GENIUS ITV Racing pundit Kevin Blake helped punters hit the bookies for over £1MILLION – with his outrageous 8,249-1 tip.
Race planner Blake – who a few years ago put up an 800-1 treble at Cheltenham Festival – somehow picked the first three home in the Derby.
"The trading floor at Coral have lost over a million pounds on the tricast on your selections"
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) June 7, 2025
Kevin Blake predicted the #EpsomDerby 1-2-3 on #TheOpeningShow which paid out at 8249/1pic.twitter.com/iEoUW0BIQe
With a load of the big guns failing, it was tough enough finding 13-2 winner Lambourn.
But Blake tipped up the Aidan O’Brien-trained winner plus runner-up Tennessee Stud at 33-1 and third-place Lazy Griff at a monster 50-1.
One odds compiler at Coral called it the greatest bet he had seen in 25 years.
And the firm’s David Stevens said: “It may have been the threat of considerable rainfall that sparked the support for the proven stayer Lambourn, but even without a notable downpour, the Cheshire Vase winner controlled the race from start to finish, and an SP of 13-2 confirmed that he was not without support on the biggest betting day of the Flat season.
“Whilst the winner alone was not the worst result in the Derby book though, further pain was inflicted by Kevin Blake, who incredibly put up the tricast on ITV’s The Opening Show, an outcome that paid a whopping £8,294.72 for £1.
“Plenty of viewers followed Kevin’s advice, to our considerable cost.”
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LIDL is bringing back its sell-out pizza oven in shops this coming week.
The Grillmeister Gas Pizza Oven costs just £79.99 and it’s back in stores next Thursday.
The gadget is a whopping £170 cheaper than the Ninja version and it’s sure to be popular with shoppers once again.
You can use the oven to cook your own crispy pizzas or fresh baguettes, and you can eat them straight from the oven.
That makes the gadget perfect for garden parties and entertaining.
It has a removable pizza stone and a door with latch and viewing window so you can keep an eye on your pizzas while they’re cooking.
The oven can reach 400C in just 15 minutes.
If you’re wanting to save space it comes with foldable feet.
The oven includes a gas bottle connection hose and pressure reducing valve, and it’s suitable for 5 and 11kg gas bottles.
It also comes with a three-year warranty.
It looks to be a good dupe for the Ninja Artisan Electric Outdoor Pizza Oven & Air Fryer, which is currently £249.99 on the Ninja website.
The Ninja version usually sells for an RRP of £299.99.
You should bear in mind that the Lidl version doesn’t have an air fryer function, but if you’re fine with this then you can make a huge saving.
Lidl recently sold another pizza oven for the even cheaper price of £29.99.
The Grillmeister Barbecue Pizza Oven can be used on charcoal or gas barbecues.
It’s always worth shopping around and comparing products to make sure you’re getting the best deal.
Another more affordable option is the Gas Tabletop Pizza Oven with Cover which is currently on clearance at Argos for £54.
The portable black steel pizza oven also uses gas and runs on propane.
Argos says the oven is “light enough to take on trips” and “fits neatly on a table”.
If you’re looking to splash out more there’s the Ooni Koda 12 Gas Fuel Portable Outdoor Pizza Oven.
It’s currently on offer at John Lewis but it still costs £239.20.
Its description says it can cook Neapolitan-style pizzas “in 60 seconds flat”.
“No assembly, no mess, no fuss, just quick and simple cooking for friends and family gatherings,” it says.
TAKEAWAY pizzas taste great but they can hit you hard on your wallet. Here are some tips on how to save on pizza:
Cashback websites – TopCashback and Quidco will pay you to order your pizza through them. They’re paid by retailers for every click that comes to their website from the cashback site, which eventually trickles down to you. So you’ll get cashback on orders placed through them.
Discount codes – Check sites like VoucherCodes for any discount codes you can use to get money off your order.
Make you own topping – One savvy customer noticed that Domino’s charges up to 70p MORE for pizzas on its menu compared to ordering the same one through the “create your own” option. It’s worth trying out to see if it makes a difference before you place your next order.
Buy it from the shops – It might not taste exactly the same but you’ll save the most money by picking up your favourite pizza from your local supermarket. Some Asda stores sell freshly made ones from the pizza counter where prices start at £2.
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SHE’S already given birth to a staggering 15 babies and Carole Horlock now wants to have another one at the age of 58.
But her own daughter has slammed her “reckless” plan – saying: “Mum’s being selfish and she’s too old.”
Megan Horlock, 31, who works in the NHS as an emergency worker, revealed she had a blazing row with mother Carole – the world’s most prolific surrogate mum – as she fears having another baby for a childless couple may kill her.
Carole has had 15 babies in total – two daughters, Megan and her sister Stephanie, and 13 babies for nine different couples.
And she recently told The Sun she was “broody” and was willing to defy doctor’s orders to go through with another pregnancy.
But in a blistering interview, Megan, who spent her childhood seeing her mum pregnant “almost all the time”, hit back: “Broody? I think Mum is being selfish to try to become a surrogate again. It’s time she retired her uterus.
“I honestly can’t believe she’s trying again and is talking to doctors.
“She’s too old. How many more last times can there be?
“When she announced she’s coming out of retirement I was shocked and dismayed.
“As an emergency medical worker I see the best – but also the worst – outcomes in every possible type of scenario.
“I worry for mum. She wants so badly to help others, but I said to her: ‘The risks are too high. Don’t do it. It’s time you enjoyed your amazing achievements but also your well earned retirement.
“She said ‘Let me have one last try’. She wants me to support her. She has spent her whole life feeling broody so I suppose it’s no surprise that hasn’t gone away.
“I told her ‘you’ve been a wonderful mum as well as an amazing surrogate and I’m scared of losing you. Please don’t sacrifice our family to give someone else one.’
“Mum told me she has unfinished business and she was sad when she didn’t bond with the last surrogate family. It’s her dream to have one more.”
“I replied: “The price could be your life. This could kill you”.
Earlier this month The Sun revealed Carole, who is in perimenopause, has been in touch with fertility experts in Greece and Cyprus to see if she can conceive another child using IVF.
Doctors have previously warned her that having another baby could kill her – but Carole claims her body has never let her down.
Carole, who has the Guinness World Record for being the world’s most prolific surrogate, would also become Britain’s oldest surrogate if she is successful at becoming pregnant and giving birth.
The oldest known surrogate in Britain is Pamela Butler who gave birth to her grandson aged 57 in 2010.
Carole had her first surrogate baby – a little boy – in 1995.
She went on to have twin girls in 1997 for the same couple and they continue to be close to this day.
Baby four, in March 1998 was a girl for a couple who had suffered multiple miscarriages. Five was a little girl for a couple who already had a child with another surrogate.
Baby six was a little girl who completed the family for the parents of baby number four.
Baby seven was a boy for a woman who had tried to have a baby for 23 years.
When I was growing up I remember my mum being pregnant most of the time.
Megan Horlock
Next was a little girl – her eighth surrogate child – for a couple whose previous surrogate had kept the baby.
Baby nine caused a public outcry, as the little boy turned out to be Carole’s and her husband Paul’s – but she still gave him away.
Triplets came next, making up babies 10, 11 and 12 who were born after IVF and via a caesarean. While baby 13 was a little boy born in April 2012, again by caesarean.
IT is possible for a woman to give birth at 58 but natural conception is extremely rare and most women of this age need IVF, often using donor eggs due to diminished ovarian reserve.
Multiple previous pregnancies, especially with multiple births and multiple caesareans, significantly increase risks such as uterine rupture, placenta previa, and haemorrhage.
Using donor eggs from a younger woman can reduce the risk of chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down’s syndrome.
But the risks of pregnancy complications – including gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, hypertension, and preterm birth – are significantly higher due to the mother’s age.
There are substantial risks. Older mothers also face a higher likelihood of requiring intensive care during or after delivery. The risks increase with each successive caesarean.
NHS fertility treatment is only offered to women aged under 43. Many UK specialists may be reluctant due to the high medical risks involved but age limits may be more flexible abroad.
Dr Sami Almusawa is a Fertility Consultant at planyourbaby.co.uk
Megan said: “My first memory of Mum being pregnant with a surrogate baby was when I was four.
“When I was growing up I remember my mum being pregnant most of the time.
“She was a single mum back then, working full time in a launderette, bringing me and Stephanie up single handedly whilst also being a surrogate.
“She was like superwoman. For a lot of the pregnancies she worked until she was literally in labour.
“We were involved in everything.
“She’d tell us: ‘The lady’s tummy is broken so she’s borrowing Mummy’s tummy.’
“In the evenings our favourite game was eating Maltesers while watching TV and we used to balance them on her belly and try to get the baby to kick it off.
“We’d follow the couples through the pregnancy journey and when she gave birth, I got to meet them and hold their child.
“Even at such a young age it was a fantastic experience because you saw each couple grow with excitement throughout the nine months.
“Then we got to see them with their baby afterwards and sometimes even watch the surrogate children grow up.”
Megan has stayed close to many of the kids her mother gave birth to.
“I have a WhatsApp group with some of them and we plan to meet,” she says.
“They were like cousins, but in reality as Mum donated her eggs for some of the pregnancies, some are my half-brothers and half-sisters biologically.
“I have always thought what Mum did was so special.
“Now, as an adult I have even more admiration for what she’s done and the families that she’s made.”
Meghan was seven when Carole met her now husband Paul, now 71.
She said: “He is my dad. He became a part of our surrogacy journey too. There was more love in our home than many families experience.
“I wouldn’t say I missed out on anything. I think my life was more full of love because of my mum doing this.
“I have always said maybe after I have my own family I’d like to be a surrogate one day.
“But Mum has to know when to stop and enough is enough.”
Megan revealed she does think of one of the babies more often than others – baby nine, a little boy who turned out to be Carole’s and Paul’s who they accidentally gave away.
The mix-up came to light when the surrogate couple did a DNA test after the birth and discovered the child was not theirs.
Megan, who has a long-term partner and lives in Braintree, Essex, said: “Mum and Paul did a lot of soul searching as Paul does not have biological children of his own, although I think of him as my dad. But they hadn’t planned to have a child and so they decided to let them keep him.
“I do think of baby nine more than the other children, because we are estranged and he is my half-brother.
“I quite often wonder what he looks like, how he acts, the things he likes, what his personality is like. I wonder what he’s up to, he might be at university. I wonder if he looks like me.
“I would love to meet him and I hope that he will make contact one day and I know Mum and Paul would love to meet him too.”
Meghan revealed her concerns for her mum stem from being her birthing partner during her last labour in 2013.
She said: “The doctors decided to induce her because of her age and the risk of pre-eclampsia, rather than there being a pre-eclampsia developing, which Mum didn’t agree with.
“Her body knows what it’s doing. It was very difficult to watch my mum go through the pain of being induced, a caesarean and the recovery.
“She did admit that pregnancy did take more out of her than the previous ones because of her age.
“Twelve years have passed since then and I think it’s a lot later in life.
“It’s going to be twice as hard as the last time and the risks to health during the labour are going to be higher.
“Having had two previous caesareans, it just increases the risk even more. It’s a huge concern.
“Mum is my best friend. There is nothing she could ever do that would ever upset me enough to affect our relationship.
“As much as I have my personal views, ultimately I will support her through her decision and journey and be there for her.
“I will go with her to the hospital even though I don’t agree because I know what it means to her.
“I still believe people should be able to do what they want in life and be able to live how they want.”
Last night Carole said: “My daughter’s feelings are very important to me, in fact they are everything.
“But I know my body and I’ll be taking the best medical advice in the world to ensure my body can do this and see a pregnancy through.
“I know my body but I won’t let a couple down – so tests will confirm if this can go ahead. I’m confident I can do this.”
NICOLA Peltz has hired Harvey Weinstein’s former PR guru to help manage her image amid her ongoing feud with the Beckham family.
According to reports, Nicola has enlisted the services of Hollywood’s go-to crisis management specialist Matthew Hiltzik, who is described as an “attack dog”.
The fearsome PR guru is “known for his aggressive manner” claims the Daily Mail, and makes it his mission to “bulldoze the press on both sides of the Atlantic into not printing any negative stories about his clients.”
The publication reports that Nicola has taken on the bullish publicist who has been described as “the most hardcore PR in America” and will “go to war” for the actress as the fallout with her in-laws plays out in the media.
“He can be rude and agressive and that’s why people hire him,” a source is quoted as saying in the report. “It’s a real statement that Nicola wants to bullishly lead the narrative . It’s very telling just how desperate she is to come out of this looking good.”
Nicola is said to have taken a page out of her billionaire father Nelson Peltz’s playbook, with the entrepreneur having raised her to “be a rottweiler” when it comes to business.
Hiltzik famously represented film producer Weinstein, as well as Johnny Depp during his legal battle with ex wife Amber Heard.
He has also been taken on by YouTuber Mr Beast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, after a series of allegations were made against the Beast Games creator.
“Nicola hiring Hiltzik shows her determination to be in control of the narrative,” says an insider.
It comes after Nicola was labelled a “mean girl” in a series of articles, and she has also faced accusations that she is “controlling” Brooklyn.
The couple certainly put on a united front in a loved-up cover shoot with Glamour Germany this week.
“You have to marry your best friend, someone you feel at home with. For me, Nicola is exactly that,” Brooklyn said.
Nicola also dismissed claims she is a ‘narcissistic monster’, calling such reports “fake news” and added: “I’d love to deny it immediately, but it’s not worth it.”
As well as Hiltzik, Brooklyn and Nicola have also taken on Harry and Meghan’s lawyer Jenny Afia.
The appointment comes after the two couples hit it off at a dinner party in Montecito, California recently.
And it appears as these efforts are a bid to reignite Nicola’s film career after she feels her reputation has been damaged.
“There is a lot at stake for Nicola,” a source told the Mail.
“Acting is where her heart is and there is no way she will want all of this noise going on to affect her chances of succeeding
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