Dunnes Stores is becoming synonymous with dupes, having brought us some great recreations in recent months, including the iconic Barbour jacket, and the Ultimate Muse Split Sleeve Mini Dress. Now the retailer has delivered again, and right in time for Christmas! They have brought out a lookalike for one of the most iconic designer bags […]
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A HUGE derby awaits in Manchester as City and United go head-to-head in a colossal Premier League clash at the Etihad this afternoon.
The Red Devils will be looking to pounce on their local rivals, with Pep Guardiola‘s side claiming just one win from their last 10 games in all competitions.
But United don’t exactly go into today’s blockbuster clash in scintillating form after back-to-back defeats in the Premier League.
That said, new boss Ruben Amorim has got the better of Guardiola once already this season, with his Sporting side smashing City 4-1 in the Champions League back in November.
Follow all the action with our live blog below…
THE world’s best hotels have been revealed – and one in the UK has been named.
Lime Wood is a sprawling hotel in a the New Forest National Park, which opened back in 2009 although the building dates back to 1750.
And Conde Nast Traveller named it in their Best Hotels in the World: The Gold List 2025.
They praised the country house hotel for its “utilising its surroundings to put nature, relaxation, and nourishment front and centre”. as well as its quaint rooms and spa.
They wrote: “The real star of the show is the New Forest, the venue for bike rides and guided forages among trees, heathland, and wild horses.
“Here, families, couples and women on girls’ trips take restorative country walks before kicking off their wellies for high-quality meals and spa treatments in lushly vegetated surroundings.
“[For kids,] Lime Wood provides bicycles for all ages for rides in the forest and wellies for walks and foraging expeditions while Hartnett Holder & Co restaurant offers a children’s menu, and the hotel provides cots, baby monitors and a babysitting service if required.”
A number of celebs have been spotted at the hotel over the years.
Noel Gallagher held his wedding to to then-wife Sara back in 2011, while Ewan McGregor was spotted there with his now-wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
And in 2022, Katie Price stayed at the hotel with her son Harvey after splitting from ex Carl Woods.
The hotel, which underwent a huge £30million revamp in 2019, has 33 rooms, including 16 in the main house as well as a lakeside cabin and woodland cottages.
Each one comes with its own stocked pantry and super king-size beds, with some having roll top baths.
Families can choose the forest cabin, tucked away from the house with bunk beds and kitchenettes.
Or the lake cabin is like being on “your own private little island” with it floating over the water.
When it comes to food, the hotel has its Hartnett Holder & Co restaurant, with an Italian-inspired menu including risottos, gnocchi and fresh fish and meat dishes.
The Herb House was named spa of the year 2024 by The Times, with treatments, forest hydropool and even a sauna.
And every year it hosts the Smoked & Uncut festival, with food and music.
Celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2023, headliners have included Kelis, Sister Sledge and Razorlight, although it was suspended this year to allow for a break.
Its around 1hr30 by London, or 20 minutes from the coast.
The New Forest was named the most popular destination in the UK for an out-of-season holiday.
Looking at criteria such as cost and number of activities, holidaycottages.co.uk found that the Hampshire national park was the best.
The New Forest National Park is the perfect place for walking as there’s over 140 miles of trails and footpaths.
Most paths are signposted with wooden posts, and you might even spot some free-roaming ponies along the way.
HERE is a little-known way to ensure you always avoid being “catfished” by fancy hotels before booking a holiday.
Travel expert, Bryony Deery, 32, says holidaymakers shouldn’t trust everything they see on social media – but reveals how to use it to your advantage.
Bryony, founder of Pilates by Bryony, leads workout classes around the globe.
As Dior Beauty’s wellness expert, she also hosts retreats with Belmond’s Eastern & Oriental Express trains in Malaysia and the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in France.
When it comes to booking a holiday or a hotel, she recommends looking at tagged photos on social media apps such as Instagram.
She says: “I make sure to look at tagged pictures of hotels on Instagram to see if they actually match what the hotel is advertising on their website and branded accounts, to avoid being catfished by overly flattering photos.”
Bryony admits she does “find inspiration on social media”.
Say someone posts tips on cities on Instagram throughout the year, she’ll save them in her travel file and come back to them when the time is right.
She adds: “The algorithm on TikTok is also so good that it serves you all the inspiration you need.”
When it comes to flights, Bryony, who’s also the co-founder of Cloudcha matcha, says she’s usually loyal to British Airways.
But for trips further abroad she’ll opt for Emirates.
She says: “It’s just on another level. The seats and service are amazing.”
This goes for the food too, she explains: “I don’t normally eat when I fly.
“I’ll bring my own food instead. But the quality on Emirates for the food is so much better.”
It comes as two holiday makers were left “mortified” after their luxury break to Greece turned out to be a fluke, LADbible reports.
Friends Lewis Stacey and Christopher Smith forked out £750 each on the islands four-star boutique Porto Demo hotel.
They booked through loveholidays which promised them a “luxury” stay, close to the beach, with entertainment, an all-inclusive buffet and much more.
However, when they arrived they realised their trip to paradise had been “AI or computer generated” online.
Lewis told LADbible: “It was mortifying, like, my stomach completely sank.”
He added: “None of it looked like what was advertised online. That was a huge part of the problem.”
DALLAS Cowboys Cheerleader Armani Latimer has shone the spotlight on her battle with alopecia, as she danced at Monday night’s opener against the Bengals.
The US cheerleading troupe are currently the subject of a Netflix documentary series: America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders.
The show follows ‘America’s Sweethearts,’ who are the National Football League cheerleading squad, for the Dallas Cowboys Team-through the rigorous selection process, to the training camp and then to the NFL season.
Footage of Armani Latimer preparing for the game and then her on pitch performance, was shared on the Dallas Cowboy social media pages and has since gone viral, as the dancer is praised for raising awareness of the hair loss condition.
In the video the 23-year-old is shown getting ready backstage- wearing the team’s trademark blue and white uniform and cowboy boots-with with her fellow cheerleaders, who are putting on a show of support.
One of them said, “You’ve got this.”
Another of the girls said: “We’re so proud that you’re doing this and you’re representing a lot of little girls out there.”
Meanwhile a number of fans praised her decision to bring visibility to the condition.
One person said: “For a team that very much values a specific look, I find this to be so refreshing, beautiful and inclusive. That gorgeous smile speaks louder than any hair ever could.”
Another person said: “This will never NOT bring me to tears!! You are incredibly beautiful, brave, and an inspiration to everyone around you! I’m so proud of you and all that you are! @ac_latimer YOU are the definition of America’s Sweetheart.”
And one of her team mates, Reece Christinee said: “It is truly one of the greatest honours to be your team mate.”
The dancer who was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition when she was 12 years old, opened up in an interview to Woman’s Health magazine.
She said: “When I was 11 years old—my mother unraveled my braid and noticed something shocking: a bald spot.”
“She was concerned that it had happened during the braiding process, but she also knew my father had struggled with hair loss, so she took me to see a dermatologist.”
“At age 12, I was officially diagnosed me with alopecia areata, a condition that causes my immune system to attack my hair follicles, resulting in occasional bald spots that seemed to become bigger with stress.”
The cheerleader told how throughout high school, she took great pains to hide her affliction, she said:
““I went through high school without telling anyone I even had alopecia. But once I got to college, stress caused more hair loss; loss that took much longer to grow back.”
The performer confesed that having the condition was “hard to navigate.” In her early cheer leading days, she’d wear sew in weaves, but then her hair completely fell out, so she was forced to switch to wigs.”
She admitted that her total hair loss, took a toll on her mental health and affected her performance.
“It was such a tumultuous time that I was only able to give about 50 percent of my effort. Some people picked up on the fact that I was more withdrawn and not my bubbly self, and having teammates that I could sit and cry with about what I was going through was healing.”
But Armani praised her teammates for their unwavering support.
She said: “Overall, my team and my family helped me maintain a positive mindset. I wouldn’t be anywhere without my support system.”
The star spoke out as part of the Dallas Cowboys: My Cause my boots campaign, which encourages cheerleaders to raise awareness of charity’s and causes that need greater visibility.
The docu-series has a been a runaway success for Netflix after it premiered last June, spending four weeks in the streaming giants top the English language series.
Now a second season has been commissioned, which will follow the squad through the 2024 to 2025 campaign, amid the trials and tribulations of the football team, the Dallas Cowboys.
Alopecia is a major cause of hair loss for women and men. There are different alopecia types which can cause anything from hair thinning to total hair loss.
Most people know alopecia to be a form of hair loss. However, what they don’t always know is that there are three main types of the condition – alopecia areata, alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis.
Alopecia areata is a common cause of non-scarring (does not cause scarring to the scalp) hair loss that can occur at any age. It usually causes small, coin-sized, round patches of baldness on the scalp, although hair elsewhere such as the beard, eyebrows, eyelashes, body and limbs can be affected. In some people larger areas are affected and occasionally it can involve the whole scalp (alopecia totalis) or even the entire body and scalp (alopecia universalis).
It is not possible to predict how much hair will be lost. Regrowth of hair in typical alopecia areata is usual over a period of months or sometimes years, but cannot be guaranteed. The chances of the hair regrowing are better if less hair is lost at the beginning. Most people, with only a few small patches get full regrowth within a year. If more than half the hair is lost then the chances of a full recovery are not good.
The hair sometimes regrows white, at least in the first instance. Most people get further attacks of alopecia areata. In alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis, the likelihood of total regrowth is less.
