PADDY PIMBLETT has broken his silence on the supposed leaking of his next fight.
The Brit submission specialist hasn’t fought since his demolition job of fellow fan favourite Michael Chandler at UFC 314 in Miami.
But middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis seemingly revealed the Liverpudlian would be back in action on the undercard of his UFC 319 title defence against Khamzat Chimaev on August 16.
DDP told Ahmed Amwell during a recent trip to Dubai: “It’s gonna be a big card.
“The co-main event is Paddy Pimblett and Justin Gaethje.”
Du Plessis’ comments spread like wildfire and quickly came to the attention of Pimblett, who didn’t mince his words on the matter.
The former Cage Warriors featherweight champion said: “Yous are mad if you think I’m fighting in August.”
MMA fans around the world are hoping Pimblett’s next fight will be against new lightweight champion, Ilia Topuria
The pair, who have beef dating back to 2021, took part in a heated face-off last weekend following Topuria’s brutal first-round KO of Charles Oliveira at UFC 317.
Security had to separate the duo after Topuria SHOVED his long-time nemesis, who revelled in the moment after he left the octagon.
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Their impromptu face-off has set the table for a grudge match over four years in the making.
But UFC supremo Dana White has seemingly already shot down the prospect of the two stars clashing next.
He said: “I don’t know who the hell let him in there. That should’ve never happened.
“Let’s start there. I was already back in my room, or that would’ve never happened.”
He added: “(Van) is the No. 1 contender, and I just said the winner of that fight will get a title shot, so obviously the fans wanted it, too.
“My thing with Topuria is his wife and kid are in the octagon.
“That’s not the fight. It’s just, yeah. It shouldn’t happen.
“That’s not really what we do. I don’t really give a sh*t if it’s fun to watch or not. That shouldn’t have happened.
“Plus, he wins a second title in a higher division. It was a bad call by whoever let him in there.”
YOU couldn’t wear a skirt in the 90s without one of these dangling from your hips.
And millennials all hoped it would be the last we’d see of the disk belts, but Gen-Z seems to have other plans.
The giant belts which would often ping off at the most awkward of times have made a comeback in high street stores.
The likes of New Look, Primark, PLT and Boohoo are all stocking it.
And one mum was horrified when her teen daughter picked up to buy.
Taking to TikTok, Nina, wife of the famous SpudBros founder, shared her daughter’s reaction to the 90s accessory.
She told her mum she wanted to buy it for her summer holiday as Nina looked on mortified.
“You do realise that when I was about 14 that is what we used to wear,” she said.
“We thought we were really cool and then we bullied them ever since.
“Now they’ve made this comeback and you’re saying it’s nice?!”
“They were not lying when they said fashions come back around. I need to find a photo of me in one of these,” Nina captioned the post.
While Nina and her daughter’s opinion on the belt differed, many agreed with Nina in the comments.
The clip soon went viral on her TikTok account @ninadixon28 with over 2.5 million views and 113k likes
Many were horrified to see it make its way back into stores.
One person wrote: “I had one in every colour. I used to wear them with long rara skirts in the early 2000s.”
Another commented: “My mum used to say fashion repeats itself and it’s true.”
NINETIES and noughties trends especially have become a hit with Gen Z - most likely because they didn’t wear them the first time round. Here, Deputy Fashion Editor Abby McHale gives the rundown of some of the trends that have made a comeback that we wish did not.
Disc belts
“A hit with celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Blake Lively, the belt itself did nothing that a belt should actually do – it was a mere fashion statement, not a piece to actually hold anything up.
“And it seems it’s not just me who is enraged by its return, with many taking to TikTok to give their views, saying: ‘Oh no not the disc belt! I don’t think I have the energy for it a 2nd time around’ – I feel you.”
Jelly shoes
“After not being seen on shelves for decades, they’ve made a reappearance and this time they’re not just for kids.
“Coming in a range of colourful patterns, you can get them all over the high street in either flat or heeled versions.
“Not only will you look very childish wearing such shoes, but people will also need to learn that they aren’t the comfiest – blister plasters will come in handy.”
Pedal pushers
“The cropped knee-grazing trouser were all the rage in the 1990s and 2000s, but this time the model fash pack are all over them – with both Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski wearing them out recently.
“The original IT girls, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot helped make the trousers – also called Capri pants – look effortlessly cool and glam.
“Somehow this time round they don’t seem to be having that same effect.”
“The trauma from the disk belt,” penned a third.
Meanwhile a fourth said: “The late 90s and 00s has entered the chat!!”
“It is totally giving PTSD hahaha,” claimed a fifth
Someone else added: “Oh no they are not back are they.”
AFTER losing three stone on fat jabs, Emmie Barwise loved nothing more than picking out a stylish outfit to showcase her svelte new figure.
However, there was one accessory she wasn’t expecting to add to her wardrobe.
As well as figure-hugging dresses and thigh skimming skirts, Emmie was forced to start wearing panty liners daily.
Aside from her astonishing weight-loss, incontinence has been an unwelcome side effect of taking Mounjaro.
The 34-year-old explains: “It would happen when I laughed, coughed or sneezed.
“I wet myself during one date, I never imagined that could happen with the jab.
“It was so frustrating, I finally felt confident enough to go on dates but I spent the whole time worrying it would happen.
“It was humiliating – I was a hot girl who couldn’t pull.”
Events manager and single mum Emmie, who lives in Manchester with her 12-year-old daughter, says the unfortunate side-effect made her self-conscious
She admits: “I constantly worried that I smelt of wee.
“It was really off-putting and something I never imagined I would have to deal with.”
Emmie says she began struggling with her weight last year when she started comfort eating during the winter months.
She says: “I loved a good takeaway, a bottle of wine and chocolates.
“It was so cold last year, I found myself indulging way too much.”
By Christmas, the mum realised she’d gained three stone in just two months.
“As well as my main job, I also do catalogue modelling,” she says.
“I knew I needed to lose weight as I noticed I was losing work since gaining weight.”
A mortified Emmie hit the gym but found it hard to shift the pounds.
“I had friends who were using weight loss jabs, I’d heard good things and decided to give them a go,” she says.
In January, Emmie bought Mounjarno on a private prescription, paying £150 a month for the jabs.
“As soon as I started taking the jabs my food noise disappeared for the first time in my life,” she says.
But while Emmie quickly noticed her weight falling off, she soon became aware of her unfortunate side effect too.
She says: “In the first four weeks, I lost seven pounds and felt amazing.
“But around the same time, I had been chatting to a man at a bar when I realised I had wet myself.
“It was just a few drops, but I fled to the loo with my jacket around my waist.”
I even considered adult nappies for an extreme emergency
Emmie Barwise
Emmie’s rapid weight loss in the first four weeks meant a rapid loss of tone around her pelvic floor muscles.
A study by HealthCentral.com revealed Ozempic or semaglutide can be linked to stress urinary incontinence.
This means the pelvic floor muscles can’t hold up under pressure when you cough, sneeze or laugh because the drug’s rapid weight and muscle loss, especially in pelvic muscles, lowers pelvic support and increases leakage risk.
Emmie says: “The first time it happened, I convinced myself I had drunk too much.
“When it happened at work, I bought period panty liner pads to help control my pee problem.
“I even considered adult nappies for an extreme emergency.
Weight loss jabs are all the rage as studies and patient stories reveal they help people shed flab at almost unbelievable rates, as well as appearing to reduce the risk of serious diseases.
Wegovy – a modified version of type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic – and Mounjaro are the leading weight loss injections used in the UK.
Wegovy, real name semaglutide, has been used on the NHS for years while Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is a newer and more powerful addition to the market.
Mounjaro accounts for most private prescriptions for weight loss and is set to join Wegovy as an NHS staple this year.
How do they work?
The jabs work by suppressing your appetite, making you eat less so your body burns fat for energy instead and you lose weight.
They do this my mimicking a hormone called GLP-1, which signals to the brain when the stomach is full, so the drugs are officially called GLP-1 receptor agonists.
They slow down digestion and increase insulin production, lowering blood sugar, which is why they were first developed to treat type 2 diabetes in which patients’ sugar levels are too high.
Can I get them?
NHS prescriptions of weight loss drugs, mainly Wegovy and an older version called Saxenda (chemical name liraglutide), are controlled through specialist weight loss clinics.
Typically a patient will have to have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher, classifying them as medically obese, and also have a weight-related health condition such as high blood pressure.
GPs generally do not prescribe the drugs for weight loss.
Private prescribers offer the jabs, most commonly Mounjaro, to anyone who is obese (BMI of 30+) or overweight (BMI 25-30) with a weight-related health risk.
Private pharmacies have been rapped for handing them out too easily and video calls or face-to-face appointments are now mandatory to check a patient is being truthful about their size and health.
Are there any risks?
Yes – side effects are common but most are relatively mild.
Around half of people taking the drug experience gut issues, including sickness, bloating, acid reflux, constipation and diarrhoea.
Dr Sarah Jarvis, GP and clinical consultant at patient.info, said: “One of the more uncommon side effects is severe acute pancreatitis, which is extremely painful and happens to one in 500 people.”
Other uncommon side effects include altered taste, kidney problems, allergic reactions, gallbladder problems and hypoglycemia.
Evidence has so far been inconclusive about whether the injections are damaging to patients’ mental health.
Figures obtained by The Sun show that, up to January 2025, 85 patient deaths in the UK were suspected to be linked to the medicines.
“I had no idea that this was a possible side effect of the jab, it’s definitely not one that people talk about.”
In a bid to ease her embarrassing symptoms, Emmie immediately began doing her pelvic floor exercises three times a day.
She says: “I use Kegel balls, which come in different weights with strings attached.
“You pop inside your vagina and practice holding them for different periods of time.
“It took four weeks of training, but my symptoms have finally eased up.”
While urinary incontinence might have been a negative side effect, Emmie has found an added bonus aside from her weight loss.
The oddball side effects created havoc in my life, but I got through it and I am back to feeling like my best self
Emmie Barwise
“The jab has increased by sex drive and my orgasms are stronger than ever,” she says.
“I consider that an added bonus.”
According to research, the GLP-1 drugs can also alter autonomic nervous system responses and increase blood circulation, especially to your pubic area, which could explain Emmie’s heightened sensitivity and increased sex drive.
After six months of using Mounjarno, Emmie has now lost 3st 1lb and has no regrets.
She says: “I don’t regret using the drug to fast-track my weight loss.
“It’s not cheating, it’s using what works for you.
“The oddball side effects created havoc in my life, but I got through it and I am back to feeling like my best self.”
I TRIED to survive off nearly-scrapped meals for a week through a food wastage scheme offering wonky veg and restaurant leftovers at bargain prices.
The app definitely saved me money – but there was a big downside.
Here’s how it works…
You open the Too Good To Go app and set the location radius from between 1km and 30km to scout out the options in your area.
There are establishments offering meals and groceries, as well as bakeries and shops selling breads and pastries.
Each shop will have a surprise bag (or box) of surplus goods that are about to go off, and will set a pick-up window for collection.
You won’t know what you’ve got until you open your bag – which is all part of the fun, but can be quite annoying as I learned.
Even with the same shop, what you get will change with each order on a daily basis.
What you receive depends on what is left over at the end of the day, although the app does tell you what you can expect as a rough guide.
Day one and my first problem arose – trying to find a Too Good To Go option that I could pick up outside of my working hours.
Fortunately, I found a £4 surprise bag from Petit Village, a nearby green grocers roughly a 15 minute walk from my house.
It was the last one left, and had a decent collection time between 12pm and 6pm.
I dashed off after to work to go collect my bounty.
While some establishments will need to cook or pack your food once you arrive to collect your order, others – like Petit Village – will have your surprise bag ready and waiting.
I showed the man behind the counter my collection code, and confirmed in the app that I was collecting, before being handed a crate full of vegetables.
I got a bag of cherry tomatoes, three larger tomatoes, two avocados, a head of lettuce, a green pepper, four red chillies, seven carrots and a fistful of beets.
Now, these vegetables were pretty limp, one of the avocados was squishy, some of the carrots were bendy and the lettuce had certainly seen better days.
But that’s the whole point, right?
They were all edible (apart from a funky-looking carrot I composted).
And as another example of technological brilliance (or laziness) I used ChatGPT to conjure meals with those exact ingredients.
You can do the same, with my prompt: “Please give me five recipe ideas using at least four of the following ingredients…” and then list your produce.
You can even throw in a few bits you might already have in your cupboard – like pasta or cous cous, or some stuff lurking in the freezer.
All the options sounded great, and I reworked a roasted vegetable salad suggestion into a Moroccan-style cous cous, and whipped up a spicy tomato salsa and guacamole to have with some chips.
The lettuce went into a salad along with the second avocado and some more cherry tomatoes on Day 2, which paired nicely with a fishcake I had in the freezer.
When it comes to making meals with surplus goods – time is of the essence.
You don’t have long until these veg are deemed inedible.
That’s when I start looking for my next meal…
At this point, my box of veg is running low – and it’s all getting too limp for my liking.
The night before, I tapped ‘buy’ on a £3.99 surprise bag from The Laundry, a popular restaurant in London’s Brixton that is a two minute walk from a friend’s flat.
It’s a lovely restaurant that my friend and I have been meaning to try for a while – where a main costs between £18 and £26.
So, £3.99 is a steal – and the generous portion of lasagne with a side of carrots and roasted butternut squash tasted really good.
It even had a decent collection slot of between 10am and 11:40am – which I could dash out to as I wasn’t working that day.
This was my lunch on Day 3, and even on Day 4 – the portion really was of monster proportions.
One surprise box from this place could honestly feed two!
There are all kinds of shops, bakeries, cafes, restaurants, and supermarkets giving food away for cheap on the Too Good To Go app.
Shops include: Aldi, Morrisons, Co-op, Budgens, Londis, Nisa and even M&S.
Restaurants and cafes include: Greggs, Pizza Express, Fireaway, Costa, Starbucks, Pret, Cafe Nero, Gail’s, Yo Sushi, Carluccios, Harvester, Toby Carvery and more.
Some train stations even have options.
Plus, there are tons of independent cafes, restaurants, bakeries and delis if you want to try something new without breaking the bank.
You will have more options in large towns and cities, like London.
Although some quieter parts of the capital do seem a bit short of choice.
Smaller places and villages might not have any retailers listed – and when they do, you could have some competition.
Now even though I have lunch lined up for Day 4 – I need to be alert to what my options are for the rest of the day.
All the best deals get snapped up quick.
So on a hot day, I opted for a £5.20 surprise bag from Paella Street, a stall at Tabard Street Food Market, just a 10 minute walk from the office.
It was supposed to be a post-lunchtime deal, and gave me the smallest collection window I had encountered yet: between 2pm and 2:15pm.
I received two very sweaty boxes of vegan paella – which wouldn’t have cost much more to have fresh.
And to be honest, the state of them left me Googling how to revive old paella.
However, once successfully revived on the hob at home, just one box of the two made a very nice dinner.
The other I stuck in the freezer for a rainy day.
At this point, I’m running out of options.
I have a choice to make: eat baked goods for dinner (not ideal), or wait until 10pm to collect a meal suitable enough for tea (also not ideal).
This is where I had to draw the line and go to an actual supermarket.
But it taught me an important lesson about the best time to buy surprise goodies on Too Good To Go.
The price of some surprise bags drops as the collection time approaches – these are the establishments with a ‘dynamic pricing’ tag on them.
The Too Good To Go app will adjust the discount level on surprise bags based on in-app behaviour – to try and tempt people to snag food that would otherwise go to waste.
It also helps to check the app the night before you want to pick up the food.
While the prices may be slightly more expensive, you’ll be able to actually get what you want – i.e. groceries over baked goods (or vice versa) – and at decent collection times.
But ultimately, you’ll have to go when you can.
I have spent a total of £13.19 in five days, over three payments.
That’s about £4.40 on average – nearly half what I would usually spend on eating per day.
I usually spend around £170 a month on groceries, across an average of 19 transactions – which is nearly £9 on average every time I go to the shops.
So it does work out cheaper – but is it worth it?
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AN urgent warning has been issued to Irish parents as a children’s toy sold on TEMU was recalled over choking fears.
The affected teddy toy was sold to shoppers through the online platform.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission issued the recall due to safety concerns.
The soft cuddly toy features eyes that can easily detach.
And these parts can be put into the mouth of a child which could lead to them choking.
A spokesperson for the CCPC said: “The risk reported to CCPC is choking. The eyes of the toy can easily detach, generating small parts.
“A small child could put them in the mouth and choke on it.”
The batch number is 289672741 while the bar code is 9778476479.
The brand of the toy being sold is unknown.
The CCPC said customers should stop using the product immediately and keep it out of reach from children.
They can also return it to Temu for a full refund.
The CCPC spokesperson added: “Customers should stop using the product immediately and keep it out of the reach of children.
“Temu has contacted affected consumers regarding this recall on behalf of the seller, and reimbursements have been issued to those impacted.”
There are approximately 44 affected products in the Republic of Ireland.
It comes after a popular rugby headguard was recalled for failing health and safety requirements.
Customers are being urged to stop using the product immediately.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission issued the recall due to safety concerns.
The Hedkayse Rugby Headguard has been recalled due to non-compliance with the essential health and safety requirements of the PPE Regulations.
It is understood there are approximately 3 affected products in the Republic of Ireland.
The brand is Hedkayse and the model is R1 Youth/Adult.
The CCPC said: “Hedkayse Limited are carrying out a recall of Hedkayse Rugby Headguard.
“The product has been recalled due to failure to demonstrate conformity assessment, invalid CE marking affixed and non-compliance with the essential health and safety requirements of the PPE Regulations.
“The brand is Hedkayse. The model is R1 Youth/Adult.”
They continued: “Customers should stop using the product immediately.
“Hedkayse asks customers to contact them at info@hedkayse.com to discuss a product recall/replacement service.”
X FACTOR legend Lucie Jones’ new man is a top restaurant director, The Sun can reveal.
The West End star, 34, went public with her boyfriend, George Hersey, at Glastonbury this weekend.
It comes just days after we revealed she had split from her husband of eight years Ethan Boroian.
A source told us: “Lucie’s absolutely glowing – it’s lovely to see her so happy. Her new man’s not in the spotlight and that’s exactly what she needs.
“She’s had a hard year and it’s nice to see her smiling and moving forward in a positive way.
“He was at Glastonbury to support her and it was clear for everyone to see, just how much they like each other.”
The Sun has contacted a representative for Lucie for comment.
George has shared a picture of him and Lucie holding hands on at Worthy Farm, writing: “The greatest place on earth and an insanely special week.”
Lucie commented: “Yep! Yep yep yep.”
While underneath a video clip of Lucie performing in Glastonbury’s Astrolabe tent, George wrote: “You are the best of the best. Incredible [love heart eyes emoji].”
George oversees Michelin-starred chef Adam Handling’s restaurant group which consists of five eateries including Frog in Covent Garden, London.
His social media account shows a love for the great outdoors, fine food and hanging out with friends.
A source previously told us how Lucie and ex Ethan’s lives were “headed in different directions.”
But at one stage, Lucie, who previously represented the UK in Eurovision, was head over heels for him.
Speaking about her ex, who works as the private client director for luxury brand Moët Hennessy, she said: “Ethan is everything I could ever have wanted in a man. I count my lucky stars I found him every single day.
“As soon as I saw Ethan, looking so dashing in his blue wedding suit, I started to well up.
“Then the male voice choir started to sing our song, God Only Knows, by The Beach Boys, and an overwhelming feeling of intense emotion came over me.
“Suddenly, every precious memory of our time together came flooding back and I couldn’t stop the tears. I felt so elated and knew that marrying him was the best thing I would ever do.”
Chicago-born Ethan added: “It was incredible seeing her in her wedding dress for the first time. I couldn’t take my eyes off her.”
The pair reconnected after first meeting at boot camp during the filming of The X Factor 15 years ago, after which Lucie made it into the final 12.
They stayed in touch when Ethan moved back to his native Chicago before going out on their first date five years later.
