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DREAM TEAM managers are spoiled for choice this week.

Gameweek 24 is not done yet with Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa in action on Wednesday night but thoughts have already turned to double Gameweek 25, when all 20 Premier League clubs will have two fixtures to fulfil.

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Mbeumo will be unleashed upon Leicester and Everton in Gameweek 25[/caption]

This opens up all manner of options as players previously limited to one point-scoring opportunity per Gameweek will have two chances to strut their stuff.

One individual who is already attracting plenty of new admirers is Bryan Mbeumo (£4.7m).

Brentford’s talisman is currently the second-most popular recruit ahead of Friday’s 6:30pm deadline ahead of his double header against Leicester and Everton.

The Toffees have improved immeasurably since David Moyes’ return having won four of their last five league games.

While the Bees may have a fight on their hands when Everton visit West London, their Friday night trip to the King Power represents one of the most favourable fixtures on offer in the top flight this season.

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Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side are languishing in 19th having lost nine of their last ten league games, conceding 25 goals in the process.

Thomas Frank will expect his troops, who have scored more goals than the likes of Nottingham Forest, Newcastle and Aston Villa this campaign, to capitalise on the Foxes’ vulnerable defence.

And the stats suggest Mbeumo is the man most likely to take advantage.

The Cameroon international has scored 14 goals and provided four assists in all competitions this term.

Mohamed Salah (£8.3m), Erling Haaland (£8.1m), Chris Wood (£4.1m) and Alexander Isak (£6.3m) are the only players ahead of Mbeumo in the Premier League Golden Boot race.

Crucially, those four rivals are all strikers whereas Brentford’s No19 is categorised as a midfielder in Dream Team.

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Mbeumo ranks third among Dream Team midfielders[/caption]

Mbeumo has racked up 228 points this season at an average of 7.9 per appearance – a rate only bettered by Cole Palmer (£5.9m) and Bukayo Saka (£6.6m) among assets in his position.

While only Chelsea’s main man and Bruno Fernandes (£6.1m) have amassed a higher points total at this stage – a phenomenal effort given Mbeumo’s schedule has not featured European fixtures.

Even accounting for a potentially tricky meeting with a resurgent Everton, it would be reasonable to expect a juicy double-digit haul in Gameweek 25.

Yoane Wissa (£3m), Mikkel Damsgaard (£3.8m) and Kevin Schade (£3.1m) are all viable options but Mbeumo’s record makes him the optimum selection for gaffers keen on a Brentford player at this juncture.

Dream Team bosses should be aware that such a move would be a short-term ploy as Brentford do not have a fixture scheduled for Gameweek 26, when focus will switch to the FA Cup fifth round.

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MELVIN Odoom has been spotted “all over” a MAFS UK star after she split from her show groom.

Radio DJ Melvin, 44, threw a party in London at the weekend with co-star Rickie Haywood-Williams.

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One famous face in attendence was Married At First Sight UK‘s Lacey Martin – and The Sun can reveal she and Melvin are getting very close.

An insider said: “Melvin and Lacey from Married At First Sight were all over each other at the weekend.

“It was Rickie and Melvin’s party in London and they couldn’t keep their hands off each other.

“They’re clearly very close – they met a few weeks back and have been messaging and seeing each other ever since.”

It comes after Lacey’s shock split from MAFS UK groom Nathan Campbell.

They appeared to be one of the strongest couples throughout the most recent series.

In November The Sun revealed Lacey and Nathan had split and she later told us he won’t even be in the same room as her now.

She said: “If he sees me come in, he goes into another room.

“He doesn’t look at me. I just feel like I don’t recognise him anymore.

“I’m just hurt because I just feel like he didn’t appreciate me in the end.

“And I really put myself out there to understand him, you know, the best I could. And I just thought, what have I got for it? I gave him my all. I genuinely did.”

Melvin starred in the most recent series of I’m a Celebrity and during his time in the jungle revealed a crush on Carol Vorderman.

But he later confessed that, despite sending Carol his number, he’d been “ghosted” by the star.

A WOMAN has been trolled for kissing her ‘grandma’ but claims she is too busy being in love to care. 

Heather McGreachy-Irwin, 36, came out as a lesbian at the age of 33, after being married to a man for seven years.

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TikTok/@ayankandabrit0

Meanwhile, her now wife, Sue, 68, who is 32 years older than her, opened up about her sexuality at 65, after being with her ex-husband for 35 years.

The couple, who “never expected to find each other” but are “so grateful” they did, initially bonded over their love of Star Trek on social media. 

When they first connected online the women lived 4,207 miles apart, with Sue from Florida, US and Heather from Luton, Bedfordshire. 

But after direct messaging for two weeks, they decided to video call via Zoom and immediately hit it off.

They first met in person in November 2021 in London and then tied the knot in a small ceremony with just two of their friends in Central Park in May 2023, with Sue moving to the UK later that summer.

But now, the couple have candidly opened up on being targets for hate online. 

While Sue is often mistaken for being Heather’s mum, in a short clip online, Heather, a mental health nurse, claimed that some people even believe her wife is in fact her grandmother.

As Heather shared a behind the scenes look of their intimate wedding day, she revealed that keyboard warriors will often call her relationship ‘gross’ and ask: ‘Why are you kissing your grandma?’ 

But in response to this, Heather shared her clip with the caption ‘This is our love story. This is our happiness. We see past age. We see past gender. We are just two people who found each other in this crazy world and love each other.’

Not only this, but she then explained: “Well, she’s actually my wife. We have a 32 year age gap and we are building a beautiful life together.

“We get a lot of hate but we are too busy loving each other to notice. 

“We are just two souls who found each other and love each other, cherishing whatever time we have. 

This is our happiness. We see past age. We see past gender

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“This is our love story and our happy ever after.”  

The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @ayankandabrit0, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 106,100 views, 713 likes and 17 comments. 

But despite the hate the couple often receive, social media users were eager to send messages of love and support to the same-sex pair. 

One person said: “Nothing gross about love it’s fabulous.” 

Age is nothing but a number

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Another added: “Watched three times, can’t find the gross part! Just a beautiful married kiss.” 

A third commented: “Love at any age is a blessing…no one should ever be alone…so happy for you beautiful ladies.” 

Meanwhile, someone else expressed: “Age is nothing but a number.”

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A BRAZILIAN footballer has died moments before he was set to play a match.

Tributes have poured in for Gabriel Popo after he passed away aged 26.

Popo was about to play in a match for XV de Jau against Uniao Suzano, which was abandoned following the incident.

The midfielder suffered a medical emergency and was rushed to hospital in Sao Paulo, but died.

His club paid tribute in a statement which read: “Gabriel Popo: forever in our history and in our hearts.

“Nothing prepares us for goodbyes like this. Popo left us too soon, but his joy, his talent and his passion for football will remain alive in each one of us.

“Popo, we will play, we will wear this jersey and we will come back stronger for you!”

Brazilian clubs have paid tribute to Popo including Paulista FC and Rio Branco Sports Club.

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TELLY fans may notice a huge change on their screens today as a popular streaming service kick starts a major overhaul.

Sky has been busy of late, unveiling a Sky Glass Gen 2 TV just last week.

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New look is rolling out from today through March[/caption]

But today it’s time for a shake-up to the company’s sister product, NOW – formerly known as NOW TV.

The streaming platform has received a complete revamp in a bid to make it easier for viewers to find their favourite shows.

NOW is home to much of Sky’s most popular content, including the new series of The White Lotus which returned to Sky Atlantic on Monday.

The overhaul will also mean some changes for Sky Sports subscribers too.

Sky is moving NOW’s underlying technology across to the NBCUniversal system used by its counterpart in the US.

The firm says the move will “further enhance” the viewing experience, providing people with a more personalised approach overall.

A new-look user interface makes it easier to jump into the shows you want to watch.

This includes new rails showcasing content such as Top 10s and smoother search options.

For those who have the NOW Sky Sports package, SkySports+ streams will be housed as curated collections.

This should make it easier to get to what users want to watch in one place, such as The Miami Open tennis tournament.

Sky says there is more choice and control for families too, with the introduction of Kids profiles.

This allows little ones to access more than 10,000 episodes of children’s content, including shows like all ad-free.

The update is being rolled out to NOW devices, as well as smart TVs and tablets, in the UK and Ireland from February 18 and through March.

NOW members in Italy will see the same changes in spring, followed by Germany at a later date.

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Changes are coming to other countries where NOW operates too[/caption]

CALL The Midwife’s Helen George has shared an insight to her new romance with a loved-up date night with her new beau. 

The actress, who is beloved for playing Trixie Franklin on the BBC favourite, spent the weekend being wined-and-dined by her new love. 

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Helen beamed as she posed with a bottle of red wine during her Valentines Day date[/caption]

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The couple enjoyed a candlelit dinner[/caption]

Sharing pictures on Instagram, the couple enjoyed a meal at The Waterman Arms in Barnes, with Helen beaming with a bottle of wine in her hand. 

She later wrote: “The most delicious Valentine’s over-ordering. Hearts and stomach’s full @daninnes @thewatermans.arms”.

This is the star’s first time noting her new romance, with Dan being a real estate developer who declares himself a “future thinker and global voyeur” on his Instagram page. 

He adds he’s “architecturally inquisitive, marine + mountainous, health + moderation, national + Atlantic oarsman [and] possible viking.” 

On his personal page, he shared the picture of Helen with the wine and joked: “’Can I get this to go please? #yesyesyes”. 

The star’s new romance comes after Helen joined celebrity dating app Raya last year, shortly after “drifting apart” from her Call The Midwife co-star, Olly Rix. 

Olly played Helen’s on-screen husband, Matthew, on the wholesome BBC favourite, and the pair reportedly grew close after their respective off-screen break ups. 

Helen called time on her seven-year relationship with Jack Ashton in July 2023, with the couple having two children together. 

Jack, who also starred on Call The Midwife as Reverand Thomas, had dated Helen from 2016, following filming of the Christmas special in South Africa.

They welcomed their two daughters, Wren and Lark, in 2017 and 2021 respectively.

Confirming the news of their split online at the time, Helen wrote: “Some months ago, we separated.

“Our two beautiful girls remain the focus and I respectfully ask for privacy for this next chapter.”

Around the same time, Olly split from girlfriend Natasha Fagri, and as they navigated single life together, rumours sparked that they were dating. 

Neither confirmed the speculation, but by June 2024, the pair had unfollowed each other on social media, with pictures together also being deleted. 

Helen did later refollow Olly, and then joined Raya in September 2024, listing her interests as ‘meditation, travel, dogs, hotels, restaurants, theatre and antiques’. 

Her Instagram post is the first notable romance since her split from Jack Ashton.

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Helen noted Dan in her own post, celebrating their new romance[/caption]

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The real estate developer calls himself a ‘future thinker’[/caption]

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Helen was previously in a longterm relationship with Jack Ashton[/caption]

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Helen is beloved as nurse Trixie on Call The Midwife[/caption]

WE OFTEN see OnlyFans models showing off their lavish lifestyles online – from living in mansions to designer shopping sprees.

But the sad reality is that those eager to try and make easy money, and lots of it, will earn just pennies.

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OnlyFans stars like Sophie Rain claim to have made millions on the site[/caption]

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But it seems it’s much harder to get there than people like to believe[/caption]

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The average OnlyFans salary is way less than social media make it appear[/caption]

According to Variety, the average creator earns just £1,032 ($1,300) a year – or £85 ($108) a month, a lot less than the likes of Bonnie Blue who claims to earn £600,000 a month or Sophie Rain who made £34 million in her first year on the site.

One model on the site was ranked in the top 71 percentile of all creators but had just two active subscribers, reports Range Media. 

We often only hear about the top 0.01 percent of OnlyFans models who are able to rake in millions a year – but the reality is vastly different.

Despite many seeing OnlyFans as an easy way to quit your 9 to 5 and become a millionaire overnight, it couldn’t be further from the truth.

Most top earners on OnlyFans were already famous before participating in sex work reports MailOnline, meaning they had plenty of adoring fans waiting to subscribe to their account.

Top Stars

Blac Chyna, a reality TV star and ex to Robert Kardashian already had thousands of followers before taking to the site and raking in over £15 million.

Another top creator is Australian rapper Iggy Azalea who is thought to make £7 million a month.

It’s not just regular celebrities making a boatload of cash, Australia‘s Anna Paul makes £200,000 a month but rose to fame by becoming an influencer on TikTok.

Sophie Rain is just 20 and claimed to make £34 million in her first year on OnlyFans, making her one of the biggest money makers in the site’s history.

Now Sophie and seven other OnlyFans models live together in a mansion in Miami named the ‘Bop House’ and has been compared to the modern Playboy Mansion.

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Anna Paul built her following as a social media influencer before heading to OnlyFans[/caption]

The opulent residence, which costs £60,000 a month to rent, spans across 8,890 sq ft with six bedrooms and five bathrooms.

There’s no grotto – but there is a pool, rooftop sundeck and direct access to the water with a space to park a yacht or jet ski.

While the UK’s top OnlyFans star, Bonnie Blue, has revealed she makes £600,000 a month.

That means the 25-year-old from a rural village in Derbyshire is making at least £7.2 million per year.

Sad Reality

Watching their lavish lives on social media has left many people wondering if they should jump on the bandwagon amid the cost of living crisis.

One person on X, formerly known as Twitter, wrote: “Maybe I should just start an OnlyFans.”

“The urge to start an Onlyfans is so real,” penned another, while a third added: “Just lost my job who wanna start an OnlyFans?”

But some women are actually doing it, Laura Watson, a spokesperson for the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) which supports sex workers across the UK, says there’s an increase in women looking for sex work.

She told ITV: “Since the start of the cost of living crisis we saw an increase in calls to our helpline: women, specifically, asking how to go into prostitution, asking how to get back into it – many women after having left for many years thinking about how to get back into it. So we knew that many people were turning to prostitution to fill the gap.”

Despite what OnlyFans models show online, creators in the top 1 percent of earners roughly make £38,000 annually, just over the median UK salary of £37,430.

While the big payouts go to those in the 0.1 percent, who earn around 15 times the amount of the average creator in the top 1 percent, according to Matthew Ball. 

Last year, the CEO of OnlyFans revealed the company has paid out $20 billion to its creators since its creation in 2016.

CEO Keily Blair was speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles when she revealed the incredible figure.

“Porn is free on the internet. think the reason why people pay for OnlyFans is because they want to engage with those particular creators,” Blair said.

“It’s because of the ability to customise, as well as to ask for specific content.”

She continued, “Everyone assumes it’s sexy content. Some of it sexy content and we’re very happy with that, we’re an inclusive platform, and we’re that way for a reason.

“We believe it’s very important for adult content creators to have a safe space, to be able to monetise and also to be able to do that alongside other content creators.

“We’re all adults, we’re all grownups, we can all choose what content we subscribe to.”

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INFAMOUS fugitive dad Tom Phillips and his three children may have been spotted again in the latest twist to the bizarre case gripping New Zealand for years.

The Marokopa man, who has been on the run with his kids since 2021, was allegedly spotted in a layby on State Highway 4, south of Te Kūiti, on Sunday morning.

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Infamous runaway dad Tom Phillips (pictured) may have been spotted with his kids in a new sighting[/caption]

A member of the public reported seeing a group of four people — an adult male and three children — dressed in camouflage around 8.30 am, The New Zealand Herald reports.

“Police are now working to establish whether this is a credible sighting and are working to rule out other possible scenarios,” a police spokesperson said.

ON THE RUN

Phillips, 36, has been hiding in the New Zealand wilderness with his children – Jayda, 11, Maverick, 10 and Ember, nine – since December 2021.

The last confirmed appearance of the runaway dad – dubbed ‘the Bushman’ for his ability to live off-grid – and his children was in October last year.

Two teenage pig hunters captured footage of the group trekking through farmland in bushland west of Coutts Road in Marokopa.

“This is the first time all three of the children have been sighted, which is positive information, and we know it will be reassuring for the children’s wider family,” police said at the time.

The sighting triggered a three-day search involving a military helicopter, but Phillips and the children disappeared again.

Phillips isn’t just wanted for taking his children.

Police allege he was caught on CCTV attempting to rob a Piopio store in November 2023.

The masked pair — believed to be Phillips and one of his children — were seen smashing the shop’s front glass before fleeing.

He’s also accused of robbing a bank and firing a gun at a supermarket worker in Te Kūiti in May 2023.

Police believe Phillips fled into the wilderness after losing legal custody of his children to Oranga Tamariki, New Zealand’s child welfare agency.

“That’s effectively why we believe he has taken the children, over custody,” Acting Detective Inspector Andrew Saunders previously said.

Saunders also suggested Phillips may have used his first disappearance in September 2021 as a “warm-up” for his long-term escape.

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DESPERATE MUM’S PLEA

The children’s mum, Cat, has repeatedly begged for their return.

“I am standing here before you today begging you for your help to bring my babies home,” she said in an emotional video plea last year.

“They are just innocent children, they do not deserve to be treated this way. They do not deserve the life that is being provided to them right now.”

Cat has accused Phillips of using their children as “pawns in his game” and believes he is being helped by a network of supporters.

Criminal psychologist Dr. Tim Watson-Munro has warned of the long-term effects on the children, saying: “I would worry professionally about their psychological wellbeing arising from all of this.

” I mean, it’s an abnormal type of life for young kids to lead.”

Police are urging anyone who may have seen Phillips or his children to come forward.

IT’S the time of year when you can’t go anywhere without hearing someone with a hacking cough or horrendous sniffles.

But there’s a Home Bargains buy that people say works wonders for a cold – and it’s so popular that it’s literally flying off the shelves.

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TikTok/@bobbycnorris

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The bath salts are said to work wonders at this time of year – when colds are rife[/caption]

TOWIE star Bobby Norris is the latest famous face to rave about the 99p product – Nuage’s vapour bath salts.

“Now when I tell you these sell out quick, this is what we’re at,” he said in a video on his TikTok page, turning the camera to show that there were only a few left on the shelf.

“It’s like the locusts have been!”

He urged people to “run like a thief in the night” to their local Home Bargains, calling the product a “game changer”.

“We’ve all got stinking colds,” he sighed.

“We’re having a terrible time I think. So I would suggest, if you like a bath salt or a shower tablet, get involved.

“Vapour is the way.

“And with everything going round at the minute… you need it in your life.

“I grabbed a couple because as I say, they sell out so so quick.”

If you aren’t a bath person, it also comes in tablet form for the shower.

And other Home Bargains shoppers were quick to agree with Bobby in the comments section, with one writing: “When you know you know!”

“Ooh I’ll grab some!” another added.

“I’m going to get some of them,” a third said.

“Home Bargs is the best place!” someone else gushed.

But another issued a word of warning, after getting a similar bath product from another manufacturer.

“I bought that Vicks bath salts and let me tell you, a little goes a long way,” they wrote.

“I walked in the bathroom after the bath had been running and it took my breath away!”

And the positive reviews of the product kept on coming on Amazon, where it’s being sold for £4.59.

“This time of the year we all get colds, I got this as I had trouble breathing,” one wrote.

“I put in my bath and relaxed – good strong odour.”

“Sprinkle 2 handfuls of salts in a hot bath, sit back and enjoy the steam as it relieves you of your stuffiness,” another said.

“It really is strong – like being in a steam room at a spa!”

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