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Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson gives update on show’s future after Channel 4 axe

Before wrapping up last year, Naked Attraction quickly gained popularity on our screens in 2016 and quickly rose to prominence.

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Naked Attraction star Anna Richardson has given an update on the show’s future after a year off air. The Channel 4 programmes sees every day people take their kit off in a bid to find love.

One person is met with several naked figures and have to choose who they want to go on a date with without seeing their faces or even chatting first. The controversial programme first landed on our screens back in 2016 but came to an end last year.

Before it ended in March of last year, 65 episodes were broadcast across seven different shows. Many fans have been anticipating that the program will simply be taking a break and will return at some point.

The show came to an end last year
The show came to an end last year(Image: Channel 4 / Nicky Johnston)

Anna expressed her hope that Naked Attraction will return to our screens once more in a letter to the Daily Mail. She expressed her desire for it to return.

I want a campaign that basically reads, “Bring back Naked Attraction!” It has a lot of fans. It is adored by everyone. It’s humorous. It involves embracing others.

“And I think at the moment, in a world where we’re all actually a bit p***ed off and we feel ground down in this country, you know, there’s a huge amount of division and anger. I think Naked Attraction brings a bit of levity.

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I have no idea whether it’s coming back, which is true. Let’s keep our fingers crossed because it’s a fun show to do and does very well, but I don’t know whether it’s politically correct, so I’m hoping it’s.

Nine years ago, the show first aired on television. While the various colored pods are present, Anna assists the single person in deciding who they want to date.

While the single person returns one person home each time, those who are in the pods reveal a different body part during each round.

They finally reveal their faces at the conclusion, and the lone person also removes their clothing. When they put their clothes back on and go on a date together, a final person is then chosen.

Anna said she thinks Naked Attraction has opened the door to other contentious dating shows. Everyone had a breakdown when Naked Attraction was revealed, she claimed, which was “crazy.” And, you’re aware of it, the press absolutely went crazy saying, “This is a new low for British television’s new low and moral standards.”

“And of course, we were trailblazers,” he continued, “and we’ve made it easier for things to be discussed, discussed, and more accepting.”

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Lookman accuses Atalanta of ‘broken promises’

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Ademola Lookman, a winger from Nigeria, claims he has requested a transfer from Atalanta after being accused of “breaking promises” by the club.

The 27-year-old, who is reportedly a target for Serie A rivals Inter Milan, claimed to have reached a deal with the club’s board to let him leave if a “fair” offer were made this summer.

The England-born winger claims Atalanta broke its promise after receiving an offer that “achieved what I believe had been discussed” but that it was not.

Lookman wrote on social media that “I feel like I have no choice but to speak out for what I think is right.”

For reasons I do not understand, Lookman claimed Atalanta were “blocking the opportunity” for him to leave the club.

In 2022, the Nigerian international left RB Leipzig for Atalanta.

In Dublin’s Europa League final match against Bayer Leverkusen in 2024, he scored his first career hat-trick.

In 117 games for the Italian side, Lookman has scored 52 goals.

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Jack Osbourne admits he and sister Aimee ‘are not close at all’ as he addresses ‘regret’

Aimee Osbourne, his older sister, and his mother Sharon, Ozzy, and Kelly, all chose not to appear on the TV series The Osbournes, but Jack Osbourne did.

Jack Osbourne admits he’s “not close” to his sister Aimee(Image: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Jack Osbourne admits he and his sister Aimee are “not close at all” as he addresses her decision not to appear on The Osbournes. The pioneering reality TV show followed rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family for four series.

While Jack, 39, and his sister Kelly, 40, starred in the MTV hit, 41-year-old Aimee opted not to appear at all. Aimee reportedly feared she would be seen as “riding on the coat-tails” of her family as she tried to make a name in the music industry.

She stated on the Disrespectfully podcast that, “back then, she really wanted to be a musician, and the kind of musician she wanted to be was like a Fiona Apple, Mazzy Star, like this kind of obscure, mysterious, moody… and she viewed hosting a show on MTV as low-hanging fruit. She said, “I’m not going to be seen riding coat-tails,” which was how she felt.

She used to say, “Well, I can’t come on because I don’t want to be seen even more as a jumping on the bandwagon,” but after the show was enormously successful, I think she was. And she hid her heels in order to remain a little obscure and private.

According to legend, The Osbournes allegedly opened the door for reality TV shows based on well-known families. It followed the family through difficult times, including Sharon’s battle with cancer and an ATV accident that nearly caused Ozzy’s death.

Aimee Osbourne
Aimee Osbourne chose privacy over fame (Image: INSTAGRAM/AIMEEOSBOURNE)

When Aimee asked how regrettable she had stopped watching the show, Jack said, “I’ve never had the conversation with her, we’re never even close. She’ll be the first to admit it, so it’s a secret that our relationship isn’t great.

Do you regret it? is a question I never directly asked her. I believe there must be a feeling of “Hey, my life would have probably been different than what it is if I’ve done that,” so I don’t know if I would have regretted it.

When asked if he was “glad” that he did the show, Jack responded, “Absolutely, it was such an interesting thing to be a part of, especially how much media has changed, there’s just not that level of excitement around TV anymore like there was back then.”

The Osbournes became household names in the early 2000s thanks to the popularity of their MTV reality show
In the early 2000s, The Osbournes aired.

Aimee and her family recently spotted together at her father’s funeral on Thursday. Just weeks after his 82nd birthday, rocker Ozzy passed away on July 22.

The family made a stop at Birmingham’s Black Sabbath Bridge to read the messages that thousands of fans have left since Ozzy’s passing. Before the procession started, fans waited for about five minutes while chanting “Ozzy” in front of them.

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Ozzy and Jack Osbourne
Ozzy and Jack Osbourne(Image: Getty Images North America)

On his 250-acre estate in Buckinghamshire, the Black Sabbath frontman was cremated aside an elaborate lake. Fans have left floral tributes outside the property since his death.

Experts say Israel’s West Bank demolitions aim to drive Palestinians away

When Mutawakil al-Mohamad and his family woke up on June 25th, Israeli soldiers were gunning down on their front doors.

In occupied East Jerusalem, they would have to wake up at their family home for the last time.

Al-Mohamad was concerned that the soldiers would raid his home and arrest him or his loved ones when the Israeli forces arrived at 7am in military convoys with two heavy bulldozers.

Instead, the soldiers informed the family that their home was in a “military zone” and that they should leave right away to prevent bulldozing it.

“My young children are scared,” I said to the soldiers as I opened the door. I requested ten minutes from them, and then we would all leave the house,” al-Mohamed said. He recalled the soldiers as having complied from Ramallah, the now-domicile of the occupied West Bank.

displacement and demolition

More Palestinian homes being destroyed by Israel in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, in 2025 than in any other year since the occupation first started in 1967.

According to the United Nations, Israeli authorities have already destroyed 783 structures, which does not include the extensive destruction in refugee camps. This has resulted in the forced displacement of 1, 119 people.

As part of the military raids it launched at the start of this year, Israel has destroyed about 600 structures in the Jenin camp and a total of 300 in the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps, according to information Al Jazeera obtained from the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq.

According to human rights organizations, civilians, and analysts, Israel’s real goal is to force Palestinians to flee if they can, as evidenced by its systematic home demolitions and forced displacement.

“Israel’s objectives in Gaza and the West Bank are the same.” It wants to take aim at all Palestinians, according to Al-Haq’s Murad Jadallah, a researcher into human rights.

Jadallah argued that the West Bank’s unprecedented destruction of Gaza has been stifled by Israel’s war in the region, which many experts have referred to as a genocide.

He told Al Jazeera, “Israel is profiting from the images of destruction it has created in Gaza to advance its agenda in the West Bank.”

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About 40, 000 Palestinians have fled Israeli military operations in West Bank refugee camps since the start of the year.

Many people have had trouble finding affordable alternative lodging, according to Jadallah, renting in whatever villages where they can find it, staying with relatives in overcrowded homes, or languishing in public buildings that have been converted into shelters for displaced people.

Ahmed Gaeem, 60, recalls Israeli soldiers removing his, his wife, five children, grandchildren, siblings, nieces, and nephews from their Tulkarem refugee camp building in March.

Israeli soldiers informed the family that Tulkarem had been designated a “military zone” and that they would not be permitted to return there for some time.

We left with nothing but the clothes on our backs. We didn’t have enough time to pack anything, Gaeem told Al Jazeera.

One of Gaeem’s sons managed to make a brief return from a distance to assess the damage to their home a few weeks into Israel’s military campaign.

Their house was destroyed, just like countless others. Its walls caved in, the door hinges were blown off, and its windows were shattered.

For a family that relys on mediocre savings, Gaeem’s family is currently renting three homes in Iktaba village, just a few kilometers from Tulkarem city, for a total rent of about $1,300.

Gaeem noted that despite receiving $500 per month as a Palestinian Authority (PA) civil servant, the PA’s ongoing economic crisis has prevented him from receiving any pay in months.

Due to diminishing donor support and Israel’s refusal to hand over tax revenue collected on its behalf, a practice described in the Oslo Accords, the PA has struggled to pay its staff for the past few years.

The Oslo peace agreements, which were signed by the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, gave birth to the Palestinian Authority itself. In the years that followed, the agreements purportedly aimed for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

unprecedented crisis

The West Bank was divided into three zones by the Oslo Agreements.

While Israel remained in complete control of Area C, the PA was tasked with directing security, executive, and security operations in Area A and Area B.

After encircling and then destroying Palestinian homes and communities in Area C, a largely agricultural region that makes up about 60% of the West Bank, this control allowed Israel to quietly and gradually expand illegal settlements.

The Israeli army issued two orders in July, giving it the authority previously held by the PA only under the Oslo Accords to destroy homes in Area B. With the orders, Israel was able to control building and planning regulations as well as those governing agricultural sites.

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Prior to these measures, Areas A and B were most frequently destroyed as reprisals for Palestinians who opposed the occupation. Palestinian residents who claim owners do not have building permits now have a legal basis to demolish them.

Human rights organizations claim that as part of a wider strategy of seizing Palestinian homes and land, Israel consistently denies Palestinians the right to build buildings.

The UN documented the destruction of 49 structures in Areas A and B among the record number of demolitions carried out in the West Bank this year.

Israel is prohibited from establishing settlements or outposts anywhere in occupied Palestinian territory under international law.

Tahani Mustafa, a West Bank expert with the International Crisis Group, noted that the expansion of demolitions in Areas A and B and the implementation of Israel’s changes to Area B are unprecedented.

She added that Area A appears to be where Palestinians are confined to ever smaller parcels of land. Israel’s ultimate goal, she said, is to make Palestinians in urban centers live more inhospitably, likely through more checkpoints and barriers to encroach on people’s lives, and by conducting more raids.

People like al-Mohamed are already worried that his family may be evicted as a result of Israel’s continued assault on Palestinians in the West Bank.

He claimed that most Palestinians believe Israel will focus its energies on the West Bank cities once its military operations in nearby camps are over.

He told Al Jazeera, “It’s difficult for us to travel anywhere else besides the West Bank.”

Britain’s Shriever wins third BMX world title

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Beth Shriever, a British cyclist, triumphed in the 2025 World Championships in Denmark, taking home her third BMX world title.

In 35. 614 seconds, Shriever, the Olympic champion from Tokyo four years ago, came in ahead of Dutch rider Judy Baauw and Australian rider Saya Sakakibara.

Elsa Rendall Todd won silver in Copenhagen’s junior final.

After a poor first half of her semi-final, Shriever dominated in the final and fought back to beat Sakakibara, who had already won the Paris 2024 gold medal.

Shriever, a 26-year-old, described it as “absolutely incredible.”

“A crazy, crazy day of racing has passed. This is all or nothing, I said as I scraped through the semi. I’m excited to win.

Shriever won her second European title this year before clinching her third-place finish at the Olympics, finishing last last summer.

In the women’s junior final, British team-mate Rendall Todd, 17, beat New Zealand’s champion Lily Greenough, 38.130 seconds, to take silver.

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