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MICHELLE Obama has dropped more hints about marital tensions with Barack in her new podcast.
The former First Lady admitted she wouldn’t have made it through her White House years without her “big brother” and revealed she never wanted Barack to run for president.
Michelle also moaned about her husband’s unpunctuality, joking that he used to start looking for his glasses at their departure time.
She added: “He’s improved over 30 years of marriage.”
The podcast launch comes amid swirling speculation about the Obamas’ relationship, with the pair not spotted together in months.
Launching on today, IMO – short for ‘In My Opinion’ – will see Michelle and her brother, Craig Robinson, discuss their life experiences, interview celebrities, and take questions from listeners.
On Valentine’s Day last month, both Barack and Michelle shared tributes to each other.
The former president paid tribute to Michelle with a photo and said she still takes his breath away.
He also revealed that he and Michelle have been together for 32 years.
Michelle shared the same picture on her Instagram feed and described Obama as her “rock.”
“Always have been. Always will be. Happy Valentine’s Day, honey!” she captioned the post.
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Michelle Keegan gave birth at private hospital favoured by royals as secret meaning behind baby’s name revealed
MICHELLE Keegan and Mark Wright revealed they are the proud parents of a baby daughter.
The Our Girl actress, 37, and Heart FM DJ Mark, 38, named her Palma after falling in love with Majorca.
The couple announced the arrival of Palma Elizabeth with a touching photo of her in a lace dress and bonnet.
Michelle and Mark posted on Instagram: “Together we have a new love to share – our little girl.”
The couple have recently spent lots of time loved-up at their property near the Majorcan capital.
A pal said: “Palma holds a special place in Michelle and Mark’s hearts. They spent time there when no one knew she was expecting.
“The picture they took of them confirming the pregnancy was taken in Majorca too.
“Their friends have joked they’re like Posh and Becks.”
In 1999, Victoria and David Beckham named their first-born son Brooklyn after he was conceived in New York.
Pals said Our Girl actress Michelle gave birth last week at London’s Portland Hospital, where Kate Middleton had her three children.
The former Corrie star has spent the past six days at home in Essex. A friend said: “Michelle and Mark are in that beautiful newborn bubble and are besotted with Palma.”
The pair were flooded with congratulatory messages. Body Coach star Joe Wicks said: “FFS I’m crying over here. I know how much you’ve wanted to be a dad.”
Mark’s former Towie castmate and best pal James Argent added: “She’s perfect.”
Last month we revealed raiders broke into their £3.5million home while the couple were there.
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A friend added: “It was a hard time but they didn’t let it cloud their final weeks of the pregnancy.”
Grandad, 63, died from rare condition after suffering tiny cut on his little toe sparking urgent warning
A DAD died from a catastrophic infection days after suffering a tiny cut between two toes.
Christopher Bradbury, pictured above, sustained a seemingly innocuous injury to his right foot in a fall at home, an inquest heard.
However, the 63-year-old became so ill he was taken to hospital and diagnosed with an invasive soft tissue infection.
The infections are thought to be aggressive and spread rapidly.
And despite an emergency amputation, the dad of three and grandad died in January last year.
Now, his case has prompted a warning from the coroner over a lack of awareness of the infections, which can lead to multiple organ failure.
Emma Serrano said Mr Bradbury, of Stoke, might have had an earlier MRI scan and treatment.
In a prevention of future deaths report, she said: “It was accepted in evidence that there is a lack of national guidelines.”
The inquest heard training is being delivered on the subject but ‘is not making significant inroads’ and ‘has not been effective at all’.
“It is thought that this will happen again”, Ms Serrano’s report said.
Ms Serrano said the NHS must improve its lack of knowledge on Invasive Soft Tissue Infections and improve training.
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I was pregnant in prison & got no special treatment – I was scared criminals would hurt my baby so I barely left my cell
A MUM has shared an insight into what it is like to be pregnant in prison and how she protected herself.
Jodie was jailed for stealing £20,000 from the bank where she worked – money that happened to belong to an elderly man with Alzheimer’s – to fund her gambling addiction.
However, she insisted she didn’t know that the account she was taking it from belonged to “an elderly gentleman who has Alzheimer’s.”
But taking to her TikTok account @jodieandjail,’ she revealed that she ended up in prison pregnant at the age of 21.
Speaking to her 20,000 followers, Jodie shared a video talking about what it’s like to feel hungry in prison.
She says: “In 2011, when I was pregnant and hungry in prison, it was a horrible feeling.
“I would only leave my cell when I got unlocked at meal times. I would go out, get my dinner, then come back to my cell and eat it.
“I wouldn’t rub shoulders with anyone because I was too scared to. I was only 21 years old and heavily pregnant. I didn’t want to walk alongside people.
“I was so scared and worried, so I just wanted to stay behind my door and keep my son as safe as I possibly could because I was scared of everybody.
“Food played a big part because, obviously, I was heavily pregnant.
“I was theoretically feeding two of us, and whilst they do give you a little bit more food, once you are locked up behind your door at lock-up, you’d have no access to food.
“You obviously have water, but feeling hungry at night and not being able to do anything about it is really not a nice feeling.”
Jodie explained that prisoners could never request extra food or just “nip to the kitchen for a bag of crisps or a piece of fruit.”
She adds: “You can’t just ring your bell and ask for food because it doesn’t work like that.
“What you can do is, each week, there’s something called a canteen where you can purchase stuff like super noodles, crisps, or biscuits to keep in your room.”
Jodie’s sentence finished four days before she gave birth.
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- Tracey Bottomley married double murderer Ernest Otto Smith in the US after meeting through a prison pen pal initiative. Tracey, from West Yorks, knew he had been given a life sentence with no possibility of parole
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- Paula Williamson, an actress who appeared on Hollyoaks and Emmerdale, married the infamous Charles Bronson in 2017 after they became penpals
- Karen Charves married Kenny Richey while he was on death row in 2014. He had been convicted for starting a fire in 1986 that killed his ex-girlfriend’s daughter, aged two. Karen and Kenny’s union did not last and she claimed he was abusive.
- Naomi Wise, from Essex, married Victor Oquendo, nicknamed Animal, while he was serving a 24-year prison term in a US jail. They split up in 2022 but have now rekindled their romance
She continues: “I wasn’t in there long enough to be able to get a canteen because it takes a couple of weeks to set up, and the money coming in takes a while as well.
“So, I never had extra food in my cell.
“I would sneak an extra piece of fruit at dinner time if I needed it.
“But that feeling – I remember feeling hungry – was never a nice feeling, and I don’t think any pregnant woman at such a late gestational stage should ever feel hungry.
“That was quite scary, not knowing whether my child was getting enough nutrients that he needed because I wasn’t eating as much as maybe I should have.
“Maybe it was available to me, but I didn’t find that out. They pretty much didn’t really care for me that much.
“They just sort of shut me behind my door and forgot about me because I was quiet, kept to myself, and didn’t cause any trouble.
“I just scurried along and scurried back. I was an easy prisoner for them.”
Jodie didn’t have any friends in 2011 on her wing who would give her food.
However, Jodie went back to prison again in 2016.
She says: “When I was in prison in 2016 and there were pregnant women on our wing, we would all club together and give them extra to make sure they were getting everything they needed and weren’t hungry.
“For me, in 2011, that wasn’t a thing. That wasn’t a very nice experience.”
Being in prison whilst pregnant and hungry, horrible time of my life, lying wide awake most of the night due to hunger
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Her video gained over 194,000 views with 140 people rushing to the comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: “I would have thought you would have been assigned a buddy to look after you and show you the ropes!
“It’s sad you were put in there and made to feel so isolated while you were very vulnerable.”
To which Jodie replied: “I think maybe if I was doing a longer stretch that would have been the case, as it was in 2016… but not for my short sentence.”
A second added: “I’m sorry you went through this.”
But Jodie replied with: “So unfair on the unborn child. But it’s a prison for criminals, not a hotel.”
A third added: “I was in this situation not long ago.
“Being in prison whilst pregnant and hungry, horrible time of my life, lying wide awake most of the night due to hunger.”
Assaults in women's prisons
Women’s prisons in the UK are now the most violent they have ever been, with assaults tripling in a decade.
In the year to September, the 3600 strong women’s prison state saw a total of 1630 assaults.
This is much higher than the rate in men’s prisons, which is 40% lower.
Although serious violence has historically been much worse in men’s prisons, it is now almost identical, with 39 of last year’s 110 assaults directed at prison staff.
Source: PA
Newcastle make classy gesture to Amanda Staveley after claims she was forced out of club
NEWCASTLE have offered an olive branch to former directors Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi.
The Toon invited their former chiefs to Wembley on Sunday.
The pair left St James’ Park last summer after three years in the boardroom, amid claims they were forced out.
Staveley and hubby Ghodoussi also sold their six per cent stake in Newcastle to majority owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the Reuben family.
Jamie Reuben is understood to have invited the couple to the Carabao Cup final as his guests in a sign they remain on good terms with the Toon hierarchy.
The club have also secured tickets for other members of the family.
Businesswoman Staveley, 51, described her departure from Newcastle last summer as “painful”.
But club sources emphasised she is still highly regarded there for her work in brokering the £305million takeover from hated owner Mike Ashley in late 2021.
The couple were also there when Newcastle made the Carabao Cup final in 2023, before losing 2-0 to Manchester United.
Since leaving Newcastle, Staveley has been working with Qatari investors looking at buying a stake in Tottenham.
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She also helped broker the £210m sale of Manchester City in 2008 to Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour.
Newcastle are looking to win their first piece of silverware in 70 years against Arne Slot’s side on Sunday.
Eddie Howe’s side head Wembley with six days rest after edging West Ham 1-0 in the Prem on Monday.
Meanwhile, their hopes might be boosted by Liverpool’s Champions League exit on Tuesday.
Liverpool were forced to play 120 minutes of intense football before losing 4-1 on penalties against Paris Saint-Germain, following a 1-1 aggregate draw.