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Paloma Faith wows in red latex trousers and a matching jacket at Brighton Pride in Sussex

Paloma Faith wows in red latex trousers and a matching jacket as she performs at Brighton Pride in Sussex

Paloma Faith showcased her incredible figure in a latex number as she took to the stage at Brighton Pride on Sunday.

The singer, 41, looked nothing short of sensational in a pair of figure hugging red trousers which she teamed with a matching floor length jacket.

The star cinched in her waist with a matched latex belt and opted for a bold chunky buckle choker.

Amazing: Paloma Faith showcased her incredible figure in a latex number as she took to the stage at Brighton Pride on Sunday

Amazing: Paloma Faith showcased her incredible figure in a latex number as she took to the stage at Brighton Pride on Sunday

She elevated her frame in a pair of coordinated red boots as she danced around the stage at the event.

Paloma styled her gorgeous blonde tresses in a luxurious waves as they cascaded to her shoulders.

She completed her look with a radiant palette of makeup including blush pink lipstick and accessorized with gold jewelry.

Coordinated: The singer, 41, looked nothing short of sensational in a pair of figure hugging red trousers which she teamed with a matching floor length jacket

Coordinated: The singer, 41, looked nothing short of sensational in a pair of figure hugging red trousers which she teamed with a matching floor length jacket

Wow: The star cinched in her waist with a matched latex belt and opted for a bold chunky buckle choker

Wow: The star cinched in her waist with a matched latex belt and opted for a bold chunky buckle choker

Paloma performed her hit tracks and told the crowd that it was the best gig she had ever played.

The singer also stated that there was nothing comfortable about wearing latex as she performed to the sold out crowd.

The beauty seemed in high spirits as she performed to the crowd at Preston Park in Brighton.

Amazing: She elevated her frame in a pair of coordinated red boots as she danced around the stage at the event

Amazing: She elevated her frame in a pair of coordinated red boots as she danced around the stage at the event

Taking to the stage: Paloma styled her gorgeous blonde tresses in a luxurious waves as they cascaded to her shoulders

Taking to the stage: Paloma styled her gorgeous blonde tresses in a luxurious waves as they cascaded to her shoulders

Dancing!  She completed her ella look with a radiant palette of makeup including blush pink lipstick and accessorized with gold jewelry

Dancing! She completed her ella look with a radiant palette of makeup including blush pink lipstick and accessorized with gold jewelry

The festival returned for the first time after a two year break due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first Brighton Pride was held in 1973 but it did not return to the city again until 1991.

The event usually attracts crowds of about 250,000 people.

Showtime: Paloma performed her hit tracks and told the crowd that it was the best gig she had ever played

Showtime: Paloma performed her hit tracks and told the crowd that it was the best gig she had ever played

Incredible: The singer also stated that there was nothing comfortable about wearing latex as she performed to the sold out crowd

Incredible: The singer also stated that there was nothing comfortable about wearing latex as she performed to the sold out crowd

Sensational: The beauty seemed in high spirits as she performed to the crowd at Preston Park in Brighton

Sensational: The beauty seemed in high spirits as she performed to the crowd at Preston Park in Brighton

Previous headliners at the event, which includes a community parade and village party, have included Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue.

The event was meant to see Mariah Carey perform as well but due to Covid her appearances were canceled twice.

This year also saw Sophie Ellie Bextor take to the stage as she dressed to impress in an eye catching blue number.

Wow: The festival returned for the first time after a two year break due to the coronavirus pandemic

Wow: The festival returned for the first time after a two year break due to the coronavirus pandemic

Exciting: Previous headliners at the event, which includes a community parade and village party, have included Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue

Exciting: Previous headliners at the event, which includes a community parade and village party, have included Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue

stylish: Paloma wowed as she danced around on stage in the eye catching ensemble

stylish: Paloma wowed as she danced around on stage in the eye catching ensemble

Chic: The Only Love Can Hurt Like This singer rolled up her latex coat sleeves as she performed to the sell out crowd

Chic: The Only Love Can Hurt Like This singer rolled up her latex coat sleeves as she performed to the sell out crowd

The singer, 43, stood out in the bright blue sequined playsuit as she performed on stage.

She teamed the glamorous number with a flamboyant ruffled jacket which draped down to the floor.

The The Murder On The Dancefloor star styled her long brunette tresses pulled back out of her face in a chic wavy ponytail.

She kept coordinated as she strutted her stuff on stage in a pair of metallic strappy blue heels.

Looking good: Also at the event was Sophie Ellis Bextor who dressed to impress in an eye catching blue number as she performed

Looking good: Also at the event was Sophie Ellis Bextor who dressed to impress in an eye catching blue number as she performed

Dazzling: She teamed the glamorous sequin number with a flamboyant ruffled jacket which draped down to the floor

Dazzling: She teamed the glamorous sequin number with a flamboyant ruffled jacket which draped down to the floor

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Wests Tigers won’t take legal action, but say ‘everyone knows’ they were robbed of a win against North Queensland Cowboys

Wests Tigers won’t appeal a loss to North Queensland despite the NRL granting it needs to clarify the captain’s challenge rule as a result of the controversy.

The Tigers still maintain the Cowboys didn’t have the right to challenge a play late in the game that allowed a match-winning penalty to be awarded.

But the club will accept the NRL’s call and not pursue legal action despite releasing a fiery statement declaring history would show the wrong team won the match.

“We extracted a concession from the NRL that the obstruction penalty which was given was erroneous and therefore, by implication, Wests Tigers should have won that match,” the statement read.

“We know it, everyone knows it… unfortunately, the history books will not record it that way.”

Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis and chief executive Justin Pascoe met with NRL heavyweights Peter V’landys, Andrew Abdo and Graham Annesley last Thursday.

The Tigers’ statement noted “robust and earnest discussions”, saying the NRL admitted sufficient ambiguity in the rule to allow their interpretation.

They said independent legal advice determined they would “reluctantly” not take further action, despite a senior counsel seeing “cogent” arguments.

The Tigers said they did not believe a legal challenge would be in the best interests of rugby league.

A group of Wests Tigers stand around looking abandoned or sit on the ground with their hands on their knees.
The Tigers are currently in 15th place on the NRL ladder.(Getty Images: Ian Hitchcock)

“Litigation is, at best, inherently risky and Wests Tigers is not prepared to commit to what would be speculative litigation, particularly in light of the cogent arguments which are available to both parties,” they said.

While the NRL accepts the last-second escort penalty given to the Cowboys was wrong, it does not agree with the Tigers’ complaint that no challenge was legally permitted as no penalty was made on the field and the siren went.

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Coroner: Smoke inhalation killed at least 5 of 10 in fire

NESCOPECK, Pa. — Authorities say at least half of the 10 people found dead after an early morning fire in northeastern Pennsylvania died of smoke inhalation.

The Luzerne County coroner’s office said autopsies on the victims of the early Friday blaze in Nescopeck began Saturday. Examinations by Dr. Gary Ross were completed on three women, one man and a girl, the office said in a news release Saturday afternoon.

Determining the manner of death — classifying the deaths as accidents or homicides, for example — for the victims is pending the outcome of the fire investigation, the coroner’s office said. Positive identification of the victims is pending review of medical records, dental records and DNA if required, the coroner’s office said.

State police said seven adults ranging from late teens to age 79 were killed along with children aged 5, 6 and 7.

The county’s district attorney, Sam Sanguedolce, said a preliminary investigation suggests the fire broke out on the front porch at around 2:30 am on Friday. He said it appears that “the fire started and progressed very quickly, making it very difficult to get out.”

Nescopeck is a small town on the Susquehanna River, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of Wilkes-Barre. The house was on a residential street of largely owner-occupied, single family homes.

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S1 Zeus: “I played very poorly. I’m incredibly mad at myself… I got greedy for POG votes, which led to misplays.”

On day 40 of the 2022 LCK Summer split, T1 defeated Nongshim RedForce 2-1 and secured a spot in round 2 of the playoffs. Despite NS showing fight in game 2, there was no upset in the series.

After the match, Choi “Zeus” Woo-je joined Inven to talk about his disappointment in his performance that day.

Zeus was brutally honest on his self-feedback:

“I played very poorly. I’m incredibly mad at myself. The Camille pick in game 1 was not only bad, but also played poorly on her. By taking Press the Attack on Renekton in game 2, I tried to pressure the enemy in lane very hard, but I couldn’t do that at all. I even died helplessly to a gank. In game 3, everything aligned for me to carry, but I couldn’t do that as well.

I actually practiced a lot of Renekton recently. I should’ve played better when he hit his power spike, but I didn’t. I couldn’t play as well as I could have. My opponents also played well, but there were things that were definitely disappointing on our end.”

On Renekton’s item build, Zeus commented,

“There’s a player on the Challenger solo queue ladder that takes Press the Attack and builds Blade of the Ruined King [BorK] into Prowler’s Claw. If that Renekton gets fed, then his damage output is insane. He can just delete the enemy bot laner, so I took reference from how he plays. I thought I could build the same way in game 2, but looking back, it may not have been so good. To be honest, the item build wasn’t the issue; the plays were. Ever since last year, I always seem to perform poorly on Renekton, so it’s a bit of a sore thumb in my career.”

However, there were some good things to take from the series for Zeus, as he added Renekton and Zac in the champions played during the Summer split. He tied with Kim “Canna” Chang-dong with 13 champions in first place.

“The fact that I had a chance to play the champions that I couldn’t on stage is a good experience in itself. There are so many champions that can be played in the top lane. The more champions I play, the more options I’ll have in the future, so I’m proactively trying to play different options in the top lane.

Zac is a very good champion when there are these prolonged, ‘wet noodle’ fights. Not only did my opponent first pick Ornn, Zac also seemed like the best option in that scenario. I practiced him quite a bit in solo queue recently, and he was really good. So I decided to try him tonight.”

On his performance on Zac in game 3, he also added,

“When there was that lane swap, I died trying to interrupt Kalista’s recall. That was when Ornn got ahead because he farmed a lot of waves. I thought that the damage was irreparable, so I decided to rotate bot lane to get our bot duo ahead. However, because of that, I fell behind in levels; I had to level E to get good engage angles, but due to such, I couldn’t find good jump angles. So I just jumped in whenever I saw potential angles.”

T1 has two matches remaining in the regular split, against Liiv SANDBOX and DWG KIA. On the matchups, I have commented,

“I think it’s more important for us to regain our form, rather than to focus on the opponents’ game plan. I recently received a lot of POG votes, so I got greedy, which led to my misplays. I’m reflecting on it, and I’ll make sure to put my team’s victory over my personal performance.”

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MAFS’ Jack Millar and new girlfriend Courtney Stubbs look loved-up on the way to the vet

They call it puppy love! Married At First Sight’s Jack Millar and new girlfriend Love Island star Courtney Stubbs look loved-up on the way to the vet after groom’s split with Domenica Calarco

Married At First Sight groom Jack Millar’s relationship with new girlfriend Courtney Stubbs is going from strength-to-strength.

The couple looked loved-up while walking through the backstreets of Surry Hills, Sydney, on their way to the vet on Friday.

Arm-in-arm, the pair were all smiles as Jack’s little dog scurried alongside them.

They call it puppy love!  Married At First Sight's Jack Millar and new girlfriend Love Island star Courtney Stubbs looked loved-up on the way to the vet in Sydney on Friday

They call it puppy love! Married At First Sight’s Jack Millar and new girlfriend Love Island star Courtney Stubbs looked loved-up on the way to the vet in Sydney on Friday

Love Island star Courtney showed off her flat tummy in a white floral corset top teamed with baggy jeans and sneakers.

She went makeup free and tied her brunette locks in a high ponytail, and accessorized with a white handbag and designer sunglasses.

Meanwhile, Jack was dressed in a cozy brown sweatshirt and matching shorts.

The brunette beauty showed off her flat tummy in a white floral corset top teamed with baggy jeans and sneakers

The brunette beauty showed off her flat tummy in a white floral corset top teamed with baggy jeans and sneakers

The duo debuted their romance last month sharing identical posts to Instagram to unveil their romance.

In one photo, Jack was seen protectively putting his arm around Courtney at the beach day.

In another photo, the couple posed on the streets of the Gold Coast.

Meanwhile, Jack was dressed in a cozy brown sweatshirt and matching shorts

Meanwhile, Jack was dressed in a cozy brown sweatshirt and matching shorts

‘Pics I felt my mum this week,’ the post was captioned.

A number of the couple’s reality star friends excitedly posted under the photos.

‘Cute!!!’ Samantha Moitzi wrote, before Taku Chimwaza added, ‘My gah’.

‘Cuties,’ Brent Vitiello chimed in.

The duo debuted their romance last month sharing identical posts to Instagram to unveil their romance

The duo debuted their romance last month sharing identical posts to Instagram to unveil their romance

Jack was seen kissing the bombshell brunette on the beach

Jack was seen kissing the bombshell brunette on the beach

The pair made it clear they were an item holding hands

The pair made it clear they were an item holding hands

Jack sparked rumors he was off the market when he went skiing with Courtney at Perisher the same month.

The pair couldn’t wipe the smiles off their faces as they posed together in their ski gear.

Courtney found fame on Love Island Australia last year, dating emergency respond Noah Hurah during her time in the villa.

Jack was also seen indulging in a red while out and about

Jack was also seen indulging in a red while out and about

Jack’s ex-‘wife’ Domenica Calarco suggested the pair were indeed dating.

During an Instagram Q&A, Domenica responded to a fan who asked: ‘How do you feel about Jack and Courtney? Be honest.’

Domenica replied: ‘I’m so happy he is happy.’

Jack confirmed he and Domenica had called it quits when they arrived at the Married At First Sight reunion separately in April.

Jack confirmed he and Domenica had called it quits when they arrived at the Married At First Sight reunion separately in April

Jack confirmed he and Domenica had called it quits when they arrived at the Married At First Sight reunion separately in April

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Sir Nick Faldo breaks down crying in TV farewell retirement with Ian Baker-Finch

There wasn’t a dry eye on the desk when golf icon Sir Nick Faldo bid farewell to television after 16 years on the microphone.

The 65-year-old will withdraw from commentating, his final gig being the Wyndham Championship which Kim Joo-hyung won on Monday morning (AEST).

At the conclusion of the tournament, Faldo farewelled the audience and his three CBS colleagues – Australian great Ian Baker-Finch, Jim Nantz, and Frank Nobilo.

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Faldo – a six-time golf major winner – suddenly broke down crying and could barely get any words out, at first only muttering, “I blew it”, as he was patted on the back by Baker-Finch and Nantz.

“I’m a single child and at 65 I found three brothers, thank you,” the English legend managed to say.

“So I was on a boat in Ireland… they gave me a call and said, ‘How would you like to sit next to Jim Nantz?’ I literally fell out of the boat. I really did. That was 2006, and here we are, 16 years later.”

Baker-Finch and Faldo shared a brilliant on-course rivalry during their illustrious careers, and the two men have shared the microphone for many years since as commentators and analysts.

The Aussie also broke down crying as he said goodbye to his close friend and colleague.

“We played together in the final round of 1984, in the final group on Saturday, that was the first time we got to meet,” Baker-Finch said.

“We played many final rounds, and many great rounds paired together over the years, especially in the Open Championships. I watched you in awe win in 1990 at St Andrews when we played in that final pairing together.

“You taught me so much, for that I’m grateful. I’m honored to have my name sandwiched between yours on the claret jug (The Open trophy) – (Faldo win) ’90, (Baker-Finch win) ’91 , (Faldo win) 1992 – I look at that all the time with great pleasure.

“I’m sad to see you go, like all of us are here, it’s so sad.”

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Has the love affair between Trump and Fox News gone sour? | donald trump

For years, Donald Trump and Fox News were signed.

The former president would call into the rightwing news channel seemingly whenever he liked it. Fox News hosts pumped up every Trump utterance. Trump watched the channel religiously, and in 2019 alone he sent 657 tweets in response to Fox News or Fox Business programs.

Since then, however, things appear to have changed. Trump, as the New York Times has pointed out, has not been interviewed on Fox News for more than 100 days.

A recent Trump speech was largely ignored by the network, and in a sign that Fox News has recognized alternative Republican presidential candidates are available, a Mike Pence address was broadcast live, in its entirety.

With the news channel embroiled in a billion-dollar lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over its claims the voting machine company tampered with the 2020 election, Trump’s continuing lies about election fraud seem to have rattled Rupert Murdoch, the media titan who owns Fox News.

Two of Murdoch’s newspapers, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal, published scathing editorials on Trump in July, the former calling the twice-impeached 45th president “unworthy to be this country’s chief executive again” and the latter branding Trump “The President Who Stood Still on January 6”.

This week the Washington Post reported that Murdoch “has lost his enthusiasm” for Trump.

The channel has begun to give Pence and Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, plenty of air-time, including two primetime interviews in the space of five days recently, the New York Times reported. Tom Cotton, the Arkansas senator who is also said to be jockeying for a 2024 presidential run, has also been a regular interviewee.

But while the apparent bouncing of Trump from Fox News has been enthusiastically covered by media reporters, there are plenty of signs the channel isn’t ready to let its paramour go just yet.

A recent study by Media Matters for America, a media watchdog, found that Fox News continues to discuss Trump far, far more than any of his perceived rivals for the 2024 nomination – specifically, Trump was mentioned on Fox News 8,556 times through January to July , while DeSantis and Pence received 1,083 and 589 mentions respectively.

Angelo Carusone, Media Matters’ president and chief executive, said those findings suggest there has not been a souring. He said there may have been a slight change in tone, and that Trump may not have the same “stranglehold” he once had on Fox News – the days when the channel was seen to be broadcasting to “an audience of one” are probably over – but that the coverage is still overwhelmingly positive.

“You were allowed to attack Donald Trump during the primaries in 2015 and 2016 on Fox News. That doesn’t happen now, at all, ever,” Carusone said.

For his part, Trump has recently expressed his displeasure at Fox News’ output. The 76-year-old, who is known to be emotional, attacked Fox & Friends in July, after his host Steve Doocy suggested a straw poll of potential 2024 candidates that showed Trump with 79% of the vote being taken with a pinch of salt .

Doocy hardly went off on Trump – the host just pointed to other, more scientific, polls that showed Trump lacking 79% support. But it was enough to cause upset.

“Fox & Friends just really botched my poll numbers, no doubt on purpose. That show has been terrible – gone to the ‘dark side’, ”Trump posted on Truth Social, his ailing rightwing social media platform.

The Dominion lawsuit could be a reason for Trump’s absence. The company is suing Fox News for $1.6bn, accusing its owner, Fox Corp, and the Murdochs specifically, of allowing Fox News to amplify Trump’s false claims that the voting company had rigged the election for Joe Biden. It could be a wise strategy not to allow Trump to repeat those precise claims on Fox News during a live interview.

Asked to comment, a Fox News spokesperson said: “The debate among the liberal media on this topic is the very reason FOX News exists and is the most watched cable news channel in the country with more viewers of every political persuasion than any other network. ”

Still, Carusone believes any cooling on the part of Fox News towards Trump is likely to be temporary.

The channel’s hosts are still engaging in misty-eyed segments where they talk about how Trump would handle issues ranging from inflation to China to the “border crisis” – a Fox News staple. And Trump’s supposed achievements of him while in office are still championed.

“They’re still fetishizing and fantasizing, it’s just that there’s no longer an audience of one,” Carusone said.

“There are other people in the audience that they care about.”

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Lenovo introduces Xiaoxin Pro 27 All-In-One PC with Intel Arc A370M graphics

Lenovo announces Xiaoxin Pro 27 AIO with Arc GPU faster than RTX 3050

First all-in-one PC based on Arc GPU.

The Xiaoxin Pro 27 is a 27-inch system equipped with Intel’s latest 12th Gen Core CPU and Intel Arc A-series graphics. The company published a poster for the new product that should become available later this year.

Lenovo Xiaoxin Pro 27 with Arc GPU, Source: Lenovo

This prebuilt-PC will actually be available with two display options, either 23.8 inch or 27 inch, both 2560×1440 resolution. These panels are 100 Hz and have low-blue light certification. The AIO PC is equipped with dual 5W JBL speakers and 2.5K camera.

Xiaoxin Pro 27 is advertised as an all-purpose PC. The company shares gaming performance in three games, League of Legends 2K at 152 FPS, Counter Strike GO at 2K 110 FPS and World of Tanks at 1080p 142 FPS. Furthermore, Lenovo confirms the Arc-based PRO AIO will be faster in Adobe Premier, Davinci Resolve H264 video editing up to 70% and FFMPEG H265 video export by up to 900%.

The AIO PC ad shows up weeks before the product is actually available for sale. The information published by Chinese media suggest it should start shipping this fall, so about the same time we will be talking about next-gen GPUs from competitors.

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I have prosthetic hands and it constantly surprises people

A few days ago, I visited a local pub with a girlfriend, and standing at the bar together we ordered two glasses of wine.

The bartender promptly placed two stemless glasses on the counter and began pouring.

“Sorry but do you have glasses with stems?” I asked.

Instantly his demeanor soured and after finding a boringly old-fashioned wine glass, he filled it up with an exaggerated look of disdain.

“Oh, I don’t want to be precious, but I have prosthetic hands and there’s no way I could pick up that glass without smashing it,” I said.

My girlfriend and I casually laughed at the situation before the necessary apologies began rolling in.

Perhaps I should have stated it up front and saved everyone from the whole judgment-turned-apology exercise, but the situation was a fast-paced transaction with no room for explanations.

But life is full of fast-paced exchanges between strangers. And in the split seconds we have to process what is going on, we humans seem to regularly squeeze in enormous amounts of expectation, judgment and criticism.

So why has our community become so uncomfortable with the unexpected?

I have used prosthetic hands every day since my amputations nine years ago.

They are quite amazing gadgets. Able to open and close and with their skin-coloured cosmetic covers, they look just like real hands. Nail polish and all.

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Vote for your Socceroos Team of the Century now!

Know your Australian football history? Love the Socceroos? Now’s your chance to contribute to an eleven in a century list, as we seek out the views of our supporters to determine the Socceroos’ ‘Team of the Century’ ahead of next month’s international friendly against New Zealand in Brisbane.

Open from today through to September 7, fans can head here to select what they believe to be the best Socceroos team of all time.

Through the platform fans will be able to select a starting eleven and five substitutes, however when the Team of the Century is released on Thursday, 22 September – matchday in Brisbane – twenty-three players will be recognised, made up of a starting eleven plus twelve substitutes.

You, the fans, will play an enormous role in determining the Socceroos’ Team of the Century, with the top sixteen players determined exclusively from the fan vote. However, the final seven substitute slots will be contributed by Football Australia’s Panel of Historians, ensuring that players that made an enormous contribution to Australia’s senior men’s national football team from as early as 1922 are considered to be honored in the list.

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In total, there are 622 players to select from – every man that has ever donned an Australia kit on the pitch in an ‘A’ international fixture. From Socceroos cap number one, Alex Gibb, right through to Socceroo number 622, Kye Rowles, who stood tall for Australia in FIFA World Cup qualifying just two months ago.

So, what are you waiting for? Jump into the fan zone and see if you can split Schwarzer from Schaefer, Moore from Mooy, or the Vidmar brothers from Viduka!

As an added bonus, fans who submit their teams can go in the running to win a signed Socceroos jersey.

So don’t hesitate click here to start selecting and share your team on social media.

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