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David and Victoria Beckham are reportedly concerned about their eldest son Brooklyn amid the ongoing feud between the family

David and Victoria Beckham are said to be growing increasingly concerned about their son Brooklyn, who continues to ‘ignore’ their calls.

It’s been claimed 26-year-old Brooklyn would once FaceTime his parents on a daily basis but now – amid their ongoing feud after Brooklyn and wife Nicola Peltz were a no-show at both parents’ birthday celebrations – there is said to have been ‘no contact’. However, this is not without the parents trying to reach out to their eldest son.

David is said to have made attempts to get in touch with Brooklyn through social media, but to no avail.

A feud is said to have sparked between the eldest Beckham offspring and the rest of the clan after Romeo Beckham started dating Kim Turnball – who was previously romantically linked to Brooklyn a few years ago. Since the claims, Brooklyn has snubbed paying tribute to his parents David, 50, and Victoria, 51, on their birthdays and missed out on their celebrations.

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A source has claimed: “There has been no call, no contact, nothing.

“As parents, David and Victoria are concerned for their son and they have tried to get in touch but he isn’t interested.

“David even tried through social media last Monday because he fears that his son won’t know that he and Victoria love him so dearly otherwise,” they added to the Daily Mail.

David is said to have shared how he missed his son during a birthday fishing trip to Scotland, after reaching out to him on social media but, it has been said that Brooklyn “isn’t interested at all” despite his parents’ attempts to let him know “they are all there for him when he’s ready to talk”.

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Meanwhile, it has been claimed that there are beliefs that Brooklyn’s wife Nicola Peltz, who wed in April 2022, “must be behind” the family fallout.

Around the time Nicola and Brooklyn wed, rumours of a feud between the American actress and fashion designer Victoria have been swirling. Nicola’s friends recently claimed “emotional abuse and toxic behaviour” are the reasons behind the fallout. However, David and Victoria reject the claims and are outraged by the suggestions.

A source close to the Beckhams recently told the Mirror: “I don’t think anyone who has ever seen David and Victoria with their children would recognise this deeply unpleasant attack. It doesn’t even warrant a response it’s so ludicrous and patently untrue.”A second source told The Mirror that the couple have been left “open mouthed” after hearing the suggestions.

Nicola’s friend had earlier said: “We are at this point because Nicola, an outsider coming into the Beckham family, has been able to help Brooklyn see the emotional abuse and toxic behaviour within his family, that it’s not healthy and it’s not normal and it’s not ok.”

But an acquaintance of the Beckhams said that Nicola’s friends were “pumping out untruths” as they added: “You wouldn’t expect this of your worst enemy, let alone close family members. The whole thing beggars belief.”

Love Island star Curtis Pritchard has revealed more about his romance with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu after the pair were hit by split rumours and claims Ekin-Su had cheated on the dancer with a Married At First Sight star

Curtis Pritchard has revealed all about his romance with Love Island co-star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu. The pair found love on the most recent series of Love Island All Stars and have gone from strength to strength since being back in the outside world.

However, just recently, the pair were rocked by claims made by Ekin-Su’s ex Married At First Sight UK star Georges Berthonneau and had claimed she slid in his DMs while Curtis lay beside her in bed.

Georges had also previously claimed to have had a relationship with Ekin-Su, but she denied they were ever an item. Georges even went as far as saying she “cheated on him” when she entered the Love Island All Stars villa.

Whilst the rumours were denied by Ekin-Su, the dancer insists him and the former Love Island bombshell are stronger than ever and said he felt lucky to be with someone so “special”.

Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Curtis said: “I’m at Ekin-Su’s right now actually! She’s hiding away in the bedroom! It was great; I loved it. I went into this Love Island feeling so grounded and myself – I knew I was just going to enjoy it.

“And if I was lucky enough to leave with somebody and I was lucky enough to leave with somebody very special. I knew what I was doing on the outside; I knew I had all things lined up and Love Island wasn’t going to change this.”

During his first experience of Love Island, Curtis was partnered with Amy Hart, who left the show early. Whilst he admits his first experience on the show didn’t go quite to plan, he was grateful to go back.

“I had such a good time the first time – it was a bit of a rollercoaster, but I loved it. I’m older now so perhaps at a different part of my life. I had five more years of experience through life. I was mentally and physically a different person going in. Still the same old Curtis – just with more knowledge,” he said of his second time in the All Stars villa.

Curtis has now turned to boxing and will fight next week. Speaking about his decision to go into the sport, he admitted it was a childhood dream of his and he finally can pursue his other passion.

“I’m not afraid to throw myself into something where I can potentially injure myself if you don’t do it properly. I just thrive in extreme sport. The opportunity to do it now, it’s a bit of a childhood dream,” he told us.

“At the age of 18, I had a thought that I wanted to change career but I self-sabotaged myself and I said I was too old to do it – but in reality, that was the stupidest thing I did in my whole life.”

Curtis and his brother AJ Pritchard are also running the London Marathon together, to raise vital finds for Marie Curie. Admitting his fitness focus is currently boxing, he said: “I’m doing a lot of sprints and boxing training is the bouncing on the legs anyway. That’s my preparation as of this moment. But in terms of the long distance running, we’re yet to come to that!

“Even your training just takes hours out your day. When you’re doing panto, sometimes we do three shows a day, and to add on top of that – a three hour jog, it becomes hard to fit it in your schedule.”

EXCLUSIVE: Denise Welch has opened up about transforming her life and losing two stone following a concern which was flagged by a doctor after the actress suffered a fall

Denise Welch has revealed the moment she decided to undergo a dramatic overhaul of her life. The Loose Women broadcaster and actress has spoken openly about her life and how she had previously battled with alcohol. Speaking candidly, she revealed that going sober 13 years ago was the “best decision” she and her husband, Lincoln Townley, had ever made.

But after ditching alcohol, which she says was a “momentous point” in their lives, she later realised that she realised she may be swapping alcohol for food addiction due to an “addictive personality”. Denise revealed to the Mirror: “I very quickly realised that I was in danger of swapping alcohol addiction for food addiction.”

The Waterloo Road star went don’t to say that “all of the bad things” in her life had kept her slim without her trying – including alcohol and depression. “That stops me from eating when I’m having an episode, suddenly, the alcohol and the bad things were taken out of my life, I realised I was starting to replace alcohol with food,” she said.

Denise, 66, went on to explain that she found herself “bingeing” and eating “way past” her full point, but it was never enough. She revealed she had started secretly eating, heading to the kitchen for food, and hiding chocolate. But she later realised that she didn’t need to hide it from her family, as her husband, Lincoln and youngest, Hotel Portofino star son, Louis, didn’t care.

“Nobody cared – so why am I doing everything so secretly? Guiltily, like I used to drink,” she said. After Lincoln proposed to Denise, she realised she had put on two stones in “not a very long time”. She explained that while she realised some people often look to lose a significant amount of weight, the two stone to her was a great deal.

Explaining, she said: “It wasn’t just how aesthetically it made me look, because I carry a lot of my weight on my face, so it becomes very noticeable. I’m on television several times a week – and that’s not a very flattering medium, so I was aware of it there but it was also the fact I’ve never been super fit but I was aware it was impairing my breathing.”

But the realisation hit Denise while she was appearing in a theatre production in Kingston with Keith Allen. Recalling the moment, she said: “I tripped and fell on Kingston Bridge. I went to see this knee doctor and he said, ‘You’ve got osteoarthritis and you need to lose weight’. I thought ‘my God, I didn’t think I had that much of a problem’, the breathing and stuff was due to a sleep apnea problem that wasn’t caused by, but isn’t helped by, weight gain.”

Denise explained that after discussing her plans to lose weight for her wedding, she was “inundated” by diet firms to front their campaigns. But it was a decision she made with Lincoln, who was also keen on losing weight. They decided on LighterLife as it was the only weight loss company which spoke about changing the relationship with food.

The company, for which Denise is an ambassador, uses mental approaches, such as CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), group therapy or mentorship, and physical approaches. At first, she admits being wary about going to the group therapy as she didn’t want “all eyes” to be her but it was Lincoln who encouraged her to go along.

“I’m ever so grateful that I did, that first meeting changed my life,” she exclaimed. Although she says she would have lost weight in other ways, she admits she may have “piled it back on”, due to being a human whose weight fluctuates throughout life. “I always know that I’ve got the tools, the CBT tools to get me back on board,” she said, explaining that there are four processes that she can put in place.

After losing the two stone, Denise used her CBT skills to pack smoking in, something she took up when she was 16. She explained: “By applying the same CBT techniques to cigarettes, and that helped me, come off those as well. So they are treasured tools.” Denise has been a LighterLife ambassador for 13 years and still checks in with her doctor, Dr Kelly. “I have seen LighterLife and the mentors not only change people’s lives, but people’s lives,” she explained before adding: “I am a fervent believer that this works.”

Although Denise admits she has no medical experience, she believes that LighterLife does work, having seen firsthand how thousands of people have benefited from it. She often carries some of the LighterLife food around with her due to her hectic work schedule, with her favourite being the porridge and salted caramel chocolate bars. “I would say to give it a try and the help of working with these trained mentors who are there for you is life changing, it’s an incredible, supportive community,” she explained.

Each food pack is filled with “every mineral and every vitamin” that you may need. Over Christmas, Denise experienced a spell of poor mental and physical health, which impaired her appetite. “What I did was, I was using the LighterLife products to feel better, to know I was getting everything I needed,” she said before explaining that while it maintains her weight, she can often engage in a “total programme”.

“I live an actor’s life, we live a sort of sandwich lifestyle, we’re up and down, grabbing this and grabbing that,” acknowledging that she may not always get her five a day or vital minerals and vitamins. She added: “So at least I know that if I’m having the late night products, then, and I’m some way towards achieving that.”

Meanwhile, Denise’s doctor, Dr Kelly, shed light on the rising topic of diets on social media. She said: “The problem with social media weight loss trends is that often they’re not nutritionally complete, not effective nor sustainable, and often they can be downright dangerous.

“Alongside a nutritious, evidence-based, clinically effective weight loss plan, LighterLife helps you gain the tools required to silence that ‘food noise’ and successfully manage your weight in the longer term.” Dr Kelly went on to explain that LighterLife’s diet plan has used an “evidence-based solution”, explaining: “Unless you engage with a programme which is designed to support both the physical and the psychological changes needed to help you better manage your weight, which includes diet and tools to address ‘food noise’ then you are far less likely to be successful.”

Denise Welch is working with LighterLife, the leading weight loss programme, which combines formula-based nutritionally complete diet plans with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help people holistically transform their lives. Denise lost two stone in two months with the programme. Find out more at lighterlife.com

Mirror’s shopping writer Grace has tried her fair share of milky toners, but Beauty of Joseon’s one has taken the top spot after she received compliments from strangers on her glowy skin

Milky toners have become a bit of a skincare trend this year, and I’m personally a huge fan of them. Having already tried out a few formulas, including BYOMA’s Hydrating Milky Toner, £11.99, and Curel’s Moisture Facial Milk, £20, I love the glow they give and how much they hydrate the skin, ready for make-up.

Even Hailey Bieber swears by a drop of her rhode Glazing Milk mixed into foundation for the ultimate lit-from-within look.

So when I discovered the internet’s trendiest K-Beauty skincare brand, Beauty of Joseon’s Glow Replenishing Rice Milk, I couldn’t wait to try it out.

This milky toner is packed full of skin-loving ingredients that hydrate, calm, and nourish in one go. It has a dual-layer formula, which involves a light, essence-like liquid combined with a powdery base that not only provides serious moisture but also helps keep oil and shine in check.

This is especially a lifesaver if, like me, you suffer from oily skin and need to keep it at bay during the summer months without drying your skin out.

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Beauty of Joseon Glow Replenishing Rice Milk review

As I previously mentioned, I’m already an avid user of milky toners, so it was unsurprising that I enjoyed using Beauty of Joseon’s one so much. However, what cemented this one in particular as my new go-to is how well it works for oily skin.

Other milky toners can sometimes lean on the side of shiny, rather than radiant, but that wasn’t the case with this rice milk.

Not to mention, I got literally stopped in the street and complimented on my “glass skin”, which hasn’t happened to me with the other milky toners I’ve used.

It definitely gives that luminous, “I drink three litres of water a day” glow, and because it’s infused with rice extract and rice amino acids, it actually feeds your skin with a whole load of vitamins and antioxidants.

My only criticism is that I would prefer the consistency were slightly thicker; it is far more watery than other milky toners I’ve used in the past, and that leads me to pouring out a bit too much product every time I use it.