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Brighton told they must pay £22m for left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf transfer after 7-0 Nottingham Forest hammering
BRIGHTON will have to come up with £22million to sign left-back El Hadji Malick Diouf from Slavia Prague.
The Seagulls, who shipped seven goals yesterday, have offered £15m and extras but the Czechs want more.
Diouf, 20, is also linked with Fenerbahce but he is after a Prem move.
The full-back joined Slavia Prague from Norwegian side Tromso 12 months ago.
He has scored six goals in 18 appearances this season, also laying on three assists.
Diouf has gained experience playing in the Europa League this term, featuring in all eight of his side’s league phase matches.
His form has seen him break into the Senegal national team.
He has so far earned four caps for the Lions of Teranga.
Brighton were awful as they shipped seven goals at Nottingham Forest yesterday.
Lewis Dunk‘s own goal on 12 minutes got the Seagulls off to a bad start.
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They then shipped further goals by Morgan Gibbs-White, Neco Williams and Jota Silva – in addition to Chris Wood‘s hat-trick.
Brighton are 10th in the Premier League table.
Названо знак зодіаку, якого найнадійніше захищають янголи
Цих представників зодіакального кола також переслідує везіння, їм у всьому щастить. Астрологи запевняють, що саме Стрільці мають великий дар – їх упродовж усього життя супроводжують вищі сили. Вважається, що цих представників зодіакального кола оберігають янголи, допомагаючи їм досягати своїх цілей і знаходити правильний шлях навіть у найскладніші моменти життя. Стрільці також знаходяться під покровительством […]Dancing on Ice has had it’s day and it is time that the ITV show finally skates away for good after ratings slump
DANCING On Ice first made its debut on TV nearly 20 years ago.
Since then we have seen a whole host of dramas, meltdowns, spats and stunts on the long-running celebrity competition.
But the ITV show is struggling to maintain the audience it once had as millions switched off.
In an age where Netflix and Prime rule supreme, can Dancing on Ice survive the test of time?
The Sun’s TV experts Joshua Rom and Jake Penkethman battle it out over the very future of the show.
TIME TO SKATE AWAY
By Joshua Rom
When it first launched in 2006, Dancing On Ice was nothing short of a complete television sensation.
Almost 10 million viewers tuned in to watch the series debut and by the finale in March that year, nearly 2 million more had tuned in.
The peak of the series arguably came two years later, when over 12 million viewers watched former Hear’Say star Suzanne Shaw skate to victory.
When the first run of the series ended in 2014 with the highly-anticipated All Star edition, nearly seven million viewers tuned in for the finale.
A respectable number watched as Pop Idol supremo Ray Quinn and Corrie’s Hayley Tamaddon fought for the winner of all winners title.
But we are living in very different times, where linear channels like ITV are fighting to stay relevant in the digital and streaming age.
Broadcasters need to be bold with their formats to capture the attention of viewers, but the good news is that it can still be done.
The Traitors is an excellent example of how a clever new format can capture the imagination, attention of viewers and firmly insert itself into the Zeitgeist of British television.
Claudia Winkleman has become utterly iconic for her signature style of presentation of the show, that is blunt and almost delightfully sinister.
Dancing On Ice 2025 pairings
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Charlie Brooks and Eric Radford
Chris Taylor and Vanessa Bauer
Mollie Pearce and Colin Grafton
Michaela Strachan and Mark Hanretty
Dan Edgar and Vanessa James
Sir Steve Redgrave and Vicky Ogden
Anton Ferdinand and Annette Dytrt
Sam Aston and Molly Lanaghan
Josh Jones and Tippy Packard
Here’s who has left the show so far:
Chelsee Healey and Andy Buchanan
Ferne McCann and Brendyn Hatfield
Sarah Storey revealed she had quit on December 6, 2024. The Paralympian was partnered with Sylvain Longchambon.
The format allows the contestants to do all the work by turning on each other, whilst the high drama and camp setting heightens any small moment into something that is utterly glorious to watch.
The result? An average of seven million live viewers for the BBC, with undoubtedly more when the on-demand and streaming figures are consolidated.
The bad news is, Dancing On Ice is now a show that could only dream of hitting those sorts of figures because as a format, it’s clear the show is old, tired and stale.
And we can see that in the casting as this year we had not one but TWO stars connected with Towie to sign up to the show which included scandal-ridden Ferne McCann.
Simply put, it’s giving low rent
We could usually expect a little bit of soap representation amongst the roster of talent, this year we had representation from Corrie, EastEnders AND Hollyoaks.
Combined, a whopping seven out of eleven contestants are either soap actors or former reality TV stars. Simply put, it’s giving low rent.
Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern try their best with her jaw-dropping looks and his slapstick jokes to keep the show afloat.
But like This Morning, the presenting team is almost haunted by the ghost of the career of Phillip Schofield.
Holly is still a wonderful presenter for shows, but the public view her completely differently.
She’s now seen as a savvy and sometimes cutthroat lady of business where the show seems more like a job which she has simply outgrown rather than a passion project.
With hardly a third of the audience still tuning in, a low rent cast, and presenters whose hearts are not fully invested, it’s time for Dancing on Ice to gracefully skate away.
GREATEST SHOW ON ICE
By Jake Penkethman
Whilst there is no denying that the ratings for Dancing on Ice have decreased in recent times, there is also no denying it is still a thoroughly enjoyable TV show.
And haven’t all the TV juggernauts’ lost ratings over the years anyway?
Love Island’s current series is its least watched ever since the first series in 2015, BGT has haemorrhaged over five million viewers in the last five years and even Strictly has seen at least two million people turn off amid it’s never-ending list of scandals tarnishing its once squeaky-clean image.
But Dancing on Ice, for the most-part, is often scandal-free and has the focus on the best parts of the show.
Simply put, it is about the skating and the performances each week and nothing else.
With a much lesser focus on the pro partners, fans actually get to tune in and watch how the celebrities are progressing and achieving rather than keeping an eye out for the dirty look between the two pro’s who have had a backstage rift or look for tension between the warring ex’s who just so happen to be on the same cast.
Whilst we know very little about the DOI pros in comparison to its BBC rival, I actually think this has helped the show to stay on the straight and narrow.
Now, I would also go on to argue that Dancing on Ice actually manages to scrape out a much stronger cast than its BBC rival year-on-year.
Not only do ITV have hundreds of thousands more to play with but the endless list of possible entertainment programmes that the stars can align themselves with afterwards is much stronger.
Take 2020 for example.
Strictly secured political Jacqui Smith, American Football player Jason Bell, Invictus Games medalist JJ Chalmers, little-known YouTube singer HRVY and BBC Radio One host Clara Amfo among it’s line-up.
I think it’s all a bit meh if you ask me when their biggest draw that year was comedian Bill Bailey and Tiffany Butcher from EastEnders aka Maisie Smith.
However, just weeks after that series of Strictly wrapped, a furore of household names and unavoidable celebs were skating around the DOI rink like there was no tomorrow!
TV icons like Denise Van Outen and Jason Donovan headed up the cast alongside Hear’Say legend and all-round household name, Myleene Klass.
Olympic heroes Colin Jackson and Graham Bell competed alongside one of the most discussed women in the media of the last decade, Rebekah Vardy.
It made for a much more impressive line-up reveal than the dribs and drabs of little-known BBC employed talent that were wheeled out for a Waltz.
Plus, let’s remember – Dancing on Ice is far more nail-biting viewing.
Whilst we might not quite want to admit it, the thought of a bit of danger and the chance of something going rather awry on live TV is much more exciting – and will be much-more talked about – than a minor BBC TV star making a dog’s dinner of a Cha-Cha-Cha to a badly performed cover of a 2000s pop hit.
There’s a thrill in the danger and the chance for more viral moments than ever before – something key for ITV in the current TikTok demographic.
Gemma Collins’ perfectly-timed face-plant during her routine to Celine Dion’s It’s All Coming Back To Me Now is one for the TV history books (as is her whole stint on the show, let’s be honest!)
And who can forget when Todd Carty lost control that much that he actually spun off the ice and straight back down the entrance tunnel leaving his poor skating partner to fend for herself on live TV.
Just last year, Ryan Thomas hit the deck TWICE in one live routine.
You just don’t get scenes like that anywhere else!
Whilst it is always going to be the inferior of the two biggest dancing shows on the box – they always say, it is the quietest ones that surprise you the most!
Skate On!
Earthquake warning for Santorini closes schools as holiday island is rocked by series of small quakes
AN EARTHQUAKE warning has been issued for Santorini with schools closed on the holiday island.
The Greek paradise has been rocked by a series of small quakes leading authorities to take precautionary measures.
They have shut schools on Monday and advised people on the island to avoid two small ports and refrain from gathering in indoor spaces.
A series of submarine tremors up to a 4.3 magnitude were registered on Friday and Saturday in the area between the volcanic island of Santorini and Amorgos.
On Sunday morning, earthquakes measuring between 2.8 and 4.5 hit the area but no damage has been reported.
The last eruption in the area occurred in 1950.
One of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, in around 1600BC, formed the island in its current shape.
Santorini sits in the middle of the Aegean Sea Plate and close to an active volcanic arc that runs between Greece and Turkey across the Aegean.
Inside the ambitious theme park wanting to open in Europe with 40 rides and water park
PLANS for one of Croatia’s biggest theme parks have been revealed – despite it’s huge ambitions.
Called Legendland, the Croatian amusement park will have six different zones and a water park.
It hopes to open by 2027 outside of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
They have big plans from creating six different worlds within the resort with some of the biggest rides being an Intamin LSM rollercoaster, a hyper coaster and an Aquatrax.
But, creators are still waiting for funding and the go-ahead.
Their website states Legendland will be the first “Slavic theme park in Southern Europe” and one of “Europe’s leading theme parks, where visitors can enjoy the sun, beach and the exquisite Mediterranean cuisine.”
While they haven’t secured land to build the amusement park, Legendland founders have made AI images and have even created a map of attractions which include 40 rides.
The six zones around the park will be based on Croatian history and mythology through time.
Neanderthalica is inspired by Neanderthals and have rides set in caves, mines and water rapids.
There’s also Antiquitica, The First Kingdom and Luka Renaissance.
In the Gothica zone, which is inspired by the 17th and 18th centuries, there are gargoyles, witches and vampires.
Gothica attractions include a house of horrors exhibit, and a ride with two swings that reach 62ft.
There’s also the ‘Tesla Institute for Time Travel and Monsters’ which features a huge drop tower and a rollercoaster with a top speed of 86mph.
They also want to open a huge water park with a lazy river with a variety of slides from tornado to racing and a Skybox slide where you fall into the water tunnel from a see-through tube.
As for food and drink, there’s a plan to have six themed restaurants on site from classic pub food to romantic dining, and one place where you can cook your own steak.
The organisers are currently asking for people to subscribe as a sign of support in the hope that public interest will secure land and they can get building.
Until then, the park is no closer to getting the sign off to be built.
Their original site was in Zaprešić, a town 18 miles from Zagreb, but Legendland creators have been unable to secure it so far.
There are lots of theme parks in Croatia, but most of them sit on the coastline where tourism is higher, rather than inland.
We’ve found one of the biggest Aqua Parks in Croatia with 14 slides and six pools.
This Croatian campsite has a swimming complex and a water park too.
Use these tips on your next theme park trip
Next time you visit a theme park, you may want to use our top tips to make the most of your adrenaline-inducing day out.
- Go to the back of the theme park first. Rides at the front will have the longest queues as soon as it opens.
- Go on water rides in the middle of the day in the summer – this will cool you off when the sun is at its hottest.
- Download the park’s app to track which rides have the shortest queues.
- Visit on your birthday, as some parks give out “birthday badges” that can get you freebies.
- If it rains, contact the park. Depending on how much it rained, you may get a free ticket to return.
Mums slam H&M over ‘revealing’ leather mini skirt for toddlers – even comparing it to Nessa’s style from Gavin & Stacey
MUMS online have been left gobsmacked by a toddler’s skirt from H&M, which they’ve dubbed “revealing” and “so inappropriate.”
The retail giant is selling what unhappy parents are calling a “mini-skirt” for children from the age of 18 months.
Unimpressed mums slammed the store for both the leather-look of the skirt and the lack of practicality – pointing out how a child might struggle to run and play while wearing it.
Some have even likened the skirt to the wardrobe of racy rock-chic Nessa from Gavin and Stacey – whose wardrobe, which frequently features leather-look clothing, is entirely inappropriate for a child.
Labelled on the H&M website as a Coated Skirt, the item is described as “short” in length with an outer shell made from 100% polyester.
Online, the skirt has a 4.7 star review, with happy customers calling it the “perfect fit.”
But TikTok user @hannah_time_ spotted the skirt in-store, and posted a clip to the video-sharing platform, which she captioned: “H&M I love your toddler clothes… but a leather mini skirt on a baby is weird…”
In the video, she picks the skirt up and rotates it – showing off the length and style of the material.
Hannah, a mum to a teen and toddler, said the skirt confused her “on so many levels” and was concerned a child might feel uncomfortable and restricted in it.
One curious viewer asked: “Genuine question, what’s the issue compared to any other material? It’s not like it’s PVC leather or something.”
Hannah replied: “I’d feel similarly about a baby boy in a tux – I just, personally, don’t like dressing children like adults. Toddlers should be wearing comfortable clothes, this is not it.”
Other viewers were also shocked by the skirt, concerned that the item was age-inappropriate.
“It’s just getting worse, can’t even buy girls normal tops these days. Everything is crop tops. Drives me insane.”
“Nooooooo, hate it when people dress kids like adults.”
“Think it’s making children grow up way before their time! These are adults clothes.”
“I wouldn’t even buy that for myself, let alone my 3 year old.”
“You can’t climb trees or run around in that skirt tho. It’s not made for kids.”
A mum's perspective on little girl's clothes
Mum-of-two and Senior Digital Writer at Fabulous, Sarah Bull, has shared her thoughts on buying clothes for young girls.
She shared: “I’m lucky enough to have both a son and a daughter.
“And when it comes to choosing outfits for my kids, I have always erred on the more demure side of things.
“Even with swimwear, I don’t like the idea of little girl wearing a bikini, and will always opt for a one-piece for her when we go swimming.
“My daughter, who’s six, is still in the stage of loving “girly” clothes like tutus and anything that glitters.
“But if she went to a shop and picked up a mini denim skirt or a pair of leather shorts that she wanted me to buy, I know for a fact that I’d put my foot down.
“She’s got years ahead of her to wear what she wants but, as her mother, I’ll be as firm as I possibly can over her wardrobe choices.
“So no, put the leather shorts back, and swap the miniskirts for a fluffy tutu instead.”
But not everybody agreed.
“Unless you’re gonna style it with fishnets and a rhinestone bralette I don’t see the problem.”
“You’re the weirdo making it a thing. It’s a cute skirt, nothing more.”
Fabulous reached out to H&M, who were unable to comment.
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