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Most of Adam Peaty’s family are seemingly banned from his A-list wedding amid an ongoing feud between the Olympic swimmer and his mother, Caroline – including Adam’s father Mark

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Adam Peaty’s father Mark was seen for the first time since tensions between his son and his wife, Caroline, seemed to implode, leading to a reported ban on the family from the swimmer’s wedding to Holly Ramsay.

Looking downcast as he took his dog for a walk in Newcastle, Mark wore a pink and purple striped polo shirt under a navy hoodie with grey trousers and a black beanie.

Mark, a supermarket caretaker, kept a tight leash on the dog as he walked through the damp streets and had a sad grimace on his face. This is the first time he has been seen since it was reported that the only member of the Peaty family still invited to Adam’s wedding was the swimmer’s sister Bethany.

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Adam reportedly fell out with his family over his upcoming wedding to Holly, the daughter of Gordon Ramsay. After his mother Caroline was snubbed from Holly’s hen-do guest list, Adam’s aunt, Louise Williams, took to Instagram to share how “heartbroken” her sister was by the “divisive and hurtful” actions of Holly.

She also claimed Adam had said “the most vile things a son can say to his mother”. Following this post, it was reported by the Daily Mail that Adam and Holly were so upset by this that they decided to ban Caroline from the wedding and from seeing her grandson, George. The paper added that the only relative expected to attend was Bethany, as many of those still invited could not afford the accommodation and travel expense.

One relative told the Mail: “We were sent a ‘save the date,’ and it’s all these country houses. I’m on Universal Credit — I can’t afford that.”

Relatives have since claimed that the Olympian is “ashamed” of his working-class roots. “Adam has been changed by money, fame and fortune,” the family source added. “He seems to have forgotten where he came from.”

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Caroline is thought to be devastated by her son’s decision to hold the wedding without her. So much so, she posted a message to Instagram, in which she wrote: “When you love someone, you protect them from the pain, you don’t become the cause of it.”

In the caption, she added: “The ones I love are the people who hurt me the most.” Caroline is said to have made a lot of sacrifices to support Adam’s swimming dreams when he was younger, including going into debt alongside Mark to fund their son’s training.

Adam has previously been very open and proud about his working-class upbringing, particularly the sacrifices his mother had to make. But he later said that he felt having less money than others pushed him to work harder and seemed to take a swipe at his parent’s lack of cash.

He told The Guardian: “I don’t want to sound too harsh on my parents because they did so much for me, and gave me so much, but there were also so many kids that had so much more and that’s spurred me on.”

Singer Aliuane Thiam, known as Akon, was arrested in Georgia on an out-of-county warrant and spent six hours behind bars before being released, it was reported today.

The 52-year-old was taken into custody on 7 November. The warrant for his arrest was issued from Roswell, New Mexico, but the reason for its issue has not yet been disclosed.

According to jail records, the singer was booked into DeKalb County Jail by Chamblee Police. The officers arrested him after his Tesla triggered a security camera alert linked to the Roswell warrant.

One officer, Joshua Rosa, wrote in a report that he found the car outside of Tint World, a shop that tints windows, on Chamblee Dunwoody Road, and that Thiam was standing nearby. Police confirmed Thiam was the wanted person running his license plate.

Officer Rosa wrote that the singer “complied by remaining calm” and informed the police that he knew of the warrant for his arrest.

Thiam was searched and taken into custody at DeKalb County Jail. The Sheriff’s Office later confirmed to TMZ that they had arrested Thiam but “he’s already been let out of jail”.

The R&B singer is a five-time Grammy nominee and rose to fame in the early 2000s with hits including Locked Up and Smack That. He is regarded as one of the most distinctive voices of the decade, having also collaborated with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Lady Gaga.

Recently, he had been focusing on philanthropic projects, such as his Akon Lighting Africa initiative, which aims to provide solar power to thousands across the continent.

He has also looked into tech and development projects and has planned his own futuristic city in Senegal called Akon City. Announced in 2018, the project was thought to have a potential cost £4.7 billion and was dubbed a “real-life Wakanda:, inspired by the setting of Marvel’s Black Panther. It would have been near the coastal town of Mbodiene and would have been powered by the singer’s own cryptocurrency Akoin.

Akon’s representatives have been contacted for comment.

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Love Island icon Demi Jones has revealed she has split from her partner, after suggesting that he cheated on her, as she was joined by her best friend Liv Hawkins

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Love Island icon Demi Jones has split from her boyfriend and suggested that he cheated on her. The Love Island star found fame in the 2020 series of the show and re-entered the villa recently.

During her time on All Stars, Demi struck up a romance with Luis Morrison but the pair ended up splitting soon after their exit from the villa. Demi since moved on with another man, but it looks like she’s decided to end their romance.

Taking to TikTok, she posted a clip of her lipsyncing to Will.i.am’s Feelin’ Myself, where she wrote: “When you don’t even know you’re getting cheated on.” The camera then showed her best friend Liv Hawkins. “But your best friend finds out before you do,” the caption added.

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Lots of people reached out in the comments to back Demi, with one writing: “His loss, boo.” She liked the comments.

Demi previously claimed she would never date anyone famous again. Speaking before her break up, she said: “I’ve been so good, the Love Island All Stars wave is slowly dying down and I’m getting back into my normal routine.

“I’m seeing someone new. No… they’re not famous. I don’t think I could date a famous person ever again. He’s been treating me so nice, I’ve been on a bit of a rollercoaster, so it’s nice to find someone.”

Demi admitted earlier this year that she struggled on All Stars, more so than her original series. “It’s a very [incestuous] Love Island family. All the people you meet, you’ve either done something with already, or your best made has, and it’s like, ‘Well, I can’t go there now,'” she said.

“I was like, ‘Honeys, I’m not a size eight anymore. I’m not ready to get back in that bikini. You’re sat there with a bikini on, and your hair is growing back, and you’re like, ‘Damn, this is hard.””

Seeing her friends using weight loss jabs has made her more insecure. She added: “I feel like my body image dysmorphia has got worse since people are doing that… I go to these parties, and it has made me feel self-conscious.”

Ahead of her All Stars stint, Demi admitted her biggest fear was not finding anyone. She said: “I’m nervous I’m gonna go in there and no one is gonna fancy me. When you’re not coupled up on the show, it’s actually very lonely. Even though you’re surrounded by people, you feel like you’re third wheeling times ten.

“I think I’m nervous because it’s Love Island All Stars – there’s going to be such iconic people in there. Last time, although I was coupled up and I got to the final, internally, I always [thought], ‘Do they really like me?’ I always felt that inside of me. I felt like my energy wasn’t being completely reciprocated, sop I hope that if I am coupled up, that my energy is reciprocated.”

Jennifer Aniston has spoken about the most tragic part of Matthew Perry’s death, two years on from when he was found in his Los Angeles home after a long battle with addiction

Jennifer Aniston has opened up about the heartbreak of losing her Friends co-star and long time friend Matthew Perry, and the detail she finds the mist tragic in the wake of his death.

The 55-year-old actress, famed for her role as Rachel Green on Friends, spoke about Chandler Bing actor Matthew’s death and the impact it still has on her and the rest of the Friends cast. Matthew died two years ago in October 2023, but his shocking death still has an impact on his friends, co-stars and fans today.

“It was so alarming and shocking, yet not shocking,” Jennifer said. “We always said, ‘I hope I never get that phone call.’”

She added in her interview with Elle magazine: “We miss him. He’s missed. He was a brilliant human being and an extraordinary talent, loved deeply, and wanted happiness more than anything. It makes me sad that he never really achieved that, because he deserved it.”

Elsewhere in her interview, Jennifer also shared some thoughts on her Friends character, Rachel Green, admitting she has a lot of similarities to her but came from very different beginnings. When asked which role she thinks represents her the most, she said: “I would probably say Rachel, except my family had no money growing up, and she did.”

Matthew, who famously played Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom, was found dead at his Los Angeles home, aged 54. The actor’s cause of death was ruled as the “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning in his hot tub. Jennifer’s comments come after other interviews where she has spoken openly about the pain of losing Matthew and watching him struggle with addiction even before his death.

She told Vanity Fair: “We [the cast of Friends] did everything we could when we could. But it almost felt like we’d been mourning Matthew for a long time because his battle with that disease was a really hard one for him to fight. As hard as it was for all of us and for the fans, there’s a part of me that thinks this is better. I’m glad that he’s out of pain.”

Jennifer and Matthew’s friendship stretched back decades, and actually started years before Friends started filming. In his 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew revealed he had harboured a crush on his co-star early on, and even asked her out before the show began.

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Although she turned him down, the two remained close. Matthew often credited Jennifer for being the one who “reached out the most” during his darkest days.

At the height of his substance abuse, Jennifer confronted him on set, telling him, “We know you’re drinking.” Matthew later told Diane Sawyer that it was a “scary moment,” but one that ultimately helped him realise he needed help.

“I’m really grateful to her for that,” he added. Since Matthew’s death, Jennifer has continued to speak warmly about her late co-star. In a Variety interview, she shared that their final exchange was a light-hearted one.

She explained: “He was happy. He was healthy. He had quit smoking. He was getting in shape. He was happy — that’s all I know. I was literally texting with him that morning. Funny Matty. He was not in pain. He wasn’t struggling.”

Read the full story Jennifer Aniston Has No Regrets by Claire Stern Milch on elle.com

As new research reveals that women’s athletic footwear doesn’t meet the needs of female feet, meet the husband and wife team transforming trainers

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It might seem that women are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing trainers, whether they’re buying a pair of fashion ‘sneakers’ in any possible colour from hot pink to leopard print or investing in technical shoes promising to boost performance.

But according to new research, this array of supposedly beneficial footwear isn’t aimed at the fairer sex at all – they’re simply men’s trainers that have been reduced in size.

The result is that women are not only at greater risk of discomfort, but they are also more likely to be injured and suffer from painful conditions such as plantar fasciitis.

In the paper, recently published in BMJ Journals’ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Canadian researchers noted that “billions of dollars have been invested by the footwear industry over the last 50 years to incorporate technology aiming to prevent injury, maximise comfort and improve performance in running.”

However, the team led by Simon Fraser University in Canada continued, “research conducted by industry and academic communities to inform running footwear development has predominantly been designed for and tested on males or men.”

The paper explains that running shoes are designed by creating a “last”, which is a three-dimensional foot-shaped mould based on male foot anatomy. This is then scaled for the full range of sizes for men and women.

“Beyond making the shoes smaller and changing the colour – a process known as ‘shrink it and pink it’ – often only minimal modifications are made to create women’s shoes,” the researchers state. The academics concluded that, “women runners have distinct and evolving footwear needs that are currently unmet by the running footwear industry.”

While this may come as a shock to many women – and even sparked a lively discussion on ITV’s This Morning it’s old news to husband and-wife team Nicolle and Martin Dean from St Albans, Hertfordshire, who spent five years developing an athletic shoe specifically designed for women’s feet and anatomy.

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In September they launched QLVR Running Slippers, a trainer that is engineered at every stage specifically for women. They were driven by the thought, “what if women’s athletic shoes were actually designed for women’s feet?” “For too long, the athletic footwear industry has been treating women’s feet as shrunk down versions of men’s even though the biomechanics and shape are very different,” says Nicolle, 52. “Poorly fitting trainers can lead to injuries. Anatomically, women have a wider hip-to-knee angle, which can be a factor in ligament strain, along with hormonal changes, which is why specific stability and alignment is essential when engineering a shoe for women’s running and training.”

Martin, a fourth-generation shoemaker, and Nicolle – parents of two teenage girls – saw how women were being sidelined by the industry. “The standard approach was ‘shrink it and pink it’. It’s cheaper to share moulds, lasts and cutting dies across genders. We decided women deserved better than wearing small men’s shoes.

“But the real revelation was proving that women’s feet aren’t just smaller versions of men’s feet. Higher arches, wider toe boxes, narrower heels – we engineered for the real shape, not the convenient one.”

It took the Deans five years to research their groundbreaking Running Slipper, £165, during which time they raised £100,000 in a Kickstarter campaign.

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Their design is made from female-specific lasts. They’ve also jettisoned shoelaces for a patented “Wing Fit” system, inspired by the movement of birds’ wings, which makes the trainers flexible enough to slip on but then provide support over the whole shoe – not just at the bridge of the foot where the laces have been tightened.

Nicolle says: ‘When you step into our QLVR Running Slipper, your foot is instantly locked in as the heel area wraps around the foot for support and stability, holding the foot in correct alignment while allowing natural flex and motion.”

Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes is already a fan, crediting QLVR trainers with helping her come back from injury, and Davina McCall has also been seen wearing hers.

Meanwhile, in elite women’s sport, things are changing, with Adidas releasing the F50 Sparkfusion, their first football boot designed specifically for the female anatomy, as well as the RS15 Avaglide, its first female-first rugby boot, in June. “We are challenging the industry and revolutionising athletic footwear through women-first design and laceless technology,” Nicolle says. “There’s no bigger compliment than seeing women putting them to work and benefitting from our unique design.”

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Five signs your trainers don’t fit properly:

Nicolle Dean shares the clues that your footwear isn’t right for you:

SLIDING IN THE SHOE If your foot is sliding back and forth inside the shoe, it’s not holding correctly at the heel. Your foot should be held snugly at the back and midfoot.

BLISTERS No, blisters aren’t just a fact of life. Rubbing and discomfort caused by ‘heel slip’ shows that the heel area is loose and the back of your foot is not being supported. Blisters are common for women runners as their heels are narrower than men’s.

BASHED-UP TOES Do you have runner’s toe? These bruised toenails aren’t a badge of honour – they’re a sign that your toes are banging the front of the shoe. Your foot should be held securely in position.

NUMBNESS OR TINGLING Have you ever noticed that your toes start to tingle or feel numb when you run? This is because they’re being pinched, often because the men’s trainer shape is too narrow in the toebox.

The Repair Shop star Dominic Chinea has opened up about his busy life as he juggles filming the BBC show with a new TV series, all while taking on a tough personal project

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The Repair Shop’s Dominic Chinea has confessed his working life has descended into chaos due to the sheer volume of projects on his plate. The celebrated craftsman made the revelation in a video on his YouTube channel, where he’s documenting his ambitious journey to construct a racing car powered by a World War One aircraft engine.

At the beginning of the clip, The Repair Shop favourite acknowledged that much of the mayhem stems from filming a fresh television series for UKTV, which has left him unable to reveal certain details.

He said: “As you can see behind me there’s been a lot of progress with the workshop. And you know what I’m going to say, you’re going to have to wait for the TV show, UK TV, to see a lot of that stuff.

“But I’m still very much working in chaos, the TV show is coming to an end which means I’ve got a tiny bit more time to spend here working on my own projects and actually getting stuck into stuff.”

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This marks not the first occasion Dominic has discussed his latest television venture. Earlier this year, he shared details about the programme on his YouTube platform.

He said: “The reason for getting that – which is secret information, so keep it between yourselves – is that I’m working on a new TV show. I’m really excited about it.

“It’s an awesome project and we’re just getting started on it, and it’s so exciting already. It’s going really well. I can’t wait to be able to share more with you – and we’re going to be driving around in a Defender, if I can get it fixed.”

Dominic, a beloved member of The Repair Shop team since 2017, has consistently impressed fans with his knowledge, skill, and passion for cars. He recently surprised fans by purchasing a new vehicle, revealing: “Some of you may have seen in last week’s video that I’ve gone and got myself a new (Land Rover) Defender.

“It is a TD5 2000, I think 2001, long 110 long bed pickup. It’s in the workshop on axle stands with the bonnet open because it’s broken. I was not expecting it to be a project.”

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Dominic’s latest venture comes after his life-altering decision to relocate from Kent to Cornwall.

He shared: “It is completely life-changing. It really is. I’m never moving again. It was stressful, but it’s like having that workshop and having that at home has been a dream for so long.

“And I’m very, very fortunate, very grateful that I’ve actually been able to do it, but it doesn’t come easy. It has been a lot of work, a huge amount of work, and as I say, it is still very much derelict. I’m still shovelling cow poo out where all my tools are.