Billionaire heiress Jessica Pegula loses Madrid Open - and misses out on prize money

Summer is officially almost here and we can practically smell the sun tan lotion in Majorca all the way from Scotland.

An army veteran launched a terrifying knife attack on a shopkeeper after he refused to serve him credit. Carl Hayward, 34, walked up to the First Convenience Store in Burnage, hiding a kitchen knife up his sleeve.

Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary were reunited on This Morning on Monday as the pair take over hosting duties for the half-term. The show kicked off with Alison welcoming viewers to the first edition of the ITV daytime show of the week.

David Moyo has brought an end to his spell at Hamilton.

Richard Madeley has left Good Morning Britain viewers rather puzzled as he asked Ross Kemp about the Queen. The former EastEnders star was on the ITV news programme on Monday morning to chat to Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins.

Next week will see the launch of another Manchester restaurant, and this one promises to bring street-food style barbeque dining to Bridge Street. Inspired by Northern Thailand, Neon Tiger, a brand-new bar and kitchen concept will open on Wednesday, June 8.

A cruel yob has admitted leaving his cat to die after he hurled the defenceless animal off the ground in a fit of rage.

Boris Johnson faces fresh demands to “come clean” about parties in Downing Street after reports emerged that the Prime Minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson, may now have had two lockdown parties in family flat above No 10.

Richard Madeley struggled to hide his disdain for Love Island as he announced the first Love Island contestant for the 2022 series. The hit ITV2 dating show is making its big return to the small screen on Monday, June 6.

The scoreboard at the WACA lists an XI of the greatest Western Australian cricketers, with Dennis Lillee at the tail. Lillee used to pound the Perth crease and in the cool July climate another individual is embarking on sprints.

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A cabbie who deliberately drove an eight-seater minibus at a cyclist who had criticised his driving, seriously injuring him, has been warned by a sheriff that he faces jail.

A drunken and jealous man rammed six people with his van outside a pub as he used the vehicle as a weapon in an act of revenge.

Russia has now lost 30,000 troops, 1,330 tanks, 207 planes and 174 helicopters during the war, according to Ukrainian officials.President Vladimir Putin is being forced to “conceal” the true scale of Russian losses in Ukraine to avoid the country’s citizens from accepting that they might not be winning the war, former UK foreign secretary, William Hague, has claimed.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.He said in a radio interview: "They’re very uncomfortable, and of course what they mean to him first of all is that he has to conceal them as much as possible from the Russian population, because he doesn’t want to admit that the Russian losses have been anything like that."Look at how he reacted – how the Russian government reacted – to the loss of the Moskva, which was to say that a fire had broken out and the seas were stormy and so on, and to not even admit that it might have been hit by the Ukrainians, which it clearly was."So what it means to Putin first of all is cover this up at all costs because people in Russia might realise what is going on."

Page 3 stunner, who is sometimes known by her model name of Barbi, often thrills her 442,000 Instagram followers with her sexy snaps.And her latest is no different, as the 22-year-old showed off her curves in different-coloured lingerie.Apollonia was seen posing in the underwear as she enjoyed a glass of wine in her kitchen.Rocking the alternating look, she went for a white lace lingerie top, teamed with a black thong.Despite being different colours, the look definitely still worked, especially judging by the fan reaction – with the photo racking up more than 6,000 likes.The blonde beauty teamed the skimpy undies with stylish silver jewellery and red nails while rocking immaculate, glowing makeup.Her golden locks also looked great styled into bombshell curls.Captioning the post, Apollonia teased admirers by writing: "Not your average."They seemed to agree, with one fan branding her "stunning" while another called her an "icon".Another told her: "You look gorgeous," while a fourth branded the look "so hot".Apollonia's fans are used to seeing her pose up a storm in racy underwear.However, she was also seen ditching her lingerie for another recent Instagram post.The model seemed to be getting ready for the apparent UK heatwave predicted for June as she ditched her bra under a tiny crop top.Get all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

Manchester United flop Marouane Fellaini has dropped his iconic afro in a recent Instagram snap in favour of some cornrows. Fellaini took to Instagram to share a snap with his brother, where he showed off the haircut with blonde highlights.

Mia Khalifa has lifted the lid on how much money she makes through content subscription service OnlyFans on a daily basis. The app, which was popularised by models and influencers offering private content for cash subscriptions, houses content from the 29-year-old media personality.In an interview published to her Instagram story, Mia praised the "socialism at its best" business model of OnlyFans and was prompted by an interviewer into revealing how much money she was making through the app.Mia revealed all in an interview where she spoke with writer and interviewer Ziwe Fumudoh about her new career path, praising the content subscription service and revealing her income.Mia spoke of how much she makes from the app, which is predominantly used for "fans" to subscribe to their favourite influencers and content creators.Ziwe asked Mia: "Larsa Pippen makes $10,000 a day on OnlyFans.

finally won a Premier League night in Newcastle on Thursday, reached the final of the Dutch Darts Championship in Zwolle by seeing off Danny Jansen, Damon Heta, Mervyn King and Andrew Gilding. In the final, he met home favourite Danny Noppert and was regularly booed during visits.

The UK’s Music Managers Forum has published a new report based on two roundtable discussions with its members on the topic of digital burnout, making a number of proposals for how the music industry can better help artists meet the demands of being an always-on creator in the social media age.The roundtables were staged in response to a number of articles and conference discussions about the pressure artists are now under to create ever more content to keep their social media feeds refreshed. Creating that constant stream of content is often unrealistic, and risks reducing the amount of time artist have to actually make music, while also potentially having a detrimental impact on the artist’s mental health.Then there’s the frustration that record labels and digital platforms sometimes try to force a one-size-fits-all approach on artists, when – in fact – what kind of content works on what platforms – and what constitutes success data-wise – will depend very much on each artist and their fanbase.

Tennis star Jessica Pegula reached the final of the Madrid Open after beating Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-4 in the last four.It is just the fourth WTA singles final Pegula has reached during her career and she is looking to win her second singles title, having previously won the 2019 Washington Open. Should Pegula defeat Ons Jabeur in the final, she will bank €1,041,570 (£891,834) in prize money.

Jessica Pegula stands to inherit a fortune so vast she could buy Chelsea and still have over a billion quid left over to buy a private jet or two. Pegula, 28, is making waves in the world of tennis after reaching her first WTA 1000 Final, where she will face Tunisia's Ons Jabeur on Saturday evening.