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FORMER Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague has broken her silence on her Behind It All documentary and the backlash she faced.

The 26-year-old successful star and mum of one, was slammed when her new Amazon docuseries, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, was released.

Many viewers of the series admitted the Love Island star’s “bratty behaviour” had “put them off her” after watching the Amazon offering.

Breaking her silence on the backlash and reaction from viewers, Molly-Mae opened up in the introduction of her new YouTube video, which was shared on Monday evening.

The influencer and fashion mogul even revealed she was forced to delete TikTok amid the comments she saw about the series.

Speaking in her vlog, she said: “I had seen what people were saying about the doc and then made the executive decision to basically delete TikTok.”

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Molly-Mae added how deleting the app “has been quite frankly one of the best decisions I ever made”.

The reality star then said how though she has grown a thick skin over the years, “there’s something about that app that just feels like so insanely toxic”.

Molly-Mae then explained how she saw her makeup artist scrolling on social media and spotted “at least three things within that short time of me looking at her phone that I didn’t want to see”.

“So, I just felt like, okay, definitely definitely in no way, shape or form rushing to get the app back anytime soon.

“I just want to say that I’ve also received so many incredibly lovely messages and people saying that they’ve also really enjoyed it.

“And that’s literally all I wanted for the doc. It’s never ever been to do anything other than just create something for people to watch and enjoy.

“And I think I’ve definitely definitely learned a lot,” she added.

Molly-Mae then told of how she was nervous about the documentary coming out.

“Like I think even before the premiere, there’s a bit of me in this vlog where I’m like severely anxious,” she explained.

Molly-Mae then said that she had anticipated some of the critique the documentary got.

“I literally said like ‘that’s going to cause this’ and ‘this is going to cause that’.

“I have been doing this job now for a really really long time and I feel like we kind of had a formula that we followed for years that avoids what has happened with the doc from happening.

“And with this drop of the doc like we literally did the complete opposite of what we normally do.

“Like we spoke about things we don’t speak about.

“We kept things in that probably I would never ever show of myself like because with the last drop of the doc everyone was like we want more. We want more.”

Molly-Mae went on: “So, it’s like you give it, but then it’s not like it’s too much or it’s, you know…

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“I saw someone saying that they fell asleep halfway through one of the episodes because it was so boring yet they feel like the episodes aren’t long enough.”

She then said how she “really really can’t keep everyone happy” no matter how much she tries.

Dominant football win moves defending La Liga champions to second place in the standings, five adrift of archrivals Madrid.

Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Marcus Rashford struck for Barcelona as they earned a 3-1 win over Elche in La Liga to bounce back from last weekend’s El Clasico defeat and move back into second place to trail leaders Real Madrid by five points.

Barca continued to struggle in defence and Elche had chances to cause an upset on Sunday, scoring through Rafa Mir, with the striker also twice hitting the woodwork.

Hansi Flick’s Barca have failed to keep a clean sheet in six consecutive league games, in the midst of an injury crisis.

The champions were missing Pedri, Gavi, and Joan Garcia among others, but were able to bring on Robert Lewandowski and Dani Olmo following spells out of action.

Teenage star Lamine Yamal underwhelmed in last week’s defeat by Real Madrid after coming back from a groin issue, but looked more spritely against Elche.

Coached by Eder Sarabia, a former Barcelona assistant coach under Quique Setien, the ninth-placed visitors came to play and impressed.

Barca took the lead after nine minutes when Alejandro Balde drove forward and fed Yamal in the area.

The winger took a touch to set himself and then whipped a clinical finish past former Barca goalkeeper Inaki Pena, a teammate of his last season.

Three minutes later, Torres doubled the hosts’ advantage, tapping home after Fermin Lopez broke into space down the left and provided an inch-perfect cross.

The striker revealed a T-shirt paying tribute to Valencia, his home region, a year on from the deadly flooding that hit Spain’s east coast.

Lopez and Rashford fired narrowly off-target while Pena saved from Torres as Barca squandered some presentable chances.

Mir pulled a goal back shortly before half-time. Barca tried to catch the forward offside, but he was in his own half when he was played in. Mir bent a shot past Ronald Araujo and Barca goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and in at the far post.

Torres might have scored again before the interval, but Pena produced a superb save to tip his strike to safety.

Early in the second half, Mir clipped the top of the crossbar with a curling effort as Elche battled well.

Rashford sealed Barca’s victory with a superb finish after Lopez picked him out with a cross, for his second league goal of the campaign.

Veteran goalkeeper Szczesny pushed a Mir effort onto the post to save Barca sweating over their advantage in the final stages.

“It was very important to start strong and intense. From there, we could take the game where we wanted it to go,” Torres told DAZN.

“We knew the type of game they were going to play, and we started very strong. We were a bit off afterwards, but we found our spirit and our intensity again in the second half.”

KIM Kardashian has sensationally admitted that she doesn’t know the price of a carton of milk.

Fans have now blasted the 44-year-old fashion mogul and billionaire as ‘out of touch’ for not knowing how much simple groceries cost.

Appearing on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, Kim opened up about how much money she spends on beauty products before dropping her bombshell confession.

Alex asked Kim how much she spends on her glam routine.

She responded, “If I’m filming my show, then they pay for it.

“If I’m working, then they pay for it.

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“So, I try to get it all paid for so that I don’t personally have to pay for it.”

The billionaire, who is said to be worth over $1.7billion, then confessed she doesn’t have a concept on what things tend to cost.

Making the candid confession on the podcast, she said, “I mean, I don’t have a concept of what like certain simple things cost.”

She added, “I’d like I’d like to know a little bit more about what a milk carton cost.”

‘SO OUT OF TOUCH’

On Reddit, one person reacted, “I cant believe she doesnt know the price of a carton of milk! so out of touch.”

Meanwhile, on X, someone else said, “Awww poor rich girl.”

“A million on beauty but clueless about basic groceries? Sounds like priorities are wildly skewed,” penned another.

Kim later confessed to Alex that she wasn’t sure how much her glam costs each year, but said it could be one million dollars before saying how “this hair isn’t cheap”.

Kim’s “out of touch” comment about the price of a carton of milk comes after the reality star has posed while drinking milk on several occasions.

She famously appeared in Fergie’s music video for the hit M.I.L.F. $.

In the video, Kim could be seen drinking milk while donning a sexy ensemble.

She has also posed while drinking milk for various photoshoots in the past, too.

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This comes after the new teaser trailer for the upcoming season of The Kardashians dropped earlier this week.

Dropping on October 23, season seven will see familiar faces return to their reality roots, as well as huge and scary revelations coming to light.

The season seven trailer dropped earlier this month, with the show’s Instagram account writing alongside it, “A whole different beast.

“Season 7 of #TheKardashians premieres October 23 on @hulu and with #HuluOnDisneyPlus.”

In the trailer, Kim teases, “Some familiar faces are back.”

Khloe then asks, “Is Bob here?” with Robert seen in the shot.

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Caitlyn is also seen in the trailer, with her donning sweat pants and a sweater with sunglasses covering her eyes.

Elsewhere in the trailer, it is revealed somebody close to Kim “put a hit out on her life”.

Kamala Harris picked her way through several sticky subjects in a Tuesday night TV interview, including her account of being ghosted by Gov. Gavin Newsom when she called for his support during her brief, unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign.

On the eve of the public release of her book detailing that campaign, Harris spoke with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on her relationship with Newsom as well as the redistricting ballot measure Californians will vote on in November — and she also hailed “the power of the people” in getting Jimmy Kimmel back on ABC.

Kimmel was indefinitely suspended last week by the Walt Disney Co. over remarks he made about the suspect in the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. After fierce protests, consumers announcing subscription cancellations, and hundreds of celebrities speaking out against government censorship, Disney announced Monday that Kimmel would return on ABC the following day.

“Talk about the power being with the people and the people making that clear with their checkbooks,” Harris said of Kimmel’s return. “It spoke volumes, and it moved a decision in the right direction.”

Harris was speaking with Maddow about her new book, “107 Days,” which details her short sprint of a presidential campaign in 2024 after then-President Biden decided not to seek reelection.

The book discloses which Democrats immediately supported her to become the Democratic nominee, and which didn’t, notably Newsom. She wrote that, when she called, he texted her that he was hiking and would call her back but never did.

After Maddow raised the anecdote in the opening of the show, Harris said she had known Newsom “forever.”

“Gavin has a great sense of humor so, you know, he’s gonna be fine,” Harris said.

Newsom was icier when asked by a reporter about the interaction — or lack thereof — on Friday.

“You want to waste your time with this, we’ll do it,” Newsom said, adding that he was hiking when he received a call from an unknown number, even as he was trying to learn more about Biden’s decision not to run for reelection while also asking his team to craft a statement supporting Harris to be the Democratic nominee. “I assume that’s in the book as well — that, hours later, the endorsement came out.”

Harris brought up Newsom when asked about Proposition 50, the redistricting ballot measure championed by the governor and other California Democrats that voters will decide in November. If approved, the state’s congressional districts will be redrawn in an effort to boost Democratic seats in the house to counter efforts by President Trump to increase the number of Republicans elected in GOP-led states.

“Let me say about what [Newsom] is doing, redistricting, it is absolutely the right way to go. Part of what we’ve got to, I think, challenge ourselves to accept, is that we tend to play by the rules,” Harris said. “But I think this is a moment where you gotta fight fire with fire. And so what Gavin is doing, what the California Legislature is doing, what those who are supporting it are doing is to say, ‘You know what, you want to play, then let’s get in the field. Let’s get in the arena, and let’s do this.’ And I support that.”

But Harris was more cautious when asked about other electoral contests, notably the New York City mayoral race. Zohran Mamdani is the Democratic nominee and has large leads in the polls over other candidates in the race, including former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams.

Asked whether she backed Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, Harris was measured.

“Look, as far as I’m concerned, he’s the Democratic nominee, and he should be supported,” Harris said, prompting Maddow to ask whether she endorsed him.

“I support the Democrat in the race, sure,” she replied. “But let me just say this, he’s not the only star. … I hope that we don’t so over-index on New York City that we lose sight of the stars throughout our country.”

Harris, who announced this summer that she would not run for California governor next year, demurred when asked about whether she would run for president for a third time in 2028.

“That’s not my focus right now,” she said.

When Anduril’s YFQ-44A drone flies for the first time, it will do so in a semi-autonomous fashion as part of a broader plan to get the design to an actual operational state as fast as possible. The company says this self-imposed requirement is why the type, one of two currently being developed for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, has yet to take to the skies. A first flight for the YFQ-44A, also known as Fury, is expected soon, and more of the drones are in production to help steadily expand the future testing regimen.

Diem Salmon, Vice President of Air Dominance and Strike at Anduril, and Jason Levin, the company’s Senior Vice President of Engineering for Air Dominance and Strike shared updates on the state of Fury’s development to TWZ and others today at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2025 Air, Space, and Cyber Conference. Fury’s story traces back to the late 2010s and an aggressor drone concept from a company called Blue Force Technologies, which Anduril acquired in 2023, as you can read about in extensive detail in this past War Zone feature. The Air Force picked Fury, as well as a design from General Atomics now designated the YFQ-42A, to proceed in the first phase, or Increment 1, of the CCA program last year. The YFQ-42A flew for the first time in August.

“We have multiple vehicles at our test facility in ground testing right now, and we’re in the final stages before first flight,” Anduril’s Salmon said. “All in all, we’re still well ahead of the program schedule in terms of getting YFQ-44A into the air. [We] feel really confident in our ability to do so and still feel really good about the program schedule.”

Anduril’s Levin indicated that the plan is for all of the “vehicles ” currently undergoing ground testing to eventually fly, rather than some of them staying non-flying test articles.

Neither Salmon nor Levin would offer a specific timeline for when the YFQ-44A’s first flight is now set to occur. At a separate roundtable on the sidelines of the Air, Space, and Cyber Conference, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink told TWZ and others that the service was hoping to see the drone fly by the middle of October. In a keynote address at the conference earlier today, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin described the testing milestone as “imminent.”

“We also have several vehicles currently in various stages of manufacturing,” Salmon continued. We are “working on multiple tails right now to support the more expansive flight test profile that we’re getting into in the next year.”

Anduril’s Salmon also provided some more specific details on developmental goals for the YFQ-44A around its first flight, especially when it comes to autonomy. Semi-autonomous takeoff and recovery of uncrewed aircraft is not new, with other U.S. and foreign designs, like Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk and General Atomics Reaper, having this capability to varying degrees. Anduril’s position is that it is something of a first for a clean-sheet design to make its initial takeoff, flight, and recovery in this mode.

“The goal for Anduril has always [been] to make this an actual semi-autonomous CCA, and so that’s been the emphasis since day one,” she said. “Taxi has been semi-autonomous, which basically means, we hit a button, it goes to the points that’s been designated by that vehicle, completes a taxi, [and] returns.”

“The goal is to also [to] get to a semi-autonomous first flight, which means takeoff and landing will be done by a push of a button. There is no stick and throttle,” Salmon added. “It will be able to execute the actual first flight profile, pre-planned, using autonomy software on the vehicle.”

Further software development to enable that level of autonomy is currently the main schedule driver when it comes to YFQ-44A’s first flight.

“I think that’s going to allow us to kind of leapfrog the overall test plan, because we are kind of tackling that hard part first, which is getting to a semi-autonomous first light,” Salmon noted.

“So the aircraft’s been moving very fast, from PDR [Preliminary Design Review] last year to getting into ground testing a year later, and then same as the software as well,” Anduril’s Levin added. “So the software’s had to be clean-sheet to get to the semi-autonomous capability. We’re able to leverage a lot of the work you see on other products that are flying similar software, but to get to the level of rigor and complexity needed for CCA has just been a different piece to kind of handle.”

Levin further explained that Anduril is currently developing what he called the “platform autonomy” package for the YFQ-44A, which will handle things like taxing and takeoff and landing, in-house. The company plans to work with other vendors on the “mission autonomy” side, which will enable the drone to perform various tasks once airborne. Anduril’s own Lattice proprietary artificial intelligence-enabled autonomy software package is expected to factor into the mission autonomy equation, as well.

“So it’s really been a parallel effort. Both the hardware team’s working everything from [the] electrical system, avionics, fuel system, and the jet itself, and then, as well as the software in parallel,” he continued. “And then rigging that out through “iron bird,” hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop, and then all the actual aircraft itself.”

The iron bird is a non-flying test article that Anduril, and Blue Force Technologies before it, have been using for years to support the development of Fury.

“We have very high fidelity simulations where we develop the software, we put it through software-in-the-loop, but then once we put it on the actual hardware, in the integration, there’s always something that maybe didn’t match correctly, and then we have to go back and validate that as we update it,” Levin explained. “There’s not a lot of playbooks on how you go from basically clean sheet to a semi-autonomous capability right off the bat. I don’t know if there’s any aircraft that have really done that. So basically, figuring out how we’re going to do this. We’ve had to kind of create some of the path there.”

TWZ has repeatedly highlighted that the Air Force’s CCA program, as well as parallel efforts ongoing within the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, still have many questions to answer about how drones in this category will be deployed, launched, recovered, supported, and otherwise operated, as well as utilized during actual tactical operations. Building trust among the human aviators that will be expected to operate with these uncrewed wingmen will also be vital, as you can read more about here.

“For Anduril, since we did not have a ground control station takeoff and landing, we would have to develop that capability,” he also noted when asked to further explain the decision to pursue a semi-autonomous first flight. “And so that would have had to be a new capability to develop. And actually, we thought it would have been a step backwards, because we really want to get to the semi-autonomous thing and bring out that problem.”

“Just to clarify terms, there is gonna be a control element for [our] CCA, where there will be humans on the ground, some kind of oversight of the platforms,” Salmon said. “The distinction here is that they’re not going to be remotely piloted.”

Anduril’s Salmon also said that the company’s focus has been on meeting the Air Force’s aggressive timeline for fielding an actual CCA capability, not just getting YFQ-44A into the air. The current stated goal is for Increment 1 CCAs to be at least starting to enter operational service before the end of the decade. The Air Force has said it is looking to acquire between 100 and 150 Increment 1 CCAs, and hundreds more through further increments. It remains unclear whether the service expects to pick a single winning design in the program’s first phase or pursue production of both the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A.

“It was not a race to get to first flight as fast as humanly possible. It was, how do we field this really advanced and novel capability as fast as we can,” she said. “And with that comes the recognition that the autonomy is the hard part here, and so that’s the thing that you actually need to burn down from a technical development, testing, and risk perspective. And so that’s how we’ve approached our program.”

Levin pointed out that achieving a semi-autonomous first flight is not a hard Air Force requirement, but also that the service has “very few hard requirements” for the CCA program. He also said that Anduril’s development schedule

Once the YFQ-44A does makes its maiden flight, the initial testing plan is set to include things like checking out the drone’s handling qualities, avionics, and other systems, as well as starting to expand its performance envelope, according to Levin. He would not provide any specific timeline for when Anduril might get to munition testing or more advanced systems integration.

Salmon and Levin were also asked about what plans Anduril might have in regard to the expected follow-on Increment 2 of the Air Force’s CCA program, as well as the Navy’s separate CCA efforts, but declined to provide hard specifics. The Navy just disclosed earlier this month that it had hired Anduril, as well as Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, to work on conceptual carrier-based CCA designs, as you can read more about here. Lockheed Martin has received a separate contract to provide the Navy with an accompanying common command and control architecture.

“The way we would approach other air vehicle development efforts is they would not be Fury derivatives, but instead they would use a lot of the capabilities inside Fury, which might be some of the avionics boxes, maybe some of the software, and then basically the design process and build process we would leverage. But if we were to build a Navy CCA, it would probably look nothing like a Fury … a future CCA that had a different mission, it probably would not be a Fury derivative.”

When pressed on this in light of Anduril’s recently disclosed contract with the Navy, Levin further stressed that any carrier-based design the company might develop would not be a direct Fury derivative.

Levin did say that Anduril is pursuing export sales of Fury variants, including in Europe, as part of a partnership with Rheinmetall in Germany that was announced back in June.

Regardless, “if there’s any autonomous air vehicle program, we’ll compete. If there are any autonomous software program [sic], we will compete on that as well, whether it’s for the Air Force, the Navy, or for whoever, you can imagine that we’re going to compete.”

When it comes to the YFQ-44A, the drone now looks set to fly for the first time within a matter weeks, and in a semi-autonomous mode that Anduril hopes will help put it on a path to being a real operational asset within the next few years.

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Cardi B testified Tuesday that she never touched, scratched or spat at a security guard who is suing her over an alleged assault by the pop star outside a Beverly Hills obstetrician’s office.

The rapper, whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, took the witness stand in the second day of the civil trial in an Alhambra court and vigorously denied assaulting Emani Ellis on Feb. 24, 2018. Cardi B was visiting the 5th-floor office of the obstetrician at the time and was four months pregnant with her first child.

“It was a verbal incident,” insisted Cardi B. “She didn’t hit me. I didn’t hit her. There was no touching. So, to me, it wasn’t no incident.”

The rapper did say that they went chest to chest in the hallway outside the doctor’s office, and that she called the guard a “b—” because she believed Ellis was recording her with a cellphone.

“Was there spitting?” the security guard’s lawyer, Ron Rosen, asked.

“Absolutely not,” Cardi B replied.

“Did you call her the N-word?”

“No,” the performer replied, noting that she considers herself “Afro-Caribbean.”

“Did you take a swing at her?” Rosen followed up.

“No,” replied Cardi B, who insisted it was a “verbal fight. … It did not get physical at all.”

Rosen delved into the difference between a fight and a verbal altercation, asking whether he and the pop star were then having a verbal altercation. Cardi B replied that they were debating, a statement that was greeted with laughter in the courtroom.

The lawyer countered, “We’re debating about whether you assaulted and battered Ms. Emani Ellis?”

“I guess so,” replied Cardi B. “But I didn’t touch her. She didn’t touch me.” The recording artist said there were no videos of the incident.

Ellis filed suit in 2020, alleging assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress as well as negligence and false imprisonment.

Ellis, who worked as a security guard at the building where Cardi B had her medical appointment, said during testimony on Monday that she was doing her rounds when she saw the celebrity get off the elevator. She testified that she was overcome with excitement and declared, “Wow, it’s Cardi B.”

Ellis said the performer then turned to her and said, “Why the f— are you telling people you’ve seen me?” Cardi B then accused her of trying to spread news about her being at the doctor’s office, she testified.

Cardi B cursed at her, used the N-word and other slurs, called her names, threatened her job, body-shamed her and mocked her career, Ellis said. She alleged Cardi B spat on her, took a swing at her and scratched her left cheek with a 2- to 3-inch fingernail.

Cardi B said when she turned around after getting off the elevator, she heard Ellis say her name and then saw Ellis with her cellphone and said, “Why are you recording me?” The performer said the guard said, “My bad,” but continued to follow her and said she had the right to follow her.

Cardi B said that they went chest to chest and that she did curse at Ellis but that she never touched the guard, who was physically larger. When the obstetrician’s receptionist finally came out, the guard alleged the singer had hit her — something that Cardi B said never happened.

The rapper conceded she never saw proof that Ellis was recording her. She said her appointment was both sensitive and confidential; she was seeing a doctor because of concerns about her pregnancy, which wasn’t yet public.

For the second day of the trial, the rapper — who is known for her daring style choices — donned a blond showgirl hairstyle that contrasted with the black short hair she wore during the first day of testimony. Under questioning, she said they were both wigs and that she had 1-inch nail extensions.

She refused to concede that she usually wore 2- to 3-inch nails, replying that sometimes she does and sometimes she doesn’t.

A pilot shared a warning to all passengers travelling to their dream destination by air, as he said there is one thing he would never touch on a plane no matter what

Everyone eagerly awaits their summer getaway – but an airline pilot issued a crucial warning to all travellers heading to their ideal destination by air. He revealed the one thing he would never utilise on an aircraft despite it being designed purely for passenger comfort and convenience.

In a TikTok clip, the pilot, known online as @captain.steeeve8, declared: “Stop putting personal items in the seat back pocket in front of you. If you want to lose it, and never see it again, put it in that dark hole that is the seat back pocket in front of you.

“I can’t tell you how many people I’ve spoken to who have got off the plane and left something personal in the seat back pocket.”

He continues by explaining how retrieving your belongings becomes virtually impossible unless the aircraft remains at the gate and you’ve only just disembarked moments earlier.

Captain Steve added: “The odds diminish that every minute that ticks if you leave that seat and you leave [your items] in that back hole of disappear.”

Responding to his post, one user commented: “My teacher was grading our tests on a plane and put them all, the whole grades math tests in the seat pocket. She forgot them there, we all got an A+.”

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Another user added: “Great advices and awesome information as always! Thank you very much! Any tips flying your pets with you?”

A third user said: “Yes all great ideas. Lost my 3D Sudoko book left in the seat pocket! Had to wait for Xmas to get the next volume – done book per year. Was so peeved!” Another user lamented: “Pocket – lost my kindle that way.”

This follows a warning from a flight attendant who advised passengers to avoid washing their hands in aeroplane toilets, suggesting the use of hand sanitiser instead.

The cabin crew member, known as @cherdallas on TikTok, revealed: “I’ve seen people vomit inside the bathroom sinks numerous times so if you drop sometimes in there, I would consider it a loss.

“Never ever have I seen the sinks get cleaned out. The sink water that you wash your hands with is also filthy.

“You’re not allowed to drink it because it has too much bacteria in it so washing your hands with it is probably not great.

“I don’t know what’s in it but it constantly degrades my nails and makes them extremely brittle whether I have paint on them, gel or dip, it completely degrades the outside of it.”

CONGRATULATIONS, Sir Keir! The number of people arriving here in small boats from France has reached 50,000 since your magnificent government took office.

That’s something to be proud of, isn’t it? The way things are going, you might make it 100,000 by the end of the year.

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Smashing the gangs was the plan you announced upon taking office.

It was about as much use as howling at the moon. And although you deny it, the policy seems to have been quietly shelved.

Nor will the one-in, one-out deal work. A pilot scheme which was only ever going to deal with one in 20 of the illegal migrants.

You scrapped the Rwanda plan. That at least provided SOME deterrent.

And so, like almost every other thing you turn your hand to, you’ve made things worse and worse.

So here’s my ten-point plan to stop what seems to be an unstoppable tide. It’s not really unstoppable, if you really want to do it.

1: Let it be known that anyone arriving here illegally automatically loses their right to live in the UK, in perpetuity. Cost of this? Nil.

Deterrence effect? Very high. No place to live, no permit to work, no schooling, no health care.

2: No more hotels. As Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has suggested, house the migrants who arrive in tents.

Empty every hotel which has migrants in them, immediately. Cost of this? Rather less than the hotels, I would reckon.

3: No grants for swimming lessons, gym workouts and hair extensions. No grants for anything except a ticket home.

4: Withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and all other supranational jurisdiction which stops us from solving our own problems in our own ways. They are well past their sell-by dates, anyway.

5: Abolish the immigration tribunals, immediately. They are all presided over by judges who spend most of their lives advocating the causes of asylum seekers. The legal issue is clear: Arriving illegally means no entry.

6: In complex cases, where it is either not clear where the migrant comes from, or the country of origin refuses to have them back, send them for processing at a place under British jurisdiction.

Such as St Helena — a windswept island in the middle of the Atlantic. Or South Georgia. Or, for the really devious ones, Rockall.

7. For those who have already arrived and are currently going through the appeals process, let it be made clear that by arriving illegally they have automatically lost their right to stay here. Also, abolish all legal aid for those who have arrived.

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8: Offer those who have been here for some time £1,000 to leave the country, never to return. You could throw in some free bags of Monster Munch, and one of those neck cushions, for the flight.

9: Strike a deal with the French to allow British policemen or soldiers to puncture the boats before they leave France.

Or otherwise hole them below the waterline. It is obvious we can’t trust the French to do this.

10: Start taking things seriously, Starmer. Begin with the conviction that all who arrive illegally must go. Including those who have already arrived. And if the Left moans, so be it.

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GOT your pre-order in for the new Taylor Swift album?

Nope, me neither. But I suppose million upon million will.

Her music is bloodless and boring, written by a committee. The lyrics are naff. But she is a consummate saleswoman.

She’s already been giving teasing hints as to what’s on the new album.

It includes a cover of a George Michael song, for example. Which is, for me, another reason to stay well away from it.

Ah well, she’s what a certain section of the kids want now and I suppose I am not necessarily her target audience.

But couldn’t the kids fall in love with something a little more exciting, and dangerous, and full of adventure?

UK IN A RIGHTS MESS

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WHEN friends make constructive criticisms, we should listen.

The US State Department has just investigated human rights in the UK – something the Vice President JD Vance has been banging on about.

It says our human rights worsened last year. And it claimed there were “credible reports of serious restrictions on freedom of expression”, as well as “crimes, violence, or threats of violence motivated by antisemitism”.

That seems to me pretty much bang on.

Over the last 15 years our freedom to express ourselves has diminished and diminished.

And that trend hastened last year with the advent of a Labour government which really hates the idea that people should express themselves freely.

GOOD luck to all our readers who are about to open their A-level results today.

It’s always a fun time of year, isn’t it?

But it doesn’t really matter in the end, believe me.

And here’s a bit of advice to anyone who got lower than As and Bs.

Don’t go to university. It’s not worth the bother.

Instead, get yourself an apprenticeship and learn something useful which will keep you in work.

Soon you will be earning a decent income while the debt-laden students slum it on awful courses.

High flyer? What do you take me for?

NOW I really have heard it all. A trolley dolly has just won a discrimination case against British Airways.

Jennifer Clifford said she was too scared to fly. Being up in the air in one of those planes made her kind of stressy, you see. So she shouldn’t have been given the boot.

Do you ever get the impression that, much as the Fun Boy Three suggested all those years ago, the lunatics really have taken over the asylum?

Stuart Miles is barely-recognisable as the fresh-faced Blue Peter icon of the 90s, when he starred alongside names including Tim Vincent and Konnie Huq – and now has a new career

Stuart Miles famously quit Blue Peter after slamming the TV series for being “out of touch” with its young BBC viewers. It had been just three months since his friend and co-star Richard Bacon had been sacked for taking cocaine, and Stuart was arguing that children were no longer interested in sticky back plastic and pets.

“With the year 2000 nearly here we’ve got to make Blue Peter more relevant to modern-thinking children,” he said. “Less twee, more hard-hitting. I know it’s like a comfort blanket for a lot of people, a programme that will never shock or offend you, but we err on the side of caution.”

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Then 27 years old, Stuart was, at the time, Blue Peter’s longest-serving presenter, with his exit coming as a huge blow to the corporation, who had been wrestling with the drug-taking expose of Richard Bacon and his replacement on the show.

But, 26 years later, what has become of Stuart?

He went on to guest-present shows including This Morning and Holiday and also became a regular on Sky Vegas, an interactive TV gambling channel. He went on to present a breakfast show for Heart FM alongside his former co-star, Katy Hill.

And in 2008, he launched a drag show at Edinburgh Fringe, The Adventures of Pink Peter, dressing up as Vera Singleton who was portrayed as sister of Valerie Singleton, one of the show’s early presenters.

A decade later, Stuart spoke about his regret over not coming out as gay during his time on Blue Peter. Speaking to Metro, he said: “I only have one regret and that is I spent a lot of my time on the show feeling conflicted about my sexuality. I was frightened of the reaction I may get both in the press and from the parents of children who watched the show if I came out as a gay man.

This may seem daft to someone growing up gay in 2018 but it’s easy to forget how, as little as 20 years ago, we were in a very different place.”

In fact, Blue Peter had sacked one of its presenters in 1985, Michael Sundin, with many claiming it was because of his sexuality. This was refuted by the show’s then-Editor, Biddy Baxter, who said it was simply that Michael was unpopular with viewers. He sadly died of an Aids-related illness in 1989.

Now aged 56, Stuart is barely recognisable from his Blue Peter days and also has a new career, as a professional speaker for Great British Speakers.

Just months ago, 66 year old Blue Peter itself received a huge shake-up, as its legendary live broadcasts were axed to make way for pre-recorded shows. Last year, former presenters Anthea Turner and Janet Ellis launched a bid to save the show when it was put out to tender.

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Between delicately assembling a pair of open-faced sandwiches in her comfortably stocked kitchen and carefully picking her wardrobe for an incoming visitor, Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), an elegant older woman with intelligent eyes and a wry smile, looks like someone who enjoys hosting. Flirting too, if the hand she gently places on her lunch companion’s knee is any indication.

But there are signs that Ruth, an accomplished cookbook author, exists apart from the reality of the moment. Polite, patient, nervous Steve (H. Jon Benjamin) is not a date — he’s actually Ruth’s son, there to take her to a well-appointed retirement community where she’ll live under the observation of caregivers who specialize in memory care. But also, thanks to the power of “Familiar Touch,” it’s a place where she’ll be affectionately dimensionalized through the encouraging eyes of the filmmaker who created her, Sarah Friedland.

Friedland’s acute debut feature, drawn from her experience in the memory-care field, is a small miracle of realigned empathy, turning away from the condescension and easy sentiment of so many narratives about late-in-life adaptation. Instead it finds something infinitely more layered and meaningful, especially where Chalfant’s utterly commanding characterization is concerned.

Friedland doesn’t waste time letting us know she has more on her mind than rote family drama or a spotlight on medical suffering. The quiet car ride to the senior living home is marked by a closeup of Ruth’s hand turning on her lap as it’s warmed by the sun — a moment meant to prioritize Ruth’s sensorial experience. In the facility’s lobby, where we meet kindly caregiver Vanessa (Carolyn Michelle) and Ruth realizes she’s not at a hotel for a rendezvous but rather to be admitted to a new group home by a grown child she doesn’t recognize, the moment is as tension-filled as it needs to be.

Yet even that is offset by the composed normality of Friedland’s unhurried, attentive direction, seeding an understanding that what is new for Ruth (or new once more, since we learn that she herself had chosen the place in less-confused times) is, in practically every other way, a common occurrence. This is a rite of passage happening all the time everywhere and deserving of compassion.

Ruth’s awareness is fluid as she becomes accustomed to a life of assistance, tests, activities, neighbors and the unique connection between resident and caregiver. As the process unfolds, “Familiar Touch” reveals itself as a social procedural about a demanding healthcare profession, often staffed by people who can’t afford to place their own loved ones in such facilities. The movie demystifies what’s hard and rewarding about caregiving, thanks largely to Michelle’s incredible, nuanced turn as Vanessa. That thread is exquisitely interlocked with a sensitive, sharp portrait of the interiority of someone searching for agency while in the throes of dementia.

Friedland never ignores what’s upsetting about Ruth’s condition, especially the loneliness that might replace sleep in an unfamiliar bed, or the despair that triggers a nighttime escape. But by sticking to Ruth’s perspective, the camera attuned to every emergence of childlike glee, adult pleasure or sharp-witted flash of authority, we come to see a person, not a patient. Ruth’s swings of emotion and identity are multitudes to be uncovered and respected.

The mystery of Ruth’s mindfulness — which ebbs and flows — is at the core of Chalfant’s brilliant, award-worthy performance. Hers is a virtuosity that doesn’t ask for pity or applause or even link arms with the stricken-but-defiant disease-playing headliners who have gone before her. Chalfant’s Ruth is merely, momentously human: an older woman in need, but no less expressive of life’s fullness because of it. It’s a portrayal to remember, for as long as any of us can.

It’s been claimed that staff at the BBC are in an ‘open revolt’ after the broadcaster scrapped a documentary about Gaza which will now be shown on Channel 4

Staff at the BBC are said to be in an “open revolt” after the broadcaster decided to scrap a documentary about Gaza, according to MailOnline. On Saturday, it was revealed that Channel 4 will now air the said documentary instead, which was earlier commissioned by the BBC.

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack was created by two Emmy award-winning filmmakers and commissioned by the BBC over the year ago. However, it’s been claimed that the corporation had put a pause on production in April after an investigation was launched into another documentary, titled Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone.

Following this, Channel 4 will now be broadcasting Gaza: Doctors Under Attack on Wednesday, July 2, at 10pm. But the BBC’s decision is said to have left a bad taste in their staff’s mouths and they are reportedly in uproar over the broadcaster not showing the documentary on their channels.

The aforementioned publication has claimed that more than 300 people have reportedly signed an open letter to director-general Tim Davie to raise concern about censorship at the BBC as it pertains to reporting about Israel.

An insider told MailOnline: “The people at commissioner level who are experienced journalists and take these decisions on an almost daily basis are being overruled by people who are pretending to be journalists.

“There’s open revolt [at the BBC]. [Bosses] approved the film multiple times and then delayed it at least five times but confirmed in emails that it would go out and that the delays were not due to the Johnstone report into Gaza: How to survive in a war zone.

“They said this [new documentary] was a vital film that exemplified ”public interest journalism’. After these multiple delays over six weeks they then apologised and said, ”Sorry, it is because of the Johnstone report”.’

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack is a one-off episode, produced by Basement Films, that examines allegations against Israel that the nation have repeatedly targeted hospitals which is a breach of international law. The documentary was made by journalist Ramita Navai, director Karim Shah and former Channel 4 News Editor Ben De Pear.

The source went on to tell MailOnline that they had to “handle the duty of care” for doctors and medics who couldn’t understand why their interviews wouldn’t be going out on the BBC.

“The film has been fact-checked and complied by Channel 4 to ensure it meets the broadcaster’s editorial standards and the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.

It was greenlit by Channel 4 Head of News and Current Affairs and Specialist Factual and Sport, Louisa Compton. She said: “This is a meticulously reported and important film examining evidence which supports allegations of grave breaches of international law by Israeli forces that deserves to be widely seen and exemplifies Channel 4’s commitment to brave and fearless journalism.”

Basement Films has added: “This is the third film we have made about the assault on Gaza since October 7th at Basement Films, and whilst none of them have been easy this became by far the most difficult. As ever we owe everything to our Palestinian colleagues on the ground; over 200 of whom have been killed by Israel, and the doctors and medics who trusted us with their stories.

“We want to apologise to the contributors and team for the long delay, and thank Channel 4 for enabling it to be seen.” Mirror have contacted both the BBC and Channel 4 for comment.

A BBC spokesperson told the Mirror: “Robust discussions amongst our editorial teams about our journalism are an essential part of the editorial process. We have ongoing discussions about coverage and listen to feedback from staff and we think these conversations are best had internally.

“Regarding our coverage of Gaza, the BBC is fully committed to covering the conflict impartially and has produced powerful coverage from the region. Alongside breaking news, ongoing analysis, and investigations, we have produced award winning documentaries such as Life and Death in Gaza, and Gaza 101.”

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Sleeping in the heat has interrupted my sleep pattern but Simba’s Summer Hybrid Duvet has been a game changer for regulating body heat at night

Sleeping in summer has been a struggle for me especially when the heatwave hit and I ended up tossing and turning in bed all night, but that’s not the case until I tried Simba’s Summer Hybrid Duvet, a down-like comfort designed for lightweight warmth.

Available in Single, Double, King and Super King with prices starting from £129, the Hybrid Duvet is a 4.5 Tog bedding that features innovative Stratos tech to keep hot sleepers like me to slumber down for a restful sleep. I don’t own a cooling fan so the special webbing pattern stitched to the bottom of the duvet is the next best thing that keeps me from oversweating at night.

While 10.5 Tog is generally considered for all-year use but for those who are prone to cold might want to invest in a two-in-one duvet such as Dusk’s Feels Like Down Duvet Collection, their All Seasons duvet is comprised of two separate 4.5 and 9 tog duvets, fastened together with buttons. It’s retailed at £63 but shoppers can enjoy 20% off with code EXTRA20 at checkout.

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I have been sleeping with open windows and legs out of my duvet cover but the traffic noise and night owls on the street have made an impact on my sleep quality. Since I swapped my duvet to Simba’s Hybrid Duvet, I’ve had some of the most peaceful sleeps and it kept my body temperature cool.

The special square stitched Simba Renew Bio Fibres fill prevents any uneven coverage and the fresh cotton cover had me ditching the duvet cover. Having said that, there is a risk of getting stains on the pristine white fabric.

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Offering superbly light and gentle warmth, it’s made from recycled plastic bottle fibres combed into airy layers, and is designed to allow plenty of airflow through the duvet for wonderful, drier warmth.

But shoppers will be pleased to know that it is machine washable and it fits in most at-home washing machines and it also dries pretty fast (when the sun is out and about).

For those who prefer to add colours or patterns to their bedding essentials, the Night Lark Gingham Print Coverless Duvet in blue and taupe are perfect for summer styles and they are available in both 4.5 and 10.5 tog with prices starting from £60.

I enjoy using the Simba duvet however, my brother is not a big fan as he finds it “too cold”. He said: “It’s nice to sleep in it but after a few hours, I felt cold and had to grab a fleece throw instead. It’s too lightweight and I like to sleep with a weighted blanket.”

While some customers find it pricey but for me, it saved me from buying a cooling fan, which could cost £100 extra. One shopper added: “A wonderful duvet, I cannot recommend it more. Just like a feather on top of you, and seems very temperature regulating.”

Another shared: “Warm yet light and regulates temperature so well. We are using the duvet now when we would have changed to a low tog summer duvet to keep cool. It’s not immediately obvious which is the top and bottom side so adding a label which states top and underside would be helpful.”

The Simba Hybrid Duvet is available to purchase here.