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SELENA Gomez’s former friend Caro Franklin has threatened to ‘expose’ the star in a cryptic deleted post – months after their sudden fall out.

Caroline and Selena, 32, were close friends, and often pictured together.

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Selena Gomez’s former friend Caro Franklin has threatened to ‘expose’ the star in a cryptic deleted post – months after their sudden fall out[/caption]

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Around three months ago, Selena’s fans noticed that she’d unfollowed Caro[/caption]

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Caro has spoken out[/caption]

But around three months ago, Selena’s fans noticed that she’d unfollowed Caro – with the feud believed to have been started due to their differing political views.

One theory brought to the table by fans is that it’s due to Selena being very liberal, while Caro is pro-Trump.

Now, Caro has spoken out in some now deleted Instagram stories that appear to be directed at her former friend Selena.

She said: “I’ve been transparent with who I am my whole life… Who are you? What have you presented to the world that you are?”

Caro continued: “When I decide how and when to expose you… I will address it with the most detail and sincerity to the 10 year friendship that I experienced and survived… Under oath.”

She finished her post with a kissing face emoji.

Prior to the unfollow, Selena and Caro were often spotted hanging out together.

Caro shared a photo with then bestie Selena back in July 2023, as the girls stunned in pink side by side.

She wrote: “come on Barbie lets go party! HBD SG.”

Meanwhile, Selena confirmed her engagement with Benny Blanco in December 2024.

And the songstress ditched her top and got very cosy with her music producer fiance Benny for a new photoshoot.

The 32-year-old could not keep her hands off her lover in the new pictures for Interview magazine.

In one close-up shot, Selena’s bare shoulders could be seen as she went without a top as Benny clutched her from behind.

In the seductive snap, she held her finger up and pressed it against the inside of his lip before resting her other hand on her bare chest.

Benny opted to strip down to his boxer shorts as he went trouser-less for another snap where he sat on a sofa alongside his popstar partner.

Selena put on a busty display in that image as she threw of a furry coat and channelled old Hollywood glamour with her hair and make-up.

The pair also appeared to get hot and heavy with one another inside a car for the raunchy new images as Selena laid on top of her partner with their bodies hanging out the door of the vehicle.

It comes as the couple confirmed that they would be working together on a collaborative music project.

Vowing to be the nest music power couple, Selena and Benny have teamed up for their first joint album, I Said I Love You First.

Ahead of the impending record’s release, they surprised fans with the first song entitled, Scared of Loving You.

The record was co-written with Finneas, the brother of Billie Eilish and her primary collaborator.

A statement to tease the album read: “The album came together organically as a direct result of the comfort that they both felt when working together creatively, allowing them to produce art that authentically reflects their experiences.

“It chronicles their entire story — before they met, falling in love and looking to what the future holds.”

It will be Come & Get It singer Selena’s first full-length release since 2020’s Rare.

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Caro has since deleted these screenshots[/caption]

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The former friends in Paris together[/caption]

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THE old wives tale that excessive screen time can give you square eyes may contain some truth, after a new study found it could increase kids’ risk of an eye condition.

Just an hour spent in front of screens increases children‘s risk of myopia by 21 per cent, the research found.

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Using screens between one and four hours was found to significantly increase the risk of myopia[/caption]

Myopia, the medical term for short sightedness, is when a person can’t see objects far away clearly.

The study, carried out by a team at Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea, pulled together 45 studies involving 300,000 kids.

They found the risk of myopia increased significantly between one to four hours of daily screen time, and then rose more gradually after four hours.

The widespread adoption of smart devices among children was said by the researchers to have an influence.

They wrote: “Global smartphone penetration surged from 21.6 per cent in 2014 to 69 per cent in 2023.

“Additionally, the age at which children begin using smart devices is decreasing, with many two-year-olds spending up to two hours daily on such devices.

“As a quintessential form of near-vision work, the use of smart devices has been considered to have a significant association with increased risk of myopia.”

Studies over the last decade have shown myopia to be a growing problem, particularly among children.

A study published in 2016 found children are twice as likely to be short-sighted than 50 years prior.

Scientists at Ulster University tracked more than 1,000 children over six years, and compared it to results from similar studies in the 1960s.

Writing in the journal PLOS One, they said: “The proportion of myopes in the UK has more than doubled over the last 50 years in children aged between ten and 16 years, and children are becoming myopic at a younger age.”

At the time the study was published, the researchers found myopia was most likely to develop between the ages of six and 13 years.

Also, that 16.4 per cent of children aged 12 to 13 were short sighted – more than double the rate of 7.2 per cent of those aged 10 to 16 in the 1960s.

The new Korean study specifically looked at how much screen time increased the risk of myopia among kids.

While the risk increased significantly between one to four hours, the association remained insignificant for screen time exposure of up to one hour per day, suggesting a potential safety threshold.

The researchers wrote: “These findings could offer meaningful insights for future research and inform educational strategies and
public health policies aimed at addressing the myopia pandemic.”

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Using screens for up to one hour a day was seen as a potential safety threshold[/caption]

Signs of myopia

Short-sightedness usually starts in children from age 6 to 13, according to the NHS, but it can also happen in adults.

Signs include:

• difficulty reading words from a distance, such as reading the whiteboard at school
• sitting close to the TV or computer, or holding a mobile phone or tablet close to the face
• getting headaches
• rubbing the eyes a lot

Visit an optician if you or your child has signs of short sightedness, or you or your child hasn’t had an eye test for two years.

Short-sightedness is usually treated with glasses or contact lenses.

THERE is, obviously, a lot of competition, but Bonnie Blue and Lily Phillips have just performed their sickest stunts yet.

Stomach-churning though their antics to date may have been, at least they’ve only involved willing participants.

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Yesterday, Bonnie Blue appeared to hint that she was pregnant[/caption]

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The pair were once friends but had a falling out over whose idea it was to sleep with 1,000 men in a day[/caption]

Rather than people who can’t give their consent, because they haven’t been born yet. Or who, it turns out, don’t exist.  

Bonnie and Lily both appeared to announce pregnancies on social media yesterday.

Infuriatingly, even though no one knew if this was real or fake news at the time, these professional trolls were winning once again – everyone was discussing them, speculating, criticising.

And that’s just how they like it.

Yes, they make their living from staying relevant, and shocking, but both women clearly adore being the centre of attention, no matter what form that attention takes.

As long as they’re being talked about, they don’t seem to care what anyone’s saying.

The former friends, who fell out – as so many do – over whose idea it was to set a record by sleeping with 1,000 men in one day, both seemed to reveal that they were pregnant on the same day.

Bonnie posted a photo of pickles, chocolate sauce and sprinkles hashtagged cravings, before talking about her plan to livestream the birth in eight months time.

She has today clarified that she’s not pregnant, and stated that she would never lie about being pregnant because that is “a step too far”.

She says she just “hinted” that she was pregnant, “as a joke”.

Hours later Lily had shared a photo of herself with a baby bump and two positive pregnancy tests.

Followers were dubious, as she’d had a flat stomach the last time she appeared on social media, but of course there’s no way to tell which image had been altered.

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Bonnie fuelled rumours with a ‘cravings’ post[/caption]

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Lily shared pictures of two pregnancy tests[/caption]

As with so much when it comes to Bonnie and Lily, it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fake. Probably sometimes for them as much as for us.

Bonnie made a video today where she said that she tried to get pregnant for years when she was younger, and that she found it a very lonely experience.

Presumably she thinks this is an excuse, that it makes what she did better?

Let’s be clear: it only makes it worse.

If she has been through fertility struggles, she should be much more sensitive to all those currently going through the ordeal, and not have made light of the situation by, in her words, even ‘hinting’.

That supposed joke will never, ever be funny to anyone facing the painful reality of infertility.

Grim future

Bonnie and Lily are locked in the world’s grimmest race to the bottom, and have run out of ways to cause outrage and offence, so now they will either pretend to be up the duff or exploit genuine pregnancies for clicks.

Maybe one day they really will be pregnant at the same time, and this story could take a surreal twist – they become rival mumfluencers, competing with each other to change 1,000 nappies in one day.

That’s actually the best possible scenario.

Because otherwise, both of them will have to do something even more extreme to drag the spotlight back on to themselves, to outdo each other, sinking lower and lower and lower.

It’s impossible to guess where it will end, the only guarantee is that it won’t be anywhere good.

There seem to be no depths to which they won’t plummet, so the worry is that they put themselves, or others, in severe danger, or lands them in jail.

The worst possible outcome is that there will be permanent devastating consequences to their temporary bids for infamy.

Oh, and that their children will read all about them online when they grow up.

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Bonnie even joked her baby would have 1,057 dads and the world’s fittest mum[/caption]

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She and Lily are locked in the world’s grimmest race to the bottom[/caption]

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Their antics have left critics wondering just how far they are willing to go for attention[/caption]

A VITAL motorway used by 180,000 drivers per day will be hit by closures over the next four months.

Roadworks to the M6 between Lancashire and Cumbria will see various sections blocked off, with diversions put in place.

This comes as part of a four-month project by National Highways to reduce the flooding risk on the motorway – costing £4 million.

The affected stretch is between junction 34 at Lancaster and junction 36 south of Kendal.

Bosses have insisted that the disruption will consist only of lane closures, however, rather than the full carriageway.

Project manager Cameron Newsham said: “Doing the drainage and safety barrier work at the same time means reducing future roadworks in the area – minimising inconvenience for motorway users.

“In any case, the motorway will be open to drivers at all times as we’ll be carrying out all the work by only using lane closures both during the daytime and overnight.

“While we are not expecting this work to disrupt anyone’s journey we appreciate drivers like to know what work is going on when they come across traffic management and lane closures.”

The speed limit will mostly remain at 70mph on open lanes – even when passing the roadworks, National Highways added.

However, a 50mph speed limit will be imposed on one section going southbound between junction 35 and junction 34 – which is likely to slow down traffic.

All measures will be lifted over the Easter bank holiday – to ensure festive travellers can get to their destinations swiftly.

The scheme, which starts on Monday (February 24), will include clearing blockages, improving roadside verges, and making repairs to the current drainage system.

Parts of the central reservation safety barrier will also be repaired during the four-month period.

It comes as motorists were also warned of upcoming closures on the M25 and M62.

The junction 10 gyratory on the M25, which provides access to the A3, will close from 9pm on Friday until 6am on Monday, February 24, meaning there will be no interchange between the two routes.

Despite the closure, it is only the slip roads and roundabout that will be affected, and drivers on the A3 will still be able to continue through journeys, as will those on the M25.

Meanwhile, the M62 westbound between Manchester and Warrington will fully close overnight tonight (Friday February 21) between Junction 12 at Eccles and Junction 11 at Birchwood.

The closure will come into effect at 9pm and lift at 6am tomorrow morning (Saturday February 22).

There will then be further disruption in the daytime over the weekend – as four westbound lanes close.

The same lanes will close again next Saturday until the late evening.

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The M6 will see several lane closures over the coming months[/caption]

STORMZY and US artist Victoria Monét have sparked split rumours after spending a romantic Christmas together.

The couple were spotted kissing late last year but now they have left fans puzzled after Victoria posted a cryptic caption suggesting it’s already over.

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Stormzy and US artist Victoria Monét have sparked split rumours[/caption]

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The couple were first spotted kissing late last year in our exclusive photos[/caption]

The mother-of-one took to Instagram to post a heartwarming Valentine’s Day post with her daughter Hazel.

She captioned it: “The Sweetest Valentine”

“Being a mom who is single has shown me incredible things about love..tested love…watered love and reflected back to me the nuances of it that I have always wanted.

“Hazel has been such a consistent immeasurably beautiful, gentle, fun and warm love in my life and I’m so thankful to God for such an amazing daughter!

“She’s everything I have ever needed and more love you babygirl.”

Fans were quick to pick out the line “being a mom who is single” from the caption, speculating that she may no longer be with the UK rapper.

One user said: “Damn, it’s not looking too good for Stormzy right now..”

“I mean they live in different countries, so maybe they just don’t see it as serious,” added another.

“She can be cute and cosy with rapper Stormzy and still be single,” penned a third.

“Key word is a mother who is single… Her child’s father is an active parent so she is not a single mom, she is a woman who is single, she may be dating, but she is not married or in a serious long-term relationship,” chimed a fourth.

Her relationship with Stormzy was first confirmed in October when they were photographed by The Sun sharing an affectionate kiss at London’s Heathrow Airport.

Eyewitnesses described the pair as “smitten”, with one onlooker noting Stormzy’s playful demeanor as he hugged and lifted Victoria off the ground.

The pair appeared to be going strong over Christmas as they were captured celebrating the holiday season together in a video on social media.

Addressing a crowd at a Christmas event, Victoria said: “Everyone say thanks so much, Mike, for getting us here. Thank you, Mike.”

The camera then panned to Stormzy – whose real name is Michael Owuo.

The rapper could be seen grinning and bashfully covering his face with his hand.

The relationship marked a fresh chapter for Stormzy following his high-profile split from Love Island host Maya Jama last year.

The pair, who initially began dating in 2014, announced the news in a joint statement.

They expressed mutual respect, saying they “still think the absolute world of each other” and will remain friends.

Victoria is no stranger to the spotlight herself.

The Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter is celebrated for hits like Coastin’ and Jaguar.

She recently split from her fitness trainer ex-boyfriend, John Gaines, with whom she shares their daughter, Hazel.

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Stormzy had a high-profile split from Love Island host Maya Jama last year[/caption]

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The Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter is celebrated for hits like Coastin’ and Jaguar[/caption]

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