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Billie and Sam Faiers rumoured rift – what you need to know

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Following the demise of their most recent TV project, Sam Faires and Billie Shepherd’s fans have grown worried that the sisters may not be as close as they once were.

Insiders claim the viewing figures were a factor in the show being axed(Image: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

What is important to know about the rumored feud between Sam Faiers and Billie Shepherd.

    Since appearing in the 2010 cast of ITV’s The Only Way Is Essex, Sisters Billie Shepherd and Sam Faiers have been in the spotlight. The sisters later appeared on ITV’s The Baby Diaries and The Mummy Diaries, which were also on the network.

  • As the sisters’ posts about their homes, vacations, and shopping trips are shared on social media, fans have been welcomed into their lives. Fans have expressed concern about a rift between the once close siblings in recent months, though.
  • Sam, her partner Paul Knightley, and their three children, shared some gimmicks on social media during a recent festive trip. Although sister Billie and their mother Sue are well known for accompanying Sam on her travels abroad, they were noticeably absent from the trip to the Arctic Circle. At least Billy used love heart emojis to comment on Sam’s posts.
  • After only one season, the sisters’ most recent reality series, Sam and Billie: Sister Act, was cut. Last month, they suffered humiliation. A more plausible explanation has since been discovered, despite Sam’s claim that she and her sister were simply too busy making more episodes.
  • A source told The Sun about the failed TV show, saying that Sam hadn’t been on TV in a while and that viewers didn’t seem to miss her. Viewing figures didn’t go as well as they had anticipated, and the majority of the show was built around the sisters selling goods, which resembled a lengthy advertisement.
  • The siblings appeared to spend Christmas 2025 separately, with reports suggesting Sam has been “iced out” by her former friends in Essex and only hangs out with friends. Despite Billie and her husband Greg Shepherd’s and their three children pointing out that Dave’s passing in September caused his father’s death, their Christmas was tinged with sadness this year.
  • Billie Faiers shares “emotional” posts on Christmas Day amid “rift” with sister Sam. READ MORE HERE.
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Stabbing, chemical spray attack injures 15 at Japanese factory

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Local authorities claim that a man sprayed the victims with a chemical substance in addition to a mass stabbing attack at a Japanese tire factory.

The Fujisan Nanto Fire Department reported that on Friday at the Yokohama Rubber Co tyremaker in Mishima, southwest of Tokyo, eight people were stabbed and seven others injured after being sprayed with bleach-like material.

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The suspect, 38, is currently being held in custody, was identified by Japanese media. According to the Shizuoka prefectural police, he is facing an attempted murder charge, according to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper.

According to investigators cited in the Asahi report, the suspect was carrying a survival knife and a mask that appeared to be a gas mask. Although there was no specific information about a potential motive, the report added that police believed him to have acted alone.

Five of the stab victims are said to be in serious condition, but they are conscious, according to the fire department, according to the Associated Press news agency.

A nearby car dealership employee described the incident as “shocked” by the news that it occurred in a “quiet” part of the city.

The unnamed employee told Asahi Shimbun, “I’m scared, but I’m also shocked that it could have happened there.”

Japan, which has one of the toughest gun laws in the world, and a low murder rate, is a relatively uncommon place to commit violent crime.

However, there are occasionally shootings and stabbings, including Shinzo Abe’s assassination in 2022.

After he was found guilty of killing and dismembering nine people he met on social media, Japan executed a man in June dubbed the “Twitter Killer.” The execution marked the first execution in nearly three years in the nation.

Two people dead in stabbing, car-ramming attack in Israel

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Published On 26 Dec 2025

According to officials, a stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel left two people dead.

A Palestinian from the Israeli-occupied West Bank attacked and killed a man and a woman on Friday, according to Israeli police and emergency personnel. He was also wounded and shot.

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A Palestinian man was praying on a roadside in the West Bank when an Israeli military reservist who had earlier opened fire on the area hit the victim.

The Israeli military said in a statement about the attack that “an armed individual ran over a Palestinian individual,” adding that the Israeli reservist’s military service had been terminated. After the attack, the Palestinian man returned home and had checks taken there.

A 68-year-old man was killed when the attacker’s vehicle crashed into people in Beit Shean, Israel’s northern city, on Friday, according to Israeli police, before speeding onto a highway.

After an intervention by a civilian bystander, the suspect fatally stabbed a 20-year-old woman near the highway, according to police, who later took the victim to a hospital.

According to Israel’s rescue services, paramedics performed the murders of both victims at the scene. Bystanders reported that a teenage boy received minor injuries as a result of the car-ramming.

According to the Israeli military, the attacker “infiltrated into Israeli territory several days ago.”

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have died there since Israel’s genocidal war broke out in October 2023.

Israeli forces carry out regular raids and arrests in the West Bank, but Israeli settlers have also escalating violence there, seizing Palestinian land and harassing civilians.

Since October 7, 2023, more than 1, 000 Palestinians have died in the West Bank, mostly as a result of settler violence and security forces, according to the UN.

In the same time, 57 Israelis were killed in Israeli attacks.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed that he had given the military a directive to retaliate forcefully in the West Bank town of Qabatiya after the incident on Friday. Katz claimed the assailant claimed to have been a Palestinian.

Exeter’s Ikitau out for up to three months with shoulder injury

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Len Ikitau, an Australian centre from Exeter, is likely to miss three months due to a shoulder injury.

The 27-year-old is scheduled to have surgery for the concussion he sustained last week in the Six Nations against Saracens, and is likely to miss the rest of the tournament until March 31.

Ikitau made his first major summer signing appearance at Exeter earlier this year, signing a one-season deal with Sandy Park.

He played for the Wallabies in the summer rugby championship against the British and Irish Lions.

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Ikitau scored his first try in Exeter’s victory earlier this month against the South African side Cheetahs, which was his fifth appearance in the Prem and European Challenge Cup.

The good news is that we can get him in for surgery fairly quickly, although it does mean he won’t play for a while over the holiday season and into the new year’s cup, according to Exeter’s rugby director, Rob Baxter, who posted on the club website.

Len has been playing out of his skin for us and was in excellent form, which is unfortunate. He deserves praise and apologie for both because he has contributed greatly to what we have accomplished this season.

However, it will give him a little break and give his body some time to recover and rejuvenate after a fairly long period of intense rugby.

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Exeter’s Ikitau out for up to three months with shoulder injury

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Exeter’s Australia centre Len Ikitau is likely to be out for three months after injuring his shoulder.

The 27-year-old is set to undergo surgery for the injury, which he suffered in the win over Saracens last week, and is likely to be out until the end of the Six Nations in March.

Ikitau was Exeter’s most high-profile summer signing after agreeing to a one-season move to Sandy Park earlier this year.

He featured for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions and in the Rugby Championship over the summer.

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Ikitau has made five appearances for Exeter in the Prem and European Challenge Cup, scoring his first try in the win over South African side Cheetahs earlier this month.

“The good news is that we can get him in for the operation pretty quickly, though unfortunately it does mean he will miss the block of games over the festive period and into the cup competitions in the new year,” Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter told the club website.

“It’s very unfortunate for Len, who has been playing out of his skin for us and was in outstanding form. It’s a shame for him and a shame for us because he’s been an important part of what we’ve achieved so far this season.

“However, after a pretty long period of quite intense rugby, it will give him a bit of a break and give his body plenty of time to recover and refresh.

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VIDEO: ‘What We Have Been Hoping For,’ FG Welcomes U.S Strikes, Open To Global Partnership

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Yusuf Tuggar, the minister of foreign affairs, welcomed the US’s counterterrorism operations in the North-West and expressed his desire for global cooperation in the fight against insecurity.

Tuggar spoke on Friday after the US confirmed its support for US airstrikes in the area, which it claimed caused several terrorists to die there.

“We have been having a good relationship with Americans,” he said. On Friday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Tuggar stated that this is what we’ve always been hoping for: to collaborate with Americans, collaborate with other nations in preventing terrorism, and stop the murder of innocent Nigerians.

US military targets ISIS terrorists in Nigeria in response to Trump’s orders.

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The Nigerian government, which also provided intelligence for the operation, was responsible for the strikes, which were carried out on Thursday, according to the minister.

He claimed that Nigeria provided intelligence for the US’s attack there. Before the strike, I had a conversation with US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and we agreed to meet to discuss the plan with President Tinubu.

The minister said, “Now that the US is cooperating, we would do it jointly, and we would make sure that it is a joint operation, and it is not just about pursuing one religion or the other,” as the president stated before yesterday.

“We are a multi-religious nation, and we are working with partners like the US to combat terrorism and protect Nigerians’ lives and properties.”

Watch his interview on the morning show at nbsp below.