1 week agoNews PlusComments Off on Luke Littler completely eclipsed my biggest-ever achievement… he’s a juggernaut and beating him just got even harder
ROB CROSS admits that it will be tough to stop the Luke Littler “juggernaut” now he’s world champion.
The World No4 is convinced that the teen sensation will continue to grow and be an even bigger force in 2025.
EPARob Cross is full of admiration for teenage world champion Luke Littler[/caption]
ReutersLittler beat Michael van Gerwen to get his hands on the iconic trophy[/caption]
“He’s shown so much resilience lately though. It’s going to be fascinating as the year goes on.”
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1 week agoNews PlusComments Off on Dressed like a ‘porcelain doll’ by dad Michael & sex assault at 14…how Paris Jackson’s past led to horror heroin battle
SAT on her father’s knee in a pretty white dress and with a bow in her hair, Paris Jackson was presented to the world as the King of Pop’s perfect daughter.
But the pressure of growing up in Michael Jackson’s fairytale Neverland led to a nightmare of drugs and suicide attempts for the 26-year-old model and singer.
PAParis says Jacko liked to play ‘dress-up’ with doll-like clothes[/caption]
Instagram/@parisjacksonParis Jackson gave up heroin and alcohol five years ago[/caption]
GettyParis is a model and rock singer[/caption]
This week Paris described herself as “an alcoholic and a heroin addict” as she celebrated kicking those two devastating habits five years ago.
It is perhaps hardly surprising that the only daughter of Michael would have developed such dangerous dependencies, given that she was raised almost solely by a man who was hooked on pain killers.
At the age of 11 in 2009, Paris then had to deal with the trauma of her dad’s sudden death from those prescribed substances and a bitter struggle among his family for control of his vast fortune.
On top of that she didn’t meet her mum Debbie Rowe until two years later, with Michael having taken custody in what was widely reported to have been a financial agreement.
Today marks five years clean and sober from all drugs and alcohol
Paris Jackson
She also faced being sexually assaulted by a stranger aged 14, studying at an “abusive” school and being told she was “fat” by a relative.
Somehow, though, Paris has managed to turn her life around, getting engaged and forging her own career as a rock singer.
On her Instagram page this week, she wrote: “Today marks five years clean and sober from all drugs and alcohol.
“To say that I’m thankful would be a poor euphemism. Gratitude hardly scratches the surface. It’s because I’m sober that I get to smile today.”
Unstable start
Even before she was conceived, Paris stood no chance of being brought up in a stable environment.
Her mum Debbie had got to know Michael while working as his nurse and suggested giving him kids when he feared ending up childless following the end of his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley.
ReutersMichael has two kids with Debbie Rowe[/caption]
ReutersHe covered his kids’ faces in public despite numerous photoshoots[/caption]
They had two children together, Prince, 27, and Paris after getting married in November 1996.
But when they got divorced after just four years of marriage, Debbie agreed to Michael having sole custody of their offspring, receiving over £6million in the settlement.
A third child, Prince II, now known as Bigi, 21, arrived via a surrogate mother in 2002.
All three kids were beset by rumours that Michael was not their biological father and Oliver! actor Mark Lester was even suggested to have sired Paris.
But she always insists the black pop singer is her real dad.
Paris grew up in Michael’s Californian Neverland ranch, surrounded by zoo animals, fairground rides and her dad’s showbiz pals.
But she says that her dad made them go to “school every day” and could only go on the rides if they had been “good.”
Porcelain doll
Her father had a contradictory attitude to his children’s privacy.
Michael would pose for glossy magazine photoshoots with Paris, but also make her wear a mask when they went out in public.
It wasn’t something his daughter enjoyed, with her revealing: “I was the only girl of four boys for the first ten, 11 years of my life.
“Because I was the only girl, my dad loved playing dress-up. I looked like a porcelain doll and I hated it.”
I looked like a porcelain doll and I hated it
Paris Jackson
Paris rebelled against the picture perfect image by eating lots of food and that was frowned upon in the Jackson household.
She once recalled: “Food became an addiction and then a cousin called me fat so I was like, ‘OK, I can’t do that anymore.’
“And that’s how I fell into self-harm.”
InstagramParis and older brother Prince Michael had a bizarre upbringing[/caption]
InstagramParis hated her ‘porcelain doll’ outfits[/caption]
‘Good heart’
In the background there was also the stress of the trial Michael faced in 2005 for alleged child sexual abuse, which he was cleared by a jury.
Paris does not believe claims that her “good hearted” father molested children.
She told Rolling Stone magazine in 2017: “Nobody experienced him being a father to them.
“And if they did, the entire perception of him would be completely and forever changed.”
Splash NewsMum Debbie gave up custody, reportedly for a financial agreement[/caption]
Splash NewsParis only met her mother Debbie Rowe two years after Jacko’s death[/caption]
Wild child
She shared a sprawling compound in Encino, California with her uncle Jermaine Jackson’s children and did not follow the rules of her strict Jehovah’s Witness gran.
Paris said “I was doing a lot of things that 13, 14, 15-year-olds shouldn’t do. I tried to grow up too fast and I wasn’t really that nice of a person.’”
She hung out with “older crazy people”, got a lot of tattoos and took drugs as a teenager.
When she was just 14 a “stranger” sexually assaulted Paris.
She’s given few details of the attack, but said “It was really hard for me, and, at the time, I didn’t tell anybody.”
The family tried to straighten Paris out by sending her to a “reform school” in Utah, but instead she allegedly suffered abuse at the brutal Diamond Ranch Academy.
Paris said she was “diagnosed with PTSD” following her two years there.
All of those issues conspired to wreck her mental health,
Paris said she has tried to take her own life “multiple times”, going as far back as when she was 15.
Jacko’s daughter said: “It was just self-hatred, low self-esteem, thinking that I couldn’t do anything right, not thinking I was worthy of living anymore.”
Paris – who got an alien tattooed on her breast when she was 18 and now has 80 inkins – told how body art helped her recover from a darker time in her life.
“I can look at my inner forearms and see art that has meaning for me, I don’t see a dark past anymore,” she explained.
“My scars and past of self-hatred have been covered by loving marks, creativity, ingenuity and depth.
“I see ink as a way of changing for the better, always improving. they represent strength for me.”
Getty - ContributorParis with brother Prince Michael and Blanket at a memorial event for her dad in 2011[/caption]
She had troubled teenage years after the death of her dad
Getty - ContributorHer tattoos helped her put her ‘dark past’ behind her[/caption]
Alongside the message posted on Instagram on Tuesday night, Paris included clips of her wild youth, smoking and drinking alcohol straight from a bottle.
In 2019 she finally got help for her addictions, by going into a rehab, but it still took time to truly get clean.
Therapy and the support of her friends has helped her.
Now, she has a much healthier perspective on life, saying: “I get to make music. I get to experience the joy of loving my dogs and cat.
“I get to feel heartbreak in all its glory. I get to grieve. I get to laugh. I get to dance. I get to trust. I feel the sun on my skin and it’s warm.
“I’ve found that life keeps happening regardless of whether I’m sober or not, but today I get to show up for it.”
Michael Jackson's marriages and children
Michael Jackson had two high profile short-lived marriages.
The King of Pop married Elvis Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie in 1994 who he had first met in the 1970s.
They split in early 1996 with Lisa Marie citing “irreconcilable differences” as grounds for divorce.
Presley told Oprah Winfrey in 2010 after their separation that they repeatedly tried to reconcile.
Michael reportedly relied heavily on Lisa Marie for support when he first became embroiled in allegations of child abuse.
In 1996, Jackson married nurse Debbie Rowe who worked with his dermatologist who was treating him for vitiligo.
She offered to have his children, and after becoming pregnant in 1996 wed the singer in Sydney, Australia – they divorced three years later.
The youngest Jackson has since changed his name officially to “Bigi” after it was revealed he was bullied as a result of the nickname his dad gave him.
Blanket was infamously dangled over the balcony of a Berlin hotel room shortly after his birth by his dad as the paparazzi waited outside.
Instagram/@parisjacksonParis has revealed her battle with alcohol and drug addiction[/caption]
GettyThe star looks healthy and happy at a recent event[/caption]
‘Whirlwind’ romance
Part of her new found positivity could be down to having got engaged to fellow musician Justin Long.
She had quite a tangled love before, describing herself as “gay” after dating both women as well as men.
In 2017 she was romantically linked to British supermodel Cara Delevingne when they spotted kissing and holding hands.
Paris said: “I say I’m gay, because I guess I am, but I wouldn’t consider myself bisexual because I’ve dated more than just men and women.
“I’ve dated a man that had a vagina. So it has nothing to do with what’s in your pants.”
Paris was linked to Cara DelevingneInstagramJustin Long has proposed to Paris[/caption]
She also seems to have a thing with rockers, having gone out with former bandmate Gabriel Glenn for two years.
The break-up with Gabriel was hard on the singer, with her claiming in the TV show Red Table Talk: “It was the deepest I ever loved someone, it was the most intense I’ve felt so far and the most intense betrayal I felt so far and experienced.”
Justin, a music producer who has worked with Paris and started dating her in 2022, proposed last year.
Alongside a photo of Justin going down on bended knee, she wrote on Instagram last month: “Doing life with you these last years has been an indescribable whirlwind and I couldn’t dream of anyone more perfect for me to do it all with.
1 week agoNews PlusComments Off on Dragons’ Den’s Touker Suleyman says BBC show is ‘more real’ than The Apprentice in savage swipe at rival
TOUKER Suleyman has taken a savage swipe at his BBC rival show The Apprentice – saying Dragons’ Den is ‘more real’.
The millionaire business tycoon returns to screens tonight with a brand new series of the hit series.
Touker Suleyman has said Dragons’ Den is “more real” in a savage swipe at Lord Sugar’s The ApprenticeBBCThe business tycoon said The Apprentice is a reality showBC
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1 week agoNews PlusComments Off on Couple slam Ryanair after being banned from boarding flight because of their passport… despite being able to check in
A COUPLE’S holiday plans were left in ruins after Ryanair stopped them from boarding the plane because of their passport.
Abriella Monroe’s and her husband Sebastien had booked Ryanair flights to Tenerife.
MEN MediaSebastien faced were turned away at the gate due to a surprising passport issue[/caption]
Glue appears to have worked loose on a page of his passport resulting in a tearMEN Media
Abriella, 32, and her husband Sebastien, 36, were planning to fly to the Spanish island to celebrate his birthday.
But were stopped from boarding the Ryanair plane due to a small tear along the spine of Sebastien’s passport.
Arriving at Manchester Airport two hours early for their flight, there didn’t appear to be a problem as they both checked-in without issue with their luggage being taken onto the plane.
Sebastien even managed to buy currency and spend money in duty free despite the fault with his passport.
But the pair were turned away at the gate after being told that Sebastien’s passport couldn’t be accepted.
Abriella told Manchester Evening News: “The man took a two second look at it and said ‘you can’t travel on that’. He said there was a slight rip in it and couldn’t accept it.
“We tried to reason with him and asked to speak to someone higher up, but it was no use.”
The pair were told they wouldn’t be able to board, and had to wait for their luggage and Abriella’s wheelchair to be taken off the plane, before having to leave the airport.
The couple explained they then went through the Border Force exit to the airport, who they said saw ‘no problem’ with Sebastien’s passport.
Abriella said they would “definitely be complaining to Ryanair”.
She added: “The passport is just slightly torn – we can fully see his details, passport number and his photograph.”
They said they would also be organising a new passport from Liverpool to avoid this happening again.
In response, a spokesperson for Ryanair said that the passport was ripped on the identification page at the seam and across the page which is why it wasn’t accepted..
A spokesperson told The Sun: “The UK Passport Office defines what constitutes as a damaged passport, not Ryanair.
“This passenger was correctly refused travel from Manchester to Tenerife (8 Jan) as his passport was damaged and therefore not valid for travel.”
Government guidelines on passports say that the HM Passport Office consider a passport to be damaged if details cannot be read; any of the pages are ripped, cut or missing; if there are holes, cuts or rips in the cover; the cover is coming away or there are stains on the pages.
What are the passport rules?
The Sun’s Head of Travel Lisa Minot has explained exactly what Brits need to know.
“Travellers used to be able to roll over up to nine unused months from their old passport onto a new one.
“But post-Brexit, anyone wanting to travel to the EU can no longer rely on those extra months.
“In order to travel to the EU, all passports must be no more than 10 years old on the day you arrive in your European destination.
“And you’ll need at least three months on your passport on the day you head back to the UK.
“Figures have shown up to 100,000 holidaymakers a year face being turned away at airports if their passport is more than 10 years old.
“The 10-year rule only applies to countries in the European Union but every country may have different rules on what is accepted – some countries like South Africa, for example, insist you have at least six months left on your passport when you travel and a full clear page.”
Countries like Bali are even stricter, with a number of people banned from flights for small tears or damage.
1 week agoNews PlusComments Off on Blackout risk as energy supply warning issued due to freezing temperatures and severe cold weather the UK
BRITAIN came “within a whisker” of blackout risks on Wednesday as wind power plunged in freezing weather – raising fresh fears about the impact of the Government’s net-zero crusade.
The UK’s grid operator has been accused of failing to predict the peak demand for energy during the recent cold snap and not being transparent with the public about how close we were to blackouts.
AlamyTo keep the lights on, the Grid had to fork out £21million by spending ten times the usual daily rate to ask gas power plants to keep running[/caption]
At the same time, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband was slammed for his over reliance on wind and solar power, as he rushes to decarbonise the economy.
“This should be a real wake-up call about the dangers of relying on weather-based generation,” Kathryn Porter, a respected independent energy consultant, said.
The grid operator, National Energy System Operator (NESO), warned on Tuesday that there was an insufficient buffer to keep the country powered during peak evening demand
Despite weather forecasts predicting freezing temperatures, the Grid had been caught on the back foot as less windy weather made wind turbines less effective.
As cold temperatures affected the whole of Europe, it was also unable to get as much power via interconnectors than it had thought.
The grid had assumed that it would be able to import 6.6 Gigawatts during “tight margins” but only 6.26 Gigawatts had been available.
Meanwhile, as Brits followed Health Secretary Wes Streeting‘s advice to turn on their heating demand for power was 46.8 Gigawatts – 2.4 Gigawatts higher than its peak demand expectation.
“This is a huge error”, Ms Porter said the risk was at the highest level since 2011 and “had just one power station tripped, demand control would have been a real prospect.”
Claire Coutinho, Shadow Energy Secretary, told The Sun: “Ed Miliband‘s obsession with wind and solar, far from giving us energy security will leave us out of pocket and at the mercy of foreign imports.
“As I said last year, we need to build more gas power plants and nuclear, so we can have cheap reliable energy.”
To keep the lights on, the Grid had to fork out £21million by spending ten times the usual daily rate to ask gas power plants to keep running.
Ms Porter accused the NESO of not being transparent with the public about how close Britain was to not having enough power.
“NESO used almost every last megawatt available with just 580 MW of cushion – only two thirds of the contingency that should be held.
“But because NESO tells everyone things are fine, even market participants may not realise just how close we came to demand control or blackouts,” she said.
Demand control is another term for rationing energy, by asking factories and other industries to reduce their power usage at peak times to ensure there is enough.
The grid paid out an eye watering £5,500 per megawatt hour to “balance” the power demand.
This meant that energy giant Vitol’s Rye House gas plant in Hertfordshire and Uniper’s Connah Quay station in northern Wales was paid £2,900 per megawatt hour to address the short fall.
The power stations were scheduled to be switched off, and then demanded more money from the Grid to turn back on.
Figures from the Grid show that gas is currently being used for 50% of the country’s energy needs, while wind has dropped to just 17.6%.
Experts said that it highlighted the risks of relying on renewable energy and not having power stations scheduled to run during winter.
Ms Porter also said it highlighted that the Grid had been overly optimistic in its Winter Outlook.
Greg Jackson, boss of Octopus Energy, said the huge sums paid to Vitol and Uniper were a “grotesque example of how the energy system screws consumers.”
NESO now answers to Mr Miliband after the government spent £630million taking control of it.
Last year it published a report that said his Clean Power 2030 mission was only achievable if wind farms and pylons were built at a rate not seen for the last 50 years and Brits were willing to be told to ration their power usage when needed.
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