SUPERSTAR Taylor Swift has quietly donated $100,000 to help save the life of little girl fighting cancer.
The Sun can reveal the Look What You Made Me singer, 35, made the huge donation on Friday night after finding herself trawling the pages of GoFundMe.
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Taylor Swift has donated $100,000 to help a young girl battling cancerCredit: APLilah is one of just 58 people in the world with her conditionCredit: standwithlilah
The singer’s money will go towards to helping a little girl named Lilah who suffered her first seizure aged 18 months before having surgery to remove a stage 4 tumour just weeks later.
She has since been diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain cancer – with only 58 known cases in the world.
A source said: “Taylor has always been keen to give back and help others but even by her standard this is staggering.
“She often finds herself on GoFundMe reading about the plight of others and Lilah’s story really touched her.
“Hopefully, her donation can help bring an end to her years of pain.”
Lilah’s mum previously took to social media to reveal how she turned to Taylor’s music to help get her through her darkest moments.
She even almost named her daughter after Taylor’s 2020 single Willow.
Posting on Instagram, she wrote: “Also Lilah’s name was originally going to be Willow.
“We were set on that name my whole pregnancy but ultimately ended on Lilah. I listened to Taylor my whole pregnancy and then birthed a mini Swiftie.”
Lilah loves Taylor’s music and during her cancer treatment she always found joy in it. I hope Lilah gets through this diagnosis and gets to one day go to a Taylor Swift concert in person. I know she would love it.”
After two rounds of chemo Lilah and her family are now trying to figure out the next stage of treatment.
Her family added via her GoFundMe page: “All the donations we receive will help us with travel expenses and paying bills as we are still out of work while Lilah is in treatment.”
Lilah was originally going to be named after Taylor Swift single WillowCredit: Getty
Host Giovanna said: “I know that in the years to come you do find yourself in a place where you are completely comfortable with your body.”
Natalie, who has been promoting her new bookHappy Days, replied: “I am but I think it damaged me doing that.
“Well I still would look in the mirror and go ‘oh I could be this, could be that.’
“But I think that is just us today.
“I just think it’s what we’re seeing all the time as women and men, but as women, I think it’s a scary world when you think about what we look like all the time.”
The soap actress opened up about signing up to do the DVD at a vulnerable time – and said she regrets her decision.
She added: “I’d lost mum at 19 so all of that weight stuff was happening through all of that time.
“Silly decisions were being made, shouldn’t have done that, not the right guidance.
“It’s a silly thing to do but if someone says ‘here’s £100,000 you want to lose some weight?’ I was like ‘yeah, I’ll take that’.”
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Natalie said losing weight for the DVD left her “worse off” with her body.
She explained: “It took a turn for the worse, I put loads of weight on very, very quickly afterwards, if not more.
“I think I just ate loads and then I started taking laxatives at some point.
“And you know I would never say I had an eating disorder, I’m very fortunate to say that, but you know I think if I had carried on with laxatives and this and that, who knows where I’d be.”
Natalie said that raising her daughters Eliza, 14, and Joanie, eight, helped her snap out the cycle.
She said: “I think because you’re not the be all and end all. You have those kids and that’s it. You forget about yourself.
“All you worry about, all you focus on is if they’re well cared for, their dinner, what they’re eating, what they’re wearing, are they sleeping. that that was my focus and the idea of worrying about what I look like kind of fell to the wayside.”
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Natalie, who plays Sonya in Eastenders, shared how she was offered the DVD when ‘silly decisions were being made’Credit: BBC
DIET PILL RUMOURS
However, attention on her weight has not eased up over the years.
Just last year, Natalie, who has been with her BBC cameraman fiance Marc Humphrey since 2014, was forced to deny she used diet pills to lose weight.
Her fans were targeted by scams online and the actress took to her social media to clarify that she recently lost her weight by cutting out treats.
The actress previously told The Sun: “I cut out rubbish. I cut down on alcohol too, even though I love white wine.”
“Alcohol is full of hidden calories, which all add up when it comes to a person’s daily limit.”
Natalie explained: “I’ve never gone through any injectable route.
“I’ve not done Botox before or lip filler. I just haven’t. So to inject something, I’m just scared of it.”
Giovanna, 40 – mum to Buzz, 11, Buddy, nine, and Max, six – gave her own views on weight loss jabs and admitted that they have come up on her radar.
It’s a silly thing to do but if someone says ‘here’s £100,000 you want to lose some weight?’ I was like ‘yeah, I’ll take that’
Natalie Cassidy
The wife of McFly’s Tom Fletcher, explained: “Only because I’ve had people going and doing it in a way where it’s almost discussed in a way that they’re trying to encourage you to do it.
“I’m like, I don’t want to do that. No, I’m not interested.
“It feels so bizarre to go from ‘this is me’ to a ‘let’s change myself’, and for what?
“I don’t think anyone would like me more if I’m skinny.
“I don’t think anyone would love me more. I don’t think I’ll be happier.
“I think it would do the opposite.”
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Giovanna Fletcher opened up about her views on weight loss jabsCredit: PA
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The Jester from Leicester secured a 10-5 victory over the Scotsman as he went one better than the 2023 British Open, where he lost in the final to Mark Williams.
In 2024, World No1 Judd Trump became only the third player in history to reach 1,000 century breaks.
But in the very same match, he was eliminated by Mark Allen following a 5-3 defeat in the quarter-finals.
Trump has never won the British Open and will be looking to add the Clive Everton Trophy to his ever-expanding collection of titles.
Kyren Wilson also features in Cheltenham as he looks to put his poor display at the English Open last week behind him.
There will be no Ronnie O’Sullivan this week after the Rocket withdrew from the competition on medical grounds last Tuesday.
When is the British Open 2025?
The British Open 2025 will begin on Monday, September 22.
The tournament will run up until Sunday, September 28.
The Centaur in Cheltenham will host.
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So Allen plays safe to get the cue ball to baulk and actually hits the jaws of the yellow pocket and just stays aboard!
Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen (0-0)
On the stretch, Zhou gets a simple pot all wrong and misses into the right corner pocket.
The cue ball remains around the reds too but not sure if he’s gotten away with it and not left anything on.
Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen (0-0)
Safety exchange to start the frame as you might probably expect.
Every shot carefully thought out as an error could spell the end.
Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen
An enormous cheers greets both men as they return to the floor.
Zhou Yuelong to break in the decider.
Zhou Yuelong 8-8 Mark Allen
We’re heading to a decider!
Allen sinks the remaining balls after Zhou potted the cue ball and we’re going to have a 17th and final frame to decide our English Open winner.
And that decider will start after midnight, when they kicked things off at 1pm this afternoon. It’s been said so many times this week but that’s a completely absurd situation to expect sports stars to operate at their best in. Genuinely ridiculous.
But never mind. A one-frame shoot-out for £100,000!
Zhou Yuelong 8-7 Mark Allen (59-75)
Allen flukes a snooker when he hits the green this time.
Zhou makes contact with the green too but it sends the cue ball into the pocket after doing so!
A BELOVED car garage with hundreds of thousands of fans has been forced to close its doors.
The garage is shutting down after nearly six years, after its famous owner battled with “rising costs”.
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An iconic garage is sadly closing its doors after six yearsCredit: facebook/BerrowMotors
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Joe Betty runs the popular Shifting Motors YouTube channelCredit: instagram/shifting_metal
Joe Betty first set up his famous garage Berrow Motors in 2020, in the sleepy town of Burnham-on-Sea.
During that time, he slowly built up his customer base and started posting videos about motors online – quickly racking up millions of views.
His YouTube channel Shifting Metal takes viewers behind the scenes of his high-flying lifestyle, as he buys and trades luxury vehicles including Porsches, BMWs and Jaguars.
However, after becoming one of the most famous motor influencers in Britain, Joe has been forced to close the garage which helped launch his career.
The petrolhead and influencer says that rising costs are to blame for the sudden closure of Berrow Motors.
He said: “We’ve had nearly six fantastic years here.
“We’ve won awards, gained over 100,000 YouTube subscribers and raised over £30,000 for local causes — but have decided now is the time to move on.”
“The cost of running a business is constantly rising and has certainly played a part in my decision, but I also wish to focus more time on fundraising and other business ventures.”
He added: “I want to thank all of our wonderful customers for their business over the last few years and of course the team members who made Berrow Motors what it was.
“I really hope another motor trader takes over the site and makes a success of it – you couldn’t ask for better landlords than the Welland family.”
Fans flooded the comments section on Shifting Metal’s social media, as Joe broke the news.
One wrote: “sorry to hear that the business is closing down. I wish you and your family all the very best for the future”
Others said they would miss Joe’s hilarious challenges that he would set himself on YouTube.
In one video, he flipped a coin to set the price of a luxury land rover and, in another, he bought and sold a Mercedes C63 for an eyewatering £35,000.
After letting go of the garage, Joe says that he is going to be focusing on producing even more “car-centric” content online.
The news comes as even major car brands struggle to stay afloat.
Nissan has been forced to accelerate the closure of two of its factories in Mexico, as it slashes its number of global factories from 17 to 10.
The crisis-hit brand has been battling rising debt, which it is hoping to remedy through its Re:Nissan plan.
A DRAGON’S Den winner and former Team GB gold medallist fraudulently used Covid loans to buy himself a £1.8million mansion.
Rick Beardsell illegally pocketed £100,000 worth of taxpayers cash to purchase his home – despite receiving a £75,000 investment during his stint on the BBC show.
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Beardsell received £75,000 in investments after appearing on Dragon’s DenCredit: Cavendish
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The British world sprinting champion illegally pocketed two Covid Bounce Back business loans to buy himself a £1.8m mansionCredit: Cavendish
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Beardsell was only entitled to apply for one loan worth £50,000, but fraudulently applied for twoCredit: Cavendish
The 46-year-old fiddled two Covid Bounce Back loans to buy himself five-bed Holly House in the exclusive village of Prestbury, Cheshire.
Dad-of-two Beardsell was only entitled to apply for one loan worth £50,000, but fraudulently applied for two and greatly exaggerated his annual turnover by up to 23 times.
It came after the world champion sprinter had successfully secured investments from TV Dragons Tej Lalvani andDeborah Meadenfor his successful protein shake bottle business, ShakeSphere.
Chester Crown Court heard he applied for the loan to prop up his other company, Sports Creative Ltd, but none of the money went towards the sportswear business.
Prosecutor Geoff Whealan told the court Beardsell made the fraudulent applications to HSBC in December 2020 and then to NatWest in January 2021.
He said: ”The defendant stated on the HSBC form that the turnover of Sports Creative was £485,000 and on the NatWest form said it was £320,000.
“But unaudited financial statements showed turnover for the year end February 2020 was £20,622.
”The turnover was clearly exaggerated to secure the maximum bounce back loan.
“Subsequent transactions showed the bounce back loan funds were not being used for the economic benefit or business purposes of Sports Creative at this time.”
The money arrived in Sports Creative’s account in January 2021, but then almost £400,000 was transferred to Beardsell’s personal Santander account in the space of six months.
Then £431,160.80, including the remaining bounce back loan funds, was transferred to a firm of solicitors for the purchase of Holly House he bought with his wife Ezster.
Mr Whelan added: ”In effect the bounce back loan funds had been used for this purchase.
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“It can be inferred from the defendant’s conduct that it was his intention to use the bounce back loans for this purpose at the time he made the application for it.”
Beardsell, who won two World Records for sprinting, faced three years in jail after he admitted two charges of fraud.
In October 2024, he attended an interview under caution at the Insolvency Services offices.
In a statement he said: ”The guidance pertaining to Bounce Back Loans indicated that the proceeds of such loans may be utilised for any purpose that yields a direct benefit to the company.
”At that juncture, I sought professional advice and was advised that such purposes include, but are not limited to, the coverage of overhead expenses or outstanding liabilities, as well as the investment in company assets or property.
“The funds that were transferred to my personal account constituted a director’s loan and other economical overheads for the business.”
Mitigating, his counsel Nichola Cafferkey explained that the loans had been repaid in full to the banks.
She said: ”The loss of his good character is of some significance in respect of a man who has dedicated his life to his family, his professional entities and also his sporting endeavours.
“These offences were out of character and were committed four years ago.
“He has taken responsibility and repaid the money back. He knows that it’s his own fault.
“He has brought shame on his family and brought shame on himself.
”His wife is also his business partner and concerns that they have had about the ability to provide financially for their young children have been significant.”
The court also heard that Beardsell had suffered a series of medical issues both before and after securing the loans.
Ms Cafferkey continued: “A year prior to the submission of the first loan application, the defendant was diagnosed with an aggressive form of testicular cancer and required surgery and extensive chemotherapy.
“The chemotherapy was successful but led to some significant side effects.
”One of those being vertigo, of which he had a severe episode which required hospitalisation and thereafter there are ongoing long-term issues as a result of that.
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Beardsell was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two yearsCredit: Cavendish
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Hundreds of thousands of pounds were transferred to a firm of solicitors for the purchase of Holly HouseCredit: Cavendish
“The investigations brought on by the defendant’s own actions has had an impact on his family which has led to a situation where he has been experiencing significant stress over the past few years.
“On top of that there are ongoing knee pains associated with his athletic success at national and international level.
“He has been running a business for many years without issue and it is plain he is extremely remorseful and regretful for his actions.
“The impact on his wife’s physical health in terms of stress and strain has been significant. There has been significant weight loss and insomnia.
“This will be the only time that Richard Beardsell appears before the court.”
Beardsell was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years.
He was also ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £11,142.70.
Judge Simon Berkson told Beardsell: “You fraudulently lied and lied again in your applications for these loans.
“They were supposed to be for use in keeping your business running but the money was used for your own personal needs and the needs of your family.
“This is not a victimless crime. The government was trying to help struggling businesses at the time of national crisis.
“People were in lock down, people were dying and people were very ill at the time when people required their public services.
“You used fraudulently obtained public funds for your own use, depriving honest people of the scheme’s funds when the country was in crisis.
“You are a generally successful man both in business and in sports, particularly your involvement with athletics.
“You continue to run your business and it was on the TV programme Dragons’ Den.
“You are a married person with two children and they are young children. You have survived an aggressive form of cancer.
“I have concluded that an immediate custodial sentence would have a significant harmful impact on your wife and children.”
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He was ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £11,142.70Credit: Cavendish
KANYE West has resorted to paying wife Bianca Censori to wear her head-turning outfits, a source close to the couple has told The U.S. Sun.
Bianca, 30, is never shy and has continually shocked onlookers with her barely-there outfits.
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Bianca Censori and Kanye West appeared together in New York City last weekend and turned heads once againCredit: BackGrid
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Two sources close to the couple have told The U.S. Sun that Bianca is allegedly being paid to wear some of her more extravagant outfitsCredit: BackGrid
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Onlookers at the Grammys earlier this year were left stunned by Bianca’s lookCredit: Mega
BUSINESS PROPOSITION
But when she stepped out in New York City at the weekend in a scarcely believable candy bra and thong set paired with silver stilettos, Bianca took her wild wardrobe to the next level.
An insider, however, has told The U.S. Sun said that the controversial rapper’s “obsession” with outfit ideas for his wife has forced him to fork out up to $400,000 to make it all happen.
The sugary set ended up costing Kanye $100,000, per the source.
The source claimed the idea was pitched earlier in the week and Bianca refused point-blank unless her husband paid up.
Ye, added the insider, is dressing her up in the most extravagant outfits to not only keep his “edgy persona” firmly in the public eye, but to make sure everyone thinks “she’s the sexiest woman alive.”
It’s not the first time Bianca’s body has doubled as a billboard.
The outfit left little to the imagination—and jaws on the floor.
“Bianca has figured out how to turn all this into her advantage,” the source told The U.S. Sun. “A lot of the outfits aren’t to her taste. But she tells him she will wear them – if she’s paid.”
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PAY TO PLAY
Kanye was reportedly upset initially but is now happy to oblige.
He allegedly wanted to offer his wife of two years a yearly salary.
But the Australian born beauty prefers to be paid on a “per look or event” basis.
“She’s essentially monetizing her image,” added the source who believes she has made almost $3 million since the arrangement started and was paid $120,000 to join her husband in a naked dress at the Grammys in February.
Bianca allegedly draws the line at anything political and some ideas have been turned down.
She doesn’t want to be tied to some of the distasteful social media posts which have effectively seen Kanye cancelled in most parts of the world.
There was an alleged attempt to wear something with a political message tied to his disgraced friend Sean “Diddy” Combs – but it was shut down immediately.
But the 30 year-old knows just how valuable she is to keeping him relevant and in the spotlight.
“She knows she’s essential to his image,” the source continued. “She wants her slice of the cake. She’s being smart about it.”
The U.S. Sun revealed in April that Bianca was being approached by numerous fashion houses to work in ambassadorial roles, only for the advances to be knocked back by Kanye.
And we also disclosed earlier this month that she officially launched her first U.S. company, Bianca Censori Inc.
The paperwork was filed in California, but Bianca registered her full name as a business entity in her hometown of Alphington, one of Melbourne’s wealthiest suburbs.
“She knows exactly what she’s doing,” a second insider says. “She’s turning every outfit into a paycheck. Kanye’s obsessed with styling her, but she’s the one calling the shots.
“Bianca is a celebrity in her own right now. The truth is he needs her. Without her bold looks and presence, people wouldn’t pay nearly as much attention to him.
“She is in control and making serious money doing it.”
The U.S. Sun contacted a representative for Kanye and Bianca.
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Bianca is no stranger to wearing bizarre outfits in publicCredit: @gadirrajab
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The Australian shocked passers by in the quaint town of Santanyí, Majorca earlier this yearCredit: SL Martinez
