Chloe Sims' Playboy past – racy bunny antics in France, TOWIE debut and lie claims

Helen Flanagan turned heads in a stylish suit as she headed to a breakfast event in Manchester.

Emmerdale's Paige Sandhu has confirmed that her character's time in the village is almost up.

Tottenham Hotspur icon Rafael van der Vaart has had his fair share of excitement since retiring as a footballer.Van der Vaart’s glittering career saw him win two league titles with Ajax, over 100 caps for the Netherlands and represent Real Madrid and Spurs in his prime.The 39-year-old’s last club was Danish side Esbjerg fB, where he eventually called time on his 18-year career back in 2018.But the former attacking-midfielder did not wait around idly for long, launching his darts career just a year later in April 2019 with a fine win after joining the British Darts Organisation.Van der Vaart made his debut at the Denmark Open in Esbjerg where he went toe-to-toe with Thomas Anderson.He defeated his opponent 4-2 but was given a quick reality check as he suffered a 4-0 defeat in the next round to Mogens ‘Turbo’ Christensen - a former semi-finalist in the event.Earlier that year, the Dutchman made waves in the darting world by appearing alongside compatriot and legend Michael van Gerwen at the Promi-Darts World Championship in Germany.What change of careers within sport surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

drug over the weekend. Elle Vickers, 18, and her friend Ellen Baldwin, 19, believe they were injected with a drug after they noticed they were left with bruises in "intimate areas" on Saturday, February 12.

Lord Alan Sugar.The Apprentice boss has said he was "now always looking over my shoulder" after three anti-Semitic letters were sent to him, with one saying “I would like to murder all f***ing Jews in Britain, Alan”.The letters, with the address typed and stuck to the front, were opened by Lord Sugar's assistant at his company and referred to the police.Patrick Gomes, 70, has denied sending the letters but was found guilty at an earlier trial of religiously aggravated harassment, putting those targeted in fear of violence.He was jailed for three years and six months at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday and was handed an indefinite restraining order not to contact Lord Sugar.Adam Pearson, prosecuting, said that one of the letters said there was “no anti-Semitic element within the Labour Party” then “went onto say the author of the letter was a Jew hater”.previously thanked police in Essex for “helping to shine a light on the fact that this type of behaviour is simply not acceptable” after the man was found guilty.Gomes sent three letters to one of Lord Sugar’s businesses in Loughton between October and December 2018, Essex Police said, which contained anti-semitic abuse.Each letter was addressed directly to Lord Sugar and included abusive, threatening and offensive language, with them being derogatory towards the Jewish religion.Gomes was arrested at his home on March 19, 2019 after his DNA and fingerprints were found on one of the letters.Officers then found other discriminatory letters by Gomes, and the address they were sent to in his address book.There's MUCH more where that came from! Want all the jaw-dropping stories from the world of showbiz and up to the minute news from TV and soaps?Well, we've got you covered

the Australian now looks set to be moved on from the role.The 2021 season ended in a controversial manner, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen taking glory from under the nose of a resurgent Lewis Hamilton on the last lap.As destiny was decided at 200 miles per hour, angry Hamilton fans questioned some of the decisions by Masi, as did Hamilton's Mercedes team.With the build-up to the new season intensifying, and crafty teams revealing their new designs ahead of a season that brings in a raft of rule changes, a huge amount of excitement and scrutiny is going to be focussed on those in F1's top positions.Masi came under criticism a number of times last season, not just for the incident in the final race. Teams and drivers complained of a lack of clarity and consistency applied to wheel-to-wheel racing rules.So why are F1 fans calling for Michael Masi to go ahead of the 2022 season?F1 fans are questioning Michael Masi's position due to a controversial decision made at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year.When Lewis Hamilton entered the final lap of the race, he was world champion, set to become so for a record eighth time.

Jake Paul tattoo in an attempt to catch the attention of the YouTuber turned boxer has been left red-faced.Mairis Briedis called out Paul and got a warning to the Problem Child tattooed on his thigh in January but has been unable to secure a fight with the unbeaten social media star since.Instead he is now set to defend his IBF cruiserweight world title in Australia later this year against Jai Opetaia, according to News.com.Meanwhile, Paul has yet to even acknowledge Briedis' challenge as he flirts with the possibility of switching to mixed martial arts in the future.Briedis, who's only professional loss came against Oleksandr Usyk in 2018, showed off his tattooed warning to Paul back in January after calling him out.The 37-year-old Latvian got the message "Jake's bad karma" and a deer's head inked on his thigh as part of his attempts to secure a big money fight.At the time, he told iFL TV: "I saw Jake had a tattoo that said 'karma' and thought I could combine it with my deer logo."It looks very nice, that's why we're even speaking, this year I've had a lot of ideas for what I need to do, I don't know what's happened.Who should Jake Paul's next opponent be? Let us know in the comments section below."This is my life, my choice, my body, and it's like poker, I've gone 'all in'."The tattoo is a crazy thing for me, for my family, but we will see what happens, I hope my crazy things will become true."This is very serious, this is a crazy tattoo, but I will do everything to get my goal and I wish my dreams would happen."However, his attempts to catch Paul's attention fell on deaf ears, although Paul has yet to confirm his next opponent since moving to 5-0 in December with a knockout win over Tyron Woodley.He has so far hinted

teenager from Victoria, Australia has caught himself a £42,000 prize pot after winning a fishing competition down under. The GoFish competition, held in Victoria's Nagambie town, saw over 883 Murray Cod caught with a total length of 40,629.3 centimetres for all cod caught.A total of 2,250 fish were caught, measuring to a whopping 89,131.6 centimetres, as well as an impressive total of 2,594 beers consumed over the course of the tournament.But ambitious anglers were chasing more than beer tallies, with their eyes on the £42,000 ($82,000 Australian) up for grabs, given to whoever caught the largest cod on the day.The honour this year went to 18-year-old Jono Moore, who nabbed the largest Murray cod just 20 minutes into his participation in the competition.Speaking to ABC, Moore said he had been fishing with his dad since before he could walk and he kept pursuing it in the ensuing years.He said: "Me and my mates, we go out pretty much every weekend just fishing everywhere from Mitchelton all the way town to Murchison."The impressive 105 centimetre catch gave the competition winner a clear shot at the prize pot, but was anxious when others confronted him with rumours of a bigger catch elsewhere.Moore said: "It was pretty hectic.

Don’t worry, that’s just Jessica Biel! The 39-year-old actress looked totally different as she was spotted on-set in costume for her latest role playing the axe-killer. Candy Montgomery on Tuesday February 15. Jessica was the spitting image of the infamous Texas killer, while she walked around on-set in her Candy costume.

Priscilla Presley, 76, finally has a daughter-in-law! Her son Navarone Garibaldi, 34, got married to his girlfriend Elisa Achilli, 22, after dating for four years on February 15. Priscilla revealed on Instagram that the couple said “I do” during a romantic outdoor ceremony at Schloss Hünigen hotel in Konolfingen, Switzerland. The businesswoman and actress, who shares Navarone with ex Marco Garibaldi, was among family and friends in attendance.

If you have not watched the first five episodes of Love Is Blindseason 2, bookmark this for later or proceed with caution. The second season of Netflix's hit dating experiment is certainly not lacking in drama. The first five episodes were released last week, and already fans are all about following this season's love triangles and biggest shockers. Perhaps the most jaw-dropping moment thus far happened early on when Kyle Abrams shocked Shaina Hurley by proposing with his mother's engagement ring after the pair had expressed some fundamental religious differences — he is an atheist, she is a Christian. Shaina surprisingly accepted the proposal, but it was clear from her on-camera reaction that she was very conflicted.

How I Met Your Father that Present Sophie () would hook up with a lot of dudes before settling down with the father of her future son. And it looks like the show will make good on that promise! Hulu just gave the green light to a second, 20-episode season of the sitcom, which follows the dating adventures of 20- and 30-something New Yorkers in the age of Tinder.“[Series writers] Isaac [Aptaker] and Elizabeth [Berger]’s inspired vision for How I Met Your Father has proven to be true appointment viewing that fans cannot get enough of week to week.

risky business.The 59-year-old action star proved that he still does his own stunts accomplishing a “Top Gun” moment on Tuesday when he landed his own helicopter in South Africa.And in typical Tom Cruise fashion, he was smiling and waving the whole time.Gillian Soames, who lives in Hoedspruit, said the “Jack Reacher” actor has flown by her town several times, but she got to witness his mega-watt smile up close when she snapped photos of him expertly landing the chopper.“For the last week, he has driven past my house two or three times a day and flies over every day and night to wherever they are filming that day,” she told South West News Service.In fact, Soames said that Cruise was staying just a few hundred meters from her home and has been a “delight” to locals.“I must have seen him 11 times now,” she added, “but yesterday was the first time he took off his mask to smile for us so we could see his face.” Soames, 49, also added it’s the first time she’s seen him flying the helicopter on his own, though the veteran actor is well-known for doing his own risky stunts — like recently when he was photographed riding atop a speeding train and grinning for fans and paparazzi. “It was also the first time he flew the chopper himself,” she noted to SWNS.

Playboy premises in Chicago in 1955 as a fresh-faced 21-year-old hoping for a bog-standard office job.By the time she died on May 1 2017, aged 82, Charlaine had become Janet Pilgrim, one of Hugh Hefner's most iconic Playmates.The Illinois native's transformation from office pencil pusher to Playboy pin-up was as revolutionary for the brand as it was for her, with the then two-year-old business expanding on its array of professional models and actresses with a new concept - the girl-next-door."I had hoped to get on the ground floor with this magazine and grow with them," Janet said of her time working in the publication's corporate office.She impressed after securing her first job with Playboy and was soon promoted to the level of

Chloe Sims has just turned 40, and the reality TV personality celebrated in style.The stunning star ensured her milestone birthday was one to remember as she invited all of her closest family and friends to her home in Essex. Plenty of the TOWIE star's celebrity pals were in attendance, as were Chloe's teenage daughter Madison and even her rarely-seen father.

TOWIE star Chloe Sims celebrated her 40th birthday in style last night. The reality favourite gathered all her family and friends together to party the night away for her special day.

Love Island'sLucinda Strafford was pictured on boyfriend Aaron Connolly's social media as the pair posed for Halloweens snaps.Footballer Aaron shared the snap of the pair dressed up as Hugh Hefner and Lucinda as a Playboy bunny to his 51.6 thousand followers.It was revealed that the pair used to date for two years before the £1 million-a-year Brighton & Hove Albion winger cheated on Lucinda earlier this year.It is reported the pair reconciled ahead of Lucinda's Love Island stint.An insider told The Sun how the couple "argued" about her going into the ITV2 reality show villa which she hoped would promote her online fashion boutique.While Lucinda cracked on with co-stars, Brad, Danny and Arron in the villa ex Aaron looked after her pet dog at

LOVE Island’s Lucinda Strafford and her boyfriend Aaron Connolly have gone Instagram official again – after she claimed to be single. Footballer Aaron shared a picture of the pair posed up over Halloween – with him as Hugh Hefner and Lucinda as a Playboy bunny.

CHLOE Sims left fans doing a double take as she shared a flurry of throwback photos to mark her 40th birthday. The Towie star looked unrecognisable in fresh-faced snaps before she used fillers and Botox.

TOWIE'sPete Wicks, 33, teased his friends and fellow stars James Lock, 34, and Demi Sims, 25, for having the "same taste" in women during the latest episode of the ITVBE reality show. The topic came up as the group were discussing who had recently become single while enjoying a night out at a Halloween-themed fun house.

TOWIE'S Chloe Sims continued to fuel romance rumours with Pete Wicks as she posed for a very cosy snap to celebrate his 33rd birthday. Wearing a glamorous white dress, Chloe, 40, placed her hands against suited Pete's chest and leaned in for the picture.