
Justice Dept. is abandoning its classified documents case against Trump after similar move in election interference caseSusan Lorincz, 60, was convicted in August of killing 35-year-old Ajike “A.J.” Owens by firing a single shot from her .380-caliber handgun in June 2023.A tense situation unfolded at the Ambabhavani temple in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district as Shiv Sena (UBT) workers briefly stopped Karnataka BJP MLA Prabhu Chauhan and his entourage from entering the temple on Wednesday night, people familiar with the matter said. The incident, rooted in political and linguistic tensions between Karnataka and Maharashtra, comes amid the recent friction over issues such as the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) conventions and border disputes. Visuals seen by HT showed around a dozen Shiv Sena (UBT) workers, led by Kolhapur district president Vijay Devane, gathering near the temple to prevent Chauhan’s entry. In the purpoted video, Prabhu Chauhan, representing the BJP from Aurad constituency in Karnataka, could be seen engaged in dialogue with the Shiv Sena (UBT) workers, attempting to defuse the situation. After a heated 15-minute discussion purportedly in Marathi between Chauhan and the protesters, the MLA and his group were eventually allowed to proceed with the darshan of Ambabhavani. HT, however, could not verify the veracity of the video. The Shiv Sena (UBT)’s actions were in response to Karnataka’s recent decision to deny MES permission to hold a convention during the state assembly session in Belagavi, the people cited above said. The Karnataka authorities also barred Maharashtra politicians and MES supporters from attending the rally, citing law and order concerns. Reacting to Karnataka’s move, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders had vowed to prevent Karnataka legislators and ministers from visiting Kolhapur’s temples or even using its roads. Vijay Devane, during his exchange with Chauhan, questioned, “If you prevented us from attending the MES rally in Belagavi, why should we allow you to enter Kolhapur?” Chauhan clarified that the Congress-led government in Karnataka was responsible for denying MES permission and argued that the BJP, which he represents, was not to blame. “Congress should be held accountable, not the BJP. We are alliance partners in the Maharashtra government,” Chauhan told the protesters. However, the Shiv Sena (UBT) workers said similar restrictions were enforced during the BJP’s tenure in Karnataka. The MES convention, or Mahamelava, has been a source of contention between the two states, often marked by incidents disrupting law and order. The Karnataka police had previously denied MES permission for similar events in 2020 and 2021, citing violations of conditions and disturbances caused by pro-Kannada activists. Belagavi police commissioner Yada Martin reiterated that the 2023 convention was also disallowed due to MES’s failure to comply with stipulated conditions. The Shiv Sena (UBT)’s anger extends beyond the MES issue, with workers expressing frustration over Karnataka’s policies perceived as unfavourable to the Maratha community, including making Kannada a mandatory language. Chauhan later told reporters that he attempted to clarify these misconceptions during his conversation with the protesters. “They were misled about the Marathas’ social status and our policies. After explaining the facts, we were allowed inside the temple,” he said.
DETROIT – An important warning for online shoppers is to beware of bogus sales in their social media news feeds. You might see too-good-to-be-true prices on everything from tumblers to sneakers to beauty products and countless other hot holiday items. Don’t fall for it! Consumer Reports reveals how to spot the fakes so your real money isn’t wasted. Was the Grinch behind that ad for trendy holiday gifts that turned out too good to be true? In Bill Sipp’s case, it was an ad for lawn mower equipment. He needed two hard-to-find belt parts for his old Snapper mowers. He found a place that said they did have them in stock. However, after waiting a few days, his order was still pending. He tried calling them, but the phone number was no good. He then called his credit card company and was able to reverse the overseas charge. Bill is embarrassed once he realizes what he has done. But he’s not the only one with click remorse. According to a recent study by the Better Business Bureau, bogus online sales contributed to a 125 percent uptick in fraud reports. Scammers are ready to pounce on unsuspecting holiday scrollers. So, if an item is sold out everywhere else and you find it on a random website you’ve never heard of, there’s a good chance it could be fraudulent. Online shoppers might not even realize they’re buying from a third-party vendor and not directly from a reputable shopping website. This not only opens the door to fraudulent transactions but also faulty products. Unsafe products like pajamas that violate federal flammability standards and carbon monoxide detectors that don’t work have been sold by third-party sellers. The laws haven’t kept up with the emergence of online marketplaces, and, as a result, they aren’t providing legal and financial incentives for companies to keep consumers safe. That needs to change. Before you click ‘buy’, do your homework. If it’s a business you’ve never heard of, search for it on Better Business Bureau or elsewhere. If it’s a retailer you’re unfamiliar with, type in the name of the retailer with the word scam or review to see what other people are saying. Shop online with a credit card. Most offer fraud protection. If your order never arrives on your doorstep, dispute the charge. More: Consumer ReportsGeneral Dynamics Board Declares Dividend, Authorizes Additional Share RepurchasesDarius Tahir | (TNS) KFF Health News President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies that would pose significant conflicts of interest. Oz’s holdings, some shared with family, included a stake in UnitedHealth Group worth as much as $600,000, as well as shares of pharmaceutical firms and tech companies with business in the health care sector, such as Amazon. Collectively, Oz’s investments total tens of millions of dollars, according to financial disclosures he filed during his failed 2022 run for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat. Trump said Tuesday he would nominate Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The agency’s scope is huge: CMS oversees coverage for more than 160 million Americans, nearly half the population. Medicare alone accounts for approximately $1 trillion in annual spending, with over 67 million enrollees. UnitedHealth Group is one of the largest health care companies in the nation and arguably the most important business partner of CMS, through which it is the leading provider of commercial health plans available to Medicare beneficiaries. UnitedHealth also offers managed-care plans under Medicaid, the joint state-federal program for low-income people, and sells plans on government-run marketplaces set up via the Affordable Care Act. Oz also had smaller stakes in CVS Health, which now includes the insurer Aetna, and in the insurer Cigna. It’s not clear if Oz, a heart surgeon by training, still holds investments in health care companies, or if he would divest his shares or otherwise seek to mitigate conflicts of interest should he be confirmed by the Senate. Reached by phone on Wednesday, he said he was in a Zoom meeting and declined to comment. An assistant did not reply to an email message with detailed questions. “It’s obvious that over the years he’s cultivated an interest in the pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry,” said Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a watchdog group. “That raises a question of whether he can be trusted to act on behalf of the American people.” (The publisher of KFF Health News, David Rousseau, is on the CSPI board .) Oz used his TikTok page on multiple occasions in November to praise Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including their efforts to take on the “illness-industrial complex,” and he slammed “so-called experts like the big medical societies” for dishing out what he called bad nutritional advice. Oz’s positions on health policy have been chameleonic; in 2010, he cut an ad urging Californians to sign up for insurance under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, telling viewers they had a “historic opportunity.” Oz’s 2022 financial disclosures show that the television star invested a substantial part of his wealth in health care and food firms. Were he confirmed to run CMS, his job would involve interacting with giants of the industry that have contributed to his wealth. Given the breadth of his investments, it would be difficult for Oz to recuse himself from matters affecting his assets, if he still holds them. “He could spend his time in a rocking chair” if that happened, Lurie said. In the past, nominees for government positions with similar potential conflicts of interest have chosen to sell the assets or otherwise divest themselves. For instance, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Attorney General Merrick Garland agreed to divest their holdings in relevant, publicly traded companies when they joined the Biden administration. Trump, however, declined in his first term to relinquish control of his own companies and other assets while in office, and he isn’t expected to do so in his second term. He has not publicly indicated concern about his subordinates’ financial holdings. CMS’ main job is to administer Medicare. About half of new enrollees now choose Medicare Advantage, in which commercial insurers provide their health coverage, instead of the traditional, government-run program, according to an analysis from KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News. Proponents of Medicare Advantage say the private plans offer more compelling services than the government and better manage the costs of care. Critics note that Medicare Advantage plans have a long history of costing taxpayers more than the traditional program. UnitedHealth, CVS, and Cigna are all substantial players in the Medicare Advantage market. It’s not always a good relationship with the government. The Department of Justice filed a 2017 complaint against UnitedHealth alleging the company used false information to inflate charges to the government. The case is ongoing. Oz is an enthusiastic proponent of Medicare Advantage. In 2020, he proposed offering Medicare Advantage to all; during his Senate run, he offered a more general pledge to expand those plans. After Trump announced Oz’s nomination for CMS, Jeffrey Singer, a senior fellow at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, said he was “uncertain about Dr. Oz’s familiarity with health care financing and economics.” Singer said Oz’s Medicare Advantage proposal could require large new taxes — perhaps a 20% payroll tax — to implement. Oz has gotten a mixed reception from elsewhere in Washington. Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, the Democrat who defeated Oz in 2022, signaled he’d potentially support his appointment to CMS. “If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude,” he said on the social platform X. Oz’s investments in companies doing business with the federal government don’t end with big insurers. He and his family also hold hospital stocks, according to his 2022 disclosure, as well as a stake in Amazon worth as much as nearly $2.4 million. (Candidates for federal office are required to disclose a broad range of values for their holdings, not a specific figure.) Amazon operates an internet pharmacy, and the company announced in June that its subscription service is available to Medicare enrollees. It also owns a primary care service , One Medical, that accepts Medicare and “select” Medicare Advantage plans. Oz was also directly invested in several large pharmaceutical companies and, through investments in venture capital funds, indirectly invested in other biotech and vaccine firms. Big Pharma has been a frequent target of criticism and sometimes conspiracy theories from Trump and his allies. Kennedy, whom Trump has said he’ll nominate to be Health and Human Services secretary, is a longtime anti-vaccine activist. During the Biden administration, Congress gave Medicare authority to negotiate with drug companies over their prices. CMS initially selected 10 drugs. Those drugs collectively accounted for $50.5 billion in spending between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023, under Medicare’s Part D prescription drug benefit. At least four of those 10 medications are manufactured by companies in which Oz held stock, worth as much as about $50,000. 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In his TikTok videos from earlier in November, Oz echoed attacks on the food industry by Kennedy and other figures in his “Make America Healthy Again” movement. They blame processed foods and underregulation of the industry for the poor health of many Americans, concerns shared by many Democrats and more mainstream experts. But in 2022, Oz owned stakes worth as much as $80,000 in Domino’s Pizza, Pepsi, and US Foods, as well as more substantial investments in other parts of the food chain, including cattle; Oz reported investments worth as much as $5.5 million in a farm and livestock, as well as a stake in a dairy-free milk startup. He was also indirectly invested in the restaurant chain Epic Burger. One of his largest investments was in the Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain Wawa, which sells fast food and all manner of ultra-processed snacks. Oz and his wife reported a stake in the company, beloved by many Pennsylvanians, worth as much as $30 million. ©2024 KFF Health News. 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ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was 100 years old . The Carter Center said the 39th president died Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care , at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died in November 2023, lived most of their lives. A moderate Democrat, Carter ran for president in 1976 as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad grin, effusive Baptist faith and technocratic plans for efficient government. His promise to never deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter said. Carter’s victory over Republican Gerald Ford, whose fortunes fell after pardoning Nixon, came amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over race, women’s rights and America’s role in the world. His achievements included brokering Mideast peace by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David for 13 days in 1978. But his coalition splintered under double-digit inflation and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His negotiations ultimately brought all the hostages home alive, but in a final insult, Iran didn’t release them until the inauguration of Ronald Reagan, who had trounced him in the 1980 election. Humbled and back home in Georgia, Carter said his faith demanded that he keep doing whatever he could, for as long as he could, to try to make a difference. He and Rosalynn co-founded The Carter Center in 1982 and spent the next 40 years traveling the world as peacemakers, human rights advocates and champions of democracy and public health. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, Carter helped ease nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiate cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, the center had monitored at least 113 elections around the world. Carter was determined to eradicate guinea worm infections as one of many health initiatives. Swinging hammers into their 90s, the Carters built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The common observation that he was better as an ex-president rankled Carter. His allies were pleased that he lived long enough to see biographers and historians revisit his presidency and declare it more impactful than many understood at the time. Propelled in 1976 by voters in Iowa and then across the South, Carter ran a no-frills campaign. Americans were captivated by the earnest engineer, and while an election-year Playboy interview drew snickers when he said he “had looked on many women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times,” voters tired of political cynicism found it endearing. The first family set an informal tone in the White House, carrying their own luggage, trying to silence the Marine Band’s traditional “Hail to the Chief” and enrolling daughter, Amy, in public schools. Carter was lampooned for wearing a cardigan and urging Americans to turn down their thermostats. But Carter set the stage for an economic revival and sharply reduced America’s dependence on foreign oil by deregulating the energy industry along with airlines, trains and trucking. He established the departments of Energy and Education, appointed record numbers of women and nonwhites to federal posts, preserved millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness and pardoned most Vietnam draft evaders. Emphasizing human rights , he ended most support for military dictators and took on bribery by multinational corporations by signing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He persuaded the Senate to ratify the Panama Canal treaties and normalized relations with China, an outgrowth of Nixon’s outreach to Beijing. But crippling turns in foreign affairs took their toll. When OPEC hiked crude prices, making drivers line up for gasoline as inflation spiked to 11%, Carter tried to encourage Americans to overcome “a crisis of confidence.” Many voters lost confidence in Carter instead after the infamous address that media dubbed his “malaise” speech, even though he never used that word. After Carter reluctantly agreed to admit the exiled Shah of Iran to the U.S. for medical treatment, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun in 1979. Negotiations to quickly free the hostages broke down, and then eight Americans died when a top-secret military rescue attempt failed. Carter also had to reverse course on the SALT II nuclear arms treaty after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Though historians would later credit Carter’s diplomatic efforts for hastening the end of the Cold war, Republicans labeled his soft power weak. Reagan’s “make America great again” appeals resonated, and he beat Carter in all but six states. Born Oct. 1, 1924, James Earl Carter Jr. married fellow Plains native Rosalynn Smith in 1946, the year he graduated from the Naval Academy. He brought his young family back to Plains after his father died, abandoning his Navy career, and they soon turned their ambitions to politics . Carter reached the state Senate in 1962. After rural white and Black voters elected him governor in 1970, he drew national attention by declaring that “the time for racial discrimination is over.” Carter published more than 30 books and remained influential as his center turned its democracy advocacy onto U.S. politics, monitoring an audit of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. After a 2015 cancer diagnosis, Carter said he felt “perfectly at ease with whatever comes.” “I’ve had a wonderful life,” he said. “I’ve had thousands of friends, I’ve had an exciting, adventurous and gratifying existence.” ___ Contributors include former AP staffer Alex Sanz in Atlanta. Bill Barrow, The Associated Press
It's holiday season at the Jesser household, where great-grandmother Elizabeth Mackenzie is set to celebrate her 100 Christmas, but her favourite dessert might not be on the menu. or signup to continue reading She prefers plum puddings, but apparently the family is taking pavlovas to their cousin's house on . "I haven't seen some of the relatives - not that they'd be as old as me," Ms Mackenzie said. The centenarian has been doing a tour of Bendigo following her 100 birthday on December 7, revisiting her birthplace and the cemeteries where her parents and grandparents are buried. She had been staying with her daughter in Kennington when she spoke with the on Christmas Eve, a few weeks after the birthday celebration at the Queens Arms in Quarry Hill. The historic hotel is only a few streets away from Reginald Street, where Ms Mackenzie was born in 1924. Her father was Archibald Drummond, who worked for the Tarax soft drink company before he started a service station in Kangaroo Flat. Mr Drummond was reportedly well-known in the area; he was the president of the local bowling club and founded the Kangaroo Flat Golf Club. He also was known as a charity worker and helped organise the annual , which has featured an imperial dragon in the parade since 1892. "I used to be terrified of the Easter fair where the Chinese, all of a sudden, started letting the crackers off on the dragon," Ms Mackenzie said. Following her father's death when she was seven, Ms Mackenzie went to live with her grandparents in Barkers Creek, living opposite the train line. The 100-year-old still remembers the train driver, on his way from Melbourne, once threw a birthday parcel out of the window into her mother's waiting arms. "Little things like that are never erased from your mind," she said. She later moved back to Kangaroo Flat and attended the local primary school before going to Bendigo High School. Against her mother's wishes, Ms Mackenzie enlisted for the Australian Army after she turned 18, and came to use her typing skills as part of the clandestine Z Special Unit. This reconnaissance and guerilla warfare unit operated behind Japanese lines, and is best known for its raids on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour. However, Ms Mackenzie largely worked at 'Airlie', a double-storey mansion in South Yarra where the operatives would visit her on the ground floor to get their orders. During her initial interview Ms Mackenzie was told that "whatever you hear and see in this room does not go out the door - can you remember that?" "And that's where I was - in the most secret unit in Australian World War II," she said. At the time, Ms Mackenzie was not aware of her job's significance. It was in this job she met her husband, Gilbert Mackenzie, who was an operative that helped organise a mock raid on Townsville Harbour in 1943. "This operative came in through the door and I thought, 'he's nice'," she said. "I thought I'll have a look at his file." Ms Mackenzie was later discharged at the historic Bendigo mansion Fortuna Villa. After the war she returned to work at solicitors' firm on View Street, where she had previously worked prior to enlisting. Today Ms Mackenzie still lives by herself, receiving home assistance at her unit in Doncaster. Ms Mackenzie attributes her longevity to her love for bike-riding in her earlier years. When she was a teenager she would ride a green Buckland bike from Kangaroo Flat to a business college in the city where she learnt to be a typist. "I rode my bike thousands of kilometres back in those days and that's where I got my strength," she said. "Don't just have a walk - get a bike and that will get you to 100." Brodie Everist is a Bendigo-based journalist who joined the Bendigo Advertiser in 2024 after covering news in North East Victoria for two years. 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Quarterback Drew Lock will start for the New York Giants on Sunday against the visiting Indianapolis Colts, coach Brian Daboll confirmed Tuesday. Lock's availability was uncertain after he injured his right shoulder during last weekend's 34-7 setback against the Atlanta Falcons. Lock, 28, underwent an MRI on Monday and the tests showed no damage, Daboll said. In six games (three starts) this season, Lock has an 0-3 record and has completed 52.7 percent of his passes for 624 yards with one touchdown and four interceptions. The Giants (2-13) take a 10-game losing streak -- the longest in franchise history -- into the meeting with the Colts (7-8). --Field Level MediaFour Corners Property Trust, Inc. ( NYSE:FCPT – Get Free Report ) announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, November 11th, Zacks Dividends reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of 0.355 per share by the financial services provider on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st. This is a boost from Four Corners Property Trust’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. Four Corners Property Trust has increased its dividend by an average of 3.6% annually over the last three years. Four Corners Property Trust has a dividend payout ratio of 123.5% meaning the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. Equities research analysts expect Four Corners Property Trust to earn $1.70 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.42 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 83.5%. Four Corners Property Trust Stock Performance Shares of NYSE:FCPT opened at $27.45 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $28.43 and a 200-day moving average of $27.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.17 and a current ratio of 0.17. Four Corners Property Trust has a twelve month low of $22.38 and a twelve month high of $30.93. The firm has a market cap of $2.66 billion, a PE ratio of 25.65 and a beta of 1.12. Analyst Ratings Changes Several research firms recently weighed in on FCPT. UBS Group began coverage on shares of Four Corners Property Trust in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $33.00 price objective for the company. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and set a $32.00 target price (up previously from $28.00) on shares of Four Corners Property Trust in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. JMP Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Four Corners Property Trust in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Barclays initiated coverage on Four Corners Property Trust in a report on Tuesday, December 17th. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $31.00 price objective for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Four Corners Property Trust presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $30.60. Check Out Our Latest Report on Four Corners Property Trust About Four Corners Property Trust ( Get Free Report ) FCPT, headquartered in Mill Valley, CA, is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the ownership, acquisition and leasing of restaurant and retail properties. The Company seeks to grow its portfolio by acquiring additional real estate to lease, on a net basis, for use in the restaurant and retail industries. Read More Receive News & Ratings for Four Corners Property Trust Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Four Corners Property Trust and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
Tonight's episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! was a momentous one, with enormous cheers erupting in the jungle as a new champion was crowned. The 2024 series has thrilled audiences, some of whom have hailed it as the "best series ever" due to the charismatic castmates. This year's finalists were Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones from McFly, and Reverend Richard Coles. But it was Danny who reigned supreme as King of the Jungle, with hosts Ant and Dec delivering the exhilarating results on live television. Upon hearing that they had been voted as the public’s favourite 2024 campmate, Danny broke down in tears as he was left overwhelmed by the result. Asked how he felt, Danny replied: "It feels amazing, I can't even talk." Fans took to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, to express their joy at the news. One wrote: Well done Danny totally deserved #ImACeleb," as another penned: "Buzzing for Danny #imaceleb." A third exclaimed: "Called that from the moment Danny Jones was announced. #imacelebrity #ImACeleb." One more gushed: "Aw Danny deserves it he spoke about his mental health, always remained positive and was just all round amazing #ImACeleb #imacelebrity2024." Earlier in the show, the final three had the opportunity to tuck into an extravagant final feast in camp. After their success in their last ever Bushtucker trial, The Towers of Terror, the campmates each got to pick their favourite meals. Danny had a starter of mozzarella sticks with sweet chilli sauce, a buttermilk chicken burger and chips for his main course, fresh cream profiteroles with warm Nutella sauce for dessert, and a cold glass of beer for his drink. Coleen had a starter of bruschetta, spaghetti bolognese with flaky parmesan cheese and garlic bread for her main course, the same profiterole dish as Danny for dessert, and a glass of French pale Provence rose for her drink. Richard had a starter of king prawn cocktail with salad, cottage pie with peas, carrots and gravy for his main course, fruit cake for dessert, and Chablis Grand Cru for his drink. After their final trial, Danny said: “Super proud of ourselves, it’s been an amazing journey and honestly, what a way to go out!” “I’m immensely proud, but we just don’t smell great!” Richard added, while Coleen admitted: “I’m glad it’s all over.” Catch up with the latest seris of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on ITVX.
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