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A loved-up Zara McDermott was spotted singing along at her boyfriend Louis Tomlinson’s concert this week. The 28-year-old went to support her 33-year-old partner at his show in Zurich.
It seems the pair’s romance is getting stronger and stronger as the Love Island star was seen enjoying Louis’ music. A TikTok video has circulated which shows Zara singing and dancing at the concert from a private box.
She seemed just as excited as the crowd as Louis performed his biggest hits. The sighting comes soon after the loved-up pair were seen having fun together at this year’s Glastonbury festival.
The duo had also been spotted taking in the Prodigy’s set at Worthy Farm. While Zara looked a bit more subdued during the high-tempo performance of Fire Starter, the former One Direction star appeared to let his hair down for the occasion.
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They were also joined by his sister Lottie, 26, and her fiancé Lewis Burton. A source told The Mirror: “Louis was loving The Prodigy.
“He dragged her along to the Other Stage and had a ball dancing to their hits. Zara danced along before leaving hand in hand with Louis before the set ended.”
The couple first started romance rumours earlier in the year after being photographed on a cosy date in Suffolk. The moment in March came just a short time after Zara’s split from her long-term boyfriend, Sam Thompson.
Sam and Zara called time on their relationship for good in December 2024. They had initially met in 2019 after she shot to fame on Love Island.
Despite breaking up briefly, the pair got back together before calling it quits after five years together. Despite Zara being in a new relationship, it’s been said that Sam isn’t so keen to date again.
Sam started dating another Love Island star but this didn’t work out. He briefly got together with Samie Elishi but they soon called time on their romance.
Hours after their breakup, Sam was spotted back on celebrity dating app Raya. However, it seems Sam has been unable to find a connection on the app full of famous faces.
He has now made the decision to stay single for a while and is not going to rush into another romance any time soon. Speaking on his Staying Relevant podcast, Sam said: “I’m going to work on myself. No dating, I’m not ready and I’ve realised that.”
His sister Louise has already shared her wishes for his next partner as they need to be “classy” or “well-to-do”. Sam said: “Louise thinks I should go out with Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in Harry Potter.”
However, best mate Pete Wicks joked: “I think you have more chance with the ginger fella.” Sam added: “Ron! No, Louise thinks I should go for British thespian because she thinks its a little different, classy is the wrong word, but well to do.”
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The Gallagher brothers and Oasis fans had a night to remember as the band reunited in their hometown, 16 years after their split. The monumental evening saw Liam and Noel Gallagher perform before nearly 80,000 devoted fans alongside bandmates Bonehead, Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Joey Waronker.
Fireworks lit up the sky as fans sang along passionately, with several celebrities also in attendance. Among the crowd were many of the band’s loved ones, including Noel’s daughter Anais. The 25-year-old model and photographer has been openly excited about the tour, regularly updating her social media followers.
Anais, who has previously modelled for Dolce and Gabbana, attended the tour’s first show in Cardiff last week at the Principality Stadium. On Instagram, she expressed her joy at being back, donning an Oasis T-shirt and raising a drink in celebration.
Continuing to follow her father on his tour, Anais was amazed by the Manchester crowds last night.
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She shared a stunning video of the electrifying night on her Instagram story, showcasing the spectacular fireworks display behind the stage.
Anais summed up the show in one word: “Magic”.
She added: “Manchester, you are magic.” In another snippet from the night, the proud daughter captured Noel passionately playing an electric guitar. “My dad’s the coolest,” she declared.
Anais has made a sweet cameo on the tracks as well, with a youthful voice chiming in “that’s rock and roll baby”. Anais, who is currently dating It’s A Sin heartthrob Callum Scott Howells, giggled in confirmation that those were indeed her words spoken at seven.
She’s also expected to be in attendance at tonight’s gig at Heaton Park. Just last night, Noel paid an emotional homage to The Royle Family’s Caroline Aherne during his performance. Before launching into ‘Half the World Away’, Noel took to the mic, stating solemnly: “This one is for Caroline.”
After tonight’s shop, the band is due for a brief respite until they hit the stage in Manchester once more starting Wednesday, July 16, and then again on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20.
With July nearing its end and August on the horizon, Oasis is set to grace Wembley Stadium, London, for a string of shows. They’ll light up the venue on July 25 and 26, heat things up further on July 30, and carry the torch through August 2 and 3.
Afterwards, Oasis will take their tunes north, heading to Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh for a trio of performances before setting off across the pond to the US.
As EastEnders’ villain Cindy Beale, Michelle Collins is used to dropping bombshells… but now she’s set to tread the boards as the ultimate blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. Michelle is taking a break from the BBC soap to star in a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival next month. And the dark comedy Motorhome Marilyn has been a labour of love for Michelle, 63. She said: “It’s been years in the making so I can’t wait to get it out there but I’m very nervous.
“Think Shirley Valentine meets the Coen Brothers meets Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire. It’s one of the most terrifying things I’ve done. My lines are in my handbag everywhere I go.” The play, inspired by Michelle’s real-life encounter with a woman known as Motorhome Marilyn, is about a Monroe-obsessed actress’ heartbreaking failure to live up to the icon’s fame and beauty.
Michelle has big dreams for the show. She said: “I’m hoping it will eventually go on TV.” But she assures ‘Enders fans that she will be back on Albert Square after a month-long break. Michelle joined EastEnders as scheming Cindy in 1988 but left 10 years later and went on to appear in Coronation Street and Casualty. Cindy’s cheating ways – mainly at the expense of ex-husband Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) – earned her a reputation as an Albert Square homewrecker. She even tried to kill Ian before fans were led to believe that she had died during childbirth in prison. But when Cindy returned to Walford in 2023 after a 25-year break, it was revealed she had actually been put into witness protection under a new identity.
She is now also the ex-wife of George Knight (Colin Salmon) and has sparked plenty of drama since her return by having an affair with George’s estranged son, Junior (Micah Balfour). At the Tric Awards last month, Michelle said of her character: “There’s been lots of trials and tribulations with the men around. “People are seeing a different side of Cindy… it’s exhausting being a b**ch all the time. She’s been on her own for a while, and it’s good for her. She’s being a good granny. I can’t believe I’m saying that about Cindy.” Michelle’s success back on the Square is being reflected in her bank balance. Accounts show she has almost £200,000 cash reserves in It Worx Limited, which handles her TV work. This is up from £20,000 before her new deal on EastEnders.
This comes after Michelle revealed that her dramatic comeback as the iconic Cindy Beale in EastEnders has paid off not just creatively, but financially, with her personal company, It Worx Limited, seeing a major surge in earnings following her return to Albert Square.
The actress, who founded the company in 1996 to manage income from her television work, saw its cash reserves jump from just £20,000 to nearly £200,000 in the year ending March 2024.
According to newly published Companies House records as seen by The Sun, she now faces a Corporation Tax bill of £69,694, suggesting her earnings from the period were roughly five times that amount. Despite the financial success, Collins admitted she initially felt uncertain about reprising her role as Cindy after 25 years off-screen.
United States President Donald Trump has imposed a 30-percent tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union starting on August 1, weeks after negotiations with the major trading partners failed to reach a more comprehensive trade deal.
Trump, who announced the new tariffs on two of the US’s biggest trade partners in separate letters posted to his Truth Social platform on Saturday, said they were due to what he said were Mexico’s role in undocumented migration and illicit drugs flowing into the US and a trade imbalance with the EU, respectively.
Earlier this week, Trump issued new tariff announcements for more than 20 countries, including Japan, South Korea, Canada and Brazil, as well as a 50-percent tariff on copper.
The duties are higher than the 25-percent levy Trump imposed on Mexican goods earlier this year – although products entering the US under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement are exempted.
The EU tariff is also markedly steeper than the 20-percent tax Trump unveiled in April.
In response, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is prepared to take the necessary steps to safeguard its interests, “including the adoption of proportionate countermeasures if required.”
Von der Leyen said in a statement that the bloc remained ready “to continue working towards an agreement by August 1”.
Three other EU officials told the Reuters news agency that Trump’s threat of an EU tariff is a negotiating tactic.
The EU, alongside dozens of other economies, had been set to see its US tariff level increase from a baseline of 10 percent on Wednesday, but Trump pushed back the deadline to August 1 just days before the elevated rates were due to take effect.
The 27-country bloc is under conflicting pressures as powerhouse Germany urged a quick deal to safeguard its industry, while other EU members, such as France, have said EU negotiators should not cave into a one-sided deal that only benefits the US.
Canada earlier received a similar letter setting out 35-percent tariffs on its goods, while Trump has threatened to impose a 50-percent tariff on goods made in Brazil, in retaliation for the “witch-hunt” trial against his far-right ally former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing prosecution over his alleged role in a plot to overturn the country’s 2022 election.
Trump’s cascade of tariff orders since returning to the White House in January has begun generating tens of billions of dollars a month in new revenue for the US government. US customs duties revenue shot past $100bn in the federal fiscal year to June, according to US Treasury data on Friday.
It has become an unwanted story of England’s series against India.
Slow over-rates. A topic frequently discussed but that never goes away.
Just 72.3 overs were bowled on day two of the third Test at Lord’s.
That means, including the necessary time taken for a change of innings, 15 overs were lost from the match not because of rain or bad light but because of the slowness of play.
In a five-day Test, 90 overs are scheduled for each day.
To prevent teams tactically wasting time to ensure a draw all of the overs must be bowled on the fifth day barring interruptions for the weather but, on the previous days, the overs must be fitted into the six hours of play, with an extra half an hour made available at the end of the day.
While time can be made up for overs lost to the weather, there is no such provision when the reason is simply slow play. If overs are not bowled in that time they are lost from the match.
There are some penalties already in place in the International Cricket Council’s playing conditions but they have limited impact.
An umpire can, after an initial warning, award five penalty runs to an opposition if one team is deemed to be wasting time. This rule has never been enforced in Test cricket.
A stop clock was also introduced last month where a timer counts down from 60 seconds between overs. Again, five penalty runs can be awarded here but, despite warnings during the first two Tests, neither captain was punished.
More common are fines against captains and, in the World Test Championship (WTC) league phase, points deductions.
At the end of a WTC match various caveats are taken into accounts, such as injuries and umpire reviews, and a calculation is made as to how far behind the required over-rate a team was.
The regulations state: “A team will have one point deducted from its points total for each penalty over it incurs.”
The over-rate debate is not new.
The number of overs bowled per hour has dropped steadily throughout the history of Test cricket, in part down to developments in the game such as umpire reviews, boundary checks, concussion protocol and TV advert breaks.
Prior to World War Two the average over rate was around 21 per hour. That dropped to 18 between 1945 and 1974, 14.3 from 1975 to 1999 and 14 since 2000.
Things have taken a further turn in this series. The over-rate across the first two Tests was 13.3 per hour with 39 overs lost in the first Test and 19 in the second.
A major factor has been the ball. Both teams have repeatedly asked for the ball to be changed because it has gone soft and out of shape. This has led to delays to allow umpires to check the shape and possibly replace the ball.
There have been other lengthy breaks too.
On day two at Lord’s the first drinks break lasted around six minutes and 20 seconds, rather than the standard four.
Given the high temperatures in London, there have been regular unscheduled drinks breaks and pauses for batters to change their gloves.
Both England batter Joe Root and India bowler Jasprit Bumrah were asked about the issue after the second day’s play.
Root suggested teams should only be allowed three attempts to change the ball per innings to save some time.
“I don’t want to get myself in trouble by trying to rewrite the thing but that’s one way of policing the ball thing,” Root said.
“In terms of over rates, it can be quite difficult on a day like today.
“We’re not used to this, are we? Thirty [degrees] in England feels like 45 elsewhere. But I guess just try and keep on top of it as much as you can.”
A point of debate is whether rushing through the overs would diminish the quality of play. Although time was lost, Friday’s play was action-packed.
There are also fewer draws in Tests now than ever before, meaning a result is still found despite the overs lost.
“It’s hot out there,” said Bumrah. “It’s tough on the bowlers.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan:
When it gets to the fifth day you have to bowl the 90 overs. I have no idea why on days one, two, three, or four we see the game played at a snail’s pace.
On day five when the players and umpires know 90 have to be bowled they are running around, there won’t be as many unofficial drinks breaks.
I would make it simple. You have to bowl 90 overs in a day regardless of the time.
BBC chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew:
I have spent 30 years banging on about over-rates. On the face of it is it boring but it is actually really important because it is just a terrible look.
You cannot have up to 15 overs not being bowled. It is totally unacceptable.
It is like going to the cinema, watching Pearl and Dean and then the lights go on and you are kicked out. Fines don’t work.
Now teams have time allowed for breaks but they should be penalised on that. There should be a stop clock for drinks breaks. Every time someone comes on to the field to bring gloves or drinks on a clock should start and that counts against that team.
Then you have to impose penalty runs. It is the only currency players understand.
Test Match Special statistician Andy Zaltzman:
The general play in Test cricket is really good but surely it would be improved by having more of it per day.
There is a clock between overs now and the only problem is players completely ignore it.
You need an in-game penalty of runs against the batting or bowling side if they are obviously wasting time, maybe with a green or yellow card warning system.
Former England captain Sir Alastair Cook:
The issue has been going on for years.
I am not blaming the players. It is time for the ICC and the umpires to step in. The speed of play is their responsibility. Drinks breaks need to be shorter.
As players you will always push the boundaries. A 10:30 start would allow another half an hour but would just add to the overall issue.
As a captain the last thing you are worried about is the speed of play. You are aware of it because you get fined but the game is far more important for you. It is about winning that moment.
BBC cricket commentator Simon Mann:
We need a proper penalty to concentrate players’ minds. You could have a run penalty but it is a little artificial.
I would calculate how many overs the batting or bowling side is down – it is not just the bowling side that wastes time – and next time they bowl take a fielder off for two, three or five overs.
Former England bowler Steven Finn:
A run penalty would be better than a monetary fine. The problem is there are quite a lot of things that aren’t the fault of the bowling team at all – gloves changed too frequently, treatment for minor injuries.
It is more complicated than simply punishing the bowling team and I wouldn’t want the quality of cricket to be diminished by rushing through too much.
BBC cricket presenter and commentator Isa Guha:
Slow over-rates have been a problem for a long time in Test cricket and I feel sorry for the spectators who pay good money and feel like they are missing out on action they have paid for.