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JOHN HIGGINS’ cue was destroyed during a recent flight – but he believes it could be a blessing in disguise.

The snooker star admitted he was “soul-destroyed” after making the discovery before a holiday to Portugal.

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John Higgins made a ‘soul-destroying’ discovery about his cue[/caption]

Higgins was travelling back from the recent Saudi Arabia Masters when his cue was damaged irreparably.

The Scot believed heavy rain may have been the cause of the damage as his cue was bent out of shape after being left out during a stopover, despite being stored in a case.

He said at the English Open: “During the three-hour stopover between Paris and Edinburgh there were monsoon levels of rain and my ski tube must have been sitting on the tarmac.

“When I got back to Edinburgh it was soaking wet, but I just left it in the hall as normal. I went to Portugal on holiday and before I left I went to check my cue.

“The water had actually seeped inside and the cue is ruined. It was soul-destroying. I really liked it and when I opened the case up it was like a banana. The wood was all warped.

“As I was away to Portugal the next day, I just decided to go and have a good holiday and come back to see what happens.”

Higgins, 49, has now had a new cue made and reverted to measurements he used a few years ago, when his form was better.

He hopes that will help him improve results, with the veteran at risk of slipping out of the top 16 in the world rankings, which means he would miss The Masters and have to qualify for the UK Open and World Snooker Championship.

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Higgins continued: “It is maybe a blessing, as I’ve gone back to the measurements I was playing with two or three years ago,” added Higgins, who admitted recently he was struggling to motivate himself amid his poor form on the table.

“I was going shorter and shorter and that maybe wasn’t suiting my game. It has given me a new lease of life. It is maybe a bit better.”

LEAVING your home unattended when you go away can be a risk – but so can the wrong house sitter, as one woman found out.

Monica Christina shared the disgusting scene she was met with as she returned home, thanks to a very disrespectful house sitter.

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A homeowner was shocked to see the mess a house sitter had left when she returned home[/caption]

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Numerous food products had gone off after being left outside the fridge and had to be chucked away[/caption]

On her @moncristina0 account, she showed how the kitchen counters were covered with left out food that had gone mouldy.

The sink was full of used dishes and everything looked like a complete state.

Monica wrote: “I was gone for a few days recently due to a family emergency and hired a house sitter as I had some things to keep alive and a few important packages I was expecting.

“I walked into my home and the stench I was met with, I honestly thought I was being pranked lol.

“How can a person leave your house like this?”

Monica showed how her milk carton had been left outside the fridge – which she found had been confusingly switched off – and it had gone off.

She added: “For some reason the person had switched off my fridge. Not sure why, everything’s spoiled.”

She was forced to tip the milk down the sink and bin numerous food items, which annoyed the homeowner as she understandably “hates wasting food.”

Monica said she refused to pay the house sitter due to the mess they had left.

She said in the comments: “I saw red honestly, needless to say that the price for this service was £0 because I refused to pay.”

After the shocking experience, she said she has been completely put off hiring another house sitter.

She wrote: “Anyway this was deffo a learning experience and I’ll never do it again.

“Every piece of cutlery and crockery was used.

“They started to use my toddler’s stuff too.”

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The sink was piled high with dishes[/caption]

Her video has racked up over a thousand likes, and people were baffled at the mess.

One said: “Isn’t a house sitter meant to prevent your house from getting trashed?”

Monica joked: “I think my house sitter was broken.”

Another added: “The way I could never leave a house like this… I stayed at a family members house for a month and tidied every second it got slightly messy.”

And a third commented: “Then isn’t just bad. That’s is absolutely awful. 

“To an extent where you could take them to court. 

“Hope this doesn’t make you ill.”

CORRIE fans have been left fuming over an ‘out of the blue’ storyline they insist the show’s writers only created to confuse viewers.

A new character has recently been introduced to Weatherfield during Lauren Bolton’s reappearance – but fans think her involvement in the show makes no sense.

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Betsy Swain has recently revealed her involvement with Joel Deering[/caption]

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The evil lawyer manipulated her into one of his plots[/caption]

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But Coronation Street fans have complained the storyline does not make sense[/caption]

Betsy Swain appeared in the borough earlier this year when Carla offered her work experience at Underworld.

She was one of the first people to notice that twisted lawyer Joel Deering has a dark side.

After catching him flirting with her underage friend Sabrina, she started blackmailing him for money.

However, it wasn’t long before Betsy got swept up into something more sinister.

Joel was revealed as the father of Lauren’s baby and the reason why she went missing, as he attempted to keep her pregnancy hush-hush.

He even went as far as drugging the young girl with abortion pills in an attempt to make her miscarry.

She ended up giving birth to her baby boy prematurely, and Frankie has been battling with his health in the NICU ever since.

A terrified Betsy recently confessed to Sabrina that it was her who actually provided Joel with the pills, so she is indirectly responsible for Lauren going into labour too early.

But viewers don’t understand how she could have anything to do with it.

Taking to an online forum, one Coronation Street fan complained: “Call me a cynic. But I think the producers are making up this storyline as they go along.

“We are now expect to believe that Betty supplied the drugs and that Joel did not order them.

“And where would she have got the drugs from in the first place? Does Betty know any drug dealers?

“I have not seen Betty talk to anyone suspicious.”

Another person added: “They’re really dragging out this storyline aren’t they?

“Like you I thought I’d missed something but it seems we haven’t missed anything on screen and they’ve just decided to add another element to it out of the blue for no reason other than to confuse the viewers by the looks of it.”

A third questioned: “How did Joel make her buy the drugs? Has he got something on her that she doesn’t want anyone to know?

“And why did she think she could blackmail him for money when she first appeared in the show?”

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PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle are desperate to wade in on US politics for one reason, an expert has claimed.

Hugo Vickers warned the Sussexes that any public move they make to join in on the current, very heated, run-up to the US election is extremely dangerous for them.

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Hugo Vickers said it’s ‘dangerous’ for Harry and Meghan to speak out on US politics[/caption]

The pair are still supposed to remain neutral when it comes to politics, despite quitting the Royal Family.

But on Tuesday, they got their Archewell team to send letters out to unregistered voters asking them to have their say when polls open in November.

Harry and Meghan know the “danger” of publicly speaking out – but “desperately staying relevant” is more important, says Hugo.

He told The Sun: “It’s a big danger issue for them.

“I think that everything they do is a desperate attempt to keep relevant and keep themselves in the news.

“You could say it’s very trivial to put out a notice saying: ‘Go out and vote,’ we know people should do that.

“It’s not really up to them to tell the American population how they should spend their time, or what they should do at all.

“But in that respect I do see them sort of once again, weighing in and seeking publicity, because that’s how they stay relevant.

“They’ve moved into this kind of celebrity status situation, whereby they must always be attracting news comments, otherwise they disappear.

“But they definitely should not be dabbling in any kind of politics, least of all American politics. They have really no right to do it.”

It comes after the Sussexes were already accused of “violating” the terms of their Megxit deal after pledging to “uphold the values of Her Majesty”.

Hugo added: “It was made quite clear when they left [the Royal Family] that they should not be dabbling in politics.

“I think they accepted that at the time, and whatever you say, even though they don’t endorse one particular candidate, they are now dabbling in politics.

“So it’s very serious. I think you’ll find they’ll probably jump in on any kind of relevant issue that they can get their hands on in order to keep themselves in the public eye.

“It won’t please the British Royal Family at all, who scrupulously keep out of politics.

“They’re in enough trouble as it is. It’s just not right what they’ve done. It’s just not right to do that. They shouldn’t do it.”

Harry and Meg’s Archewell foundation said on Tuesday: “Voting is not just a right; it’s a fundamental way to influence the fate of our communities.

“At The Archewell Foundation, we recognise that civic engagement, no matter one’s political party, is at the heart of a more just and equitable world.

“By participating in initiatives like this, we aim to amplify the message that every voice matters.

“Together, let’s make sure every eligible voter is informed and empowered to participate in shaping America’s future.”

However, the statement stopped short of endorsing a candidate and the couple remain publicly neutral, reports the Telegraph.

The pair were recently accused of backing Joe Biden in the last US election.

In a video statement from the garden of their Montecito mansion, which they had only just moved into at the time, the duke and duchess called the presidential election “the most important of our life”.

Harry  also went on to urge voters to “reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity”.

It comes after Harry and Meg participated in years of spats with Donald Trump – spanning back to 2016.

During a late-night talk show appearance eight years ago, the former actress called Trump “misogynistic” and “divisive,” suggesting she might move to Canada if he won the presidency.

In response, Trump labelled her as “nasty” in a 2019 interview, and their exchanges continued to escalate over the years.

Harry then criticised Trump during a prank call in 2020, while the Republican threatened to deny the couple US security costs after they moved to Los Angeles.

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