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The Sun
an hour ago
- General
- The Sun
I'm a cleaning pro and hate when clients have this feature in their kitchens – it never looks clean even after scrubbing
IT'S no secret that certain items in your home need cleaning more often, but one cleaner has revealed the kitchen features she hates the most. Taking to social media, cleaning whizz Kate from @cleanlikeapro_ explained why your kitchen backsplash matters more than you might think. 2 2 Although it might be tempting to go with the design and material you like the look of most, that's not always the best option, Kate explained. In a viral video, the pro explained that a glass backsplash can be more of a pain to clean than most people realise. Although it's a better option than having lots of tiny tiles and grout to scrub, it's not the best option either. "And when cleaning them you do have to clean them well, wiping over multiple times to ensure no streaks." Not only that, but according to the pro every single streak and wipe from cleaning will still be visible in certain lights, making it an annoying choice for any cleaner or homeowner. So, what should you opt for instead? Although small tiles are even worse than glass, the cleaning whizz said the best option are large tiles. They're not reflective like glass, so won't show up every little mark and there's not as much grout to scrub like smaller tiles have. More items to avoid in your home In a clip shared to TikTok (@ the cleaning whizz revealed the worst offending items that she dreads coming across on her daily job - starting with silicone toilet brushes. I tried Zoflora's new carpet cleaner - it works in just 30 seconds and leaves your home smelling super fresh (1) The cleaner explained that while they're more hygienic, she said that you can't clean with them. Instead, she pointed out that it's best to use bristle toilet brushes only. Next up, the cleaning guru urged homeowners to avoid jumping on the black tap trend. "Builds a ridiculous amount of limescale, marks easily - just a no from me," she warned. And for anyone looking to give their kitchen a glow up any time soon, then you may just want to listen up…because there's a specific colour cupboard she advised steering clear of at all costs. The cleaning whizz explained that while she loves the look of black cupboards, it's best to avoid them "unless you want to spend the rest of your life wiping them 24/7." 5 cleaning hacks Say goodbye to ironing Don't have time to smooth out the wrinkles of a shirt with an iron? Lenor 's Crease Releaser makes wrinkles vanish - simply hang up creased items, give them a quick spritz and smooth against a hard surface. Teabags for trainers When trainers smell a little squiffy, pop a used (and still moist) tea bag inside and leave for about an hour. The tannins will seep into the sole of the shoe to fight nasty-smelling odours. Remove limescale without scrubbing When bathroom taps start looking a little grimy with limescale, slice a lemon in half and sprinkle on baking soda. Rub the fruit over the taps and with a gentle clean they will come up sparkling. Use a toothbrush to get in all the nooks and crannies. Streak-free mirrors and windows White vinegar is a handy secret weapon when it comes to keeping mirrors and windows streak-free. Mix one part white vinegar with four parts water in a spray bottle. Squirt then wipe with a microfibre cloth and voilà, clean glass in an instant. Make your home smell amazing For dust-free skirting boards, pour some fabric softener onto a cloth and give them a quick wipe. It will stop dirt collecting so quickly and, as an added bonus, make your home smell amazing.
Wales Online
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Rio Ferdinand's new life abroad with famous wife after TV exit and health scare
Rio Ferdinand's new life abroad with famous wife after TV exit and health scare The former Manchester United defender is leaving his role as a TNT Sports pundit after the Champions League final Ferdinand and his wife Kate are expected to leave the UK (Image:) Rio Ferdinand will make his final appearance on TNT Sports at tonight's Champions League final as he bows out from the broadcaster after a decade as a pundit. The former Manchester United and England defender is believed to have been offered a new contract by TNT bosses some months ago but he chose not to do so. Earlier this month, he confirmed that he will step away from his punditry role after Saturday night's clash between Inter Milan and PSG in Munich, describing it as a "difficult" decision. "After 10 incredible years, I have made the difficult decision to step away from TNT Sports after the Champions League final," he said in a statement. "Since retiring from football it has been a privilege talking about the game I love for a decade for sports fans watching on BT Sport and TNT Sports. "I want to acknowledge the tremendous support from the team behind the scenes whose hard work often goes unseen but has been essential to our success. To everyone at TNT Sports, we have a brilliant end to the season to look forward to on Saturday and for now all focus will be on what I think could go down as one of the great European finals. "The network continues to thrive with more rights than ever. I know I look forward to following its progress and the exciting future that lies ahead," he added. "Lastly I would like to thank my family and my management company New Era for their ongoing support. They have supported me to travel all over Europe following the best players and watching the best matches." The 46-year-old's decision comes after months of speculation that he would depart the broadcaster at the end of the season and leave the UK, with a move abroad alongside his wife Kate heavily rumoured. It had been suggested that Ferdinand - who also represented West Ham, Leeds and QPR during his playing career - could go on to pursue opportunities in the United States ahead of next year's World Cup in North America. However, it was later claimed that he and former The Only Way is Essex star Kate had their eyes on a move to Dubai, where they were first introduced by mutual friends nearly a decade ago. Earlier this year, The Sun reported that the couple had started looking at properties and schools in Dubai, having decided that now is the right time for them and their family to relocate. Together, they share two children, while Kate is also a stepmother to the ex-footballer's three children from his previous marriage to late wife Rebecca Ellison, who died from cancer in 2015. Ferdinand is yet to publicly confirm his next career move, but it is believed that a move to the United Arab Emirates would also see the couple travel back and forth to the UK to fulfil their work commitments, with Kate the founder of online platform blended. The former Premier League star's exit from TNT Sports also comes just weeks after he suffered a terrifying health scare which caused him to pull out of their European football coverage. Ferdinand had been due to provide analysis of Arsenal's Champions League clash with PSG before his co-commentary duties for Manchester United's Europa League semi-final against Athletic Bilbao, but instead watched the games from a hospital bed after being struck down by a "crazy virus". He later opened up on the ordeal, as he revealed that the illness left him fearing for his life after experiencing migraines and vertigo as well as projectile vomiting. "I had a mad virus," he explained on his show, Rio Ferdinand Presents. "I thought lights were out at some point, I thought it was gonna happen. I thought I was minutes away from lights out, seriously. "I was in my house, I was in my bed like this [pained expression] and I couldn't even open my eyes. Then, the headache I had… I don't get migraines or nothing else so I don't know what they're like. I thought my head was in a vice and my eyes were going to pop out. "Then, I was being sick, projectile vomiting in the toilet, I got back to bed and I was having vertigo," he added. "I was holding onto the sheets, I didn't know where I was. It was crazy." Article continues below Ferdinand added that he had started panicking after doctors told him he would need a brain scan, having already been offered an ambulance to rush him to hospital. "I had to go to hospital and the doctor even said to me, 'Do you want an ambulance?' So that's when I knew," he said. "He went, 'We're going to get your brain scanned'. I thought it was a virus or a flu or something so when he mentioned brain scan and the ambulance, the panic was nuts. "I went to hospital and I was in there for a few days. I couldn't even enjoy the hospital food. The soup and the ice cream normally does wonders."
Winnipeg Free Press
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
A killer curveball
Our favourite diminutive gray-haired autistic private eye Holly Gibney faces not one, not two, but three totally whackjob wingnut killers converging on dreary Buckeye City on the even drearier shores of Lake Erie. Having sold plenty of copies of his most recent novel Holly, American horror master Stephen King brings Gibney back again, this time tackling an unknown avenger seemingly killing people randomly, and siblings from a far-right church aiming to assassinate a feminist icon. Well, as Holly might say, this is kind of poopy, but no more than she can handle. Probably. Maybe. Shane Leonard photo After supporting roles in some of his other books, Never Flinch is Stephen King's second novel to feature Holly Gibney as the protagonist. Never Flinch is quite the episodic tale, offering us disparate elements galore, which we're confident will all come together in an apocalyptic finale. One hint: no supernatural creatures this time… just evil on steroids. To set the scene: A man who was beaten out for a big promotion frames his competitor as a child pornographer who goes to prison and is murdered by another inmate. The elevated runner-up doesn't get to enjoy his new job very long; he has terminal cancer and relents, although the innocent man is dead by then. Except… except that there's evidence he recanted in time to save the wrongfully convicted man, but the prosecutor sat on the evidence because he had a slam-dunk conviction. Now someone has announced he'll kill 13 innocents and one guilty in retribution. And proceeds to start doing so. Meanwhile, feminist motivational author Kate is on a speaking tour across the U.S., attracting hordes of supporters and MAGA haters. King quietly works in the names of real doctors murdered for providing abortion as a health care service. Unbeknownst to Kate and faithful assistant Corrie, a right-wing church has dispatched siblings Chris and Chrissy to try to scare her off the campaign, and if that doesn't work, to murder her and as many of her followers as they can manage. In Buckeye City, it goes without saying. The plot needs even more thickening — so Holly becomes Kate's bodyguard. Meanwhile, legendary soul singer Sista Betty is going to be performing in Buckeye City, and is a huge admirer of Holly's young associate, poet Barbara, and wants to adapt one of her poems to music and perform it together. Yes, together. Barbara and her brother Jerome are tangentially helping Holly unofficially sleuthing the growing list of random murders, after Holly is off-the-books enlisted by her friend police detective Izzy. Never Flinch Meanwhile (yet again), Izzy is starting pitcher for the cops in a charity softball game against the firefighters, that the mayor has decreed must go on, serial carnage notwithstanding. Further muddying the picture, the firefighters are depicted as a pack of MAGA misogynists. Stephen King has written dozens of horror novels since Carrie in 1976, only a handful limited to human beings, and a paucity of straightforward murder mysteries, an obvious exception Holly the book, albeit with elderly professorial cannibals. Never Flinch does get quite busy, the softball game especially cumbersome. In a desperate attempt to avoid spoilers: some characters are dealt with quite abruptly, when we might expect drawn-out confrontations lasting the better part of a chapter. King has generally had well-meaning white liberals from the northern U.S. as his protagonists, for which Holly certainly qualifies. He has had less success writing Black characters who feel like rounded real people. Barbara, Jerome and Sista Betty are just so nice, and so magnificently talented in everything they do. They feel like folk in a '50s sitcom about perfect families. Nevertheless, Holly Gibney is an appealing hero with legions of fans. In the acknowledgements, King says his wife Tabitha read a draft and told him he could have done better. Maybe so, but it's Stephen King, and Never Flinch offers a darned good read. Retired Free Press reporter Nick Martin has no intention of visiting Erie or Sandusky or whichever awful Ohio city that Buckeye City is supposed to be; he reckons random murders might not have been one of the featured tourism draws.
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Evening Standard
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Summer dress guide 2025: hot trends for the beach, office and Royal Ascot
M&S called it earlier this year, when it sent out its spring/summer collection without heavy prints. 'It's just stripes this season,' one representative told me. 'Oh — and polka dots. Polka dots will be big this summer.' A statement that has been confirmed before June has even struck, no less. For some, a dotted dress can only be a chilling reminder of 'the Zara dress', a frock that defined the summer six years ago, but for many (and they are an armada led by the Princess of Wales) a cream-to-ivory silk or satin dress with navy or black polka dots will make for the perfect occasion wear frock in the coming months. Kate's favourites are from Alessandra Rich (£1,685, but Me+Em (£595, the more wallet-friendly Nobody's Child (£99, and wedding-appropriate Rixo (£275, all do similar versions. Now the Telegraph has blasted their popularity on its front page, however, I'd heed caution before wearing one to Ascot — unless you have no intention of standing out from the crowd.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This Resort Brand Has Quietly Been On Every Season of The White Lotus
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. I never thought I'd want to dress like an overbearing Southern mom with a lorazepam addiction, but then there was Victoria Ratliff. On this past season of The White Lotus she wore an impressive collection of loose flowing dresses everyone couldn't stop talking about. She may not have had any idea what country they were in but she clearly knew how to pack for it. One dress she wore that I saw everyone talk about in particular was the Everly Pool Dress by Alémais. It was covered in colorful patchwork squares and so fabulous. Then I realized Kate's bright yellow cut-out floral dress from when she and her friends get caught in a water gun fight was also by the same brand. As was the lovely button-down top she wore at dinner the night before. The mini dress Jaclyn wears when she arrives to Thailand was also by Alémais. As it turns out, a lot of the items I saw most people inquiring about online where all by the new Australian brand, founded just four years ago in 2021. I quickly became obsessed with Alémais because it really felt like the perfect vacation brand. Every item is a trip in itself with rich colors and patterns and textures that transport you to a different place. All its dresses, tops and pants have a loose movement to them that exude comfort and poise. If I saw someone wearing Alémais in real life on vacation I'd probably be equal parts envious and intimidated. Not because they look scary or like they might help initiate my demise à la White Lotus but because they look like the kind of vacation guest I aspire to be. As so I went as far as Marrakech, Morocco to learn more about Alémais. The brand was hosting its Resort show in the city, in very typical White Lotus fashion (Morocco is also a rumored location for Season 5). Alémais creative director and co-founder Lesleigh Jermanus told me the that the idea to have the show, the brand's first outside of Australia, occurred to her after connecting with her friend Laurence Leenaert, a multi-disciplinary artist and the founder of Marrakech-based design studio LRNCE. Jermanus had long been a fan of her work and ultimately bought a blanket from her husband, Ayoub Boualam, who had sent his wife in his place to meet with Jermanus. "What was meant to be a quick exchange turned into a very long, three hour dinner," she told me of the fateful meeting. "Eight years of conversation led us to that point." A collaboration together felt like the most natural next step. At that point, it didn't feel right to celebrate the collaboration in Australia. "We felt like the inspiration was here in Morrocco. We wanted everyone to experience Laurence's world and immerse themselves in what this is. We didn't even think twice." The influence of Marrakesh was more than evident in the Resort 2026 collection. Bold paneling on dresses was inspired by the tiled floors and walls that have come to define the city's architecture, and which also made up the runway. Some dresses featured a modern pannier with arches meant to mimic those of the doorways in Morocco, with colorful fringe falling like a jellyfish's tentacles. Laurence provided more information on interior techniques typical of the local culture, which Jermanus translated into the clothing through cornelly embroidery and diamond patchworks. One particular dress even required seed beading, a new technique Alémais has never done before that required over 317 hours to complete. When I asked Jermanus if she could define the Alémais customer, she said "We can't define her. I feel like there's a real spirit...a real energy to her. But the great thing is they can be thirteen or they can be eighty. It translates to a lot of different people." "Like say, guests of The White Lotus?" I joke. To which Jermanus laughs and nods. The designer proceeds to tell me that they could have never anticipated the amount of pieces that would end up on this past season of the television show. The costume designer, Alex Bovaird, had reached out and they just sent some options. "Four different looks was a pinch me moment!" she said. Sitting at the show, at a tiled hotel in the center of Marrakesh, admiring tie-dye sun hats and tunics covered in silver tabs, also felt like a pinch me moment for myself and every other guest in attendance. As I took in all the rich colors, embroidery and texture of each look, I couldn't help but notice four that really spoke to me as potential Season 5 also, potential summer vacation looks for anyone who wants to look like the most covetable vacationers out there. View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal View Deal
