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LOVE Island fans call for boy to be KICKED OFF show after ‘misogynistic’ behaviour is pointed out by the girls

The islanders were given the infamous snog, marry or pie task on tonight’s episode of the long-running ITV2 show.

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Viewers have begged producers to send Ben Holbrough packing from Love Island[/caption]

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Megan Moore slammed her co-star for the way he treated women in the villa[/caption]

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Shakira went in on her fellow islander as she labelled him with an expletive[/caption]

As part of the game, the Love Island contestants get to choose to snog the islander they are most attracted to.

They also chose which fellow co-stars would be the nicest in a potential marriage and they could get their own back by slamming a cream pie in the face of someone they have the hump with.

After conducting each action, each player would give their reasoning behind their choice in front of everyone.

Alima chose to slam her pie into the face of Ben Holbrough, as she admitted that she did not like the way he treated women in the villa.

She told him: “I’ve seen the way you move in the villa. Like the way you speak to women and about women.”

But she was not the only girl to do this as two other ladies chose to slam pies into his face.

After doing the deed, Shakira remarked: “He still think he’s in with a chance. I just thought I’d let the n****** know that he’s no good at all.”

Whilst Megan Moore said: “The way he’s been speaking to girls, I just don’t like it. I don’t think it’s very respectful”

Toni was going to slam her pie into the face of Ben, however she loudly declared that he “wasn’t even worth it!”

Despite Ben’s previously brutal takedown of Yas when ending their couple partnership, she didn’t choose to give him the pie in a surprising news.

But right before her decision she did lick some of the cream off her dipped finger before flipping him the bird.

Later on Aftersun – hosted by Maya Jama – even Olivia and Alex Bowen admitted they felt uncomfortable by the way he spoke to women.

Many viewers took to X – formerly known as Twitter – as they begged producers to send Ben packing.

They claimed that all of the girls have started to pick up on his ‘misogynistic’ behaviour.

One fan noted: “See the way they’re calling out Ben’s misogyny and he’s still there is crazy.”

“Meg is now clocking Ben’s misogyny,” stated a second user.

While a third commented: “Alima is such an it girl. Love the way she clocked Ben in his misogyny.”

Someone else wrote: “Ben need to look in the mirror and ask himself why most of the girls think you’re a n******.”

As a fifth fumed: “I actually need Ben out of my villa tomorrow. His mere presence p***** me off.”

The way he’s been speaking to girls, I just don’t like it. I don’t think it’s very respectful”

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An additional viewer exclaimed: “Ben is actually haunting that villa get him out immediatelyyyy.”

And a seventh added: “Mmmmmmmmm producers get Ben out NOWWWWWWWWW.”

Ben has previously gotten on both the wrong side of fans and the girls in the villa with some of his savage comments.

In an argument with Yaz, he remarked: “No one rated you when you were in here let’s say. You’ve only come out your shell because you’re in a couple with me.”

Adding: “No man wants you in here.”

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Viewers agreed with the girls who slammed his comments[/caption]

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Toni slammed Ben saying he was ‘not even worth it’[/caption]

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Yaz didn’t give Ben her pie in a surprising move[/caption]

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However, she did flip him the bird after she was left disgusted by his words to her[/caption]

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Even Olivia and Alex Bowen slammed the islander on Aftersun for his treatment of women[/caption]

Love Island continues on ITV2 and is available to stream on ITVX.

MANILA, Philippines — Elected members of the House of Representatives crossed party lines and supported the call of Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez to make bicameral committee hearings more accessible to the public with a view to transparency and accountability in the budget process in the upcoming 20th Congress. 4Ps party list Rep. Marcelino Libanan, minority

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RTE Fair City star Johnny Ward has opened up on how his wife is his rock while he cares for his sick mother.

The actor’s mum Kathy was diagnosed with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, after the death of her husband and Johnny’s father, in 2019.

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Johnny’s wife Brenda is his rock while he cares for his mum[/caption]

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Johnny’s mum was diagnosed with cancer i[/caption]

Kathy has since struggled with her health battle as she later suffered a heart attack and a stroke.

After the now-73-year-old’s stroke, Johnny made the decision to move back into his family home in order to take care of her.

In March 2021 his sister Maureen moved back in with their mum while he was busy working on a project, which is when he met his wife Brenda.

Johnny’s mum was diagnosed with cancer earlier last year and has “been in and out of the hospital” ever since.

And as her condition progresses, Johnny now spends a lot of time caring for his mum.

He told The RTE Guide: “There have been three holidays cancelled since all of this happened, and then you have to work, and it can be very difficult to switch off.

“Even if you do get away to that weekend wedding and someone else, like your neighbour or your auntie, helps out your mum, there’s an emotional attachment and that’s very difficult to get rid of.

“It’s a feeling of guilt, where you’re thinking, ‘God, what if something happens; I shouldn’t be here, I should go home’ and that’s very difficult.”

However, with his wife Brenda by his side and acting like his rock, Johnny finds it easier to manage his inconsistent schedule and caring for his mum.

He continued: “Another high was realising what a beautiful human my wife is.

“She’s the same with her own parents, she prioritises them, and I loved watching the bond between my wife and my mother grow.

“My next door neighbour is like an angel, and I’ve rung her so many times, when I can’t get through to my mother and am fearing the worst.

“She’s in and out all of the time; she has a key to the house and she’s checking on my mum constantly.

‘UP AND DOWN’

“My family from Galway have been up and down and up and down, and they’re always very supportive.”

He previously opened up about his mum’s condition saying: “It’s been very up and down. She went through quite a major surgery called a Whipple surgery.

“It’s pretty much where they take out part of the pancreas, the gallbladder and a large part of her bowel and pretty much stitch it all back together.

“It’s a very serious procedure and recovery is very slow. As of now, she has been transferred over to convalescent care, so that’s one step closer to getting her home from there.”

The Walkinstown native shared how grateful he is to have a good support system that can also help out.

He said: “I’ve found myself extremely lucky, number one because of where I live. Tallaght Hospital is down the road, James’s Hospital is down the road.”

PORTUGUESE giants Porto have made a £20million bid for Southampton’s Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

The move could see the one-cap England defender swap the Championship for the chance to play in the Europa League.

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Taylor Harwood-Bellis is being eyed by Prem clubs[/caption]

Porto hope relegated Saints will sell their footballing centre-back, who cost £20m from Manchester City a year ago.

THB is on a four-year deal and has not pushed to leave — but Porto is an attractive move.

The classy 23-year-old, who had a loan spell at Anderlecht, is attracting interest around Europe and England, with Burnley also keen to sign him.

However, Porto have put the cash on the table.

West Ham also rate Harwood-Bellis highly but only have a limited budget.

And publicly THB has suggested he is committed to helping Southampton earn an instant return to the Premier League.

Harwood-Bellis, who is engaged to Roy Keane’s daughter Leah, is also determined to reignite his Three Lions career.

He told Sky Sports: “If I want to play for England, we’ve got to get promoted.

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“People around me know that, and I think the fans know that as well.

“We don’t want to be playing in the Championship, we want to be playing in the Premier League. We’ve got a taste of it now.

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In-demand Saints defender Harwood-Bellis believes he’ll need to play top-flight football to reignite his England career[/caption]

“We’ve got the bit between our teeth to go and do a better job.

“It couldn’t have gone any worse in the Premier League last time. We’ve got to put that wrong, right.”

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GARY Lineker says the BBC has “lost their way” when it comes to impartiality in his first interview since he left Match Of The Day following an anti-semitism row.

And in a talk at Glastonbury festival, he revealed that the Corporation had announced his exit before even making him aware of their decision.

Lineker was ousted from his position on the football show following criticism when he shared a social media post about Zionism, for which he later apologised.

Gary, 64, said: “The impartiality issue has become a massive problem that I think they’ve probably created themselves by the rules that have been set within the business.

“I understand in your news and current affairs they have to be generally impartial but, I mean, it is hot today right? I think we can all say that we don’t need someone to come in to tell us it’s actually not hot.

“We just need to know the truth.

“I think they’ve lost their way a little bit with that and there’s a degree of impartiality at the very top of the BBC.

“There are thousands of amazing people at the BBC but it’s not reflected at the top.

“They’ve tried themselves up in knots with it.”

Gary had intended to leave the flagship show after this summer’s World Cup but instead hosted his last Match of the Day on June 26.

Admitting his upset at his ill-judged post, which Gary says “gave people ammunition to shoot me,” he added: “I had a little group chat back then, particularly with Ian Wright and Alan Shearer.

“I said, I’ve got a feeling they’re going to take me off air on Saturday and Ian Wright immediately said ‘if they do that I’m going to go’.

“So the next day they announced I wasn’t doing the show.

“They actually announced it without telling me first.

“I just thought what’s the point of having a big platform if you don’t use it to kind of push beliefs that you believe to be right.”

But he later shared: “I love the BBC. I always will and I’m not bitter or twisted about anything that happened.”

He also showed his support for political hip hop trio Kneecap and said at the end of his talk at Glastonbury: “Free Palestine.”

CHARLI XCX has hit back at accusations she mimed during her Other Stage headline slot at Glastonbury last night.

The Brat star, 32, slammed ‘boomer’ attitudes towards her music and use of autotune, which her detractors say diminishes her status as a proper artist.

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Charli XCX has hit out at critics of her Glastonbury performance[/caption]

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She headlined the Other Stage in front of 60,000 people[/caption]

Taking to X tonight, Charli wrote: “like the idea that singing with deliberate autotune makes you a fraud or that not having a traditional band suddenly means you must not be a ‘real artist’ is like, the most boring take ever. yawn sorry just fell asleep xx.”

She continued: “but to be honest… i enjoy the discourse. imo the best art is divisive and confrontational and often evolves into truly interesting culture rather than being like kind of ok, easily understood and sort of forgettable.”

Charli then linked to a five-star review of her set by the Guardian in which she was dubbed the unofficial headliner of the entire weekend.

The forward-thinking singer followed it by writing: “really enjoying these boomer vibe comments on my glastonbury performance. it’s super fascinating to me.”

Charli pulled in one of the biggest crowds The Other Stage has seen as an alternative to Neil Young on the Pyramid stage.

The The Brit Award winner looked the part for her time in the spotlight, donning a black leather crop top and matching hotpants.

Dripping with attitude, Charli came out with intent, declaring: “Glastonbury, don’t fucking play with me, before launching into 365.

She rattled through 17 tracks before wrapping up shortly before midnight.

The mix of grungey visuals and industrial rave pop didn’t excite everyone.

Some accused her of miming and suggested an excessive use of autotune in tracks like I Might Say Something Stupid.

Watching the set from their sofa, one took to X to write: “Just miming to her own records.”

A second put: “Headline act at #Glastonbury2025 #Glasto is miming. Absolutely terrible.”

A third wrote: “Charli XCX miming her way thru every song at Glastonbury, her mic only used for the odd ‘Come On’ shout. Live should be live.”

Yet others loved the party vibe and commitment to the Brat aesthetic.

One mused: “Loving that Charli xcx and the 1975 have got all middle aged men in tears this weekend, can’t wait for Olivia Rodrigo!!”

Another wrote: “Dude… Charli XCX was f**king class.”

One then put: “How cool is Charli xcx”

Earlier in the day, Britpop icons Pulp, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, had a playful nod to Charli in their secret set billed as “Patchwork”.

A screen behind the band flashed the words: “Are you ready for…. Pulp Summer.”

The message was a direct reference to the ‘Brat Summer’ Charli celebrated last year thanks to her smash-hit album of the same name.

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Charli’s iconic brat phrase was emblazoned on the screen[/caption]

THOUSANDS of people in Norway were mistakenly told they had won life-changing amounts of money in a blunder by the lottery.

Some were even told they had become millionaires and began planning new futures – only to find their true prizes were much smaller.

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Norway‘s state-owned gambling operator, Norsk Tipping, said “several thousands countries were notified of incorrectly high prizes” won in the Euro Jackpot.

The agonising mistake prompted the CEO to step down.

It arose from a calculation error when prize amounts, received from Germany in Euros, were converted to the Norwegian Kroner.

The company explained: “It is during this conversion that a manual error has been made in the code that is entered into our game engine.

“The amount has been multiplied by 100, instead of being divided by 100.”

The eye-watering prizes were displayed on the website and mobile app on Friday but later removed.

No incorrect sums were paid out, Norsk Tipping confirmed.

One woman caught up in the farce is in the middle of a renovation project and told the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) she was alerted that she had won £87,000 – but instead received only a fraction of that.

Others said they made plans to buy cars and planned holidays – only to have it all snatched away.

Lise Naustdal, who thought she had won £138,000, said: “It was a very fun minute.”

The company was hauled in front of the Ministry of Culture for an emergency meeting on Saturday.

Following the scolding, Tonje Sagstuen, its chief since 2023, stepped down.

She said: “I am terribly sorry that we have disappointed so many, and I understand that people are angry with us.

“Here, things have failed in several places, this is my responsibility.”

Tonje admitted that “criticism is justified” over the “breach of trust”.

Norway’s Minister of Culture and Equality, Lubna Jaffery, told NRK that “such mistakes should not happen” – especially given Norsk Tipping has the exclusive right to deliver gaming services in the country.

She said: “We expect the board to work actively to improve the control routines.”

Tonje added: “As a manager, it has been my responsibility to handle the mistakes that have occurred.

“Therefore, it is also incredibly sad to leave Norsk Tipping and all the talented people who work in Hamar.

“I will miss everyone I have worked with, but I am confident that all the improvement processes we have initiated are in good hands.”

MANILA, Philippines — While it’s still undergoing its organizational phase, the House of Representatives promised to fund the 15 Veterans Access to Lifetime Optimized Healthcare (Valor) clinics President Marcos vowed to put up across the country over the next three years. “The valor of our veterans and soldiers can never be fully repaid,” said Leyte

USA women’s team earned their 600th international win on Sunday night after another dominant performance against the Republic of Ireland.

The five-time World Cup winners replicated their 4–0 victory over Ireland from Thursday night in Denver.

This milestone only fuels their relentless drive to dismantle every opponent they face.

From the off, the USA were merciless, and Carla Ward’s young Irish squad struggled to find any rhythm under sustained pressure.

The visitors were on the back foot right from the start as Emma Hayes’s team sizzled in the heat with slick one-touch football.

It was 1–0 after 11 minutes as a smooth one‑two move tore through Ireland’s compact defence.

Emma Sears sprinted down the right flank and delivered a perfectly weighted cross to the far post. Lynn Biyendolo met it first time with a composed side‑foot volley that screamed into the top corner.

The scheduled water stoppage at 25 minutes offered Ireland a much -needed breather as they absorbed relentless pressure.

Pinned deep, they managed only sporadic counters – too few to spare their overstretched defence.

Despite the lopsided play, Abbie Larkin chipped in with flashes of quality, and Chloe Mustaki punched above her weight at left-back, defending with grit and tenacity.

But it was all USA on the scoreboard, and they added to that tally just before the break.

Just as Ireland seemed poised to head into the interval trailing by only one, fate struck again.

Emma Sears appeared to double the lead, only for Brosnan to produce a brilliant close-range save.

But the rebound fell kindly for Izzy Rodriguez, who powered it home to double the US lead at half-time – a cruel echo of Wednesday’s Denver fixture.

The second half kicked off at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, with Ireland making three changes.

Lucy Quinn, Hayley Nolan – who last played in the United States in April 2023 – and Megan Connolly all joined the action.

Minutes later, a slick pass by 19-year-old Olivia Moultrie opened up space behind the defence. Izzy Rodriguez sent in a dangerous cross, but a loose volley gave Ireland a reprieve. It was still one-way traffic.

By the 50th minute, Lynn Biyendolo ghosted in behind the defence, nearly catching Brosnan off her line – but the keeper recovered quickly and parried her firm effort to safety.

Minutes later, another probing move saw Hayley Nolan caught out at the back, allowing Tara McKeown to surge into the box.

Her cutback to Croix Bethune was decisively blocked by a scrambling Irish defender.

At 54 minutes, Emma Sears unleashed a dipping strike that flew just over Brosnan’s crossbar – a near miss that briefly rekindled Ireland’s hopes.

A third goal soon followed as Sam Coffey initiated a slick move by threading a ball into the middle for Yazmeen Ryan.

The pass looked overhit, but Emma Sears kept it alive, finding Olivia Moultrie. Moultrie teed up Ryan, who slid home the U.S.’s third goal, putting the result beyond doubt.

A further water break at 70 minutes offered Ireland some respite in the scorching Ohio heat.

But Ireland still couldn’t get hold of the ball, as the US side pinned them in their own half. Alyssa Thompson entered the game at 80 minutes.

Courtney Brosnan made another strong save just moments later, after Emily Sams cracked a close-range shot following Ireland’s failure to deal with a free-kick.

A perfectly weighted lofted pass caught Ireland’s flat defence off guard, and Alyssa Thompson took charge – first with a sharp touch, then rifling a powerful low finish into the net to make it 4–0.

The final minutes fizzled out in the scorching heat of Cincinnati after another gruelling learning curve for Ireland.

Ward’s side now turns their attention toward the Nations League play-off with Belgium this autumn.

USA 4–0 IRELAND

Lynn Biyendolo – 11′

Izzy Rodriguez – 42′

Yazmeen Ryan – 66′

Alyssa Thompson – 86′

United States: Claudia Dickey, Naomi Girma (captain), Avery Patterson, Ally Sentnor, Alyssa Thompson, Michelle Cooper, Emily Sonnett, Claire Hutton, Sam Coffey, Rose Lavelle, Lynn Biyendolo

Republic of Ireland: Courtney Brosnan, Jessie Stapleton, Caitlin Hayes, Chloe Mustaki, Tyler Toland, Anna Patten, Marissa Sheva, Kyra Carusa, Abbie Larkin, Saoirse Noonan, Emily Murphy