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modern slavery, a phrase that has become familiar since a landmark act was passed in 2015 cracking down on those who bring people to this country and force them to work as slaves in the sex industry, as domestics and – as in the case of Carmen – in factories. Yet the heartbreaking first-hand stories of the devastated lives it describes are seldom heard – although Mo Farah’s recent revelations about how he ended up in the UK have begun to shatter that silence.Bakhita House is a refuge run for the past seven years by Caritas Westminster (part of the Catholic archdiocese of Westminster) for women like Carmen, regardless of creed. And today some of them have agreed for the first time to talk openly, on condition that their identities and the location of their safe house are disguised: the traffickers who have exploited these women remain eager to find them and silence them.Carmen was recruited by a clothes factory in the East Midlands, for which she had done some freelance work from her home in Spain.

declines naturally – approximately three to five per cent per decade after the age of 30, especially if you’re relatively inactive, accelerating as you get older. And lower oestrogen levels during and after menopause don’t help matters either.Is there an easy fix? I’m not going to lie, doing a few tricep curls with a can of Heinz beans doesn’t mean you’ll be waving bye-bye to bingo wings faster than you can say two fat ladies (are bingo callers still allowed to say that?).

People with lung cancer symptoms are being encouraged to go to GP checks to catch the disease sooner.

Rangers boss Gio Van Bronckhorst has revealed both Rabbi Matondo and Ridvan Yilmaz will travel for their crunch Champions League qualifier against Union Saint-Gilloise.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published full details on how it plans to deliver the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme to some 29 million households across Scotland, England and Wales. The UK Government has said it is ‘urgently’ working to ensure people in Northern Ireland also receive the equivalent of this support as soon as possible.

A Lanarkshire town has been named the best place in Scotland to own an electric vehicle in a recent study.

England’s near-60 year wait for a major football trophy ended last night with a record 17.5M peak audience tuning in to the BBC coverage.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has broken the Guinness World Record for the largest ever disco dance at Camp Bestival.The singer kicked off proceedings at the Dorset festival as 598 festival goers busted moves under a giant disco ball to Sister Sledge‘s ‘We Are Family’.Ellis-Bextor told The Sun: “From my own Kitchen Disco to a fully-fledged all-sequin disco extravaganza in the glorious grounds of Lulworth Castle, I am so thrilled to have played a sparkling part in helping Camp Bestival achieve the official Guinness World Records title for the Largest Disco Dance.

Coronation Street celebrated its 50th birthday, fans were treated to a live episode when the tram crashed into the cobbles, killing multiple residents. Emmerdale's 40th anniversary also saw Carl King killed off in a live episode - and things are bound to get bigger and better for the 50th.October 17th 2022 will officially mark the soap turning 50 years old, and cast members are teasing big things for the soap. READ MORE: Emmerdale's Paige Sandhu says her character Meena Jutla is set to return to the soap Speaking exclusively to Daily Star at a Pride of Manchester Awards event earlier this year, Bernice Blackstock star Samantha Giles confirmed that we can expect "explosive" things.Chatting after the event, she confirmed: "I know there are going to be explosive storylines for the 50th [anniversary] this year, but I have no idea because they don’t tell us anything - which is probably good! So people will just have to watch and wait and see."I’ve got absolutely no idea what’s happening!" she added.We could even be about to see a very unexpected character return - or even return from the dead, rather than someone being simply killed off.Samantha added that she'd like to see Val Pollard return, telling us: "I think Val was great, she was such a fabulous character.

Vernon Kay shares loved up holiday snap with Tess Daly[LATEST]Kimberley Walsh on why she avoids eye contact with Gethin Jones[EXCLUSIVE]Britney Spears goes topless as she puts on sultry display[PICTURES]She also played one of the wicked stepsisters in the 1965 television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren.The performer went on to win a Grammy award in 1980 for the recording of her one woman show Gertrude Stein.Her most memorable role to date thanks to Disney's The Little Mermaid, which came out in 1989.She was not the first choice of directors Ron Clements and John Musker or the musical team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who reportedly wanted Joan Collins or Bea Arthur to voice the sea witch.Ms Carroll often said playing Ursula was one of her favourite roles to date.She said she saw her as an "Ex-Shakespearean actress who now sold cars"."She's a mean old thing! I think people are fascinated by mean characters," the voiceover star said in an interview."There's a fatal kind of distraction about the horrible mean characters of the world because we don't meet too many of them in real life.So when we have a chance, theatrically, to see one and this one, she's a biggie, it's kind of fascinating for us."She got the chance to reprise the role in several Little Mermaid sequels, spinoffs and even theme park rides.

NMIXX have released a remake of former K-pop girl group Rainbow’s 2009 b-side ‘Kiss’.On August 1 at Midnight KST, the seven-member girl group unveiled their version of Rainbow’s song ‘Kiss’, taken from their 2009 debut mini-album ‘Gossip Girl’. The accompanying visual sees the members of NMIXX enjoying laidback summer-themed party.“Everyday, lips sweet like lemon tea / My gift, only to you / Without anyone knowing, in your arms / I wanna be with you, oh, forever,” NMIXX sing on the bubbly new remake.The release is part of Re:Born Project’s ongoing ‘Summer Vacation Project’, which also includes fromis_9’s cover of ‘Sea of Moonlight’, originally sung by FIESTAR and IU.

Have you ever wondered what the final few pre-final days are like in the Love Island villa? If there’s one person to give us the gossip it’s last year’s winner Millie Court. The 25 year old was crowned 2021 Love Island champ alongside her then-partner Liam Reardon, and she says the final few days on the island were some of the very best the group had. Why? Of course, the looming prospect of being able to strip off their microphones and head back to their families was a big factor but, Millie also says in an exclusive chat with OK!, that being allowed to have some proper beauty prep for the final episode was dreamy.

Planning a wedding if stressful enough, but Danny Miller's new wife Steph had some added last-minute wedding drama after her dress and veil failed to arrive on time. Speaking to exclusively to OK! , Steph explained how her dress was being made in Ukraine by brand WONÁ Concept, and the ongoing war between the country and Russia led to her gown being stuck in customs. She told us: “The dress I wore ended up being one my mum had picked.

Coronation Street's Sean Tully could be set to welcome romance into his life as Antony Cotton has hinted that a relationship is on the cards for his character.The actor who has appeared on the family favourite ITV soap for 19 years has taken to social media, appearing to confirm that a new actor has joined the programme.But while announcing the new casting, Antony, 46, hinted that his character had found love once again after the newbie found his feet on the famous cobbled street.READ MORE: Coronation Street’s Stephen motive ‘solved’ by fans sure he never lived abroad Taking to Twitter, Antony shared a selfie taken at the Coronation Street summer party which saw the cast and crew flock to The Ivy in Spinningfields to let their hair down.In view of his 555,300 followers, Antony penned alongside the snap: "This one may be a keeper... @itvcorrie @ITV #RobShawCameron #Shaw #Laurence."Fans instantly rushed to the comment section to share their joy over the subtle news, with one penning: "Oh please god, you deserve this 'Shaun'.""Absolutely! You make a gorgeous couple," gushed a second.While a third commented: "Yes, at last.""Hope so, Sean deserves some happiness," added a third.

Bernardo and Arthur Lima, from Brazil, were conjoined at the head and underwent several operations in Rio de Janeiro before travelling over to London for the life-changing surgery.British neurosurgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital successfully separated the two, who had a fused brain, with paediatric surgeon Noor ul Owase Jeelani performing a surgery that accumulated 27 hours in total.READ MORE: Deadliest hot air balloon disaster killed 16 after 'depressed' pilot hit overhead cablesThrough the assistance of 100 members of medical staff, one of the most complex medical procedures ever completed, according to charity Gemini Untwined which funded the operation.Surgeons had spent months preparing for the operation using virtual reality based on CT and MRI scans of Bernardo and Arthur, which Dr Jeelani described as "space-age stuff".The surgeons in London and Rio de Janeiro worked together with VR headsets so they could "be in the same room as each other" despite being 6,000 miles apart.Dr Jeelani said: "It’s just wonderful, it’s really great to see the anatomy and do the surgery before you actually put the children at any risk."You can imagine how reassuring that is for the surgeons. In some ways these operations are considered the hardest of our time, and to do it in virtual reality was just really man-on-Mars stuff."Dr Jeelani led the procedure alongside Dr Gabriel Mufarrej, the head of paediatric surgery at the Instituto Estadual do Cerebro Paulo Niemeyer in Brazil.

Good Morning Britain viewers believe something is going on behind the scenes with presenters Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley. The duo both returned to the ITV studio to present today's instalment (August 1) of the morning show after taking breaks, but some picked up on a clue that the two could be secretly feuding.

England's record-breaking Lionesses were filmed partying on their hotel lawn as celebrations ran long into the night following a 2-1 win over Germany in the European Championships final.Chloe Kelly's extra-time winner prompted bedlam around Wembley Stadium with the Manchester City forward prodding home from inside the six-yard box to hand England their first major trophy since 1966. 12 months on from European Championships heartbreak, when the men's team suffered defeat via a penalty shootout to Italy, the women's team finally brought football home after a 56-year wait.

sex workers can take punters so their illicit activity isn't visible on the streets.Jackie and Michael Scott, 56 and 77 respectively, as well as their neighbour Sue Hawkins have spoken about hearing the “screams” and lewd acts going on at all hours because of the trade.They’re regularly woken up late at night by all the unwelcome noise, they told Leeds Live.READ MORE: 'Half-man, half-dog' creature terrified fisherman as it stalked river baffling expertsThe couple live in Holbeck, Leeds where there used to be a legal red-light zone for prostitutes to carry out sex work. It was called the Managed Approach and permitted prostitution between certain hours on allocated streets.But ever since Leeds City Council scrapped the controversial project in 2020 after six years, the situation has got much worse, according to the Scotts.Michael, a retired security guard, has grown tired of hearing the “noises and the screaming”.

F1. A statement by the team read: “Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team is delighted to confirm that Fernando Alonso will join the team in 2023 on a multi-year contract.”READ MORE: Martin Brundle grid walk ambushed amid Fernando Alonso snub ahead of Hungarian GPAlonso said: "This Aston Martin team is clearly applying the energy and commitment to win, and it is therefore one of the most exciting teams in Formula One today."I have known Lawrence and Lance for many years and it is very obvious that they have the ambition and passion to succeed in Formula One.

Stray Kids have unveiled a brand-new song and music video titled ‘Time Out’.On August 1 at Midnight KST, the boyband surprised fans with the digital single and its summery new visual to wrap up their ‘2022 STAYweeK’ fan event, which saw the release of several behind-the-scenes clips. The yearly event marks the anniversary of the Stray Kids’ fan base, which were named Stay on August 1, 2018.The ‘Time Out’ music video sees the eight-member group enjoying a summer getaway by the ocean, singing along to the new track as they lounge and play in a nearby beach house.“So come on / Let’s go, leave everything behind / Wherever it may be, somewhere far from here / Run to (run to), run to (run to) / Somewhere refreshing and wide open, oh oh,” Stray Kids sing on the upbeat new pop-rock track.‘Time Out’ is the latest of the boyband’s surprise “mixtape” tracks, following June 2021’s ‘Oh’.

Lollapalooza 2022 last week (July 28), a group of activists protested about the city’s 10pm weekend curfew for young people.The ongoing youth curfew in Chicago means all young people under 18 have to be indoors by 10pm.