20 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on Netflix star reveals she turned DOWN I’m A Celeb last year – but begs bosses to sign her up for 2025
TOO Hot To Handle star Chloe Veitch turned down a spot on I’m A Celebrity last year – but has begged bosses to sign her up for 2025.
Chloe, 25, who appeared on the Netflix show in 2020, revealed she was approached for Ant and Dec‘s jungle show.
YouTubeNetflix star Chloe Veitch says she turned down I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here![/caption]
Chloe VeitchChloe shot to fame on Too Hot To Handle five years ago[/caption]
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She told the Go With The Flo series on Youtube: “I would love to do I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!
“I haven’t actually told anyone this but I got offered to go on it before I ever filmed my first hosting show for Netflix.
“I had put it on my mood board, I’d been manifesting having my own show on Netflix for so long.
“I needed to turn down I’m A Celebrity.
“It’s crazy as you get to different stages in your career, you have to turn down opportunities that you thought would be the biggest opportunity you would get in your life.
“Give me all the camel penises!”
Chloe has just landed hosting duties on a show on Netflix called Sneaky Links.
The new dating experiment series features seven couples who aren’t in proper relationships.
On the show, each individual will determine whether they want to commit to their Sneaky Link or explore other options.
All 10 episodes of the new series are available to stream on Netflix now.
Host of the show Chloe shot to fame on Netflix show Too Hot To Handle.
The 26-year-old reality starlet hails from Essex in England.
She is best known for her appearances in Too Hot To Handle, The Circle and Perfect Match, as well as now being the host of this new exciting dating experiment.
Since being in the public eye, Chloe has been linked to several fellow famous faced.
She had brief romantic connections with Mitchell Eason and Shayne Jansen.
And now she is in a long-term relationship with Joel Mutton, whom she appeared on MTV‘s Celebrity Ex On The Beach with.
It comes as The sun revealed I’m A Celebrity All Stars is casting now and has signed up a former Queen Of The Jungle for a second series of hit show.
20 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on Inside world’s seediest sex market dubbed ‘porno Disneyland’ where Brit ‘sexpats’ buy hook-ups for ‘price of McDonald’s’
GRINNING from ear to ear, an overweight, bare-chested British pensioner shuffles along the streets of an exotic beach resort, clutching the hand of the Thai girl he’s paid to be his lover.
Nearby, randy holidaymakers visit so-called ‘b***job bars’, shamelessly romp in the sea, and buy sex for as little as £12 in what locals have dubbed the “porn version of Disneyland”.
GETTYThe explosion of sex tourism has seen online ‘travel agents’ give Brits advice on touring sex hotspots[/caption]
GettyPattaya earned the nickname of ‘the sex capital of the world’ despite the fact that prostitution is technically illegal in Thailand[/caption]
This is Pattaya – home to the world’s seediest open sex market, where ‘red light vacationers’ indulge in prostitutes and ‘happy ending’ massages at bargain prices.
The city, once a quiet fishing village in eastern Thailand, is now a neon-lit magnet for Westerners drawn to its sex shows, go-go bars, brothels, and ‘barely legal’-looking girls.
It has also become a hotbed of ‘sex-pats’ – older men who have moved overseas from Britain and elsewhere, on the hunt for girls often 40 years younger than themselves.
These ‘sex-pats’ are seen tottering through Pattaya’s vibrant entertainment district, where bar names include Horny, Lips Lounge, Sexy in the City, Seduction, and Kittens.
The sight is a far cry from other parts of Thailand, which is known for its stunning white sand beaches, picturesque islands, diverse cuisine, and beautiful Buddhist temples.
“The sex-pats own this area of town,” says British primary school teacher Sherri, who used to live and work in Pattaya but struggled to turn a blind eye to its “in-your-face” sex market.
“They drive around on bikes like they’re in a Harley Davidson promo… it’s as if they live in a bubble erased of humanity and have happily invested in a porn version of Disneyland.”
Sherri, 38, tells The Sun it isn’t unusual to see “old, white Western men” drinking in bars from 10am, eyeing up scantily-clad female workers and ladyboys (‘Kathoeys’ to locals).
“It’s also a very familiar sight to see older men walking down the street with a local woman or man who’s half their age, as a legitimate partner or fleeting pay-per-hour worker,” she says.
Yet, while these pensioners may be smirking with pride, experts warn that the ‘girlfriends’ on their sunburned, wrinkled arms may be victims of abduction and trafficking gangs.
Some, they say, are sickeningly just children – with creeps obsessed with ‘barely legal’ pornography increasingly seeking out Thai girls and women because they often look young for their age.
“Not only is there an open sex market in Pattaya, it is flourishing,” top UK criminal defence lawyer Marcus Johnstone, who specialises in sex crime, tells The Sun.
“Many British men travel to Pattaya because they have unlimited access to very young Thai girls.”
He adds: “Gangs are becoming ever more powerful. The internet has spawned a new interest in sex tourism.
“More and more girls are needed to service the sex tourists. This has resulted in many children being abducted from poorer areas of the country and trafficked to Pattaya.”
Sex capital of world
Marcus, of Cheshire-based PCD Solicitors, describes how the explosion of interest in sex tourism has seen online ‘travel agents’ give Brits advice on touring Thai sex hotspots.
And Pattaya – which has earned the nickname of ‘the sex capital of the world’, despite the fact that prostitution is technically illegal in Thailand – is no doubt top of the list.
“There’s an ever-increasing number of sites and videos explaining where to go in Thailand to gain access to prostitutes,” says Marcus.
“There are also men who make money out of arranging ‘holidays’ to Thailand – so the visitors can easily gain access to the young girls.”
FacebookTwo shameless Westerners sparked a police investigation by romping in the ocean at the city’s Jomtien Beach[/caption]
SuppliedIn Pattaya’s vibrant entertainment district, bar names include Horny and Lips Lounge[/caption]
GETTYAmid the neon lights and blaring music, workers try to entice tourists inside[/caption]
“To gain unrestricted access to Thai prostitutes, the men need to arrange apartments, rather than hotels, where prostitutes can come and go without concern.”
At these apartments, he says, “nothing” is monitored.
“This, of course, allows easy access for the abuse of children,” Marcus tells us.
“The gangs can make more money from prostituting children.”
Pattaya’s now-notorious sex trade began in the 1960s, when it became an R&R (rest and relaxation) spot for American soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Some servicemen are said to have dubbed the breaks “I&I” instead – standing for “intoxication and intercourse”.
Inside the life of a sex worker
DR EMMA CUNNINGHAM, senior lecturer in criminology, with research interests in violence against women and girls, says:
“Some sex workers insist this is just a job, and they are making lots of money from it.
But there appear to be many more with awful experiences of violence and PTSD who become trapped in this work.
Some women may be topping up low-paid employment.
Some charities – Beyond Streets and Women’s Aid – have said the cost-of-living crisis has pushed more women into the informal economy of sex and escort work.
From films like Pretty Woman there is a romanticised notion of escorting, and it is not a crime to buy or sell sex between two consenting adults in the UK.
Many are trafficked and exploited and take drugs to forget the trauma they have experienced.
Many female sex workers have experienced severe repeated violence.
How can a woman who is selling sex to a man who is physically much stronger than her withdraw her consent if he hurts her?
He is potentially capable of killing her.
According to research, women selling sex are 18 times more likely to be murdered than those who do not.”
Today, the sun-soaked destination attracts more than 24million visitors each year – with families enjoying its water parks, zoos, aquariums, beaches, and famous botanical garden.
But at night, some of its streets are the opposite of family-friendly – with the likes of Walking Street and Soi 6 packed with swarms of skimpily-dressed girls.
Amid the neon lights and blaring music, these workers can be seen approaching tourists, hollering “handsome man” and “sexy man” to catch their attention before offering them sex.
Some workers, it is said, charge less for sex than the cost of a McDonald’s family meal deal.
Many British men travel to Pattaya because they have unlimited access to very young Thai girls
Marcus JohnstoneTop UK criminal defence lawyer
One Reddit user claims revellers in some streets of Pattaya can purchase a “short-time” fling for just 500 Thai Baht (THB) – under £12. Others say the price is more like 1,000 THB (£23).
“If they were really hot, I’d just do 2,000 [THB],” recalls one tourist, who visited Pattaya six years ago, when he was 28. He adds that workers aged over 30 “were down for 1,000”.
Prices are reported to have soared in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, which stripped many workers of their income, with venues forced to close and foreign men unable to travel.
Yet this week, a Facebook post advertising a bar on Soi LK Metro (an area less well-known among tourists) flogs beers in the company of “sexy policewomen” for only 60 THB (£1.30).
GettySome workers charge less for sex than the cost of a McDonald’s family meal deal[/caption]
GettyMany British men travel to Pattaya for unlimited access to very young Thai girls, said UK criminal defence lawyer Marcus Johnstone[/caption]
AFP or licensorsThai tourism chiefs have previously vowed to clean up ‘Sin City’[/caption]
Another post from a different bar promotes a “sexy stocking party” with “cute ladies”, while messages on the Telegram app show lingerie-clad Pattaya bar girls striking explicit poses.
Thai tourism chiefs have previously vowed to clean up their ‘Sin City’ – yet men continue to flock to Pattaya’s ‘b*** job bars’, where women are lined up and chosen “like cattle”.
Customers can choose whether to have the sex act performed on them in a private upstairs room or – for those less shy – in the middle of the open bar area in front of others.
While it is impossible to put an exact figure on the number of sex workers in Pattaya, it was reported in 2017 that almost 20 per cent of the population were employed in the sex trade.
Some of the workers are freelancers, who promote themselves – with pictures and details of their height and weight – on online dating sites, as well as in freelancer-friendly bars.
Unlike with bar girls, the customers of freelancers don’t have to pay for so-called ‘lady drinks’ or fork out on a bar fine (a sum of money paid to take a bar girl out of the venue).
Sherri, who runs the blog Travel Mermaid, says she had known of Pattaya’s murky reputation before moving there with her husband to work at an international school.
She had hoped she could “turn a blind eye” to its seediness.
‘Seedy s***hole’
But she admits: “The sex-trade in Pattaya is so in your face that it’s hard to overlook.”
Sherri, who relocated to the city around a decade ago, says her first impression was that “it was a seedy s***hole”. And, after a year of living there, she admits she still didn’t love it.
In fact, Sherri found herself “counting down the days” until her work contract expired.
The teacher, originally from London and now living in Saigon, Vietnam, tells us: “Walking Street is where the main action happens. [It] is filled to the brim with go-go bars doing regular ping-pong shows, strip clubs, ‘massage parlours’ and short stay ‘rooms for rent’.”
She adds: “While you often can’t see what’s going on inside through the blacked-out windows, everyone knows the craic.”
While prostitution is technically illegal in the country, experts warn the law is complex – and that sex tourists can feel a false sense of safety because sex work is widely tolerated.
The sex trade in Pattaya is so in-your-face that it’s hard to overlook
Sherri Travel Mermaid
“This discrepancy creates a false sense of legality and security, particularly among British tourists, who may not realise the serious legal and reputational risks involved,” says Adam Jones, a tourism legal expert at HD Claims.
He adds: “For Brits considering soliciting sex services in Thailand, it’s important to recognise that engaging in illegal activity abroad can still carry serious consequences.
“If arrested, individuals may face fines, deportation, or even imprisonment.
“More significantly, being accused of a sex-related offence – such as assaulting a sex worker – can lead to severe legal implications both in Thailand and back home in the UK.”
Sadly, assaults are far from uncommon, with studies showing that 15 per cent of the country’s female sex workers experienced physical or sexual violence in one week alone.
Horrifyingly, this percentage soared to 25 per cent for those aged under 18, according to research by Dr Michele R Decker, a US expert in gender-based violence. And, with some attacks undoubtedly going unreported, the real number of victims could be much higher.
Just last month, a Chinese tourist was reported to have confessed to killing a younger Thai transgender woman in Pattaya after she refused to sleep with him.
Fu Tongyung, 42, is said to have told police he wanted to “play” with the 25-year-old’s corpse, and later apologised for the crime.
Chaiyot PupattanapongChinese tourist Fu Tongyung confessed to killing a young Thai transgender woman after she refused to sleep with him[/caption]
The resort is also plagued by drunken violence, street crime and petty theft. In one incident in February a Western tourist in his 50s was found ‘murdered’ floating in sea with rock tied round their neck.
Though sex tourism generates a hefty income for Thailand – more than £4.7billion annually – sex workers can be jailed for up to 20 years for earning an income as a prostitute.
There are also “laws against engaging in prostitution, soliciting, operating premises for prostitution (brothels), or being a pimp,” explains Marcus.
“To get around this problem, the ‘brothels’ operate as bars, massage parlours, karaoke clubs, and so on, where money is exchanged not for sex but for a drink or an entrance fee,” he continues.
“The bar owner (pimp) then allows the sex tourist access to the girls, who he will pay separately for sex.”
These vulnerable girls, Marcus says, have “little hope of escaping”.
Due to the nature of their work, they have no employment nor legal rights.
“They cannot report anything to the police for fear of being imprisoned or deported themselves,” says Marcus.
“They are themselves acting illegally and the police may be corrupted.”
Travel MermaidIt was reported in 2017 that almost 20 per cent of the population was employed in the sex trade[/caption]
Despite the country-wide tolerance for sex work, Thai police dramatically rounded up more than 50 alleged sex workers along Pattaya Beach earlier this month.
Officers stormed the popular area on May 21 in a coordinated operation aimed at banishing the city’s reputation-damaging sex trade, The Thaiger news outlet reported.
It came six years after two shameless Westerners sparked another police investigation, further along the coastline, by romping in the ocean at the city’s Jomtien Beach.
It’s yet to be seen whether the latest operation will make a dent in Pattaya’s open sex market, which will undoubtedly get a boost from more sexed-up tourists this summer.
Even Brits who have never set foot in Thailand are contributing to its sex trade – by sending messages, and money, to Thai girls and making sickening pornographic requests.
“Many men want access to ‘barely legal’ material,” Marcus says.
“Thai girls often look much younger than they are.”
Horrifying cases
Describing one case that was brought to him, Marcus tells us: “A man was sending money to a Thai woman who he met online. He believed this was his girlfriend and that they may eventually meet and be together. He invited her to the UK.
“She needed financial help for her poor family so he started sending money to her. They exchanged photographs of one another, including some sexual images.
“He was arrested by the police.
“The 18-year-old girl he had been communicating with was, in fact, 14.”
And some cases are even more horrifying.
“I am aware of cases involving men based in the UK who pay Thai prostitutes to abuse their own children for money,” says Marcus.
Yet again, ruthless gangs are involved.
“[The abuse] is recorded and sent via encrypted sites,” Marcus adds.
“Crypto currency is used to pay the gangs controlling the prostitutes.”
Whether Pattaya’s prostitutes are operating online or offline, in the resort’s streets and brothels, it is clear many of them are desperate. Some have relocated from poorer parts of the country – such as Isan, Thailand’s northeastern region – to make money.
But it comes at a heartbreaking cost.
“All I want to do is get out of this job,” admitted one Pattaya sex worker, who told documentary makers she fell pregnant by a German client who then dumped her.
“But what can I do? There’s no work in my village.”
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20 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on Secret double life of woman stabbed to death one day before running off with lover… and why killer has never been found
THE brutal unsolved murder of a woman living a secret double life remains a mystery 34 years on – with cops now launching a fresh appeal to find her killer.
Lynne Trenholm, 29, was discovered by a cleaner with multiple stab wounds in a Chester massage parlour 34 years ago today.
YouTube//True Lives Lynne went by the names Blondie and Marilyn while working at the parlour[/caption]
Three decades on from her tragic death, her killer has still never been caught.
The young woman was leading a secret life as a sex worker at Pinky’s Massage Parlour, Chester, while she told her family she was working as a clerk.
Lynne, who had previously worked as a nursing home assistant, secretly switched her line of work without her family knowing.
This saw her travel from her home in Failsworth to Chester to work as a masseuse at the Parlour.
YouTube//True Lives Pinky’s closed soon after the murder[/caption]
In the aftermath of the brutal killing, Lynne’s mother, Joan Rayborn, said: “She was my daughter and it didn’t matter what she did for a living at Pinky’s.”
She also revealed that her daughter had planned to leave the parlour and run off with her dream man the day after she was murdered.
The cleaner’s chilling discovery was made on Sunday 9th June 1991, and a murder investigation was launched soon after.
However, Lynne’s case remains a mystery.
Cheshire Constabulary carried out several reviews, and appeals were issued in a bid to solve the murder, but her killer is yet to be caught.
It has also been hoped that a bloodied fingerprint found at the scene would lead the police to some answers but a match was never found.
YouTube//True Lives Lynne was just 29 when she died[/caption]
In a statement released today, Cheshire police said: “It is possible there may be some who have never come forward at the time who may hold valuable information, we’re appealing for them to make contact.”
Detective Inspector Eli Atkinson said: “Unsolved murders are periodically reviewed, and this is one we are currently looking at.
“We believe it would be timely to ask those who may have information but have not yet come forward to reconsider and get in touch to help us find the person responsible for Lynne’s murder.”
BBC CrimewatchPolice have interviewed more than 700 people in relation to Lynne’s case[/caption]
He added: “Cases of this nature are never formally closed, they remain open for any new information to come to light that we can identify and explore further, so if you have any information that may help, please get in touch.”
Among their theories of the killer’s motive, police believe it may have been a robbery as a substantial amount of cash was taken.
20 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on ‘We’re so proud to be Irish’ – Dara O’Shea pinpoints traits he feels will boost World Cup qualification chances
DARA O’Shea believes Ireland’s World Cup hopes can be more than just paper talk — if they follow the manager’s laws of momentum.
Ireland face Luxembourg tomorrow in their final friendly before the qualification campaign begins in September.
Head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson has been bullish in his comments to the media about the chances of his Boys in Green.
And his words have not gone unnoticed by Ipswich Town defender O’Shea.
He said: “I think the gaffer’s been very positive about it in the Press and shown that we are going to be there and he’s saying all the right things.
“I think he’s got to be the one who sets the standard and sets where we want to go as a group.
“Obviously he believes in us as a group and he believes in himself and I think that is massive, especially when you can feel the manager believes in you as a group.
“And we’ve got to back that up too, it’s that mentality that’s instilled in the group now so we’ve got to go with it.”
Ireland have a challenging qualification group as they face home and away games with Portugal, Hungary and Armenia between September and November.
But having played their group rivals in the past four years and getting results against all three, O’Shea reckons there is cause for optimism.
He added: “Look, we played Portugal before, we played Hungary before and Armenia, so we know what these countries are like.
“I think we’ve got to back ourselves and obviously that’s a lot of what we’re doing now and the momentum we’re trying to push and keep going.”
And Dublin native O’Shea believes that Ireland’s longest unbeaten run since 2021 can help build confidence.
The 26-year-old added: “Once you start winning games that belief grows and grows. You know you can have that snowball effect so I think that’s big for us to hopefully carry that into the campaign.
“I think there’s a mentality aspect of the game and winning games and keeping that momentum going is massive.
The Ipswich Town defender hopes to be at the 2026 World Cup
“And it’s something we haven’t really had as a nation for a while now. It’s something this group hasn’t had at all really.
“So it’s important that we keep building on this and don’t take the games for granted, because before we know it we’ll be in the World Cup campaign and we’ll be right in the thick of it.
“You only get one chance there to qualify. So it’s important that we make every moment we can.”
That makes the Luxembourg match a big game for O’Shea, who reckons the results and performances bear the hallmarks of a Hallgrimsson team.
The Icelandic gaffer is now nine games into his reign and his own laws of the game are being implemented, with his law of motion crucial.
BELIEF IN BOSS
O’Shea revealed: “He always says, ‘Action, reaction, action, reaction’ and that’s the way he wants us to be.
“The manager is big on someone making a decision and then everyone else going with that. He’s drilled that into us in the sessions and I think everyone buys into that.
“As soon as someone sets the press off you need to go with them or else it’s not going to work.
“We were all pulling in the same direction, working hard, pressing.
“Our press was good. Somebody jumped out, we were all with them.
“We understand the way the manager wants us to play and how he wants us to be as a nation.
“That’s the identity of us as Irish people too, kind of showing that.
“I think for us as a whole, that’s how we are and that’s how we want to be going forward.
“Every successful team is that fundamental, that hard work. You watch PSG for example the other week, they’ve got all the talent in the world, but they worked hard as well and that’s what got them to there as European champions.
“I think for us obviously we have this embedded in us as Irish people, we’re hard-working people and we’re so proud to be Irish so we’ve got to show that on the pitch.”
FRIDAY’S SHOWCASE
He cites Friday’s Senegal game as an example of Ireland’s work ethic.
He said: “We lost the ball, we got around it.
“There were some big tackles, some big blocks, something that we’ve kind of come away from as a nation, which we should never have.
“That’s our identity — obviously working hard, we’re hard-working people and there’s great lads here too.
“So I think if we can build on all those fundamentals and, I suppose, basics . . .
“Obviously everyone’s playing at a high level of football and they’re playing good football at their clubs.
“So take that into it as well and we’ve got the right recipe.”
21 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on Bruce Springsteen shocks fans with Paul McCartney surprise at Liverpool show
When in Liverpool, it’s hard to ignore the legacy of the Fab Four, and the Boss, Bruce Springsteen, brought legendary Beatles member Paul McCartney out during his recent show in the city during his 2025 Land of Hopes and Dreams Tour. During his second-ever concert in Liverpool, Springsteen surprised his fans by welcoming McCartney to […]
21 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on Majorca removes sunbeds and parasols from its top beaches
FOUR beaches around the capital of Majorca are removing around 1,700 loungers.
Palma’s city administration has announced that it plans to reduce the number of sun beds and umbrellas by 20 per cent next year.
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This is because residents in the local areas close to popular beaches have complained that they struggle to find space for their beach towels due to the large number of chargeable loungers and umbrellas.
It has also been noted that the beaches are eroding due to climate change.
For example, storms, rising sea levels and erosion have taken a toll on the six-kilometre-long Playa de Palma.
And whilst this year there are less sunbeds, in 2026 the numbers will be even lower.
According to Bild, Playa de Palma is set to lose the most sunbeds – reducing 6,000 to 4,436.
Out of 2,503 parasols, only 2,218 will remain.
In Cala Major, the number of sunbeds will decrease from 300 to 250.
Elsewhere in Palma’s coastal suburb of Ciutat Jardi, 12 of the 300 sun loungers will go and so will six parasols.
The at Cala Estància, in Can Pastilla, there will be only 132 sun loungers instead of 150 and 66 parasols instead of 75.
Other beaches are also looking to reduce sunbed and parasol numbers.
For example, Cab Pere Antoni city beach, which is not the responsibility of the city administration, will also be more than halved.
The reduction in sun beds is likely to have an impact on sun bed wars that often dominate beaches at popular Spanish resorts.
It could make more wars occur as the loungers become more competitive, or alternatively forced people to bring their own loungers to beaches.
‘Premium loungers’ in Cala Major and on Playa de Palma could also be introduced in the future though.
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These loungers would be more comfortable and spaced further apart.
However, they would be priced much higher than average loungers.
The news follows an announcement from a Spanish campaign group leading a movement against overtourism in Majorca to host a large scale protest this week, that will see 60 organisations meet and protest together.
21 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on Exact date to qualify for this year’s Winter Fuel Payment following MAJOR shake-up
THE government has revealed the exact date that qualifies pensioners for this year’s Winter Fuel Payment after a major shake-up.
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the up to £300 payment will be made to those with an income of or below £35,000 this winter in a huge u-turn.
GettyEligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment has been shaken up[/caption]
The free cash was only paid to state pensioners eligible for Pension Credit in 2024/25.
But ministers have faced backlash and been accused of leaving older households out in the cold after changing the eligibility criteria.
The government says the new criteria for this year means around nine million in England and Wales will qualify for a payment.
Eligibility is based on a person’s age and where they live during the qualifying week.
This year, that week is the third of September (September 15 to September 21).
A person needs to have reached state pension age by September 21 to be eligible for a payment.
Of course, your income will need to be at or below the £35,000 threshold by this date as well.
Pensioners aged up to 80 will receive a Winter Fuel Payment worth £200 while those aged 81 or over will get £300.
Pensioners above the £35,000 threshold will receive the Winter Fuel Payment but have it deducted automatically via PAYE, or a self-assessment tax return.
Pensioners who want to opt out of getting a payment will also be able to do so.
The government says it will reveal further details on how they can do this at a later date.
Ms Reeves said: “Targeting Winter Fuel Payments was a tough decision but the right decision because of the inheritance we had been left by the previous government.
“It is also right that we continue to means test this payment so that it is targeted and fair, rather than restoring eligibility to everyone including the wealthiest.
“But we have now acted to expand the eligibility of the Winter Fuel Payment so no pensioner on a lower income will miss out.
AS political u-turns go, Rachel Reeves’ retreat on winter fuel payments will surely go down as one of the biggest – and messiest – in history.
Her first act as Chancellor to snatch the cold weather cash from 10million pensioners has today been spectacularly dumped.
Nine million OAP will now get the benefit, meaning all but the richest will claw back the £200-£300 sum.
With a price tag of £1.25billion, this whole palaver has only saved the Treasury £450million.
It’s chicken feed in the grand scheme of things, and a tenth of the annual migrant hotel bill.
But the political cost has been devastating.
Labour insiders trace their spanking at last month’s local elections back to Ms Reeves’ toxic decision in the weeks after the election.
That the winter fuel policy was still coming up on doorsteps 10 months later was a sign it was destined for the shredder.
Yet rather than ripping off the plaster cleanly, the past few weeks have seen an agonising u-turn mired in chaos and confusion.
Four years is a long time until the next general election, and Sir Keir Starmer and Ms Reeves will be hoping voters would have since moved on.
But – even with today’s backing down – the winter fuel debacle is likely to live long in the memory of the electorate and haunt Labour for a very long time.
“This will mean over three quarters of pensioners receiving the payment in England and Wales later this winter.”
The decision to limit the Winter Fuel Payment to only those who claimed Pension Credit was one of Labour’s first acts in Government.
Ministers made the move in a bid to balance what was described as a £22billion “black hole” in the public finances.
The shake-up meant the number of pensioners receiving the payment was reduced by around 10million, from 11.4million to 1.5million.
The Treasury claims the new arrangement will cost £1.25billion in England and Wales, while means-testing winter fuel will save the taxpayer £450 million.
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21 hours agoNews TopicsComments Off on Trolls call me a ‘paedophile’ for breastfeeding my ‘grown woman’ daughter – she has tantrums if she doesn’t get my milk
AN INFLUENCER has been branded a “paedophile” for breastfeeding her three-year-old daughter.
Madison Simpson, 22, shares daughter Amaya with boyfriend Jermaine, and has faced backlash for her extended breastfeeding journey.
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Jam Press/@madie_sky_simpsonOthers question why she’s still feeding her daughter when she’s pretty much a “grown woman”[/caption]
Due to her daughter being “bigger than average”, Madison decided to stop – and went cold turkeyJam Press/@madie_sky_simpson
While some cruel trolls have called her a “bad mum”, others have likened her daughter to a “grown woman”, and even called her “obese”, because of her size.
Now Madison – who acknowledged that her daughter is “bigger than average” – has said she decided to stop breastfeeding Amaya, because her milk habit was “turning into an addiction”.
She went cold turkey, but cutting Amaya off didn’t go down well with the toddler.
“Amaya gets very mad if she doesn’t get my boob,” Madison sighed to What’s The Jam.
“She’ll throw a tantrum, refuse to sleep; it’s exhausting.
“I feel like she has done it now for too long and I want my body back.
“Right now, she’s not very happy about it… But it had to happen at some point.”
Madison, who is also mum to four-year-old Amirion, admitted she used to cry about the horrible comments she got from trolls online.
And it’s now made her afraid to even leave her home.
“People bash me as their mum and constantly put us down,” she said.
“I have severe anxiety now, which has made it harder for me to be in public.
“So I just stay home.
“People don’t seem to understand that breastfeeding can continue until the age of four, or even seven, in some countries.
“They just used to stare at me, though and give such a horrid look.
“And online, it’s even worse.
“It’s my child’s choice when they stop – or my own – not anybody else’s.”
Madison first fell pregnant aged 17, and when Amaya was born, she was told that breastfeeding would be the most beneficial for baby as there were complications relating to her growth during the pregnancy.
And despite being criticised for her decision to breastfeed Amaya to her current age, Madison won’t be put off doing the same with her next baby.
She also shared some of her other controversial parenting styles, such as giving her children as much screen time as they want and allowing them to eat what and when they want.
“They don’t really cuss, but they have picked up on a few words and phrases and repeat them around the house,” she admitted.
“I don’t tell them off, though, it’s quite funny.
“And they don’t have a bedtime.
“Often, it’ll be around 11 before they go to sleep.”
Jam Press/@madie_sky_simpsonMadison has suffered so much abuse that she’s got anxiety and can no longer leave her home[/caption]
Jam Press/@madie_sky_simpsonAmaya hasn’t taken kindly to her mum cutting off her milk supply[/caption]
Jam Press/@madie_sky_simpsonMadison was advised to breastfeed Amaya as a baby because of her growth issues during pregnancy[/caption]
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