Switzerland fights to contain forest fire near Italy border as winds pick up
By Denis Balibouse BITSCH, Switzerland (Reuters) -Swiss firefighters on Tuesday were battling a forest fire that has forced more than
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Open Championship dark horse picks 2023: 5 sleepers who could win at Royal Liverpool
Who are the sleepers at the 2023 British Open that could win at Royal Liverpool? Let's break down our Open Championship dark horse picks and longshots.Pack your bags for Royal Liverpool Golf Club this week, either literally or figuratively, as we are heading to famed Hoylake for the 2023 Op...
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Monaco media guide
An overview of the media in Monaco, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.
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Montana Brown opens up about struggle to conceive before son’s birth
Montana Brown has opened up about the struggle to get pregnant with her first child despite being in her twenties. The former Love Island star, 27, gave birth to her and fiancé Mark O’Connor’s son Jude last month – but said she was shocked that it was difficult to conceive in the first place. Speaking to Giovanna Fletcher on herHappy Mum Happy Baby podcast, Brown said she thought “something was wrong” with her when she first started trying to get pregnant but couldn’t. “I thought, ‘We’re young, this is going to be really easy’… for the first four months we’d used ovulation sticks, and then I’d do a pregnancy test and it’d be negative,” she recalled. “And I’d be like, ‘Oh my God, that is so hurtful’ and then you do that month after month. “Then I was kind of overthinking, is there something wrong with me, should I be getting checked?” Brown joked that she also sent O’Connor to the fertility clinic to check his sperm and recalled: “I said, ‘There’s something wrong with your sperm! You need to get it checked out, it’s not me!’” But in the end, both parties went to check their fertility and found that “everything was fine”. “So, Mark loves going in the sauna and also he’s an avid cycler, two things which are not good for sperm, which I did not know,” the reality star continued. “I also found out I had no oestrogen and no testosterone. It kind of left me a bit like, ‘Oh, I can be young, fit and healthy, and still really, really struggle to conceive’.” When she did eventually fall pregnant, Brown said it was a surprise and she thought her symptoms – which included tiredness, nausea and hot sweats – were because of food poisoning. “For some reason, like clockwork in the evenings, I was having hot sweats,” Brown said. “I had stabbing pains. And I was being sick every night. “I said to Mark, ‘I’ve got food poisoning’. And he was like, ‘I don’t think you do… you’re definitely pregnant’. “I said, ‘Mark, please, come on, we had sex that one time… this is not happening, there’s no way’. So I really avoided taking a pregnancy test. I genuinely was so convinced I was just ill.” However, O’Connor insisted that she take a pregnancy test and ordered her one via Deliveroo. Brown said she agreed to take the test “just to shut [him] up”. “I just remember weeing on the stick and just being like, ‘Yeah, it’s not loaded yet’. Just kind of a bit blasé. And then I just remember seeing it and I was like, ‘Oh my God’.” According to Brown, O’Connor, who was FaceTiming her as she took the test, was in disbelief even though he had been right. “He was like, ‘No, you’re joking’. I was like, ‘I’m not joking, it says pregnant!’” The couple welcomed their baby boy, named Jude Isaiah O’Connor, on 23 June and said they were “so smitten”. In the early days of her pregnancy, Brown said she experienced “excruciating pain”, which led her to think she had “a gall stone or appendicitis” rather than being pregnant. Montana and O’Connor announced their engagement in April, after he proposed to her on a beach in Bermuda. They met in 2020 and went “Instagram official” with their relationship the year after. She was a contestant in series three of the ITV reality dating show, where she was coupled up with Alex Beattie by the end of the series. However, the pair broke up shortly after leaving the villa. Read More Sorry lads, we just can’t afford any more reckless, middle-aged adventurers Cruise line apologises after passengers witness dozens of pilot whales being slaughtered Woman’s response to Tinder match asking her to go on an ice cream date sparks debate Margot Robbie has fangirl moment over Love Island stars Ekin-Su, Davide and Liberty Maya Jama reflects on ‘importance’ of her relationship with ex Stormzy Inside the famous Love Island villa near Majorca
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Wesley Fofana undergoes surgery after ACL injury
Chelsea have confirmed Wesley Fofana has undergone surgery on an ACL injury.
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Heatwave scorches Europe, in pictures
Temperatures are expected to peak at 46C in Sardinia as a heatwave continues in parts of Europe.
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Qin Gang: China's 'missing' foreign minister sparks guessing game
Appointed to his post last December, Mr Qin is seen as a trusted aide of President Xi.
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Hearing on handling classified materials in Jack Smith's Trump case could set up clash over delay
Special counsel Jack Smith's team and lawyers for Donald Trump will appear Tuesday for the first time in front of the judge who will preside over the criminal case Smith has brought against the former president, for a hearing that will be procedural nature but could provoke clashes over how quickly the classified documents case should move to trial.
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Brighton reject Chelsea's £70m bid for Moises Caicedo
Chelsea have seen an offer worth £70m for Moises Caicedo rejected by Brighton & Hove Albion. The Seagulls have set an asking price of £100m.
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Man City transfers: Gvardiol deal nears as Bernardo Silva, Mahrez and Walker talks go on
Manchester City are close to completing the signing of Josko Gvardiol, but could lose Bernardo Silva, Kyle Walker and Riyad Mahrez before the end of the transfer window.
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First US nuclear sub docks in South Korea since 1981
The visit was agreed under a landmark defence pact in April and comes amid rising tensions with Pyongyang.
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Colombian rescuers search for children after river burst its banks
At least six people are dead after rising river waters swept away homes in Cundinamarca province.
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