Inside Love Island's secret ‘dry run of show’ using villa hopefuls

Gogglebox star Mary Killen has spoken about how her illness put her of alcohol forever.The star, who is known for appearing alongside her husband Giles Wood on the Channel 4 show, spoke about how she suffered a bout of campylobacter food poisoning and it turned her off her precious glasses of wine.Mary thinks that the horrific 5 day food poisoning came from 'grubby' vegetables from her garden, which required antibiotics to bring it under control.Speaking about it, Mary told the Daily Mail: "Immediately afterward, I found I couldn’t face alcohol."I remember going to a house party on the Isle of Mull a short time later."All sorts of wonderful wines were being served and I couldn’t touch any of them."She continued : "It made me recoil — reminding me of when I was pregnant with our two daughters, both of whom are now in their 20s."It has completely lost its appeal.

AC Milan from Cork City on a fairytale permanent transfer that comes after a successful loan spell with the Serie A giants that begun back in February. Milan have exercised their option to make the deal permanent after being impressed by the Republic of Ireland youth international who made his senior debut for Cork only last year, having featured in their under 18 side.The 17-year-old central defender made his first appearance for Milan's Primavera 1 side back in March, and comes from a famous family that includes Olympian parents Rob and Marian, as well as forming a close friendship with former Premier League midfielder Stephen Ireland."Cathal has clearly done well while on loan and is now getting the opportunity to sign permanently," said Liam Kearney, Cork City's head of academy."That he is getting this opportunity is a testament to his own hard work and dedication, as well as the work put in by his coaches at Ringmahon Rangers and here at our academy."Heffernan spoke out regarding his initial loan deal back in February, admitting that it didn't quite feel like a reality.

decapitated during a botched delivery and its head left inside the mother's womb.The shocking incident was said to have occurred last week at a charity hospital in the Tharparkar district of Pakistan.Following the bungled breech-birth, the mum was reportedly transferred to another hospital 51 miles away with her baby’s head still inside her.However, upon discovering that facility was also unable to treat her, she was then sent to another in Hyderabad city, nearly 134 miles away.There the baby’s head was finally removed via abdominal surgery after her uterus having ruptured."The head got stuck after delivering the torso because the delivery was done by inexperienced hands,” a top health official of Sindh province said in a statement over the weekend.Meanwhile, Tharparkar district health officer Dr. Greesh told VICE World News that the mother, who is believed to be 52-years-old, was now making a recovery.

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Love Island with six of the hopefuls facing elimination from the show - including two current couples.After Sunday's episode ended with the public being able to vote for their favourite contestants, the Islanders were informed of the situation on Monday evening.Six Islanders have found themselves to be in the bottom selection when it comes to the public vote in ITV2's popularity poll.Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Jay Younger, Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page and also Amber Beckford and Ikenna Ekwonna are now at risk being axed. The dramatic twist will see one girl and boy leave the villa immediately after being voted the least popular in the poll.Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERECurrently, Andrew and Tasha are paired together, as are Ekin-Su and Jay - meaning there's a risk of a forced split.We've seen couples in previous series' end up going home together, but the big difference here is that this time around, it's the public's decision, whereas previously it was left to the Islanders to make the call.On the official Love Island: The Morning After podcast, Arielle Free and former winner Kem Cetinay were joined by Will Manning and Lauren Layfield to speak about who might be going home.Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars? Contact us at staronlineshowbiz@reachplc.comWill went for Andrew and Tasha, saying: "It's not been great TV," but Lauren noted: "If Andrew and Tasha stay in, they're going to have to analyse the relationship and why they were in the bottom three - could that cause drama? I want to see them tested."They then spoke of Ikenna and Ekin-Su being sent home, saying: "Tasha won't go without Andrew.

Love Island beauty Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu reportedly slammed her female co-stars before making her way into the ITV villa.The 27-year-old actress and model recently left viewers at the edge of their seats after she had a dispute between islanders Gemma Owen and Amber Beckford.The Sun reports that she slated all the girls in texts before bombshell Ekin-Su entered the Mallorcan villa.Gemma allegedly writes in messages leaked by a friend: “Gemma Owen is only 19! I reckon she would be my little sista in there.“She’s a baby LMAO. No fit girls though.

DFS, which commissioned the survey, said: “Our study has shown how the actual time we go to bed can have a real impact on our sleeping routine as a whole. “The hours of sleep we get is of course important, but the way we prepare ourselves and get “into the zone” of sleep is also vital.”Anne Marie Boyhan, sleep expert at The Sleep Care Co., said: “Sleep is a foundational pillar of health.

Strictly Come Dancing star Janette finished the show by doing and amazing spin with husband Aljaž Škorjanec. Clearly the curious golden retriever was interested and wandered over to investigate but sadly got a foot to the face just before the credits rolled.Although the incident was a blink and you’d miss it moment, it didn’t go unnoticed by horrified viewers at home.‘Hope the dog is ok, after getting booted in the head,’ wrote one.‘I hope that dogs ok! Just got smacked in the face by a dancer,’ another said.A third wrote: ‘Ermmm I swear the dog on #MorningLive just held a boot to the face.

Love Island bombshell Afia Tonkmor says she should have asked producers about her "bright" under-eye makeup that she wore on the night she was dumped from the villa.The 25-year-old, who became the second contestant to leave the villa last week, recently took part in a fan Q&A on her Instagram.While sharing her thoughts with her fans openly, Afia appeared fairly taken aback when a follower asked her "what under eye powder were you wearing on the day you were dumped?"Seeing the question pop up on the screen, she replied bluntly: "This is like rude, without trying to be rude. We obviously know it was too bright for under my eyes."It's because I got dark really quickly and I just was disorganised, I should have asked the producers and I didn't."But the awkward questions didn't stop there for Afia, as she was also asked whether she would consider a collaboration in order to get her teeth done.Replying with a snap of herself smiling, Afia captioned the post: "My teeth are perfect so no thank you."The Love Island star missed out on her opportunity to stay in the villa after rugby player Jacques O'Neill decided to couple up with Paige Thorne.After being dumped from the villa, the bombshell shared her thoughts to viewers at home.She said: "Obviously I’m going to miss everyone in the Villa but I’m going to keep trying to find love.

monkeys broke into a house and snatched him from his mum – while she was breastfeeding him.The tragedy happened when the troop invaded the house in the Tanzanian village of Mwamgongo, which borders Gombe National Park.After they snatched Luhaiba Said from his mum, who has been named as Shayima, villagers tried to rescue him from the animals, but he was injured in the process and later died, reports The Citizen.It happened at about 3pm on Saturday in the Kigoma region of the country. Shayima was sitting outside her house while breastfeeding her baby when the animals invaded.“It is true.

Love Island star Gemma Owen's mum Louise Bonsall has been a hot talking point and fans of the show are eager to know more about her.

Manchester United, despite putting off Liverpool by behaving “like an idiot”. Antony picked up 12 goals and eight assists in 33 appearances for Ajax last season to help Erik ten Hag’s side win the Eredivisie title. The right winger’s form caught the attention of scouts from all across Europe – but it seems that his former manager Ten Hag is set to bring him to Old Trafford.

Jamie Redknapp's wife Frida has taken to social media to mark her husband's first Father's Day with their baby son Raphael. The 48-year-old former footballer - who is also a dad to sons Charley and Beau with ex-wife Louise Redknapp - welcomed his first child with model Frida in November last year.Paying tribute to her husband on Sunday (June 19), Frida shared a series of photos of Jamie alongside their adorable baby boy. The first showed Jamie looking adoringly at his youngest children, while another was taken during a family holiday on the beach.

Alien: Isolation developer Creative Assembly is currently working on an unannounced science-fiction first-person shooter (FPS) game, and has shared brief details on what it will involve.Creative Assembly studio director Gareth Edmondson and creative director Alistair Hope broke the news in the most recent issue of Edge Magazine (via GamesRadar), the “as-yet-unnamed” game has been in the works for around four years, since 2018.The upcoming game has a “drive for attention to detail and authenticity” and will absolutely adhere to “understanding the source material,” although what that source material is was not revealed.“It’s our new IP, and it’s a world that we’re creating, and of course we’re wringing our hands over it and we really want to get that right,” added chief product officer Rob Bartholomew. “We want to understand what authenticity in a blue ocean or an open sky looks like, when you’ve got a blank page in front of you.”Creative Assembly is best known for its real-time strategy Total War series, although the studio also developed 2014’s Alien: Isolation, a first-person horror game set in the canon of the Alien film franchise.

Glastonbury 2022.Today (June 21) marks the first of three planned national rail strikes in the UK this week, with further strikes planned for Thursday (June 23) and Saturday (June 25). Passengers have been urged to avoid all but essential travel this week.The Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) is striking over “an aggressive agenda” of cuts to jobs, conditions, pay and pensions.

Severance director, who is a long-term goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), visited Kyiv on World Refugee Day yesterday (June 20).During their meeting Stiller described Zelensky as his hero, thanking him for his service to his country and the rest of the world.“Sir, really nice to meet you,” said Stiller as they shook hands. “Thanks for taking the time.

Raven Software has announced that players will no longer be able to edit their loadouts in Call Of Duty: Warzone under certain circumstances. The developer made the announcement on Twitter yesterday (June 20), where it told player’s that they will no longer be able to change their loadouts when matchmaking or in a party.“Due to an unforeseen situation, we’ve disabled the ability to edit loadouts when joining to or matchmaking with another player’s party,” wrote Raven Software.❗️ Due to an unforeseen situation, we've disabled the ability to edit Loadouts when joining to or matchmaking with another Player's party.— Raven Software (@RavenSoftware) June 20, 2022The ability to edit loadouts in pre-game lobbies was a highly requested feature for some time, with it being introduced to Warzone at the start of Season 4 last year.This was removed at the time as Raven Software quickly realised that players could use it to get infinite Dead Silence – a field upgrade that completely silences a players movement and running – during matches.Last week the Mercenaries Of Fortune roadmap for Warzone and Vanguard was also revealed, which you can check out in full here.

Yungblud‘s music video shoot on the Southbank in London yesterday (June 20) was reportedly shut down by police.The Doncaster artist – real name Dominic Harrison – revealed on Saturday (June 18) that he was planning to film a new video in the capital for his next single, which he described as “an act of defiance against sadness”.He also asked fans to participate, writing: “Come to Southbank at 3:30pm. No age limit, no applications, come after school, come after work, bring signs, dress how you fucking want.

PS5, and dubbed it the console’s first Slim model.The entire insides of the PS5 were rearranged and some even changed to bring it down from its mammoth size and scale to just 2cm thick, a similar size to a DVD case.You can check out the half-an-hour-long DIY Perks video below:After a few hiccups, viewers can see at the 26-minute mark that the “PS5 Slim” actually works as it’s hooked up to a screen that shows the start-up sequence for the console. Horizon Forbidden West was left running for several hours on the console, with the temperature of the console read throughout to make sure it didn’t overheat.Since the PS5’s release in 2020, Sony has not announced any sort of new model of the console, and instead has released new plate colours that can be interchanged with the current white model.There’s currently no indication when, or if, Sony will release a newer model of the PS5.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival will be honoring Matt Dillon with a lifetime achievement award, a mini-retro of his films, and an onstage chat.Dillon’s career as an actor and director will be celebrated by the Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema during a ceremony on Aug. 4  in the 8,000-seat Piazza Grande outdoor screening venue, followed by an onstage conversation the next day.Tribute screenings will comprise  Gus Van Sant’s “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989) featuring Dillon’s powerful performance as a “dope fiend,” as he calls himself, who steals pharmaceuticals in Portland drugstores, and “City of Ghosts” (2003) which Dillon co-wrote, directed, and starred in alongside James Caan, Gerard Depardieu, and Stellan Skarsgård.

Read More: Kirstie Allsopp lambasts Hull hospitals for ‘cruel’ visitor policyVicky then explains the distraught feeling of receiving the call telling her about the incident, sharing that she "instantly broke down" as she feared the absolute worse. But Vicky let out a sigh of relief when Milo and the other dogs were all found safely saying, she wrote: "Long story short guys, the van was found abandoned by the police on some estate with the fur babies still in the back thank god.