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ISRAEL ADESANYA has seemingly made a decision on retirement following a crushing loss to Nassourdine Imavov.

The former two-time middleweight champion suffered his third loss on the bounce in the main event of UFC Fight Night in 250 on Saturday night.

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Israel Adesanya returned to the octagon on Satuday night to take on Nassourdine Imavov[/caption]

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The former chamP suffered a stunning second-round KO loss in the Saudi showdown[/caption]

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The Last Stylebender has appeared to issue a defiant statement on retirement[/caption]

Adesanya’s fighting future was thrown into major doubt thanks to a second-round KO defeat, which prompted scores of fans to call for him to hang up his gloves.

But the fan favourite has hinted he’s far from done in the octagon.

Along with a video of the aftermath of the bout, he wrote on Instagram: “Rolled the dice…snake eyes.

“I’ll be back, gone to get some milk.”

Fan favourite Adesanya was initially unsure of his future in the immediate aftermath of the defeat.

“I don’t know [what’s next for me],” he told ESPN. “I have to chill and think about things. I’ll relax a little bit.

“Help the team-mates that have fights coming up and see what I wanna do.

“I was going to that anyway, but now I’m forced to. Shoutout to Nassourdine for that.”

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Israel Adesanya was in fine form before he caught by Imavov’s huge right hand[/caption]

The Nigerian-born New Zealander started the contest well, winning the first round before getting clipped by a huge overhand right early in the second.

The 35-year-old said of the result: “I’m disappointed. I hate disappointing my fans and my team.

“My team’s real proud of me because of the work I put into this.

“It’s just the thrill and agony [of the fight game].”

UFC supremo Dana White has impressed by what he saw of the former champion, saying: “I thought Izzy looked incredible right up until he got caught.

“He was picking him apart, busting him up on the outside. His takedown defence was incredible.

“He was chopping that calf kick the whole first round.

“He couldn’t have had a better first round and then he got caught.”

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A MUM has shared her shock after receiving an “absolutely ridiculous” fine for taking her kids on a term time holiday.

Danielle Sands and her partner received a total fine of £320 for taking their three kids away on the “once in a lifetime” trip.

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And they aren’t the only ones who have taken the risk of a term time holiday – as more and more parents would rather face penalisation than the extortionate costs of a holiday during the school break.

The Department for Education (DfE) revealed statistics that showed 443,322 fines were issues for unauthorised school time holidays in 2023/24 – a sharp increase from the 356,181 the previous year.

Posting a video to her TikTok account, @daniellemsands23, Danielle said she’d hoped the school would see the family trip was educational, and she’d written to them to detail the tours and activities they had planned before jetting off.

While in Lapland, the children were taken to see the Northern Lights, and learned about the science behind them – taking a book along with them with information on the earth’s magnetic currents.

They’d also taken a husky safari and gone snowmobiling, where they learnt about the historic importance of dog sledding and the different means of travel in Finland.

They family had seen reindeer, gone skiing and ice skating, and crossed the Arctic circle – all activities Danielle felt developed her kids’ education.

“It’s something that my children was never ever gonna gain by sitting in a classroom,” she said, “children would only ever get to read this from a textbook.”

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But when the family returned home, the parents were disappointed to see they had been slapped with a fine.

Danielle said her partner works many long hours, often at work by the time their children wake up and back after their bed time, and she questioned when their “family time was allowed”.

She said the couple have accepted that for future holidays they will just have to “play the game” and book during inset days or bank holidays.

And Danielle isn’t the only mother who’s been penalised for a term-time trip.

Self-professed bad mum Whitney Ainscough jetted off on two family holidays during school time last year – despite risking a criminal record.

The social media influencer known as @itsmebadmom on TikTok was ‘fuming’ when she received a £60 fine in the post on 26th July 2024 for her June holiday from her eldest’s school.

Whitney said she paid the fine for her first holiday but on 17 January opened a letter that she assumed was a second fine, only to find she might be facing a criminal record for taking her children out of school.

Now Whitney is planning to take them to Euro Disney during term time, a trip she also claims is educational.

The DfE website says: “Every moment in school counts and days missed add up quickly.

“Evidence shows that pupils who have good attendance enjoy better wellbeing and school performance than those who don’t. 

“In the majority of cases, schools and local authorities will try and provide support to help you improve your child’s attendance first, but if this isn’t effective or the absence is for unauthorised term time holiday, parents may face paying a fine.”

A DRAGON’S Den reject has revealed her company is projected to generate £6.5 MILLION revenue this year. 

Lucie Macleod, 24, failed to secure £190,000 investment in exchange for a 3% equity stake in her TikTok-viral haircare company, Hair Syrup.

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Lucie Macleod, 24, is founder of TikTok beauty brand, Hair Syrup[/caption]

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She appeared on BBC’s Dragon’s Den seeking investment, but walked away empty handed[/caption]

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The business is set to make £6.5 MILLION revenue in the coming financial year[/caption]

But it turns out that the young entrepreneur didn’t need the dragons after all. 

Following her three hour interrogation on the show in July, Hair Syrup continued selling like hot cakes and even landed in Boots in October. 

Lucie dreamt up the business in 2019 while studying English Literature at the University of Warwick – and has since fulfilled over 250,000 orders. 

She was frustrated with her “unhealthy, frazzled hair after years of bleaching and heat damage” but struggled to find an affordable product that could hydrate her locks and nourish her scalp. 

The haircare entrepreneur began mixing ingredients in her student kitchen and, after countless hours of effort, actually found a formula that “completely revitalised” her hair.

In May 2020, Lucie posted her findings on TikTok to her three followers, and the video ended up raking in more than 600,000 views.

People began begging her for bottles of the miracle oil, so Lucie, from Pembrokeshire, set up shop in her parent’s conservatory during the pandemic and used TikTok to promote her products.

She was making big bucks in a matter of months. 

“I spent about 10 hours a day packing,” she told Fabulous in 2023. “I was up every night until 2am. It was very stressful, and obviously with my degree it was very, very hard.”

Hair Syrup is one of the video sharing app’s most popular brands, with the business’ page having over 325,000 followers at the time of writing. 

“Within six months it was going really nuts, literally just from TikTok,” Lucie said.

“The sales started coming in really quick and in the first month, I’d hit 100 sales, which is a lot considering it was something I was doing out of a conservatory.

“It was literally just me packing and sending everything out. When it was busy, every week was a 90 hour week.”

BBC came knocking in early 2024 after noticing Lucie’s online success, and she presented to the dragons (the panel of investors on BBC’s Dragon’s Den) in July. 

“I felt like the brand was getting really big and a little bit out of my control and above what I could handle,” she said. 

“I thought I’d love to have a dragon on board to help me take the brand in a new direction.”

But when she was under the lights, Lucie found the pitching process “very intense” and not what she expected it to be. 

Investment juggernaut Deborah Meaden forensically questioned the profitability and dividends of Hair Syrup, causing the other dragons to bow out – including beauty mogul Trinny Woodall. 

I spent about 10 hours a day packing. I was up every night until 2am

Lucie Macleod

However, fashion retail entrepreneur Touker Suleyman made a last-minute offer. 

He proposed investing £190,000 for a 3% stake, but only if he could get his investment back in three months while keeping his equity in the company.

Lucie accepted the offer, despite the other dragons inferring her not to.

Then, Touker shockingly withdrew, forcing the young entrepreneur to walk out of the den empty handed. 

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Lucie has turned her unsuccessful pitch on the BBC show into hilarious TikTok content[/caption]

After Lucie’s rejection on Dragon’s Den in summer last year, Hair Syrup has gone from strength to strength. 

It is now stocked in Boots – something Lucie says has been a dream since starting in 2020 – and has a team of 14 staff, as well as two warehouse units in Pembrokeshire.

Hair Syrup is on track for £6.5 million revenue in the coming financial year.

Not only that, but Lucie has turned her unsuccessful pitch on the BBC show into hilarious TikTok content. 

“They were harsh girl, I’d have been sobbing if I was you,” one customer joked in the comments of one video. 

“Even though they didn’t invest, the lessons you take away will probably be more valuable then you realise,” another assured.

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PEP GUARDIOLA will make a third attempt to land £50million-rated holding midfielder Nico Gonzalez — after twice failing to sign him as a schoolboy.

The Porto star has been targeted as the man to fill Manchester City’s problem position with Rodri sidelined, possibly for the rest of the season.

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Manchester City will likely be without the services of Rodri for the rest of the season[/caption]

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City boss Pep Guardiola has identified Porto’s Nico Gonzalez as a replacement for the crocked midfielder[/caption]

But Pep will have to pay top dollar for Spain Under-21 golden boy Gonzalez, 23.

Portuguese outfit Porto insists they will not sell their prize asset unless his £50.15m buy-out clause is triggered.

They also want the bulk of it paid up front, as Barcelona will get a 40 per cent sell-on fee for the star they sold for nearly £7m in 2023.

Porto are in a strong bargaining position after selling Brazilian winger Galeno to Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli for £45m.

Guardiola is a long-term admirer of Gonzalez but has previously baulked at paying megabucks to replace Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, as he sees two holding midfielders as a waste of one player.

But Pep is determined not to let him slip away for a third time.

As a youngster, he was invited to join City’s academy when his father became part of Guardiola’s backroom staff in 2016 but committed to Barca instead.

He knocked City back a second time in 2018.

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Nico Gonzalez has already twice rejected a move to the Etihad[/caption]

It would take City’s spending over £173m this window after bringing in Omar Marmoush, Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov.

City will be back in action this evening, travelling to the Emirates to take on Arsenal.

The defending Premier League champions enter the match in fourth place in the table, a whopping 15 points behind table-toppers Liverpool.

A MONSTROUS Willie Mullins horse belonging to a very famous owner was slashed for two Cheltenham Festival races – after an ‘absolutely huge’ win.

Final Demand is owned in part by Bryan Drew, who is now the sole owner of King George hero Bravemansgame.

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He took over sole ownership of Bravemansgame after former part-owner John Dance was charged in ‘one of the biggest fraud cases ever seen’ in Britain.

Drew looks to have another superstar on his hands now in the shape of Walk In The Park gelding Final Demand.

The £200,000 purchase bolted up by 15 lengths in a Limerick maiden hurdle over Christmas.

But he took his form into another stratosphere with a massive 12-length rout of rivals in the Grade 1 Nathaniel Lacy Hurdle on day one of the Dublin Racing Festival.

Despite being a late drifter in the market to 11-8, Final Demand skirted the inside running rail the whole way round.

And when Paul Townend pressed go he showed he possesses a massive engine to fly home ahead of Gordon Elliott’s Wingmen in second.

Mullins was blown away afterwards and said: “A huge performance, absolutely huge.

“For Final Demand to be able to do that in his second run over hurdles was huge.

“What he did from the last home sets him apart form a lot of other horses.”

Bookies were impressed too, but faced a scramble on their hands with what to do about his odds.

Final Demand is entered in the Supreme, Turner’s Novices’ Hurdle and the Albert Bartlett, over 2m, 2m5f and 3m respectively.

Clearly there are lots of options on the table and the layers cut him for the middle option at first.

Betfair slashed him to 9-4 fav from 6-1, while in their non-runner money back market William Hill cut him to 5-2 fav from 5-1 for the Albert Bartlett.

Punters might have a tricky time deciding where he goes, even after Mullins hinted he would stay at his current trip.

The Closutton boss is infamous for chopping and changing horse’s plans in an instant – and he invariably gets it right.

William Hill spokesperson, Lee Phelps, said: “Following an impressive victory in the opening Grade One at the Dublin Racing Festival, Final Demand is the new favourite for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, he’s 5/2 from 5/1 in our Non Runner Money Back market.

“Similarly, he’s been cut for the Turners Novices’ Hurdle, shortening into 3/1 second favourite from 6/1.”

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DAISY May Cooper has revealed her shock at her own appearance after a staggering weight loss while filming her hit BBC Comedy.

The second season of Am I Being Unreasonable? will return to our screens in just a few days.

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Daisy May was shocked at how much her appearance has changed since season 1[/caption]

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The second season of Am I Being Unreasonable? will return to our screens in just a few days[/caption]

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Daisy May Cooper and her brother Charlie on the hit comedy show This Country[/caption]

In the show, Daisy plays Nic, a mum stuck in a depressing marriage grieving a loss she can’t share with anyone.

Selin Hizli plays Jen who arrives in Nic’s life as a kindred spirit and school mum, but both are concealing secrets.

Season 2 will begin where Series 1 ended and the synopsis asks the question: “Has Daisy May Cooper’s Nic actually got away with murder, and has she has raised her son Ollie in her own murky footsteps?

It continues: “Kicked out of the family home for brotherly love – loving the wrong brother – Nic is reduced to sharing a caravan with her not so trustworthy best friend Jen.

“Nic’s husband Dan has taken up roller-blading to channel his mid-life crisis.

“Shunned at the school gates and cast as the witch at the school re-enactment, Nic is experiencing hallucinations. Or is someone playing tricks on her?”

Daisy May is reunited with her co-star and co-creator Selin, as well as key cast members including Lenny Rush and Dustin Demri-Burns.

Speaking to The Sun TV Magazine, Daisy May reflected on how she looked in the previous series and said: “It was a bit mad as since we filmed the last series and this series.

“I’ve had my lips done and lost about ten stone so in those flashbacks, we were just killing ourselves laughing as we don’t even look the same people. But it was fun.”

Despite facing abuse when she revealed her slimmer figure in 2017, Daisy has continued to show off her remarkable weight loss this year.

She admitted that she opted for the keto diet which involves low carb, high fat meals.

Daisy told Grazia Magazine: “I’ve had some messages like, “Well, now you’ve lost the weight you’re not funny any more.” What the f***? Why do women have to be f***ing fat to be funny?”

“That makes me so angry. I champion anybody. I think everybody should be happy with their body. But I wasn’t.”

Charlie Cooper, Daisy May’s real life brother, is also set to make an appearance in the new series of Am I Being Unreasonable?

His role is still under wraps but did Daisy May force him to take part in the show?

“The funny thing is we share the same agent – and the same mum – so you can’t exactly say no!

“I had to put him in a mullet. The funny thing is, actually, he kept dropping the accent – he’s not very good at a Dutch accent.”

She explained how because of that, she had to rewrite the script for him and make it out that he wasn’t really Dutch.

She elaborated with a laugh: “So we had to try to write that in later on, that he’s not really f***ing Dutch, just because he’s bad at the accent!”

When asked if it was a laugh having her brother on set Daisy May joked: “I don’t know. I’m doing him a favour I think, I’m more successful.

“No, it was fine. How is he? Have you seen him?

“No, he was amazing! I mean, he’s always f***ing funny, you can see him in those Argos adverts as that f***ing dinosaur – they’ve really f***ng strung that out, haven’t they?

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Daisy May was angered about the abuse she received from trolls about her weight loss[/caption]

Am I Being Unreasonable airs Wednesday 5th February at 930pm on BBC One and BBCIplayer.

AN AIRPORT driver has been critically injured after a plane’s wing smashed into his tug and flipped it over at Chicago O’Hare airport.

The 64-year-old was crushed under his vehicle when it was thrown over by the enormous wing of an Air Wisconsin jet – in America’s third aircraft accident in four days.

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A driver was seriously injured when his tug was flipped over by the wing of a taxiing plane[/caption]

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The crash happened at Chicago O’Hare International Airport[/caption]

The plane had landed moments earlier and was taxiing to the gate when it clattered into the cart on Saturday evening.

The man was pinned between the tug and the tarmac, and suffered serious injuries to his head and lower body.

After being freed he was rushed to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in a critical condition but has since been stabilised, according to police.

The crash happened at around 7:35pm when flight 6181 was crossing the runway to approach the arrivals gate.

The Bombardier CRJ-200 had just arrived in from Kalamazoo International Airport, Michigan.

All passengers were evacuated off the plane after the collision and transported to the terminal by bus.

Nobody onboard the plane was harmed.

The identity of the injured driver has not been released.

Detectives and the Federal Aviation Administration are still working to figure out how the serious blunder could have happened.

Officials said the crash didn’t have a significant impact on other flights to or from the airport.

The plane was being operated by Air Wisconsin on behalf of American Airlines, who have released a statement.

In the wake of the embarrassing mistake, the airline said: “Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and team members, and we are reviewing this incident.”

The injured tug driver work for United Airlines, and his employer said: “We are ensuring he receives any necessary support and care.”

This is the third airport incident to hit America in four days

All 67 people onboard an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter died when the two aircraft crashed midair and plunged in to the Potomac River on Wednesday evening.

There were 64 passengers on the CRJ700 air plane and three crew members on the Black Hawk chopper.

The remains of at least 42 people have been recovered from the water and the recovery mission continues.

Then, on Friday, a medical jet crashed into a busy Philadelphia street, killing all six on board and one person on the ground.

A six-year-old girl travelling back from life-saving treatment and her mom were among the plane’s passengers.

The crash left debris and burnt out vehicles strewn across up to six different blocks.

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