LOVE Island hunk Remell makes a shocking confession to new bombshell Poppy tonight.

As they cosy up in the sleepover villa, he tells her he might be ‘done’ with Alima, who he is coupled up with in the main villa.

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Remell and Poppy are growing close in the sleepover villa[/caption]

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Remell tells her that he feels ‘comfy’ with her[/caption]

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It comes after Remell and Poppy kiss in a game of Truth or Dare.

Dejon dares Remell to kiss an Islander of his choice and he picks Poppy.

Then later in the evening, the pair share a cosy moment where he admits he hasn’t felt like this before on the show.

In a clip shared on social media ahead of the scene airing, Remell says: “I’m being comfy around you still. It’s the first time in, you know, the villa, that I have felt like this so it’s telling me something.”

Smiling, Poppy responds: “Good. I like that.”

Remell then turns his attention to reflecting on how things are going with him in his current coupling.

“Alima, it’s been good in terms of where we are now, but getting there it’s been a bit shaky,he says.

“And it’s like, maybe I’m even waiting on the fact that, I need to see if from her side, is it like a me thing why you’re a slow burner, or is it you?”

And he concludes: “Cause if it’s a me thing then I’m done I’m not gonna lie.”

The pair then kiss again, leaving his relationship with Alima hanging by a thread.

Of course, Remell and Alima’s relationship isn’t the only one in trouble tonight.

Dejon also shares a kiss with Caprice in the steamy game of Truth or Dare.

And back in the main villa, Conor and Megan are growing even closer.

After sharing a kiss on the terrace, Megan tells Meg what happens and betrays where her feelings are at.

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“I don’t regret it though, I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong. I’m not Tommy’s girlfriend,” she says.

And she later confesses to Tommy about the smooch.

“It’s nothing against you, but I’m here to explore connections…” she insists. “I didn’t have to come and tell you this but I do like you, so I am telling you.”

Love Island continues at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.

A DOCTOR has revealed why you should never wash clothes at 90 or 40 degrees.

Not only this, but the pro also shared the correct temperature for “everything but workout gear.”

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Not only this, but Dr Xand van Tulleken also explained why you mustn’t put clothes on at 90 degrees[/caption]

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He stressed that 20 degrees saves 62% of your money compared to 40 degrees[/caption]

So if you want to save cash and ensure your favourite tops don’t get damaged, then you’ve come to the right place and will need to take notes.

Speaking on BBC Morning Live, Dr Xand van Tulleken, who is best known for presenting the CBBC children’s series Operation Ouch! and the Channel 4 show How to Lose Weight Well, got candid on how we should really be doing our laundry. 

The expert explained that while 90 degrees will “kill” bacteria, it could have a very negative impact on your clothes.

He stressed: “The hottest your washing machine will go is 90 degrees usually and that will kill everything.

“It’s almost boiling it. It’s bad for the clothes, it’s very expensive.

“Whatever’s happened to those clothes, I think you’ve got to get new clothes at that point.”

He then voiced when to use the 60 degree function, as he added: “60 degrees, certain bugs will be killed and that can be quite good.

“So if you’ve got an infection going round your house, particularly think of something like norovirus, put it up at 60, along with the mechanical cleaning and the detergent, that’s quite good.”

But Dr Xand admitted why he wouldn’t ever wash his clothes at 40 degrees, as he confessed: “Personally, I don’t see the point in 40 degrees, because it’s too hot to be cheap and it’s too cold to kill anything.

“Commit to one or the other, either go hot or go cold.”

As a result, he acknowledged: “30 degrees, that gets the job done. It is much cheaper.

“So going from 40 to 30 saves you almost 40% in energy costs, it’s quicker. Make sure you get a lower temperature detergent.”

I’m a 20 degrees guy for everything except my workout clothes which go in hotter

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But Dr Xand then revealed the temperature he uses to wash the majority of his clothes – and you’ll need to prepare to be shocked.

The TV personality said: “I’ve gotta say, I’m a 20 degrees guy for everything except my workout clothes which go in hotter.

“20 degrees saves 62% of your money compared to 40 degrees, so that is a big deal.

“But at lower temperatures, you’ve got to think about cleaning your machine.”

And when it comes to cleaning your washing machine, Dr Xand suggested: “The detergent tray where all the mould grows, that can be a real nuisance to clean. I put it in the dishwasher.

“And then mechanical cleaning of the drum – just a cloth, some vinegar, wiping is really good. 

“If your machine has a cleaning cycle which runs at a high temperature, do that according to the manufacturer’s instructions and then air it out.” 

Social media users react

The BBC clip has since been shared on social media and has quickly gone viral, racking up four million views.

Nah mate, 40 degrees all the way

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Stunned by the expert’s advice, Instagram users eagerly raced to the comments to share which temperature they use to get dirty clothes clean. 

One person said: “I do 40 degrees because often clothes get ruined on 60 and don’t get clean enough on 20 or 30. Plus the detergent needs to be able to dissolve and not clog up your pipes.” 

Another added: “Nah mate, 40 degrees all the way. Hot enough to kill bacteria and get rid of hard stains but cold enough so it doesn’t ruin clothes.”

A third commented: “I’m a 30° girly and always will be, detergent, stain remover, laundry sanitiser and conditioner and then a low heat tumble dry. Clothes are lovely and soft, stains are gone and totally fresh. Only do a 90° wash for bedding and white towels.” 

Meanwhile, someone else claimed: “If you have a house dust mite allergy only 60 degrees or above will do!” 

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DEAR DEIDRE: THE woman I’m dating is my soulmate and perfect in every way – apart from the fact she is married to someone else.

We lie in bed after sex talking about all our future plans, but I am starting to think she is stringing me along.

I’m 34 and single. She’s 38 and has been married for ten years.

We met at the local gym five years ago. The moment we started talking, I fell for her. She made me feel like I’d known her for ever.

She is beautiful, funny and kind, and she has become my best friend.

We started off training together in the gym, progressed to meeting for coffee, then, a few months later, ended up in bed in my flat.

From the start, she told me how unhappy her marriage was, She said she was no longer intimate with her husband.

When we have sex, she always says it is everything it has never been with him — tender, passionate and exciting. Afterwards, she lies in my arms, enjoying pillow talk about all the places we’ll go together, even what our future children will look like. 

Until recently, I was convinced she would leave her husband. But it still hasn’t happened.

When I ask her why, she says she doesn’t want to hurt him. Now I’m really struggling. I’ve invested everything in us and I can’t imagine my life without her.

I don’t want to lose my best friend, but I also don’t want to live in this limbo for ever.

I’ve tried to end our affair a few times. She gets upset and I end up falling back into bed with her.

DEIDRE SAYS: I have no doubt she cares for you. But, ultimately, we have to judge people not just by what they say, but also by their actions.

Clearly, something is tying her to her husband – whether it’s fear or comfort. And you need to ask yourself if she’s being completely honest with you.

Perhaps it’s time to give her an ultimatum. Set a time limit – either she leaves him, or you’ll break up with her.

But beware of empty words. They will only undermine your relationship. Keep your eyes open to any efforts to manipulate your emotions again.

My support pack, Your Lover Not Free, has useful information about being in this sort of affair.

You only have one life and deserve to be with someone who is 100 per cent committed to you.

I LONG TO BE AN UNCLE BUT SISTER WON’T HAVE KIDS

DEAR DEIDRE: MY sister’s decision not to have children has deeply upset me because I fear I’ll die a lonely old man.

I’m single and gay, and highly unlikely ever to have kids of my own. Now I’ll never even become an uncle.

I’m in my mid 40s and my sister is 39, and recently married. She has told me she and her husband have chosen not to have children.

We’re a small family, and there’s nobody else to create a new generation.

When our parents die, it will just be the two of us left. There will be no one to spend Christmases with, and nobody to help look after me when I’m old.

I love kids and feel so sad that there won’t be any in my life. It’s made everything feel pointless and empty.

While I know it’s her decision to make, it really hurts.

DEIDRE SAYS: The way you’re feeling is a type of grief, for the loss of the future you’d imagined as an uncle. It’s known as disenfranchised grief.

Don’t give up on having children of your own. You may meet someone, and gay men are now able to adopt or have children through IVF.

Even if that doesn’t happen, it might be possible for you to foster.

My support pack, Feeling Lonely, should help you to find ways to overcome this.

It would also be a good idea for you to talk to a counsellor about your feelings.

SHOULD I REVEAL FAMILY SECRET?

DEAR DEIDRE: HOW do I tell my children that their eldest sister is actually only their half-sister?

They deserve to know the truth, but I’m worried it will affect the closeness of their relationship.

I’m in my late 40s and have four children, two boys and two girls, ranging between 17 and 26.

When I was a young student, I accidentally got pregnant. I chose to have the baby – a girl.

But her dad wanted nothing to do with her, and we soon split. I haven’t heard from him since.

When I married my now husband, a few years later, he agreed to adopt my daughter and bring her up as his own. We then went on to have three children together.

Our daughter knows the circumstances of her birth, but the other children don’t. They don’t seem to have questioned that, while they all have their dad’s dark hair, eyes, and height, their eldest sister is petite and fair.

I feel they’re all old enough to know the truth now but I’m worried it might change our family dynamic.

DEIDRE SAYS: Keeping family secrets is generally not a good idea, as they have a habit of coming out – potentially causing great upset. 

Your children clearly love each other, so finding out their sibling is only a half-sister is unlikely to stop them getting on, or make them treat her differently.

However, the news may come as a shock, and they might feel angry that they weren’t told earlier – particularly with you.

You need to prepare yourself for this possibility. Think about how you’ll explain why this was kept from them, and reassure them.

Ultimately though, this should be your eldest daughter’s decision, as she is the one directly affected. Discuss it with her first.

For more advice, contact Family Lives (familylives.org.uk, tel: 0808 800 2222).

SHE has long been regarded as the Royals’ secret weapon and a savvy peacemaker. 

But now Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh — who was once described by Princess Diana as “Little Miss Goody Two-Shoes” — is braced to play an important role in the family’s future. 

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And the Duchess herself is thought to be delighted with the idea of more frontline roles and responsibilities. 

Since the banishment of Harry and Meghan, and Prince Andrew’s fall from grace, the team of working royals has been down to the bare bones. 

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the cancer woes of King Charles and the Princess of Wales, the shortage of major royals for public duties was even more stark. 

Step forward Sophie, 60, who will now play a distinguished public role in the Royal Family. 

Both William and Kate are very fond of her and Edward, 61, who have proven to be steady hands in an otherwise turbulent family. 

Sources say Sophie — mother of Lady Louise, 21, who is set to graduate this summer, and 17-year-old James, the Earl of Wessex — is keen to relieve the work pressure on Charles, Camilla, William and Kate. 

This month Sophie was seen giggling and sipping cider with William at the Royal Cornwall Show, then last week crowds watched as she and Kate laughed together at the Garter Day procession in Windsor. 

No fanfare 

Moves for Sophie to be given a higher public profile come after Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals in January 2020. 

Four months later the disgraced Duke of York resigned from public roles and will never hold a royal position again after he paid millions in an out-of-court settlement over allegations of sex trafficking by Virginia Giuffre against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 

The Prince and Princess of Wales admire Sophie’s quiet yet determined work on causes such as sexual violence in conflict, and supporting young people. 

Until now she has been a bit like Princess Anne — someone who has done a hell of a lot of travelling to engagements all over the world without any real fanfare.

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A source who knows her well says: “Sophie is very keen to take on more work for the Royal Family. 

“Until now she has been a bit like Princess Anne — someone who has done a hell of a lot of travelling to engagements all over the world without any real fanfare. 

“The places she has gone to are often not very fashionable, to say the least, but she happily goes and gives each engagement her all because she knows she is representing the King. 

“The Duchess is very good at doing her own research for those engagements and writing her own speeches, as does the Duke. 

“I suspect that as she takes on more work for the family, Sophie will have to have more staff. 

“Because at the moment the Duke and Duchess only have one live-in member of staff at their home in Bagshot [Surrey], who doubles up as a personal secretary.” 

Sophie’s widowed father, former oil executive Chris Rhys-Jones, is 94, and she does feel guilty that she won’t be able to see him as much. 

But, says our source, he is delighted that his daughter is to be given a bigger role in the Royal Family. 

Until now the public have been largely unaware of her work, which often has a global reach. 

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Last October The Sun joined Sophie as she made a historic trip to meet victims at a refugee camp on Chad’s border with war-torn Sudan. 

The Duchess, who has worked as a humanitarian for almost a decade, paid an emotional visit to the Adre refugee camp in support of children’s charity Plan International UK. 

Since she pledged her support for the Government’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative on International Women’s Day in 2019 she has visited victims in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Iraq, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A royal source said: “Undoubtedly she’s going to play an important role in the future. 

“William feels Edward and Sophie are needed. The important work that they do is seen.” 

The Royal Family have also been hugely impressed by Sophie’s popularity with the public.

In a recent YouGov poll she scored a 51 per cent positive rating — beating Camilla. 

In April last year she became the first royal — 12 months before Prince Harry’s headline-grabbing jaunt — to visit Ukraine since Russia invaded. 

Cheering crowds

Her trip on behalf of the Foreign Office championed “solidarity” with Ukrainians suffering at the hands of Russia’s brutal attacks. 

She also teamed up with the late Queen Elizabeth II in support of a programme to eliminate the infectious and blinding eye disease trachoma across the Commonwealth. 

Then last week came her joint engagement with William at the Royal Cornwall Show, where they were met by cheering crowds.

They were all smiles as they toasted each other with gin and cider, making it clear they have an easy relationship. 

I think it’s beholden on Buckingham Palace to put her out there more if that’s what she wants to do.

Chris Ship, ITV Royal Editor

Earlier this month, visiting the Imperial War Museum in London, Sophie spoke of her mission to end sexual violence in global war zones. 

In the coming weeks her royal diary reveals a string of typically low-key engagements supporting her many patronages, such as Rochester Cathedral, the Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations and the Central Ballet School. 

The King rewarded Edward and Sophie with their Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh titles in March 2023 to mark Edward’s 59th birthday. 

Chris Ship, ITV Royal Editor, said: “She does some fantastic work in the Middle East, in Africa, helping children who are suffering from potential blindness in adulthood.

“So yes, she could do a lot more and I think she is a real asset. 

“I think it’s beholden on Buckingham Palace to put her out there more if that’s what she wants to do.” 

Sophie has not always been universally popular at the Palace.

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When she first began dating Edward in 1993 she handled the publicity for his charity event, and it was reported that Princess Diana gave her the Little Miss Goody Two Shoes nickname. 

Diana was vocal in her dislike for Sophie, who she thought had been given an easy ride in comparison with her own experience of joining the Royal Family. 

For many years Sophie has been known as the Royal Family’s secret weapon — but for many it has been too secret. 

Finally the safe pair of hands could be given more of a role. 

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THE private jets have landed, the celebrities are filling the grand hotels and billionaires are taking over the city.

Yes, the wedding of the decade is finally here — and true to form for space-loving Jeff Bezos and his bride Lauren Sanchez, it will be out of this world.

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Tonight, approximately 200 of the world’s wealthiest and most famous faces will gather at the 15th-century Madonna dell’Orto church in Venice, before heading to the Venetian island of San Giovanni Evangelista for a sumptuous banquet.

The next day Jeff, 61, and Lauren, 55, will finally say “I do” at the open-air amphitheatre on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore — both most likely draped in Dolce & Gabbana haute couture.

And that is just a slice of what is to come.

Forget everything you know about vow exchanges, wedding breakfasts and DJ’d dancefloors, this super wedding, with an expected bill of around £35million, is going stratospheric.

Today may be the official start to proceedings, but celebrations have already been taking place 160 miles away, on board Jeff’s £370million superyacht Koru, which is anchored off the Croatian island of Cres.

The yacht was supposed to be a focal point for the three-day event in Venice, but thanks to heightened security measures and local protests, it is staying put in Croatia.

According to insiders, there had to be last-minute changes to some wedding plans following the US bombing raid on Iran and the threat of the war in the Middle East escalating.

Bezos, who is worth £165billion, and his billionaire friends are potential American targets, making his over-exposed yacht too much of a risk.

Foam party

There have also been left-leaning protests bubbling away on the ground, with posters popping up saying “No Space for Bezos” and “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax”.

With that in mind, it was decided that arriving on the world’s largest sailing yacht might not have helped the cause.

Instead, they flew in on private jet, but not before hosting a massive foam party on their boat.

Frolicking in the soapy suds, it was clear that the Amazon and Prime founder and former Fox news journalist Lauren were starting as they meant to go on — with fun, fizz and a bit of extra froth.

High-profile guests including Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka have been pouring into the city of love.

Other famous faces believed to be checking into one of Venice’s most luxurious hotels include Kim Kardashian and her mum Kris Jenner, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Eva Longoria and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The five-star Aman Venice, where Jeff and Lauren will be staying and where suites cost as much as £10,000 a night, has been fully booked out for the occasion, as have several other high-end hotels.

And they are not the only businesses profiting from the Bezos bonanza, with around 80 per cent of provisions for the wedding apparently being sourced locally.

Rosa Salva, Venice’s oldest pastry maker, is certainly not against the couple choosing her city to tie the knot.

She told reporters earlier this week: “I don’t see how an event with only 200 people can create disruptions. It’s responsible tourism.

“It’s prestigious that a couple like this, who can go anywhere in the world, are getting married in the city.”

Mayor Luigi Brugnaro added: “We are very proud. I don’t know if I will have time, or if he will, to meet and shake hands, but it’s an honour that they chose Venice.

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And it appears that Jeff and Lauren do want to honour the city.

In their wedding invitation — which was leaked this week and looked like it had been designed on clip art with its illustrations of birds and butterflies — they told guests they do not want presents.

Instead, they would be making donations on their behalf to “safeguard the city’s irreplaceable cultural heritage” and to “restore the vital lagoon habitats”.

As for the lavish events to come, tonight is just an appetiser.

With luxury wedding planners Lanza & Baucina at the helm — whose founders come from Italian royalty — it is no surprise they have access to some of the city’s most exclusive sites.

The firm also planned George and Amal Clooney’s Venetian nuptials in 2014.

The ceremony tomorrow promises to be a spectacular and sumptuous affair fit for the third richest man in the world.

Earlier this week, construction workers were seen building a white cover above the breathtaking amphitheatre at San Giorgio Maggiore, guaranteeing privacy from drones.

Once Mr and Mrs Bezos have made things official there, the party will dine out in style, with the requisite fireworks launched to seal the deal.

Closing the epic three-day event will be a grand ball on Saturday at the Arsenale, the city’s ancient shipyard.

The original plan was to end up at the city’s majestic Scuola Grande della Misericordia building in the centre, but the site has been deemed “logistically unfeasible” given the need for high security.

The Arsenale, which is practically unreachable to any would- be protesters, will see a performance by opera singer Matteo Bocelli, son of Andrea Bocelli.

As for the dress, it is widely believed that previously married mum-of-three Lauren will plump for Dolce & Gabbana for the ceremony itself.

Vanity project

She is close friends with the sartorial duo, who even featured her son Nikko, 24, in a fashion show last year.

She and Jeff were then spotted visiting their iconic store in Milan during March for an apparent dress fitting.

Nevertheless, multiple events call for multiple outfits and, according to insiders, designers Versace and Oscar de la Renta are also on the docket.

The latter was responsible for Lauren’s line of Blue Origin spacesuits that she and her all-female space-mates wore for their 11-minute rocket trip in May.

Lauren had intended that adventure to empower women by gathering a gaggle of girls, including singer Katy Perry and TV anchor Gayle King, and launching into space on a flight funded by Jeff’s space exploration firm.

But the journey was slammed for being just a self-congratulatory vanity project, not least because Katy Perry took the chance to announce her latest tour’s setlist while in zero gravity.

Needless to say, Lauren will this time be keen to strike that fine balance between ex- travagant and modest, proving that despite their love for rockets and superyachts, she and Jeff do have their feet firmly planted on the ground.

Still, the couple have survived rockier terrain. After all, news of their relationship came out in 2019 while they were both still married to other people.

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The location of the lavish wedding, Venice[/caption]

Indeed, it was Lauren’s then husband, Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell, who introduced the pair.

Both Jeff and Lauren say their respective marriages had secretly ended before they got together.

They both then divorced their spouses, with Jeff’s ex-wife MacKenzie Scott — with whom he has four children — walking away with Amazon stock worth £36billion, making her one of the richest women in the world.

Since getting together with Lauren — and proposing to her with a 30-carat ring worth a reported £3.6million in 2023 — Jeff has transformed from a so-called nerd to a buffed-up tech guy.

He now seems happier hobnobbing with celebrities than he is chairing board meetings.

Lauren, for her part, has always lived a starry existence.

Her mega hen do weekend in Paris in May, which cost around £500,000 and gathered besties including Kim Kardashian and Eva Longoria, was a lesson in camera-ready luxury.

So, despite nerves surrounding security and an emphasis on discretion, it is only a matter of time before we see a gym-buffed Jeff and his designer-clad missus smiling broadly in their bridal best — either in the pages of Vanity Fair or Vogue.

In the meantime, it is safe to say that over the next few days they will be putting the more in amore.

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Fellow billionaire Bill Gates will attend[/caption]

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Eva Longoria will also attend[/caption]

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Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott[/caption]

CHILLING CCTV footage shows sadomasochistic killer Graham Dwyer prowling about the Dublin apartment block where his victim Elaine O’Hara lived.

The sicko became one of Ireland’s most notorious murderers after his brutal murder of the childcare worker in 2012 sent shockwaves across the country.

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And a new Amazon Prime documentary on the brutal killing reveals startling images of the sex killer in O’Hara’s Dublin home.

Murderer Behind the Mask, released earlier this week, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the major garda investigation which eventually led to Dwyer’s conviction.

The two-part series features startling images of Dwyer and O’Hara separately entering Belarmine Plaza, despite the architect’s initial denials that it was him on camera.

Detective Sergeant Kevin Duggan told producers the task of trawling through footage was similar to looking for a “needle in the haystack”.

Speaking on the Amazon Prime show, Duggan explained: “On the day that Elaine O’Hara was reported missing, a decision was made by the detective superintendent in charge to seize the hard drive of all the CCTV footage for Elaine’s apartment block should we need it at some stage in the future.

“At the time of the murder investigation I was given the job to coordinate all CCTV footage relating to the apartment block where she lived.

“It was a fairly mammoth task to review this footage. There was something like over 5,300 hours. It was like looking for the needle in a haystack.

“We were looking through CCTV footage but we really didn’t know what or who we were looking for.

“At one stage while reviewing the CCTV, one particular individual enters the apartment block.

“We hadn’t noticed this male enter before. It was someone new to us.

“He piqued our attention a little bit when he seemed a little bit uncomfortable, he seemed to be hiding his face from the camera.

“Also when he went to push the button for the lift he covered his hand with his sleeve of his jumper.

“That alerted us a little bit, that was a bit of a red flag.”

In court, Detective Sergeant Duggan also gave evidence that he and his team had viewed hours of CCTV footage from the apartment block at Belarmine Plaza in Stepaside.

This was shown to Dwyer’s son and former co-workers during proceedings, and the man in the images was later confirmed to be Dwyer.

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The new documentary follows gardai as they uncover a “very surprising suspect”.

Following a harrowing nine-week trial, evil Dwyer, from Foxrock, was convicted by unanimous verdict of stabbing 36-year-old Elaine to death in the Dublin Mountains in August 2012.

The married man, who was filmed knifing sexual partners and admitted having an affair with his vulnerable victim, was hit with the mandatory life sentence.

‘JUSTICE SERVED’

Following the high-profile case which gripped the nation, Elaine’s dad Frank O’Hara released a statement in which he paid tribute to his vulnerable girl.

He said: “We are relieved that justice has been served for Elaine but we suffer her loss and miss her greatly.

“We hope that this case will highlight the need for people to be careful when communicating using the internet and social media.

“We would like to thank An Garda Siochana for their sensitive and exemplary investigation.

“We would also like to thank the prosecution team, Garda Family Liaison officers, Victim Support at the court and extended family and friends for their support.

‘DIFFICULT AND TRAUMATIC’

“This has been a difficult and traumatic two and a half years for the family and while we respect the role of the media in providing accurate and important information, we ask that you respect our need for privacy as we attempt to move on from this heartbreaking and distressing period.”

Judge Tony Hunt told the court that he “110 per cent agreed” with the jury’s decision based on the evidence — which on three occasions was too gruesome for the public to be allowed to remain in the court.

The judge told the court: “The question of suicide simply wasn’t there.”

“He piqued our attention a little bit when he seemed a little bit uncomfortable, he seemed to be hiding his face from the camera.”

Detective Sergeant Kevin Duggan

The trial of the evil architect was a graphic depiction of bloodlust and unnerving perversion.

A huge swathe of evidence involved details of BDSM sex, the Gorean lifestyle of people living out a slave-master philosophy, and a window into the life of a sexual deviant.

Such was the shocking nature of some videos, photos, and documents revealed in court that the media self-censored on occasions. 

The judge also cleared the public galleries.

One piece of evidence involved a document found on Dwyer’s computer which told a story of a woman being raped, another was a video of Dwyer knifing tragic Elaine on camera, and a series of others revealed unidentified women being stabbed by him during sex.

Images and links from a phone Dwyer owned – dubbed the ‘master’ phone – included women being stabbed, strangled or killed, some of which came from a gore website.

On the face of it, married Dwyer was living a normal life in a well-to-do part of south Dublin with his wife and children, working in a successful architects’ practice and enjoying a hobby of flying model planes.

Meanwhile all along he had been developing a deviant sexual affair after meeting his victim online.

Dwyer was charged with murdering childcare worker O’Hara, 36, from Stepaside, Co Dublin, on August 22, 2012, hours after she had been discharged from hospital for psychiatric treatment.

TROUBLED LIFE

Her troubled life was played out in court including her depression, borderline personality disorder, attempted suicides and her interest in bondage and a slave-master relationship.

A search of her apartment recovered a printout from a website on Gorean lifestyle based on books in which women are slaves who only exist to please men.

Deluded Dwyer had pleaded not guilty ahead of the trial and did not give evidence, confident he would walk from court a free man.

The prosecution case summed up with the assertion he was “a sadistic and brutal pervert with nothing on his mind other than murder”.

Evidence from mobile phones used by Dwyer and his victim were central to the prosecution.

EVIDENCE FROM TRIAL

One text from the killer stood out in the evidence: “I want to stick my knife in flesh while I am sexually aroused. Blood turns me on and I’d like to stab a girl to death some time.”

Another sick message said: “My urge to rape, stab or kill is huge. You have to help me control or satisfy it.”

State lawyers claimed he toyed with the idea of three potential victims, including Darci Day, a young woman from Maine in the US, who also met Dwyer on the internet and gave evidence via videolink.

Childcare worker O’Hara’s remains were found in a forest on Killakee Mountain on September 13, 2013.

She had been reported missing 13 months earlier.

No murder weapon was ever recovered, and due to her badly decomposed remains dental records were used to identify her, and an autopsy could not explain how she died.

GRIM FIND

Only for a series of remarkable coincidences her disappearance may have gone unsolved.

A professional dog trainer made the grim discovery when one of her animals disturbed remains in the woods.

Three days earlier, 20km from the crime scene, anglers found a bag with handcuffs, clothes and a rope, exposed because of near-drought conditions at the Vartry reservoir in Wicklow.

Angler William Fegan, his brother James, and their friend Mark Quinn, later testified how they spotted a bag in the water on September 10, 2013.

LOW LAKE

The men commented on how low the lake was.

William said there would usually be about 20ft of water under the bridge, but on that day it had dropped to a record low of 12 to 18 inches.

He said: “At first, what drew our attention was a shiny metal object and some yellow rope buoyant on the water. We thought it was the ring of a bull’s nose.”

William managed to fish out handcuffs, cuffs, leg restraints, rusty bondage cuffs, a ball gag, a black blindfold, a hoody and a vest.

Confused by the find, Fegan placed the items on the dam wall and went to work.

CRUCIAL TO CASE

But in a decision that proved crucial to the case, he decided to go back and get them.

He said: “I drive at night. I’ve plenty of time to think. There was something niggling at me. I thought there was something not right.”

He put the objects into a bag, brought them to Roundwood Garda Station and handed them over to Gda James O’Donoghue.

This decision was to prove fatal to Graham Dwyer’s plan to commit the perfect murder.

“At first, what drew our attention was a shiny metal object and some yellow rope buoyant on the water. We thought it was the ring of a bull’s nose.”

William Fegan

Gda O’Donoghue then went to the bridge and looked down into the water. He recalled: “It was muddy and there was no visibility into the water.”

A day later, O’Hara’s skeletal remains were discovered by a dog walker in Kilakee forest, 30km away.

The next day — September 14 — while a major forensic search of Kilakee was under way, Gda O’Donoghue, due to “the nature of what was found”, said he went back to Vartry and began to “search and search”.

He went back again on the September 16 and this time the weather conditions had improved. He recalled: “I could see a shining object in the water.

KEY DISCOVERY

“What I saw on that occasion was the stock end and part of a loop of a handcuff. They were partially buried.”

He put his arms into the water and began searching by touch.

Garda O’Donoghue said: “While moving my hands through the muck, I felt something buried in the silt. I pulled them up and could identify them as a set of several keys.”

He continued his search and found another mask, a knife, an inhaler, the bull ring and a length of rope.

He also found Elaine’s keys and her Dunnes Stores loyalty card.

The garda ran a check on the card and learned it belonged to Elaine, who was a registered missing person, and this eventually resulted in Dwyer’s conviction.

PHONE DATA LEGAL CHALLENGES

Mobile phone data played a huge part in the prosecution case against Dwyer as it helped link the sicko to O’Hara and locations connected with the vicious killing.

Dwyer set out to fight the use of this evidence and argued that accessing retained data from phones contravened EU law.

His legal team had claimed his rights were violated during the trial because mobile phone evidence used to pinpoint specific places at particular times and dates was unlawfully acquired from what they termed “mass surveillance”.

In April 2022, the evil murderer won a significant EU court legal challenge against the inclusion of the mobile data in his trial.

APPEAL FAILURE

The Court of Justice of the EU ruled that law in the union forbids the general and indiscriminate retention of traffic and location data relating to electronic communication for the purpose of combating serious crime.

After this, Dwyer moved to try an overturn his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal in Ireland, but that case was dismissed on all grounds in 2023.

Dwyer then took his case to the highest court in Ireland – the Supreme Court – which decided in 2024 to rule against his appeal to have his murder conviction quashed after deciding the evidence was admissible.

• Murderer Behind the Mask is available to stream on Amazon Prime now.

LOVE Island fans have begged bosses to REMOVE Meg Moore from the show – after Dejon Noel-Williams kissed bombshell Poppy Harrison.

ITV2 viewers took to social media in droves, accusing Meg of being emotionally unequipped for the pressures of the show and branding her the “mean girl leader” of the series.

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Love Island fans have begged bosses to REMOVE Meg Moore from the show[/caption]

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It comes after Dejon Noel-Williams kissed bombshell Poppy Harrison[/caption]

One tweeted: “@thiaaofficial For the life of me, it’s like Meg never heard/seen #LoveIsland?! Why is she putting herself through this?

“And what happened to the screening process? Meg makes for good TV, but her inability to mentally/emotionally cope in this environment woulda cropped up in the screening. WTF.”

Someone else joked: “Please use a digger tractor to remove Meg from this villa..”

A third asked: “Can we kick meg out already, mean girl leader and dejon is terrified of her ?? WHY.”

Another raged: “Get Meg out immediately.”

One more concluded: “Okay we need Meg to get the f**k out of there and go home and bring in someone for Tommy.”

Last night’s installment saw Meg break down in the villa after watching Dejon grow close to a newcomer.

This week saw four new bombshells arrive to shake-up the Love Island couples, with each of them inviting one Islander for a sleepover.

And tonight’s installment will see the steamiest villa game yet, with stars snogging, sucking fingers and acting out sex positions – and it’s bad news for Alima. 

The game happened after Helena Ford, Emily Moran, Dejon Noel Williams and Remell Mullings were taken for a night away at the Casa Amor villa with newcomers Will, Giorgio, Caprice and Poppy.

And it certainly helps the OG Islanders get to know the new Islanders over at the sleepover. 

Playing Truth or Dare, Dejon dares Remell to kiss an Islander of his choice and he kisses Poppy.

Remell then dares Helena to do her favourite sex position with Giorgio, and Poppy kisses Dejon after being dared to kiss the person she’s most attracted to other than the person she chose.

Things heat up even more when Giorgio dares Dejon, who is coupled up with Meg, to kiss the Islander he’s most attracted to and he snogs Caprice and they both rate it 10/10.

Dejon then asks Remell who he would choose between Alima and Poppy if there was a recoupling and he hesitates but says Poppy.

Later that evening, OG Love Island boys Dejon and Remell have a catch up, and he asks him where his head is at. 

Dejon advises him: “You’ve got to look long term… whoever you see a long term future with, that’s the one you pursue.”

And then Remell questions whether he’s feeling things with Caprice, to which he responds: “What me and Caprice have could be something good, but what me and Meg have is something special.”

As the evening goes on, it’s evident that Remell could be putting his eggs in Poppy’s basket. 

The flirty game, that also involves finger sucking and more cheeky questions and dares, comes as it’s revealed that two boys and two girls have been sent packing after the shock sleepover twist – but it’s not who fans might think.

Viewers have speculated the OG Islanders will be invited to bring a bombshell back to the villa.

But this series has been full of whiplash twists – and even the OGs from week one after not safe from this shock cull.

This will leave fans even more gobsmacked when they learn who the victims of the mass cull are.

A source said: “Four islanders have gone in one sweep but it won’t necessarily be who fans think.

“The sleepover Islanders’ return really shakes up the villa dynamic.”

The ‘The Sleepover’ has already begun stirring up trouble, with fans goading for Remell to be axed.

Despite being in a seemingly happy couple with Alima back in the main villa, the social media influencer has wasted no time in exploring his options.

He immediately made a beeline for Poppy, 22, who seemed more than happy to accept his advances.

• Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX

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REAL MADRID superstar Kylian Mbappe reportedly lost up to five kilograms while suffering from illness over the last week.

The 26-year-old was hospitalised on the day of Real Madrid’s opening Club World Cup match against Al-Hilal and received treatment for acute gastroenteritis.

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Kylian Mbappe has returned to training after his illness[/caption]

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The Frenchman is hoping to be fit in time for Real Madrid’s final Club World Cup group stage game[/caption]

Upon returning to the team hotel after being discharged, he was forced to isolate from his team-mates to avoid speading the infection.

Mbappe returned to individual training on Monday and is now looking to reintegrate back into the squad.

However, the Frenchman has been hugely affected by his illness.

Spanish outlet Marca has revealed that he lost between four and five kilograms due to the virus.

Fans have now expressed concern for him, with one person writing on social media: “He really needs to rest.”

While another said: “So obvious, let’s just give him time to recover fully.”

It is believed that he could have contracted the virus back in Madrid before flying to the US earlier this month.

He began feeling unwell after the club’s second training session in Miami.

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Mbappe is now hoping to return in time for Real Madrid‘s final group stage match against RB Salzburg on Thursday.

Los Blancos currently sit at the top of Group H with four points from two games.

They were held to a 1-1 draw by Al-Hilal in their opening match before defeating Mexican side Pachuca 3-1 on Sunday.

Mbappe was absent for both of the matches.

At the weekend, new Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso said of the forward: “I’m looking forward to having him back, but we have to see how he progresses day by day.

“We have to wait. Now we’re going back to Florida and we’ll see how he is. We’re waiting for him.”

LIAM DELAP is off the mark  – after putting Chelsea in the black.

Or at least in terms of the striker’s £30million arrival from Ipswich just three weeks ago.

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Delap slotted the Blues’ second in a comfortable win over Tunis[/caption]

Delap angled his first goal for the Blues as a 3-0 win over ES Tunis booked a place in the Club World Cup knockout stages.

Reaching the last 16 means Chelsea have already earned £33.8m from the CWC.

That more than covers the 22-year-old’s transfer fee – by £3.8m, in fact.

Admittedly, that extra bit won’t stretch much beyond paying the first seven months of Delap’s sizable salary.

The former England Under-21 star signed on at Stamford Bridge until 2031 for around £100,000 a week – £5.2m every 12 months.

Chelsea didn’t even have to break sweat in the fierce heat of the USA to make the opening £25m from the CWC.

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The summer buy admits he loves the ‘aggressive’ side of frontplay[/caption]

Because that sum was just for participating in the 64-team tournament.

The Blues then got nothing in more senses than one in their first Group D clash as Flamengo roared back to triumph 3-1.

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But victories over Los Angeles and Tunis scooped £1.5m each.

That’s £3m – with a further £5.8 m added on for making the KO phase.

 Cold hard cash – after bringing in a forward known for his bold, hard play, something akin to an old-fashioned targetman.

Delap revealed he’s relishes that bash-and-grab side of the game.

He said: “Yeah, I love those battles. I always have since I was a kid.

“I really love the aggressive side of it and the competitive nature of the squad.

“It’s got to be controlled at times but it’s my game ultimately and I enjoy it.”

And he’s also far from fazed at Chelsea handing him the No.9 shirt.

Big-name stars Fernando Torres, Radamel Falcao, Alvaro Morata, Gonzalo Higuain and Romelu Lukaku all struggled for the Blues in that TOP.

But Delap told talkSPORT: “I chose it. At the end of the day, it’s just a number on the back of your shirt.

“The number nine has always been related to strikers, so it’s something I like, but there is no pressure.

“It’s too early of course to judge if Delap will be a hit with that top.

But financially, his numbers are already more than adding up for Chelsea.