LOVE Island beauty Jessy Potts put on a brave face after she was seen for the first time since splitting with Joey Essex.
The pair saw sparks fly in the ITV2 matchmaking series and, despite missing out on the final, stuck it out through summer amid split rumours.
Jessy managed to muster a smile as she headed to a Manchester salon to start her fresh life chapter with a new look.
She pulled on a powder blue hoodie and black leggings, finishing off her look with white socks and Adidas trainers.
Her blonde locks were styled in immaculate waves down past her chest after she spent six hours in the salon.
Jessy entered Love Island’s summer series as a bombshell and stole Joey away from his former girlfriend Grace Jackson.
Just last week, Jessy and Joey were seen making their first Red Carpet appearance together.
After The Sun exclusively reported news of their break-up, we told how Joey admitted he hopes the pair can stay pals.
The reality TV legend told us: “Unfortunately, we have decided to call an end to the relationship but I hope we can continue to be friends.
“I truly wish Jessy the very best with whatever she does in the future.”
And Jessy added: “I appreciate the Love Island experience I had with Joey, we tried to make it work but it wasn’t to be.
“I’m so grateful to everyone who supported us and look forward to all of the exciting opportunities ahead.”
Just last week things appeared rosy for the duo.
Speaking to The Sun ahead of the NTAs this month, Jessy said: “It’s completely untrue – in fact it couldn’t be further from the truth.
“We’re off to the National Television Awards together so that’ll be our red carpet debut which is exciting.
“And I see Joey multiple times a week.
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“I stay at his house, we go on dates, we don’t really post about it because we just like to spend time with each other. We like to just be in each other’s company.
“People can say what they want to say but we’re very happy with how it’s going and we’re going really strong.”
WATCHING the views build up, Lisa Johnson couldn’t believe her eyes as the money continued to trickle into her account.
As her talk hit the one hour mark, Lisa’s husband interrupts with some astounding news.
She’d made £1 million in just 60 minutes of online business consulting to thousands of online clients which would eventually reach £2.5 million in the same week.
But this phenomenal success that Sunday Times-bestselling author and business consultant Lisa, 46, now experiences is a far cry from her humble beginnings.
Speaking as part of Life Stories, Fabulous’ new YouTube series which documents the extraordinary lives of ordinary people, Lisa says: “My childhood was pretty ordinary, I grew up in a Council House in Lincolnshire.
“My parents split up when I was around 11, and then my dad was a single father that brought up me and my siblings and we did struggle.
“I was the person in the second hand uniform, and I was the person that had the free school lunch ticket.
“I started to be bullied really badly.”
Struggling at school, Lisa left school with just a handful of mediocre GCSEs.
“I hardly ever went in,” she admits.
“When you’re being told every single day that you’re stupid, that you’re poor, you’re ugly, you start to believe that it’s true.
“I didn’t really think that I would make anything of myself, I made peace with that.”
At her lowest, Lisa admits that she became suicidal after years of cruel taunts.
“I had to make a decision on whether I even wanted to be here or not,” she says.
“I thought maybe all of these bullies have been right all along, maybe I would never become anything.
“I decided to give myself one chance to see if I could do something hard and give myself a challenge and if I succeeded maybe that was a sign the bullies were wrong.”
While working full time as personal assistant, at the age of 27 Lisa took on a law degree studying over the next four years and achieving a BA Hons degree.
“I decided not to become a lawyer, that it wasn’t something I wanted to do,” she says.
“I think I just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it if I wanted to.
“Instead I ended up climbing the corporate ladder in investment banking as a risk analyst in Canary Wharf.”
Despite being on a good wage of £60,000 after welcoming twin boys Finnian and Albert 12 years ago, Lisa realised that her marriage was failing, and needed a 9-5 job near her house.
As a result, she secured a junior admin assistant role, meaning she went from earning £60,000 to a £20,000 job.
She went back to work when her little ones were just five months old and as a now single mother, realised that she was spending more on childcare than her personal assistant job was bringing in.
She desperate to find the balance between earning enough to support her family without being chained to her desk.
In the first year, I made every business mistake you could possibly make
Lisa Johnson
In 2013 she decided to start her own wedding planning business.
However, she admitted that she had no idea what she was doing and her debt increased to £35,000.
She explains: “In the first year, I made every business mistake you could possibly make.
“I was £35,000 in debt, I was earning about £1.50 an hour and I still had my full-time job.
LISA previously opened up to Fabulous about her lavish lifestyle.
She revealed: “We get opportunities now that I wouldn’t have had before.
“I’m able to take my friends and my colleagues on a private jet every year.
“I’ve been on holiday everywhere. We took the kids to Las Vegas, the Maldives, we’ve been to Dubai a fair few times, Malta too and we’ve stayed in the most beautiful hotels.
“I travel a lot with work as well – I hold retreats for people and we do that in Los Angeles, Miami and Croatia.”
Not only is Lisa able to travel the world, but she’s also bought herself a posh pad too.
She continued: “I used to spend a lot of money on myself and I love bags, but I realised about two years ago, when you first get money you spend a lot because you never had it before.
“Now I have bought properties so that my money is invested and the money is making me money.
“We just got a multi-million pound house because that’s more of an investment.”
“So I went to the library, and I got every book out about business and self development that I could find.
“I went to free webinars and things like that to learn about business.”
Thanks to her self-taught strategies, Lisa’s wedding business slowly turned around and within five months she was booked for the next year and a half.
It was then that the mum’s lightbulb moment arrived.
“People started asking me how I had done it,” she explains.
“I realised that one of the things I’m good at is taking the information I’ve read and turn it into practical information rather than jargon.
“People who had taken my advice would come back and tell me they’d made triple the amount of money they would normally make.
“That’s when I started what is now known as That Strategy Co, my business strategy company, which evolved and got me to where I am today.”
For Lisa, the goal was never to become a multimillionaire, in fact the mum-of-two’s initial goal was to earn just £2,000 a month.
But her business quickly took off beyond anything she imagined, making £100,000 in her first six months.
“I decided to put half of everything I had earned in that first year into learning as much as I could about passive income streams,” she says.
“I slowly started incorporating those methods into my business.
“Some things didn’t work, some things worked a bit, and I made them better and some things worked really well.
“All passive income is, is doing something once and making money from it over and over again.
“By the end of that first year I’d made £220,000, but I was probably working 80 hour weeks.
“By the end of the second year I was working 30 hours a month and I was earning over a million.”
Lisa realised that she could create a set formula for her business coaching that could be used, and sold, again and again.
She explains: “My customers were all asking the same question, so I realised I could just teach 100 of these people at the same time and make money from all of them.
I have helped people who are homeless, to be able to make money, and now they are millionaires
Lisa Johnson
“I created courses, memberships and workshops and put them on the Internet.
“Some of them I taught live but would have a thousand people come on them, and some would be pre recorded.
“That gave me all this time back, but a lot more money, and in a week I’d made £2.7 million.”
In the past seven years Lisa has made over £20 million as well as having written a Sunday Times bestselling book called Make Money Online.
And while her wealth is a welcome bonus, Lisa says that the biggest perk of her business is being able to help others achieve their dreams and make money.
“I have helped people who are destitute, who are homeless, to be able to make money, and now they are millionaires,” she says.
“It’s not easy, but I believe that anybody can follow a process and make money with the knowledge they have.”
ONE of the BBC’s biggest game shows is set to return to screens for a fourth season this month.
The reboot of The Weakest Link was greenlit for another series in February.
Now Beeb show bosses have revealed that it will start airing on Saturday, September 28.
The fourth season is going to feature a fresh celebrity line up, but the contestants have not been revealed yet.
The beloved quiz show was originally hosted by straight-talking Anne Robinson.
However, it made a comeback in 2021 with comedian Romesh Ranganathan at the helm.
Rather than having civilians tackle the general knowledge rounds in order to win a cash prize, the series now focuses on celebrity contestants.
Stars such as Naga Munchetty, David Haye, Ruby Wax and Ekin-Su have all featured on recent seasons of The Weakest Link.
In the past, each series has comprised eight episodes and four themed specials, so audiences can expect more of the same.
As usual, each episode will welcome a group of eight celebrities who are asked general knowledge questions which they must answer correctly to remain in the game.
When he began hosting the series, Romesh, 45, praised his predecessor Anne Robinson, who hosted The Weakest Link from 2000 to 2012.
He said: “Anne was an amazing host and to step into her shoes is an anxiety-inducing privilege.
“I’m hoping we’ve found a way to make both the fans of the show happy as well as bringing a new audience to it.”
Anne, 79, also celebrated the new series, but admitted it would be a “very different” show to the one she hosted.
SHOPPERS have been left devastated after a “great” independent toy store announced it would close after more than 40-years on a town’s high street.
The closure of Nappy Pin and Toymaster in Cuoar, Fife, has been blamed on “lack of footfall”.
The shop, which sells baby equipment, clothing, gifts and clothes, as well as a wide range of children’s toys, has been placed on the market ahead of the closure.
Paul Stewart, who runs the shop with wife Anita, told The Courier: “It is due to a lack of footfall, a lack of trade, and it has come to a point where it is costing us more money every day to keep it open.
“It has been a family-run shop for over 40 years.
“We will miss it, the staff will miss it, but I don’t think the people of Cupar have supported the business enough for it to be sustainable.”
An exact date for the store’s closure has not yet been confirmed but locals have said they will be “sad” to see it go.
One wrote: “Sad to see it go thought it was a great shop… I don’t understand why people want to pay a deliver charge instead of given it to a shop on their doorstop [sic].”
Another added: “So sad….. Loved this shop when my boys were wee . We got the first pram here and many other things.”
A third said: “Memories of picking Christmas presents in here when I was [a] child.”
Another added: “Sad day for me that you are closing.”
The Stewarts also run the Nappy Pin and Toymaster shop in Broughty Freey, which will remain open.
It’s not the first retail closure to hit Cuoar in recent months.
The Press café and bistro shut its doors in July, with the owners describing its last years of business as “hard”.
This year has also seen closures in nearby towns and cities including the Body Shop in Perth, Trend XY trainer shop in Dundee and Shoezone in Glenrothes.
Empty shops have become an eyesore on many British high streets and are often symbolic of the decline of the traditional town high street.
In many cases, retailers are shutting stores because they are no longer the money-makers they once were because of the rise of online shopping.
Falling store sales and rising staff costs have made it even more expensive for shops to stay open.
The problem is that when a big shop closes, footfall falls across the local high street, which puts more shops at risk of closing.
The increasing popularity of retail parks where shoppers can get free parking is also taking a toll.
Many retailers including Next and Marks & Spencer have been shutting stores on the high street and taking bigger stores in better-performing retail parks instead.
In some cases, stores have been shut when a retailer goes bust, as in the case of Wilko, Debenhams Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Paperchase, to name a few.
What’s increasingly common is when a chain goes bust a rival retailer or private equity firm snaps up the intellectual property rights so they can own the brand and sell it online.
They may go on to open a handful of stores if there is customer demand, but there are rarely ever as many stores or in the same places.
RETAILERS have been feeling the squeeze since the pandemic, while shoppers are cutting back on spending due to the soaring cost of living crisis.
High energy costs and a move to shopping online after the pandemic are also taking a toll, and many high street shops have struggled to keep going.
The high street has seen a whole raft of closures over the past year, and more are coming.
The number of jobs lost in British retail dropped last year, but 120,000 people still lost their employment, figures have suggested.
Figures from the Centre for Retail Research revealed that 10,494 shops closed for the last time during 2023, and 119,405 jobs were lost in the sector.
It was fewer shops than had been lost for several years, and a reduction from 151,641 jobs lost in 2022.
The centre’s director, Professor Joshua Bamfield, said the improvement is “less bad” than good.
Although there were some big-name losses from the high street, including Wilko, many large companies had already gone bust before 2022, the centre said, such as Topshop owner Arcadia, Jessops and Debenhams.
“The cost-of-living crisis, inflation and increases in interest rates have led many consumers to tighten their belts, reducing retail spend,” Prof Bamfield said.
“Retailers themselves have suffered increasing energy and occupancy costs, staff shortages and falling demand that have made rebuilding profits after extensive store closures during the pandemic exceptionally difficult.”
Alongside Wilko, which employed around 12,000 people when it collapsed, 2023’s biggest failures included Paperchase, Cath Kidston, Planet Organic and Tile Giant.
The Centre for Retail Research said most stores were closed because companies were trying to reorganise and cut costs rather than the business failing.
However, experts have warned there will likely be more failures this year as consumers keep their belts tight and borrowing costs soar for businesses.
The Body Shop and Ted Baker are the biggest names to have already collapsed into administration this year.
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GOLF fans are convinced that Rory McIlroy had no idea he was taking to a Hollywood superstar on the driving range.
McIlroy was caught in the awkward exchange while out on the driving range preparing for this week’s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
McIlroy was warming up on the range ahead of Wednesday’s Pro-Am which see the tour pros take to the course alongside celebrity counterparts.
And fans think that a viral video on social media gave an insight into how little pop culture knowledge the golfing star has.
A video that surfaced online shows Spider-Man star Tom Holland head out and get in some practice next to the world number three on the range.
Holland, 28, reached over to McIlroy’s bay with an outstretched hand to introduce himself, saying: “Hello mate, sorry I’m Tom”.
McIlroy appeared to be caught off guard by the interaction and replied “Hello Tom, how you doing?”, seemingly making no reference to Holland’s stardom.
Fans couldn’t believe the video and thought that McIlroy was clueless to the fact he was speaking to an on-screen superhero.
On social media, one wrote: “Rory doesn’t know who Tom Holland is”.
While another added: “Rory obviously doesn’t have a clue who he is!”
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Rory McIlroy spent more than 100 weeks at World No1 – and has scooped four Majors and won 40 tournaments in all SO FAR.
Only all-time greats Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have matched his feat of winning one of the big four by the age of 25.
And after winning the 2011 US Open, the Northern Ireland ace added the PGA Championship the following year – adding the Open and PGA crowns in 2014.
Here’s a rundown on the glittering career of the 35-year-old, five-time Ryder Cup winner, who was also a strong critic of the rival Saudi-backed LIV tour:
Turned professional in September.
Became the youngest Affiliate Member in the history of The European Tour to earn a tour card.
Made a winning Ryder Cup debut.
Became the youngest player to reach $10m earnings on the PGA Tour.
But won his first major the following month – the US Open.
Named Sports Person of the year by RTE – Ireland’s main broadcaster.
Named PGA Tour player of the year and picked up more Ryder Cup glory.
Won the Open at Royal Liverpool.
Then clinched back-to-back PGA crowns, beating Phil Mickelson by one stroke.
Named RTE Sports Person of the year for a second time.
Again helped Europe win the Ryder Cup.
Suffered Ryder Cup defeat.
But gained top 10 finishes at the Masters, The Open and 3 WGC events.
And with Nike largely withdrawing from the golf market, he landed an £80m endorsement deal with TaylorMade.
But then won two tournaments – the Zurich Classic for his 25th PGA title and the Wells Fargo Championship.
A third teased: “Rory completely in the zone not realising that’s Spider-Man”.
And a fourth joked: “Rory didn’t realise who he was without the mask”.
Rory had no problem recognising some of the other players with the Northern Irishman sharing an embrace with recently retired tennis star Andy Murray.
While other familiar faces also took to the course, including Gareth Bale, Ben Stokes, Ben Foster, Robbie Fowler and Stuart Broad.
Holland didn’t go unrecognised altogether though, with fans watching on stopping the star for selfies and autographs.
While world number 12 Tommy Fleetwood definitely knew who the Marvel actor was, bringing his young son along to meet Holland dressed in a Spider-Man costume.
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