Defender Ola Aina has signed a three-year deal with Nottingham Forest.
The Nigeria full-back had one year left on his previous contract but is now tied down until 2028.
The 28-year-old played a key role in helping Forest finish seventh in the Premier League last season to qualify for the Europa Conference League play-offs.
“I can’t wait to continue this journey with the club. It’s always felt like a home ever since I joined and I’m happy to be here,” he said.
“Now my focus is on preparing for the new season well and getting back to hard work.”
Aina, who started his career at Chelsea, joined from Torino on a free transfer two years ago and has made 59 appearances, scoring twice.
He is the latest player to commit his future to Forest this year as the club ties down its key men.
Neco Williams penned a new deal last week while in January last season’s 20-goal top-scorer Chris Wood and defender Murillo also signed fresh terms.
Last month, manager Nuno Espirito Santo was rewarded for returning Forest to Europe for the first time since 1995-96 with a new three-year contract.
Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis added: “Ola has skill, determination and character in abundance.
“He epitomises the culture and hard work we expect from everyone associated with Forest.
“He has had a big influence since his arrival here and we look forward to continuing that journey together to help us achieve incredible things.”
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149km to go: The TV coverage just showed a Tour fan on a bike suspended in the air by some sort of farm machinery or crane. Brave.
Over in the peloton, not much to report at the moment apart from the fact that Mathieu Van der Poel and his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates have taken positions at the front of the peloton. Could they be hoping for a hat-trick of stage wins? Jasper Philipsen won the first stage and Van der Poel took the second stage, so a third win in as many days would be a real show of dominance for the team.
Fans are out along the wet roadside:
A spectator waves a French flag along the roadside as the peloton cycles past during the third stage between Valenciennes and Dunkirk. Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty ImagesSpectators wave flags and cheer during stage three of the Tour de France 2025. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/ReutersThe peloton passa decorated wall during stage three from Valenciennes to Dunkirk. Photograph: Dario Belingheri/Getty ImagesA dedicated fan in the Tour’s iconic yellow. Photograph: Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA
157km to go: Oh, look at that. Max Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step) and Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) quietly opened up a gap of 20secs. But, they’ve been swallowed up by the peloton.
It’s going to be tricky for any breakaways to form and stick this early, especially given the cross headwinds for the first half of the route. There’ll be headwinds as they start heading north later on too.
160km to go: We have movement! Tim Wellens and Nils Politt of UAE Team Emirates accelerate away with grins, but Alpecin-Deceuninck take no chances and swiftly shut it down.
Over on the Soudal-QuickStep team radio, the riders have been advised not to hold on to the rain jackets for too long in case they overheat.
163km to go: The bunch are very much chilling (at 34.7 km/h), chatting away like they’re on a club ride in their rain jackets. Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates)stops for a quick mechanical.
The peloton is reflected in a puddle as they cycle shortly after the start of the third stage of the Tour de France 2025. Photograph: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images
David has emailed in. He says:
With it being a flat stage today, and the great chance of crosswinds (so we all get to shout “echelons!”) which might make the peleton very nervous. There’s a cat four near the end but I don’t think it’s going to be enough to create a selection there.
Feel a bit sorry for Damien T, no way to spend a birthday in the wind and rain!
Pogačar and Vingegaard looking imperious, we are in forms treat this year.
Have a lovely day
Thanks David. You too!
169km to go:Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) was alone out front for a bit but the peloton has caught up and the riders are together again. Not much is happening at the moment, just the riders rolling along nicely.
173km to go: Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck)fancied getting away and has been followed by Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious). They’ve managed a modest 30secs gap so far.
The racing has begun!
175km to go: The flag has dropped and racing is officially under way on stage three. The start was delayed by six minutes due to a few mechanicals in the neutralised section and riders then getting back to the bunch.
The peloton, with Tadej Pogačar in the polka dot jersey, start stage three in a rainy Valenciennes. Photograph: Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP
There’s a birthday in the peloton! Joyeux anniversaire Damien Touzé of Cofidis.
On another note, TNT Sports’ viewer prediction poll has Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) as the favourite for today’s stage, but the presenters seem to be favouring Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step). Does anyone have any riders tipped for the win outside the top names? Let me know if you do.
Here’s a weather report from the Tour’s race centre:
Right now, it’s raining heavily on the outskirts of Valenciennes. Fortunately, the rain will ease off as the stage progresses … at the same time as the north wind picks up. It will blow sideways to the peloton until Lilliers (km 108.5). Then, it will be a headwind. Temperatures will range between 15ºC and 20ºC.
Today’s rollout has begun
Stage three of the Tour de France 2025 is under way. The peloton have rolled out from a very rainy Valenciennes. There’s a 6.6km neutralised section before the racing begins.
Movistar’s Enric Mas snaps a selfie with teammates before the start of stage three. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters
Jem has been in touch fom Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and says:
Anyone else enjoying this year purely for the fact that it is free from the unbearable stress of waiting for Cav to get that 35th win?
I don’t mind who wins the sprints any more and I don’t have to worry about him hauling himself over an Alp within the time limits.
It’s Pogi for me from now on – but it’s TDF time which is always exciting for me.
That’s a good point Jem. Also, if anyone has been following Mark Cavendish’s posts and videos from the Tour on social media so far, you’ll have seen how the Manx missile is having the time of his life from the sidelines. It’s fascinating to see him discovering the buzz of the Tour from a fan’s perspective. He told Ned Boulting in an interview that the TdF is even bigger than he had realised and joked that he wished he’d retired five years ago.
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On that note, Rouleur’s Stephen Puddicombe has written about the Paris-Roubaix landscape that today’s stage will – and won’t – touch upon:
This landscape will be recognisable to cycling fans as Paris-Roubaix country – the Arenberg Forest, one of the most famous sites of that race, is located a mere 10 kilometres away from Valenciennes. Yet the organisers have chosen not to include any of that race’s notorious pavé sectors; much to the disappointment of fans who’d have relished the rare and thrilling spectacle of cobblestone racing at a Grand Tour, but to the relief of many GC contenders and their staff, anxiously aware of how one piece of bad luck on such a chaotic stage, be it a crash of puncture, can see their dreams of a high GC finish unravel even this early in the race.
Instead, he writes, the peloton will cover flat, tarmacked roads to Dunkirk – the northernmost point of this year’s Tour.
Talking about Paris-Roubaix, I can highly recommend going to watch on the roadside. It’s absolutely thrilling and has a great atmosphere. Also, it’s worth seeing some of those cobbles up close.
Paris-Roubaix 2025 race winner Mathieu Van Der Poel in the breakaway passing through a cobblestone sector. No such terrain for the peloton today. Photograph: Getty Images
A stage three briefing, via Thierry Gouvenou, ex-professional cyclist,director of the race and architect of the Tour de France race route:
Third stage of the Tour de France, Valenciennes to Dunkirk, [is] certainly the flattest stage, but perhaps not the least tricky.
We’ll pass through places like Orchies, Mons-en-Pévèle, and the roads of Paris-Roubaix without the cobblestones. And then quickly, we’ll head towards the Flanders Plain. We’ll have the climb of Cassel, which will be the highest point of the stage. But right after Cassel on the way to Dunkirk, we’re in very flat areas but also very windy and we can expect echelons.
Everything will depend on the wind, but it will still be a moment of caution for the Tour de France leaders, and for the sprinters it will still be a chance to win another stage.
Oh dear, the sun is not shining in Valenciennes:
Not to be smug, but the weather looks decidedly better out of my window in London. Where are you all following along from?
Here’s the profile of stage three of the Tour de France 2025:
Stage two: Valenciennes to Dunkirk, 178km
Here’s a look at today’s stage, Monday 7 July: Valenciennes to Dunkirk, 178.3km, with William Fotheringham’s preview:
A third very accessible day for UK fans, another ascent of Cassel, but the safe money is on a bunch sprint in Dunkirk, famed among cycling fans for the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque stage race which actually lasts six days. The same proviso as day one: a westerly equals crosswinds on the final exposed 35km and splits in the field. These early days will be packed with crashes and tension, but Philipsen and company will be licking their lips.
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Also, you can look ahead to every stage with this handy guide:
Preamble
Welcome back to the Guardian’s Tour de France 2025 live blog! Join me for coverage of stage three – the flattest of the entire race this year. The 178.3km route from Valenciennes to Dunkirk features just one category four climb and 800m of elevation gain. The rollout is expected at 1.10pm CEST (12.10pm BST) and the finish should be about 5.18pm CEST (4.18pm BST) – although often the peloton go faster than the predicted speeds.
Does that mean it’ll be boring? Hopefully not. I think it’ll be fast and, possibly, furious. The GC contenders will be vying to stay out of trouble, while the sprinters will have their eyes set on a stage win. There’s a prediction of windy conditions too, which could cause a bit of tension in the peloton.
So, who might ride to victory today? Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) is a firm favourite with pundits, but it’ll be worth keeping an eye on Ineos Grenadiers’ Sam Watson with him having triumphed at the Four Days of Dunkirk stage race in May. Other sprinters looking to contest a sprint finish? Obviously there’s stage one winner, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), as well as Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Alula), Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty). Although the latter might be feeling sore after a crash on yesterday’s stage. I would love to hear your predictions so please email me your thoughts.
While we wait for the live TV coverage to kick off, here’s Jeremy Whittle’s stage two race report from Boulogne-sur-Mer:
Traditionally, in heterosexual relationships, the honor of proposing falls to the man. However, to quote Schoolhouse Rock!, “Who says women can’t propose?”
Here are 17 famous women who proposed to their boyfriends:
1.Rita Ora proposed to Taika Waititi in 2022. She told the podcast Begin Again with Davine McCall, “I rented a hotel room in Palm Springs. A really nice fancy one, filled it up with balloons — heart-shaped balloons and a heart-shaped cake, because I’m basically doing what I would have wanted for mine. He walks into the room, and he’s like, ‘What the hell? Is it Valentine’s Day?’ I’m like ‘No!’ …Anyway, I get down on one knee, and he was just like, ‘What is happening?’”
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She said that she worried, “Maybe he doesn’t want it. Maybe it’s okay to just be in a relationship. Which was fine with me, too. But I just wanted to lock him down.” However, Taika answered, “Absolutely. What the hell? Get up.” They got married that August.
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2.After four years together, Pink proposed to motocross racer Carey Hart during the Pro 250 class finals. She wrote, “Will you marry me?” on a pit board and held it out in front of him as he made his third lap. At first, he didn’t stop, so she added, “Serious!” to her sign. The next time he saw it, he pulled over and accepted her proposal.
3.Jodie Turner-Smith proposed to Joshua Jackson — who was actually her first crush. He told The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, “She asked me. On New Year’s Eve…we were in Nicaragua. It was very beautiful, incredibly romantic. We were walking down the beach, and she asked me to marry her. There was like a preamble, there was a lead up to it… I did not know, but she was quite adamant. And she was right. This is the best choice I ever made.”
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The couple got married in 2019, but Jodie filed for divorce in 2023, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
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4.During the 2020 lockdown in Melbourne, Sarah Snook and her best friend David Lawson “got stuck in a house together, and [they] just sort of fell in love.” On Halloween, she popped the question. She told the Telegraph, “Nothing spooky, it just turned out that way.”
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Four months later, they got married with only “[her] housemates and the celebrant and a photographer, and a friend and partner who were [their] witnesses” in attendance. The growth of their relationship from friendship to marriage was unexpected. Sarah said, “It’s still such a shock and surprise for us really, and we still get a kick out of it.”
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5.Kat Dennings and Andrew W.K. proposed to each other simultaneously. On The Drew Barrymore Show, she said, “We had a special moment that makes me believe in magic. We were doing kissing, and we had, like, a shared feeling. I felt this intense…thing that I was like, ‘This is my person. This is it. I can’t live without him. This is the man I’m supposed to be with.’ And we looked at each other, and we both proposed at the same time. Not planned. No knee down — I don’t even remember what happened after that. We just were like ‘Should we get married?’ And ‘Yes.’ I just burst into tears.”
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“It was, like, I never thought I had it in me, you know, because I’m kind of a toughie. But I did. I wept happy tears. I felt this sense of relief that I’ve done it. I made it through the wilderness and found this incredible person, and yeah. No one believes me. But I assure you, that’s what happened. I’m so glad I waited until I found the right person. Everybody goes through this nightmarish time of life looking for a person — or not. Whatever floats your boat. But I feel very lucky. He’s the best,” she said. They got married in 2023.
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6.Britney Spears proposed to Kevin Federline, but he declined because he thought he should be the one to propose. Per Us Weekly, he said, “It wasn’t like a ‘Will you marry me?’ It wasn’t that straightforward. The way she said it was kind of beating around the bush. Still, I was taken by surprise. I thought the guy was supposed to ask the girl. So a couple of minutes went by, and then I asked her. I wasn’t really thinking about asking her right away, but I did without reservation. I’d known for a while that she’s The One.”
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Three months after their relationship began, they had a surprise wedding at their small engagement party. Britney told People, “I just thought it would be too much if we had done it when we were supposed to. It became this huge thing, and I was like, ‘What are we waiting for? We know this is the real thing, why not just do it now?’ That’s why I wanted to sneak and do it our little way.” However, she filed for divorce in 2006.
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7.Judge Judy (aka Judy Sheindlin) proposed to Jerry Sheindlin because she was frustrated with his lack of commitment. She told Dujour, “I did propose to him. I said to him, ‘Where is this relationship going?’ And he tried to weasel out of it, with his, ‘Well, you know, why do we have to get married?’ Whatever. He finally capitulated. I told him to pick a date. He picked Flag Day.”
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They got married in 1978, but they divorced after her father’s death in 1990. In the book WhatMakes a Marriage Last, Judy said, “I said, ‘I’ve been taking care of you for 12 years, now it’s your turn to take care of me.’ And he was totally unaccustomed to that role. I wasn’t asking for anything unreasonable, and he wasn’t being unreasonable saying that he really didn’t know how to do that. He was 55 and had lived a certain way all his life. He couldn’t even conceptualize taking over that role. He just couldn’t.” She told Jerry, “Unless you change, we can’t stay together.”
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Jerry said, “I missed her presence the very first week that we were separated. It was the first time in years that we didn’t get to see each other every single day. It was such a strange experience.” However, a year later, he asked her to dinner, and they got back together.
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They got remarried in 1991, and Jerry proposed the second time around. He said, “I picked her up from work at family court one day, and we were walking through downtown Manhattan. Suddenly I said to her, ‘This is silly. I’m uncomfortable being with you all the time and not being married to you. Let’s get married again.’ She said, ‘Well, how are we going to do that?’ I said, ‘The clerk’s office is right up the street. We can go in and get a license…’”
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8.Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard both proposed to each other. Initially, he didn’t believe in marriage, but he asked her to marry him in 2009 because he knew how important it was to her. Dax told People, “Ultimately, I was like, ‘Well, I’m doing it because my partner wants that. Forget the tradition or history of marriage as a concept, you knowing I was doing something that I didn’t want to do because I loved you was a big sign for you.”
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They decided to hold off on getting married until same-sex marriage was legalized in California. Kristen told PrideSource, “What are we gonna do? Have a party and be like, ‘Look at us celebrating this thing you can’t do?’ That’s fucking putrid. Like, 90 percent of our friends are gay!” In June 2013, the Supreme Court deemed the Defense of Marriage Act to be unconstitutional. So, Kristen tweeted, “@daxshepard1 will you marry me? Xo #marriageequality #loveislove.” Dax tweeted, “DOMA is dead. Prop 8 is dead. Now let’s bring my big, gay marriage to @IMKristenBell to Life!!!!”
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Jimmy Kimmel gifted the couple a pillow to celebrate. Kristen told Oprah Daily, “It’s embroidered with my tweet asking my husband, Dax Shepard, to marry me, as well as his tweet saying yes. We’d waited to get married because half our friends are gay, and we didn’t think it was appropriate to have a wedding until they could, too. The morning DOMA was squashed in the Supreme Court, I proposed on Twitter.” The couple tied the knot in October 2013.
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9.Olympic skier Lindsay Vonn and NHL player P.K. Subban also proposed to each other. In August 2019, he asked her to marry him with an emerald ring. He told Vogue, “I got the ring and said, ‘You know what? I’m just going to do it [at] home.’ Everything kind of came together on that day. Everyone says the stars aligned — well, it was actually a full moon. I was worried because I knew she would want to be dressed up and not in her pajamas, and it just so happened she had a business meeting, so she was fully dressed up.”
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Four months later, Lindsay popped the question herself. On Instagram, she said, “Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!! On our 2 year anniversary I returned the favor and asked PK to marry me… and he said yes ☺️. We talk about equality but actions speak louder than words. Men should get engagement rings too and this is what PK deserves. Can’t wait to marry you babe.”
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She also told Entertainment Tonight, “I was like, ‘Well, I have an engagement ring but you don’t, so not everybody knows we’re engaged.’ And I think it should be like, really equal.’ We were going to give each other rings, so I just kind of made a thing about it. But I never knew it was going to be that big of a deal… I just wanted to do something that was for us, and special for us.” However, they called off their engagement a year later.
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10.Haley Lu Richardson proposed to Brett Dier, her boyfriend of seven years, in 2018. She told Busy Tonight, “I asked him to marry me. Neither of us are, like, crazy romantic people, so nothing was planned. He was sitting there eating a pizza, and he was telling me a joke that Shia LaBeouf had said in an interview, and he was, like, pretending to be Shia LaBeouf explaining this joke, and for some reason, I just cut him off and was like, ‘Wanna marry me?’”
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She also told Cosmopolitan, “Here’s the thing. I didn’t prepare at all. I had no idea when I woke up that morning that I was going to ask someone to marry me that day. I was totally in the moment, and this gut feeling came up and coerced me to ask him to marry me, and I did. And he said yes. I feel like the trick to that was just not thinking about it at all before it happened. I just kind of did it. We were at this outdoor strip mall eating pizza when it happened.”
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“When we were crying and having this really amazing moment that I’ll never forget, crying and holding each other and saying, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re going to get married. We’re going to be together forever.’ We were like, ‘We’re gonna have to do something about it,’ because we didn’t have any rings. So we went over to this bush and got these twigs and each knelt down one at a time and tied these twigs around our ring fingers. We have them saved in a little baggie. My engagement ring now, it’s custom-made. It’s a really simple ring, but it’s engraved like a twig. It was just the best day ever. It’s the best my heart has ever felt. I never knew my heart could feel that good,” she said.
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However, in a 2022 Instagram story post, Haley shared, “Hey guys. This is me and Brett. We actually separated two years ago. But life goes on and we are both existing and doing pretty well turns out. We shared a deeply special chunk of our lives together. I’m so glad to have had the last couples years to heal and grow without the internet knowing but we kinda wanted to share it move on now. [sic]”
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11.Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg popped the question to her longtime partner Barry Diller in 2001. She told O magazine, “One year, I didn’t know what to give him for his birthday. And I called him and said, ‘You know, if you want, for your birthday, I’ll marry you.’ And he said, ‘Let me see if I can arrange it.’ It’s what he always says, and he always arranges it. A week later, we married at City Hall, and he gave me — this is so Barry — he gave me 26 wedding rings, for the 26 years we had not been married.”
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12.Four months into their relationship, Billie Piper reportedly proposed to British presenter Chris Evans in 2001. Later that year, they got married in Las Vegas. At the time, she was 18, and he was 35.
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The couple separated in 2004, then their divorce was finalized in 2007. However, Billie looked back on their marriage fondly. In 2022, she told the Guardian, “Loved it. Loved that time. Learned so much. Really needed it after the experiences that I’d had, leading up to that point. And I felt like I’d actually found a real friend. I guess meeting someone who had experienced [fame] for 20 years, at that level, it was very nurturing. And also very drunken, which I needed. I had a lot of fun during those years.”
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13.Three months into their relationship, Jenna Bush Hager spontaneously proposed to Henry Hager. On TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, she said, “I asked Henry to marry me. He said no, and then he asked me five years later … I might’ve had a Christmas cocktail, and we were dancing, and I said, ‘This is it. I know it. Let’s just get married. What are we waiting for?’ He smiled, and he was like, ‘I’m crazy about you, but you’re young.’”
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Henry proposed to Jenna on top of a mountain in 2007, and they tied the knot the following year.
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14.Elizabeth Taylor proposed to her second husband, Michael Wilding, and chose her diamond-studded sapphire engagement ring herself.
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They had an intimate wedding in London in 1952, and then they split in 1957.
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15.In 2022, The Bachelorette Season 14 star Becca Kufrin proposed to Thomas Jacobs, whom she met on Bachelor in Paradise. On Instagram, she said, “In the ultimate plot twist…HE SAID YES! We’ve been keeping this secret just between us and close family & friends for a while but we’re so excited to shout it from the rooftops! I finally found my chauffeur for life and the one who makes my heart smile every single day. I can’t wait to do it all with you Tommy, thanks for making me the happiest gal alive. I love you to the moon & back ♥️.”
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In his own Instagram post, Thomas shared, “The ultimate UNO reverse card / power move. You keeping me on my toes for a lifetime has a great ring to it. Cheers to forever Boops #Fiance.”
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Some people criticized Becca for her decision. On the Bachelor Happy Hour podcast, she said, “We’ve received so much love from people, but I’ve also seen comments where people are like, ‘She’s desperate.’ ‘I would never allow a woman to propose to the man.’ ‘I would never do this.’ And it’s like, cool, that’s you. But why does it, as a female, make me desperate to want to [propose] to somebody? If Thomas in a week were to do the exact same thing, no one says he’s desperate. It doesn’t make sense to me. The logic’s not there.”
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Likewise, on Off the Vine, Thomas said, “Having a ring on your finger as a male, when your partner proposes to you as a female — you just feel like a bad bitch… That is the biggest compliment. That she wants to tie me down? That she proposed to me? Like, what? Am I a trophy husband now? Do I walk different? Do I talk different? Do I wear a monocle? Where do I go from here?” Five months later, Thomas proposed to Becca, and they got married in 2023.
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16.The Bachelorette Season 21 star Jenn Tran made franchise history as the first female lead to propose to her final pick. Stopping Devin Strader from popping the question, she asked him to marry her. However, on the “After the Final Rose” episode, she said that he began “pulling away” after filming ended. She said, “We left Hawaii engaged. I thought I found the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. As soon as we left Hawaii, things were different… I was confused, I didn’t understand because we had just left so happy. He basically said he didn’t love me anymore and didn’t feel the same was… He was checked out. It wasn’t what he wanted anymore.”
She said he ended their engagement in a 15-minute phone call a month before the live finale episodes. The show aired the proposal segment, despite Jenn quietly asking, “Do I have a choice?” As it played, a live camera broadcast her emotional reaction with Devin right beside her. Many fans criticized the network for the “cruel” decision.
17.And finally, The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Grechen Rossi didn’t have any compelling storylines for Season 8 — until she decided to propose to Slade Smiley, her boyfriend of four years, via song. However, she denied that she only did it for the show. In a Season 8 clip, she said, “Absolutely, 100 percent no. I wasn’t gonna do something just for TV. I wasn’t gonna do something just to make money.”
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Gretchen and Slade have been engaged since 2013. On the podcast Scheananigans with Scheana Shay, she said, “Honestly, it’s really just been the timing of everything… Life just got so busy. And then I started trying to have a baby, and that was so much money just doing the whole IVF thing and all that for four and a half years. And then after we had the baby, we were just busy being parents… I’m not the kind of girl that’s like, ‘Let’s go down to the courthouse and get married.’ I want the wedding…I want to have more of the big hoopla.”
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If you’re a woman who proposed to her husband, tell us about your experience in the comments!
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With two days until the official launch, more details have leaked about the trio of foldable phones Samsung is about to reveal. The latest leak details the screens, storage, batteries, and other core specs of the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and new Z Flip 7 FE.
The new information comes from WinFuture’s Roland Quandt, who claims to have obtained official Samsung promotional materials for the new phones, which will be officially revealed at a Galaxy Unpacked event this Wednesday, July 9th.
The Fold 7 is expected to be substantially thinner than its predecessors, and Quandt quotes marketing materials that say it will measure 4.2mm thick when unfolded, and 8.9mm folded. That would make it the same thickness as the Oppo Find N5, and just 0.1mm thicker than Honor’s Magic V5, though at 216g it would actually be the lightest book-style foldable phone yet.
It cuts the weight despite having bigger screens than the Fold 6 — 6.5 inches on the outside, and 8 inches on the inside — and squeezing in the exact same battery capacity of 4,400mAh. As expected it’ll be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, with either 256GB or 512GB of storage. This may vary by market however, as in a previous post Quandt reported on a 1TB version of the Fold 7, in line with what it offers for the current Fold 6. The only camera detail listed is a resolution of 200 megapixels, presumably for the main camera, and it will apparently launch in blue, black, and silver.
The smaller Flip 7 is just as interesting. Quandt claims that it will have a substantially larger 4.1-inch cover screen, sharing an image that shows this will wrap right around the two camera lenses, just like on Motorola’s recent Razr flip phones. That design appeared over the weekend in an alleged hands-on video of the new Z Flip, and has been seen in renders since March.
The Flip 7 is also tipped to be substantially thinner than older models despite its bigger 4,300mAh battery, only a little smaller than the Fold 7’s. Storage options and colors are the same as the bigger phone too, though the Flip sticks to a 50-megapixel main camera.
Quandt also has a few details on the long-rumored Z Flip 7 FE, expected to be a cheaper take on the flip phone. It drops to 128GB and 256GB storage, along with a smaller 4,000mAh battery. It has the same screen sizes as the main Flip 7, suggesting that it too will use the wrap-around cover display design, though that contradicts earlier reports that it will reuse the Flip 6’s design. It’s apparently only launching in black and white versions.
Hollywood dinosaur franchise reboot “Jurassic World Rebirth” charged into first place at the South Korean box office for the July 4–6 weekend, grossing $5.6 million from 804,654 admissions across 1,645 screens.
According to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film accounted for 45.2% of the market. Including earlier weekday previews, the film has now grossed $7.3 million in Korea.
South Korean film “Noise” moved up to second, in terms of admissions, with $2.3 million and 326,270 admissions, bringing its cumulative total to $4.7 million. Directed by Kim Soo-jin, the psychological horror stars Lee Sun-bin as Ju-young, a woman haunted by disturbing sounds tied to her sister’s disappearance.
Brad Pitt‘s “F1” dropped to third from last week’s pole position with $2.6 million from 320,675 admissions. The film has amassed $7.8 million in total gross. DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon” placed fourth, earning $687,056 and bringing its Korean total to $12.3 million. Disney-Pixar’s “Elio” followed in fifth, adding $457,508 for a cumulative haul of $3.6 million.
In sixth place, local film “Hi-Five” grossed $93,976. It has now reached $12.7 million from more than 1.87 million admissions. Studio Ghibli’s classic “Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Winds” climbed to seventh with $75,095, raising its re-release total to $338,548 in Korea.
Tom Cruise‘s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” came in eighth with $73,715, pushing its total to $24.1 million. South Korean faith-based documentary “Nameless” was ninth, earning $58,798 over the weekend. Directed by Ha Jung-woo, the film has now grossed $336,591.
Rounding out the top 10, post-apocalyptic horror sequel “28 Years Later” collected $51,260 for a running total of $2.2 million.
The top 10 films collectively grossed $12.1 million over the July 4–6 weekend, marking a notable rise from the previous frame’s $7.2 million.
The second quarter of 2025 brought forward a wave of promising clinical data and cross-disciplinary insights across gastroenterology.
Key developments spotlighted at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2025 included phase 2a success for EBX-102-02 in irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C), stronger follow-up screening rates with stool DNA testing for colorectal cancer screening, and encouraging results for fecal microbiota therapies in treating and preventing recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Other notable GI research from Q2 called attention to the gut-brain connection and cross-specialty collaboration. New data linked diet patterns to global IBS severity, explored anxiety’s impact on diet and microbiome health, and emphasized the overlap between GI and dermatologic immune conditions—paving the way for more integrated care approaches.
Here’s a recap of what made headlines in Q2 of 2025:
Highlights from DDW 2025
EBX-102-02, A Full-Spectrum Microbiome Drug, Shows Promise for IBS-C in Phase 2a Trial
Phase 2a data from the from the Treating IBS with an Intestinal Microbiota Product for Health (TrIuMPH) trial presented at DDW 2025 suggest EBX-102-02, a next-generation oral full-spectrum microbiome drug, is safe, tolerable, and leads to improvements in IBS-Symptom Severity Scale (IBS-SSS), abdominal pain, and stool consistency in patients with IBS-C.
Optimizing Follow-Up Colonoscopy Rates for CRC Screening, with Mark Fendrick, MD
Findings from a series of studies presented at DDW 2025 point to the benefit of initial colorectal cancer screening with a stool-based DNA test, highlighting better adherence to follow-up colonoscopy after a positive result compared with other noninvasive tests. Specifically, the studies looked at this trend in the context of certain variables, including age, geographic location, and race, and consistently demonstrated increased rates of follow-up colonoscopy with initial multitarget stool DNA testing compared with fecal immunochemical tests or fecal occult blood tests
Advances in Managing Recurrent C Diff Infection, with Paul Feuerstadt, MD
In this interview with HCPLive, Paul Feuerstadt, MD, a clinical gastroenterologist and an associate clinical professor of medicine at Yale University School of Medicine/PACT-Gastroenterology Center, broke down recent advances in treating recurrent C diff and reviewed pooled data from 5 clinical trials highlighting the safety and administration of fecal microbiota, live-jslm (Rebyota).
Cross Specialty Care: Collaboration Between Derm and GI
The Connection Between Gut Health and Dermatologic Diseases
In this HCPLive Special Report, advisory board members Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD, a clinical associate professor of medicine at Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School and as founder and director of the Center for Medical Dermatology and Immunology Research in Chicago, and Adelina Hung, MD, a clinical assistant professor at Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School and director of the IBD program at Sinai Health System Chicago, explore the growing clinical and research intersections between dermatology and gastroenterology. Framed by their shared academic background and personal relationship as husband and wife, the conversation offers a detailed, cross-disciplinary look at how immune-mediated diseases of the skin and gut overlap—and how a collaborative care model can enhance outcomes for patients.
Advances in C Diff Prevention, Management
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Shows Promise for First-Line Primary C Diff Treatment
Findings from this randomized, open-label, noninferiority phase 3 trial suggest fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) may be a viable first-line treatment for primary CDI, highlighting its noninferiority to standard-of-care vancomycin. The trial, which was conducted at 20 hospitals in Norway, found clinical cure and no disease recurrence within 60 days without additional treatment occurred in 66.7% of patients with FMT versus 61.2% with vancomycin.
AI Tool Shows Promise for Antimicrobial Stewardship, C Diff Prevention in Hospitals
Research from Michigan Medicine suggests use of an AI-guided infection prevention bundle may support CDI prevention and antimicrobial stewardship in hospital settings. The study compared patient outcomes pre- and post-implementation of a previously validated institution-specific AI model for CDI risk prediction and found that although use of the AI bundle was not associated with a significant reduction in CDI incidence, it was linked to substantial reductions in CDI-associated antimicrobial use.
Novel IBS, DGBI Research
Regional Dietary Patterns Tied to Global Prevalence, Severity of IBS
Findings from this analysis of Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study data highlight diet’s influence on the development and severity of IBS, which is estimated to affect anywhere from 5-10% of the global population. Specifically, the study identified 4 dietary pattern clusters adjusted by age, country and religion, that were associated with differences in both the global prevalence and severity of IBS.
DGBI Common in Children with Adequately Managed Celiac Disease, Study Finds
Findings from this study suggest DGBI are common in pediatric patients with celiac disease (CeD) despite adequate adherence to a gluten-free diet and declining tissue transglutaminase immunoglobulin A (TTG IgA) values. The retrospective chart review included nearly 200 pediatric CeD patients receiving care at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and found 43% of the cohort met Rome IV DGBI diagnostic criteria, mostly for functional constipation and functional abdominal pain, suggesting clinicians should consider DGBI in their patients who have persistent CeD symptoms despite adequate disease management.
GI Symptom Related-Anxiety Drives Restrictive Eating in IBS
Research presented at DDW 2025 by Jeemin Kwon, MD, an internal medicine resident at the University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, offered novel insight into the complex relationship between diet, anxiety, and the gut microbiome in patients with IBS. In this interview with HCPLive, Kwon explained the critical role GI symptom–related anxiety plays in shaping dietary patterns and altering gut microbiome composition among patients with IBS.
Wimbledon organizers have apologized and explained that “human error” was the reason behind the electronic line-calling system being turned off during a match on Sunday.
During the first set of the fourth-round clash between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Sonay Kartal on Centre Court, a backhand from Kartal went long but there was no “out” call from the electronic system, which has replaced human line umpires at Wimbledon this year.
Pavlyuchenkova, who was one point away from winning that game, stopped playing with the ball landing outside the court. Umpire Nico Helwerth called for the match to be paused, while the automated system said “stop, stop,” leading to confusion from both players and the fans in attendance.
Helwerth informed the crowd that he was going to check if the system was “up and running” before spending time on the phone.
After a short delay, he said that the electronic system “was unfortunately unable to track the last point,” which was subsequently replayed.
Kartal went on to win the point and break Pavlyuchenkova to take a 5-4 lead. In the change of ends, the Russian could be heard saying to Helwerth: “You took the game away from me … they stole the game from me. They stole it.”
The automated system did not pick up on balls landing out on three occasions in the game, with Helwerth calling the other two. The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC) said that Helwerth did not know the system had not been running.
After the match had finished – with Pavlyuchenkova eventually winning 7-6(3), 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals – a spokesperson for the AELTC said that the system had been deactivated in error by “those operating the system” and that a full investigation had taken place.
“We have apologized to the players involved,” the spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. “We continue to have full confidence in the accuracy of the ball tracking technology.
“The live ELC (electronic line-calling) system relies on the Hawk-Eye operators, the Review Official and the technology to work in harmony. This did not happen. In this instance there was a human error and as a consequence we have fully reviewed our processes and made the appropriate changes.”
It added that Helwerth had “followed the established process” of replaying the point if the system goes down and it’s unclear whether the ball was in or out.
After booking her spot in the next round, Pavlyuchenkova called the whole situation “confusing,” in particular when the umpire ordered the point to be replayed instead of awarding it to her.
“I think it’s good to raise this subject for the future,” Pavlyuchenkova told reporters.
“Because if anything like that happens in a very important moment of the match, I think we should have a wire system like in football. Then it’s clear for everybody and we can move on right away instead of just guessing.”
The automated line-calling system has been a big talking point at this year’s Wimbledon. Great Britain’s top-ranked players – Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu – have both expressed their doubts about the system, with Raducanu calling it “dodgy.”
Switzerland’s Belina Bencic said that the new automated system has been a topic of discussion among players in the locker room.
The introduction of technology to replace line judges at Wimbledon follows many other tournaments around the world, including the Australian Open and the US Open.
Following her win on Sunday, Pavlyuchenkova said that Helwerth “probably was scared to take such a big decision” with the technology not working and called for more human intervention.
“That’s why we have a chair umpire,” she said. “Otherwise, I think soon let’s just play without them and then we’re going to have everything automatic. I think we are losing a little bit of the charm of actually having human beings, ballboys.
“Like during Covid, we didn’t have ballboys. It just becomes a little bit weird and robot sort of orientated.”
Kylie Jenner, Timothee Chalamet shut down breakup rumours with cosy outing
Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet quashed swirling breakup rumours in the wake of their brief separation.
During the past weeks, while the Khy founder was enjoying Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez’s star studded wedding with her family, including Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, in Venice, Italy, the Oscar nominated actor appeared to be busy filming his upcoming projects.
Prioritising their respective commitments, the two hadn’t made any recent public appearances or gone on dates, which raised concerns among fans about a possible split.
Adding further fuel to the fire, a photo of Kylie, 27, spending quality time at a beach with a “mystery man” surfaced on social media.
Some users claimed the handsome hunk was one of her half-brothers, Brandon or Brody Jenner, others suggested it was a friend’s boyfriend.
Nevertheless, the breakup rumours were put to rest when Kylie and Timothee, 29, were spotted together at Shellona Beach in Saint-Tropez, making a very public reunion.
While the Kylie Cosmetics mogul donned a black and white striped mini dress, A Complete Unknown star went incognito in a Nigerian jersey, a matching green head scarf wrapped around his face, and a blue baseball cap.
Notably, the A-list couple, spotted walking hand-in-hand, were not alone, Kylie’s older sister Kendall Jenner also joined them, but gave the lovebirds some space to enjoy their time together.