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Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
My husband's sickening behavior in the airplane bathroom has given me the ick: DEAR JANE
Dear Jane, My husband and I recently took a trip overseas for the first time together.
Metro
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Coronation Street's Jane Hazlegrove reveals how she responds to daily homophobia
Jane Hazlegrove's Coronation Street character Bernie Winter is getting ready to tie the knot with Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin) in the ITV soap, but in real life, she is soon set to celebrate her 10th wedding anniversary. The former Casualty star fell in love with fellow actress Isobel Middleton 30 years ago, and the pair wed once same sex marriage was legalised in the UK. Soap fans will recognise Isobel as Emmerdale's DI Roberts, the detective who led the investigation into the murder of Anthony Fox earlier this year. She has also starred in Mr Bates vs the Post Office, and even had her own role on the cobbles. Though a lot of things have changed since the couple first met, Jane sadly revealed that she and Isobel still face daily homophobia – but she has the perfect way of dealing with it. 'You still meet homophobia every day, but I just smile at the homophobes and try to educate them and lead from the front,' she told The Mirror. Reflecting on her marriage, Jane gushed about her wedding day, saying: 'I love a wedding, but I never thought that I'd actually get to have my own big party, full of all the people that I love and lots of laughter. 'It was a beautiful thing and a bit of a shock. I still can't believe it and I'm so proud that we've done it and I'm so proud of my love for Isobel. It's my greatest achievement, regardless of the career.' With thousands of members from all over the world, our vibrant LGBTQ+ WhatsApp channel is a hub for all the latest news and important issues that face the LGBTQ+ community. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications! She continued: 'I just can't believe that I'm allowed to love this woman and live the life that I live without being persecuted and hounded.' Jane previously opened up about her experiences at Pride for Metro, writing about how she went from being worried about bumping into someone she knew at her first Pride event, to standing proudly atop the Coronation Street float. More Trending 'Somewhere among [the crowd] may have been a shy young woman uncertain about her sexuality, hoping that no-one she knew saw her there, but I like to think that times have changed, and mostly for the better,' Jane wrote. 'That young woman today can see role models in almost all areas of life, including LGBTQ+ actors appearing in our best loved soaps, who are able to work and be celebrated for who they are. View More » 'Of course, prejudice and injustice still remain, and our fight continues, but Pride shows us that there is strength in sharing the love and holding each other's hands.' MORE: As queer women, we couldn't be more proud of the 'Lesbian-esses' MORE: Coronation Street star thanks fans for concern after undergoing major operation MORE: Coronation Street legend confirms return with tongue in cheek swipe at the show
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
The coffee factory that keeps its local community full of beans
When Nestlé opened its Tutbury factory in Derbyshire in 1901, it was primarily in the business of producing tinned milk, but switched to manufacturing Nescafé instant coffee in 1959. Now the factory can turn out an impressive 170,000 jars of Nescafé every day and 25 million Nescafé Dolce Gusto pods a week, as well as a variety of Starbucks at Home coffee products. And for the past 35 years of its existence Jane Downes has been working here, having started as a night cleaner before landing her dream job in the staff shop. But her connection to the place goes back even further. Her mum was employed in the quality lab for 18 years, and as a teenager Jane used to walk with her to the Nestlé staff shop and wait for her to come out with a bag of goodies – not realising that one day she would be running the shop herself. It was here that Jane started to build relationships with the employees and pensioners, and the shop became the hub of the Nestlé community. The community side of things is key. With the factory being a feature of the landscape for so many years, the bond between it and the local residents runs deep. And Jane is very much part of that. Her proudest achievement has been fostering that relationship with free events hosted by Nestlé, including annual Halloween and 'Butterflies and Bees' wildlife events for families, and a Christmas dinner for local pensioners. For Jane, it's clear that the special relationship between Nestlé and the local residents is a two-way street. 'It's a very giving community,' she says. 'All these events I do rely on a lot of goodwill from the local community. Without their support, it wouldn't be happening. 'And the feedback they give you afterwards is absolutely amazing. It makes all the effort worthwhile, because the people obviously get so much enjoyment out of them.' Like Jane, 26-year-old Alex Hardcastle grew up locally and is following in the footsteps of her mum and sister, who both worked at the factory before her. 'That made me feel quite settled from the get-go,' she says. 'But I was determined to put my own stamp on my time at Nestlé, and I think I've done that.' Since joining as an agency casual on the factory floor aged 19, Alex has worked her way up to become interim health and safety manager. 'Everyone is super-proud of what I've achieved,' she says. Thirty-year-old Joe Timmins has also forged his own path at the company. He is the third generation of his family to work at Tutbury, and after joining Nestlé as an apprentice at 16, he is now a project engineer. 'My dad's felt like big boots to fill,' he says. 'But I've gone down a different route – he was very hands-on, whereas I'm more office based.' Both Alex and Joe know how meaningful these events can be. 'When I was younger, my mum used to get involved in them, and I'd go along too,' says Alex, who now helps to run the events herself. 'It really makes you have that sense of pride in where you work,' she explains. Joe adds, 'My grandma attended last year's Christmas lunch with her sister, and I got the chance to go down and surprise them. It's really special that they're able to be a part of the Nestlé community too.'
TimesLIVE
a day ago
- Sport
- TimesLIVE
Captain Jane explains why Banyana failed to bring home a Wafcon medal
Banyana Banyana captain Refiloe Jane has made an honest admission about their Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) campaign in Morocco, where they failed to successfully defend their title. Banyana finished fourth after losing to Ghana in the third-place playoff match on Friday on penalties. They went to the tournament as defending champions, but had a disappointing tournament. Jane said they let the nation down. 'We are disappointed to be going home empty-handed. Throughout the tournament, it wasn't easy for the players and there were a lot of challenges on and off the pitch,' she said. 'We tried to put in a great performance, we tried to do our level best and we tried to retain the trophy as the main objective. But going home, there's a lot of work to be done and we are hoping in the next Wafcon we can do well, starting with the qualifiers.' No cheers. No welcome. Just cameras and questions. Banyana deserved more than silence. Let's not only show up when there's a trophy. #RespectBanyana #WeSeeYou #QueensDeserveBetter — Sports Daily (@SportsDailyZA) July 28, 2025 Among key factors that seemed to stand against Banyana in defence of their title were the less than ideal preparations, as yet another pay dispute with the South African Football Association before a major tournament resulted in a two-day pre-Wafcon strike in Morocco. The players reportedly returned to training out of a sense of duty, not because they felt the matter was resolved to their satisfaction. The absence of star attacker Thembi Kgatlane after her withdrawal from the tournament was another huge disadvantage. Jane feels the team — hugely experienced, but with some ageing campaigners and question marks over the depth of emerging talent — is in a transition phase. She said Banyana have many plus factors to take from their Wafcon campaign as they start to prepare for next year's edition, also in Morocco, where they hope to do better. 'Given the situation in camp, given the players we had and a lot of transition that was taking place in the team, we are hoping a lot of positives can be taken from the tournament and build on that. [WATCH] Banyana Banyana have returned home from Morocco following a disappointing stint at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations. — SABC News (@SABCNews) July 28, 2025 'It's disappointing to sum up the tournament going home without a medal.' Midfielder Amogelang Motau has called for patience and echoed Jane's sentiments that Banyana are in a transition period. 'I will go back to the fact that it's a transition. You need time for different combinations so we can establish the chemistry of players who were able to qualify for the World Cup,' Motau said. 'These are the players who have been playing together for more than six years. We are talking about Fifi [Jane] and Linda [Motlhalo]. When I came into the midfield, I almost felt like I was lost because the two of them had so much chemistry, but with time I'm also getting there. 'I think with the group of players who are here, we have shown they have potential and are willing to get there. For me it's about playing more games together and attending more camps together, and I think things will fall into place. We need to be patient.'
San Francisco Chronicle
a day ago
- Health
- San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland Zoo tries to save California condor that got poisoned in the wild
A wild California condor died from lead poisoning — the biggest threat to the critically endangered species — despite efforts from Oakland Zoo veterinary staff to save her on Saturday, officials said. The bird, named Jane, but also known as condor 1019, came to the zoo from Ventana Wildlife Society in Monterey and was so sick she was stumbling, then unable to stand, zoo officials said in a social media post, adding that her digestive system was unable to absorb any food. The zoo's veterinary team 'did everything they could,' including surgery on Saturday to remove lead fragments from her stomach, 'but sadly the lead poisoning was too advanced,' officials said. 'This tragic case is yet another example of how dangerous lead ammunition is to condors, who ingest it unknowingly when they eat (decaying flesh of dead animals) that contains fragments from lead bullets.' The Oakland Zoo is part of the California Condor Recovery Program that aims to rehabilitate sick and injured condors, a species that's classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Jane, named after the renowned conservationist Jane Goodall, was born at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Idaho in 2020. The 5-year-old dominant condor was friendly with less brave birds, according to Ventana Wildlife Society's website. On multiple occasions Jane was spotted standing over another condor in a pen as if to make sure the other bird got her share of food. In the wild, she stuck close to other female condors.
