Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt to fight it out as Kemi Badenoch drops out of Tory leadership race

Love Island fans have blasted the reunion show for happening too soon to the final, which aired less than a week ago while calling for the show to feature "messy breakups".With the ITV2 reality-dating show coming to a head last week (Monday, August 1), the islanders reunited on Thursday - just three days after Ekin-Su and Davide were crowned winners - for a reunion. Filmed on Thursday, August 4, the reunion sees the cast of the 2022 series reunite for a discussion about the show, while they reminisce over their time in the villa.READ NEXT: Love Island stars banned from getting phones back until gruelling warnings from bossesBut fans think the reunion show is "too close" to the final, and that there needs to be a longer period of time from them exiting the villa to meeting back up."Airing a reunion when the show ended less than a week ago is such an odd choice… should wait a few months once they’ve all broken up and started slagging each other off in public #LoveIsland," penned one viewer.Another added: "They needed to wait at least 2 weeks before this reunion #LoveIsland.""Idk why they did this loveisland reunion so soon.

Love Island fans slammed Laura Whitmore for not asking Paige Thorne about her former love interest Jacques O'Neill after he snubbed the reunion show.Talking to stunning Welsh paramedic Paige and her bombshell beau Adam Collard, Laura showed an awkward VT of Paige's "unusual" noises.Laura then said: "I imagine there'll be a few of those noises later."READ NEXT: Love Island stars banned from getting phones back until gruelling warnings from bossesBut it wasn't the strange comment from Laura that got fans talking, because instead they were focussed on why Laura didn't address the Paige and Jacques situation."#loveisland laura didn’t even ask Paige about Jacques???! she’s such a useless host get her off," fumed one viewer.Another added: "Laura at least address the Jacques/Paige/Adam beef PLEASEEEE FFS.""Genuinely don’t care laura ask Paige about Jacques #loveisland," echoed a third.While someone else brought up the flirtationship between Paige and Dami when they penned: "The opportunity to ask Paige why is she obsessed with Dami.

water company are telling families to wash their armpits and privates with damp flannels instead of showering.It comes with temperatures set to soar as high as a very sweaty 35C this week.Thames Water, which loses around 600million litres of water a day to leaks, also told people to collect rain in a range of containers.READ MORE: Mum left disgusted after 'finding two beetles' in BLT she bought from Sainsbury'sThe firm, owned by a consortium of foreign interests, advises: “From oak barrels to clay pots there’s something for everyone.” It adds dogs should be washed in leftover paddling pool water.Southern Water, which has slapped a hosepipe ban on parts of Hampshire and Sussex, is telling customers who do shower to learn a four-minute song so they know when to switch off.Cat Hobbs, of We Own It, which wants the companies nationalised, said: “Are the firms competing to offer the daftest advice? Who has an oak barrel, even if there was rain to fill it? Water firms’ hypocrisy is incredible. Privatised water firms lose billions of litres of water every day due to leaks, because they are prioritising paying shareholders and CEOs.”Lib Dem MPs are calling on the Government to ban new bonuses for water bosses until leaking infrastructure is fixed.Tim Farron, the party’s rural affairs spokesman, said: “It’s outrageous that while millions suffer from hosepipe bans, water company execs reward themselves with bonuses.”A Thames Water spokesman said: “We have no way of knowing how long this very dry weather will last so we need to plan carefully.

Love Island bombshell Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and her partner Davide Sanclimenti appear to have come to blows just hours before the highly anticipated ITV2 reunion show.The pair have spoken about their relationship, just one week after it was announced they were the winners of the 2022 series of the dating programme.But while they were head over heels in love with one another, the pair laughed as they came to blows following a discussion about who takes the longest to get ready before a night out.READ MORE: Love Island reunion snaps teases drama ahead as couples look defensive and shockedTaking to YouTube, Love Island shared the first chat with this year's winners as they dished the dirt on finding love in Majorca.Reflecting on winning, Davide said: "It was something unexpected but it's a great feeling," while Ekin-Su added: "So surreal.""We appreciate the public saw the genuine connection," said Davide.But when the Turkish actress asked her other half what he would be saving her as in his phone, she stated it couldn't just be "Ekin-Su," before he revealed: "Liar," as the pair burst into fits of laughter.He clarified that he would add liar in brackets next to her name.Davide however couldn't help but gush over Ekin-Su as he spoke about his initial reaction to seeing her walk into the villa as a bombshell."She got my attention," he said before continuing: "I saw there was something between me and her, just the way I was looking at her and she was looking at me."I didn't expect straight away that we could arrive at the end together and win Love Island."For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.Ekin-Su meanwhile, confirmed she was initially attracted to the

Erling Haaland would have "punched a team-mate in the face" if they tried to take the ball off him for his penalty on Sunday, according to Pep Guardiola.The Norwegian striker opened his Manchester City account in the Premier League champions' opening weekend victory away to West Ham United. After being fouled inside the penalty area by Alphonse Areola, Haaland dusted himself off before slotting the resulting spot-kick into the bottom corner from 12 yards.According to manager Pep Guardiola, Haaland was so desperate to score on his league debut for City, that he would have punched one of his teammates if they attempted to take the penalty instead of him.READ MORE: Win 2 tickets to watch England vs Germany in Nations League action at Wembley StadiumSpeaking in his post-match press conference, Guardiola admitted: "Listen, I don't know him much but we are two weeks, no one month together, three weeks or one month together, so we need time in the good moments and bad moments to see how we react."In the situations and how he handles, I know how he handled a lot of criticism this week and he was really calm, trained really well."We will see, it's an incredible compliment to how he reacted, we will see.

Selena Gomez glows in a bright green look alongside while embarking on a boat in Positano, Italy on Sunday afternoon (August 7).

Covid, discussed his health amid the ongoing battle for our next Prime Minister.The TV presenter, 67, was not afraid to share some scathing remarks about Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, who are the two candidates left in the running to become the next prime minister.O’Grady insinuated that, while his Covid symptoms were a pain, they were not as bad as his experience watching the latest debate between Truss and Sunak.Sharing a picture of the two politicians with his 696,000 Instagram followers, Paul didn't hold back.“I’m still a bit done in from this bloody Covid although I’m no longer contagious and haven’t been for a few days,” he began.The star then went on to add he was tuning into the Tory leadership debate like many others across the county.“I’m watching these two planks trying to persuade us why they’d make a wonderful Prime Minister,” he wrote“Truss is banging on about Turbo Charged Toffee, am I hallucinating or what?“Whilst the other one is insistent that we know he once had a Saturday job in a chemist.“To hear him you’d think he’d been forced to work down the mines since he was a child.“What a carry on, I’d laugh if it didn’t send me off coughing so I’m making do with a scornfully curled lip.“Once again, thanks for all your kind messages when I was away from home and feeling like I’d been dug up and belted with the shovel," the star ended his post.After a series of knock-out rounds, only Truss and Sunak remain in the running to be Prime Minister.The final five also included hopefuls like Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat.Plenty of other famous figures have given their opinion on the leadership race, including Jeremy Clarkson.“How can we have ended up having to choose a leader from a shortlist made up

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to pledge to do more to help people with mental health problems.

Conservative Party and our next Prime Minister, and he’s not afraid to share them.The TV presenter, who recently revealed he’d tested positive for Covid, appeared to suggest his symptoms weren’t as painful as his experience watching one of the recent debates between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.Sharing he was ‘still a bit done in from this bloody Covid although I’m no longer contagious and haven’t been for a few days’ Paul went on to add he was tuning into the Tory leadership debate alongside millions of others around the country.Or, as he so eloquently put it, ‘two planks trying to persuade us why they’d make a wonderful Prime Minister’.He wrote on Instagram on Tuesday: ‘Truss is banging on about Turbo Charged Toffee, am I hallucinating or what? Whilst the other one is insistent that we know he once had a Saturday job in a chemist.‘To hear him you’d think he’d been forced to work down the mines since he was a child.

Climate change was pretty weak from both of them," she declared after watching one of the pair's televised debates.She added: "They clearly have no idea of the scale…."Rishi Sunak has already been slammed for "economic illiteracy" over the issue.In previous government debates, he consistently voted against policies aimed at minimising the perils of climate change and global warming.And just before the pandemic began, he dismissed the idea of a proposal to cut almost all transport emissions by 2030.Back in 2016, he chose not to vote in favour of lowering the maximum carbon emissions for new homes.Meanwhile, he even stood against plans for a windfall tax against oil and gas companies.However he did create incentives for those who installed eco-friendly insulation in their homes, and cut VAT for those who chose to install solar panels on their homes.Plus he also grabbed attention when his Budget Statement announced he would like to divert £1 billion to a Net Zero innovation fund.When asked what members of the public could do in the fight against climate change, Mr Sunak simply suggested recycling - a technique that many have argued would not go far enough.Meanwhile Liz Truss was keen to let the world know that she had been an eco-warrior "before it was fashionable"."I was a teenage eco warrior campaigning against damage to the ozone layer," the leadership candidate proudly announced.However, some of her critics believe her policy ideas on the matter have barely progressed since those teenage years.She previously held the position of Environment Secretary, but during that time, she cut subsidies for wind farms and dismissed Michael Gove's ideas for cutting air pollution.Ms Truss also announced in March that she would

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have given a full-throated commitment to "levelling up" the North, amid a tense Tory leadership debate.

The head-to-head TV debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss is underway - and viewers are saying the same thing about the BBC show's opening. The debate between the two politicians - one of whom will be the next Tory leader and Prime Minister - began with the camera zooming in to them closely.

With the race to replace Boris Johnson as next UK Prime Minister now down to the final two, bosses at BBC New Broadcasting House and Channel 4 Horseferry Road will be examining former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s record on public broadcasting in minute detail.

Liz Truss has said she has the “toughness and grit” to lead the country while denying she is modelling herself on Margaret Thatcher.

Liz Truss has criticised Rishi Sunak’s record on taxation and the former chancellor claimed he was the only one who could beat Labour as the leadership contest enters its final stage.

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have made it to the final two in the race to replace Boris Johnson and become the next UK Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson has bowed out of the Commons by aiming a dig at former chancellor Rishi Sunak who he believes betrayed him.

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt have maintained their places at the front of the Tory leadership race after Tom Tugendhat was eliminated in the third round of voting on Monday night.

@KemiBadenoch comes through #BackingBadenoch #Kemi4PM #KemiForPM.” @Randomc**p93 commented: “Def something off putting about those who seem a bit too eager for power.” @Dnorm223 said: “Well in Hillary's defense she managed to have 2 Presidents impeached over humiliation issues. “Is that what you meant?” It comes as Truss presented her hypothetical policies and focuses should she become Prime Minister in last night’s televised debate on Channel 4. The televised debates began on Friday 15th July between candidates Rishi Sunak, Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt. Following the first leadership debate, Express.co.uk ran a poll from 9pm on Friday, July 15, to 8am on Saturday, July 16, asking: “Who won the first Tory leadership debate?”Overall, 1,934 people responded and Tugendhat came out on top with 31 percent (590 people) of the vote.Former Chancellor Sunak came second with 20 percent (379 people) and was closely followed by Mordaunt with 19 percent (363 people).In addition, Badenoch received 14 percent (276 people) and Truss 13 percent (257 people).A further four percent (69 people) said they did not know who the winner was. The most recent debate took place yesterday in an hour-long head-to-head debate. It saw the candidates take on a more cutthroat approach as they engaged in personal slights against one another.

Sky News has cancelled its planned Tory leadership debate after Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss declined to take part.

The third Conservative TV debate has been cancelled after two frontrunners, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, pulled out.