DANNY Jones' wife Georgia has broken down in tears and admitted she is "struggling" with her husband being in I'm A Celebrity. Georgia, 37, recorded a video for fans and cried as she revealed that her emotions have "come to a head" while Danny is in the jungle. The former Miss Great Britain is attempting to juggle parenting their six-year-old son Cooper with work and a house move - and it has all got too much. Georgia began the video already in tears and told her Instagram followers: "I'm a bit of an emotional one today. I think it's just been bubbling. "Obviously, house move on its own is stressful and then working at the same time, solo parenting and having a husband in a jungle. "So today's it's just kind of come to a head. READ MORE ON DANNY JONES "The last thing I want to do is not be my authentic self, which is what my Instagram is. "I show real life, I show who I am, I show ups and downs and highs and lows so that you guys feel, you know, less alone with anything you might be struggling with. "So I'm just having a bit of a wobble and I'm just a bit tired and just making sure I'm looking after everyone and keeping everybody happy." Georgia, who married McFly star Danny in August 2014, went on to urge her army of fans to pick up the phone and vote for her hubby. Most read in I’m A Celebrity 2024 The model and podcaster also told them that she is desperate to see him do some Bushtucker Trials. "Vote for Danny to do trials, vote for him to win, because we are so proud of him and he needs to stay in for as long as possible," she continued, while still wiping her eyes. "We will be going out there and supporting him. His mum's currently out there, so that's great, she made it. "But I will continue to show up on here as my authentic self." Sniffing, Georgia added: "Thank you for all the support for Danny so far. It doesn't go unnoticed." Georgia, who has a parenting podcast with Kelsey Parker, has been inundated with messages of support since sharing her "authentic self" video. One follower told her: “'And having a husband in the jungle' sounds like the most normal thing to say, but it’s not, it’s a lot to be doing all of that while your husband is eating bugs in a jungle!!! You’re amazing for sharing." Another added: "Sending lots of love Georgia! I've been struggling with how I feel & anxiety at the minute, in fact I had a cry like you, and then saw Danny cry on the show about his anxiety & it set me off again! But it is amazing to follow relatable people like you!" And a third commented: "Life can be overwhelming. Hang in there. Here's a hug. We all just love Danny here. Here's to Christmas together in your new home." i'm A Celebrity is back for its 24th series, with a batch of famous faces living in the Aussie jungle. The Sun's Jake Penkethman takes a look at the stars on the show this year.. Coleen Rooney - Arguably the most famous name in the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney , has made a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to be on the show this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever. Tulisa - The popstar and former X Factor judge has made her triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year's I'm A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz , Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal. Alan Halsall - The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street , was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he has become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities. Melvin Odoom - The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. Melvin has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet - the Aussie jungle . GK Barry - The UK's biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women . She has even gone on to endorse popular brands such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers. Dean McCullough - A rising star amongst this year's bunch of celebs , Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live. Oti Mabuse - The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She originally found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV's Dancing On Ice . Danny Jones - The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle , after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he's now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice , along with bandmate Tom Fletcher . Jane Moore - The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist is braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge - having recently split from her husband . It will be Jane's first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past. Barry McGuigan - Former pro boxer Barry is the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan . It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to bowel cancer . He told The Late Late Show in 2021: "She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache." Maura Higgins - The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard . Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year. Rev. Richard Coles - Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is a late arrival on I’m A Celebrity , and he's ready to spill the beans on his former employer. The former Communards and Strictly star , said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year. An insider said: "Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth." Danny is among this year's cohort of I'm A Celebrity campmates and arrived in Australia two-and-a-half weeks ago . This week, in another emotional video, Georgia revealed she has even moved house alone , due to Danny's absence. She admitted she had been left "broken" by the situation. "We have moved house whilst Danny is in the jungle, and I have done it on my own and I am a broken woman, to say the least," Georgia said on Instagram. Thankfully, Georgia has been able to call upon the assistance of family and friends, as well as Danny's PA, Carly. "I have had the help of the most incredible woman, Carly," she added. READ MORE SUN STORIES "If anyone is looking for a PA – she's not mine, she's Danny's, I do not have one – she's your woman. "My friends, my mum, my dad have just been flipping incredible. I have got a village, full-blown village."None
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SFA’s women’s basketball team will return to action at home after not having played a game in eight days as the Ladyjacks will host Texas A&M-San Antonio Sunday afternoon. The Ladyjacks will enter the contest with an overall record of 10-2 and a Southland Conference record of 1-1. The Jaguars are currently 10-4 overall and 7-2 in the NAIA’s Red River Athletic Conference. After jumping to a 7-0 start, the Ladyjacks earned their first loss in a 78-68 road loss to Texas Tech, followed by a 78-72 loss in the SLC opener against UTRGV. SFA bounced back with a pair of wins in the San Diego Classic, defeating San Diego State University in double overtime, 89-80 and before moving on to defeat Colorado State 80-69. SFA currently averages 79.4 points per game and has given up an average of 63 points per game. Faith Blackstone leads the team in scoring with 189 points this season and is tied for a team-high 61 rebounds with Key Roseby. She’s also second on the team in steals with 25. Ashlyn Traylor-Walker is next in line in scoring with 171 points, in rebounds with 58 and leads the team in assists with 43 and has a team-high 30 steals. Avery VanSickle has 166 points this season to go along with 41 assists. Trinity Moore has 139 points on the year, along with 56 rebounds, 21 steals and has a team-high 17 blocks. Harmanie Dominguez has 121 points, 30 assists and 21 steals. The Jaguars’ last game was on Dec. 21 in a 72-58 loss to LSU-Shreveport. Sunday’s game is slated to tip off at 2 p.m.As he has risen to national prominence, Dan Hurley has offered several ideas to improve college basketball. One oft-mention suggestion is a commissioner for the sport. This is a good idea, but Hurley should be careful what he wishes. If there were a commissioner, the UConn men’s basketball coach would probably be looking at a suspension by now. The back-to-back losses on Maui this week have shown the 2024-25 Huskies are a work in progress, with more work to do and less progress made than we thought. But Hurley’s comportment has made news back here in the contiguous 48 because it, too, is a work in need of progress. At 51, with two championships in hand, he has outgrown some of these grievances, he’s bigger than this. Let’s state the obvious. Dan Hurley can’t change, nor should he. Who he is has helped him become what he is, back-to-back national champ, one of the most effective coaches in any sport anywhere in the world. The maniacal intensity, unbridled passion, the heart on his sleeve, it all comes with the package and UConn and its fans long ago decided to go all in on the whole package. Can’t pick and choose the parts you like. But it’s not unfair to suggest that Hurley evolve, grow, continue a process that he, himself, believed necessary to launch a couple of years ago. If you remember, in the midst of a January slide in 2023, Hurley determined that his perpetual warring with officials was rubbing off on his players and he took it down a notch, maybe just from ear-splitting 11 to eardrum-rattling 10, but down a notch and it appeared to make a difference. UConn won it all. Last season was a veritable breeze from start to finish, but there were eruptions, shrugged off amidst all the winning, such as the various exchanges with fans on his way out of arenas, the kind of exchanges that give some knucklehead an undue 15 minutes of fame and make the famous figure look bad. And then there was venturing onto the court on Phoenix to jaw with Zach Edey in the championship game. Now at the Maui Invitational, the re-loaded Huskies’ vulnerabilities have been exposed by the first two high-major opponents on their schedule. Hurley was in full-blown, pre-championship mode with regard to the officials, and he carried his angst into the interview room, straying down a few dark alleys. When Liam McNeeley was called for the over-the-back foul in overtime against Memphis on Monday, it may have been a bad call. Jay Bilas thought so, others with vast knowledge think it was 50-50. Basketball games are filled with questionable calls; a coach can’t risk a technical foul with 40 seconds left in a tie game. It cost the Huskies, who’d rallied from 13 points down to force OT, a chance to win. When that happens, a coach has to wear it. Instead, Hurley told CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander the technical didn’t cost his team the game, the (lousy) calls did. Then he noted it wasn’t over the back, but a “half-ass” effort by the Memphis rebounder. Not a coach’s place to say that about a player on the other team. ... Imagine if another coach said that about one of Hurley’s players? Athletic trainer James Doran got a T earlier in the game, which I find unfathomable. I’m not there, but people who are there tell me Hurley might easily have been called for several technicals during that game. Finally, Hurley complained about being a two-time champ and getting such calls. Yes, it’s common perception that certain teams, coaches, players, get deferential treatment because of their stature, but that’s an unwritten, unspoken thing. Hurley said the thinking part out loud. So this is where we are. After the loss to Colorado on Tuesday, an old friend among New York scribes texted me to say, “Again?” I thought I’d missed something. Then he sent me the video of Kimani Young restraining Hurley after the no-call on McNeeley with 21 seconds to go, which is now all over social media. “Oh, I saw that,” I said. “That wasn’t a big deal.” My friend answered, “it’s not normal for a coach to have to be restrained by his assistant. ... You must have Stockholm Syndrome. LOL.” Maybe he’s right, maybe we’ve come to normalize things we shouldn’t. These instances need to become a thing of the past, not because anyone might be offended by them, but because they’re just not good for Dan Hurley. He is too great a coach, and too significant a figure in representing UConn and the sport he loves for this to become a signature. Last summer, Mike Krzyzewski said on multiple occasions that Hurley was now the “face of college basketball,” and had “a responsibility to be a leader of the game.” It’s true, and responsibility is a key there. When you’ve reached the pinnacle, the world has an unobstructed view and is more likely to remember what you did while perched there than all you did to get there. There was a time when the face of college basketball was the late Bob Knight, who coached the last undefeated men’s team in 1976, and won three championships. But what is the first image that comes to mind when Knight is mentioned today? Cutting down nets? No, throwing chairs onto the court, and other meltdowns. So this concerns me, that Dan Hurley, who does so many things the right way, has had such impact on so many, has brought so much pride and joy to Connecticut, could go down this road and become better known for histrionics than the marvelous history he has been making. His predecessor, Jim Calhoun, was as combative as they come, especially in defense of his players. He went after officials, played the UConn-against-the-world card whenever he needed to, but he knew when the fight was over. He could walk up to the line, but not cross it. This is all I would suggest for Dan Hurley. Don’t change at the core, but grow and evolve in bearing the way he has grown and evolved into a brilliant tactician and program builder. This UConn season did not end with an overtime loss to Memphis and a one-point loss to Colorado, but it will not go like the last two. There will be close games, crunch times, ground to make up, and ill-timed technical fouls will not only impact outcomes directly, but serve as the wrong example for players who are asked to keep their composure. Another thing UConn does not need is a return of the “can’t-win-close-games” narrative. But reeled in, filtered just a bit, Dan Hurley will be revered for all the right reasons and the Huskies will be fine. And maybe when the inevitable day comes, he’ll get through his Hall-of-Fame speech without an f-bomb, without an s-bomb, without a reference to his dragon underwear. ... Okay, how about two out of three?
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Tele-serial actor held for sexually harassing colleagueFour years ago, a well-known UK share was selling for pennies. Since then though, it has risen in price by . I was not expecting such a performance. Here I explain why not – and whether I have changed my mind on adding the company to my . Tasty but reaching its best-before date? The share in question is ( ). For most Britons, the investment case here almost writes itself. M&S is a well-known brand, it has a large presence across the country (helped in recent years by its partnership with ) and historically had a large, loyal customer base. The problem I saw is that I think it has frittered away a lot of that advantage. I used to buy Marks’ quality British-made clothes but stopped shopping there once it shifted garment production overseas. As for the food business, I saw more of a sustainable advantage there as I think the quality is good. But grocery retailing in the UK is a brutally competitive market, with profit margins that reflect this. Impressive share price performance So what did I miss when considering the shares a few years back? One was that the company would be able to improve its profitability markedly. This month, the retailer’s interim results showed of £392m. That compares to an £88m loss in the same period four years ago. The long-term profit trend is positive, in my view. Back then, net debt was £3.9bn. It is now £2.1bn, still substantial but much smaller than four years ago. This month’s results were not all bright news though. Four years ago, free cash flow for the first half was £78m. This time around, free cash flow from operations was a slender £16m. In recent years, free cash flow has moved around a lot. Still, overall, the company’s financial performance has improved significantly. So despite the higher valuation for the well-known UK share, its is now 16. That is not cheap, but I do not think it is expensive for a strong operator with decent prospects. Not adding this one to my basket Still, as I do not think it is cheap, I have no plans to add Marks and Spencer shares to my shopping list. Not only that, but I see some risks with the shares. I may have been wrong four years ago, but I continue to harbour doubts about the long-term strategy for the company. Its share of the joint venture with Ocado continues to rack up losses. But my bigger concern is about how Marks can compete effectively over the long term in both food and clothing. Its traditional customer base is ageing and I think closing stores has hurt not helped its ability to find new ones. It can seek to do that online, but selling clothes online is every bit as competitive as flogging food on the high street. M&S has proved me wrong in recent years and maybe it can continue to play to its strengths. But, for now at least, I am not sufficiently excited to add the UK share to my portfolio.
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Victoria’s financial watchdog has accused the state government of “reactive” financial management and warned Labor it will need to improve its forecast surpluses. In a probe of the state’s reports for the last financial year, released on Friday, the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office said there was no “clear plan for long-term fiscal management” as Victoria’s government departments and agencies incurred another operating loss. Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says the state’s economy remains strong despite its rapidly growing debt. Credit: Joe Armao The general government sector reported an operating loss of $4.2 billion, bringing accumulated losses over the last five years to $48 billion. Of these losses, $16.5 billion has gone towards providing ongoing public services rather than funding infrastructure. Forecast surpluses over the next four years were expected to help claw back $5.1 billion, which the report warned would not be enough to shore up the state’s budget long-term. “The government will need to make significant surpluses beyond current budgetary forecasts to restore the financial resilience eroded by these losses,” the report found. The government still has to find money to cover Metro Tunnel blowouts and the extra $1.5 billion given to hospitals. Credit: Wayne Taylor While revenue was $8.4 billion higher compared to 2022–23, off the back of a greater tax take, the auditor-general warned the fiscal cash deficit of $14.4 billion is expected to continue to 2027-28. “Prolonged operating losses and ongoing fiscal cash deficits are not financially sustainable, largely because they lead to higher debt levels than otherwise and indicate underlying structural risks,” the report found. The watchdog also warned that gross debt was spiralling at a pace “faster than revenue and economic growth”, projected to reach $228.2 billion by June 30, 2028. Net debt is expected to hit $187.8 billion by this time. “While strategies and objectives are in place, the state has not articulated a clear plan for long-term fiscal management,” the report found. “Current strategies are short term, reactive and do not address both the existing financial challenges and emerging financial risks ... A more comprehensive approach is needed to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability and proactive management of the state’s finances. “Sound financial management is foundational to fiscal sustainability. A clear and well-defined long-term financial plan is required and integral to a robust and mature financial management framework.” The report comes ahead of the government’s mid-year financial report for the 2024-25 budget year, where it will have to account for and offset an extra $1.5 billion promised to hospitals since May and further blowouts on the Metro Tunnel . Opposition treasury spokesperson Brad Rowswell said the report confirmed that Victoria’s financial position continued to deteriorate under the Allan government. “Under Labor, debt is growing by $80 million a day, operating deficits are set to continue for years to come, and growing interest repayments are draining vital funds from frontline services,” he said. “Labor cannot manage money, cannot manage our economy and Victorians are paying the price.” In a letter responding to the report, Treasurer Tim Pallas said the government’s debt strategy was a balanced approach to the current economic climate. “The recent 2024-25 budget demonstrated that this strategy is working, with the economy performing well and the labour market strong.” Victoria’s parliamentary budget office on Thursday reported Victoria’s economy grew by 1.5 per cent in the last financial year, slightly higher than the national average and second only to Queensland. Per person, Victoria’s economy shrank by 1.3 per cent compared to 1 per cent nationally. The auditor-general also reported that Victoria clawed $2.4 billion back from public corporations into its budget in 2022-23. This figure was nearly double the year before, largely because of $1.1 billion raided from the Transport Accident Commission. Victoria plans to find $4.9 billion in savings over the next four years, but the report said maintaining services while doing this will be a challenge. They noted the risks included gross debt growing faster than the economy, rising employee expenses and $17.3 billion that will be needed from now until 2035 to make sure the state’s superannuation liabilities are properly funded. Unplanned and significant blowouts on major projects were also identified as a potential risk that could significantly strain the state’s financial sustainability. The auditor-general noted that the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop was expected to cost up to $34.5 billion, but said the government had not yet disclosed the total estimated expenditure and completion date for the entire project. The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up here .Yamal: Stunning assist to Raphinha 'L2' on FIFA
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