPPERS are rushing to Marks and Spencer to bag a brand new sauce that is perfect to have in the kitchen cupboard.

The indulgent sweet treat is set to be popular for Pancake Day in just a few weeks.

M&S Millionaire's Sauce bottle in store.
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M&S has unveiled a new decadent chocolate sauce ahead of Pancake Day[/caption]
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The retailer has released a range of products that has shoppers raving (stock)[/caption]

But, you will have to be quick to get it with the new addition to the M&S food aisles costing just £2.50.

The retailer took to Facebook to unveil the new Millionaire’s Sauce.

M&S told shoppers: “Top off your favourite desserts with a generous squeeze of our Millionaire’s Sauce.

“Smooth and rich with caramel, it contains an indulgent blend of milk and dark chocolate, just waiting to be drizzled over waffles, pancakes and ice cream.”

The “versatile and delicious” sauce can be found in the food hall.

Shoppers immediately alerted friends and family to the new topping as one called it “wonderful food” and another said, “looks good.”

It comes as the retailer prepares for Pancake Day on March 5, unveiling a range of new products for the occasion.

As well as the sweet chocolate sauce, they have also released a decadent Pistachio Creme and two ready-made pancake shaker bottles.

The Triple Chocolate Pancake Shaker Mix and the High Protein Pancake Mix Shaker with five grams of protein.

The retailer excitedly announced the new range on February 15, calling the £4.50 Collection Pistachio Creme “the must have topping this pancake day.”

M&S describes it as: “Silky smooth, rich and utterly moreish, this gorgeously green spread is created by a family-founded artisan chocolatier in Italy’s Lombardy region, using the most flavoursome pistachios.

“Spread it, dollop it, or dunk into it – this limited edition crème is magic on anything it touches.”

One shopper wasted no time in bagging the new item, saying on Facebook: “Got it today can’t wait to try later on some pancakes or biscuits.”

“Off to M&S we go,” another wrote while tagging a friend.

But it is not only Pancake Day that the retailer is gearing up for.

Shoppers have gone wild for an M&S Easter egg stuffed with munch mix.

The egg is filled with the brand’s popular Easter munch mix, which combines jelly-fied eggs, jelly carrots, white chocolate and raspberry popcorn, milk chocolate pretzels and more.

One shopper couldn’t wait to share the find, posting a picture online and calling it: “the chunky, crunchy, loaded milk chocolate half egg of dreams.”

The egg costs £12 and is available both in store and on Ocado to order online.

Meanwhile, those who want a delicious and indulgent treat without the need for a special occasion should check out the retailer’s six-person chocolate pudding that has shoppers raving.

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s private jet grounded at Manchester airport after crack is discovered in window

CRISTIANO RONALDO’s multi-million-pound private jet is stranded at Manchester Airport after the discovery of a technical issue.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s £61million Bombardier Global Express 6500 jet touched down in Manchester on Friday and sent footie fans into a frenzy.

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Cristino Ronaldo’s private jet was spotted at Manchester Aiport last week[/caption]
Cristiano Ronaldo's private jet at Manchester Airport.
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The jet won’t be leaving the airport anytime soon as it’s awaiting repairs[/caption]
Cristiano Ronaldo's grounded private jet at Manchester Airport with a cracked window.
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Engineers spotted a cracked window on the £61million jet and are awaiting a replacement part[/caption]

The reason for its arrival in Manchester is currently unknown and still being debated by footie fans.

But the luxury aircraft won’t be going anywhere anytime soon as it was spotted with a crack in one of its windows.

Engineers discovered the matte black jet, which has an image of Ronaldo‘s siu celebration on it and his CR7 logo, had the issue while giving it a once over.

It won’t be permitted to leave the airport until the crack has been repaired.

It’s understood engineers are currently waiting for the replacement part to be shipped.

The stunning airliner was spotted next to the aircraft Manchester City took to Madrid for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 qualifier against Real Madrid on Wednesday.

Ronaldo, 49, reportedly splashed the cash on his luxury airliner last year.

It’s not known if Ronaldo was on board the plane when it arrived in Manchester, where he spent several trophy-laden years across two stints with Manchester United.

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Inside Cristiano Ronaldo's incredible life

AS arguably the greatest player of all time, Cristiano Ronaldo lives a life befitting such a superstar.

Ron loves a fast motor almost as much as scoring goals with his vast car collection including one costing £9MILLION.

Upon moving to Saudi – Ronaldo moved into a luxury skyscraper hotel before swapping it for an Arabian mansion.

As a globetrotter, Ronaldo likes to travel in style like onboard this luxury private jet.

Behind every great man is a great woman, and Ronaldo has one in partner Georgina Rodriguez.

Georgina opened up on the moment they first met when she was working as a shop girl, saying it was “love at first sight”.

Before meeting Georgina, Ronaldo dated some of the world’s hottest women including Kim Kardashian and Irina Shayk.

Now it’s all about the family, with Ronaldo’s offspring now capable of making up a five-a-side team.

Ronaldo’s very well paid on the pitch, but he makes a ton of money off it too with endorsement deals ranging from KFC to his own range of underpants.

He’s also a prolific investor and owns a string of hotels.

He’s currently building a holiday resort in the Red Sea which has been dubbed “a new paradise”.

Ronaldo gives back too – which is one of the reasons he doesn’t have any tattoos.

He’s highly dedicated, as a look inside his health and fitness regime shows.

That dedication saw him transform from a weedy teen to hulking Adonis.

Head here to read more on Cristiano Ronaldo.

He was in action for Al-Nassr the evening before in their 3-2 win over Al-Alhi.

Ronaldo first joined United in 2003, staying until 2009 when he made a blockbuster switch to Real Madrid.

He made an emotional return to Old Trafford for a short stint between 2021 and 2022, which ended after his explosive interview with Sun columnist Piers Morgan.

The footie icon and his Al-Nassr team-mates will return to the pitch on Friday, welcoming Al-Ettifaq to the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium.

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Asda slashes price of winter gadget for drying laundry without heating and it’s the cheapest around

SHOPPERS are rushing to Asda to get their hands on a must-have winter gadget.

The supermarket has slashed the price of the smart laundry airer that promises to dry clothes without using radiators.

Silver heated winged clothes airer.
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Asda drastically cut the price of the silver heated winged clothes airer[/caption]

The Silver Heated Winged Clothes Airer was originally £40 but is now just £28.97.

Made from Aluminium and foldable for easy storage, the airer can be purchased in-store or online with delivery starting from £3.75.

Users simply plug the drier into the mains which heats up each rail – resulting in less laundry clutter around the home.

Customers were over the moon with the product, with one writing: “Absolutely fantastic would definitely recommend,” wrote one customer.

“Needed extra drying space for jumpers. This is ideal,” said a second.

“This has been a life saver. Plenty of room, the clothes dry quickly once the heat is on,” echoed a third.

Another added: “Had this for several months, best thing ever, works best if you dry things flat and rotate often but a saviour when the weather’s wet and cold.”

With Spring just around the corner, shoppers have been hitting the store to stock up on gardening essentials – with prices starting as little as £2.

Jemma Heathfield took to TikTok to show off some of the new-in goodies, but you’ll have to act fast if you want to snap them up.

If you’re a disco fan, why not carry on the trend with a stunning disco ball plants for just £16.

The large pink planter is perfect to add some shimmer to your garden, and it’s available in-store and online too.

But if you want all the glamour of the disco planter on a smaller scale, the mini disco balls are perfect for sticking in your houseplants and catching the sunlight – and you can’t go wrong for £2.

Next, Jemma showed off a pink Polaroid Camera Planter for £12, and a slightly larger green Boombox Planter for £15.

The pastel-toned planters are perfect for spring, along with the adorable cherry Gardening Tools set, £16, which comes with a fork, trowel and pruner.

Don’t worry if the pink cherry design isn’t your thing though, it also comes in a cute green lead print, and a gnome design too.

And if you’re terrible at remembering to water your plants, don’t worry, Asda is also selling water globes for £5 each.

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Customers are stocking up on garden essentials in time for Spring[/caption]

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Lucky mum finds Man Utd ace’s lost dogs and gets tour of club’s training ground in return

A MUM got a tour of Manchester United’s training ground for finding Alejandro Garnacho’s dogs.

United supporter Leah Smith, 26, and her children also got matchday tickets from the grateful Argentina international.

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Manchester United supporter Leah Smith, 26, and her children got a training ground tour and matchday tickets from grateful Argentina international Alejandro Garnacho
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Man United ace Garnacho is now happily reunited with his two dogs
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Garnacho’s two dogs
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Leah was driving with daughter Eliza, ten, when she saw two mutts on the loose near the star’s mansion.

She managed to get them in her car and recognised them from pics the winger posted on social media.

Leah then drove to United’s Carrington training ground where they let her and her daughter inside to watch the first team going through their paces.

An assistant told them the dogs were indeed Freko and Burrows, who live with the star, his partner Eva and their one-year-old son Enzo in Bowdon, Gtr Manchester.

Leah told The Sun: “Once they confirmed the dogs belonged to Garna, they politely asked if I could take them back to his home, which I did. His partner, Eva, was waiting and was very grateful.”

The following day the couple phoned Leah to thank her — and gave her tickets in the players’ family area at Old Trafford for their Premier League game against Southampton.

Leah, Eliza and her brother Jenson, seven, saw Prem strugglers United win 3-1 on January 16.

Leah said: “My children will never forget this day. Thank you Garna & Eva.”

Leah, who lives five minutes from Garnacho’s home, has since bumped into the footy ace while he was walking his dogs.

Fans praised Garnacho, 20, for his generous response but one joked: “Nobody should be made to sit and watch a United game.”

Garnacho joined United’s academy in 2020 from Spanish club Atletico Madrid and made his first-team debut in 2022.

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