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The Beast marks major weight loss milestone

Mark 'The Beast' Labbett has shared a major weight loss milestone, with his partner Hayley celebrating his ongoing health journey. The Chase Australia star has been overhauling his life since 2020, and has been documenting his weight loss on social media. Now, Labbett's girlfriend, English TV presenter Hayley Palmer, has shared a video of the couple working out together, as they have welcomed in the New Year with fresh fitness goals. In the video, Labbett is shown walking on a treadmill, lifting weights and standing on a set of scales, where he weighs in at 124.8kg. Labbett weighed about 185kg at his heaviest, as he has now lost over 60kgs. “I’m so proud of @markthebeastlabbett,” Hayley captioned the workout video. “He started to come to gym with me in the morning, and he is doing so well.” “Wow, unbelievable achievement,” one fan commented, followed by another who said he looks “amazing” and should be proud. “Well done and congrats! I bet you feel much better in yourself and have gained so much more energy, never go backwards!” someone else added “You look strong and confident, keep shining!” a fourth remarked, while a different user called him “a lean mean quizzing machine!”. Mark has previously revealed that he credits his impressive weight loss to regular walks with his Golden Retriever Baloo, eating only two meals a day, and “running around after a hyperactive three-year-old in lockdown”. Image credits: ITV / Instagram

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The Beast's exciting Down Under plans

Mark Lambett, better known as The Beast on The Chase Australia is living in a state of "pure happiness" with his girlfriend. Months after going public, Mark and his partner, British presenter Hayley Palmer, are busy planning the next stage of their relationship. The couple could be heading to Australian shores, as Palmer told <a href="https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/the-chase-star-mark-the-beast-labetts-girlfriend-hayley-palmer-tells-of-australia-plans-c-12666368" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7News</a> that it would be "a dream" to spend some quality time Down Under. “I would love to come out to Australia. Mark and I have talked about it,” she said. “I have been to Sydney and Manly Beach is my favourite,” she says, adding that the picturesque ferry ride from the city is part of the fun. “So I really do hope to come out — that would be an absolute dream. I must put it on my vision board.” Palmer admitted that part of her love of Australia comes from watching Home and Away, with the Channel 7 soap showcasing influencing her love of the country's sandy beaches. “I am a huge Home and Away fan. Anyone will tell you that. I absolutely love it,” the presenter says. A trip to Australia would be a welcome holiday for the couple, who have been doing long distance for most of their relationship. Lambett has been in Australia filming the local version of The Chase game show, while Palmer has been working in her native England. It is because of this that they have learned to embrace “long distance”, with Palmer convinced it is why their relationship “really works”. “I think regarding the long distance, we both have our passions and dreams that we follow, so you have your own thing going on and then when you come back with your partner it is the cherry on top,” she says. “It’s a lovely feeling when you get together." “We’re both quite similar like that. We’re always busy and we come together and it’s pure happiness.” Image credits: Instagram

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The Chase star shows off amazing new look for 58th birthday

The Chase Star Mark Labbett, the whiz of game shows, is dazzling everyone with his even slimmer frame – and the excitement is certainly contagious. Delightful new photos, shared by his new girlfriend on social media, continue to showcase his remarkable transformation as he continues his incredible journey. In the latest batch of photos and videos, captured during his 58th birthday festivities this week, Mark can be seen relishing a delicious dinner, lovingly prepared by none other than his girlfriend and TV presenter, the wonderful Hayley Palmer, 31. “Bangers and mash for the birthday boy!!” she playfully captions a snapshot of Mark savouring the meal. Although Mark might have initially aimed for a low-key celebration, Palmer was determined to make his day a spectacular one. @markthebeastlabbett trying to keep his birthday low-key … I’m not having it!” she exclaims as he blows out his birthday cake surrounded by gleaming gold balloons. Recent years have witnessed a fantastic transformation in Mark's appearance. Embarking on a journey towards a healthier lifestyle and diet in 2020, he has astonishingly shed over 63kg. And the progress doesn't stop there. This year, he proudly marked his transition from a size 5XL to a 2XL, commemorating the achievement with a confident, shirtless bathroom selfie. In a heartwarming interview on the UK talk show Loose Women earlier this year, Mark divulged his heaviest weight back in 2003 – a staggering 184kg. Through leisurely walks with his loyal Golden Retriever Baloo and the joyful adventures of chasing after his now three-year-old son, Lawrence (whom he shares with his ex-wife, Katie), the kilos began to melt away. A significant shift in his diet also played a pivotal role. “I’m on a high protein diet,” he said on the show. “So eating an awful lot of lean meat, and as much as I love chips and other carbs, I’m having quite a bit less than I used to.” “And it’s sort of become a virtuous cycle. I’m not feeling that hungry, so you eat less, so you lose weight, so you’re not as hungry.” Mark's extraordinary transformation has ignited speculation about surgical interventions, but he has set the record straight with a resounding "no". “I was tempted by the gastric band, but a good friend of mine who’s a GP, said my problem is sugar, I have a sweet tooth,” he continued. “A gastric band is useless for me because sugar metabolises quite quickly, so I’ve done it the old fashioned way by eating a bit less and I’ve tried to go to the gym.” This year has not only seen Mark's inspiring journey but also the blossoming of a beautiful love story. Sharing an enchanting romance with Palmer, they ventured to the United States together for Mark's involvement in the US version of The Chase. Friends for years, their connection bloomed into a whirlwind romance. “It’s still early days but we are both really happy,” she told The Sun. “It’s been such a lovely whirlwind.” Mark Labbett's incredible transformation and joyful love story have us all celebrating his journey to health, happiness and love. Cheers to Mark, his inspiring transformation, and his radiant new romance! Images: Instagram

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Climb the stairs, lug the shopping, chase the kids. Incidental vigorous activity linked to lower cancer risks

<a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/emmanuel-stamatakis-161783">Emmanuel Stamatakis</a>, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-sydney-841">University of Sydney</a> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/matthew-ahmadi-1241767">Matthew Ahmadi</a>, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-sydney-841">University of Sydney</a> Many people know exercise reduces the risk of <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2521826">cancers</a>, including liver, lung, breast and kidney. But structured exercise is time-consuming, requires significant commitment and often financial outlay or travel to a gym. These practicalities can make it infeasible for <a href="https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/42/11/901">most adults</a>. There is <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02100-x">very little research</a> on the potential of incidental physical activity for reducing the risk of cancer. Incidental activities can include doing errands on foot, work-related activity or housework as part of daily routines. As such they do not require an extra time commitment, special equipment or any particular practical arrangements. In our <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2807734">study</a> out today, we explored the health potential of brief bursts of vigorous physical activities embedded into daily life. These could be short power walks to get to the bus or tram stop, stair climbing, carrying heavy shopping, active housework or energetic play with children. <h2>How was the study done?</h2> Our <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2807734">new study</a> included 22,398 <a href="https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/">UK Biobank</a> participants who had never been diagnosed with cancer before and did not do any structured exercise in their leisure time. Around 55% of participants were female, with an average age of 62. Participants wore wrist activity trackers for a week. Such trackers monitor activity levels continuously and with a high level of detail throughout the day, allowing us to calculate how hard and exactly for how long people in the study were moving. Participants’ activity and other information was then linked to future cancer registrations and other cancer-related health records for the next 6.7 years. This meant we could estimate the overall risk of cancer by different levels of what we call “<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33108651/">vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity</a>”, the incidental bursts of activity in everyday life. We also analysed separately a group of <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2521826">13 cancer sites in the body</a> with more established links to exercise, such such as breast, lung, liver, and bowel cancers. Our analyses took into account other factors that influence cancer risk, such as age, smoking, diet, and alcohol habits. <h2>What we found out</h2> Even though study participants were not doing any structured exercise, about 94% recorded short bursts of <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33108651/">vigorous activity</a>. Some 92% of all bouts were done in very short bursts lasting up to one minute. A minimum of around 3.5 minutes each day was associated with a 17–18% reduction in total cancer risk compared with not doing any such activity. Half the participants did at least 4.5 minutes a day, associated with a 20–21% reduction in total cancer risk. For cancers such as breast, lung and bowel cancers, which we know are impacted by the amount of exercise people do, the results were stronger and the risk reduction sharper. For example, a minimum of 3.5 minutes per a day of vigorous incidental activity reduced the risk of these cancers by 28–29%. At 4.5 minutes a day, these risks were reduced by 31–32%. For both total cancer and those known to be linked to exercise, the results clearly show the benefits of doing day-to-day activities with gusto that makes you huff and puff. <h2>Our study had its limits</h2> The study is observational, meaning we looked at a group of people and their outcomes retrospectively and did not test new interventions. That means it cannot directly explore cause and effect with certainty. However, we took several statistical measures to minimise the possibility those with the lowest levels of activity were not the unhealthiest, and hence the most likely to get cancer – a phenomenon called “<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/reverse-causation">reverse causation</a>”. Our study can’t explain the biological mechanisms of how vigorous intensity activity may reduce cancer risk. Previous <a href="https://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Fulltext/2017/02000/Brief_Intense_Stair_Climbing_Improves.10.aspx">early-stage trials</a> show this type of activity leads to rapid improvements in heart and lung fitness. And higher fitness is linked to lower <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002934320300097">insulin resistance</a> and lower <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109704017036">chronic inflammation</a>. High levels of these are risk <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109704017036">factors for cancer</a>. There is very little research on incidental physical activity and cancer in general, because most of the scientific evidence on lifestyle health behaviours and cancer is based on questionnaires. This method doesn’t capture short bursts of activity and is very inaccurate for measuring the incidental activities of daily life. So the field of vigorous intensity activity and cancer risk is at its infancy, despite some <a href="https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/43/46/4801/6771381">very promising</a> recent findings that vigorous activity in short bouts across the week could cut health risks. In another recent study of ours, we found benefits from daily <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02100-x%22%22">vigorous intermittent lifestyle activity</a> on the risk of death overall and death from cancer or cardiovascular causes. <h2>In a nutshell: get moving in your daily routine</h2> Our study found 3 to 4 minutes of vigorous incidental activity each day is linked with decreased cancer risk. This is a very small amount of activity compared to <a href="https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/24/1451">current recommendations</a> of 150–300 minutes of moderate intensity or 75–150 minutes of vigorous intensity activity a week. Vigorous incidental physical activity is a promising avenue for cancer prevention among people unable or unmotivated to exercise in their leisure time. Our study also highlights the potential of technology. These results are just a glimpse how wearables combined with machine learning – which our study used to identify brief bursts of vigorous activity – can reveal health benefits of unexplored aspects of our lives. The future potential impact of such technologies to prevent cancer and possibly a <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02100-x">host of other</a> conditions could be very large.<img style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important;" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/210288/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" /> <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/emmanuel-stamatakis-161783">Emmanuel Stamatakis</a>, Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-sydney-841">University of Sydney</a> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/matthew-ahmadi-1241767">Matthew Ahmadi</a>, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-sydney-841">University of Sydney</a> Image credits: Shutterstock This article is republished from <a href="https://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/climb-the-stairs-lug-the-shopping-chase-the-kids-incidental-vigorous-activity-linked-to-lower-cancer-risks-210288">original article</a>.

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“My sex statue is famous”: Larry Emdur reacts to X-rated home reveal

The Morning Show host Larry Emdur has been making a name for himself in the world of game show TV for a few years hosting The Chase Australia, but despite his success, he’s still had his sights set on one more goal: making an appearance on the Have You Been Paying Attention? series. And now, it seems like Larry’s dream has come true, though not exactly in the way he might have expected. The popular host and his wife, Sylvie, have had their hands full recently trying to sell their Kangaroo Valley retreat, better known as Sky Ridge. And while pictures of the property and its picturesque surrounds are available thanks to Belle Property, it wasn’t the property’s luxury four bedrooms or sweeping views that saw it get a mention on the Channel 10 game show. Instead, it was a statue situated in the home’s main living space that caught their attention, with Have You Been Paying Attention? host Tom Gleisner asking his panel if they knew why Larry’s holiday home had gone viral throughout the week. Ed Kavalee was quick to suggest that it was because “the price was right”, while Sam Pang asked if it was because “it has to do with the backyard, they found a shallow grave?” Kavalee eventually got to the right answer, revealing that “there was, like, a pornographic statue in there.” The statue in question could be found perched on top of Larry’s dining room table, and appeared to catch two people caught up in the moment having “X-rated raunchy sex”, as Larry himself put it. The HYBPA? audience found it hilarious, and thankfully, Larry was more than happy to see the funny side of it all, too. Taking to social media after learning about his unexpected cameo, Larry shared that he’d “always wanted to be on Have You Been Paying Attention? but not for a disgraceful reason like this.” “My sex statue is famous,” he added, before sharing details of the property and that “YES !!!! The Price is Right”. <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CttOo9pByBy/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CttOo9pByBy/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by @larryemdur</a> </div> </blockquote> Larry’s fans raced to express their amusement, with dozens sharing laughing emojis, while others assured him that the feature piece was certainly “a work of art”. “Love a good conversation piece,” one user said. “It’s…… unique,” another added. “Can’t stand that show,” one confessed. “But at least this time they are talking about something interesting”. And one other agreed that it had been “so funny”, noting that it was also a “nice house”, but that most importantly, they were sorry you weren't nominated for a gold logie, you sure deserved it”. Images: realestate.com.au, Getty

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"Missing her already": The Chase star confirms long-rumoured romance

The Chase star Mark Labbett has confirmed his long-rumoured romance, sharing sweet snaps to Instagram of the happy couple. Labbett, known as The Beast on the UK quiz show, confirmed his relationship with British TV presenter and producer Hayley Palmer, who joined Labbett in Los Angeles recently, where he is filming the US version of The Chase and a separate game show, Master Minds. When Palmer’s short trip came to an end, Labbett shared a snap of him and his girlfriend together, confirming the romance that has long sparked rumours. “It was Hayley’s last day today. Missing her already,” he wrote, alongside a broken heart emoji. After Palmer headed home, Labbett shared an update on Twitter to tell his fans that all was well. A source told <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/22732613/the-chases-mark-labbett-heartbroken-emotional-goodbye-new-girlfriend/#:~:text=Mark%2C%20known%20as%20The%20Beast,message%20to%20girlfriend%20Hayley%20Palmer." target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sun</a> that Palmer “caught a plane to LA on Wednesday to see Mark” for a short romantic getaway. <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctg2NbPr7he/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctg2NbPr7he/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Mark Labbett (@markthebeastlabbett)</a> </div> </blockquote> “He’s working really hard but wants to make time for her at the weekend,” the source said. “She’s been so busy with her own projects back in London, but they’re both determined to make this work." “Hayley’s even bagged herself an interview with a US radio station, a podcast appearance and she’ll be reporting from Hollywood for GB News.” The couple reportedly met at the National Television Awards in the UK last October, and have been spotted sporadically on each other's social media accounts ever since. 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Larry Emdur celebrates overwhelming success of The Chase

The Aussie game show The Chase has achieved overwhelming success, with the series recently receiving the highest ratings out of every entertainment show on TV. The show, hosted by Larry Emdur, appeared on Seven in 2015, and consistently rises above its direct rival, Nine’s Hot Seat with Eddie McGuire, proving victorious in 2022 after winning 40 weeks with a total audience of 829,000. By May 23, it attracted the largest audience of all TV entertainment programs, including those in the 7:30pm prime time slot. The Chase, which airs at 5pm, saw a staggering 567,000 viewers across the five-city metro rankings on May 23, well ahead of Hot Seat, which raked in 408,000. It also beat some of the other prime time broadcasts, including Ten’s MasterChef Australia, which aired to 427,000 households. Seven’s Highway Patrol that received 350,000, ABC’s 7:30 report which came in at 438,000 and Nine’s new reality show The Summit, which had 395,000 viewers. Additionally, The Chase trumped The Project, which aired at 7pm to 307,000 viewers. The only programs that were ahead of The Chase were the Seven and Nine early evening news bulletins and A Current Affair. Emdur, who took over on the show in 2021 after former host Andrew O’Keefe’s contract wasn’t renewed, celebrated the show’s huge win on Instagram. He shared a photo of his TV screen showing one of the Chasers, ‘The Governess’ Anne Hegerty, and thanked fans of the show for tuning in each afternoon. “Thank you for making The Chase the number 1 Entertainment show in Australia [Tuesday] night,” he wrote. “We had a bigger audience between 5-6pm than the big dogs in prime time, that makes me a very proud old game show host bimbo.” And its success over the “big dogs” wasn’t a one-off, with The Chase once again trumping the ratings over prime time programs on May 25 with 543,000 viewers, ahead of MasterChef (390,000), Nine’s NRL coverage (338,000) and Home And Away (451,000). The show’s success comes amid reports that channel Nine is testing new formats in its 5pm slot to bump up the competition. In April, the network denied rumours that Hot Seat was being cut, despite putting out casting calls for new game shows. The series started airing in 2009 as a spin-off of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? which McGuire also hosted from 1999 until 2006. However, a recent casting call fuelled rumours Hot Seat could be axed to make way for a local version of the hit UK game show Tipping Point, which airs on Nine at 3pm. An official call-out from Endemol Shine Australia, the production company that makes Tipping Point, was released on Twitter in April, revealing the show was filming “Australian episodes” in the UK. A move to record local episodes of Tipping Point follows similar plans from Nine to make Aussie episodes of US quiz show Jeopardy! The network confirmed in April that British comedian Stephen Fry would host a six-part special featuring Australian contestants. Production is currently underway in Manchester, UK. TV Blackbox editor Robert McKnight suggested the new program offerings from Nine could become a temporary “stunt” in Hot Seat’s time slot to “test the waters” among viewers. Image credit: Instagram / Getty

Frantic father's desperate plea after wife and daughters chased by gang of girls

A concerned father is urging South Australia’s Education Department to step in after his wife and three daughters were chased through a shopping centre by a gang of school girls in Adelaide. They chased year 9 student Addison Rice, her two sisters and her mother through Mount Barker Central, after following her from Mount Barker High School. Addison and her family were then chased into Specsavers, where staff helped protect them by closing and locking the front door. Addison’s father Paul Rice explained the experience was distressing for his wife and children. "[They] started yelling screaming, [they were] abusing her, threatening her, trying to punch her," he said. "One of [my] other daughters had to step in to stop these [girls] from attacking [my] younger daughter. "I had my wife and three daughters in that shop being protected by the people that work there.” Witnesses recalled the group ganging up on the girl, leaving some of the older customers feeling unsafe. Officers dispersed the group of girls at the scene but said they would not be taking further action. In a letter sent out to parents of enrolled students, Mount Barker High School has assured they will take "strong action once the full details of the incident are determined”. Parents are also calling for harsher, potentially legal consequences for severe bullying incidents. Image credit: 9News / Nine

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The Chase contestant ridiculed over conspiracy theories

A contestant on The Chase has stunned Larry Emdur with her belief that the moon landing was faked. On Thursday night's episode of the quiz show, new mum Laura told the host that she loved "conspiracy theories". “Aliens, love anything to do with space and all that kind of thing,” she said. “Do you believe that man has walked on the moon?” Emdur asked. “No,” she replied. “Absolutely not?” Emdur said. “No I don’t, I think that was a conspiracy,” Laura said. Quickly trying to end the conversation, Larry said, “I wish you lots of luck.” Starting the round of rapid fire questions, Larry's first question was described as "peak comedy". He asked, “The first person to set foot on the moon was US astronaut Neil who?” Without hesitation, Laura said, "Armstrong". The clip of the encounter has made the rounds online, with a flood of people calling out the conspiracy theorist guest. One person on Reddit said, “She should’ve answered, ‘Actor Neil Armstrong.’” Another added, “I KNOW the truth but I’m here for the money!” another said. Someone else demanded, “Give back the $2000!” Image credits: The Chase

Meet Australia’s newest and youngest Chaser

There is a new Chaser on the block and she is not here to play nicely. Enter Mara Lejins, only 27, and Australia’s youngest Chaser on popular TV show The Chase. One look and you’d actually think she’s Elle Woods from Legally Blonde thanks to her blonde hair and pink outfit. But don’t underestimate the innocent look as she has been dubbed The Smiling Assassin. “I only smile when I’m trying to take down contestants - that’s why I’m always smiling,” she says with a grin. The Smiling Assassin joins the top guns on the show - Goliath, The Governess, The Beast, The Shark, The Super Nerd and The Tiger Mum - who have long been putting contestants in their place in the competition. Host Larry Emdur told The Morning Show that people are fooled by Mara’s looks and when she attacks it’s “impressive”. “She’s so disarming,” he said. “She comes out, ‘oh doesn’t she look lovely’, and then BANG, she is across everything.” In a funny twist of events, Mara appeared in the show’s spinoff series Beat The Chasers in 2020 where she won a huge $58,000. Before that, she appeared as a contestant on The Chase in 2017 where she earned a whopping $20,000 for her team. Images: Seven

Battler fruit and veg market owner slams big chains for profit chasing

A local grocer has been hailed a hero after calling out Woolies and Coles for unnecessarily increasing the price of fruit and vegetables. Johnny Kapiris owns St Bernards Fruit and Veg Market in Rostrevor, Adelaide. He recorded an angry video of himself slamming the big chains for their ridiculous price hikes. "Every f**ker in Australia is using inflation for an excuse to jack their f**king prices up," he said. "You know why? Because they're money-hungry f**ks". Johnny went on to show the prices of some of his products he selling with mandarins for just 99 cents a kilo, bananas for 99 cents a kilo and a punnet of strawberries for $4.99 The prices of these products at a Coles or Woolies supermarket go for $2.80 a kilo, $3.50 a kilo and $6.50 a punnet respectively. Johnny admitted that inflation is being factored into the increased prices, as well as expensive fuel and the recent flooding. But he argues that the big supermarkets can afford to lower their prices and accept a lower profit just as he has done instead of keeping their shareholders happy. "Inflation is real but some people are playing on it,” he said. “There's plenty of specials you can put on to bring the basket spend down, which I believe they [supermarket chains] are not doing." "There are only a handful of us who are really interested in our customers." Despite accepting less profits, Johnny is being rewarded in a way that no other person can be - by having loyal customers coming back. "We're a family owned business and we're hands-on in the shop. I know my customers by name and I know what they want,” he said. "It's that tight community feeling." "There are a lot of pensioners here and how can they afford $12 for a lettuce? That's just unheard of." Warning: Expletives used throughout <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=922530765808223" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a>. Images: Facebook

Food & Wine

Furious parents respond to damning footage of child cruelty at preschool

Two preschool teachers have been charged with child cruelty after a parent saw them allegedly abuse their students. Zeina Alostwani, 40, and Soriana Briceno, 19, have been fired from their jobs at Parker-Chase Preschool in Roswell, Georgia and charged with first-degree child cruelty. The classroom has a parent monitoring livestream which allegedly showed Alostwani and Briceno stepping on children’s hands, kneeing them and poking their foreheads. “That parent reported logging onto the camera system and seeing concerning physical contact between Alostwani and Briceno against several children in the classroom,” police said in a statement. <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRoswellGAPolice%2Fposts%2F393926096107257&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="632" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Footage shows the students between the ages of two and three sitting in a circle on a rug when one of the teachers allegedly steps on a child’s hand for several seconds before allegedly kneeing a second child in the back. Then one of the teachers is on all fours and gets extremely close to one of the kids and allegedly pokes them repeatedly in the forehead with her finger. It is alleged that the child who was poked in the forehead was the same one who was allegedly kneed in the back. Alostwani and Briceno were arrested and charged with first-degree child cruelty when the parent made a complaint. The preschool released a statement expressing their shock and disappointment of the “inappropriate disciplinary actions with children”. “The teachers in question were immediately removed from the classroom and have been dismissed. We reported this matter to our licensing agency and Children’s Protective Services and are co-operating fully with the authorities, who have informed us that criminal charges are being pursued,” the statement read. “While we are extremely grateful that the children are well, we take this matter seriously, and our investigation is ongoing. We expect our staff to adhere to the highest standards of care, and any failure to do so will not be tolerated.” Images: Roswell Police

Family & Pets

The two words Andrew O’Keefe repeats to himself every morning

Andrew O’Keefe is settling into a very different lifestyle after being granted bail in May following allegations he assaulted a sex worker. The former The Chase Australia host will complete his court ordered rehab at the Connect Global centre at Swan Bay on the NSW mid-north coast. The 50-year-old begins his day at 5.30am and tells himself that he is a “good man” before making his bed and goes for either a 3.5km run, a gym workout or a boxing session and settling for breakfast. The rehab facility will be O’Keefe’s new home for the next six to 12 months where he will complete a number of chores, attend counselling sessions and Alcoholic or Narcotics anonymous meetings. O’Keefe had been ordered to attend rehab nine times before, but this time he says will be different. “This is a very different place. It’s very much a holistic view of one’s place in the world,” he told <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/andrew-okeefe-reveals-life-inside-rehab-declares-this-time-will-be-different/news-story/f2640aa7ecaea8a190a57e247c789186" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Telegraph</a>. “That is to say that you do address issues of addiction and patterns of behaviour but you do it in a way that is very much focused on being a useful member of family and community. “A big part of that is being free of drugs and it’s about questioning how you associate with your family and loved ones and creating a very positive vision for yourself of your place in society, which is not only what the blokes here lack but what other blokes in general lack as well.” The centre’s creator Pastor Ross Pene said O’Keefe is doing “great” and said the former White Ribbon Australia chairman is taking on responsibilities. O’Keefe has been accused of grabbing a sex worker by the throat before punching her and pushing her to the ground. He has pleaded not guilty to all six, which included three counts of common assault, intentionally choking a person without consent, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The court heard that Mr O’Keefe claimed he was acting in self-defence after being attacked, though the complainant hasn’t been charged with any offences. O’Keefe will be reappearing in court in June to challenge a charge of breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO) against another complainant, and again in July to examine the evidence relating to the allegations of assault and choking. Image: Getty

Caring

The Chase star’s royal connection

Anne Hegerty, also known as The Governess on The Chase has been shocked to find out she is related to the Queen. Appearing on DNA Journey, the quiz master was surprised to find out what her grandmother had always told her was in fact true - the Queen is her 19th cousin. The 63-year-old said she never believed her grandmother when she told her because she “was the most tremendous liar”. The relation comes from her mother’s side where they are related to the Hayes family one of whom married Robert the Bruce’s daughter Princess Elizabeth in 1370. This then resulted with the Queen being Anne’s 19th cousin. Anne confessed that while growing up, her mother disapproved of knowing the ancestry line. “She’d say, ‘it doesn’t prove a thing, dear’,” Anne told <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/18165272/queen-cousin-anne-hegarty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sun</a>. “As a child I was always curious about this stuff and my mother was always very repressive. “I think it was because on my mother’s mother’s side there’s quite a bit of posh, and my mum thought I’d grow up to be a terrible snob. “But I’ve already grown up to be a terrible snob, so really there’s nothing to hide.” Image: Instagram

Family & Pets

Jacinda Ardern’s cool response to car chase by anti-vaxxers

Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, appeared unbothered by a car chase she was involved in that saw anti-vaxxers pursuing the van she was in, forcing it onto a kerb. Footage of the chase has recently gone viral online, showing a group of anti-vaccination activists use their own vehicles to attempt to block Ardern in the Bay of Islands. The group can be heard shouting abuse at Ardern’s vehicle as officers with the Diplomatic Protection Service stood guard. One shouted, “Shame on you!” while another shouted, “We do not consent”. Another protestor claimed Ardern was “hiding in the van”, calling her a “wussy” and a “Nazi”. The video also shows the vehicle attempting to pull on to the main road, taking to the footpath to avoid a car attempting to block it in. A woman in one of the cars pursuing it can be heard saying, “Oh this is fun! We‘re on a chase”, while a man says that the group just wanted “a few words” with Ardern. They joked, “We’re in pursuit for the Prime Minister”. Ardern described it as “just another day”, telling reporters, “at no point was I worried about my safety or the safety of anyone that was with me.” She added, “Every day is faced with new and different experiences in this job … We are in an environment at the moment that does have an intensity to it that is unusual for New Zealand. I do also believe that with time it will pass.” She said, “I see that as just being a reflection of the fact that we are the decision makers. And if people don’t like the decisions that are being made, then it’s us that of course will hear the feedback about that.” The chase comes amid a small but notable rise in threats towards public officials involved in New Zealand’s pandemic response, according to police data released to 1News this week. Threats to politicians reached a three-year high in one month last year. Most of the reports, which at times spiked to as many as 16 per month, involved threats aimed at Prime Minister Ardern. Lance Burdett, who protected former Prime Minister Helen Clark, said COVID-19 vaccinations had become a sticking point with a small minority. While close to 95% of adults in New Zealand are now fully vaccinated, some have strongly resisted getting the jab or the mandates that have come with the country’s pandemic response. Image: Mark Mitchell-Pool/Getty Images

Travel Trouble

How "The Beast" Chased his massive 60kg weight-loss goal

Mark Labbett, better known as The Beast on the TV quiz show The Chase, has revealed his secret behind his staggering 60kg weight loss. The quizmaster has credited his lifestyle change and body overhaul to his adorable golden retriever, who he branded as his "personal trainer". On a UK chat show, Mark said that his pooch Baloo helped him get into the habit of daily exercise. “My wife promised me that when we first got him she would take care of everything – feeding him, walking him and so on,” he explained. “That lasted about two weeks before she decided ‘Actually Mark, look at your belly – you need the exercise!’” Mark and Baloo formed a special relationship and now refers to the dog as his "personal trainer", who incidentally costs a lot less than a human personal trainer. He continued, “I was walking him around the fields, taking me places … I think he’s helped a lot, simply because I’m doing more activity.” Mark has been documenting his weight loss on Instagram, with many followers cheering on his success in the comments. <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH2VnSsjMt/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH2VnSsjMt/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Mark Labbett (@markthebeastlabbett)</a> </div> </blockquote> Mark has previously opened up about his weight loss on the chat show Loose Women, and how he has dropped several clothing sizes along his journey. He said, “I am gradually dropping Xs off my size. I’ve gone from 5XL to 4XL and it looks like the next time I go shopping I’ll be able to squeeze into XL underpants.” Mark also opened up about when he was at his biggest, admitting, “I’ve lost 10 stone (60kg), I was 29 stone (184kg) when I was a full time teacher in 2003 and I was in danger of high blood pressure." “I’ve been around 26 stone (165kg) up until lockdown, and then a few things happened quite nicely and came together and I started losing weight.” Image credits: Instagram @markthebeastlabbett

Body

Teens in stolen car caught with Covid in country town

Image: Getty Two teens joy-riding in a stolen car have tested positive for Covid-19 after leading police on a wild chase through an iconic rural town. An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were stopped driving a silver Mitsubishi sedan on the Hume Highway on Tuesday morning near Gundagai, when a scan by Riverina Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers uncovered the plates were allegedly stolen. Police said the teen allegedly ‘accelerated away’ when officers approached the vehicle triggering a high-speed pursuit leading squad cars along the busy highway and later through a paddock. Eventually the Mitsubishi came to a stop after it crashed into a street sign near the famous Dog on the Tucker Box monument. NSW Police report after the pair were arrested and taken to hospital, they both tested positive to Covid, prompting the several responding officers to begin 14 days of quarantine. The two teens are the first Covid cases ever recorded in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District and will be included in Thursday’s daily infection numbers. The 18-year-old has been slapped with a total of 14 charges over the police pursuit including dangerous and reckless driving, resisting arrest and speeding. Investigators suspect the car was stolen near the Dapto area in Illawarra where the teen is from. A police search of the wrecked vehicle allegedly uncovered three knives and suspected stolen number plates. The teen is also likely to be fined for breaching public health orders by leaving the Greater Sydney area during lockdown, as Illawarra falls under that term for restriction purposes. The 18-year-old will face Goulburn Local Court on October 13. The 16-year old will be dealt with under the Youth Offenders Act. Police said it was extremely lucky that no one was seriously injured during the pursuit.

Legal

The Last Laugh will keep everyone smiling

A lot of us grew up with Chevy Chase and Richard Dreyfuss on our movie screens and so it’s nice to see these two American actors have made a film together about one of them staging a comeback at the age of eighty. Called The Last Laugh, this is a movie made by Netflix and it’s streaming on Netflix in Australia and New Zealand. It’s all about Buddy Green (played by Dreyfuss) who started out as a great stand-up comic and his agent (played by Chase) booked him for a spot on The Ed Sullivan Show back in the 1960s. But at the time for his own reasons, Buddy just up and quit. It’s now fifty years later and his agent, Al Hart, hasn’t seen or heard from him for half a century. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/he3DPldzW8I" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> So, you can bet Al is surprised when Buddy turns out to be his tour guide in the elderly assistance home he’s moving into. Even more surprising, Buddy is still getting laughs and is pretty much the life of the party. As they chat and get to know each other again, both men - who are in their 80s – say they’re bored and why not try show biz again. Al finds his old Rolodex and starts calling his contacts. And so begins a tough but revealing road trip from Los Angeles to New York, with Buddy performing at stops along the way. Chase and Dreyfuss play off each other like the pros they are. Yes, Chase must hold back his own humorous side to make way for Dreyfuss’ comic tour de force. But this casting works. The Last Laugh is sure to give you lots of laughs along the way. <img style="width: 500px; height: 281.31634819532906px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7844402/last-laugh-2-um.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/4ff1879e7fad4a0ab8976edd8106f7cf" /> Fortunately, all the cast members deliver the goods here. Standouts include: Andie MacDowell as an adventurous hippy follower; Lewis Black as a fellow comic with an important decision to make; Chris Parnell as Buddy’s worried son; and Kate Micucci as Al’s concerned granddaughter. Although not a completely perfect movie, The Last Laugh reminds us how important it is to follow your dream at any age. <img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="/nothing.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/4ff1879e7fad4a0ab8976edd8106f7cf" />Images: The Last Laugh

Movies

It’s Never Too Late To Be Bold and Chase Excitement

A seemingly nonsensical suggestion led Gail MacCallum to uproot her life and follow her dream. Some people get more averse to risk as the years go by. Not so Gail MacCallum, who at age 40 quit a secure job and left the city she had enjoyed her whole adult life in order to leap into the unknown. But she had to learn to be bold. MacCallum moved quite a bit in childhood and spent her formative years outside Canberra in a farmhouse without electricity. She read the books of animal observer Gerald Durrell and relished the freedom of the natural world. In her teens she and her family moved into the heart of inner-city Sydney, and she found she adored that too. “I was 14 and it was the perfect time. I loved the excitement of the city.” She continued to love it over the following decades as she moved through jobs including coffee-roaster and bookseller before finding her calling in book publishing and then magazines. In 2002 MacCallum and her then partner had a daughter, Amelia. They wanted to make sure that despite being a city kid Amelia had plenty of natural encounters so they sought out places to climb trees, watch lizards and spot turtles. But one day MacCallum realised her little girl was more at ease with busy streets than bushland. “When she was about seven, we were visiting a friend whose place had a beautiful lawn. Amelia called out to me from the verandah and said, ‘I can’t go into the wild!’ We decided we had to let her experience a wider world and two months later we were in a campervan heading off around Australia.” MacCallum admits she felt daunted. “I thought we’d need to know things like how to whittle your own clutch plate. I didn’t know how much it would all cost or what we’d do about money. But I thought the worst thing that would happen is we’d have an adventure and a holiday. I figured if we only make it two weeks in, so be it.” As it happened, the van they’d bought broke down just 90 minutes into the trip. But after repairs they set off again and travelled the country for six months, during which Amelia became an avid adventurer adept at digging fire pits. They returned to the city purely because the money had run out. “That trip helped me understand that success doesn’t have to be assured,” MacCallum says. “I realised that you can start something and just work it out as you go along.” Four years later she and her current partner Ian Connellan were on a brief holiday in Tasmania, enjoying the chance to get up close to wildlife including “the fluffiest wombats in the world”, when they ran into some friends-of-friends, soon to move interstate, who asked them to dinner. The next day, recalls MacCallum, “They said, ‘We think you should buy our house.’” With no intention of uprooting their lives she and Connellan thought this was “entirely ridiculous”, yet they got so excited talking about the possibilities such a move might present they missed their plane home. “We stayed at a hotel that night, woke up the next morning and said, ‘Let’s give it a go.’” They resigned their publishing jobs and in January 2013 moved to Hobart to start not just a new life but a new business. Individually and together, both are intrepid, independent travellers who had spent time with scientists and conservationists working in various remote spots around the world, including Papua New Guinea and the Galapagos Islands. They wondered if they could make a living supporting such work by helping others to experience those unique places for themselves. The two decided to set up a company that specialised in organising trips to places where important scientific and environmental research was taking place. Naming the new company Curious Traveller, they began taking paying customers to remote locations including Western Australia’s Kimberley region and islands off South America. “For us the travel business comes out of a love of science,” MacCallum explains. “It works brilliantly. Scientists get helpers and funding. Guests get to see what scientists do and how the world is changing because of it. They leave excited and inspired, having had an awesome experience in a place they otherwise might never have seen.” Two-and-a-half years in, the pair still have to supplement their incomes with some freelance writing and editing, but the business is growing and within five years they hope to be helping fund half a dozen research projects. It’s a big task. “Some days we think it would be great to turn off and have making it all work become someone else’s problem,” MacCallum says, “but when we see the wonder on the face of a person who is experiencing somewhere like the Galapagos for the first time we know we’re living a fabulous, lucky life.” <img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="/nothing.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/5f0c645b37b24c14b8304fa17e82ae63" /><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.3411078717201px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7844052/follow-yr-dream-2-um.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/5f0c645b37b24c14b8304fa17e82ae63" /> The Expert View The type of business MacCallum started, which aims to do good as well as provide a living, is known as social enterprise. Celia Hodson is CEO of an institution specially created to give such people the business savvy they’ll need to survive – the School for Social Entrepreneurs. The desire to create a business with broader aims than just making money is gaining ground. “When we used to put a call-out for people who thought they had an amazing social enterprise idea we’d have maybe 20 applying.” says Hodson. “Now we get 120.” Some leap straight in, but most make the transition while establishing the business: “Typically they taper off their paid employment as their idea starts to gather speed.” The rewards are great, but it’s important to be realistic. “We sometimes ask people who come to us, ‘Where in your cash-flow is your salary?’ They’ll say, ‘Oh I don’t need money.’ Yes, social impact is what it’s about but to make it sustainable you need to ask yourself, ‘Is it going to pay me a salary?’ And you need to think about how to measure the difference you’re hoping to make.” This article originally appeared on <a href="https://www.readersdigest.com.au/true-stories-lifestyle/inspirational/Never-Too-Late-To-Be-Bold">Reader’s Digest</a>

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Kylie Gillies snuck onto The Chase set to surprise Larry Emdur

<div class="body_text redactor-styles redactor-in"> As The Chase prepares to welcome new host Larry Emdur next week, Emdur's The Morning Show co-host Kylie Gillies decided to sneak in and surprise him on set. Unfortunately, Emdur busted Gillies trying to "break in". "No, no! Your face is up at the security desk, you're not allowed in here," Emdur joked. He then filled Gillies in on the excitement of working The Morning Show and coming to The Chase to work with his "nighttime friends". <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <a href="https://twitter.com/kyliegillies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kyliegillies</a> wanted to see what her Morning Show co-host <a href="https://twitter.com/larryemdur?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@larryemdur</a> is up to on the set of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thechaseaustralia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#thechaseaustralia</a> so she did some snooping around! <a href="https://t.co/2zDTSlqpFb">pic.twitter.com/2zDTSlqpFb</a> — The Morning Show (@morningshowon7) <a href="https://twitter.com/morningshowon7/status/1417665927366078464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> "Look, it's such an exciting and big show, the contestants are great and The Chasers are unbelievable," he said excitedly. The Chasers are known as The Supernerd, Goliath, The Shark and The Governess. The Governess is the most feared and successful Chaser, as she has an 80 per cent win rate against the contestants and has only lost 48 shows out of 219. The segment rolls on, introducing The Chasers and goes onto feature Emdur putting Gillies' knowledge to the test with a "The Chase" style of questioning. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> The Chase or charades?!? See how <a href="https://twitter.com/kyliegillies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kyliegillies</a> fared when she faced some tough questions from <a href="https://twitter.com/larryemdur?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@larryemdur</a> on the set of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thechaseaustralia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#thechaseaustralia</a> 🏃 <a href="https://t.co/0RSjZGdWV1">pic.twitter.com/0RSjZGdWV1</a> — The Morning Show (@morningshowon7) <a href="https://twitter.com/morningshowon7/status/1417681396286386179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 21, 2021</a></blockquote> The pair joked amongst each other as they pretended Gillies was a new contestant on the show. "Now, Kylie, do you get to see the show much at all?" Emdur asked. "Uh, yes, yes I do, actually. I watch every night as I'm preparing a very nutritious meal for my family, Gillies joked. "How do you go when you watch it at home?" Emdur asked again. "I usually answer... probably about... I don't want to exaggerate, but probably 94 to 97 per cent of the questions correctly," Gillies confidently answered. "Did you know that 87 per cent of the people that come on the show say "I don't want to exaggerate" just before they exaggerate?" Emdur joked. The pair continued on talking when Emdur finally asked if Gillies worked in television. "Now, you said you worked in television, is that right?" Emdur asked. "Yes I do, it's called the Morning Show," Gillies joked. "Oh right, so you do that on your own?" Emdur joked back. "Um, no, you used to work on it," Gillies laughed. </div>

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