Rachel described how she ‘did a number’ on herself

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The Traitors winner Rachel Duffy has shared the gruesome extent of a blender accident that left her in “severe pain” and needed a frantic dash to A&E.

The TV star, who won the latest series of the BBC reality show alongside Stephen Libby, took to Instagram to share graphic images showing her injured thumb, bandages and fresh stitches. Warning fans before they viewed the photographs, she wrote: “Warning, do not swipe if you’re squeamish”.

Rachel later admitted she is often the clumsy one among her friends, joking that there was “always one friend in every group that’s accident prone”, the Mirror reports.

Describing the incident, she told followers: “Two weeks ago, I had an accident with a blender blade which resulted in a trip to A&E. Yes, I’m in flip-flops and jammie bottoms as I ran out the door with a blood-soaked tea towel wrapped around my hand.

“I got an X-ray just in case the blade chipped the bone but luckily it didn’t. I ended up with a few stitches. Seven days after the accident, I was back in the local treatment room to get my stitches out when things didn’t feel or look quite right…”

Rachel added that she was in “severe pain”, had “numbness in the thumb” and “limited movement”, requiring her to return to the hospital for further assessment. She then showed her hand in a brace and said she was referred to a specialist team.

“Did a number on myself and completely severed my dorsal nerve and partially lacerated my tendon,” she explained alongside a picture of her with two surgeons.

“Had surgery on Monday and these legends repaired both in one go. I’m lucky my face is washed here. My 12 year old tied my hair back. Cue two days of feeling sorry for myself as the anaesthesia wears off and the nerve pain kicks in.”

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The reality star also revealed the details of what the surgeons had to do, explaining: “They had to widen the original laceration to get a good look inside the hand. Hats off to medical professionals. You are phenomenal!”

She added that she “nearly passed out” when she saw the huge cut on her hand and that she asked the physio specifically for a nude coloured cast because she would be attending the NTAs soon.

As part of her rehabilitation, her hand will be wrapped up for the next 10 weeks, meaning that she would need to be driven around for the immediate future. She joked that she was “accepting applications”.

In the caption, she said: “Oopsie daisy. Everyday’s a school day!!! The lesson learned in this little bump in the road…..take the time to read the instructions on a new kitchen blender. A big thank you to the medical staff who looked after me over the past couple of weeks. You are absolute angels. Thank goodness I’m a leftie.”

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A teacher has been jailed after ‘manipulating’ a teenage boy into sex and abusing her position of trust.

Private tutor Emily Drury, 26, from Mablethorpe, was handed a four-and-a-half-year sentence at Lincoln Crown Court after being arrested last June.

Drury admitted five counts of sexual activity with a child, pleading guilty to the charge of engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a teenage boy and four charges of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a teenage boy.

However, police said she ‘delayed her guilty plea until the very last opportunity’, prolonging uncertainty and difficulty for the victim.

Judge James House KC said only a custodial sentence was appropriate due to the severity of her crimes.

She sexually abused the 15-year-old on numerous occasions between May and June 2025, having targeted him after seeing him drinking with friends and offering to tutor him in private ahead of his exams.

The court heard how she warned the boy, ‘You can’t tell anyone about this,’ with prosecutor Amber Hobson explaining that he agreed before confiding in two of his friends, sending them a picture of Drury.

After ‘rumours’ began, word reached the boy’s school, and the police were contacted.

The court also heard how, when interviewed, the boy permitted police to look through his phone, on which they found a message from the ex-teacher, referring to a note and cash she left him.

‘I enjoy every piece of you. I don’t know how to stop, or what this is. Here’s £20 just in case…Your Em xoxo’, it read.

A victim impact statement from the boy was read out during sentencing, with Drury seen wiping tears from her eyes.

‘Since getting married, her and her husband didn’t really talk, they weren’t having sex and marriage wasn’t what she expected,’ the student said Drury told him.

‘She treated me kindly, told me she was obsessed with me.’

The boy recalled Drury saying ‘positive things’ to him, buying him clothes, and making him ‘feel better’ about himself.

‘I trusted her and confided in her about some very personal things.’

He continued: ‘I felt judged. I felt that people blamed me. I felt unable to simply be a child.’

Reluctant to report the abuse initially, he said he was ‘worried that people would not take [him] seriously’ because of his gender.

‘I believed there was a stigma attached to being a male victim of sexual abuse, and that fear made it even harder to cope.’

He concluded: ‘I realised I had been manipulated. I was put into a situation where I was experiencing emotions and situations no child should have to experience.’

Drury’s defence barrister, Jeremy Janes, said she had hoped to have a ‘lifelong career’, which, because of her behaviour, she has now lost.

He said his client pursued an ‘uncharacteristic, fantastical, and unreal relationship’ with the child.

Character references from her parents and brother were also submitted to the court, with her husband and other relatives in attendance.

Drury was told by the judge how the lasting impact of the abuse would continue in the boy’s mind while he was approaching his exams.

‘She was in a position of trust. She was the adult; he was the child,’ he said while passing sentencing.

‘This was not simply a single indiscretion – that would have been bad enough.’

Drury must serve a minimum of half of her four-year, six-month sentence before she can be considered for release.

In addition to jail time, she has been given a sexual harm prevention order and a restraining order lasting five years. She will be on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

Detective Constable Julie Jode, from Lincolnshire Police, called her actions ‘despicable’.

‘As an adult in a position of authority, she was expected to provide guidance, support, and protection. Instead, she used that position to target and manipulate someone who should have been able to trust her implicitly.

‘The victim in this case was forced to navigate an incredibly difficult and challenging period of his life while also facing the uncertainty of a lengthy criminal justice process. The fact that the offender delayed accepting responsibility only added to that ordeal.’

Police have praised the boy’s ‘remarkable courage and resilience’ in bringing Drury to justice, insisting that ‘gender is not a factor in how reports of sexual abuse are investigated’.

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Peter Schemichel took aim at three Manchester United stars for their roles in the woeful opening day defeat to Hull City.

Pre-season optimism was chipped away inside 38 minutes on Saturday afternoon as the newly-promoted Tigers took a 2-0 lead through goals from Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy.

Michael Carrick’s side were twice undone by set pieces with Ajayi lashing into the roof of the net after Oli McBurnie’s initial effort was pushed onto the bar by Senne Lammens.

Record signing Mendy added a second shortly before half-time, powering home a header from Regan Slater’s free kick.

United were in disarray for Hull’s opener, beaten to the first ball in the build-up which led to the corner. As the ball came in, Dorgu let the ball pass him with Heaven not tight enough to McBurnie as he forced the ball back towards goal.

Dissecting the goal at half-time, Schmeichel blasted Dorgu for ‘not looking at the ball’, insisting Heaven had to be stronger dealing with the Hull striker.

‘Look at Dorgu on the front post, he is not even looking at the guy taking the corner kick,’ the United legend told Premier League Productions.

‘At that exact moment, he loses his concentration, he does not have the ability to block the first ball.

‘And of course, Ayden Heaven on the back post. He allows McBurnie to go in behind him. You can’t allow that. That’s not how you defend, you have to be stronger.’

Schmeichel also took a dim view of United’s defending for the second goal. As United and Hull players jostled for position inside the box as the free kick was being taken, Luke Shaw was spotted inexplicably dropping back to play the opposition onside.

Schmeichel added at full-time: ‘It is the absolute lack of concentration from Man United. That’s what disappoints me the most.

‘I picked on Luke Shaw. Luke Shaw is two yards behind everyone else, playing everyone else onside.

‘He shouldn’t be there. He fell for the dummy. If he stayed up there, he would be either offside or it would have gone out for a goal kick.

‘That’s a disappointment for me, that an experienced team like that makes mistakes like that.’

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President Donald Trump has turned against his former ally, Tucker Carlson, as he accuses the journalist of being in cahoots with politicians to take him down. 

Trump, 80, took shots at Carlson late Friday night as he turned into bed, calling the former Fox personality a ‘loser’ with a ‘very low IQ.’ 

‘Tucker’s “Views” have fallen through the floor, and will only get worse. Nobody cares about him any longer in that he has become totally irrelevant, and happens to be, surprisingly, a very Low-IQ individual,’ he wrote on Truth Social. 

‘Tucker wants to run for political office, but he should be required to take a cognitive test.’  

Carlson, 57, has not announced a bid for a political office and has previously said he didn’t intend to run. 

However, Carlson told the Columbia Journalism Review that he hopes to help build a ‘third party,’ and laid out a ten-point vision for America. 

There’s also been speculation that some conservatives are vying to have Carlson run for president in 2028, running on a MAGA, but anti-Trump platform. 

A loose group of politicians has formed around Carlson, including Representative Thomas Massie and former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, both of whom Trump also attacked on Friday night. 

‘Nobody cares about him any longer in that he has become totally irrelevant, and happens to be, surprisingly, a very Low-IQ individual,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social

Trump wrote a long post on Friday, attacking Carlson, Representative Thomas Massie and former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 

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‘LOSERS ALL!’ the President wrote. ‘Tucker is a loser, and always has been! 

‘Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green turns to Brown under stress!), a highly neurotic young woman, went from Ultra Conservative to a Liberal “Fool,” all in a matter of weeks, because I refused to return her phone calls – Not because I didn’t like her, just because I had no time.’ 

He went on to accuse her of ‘quitting’ after she realized she had no chance at winning after he stripped his endorsement.  

‘Thomas Massie has turned out to be a failed politician, and a real JERK,’ Trump continued. ‘He thought it was really wonderful to vote, “NO,” on everything, no matter how good, strong, or proper the Legislation would be. 

‘What a team this would be, THREE LOSERS, and a pocketful of change! The only chance they have is to join the Radical Left Dumocrats, and try breaking into the Primary System. To all of them I say, PRAISE BE TO ALLAH!’ he signed off. 

Massie responded to the insults on X, writing: ‘Trump’s getting roasted today for his disastrous beef policy, the debt hit $40 trillion because of his “big beautiful bill,” he stepped-in-it in Iran, and he’s weeks away from failing his midterms in November. 

‘He posted this because we are the three he should have listened to.’

Greene also launched an attack against Trump, saying he’s the one who moved away from MAGA ideals.

Carlson told the Columbia Journalism Review that he hopes to help build a ‘third party’ that is MAGA but anti-Trump. The President and Carlson used to be close allies 

A loose group of politicians has formed around Carlson, including Representative Thomas Massie and former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who reportedly want Carlson to run for president 

Greene also launched an attack against Trump, saying he’s the one who moved away from MAGA ideals. She called him a ‘false little god’ and an ‘internet troll,’ who is ‘not a Christian at all’ 

She called him a ‘false little god’ and an ‘internet troll,’ who is ‘not a Christian at all.’ 

She also accused Trump of hitting out at the group because of his own ‘bad polling.’ 

‘Trump now calls me a traitor because instead of bowing down to him like some false little god, I stood up and fought for women who were raped as teenagers and abused by the richest, most powerful men in the world, friends of Donald Trump,’ she wrote earlier this month, in reference to her demand for all of the Epstein files to be released.  

‘He attacks us with such vitriol because we actually are everything he claimed to be, conservative and America First, and he has proven as President that he is nothing more than a neocon puppet for Israel, corporations, big donors with special interests, and his dear friends in the Epstein class.

‘We never changed, Trump did.’  

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House, Carlson, Greene, and Massie for comment. 

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People on Stoneyside Grove, Walkden, have won today, August 22, on the People’s Postcode Lottery.

Ticket holders in the M28 3PD postcode, which covers Stoneyside Grove, just off Stoneyside Avenue in Walkden, near the Ellesmere Shopping Centre, have won £1,000 as part of today’s prize.

The People’s Postcode Lottery manages lotteries for 20 charities, with each one having one draw a month.

They won alongside 19 other postcodes nationwide.

Subscriptions to the postcode lottery support a range of charities across the UK.

The lottery supports “a wide range of charities and good causes across Britain and around the world”.

To date, they’ve provided more than £1.1 billion in funding, which is helping thousands of organisations and projects.

Welcome to our live coverage for the sprint race for the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix, the first race after F1’s summer break. Kimi Antonelli has had a tremendous first part of the season, leading Lewis Hamilton by 50 points and George Russell by 59 after the first 11 rounds. He has taken six wins to Russell’s two, with Hamilton, Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc all racking up a win apiece. 

His start to the second part of the season was not the best, however. A messy sprint qualifying session meant he ended down in fifth, more than 0.2sec behind team-mate Russell, who took a much-needed pole. 

Some of the damage was self-inflicted, quite literally. In the first session of sprint qualifying he ran wide at the banked turn 12 and into the gravel. The damage to the floor of his car was attempted to be repaired for the rest of the session but left him lacking downforce. A gap of 0.2sec is not enormous but the other issue was that three other cars – Norris, Leclerc and Piastri – are between him and Russell. 

That said, it is not a great worry at this point. The points available in the sprint are relatively small and Antonelli has a healthy margin at this point over his rivals. In any case, there is no guarantee that Russell and Antonelli finish where they will start. Antonelli has shown on numerous occasions that he can bounce back from a difficult session and you have to expect that again here. 

The race, which starts at 11am BST, is one-third of the race distance and should be run in dry conditions. There have been persistent showers and a steady breeze at Zandvoort this weekend, but it is not expected to affect the running in the sprint. 

Qualifying for tomorrow’s grand prix comes later today at 3pm, which could be a more consequential session. 

A London derby is the headline act on the opening Saturday of the new Premier League season as Tottenham make the short trip from north to west to face Brentford. Despite successive 17th-place finishes and only escaping relegation on the final day in May, expectations are high at Spurs as their big-spending summer transfer window continues, with £100m signing Sandro Tonali expected to headline a flurry of competitive debuts. However, familiar issues persist as Roberto De Zerbi begins his first full campaign in charge, with a number of key players absent today.

Matt Storey, Cleveland police and crime commissioner, said the A66 crash was “tragic” and “devastating”.

He said: “There are few words that can bring comfort to the family, friends and colleagues of the seven people who have lost their lives in this tragic incident.

“Our thoughts are with everyone affected and with those who are continuing to come to terms with this unimaginable loss, including colleagues at Cleveland Police, who will feel the profound loss of two of their serving officers.

“On behalf of everyone at the office of the police and crime commissioner and the people of Cleveland, I extend our deepest condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of all seven people who lost their lives.

“I also give my sincere thanks to the staff from all our emergency services who responded to, and are continuing to manage, this devastating incident.”

The guitarist revealed a stem cell transplant ‘failed to stick’ after it was carried out in January of last year

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Def Leppard star Vivian Campbell has revealed his cancer has returned after a donor transplant failed to work, previously saying it was his “only hope to survive”.

The Belfast-born guitarist, 62, first went public with his Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis in 2013 while part-way through an intensive six-month chemotherapy programme.

Campbell had celebrated being in remission last year following a gruelling 12-year fight against the disease, which included stem cell treatment, immunotherapy and a donor transplant. But the musician has now disclosed that the cancer has come back and that he is once again undergoing chemotherapy, The Mirror reports.

“There’s only been one time that I felt it was gonna kill me. In the winter of 2023, I got really scared about what was happening and the pace at which it was happening,” he told El Salvadorian radio station YSKL, adding, “And I realised at that point that I had to do a donor transplant. It was my only hope to survive.”

He also revealed the stem cell transplant ‘failed to stick’ after it was carried out in January of last year. “So the cancer has returned, and I’m continuing treatments to manage it”, he explained.

The seasoned guitarist, who began his lengthy career with rock band Sweet Savage in the 1970s before joining heavy metal pioneers Dio in the early ’80s, says music has helped him stay positive through the darkest moments.

“I do think that that’s what helped me, even when I was at a really low ebb with cancer treatment,” he said. “The fact that I could still continue to work, that gives me something to live for.

“Something that you enjoy, that you’re passionate about, that you can wake up in the morning and look forward to. I think that deflects, that takes away from focusing too much on cancer.”

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Campbell has previously told fans he is not afraid of death, deciding to “just live his life” after being diagnosed more than a decade ago. While appearing on the Fueled with Chris Cyr podcast last September, he said: “It made me spend more money because, as Jerry Seinfeld said, ‘you can’t drive money.’

“So as soon as I got…not as soon as, but within a year of having my cancer diagnosis…I went and bought a very expensive Porsche.”

On the same episode, Campbell recalled thinking that it was “a lot of money” but said that he also thought he “could be dead next week” at the time.

“Well, actually, there is a saying in Ireland – ‘you’re a long time dead’. So, I sort of take it to heart. I’m a little bit reckless in that way,” he continued.

“[I] have a lot of faith in the universe, that things will work out.” Speaking about his cancer, he said: “I thought ‘okay, this is the hand I’ve been dealt’. As I see it, you can go one of two routes – you can capitulate to it or you can just live your life. And I decided to do the latter.

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“Mentally, I’m not afraid to die. I don’t wanna die because I’ve got kids and family. I’ve got a lot of people who depend on me, but I’ve never been afraid of it and I just keep pushing at it and keep putting back. And most importantly, I just keep living my life, y’know.”

Last year, in June, Campbell revealed he was “completely in remission” for the first time in more than ten years after going “through the mill” with treatments including chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

He explained: “The cancer kept coming back, and then a couple of years ago, it really got bad. So it was the first time in having to deal with it that I was seriously concerned about it. And the doctors told me really my only chance for a cure was to do a donor transplant, and that’s exactly what I did.”

Campbell joined Def Leppard in 1992 after original guitarist Steve Clarke died of an overdose. The guitarist has also worked with British rock royalty Whitesnake and legendary American singer-songwriter Lou Gramm.