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Daily Mirror
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Denise Van Outen shares unlikely way to finding love after divorce
EXCLUSIVE: Singer and TV host, Denise Van Outen, said she took up golf after her divorce because she wanted to meet 'loads of men' and found most of her male pals had taken up the sport Denise Van Outen says she teed up the best way to find a new man - by taking up golf. The presenter and singer reveals she first took a punt on putting to bag a date. After divorcing, Denise saw it as a better option compared to dating sites and boozy nights out. 'The reason I got into it - this is the truth - it was after my divorce, and I wanted to go somewhere where there are just loads of men,' coughed Denise. 'I just went 'Where can I go?' - I remember being with my friend. "Because when you're young, you just go to a nightclub. And I was like 'I'm not going to be able to do that now, and I just don't want to spend all night in the nightclub'. I was like 'Where have all the nightclubbers gone?' And I looked, and most of my male friends have grown up and got into golf. I thought 'Perfect'.' Former Strictly runner-up, Denise, 51, also now a successful DJ, divorced Any Dream Will Do winner Lee Mead, with whom she has daughter Betsy, ten years ago. She is now reported to have a new businessman partner, Adam Butler, who joined her on holiday in the Maldives last month. She previously dated trader Eddie Boxshall and Italian property businessman Jimmy Barber, whom she split from in November last year after 18 months together. But she has retained her love for golf and is now keen to see more women take up golf, after being told her idea will spark a rush of women heading for the golf course. She said it is good to find a new passion later in life and told the Pack Your Bags podcast: 'We need more women playing golf. 'I've travelled with that and gone to some lovely places. I centre a lot of my holidays around either golf or DJing. I can play. I can hit a ball.' She said the 'most fun' course she has ever played was one in Barbados where players keep being brought cocktails by staff on buggies. Asked how that affects her performance, she said: 'It normally gets better and then it starts to really go downhill quite rapidly.' Following her split from Jimmy, Denise told the Mirror: 'This summer has probably been the most sort of hedonistic summer I've had since the 90s. I've had a lot of fun a lot of going out lot of drinking rosé wine in the summer and enjoying myself. But I'm good at knowing when to stop.' She previously opened up on how she was exploring new romantic possibilities after joining the celebrity dating app Raya. Denise said: 'I did connect with one massive Hollywood star. We had a little bit of the chat, but I don't live in LA, so I thought, he's not going to come to Chelmsford. 'I loved it [Raya]. I've made some friends. I go on dates. I'm not an angel. I'm out having a good time." But after hearing pals' experiences, Denise is in no rush to enter another relationship. She shared: "My friends in these long-term relationships are all moaning to me anyway. They say they don't have sex and argue all the time. They try to creep in at night when their other half's asleep in bed.' Denise added: 'I feel happier now than I used to, because I'm more content in myself. As we start to get older, you hear of people getting the illnesses. "I lost a friend when she was quite young. It made me realise it's more important to celebrate the fact you're still here and still able to enjoy yourself and do things.' Denise has had a rocky love life as she was married to performer Lee Mead but divorced in 2015, and she later dated Eddie Boxshall. In 2022, they broke up following allegations of illicit text exchanges with other women behind her back. She discovered love again with Jimmy, who appeared to have mended her broken heart, but they later split.
CBS News
19 hours ago
- General
- CBS News
What are the red bus lanes in Pittsburgh? Here's what you need to know.
Red bus lanes are popping up in parts of Pittsburgh, and enforcement is underway. These new red lanes are for buses and emergency vehicles only. The exception is the striped parts in turning lanes. Starting on Friday, any driver stopped in the red lanes will be warned. After that, a driver will be ticketed. A ticket will run you $173. If you park in a red bus lane, your vehicle will be ticketed and towed. "It's convenient for people taking the bus, but what about the people who aren't?" John Thomas said This isn't a Pittsburgh problem. It's an issue everywhere. One woman KDKA spoke to on Friday is from Philadelphia. "A lot of people out here drive. I know we're in the city, but we need to make space for the drivers as well," Denim said. However, riders of the bus have a different perspective. "You'll see people in every neighborhood, they just stop wherever they want to instead of pulling aside. I think the bus needs to get where they're going," Denise said. Right now, it is the verbal enforcement period. But in the coming weeks, there will be actual enforcement.
TimesLIVE
2 days ago
- TimesLIVE
'My children live with the consequences of my actions' — Denise Zimba longs for her kids
Denise met Jacob in Cape Town in 2015. Their first daughter was born in July 2019 and they married seven months later. In 2022 the family relocated to Munich, Germany. Their second child was born there in 2023 and Denise filed for divorce in September that year. Two months later, the family came to SA for a two-month holiday. Denise opted to not return to Germany with the children, alleging attempted assault and infidelity. The Johannesburg high court ordered her to return her two daughters, aged one and four, to Jakob in Germany, saying because the children had been living there, they had to be returned to that country. The judgment cited The Hague Convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction which provides for an 'internationally agreed mechanism for dealing with the global phenomenon of child abduction', judge Maletsatsi Mahalelo said in her judgment. 'I did not abduct my children. We both agreed the children and I would stay in SA after a round table meeting with my estranged husband and my family, only for him to return to Germany and open the case. It was a shock to me and my family. My family was willing to discuss matters with his family. He said he would relay the message. That never happened,' she told the Sunday Times. 'I was four months post-partum and financially dependent on my estranged husband. My career had been halted for the longest time. I had to fight for my girls to remain with me, their primary caregiver, during my divorce. My girls were four years and four months at the time.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
King's royal seal of approval for Weymouth florist
A FLORIST won a royal seal of approval for her spectacular display at Chelsea Flower Show. Denise Jones, from Wyke Regis, won gold in the floristry category, with a nautical showstopper representing the mental health benefits of cold-water swimming. And to make her day, King Charles, who regularly attends the show in Chelsea, was drawn to her substantial flower piece and stopped to discuss the design with her. She said: 'He walked past my exhibit and came over to me and I wasn't on the protocol - it was completely off the cuff. 'He was really interested in the organic shape of the willow structures. It was a really warm conversation and totally unexpected.' Denise, who has been a florist for 25 years, committed to making it her full time job after the pandemic in 2020, but found working in a studio by herself isolating. As a result, she joined The Black Pigs swimming group and found the support, combined with the new hobby, greatly helped the mental health challenges she had been facing. (Image: Denise Jones) She said: 'They are amazing. In the first instance, I joined to sea swim as it's a good mood booster. 'As a group, it's not just about swimming – they check in with me and cheer me on. Even when I couldn't swim, they'd ask how I was doing. They were just amazing.' To represent the groups sense of unity, Denise created Ebb and Bloom: Textures of Emotion, a 3X3m structure in the shape of three waves. It was one of the most ambitious in the competition and represented the tumultuous nature of mental health, with currents that can take people under. The flowers weaved into the structure signified light at the end of the tunnel and were specially selected as plants that represent hope and healing. (Image: Denise Jones) Denise, 58, who had never previously worked with willow, chose the material as it grows close to the sea. She undertook workshops to learn how to work with the new material and the waves took two and a half months to produce. It was then compiled with the floral arrangements and presented on May 24. 'It needed to be impactful and not just a few flower arrangements,' Denise said, 'I created three huge willow waves, designed the frame and weaved green and white willow for the crest. 'The theme [was] that mental health can be overwhelming, so that was the thought process behind it.' (Image: Denise Jones) The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is hosted annually by the Royal Horticultural Society and shows off the work of world-renowned plant specialists, florists and garden designers. Denise qualified for the competition when she competed at the Maulvern Autumn RHS show in September, where she placed 1st against 16 areas in the UK. Speaking of her incredible achievement, she said: 'It is the Wimbledon of the flower world. I'm speechless. It's surreal because it was such a big space and I had a vision, and I can honestly say I was so happy I finished.' 'I didn't even think I'd get a medal [so] to get a gold first time competing, it was surreal.' (Image: Denise Jones) Denise also runs her own workshops in her shop, The Floral Peacock Studio, to boost creativity and wellbeing in the community, as the swimming group did for her. The Black Pigs Swimming Group, named after a boat on Smallmouth Beach, are an open water swimming group based in Weymouth. Many of its members have accredited the group to helping them through turbulent times and mental health issues. Denise said: 'I started sea swimming because I thought it would give me purpose and boost my own mood which it did and that has become a big integral part of my life. 'Two came to see me at Chelsea and they were a big part of that journey. It's an amazing group of people. We're like minded and local and everybody is looking out for everybody else.'
Al Jazeera
3 days ago
- General
- Al Jazeera
Nowhere to Belong
In October 2024, the Dominican Republic announced a plan to deport 10,000 undocumented Haitians per week, despite calls from the United Nations to halt deportations to Haiti, where gang violence and hunger are worsening. Fault Lines follows the stories of Maria, a 16-year-old girl deported alone to a country she has never been to, and Denise, a mother sent across the border with her baby, separated from her children. Fault Lines follows immigration agents as they detain people in the streets, using physical features to identify who is Haitian. We meet families trying to reunite and press government officials about detaining children, breastfeeding women, and others who may be protected under law. As more people are expelled to a country in collapse, the film captures the fear, uncertainty, and human cost of the crackdown.
