TORONTO — It was a game that started on Saturday and ended on Sunday, a World Series contest so packed with the rare, the historic and the dramatic that it couldn’t possibly be confined to one day.
At 11 innings, it was the longest Game 7 this century, and it equaled the longest in more than a century. It was the first Game 7 that had a ninth-inning home run to tie the score and the first to feature two video reviews that prevented the go-ahead run from scoring.
“It’s one of the greatest games I’ve ever been a part of,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after his team outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 to win its second straight World Series and end the longest season in franchise history, one that began in Japan and ended in Canada.
The victory made the Dodgers the first team to win back-to-back titles in 25 years and with that championship, Roberts’ third, he passed Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda to become the second-most-decorated Dodger manager ever. He now trails only Walter Alston, another Hall of Famer, who won four World Series with the team.
Roberts, however, won his three titles over six seasons, something no Dodger skipper has ever done.
“It’s hard to reconcile that one,” said Roberts, whose jersey from Saturday’s game is on its way to Cooperstown, joining the cap the Hall of Fame requested after last year’s World Series win.
“I’m just really elated and really proud of our team, our guys, the way we fought. We’ve done something that hasn’t been done in decades. There was so many pressure points and how that game could have flipped, and we just kept fighting, and guys stepped up big.”
So did the manager.
Every move Roberts made worked, every button he pushed was the right one. Miguel Rojas, starting for the second time in nearly a month, saved the season with a game-tying home run in the top of the ninth while Andy Pages, inserted for defensive purposes during the bottom of the inning, ran down Ernie Clements’ drive at the wall with the bases loaded to end the threat.
In the 11th he had Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitch around Addison Barger, putting the winning run on base. But that set up the game-ending double play three pitches later.
“Credit to him, man. Every single move he did this postseason was incredible,” said Tyler Glasnow, one of four starting pitchers Roberts used in relief Saturday. And he had a fifth, Clayton Kershaw, warming up when the game ended.
Added Dodgers co-owner Magic Johnson: “He did some coaching tonight. This was a great manager’s game from him. He’s proven how great a manager he is. He’s a Hall of Famer.”
Roberts asked Yamamoto, who pitched six innings Friday to win Game 6, to throw another 2 2/3 innings in Game 7. It worked; Yamamoto won that game too.
“What Yoshi did tonight is unprecedented in modern-day baseball,” said Roberts, who came into the postgame interview room wearing ski goggles and dripping of champagne. “It just goes down to just trusting your players. It’s nice when you can look down the roster and have 26 guys that you believe in and know that at some point in time their number’s going to be called.”
And Roberts needed all 26 guys. Although the Dodgers players wore t-shirts with the slogan “We Rule October” when they mounted a makeshift stage in the center of the Rogers Centre field to celebrate their victory early Sunday, October was only part of it. Their year started in Tokyo in March and ended in Toronto in November, making it the first major league season to begin and end outside the U.S.
“We really extended the season,” Max Muncy, whose eighth-inning homer started the Dodgers’ comeback, said with a grin after the team’s 179th game in 226 days.
“Look back at the miles that we’ve logged this year,” Roberts said. “We never wavered. It’s a long season and we persevered, and we’re the last team standing.”
That, too, is a credit to Roberts, who has made the playoffs in each of his 10 seasons and went to the World Series five times, trailing only Alston among Dodger managers. His .621 regular-season winning percentage is best in franchise history among managers who worked more than three seasons. And he figures to keep padding those records.
“We’ve put together something pretty special,” said Roberts, who celebrated with his family on the field afterward. “I’m proud of the players for the fans, scouting, player development, all the stuff. To do what we’ve done in this span of time is pretty remarkable.
“I guess I’ll let the pundits and all the fans talk about if it’s a dynasty or not. But I’m pretty happy with where we’re at.”
On Sunday morning Glasnow, who missed the playoffs last season with an elbow injury, was pretty happy with where he was at as well.
“To be a part of the World Series is crazy,” he said, standing just off the infield as blue and gold confetti rained down. “You dream about it as a kid. To live it out, I feel so lucky. This group of guys, I’m so close to everyone. So many good people on this team. It’s just the perfect group of guys.”
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Zack Polanski, the Green Party Leader, had called Zia Yusuf, of Reform UK, “a fascist” on Question Time on the BBC last week, and he was asked about this on The Jeremy Vine Show
Zack Polanski took a swipe at Zia Yusuf, who is Chairman of Reform UK
The 42-year-old politician, who became leader of the party last month, said he feels the Greens’ popularity has surged recently because, in part, of his honesty and desire to challenge issues. He had clashed with Mr Yusuf, who is Nigel Farage’s top aide, during last week’s Question Time, during which Mr Polanski called the politician “a fascist”.
And Mr Polanski, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was interrogated about this on by Jeremy Vine on his Channel 5 show this week. The Green Party leader said: “The reason why we are surging in the polls and the reason why we are getting so many members is because if something walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I’ll call it a duck, and actually Nigel Farage, when he worked in the European Parliament, used to join forces with the Swedish Democrats.”
He later used the term “far right” in his response to Mr Vine, which led to a furious reaction from fellow panelist Carole Malone on Wednesday. The journalist and columnist said: “How dare you throw words like ‘Nazi’ around? Do you even know what that means? You are just going to let Reform get more votes by talking like that.”
But Mr Polanski hit back at Ms Malone, describing her response as “faux outrage” and bringing the discussion onto immigration. He made the point he feels there are no “safe and legal routes” for anyone to reach the UK.
The topic came up on The Jeremy Vine Show after Mr Polanski was praised for his work on Question Time last week. He sat alongside the likes of Mr Yusuf, Tory MP Nigel Huddleston and journalist Annabel Denham in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
But Mr Yusuf swiftly declined the challenge, and instead insisted immigration is “the number one issue” in the UK at the moment. The 39-year-old businessman argued there has been “far too much mass immigration in this country” for some time.
Yet, Mr Polanski remained defiant – and continued his approach on The Jeremy Vine Show this week. Mr Vine, who has presented the programme since 2018, said Mr Polanski was “very tough” on Question Time, a stance for which the Green Party politician expressed no regrets. Later on the Channel 5 show, Mr Polanski stressed it is this approach which has led to the continued rise in the polls of the Green Party.
Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left unimpressed as one pro dancer came under fire for making a pointed remark about fellow contestants
Strictly Come Dancing viewers divided as La Voix makes savage dig towards at co-stars(Image: BBC)
A Strictly Come Dancing celebrity has caused a stir after appearing to take a swipe at her fellow contestants over their previous dance training.
The beloved BBC dance competition returned this evening (October 4) with the second live show of the series, hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
New celebrities took to the floor to display their moves before judges Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke, Motsi Mabuse, and Craig Revel Horwood, ahead of Sunday’s first elimination.
Opening tonight’s programme was La Voix with professional partner Aljaž Skorjanec, delivering a jive routine. But La Voix soon found herself under fire for her comments about rival contestants from the opening week.
Speaking about her co-stars from last week, she praised their performance as “incredible,” before adding: “One’s an athlete, one was doing tap in Billy Elliot, all I’ve done is JD Sports once a week, and the only tap I know is in Screwfix, it’s terrible, Claudia.”
But her comments failed to impress viewers at home. Writing on X, one fan remarked: “Not sure I like the little dig at other contestants there, especially as a performer on stage – hmm.”
A second added: “La Voix throwing clear shade at Amber and Lewis, referencing their previous dance experience. That’s not going to go down well.”
Another viewer commented: “La Voix saying that she did a great jive last week because she’s an athlete. No La Voix. She did it well because she’s got Lioness grit and determination!”.
And another chimed in: “Yes, La Voix calling out the hypocrisy of having trained dancers on the show!” La Voix is known for her witty remarks on the programme, with fans eagerly awaiting her next one-liner. She even had a go at Tess’s outfit tonight as the host wore a bold red suit.
After their performance, Tess said, “One thing’s for sure, you still know how to put on a show.” La Voix retorted: “Thank you, and you clearly used to work at Butlins.”
She added: “It catches on the red, it catches on.” One fan gushed online: “La Voix coming for Tess each week is so funny. She needs to make the final for this alone.” Another exclaimed: “La Voix might actually be the funniest thing to happen to this show, OMG.”
Tess wore a red power suit and let her blonde hair flow free. Claudia looked stylish in a glittering blazer whilst rocking her trademark fringe.
Immediately, viewers took to X to complain that they don’t get their own introduction. One wrote: “Okay…. no intros for Tess and Claudia” and another said: “So Tess and Claudia don’t get introduced anymore”
In agreement, a third viewer said: “I hate the way Tess and Claudia don’t get an intro now but the judges do!”
OZZY Osbourne joked that his final days may have been agonising but “at least I wasn’t Sting”.
The Black Sabbath rocker made the dig in his new documentary, set to be released nearly three months after he died aged 76 in July.
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The new Ozzy Osbourne documentary will show his battle with his health before his deathCredit: PA
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Ozzy said that despite his health battle, he was grateful for being able to perform until he was 70Credit: Ross Halfin
Throughout their careers, Ozzy and The Police’s Sting, 74, were embroiled in a war of words.
During the filming of his hit reality series The Osbourne’s, Ozzy was filmed making a number of insults about the singer.
And at the Grammys in 2003, Sting asked to speak to Ozzy’s daughter, Kelly, to patch things up.
At the time, wife Sharon said: “We all bumped into each other on the red carpet and we all said how ridiculous it was and how words can hurt so many people.
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“We’re all adults and all apologised and it was great.”
In the new doc, Ozzy speaks about his health, including battling sepsis and cracked vertebrae.
He said: “I am really f***ed up with this body of mine and as soon as I want to do anything.
“I went to the doctor and there’s a blood clot. My leg is about to fall off.
“But I can’t complain. I was actually rocking until I was 70 and then a trap door opened.
“I didn’t think I was going to live past 40.
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Ozzy took one last dig at long time music rival Sting, during the documentaryCredit: Getty
“But if my life’s coming to an end, I really can’t complain, I’ve had a great life.
“But, hey, it could have been worse. I could be Sting.”
Despite being in pain, he travelled from LA for his final show on July 5 at Aston Villa’s stadium, in Birmingham.
Ozzy said: “The problem now is getting to England. But I’ve got to be there.
I used to take pills for fun. Now I take them to stay alive
“As I am getting on, it’s worse. It’s crippling me. I can’t walk, I can’t bend down. I’ll be sitting in a chair.”
“That’s the thing about getting older, I used to take pills for fun. Now I take them to stay alive.”
In a separate documentary for the BBC, called Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, the rocker posed with Sharon and his dogs.
He said: “LA is one thing but the English summer is fantastic.
“It’s a new thing for us both. I’m looking forward to getting this gig over, hanging my mic up and spending some time with you.”
Sharon added: “I just want to live a life. Find a little bubble somewhere and just live out our life together.”
Ozzy died on July 22, just weeks after his farewell gig.
Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape From Now, will be released on Paramount+ on October 7.
WASHINGTON — Washington is barreling toward a government shutdown Tuesday night, with few signs of an off-ramp as Democrats and Republicans dig in for a fight over government spending.
Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill is insisting on an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits as part of a package to fund the government. At least seven Democratic votes are needed in the Senate to pass a seven-week stopgap bill that cleared the House last week.
But Republican lawmakers and the White House have dismissed the proposal, with senior officials in the Trump administration threatening to use unique legal authorities granted during a government shutdown to conduct yet more mass firings of federal workers.
Bipartisan congressional leadership met with President Trump at the White House on Monday afternoon in a last-minute effort to avert the crisis. But neither side exited the meeting with expectations of a breakthrough. On the contrary, Republican leaders in the House told the GOP caucus to plan to return to work next week and said they would hold a news conference on Wednesday anticipating the government’s closure.
“We are not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the healthcare of everyday Americans, period, full stop,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer talk to reporters outside the White House.
(Alex Brandon / Associated Press)
Vice President JD Vance said he thought the country was “headed to a shutdown,” labeling Democratic calls for healthcare tax credits an “absurd” demand that amounts to an “excuse for shutting down the people’s government.”
“You don’t use your policy disagreements as leverage to not pay our troops,” Vance said. “That’s exactly what they’re proposing out there.”
When the government shuts down, the law requires all nonessential government services to cease, requiring most federal workers to go on furlough or work without pay. Essential services — such as national security functions and air traffic control — are not affected.
Ahead of the meeting, Trump told reporters he hoped Democrats would agree to “keeping our country open,” before proceeding to criticize their proposals.
“They’re going to have to do some things, because their ideas are not very good ones,” Trump said. “They’re very bad for our country. So we’ll see how that works out.”
But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he thought his message was beginning to resonate with the president after their meeting Monday afternoon.
“We have very large differences, on healthcare, and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to, through rescissions and through impoundment,” Schumer said. “I think for the first time, the president heard our objections and heard why we needed a bipartisan bill. Their bill has not one iota of Democratic input. That is never how we’ve done this before.”
“We’ve made to the president some proposals,” Schumer added. “Ultimately, he’s a decision-maker.”
Schumer faced widespread ridicule from within his party in March after reversing course during the last showdown, choosing then to support the Trump administration’s continuing resolution to fund the government at the height of an aggressive purge of the federal workforce.
At that point, Schumer feared a shutdown could accelerate the firings. But Schumer is now defiant, despite the renewed threat of layoffs, after the White House Office of Management and Budget circulated a memo last week directing federal agencies to relieve workers on discretionary projects that lose funding after Oct. 1.
“This is an attempt at intimidation,” Schumer said in response to the memo. “Donald Trump has been firing federal workers since day one — not to govern, but to scare. This is nothing new and has nothing to do with funding the government.”
Vice President JD Vance talks to reporters as House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune listen.
(Alex Brandon / Associated Press)
Still, Schumer began gauging his caucus Monday afternoon on the prospects of a continuing resolution that would in effect delay a shutdown by a week, briefly extending government funding in order to continue negotiations.
Betting markets had chances of a shutdown soaring above 70% by the end of the day on Monday.
Speaking to Fox News on Monday, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said the president’s position was “the reasonable and commonsense thing to do,” calling on Democrats to continue funding to the military and its veterans.
“All we are asking for is a commonsense, clean funding resolution — a continuing resolution — to keep the government open,” Leavitt said. “This is a bill that keeps the government funded at the exact same levels as today, just adjusted for inflation.”
“So there is zero good reason for the Democrats to vote against this,” she added. “The president is giving Democrat leadership one last chance to be reasonable.”
But Jeffries dismissed Leavitt as “divorced from reality” in a podcast interview.
“In what world will any rational American conclude, after we’ve been lectured throughout the year about this so-called mandate that the Republican Party has in this country, and their complete control of government in Washington, that because Democrats are unwilling to gut the healthcare of the American people as part of the Republican healthcare crisis, that it’s us shutting the government down?” Jeffries said.
“Nobody’s buying that,” he continued, “outside of the parts of the MAGA base who basically, seemingly, will buy anything that Donald Trump has to peddle.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said he would call a vote on funding the government Tuesday afternoon.
“This is purely and simply hostage-taking,” Thune said Monday. Whether it passes or fails, he said, is “up to the Democrats.”
Our Yorkshire Farm stars Amanda and Clive Owen split in 2022 but they continue working on their TV shows together
Amanda has opened up about her ex(Image: PA)
Amanda Owen said her ex Clive Owen was “still annoying” as she opened up about their separation.
The Our Yorkshire Farm stars called time on their relationship in 2022 following 22 years of marriage, yet they’ve carried on collaborating on television projects whilst co-parenting their nine children.
However, Amanda – known as the Yorkshire Shepherdess – confessed to Hello! magazine that the duo continue to get under each other’s skin, reports the Manchester Evening News.
She remarked: “What am I supposed to say, ‘We get on like a house on fire?’ Well, if we did, we wouldn’t want to separate, would we?
“He’s still the same annoying old Clive that he always was. I’ve seen him just now, and he’s still annoying – I annoy him, and he annoys me.”
Amanda split from Clive in 2022(Image: Channel 4)
The couple haven’t pursued divorce proceedings, with Amanda highlighting the complexities involved.
“How would we even divide that up?” asked the celebrity. “It’s tricky when businesses and families are so intertwined.”
Amanda and Clive rose to fame through television series Our Yorkshire Farm, which was launched in 2018 and spanned five seasons.
The pair still work together(Image: Channel 4)
The show, which documented the couple’s lives at Ravenseat Farm, proved enormously popular with audiences.
Last year the stars returned in a new series, collaborating on Channel 4 programme Our Farm Next Door.
The series chronicles Clive and Amanda as they restore a crumbling farm in the Yorkshire Dales, with the help of their five children – Raven, Reuben, Miles, Edith, Violet, Sidney, Annas, Clementine and Nancy.
Both celebrities discussed their split during the programme, with Amanda stating that whilst they’d endured an “incredibly hard” period they had “got through it”.
The star has nine children with her ex-husband
Clive admitted that it had been “a strange few years” for them, adding: “We are now in a place where although we are not actually together, we are still in business together, we still have these kids together.
“It’s a crazy situation but it isn’t – it’s the most sensible thing for everybody to do,” he said.
Our Farm Next Door is available to watch on Channel 4.
Love Island viewers saw family and friends of the islanders enter the villa in tonight’s episode following the latest recoupling, and one parent had a message for the group
22:08, 28 Jul 2025Updated 22:36, 28 Jul 2025
A parent issued a plea to the islanders in the Love Island villa during a reunion on tonight’s episode of the reality TV show. Dejon Noel-Williams’ mother Demelza shared her thoughts on the dynamic among the islanders upon her arrival.
Meg was reunited with her mother Nathalie and older sister Paige earlier, whilst Dejon got to see his mum Demelza and his sister Gene in scenes that aired this evening. Although Meg’s family had concerns over the relationship, Dejon’s family were supportive.
Demelza even warned Meg about the other girls in the villa. She said: “I just want to say that these girls are not your friends.” After her sister agreed, Meg said: “Yeah, I’ve seen it.” Demelza appeared to then say: “Smiling assassins!”
Dejon Noel-Williams (centre) was reunited with his mother Demelza (left) and his sister Gene (right) in the villa(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Later, as she was leaving the villa, Demelza told all the islanders to be mindful of what they say because everyone’s families are watching back home. She told the islanders: “Guys, just remember you’ve got loved ones outside.”
Demelza continued by saying that she felt that some people’s behaviours and comments had already been “quite hurtful”. She instead encouraged them to “just have fun” in the last week ahead of the upcoming final next Monday.
Sharing her thoughts, Demelza said: “That’s all I want to say and some of the things you’re doing and saying is quite hurtful. So just be mindful that all of you have got loved ones watching. Take that into the last week and just have fun.”
Demelza later had a message for the entire villa, with her warning the islanders to be mindful of their behaviour in the final week(Image: ITV)
She wasn’t the only relative to feel that way. Following Demelza’s comments to the islanders, Meg’s sister Paige, who was also about to leave the villa after the reunion, added: “Just love. Positive. Everyone be nice to each other!”
As well as Meg and Dejon remaining together, the latest recoupling also saw Yasmin Pettet and Jamie Rhodes stay coupled up. It however also saw several islanders enter different couplings than they had been in previously.
Conor Phillips is now coupled-up with Megan Forte Clarke, whilst Toni Laites was chosen by Cach Mercer in the recoupling ceremony that aired on Sunday night. Ty Isherwood and Angel Swift are another new couple in the villa.
Dejon’s family also got to meet his partner Meg Moore, who reunited with her own mother and sister in the latest episode of Love Island(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
After most recently being coupled up with Helena, he told Shakira in last night’s episode that he was either leaving with her or without her. Viewers also saw Helena end things with Harry, with her telling him that she had broken her heart with his behaviour in the villa, prompting an apology.
He then had to make a choice in the episode once the recoupling arrived. Harry, who was faced with Shakira and Helena as his options, said: “I’d like to couple up with this girl because she possesses qualities I see in a long-term partner.”
Harry added: “Think I’ve sat on a lot of feelings and buried a lot of my emotions recently, and two conversations brought that all back to the surface. I think I’ve disappointed myself. Disappointed people in here. […] I want to be a better person for myself and this girl.”
He said: “The feelings were always there, I just chose to ignore them. As I said to this girl yesterday, I’m either leaving here alone or I’m leaving here with her.” He then chose Shakira, which left Blu with Helena as his only choice.
Love Island continues tomorrow night from 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
Centuries by Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar send England-India series to fifth test match decider at The Oval.
India, led by captain Shubman Gill, batted with great character to secure a hard-fought draw in the fourth test against England and keep the series alive going into the final game.
After losing two wickets before they had scored a run in their second innings, India batted for over five sessions for the loss of two more wickets to end the match on 425-4 at Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday.
A courageous hundred from Gill – his fourth of the series – and dogged unbeaten centuries from Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar – gave the home crowd little to cheer on a tough day five for England.
A closely fought series remains at 2-1 to England, and the hosts must avoid defeat in the final test at The Oval in London, starting on Thursday, to win it.
“This is no less than a win for us, given we were around 300 runs off the lead. Our batsman put on a great display,” Gill told the BBC.
“As soon as England got the new ball, it was doing a little bit, but our batters did really well, and it was tremendous, with a little bit of luck going our way as some balls can get dragged on, brilliant batting and brave batting.”
England captain Ben Stokes, who took five wickets in India’s first innings but was not fit to bowl much on Saturday, brought himself into the attack on Sunday morning with India resuming on 174-2.
The hosts were firm favourites to seal victory at this point, even more so when Stokes’s reintroduction paid dividends. The 34-year-old trapped KL Rahul by lbw for 90, ending his excellent third-wicket partnership with Gill at 188.
Gill remained undeterred, however, even after getting a nasty blow on the hand. In his first series as captain, the 25-year-old became only the third skipper to score four hundreds in a single test series.
Captain Shubman Gill set the tone for the India fightback, with a century in the second innings [Darren Staples AFP]
Gill Falls
After almost seven hours at the crease, a tired-looking Gill wafted at a Jofra Archer delivery to fall just before lunch for 103. Jadeja was dropped on the next ball by Joe Root, a tough chance at first slip.
England still had plenty of time to secure victory, but the home side barely created any chances, with India seeing out the draw in relative comfort.
Washington moved along conservatively after lunch, but hit successive boundaries, one a huge six, to move to his fifth test half-century. Jadeja reached his fifty and passed 1,000 test runs against England, becoming the third Indian player to do so this series.
After tea, with their chance of victory gone, England offered India the opportunity to call a halt to proceedings early, but Gill kept his team out there.
With England rotating their bowlers, Jadeja swept to his fifth test ton under no pressure, before Washington quickly completed his maiden test hundred.
India did then agree to a draw – the first non-rain affected draw for England since coach Brendon McCullum and Stokes came together in 2022.
“Another hard-fought test,” Stokes told reporters. “Another five-dayer. We set the game up really well, the way we put the Indian bowlers under pressure, focusing on batting once.
“We gave ourselves a great chance of bowling them out. We played the game how we wanted to; it didn’t just pan out the way we wanted,” Stokes added.
“Mentally, I feel fine; physically, I’ve been better. It has been a pretty big workload this series.”
England captain Ben Stokes was named player of the match at Old Trafford, but is an injury concern heading into the deciding fifth test at The Oval [Darren Staples/AFP]
It was another night of pure drama during tonight’s Love Island, as both Harrison and Lauren made their exit from the villa – and fans spotted a hilarious touch from producers
23:23, 18 Jul 2025Updated 23:23, 18 Jul 2025
Both Lauren and Harrison were leaving the Love Island villa tonight in emotional. scenes. However, fans noticed one small detail from the producers that added humour into the situation.
Lauren’s shock exit came after Angel chose to couple up with her partner Ty, leaving her single. She then asked Harrison to leave with her, although he wasn’t too sure. The boys then told him to sleep on his decision, and the next night he gathered the Islanders around the firepit to announce he was leaving.
“‘Prior to the Villa I wanted to find a girlfriend, someone I want to introduce to my family and I think I’ve found that…. Mine and Lauren’s connection was something special, I wanted to stay true to myself and follow my heart,” he told the villa as they told him to “get his girl”.
Harrison left the villa after Lauren was booted out(Image: ITV)
Despite the Islanders breaking down in tears, fans were left in hysterics as they noticed the producers played a version of Coldplay’s Fix You in the background as he walked out the villa.
It comes after the huge controversy during Coldplay’s Boston concert where Chris Martin called out two people over their awkward reaction to being caught on camera.
When the pair awkwardly reacted to being shown on camera, Chris said: “Oh what? Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy. I’m not quite sure.”
During Harrison’s time in the villa, he was caught in a dramatic triangle with Toni and Lauren, as fans saw the humour in the song choice.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter one fan penned: “THE IRONY OF THEM PLAYING COLDPLAY WHEN HARRISON WALKS,” as a second laughed: “I’m still thinking about Coldplay playing in the background because that is diabolical work!”
Harrison had an emotional chat with Toni before leaving(Image: ITV)
“Harrison walking out to a Coldplay tune is actually hilarious considering everything that has transpired on the internet over the last 24hrs,” a third chuckled, while another said: “Playing Coldplay riddims whilst Harrison is leaving. These producers are jokes.”
Lauren’s exit wasn’t the only drama Angel brought, however, as it looks like she may have turned Harry’s head yet again.
The new bombshell automatically coupled up with Ty after choosing him as her first choice, but it looked like her mind was elsewhere as she had a flirty chat with Harry.
Harry has caused a stir in the villa – as the 30-year-old, who is currently coupled up with Helena appeared to make a move on his ex Emma yesterday.
Now, it looks like Helena may have someone else to worry about as Angel and Harry had their eyes firmly on each other. Will Harry’s head be turned once again?
Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.
“I was hoping José Padilla would be here to ask a question. But unfortunately I guess he decided not to show up because there wasn’t a theater.”
“Theater” is how Vance described what happened a week earlier, when Padilla was handcuffed and detained at the federal building in Westwood for trying to pose a question to Homeland Security head Kristi Noem at a news conference.
The only wannabe thespian that day was Noem, who channeled her inner Evita when claiming that the deployment of nearly 5,000 National Guard troops and Marines to clamp down on L.A. activists trying to stop la migra from conducting immigration raids was necessary “to liberate this city from the socialist and burdensome leadership” of Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass.
“José” is what Vance thinks of Alex. Anyone who thinks this was a slip of the tongue doesn’t know their anti-Latino history.
For over a century, Americans have used Spanish first names as catchall slurs against Latinos. Mexican men were dismissed as violent Panchos and stupid Pedros. Latinas of all backgrounds have endured being typecast as a slutty Maria or subservient Lupe.
“José” was originally deployed against Puerto Ricans, according to the Historical Dictionary of American Slang. By the 1970s, because of the name’s ubiquity, racists had adopted it to describe all Latino men. The Social Security Administration lists José as the most common Hispanic name for boys over the last 100 years.
Vance’s misnaming of Padilla “was the perfect linguistic and class storm,” said San Diego State English professor William Nericcio, who has spent his career documenting the psychology behind anti-Latino racism in this country. “The vice president was proclaiming to Sen. Padilla, ‘Yeah, I know you. I don’t even remember your name. That’s how little you mean. You’re a José. You’re a nothing, a nobody, a dirty Mexican.’”
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is removed from the room after interrupting a news conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12..
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“It was the cherry on top of them actually throwing Padilla to the ground,” Nericcio added, referring to federal agents’ handcuffing of Padilla, which was captured on video.
Padilla went on MSNBC over the weekend to call Vance’s jab “petty and unserious,” adding, “He knows my name,” since the two of them served in the Senate together, and the vice president presides over the Senate.
I thought of all my friends who had their name butchered as children and even adults — “Joe-zay,” “Josie” or pronounced correctly but in an exaggerated tone.
I thought of my grandfathers, José Miranda and José Arellano, who came from isolated Mexican mountain towns that are brothers from another madre to Vance’s ancestral home in Appalachia, but who never let hard times sour their outlook — unlike the vice president’s clan. I thought of my Tía Maria’s oldest son, José Fernandez, whom everyone calls “Chepe.” We cousins all love him for his gregarious attitude, delicious carne asada and a career in cement that saw Chepe advance from laborer to supervisor.
None of the Josés in my family were jokes. Neither were the Josés I admire — Cuban revolutionary José Martí, Mexican singer-songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez, farmworker-turned-astronaut José M. Hernández. Nor was Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus — José is what we call him in Spanish. Vance, a professed Catholic, should know better than to use such a holy name as a joke.
That Vance reduced Padilla’s attempted questioning of Noem to a charade shows what a clown he is. Spitting out “José” like a villain in a low-budget western reveals his rank racism. And if you think I’m exaggerating, consider how Vance’s press secretary, Taylor Van Kirk, responded when Politico asked her to elaborate on his José insult: She said her boss “must have mixed up two people who have broken the law.”
Not only did Alex Padilla not break any laws, but Van Kirk’s vague allusion to a second supposed criminal confirmed the point I made a few weeks ago: to Trump and his crew, all Mexicans are interchangeable, not to be trusted and most likely felonious.
So to repeat: Vance misnames Alex Padilla during a press conference. His press flak insinuates it’s because the senator’s name sounds like that of a nameless criminal.
The common dehumanizing thread is “José.”
I called up two Josés I know to see how they were feeling after Vance’s verbal ballet of bigotry.
José R. Ralat represents the sixth generation of men in his family with the same name. Yet that pedigree meant nothing when he moved to the mainland from his native Puerto Rico.
The taunts of “No way, José!” followed Ralat throughout his childhood in North Carolina — the same line his father had heard from gringos in 1960s New York. An elementary school teacher didn’t even bother to try to pronounce “José,” instead calling Ralat “Whatever your name is.” A middle school instructor called all the Latino students “José.”
“At first I was really confused,” said Ralat, who’s the taco editor for Texas Monthly. “It’s the most boring-ass name in Spanish, where I came from. Make fun of that? But it just kept happening. It was weird. It was awful. It was almost as awful as being called ‘spic.’”
That’s why when Ralat heard Vance’s José dig, “I rolled my eyes and thought, ‘Here we go again.’ It’s such a childish, boring insult. Shakespeare he is not.”
José M. Alamillo is chair of Chicana/o Studies at Cal State Channel Islands. Named after his father, he has traced the Josés in his family tree all the way back to 1759. But growing up in Ventura as a Mexican immigrant, the 55-year-old said the mockery he endured over his first name was so pervasive that he went by Joe through high school.
Alamillo only started calling himself José again at UC Santa Barbara, after a professor on the first day of class pronounced it like it was any other name.
“The move was small,” he said, “but it gave my name back some dignity.”
When Alamillo saw the clip of Vance misnaming Padilla, he immediately thought of Ricardo “Pancho” Gonzalez. The L.A.-born Mexican American tennis player dominated the game during the 1950s, yet was labeled “Pancho” by opponents and the media — a nickname he eventually adopted but always hated.
“What Vance did was really messed up,” Alamillo said. “I can see a staff member doing that, but not the vice president of the United States.”
The profe quickly corrected himself. “Actually, I’m sure he did it to appease to his followers and especially Trump — ‘Yeah, you got him! Way to show up Padilla!’”
Alamillo laughed bitterly. “To them, we’re all just a bunch of Josés.”
Cristiano Ronaldo guided Portugal to Nations League glory earlier this monthCredit: SHUTTERSTOCK
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Diane Morgan will explore her father’s side of the family following his death in Who Do You Think You Are?
Jennie Buzaglo Showbiz & TV Reporter and Chloe Dobinson Digital Production Editor
11:47, 10 Jun 2025
Diane will explore her father’s lineage following his passing six years ago(Image: BBC/Broke & Bones)
Diane Morgan took a subtle swipe at the producers of Who Do You Think You Are? in her appearance on the BBC show. In tonight’s episode (Tuesday, June 10), the 49-year-old will explore her father’s lineage following his passing six years ago.
The actress and comedian certainly shows off her comedic flair while discussing her involvement in the programme, even referencing some of her own work that has humorously critiqued the series.
Speaking to the camera from a brown leather settee, Diane jokes: “This is what I can’t understand about any of those shows, like this one, where people go on a journey, you know, you’d think people would stop using those tropes. Even the tiny little things like walking past the camera…” This is then followed by several shots of Diane doing the same thing.
Poking fun at the show, she carries on: “I wonder how much wondering aimlessly I’ll be doing in this…”
Diane made a subtle dig at the show’s format
Once more from the sofa, Diane elaborates: “So I wrote this comedy called Mandy, about this woman who can’t hold a job down, in one episode she goes on Who Are You, Do You Think?… Loosely based on Who Do You Think You Are.”
Diane breaks into laughter before a scene from the programme appears, featuring her character Mandy in a hot tub with Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden.
She concludes: “But I never thought in a million years, I thought you’d ask me to be on it.”
The video wraps up with Diane trying to coax her stubborn dog out for a stroll, saying: “Come on Bob. Bob, we’re going to go to the park! You love the park!,” but her furry friend wasn’t budging.
Diane laughs off the situation with, “I knew he’d steal this. Come on Bob!” yet Bob remains unmoved. “Bob. Come on Bob.”
Diane joked about how much wondering around she will be doing during the episode(Image: BBC)
Later she remarks: “He’s just very headstrong…” as Bob continues to play up.
In a twist of family history during the show, Diane learns surprising secrets from her past in her birthplace Farnworth, reports the Express.
She had been under the impression that her dad’s lineage was Northern through and through, only to unearth tales of ‘German Charlie’ and a Scots link via her great-great-grandmother, shaking up her family tree.
Driven by curiosity, Diane delves into her great-great-aunt Sarah Jane’s life, known to all as Jinny, especially intrigued by a memorial plaque to Jinny’s betrothed, Albert Dugdale, a casualty of WWI.
The Afterlife actress discovers a poignant connection – the street where Jinny and Albert lived their love story lies just stones throw away from her own childhood home.
WASHINGTON — President Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by the Fourth of July, and he’s pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later.
Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the White House early this week and has been dialing senators for one-on-one chats, using both the carrot and stick to nudge, badger and encourage them to act. But it’s still a long road ahead for the 1,000-page-plus package.
“His question to me was, How do you think the bill’s going to go in the Senate?” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said about his call with Trump. “Do you think there’s going to be problems?”
It’s a potentially tumultuous three-week sprint for senators preparing to put their own imprint on the massive Republican package that cleared the House late last month by a single vote. The senators have been meeting for weeks behind closed doors, including as they returned to Washington late Monday, to revise the package ahead of what is expected to be a similarly narrow vote in the Senate.
“Passing THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL is a Historic Opportunity to turn our Country around,” Trump posted on social media. He urged them Monday “to work as fast as they can to get this Bill to MY DESK before the Fourth of JULY.”
Thune, like House Speaker Mike Johnson, has few votes to spare from the Senate’s slim, 53-seat GOP majority. Democrats are waging an all-out political assault on GOP proposals to cut Medicaid, food stamps and green energy investments to help pay for more than $4.5 trillion in tax cuts — with many lawmakers being hammered at boisterous town halls back home.
“It’d be nice if we could have everybody on board to do it, but, you know, individual members are going to stake out their positions,” Thune said Tuesday.
“But in the end, we have to succeed. Failure’s not an option. We’ve got to get to 51. So we’ll figure out the path forward to do that over the next couple of weeks.”
At its core, the package seeks to extend the tax cuts approved in 2017, during Trump’s first term at the White House, and add new ones the president campaigned on, including no taxes on tips and others. It also includes a massive build-up of $350 billion for border security, deportations and national security.
To defray the lost tax revenue to the government and avoid piling onto the nation’s $36-trillion debt load, Republicans want to reduce federal spending by imposing work requirements for some Americans who rely on government safety net services. Estimates are 8.6 million people would no longer have healthcare and nearly 4 million would lose Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits.
The package also would raise the nation’s debt limit by $4 trillion to allow more borrowing to pay the bills.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump’s bill “is ugly to its very core.”
Schumer said Tuesday it’s a “lie” that the cuts won’t hurt Americans. “Behind the smoke and mirrors lies a cruel and draconian truth: tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy paid for by gutting healthcare for millions of Americans,” said the New York senator.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is expected to soon provide an overall analysis of the package’s impacts on the government balance sheets, particular its rising annual deficits. But Republicans are ready to blast those findings from the congressional scorekeeper as flawed.
Trump on Tuesday switched to tougher tactics, deriding the holdout Republican senators to get on board.
The president laid into Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the libertarian-leaning deficit hawk who has made a career of arguing against government spending. Paul wants the package’s $4-trillion increase to the debt ceiling out of the bill.
“Rand votes NO on everything, but never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy (losers!).” Trump posted.
The July 4 deadline is not only aspirational for the president, it’s all but mandatory for his Treasury Department. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned Congress that the nation will run out of money to pay its bills if the debt ceiling, now at $36 trillion, is not lifted by mid-July or early August to allow more borrowing. Bessent has also been meeting behind closed doors with senators and GOP leadership.
Thune acknowledged Tuesday that lifting the debt ceiling is not up for debate.
“It’s got to be done,” the South Dakota senator said.
The road ahead is also a test for Thune, who, like Johnson, is a newer leader in Congress and among the many Republicans adjusting their own priorities with Trump’s return to the White House.
While Johnson has warned against massive changes to the package, Thune faces demands from his senators for adjustments.
To make most of the tax cuts permanent — particularly the business tax breaks that are the Senate priorities — senators may shave some of Trump’s proposed new tax breaks on automobile loans or overtime pay, which are policies less prized by some senators.
There are also discussions about altering the $40,000 cap that the House proposed for state and local deductions, known as SALT, which are important to lawmakers in high-tax New York, California and other states, but less so among GOP senators.
“We’re having all those discussions,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), another key voice in the debate.
Hawley is among a group of senators, including Maine’s Susan Collins and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, who have raised concerns about the Medicaid changes that could boot people from health insurance.
A potential copay of up to $35 for Medicaid services that was part of the House package, as well as a termination of a provider tax that many states rely on to help fund rural hospitals, have also raised concerns.
“The best way to not be accused of cutting Medicaid is to not cut Medicaid,” Hawley said.
Collins said she is reviewing the details.
There’s also a House provision that would allow the auction of spectrum bandwidth that some senators oppose.
Mascaro and Jalonick write for the Associated Press. AP writer Matt Brown contributed to this report.
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