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Who are J.D. Vance’s kids Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel?
OHIO Senator J.D. Vance is Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
The ex self-proclaimed “never Trumper” is married with three children — here’s everything we know about them.
Meet J.D. Vance’s kids Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel
James David Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance share three children together.
They have two sons named Ewan and Vivek, and a daughter called Mirabel.
The Republican does not share much about his children, but mentioned his middle child on the Senate floor in February 2024.
During a debate on aid packages to Ukraine, he mentioned missing his son Vivek’s fourth birthday.
The father-of-three then delivered a birthday message to his son, saying how much he loved him before reading all of Dr Seuss’ Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
The couple had their first child Ewan in June 2017.
They welcomed their second boy Vivek in February 2020.
Their first daughter Mirabel was born in December 2021.
Vance shared a pic of the happy couple in hospital with their newborn welcoming their “early Christmas present”.
Their mum Usha
Vance says his wife Usha, born in 1986, has had considerable influence over his career.
During her time in law school, she served as the Executive Development Editor of the Yale Law Journal and the Managing Editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology.
The sweethearts met as students at Yale Law School in 2013, when they joined a discussion group on “social decline in white America”, New York Times reports.
Mrs Vance graduated with a BA in History from Yale and was also a Gates Scholar at Cambridge University, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Usha works as a litigation associate for Munger, Tolles, & Olson.
If I maybe get a little bit too cocky or a little too proud I just remind myself that she is way more accomplished than I am
JD Vance
She is licensed to practice law in California, Ohio, and the District of Columbia.
The couple married in 2014 and share three children.
Usha is the child of Indian immigrants and was born and raised in San Diego, California.
She was raised in a Hindu household and has previously spoken of the importance of her religious upbringing and its impact on her support for her husband.
In 2020, Mr Vance told the Megyn Kelly Show podcast how his wife keeps him grounded.
He said: “If I maybe get a little bit too cocky or a little too proud I just remind myself that she is way more accomplished than I am.
“People don’t realise just how brilliant she is.”
Ruben Amorim set for major boost in first Man Utd match with forgotten man to return against Ipswich
RUBEN AMORIM could be handed a huge boost ahead of his game in charge of Manchester United.
On Friday the club announced Amorim as their new head coach – a first in history for the men’s team – and that he would officially take over the role on November 11.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has taken interim charge of the squad in the meantime and has overseen a 5-2 win over Leicester in the League Cup and a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Premier League.
SunSport understands the players have made it clear they would like the legendary ex-player to remain at the club when Amorim takes charge.
But before a decision is made on that front, Amorim will be thinking about how he can implement his style of play with the squad available to him.
The 39-year-old is known to favour a 3-4-3 formation at Sporting CP, which has won two league titles since he took charge in 2020, ending a 19-year league drought.
And Amorim looks set to be handed a timely boost with the return of £52million summer signing Leny Yoro.
Yoro, 18, was sidelined after sustaining a metatarsal injury during the pre-season friendly against Arsenal.
There are high hopes that in time the defender can be a key figure at Old Trafford for years to come.
And the ex-Lille star is now edging closer to his first taste of competitive action with the Red Devils.
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The Evening Standard suggests Yoro could be in contention to face Ipswich on November 24, which comes after the next international break.
Yoro may also be joined by the likes of Kobbie Mainoo, Harry Maguire and long-term lay-off Tyrell Malacia, who is back in full training after his last match with the team coming in May 2023.
Sporting beat Estrela da Amadora 5-1 on Friday night led by Viktor Gyokeres scoring four goals.
The Portuguese outfit will face Manchester City on Tuesday evening before Amorim’s final game in charge of the club away at Braga, whom he managed before the Lisbon outfit.
Three Sporting stars Amorim could swoop for after joining Man Utd
RUBEN AMORIM has ruled out poaching any of his Sporting Lisbon players in the January transfer window.
But the Portuguese side’s chiefs expect Amorim will come calling in the summer – with his cheque book wide open.
Here’s are three Sporting starts United could swoop for… but they won’t come cheap:
VIKTOR GYOKERES
Age: 26
Position: Striker
Cost: £84million
Swede has shone since joining Sporting last summer from Coventry — catching the eye of all Europe’s top clubs.
Hit 43 goals in 50 games last season and boasts 18 strikes already this term.
GONCALO INACIO
Age: 23
Position: Defender
Cost: £50million
Ball-playing centre-back was handed his debut by Amorim and has since become a key figure in Sporting’s recent title successes.
Can also slot in at left-back if required and has 12 caps for Portugal.
MORTEN HJULMAND
Age: 25
Position: Midfield
Cost: £40million
Dane is one of the top holding midfielders in Portugal — and made skipper by Amorim.
He could be the man to replace Casemiro.
Ten Hag's Man Utd signings
The Dutchman has brought in 21 players since moving to Old Trafford in 2022
2022-23:
Antony, (Ajax) £86m
Casemiro, (Real Madrid) £70m
Lisandro Martinez, (Ajax) £46m
Tyrell Malacia, (Feyenoord) £13m
Christian Eriksen, (Brentford) free
Martin Dubravka, (Newcastle) loan
Wout Weghorst, (Burnley) loan
Jack Butland, (Crystal Palace) loan
Marcel Sabitzer, (Bayern Munich) loan
2023-24:
Rasmus Hojlund, (Atalanta) £72m
Mason Mount, (Chelsea) £60m
Andre Onana, (Inter Milan) £47m
Sofyan Amrabat, (Fiorentina) loan
Altay Bayindir, (Fenerbahce) £4.3m
Jonny Evans, (Leicester) free
Sergio Reguilon, (Tottenham) loan
2024-25:
Leny Yoro, (Lille) £52m
Manuel Ugarte, (Paris Saint-Germain) £50m
Matthijs de Ligt, (Bayern Munich) £45m
Joshua Zirkee, (Bologna) £36.5m
Noussair Mazraoui, (Bayern Munich) £12.8m
Ruben Amorim is ‘Mourinho 2.0’ who turned Sporting from ‘walking dead’ into Portuguese champs… he can revive Man Utd
WHEN Ruben Amorim took charge of Sporting Lisbon in March 2020, one club official compared their situation to the “walking dead”, writes Jordan Davies.
Optimism and hope was at an all-time low.
But the Amorim-effect was almost instantaneous, guiding the Portuguese sleeping giants to their first league title for 19 years in 2020/21, losing just once and only conceding 20 goals.
Since then, Sporting have lifted another league title in 2023/24 – as well as two League Cups – and currently sit top with nine wins from nine this term.
He may be young, but Amorim already has an eye for rebuilding and revitalising fallen super powers with his infectious charisma and intense tactical philosophy that hardly ever wavers.
The “walking dead” at Manchester United must be praying for a similar sort of revival.
And they may just get it from one of the most talented young coaches on the continent – a man accustomed to breathing new life back into crumbling institutions such as Old Trafford.
Amorim has spent the last decade dreaming of one day gracing England’s Premier League, such was his admiration for an ex-United boss in Jose Mourinho growing up.
Often nicknamed ‘Mourinho 2.0’, Amorim spent a week with his coaching idol in an internship capacity at United’s Carrington training base in 2018, going on to cite him as his “reference point”.
United should not be expecting a mini-Mourinho, as Amorim said himself: “Mourinho is one of a kind. There won’t be another Mourinho. Mourinho is unique.”
And yet, you cannot help but compare the two.
For all the mismanagement in the Old Trafford hot seats over the years, this would be a real get – finally a slap in the face United’s Prem rivals have no answer for.
Ruben Amorim leaves Sporting on a high
By Charlie Wyett
RUBEN AMORIM would have preferred to leave Lisbon in a blaze of glory after winning a third Primeira Liga title.
Yet football does not work like that. And in what was surely his final game before taking charge of Manchester United, Amorim prepared to say his goodbyes at a half-empty Estadio Jose Alvalade in a League Cup quarter-final against Nacional.
Sporting won 3-1 thanks to second-half goals by captain Morten Hjulmand and Viktor Gyokeres, who scored two.
Luis Esteves pulled back for Madeira-based Nacional.
The stadium will be a good deal more lively on Tuesday when Manchester City are here for a Champions League match — although Amorim should by then have his feet firmly under his desk at Old Trafford.
Liverpool and Aston Villa were both interested in Europe’s most sought-after coach. Even City could have been a possible destination post-Pep Guardiola.
Yet the United job is one Amorim, 39, could not turn down — even if not everyone saw it that way at Sporting last night.
There is clearly a huge split in the Portuguese club’s fan base over their coach leaving at this stage of the season with many believing he should have seen the job through.
Yet Amorim, along with the three-man coaching team who are expected to follow him, leaves a club in a much better state than when he arrived here in 2020.
Inside the stadium, there was applause — albeit muted — when his name was read out before the game along with the line-ups.
And there did not appear to be any jeers when Amorim shuffled out from the tunnel awkwardly towards the dugout.
So, while his departure is hard to take for some, none of the fans will forget his legacy.
This is a club which is back as the dominant force in Portugal. Even this term, Sporting have won their first nine league games, scoring 30 goals and conceding just two.
They are also eighth in the Champions League table, which is one hell of an effort.
In contrast, Lisbon was not exactly hit by League Cup fever last night.
Amorim made lots of changes, which saw Sporting’s star man Gyokeres, the former Coventry striker, start on the bench.
There was, however, a first appearance in six weeks for former Tottenham winger Marcus Edwards.
He is certainly one player who has been transformed by Amorim since arriving at the club from Vitoria in 2022 and will be sorry to see the coach leave.
While he changed his team, Amorim stuck with his tried and trusted formation of a back three.
It will certainly be something Manchester United’s fans will have to get used to over the coming months.
But looking at the Premier League table, none of them will be complaining about the change.
Frankie and Demi Sims throw future of reality show in doubt as they return to Towie and say they’ve quit LA ‘for good’
FRANKIE and Demi Sims have thrown the future of their reality show in doubt after returning to Towie and revealing they’ve quit LA “for good”.
The siblings, who shot to fame on the ITVBe programme in the 2010s, made the move over to Los Angeles in 2022 for their OFTV reality show, House of Sims.
But things went south when they fell out with their big sister Chloe, 43, which resulted in the younger sisters fleeing back to the UK.
They’ve now rejoined Towie‘s cast, with the duo confirming they have quit Los Angeles “for good” in a scene from last night’s episode.
In the clip, Harry Derbidge couldn’t contain his excitement at seeing Frankie, 29, and Demi, 28, walk into a nightclub.
He exclaimed: “This is the best surprise in the world.”
Frankie announced: “We’re back in Essex for good,” prompting Elma Pazar to gasp: “Shut up!”
Frankie added: “We’ve done a year in LA, and it was enough time to sort of see what it’s like living out there and working out there.
“But it just comes to a point where we were like, ‘Let’s go home.’ You just want to be with your friends and family.”
Harry chimed in, “Yeah, and you’ve got so much life here as well. Like friends, family, best thing in the world.”
House of Sims, which is currently two seasons in, stars Demi, Frankie and Chloe, as well as their brother Charlie and his fiancée Georgia Shults.
But, back in January The Sun revealed a secret feud between Chloe, Frankie and Demi, which resulted in the youngest sisters moving back to Essex.
Speaking exclusively to us in July, Demi seemed optimistic about her return, saying: “We’re just on our break at the moment.
“We’ll probably start filming at the end of the year.”
When asked if she’ll move back to US for it, Demi added: “Possibly, possibly.
“We’ll have to figure it out. I’m not sure, we’ll figure it out.”
Back in April, Chloe confirmed the future of the show.
“We’re just about to go into preproduction for series three, when I go back,” she told us.
When asked at the time if her sisters would be on the show, she said: “Yes, of course.”
However it appeared that they still hadn’t reconciled over their argument.
Chloe explained: “We’re not actually at the moment, but we’re all apart of House of Sims, so they’ll be on it.
“But what will go down, I don’t know.”
A source told us in January: “Chloe’s fallen out with her sisters big time.
“They’ve gone their separate ways after a huge fight broke out in LA, where they’d been filming the show.
“Chloe’s decided to stay out there while Frankie and Demi have left her and headed back home to Essex to pursue their own careers.”
It was also revealed that Chloe threw a drink in Demi’s face during an argument.
The siblings – who are the cousin of Love Island‘s Joey Essex – all shot to fame on ITVBe’s The Only Way Is Essex.
Chloe joined the show in 2011 and their brother Charlie became a regular in 2013 and left in 2015.
Demi hit our screens in 2018, followed by Frankie in 2019 – and they all left in 2022.
Demi, Frankie and Charlie share the same parents, Chloe has a different mum to them.
‘Picture quality is stunning!’ rave Amazon shoppers as £369 Samsung 4K TV gets slashed to £269
Amazon has slashed the cost of a budget TV from one of the biggest brands on the market.
Shoppers are racing to pick up the 43-inch Samsung CU7020 4K TV for £269 instead of £369.
Samsung 43-inch CU7020 4K TV,
£269 (was £369)
This modest-size, modest-price TV from industry leader Samsung is currently a best-seller on the Amazon website.
Thanks to that £100 discount, the 43-inch CU7020 is an now an out-and-out budget option.
What do you lose, when buying at this low price?
Well, it’s not got the fancy QLED/Neo-QLED screen tech that you’ll find in higher-end Samsung televisions.
But you can expect to pay a lot more for those premium, even at sale price.
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Looking for a bigger TV? Amazon has slashed the cost of the entire Samsung CU7020 range.
This no-frills, no-nonsense 43-inch set looks like a great choice for bedrooms and kitchens, where the budget specs are less of a big deal.
Oh, and a quick side note: bigger is NOT necessarily better when it comes to televisions.
Make sure you read our what size TV to buy explainer to find out what screen size is right for your viewing space.
I own a Samsung television, albeit a larger 55-inch QLED model, but it’s got the same smart platform as this budget telly.
Samsung’s Tizen platform – the central hub for Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and all your other apps and services – is an absolutely sublime TV UI.
It’s slick, intuitive and rarely suffers from glitches. It’s also easy to operate with voice control, if you set up the voice assistant.
The entire Samsung CU7020 range has been met with mostly positive reviews on the Amazon website.
‘I bought this to go in my kitchen,’ writes one buyer. ‘I wasn’t expecting anything good, especially as we have a big OLED [TV] in the lounge.
‘I’m amazed… The picture quality is stunning.’
Another shopper says: ‘We have a more expensive Samsung [TV] in the living room, but there’s not a lot of difference.
‘The responsiveness is good, the picture [is] impressive and it even lets me play Xbox games over the internet without the need for a second console.’
Shoppers willing to wait may want to hold on until Amazon launches its Black Friday sale at the end of the month.
Not sure what to do? Here’s my advice.
If you’re looking for a new TV for your living room, and one that will serve you well for the next decade, wait until Black Friday.
That’s when you’ll see the biggest savings on TV sets with better, new features than this humble budget range from Samsung.
You’ll find a selection of early-bird offers listed on our Black Friday TV deals page.
But if you’re in need of something basic yet reliable, perhaps for a kid’s bedroom, or a kitchen counter?
Buy this: that £100 is genuinely impressive.
Samsung 43-inch CU7020 4K TV,
£269 (was £369)
We don’t have a confirmed start date for Amazon’s Black Friday sale, but based on previous years it will likely be 22nd November.
That’s a week before Black Friday itself. We’ll have all the best discounts we find listed on our Amazon Black Friday deals page.
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‘Superfit’ footballer, 24, devastated by shock cancer diagnosis after doctors mistook it for a SPIDER phobia
A FORMER England footballer was told by doctors she had a phobia of arachnids after she fainted when seeing a spider.
But Amy Carr’s spider phobia had a much serious cause – she went on to be diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The 33-year-old from Hemel Hempstead collapsed in her bedroom after seeing a spider before waking up surrounded by paramedics.
Doctors said the episode was instigated by arachnophobia (a fear of spiders).
But after two further incidents of blacking out while at the gym, Amy decided she needed more answers.
An MRI scan revealed she had a golf-ball sized tumour on her brain which needed immediate surgery.
Amy, who’s now a personal trainer, didn’t speak for a week after surgery, which was performed while she was awake.
The first day she was able to speak it was only using her GCSE French which she’s learned years before.
Thankfully, her English returned after a day.
At the time Amy was diagnosed, she was playing professionally for IL Sandviken in Norway after a four-year football scholarship in Chicago, USA.
She is now monitored with regular scans and works as a healthy lifestyle specialist and goalkeeping coach.
During her footballing career, Amy earned 16 caps playing in goal for England u17 and u19s and also played for Chelsea, Arsenal, and Reading.
Speaking of seeing the spider, she said: “I’d never reacted that way to anything before.
“I knew I didn’t like spiders but blacking out seemed like an extreme response – I wouldn’t normally pass out just from seeing one.”
She added: “I knew the risks that came with surgery, I was warned I could die or be left with life-changing injuries. For a week after I couldn’t walk or talk.
“The first time I spoke was in response to the nurses asking me how I was.
“I replied with my GCSE grade C French of comme ci, comme ça (so-so).
“Everyone was baffled – I guess my French finally came in handy!
“The next day I was back to speaking English.”
Amy’s first symptoms began in 2013 when she saw the spider in her room and suffered a seizure.
Two more seizures followed over the next two years.
Amy then had an MRI scan in February 2015 in Hemel Hemstead hospital which found the tumour – though initially the tumour was benign.
But, by July of the same year, the tumour had become malignant and Amy had to be operated on.
She was given a 5 per cent chance of dying from the tumour while surgeons also believed an operation had a 45 per cent chance of leaving her paralysed, and a 45 per cent chance of a complete success and full recovery.
Her surgery was performed while she was awake at London UCLH hospital – cutting edge surgery where the patient has their body numbed but they are still conscious.
Amy also had “brutal” radiotherapy and chemotherapy alongside extensive physiotherapy.
She said: “When it came to radiotherapy and chemo, nothing could prepare me from its brutality.
“During the beginning, I vomited 27 times in two days. It got better but it was hard.”
The tumour impacted Amy’s coordination and she’s also noticed changes in her personality.
She said: “I’m more direct now for sure and I have to think more carefully about what I say, I also get way more tired than I used to.”
She began fitness training while going through her brutal cancer treatment – and says her dream now is to help other people going through the same thing.
Amy said: “I used to be able to kick and throw a ball from the goal to the halfway line, now I can’t.”
On October 27 Amy completed the Dublin Marathon in four hours and 28 seconds and has raised more than £2,000 for Brain Tumour Research.
Amy said: “I found the lack of support after treatment, tricky to navigate. That’s the reason I took up a career supporting people during their rehab.”
Charlie Allsebrook, community development manager at Brain Tumour Research, said: “Amy’s story is a reminder that brain tumours are indiscriminate; they can affect anyone at any age.
“Amy has shown incredible resilience, determination and generosity in not only sharing her own experience of the disease but supporting the community through her marathon fundraising efforts.”
The most common symptoms of a brain tumour
More than 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year — of which around half are cancerous — with 5,300 losing their lives.
The disease is the most deadly cancer in children and adults aged under 40, according to the Brain Tumour Charity.
Brain tumours reduce life expectancies by an average of 27 years, with just 12 per cent of adults surviving five years after diagnosis.
There are two main types, with non-cancerous benign tumours growing more slowly and being less likely to return after treatment.
Cancerous malignant brain tumours can either start in the brain or spread there from elsewhere in the body and are more likely to return.
Brain tumours can cause headaches, seizures, nausea, vomiting and memory problems, according to the NHS.
They can also lead to changes in personality weakness or paralysis on one side of the problem and problems with speech or vision.
The nine most common symptoms are:
- Headaches
- Seizures
- Feeling sick
- Being sick
- Memory problems
- Change in personality
- Weakness or paralysis on one side of the body
- Vision problems
- Speech problems
If you are suffering any of these symptoms, particularly a headache that feels different from the ones you normally get, you should visit your GP.
Source: NHS
We live in UK seaside town dubbed ‘Blackpool after a neutron bomb’ – but critics don’t know what they’re talking about
RESIDENTS have been left furious after critics dubbed a seaside town as one of the worst in the UK and likened it to “Blackpool after a bomb”.
The 27,000 inhabitants of North Wales’ Rhyl have been left at a loss after cruel comments suggesting “everything” the town has to offer is a disappointment.
One visitor left little to be envious of, describing the area as “Blackpool after a neutron bomb”, and the criticism has hit residents hard.
It’s not the first time the former staycation destination has been branded with backlash.
The Telegraph previously listed it as one of the worst seaside towns in the UK.
While crimerate.co.uk marked the region as Clwyd’s most dangerous spot, with 206 crimes per 1,000 people last year.
Crime and safety in Rhyl
Violence and sexual offences are the most common crimes in Rhyl, with 2,563 offences last year, giving a crime rate of 103.
This is 8% lower than 2022’s figure of 2,771 offences and a difference of 8.34 from 2022’s crime rate of 111, according to CrimeRate.
Rhyl’s least common crime is theft from a person, with 18 offences recorded last year down by 28% from 2022’s figure of 25 crimes.
Yet, many who live there have plenty of positives to add and disagree with the criticism.
Amongst a Facebook group for local residents, a host of various activities, workshops and craft stalls are regularly advertised with the slower paced lifestyle lending itself to a community feel.
Some have even taken to social media to share their thoughts.
One user said: “Rhyl is a lovely place… with a lovely beach.”
Another put: “It’s good for the family and we recommend it to others.”
Someone else wrote: “Rhyl has a lovely golden sandy beach, that stretches all along the prom.
“There is an underground car park by the clock tower, one by pavilion theatre and one by the Marsdens pub.”
A fourth commented: “Lovely spot – arcades, sandy beaches, little funfair.
“Lots to do with the family – clean and tidy – easy parking. Welsh seaside fun.”
Despite small seaside towns across the UK often receiving negative attention, it seems many appreciate what Rhyl has to offer.
From its proximity to beautiful locations, cheap house prices and even classic fish and chips, holidaymakers put off by the unwanted feedback for the town may want to reconsider.
According to Rightmove, average house prices in the area were £172,791 over the last year – far lower than the national average of £288,000.
Town residents have rejected the harsh narrative for many years.
Chad Jones previously told the Rhyl Journal: “I’m biased but I believe Rhyl is the best place in the world.
“I was born and bred here – I even refused to move to Benidorm with my dad because I love it here so much.”
The negativity surrounding the region has been whipped up by social media users, with their comments brandishing the small seaside town with extreme judgement.
One user on X, formerly known as Twitter, said: “That one time we went to Rhyl, expecting a quaint seaside town, it was like that scene in National Lampoon’s vacation where they get lost in a ghetto.”
Another wrote: “Having visited both places several times, can confirm Chernobyl / Pripyat is far more of of an appealing place to go to than Rhyl, and most UK seaside resorts in all honesty.”
Someone else said: “From a visit 9 years ago to the seaside oddity that is Rhyl, it’s partly atmospheric and partly run down.”
Full table of the best UK seaside towns
The full table created by Which? of the UK's best seaside towns and their overall customer scores.
- Bamburgh, Northumberland – 86%
- Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales – 83%
- St Andrews, Fife, Scotland – 82%
- Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear – 81%
- St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales – 80%
- Dartmouth, Devon – 79%
- Rye, East Sussex – 79%
- Southwold, Suffolk – 79%
- Llandudno, Conwy, Wales – 78%
- Swanage, Dorset – 78%
- Aldeburgh, Suffolk – 77%
- Crail, Fife, Scotland – 77%
- Lyme Regis, Dorset – 77%
- Whitby, North Yorkshire – 77%
- Blakeney, Norfolk – 76%
- Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales – 76%
- Portstewart, Co. Londonderry/Derry, NI – 76%
- Sidmouth, Devon – 76%
- Bally Castle, County Antrim, NI – 75%
- Frinton-on-Sea, Essex – 75%
- Nairn, Highlands, Scotland – 75%
- Sheringham, Norfolk – 75%
- St Mawes, Cornwall – 75%
- Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Wales – 74%
- Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales – 74%
- Bude, Cornwall – 74%
- Conwy, Conwy, Wales – 74%
- Deal, Kent – 74%
- Lytham St Annes, Lancashire – 74%
- North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland – 74%
- Robin Hood’s Bay, North Yorkshire – 74%
- Amble, Northumberland – 73%
- Beer, Devon – 73%
- Cromer, Norfolk – 73%
- Dungeness, Kent – 73%
- Falmouth, Cornwall – 73%
- Lymington, Hampshire – 73%
- Lynmouth, Devon – 73%
- Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales – 73%
- Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear – 73%
- Fowey, Cornwall – 72%
- Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland – 72%
- Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire – 72%
- Weymouth, Dorset – 72%
- Aberdovey, Gwynedd, Wales – 71%
- Broadstairs, Kent – 71%
- Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland – 71%
- Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland – 71%
- Seahouses, Northumberland – 71%
- Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – 71%
- Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland – 71%
- Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – 71%
- Exmouth, Devon – 70%
- Filey, North Yorkshire – 70%
- Mevagissey, Cornwall – 70%
- Looe, Cornwall – 69%
- Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales – 69%
- Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, Wales – 69%
- Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland – 69%
- Ventnor, Isle of Wight – 69%
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland – 68%
- Budleigh Salterton, Devon – 68%
- Clevedon, Somerset – 68%
- Whitstable, Kent – 68%
- Easbourne, East Sussex – 67%
- Grand-over-Sands, Cumbria – 67%
- Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 67%
- Southsea, Hampshire – 67%
- St ives, Cornwall – 67%
- Teignmouth, Devon – 67%
- Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales – 66%
- Brixham, Devon – 66%
- Portrush, County Antrim, NI – 66%
- West Bay, Devon – 66%
- Dunbar, East Lothian – 65%
- Felixstowe, Suffolk – 65%
- Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland – 65%
- Appledore, Devon – 64%
- Bournemouth, Dorset – 64%
- Padstow, Cornwall – 64%
- Plymouth, Devon – 64%
- Salcombe, Devon – 64%
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- Brighton, East Sussex – 63%
- Hunstanton, Norfolk – 63%
- Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales – 63%
- Torquay, Devon – 63%
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- Scarborough, North Yorkshire – 62%
- Worthing, West Sussex – 62%
- Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales – 61%
- Folkestone, Kent – 61%
- Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales – 61%
- Swansea, Swansea, Wales – 61%
- Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire – 60%
- Minehead, Somerset – 60%
- Penzance, Cornwall – 60%
- Barry Island, Glamorgan, Wales – 59%
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- Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales – 58%
- Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset – 58%
- Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland – 57%
- Dawlish, Devon – 57%
- Morecambe, Lancashire – 57%
- New Brighton, Merseyside – 57%
- Newquay, Cornwall – 57%
- Seaton, Devon – 57%
- Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales – 56%
- Herne Bay, Kent – 56%
- Ramsgate, Kent – 56%
- Ilfracombe, Devon – 55%
- Littlehampton, West Sussex – 55%
- Southport, Merseyside – 55%
- Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire – 54%
- Lowestoft, Suffolk – 54%
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- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk – 51%
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‘Selfish’ Prince Andrew has NO respect for Charles after letting his ‘free’ house ROT – he has to go, royal expert says
KING Charles is “trying to push Andrew out” of Royal Lodge but the “obstinate” Duke “refuses to go”.
Disgraced Prince Andrew has been cut off from his yearly allowance and now King Charles wants him evicted, according to royal experts.
Pressure has been mounting for His Majesty to kick the Duke out of Royal Lodge and see him move into Harry and Meghan’s former home, Frogmore Cottage.
King Charles, 75, has now officially instructed his Keeper of the Privy Purse to stop the flow of cash to his shamed younger brother, according to royal author Robert Hardman.
The Monarch laid off Andrew’s ten-strong private security detail in August this year and the dad-of-two hasn’t received an income since becoming embroiled in sex allegations over his long-standing friendship with late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Now images have surfaced that appear to show the Royal Lodge is going to ruin as his money problems pile up.
The 31-bed Royal Lodge appears in disrepair with cracks and black mould over the exterior walls.
Prince Andrew, 64, spent an estimated £7million on repairs when he took on the property lease in 2003 following the death of the Queen Mother.
But now crumbling paintwork can be seen on outbuildings and the gatehouse.
Stubborn' Prince Andrew 'refuses to move out of Royal Lodge as he doesn't want to admit guilt', royal expert says
PRINCE Andrew is refusing to move out of Royal Lodge because it would admit his guilty part in the sex scandal, claims a royal expert. By Morgan Johnson.
The disgraced Duke of York, 64, lives on the sprawling Windsor estate despite stepping back from public-facing duties nearly five years ago.
With pressures mounting to kick Andrew out of Royal Lodge and into a smaller residence, expert Hugo Vickers said an ideal situation would be if he volunteered to relocate.
But by doing so, shamed Andrew would be giving up his 75-year lease on the place – which experts argue would only be forfeited if he had a guilty conscience having long been linked to Epstein.
Hugo told The Sun: “I think we must all accept that he is not wanted for any public duties.
“If you were running a charity you wouldn’t be asking Prince Andrew to come and be your guest of honour. So nobody wants him in a public way.
“So there he is living at Royal Lodge, playing golf, seeing his children and grandchildren and riding in the park and it is expensive.
“The ideal situation would of course be that Andrew would volunteer to down-size and move somewhere else.
“What I think he feels is that if he moves out of Royal Lodge it’s somehow publicly accepting guilt for which he has not been proved.
“Nevertheless it’s an expensive lifestyle.”
“It does indeed look as though he’s just holding the fort and refusing to do the repairs, refusing to go, and probably can’t afford to do them, anyway.
“I suspect the king does realise that he has to take care of his brother. But I’m wondering whether perhaps the Queen left Prince Andrew enough money to see him by.
“I don’t think that the King is is being vindictive to his brother, I don’t think that’s the intention.
But I think it’s also fair to say that they’re not naturally the closest of brothers.
“If Prince Andrew proves to be obstinate and refuses to go then I imagine things will get worse.
“He would do himself a great favor if he found an honorable way of moving somewhere else.
“Frogmore Cottage is not exactly tiny, and it would be ideal, since it’s within the security boundary, and also what he spends most of his time doing these days is riding in the park, it would make perfect sense.
“There’s nothing to stop the King actually commanding that he should leave Royal Lodge.
“He has a lease, but then the lease is a Crown estate lease, and these things can be changed, and so I hope it won’t come to that to be quite honest, but it could do.”
It comes after a source claimed: “The duke is no longer a financial burden on the King.”
The update was revealed in Hardman’s biography, Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story.
Hardman claimed the late Queen would have reluctantly booted Andrew out of Royal Lodge and into the smaller Frogmore Cottage nearby if she were still alive.
As part of his Royal Lodge lease, Andrew must maintain the upkeep of the mansion – valued on the open market at £30million — which he shares with ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
It boasts 40 hectares of woods and manicured lawns.
Sentry posts guard the grounds which include eight cottages and accommodation for police and security.
Andrew has so far resisted eviction efforts, citing his lease agreement, and rejected downsizing at Frogmore Cottage.
We previously revealed how 19th-century Grade-II listed gem needs extensive repairs, costing £400,000 a year.
Royal expert Hugo Vickers told The Sun: “The problem with Royal Lodge, and Prince Andrew is, of course, that he’s been cut off from everything else that he does.
“He’s not going to take part in public life anymore. He is included in certain family occasions and things like that.
“It’s his home. And what else are they going to do to him? And if he agrees to go, it looks like an admission of guilt, which he isn’t prepared to do.
“On the other hand, seeing these pictures of Royal Lodge in a state of terrible disrepair that doesn’t look good, and it does seem the King wants him out of Royal Lodge and wants him to be housed somewhere less grand.
“It does look to me as though they’re trying to push him out, and if he can’t repair it, and he can’t afford to repair it he will obviously have to go at some point simple as that.
“What would be nice would be if he actually made that decision himself, that would be the dignified way of doing it.
Prince Andrew will be exposed, says royal expert
The disgraced Duke of York, 64, is under new pressure to quit his Royal Lodge home after the King laid off its ten-strong security team last week.
Charles, 75, has told the details they are no longer needed from the autumn.
Andrew currently resides at the Windsor Great Park lodging in Berkshire, which boasts 30 rooms, a swimming pool and large grounds.
But he has refused to vacate the Royal Lodge despite reports suggesting King Charles wants him to move to Frogmore Cottage.
Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, writer and broadcaster Robert Jobson claimed that long-standing controversy surrounding the Duke has been an “absolute disaster” for the royal family.
“It’s just one of the worst things that could happen, that’s why he’s not a working royal.”
Jobson then suggested that King Charles is likely to just want Andrew out of the picture, wherever that may be.
And the expert claimed that Andrew will probably have to accept that he will “have to leave Royal Lodge” in the future.
He added: “It needs a lot of static security, it’s not really a lodge, it’s a palace, and it’s too big for him to live in.
“The reality is that he can’t really afford it.
“And long term what’s the point what is he trying to achieve? Charles is now the King, William is the next in line.
“Andrew isn’t even a working royal anymore, he can’t go around saying he’s the Queen’s son, he’s just not that important anymore.
“I think if the King is generous to offer him another place to live he should take it.”
