JOSH WARRINGTON is back in action this weekend as he faces Anthony Cacace in front of a packed Wembley Stadium.
Warrington, a former two-time world champion, was hoping to challenge Cacace for the IBF super-featherweight title he won from Joe Cordina earlier this year.
But the IBF has blocked the title fight because of Warrington’s supposed inactivity at 130lbs and his last fight being a defeat.
Cacace was brilliant in his TKO win over Cordina and will be delighted with the fact that even if he loses to Warrington, his belt will stay firmly in his grasp.
Warrington hasn’t fought since he was stopped by Leigh Wood nearly a year ago and will be out to silence those questioning his title fight credentials against Cacace.
But the Northern Irishman will be brimming with confidence after unexpectedly picking up the IBF strap earlier this year, and he has the chance to pull off another big win on the biggest of stages at Wembley Stadium.
FRANKIE DETTORI was rushed to hospital after a nasty fall – as he thanked doctors for ‘putting me back together’.
The world’s most famous jockey, 53, was unseated from two-year-old filly Pretty Liza before a race at Aqueduct in New York, US.
He was able to walk to the on-course ambulance, which immediately took him to Jamaica Hospital for further evaluation.
Dettori posted a hospital bed selfie assuring fans he was OK.
And he wrote: “I appreciate all the messages. I’m doing OK! I dislocated my right shoulder – my team here in the hospital have put it back together.
“Thanks for the messages of concern, it means a lot.”
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PENSIONERS are entitled to thousands of pounds worth of free cash every month if they live with certain illnesses or conditions.
This extra support, which comes through benefits, can act as a vital lifeline to help with the additional costs of being disabled or ill.
These benefits are on top of the State Pension – those receiving the full flat rate State Pension get £221.20 a week, equal to £11, 501 a year.
Claiming extra benefits doesn’t impact your entitlement to the State Pension.
The charity Scope estimates that everyday life costs an extra £975 a month if you’re disabled, so it’s important to claim everything you’re entitled to.
Here is what is available..
This benefit is for people over State Pension age who have a disability severe enough to need someone to help look after them.
Unless you are terminally ill, you must have needed help for at least six months to qualify.
The Attendance Allowance has a higher and lower rate.
Those on the lower rate receive £72.65 per week, while those with more serious illnesses can get £108.55 per week. This works out as £434 a month or £5,208 a year.
Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) showed that at the end of February 2024, some 1.7million older people were claiming Attendance Allowance.
The highest number of people claiming the benefit are those living with arthritis.
The 10 most common illnesses that lead people to claim Attendance Allowance are:
To apply, you’ll need to download the attendance allowance form on the gov.uk website and then send it by post.
You might get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit if you became ill or are disabled because of an accident or disease either at work or on an approved employment training scheme or course.
The level of your disability will affect the amount of benefit you may get. This will be assessed by a medical advisor on a scale of 1% to 100%.
The payment ranges from £221.20 a week if you’re assessed as 100% on the scale, amounting to £11,502.40 a year.
If the advisor says the level is 20% you can expect around £44.30. You will need to be at least 14% to qualify for any of the benefit.
You need to work in England, Scotland or Wales to be eligible.
If you are claiming because of an accident, you need to show that you were employed and at work when the accident or event happened.
You can also claim if you were on an approved employment training scheme or course at the time.
If you’re claiming because of illness, you need to show that either your job or an approved employment training scheme or course caused your disease. The scheme covers more than 70 diseases.
To claim, you need to fill in and post a claim form which you can download and print from the gov.uk website.
If you receive Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit or a or a War Disablement Pension and need daily care because of a disability, you are also able to apply for Constant Attendance Allowance (CAA).
You can’t receive both the Attendance Allowance and the Constance Attendance Allowance, so you will need to work out which is the most beneficial to your specific circumstances, including which additional benefits you may get with each.
There are four different weekly rates of Constant Attendance Allowance, as with the Attendance Allowance the amount you get depends on the extent of your disability and how much care you need.
At the highest ‘exceptional rate’ you’ll get £177.40 a week worth £9,224.80 a year.
At the next ‘intermediate rate’ you’ll get £133.05 a week working out as £6,918.60 a year.
Full day rate is £88.70 a week and the part day rate is £44.35 a week.
For further advice you can contact the Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Centre on 0800 121 8379.
If you are assessed to be in the the exceptional or intermediate rate of the Constant Attendance Allowance and need permanent, constant care and attention, you can also claim the Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance.
This pays an extra £88.70 a week on top of the CAA rates working out as £4,612.40 a year.
Pension Credit is designed to top up the income of pensioners to £218.15 if you are single or to £332.95 if you have a partner.
However, even if your income is higher, you might still be eligible for pension credit if you have a disability.
In fact, you could get an extra £81.50 a week if you have a disability or claim any of the following:
Pension Credit now also unlocks the Winter Fuel Payment worth up to £300.
You can start your application for Pension Credit up to four months before you reach state pension age.
Applications can be made on the government website or by ringing the pension credit claim line on 0800 99 1234.
YOU can use a benefits calculator to help check that you are not missing out on money you are entitled to
Charity Turn2Us’ benefits calculator works out what you could get.
Entitledto’s free calculator determines whether you qualify for various benefits, tax credit and Universal Credit.
MoneySavingExpert.com and charity StepChange both have benefits tools powered by Entitledto’s data.
You can use Policy in Practice’s calculator to determine which benefits you could receive and how much cash you’ll have left over each month after paying for housing costs.
Your exact entitlement will only be clear when you make a claim, but calculators can indicate what you might be eligible for.
HER on-screen persona murdered her cheating baby daddy after getting pregnant at 17, but Jorgie Porter’s real life is much less dramatic.
Now 36, the actress, who’s played Theresa McQueen on-and-off in Hollyoaks for 16 years, lives in Chorley, Lancs, with her property developer fiance and their two – soon to be three – kids.
Jorgie, who’s due in early December, is today sharing her gender reveal exclusively with Fabulous.
She and Ollie Piotrowski, 35 – a former roofer who’s now worth £2million thanks to projects with footballers and billionaire businessmen – had their first son Forest in December 2022.
That means they’re facing the dreaded ‘two under two’ later this year – and Jorgie admits there’s ‘chaos’ to come.
She tells Fabulous: “I didn’t think this through because only now am I seeing how crazy Forest is.
“He just escapes and runs around and wants to do his own thing for little reasons, this morning it was a toothbrush.
“So having a baby at the same time, I think this is going to be quite tricky. I think it’s going to be chaos.”
Despite this, Jorgie and Ollie are delighted to become parents again, something which is likely made more poignant by their previous experiences.
Jorgie miscarried four babies in 2021, after falling pregnant with quadruplets.
It was a missed miscarriage, where the body does not recognise pregnancy loss, and happened at around 14 weeks.
In February 2022, the couple learned of a second miscarriage, after six weeks of pregnancy and on the day of their engagement party.
Jorgie, who’s also step-mum to Ollie’s son Alfie from a previous relationship, said ahead of the big reveal: “We’ve got two boys already so I’d of course be a boy mum again.
“I know how to do that, to play that game, but a girl would be cool.”
“I don’t think you’re ready for the sass though,” she teased Ollie.
“I know Alfie would like a girl, we’ve had this chat. Forest has no idea what day it is so he’ll be fine with either.
“I don’t know if Ollie and me are ready for another baby and the sleepless nights.
“Forest’s now at a stage where he can get up and open the door himself, so you have to be really on high alert because he climbs out of his cot as well.
“So we’re doing things on an extreme level now, whereas with a baby you’re more like ‘there you go, put that baby there, they’re crying’.
“Now I’m a toddler mum, it feels like having a baby is quite easy.
“Toddler time is hard and then adding a baby to that, I don’t think we’ll know what sleep is ever again.”
Ollie Piotrowski, 35, has transformed his life from a 16-year-old roofer earning £20 a day to a successful property developer with a net worth of £2 million. Engaged to Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter, Ollie recently starred alongside her in reality TV show Drama Queens. The show offered a behind-the-scenes look at their Lancashire life and Ollie’s property business.
His company Pinnacle Holdings is now 10 years old. Ollie has partnered with international footballers and billionaire businesspeople, advising on projects worth £500 million. His journey began by saving £30,000 between ages 16 and 20, which he used to buy, renovate, and flip a home for £65,000.
Inspired by his grandfather Zdzislaw Piotrowski, a concentration camp survivor who moved to Britain with no English skills, Ollie aimed to create a unique investment company. Pinnacle Holdings advises investors on where to put their money and partners with them, taking a cut at the end rather than upfront.
Ollie’s first major success came after a year of networking in posh London hotels, leading to a partnership with a Saudi general.
Rekindling his relationship with Jorgie after a chance meeting in a hotel, Ollie continues to grow Pinnacle and plans to develop a luxurious off-grid resort called Minimo.
Jorgie, herself a December baby who celebrates her birthday on Christmas Day, says: “I’m more heavy this time, it really hurts, I think I’m more moany too.
“This time around is a completely different pregnancy – I feel bigger, wider, heavier. Things hurt more and faster. I’m even more stupider, I’m being really stupid.”
Jorgie joined Hollyoaks as Theresa McQueen in 2008, but has taken a couple of breaks from the role, most recently for her maternity leave last year.
Admitting she’s “not really been in” lately, she says: “Working and being pregnant is quite hard because I just want to eat a lot.
“You can’t really eat all the time at work (as an actress), they don’t really let you.
“But also driving and doing all the things you need to do for work is quite hard.
“I don’t even mind moaning about it now, because I know I will only be like this for a while.”
This is the second time Jorgie has revealed her baby’s gender in a magazine, but we’re doing things slightly differently today.
Gender reveals have exploded in popularity over the past few years and it’s not just celebrities doing them – thanks to sites like TikTok where people can shout their happy news to the world.
The page Gender Reveal Miami – where parents celebrate with fireworks, smoke bombs, pink G-Wagons and even fake TNT – has 1million followers and nearly 34million likes.
What Is A Gender Reveal?
Gender reveal parties are celebrations where expectant parents announce the sex of their baby in a creative and often dramatic way.
These events have gained significant popularity, especially through social media.
The trend began in the late 2000s and has since exploded in popularity.
The concept was popularised by parents who wanted to share their excitement with family and friends in a memorable and engaging way.
Common Methods:
Why Are They So Popular?
Controversies:
Despite the controversies, gender reveal parties continue to evolve.
Some parents are opting for more eco-friendly and inclusive ways to celebrate, while others are choosing to forgo the tradition altogether.
In summary, gender reveals are a modern trend driven by social media, creativity, and the desire to celebrate milestones.
However, they also come with their share of controversies, prompting some to reconsider how they choose to share their baby news.
Although Jorgie kept things more low-key, with a cake cutting and balloon popping at home in the gorgeous kitchen of her north-west mansion.
The result, which you can watch in the video at the top of this article, is that she’s having her first girl.
Looking down at his pink filled cake, Ollie admits: “I’m definitely not ready.”
“She’s going to be one sassy girl,” Jorgie adds.
“I’m slightly panicked because obviously I’m a girl and I know what I was like as a kid.
“So it’s probably going to be quite a lot of chat back and tantrums.”
Ollie even jokes that he’ll be “building another house” to escape the madness.