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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Turn Heads on His Birthday Date New

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Turn Heads on His Birthday Date

See more of our coverage in your search results. Welcome (back) to New York, Travis Kelce!The Kansas City Chiefs player joined his wife, Taylor Swift, in the Big Apple to celebrate his 37th birthday with a dinner date at a Manhattan hotspot.The couple was photographed walking into Torrisi, an upscale SoHo eatery, Monday evening.Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce rang in the latter’s 37th birthday in New York City on Monday. BlayzenPhotos / BACKGRIDThe duo dined at Torrisi in SoHo. JosiahW / BACKGRIDThe pop star wore an all-black outfit for the occasion. GC ImagesThe pop star, 36, wore an all-black ensemble for their night out, from her leather jacket and lace-hemmed dress to her strappy heels and purse.Swift’s husband, whose NFL team is currently on a bye week, paired a cardigan over a white T-shirt with charcoal trousers and dress shoes.The pair held hands as they entered the Italian restaurant.She paired a lace-trimmed dress with a leather jacket. BlayzenPhotos / BACKGRIDKelce, for his part, wore a cardigan, trousers and dress shoes. BACKGRIDHe and Swift held hands. GC ImagesSwift popped up in NYC on Saturday, supporting her pal Dakota Johnson’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig.The Grammy winner crashed her friend’s monologue for a joke about being Johnson’s “therapist” during her failed romances.At the end of the show, Swift presented the “Verity” star, 37, with a blue birthday cake.Their date night comes after the couple spent a weekend apart. GC ImagesThe songwriter (pictured above on May 23) attended Dakota Johnson’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig and did not attend her husband’s NFL game in Nevada on Sunday. Charles Wenzelberg/New York PostShe, however, did not attend the actress’ birthday dinner at Via Carota, which Jennifer Lawrence was photographed at, on Sunday.Kelce and his team, meanwhile, were in Nevada over the weekend as they defeated the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium.She also skipped Kelce’s game against the Miami Dolphins the week prior, attending the MTV VMAs instead.The songwriter has, however, been present at the Chiefs’ home games at Missouri’s Arrowhead Stadium this season.The pair were last photographed in the Big Apple together in September. Tatiana / BACKGRIDSwift and Kelce (pictured above in August 2025) got married at Madison Square Garden in July. AI image generated by Adobe FireflyShe proudly showed off her wedding ring when Kelce scored a touchdown last month.Swift and the “Catching Kelce” alum tied the knot in Madison Square Garden in July after three years of dating.They were last photographed in New York City together in September, with the duo dining at the Indian restaurant Ambassadors Clubhouse in NoHo. Community GuidelinesWelcome to the Page Six Community!Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas in a safe space.In order to do so, we've created a simple set of rules that will improve your experience.Simply put, keep it civil.Your post will/might be rejected if it contains: Spam Insults, profanity, incoherent, obscene or inflammatory language and threats of any kind Attacks on the identity of other commenters or the article's author User accounts will/might be blocked if we notice: Continuous attempts to re-post comments that have been previously moderated/rejected Racist, sexist, or homophobic comments Attempts or tactics that put the site security at risk So, how can you be a power user? Stay on topic and share your passion. Feel free to elaborate to get your point across. 'Like' or 'Dislike' when you are filled with emotions! Protect your community. Use the report tool to alert us when someone breaks the rules. Thanks for reading our community guidelines. Don't forget, freedom of speech is not the freedom of reach!

Oct 06, 2026
Why Emmerdale and Coronation Street Have Disappeared From ITV Tonight New

Why Emmerdale and Coronation Street Have Disappeared From ITV Tonight

Football impacts the soaps once more (Picture: ITV) Sorry soap fans, I have some bad news. Emmerdale and Coronation Street won’t be airing this evening. Remember the summer, when it felt like the ITV soaps were barely on because of the football? Our naïve selves thought things would get back to normal once autumn arrived, but it really has been a year of soap sacrifice for football. The World Cup caused constant schedule changes, then there was the Carabao Cup, and now the UEFA Nations League. All tournaments have seen the soaps shunted around the schedules, with missing weekday episodes and the occasional double-up and Sunday special. Well, here we go again! Here’s everything you need to know about the schedules for Coronation Street and Emmerdale this week. Why aren’t Emmerdale and Coronation Street on this evening? To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Emmerdale and Corrie won’t be airing this evening due to ITV covering the UEFA Nations League match between England and Czechia. The coverage begins at 7pm and won’t end until 10:05pm, which means there sadly isn’t any room for Corrie and Emmerdale in the schedules tonight. Today’s episodes haven’t been uploaded to ITVX or YouTube either, so don’t go over there to look! You can still take a trip to soapland though, as EastEnders is airing on BBC One at 7:30pm. When will they be back? Emotions continue to run high for Christina this week (Picture: ITV) Fortunately, you don’t have too long to wait to see the Emmerdale and Corrie residents again, as they will be back on our screens in the usual slots of 8pm and 8:30pm tomorrow (October 7) night. The football won’t impact the schedules for the rest of the week, thankfully, with both ITV soaps airing as normal on Thursday and Friday as well. What is happening in Emmerdale and Corrie this week? Following Gabby Thomas’ (Rosie Bentham) panic attack yesterday, her health gets worse when she suddenly collapses, forcing Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) to call an ambulance. In the hospital, Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) supports Laurel and Gabby as she shares more information about Gabby’s diagnosis, an eating disorder called orthorexia. Charity is released (Picture: ITV) Elsewhere, after DS Thea Ramsden’s (Chelsea Edge) risky move at work, Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) returns home, and quickly learns that Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) has no intention of forgiving her over the lie about baby Leyla. I mean, why would she?! In Weatherfield, Jodie Ramsey’s (Oliva Frances-Brown) obsession with David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) reaches new heights. Also, George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) and Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) discover that Rachel’s ashes have gone missing, and later find Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) in the precinct with the urn in her hands.

Oct 06, 2026
Posibil focar de ciumă în Rusia: detaliul care provoacă îngrijorare New

Posibil focar de ciumă în Rusia: detaliul care provoacă îngrijorare

Situaţia sanitară este „sub control” în Rusia, potrivit autorităţilor, care au minimizat luni informaţiile conform cărora o tehniciană de laborator ar fi decedat din cauza ciumei în Siberia, Donald Trump declarându-se, la rândul său, dispus să ofere ajutor, relatează AFP.Preşedintele american a mai spus că urmăreşte situaţia „foarte îndeaproape”.Decesul Dariei Şipilova, o tehniciană de laborator în vârstă de 28 de ani care lucra pentru Institutul de combatere a ciumei din Irkuţk, anunţat vineri de mai multe mass-media ruse, a stârnit îngrijorări serioase, notează News.ro.Potrivit publicaţiei „Popoarele din Baikal”, aceasta ar fi contractat ciuma pulmonară din cauza spargerii unei eprubete de laborator.Conform aceleiaşi surse, aproximativ 200 de persoane cu care această femeie ar fi intrat în contact au fost plasate în carantină.Însă analizele efectuate de o comisie specială de experţi au arătat că în cazul acestei tinere cauza decesului este „o pneumonie” cu origine „nedeterminată”, a afirmat luni guvernatorul regiunii Irkuţk, Igor Kobzev. Conform anchetei efectuate de agenţia de sănătate publică Rospotrebnadzor, „în probele biologice ale tinerei nu a fost detectat niciun microorganism legat de activitatea sa profesională”, a declarat acesta pe Telegram.Washingtonul, „cu ochii pe situație”Situaţia sanitară din regiune este „stabilă”, a asigurat Kobzev, adăugând că niciun alt angajat al Institutului de luptă împotriva ciumei nu a consultat un medic de la anunţarea decesului tinerei.„Situaţia rămâne sub controlul nostru şi al experţilor”, a afirmat el.Purtătorul de cuvânt al Kremlinului, Dmitri Peskov, le-a cerut luni jurnaliştilor să „se bazeze pe declaraţiile oficiale ale Rospotrebnadzor, mai degrabă decât pe zvonuri şi speculaţii”.Şi Statele Unite acordă atenţie situaţiei, a declarat luni Marco Rubio, şeful diplomaţiei americane. „Călătoriile între Statele Unite şi Rusia sunt, evident, foarte limitate, dar, ca în orice altă situaţie, dacă ceva de acest gen ar ajunge să se răspândească, s-ar putea propaga rapid”, a recunoscut secretarul de stat înainte de plecarea sa în Islanda.„Aşadar, urmărim şi monitorizăm situaţia îndeaproape. Nu cred că există motive de îngrijorare, dar este necesar (...) să rămânem cu ochii pe ea”, a adăugat el.„Urmărim situaţia foarte atent, tocmai am auzit despre asta”, a declarat la rândul său Donald Trump, înainte de a adăuga: „Îi vom ajuta”.Ciuma este o boală infecţioasă cauzată de bacterii. Ciuma pulmonară este extrem de contagioasă şi poate fi mortală dacă nu este tratată rapid, potrivit Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii (OMS).Brendan Wren, profesor la London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), subliniază, într-un comunicat, că bacteria care provoacă ciuma pulmonară este „destul de transmisibilă, dar nu la fel de mult” precum Covid-19.„În fiecare an, la nivel mondial, se înregistrează încă aproximativ 2.000 de cazuri de ciumă, care pot fi tratate cu antibiotice obişnuite. Însă, dacă apar tulpini rezistente la mai multe antibiotice şi dacă laboratorul lucrează cu o astfel de tulpină, posibilităţile de tratament pot fi limitate”, a recunoscut el.Citește și:Ciuma din Rusia: ce este aceasta boală și cât de îngrijorați ar trebui să fim Editor : B.E.

Oct 06, 2026
Özgür Özel’in İzmir çıkışındaki sert sözler gündeme damga vurdu New

Özgür Özel’in İzmir çıkışındaki sert sözler gündeme damga vurdu

YENİ Parti Genel Başkanı Özgür Özel, partisinin grup toplantısında gündeme ilişkin açıklamalarda bulundu.Parti değiştiren isimlere sert tepki gösteren Özel, “Satıp gidenler haindir! Hain oğlu haindir” ifadelerini kullandı.Özel, şunları ifade etti:-Senin siyasetin İzmir'de, Foça'da aday çıkaramamışken, Foça'yı MHP'ye bırakmış, AK Parti-MHP %15 oy almışken, Foça'nın seçtiği kadın başkana tehdit, şantaj, baskı, korkuyla gidip %15 aldığınız ilçenin belediyesine çökmektir!-Yıllardır, yıllardır, yıllardır asla kazanmadığın, kazanamadığın, sana güvenmeyen İzmir'in güvenip de oy verdiği kişiyi tehditle, şantajla, baskıyla, cezaevinin ucunu göstererek, içeride yatan birinin dosyasında adını göstererek partine devşirmeye çalışan, eski siyasetin daniskasıdır!-Bu baskılara boyun eğmeyip içeride aslanlar gibi yatıp arkadaşlarını, partisini satmayanlar ölene kadar kardeşimizdir! Satıp gidenler haindir! Hain oğlu haindir! -Onu satın alanlar da milli irade hırsızıdır!-Teyzem dedi bana: "Bırak, giden gitsin! Satan satsın! Topuklayan topuklasın! Halk Partisi var iktidara yürüyüşte! Esas onlardan arınalım, önümüze bakalım! Yürüyelim arkadaşlar! www.sozcu.com.tr internet sitesinde yayınlanan yazı, haber ve fotoğrafların her türlü telif hakkı Mega Ajans ve Rek. Tic. A.Ş'ye aittir. İzin alınmadan, kaynak gösterilerek dahi iktibas edilemez.

Oct 06, 2026
Why George, Charlotte and Louis Use a Different Surname at School New

Why George, Charlotte and Louis Use a Different Surname at School

Published 17:03 5 Oct 2026 GMT+1Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis use a different surname at school as reason for change revealedThe royal youngsters previously underwent a name changePrince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis may have some of the most recognisable names in the country, but things are kept rather less formal when they’re at school.It turns out that the Prince and Princess of Wales’s three children don’t use their full royal titles in the classroom. After all, it might be a bit weird for their classmates to have to call them by their titles, and create an us-versus-them divide.The decision to use a different surname is a practical arrangement which follows a long-standing royal tradition, and also explains why the children previously went by a completely different surname.AdvertGeorge, Charlotte and Louis once used the last name ‘Cambridge’ at school, reflecting the Prince William and Kate Middleton’s titles at the time, of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte go by different surnames at school (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)That changed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 and the accession of King Charles III.Prince William subsequently became the Prince of Wales, while his wife Catherine became the Princess of Wales. Their children also became Prince George of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales.As a result, the informal surname they could use at school changed from Cambridge to Wales.It meant that George, Charlotte and Louis started at Lambrook School as the Cambridge children before becoming the Wales children following the major change in the Royal Family.The change means that when a surname is required now, they are known as George Wales, Charlotte Wales and Louis Wales.The custom might sound unusual outside Royal circles, but it has plenty of precedent within William’s own family.William and his younger brother Prince Harry were known as William Wales and Harry Wales at school because their father, the now King Charles, was Prince of Wales at the time.The brothers continued using Wales in other areas of their lives. The change means they don't have to use their titles at school (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)During their military careers, for example, William and Harry were known by the surname Wales rather than using their full royal titles.In 1960, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip declared that their descendants who required a surname would use Mountbatten-Windsor, combining the Royal Family’s Windsor name with Philip’s Mountbatten family name.However, royals who possess titles do not necessarily need to use a conventional surname in the same way as most people. The practice has been followed elsewhere in the family. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, for example, have previously used York, reflecting their father Prince Andrew’s Duke of York title.George, Charlotte and Louis’s school lives are now beginning to take different paths.George, who turned 13 in July, started at Eton College in September 2026, following in his father’s footsteps. William attended the Berkshire boarding school between 1995 and 2000.Charlotte, 11, and Louis, eight, remain at Lambrook, the Berkshire preparatory school the three siblings began attending together in 2022.While classmates may share lessons with George Wales, Charlotte Wales and Louis Wales, outside the school gates they remain three of the most prominent young members of the Royal Family and have the titles to match.Featured Image Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesTopics: Royal Family, Prince George, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte

Oct 06, 2026
Trump Draws Reactions With His Message on High Gas Prices New

Trump Draws Reactions With His Message on High Gas Prices

Presidenti i Shteteve të Bashkuara, Donald Trump, i ka cilësuar çmimet e larta të benzinës që paguajnë amerikanët si një “çmim të vogël për të paguar për të mbajtur botën dhe vendin tonë të sigurt”.Trump u rikthye te çështja e çmimeve të karburanteve gjatë një mitingu elektoral në Grand Island, Nebraska, në kuadër të fushatës për zgjedhjet e mesmandatit që do të zhvillohen më 3 nëntor.Gjatë fjalimit, Trump deklaroi se çmimi i naftës është aktualisht më i ulët se gjatë administratës së paraardhësit të tij, Joe Biden. Megjithatë, kjo deklaratë është raportuar si e pasaktë.Presidenti amerikan parashikoi gjithashtu se çmimi i benzinës në SHBA do të bjerë në më pak se 1.85 dollarë për gallon, ose rreth 3.8 litra, “brenda një periudhe shumë të shkurtër”.Sipas Trump, kjo ulje mund të ndodhë përpara zgjedhjeve të mesmandatit ose menjëherë pas tyre. Në fjalimin e tij, presidenti amerikan përsëriti edhe qëndrimin e administratës së tij ndaj Iranit, duke deklaruar se Shtetet e Bashkuara nuk do të lejojnë Teheranin të pajiset me armë bërthamore.Trump e lidhi çmimin më të lartë të karburanteve me çështjen e sigurisë kombëtare dhe ndërkombëtare, duke e paraqitur atë si një kosto të nevojshme për garantimin e sigurisë.Çmimet e benzinës janë kthyer në një çështje të ndjeshme për administratën amerikane, veçanërisht në prag të zgjedhjeve të mesmandatit të nëntorit. Top Channel

Oct 06, 2026
Požar u niškoj Tvrđavi podigao buru: Studenti traže odgovornost New

Požar u niškoj Tvrđavi podigao buru: Studenti traže odgovornost

Foto: juznevesti.com autor: 05. okt. 2026. 22:20 Studenti u blokadi niškog Univerziteta saopštili su da večerašnji požar u delu niške Tvrđave tokom vatrometa i bakljade pristalica Srpske napredne stranke "pokazuje potpunu nesposobnost i izostanak odgovornosti za posledice sopstvenih postupaka". Oglas "Naš carski grad nije poligon za vaše opasne igrarije. Javna imovina nije vaša privatna svojina. Prestanite da više ugrožavate živote građana", piše u objavi studenata na društvenim mrežama.Kazali su da "građani zaslužuju vlast koja će odgovarati za svoje postupke, a ne vlast koja će za sopstvene propuste uvek tražiti nekog drugog".U saopštenju je rečeno i da očekuju da vlasti utvrde ko je odgovoran za paljenje dela niške Tvrđave i da budu kažnjeni po zakonu."Vreme je da građani pokažu da političari iz Srpske napredne stranke, okupljeni oko bivšeg predsednika, nisu sposobni da vode ovu zemlju i zato, 25. oktobra biramo zajedno sigurnu, bezbednu i pravednu Srbiju" glasanjem za Studentsku listu koja je broj tri na glasačkom listiću, rečeno je u saopštenju."Neodgovorno i bahato ponašanje"Takođe, grupa građana "Niš moj grad" i Pokret juga Srbije saopštili su večeras da najoštrije osuđuju, kako su kazali, neodgovorno i bahato ponašanje tokom večerašnjeg predizbornog skupa Srpske napredne stranke, kada je usled upotrebe pirotehničkih sredstava izbio požar na niškoj Tvrđavi, jednom od najvažnijih spomenika kulture i simbola tog grada."Dok se vlast hvali 'brigom o gradu', građani Niša su večeras svedočili sramotnim scenama u kojima se istorijsko nasleđe pali radi jeftinih političkih poena i stranačke propagande", rečeno je u saopštenju. Foto: BETA/SASA DJORDJEVIC Grupa građana "Niš moj grad" i Pokret juga Srbije traže da vlasti kažu ko je odobrio upotrebu otvorene vatre i pirotehnike u neposrednoj blizini zaštićenog spomenika kulture, da li će odgovorni za izazivanje opasnosti i potencijalnu štetu na Tvrđavi odgovarati pred zakonom i da li su bezbednost građana i očuvanje gradske baštine podređeni stranačkim interesima."Niška tvrđava je preživela vekove i razna osvajanja, ali je žalosno da u 21. veku mora da se brani od neodgovornosti onih koji bi trebali da je čuvaju", istakli su predstavnici grupe građana "Niš moj grad" i Pokreta juga Srbije.Zahtevaju hitnu reakciju policije, vatrogasne službe i Zavoda za zaštitu spomenika kulture da bi se utvrdio stepen štete i sankcionisali organizatori incidenta. Pratite nas na društvenim mrežama: Koje je tvoje mišljenje o ovoj temi? Učestvuj u diskusiji ili pročitaj komentare

Oct 06, 2026
Vahap Seçer hakkında tutuklama kararı: Mersin operasyonunda neler yaşandı? New

Vahap Seçer hakkında tutuklama kararı: Mersin operasyonunda neler yaşandı?

Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi ile 2 merkez ilçe belediyesine yönelik düzenlenen ‘yolsuzluk’ operasyonunda gözaltına alınıp adliyeye sevk edilen 60 kişiden aralarında Yenişehir Belediye Başkanı Abdullah Özyiğit ve Mezitli Belediye Başkanı Ahmet Serkan Tuncer’in de bulunduğu 16 kişi tutuklandı.MERSİN BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYE BAŞKANI DA TUTUKLANDI7 kişiye ev hapsi verilirken, 1 kişi ise adli kontrol şartıyla serbest bırakıldı. Son olarak hakim karşısına çıkarılan Mersin Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Vahap Seçer hakkında da tutuklama kararı verildi.Mersin Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı tarafından Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi ile Yenişehir ve Mezitli belediyelerine yönelik yürütülen yolsuzluk soruşturması kapsamında Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Vahap Seçer, Yenişehir Belediye Başkanı Abdullah Özyiğit ve Mezitli Belediye Başkanı Ahmet Serkan Tuncer’in de aralarında bulunduğu 63 kişi hakkında gözaltı kararı verildi.İl Emniyet Müdürlüğü Kaçakçılık ve Organize Suçlarla Mücadele (KOM) Şube Müdürlüğü ekipleri, 1 Ekim'de belirlenen çok sayıda adrese operasyon düzenledi. Soruşturma dosyasında yer alan 4 kişinin tutuklu olduğu belirlenirken, 59 kişi ise gözaltına alındı.Ekipler, hakkında gözaltı kararı verilen kişilerin adreslerinde ve belediye binalarında arama yaptı. Gözaltına alınanlar emniyetteki işlemlerinin tamamlanmasının ardından dün sabah adliyeye sevk edildi.Öte yandan soruşturma kapsamında bir ek gözaltı daha yapıldı. Bu kişinin de adliyeye sevk edilmesiyle sayı 60’a yükseldi.YENİŞEHİR BELEDİYESİ’NDEN 6, MEZİTLİ BELEDİYESİ’NDE 10 KİŞİ TUTUKLANDISavcılıkta sorgusu tamamlanan Seçer, Özyiğit ve Tuncer’in de aralarında olduğu 60 kişiden 50'si tutuklama talebiyle mahkemeye sevk edildi.10 kişi için adli kontrol kararı istendi. Yenişehir Belediye Başkanı Özyiğit ve aynı belediyeden 5 kişi, mahkeme tarafından tutuklanırken, 1 kişiye ise ev hapsi verildi.Öte yandan, Mezitli Belediye Başkanı Tuncer ve aynı belediyeden 9 kişi de çıkarıldıkları mahkemece tutuklandı, 6 kişiye ev hapsi verildi, 1 kişi ise adli kontrol şartıyla salıverildi. Son olarak hakim karşısına çıkarılan Mersin Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Vahap Seçer hakkında da tutuklama kararı verildi. www.sozcu.com.tr internet sitesinde yayınlanan yazı, haber ve fotoğrafların her türlü telif hakkı Mega Ajans ve Rek. Tic. A.Ş'ye aittir. İzin alınmadan, kaynak gösterilerek dahi iktibas edilemez.

Oct 06, 2026
Pleasure Island Looks Like The Last of Us After Decade of Decay New

Pleasure Island Looks Like The Last of Us After Decade of Decay

Most of the park’s buildings are covered in overgrowth (Picture: SWNS) Eerie photos have shown the crumbling remains of a theme park left to rot for a decade as a £70million redevelopment plan flounders. Pleasure Island in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, was a favourite destination for families and thrillseekers before it shut for good in October 2016. Ten years after its closure, the 57-acre site and crumbling buildings have been reclaimed by nature – and are more akin to a scene from The Last of Us than a theme park. Aerial images show its faded ‘castle’ buildings surrounded by vegetation, with 20ft-high shrubs creeping up their walls. Weeds have taken over the former dodgems building and waterpark features, while the vast site has become a magnet for urban explorers and anti-social behaviour. The buildings have been left to rot since the park closed (Picture: SWNS) And locals fear the attraction could be left to rot for longer after an ambitious £70million redevelopment plan ran into issues. One local said: ‘I don’t understand why this has not been opened up again as another theme park in that time; it’s been that long. ‘That would actually create jobs and bring in more tourists. My kids used to love this in the 90s, but at the minute it looks like a massive eyesore. ‘It’s such a huge chunk of land just wasted; I don’t think any of us want to see it in ruin.’ Another local added: ‘Something needs to be done, or else it’s going to become even more of a hotspot for urban explorers. We can’t be having it sit untouched like that for another ten years or so; it’s not good for the area or the environment.’ Pleasure Island opened on May 27, 1993, and was divided into six themed areas: Africa, Kiddies Kingdom, Morocco, Old England, Spain and White Knuckle Valley. Most of the park’s rides have been sold to other theme parks (Picture: SWNS) But the park is now stripped bare of its iconic rides, with the vast majority sold to attractions around the world. The family-favourite Boomerang rollercoaster is now at a park in Indonesia. Meanwhile, the Alakazam ride ended up more than 3,000 miles away at Kuwait’s Winter Wonderland, where it is now called ‘Fly Away’. More than 3,500 days after Pleasure Island closed, the vast site is earmarked to become a ‘Centre Parcs-by-the-sea’ style destination. The £70million revamp includes 272 holiday lodges, a Lidl and its own Costa Coffee. A planning application was submitted in 2023, but three years on, the council is still arguing over what will be built on the land. Late legal challenges from Tesco and another party questioning ‘retail impact viability’ and environmental details mean it could take years before the bulldozers clear the site. North East Lincolnshire Council have deferred the final planning decision to an unspecified future date, leaving residents fearing the site will remain an eyesore for years to come. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page.

Oct 06, 2026
Why Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Has Fans Revisiting Joe Jonas New

Why Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ Has Fans Revisiting Joe Jonas

Published 13:41 5 Oct 2026 GMT+1Theories have been doing the rounds speculating who the song is aboutTaylor Swift’s new song ‘Patient Zero’ has only been out for a matter of days, but listeners are already convinced they may have worked out the real-life story behind it.The track appears on The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, an expanded edition of Swift’s 2025 album.It finds the singer looking back at a relationship with a man whose bad behaviour apparently continued long after they were together.Except, there’s another woman in the story.AdvertRather than painting her as a romantic rival, Swift positions herself as someone who understands exactly what she has been through. That premise has sparked a theory that ‘Patient Zero’ could have been inspired by Joe Jonas and his ex-wife Sophie Turner.Swift and Jonas briefly dated in 2008, when both were still teenagers.There are rumours and fan theories that the song is about Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner (Photo by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)Their split became pop culture history after Swift claimed he ended their relationship during a phone call lasting just 27 seconds.More than a decade later, Jonas married Game of Thrones star Turner. The couple tied the knot in 2019 and welcomed two daughters before Jonas filed for divorce in September 2023.What followed was an intensely public separation, including a legal dispute over arrangements for their children. Their divorce was eventually finalised in 2024.It was during the fallout that an unexpected connection caught fans’ attention: Turner began spending time with Swift.The two women were photographed together in New York, and Turner later revealed just how significant Swift’s support had been during that period. Speaking to British Vogue in 2024, she said: “I’ve never been more grateful to anyone than I am for her because she took my children and me, and provided us with a home and a safe space.”That friendship now looks particularly interesting in light of ‘Patient Zero’.The song revolves around the idea of a woman recognising troubling behaviour in a man because she experienced it first.Swift turns the medical term “patient zero”, which is commonly used to describe the first identified case in an outbreak, into a relationship metaphor.In the chorus, she sings about knowing ‘the devil on his shoulder under his halo’ before offering solidarity to someone else caught in the same situation: “But if you’re sick of him, I got you / I was patient zero.”Swift was romantically involved with Jonas years before Turner, while Turner later became one of Swift’s friends as her marriage to Jonas ended. The sequence fits the basic framework of the song, but there are obviously some fairly large caveats.Swift has not said ‘Patient Zero’ is about Jonas, Turner or anybody else. She has spent much of her career watching listeners attach names to songs that may combine real experiences, fictional elements and details taken from several relationships.There are competing theories too. Some fans believe the track contains echoes of Swift’s six-year relationship with actor Joe Alwyn, particularly because ‘Patient Zero’ shares medical imagery with ‘You’re Losing Me’, a song widely associated with the end of that relationship.Others have suggested the subject could be a composite rather than one identifiable ex.Still, the Jonas-Turner interpretation has one thing going for it that many Swift theories do not: there really is a well-documented friendship between Swift and a woman who subsequently divorced one of her ex-boyfriends.Given Swift’s reputation for turning tiny pieces of personal history into much larger stories, that coincidence was never going to escape the internet’s attention.Featured Image Credit: youtube/@TaylorSwiftTopics: Music, Entertainment, Taylor Swift, Celebrity

Oct 06, 2026