MARRIED AT First Sight Australia star Eliot Donovan has hit out at his portrayal on the show after quitting the series for having a bride that was “too old”. 

The 35-year-old reality star shocked viewers when he left bride Lauren Hall, 37, shortly after their wedding, claiming she didn’t meet his ‘non-negotiables’. 

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Eliot and Lauren’s marriage was over before it began[/caption]

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Eliot claimed that he was made to look bad on the series[/caption]

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Fans questioned him when he came over better on social media[/caption]

Despite Lauren’s pleas to give the experimental marriage a chance, Eliot told her he found it ‘kind of pointless’, later listing her age as one of the reasons they wouldn’t work out. 

Eliot has since been active on TikTok, prompting viewers to comment asking where his funny and entertaining side was on the show. 

He later commented on one post, taking aim at the MAFS producers by saying: “No I was the same person they just cut out all the chill/funny bits to make me look like that. 

“If you watch it again you’ll see nothing I say to her is really that bad. I didn’t even really care that much about the non-negotiables, they just pressed me on that and decided to make that my character. 

“The way she spoke about her family, her ex Jono and the girls in the experiment gave me everything I needed to want to leave.” 

On screen, Eliot was seen giving his list of ‘non-negotiables’ he wanted in a bride, despite relationship expert John Aitken saying they were a “compatible match” as they both had expectations from typical gender roles in a marriage. 

But as Eliot announced he was leaving, he told Lauren: “I want someone who is younger than me, 25, someone who wants to have a family, someone that likes exercise like me. 

“I want someone that is, like, not into superficial things.”

Lauren, stunned, accused Elliot of not even trying to get to know her.

“You’ve made an assumption. You haven’t actually put in any effort. We haven’t even had deep conversations,” she said.

“Like, you really don’t know anything about me.”

But Elliot refused to back down, replying: “I don’t need you to tell me what I want. Do you know what I mean? There’s no upside for me.”

With that, he walked out, leaving Lauren devastated.

The marriage, as a result, lasted less than three days.

Married at First Sight Australia airs in weekdays on E4 in the UK.

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The star defended himself, saying that ‘nothing he said was that bad’[/caption]

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Eliot made it clear he wasn’t interested during the wedding[/caption]

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Lauren tried to convince him to stay in the experiment but he walked[/caption]

FEATHERWEIGHT world champion Nick Ball will be putting his belt on the line as he faces former champion TJ Doheny.

Ball, 27, will be defending his featherweight title for the third time in just 12 months in his hometown of Liverpool at the M&S Bank Arena.

In his last fight, Ball defeated American fighter Ronny Rios by TKO in the tenth round to secure his 21st win in his professional career.

This next fight comes as another tough test where his title and his undefeated record will be on the line in front of a raucous home crowd.

TJ Doheny, 38, is a former IBF super-bantamweight champion who most recently fought one of the best boxers in the world, Naoya Inoue.

Doheny fell to a seventh round TKO in that fight and is potentially staring at one last title tilt..

When is Nick Ball vs TJ Doheny?

• The fight is live from the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on Saturday, March 15.
• The event starts at 7pm GMT.
• The ring walk for Nick Ball and TJ Doheny is scheduled for approximately 10pm GMT.

What TV channel is Nick Ball vs TJ Doheny on and can it be streamed?

• Nick Ball vs TJ Doheny will be available on TNT Sports and Discovery+
• Viewers will need a TNT Sports subscription in order to watch the fight
• Alternatively, coverage will be available via SunSport‘s live blog.

Full card

• Nick Ball vs TJ Doheny – for WBA featherweight title
• Andrew Cain vs Charlie Edwards – for British & Commonwealth bantamweight titles and WBC Silver titles
• Brad Strand vs Ionut Baluta – for European super-bantamweight title
• Jadier Herrera vs Jose Enriquez
• Jack Turner vs Ryan Farrag
• Boma Brown vs Cristian Uwaka
• Jack Power vs Jose Aguirre
• Stephen Clarke vs Dmitri Protkunas
• William Birchall vs Engel Gomez
• Lucas Biswana vs Ezequiel Gregores
• Lewis Lawton vs Artjom Spatar
• Leighton Birchall vs Laszlo Bernath

What’s been said?

Former world champ Tony Bellew has described Ball as “the most exciting fighter” in Britain.

The Bomber said: “Nick Ball gives such value for money.

WThat boy just gets in the ring and he fights and fights non stop. Aggression.

“I’d go as far as to say I think Nick Ball is the fittest fighter in the country. He’s relentless.

“He’s literally the Tasmanian devil. He is all over you, he is not letting you off the hook. He fights fire with fire. He’s a fan’s favourite.

“And as a watch for pure excitement, I’d go as far as saying he’s the most exciting fighter in this country.

“I can’t see past him.

“Now what you want is you want to match him with really good boxers.

“So, we’ve seen him with Raymond Ford where he beat him for the world title,”

ENERGY bills will rise for millions of households within weeks when the new price cap increases.

The price cap will go up by around 6% from April 1, adding £111 a year to the average family’s bill, if they pay by direct debit.

The cap, set by regulator Ofgem, puts a limit on what energy suppliers can charge customers per unit of gas and electric which means you may pay more or less than this.

Meanwhile, it only affects those on standard variable tariffs, which accounts for around 28million households.

Ofgem fixes the price cap every three months based on the wholesale cost of gas and electricity.

You won’t be affected by the change to the price cap on April 1 if you’re on a fixed tariff.

These charge you the same per unit of gas and electricity for the course of your contract.

If you are on a standard variable tariff, it is crucial you submit a meter reading before the price cap changes though.

This is to ensure you are charged the lower rate for your energy before prices rise.

If you do miss the deadline to submit a meter reading, your supplier will give you an estimated bill.

This calculates your bill based on how much energy you are forecast to have used, not what you have actually used.

The exact date you have to submit a meter reading depends on what supplier you are with.

Some give you a few days after the price cap changes to submit a backdated meter reading while others give you a week or more.

Check with your supplier to find out when is the latest you can submit a reading.

It’s worth bearing in mind, you don’t need to submit a meter reading if you have a smart meter or are a prepayment meter customer.

If you do have a smart meter, check it is in “smart mode” as this will ensure you’re accurately charged.

How to submit a meter reading

The easiest way to take a meter reading is to take a photo of your gas and electricity meters.

This means you have evidence in case you need to dispute a bill.

You can send in your meter reading online via your energy account.

Some providers will also let you send in the numbers by text or through their app.

Check which options your supplier offers on their website.

Electricity meters

If you have a digital electricity meter then you will see a row of six numbers.

Five of them will be in black and one will be in red.

Write down the five numbers in black, which are shown from left to right.

If you are on an economy 7 or 10 tariff, which gives you cheaper electricity at night, then you will have two rows of numbers.

You need both to take a reading.

If you have a traditional dial meter then you need to read the first five dials from left to right.

Ignore any red dials.

If the pointer is between two numbers then write down the lowest figure.

If it is between nine and zero then write down the number nine.

Gas meters

If you have a digital metric gas meter showing five numbers followed by a decimal point then you need to write down the first five numbers.

If you have a digital imperial meter then you will see four black numbers and two red numbers.

Write down the four black numbers only.

If you have a digital gas meter, follow the same steps as the digital electricity meter.

DRIVERS are bracing for chaos as a crucial route used by 50,000 every day is closed due to a lorry crash.

Thousands have been trapped in “severe” delays and commuters sit it gridlocked traffic.

The southbound Blackwall Tunnel, London, has been closed due to a lorry crash with long delays expected.

The popular tunnel has been shut since 8.30am today with long queues building up since the collision.

The Rotherhithe Tunnel and Tower Bridge will be clogged up today with warned to divert if they can.

There were no reports of injuries and after the incident.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: Police were called at around 8.50am on Monday (March 10) to reports of collision in the southbound Blackwall Tunnel.

“A lorry collided with part of the tunnel.

“No reports of any injuries.

“The southbound tunnel remains closed while the incident is dealt with.

“Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible.”

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The southbound Blackwall Tunnel has been closed[/caption]

A PARTY girl has revealed how her daily drug habit left her with a bladder the size of a shot glass and needing to pee more than 50 times a day.

Paige Collins first tried class B drug ketamine at the age of 19 while on a night out with pals.

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Paige Collins first tried ketamine when she was out with friends, aged 19[/caption]

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She quickly became addicted, snorting between 5g and 10g a day[/caption]

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Paige started needing the loo more often and became housebound, struggling to eat, drink or sleep and only leaving her bed to go to the loo[/caption]

But the “once-in-a-blue-moon” dabble quickly spiralled into a daily habit that saw her snort between 5g and 10g a day and fork out £1,000 a month.

Drug harm reduction websites warn that just 150mg is a “heavy” dose.

Over the course of three years Paige, 25, started needing the loo more often and was horrified when she started experiencing excruciating pain and peeing a jelly-like substance.

At the height of her addiction Paige was housebound, struggling to eat, drink or sleep and only leaving her bed to go to the loo.

During an ultrasound doctors revealed her chronic ketamine usage had drastically shrunk her bladder, leaving it only able to hold 30ml – just over a shot glass-worth of liquid.

Despite now being nine months clean of ketamine, Paige is still unable to work due to bladder problems and is now sharing her experience so others know the dangers.

Paige, from Havant, Hampshire, said: “I was 19 when I first tried ketamine. My friend asked me to sort some for a rave we were going to and it started from there.

“It started as a once-in-a-blue-moon thing then it was a weekend thing then [it] started picking up during covid to week days and then every day.

“Initially I really enjoyed it. It took me three years to realise I was addicted.

“I would start off getting one or two grams a night and then at the start of 2024 I was doing between five and 10 grams a day.

“It was costing me anywhere between £150 to £250 a week.

“I noticed symptoms over time. It started with more frequent toilet trips but it took a little while to start peeing jelly – start peeing the lining of my bladder.

“I had absolutely no clue this could happen. Even when I knew [and] it was at its worst I still continued to do it.

“It was awful, I was in pain. I was stuck in a cycle of waking up, doing it, crying, saying ‘I’m never going to touch it again’ then picking it up again’.

“I was nipping to the loo 50 plus times a day.

“It was ruining my life. I couldn’t go out for four or five months of 2023, I didn’t leave the house.”

Irreversible damage

Paige first went to hospital in 2021 with abdominal pain known as ‘K cramps’ followed by repeated visits to her GP.

In January 2023 Paige had her first ultrasound and a cystoscopy where doctors discovered her bladder had drastically shrunk.

The NHS states that a healthy bladder should hold around 400-600mls of urine, while Paige’s can only hold 30ml – just 5 per cent.

Paige said: “When I woke up from having it [the cystoscopy] done the doctor said my bladder was only 30ml. It was really shocking to hear.

“I refer to it as just over a shot – a shot is 25ml.”

“When they said that to me I felt awful but also felt a bit of relief, because I was really scared of them saying ‘you’re going to have to have a bag’.

There’s nothing I can do to make my bladder the way it once was

Paige Collins

“They’ve already said the damage is irreversible. There’s nothing I can do to make my bladder the way it once was.”

Paige undergoes bladder instillation treatment, where a liquid medicine is inserted to help with pain and inflammation and stretch her bladder.

She’s sharing her story to warn people about the dangers and encourage them to stop taking it.

Paige said: “Ket was an escape mechanism for me, which I know it also is for lots of other people.

“I was a party girl. Even now I still like going out dancing, but I don’t take ket when I go out.

“I just want to raise awareness as I know the physical and emotional pain this has caused me and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.”

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Paige first went to hospital in 2021 with abdominal pain known as ‘K cramps’ where it was discovered her bladder had drastically shrunk[/caption]

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Paige is now sharing her story to warn of the dangers of taking ket[/caption]

ANOTHER day, another Love Island feud has emerged.

The beef started after winner Gabby Allen made some comments about one of the couples who made it to the All Stars final with her.

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Gabby Allen has started a new Love Island feud[/caption]

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Gabby threw some shade on another Islander as she played a game with her boyfriend Casey[/caption]

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Gabby said Catherine and her man Omar ‘aren’t genuine’[/caption]

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Catherine has now hit back at Gabby’s comments[/caption]

In a recent social media video, Gabby and her Love Island boyfriend Casey O’Gorman could be seen playing a game of Guess Who – but the faces had been replaced with their fellow Islanders.

Casey was doing the guessing and Gabby had chosen Catherine Agbaje as the person he had to guess.

After asking a series of questions to try and identify the mystery Islander, he asked: “Would you say this Islanders was in a genuine couple?”

Gabby then threw some shade on Catherine and her boyfriend Omar Nyame and said she wasn’t sure they were genuine as they “hadn’t spent as much time together since leaving the villa.”

Fans of Catherine were in uproar about this comment, and so was she.

Taking to social media, she posted a video and said: “Was I shocked when I saw what I saw? Er, yes!

“‘Cause I’m like, ‘girl, how do you even know?'”

Continuing, Catherine said: “We don”t speak… and I’ve never said that to you (Gabby), I don’t talk to you, so yeah, that’s come from only god knows where.

“Because I don’t sit with Omar and talk about other couples, we talk about ourselves, our interests, we have a laugh together.”

DISHING THE DIRT

Ever since Gabby and Casey won Love Island All Stars, they have been keen to dish the dirt on their fellow Islanders.

Last week, they appeared on GK Barry’s podcast, Saving Grace, and discussed the time in the villa, and the other couples.

They were asked by host GK: “Are there any couples you think may not last?”

Gabby and Casey went silent and started to laugh, leaving GK to interject and say “That was a vicious question, my bad.”

As Gabby and Casey nervously laughed, GK went on: “You can just say yes and not say who.”

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Gabby and Casey recently won Love Island All Stars[/caption]

But Casey eventually answered and said: “Yeah I think there are couples that probably won’t last yeah.”

Gabby then said: “And moving on,” before asking Grace: “Do you think there are any couples that won’t last?”

GK responded: “Abso-f******-lutely, did you watch the same series as me? 100%.”

Gabby and Casey didn’t specify which couple they thought would split up, but the All Stars couples remaining include Kaz and Montel, Ekin-Su and Curtis, Elma and Sammy, Grace and Luca and Catherine and Omar.

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The couple recently appeared on GK Barry’s Saving Grace podcast[/caption]

In the comments section, some fans speculated that they were referring to Ekin and Curtis.

One person wrote: “They talk sooo much about Ekin & Curtis it’s giving obsessed at this point, but this proves the point they carried the show lol.”

A second added: “They were definitely talking about Ekin and Curtis.”

And a third penned: “Why are they obsessed with coming for Ekin and Curtis all the time. They didn’t even need to say their names, but when they said“yeah we do think a couple won’t last” abit obvious who that was.”

Someone else echoed: “Gabby, Casey and the host herself are obsessed with Ekin & Curtis.”

And another podcast listener added: “Why not get queen Ekin and Curtis on the pod, half this video is you guys talking about them anyway. Ekin is tv gold she was the show.”

TOWIE’S Lydia Bright has sparked huge concern among her loyal fanbase after revealing she’s joined a single parents dating app following a “tough” break-up.

The ITVBe beauty, 34, is back on the market after splitting with ex Ben Davies.

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Towie star Lydia Bright has revealed she is dating again after her recent relationship breakdown[/caption]

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The TOWIE alum has split with gardener partner Ben[/caption]

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Yet fans have expressed concern over the mum of one’s chosen dating method[/caption]

Lydia, who is mum to five-year-old Lorretta, made her relationship reveal back in January declaring she was “single AGAIN.”

Lydia and Ben first began dating at the beginning of 2024, with the TOWIE babe initially keeping her new romance under wraps.

By May, the couple were Instagram official and she was all smiles as she posed for a picture with Ben while having a bite to eat in Covent Garden, London.

She even went public with a video explaining why she was in love with him, as she shared multiple reasons including capturing sweet scenes showing the hunky landscape gardener carrying her toddler.

Now the dust has settled on the relationship breakdown Lydia has taken to her Instagram page to muse on the aftermath of returning to life as a single mum – and reveal she’s back on the dating scene.

Alongside a video showing her posing in her bedroom in cream tassel pyjamas she told how she had signed up to online dating site even – which purports it is for “more than parents.”

It claims it is “the dating app for single parents who make it a priority to think about themselves too” – yet some followers have flagged concern for both Lydia and Loretta’s safety.

In her lengthy caption, Lydia posted: “Navigating dating as a single mum is a juggle.

“Which is why the first time ever, I am online dating. I have recently discovered @even.uk a dating app for single parents to meet single parents. I love that everyone is in the same boat, so we are celebrated, and you don’t have to worry about the stigmas.

“With detailed dating profiles you can have meaningful matches, based on more than just a photo and discover what you have in common to inspire conversation.

“As well as peoples parenting situation, including number of children, ages and child arrangements. Meet people with confidence knowing Even check and moderate accounts.

“Along with being able to chat for free in the messenger feature and start a video or audio call directly in the app, all from your sofa and before you commit to meeting in person.

“The App allows you to discover up to 100 profiles a day and connect with singles near you.

“So if you are ready to get yourself back out there, this could be for you.”

While many fans were happy Lydia was looking ahead to her next chapter, others expressed concern over the “safety” of the app.

One quizzed: “How safely vetted is this? It’s well known that some people deliberately target single parents for awful things.”

A second put: “Agreed, people dismissing your comment but I worked in child protection for 10 years & it’s quite common for pdf files to groom vulnerable single parents, to gain access to their children.

“There are so many creeps on dating apps & the video chat function could be exploited without proper safeguards in place.”

A third commented: “Many single parents don’t even know they are vulnerable.”

One added: “This app allows people without kids to join which just completely defeats the idea along with being creepy.”

Yet others were hugely supportive, and one fan was quick to remark: “You are thriving my girl.”

Another put: “We love you so much our super mum x”

A third added: “You deserve love and happiness Lydia xx.”

Lydia’s happy chapter comes just weeks after Loretta was rushed to hospital with breathing issues.

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Lydia, 34 told her Instagram fans she had joined dating app Even, which is for single parents[/caption]

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It came as she detailed the ‘tough’ aftermath of her split with Ben[/caption]

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Fans called out worries over ‘vetting’ on the app[/caption]

BRITS heading to Spain could soon face a hike in their holiday costs.

Plans are underway to hike charges for overnight tourists staying on one of the Balearic Islands by 200 per cent, under new measures being proposed by its regional government.

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Plans are underway to increase charges for overnight tourists staying on one of the Balearic Islands[/caption]

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If the plans are approved by the regional government, tourist charges could rise by as much as 200 per cent[/caption]

The new measures, which are currently awaiting approval, could see tourist charges increase by at least 66 per cent.

Brits planning to holiday in Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera in the summer will be some of the hardest hit, with maximum overnight tourist charges rising from €4 (£3.36) to €6 (£5.04) per person per night.

Rates will vary depending on the quality of accommodation with holidaymakers staying in super four and five-star hotels in June, July and August paying the most.

If the plans are approved, holidaymakers staying in four and five-star hotels will pay €42 (£35.31) per person per week, a rise of €14 (£11.77), which would cost a family of four with children over the age of 16 £141.24 a week.

Cruise ship passengers will be the hardest hit, with overnight charges increasing by 200 per cent from €2 (£1.68) to up to €6 (£5.04) per person per night.

However, it’s good news for tourists who head to the Balearics in January and February, with overnight charges set to be scrapped.

This is in a bid to entice holidaymakers to visit the popular Spanish islands during the low season.

The regional government is also considering imposing an emissions tax on tourist vehicles, including a charge on rental cars.

Money raised by the fee will be invested back into public transport on the island.

Plans to introduce new controls on tourist accommodation are also being discussed.

These new plans could see fines of up to €500,000 for illegal holiday rentals, as well as a ban on new holiday rental flats within residential apartment buildings.

While the plans are still seeking approval, Jaume Bauzá, tourism minister in the conservative People’s Party Balearic government, previously said: “The islands have reached their limit.”

The news comes after Majorca put plans in place to introduce a residents-only zone, affecting tourists.

Sóller, a town on the island, has introduced a ‘residents only’ zone where no hire cars are allowed through its town centre, unless they are registered by locals.

Holidaymakers can still drive to Sóller but will need to park and walk through the town instead.

While the new rules won’t affect Brits holidaying on the island, tourists will need to research about the low emission zone as failure to adhere could result in a fine.

Because of the lack of housing in some Spanish cities, laws have been introduced to stop any more holiday homes from being registered.

Meanwhile, Malaga has introduced a law stopping any more new holiday rentals for the next three years across.

In the city of Barcelona, holiday flats have been completely banned with it fully coming into place by 2029.

Meanwhile, this popular tourist destination is also planning to increase its daily tourist charge.

And this UK seaside town became the first to tax tourists last year.

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A MANCHESTER United fan’s X-rated message to the owners was accidentally broadcast by live Sky Sports cameras.

The supporter’s aloft note to the Glazers was beamed across the world after United’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the Prem on Sunday.

Arsenal‘s fading hopes of chasing Liverpool down took another knock, as they sit 15 points behind the Reds with ten games to go.

Declan Rice delivered heroics at both ends of Old Trafford to earn Arsenal a dramatic point against 14th place United.

During the aftermath, fans spotted an X-rated sign held up by a supporter in the Stretford End as the players walked down the tunnel.

The capitalised message, written in a black marker on a slab of cardboard, read: “Sell United and f*** off home.”

Thousands of fans gathered outside Old Trafford before kick-off to protest against the club’s ownership.

Viral videos showed hundreds chanting those same words on the road leading up to the iconic stadium.

The Manchester Evening News claimed that there were an estimated 5,000 people taking part in the mile-long march.

Scores of flares were set off as fans dressed in black sang pointed and abusive songs towards co-chairman Joel Glazer and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who has spent £1.3bn for a 28.94% stake in the club.

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The 1958 spokesperson Steve Crompton has claimed that the club is “dying” and is “facing financial Armageddon”.

Reacting on social media, one fan said: “Sky fully showing that Glazers f*** off home sign ”

Another tweeted: “Well done to this man. Seen by the world.”

A third fan added: “Let’s hope the Glazers saw it and for once read the room.”

Speaking after the match, United boss Ruben Amorim was asked about the protest.

He replied: “This club will never die, that is clear. You feel it in the streets.

“This is a big business and maybe all the fans in this league sometimes feel it is harder to go to the games and pay for tickets.

“We want to give them a lot of effort. In the future, we will not play like that.”

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Ruben Amorim spoke candidly about the pre-match demonstrations[/caption]

The Red Devils looked on course for a morale-boosting victory thanks to Bruno Fernandes’ controversial free-kick on the brink of half-time.

The United captain curled in a dead ball after referee Anthony Taylor set the Arsenal wall back 11.2 yards, according to broadcast technology, rather than the minimum 10 yards.

Rice brilliantly whipped in Jurrien Timber’s cutback to level the match with 16 minutes to go and then, moments later, slid in when sub Rasmus Hojlund was clean through on goal.

The England star celebrated the tackle almost as emphatically as the goal.

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WHEN Kristy Frensley was asked by a man to view her home as a potential buyer, she didn’t think twice about letting him inside the property.

But it was a decision the mum-of-three would regret for the rest of her life.

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When Kevin Dunlap approached her on her front lawn, she thought there was no harm in quickly showing him round.

But the mum had no idea that this stranger was a sick monster who would end up raping her and brutally murdering her three children.

Speaking on I Survived, Kristy, who was 36 at the time of the attack, was a single mum living in Texas, trying to sell her house.

The devoted mum had three kids, Kayla, 17, Kortney, 14, and Ethan, 5, and wanted to leave their sleepy suburb home to be closer to the city.

“It was a nice suburban neighbourhood,” she explained. “No-one locked their doors, everyone was friendly.”

“The kids and I wanted to move closer to town because where we lived was about a twenty-minute drive to anywhere.”

A Normal Day

Kristy recalls the horrific day started just like any other, with her cleaning up outside her house.

It was an autumn day in October 2008 when he approached her to say he was interested in looking at the house, and initially, Kristy was hesitant to let him in.

She said she had recognised him from the previous week when he approached her asking if someone he knew lived in the area, but she told him she wasn’t sure and he left.

But now, he approached wearing a satellite TV work shirt, and she thought, ‘He’s probably just in the area working and stopped by real quick to take a look at the house.’

The mum of three agrees to show him around the house, a decision that would change her life forever. 

While doing so, she noticed he didn’t ask any questions and stood behind her the entire time, which made her feel uneasy.

She made her way upstairs to show him the bathroom and the next thing she knew Kevin Dunlap had his arm wrapped around her neck and held a gun to her head.

Viscious Attack

“He told me to do what he said and no one would get hurt,” she recalled.

Kristy was left terrified and complied as he took her to the bedroom and told her to sit up on the bed.

She remembers he was eerily calm and quiet as he methodically bound her wrists and ankles with zip ties he had brought with him.

Once done, he asked her who else lived at the house. When she replied it was just her children, he went on to ask for their ages before adding, ‘Are you sure no one else lives in the house with you?’

When Kristy replied there was no one else, he began acting even more strangely. He paced around the house, opening and closing windows as Kristy was bound on her bed.

She prayed he would leave, hoping he would just burgle her, but it was clear he had no plans to when he asked when the kids were coming back and started rummaging through their bedrooms.

I didn’t want them to come in and see their mummy tied up.

Kristy Frensley

He found a pair of tights in her eldest daughter’s room, cut them up and put them in his pocket.

Kevin remarked that the kids were late coming back from school, and Kristy begged him to let her answer the door to send them to neighbours.

“He told me ‘No, shut up.’ When I realised he wasn’t going to leave before the kids got home, I was scared for them. I didn’t know what was going to happen,” she explained.

“I didn’t want them to come in and see their mummy tied up.”

When they came home, Kevin launched at Kortney and put a gun to her head before locking all three of them in the bedroom with Kristy as he tied each of them up.

Kevin let the young boy hug his mum before using the tights he’d stolen earlier to tie his hands

Then, Kevin took each of the kids out of the room one by one, as Ethan, her youngest, asked Kevin Dunlap: “Why are you doing this to my mummy? I love my mummy.”

After, he came back to the room Kristy was in before telling her to make a horrible choice.

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Kortney Lan McBurney-Frensley’s body was found with multiple stab wounds[/caption]

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Kayla and Ethan had also been subjected in the attack[/caption]

Me or Her

The sadistic man told Kristy he had to rape her or her daughter and that she had to decide.

Like any mum would, Kristy chose herself rather than put her daughter through that, hoping it would keep them out of harm’s way.

It’s like he just snapped – he was calm and collected before, then all of a sudden was a monster.

Kristy Frensley

“He started kissing me, he told me to use my tongue, he then cut my zip ties and pulled my shorts till they were all the way off,” and then he raped Kristy.

To cover the evidence, Kevin then took Kristy to the bathroom to shower her before taking her back to the bedroom.

He told her, “I’m going to have to put you out so that you don’t see me leave,” and began to strangle her. 

“It’s like he just snapped – he was calm and collected before, then all of a sudden was a monster,” she recalled.

Kristy fought back and then he tried to break her neck before taking out a knife and stabbed her.

He left the room before returning to stab her again, this time in the ear and lower back.

He used such force that the court documents state the butter knife snapped off inside her.

Kristy pretended to be dead to stop the attack and he covered her body with a blanket. Kristy could see Ethan, her son, in the other room lying on a pile of pillows, peacefully sleeping.

She figured she would pick him up and take him to safety before realising her wrists were still tied up, and Kevin had come back pouring, what we now know was flammable liquid, in the room.

He lit the room on fire and Kristy’s foot soon was as well, but when she tried to get up, she realised her right side was paralysed from the stabbing.

She managed to roll off the bed and used her left foot to open the French doors while her body was catching fire and rolled onto the deck. 

By the time Kristy reached safety, most of her house was ablaze and she had no idea where her children were.

Neighbours had come fleeing to the house to help, with one seeing Kristy’s daughter Kayla through the window.

They smashed it open and pulled her out – but the fire was so hot her skin peeled away in their hands.

It was later revealed that Kevin had slit her throat from ear to ear and she died in her garden.

The house burned down, and they tragically found Kortney and Ethan’s bodies.

When you lose your children, I don’t think you ever heal emotionally.

Kristy Frensley

The autopsy report revealed Ethan had two stab wounds to the chest (including one that penetrated his heart), six stab wounds to his back and one to his stomach.

Kortney had three stab wounds to her chest that penetrated her left lung and one stab wound to the right side of her neck; both had died from their stab wounds.

Kristy was put into a medically induced coma because of her severe injuries, which included a fractured skull as well as her vocal cords and ear canal being severed.

“I kept waking up asking for my children; they told me they were in good hands,” she said.

Kristy was woken up on the third day surrounded by the police and her family, where she was tragically told all of her children were dead.

A friend told her, “Kristy, we’ve been telling you your children are in good hands because they are, but they didn’t make it.” 

Kristy sobbed as she heard that her children were brutally murdered. On the same day, Kevin was charged with the murders.

He was sentenced to the death penalty but died in hospital at the age of 51.

“When you lose your children, I don’t think you ever heal emotionally,” said the mum. “It’s something you never get over.”

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Kristy had to bury all three of her children after getting out of the hopsital[/caption]