As the pair prepare to welcome their second child, Love Island star Shaughna Phillips shared a loved-up photo with her boyfriend, Billy Webb, who recently left prison.
Shaughna Phillips shares loved-up snap with boyfriend after release from jail(Image: shaughnaphillips/Instagram)
Shaughna Phillips and Billy Webb, the couple’s boyfriend, shared a romantic photo. After pledging guilty to drug charges in 2023, her partner was serving time in prison. He was recently released and given a nine-year prison sentence that allowed inmates to leave the site.
When Billy returned, Shaughna shared a picture of him kissing her cheek while Lucia, their first child, two, on her social media account. Shaughna’s due date is just around the corner, and the two are expecting their second child.
She put the phrase “It all worked out” in the caption. Fans congratulated the star and expressed their support for her in the comment section.
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Shaughna shared a sweet snap with Billy(Image: Instagram/shaughnaphillips)
What a wonderful, beautiful life, one user said, and another, “So happy for you.” We adore seeing it, a fan said. “!
The reality star pals of Chelsee Healey, Paul C. Brunson, Demi Jones, Georgia Kousoulou, and others shared their love for her in the comments section.
Shaughna previously opened up about his return home, with the star explaining: “We definitely wouldn’t have tried for this baby if he wasn’t going to be here.
Because he isn’t very good with blood, I’m so interested in seeing how he’ll be at the birth. So I believe that listening to him speak will distract me from what is happening.
They are expecting their second daughter.
The actress also discussed having a second child with the Mirror and admitted to planning the pregnancy, tracking her ovulation to increase her chances of conceiving.
However, she said she was stunned that her baby dream came true so quickly. “It was the first time that my ovulation window coincided with Billy being home,” the mum-of-one told us.
I thought, “You know what?” Not, why? Let’s just observe.” I literally said to Billy the next day, “I think I’m pregnant. “
Ten days later, when a number of pregnancy tests came back positive, Shaughna’s gut feeling was confirmed. She added, “I found out very, very early.” I was taking between five and ten tests each day. I’m not even exaggerating.
Billy was in prison at the time of the interview, and he was permitted to make several monthly visits to his home.
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Homs, Homs, Jubb Alis, and Tremseh, Syria, Tremseh was hulking. The streets of the small town north of Hama were packed.
All the residents had stepped out of their homes to witness a historic moment, the return of the town’s hundreds of exiled sons and daughters.
A convoy of bright trucks stroking through the streets to transport entire families was crammed full of things, including mattresses, furniture, motorcycles, and trees.
Some passers-by filmed with their cellphones. Other people glowed in joy. Some men shot protracted salutations of celebratory gunshots into the air while others danced to a “zaffeh,” a traditional dance and music band that is typically present at weddings.
Several months earlier, in December, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad had been overthrown, ending a 14-year civil war.
More than 180 families who had spent more than a decade in exile returned to their homes and Tremseh’s roots.
More than 80 000 people had been living in unsanitary and miserable conditions at the Atmeh camp, one of the largest displacement camps in the country, 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Tremseh, before they had left the camp a few hours later.
Trucks from the third returnee convoy between the Atmeh camp and Tremseh pass through the town of al-Safsafyieh]Philippe Pernot/Al Jazeera]
It appeared as though our bodies had been torn from our souls when we were expelled. It seems as though we have resurrected our souls now that we are back, according to Mamdouh al-Sattouf, a 50-year-old former school principal, Al Jazeera.
Like the majority of Tremseh’s population, he left after the events of July 12, 2012. Difficulty of opposition fighters and civilians were killed in the town when Syrian government forces seized control of the town that day. In the months that followed, the majority of the survivors left.
Since al-Assad’s fall on December 8 and the end of a 50-year period during which the al-Assad family ruled Syria, convoys like this one have been increasingly frequent. More than 2 million of Syria’s 14 million refugees have left their homes, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, including 600,000 foreign refugees and 1.5 million internally displaced people.
We always told our children that Tremseh is paradise on earth in the camp. Now they can see it for themselves”, Mamdouh said.
After more than ten years of exile, Mamdouh al-Sattouf found his Tremseh home to be plunderered by the al-Assad regime.
returning from exile
About 130km (80 miles) northeast of Tremseh, Azzam Freij was also finally feeling alive again.
Only 10 days after the al-Assad regime was overthrown, the 34-year-old Syrian had already left Lebanon and returned to Syria. He has since moved to Homs, where his wife was a native. But he was now finally back visiting the place he grew up, Jubb Alis, a farming village an hour south of Aleppo where he had been born and raised.
Azzam is unable to live here. There is little work here because Jubb Alis is small. But he’s still eager to use his newfound freedom to visit a place he has fond memories of.
As they drove to the village, Kheiro, age 7, was eager to arrive on his father’s lap in the passenger seat. “That’s our home,” you say! he exclaimed, pointing to a cluster of traditional mud houses.
Kheiro’s father had grown up under the clay domes that dominated other single-storey structures, so this wasn’t his first trip there. Kheiro had previously been brought along by Azzam.
Azzam Freij with his son Kheiro returns to his village of Jubb Alis in the southern countryside of Aleppo governorate]Philippe Pernot/Al Jazeera]
The dispersed homes are surrounded by barren hills, which were previously green.
“Everyone in the village engaged in agriculture,” the villager said. But after years of war and with no one to care for them, the trees died”, Azzam explained while climbing out of the car.
Similar to Syria, the trees had been neglected and plunderered for 14 years, and Azzam wants to revive them just like he does in his rediscovered nation. He has encountered a parched landscape and an expanse of destruction, just like millions of other returning refugees.
Thanks to a well in the garden, however, Azzam has been able to water the trees since he came back to Syria. Despite the scorching sun, pomegranates were already sprouting and some of them were already looking better.
Although it may not be Azzam’s first time visiting Syria since his return, he is still enthralled every time he enters his childhood home. Kheiro was already running and climbing onto the domes of the mud house. It is not dangerous, the author claims. When I was younger, I played the same games”! Azzam laughed, his eyes full of joy.
[Philippe Pernot/Al Jazeera] The old cemetery and traditional terracotta homes of Jubb Alis in the southern Aleppo countryside
An 11 000-year-old traditional homebuilding technique, known as terracotta, whose thick walls give off an interior that is astonishingly fresh. It is one of many such houses in the region although newer homes are built with more modern materials. Azzam sat down next to the tiny, open window to cool off in the breeze.
Like all other residents of the village, the former regime’s troops and militias had plunderered Azzam’s home. “They left behind only a chandelier and an 80-year-old mirror”, the father said as he walked through the rooms.
The adults laughed as Kheiro continued, “Thank God they left the Quran,” in a serious voice.
According to Azzam, 50 families have returned to Jubb Alis, and the number is still rising despite the challenges that lie ahead. All kinds of basic infrastructure are lacking, from water to electricity.
Nothing else in the village is left besides the walls.
Lebanon’s challenges
Azzam had fled Syria in 2012 because he was wanted by the army and secret service for his antigovernment comments on social media. He eventually settled in Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, like the majority of his family.
He started a number of jobs, selling coffee while also working as an electrician. He married Rasha, a Syrian woman from Homs whom he met on Facebook. Shortly after, she relocated to Tripoli to be with him.
Their experience there was nothing but pleasant or easy.
“In Lebanon, it was an existence full of fear and racism”, Rasha told Al Jazeera in an interview over a cup of tea in their cosy living room in Homs, where the couple settled in December.
Lebanon’s population is estimated to be home to 1.5 million Syrian refugees. Many Lebanese are now more resentful because of their presence, which has been made worse by government crackdowns against them.
They also have faced economic pressures in a country that is going through an economic crisis – with few job opportunities.
Azzam and Rasha did not wait a second after the fall of the al-Assad regime; they instead immediately returned to Syria with their two sons, Kheiro and Adam, who were three.
I was over the moon when opposition fighters arrived in Damascus! In less than a week, I had visited Syria, and I said to myself, ‘ It’s over! Lebanon is “back on my side,” Azzam remarked cheerfully.
“My entire family lives here, and I come from [Syria], so it was easier.” We are happy here, thank God”, Rasha explained.
Rasha still occasionally travels to Tripoli to see her relatives. Azzam says he’s fine in Homs but won’t go. Although he hasn’t been able to find a job in Syria, for Azzam, life in Lebanon was miserable, and he now feels free, finally able to “be someone, not just a refugee”.
His newfound pride was apparent as he welcomed old friends, many of whom had also resided in Tripoli, as Al Jazeera led him through Homs’s historic souks. He inspected their recently opened stores while they exchanged small talk.
Syria’s future
Many buildings in Homs have been left in ruins, just like in most Syrian cities, and security is a problem. Many refugees are frightened of returning because of this.
Azzam is one of the few members of his family who have returned to Syria. His brother, Mohamed Freij, who goes by the name “Hamoudi,” is still with Al Jazeera in Tripoli.
The 20-year-old lives in the old town below the Crusader fortress, in the shadow of his father, his stepmother, and his cousins.
Like many others, he can hardly wait to return to his country. He is, however, waiting before departing a little longer.
In two years, I might travel to Syria. The country is still in the early stages of development and rebuilding its infrastructure because al-Assad threw us back into the 15th century and we have to start all over again”, the young man said as he sipped coffee under the ivy and trees of the popular Tell al-Olya cafe.
“I want to settle in a city, not in the countryside, where life is still difficult and has been neglected by the regime. He continued, “My friends who have relocated to the city are content.”
Mohamed prefers to wait until Syria is rebuilt and the economy is more stable. The Syrian population is still struggling right now, especially in rural areas, where a lot of the country’s infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged, only two or three hours of daily electricity is provided, and water shortages are prevalent.
Because more than 90% of Syrians are living below the poverty line and having jobs is difficult to find, time must be spent to find them.
There, he would be able to study political science and computer science but also welcome foreign tourists to the guesthouse he dreams of opening.
Mohamed has loved his life in Lebanon despite his desire to eventually return home. Tripoli is unquestionably a component of me. It welcomed me during the war. That is something I’ll never forget. Here is where I spend the majority of my life. You can only love a country that has taken you in”, he explained with serenity. Contrary to Azzam, he claimed that in Lebanon, there is never racism to be found.
Dates: August 24 through September 7 in Flushing Meadows, New York
In straight sets, world number 36 Alexei Popyrin defeated defending champion Jannik Sinner to ensure a secure passage to the third round of the US Open.
In a dominant first-round victory over Vit Kopriva, the 24-year-old world number one had only lost four games.
And Sinner put up yet another strong fight against Australian Popyrin, who defeated Novak Djokovic in the third round of the previous year’s competition without posing a chance of winning again.
In just over two hours, the Italian triumphed over Popyrin in a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Popyrin at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Sinner, who made progress despite only getting 51% of his first serves in, said, “I felt like we both didn’t serve well but I was returning very well, especially on the second serve.”
“I’m very happy about today,” he said. I’m obviously working on the serve, but I’m feeling pretty comfortable with the rest.
Sinner won two straight Australian Open titles and won 23 matches in a row at hard-court Grand Slams.
In July, he also won at Wimbledon on the grass.
Midway through the second set, Sinner showed his ruthlessness by saving three break points to secure a crucial hold while serving at 3-2 with a break.
Sinner broke with love in the very next game, denouncing any chance of a Popyrin comeback.
Round three is completed by Musetti and Rublev.
Through a difficult four-set set against American Tristan Boyer, Russian Andrey Rublev joined Sinner in round three.
Boyer, who is ranked 113th in the world, extended the match by winning the third set before Rublev, who is the 15th seed, won 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 in the fourth set by breaking a tie-break.
Coleman Wong, who won four sets over Adam Walton in Australia to add to Rublev’s record-breaking first-round victory over Aleksandar Kovacevic, will be his next opponent.
Wong became the first Hong Kong male player to win a Grand Slam singles competition during the Open era thanks to his first-round success.
Rublev, a 21-year-old qualifier, will next face him, who has reached 10 Grand Slam quarter-finals without ever making the final four.
In a move that could have a significant impact on Liverpool’s pursuit of Alexander Isak, Newcastle United are close to signing Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade.
After striking a deal with the Bundesliga side, the 23-year-old German international is reportedly on his way to Tyneside.
Before moving to St James’ Park, Woltemade will go through a medical, which has also attracted Bayern Munich’s interest this summer.
After Newcastle previously spent $63 million to make Isak the most expensive player in their history when he arrived from Real Sociedad, a source said the payment would set a club record.
Isak, of course, continues to work for Liverpool, and Woltemade’s move could inspire the champions to return to the table in the wake of last month’s £110m bid being rejected.
Newcastle did not anticipate the Swede’s sale being approved, namely the signing of two top strikers and receiving an offer from Liverpool that actually made the club a decision, according to a statement last week.
However, the Magpies have since made a deal with Woltemade, who would be seen as a center-forward capable of leading the line at the moment and as a player with enormous potential for growth, which feels like a significant first step.
The frontman, who was born in Bremen and has two caps for his nation, has a remarkable 12-month.
After joining Stuttgart for free from Werder Bremen for free last summer, Woltemade didn’t even start as a regular starter. The 6’6″ striker then won the first major trophy of his career, scoring 17 goals in 33 games, including the German Cup final opener.
He then scored six goals as Germany advanced to the final, where they lost to England, by beating Germany 3-2 at the Under-21 Euros last month.
The tall Woltemade, who has qualities compared to Lionel Messi and Jamal Musiala, was described by Stuttgart captain Atakan Karazor as a “two-metre Messi-Musiala” in an interview back in February.
Pursuit is kept secret firmly, according to the statement.
After Hugo Ekitike, Benjamin Sesko, and Joao Pedro left for another city, Newcastle had previously been unsuccessful in their attempts to sign a striker this summer.
Given their superior revenues, wages, and legacy, these setbacks highlighted the challenge they have to overcome in order to compete with Liverpool, Manchester United, and Chelsea for top targets.
After Callum Wilson’s ex-England international left on a free transfer, Newcastle also had bids rejected for Wolves forward Jorgen Strand Larsen and Brentford’s Yoane Wissa.
However, the staff worked tirelessly in the background to achieve a breakthrough.
The negotiations over Woltemade were crucially kept secret by all parties until a deal was reached, in contrast to the moves made for Ekitike, Sesko, and Pedro.
As the Swede trains away from the rest of his team-mates, it is a big boost for head coach Eddie Howe, who has started winger Anthony Gordon right away in Isak’s absence.
With Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell coming in second in a new personal best, Audrey Werro sets a new Swiss national record in the women’s 800m at the Diamond League Final in Zurich.
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At Diamond League Zurich, Austria’s Audrey Werro sets a new world record for the women’s 800m, while Georgia Hunter Bell of Great Britain, who placed second, sets a personal best.
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