Frisky tourists, searing heat and monkeys: Thailand was the perfect setting for the new season of HBO's "The White Lotus".
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R100K reward for stolen trucks’ recovery and arrest of Zim suspects
There is a a R100,000 reward offered for information on the trucks stolen in Mpumalanga. Have you seen these suspects?
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Kenya Met issues weather forecast for next 7 days
The Kenya Meteorological (Kenya Met) Department has predicted predominantly sunny and dry weather conditions for the next seven days in several parts of the country. In a detailed seven-day weather advisory, the dry spell is expected over a few places from February 11 to February 17, 2025, and the sunny intervals will be accompanied by moderate […]
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Simon Muteti released after being held incommunicado for more than 3 months – LSK’s Faith Odhiambo
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith Odhiambo has announced the release of Simon Muteti, who was reportedly abducted in Timau, Laikipia County, on October 22, 2024. Taking to her official X account on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, Odhiambo stated that Muteti had been set free by his abductors after being held incommunicado for […]
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Man Utd to offload £375k a week flop Casemiro in shock transfer THIS MONTH as new club admit it’s ‘risky business’
MANCHESTER UNITED are reportedly set to offload Casemiro in a shock transfer to Flamengo, who admit it’s “risky business.”
Casemiro, 32, has fallen out of favour at United under Ruben Amorim and has featured for just 20 minutes in the last five matches.
He currently pockets a whopping £375,000-a-week to boot, one of the biggest salaries going.
And United were eager to offload Casemiro before the winter transfer window slammed shut last week.
However, it remains open in some countries outside Europe.
One of those is Casemiro’s native Brazil.
And reports in his homeland claim that Flamengo are set to complete a sensational loan swoop shortly.
Casemiro, who began his football career at rivals Sao Paulo, is likely to jump at the chance of an exit.
Antony, Marcus Rashford and Tyrell Malacia all completed loan moves away from United in the winter window.
And Flamengo are even said to be ready to pay part of his mammoth annual salary.
However, they reportedly understand there is a huge risk in paying out so much money due to Casemiro’s advanced years and recent decline in performances.
Journalist Jorge Nicola said: “I can assure you that Flamengo investigated the player’s situation in the last few days.
“The English club agreed to loan him and help with part of his salary. Filipe Luis would love to count on Casemiro.
“Flamengo understands that, given all the figures, it is a very risky business.
“Even though United are willing to help with most of the salary, there would still be a very high amount to be paid.”
Who left Love Island All Stars last night?
AS Love Island: All Stars 2025 heats up, some of the most popular islanders are being sent home in shocking eliminations.
On Monday night fans were left stunned when another couple were brutally dumped from the villa.
Tina & Chuggs get the chop
On Monday, February 10, Ekin-Su and Curtis, Harriett and Ronnie, as well as Chuggs and Tina were all up for eviction.
Host Maya Jama gathered the islanders at the fire pit before announcing that Tina and Chuggs had been dumped from the villa after receiving the least amount of viewer votes.
The pair said their goodbyes to their fellow islanders before exiting the villa and joining Maya, 30, for a chat.
Series seven star Chuggs, 26, had only entered All Stars the week before as a bombshell, arriving alongside Samie Elishi.
Tina had previously been coupled up with Scott Thomas, but he refused to progress their coupling before quitting the show.
Reacting to the news of Tina and Chuggs getting the chop on social media, one fan wrote: “TBH, chuggs didn’t belong here. And Tina got played. So it’s long for them.”
A second posted: “This season has been so predictable, everyone knew Tina & chuggs were always going to be dumped.”
“Ekin su, please stop the drama you know you are not leaving,” said a third.
While a fourth commented: “Interesting the way Tina only friendzoned Chuggs as soon as they walked out of the villa lol.”
Scott’s shocking exit
Fans expected Scott to explore his romance with co-star Tina Stinnes after she was saved from a triple elimination.
However, Scott revealed to host Maya Jama that his relationship with Tina lacked “fireworks”.
Unable to lie about his feelings, Scott decided to bow out of the show on February 2.
A source told The Sun: “Since it first came to light Scott wasn’t feeling it with Tina on Vegas night, he’s struggled to feel free within the situation and push past his doubts.
“On tonight’s show viewers will see him continue to work through his concerns about their connection before the Islanders are then plunged into a recoupling.
“Scott was unable to get past the feeling Tina wasn’t right for him and his biggest priority was not wasting her precious time in the villa.
“He knows this is a big opportunity for her in love and life and would never want to ruin that.
“After taking some time out with the dedicated Love Island welfare team, Scott decided that the best thing he could do for himself was to remove himself from the situation.
“He’s done so much work over recent years on self-love and he didn’t want to force a connection for the sake of it.”
Another surprise exit
Scott wasn’t the only islander who got cold feet and decided to leave the competition.
Ron Hall also chose to leave the show, after struggling to form a relationship with any of his co-stars.
Although he was paired up with Danielle Sellers, he “grew tired” as the show went on.
A source told The Sun: “Ron was the centre of attention on his series, with multiple girls vying for his attention and with Lana always there for him to return to.
“It was a bit of a rude awakening for him this time round as he just couldn’t find a single spark.
“He realised he wasn’t likely to find that connection now and had grown tired of watching the front door for bombshells that might be for him.”
The source also said: “The Love Island villa is a tough place to be single, especially when matches are sparking all around you – there’s some very loved up couples in there now – and Ron decided it was time to check out.”
Shortly after Ron left the show, two former islanders returned to the villa.
Samie Elishi, who starred in the 2023 series of Love Island, joined the All Stars cast sending fans wild.
Talking about her return to the show, Samie said: “I want to return because, who gets to do this twice?
“You think it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity, so if you get offered to do it twice, you’ve got to do it again.
“We had such a good time last time, why not!
“My relationship didn’t work out so hopefully it’s second time’s a charm.”
She was joined by Oliver “Chuggs” Wallis, who appeared on the 2021 series of the show but was eliminated after just four days.
A nail-biting triple elimination
On January 28, 2025, three islanders were eliminated from the show at once.
Nas Majeed, Kaz Crossley and Montel McKenzie were all asked to leave in a shocking twist.
While enjoying a drink in the Vibe Club, Maya Jama appeared and asked the cast to form a line in front of her.
She then said: “Islanders, I’m glad you’ve been having a bit of fun, but things are obviously about to get serious.
“The public have been voting for their favourite girl and their favourite boy.”
The star TV presenter revealed that Luca and Elma were the public’s two favourite islanders.
Then, the shocking twist became clear as Maya revealed that the two girls and two boys with the lowest votes were at risk of elimination.
Luca and Elma were forced to choose which one of the four lowest scoring islanders to save.
Ultimately, they chose for Tina Stinnes to remain in the competition forcing Kaz, Nas and Montel to leave Love Island.
Speaking about her elimination, Kaz said: “It’s nice to not be dumped alone!
“Me and Montel are really getting on.
“It’s still early days, I think because we got on so well together people may think it was longer – but it’s exciting times!”
She added that she and Montel were eliminated together so they wouldn’t be broken up as a couple.
Montel said that it was a “lose-lose” situation, as either both he and Kaz would be eliminated or one would have to “lose” the other.
Nas, who was infamous for taking things slowly in the villa, said that he has no regrets.
He said: “I have no regrets about being a slow burner – I might even bring out a podcast called ‘Slow Burner’.
“I move with intent.
“I don’t tend to fall head over heels from the get-go.
“I like taking things slow.
“Maybe I shot myself in the foot a little bit but that’s how I am as a person.
“I can leave with my head held high.”
India Reynolds dumped
India Reynolds found herself the first All Star dumped from the show on January 19, 2025.
Having earlier clashed with partner Scott Thomas, she labelled him the most calculated in the villa during a game of suck and blow.
She said the reason for her accusation were self-explanatory, but Scott fired back, stating he’s been super clear.
He added that what India said gave him “the ick”.
Despite trying to clear the air, their “romance” was brought to an end by the arrival of bombshell Tina Stinnes, who immediately decided to couple up with Scott, sending India packing.
Liv Hawkins and Marcel Somerville also were eliminated from the show after being voted as the least compatible couple by the public.
Who is still in the Love Island All Stars villa?
- Gabby Allen – season 3 (2017)
- Elma Pazar – season 5 (2019) – born in 1993
- Curtis Pritchard – season 5 (2019)
- Olivia Hawkins – season 10 (2023)
- Luca Bish – season 8 (2022)
- Catherine Agbaje – season 10 (2023)
- Ronnie Vint – season 11 (2024)
Bombshells
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – season 8 (2022)
- Casey O’Gorman – season 9 (2023) and All Stars (2024)
- Samie Elishi – season 9 (2023)
Who has left the villa so far?
India Reynolds – season 2 (2017)
Marcel Somerville – season 3 (2017)
Liv Hawkins – season 9 (2022)
Nas Majeed – season 6 (2020)
Kaz Crossley – season 5 (2019)
Montel McKenzie – season 10 (2023)
Scott Thomas – Season 2 (2016)
Ron Hall – Season 9 (2023)
Tina Stinnes – season 2 (2016)
Oliver “Chuggs” Wallis – season 7 (2021)
How to watch Love Island All Stars
Series two of Love Island All Stars kicked off on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 9pm on ITV2.
The show airs every night except Saturday, when a highlights show is broadcast instead.
Every episode is also available via ITVX.
Armed cops swoop on man ‘with weapons’ in Sheffield town centre sparking evacuation as neighbours told ‘stay indoors’
ARMED police have swooped on a home in Sheffield after reports of a man with weapons.
Residents of the Gateway apartment complex on Broad Street were evacuated last night, South Yorkshire Police have confirmed.
University students at the nearby Pinnacles accommodation building have been told to stay inside their flats.
Some of those forced out of their homes were staying at the Ponds Forge sports centre.
Cops were called to the scene at just after 7pm.
In a Facebook post, the force said: “We, alongside other emergency services remain on scene at Broad Street in Sheffield.
“Just after 7pm last night (Monday 10 February) we responded to concerns for a man inside a property, alleged to have weapons and pose a risk to himself.
“Those within the building where the property is have been evacuated and those within the neighbouring buildings have been asked to stay indoors while officers conduct their work.
“The Sheffield Parkway, between Park Square roundabout and Derek Dooley Way will remain shut-please plan, and find an alternative route this morning.”
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I’m plagued with stomach problems and suffer outrageous loud burping – what can I do?
WINTER bugs are rife, and norovirus is proving really nasty at the moment.
Hospital admissions are at a high, hitting more than 900 daily – that’s 70 per cent up on this time last year.
Often called “the winter vomiting bug”, it’s highly contagious and can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, fever and abdominal pain.
Most people recover within a few days but it can be severe for those with weakened immune systems, the elderly and young children.
To protect yourself, always wash your hands after using the toilet and before eating. Antibacterial gels don’t work against norovirus, so please use soap and water.
If you do get sick, stay at home for at least 48 hours after your symptoms have ceased.
If symptoms worsen, seek medical advice promptly and ring NHS 111 if you are not sure.
Here’s a selection of what readers have asked me this week, and please send in your own health queries to [email protected] . . . #
Plagued by stomach problems
Q: I AM a fit and healthy 70-year-old male, except for one issue – I’m plagued with stomach problems.
I underwent an X-ray and an endoscopy and, despite being given the all-clear, I find myself burping loudly for long periods of the day.
I’ve tried omeprazole and rabeprazole lately but to no avail.
Do you have any suggestions that might help me?
A: It sounds like your burping is problematic and excessive.
The fact that you have had investigations does help rule out some of the more worrying potential causes, such as cancer, or inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
Please check if you have been tested for a bacteria called helicobacter pylori, which can cause inflammation and increase the likelihood of belching.
You could perhaps be dealing with something called gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, where stomach acid comes up out of the stomach into the oesophagus.
This can cause you to swallow more air.
However, you’ve already tried some medication which would be expected to help ease the symptoms. So what next?
Lifestyle changes can help to decrease the amount you burp.
Slow down your eating and drinking to help you swallow less gas – have a look at mindful eating approaches.
Don’t consume carbonated drinks including beer, or drink with a straw – both add extra gas to the stomach.
Avoid smoking, chewing gum and sucking on hard sweets, and if you wear dentures, make sure they fit properly.
Moving your body regularly will also be beneficial.
Walking and yoga, for example, can help release gas from the digestive tract.
Over-the-counter remedies could be worth trying out, too. Look for products that contain simeticone.
This combines the small gas bubbles in your gut to form bigger bubbles, and so allows trapped air to pass through your body more easily.
GO PRIVATE FOR CYST?
Q: I HAVE a cyst-type boil on my eyebrow that is bothering me, but the NHS won’t remove it because it’s cosmetic.
A local clinic privately charged me £40 for a consultation that lasted five minutes and then quoted me £800 to remove it.
I have had next to nothing from the NHS in my 69 years and I’m disgusted that I have been quoted this extortionate price.
What do you suggest I might be able to do?
A: I understand your frustrations, and unfortunately several years ago, due to huge financial restraints on the NHS, certain types of procedures which had previously been available were stopped as a way of saving money.
This included all procedures deemed to be cosmetic, rather than for medical need, and such things as skin lesions.
However, in your case, I have a suspicion that both the skin lesion on your eyebrow, and the left side of your nose may be basal cell carcinomas (BCC).
This is the least dangerous type of skin cancer which doesn’t spread to other parts of the body.
They are still best removed by a dermatology team as they usually continue to slowly keep growing.
If they are BCCs, they very much qualify for NHS treatment.
Of course, I am basing this purely on the pictures you have sent and the fact that your eyebrow lump has only been there for the past nine months.
I have not examined you or taken a full medical history, but I also see other signs of sun damage on your skin, such as the small brown patches on your scalp.
It’s worth getting a further check from your GP and asking them specifically to consider if they could be BCCs.
You could even send your query as an e-consult if this is quicker. The images may be helpful as your GP may be able to forward them to the dermatology team for their advice.
If it turns out to be, as you suspect, a cyst, then I would suggest to shop around for removal. A plastic surgeon will likely charge more than a GP who does minor surgical operations, who in turn will likely charge more than a private nurse who is qualified to do minor skin operations.
Please let me know how you get on.
Neck pain is so bad I cannot work
Q: I’M a 58-year-old woman and have had terrible neck pain for six years after a couple of car crashes.
Over-the-counter pain relief only partially improves things, and over the last six months the pain has become so bad that I have had to give up my job.
It has extended down my arm and across my shoulders.
An X-ray diagnosed spondylitis, so I am waiting for steroid injections. But what else can I do?
A: I’m so sorry to hear that you have been suffering with what sounds like awful, debilitating pain.
The next step, steroid injections, can reduce swelling and inflammation in the area where the pain is coming from.
Some people experience significant improvement in symptoms and it could help you get your life back on track.
But not all people benefit and, if this is you, you will need to go back to the team that is caring for you to see what the next options are.
Spondylitis is another word for osteoarthritis of the spine.
It can develop with age but musculo-skeletal trauma, such as a car crash, can make it more likely.
Neck pain and/or stiffness are very common, and sometimes the bony changes can put pressure on the nerves, causing pain, numbness and tingling either in the neck itself or into either arm.
This type of nerve pain from compression is called cervical radiculopathy.
And if there is any weakness of the muscles of the hand or arm, especially if it is affecting your strength and your function, this tends to make a case higher priority. So do inform your medical team if you develop this.
Finally, when all other measures have been tried, some people may be offered surgery to the affected spine.
Watch the moment Drake ‘rants about exes’ after ex-girlfriends SZA and Serena Williams join Kendrick Lamar at Superbowl
DRAKE was on stage ranting about his exes shortly before his former girlfriends SZA and Serena Williams join Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl.
Kendrick, 37, left fans with their jaws on the floor when he took to the stage at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday night.
The rapper performed his infamous Drake diss track amid the pair’s ongoing and long-running feud.
And Kendrick even took it one step further when he brought out two of Drake’s ex-girlfriends.
Drake’s former partner Serena Williams and another of his exes, hitmaker SZA, joined Kendrick on stage at the Super Bowl, with them seeming detaching them from Drake and siding with his enemy.
Just hours before Kendrick took the stage at the Super Bowl, Drake spoke out about unnamed exes during a performance in Australia on Sunday.
Slamming exes in his brutal rant, Drake said: “If you ever, in your life, gave your time, gave your energy, gave your money, gave your heart, gave your soul, gave everything that you ever had to somebody, and they f***ing played with you and wasted your time, wasted your money…”
Pacing around the stage, Drake went on: “I want you to all to turn up to this song.
“This for all y’all exes and everybody think they can play you in their f***in’ life!
“If you doin’ better than your ex, I wanna see you f***in’ turn up!”
Drake then crooned his hit You Broke My Heart, which was featured as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of his most recent LP, For All The Dogs.
BITTER TASTE
In the song, Drake can be heard singing and rapping the lyrics “You broke my heart / I had my doubts about you from the start”.
Meanwhile, in the bridge, he repeatedly sings “Yeah, f*** my ex”.
Drake and SZA reportedly had a brief romance in 2008 or 2009.
It was kept under wraps until Drake referenced it in his 2020 track Mr. Right Now, where he rapped, “Yeah, said she wanna f–k to some SZA, wait / ‘Cause I used to date SZA back in ’08.”
Meanwhile, Drake reportedly dated Serena on and off between 2011 and 2015.
DRAKE & KENDRICK FEUD TIMELINE
On October 6, 2023, Drake and J. Cole released First Person Shooter, in which J. Cole claimed that himself, Drake, and Kendrick are the “big three” of hip-hop.
On March 22, 2024, Kendrick responded to the claim of a “big three” in his verse on Metro Boomin and Future’s song Like That, where he instead stated, “It’s just big me,” and accused both rappers of sneak dissing.
On April 5, 2024, J. Cole dropped his Kendrick diss track, 7 Minute Drill, in which he fired “warning shots” at the rapper as he accused the good kid, m.A.A.d city artist of seeking “attention” and slammed his latest music releases as “tragic.”
But on April 7, 2024, two days after releasing the Kendrick diss, J. Cole retracted his statement and backed out of the feud, as he stated he felt pressured to respond because “the world wanna see blood.”
On April 13, 2024, Drake responded to Kendrick with Push Ups, which had lyrics ridiculing Kendrick’s height and his mainstream collaborations with Taylor Swift and Maroon 5.
The track also dissed rappers Future and Rick Ross and producer Metro Boomin.
On April 19, 2024, Drake dropped another diss track, Taylor Made Freestyle, that used AI-generated voices of Snoop Dogg and the late Tupac Shakur to pressure Kendrick to respond.
On April 30, 2024, Kendrick dropped Euphoria, a six-minute diss track, in which he criticized Drake’s biracial identity, questioned the rapper’s ability as a father, and claimed that Drake is a “scam artist.”
On May 1, 2024, Drake responded to Kendrick’s diss by posting a clip from the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You on his Instagram Story in which Julia Stiles’ character Kat lists the reasons she hates Heath Ledger’s character Patrick – mirroring a Euphoria bar where Lamar provides reasons he hates Drake.
On May 3, 2024, Kendrick dropped a second Drake diss track, 6:16 in LA in which Kendrick alleges Drake’s own team is working against him as he rapped, “Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it,” and stated Drake “can’t Toosie Slide up out of this one.”
After Drake responded with his diss track Family Matters, where he called accused Kendrick of infidelity, the Humble hitmaker would release Meet the Grahams, his fourth diss track against the Canadian rapper.
“Serena briefly dated Drake around 2011 and even though it didn’t end that well, they have remained friends since,” an insider told Page Six last summer.
DRAKE BREAKS SILENCE
This comes after he broke his social media silence with his first slew of posts since Kendrick’s Super Bowl performance of the diss track about him.
Drake shared some snaps of himself performing on stage for thousands of fans.
He captioned the slew of snaps on Instagram: “$$$inema.”
The rapper included a photo of his massive OVO owl chain, which features over 100 carats of Asscher cut diamonds.
The photo of his trademark chain seemed to be a direct response to Kendrick wearing an “a” chain during his Super Bowl performance, which fans took as a reference to his Not Like Us lyric “A minor.”
Commenting on the snaps, one person said Drake was “undefeated,” while another added: “Let them watch and enjoy.”
Kendrick and Drake have been embroiled in a bitter and very public feud since 2023.
Four months after Kendrick was announced as the halftime performer, Drake filed a lawsuit against his record label, Universal Music Group, over his rival’s diss track.
In the January 2025 suit, Drake claimed UMG “knew full well” the lyrics from Kendrick’s song accused him of being a pedophile.
People are only just realising there’s a correct way to open sweet packets & it means they won’t fly everywhere
A MAN has revealed that we’ve been opening sweet packets all wrong.
You may be questioning how there’s a wrong way to tear open a pack of Haribo’s but there’s a good reason there is.
Too many times have we been the victim of finding the pack of sweets we shoved in our bag all over the bottom completely inedible.
But now Sidney Raz has ensured we will never have to throw our sweets away again.
He tested a hack to open the pack correctly which also allows you to seal it shut and keep your sweets fresher for longer.
Taking to social media, he said: “Here’s something I didn’t know until I was in my 30s.”
Sidney got a bag of gummy bears from Haribo but instead of pulling the sides of the bag apart, he took the tab and peeled it down.
After having a few of the tasty sweets, he then sealed the bag shut by rolling it up in itself.
He then took the tab he had pulled down and thread it through the hole to create a knot to keep the bag closed.
“Pull by the tab, pull down,” he explained.
“Now let’s pretend like my daughter is eating these and seal.
“That’s fantastic.”
The clip was shared on his TikTok account @sidneyraz and went viral with over 6 million views.
People were left stunned by the savvy hack.
One person wrote: “The way I gasped then remembered I eat these in a single sitting.”
Another commented: “Now I need to go buy Haribo’s to try it.”
The 'right' way to store food
1. Use Airtight Containers
This helps to prevent exposure to air which can cause your food to go off. A glass container can help to be more hygienic and a sustainable option.
2. Label Everything
By labelling your food it helps to keep track of expiry dates and avoid food waste.
3. Store Like Items Together
This makes it easier to find what you are looking for. Use fridge dividers or reusabale bags to help section your fridge.
4. Use the Fridge and Freezer Wisely
Keep raw meat on the bottom shelf to avoid contamination, and use the freezer for longer-term storage.
5. Rotate Your Stock
Place newer items at the back and bring the older ones forward. This will mean you will be able to notice the foods that need eating first.
“They should’ve come with a description,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “I am so mad I am 38 and JUST learning this.”
“How do you think I feel learning this today when I’m 52,” claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: “I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to eat them all in one sitting.”
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