I’m A Celeb’s Angry Ginge set to join Osbournes at poignant football tribute to Ozzy at Villa Park

The Osbournes are returning to Villa Park later this month and I’m A Celebrity King of the Jungle has been invited too.

Ozzy Osbourne’s family will make a poignant return to Villa Park five months after his final gig there. Ozzy, who grew up in Aston, held his final performance at the stadium in July, just weeks before his death, aged 76.

His funeral procession passed by the football venue later the same month as fans lined the streets of Birmingham to pay their respects to the star. Now, the family will be returning to the football ground so his grandson can be a mascot. Three-year-old Sidney to walk on to the pitch with his grandad’s favourite team Aston Villa, before the match against Manchester United on December 21.

Sidney’s mum Kelly, Ozzy’s daughter, revealed the news and also said she will be inviting her brother’s new jungle campmate , I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here winner Angry Ginge to the match. She said: “I’m going to message Angry Ginge because there’s a football match going on on the 21st with Villa and Man Utd – my son’s going to be the mascot. So I was going to see if he wanted to go.”

Ginger, real name Morgan Burtwistle, is a big Manchester United fan and wore a club shirt as he boarded his flight back to the UK this week.

Kelly’s comments come in the same week her mum Sharon gave her first interview since Ozzy’s death. She said Ozzy’s final words were “Kiss me. Hug me tight,” at around 4am on the morning of his death on July 22 as he had a restless night.

He then went down to the gym and was heard screaming in pain before dying from a heart attack. Sharon also credited her three children, Aimee, Kelly and Jack, with helping her through the terrible time following.

She told the Piers Morgan ’s Uncensored YouTube show: “I wouldn’t have [gotten] through [without them]. I would have just gone with Ozzy, definitely. I’ve done everything I wanted to do. You know they’ve been unbelievable, just magnificent with me, all three of them.”

Jack will be returning to LA for Christmas after his stint on I’m A Celeb, but Kelly intends to honour her father’s memory over the festive season – by ruining the big day in tribute to him. She is likely to spend time with mum Sharon over the festive period.

Kelly said: “My dad was never such a huge fan of Christmas. He always found a way to kind of ruin it. So this year I’m going to figure out a way to try and ruin it for everyone else!”

She added she tries to remember her father every day by making sure she includes more love in her life. She said: “It’s all you can do, is love him more every day.”

Kelly was speaking at the launch of This Morning chef Juliet Sear’s new bakeware range at London’s Fortnum & Mason, where she admitted she struggled to watch her brother Jack sharing his grief on screen in the jungle. The pair wept together when he left, as they had missed each other at such a sensitive time.

She said: “It was hard not being able to talk to him. There’s moments, with everything that’s been going on, where you just need your brother. I saw that he was going through those moments himself and I couldn’t get to him. So it was difficult and we did have a moment of like, ‘I really missed you.’”

Kelly got engaged to Sidney’s father, Slipknot star Sid Wilson, backstage at her dad’s final gig, but the pair are yet to confirm a wedding date. She said: “I don’t know what we’re doing. I haven’t thought about anything since the passing of my father.” She said she hoped her pal Juliet will be able to bake her wedding cake for the event.

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ITV Lorraine star reveals 4st weight loss saying ‘none of my clothes fit any more’

One of Lorraine’s regular experts started taking Mounjaro last year and has since lost a huge four stone and gone down by three dress sizes

Regular Lorraine guest Claer Barret has revealed she’s lost four stone and gone down by three dress sizes after taking the Mounjaro jab. The financial expert said she took a “calculated risk” when decided to start the jabs, and also consulted Lorraine’s resident doctor Dr Hilary Jones as well as her own GP before she started on the medicine around a year ago.

Giving an update on the Lorraine show on Wednesday, December 10, during a segment with fashion expert Mark Hayes, Claer said, “None of my clothes fit me any more. In my head I am a size 20 whereas in actual fact I am a size 14. I could go into any high street store and I know you have got the style points, Mark, to give me the edge I need.”

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Lorraine, 66, proceeded to praise Claer for being transparent about her experience and joked, “one of the big changes when that happens is that most of her old clothes don’t fit anymore, nice problem to have!”

She continued, “You don’t just take the jab and that’s it, you have to actually change your lifestyle, you have to exercise more and eat properly, and that’s what you did, and look at the results – it’s wonderful.”

Claer previously revealed she decided to take the jabs after learning she had a Body Mass Index of 37. The NHS puts 37 in the “obese range”, which can lead to complications such as type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke and certain types of cancer such as bowel and breast cancer.

“Anything 30 or over you’re in the danger zone for diabetes. I wasn’t pre diabetic, but that was something I was very worried about,” Claer said earlier this year. “I had a rogue high blood pressure reading when I was under a lot of stress at work, and it just made me think. I write about longevity, about retirement, about healthy life expectancy.”

She continued, “I took a calculated risk, you might say, I knew there were side effects to these drugs. I had various chats with Dr Hilary, but I also made a beeline to my own GP.”

AS well as taking the injections, the financial whizz also totally overhauled her lifestyle as part of her transformation and said the biggest side effect she has experienced was “not feeling hungry and thinking about food all the time.”

Earlier this month the manufacturer of Mounjaro – which is a brand name for the drug Tirzepatide – launched a five-year trial in Manchester to study the health benefits of Tirzepatide..

The trial will study up to 3,000 people and was set up by by US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, the makers of Mounjaro, and the UK government to address public health challenges like obesity.

When the trial was announced last year, Martin Rutter, Professor of Cardiometabolic Medicine, University of Manchester and principal investigator for the Greater Manchester study, said: “This five-year real-world study aims to demonstrate the long-term efficacy and safety profile of tirzepatide in a primary care setting compared to usual care.

“It will specifically quantify the medicine’s long-term effects on obesity, diabetes incidence, and obesity-related complications, as well as its impacts on employment and health economic outcomes.”

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Salah a target for Saudi, confirms league chief

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is a target for clubs in the Saudi Pro League, confirmed its chief executive Omar Mugharbel.

The 33-year-old was left out of the squad that travelled to Inter Milan for Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win after publicly falling out with manager Arne Slot and the club.

Following Saturday’s 3-3 Premier League draw at Leeds, Salah said he has been blamed for Liverpool’s poor form and his relationship with manager Slot had broken down.

While the Reds boss denied that and said Salah could still return, Mugharbel said clubs in Saudi Arabia are keen to sign the Egypt international.

“For sure Salah is one of them [a target].”

There have been reports Salah, who signed a two-year contract extension in April, could leave the Anfield club in January.

Saudi interest in Salah has long been known, with a reported £150m bid from Al-Ittihad rejected by Liverpool in September 2023, but this is the first time a league official has gone on the record about the player since his outburst.

Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who left the club in 2015, said Salah was a “bit emotional and a bit hasty” in giving the controversial interview on Saturday, where he felt he had been “thrown under the bus” after being dropped to the bench.

Gerrard told TNT Sports: “He’s obviously really upset he’s not playing, which I respect.

“A couple of lines about throwing people under the bus were wrong. [He] needs to reverse a little bit away from that, he needs to deal with that with the manager. We’ve all had head loss as players. We’ve all done emotional things.

“I know in time when this all calms, Mo will go, ‘I shouldn’t have said that. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that. I was a bit emotional, I was a bit hasty’.”

Gerrard compared the situation to former Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez and manager Brendan Rodgers, who fell out in 2013 when the Uruguay forward tried to force a move away from Anfield.

Suarez was made to train alone but returned to the squad and stayed for one more season before joining Barcelona.

“I’ve seen this and I’ve lived it with Suarez when he fell out with Brendan face to face. I’ve been there and done it myself,” added Gerrard.

Since arriving from Roma in 2017, Salah has played a key role in Liverpool’s two Premier League titles and 2019 Champions League triumph.

But he has scored only four goals in 13 Premier League games this season, with the defending champions 10th in the table – but only three points off fourth-placed Crystal Palace.

Liverpool host Brighton on Saturday at Anfield – two days before Salah joins Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament.

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Salah a target for Saudi, confirms league chief

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is a target for clubs in the Saudi Pro League, confirmed its chief executive Omar Mugharbel.

The 33-year-old was left out of the squad that travelled to Inter Milan for Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win after publicly falling out with manager Arne Slot and the club.

Following Saturday’s 3-3 Premier League draw at Leeds, Salah said he has been blamed for Liverpool’s poor form and his relationship with manager Slot had broken down.

While the Reds boss denied that and said Salah could still return, Mugharbel said clubs in Saudi Arabia are keen to sign the Egypt international.

“For sure Salah is one of them [a target].”

There have been reports Salah, who signed a two-year contract extension in April, could leave the Anfield club in January.

Saudi interest in Salah has long been known, with a reported £150m bid from Al-Ittihad rejected by Liverpool in September 2023, but this is the first time a league official has gone on the record about the player since his outburst.

Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who left the club in 2015, said Salah was a “bit emotional and a bit hasty” in giving the controversial interview on Saturday, where he felt he had been “thrown under the bus” after being dropped to the bench.

Gerrard told TNT Sports: “He’s obviously really upset he’s not playing, which I respect.

“A couple of lines about throwing people under the bus were wrong. [He] needs to reverse a little bit away from that, he needs to deal with that with the manager. We’ve all had head loss as players. We’ve all done emotional things.

“I know in time when this all calms, Mo will go, ‘I shouldn’t have said that. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that. I was a bit emotional, I was a bit hasty’.”

Gerrard compared the situation to former Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez and manager Brendan Rodgers, who fell out in 2013 when the Uruguay forward tried to force a move away from Anfield.

Suarez was made to train alone but returned to the squad and stayed for one more season before joining Barcelona.

“I’ve seen this and I’ve lived it with Suarez when he fell out with Brendan face to face. I’ve been there and done it myself,” added Gerrard.

Since arriving from Roma in 2017, Salah has played a key role in Liverpool’s two Premier League titles and 2019 Champions League triumph.

But he has scored only four goals in 13 Premier League games this season, with the defending champions 10th in the table – but only three points off fourth-placed Crystal Palace.

Liverpool host Brighton on Saturday at Anfield – two days before Salah joins Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament.

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Salah a target for Saudi clubs, says league chief

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is a target for clubs in the Saudi Pro League, confirmed its chief executive Omar Mugharbel.

The 33-year-old was left out of the squad that travelled to Inter Milan for Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win after publicly falling out with manager Arne Slot and the club.

Following Saturday’s 3-3 Premier League draw at Leeds, Salah said he has been blamed for Liverpool’s poor form and his relationship with manager Slot had broken down.

While the Reds boss denied that and said Salah could still return, Mugharbel said clubs in Saudi Arabia are keen to sign the Egypt international.

“For sure Salah is one of them [a target].”

There have been reports Salah, who signed a two-year contract extension in April, could leave the Anfield club in January.

Saudi interest in Salah has long been known, with a reported £150m bid from Al-Ittihad rejected by Liverpool in September 2023, but this is the first time a league official has gone on the record about the player since his outburst.

Not every Saudi club will be interested, with Al-Kholood chairman Ben Harburg calling Salah “a bad fit” and suggesting Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr would be a better signing.

“There’s already, even among the public, much more apprehension around his coming into the league,” Harburg said.

“He’s 33 years old, he got paid a boatload [at Liverpool] and has underperformed massively since then.

“I’m sure some people like his star power, he’s from the region, but my sentiment is that he is not a fit for our league. If it were between him and Vinicius, I’d take Vinicius.

“I’m hoping we go after those 25-year-old next-wave players rather than guys like Salah, who definitely this would be the last stop of his career.”

Former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who left the club in 2015, said Salah was a “bit emotional and a bit hasty” in giving the controversial interview on Saturday, where he felt he had been “thrown under the bus” after being dropped to the bench.

Gerrard told TNT Sports: “He’s obviously really upset he’s not playing, which I respect.

“A couple of lines about throwing people under the bus were wrong. [He] needs to reverse a little bit away from that, he needs to deal with that with the manager. We’ve all had head loss as players. We’ve all done emotional things.

“I know in time when this all calms, Mo will go, ‘I shouldn’t have said that. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that. I was a bit emotional, I was a bit hasty’.”

Gerrard compared the situation to former Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez and manager Brendan Rodgers, who fell out in 2013 when the Uruguay forward tried to force a move away from Anfield.

Suarez was made to train alone but returned to the squad and stayed for one more season before joining Barcelona.

“I’ve seen this and I’ve lived it with Suarez when he fell out with Brendan face to face. I’ve been there and done it myself,” added Gerrard.

Since arriving from Roma in 2017, Salah has played a key role in Liverpool’s two Premier League titles and 2019 Champions League triumph.

But he has scored only four goals in 13 Premier League games this season, with the defending champions 10th in the table – but only three points off fourth-placed Crystal Palace.

Liverpool host Brighton on Saturday at Anfield – two days before Salah joins Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament.

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England’s Stuart out with ‘gutting’ long-term injury

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Will Stuart has sustained a ruptured Achilles tendon which will leave the Bath and England prop with a “long road ahead” to full fitness.

Stuart went off early in the second half of Bath’s Champions Cup victory against Munster on Saturday and the injury was described as “very serious”.

“He’ll get operated on somewhere in the next few weeks and unfortunately with an Achilles there’s a long road ahead,” Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan told BBC Radio Somerset.

The 29-year-old tight-head came off the bench during England’s autumn wins against Australia, New Zealand and Argentina and is one of England’s 25 players on Elite Player contracts for the 2025-26 season.

In total he has 53 caps and was also called up to the British and Irish Lions squad this summer for the first time, playing in all three Test matches during the series victory in Australia.

For his club, he was a key component in Bath’s success in winning the Prem last season and has made five appearances this campaign in all competitions.

Van Graan said the injury was “gutting” for Stuart.

“Injuries are part and parcel of the game but once it’s an Achilles or an ACL [anterior cruciate ligament] or a neck – big injuries that take people away from the game for a long time – that’s never nice to see,” he said.

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Muir suffers further setback

Bath return to Champions Cup action on Sunday away at French side Toulon.

Flanker Guy Pepper, who also went off against Munster, is set to miss the next few weeks with an ankle injury.

Meanwhile, winger Will Muir has also seen his return further delayed because of a calf injury.

Muir is yet to feature this campaign and was available for selection last week before picking up the new issue.

“He’ll be out for an additional few weeks, which is frustrating for him but hopefully we’ll have him on the field soon,” Van Graan added.

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