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Jhon Duran ‘set to link up with Cristiano Ronaldo’ with Al-Nassr plotting transfer for £80m Aston Villa star
SAUDI PRO LEAGUE side Al-Nassr could push to sign Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran this week.
Head coach Stefano Pioli is looking to add a striker to his ranks before the transfer window closes.
Darwin Nunez was considered the priority target earlier this month, but Liverpool made it clear they had no intention of selling him.
Instead, the Riyadh-based side turned to Duran and Bayer Leverkusen forward Victor Boniface.
Al-Nassr chiefs will decide on who they want to sign TODAY ahead of a late swoop.
French outlet L’Equipe has claimed that Duran is “close” to a move after agreeing contract terms with the Pro League club.
Aston Villa could reportedly accept an offer worth at least £59million.
Villa rejected a £57m bid from West Ham last week before demanding a much higher fee.
The Athletic claims £80m could be enough to fully tempt the Premier League side into an agreement.
Duran joined Aston Villa two years ago in a deal worth £18m.
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The striker has since scored 20 goals in 78 appearances.
Aston Villa tied him down to a new deal until June 2030 back in October after he received summer interest from both Chelsea and West Ham.
Should Duran join Al-Nassr, he will play alongside five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, ex-Liverpool star Sadio Mane and former Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte.
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Black widow who killed husband in insurance plot may escape execution after ‘sex-mad prosecutors’ showed THONG in court
THE only woman on death row in Oklahoma could snag a lighter sentence after her thong was paraded around in court by “sex-mad” prosecutors.
Black widow Brenda Andrew, 61, has been behind bars for almost 20 years since she shot dead her husband as part of a million-dollar insurance scam in 2001.
Now, her sentence could be changed as her attorneys claim she was slut-shamed in court.
The prosecution team held up her thong for the jury to show the kind of underwear Brenda wore and called her a “slut puppy”.
The evidence also included a witness’s opinion that Brenda wore a “sexy” and “provocative” outfits that showed “a lot of cleavage”.
The jury also heard details about the places and times she had flirted with other men and testimony about her affairs – including some that ended seventeen years before the crime.
Brenda’s attorneys claim that claim that she, a Sunday school teacher with no prior criminal record, was “sex-shamed” so the jury would give her the harshest possible sentence.
The Supreme Court last week voted 7-2 in favour of Brenda’s appeal and ordered a lower court to reconsider her conviction.
A Supreme Court statement read: “The prosecution elicited testimony about Andrew’s sexual partners reaching back two decades; about the outfits she wore to dinner or during grocery runs; about the underwear she packed for vacation; and about how often she had sex in her car.
“The ultimate question is whether a fair-minded jurist could disagree that the evidence ‘so infected the trial with unfairness’ as to render the resulting conviction or sentence a ‘denial of due process.’”
Brenda was sentenced to death in 2004, alongside her lover and accomplice James Pavatt, also a Sunday school teacher, for murdering her husband Rob Andrew.
When Rob returned to the family home to pick up his son and daughter for Thanksgiving on November 20, 2001, Brenda told him a pilot light was on in the furnace.
He was then shot twice, first by James, then by Brenda, with his own 16-gauge shotgun, prosecutors claimed.
James always denied that Brenda had even been involved in the fatal shooting of her husband.
He claims that after selling Rob a life insurance policy worth $800,000, he murdered him with the help of another friend.
Brenda was shot in the arm during the murder, and told cops that two armed men had carried it out.
Court filings state that Brenda’s inappropriate shaming during the trial saw her called a “slut puppy” by prosecutors and had her “plainly irrelevant sexual history” publicised.
The New York Times reported that Brenda’s thong, in particular, was used as a smoking gun in the case.
The prosecutor in 2004 said: “The grieving widow packs this [her thong] to run off with her boyfriend.
“Can’t twist the facts, folks. Can’t twist the evidence.”
Brenda is said to have packed the thong to travel with Pravatt to Mexico days after the murder, where they lived for three months until they ran out of money.
The pair were arrested when they attempted to return to the United States in February 2002.
The Supreme Court’s ruling does not mean that Brenda will be released.
Rather, the case will return to a lower court which must reconsider its verdict that Brenda’s trial had been fair, considering the Supreme Court’s ruling.
If judges decided the trial in fact not fair, a retrial or a re-sentencing could be ordered.
Brenda’s attorney, Jessica Sutton, said she hoped the appeals court would “stop this injustice”.
She added: “Wielding these gendered tropes to justify a conviction and punishment of death is intolerable and poses a threat to everyone who does not follow rigid gender norms.”
Woman, 25, faces jail after bombarding her boyfriend’s ex with videos of her FARTING
A YOUNG woman appeared in court today to plead guilty to harassment in the first case of its kind – after sending videos of herself farting.
Rhiannon Evans, 25, was hauled before magistrates for causing “distress or anxiety” to her boyfriend’s ex-partner, Deborah Prytherch.
In Britain’s first ever cyber-farting case, Evans bombarded her with several “inappropriate” videos of herself passing wind that were “indecent or grossly offensive”.
Prosecutor Diane Williams told magistrates at Caernarfon, north Wales, that in the first video message: “She proceeds to pass gas by placing the camera on her bottom and passing the gas.”
On December 22, there were three more videos of her letting rip.
Ms Williams said that over the course of the next few days, another four were sent of the same nature, showing “Miss Evans passing wind, her face smiling at the camera”.
Her tooting continued on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, despite police getting wind of what had happened.
Ms Prytherch’s victim statement, read to the court, said: “I would like to feel safe in my home.”
When Evans was arrested at her home in Caernarfon, she admitted she had sent the videos.
The prosecutor added: “She suggested she wanted to send videos because she felt her partner was being treated unfairly.
“It was purely malicious. She was smirking throughout, found it hilarious but the victim didn’t.”
Shop worker Evans was originally charged with malicious communications.
Harriet Gorst, defending, said :”There are some issues going on between Miss Evans’s partner and his ex-partner with regard to child contact.”
The lawyer said: “At the time she sent these videos she had some drinks and she sent them, understanding now this has caused the victim some distress.”
Evans was said to have mental health problems.
She will be sentenced later on Wednesday.
Dunnes Stores fans rushing to buy €20 ‘wardrobe staple’ perfect for spring in three colours
DUNNES Stores fans are rushing to buy a major “wardrobe staple” – and it comes in three colours.
The Knit Jumper is available in stores and online now.
It is priced at just €20 and is stocked in blue, mocha and pink.
The retailer said: “This soft, comfortable knit jumper is a wardrobe staple, perfect for year-round styling.”
“Designed in a relaxed fit with a classic crew neck, it’s an easy piece to dress up or down.”
The jumper can be styled with jeans, trousers or skirts depending on the occasion.
However, fashion fans will need to act fast as mocha and pink are currently sold out online.
Meanwhile, Dunnes Stores is making it easy for shoppers to start in the gym this year – with their gorgeous activewear range.
The range features some stunning pieces including jackets, flattering leggings and additional items.
With bargain prices, shoppers are rushing to the tills to pick them up.
One shopper has tried some of the new range, and shared her opinion on social media.
TikTok user Lauren Egerton shared a short video to the platform for her followers.
In the caption of her post, she wrote: “I got a few new pieces from Dunnes Stores and I decided to wear a few of them today! These are all still available to purchase, even the rest that I showed you!”
At the beginning of the video, she can be seen wearing a luxury pair of black pyjamas from Dunnes Stores, with white lining along the edges.
The set costs just €20 in total.
Lauren said: “A very basic outfit for today, it’s only Tuesday. I’m actually off, but I might take myself somewhere nice.”
“I have new bits, they’re very basic.”
The first thing she shows off is a stunning khaki-coloured padded jacket that is perfect for the cold weather.
Holding it up, she said: “Has anyone else bought these jackets in Dunnes?”
She notes that she bought it two weeks ago in black, but went back to buy the second colour.
The hooded quilt jacket comes in four colours: black, blue, khaki, and winter white.
It is available in sizes XS to XXL, and is set to fly off the shelves as it costs just €30.
In the official item description on the Dunnes Stores website, fashion chiefs wrote: “Designed in a diamond-quilted texture, this jacket has a high neck, zip pockets, dipped hems, and a hood.”
“Lightweight and shower-resistant, it’s a great option for transitional weather.”
THE HISTORY OF DUNNES STORES
DUNNES Stores opened its first store on Patrick Street in Cork in 1944 - and it was an instant hit.
Shoppers from all over the city rushed to the store to snap up quality clothing at pre-war prices in Ireland’s first ‘shopping frenzy’.
During the excitement, a window was forced in and the police had to be called to help control the crowds hoping to bag founder Ben Dunne’s ‘Better Value’ bargains.
Dunnes later opened more stores in the 1950s and began to sell groceries in 1960 – starting with apples and oranges.
The retailer said: “Fruit was expensive at the time and Ben Dunne yet again offered Better Value than anyone else in town.
“Over time, our food selection has grown and that spirit of good value has remained strong.
“Now we offer a wide range of carefully-sourced foods from both local Irish suppliers and overseas.”
The retailer’s first Dublin store opened its doors in 1957 on Henry Street and a super store on South Great Georges Street was unveiled in 1960.
They added: “In 1971, our first Northern Irish store opened, and many others soon followed.
“Expansion continued in the 1980s in Spain, and later into Scotland and England.”
Dunnes now has 142 stores and employs 15,000 people.
Brit tourists to pay MORE than EU citizens to visit iconic French landmark, Macron announces in blow to holidaymakers
BRITISH tourists will have to cough up more money than their EU counterparts to visit the Louvre as part of a £670million revamp announced by French President Emmanuel Macron.
There may also be a separate charge just to get a glimpse of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece the Mona Lisa – Macron hinted at in his speech in front of the world-famous painting.
Within the £670million revamp are also plans to give the enigmatic Mona Lisa her own room, create a new entrance, and open an array of new underground rooms – all to be completed by 2031.
Macron said that these extravagant changes would be funded without sacrificing French taxpayers’ money and instead be financed by worse-off non-EU visitors as well as by donations from patrons.
The decision comes after Louvre President Laurence des Cars painted a grim picture of the famous landmark last week, saying in a letter to the culture minister that it was threatened by “a worrying level of obsolescence.”
The world’s most popular museum is plagued by water leaks, overcrowding and severe temperature changes.
In response to the message, Macron organised a speech at the museum where he announced “the new renaissance of the Louvre.”
“The project must be a new stage in the life of the nation for art, the history of art and its transmission,” he added.
The current price to visit all sections of the Louvre including the Mona Lisa is around £18.
But the French culture ministry wants Brits and other visitors from outside the EU to pay between £21 and £25, according to The Times.
In his letter to the French culture minister, Louvre President des Cars also said that visiting the landmark was a “physical ordeal,” and that the damp walls, overcrowded galleries and 35-year-old entrance were “structurally out of date.”
He also called for a “reassessment” of the Mona Lisa’s display.
According to a study in 2019, visitors only spend a mere 50 seconds on average in front of the Mona Lisa due to the long queues and crowded rush.
The last time the museum was renovated dates back to 1989, when its eye-catching glass pyramid was unveiled.
But des Cars stressed that it is not properly insulated from the cold, and the heat tends to amplify noise, making the experience very uncomfortable for both visitors and workers.
There is also a lack of food services and bathroom facilities, he added.
In another hit for Brit holidaymakers, Macron also hinted at other French cultural sites hiking charges for non-EU visitors too, including the Palace of Versailles and the Musée D’Orsay.
In 2024, 8.7 million people visited the Louvre – with 23 per cent being French, 13 per cent American and 5 per cent British.
France follows Spain in its decision to force foreigners to fork out more money after the Spanish government said this month that they would tax foreign buyers looking to purchase homes there.
Macron’s spin doctors give him oily praise for the restoration of the Notre Dame Cathedral five years after it was dramatically damaged by a fire, and they say that this rebirth of the Louvre will be another historic achievement.
What is tourist tax?
Tourist tax, also known as a “tourism levy” or “visitor tax,” is a fee charged to tourists staying in certain destinations oversea.
It is often imposed by local governments or municipalities as a way to generate revenue and help pay for improved hotspots and services.
Tourist tax is usually paid by the actual visitors who stay overnight in paid accommodation, such as hotels, hostels, guesthouses, holiday rentals, or campsites.
It is charged based on either a flat rated fixed amount per night, based on a percentage of total costs or as a variable rate per accommodation type.
Locals or residents are typically exempt from this tax.
European cities like Paris, Rome, and Amsterdam all charge a tourist tax as do island resorts like Mallorca or Ibiza.
Children under certain ages are exempt as are people staying for an extended period of time or people travelling for business.
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