LOVE Island viewers cringed for two boys last night and accused them of making a horrifying blunder.

It followed a genius twist introduced by Maya Jama on launch night.

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The Love Islanders were thrown in at the deep end on day one[/caption]

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She announced the show’s first ever American bombshell and immediately gave her the power to steal a boy.

Las Vegas VIP waitress Toni swiped Ben – leaving Burnley lass Shakira single.

Shakira then had 24 hours to make a new connection or be dumped from the island.

If Shakira could convince a boy to split from his partner she’d be saved.

When Maya Jama returned to the villa, three lads said they were willing to leave their couple and stood up for Shakira.

Harry, Conor and Blu all threw their hat in the ring.

But Conor, Helena’s partner, and Blu, who is in a couple up with Alima, had to awkwardly sit back down.

Taking to X, one viewer said: “It must be so awkward to have stood up and not get chosen… the second hand embarrassment is crazy.”

A second echoed: “Imagine having to sit back down next to the girl u just publicly said you’d dump after not getting chosen pmsl.”

And a third said: “No because the thought of the boys that don’t get picked having to sit back down acting like nothing has happened.”

The ITV2 show beauties were left worried last night when Shakira confessed she was interested in “everyone”.

Shakira, 22, ruffled feathers with her antics.

She pulled Dejon – who is coupled up with Meg – for a chat first.

Shakira then wasted no time and asked Harry for a chat on the terrace and things quickly turned flirty.

Shakira teases: “Haza you little minx!”

Harry then replies: “It’s day two come on let’s keep it PG.”

Putting the effort in to find a new connection, Shakira then pulled Conor for a chat and he told her: “You surprised me, you came in with massive energy, but I feel like you’re not like that, you’re chill and smart.”

Shakira admitted: “I love the Irish accent, it’s sexy! I’ve never dated an Irish guy.”

She also caught up with Blu telling him: “I think it’s good cause it gives everyone a kick up the bum…I think you’ve got a good vibe…you’re very calming and I don’t have to put on a bravado.”

Their flirty banter came after fans had called for the lad to be kicked out – and his partner saved.

Shakira’s effort didn’t stop there as she also pulled Tommy by the pool telling him: “I think it’s best I try to get to know everyone.”

For all the latest on Love Island keep up to date with our live blog.

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Liberal MP Moira Deeming offered to press pause on former state party leader John Pesutto's legal debt to her in exchange for a preselection guarantee.

Ahead of the decision the bar’s co-owner Joshua Paparo told PerthNow that there was clearly some confusion.

Will the FAMU Rattler go to jail?

WHEN a single gunshot shattered a peaceful summer evening on the remote island of Orkney, the shockwaves would be felt by the close-knit rural community for decades to come. 

Families were dining in the island’s only Indian restaurant when a masked man calmly walked in and killed 26-year-old waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood at point black range, before vanishing into the night without uttering a single word.

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The murder scene shows a bullet hole in the wall where Mahmood was shot[/caption]

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Waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood was murdered with a single bullet in the Mumataz Indian Restaurant in Kirkwall, Orkney[/caption]

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The murder continues to divide the remote UK island[/caption]

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The extraordinary murder on June 2, 1994 sparked a manhunt that continues to fiercely divide the tiny island off the north coast of Scotland, which has a population of less than 22,000.

Now an astonishing new Amazon Prime documentary, The Orkney Assassin: Murder in the Isles revisits the bizarre case which saw a local schoolboy, Michael Ross, eventually convicted of the murder. 

Ross, now 46 years old, never took the stand during his trial at the High Court in Glasgow and has never given any interviews or made a statement before.

But as the thirtieth anniversary of the crime approached, he agreed to speak to a local reporter from prison in Aberdeen.

He and journalist Ethan Flett struck up a friendly rapport and Ross agreed to answer questions that had never been asked – including why he made four brazen attempts to break out of jail.

Ethan is the only journalist who has been allowed to visit him.

He told The Sun: “Looking into his eyes was a surreal experience. The meeting will stick in my mind for a while. 

“Meeting Ross was just bizarre. 

“The paradox is that here was this laid back, polite, easy going decent person who has been convicted of murder.

“The strangest thing about him is how normal he is. He’s been taking the gym seriously.

“But we sat chatting in a room which is like any ordinary school cafeteria – except the furniture is bolted to the floor. 

“I’d never been inside a prison before, it was just strange.

“When I initially asked Michael for an interview, he wrote straight back because he realised I knew the case quite well.

“I have spent a lot of time looking at it, and the cold case review, but when I went to visit I made it clear that I was not in any way interested in campaigning for his innocence or trying to find someone else guilty. 

“I had legitimate concerns about the case, and he was happy to proceed on that basis.

He told me he was innocent but I wasn’t going to take his word for it – he had been found guilty by a jury

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“He had serious concerns about the credibility of certain witnesses, and that various leads and motives had not been looked into properly because he was the prime and only suspect. 

“He told me he was innocent but I wasn’t going to take his word for it – he had been found guilty by a jury.”

Cloud of suspicion

The pair spent six months writing back and forth to each other, with Ross responding to each of Ethan’s questions in great detail.

During the original murder investigation, 2,736 statements were taken, and a pair of witnesses claimed they saw Ross wearing the same balaclava and dark clothing as the murderer in woodland a fortnight earlier. 

The 15-year-old was called in for questioning, accompanied by his father – a well respected local police officer, Eddy Ross. 

Ross proclaimed his innocence – claiming he was out for a bike ride that night and his route did not take him anywhere near the murder scene.

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Ross continues to protest his innocence and has repeatedly tried to escape jail[/caption]

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Reporter Ethan Flett visited Ross in prison and struck up a rapport[/caption]

It was a time before CCTV or mobile phones, and recalling the night of the murder, Ross confided to Ethan: “I didn’t know what the sirens were for at that point, and didn’t think much more about it.”

Despite the cloud of suspicion hanging over her son, his mother Moira added that he was “just his normal self” that night.

Moira, who believes the real killer remains on the loose, later went upstairs to his bedroom: “I said: ‘Did you shoot that man?’ and he said ‘no’ and I just can’t get over the look on his face when I asked him that.” 

She maintains her son never set foot in the restaurant.

Angus Chisholm was the detective inspector for the then Northern Constabulary in Inverness sent to oversee the manhunt. 

Unaware of the connection, he tasked Eddy with the ballistic side of the investigation.

Its focus became the 9mm bullet casing of the single shot which passed through 26 year-old Mr Mahmood’s head and became embedded in the wall.

Eddy quickly identified the round as one previously used by the British Army.

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The murder investigation was led by top cop Angus Chisholm[/caption]

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Ross with his parents Eddy and Moira during a prison visit in 2012[/caption]

And as the inquiry continued a reconstruction of the murder featured on the BBC’s Crimewatch UK.

But, unlike most TV appeals, detectives had no description of the gunman.

Locals wrestled with various theories but inquiries on the island and in the waiter’s native Bangladesh drew a blank.

Two months later, Eddy confessed that he had discovered a box of the same 9mm bullets used in the murder – in his own home.

In a jaw-dropping revelation, the father-of-three claimed he had been given the box – which was still sealed – by a pal who was a former marine. 

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The Scorpion machine pistol weapon was found in the car hired by Ross[/caption]

But when questioned, his friend Jim Spence said he had given Eddy two boxes – one sealed and one half full.

In a separate development, a mother and daughter reported they had seen a masked male acting suspiciously in nearby Papdale Woods – and named him as PC Ross’ son Michael. 

Eddy said later: “Basically from that point in time the finger was pointing towards us.”

But evidence mounted against Michael when cops searched the family home.

‘Death to the English’

They found school books with Nazi swastikas drawn over them, scribbles saying ‘Death to the English’ and SS symbols.

Although Mahmood had only been on the island for six weeks, and had no known enemies, his family insisted the shooting was racially motivated.

Then, in December, Ross was arrested and admitted dropping his balaclava into the sea with a heavy stone attached.

But Chisholm said the teenager was unfazed by the gravity of the allegations.

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The letter sent by witness William Grant led to the enquiry being reopened[/caption]

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Ross was given a further five years for trying to flee court after the verdict[/caption]

He recalled: “He was cool, calm and collected.”

Although there was not enough evidence to charge Ross, the investigation left Eddy’s 23 year police career in ruins – he was charged with perverting the course of justice and jailed for three years.

Meanwhile Ross left school at the age of 17 and joined his father’s old regiment, the Black Watch, progressing through the ranks and eventually becoming the sergeant of a sniper platoon.

He married, had two daughters and was even mentioned in dispatches for showing bravery when comrades were killed during a tour of Iraq.

And while he remained free, the troubling tale slipped into obscurity.

I promise that I saw the person who killed the Indian waiter

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But in 2006, 12 years after the murder, the cold case took a fresh twist when an anonymous letter was handed in to the local police station.

This was the breakthrough that would lead to Ross’s downfall.

A new witness, local man William Grant, claimed he saw the killer coming out of a public toilet cubicle on the night of the murder, brandishing a gun.

The shock revelation led to Ross’s arrest. “It was disbelief again,” he told Ethan.

Hallmarks of professional hit

Ross maintained his innocence, and Leah Seator, editor of The Orcadian, said many people on the island thought Ross would walk free.

His lawyer argued it was unthinkable that a teenager could have carried out the killing – it had the hallmarks of a professional hit.

Prosecutor Brian McConnachie said the case has had a lasting impact on the community which remains divided over his guilt.

“I suspect it still does affect people.

“I think there’s always going to be two sides.”

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Prosecutor Brian McConnachie said the case still divides the island[/caption]

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The victim’s brother Abul Shafuddin Mahmood maintains the murder was racially motivated[/caption]

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Witnesses reported seeing the killer in Papdale Woods close to the scene[/caption]

McConnachie described the high profile case as “challenging” but on 20 June 2008 the jury took just four hours to return a guilty verdict – only for the moment to be overshadowed by an audacious escape attempt.

As he was about to be led away Ross dramatically knocked over a security guard, and jumped out of the dock.

He yanked open a side door and ran, but was tackled by a court official. 

It later emerged that he had parked a rental car two miles from the court, containing a Skorpion machine pistol with 542 rounds of ammunition – which he had smuggled back from Kosovo – as well as an air rifle, hand grenade, smoke grenades, a sleeping bag, camping equipment and survival gear.

There’s something unnerving about what was contained within the car

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McConnachie added:  “If you are trying to look for things that point towards guilt, then you might look at the circumstances of the last day of the trial, and the motor vehicle that he had and the things he had in them when he tried to escape from the court – never mind trying to escape from the prison.

“There’s something unnerving about what was contained within the car.”

When Ross returned to court four months later, amid heightened security, he was sentenced to 25 years plus a further five for his bid to flee.

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Ross’s friend Susan Robinson joined the campaign for his release[/caption]

In that time, he has made three further attempts to escape from custody in one of Scotland’s highest security prisons.

In 2014, he tried to break out of a security van on the way to hospital and, in 2016, he stole an angle grinder from the prison workshop, replacing it with a wooden replica. 

Most recently, in 2018, the former soldier tried to scale the perimeter fence of a sports field at HMP Shotts in Lanarkshire, using a rope ladder he fashioned.

His jacket contained food, clothing and a toothbrush, and he was placed into solitary confinement for a week. 

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The Orcadian newspaper has covered the case for over 40 years[/caption]

Ross’s lawyer said he knew the bid for freedom would fail but he wanted to attract attention to his appeal.

His conviction was upheld by the Court of Criminal Appeal however, and in 2014, a review deemed that the soldier had not suffered a miscarriage of justice.

He remains incarcerated and his earliest release date is 2035.

Looking back at his meetings with Ross, Ethan added: “I honestly don’t know whether he is guilty. 

“He answered all my questions openly, I’ve read his psychiatric reports and he seems sane.

He has expressed sorrow in an open letter to the victim’s family

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‘What I found most interesting was his justifications for his escape attempts. 

“He says that he did it to garner a bit of publicity for his claims of innocence, and says that he would have surrendered to the authorities if he were successful.

‘He admitted to saying racist things as a teenager, but claimed that it was immaturity that he regretted.

“He has expressed sorrow in an open letter to the victim’s family but he does not think it would be appropriate to speak to them directly.

“There’s still so much interest in this case from Orkney people, so the story is ongoing.”

While the victim’s family feel justice has been served, Ross’s supporters have set up a petition to clear his name.

The shadow of doubt still divides opinion in Orkney to this day. 

The Orkney Assassin is streaming on Prime Video now.

PRIMARK is known for its epic beauty dupes.

And it seems the store has done it again with a new arrival – a completely aerosol free dry shampoo.

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A look at the new product was shared on the Inverness Beauty TikTok page, which posts the latest drops in the Primark beauty and hair departments.

In the video, they showed the dry shampoo, which contains hyaluronic acid and “absorbs oils, sweat and volumises hair”.

It also costs £4 for 54g, compared to £26 for 56g of Aveda’s much-loved Shampowder dry shampoo.

“I hope it’s like the Aveda one!!!” one person wrote in the comments section of the TikTok video.

“Oooo a trip to Primark for me!” another added.

“If you see this, I need to try it!” a third insisted, tagging a friend.

Aveda’s Shampowder shampoo has long been a favourite among beauty fans – particularly for the fact that it doesn’t leave a white residue like its aerosol equivalents.

“Perfect for absorbing excess oil, impurities and sweat with powerful plant powders, this dry shampoo powder instantly adds volume and texture to refresh style,” Aveda say of the product on their website.

And the reviews for the pricey product are overwhelmingly positive, with one person writing: “I have been using this product for a few weeks now, I wanted to test it on days where I really needed to rescue my hair!

“I have dark brown hair and was worried at first that it comes out a white powder, but very pleased when I found it disappeared when it absorbed the oils.

“I like that it isn’t a spray but found the bottle a bit fiddly, took a little time to get used to.”

“Love this new dry shampoo format,” another added.

“It gives you good control over how much product to use vs an aggressive aerosol.

“Please bring out a dark haired version!”

“This is my new go-to dry shampoo!” a third commented.

“I love the signature Aveda smell of the formula; it’s gentle and pleasant.

“The bottle and application method is so easy to use, it evenly distributes the product and works so well to absorb the excess oil and gives me volume to extend my wash day out by a day.”

Aveda isn’t the only company to release an aerosol-free dry shampoo, however.

Stacey Solomon’s Rehab brand also has a powder-based formula, but it’s still pricey at £24.

Despite that, reviewers rave about the Essential Dry Shampoo, with some going as far to call it “one of the best dry shampoos” they’ve ever used.

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Stacey Solomon’s Rehab brand also has an aerosol free dry shampoo that some people call “one of the best” they’ve ever used[/caption]

ALDI’S Specialbuys are hitting the shelves this week with many items perfect for the coming summer months.

With prices starting at just 99p there is something for everybody at the German discounter supermarket chain.

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Aldi has many exciting Special Buys coming up this week[/caption]

Aldi’s Specialbuys always have shoppers racing to their local stores to snap up the latest deals and we’ve got the entire list for you to have a lot for you to look through.

Coming up this week from Thursday June 12, there’s plenty to buy to spoil our beloved fur babies.

Spoil Your Pets

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One of the fun buys includes a self-watering pet fountain[/caption]

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And a cosy pet bed for when your pooches need a rest[/caption]

Some highlights of the exciting pet range up for grabs include, a soft pet blanket which comes in four colours and is machine washable for only £5.99.

If you really want to go the extra mile for your four-legged friends, Aldi will be selling a Pet Birthday Box.

For £3.99 the kit includes a bandana, party hat, bow tie, card and toy to help you party in style with your pooch.

Also pet Special Buys is a treat tin for £4.49, rope toy at £1.99 and colourful harnesses for the bargain price of £5.99.

Other amazing pet bargains this week include plush pet beds which range in price from £12.99 to £24.99 depending on the size of your pets.

There are also plenty of summer accessories for pets, including a £6.99 collapsible folding pet pool and adorable pet water fountain.

The water fountain is the perfect outdoor interactive water dispenser for dogs which provides fresh drinking water at the push of a paw and will only set you back £4.99.

If you’re more on the lookout for car accessories, look no further than the Washable Boot Mattress that comes in four designs and only costs £9.99.

Just a few days after these excellent special items are released in Aldi stores, the mega-retailer will put even more middle aisle treats out.

On Sunday, June 15 the Aldi Special Buys are all about summer holidays and keeping the kids entertained during the end of year break.

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There are plenty of summer options in Aldi’s Special Buys this week[/caption]

The children’s swim vests with armbands are perfect for pro-paddlers or tots taking their first swim.

They come in three colours and feature buckles and an adjustable strap for a secure fit all for just £11.99.

Other holiday must-haves is children’s activity travel tray for £7.99 which will keep little ones occupied on the move as they get creative.

The tray includes five colour water pens, 20 papers and features a polyester table with plastic and zipper.

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The travel gaming and work tray is perfect for kids this summer[/caption]

One of the items that is sure to fly off the shelves is the £4.99 basic foldable bag that comes in two sizes and is a space saver that keeps clothes neat and tidy.

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The foldable bag is perfect for a quick getaway[/caption]

For those lucky enough to be leaving Britain this summer and bringing electronics, Aldi has an EU power adapter up for grabs for only £5.99.

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A travel adapter is essential for summer travel[/caption]

School Holiday Fun

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Aldi will also stock plenty of activities to keep kids busy these holidays[/caption]

Other school holiday savers available at Aldi in just a few days time include many activities such as Dough Art (£4.99), Colour Me Cuddle Me toys (£7.99), Paint Your Own Squishy (£3.99), and range of activity books starting at 99p to £4.99.

But it’s not just kids who will be able to pick up items to keep them entertained this summer.

Many Harper Collins paperbacks will be up for grabs for just £2.99 or if you getting crafty is more up your alley, Aldi will be selling a Sew Your Own Bag (shopping or beauty bag) for just £3.99.

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But there’s also plenty available for adults who are looking to unwind[/caption]

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The make-your-own bag kit is a bargain way to get crafty[/caption]