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The winners of Love Island 2021 have been announced as Millie Court and Liam Reardon.

The couple – who were favourites to win the competition – beat fellow finalists Chloe Burrows and Toby Aromolaran to claim the £50,000 prize.

After the result was revealed, the couple had to decide whether to stick or split the money.

Millie was the lucky recipient of the envelope containing the cash – but split it with her beau, meaning they took home £25,000 each.

Teddy Soares and Faye Winter placed third during the live series final of the show, which aired on Monday night – while Kaz Kamwi and Tyler Cruickshank came fourth, presenter Laura Whitmore revealed.

Teddy and Faye have reconciled since the row
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Teddy and Faye placed third in tonight’s final

The finalists read declarations of love to each other during their last night in the Mallorcan villa.

Liam told of his “special” first kiss with Millie – before apologising for his dalliance with Lillie Haynes during a visit to rival villa, Casa Amor.

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Love Island Casa Amor contestant Lillie Haynes dropped the bombshell that Liam had been unfaithful to Millie. Pic: ITV/Lifted Entertainment
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Love Island Casa Amor contestant Lillie Haynes dropped the bombshell that Liam had been unfaithful to Millie. Pic: ITV/Lifted Entertainment

He said: “I then had a challenge thrown my way and I was so sorry for what I had done. Seeing you distraught and I never want to see you that way ever again.”

Toby used his speech to ask Chloe to be his girlfriend.

Love Island’s 2019 winner Amber Gill praised Toby for using his declaration to confirm their relationship.

She wrote on Twitter: “Who would have thought TOBY would ask the best way out of everyone!”

The final was hosted in the garden of the Love Island villa – where more than 40 islanders attempted to find romance.

The couples were woken by a text on their final morning revealing they would take part in a salsa dance class.

They learned in a second message how the female contestants would be leaving the villa to visit a spa – while their male counterparts wrote their declarations of devotion.

Love Island 2021 contestant Chloe Burrows received death threats early on in the series. Pic: ITV/Lifted Entertainment
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Love Island 2021 contestant Chloe Burrows received death threats early on in the series. Pic: ITV/Lifted Entertainment

Later on the men wore black tie to a summer ball event in the villa garden – before the women arrived one by one and the group enjoyed a celebratory glass of champagne to mark their final soiree.

The final was aired as Liberty Poole and Jake Cornish – coupled up since the first episode of the series – relinquished their place in the final after calling time on their romance and leaving the villa.

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Liam Payne: Five charged in connection with death of One Direction star, as judge details his final moments

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Five people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina.

Three people have been charged with negligent homicide and two have been charged with supplying drugs, the Argentinian Public Prosecutor’s Office said.

The 31-year-old pop star died after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires on 16 October.

Negligent homicide – similar to gross negligent manslaughter in the UK – carries a sentence of one to five years, while supplying drugs carries a sentence of up to 15 years.

Roger Nores, described as a “representative” of Payne, was one of those charged with negligent homicide, alongside hotel manager Gilda Martin and receptionist Esteban Grassi.

A hotel employee, Ezequiel Pereyra, and waiter, Braian Paiz, have been charged with supplying drugs on two occasions.

All five have been summoned to appear in court.

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A statement from the judge and public prosecutor today said Payne had been “demanding” drugs and alcohol during his stay at the hotel.

On the 16 December, Payne was in the hotel lobby and “unable to stand” due to the “consumption of various substances”, the court document said.

The receptionist and two others “dragged” the singer to his room, and the manager allowed this to happen “at least by omission”.

Given Payne’s “altered” consciousness and the access to a balcony from the room, the “proper thing to do was to leave him in a safe place and with company until a doctor arrived”, according to the judge.

They also accused Payne’s representative, Nores, of leaving Payne on his own in the hotel in a “state of vulnerability”, despite knowing about Payne’s previous addiction problems and that the fact Nores could “not trust that the rest of the hotel staff would act appropriately”.

The judge described Payne’s death as “foreseeable”.

The prosecutor’s office previously ruled out self-harm as a factor in the One Direction star’s death, and said he did not adopt a reflex posture to protect himself from the fall, meaning it can be inferred he may have fallen “in a state of semi or total unconsciousness”.

The new document today reiterated the hypothesis that Payne had “tried to leave the room through the balcony and thus fell”.

The results of toxicology tests revealed that before his death, Payne had traces of alcohol, cocaine, and a prescription antidepressant in his body.

According to the post-mortem examination, Payne died from “multiple” injuries and internal and external bleeding.

Argentine investigators found what appeared to be narcotics and alcohol strewn around broken objects and furniture in Payne’s hotel room, leading the public prosecution to surmise he had suffered a substance abuse-induced breakdown around the time of his fall.

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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen rejoins tournament he quit over wearing jeans – after dress code change

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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen rejoins tournament he quit over wearing jeans - after dress code change

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen is back in a major tournament after he quit because he was told to change his jeans.

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has now relaxed its dress code to allow “elegant minor deviations”.

Those deviations “may, in particular, include appropriate jeans matching the jacket”, the new rules state.

Carlsen was defending his titles at the Fide World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York when he was told to change his trousers.

He had been to a lunch meeting before the competition and had to change quickly.

“I put on a shirt, jacket and honestly like I didn’t even think about jeans,” he told chess publication Take Take Take.

After playing a few rounds of the tournament, he was told he would face a fine because of his jeans, and then was told he wouldn’t be able to play at all if he didn’t change.

The Norwegian refused and left the competition on Saturday, saying he’d go somewhere where the weather was a “bit nicer”, adding: “I am too old at this point to care too much.”

FIDE quickly rewrote the rules after the spat and Carlsen will now return to the championships, which the federation described as “great news for the chess world”.

“The situation was badly mishandled on their side,” said Carlsen in an interview with Take Take Take.

“I was about to book my plane tickets.”

But he told the publication he was pleased to be playing again, as he loved the tournament.

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Magnus Carlsen, pictured here in February, quit the tournament over the incident. Pic: dpa/AP
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Magnus Carlsen, pictured here in February, quit the tournament over the incident. Pic: dpa/AP

The chess federation has warned players against taking liberties with their outfits.

“I sincerely hope that nobody would try to undermine the festive mood, including by abusing this additional flexibility,” said Arkady Dvorkovich, FIDE president in a statement.

“Special assistants” will be on hand to help judges decide whether players’ outfits are acceptable, according to Mr Dvorkovich.

Five-time World Chess champion Carlsen was previously involved in a dispute with rival Hans Niemann.

He accused Niemann of cheating after he was beaten at a tournament in 2022, but Niemann denied the allegations and said he would “strip fully naked” to prove his innocence.

The pair settled a $100m (£79m) lawsuit in August last year.

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Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright announce they’re expecting their first baby

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Actress Michelle Keegan is expecting her first baby with husband Mark Wright, the celebrity couple have announced.

Keegan and former The Only Way Is Essex star Wright, both 37, shared the news on their Instagram accounts with the caption “2025 is going to be a special one for us” followed by a baby emoji.

A picture on the social media site posted on Sunday shows the couple standing opposite each other on a beach as former Coronation Street actress Keegan holds her bump.

Keegan, also known for her roles in Sky comedy Brassic and Netflix’s Fool Me Once, is wearing a white off-the-shoulder top and skirt, while Wright is dressed in a beige shirt and trousers.

Coleen Rooney, comedian Joel Dommett, and Bridgerton actress Jessica Madsen were among those to congratulate the couple in comments on the post.

Radio host Wright, who appeared on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, began dating Keegan in 2012.

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They got engaged the following year before getting married at St Mary’s Church in Bury St Edmunds in 2015.

The couple now live together in Essex.

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