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Dick Vitale cleared for college basketball broadcasting return after cancer-free declaration
Dick Vitale has been one of the most iconic voices in college basketball for quite some time. Vitale called his first-ever game on ESPN in December 1979, and his 41-year career has produced some of the most memorable moments in the sport. Unfortunately, Vitale has been dealing with vocal cord cancer for the past few […]
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Seahawks’ Mike Macdonald make firm Geno Smith declaration after lukewarm comment
When Mike Macdonald made a strange quote on Geno Smith starting in 2025, the Seattle Seahawks head coach became more aware of those comments. In his end-of-season press conference, Macdonald made it clear that he wants Smith around. He also described his thoughts on the quarterback returning. “I want Geno to be here,” Macdonald said […]
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Ricky Pearsall opens up on mental health struggles since shooting
The San Francisco 49ers have been one of the more disappointing teams in the NFL throughout the 2024 season. San Francisco finished the regular season with a record of 6-11 and was last in the NFC West division standings. The 49ers were plagued by injuries throughout the season, losing key offensive weapons like Christian McCaffrey […]
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Russell Wilson’s wife Ciara
Russell Wilson’s wife is Ciara. Wilson is now a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and has led them to a playoff berth in his first season. Since his successful debut season in the NFL, he has had quite the resume with nine Pro Bowls, broken records and a Super Bowl win, which has helped him […]
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My partner has fallen out of love with me and moved into the spare room
DEAR DEIDRE: MY long-term partner has moved into the spare bedroom because he’s fallen out of love with me.
He now only sees me as a friend and wants to split, but I don’t understand what I’ve done to make him give up on our relationship.
I’m 36 and he’s 40. We’ve been together for 12 years.
I thought we were so happy and that we’d grow old together.
Everybody saw us as the perfect couple. We’ve never even had an argument!
There were no signs anything was wrong. We’ve been having sex, talking, laughing, going out – like normal.
So when he suddenly announced that he wasn’t happy and it was over, even though I’d always be his best friend, I was totally blindsided.
He cried and said it wasn’t what he wanted either, and it was destroying him, but we had to break up.
Afterwards, he held me, and we made love one last time. But it didn’t change his mind.
Now he’s planning to move out into his own flat. I am so confused and I still love him so much.
I know I need to let him go, but I don’t know how. I don’t want to be alone.
I never understood why he loved me, as I’m so fat and ugly. Now it feels like I was right all along, and he was too good for me.
MORE FROM DEAR DEIDRE
DEIDRE SAYS: The sudden end of a long-relationship is devastating, especially if you didn’t see it coming.
It’s like a death – you’re grieving for what you’ve lost and the future you anticipated.
Your partner either doesn’t understand why he’s ended your relationship, or doesn’t want to hurt you more by telling you.
But you need closure.
Perhaps he would agree to some relationship counselling, where you can talk honestly in a safe space.
See my support pack, How Counselling Can Help.
Also read Mending a Broken Heart and Raising Self-Esteem, as it sounds like your confidence is low.
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I found 28 missing socks in a secret compartment in my washing machine – you need to check yours too
IT’S one of life’s greatest mysteries: the infamous sock saga.
Every time you do a load of laundry, it feels like a sock has mysteriously vanished into thin air.
But one homeowner may have finally solved the case.
Brittany Spurlock was astonished when her husband discovered the unexpected hiding spot for their missing socks.
Posting on TikTok under the handle @brittanyspurlock627, she shared a video of the surprising find, revealing a collection of socks that “almost all have a pair.”
She captioned it: “When my husband called me in to show me this, I couldn’t believe it.
“We have a pile of missing socks that almost all have a pair.”
In the video, her husband is seen carefully using the end of a knife to slide through a slight gap at the top backside of the washing machine.
He taps it in, causing the back of the washing machine to clip off.
Once he has done this, he pulls the back down to get a clear view inside the machine – and there, he found 28 missing socks.
The couple add: “If your socks have gone missing and you’ve been wondering where they’ve been. Check your washer.”
The area in which the socks were found is called the agitator, and it is a known place that people tend to lose their socks, according to Lake Appliance Repair.
The agitator is the spinning part of the washing machine that helps clean your clothes.
If a sock gets stuck in it, it can be hard to spot and might go missing.
Socks can also often go missing between the inner and outer tubs of the washing machine, especially when the washer is overloaded.
Brittany’s video was a gamechanger for many people on TikTok as it got over 362,000 likes.
More winter laundry tips
Tackling laundry in the winter can be a challenge, but these handy tips can help you stay on top of it:
- Use a Dehumidifier: Place a dehumidifier in your drying area to speed up the drying process and prevent dampness.
- Spin Cycle Boost: Run an extra spin cycle on your washing machine to remove excess water from clothes, reducing drying time.
- Indoor Drying Rack: Invest in a good-quality indoor drying rack and position it near a radiator or in a well-ventilated room.
- Tumble Dryer Balls: Add tumble dryer balls to your dryer to help clothes dry faster and reduce static cling.
- Space-Saving Hangers: Use space-saving hangers or a retractable washing line to maximise indoor drying space.
- Microfibre Towels: Lay microfibre towels over your drying rack to absorb extra moisture from hanging clothes.
- Partially Dry Outside: On dry days, hang clothes outside for a short period before bringing them in to finish drying.
These hacks can help you keep your laundry routine efficient and your clothes fresh, even during the colder months.
Many also rushed to the comments section to share their thoughts.
One wrote: “That’s crazy! Now we know.”
To which Brittany replied: “Yes girl! Years of socks under there.”
Another joked: “Noooooooo are you serious?! I was convinced it was that old man from Halloween town?!”
Whilst a third said: “No way so my socks don’t actually just disappear.”
Coronation Street cast BARRED from the Rovers Return as ITV take desperate measures to cut costs
CORONATION Street’s cast are being BARRED from the Rovers Return as the soap desperately battles against ITV’s cash crisis.
A perfect storm of soaring telly production costs and a fall in advertising has put the future of the UK’s most-watched soap at risk.
We told yesterday how cobbles beauty Charlotte Jordan has QUIT – becoming the fifth star to leave the show in a month.
Now The Sun can reveal even more chaos on the soap, which turns 65 this year – and more well-loved stars could be out or have their appearance slashed back.
A show source said: “Charlotte quitting is just the tip of the iceberg. Corrie is on its knees financially and bosses are being forced to make hard decisions.
“TV production costs have soared by more than 50 per cent, while the advertising market funding them has all-but collapsed.
“The cast are not happy but ITV have no choice but to slash costs.”
One tough decision, that has infuriated show stars, is a decision to slash the number of established characters in scenes taking place in the iconic Rovers Return pub.
Every time they appear they are due a per-episode fee, which can mount up for actors on lucrative deals.
Only a few years ago you would see all the community in the pub – even if they didn’t speak.
A show insider revealed: “The cast loved the days when lots of scenes were filmed in the Rovers because it didn’t matter if you had 10 scenes in an episode or just sat in the pub – you’d get paid the same
“Playing a barmaid or the landlord was a dream gig and would guarantee you got paid a fortune because it didn’t matter if you just served someone in the background – you got paid for the episode.
“The bar staff obviously had to be in all Rovers scenes so it was a great earner for them. But those days are now long gone – it’s just too expensive.”
As a result for a large part of 2023 the Rovers was shut – ironically due to financial problems faced by landlady Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews).
The plot covertly saved bosses a small fortune and was part of a secret cost-cutting drive.
Matthews, who made her cobbles debut as Jenny Bradley in 1986, recently went public on social media to call out the fact that she is barely being used on the show.
She told fans on an Instagram live broadcast how she was looking for other work in the hopes someone would employ her – a clear dig at Corrie bosses.
“You’re not going to be seeing Jenny for quite a long while,” she said. “So that’s that.”
She only appeared in 36 episodes last year.
Changes to filming schedules were implemented and restrictions on freelancers – anything and everything was done to save cash – even the unthinkable.
It can’t have escaped anyone’s notice that the characters that people know and love just don’t appear as much anymore, with some disappearing for months on end.
Long-standing characters command a higher pay rate per episode – so increasingly bosses are turning to newer, cheaper cast members to pad out episodes and save money that way.
It has led to criticism that the show is less like the old Corrie and more like The Bill with all the focus on newer characters like police officers Kit Green and Lisa Swain.
Gail's biggest Corrie storylines
Over the years the character of Gail Platt has been the centre of several major plots.
Here we take a look back over actress Helen Worth’s biggest storylines:
Teenage daughter’s pregnancy
One of Gail’s most controversial storylines was in 1999.
It came when her 13-year-old daughter Sarah became pregnant.
Multiple marriages
Gail holds the record for the series’ most married female character.
She has been wed a whopping six times, each one worse the last.
Married to a serial killer
One of Gail’s multiple marriages saw her wed Richard Hillman, who turned out to be a serial killer.
At the climax of the storyline, 19 million fans tuned in to watch Hillman drive his wife and her family into a canal.
Scrapping on The Street
Gail has proved over the years she can’t resist a good scrap.
Her most memorable bust-up saw her attack Eileen Grimshaw on the cobbles in 2004 while in her dressing gown.
Jail bird
In 2010, Gail found herself wrongly banged up in jail.
She was wrongfully arrested for murdering her 4th husband Joe McIntyre.
While beloved characters like Gail Platt are seldom seen – with Gail barely featuring in her own exit storyline.
In fact The Sun can reveal that actress Helen Worth appeared in just 26 – of 304 – episodes in her final, 50th year on the cobbles, leaving on Christmas Day with a whimper rather than a bang.
Kevin Webster (Mike Le Vell) was only given 46 episodes while Ken Barlow (Bill Roache) appeared in just 48.
Audrey Roberts (Sue NIcholls) had just 29 outings and Fiz Dobbs (Jennie McAlpine) was on screen for only 34 episodes.
Meanwhile Rita Tanner, played by Barbara Knox, 91, has only been seen in FIFTEEN episodes last year despite being a main character since 1972.
There are no longer any bumper pay deals for cast – who are increasingly having to take on extra work outside the soaps just to pay their bills.
One source said: “It sounds ridiculous but some people, household names, watched for years by millions, are worrying about how they will pay their mortgages.
“Soaps used to be steady employment for actors but now there’s no guarantee of even being able to pay your bills.”
The actors are increasingly taking other work – some on social media and on paid appearances.
Some like Dame Maureen Lipman are taking on other acting work and stepping back from the cobbles full-time.
But fans fear that further removes the characters from the show and damages the community feel that has been an essential part of soaps since Corrie kicked it all off back in 1960.
And Corrie is not alone – ITV’s other soap, Emmerdale, is also feeling the pinch and have had to find other ways to fund the show.
They both have studio and set tours running almost constantly once filming is done for the week.
Corrie now has Sainsbury’s with Argos and characters can buy a new mobile at Weatherfield’s own EE shop thanks to so- called “product placement” deals.
And there is a host of merchandise for sale both on set and online – but it’s a drop in the ocean compared to the funding they need to compete.
ITV couldn’t even afford to put the British Soap Awards on last year after more than two decades – though it has been confirmed to return this summer.
Coronation Street tops the ratings – but ITV’s cash crisis is causing chaos on the cobbles
In comparison EastEnders – funded by the licence fee as well as lucrative overseas sales – is in a healthy position.
The Queen Vic is packed, the market stuffed with extras, and the BBC soap still provides the community feel that all the soaps have long previously been able to pride themselves on.
A brand new £87 million set is pride of place in soapland – but given EastEnders commands barely more than half the viewing figures of its ITV rivals – it sticks in the craw for some.
One ITV source said: “Compared to Corrie and Emmerdale, EastEnders is lavishly funded. The BBC has already axed Doctors even though it was an important training ground for TV stars of the future and its ratings weren’t that far behind EastEnders.
“Is ITV expected to fund the training and development of newcomers to TV while its BBC rival tempts them away with bigger pay and reaps the rewards?”
Another source said: “Corrie’s 65 this year and just five years ago this situation would be unthinkable. For the first time in its history there are significant concerns about whether it will make it to 70 in its current format, and whether it will reach 75 at all.”
EastEnders is riding high at the moment with an explosive double-success at Christmas and New Year episodes – while racing towards its 40th anniversary.
A string of high profile returns including Ross Kemp as Grant Mitchell, Paul Bradley as Nigel Bates and Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson has kept interest high – tapping into the nostalgia of the show.
And this is all fantastic – a successful soap should be celebrated.
But for soap fans it is hard to cheer on a taxpayer-funded show thriving when its commercial rivals are struggling to survive.
Last year Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks was forced to cut its weekly episodes by 40 per cent, axe 20 cast members and make 135 employees redundant.
The Government’s Culture, Media and Sport committee has launched an inquiry into the future of domestic high-end TV production – but this mainly focuses on 9pm dramas and Netflix shows.
The industry has called for tax breaks to encourage homegrown production.
MYVIEW by Carl Greenwood, Soaps Editor
CORONATION Street bosses have got some tough decisions to make if they want to stem the tide amid ITV’s cash crisis.
The situation isn’t of their making but I don’t envy boss Kate Brooks and the challenge she faces – but if anyone can do it, it’s her.
The strength in Corrie has always been its writing and its characters – and it’s there where the soap can continue to lead the way – as long as it keeps hold of the right ones.
You’ve got powerhouse performers like Sally Carman and Georgia Taylor, and comedic geniuses like Sally Ann Matthews and Sue Devaney – give them the material to work with.
To survive this storm, Corrie needs the best characters to stay – and that includes Sue Devaney. It would be a catastrophic mistake to lose Debbie Webster from the cobbles.
She is classic Corrie and even if her dementia story is heartbreaking and moving and brilliant – the end result is that Debbie is gone forever. That’s not something the soap can afford.
It also has to be said that Craig Tinker should probably have gone several years ago and he’s not alone.
Now is the time to really focus on what Corrie is and should be – and reshape it in the hopes that ITV solves its cash crisis.
But actually this is a bigger issue than just Corrie and ITV – and the Government need to step in.
There are proposals for tax cuts for so-called high-end British TV production – but they also need to lend the soaps a helping hand.
A future without soaps is not something that will benefit any of us – even if you don’t watch them.
The survival of soaps is not just important for fans but to the wider TV business.
Soapland often gives new writers, producers and actors their first breaks.
Stars such as Sarah Lancashire, Michelle Keegan, Katherine Kelly and Surrane Jones all started out on Corrie along with writers Russell T. Davies and Sally Wainwright, who wrote Doctor Who and Happy Valley, respectively.
So while there might be a crisis on the cobbles now – if something isn’t done to fix it rapidly – it could spread and take great chunks of British television with it.
Championship League snooker LIVE RESULTS: Stream FREE as O’Sullivan loses THREE consecutive matches in horror show
SNOOKER is back and while it’s not quite the Masters, the world’s top players are in Leicester for the Championship League – but Ronnie O’Sullivan is struggling badly.
O’Sullivan, Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson are among the snooker stars in action for the non-ranking event.
The Championship League is a non-ranking event and has a small prize pot but players see it as the perfect warm-up after the Christmas break.
- TV channel: Not shown on UK TV
- FREE live stream: Matchroom Sport YouTube
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