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Gladiators star under fire for ‘promoting body-building supplements deceptively marketed towards kids’ One star of Gladiators has caught heat for promoting a brand that has long been accused of deceptively marketing body-building food supplements to children. Matty Campbell is a bodybuilder, former sprinter, and footballer. He’s also known for appearing as Bionic in the BBC revival of Gladiators, which he joined last year. The athlete boasts 25,000 Instagram followers, a platform where he regularly shares snaps from the gym, showcasing his very toned physique. He’s also prone to the odd paid partnership, one of those being with the US brand Ghost. Ghost…

Is it best to wait? (Nintendo) A reader explains why he won’t be buying a Nintendo Switch 2 at launch and why he’s always wary of buying games and consoles on day one. There’s a lot of very positive excitement for the Switch 2 at the moment and I am all for it. The reveal trailer didn’t reveal much but it did all look new and interesting and even though the console looks the same as the old one it still felt different and I kind of like the fact that they’re holding things back, like what the mystery…

The Royal Rumble delivered in spades WWE fans were left in floods of tears for all the right reasons just minutes after Logan Paul appeared to have ‘ruined’ the 2025 Royal Rumble. The Road to WrestleMania 41 is officially here and Jey Uso is heading to the main event in Las Vegas after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in the company’s history. In what was arguably the most star-studded Rumble in history, the former Bloodline member eliminated John Cena to book his own place in the history books. ‘Is Cole crying? I am too 😭 #RoyalRumble,’ tweeted…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he ordered military airstrikes on a senior “Islamic State” attack planner and others from the terror network in Somalia. “These killers, who we found hiding in caves, threatened the United States and our Allies,” Trump said on Truth Social. “The strikes destroyed the caves they live in, and killed many terrorists without, in any way, harming civilians.” Strikes coordinated with Somalia’s government The strikes were carried out in the Golis Mountains, a range on the northern coast of the Somali Peninsula, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, adding that the mission was coordinated with Somalia’s government. An…

UK to be first country to make owning artificial intelligence tools designed to make images of child sexual abuse illegal Creators of AI child sex abuse images face up to five years in prison under crackdown Creators of AI-generated images of child sexual abuse will face up to five years in prison in a new government crackdown. Home secretary Yvette Cooper has announced that the UK will be the first country in the world to make it illegal to own artificial intelligence tools designed to make images of child sexual abuse. The new offence will be punishable by up to…

Yang Tengbo was removed from the UK on national security grounds after it was alleged he was a Chinese spy Prince Andrew sought £2.5bn with help from alleged spy Prince Andrew sought secret advice from senior Chinese Communist officials as he tried to raise £2.5billion for his company, documents have revealed. The duke planned to “leverage the role of the royal family” to raise the money for his now-aborted Pitch@Palace entrepreneurs’ scheme in China, according to The Times. It comes after Andrew’s close confidant Yang Tengbo was removed from the UK on national security grounds after it was alleged he…

Around a thousand supporters of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) march through central London, from Waterloo to Whitehall, to demand his release from prison, on February 1, 2025. [Getty]Thousands of supporters of jailed far-right agitator Tommy Robinson marched in London Saturday demanding his release, while police deployed to keep them apart from a large counter-protest. Tech billionaire Elon Musk posted a message of support on his online platform X, his latest intervention in support of Europe’s far right. Robinson, 42, is serving an 18-month jail term imposed in October after he admitted breaching a 2021 High Court injunction. Protesters organised under…

Beethoven or birds — but no room on new euro notes for Irish cultural icons The European Central Bank (ECB) is considering using European cultural figures on the front of its next series of euro banknotes but 14 of the 20 countries that use the currency, including Ireland, will not be represented. In an update on this long-running plan to update the euro banknotes, the ECB announced that it has selected motifs to illustrate the two possible themes for future euro banknotes. The first option, ‘European culture’, focuses on shared cultural spaces and famous Europeans. The second is ‘Rivers and birds’ and…

President Zelensky says Russia attacking own civilians in Kursk. As Ukraine accused Russia of bombing a boarding school sheltering civilians in the Russian town of Sudzha, which is currently occupied by Ukraine. At the same time, Russian officials said Kyiv was behind the air strike, which they described as a “crime.” “Russian aviation struck a boarding school in the town of Sudzha, Kursk region, with a guided aerial bomb,” the Ukrainian army’s general staff said on Telegram. “The strike was carried out on purpose.” Ukrainian officials said at least four people were dead. Kyiv deployed its forces across the Russian…

Colombia and Venezuela launched a joint operation to counter guerrilla groups that are fighting in the mountainous northeastern Catatumbo region. The violence broke out after the National Liberation Army (ELN) targeted rival armed groups and their alleged sympathizers in an attempt to assert control over a swath of the border region that is home to coca plantations that supply much of the world’s cocaine. Colombia, Venezuela launch joint operation to counter guerrilla groups