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Footballer Chloe Kelly stole the show at the Women of the Year awards as she stepped out in a sheer bejewelled gown… before swapping it for a comfy tracksuit

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Chloe Kelly was a knockout on the red carpet of the annual Women of the Year awards. The braless footballer stepped out in a sheer gown, but before the night was over, she’d swapped it for a comfy tracksuit.

The awards ceremony was held on the evening of the 6 November. Chloe, who wowed the nation with her stellar performance at the Euros, turned up in a gamourous bejewelled gown. The silver dress had a slit that almost reached her hip and a hood that sat neatly on the top of her head.

Choosing to go braless, Chloe made sure her dress had silver petals and pearl embellishments that were artfully placed to cover the nipples. She went for clear perplex heels with silver diamonds encrusted along the toe. Her hair was pulled into a slick ponytail.

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The footballer soon ditched the gown for a brown tracksuit though, opting to head home in comfort. She paired the tracksuit, which featured a zip-up jacket with a white stripe along the sleeves, with chunky white trainers and a green tote bag.

Chloe plays as a forward for Arsenal and the England national team, the Lionesses, in the Women’s Super League. In the final of the Euros this year, she came on as a substitute and provided a cross that led to Alessia Russo’s goal. The game went to penalties, and Chloe scored the penalty that secured England’s victory.

At the event, Chloe won Sportswoman of the Year. She later reflected on her career and the popularity of women’s football, which skyrocketed in recent years, especially after their success at the Euros this summer. She told The Independent: “We’re on the billboards, and we’re on the pitches in stadiums, and when we’re on TV, so the girls can see us whenever they want.”

This comes as other Lionnesses appear to be going to war with each other. Goalkeeper Mary Earps is set to release an autobiography that detailed her time with the team and made some comments about her teammate Hannah Hampton and manager Sarina Wiegman.

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In extracts from the book, Mary claimed that she told Sarina she was rewarding “bad behaviour” by recalling Hannah to the squad after previously dropping her for “disruptive and unreliable” behaviour.

This caused controversy and division amongst other footballers and managers, as Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor slammed the goalkeeper for her words. “With what I read in terms of the comments coming from Mary Earps, it’s not acceptable to not show respect to your team-mates or managers.”

Former striker Ellen White added that she felt “uneasy” and “nervous” because of the situation. “I feel like we almost have this unwritten oath when you’re in a team, that the togetherness and what happens in the dressing room, in training, and in your bubble, stays within the team and that environment,” added Ellen on the Women’s Football Weekly podcast.

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“Mary has gone into what she wanted to. What I would say is when Sarina came in, we built a culture, philosophy, togetherness, and that family-like feel so it felt unbreakable and beautiful at the same time. It just feels like that has been penetrated a little bit and that is quite hard to take.”

Chloe doesn’t appear to have commented on the situation between Mary and Hannah. And while it continues, she seems set to receive official honours, alongside her team, in the near future. Last month, Kier Starmer said “recognition is coming” for the Lionesses.

Former football star Alex Scott is rumoured to be joining the latest list of famous faces heading Down Under for this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here

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Alex Scott could be about to score a huge career win with a trip to the I’m A Celebrity jungle. The former footballer and TV present is rumoured to be heading Down Under for this year’s contest.

She is known for her achievements with the Lionesses and her successful presenting career, notably on the BBC. Alex, 41, continued in the sports industry after an illustrious playing career.

During her time on the pitch the England international played at the likes of Arsenal, Birmingham City and in the United States. She also earned an impressive 140 caps for her country and was part of Team GB’s London 2012 Olympic team before switching to punditry, including on Match of the Day.

But, what about her life away from the screen?

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Past romance with Coronation Street star

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It’s claimed Alex previously went on a slightly disastrous date with Coronation Street actor Sam Robertson. The duo are said to have enjoyed a candlelit dinner back in 2020 at a fancy Soho restaurant in London.

But it didn’t go as planned, according to the former sports star. “I never seem to have a lot of luck on dates,” she said. “My one date in ages was going out with Sam [Robertson], who is lovely.”

Alex continued to The Sun’s Fabulous magazine: “The next morning, our pictures were all over the press because someone in the restaurant had taken a photo. It wasn’t exactly a great start!”

She later told The Sunday Times: “If someone manages to come into my life who complements it, then great, but I’m not a person that needs to be with someone.

Dating Jess Glynne

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Step forward Jess Glynne. In 2023, the Football Focus presenter publicly announced she was dating pop star Jess Glynne. There had been intense speculation about the pair’s romantic connection in the months before.

Since their announcement, the duo have made a number of public appearances together as a couple, including ELLE Style Awards. They have also continued to share photos of their holiday together.

When asked about their relationship previously, Alex said she is “happy and in love”. Jess also joked that the pair have become the “same person”.

Lavish London pad

The couple live in a swanky London townhouse. It’s reported the lavish property is worth around £1.5million. The pair have provided sneak peeks of their abode online, while also letting the Gogglebox cameras in.

Alex previously showed off her hoovering skills in the kitchen. The area featured a grey and white tiled floor. There was also a gas hob and oven and several units, while the room also featured a small seat to relax in.

The stunning cream living space was also on show as Alex took part in an ad for the FIFA game series. While both Alex and Jess reside at the property, it’s thought Alex settled into the space in 2021. They duo also have a personal gym in the house.

One of the five Celebrity Traitors finalists told the odd story about how they were kissed on the bus by a man who was on the run from the police for murdering his wife

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A Celebrity Traitors finalist revealed they were “kissed on the bus by a murderer” in a bizarre turn of events.

Former England rugby star Joe Marler, 35, lost out to comedian Alan Carr in the dramatic conclusion to the BBC series last night (Thursday, November 6).

He told the disturbing story about how he was kissed on the bus by a stranger as a child. It later transpired that the perpetrator was on the run from police for murdering his wife, leaving Joe astonished.

The ex-sportsman told the Happy Hour podcast that the incident happened on a bus heading to Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Joe told the hosts that he was “gobbing off” with a couple of his mates when he 12 or 13 before a man who liked the iconic actor Oliver Reed took exception to their behaviour.

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The Celebrity Traitors star said: “I was gobbing off then he turned round and was like: ‘Shut up will you.’

“And I was like ‘f*** off mate,’ thinking I was hard. And then he got up and came towards the back of the bus. And I was like s***ing it, ‘what the f*** are you going to do?’

“Then he grabbed me by the throat, by the collar, and I thought: ‘Oh f***.’ Then out of nowhere, just plonked a kiss on my face, on the lips.”

Joe revealed that the ‘mental’ turn of events left him stunned. He went on to say that the bus driver slammed on the brakes and kicked the man off the bus having seen the incident unfold on the bus’s camera.

The former rugby player, who retired last year, reported what happened to the police but it wasn’t until a couple of weeks later that it took an unbelievable twist.

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Joe said: “I’d gone in (to the police station), given an interview and then a couple of weeks later the police called home and told my dad: ‘You might want to sit down for this. We’re not going to press charges with the assault’ and he was ready to kick off.

“Then he said: ‘We don’t think it’s going to make a difference to his life sentence for murdering his wife in Basildon.’ And I was like: ‘What the f*** is going on?’ He’d already killed her. He was on the run, in Eastbourne.”

Joe astutely finished the segment by suggesting the killer should not have been “kissing people on buses when they don’t want it” if he’s “trying to get away with a crime”.

Jeremy Clarkson has made a major career move shortly after he was rushed to hospital for ‘painful’ treatment, which happened hours after he called the NHS a ‘creaking monster’

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Television personality Jeremy Clarkson has launched a major career move just weeks after revealing he required emergency medical treatment.

The 65 year old Clarkson’s Farm star has registered a new company following a visit to an NHS hospital – hours after he had described the National Health Service as a “creaking monster”.

In what appears to be a reference to his recent health struggles, he has named the enterprise Still Breathing.

The exact nature of the company’s operations remains unclear. Documents filed at Companies House describe the business as “security dealing on own account”.

The firm was registered on October 22, reports Wales Online. Last month, Jeremy revealed he was rushed to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for “painful” treatment.

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Writing in his Sunday Times column, he said: “The treatment was Defcon 1 painful. They had to peel me off the ceiling with a spatula afterwards and I was forced to stay the night, but it was OK.

“I’m not going to tell you what was wrong, because that’s none of your business.”

Despite his earlier criticism of the organisation, Jeremy also commended the NHS for the care he received.

The episode occurred a year after the former Top Gear and The Grand Tour presenter underwent emergency heart surgery.

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Jeremy had reported feeling “clammy”, experiencing “tightness in his chest” along with “pins and needles” in his left arm after returning from holiday. He subsequently required two stents to be fitted, a procedure that reopens narrowed or blocked arteries.

In his column, he revealed: “I certainly wasn’t having a heart attack. But if it hadn’t looked that way, I never would have been sent to hospital.”

Jeremy was holidaying in the Indian Ocean when he had to “take a moment to make sure my limbs were working properly” upon standing up. He also found swimming challenging and struggled to ascend a flight of stairs “without holding someone’s hand”.

He added: “These problems all manifested themselves in one day, which made the rest of my holiday extremely relaxing because all I did was sit in a chair drinking wine and eating cheese.

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“Back at home, though, the sudden deterioration began to gather pace. I woke on Wednesday morning not feeling too good. I was clammy and there was a tightness in my chest.

“It seems that of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way.

“The next morning I went home, and here I am, two hours later, writing this and sort of thinking, ‘Crikey, that was close’.”

Soap actress Lisa Riley is best known for playing the role of Mandy Dingle in the long running ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 1995

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! hopeful Lisa Riley has been open about her impressive 12 stone weight loss and how she managed to achieve it. The actress has been honest over the years about how she was able to go from a size 28 to a size 12 in just 18 months.

She has explained in the past about the techniques she used to shed 12 stone which included cutting out snacking. The star traded her usual takeaways for regular gym workouts and healthier food options.

But now the star could be taking on quite a different diet as she is rumoured to be on the next series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Lisa could be swapping her usual meals for rice and beans when she enters the jungle.

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She may also try some other odd foods during the Bushtucker trials which are known for offering delicacies such as fish eyeballs and kangaroo testicles. Lisa has been candid about her previous weight loss journey and said it wasn’t without its difficult aspects as Lisa found herself dealing with painful folds of excess skin, weighing more than 1.5 stone in total.

Lisa previously appeared on This Morning in 2017 when she talked about the weight loss as well as her documentary Lisa Riley’s Baggy Body Club.

The actress spoke to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield about what she did to have a healthier lifestyle. Lisa said: “What happened was I decided to lose weight for me. Everything I had tried previously didn’t work.

“I did Slimming World all those sorts of things didn’t work for me and probably because I wasn’t being honest and dedicated to myself and then I kind of took myself out of the limelight and I was on holiday in Singapore and I put a picture on Twitter of me celebrating Chinese New Year.

“Next thing I was on the cover of every single magazine infiltrated about how have you done it and I just did it for me and I was patient and I had to realise all the mistakes I had made year after year.”

She was asked then what an “honesty diet” is as she explained that it is being “realistic” about what you are eating. Lisa said she would fill out a diary each night saying what foods she had eaten which meant she could visualise what she was consuming.

She said this helped as it made her realise that some days she was eating too much and not making the healthiest choices.

Lisa found that when she lost the weight, she was left with loose skin which she struggled with. She explained that there were times that she found the skin painful.

Lisa told her fans: “When I made the decision to lose weight, I never for one second imagined that I would end up looking like that.

“It never occurred to me that the loose skin would be so bad. I thought why on earth have I lost all this weight? I looked worse than I did when I was obese. And it was the pain as well. The skin was flapping about and dragging.”

Lisa is one of the celebrities to be rumoured to be starring in the 2025 series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! ITV are yet to confirmed who will be heading into the jungle but Lisa could be one of them.

Speaking exclusively to the Mirror with Buzz Bingo, the Emmerdale icon has teased they could be onto something. She said: “I’d have a ball in the jungle. Just because I love people. I like to learn from people.

“I like to know why people are like they are. So, would I think about the trials? Probably not. I’d think about who am I going to be with, and can we have a really good time and have a really good laugh.”

Loose Women star Denise Welch has opened up about her past relationship, saying she was in an “abusive relationship” with her former partner, who was “very controlling”

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Denise Welch has opened up about a devastating confession regarding an “abusive relationship”. The Loose Women presenter revealed she was trapped in a “coercive” relationship “many, many years ago”.

The 67-year-old mum-of-two explained her former partner wasn’t physically violent but described them as “very manipulative”. She revealed her ex would “chip away” at her character through subtle remarks.

However, Denise acknowledged she was reluctant to reveal what was happening to her friends at the time, reports the Manchester Evening News. She explained she knew they would urge her to leave her partner, but felt she wasn’t “ready” to end the relationship.

Speaking on the Loose Women: Just Between Us podcast, Denise revealed: “I was in a coercively controlled relationship without physical violence, many, many, years ago. What they do is they’re very manipulative, they chip, chip away at your personality in very subtle ways.

“For example, say they’ve met you and when they’ve met you, you’re maybe out somewhere and you’ve got your make-up on and you’ve got whatever you normally wear, which is why they fancy you, why they approached you, which is your personality, but very slowly it’s, ‘You know, you don’t need to wear that make-up. You look much nicer without make-up.’

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“That’s because they don’t want other people to see what they saw. So you start doing everything you can to avoid the kick-off.”

When asked if she shared her struggles with her friends, Denise confessed: “I never used to tell them things because I was embarrassed. I was embarrassed because if I told them what was happening, they would of course say to me, ‘You’ve got to leave.’ But I wasn’t ready to, I kept thinking that I could change him.

“When we got to the point where I would break the relationship off, I got the flowers, I got the chocolates, I got the tears and the car.”

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She says her ex would promise to “change” so she would give him “more time”. She previously explained: “You are so desperate to change that person and they make you feel like you’re the centre of their life. It’s very easy to say ‘why don’t you leave’ but they are incredibly manipulative.”

She continued by saying that “for years” people believed abusive relationships had to be physical. She added: “The difference is you can’t see the bruises. There are bruises and the bruises can often last for longer.”

The TV star revealed she “often had a dysfunctional family” with her former partner, alleging he tried to gradually isolate her from her own relatives. As an example of his behaviour, she said he once made eye contact with a couple in a restaurant, which led him to flip a table in anger out of jealousy.