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THE new Champions League format promised huge clashes earlier on in the competition and they certainly deliver that when Manchester City and Real Madrid meet on Tuesday.

The pair flopped in the league phase, finishing outside the top eight and setting up this huge play-off clash for a spot in the last-16.

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Manchester City vs Real Madrid preview

The new format has thrown up a blockbuster clash and neither Manchester City nor Real Madrid would want this so early.

City’s wretched form since that Spurs defeat in the League Cup in October likely makes them underdogs to progress here.

They needed Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden to come off the bench to progress in the FA Cup at League One Leyton Orient at the weekend.

The rather embarrassing scenes of the pair playing for time and taking the ball into the corner shows how fragile the side is at present.

So it’s a good thing for them that Madrid arrive with a defensive injury crisis which was furthered at the weekend.

Madrid arrive without Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, Lucas Vazquex AND Eder Militao, with a new-look, makeshift back four set to play.

However, they will still have a dynamic front line which is bound to cause this shaky City defence issues.

It’s the fourth straight European competition that these sides have matched up in, with Madrid winning on penalties after a 4-4 score on aggregate in last season’s quarter finals.

City had beaten them 4-0 and 4-3 on their previous two visits to the Etihad. With attack the best form of defence, those high scores could come into play again here.

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Man City vs Real Madrid predictions and tips

Tchou are ya?

This back four are going to be seriously tested, particularly against a Man City team who have to come out and go for it at home you’d think.

That could put all sorts of pressure on Aurelien Tchouameni, who has filled in there plenty of times but it’s still not completely natural for him.

The physical battle with Erling Haaland will test him, as will the likely speed out wide. Booked in last European game at Brest.

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RUMOURS surrounding the identity of the Dressed Crab are circulating like wild fire after the latest performance on The Masked Singer.

The famous face behind the crazy costume is still a mystery but viewers are convinced they know who the masked singer could be.

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Dressed Crab is hoping to add their name to the list of Masked Singer winners[/caption]

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The Masked Singer 2025 has welcomed a brand new judge[/caption]

Who is Dressed Crab on The Masked Singer 2025?

Each year, The Masked Singer sees a selection of stars don elaborate costumes before taking to the stage to sing in front of the judges and those watching at home.

This season, viewers will be tasked with unmasking the identity of twelve characters, including Dressed Crab, Snail and Bush.

Dressed Crab made their debut on the show on Saturday, January 4, 2025.

They sang Bill Withers’ track Lean On Me.

Their second performance took place on Saturday, January 18, and this time they performed Earth, Wind & Fire’s hit Let’s Groove.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough to win over the audience as Dressed Crab landed in the bottom two with Tattoo.

After singing Drift Away by Dobie Gray the judges voted to save the crustacean, meaning Tattoo was unmasked as 80s pop icon Carol Decker.

What are the clues?

To help the star-studded judging panel and fans of the show, each character shares a set of clues.

Dressed Crab’s hints so far include:

• An American football helmet
• A non-disclosure agreement
• Gold coins
• Film roll
• Dressed crab is a look that never goes out of fashion.
• Just marvel at some of my creations, my work has lit up the UK
• I’ve scuttled all over the planet
• A riddle
• NFL mask
• “This Dressed Crab is the style of the season, and like all great trends, I’ll just keep coming back”
• “You have to be Da Vinci to crack this code”
• Three clocks with times for London, Miami, and Tokyo
• Dressed Crab told the panel: “I came out of my shell”
• Mentioned “big little lies”

They also shared the riddle: ”I don’t want to be beaten, there’s too much at stake, I’ve a taste for the high life, my rivals should quake.”

Who do the judges think Dressed Crab could be?

This year, it is the job of judges Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Mo Gilligan and Maya Jama to figure out who is hiding behind the mask based on their voice and the clues shared during each show.

After his fist performance, Jonathan plumped for Jamie Foxx, while new judge Maya chose Billy Porter.

Mo went for a different Porter – Gregory – while guest judge Sir Mo Farah selected diving superstar Tom Daley.

Davina was convinced it was singer The Weeknd.

After the second performance, Maya stuck to her guns, with Davina now agreeing it is Billy Porter.

Jonathan selected Nile Rodgers, Mo Gilligan chose Seal, and guest Tom Daley thought it might be Adam Lambert.

Who do The Masked Singer fans think Dressed Crab is?

With the 2025 season in full swing, The Masked Singer fans have put their detective skills to the test in a bid to unmask Dressed Crab.

Taking to X to share their theories, one fan wrote: ”Such a soulful performance from Dressed Crab – I hear Gregory Porter!

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The height of the Dressed Crab has caused rumours to circulate[/caption]

”He played American football at university. He’s ‘never out of fashion’ – has a song called ‘In Fashion’. I’m with Mo – Gregory Porter!”

And a second viewer added: ”Crab sounds so much like Gregory Porter.”

Others backed Maya, agreeing it was Billy Porter.

Fans are still divided, but a host of new theories have surfaced.

Due to the towering height and the NFL mask worn by The Masked Singer, the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and ex-NFL linebacker Terry Crews has been named as a potential fit.

One person wrote on X: “Terry Crews played in the NFL, the crab is absolutely massive and it also sounds exactly like Terry Crews.”

Another said: “Dressed crab has to be Terry Crews? The NFL mask made me think of longest yard and/or White Chicks.”

A third posted: “Dressed crab could be Terry Crews, he is an American and was an NFL player.”

Some viewers have other ideas.

Keeping in with the American football clue, some think that former American footballer and ex-Strictly star Jason Bell could be the hidden celebrity.

Following Dressed Crab dropping the clue of “big little lies”, a number of fans were convinced they knew his identity.

One penned one person on X: “Dressed crab – Michael Kiwanuka Big little lies just gave that away.”

Another then speculated: “Is Dressed crab Michael Kiwanuka… he mentioned Big, little Lies… he sang the theme tune….”

While a third weighed in and said: “But not everyone knows who Michael Kiwanuka is.”

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Some fans think Curtis Stigers might be the person behind the mask[/caption]

Other fans think it is American jazz singer Curtis Stigers — who is best known for the 1991 song I Wonder Why.

One fan claimed: “Dressed crab sounded like Curtis Stigers.”

A second stated: “Curtis Stigers is definitely Dressed Crab – I am not even watching the show just heard it from across the room. Brilliant vocalist.”

While a third asked: “Crab sounds just like Curtis Stigers! Whatever happened to him?”

As a fourth noted: “I’m going Curtis Stigers for Crab.”

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Others think clues appear to indicate Ru Paul is behind the mask[/caption]

Since more clues to the crustacean’s identity emerged, some fans believe it’s none other than Ru Paul.

One said on X: “Crab is Ru Paul.”

Another agreed: “Dressed Crab has to be Ru Paul, surely.”

A third posted: “We need to have a talk about how ru paul is dressed crab…”

Other guesses from fans of the show include Randy Newman, Billy Ocean and Clarke Peters.

The 2025 series of The Masked Singer kicked off on January 4, 2025, on ITV.

For those who need to catch up on all of the latest action, The Masked Singer is available to watch on ITVX and STV Player.

FANS have been left devastated after beloved British period dramas are removed from Netflix within days of each other.

The streamer regularly updates its library, giving viewers different content to watch.

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Matthew Rhys and Anna Maxwell starred in Death Comes to Pemberley[/caption]

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Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility[/caption]

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Emma won an Oscar for writing the 1995 film’s screenplay[/caption]

Period drama buffs are losing two popular adaptations, both with Jane Austen links, just one day apart.

Death Comes to Pemberley is leaving the streamer on February 15.

The three-part drama is based on PD James’ bestselling 2011 novel of the same name.

It picks up six years on from Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice story.

Fans experience a now-married Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, in addition to a murder mystery element.

The programme originally aired on BBC One back in December 2013.

Matthew Rhys – known for his roles in The Americans and Perry Mason – portrayed Mr Darcy.

Joining him was Motherland’s Anna Maxwell Martin in the role of Elizabeth.

Jenna Coleman, Matthew Goode, Eleanor Tomlinson and James Norton also featured.

Writing about the show online, a fan said:  “I don’t know why it took me so long to watch Matthew Rhys as Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s adaptation of PD James’ Death Comes to Pemberley but he may cure my flu.” 

Another said: “Listen to me, Matthew Rhys was ACTUALLY the best Fitzwilliam Dancy and it will bother me FOREVER that we didn’t get to see him play the original source material instead of Death Comes to Pemberley.” 

In addition, Sense and Sensibility will be departing Netflix on February 16.

The 1995 film starred Dame Emma Thompson in the lead role of Elinor Dashwood.

Emma, 65, went on to win an Academy Award for penning the screenplay.

Adapted from Jane Austen’s first novel, it depicts the wealthy Dashwood sisters who unexpectedly face poverty.

As a result, they are forced to seek financial security through marriage.

The A-list cast also featured Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Imelda Staunton and Hugh Laurie.

One viewer posted: “Ang Lee’s Sense & Sensibility is on Netflix and yes I am staying up late to rewatch it.” 

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Death Comes to Pemberley initially aired in 2013[/caption]

A WIFE shared the clues that led her to discover her husband was having an affair.

Various things in her home helped her come to the devastating realisation.

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A Reddit user shared the tell-tale signs that made her discover her husband’s affair (stock image)[/caption]

In her Reddit post, the unnamed user revealed that her partner cheated on her with their children’s babysitter.

The couple decided to hire their neighbour’s 19-year-old daughter to mind their two sons while they were at work.

Despite the young woman’s good looks, the 35-year-old mum said she was “never once insecure” about having her in her home until she began to notice her interactions with her husband.

“I came home one day to find my husband making Maggie laugh uncontrollably,” she recalled.

She explained how the incident stayed in the back of her head until one day she was changing the sheets in their guest bedroom.

“I found strands of blonde hair, no one in my family has blonde hair, I’m a brunette,” she said.

She tried to convince herself that maybe the blonde babysitter had simply taken a quick nap during the day.

However, then her husband, 39, suggested they buy the younger woman a new car for her birthday.

“[My] husband’s argument was that her car was old, and if she took our boys out it would be safer in a new car,” she explained.

She shut down the suggestion but said that “alarms were going off” in her head.

Then the sitter switched her work attire from tracksuits to skirts and high heels, layering on make-up and getting her hair done regularly.

It was her fresh pedicure that was the dead giveaway for the Reddit user.

“Then I notice her toes are painted black, my husband has a thing for feet,” she explained.

“I’ve known this for our entire relationship, his favourite colour on my toes is black.

“Now I have this 19-year-old coming to work in high heels with her toes done in my husband’s favorite colour.”

Explaining that she was now “99% sure something was going on,” the poster decided to go through her husband’s phone.

She recovered deleted messages of her husband telling the younger woman his marriage was “basically over.”

“They talk about spending the rest of their lives together, how she can move in as soon as I move out,” she recalled.

The sitter went as far as to say the couple’s children “won’t even miss” their mother when they have her as “their new mum.”

“I also have them on video kissing in our back yard, they must’ve forgot the security camera was there,” she added.

Reddit users shared their thoughts on the situation in the comments section.

“Talk to a lawyer, sort your finances and all before confronting him,” advised one reader.

“Start with an attorney, you have far too much to lose here. Protect yourself and your kids, and that can only be done through the legal process,” agreed another person.

“After you get the ball rolling on the divorce, don’t forget to tell your neighbour, who recommended her daughter to babysit for you, what a homewrecker her daughter is,” said a third commenter.

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A former Disney star was shot in the eye while out with her husband on his birthday.

Christy Carlson Romano, best known for voicing the titular character global crime-fighting hero Kim Possible and starring in Even Stevens, assured fans that she’s ‘doing OK’ after nearly losing her eye while shooting clay pigeons with her husband Brendan Rooney.

Taking to Instagram Stories, the 40-year-old actress explained how someone ‘unsafely fired in the wrong direction and shot me in the face.’

Christy showed what appeared to be a large bruise underneath her eye with some bruising, explaining that the pellet is ‘still inside’ her face.

In the caption, she said the fragment lodged behind her eye is ‘too risky’ to surgically remove at this time, adding that she can still ‘see normally.’

‘I’m very grateful to first responders as a whole. I mean, they’re just the most amazing, superhero people to take care of us at our most desperate times,’ Christy said during the clip.

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Continuing to show her eye injury, she continued: ‘This is really bad tonight. Everything’s kind of clearing out, but I got to say I got shot in the face and lived to tell the tale.

‘Be grateful for every day,’ she concluded.

Fans and fellow celebrities wished the actress a speedy recovery with Nope actress Keke Palmer, 31, commenting: ‘I hate hearing this but I am grateful God that you’re still with us!! I’m so sorry that you’ve gone through this and praying for a full and safe recovery.’

Former Nickelodeon actress Daniella Monet added: ‘Holy moly Christy! What a miracle you’re ok and in good decent spirits. So so strong! Hope you heal soon.’

Sabrina the Teenage Witch icon Melissa Joan Hart replied: ‘I’m so sorry! Praying for full healing and recovery.’

Following her long-running Disney Channel stint, Christy now hosts several podcasts including Vulnerable, where she interviews former child stars, along with I Hear Voices with her former Kim Possible co-star Will Friedle, and Even More Stevens with her former Even Stevens co-stars Nick Spano and Steven Anthony Lawrence.

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SKY has unveiled a duo of new TV products with a series of big updates.

The broadcasting giant is overhauling its Sky Glass device with a new gen 2 TV and a thinner Sky Glass Air.

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Sky Glass gen 2 will be available from tomorrow[/caption]

Sky Glass gen 2 will be available from tomorrow (February 12) but Sky Glass Air won’t be released until later this year.

On the new Sky Glass gen 2, the built-in soundbar has been boosted with an extra speaker, going from six to seven, with a dual sub-woofer.

Sky says this will provide richer base and vocal clarity for your favourite shows and movies.

The display has also been improved, using a 4K UHD display with more LEDs for darker dark tones, brighter whites and improved angle of viewing.

Sky Glass gen 2 will come in three updated colours, silver, blue and black – and the woven mesh over the built-in soundbar is also colour matched.

The overall design remains true to the first Sky Glass but the back has been made smoother so it fits tighter to the wall.

An upgraded mount for the TV provides the ability to swivel and tilt as viewers see fit.

And for those who prefer a stand that’s been improved too so you no longer need a screwdriver.

At an event in London the firm didn’t reveal too many details about Sky Glass Air.

The firm said it will provide “smarter TV for less”.

Early images seem to show a much thinner Sky Glass model.

It’s not clear whether this will include a built-in soundbar.

The move may come as a blow to customers hoping for a new Sky Q satellite box.

Bosses says it continues to invest in the existing Sky Q experience.

Some 90 per cent of new customers are choosing Sky Glass or Sky Stream.

The gen 2 will start from £14 per month for the 43-inch model, based on a 48 month contract.

There’s also a 55-inch again at £19 per month and 65-inch at £24 per month.