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PHONE owners have been issued a stark warning over dangerous apps disguised as “legit” downloads.
They work as bank-emptying tools for hackers, silently pilfering your money and private info.
Worryingly, this type of attack is aimed at people using Android smartphones.
There are billions of phones running on Google‘s Android software out in the world, so the warning shouldn’t be ignored.
The attack works by tricking you into downloading seemingly safe apps that are actually designed to raid your phone for money and info, according to security giant McAfee.
“Instead of helping you, these apps secretly steal your private info,” explained McAfee’s Brooke Seipel.
The crooks are using a development tool called .NET MAUI to create “fake apps that look and feel like the real thing”, Brooke explains.
These apps might claim to be for banking, dating, or access to social media.
The tool itself is meant to be used to create legitimate apps, but McAfee says hackers are exploiting it to trick innocent Android phone owners.
“The decision to build with .NET MAUI helps hide their dangerous code from most antivirus software,” Brooke warned.
“Think of it like a thief wearing an invisibility cloak—unless you’re really looking, you won’t see them.”
McAfee revealed how one fake download was posing as a real banking app called IndusInd Bank.
And it would appear to be a legitimate money-handling app, but would request very sensitive info.
That would include user names, phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays, tax identifiers, and even credit card info.
This data would then be shipped off to a server belonging to hackers who could use it to raid your finances.
To stay hidden, the apps play a clever trick to stay hidden, according to McAfee.
“Normal Android apps have code in a format security tools can scan,” Brooke explained.
“These fake apps hide their code in binary files so it can’t be easily detected.
“That lets them stay on your phone longer—stealing quietly in the background.”
Another scam app was a fake social media server that was aimed at Chinese-speaking Android phone owners.
This terrifyingly effective app would steal contacts, texts, and even photos from the phone.
And the data it was pilfering was encrypted so that the theft was harder to detect.
The good news is that these apps aren’t available on the regular Google Play Store.
That’s where most Android phone owners would normally get their downloads from.
If you are worried about the apps you're downloading, there's a handy feature you need to try...
First, make sure that Google Play Protect is on.
Just go to the Google Play Store on your Android phone and tap on your profile icon.
Then go to Play Protect > Settings > Scan Apps With Play Protect and toggle the feature on.
This will scan apps that you’re downloading to make sure they’re not dodgy.
But you can also get a safety check on apps that you’re downloading from outside of the Google Play Store too.
“If you install apps from unknown sources outside of the Google Play Store, Google Play Protect may ask you to send unknown apps to Google,” Google explained.
“When you turn on the “Improve harmful app detection” setting, you allow Google Play Protect to automatically send unknown apps to Google.”
Just go to the Google Play Store, then Profile > Play Protect > Settings.
Then simply turn Improve Harmful App Detection on and you’ll be sorted.
Picture Credit: Google
Instead, these apps are offered via download links shared by hackers. They could also be spread through genuine accounts that have been stolen by crooks. This is the major warning sign you need to watch out for: suspicious apps being offered outside of the Google Play Store.
Brooke said that hackers are using “fake websites, messaging apps, and sketchy links in texts or chat groups”.
“So if someone sends you a link to a cool new app that’s not from the Play Store – be extra careful,” Brooke urged Android phone owners.
Google has vetting systems – as well as the Play Protect scanner – to help weed out dodgy apps from the Play Store.
But if you’re downloading apps that are being shared over the internet directly, you’re at much greater risk of downloading something dangerous.
McAfee said that red flags include links coming from strangers, or downloads that have strange app permissions (like wanting to read your texts).
THE child stars who acted in hit movie School of Rock kids are totally unrecognizable in a rare reunion.
Reuniting for co-star Jack Black’s Saturday Night Live hosting gig over the weekend, viewers were overjoyed to see the stars of School of Rock sitting in the audience.
The 2003 movie, starring comedian and actor Jack, follows lead character Dewey Finn, an amateur rock enthusiast, who poses as a substitute teacher.
With no qualifications for it, Dewey instead starts training the students to form a band.
And fans were overjoyed when they spotted that Jack was being supported by his School of Rock co-stars at SNL this weekend.
When viewers of SNL were tuning into the hit show, many were quick to spot some familiar faces in the audience.
“Some of the kids from School of Rock were in the SNL audience last night,” penned one person on X.
While another echoed: “THE SCHOOL OF ROCK CAST IN THE SNL AUDIENCE.”
Taking to a Reddit forum dedicated to SNL, one fan shared a snap of the cast sitting in the audience, which in turn prompted more reaction from fans.
“Brian Falduto (Billy), Rivkah Reyes (Katie), and Z Infante (Gordon) were in the audience last night and in the monologue! Love how close the cast still is! From Rivkah’s IG,” they penned alongside the snap.
Commenting on the post, one person penned: “Thought they looked familiar!!! so glad Jacks still close with the SOR cast 22 years later.”
“Seeing the kids from School of Rock show up makes Jack seem like a really good dude,” said a second.
“Crazy they now are all about the age Jack was when SOR came out. Love that the cast remains such a close family-like community,” added a third.
A fourth then said: “thats friggin beautiful, brings tears to my inner child eyes.”
“I can’t remember who is who, can someone remind me which characters they play in school of rock,” asked a fifth.
Someone then replied: “In the movie, Billy is the costumer designer (left), Katie is the bassist (center), and Gordon is the light technician (right).”
Rivkah Reyes, who was sat in the audience, also shared some snaps from her outing.
The actress shared some photos with her co-stars as they posed in an SNL photobooth.
This comes just a couple of months after some of the cast reunited for a very special reason.
School of Rock co-stars Caitlin Hale and Angelo Massagli met on the film’s set 22 years ago and got hitched earlier this year in January.
Caitlin and Angelo played classmates Marta and Frankie in the flick, with them striking up a romance years later in 2016.
From the movie that caused them to meet, the co-stars in attendance were: Rivkah Reyes, who played bassist Katie; Brian Falduto, Joey Gaydos Jr., Rivkah Reyesm Robert Tsai, Maryam Hassan, Aleisha Allen, and Cole Hawkins.
Rivkah shared a video of the co-stars posing for photos before the new couple did their first dance in front of their loved ones.
“1st post of the year and what better way to kick it off than with my family of 20+ years?!” she began in the caption.
“I spent the past weekend witnessing Caitlyn & Angelo get married and it was absolutely beautiful and the perfect little reunion for us all!!!
“The room was full of LOVE, LAUGHS, a lot of dancing and FOOD! (Baby, they made sure we were STUFFED),” she added.
Rivkah then concluded: “Love y’all dearly and thank you both for kicking the year off with a BANGGG #schoolofrock.”
ARMED with signs yelling ‘no babies were murdered’, Lucy Letby fans stormed a Wetherspoons pub.
Convinced the killer nurse is innocent and the subject of a “witch-hunt” – they filed into the pub to share their conspiracy theories after a day on the street protesting against her convictions.
They had been at a rally outside Liverpool’s Town Hall on March 17 – protesting as concluding statements were given at the Thirlwall Inquiry.
The inquiry is looking into events that took place at the Countess of Chester Hospital where Letby committed her heartless crimes.
Supporters travelled from far and wide to show their support for the 35-year-old nurse – who is serving a life sentence for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven more.
The inquiry results are expected to be published in the autumn, with many of the convicted murderer’s fans – who met online via Facebook groups – believing it’ll prove to be a toothless box-ticking exercise.
Their reasons for supporting Letby are often unclear, with many online claiming they’ve always known she was innocent but offering little by way of explanation.
Others have harboured a more warped fascination with the case and Letby herself which has led to odd declarations of love, sexual fantasies, themed speed dating – and talk of pilgrimages to her old home.
One demonstrator estimated at least 80 people had attended the Liverpool protest, and told The Sun: “It was an interesting experience, both joyful and disturbing.”
At The Captain Alexander Wetherspoons pub on James Street, the group claim they were attacked by other punters who were clearly disturbed by their cause.
Pro-Letby demonstrator Cally Starforth, who was at the pub, claimed in her blog there were “undercover agents” – which she suggested could have been employed by the NHS – sent to “infiltrate” the demonstration and the pub.
She said she was “kicked”, verbally abused and told she should be “ashamed”.
Fellow Letby sympathiser Professor Richard Gill was also at the Spoons, and told The Sun: “Some big hefty guys started kicking the placards and shouting abuse.”
He said staff seemed to side with the aggressors and “forced several of us out of the pub”.
A Wetherspoons spokesperson said the pub was busier than normal due to it being St Patrick’s Day, and the protesters were asked to clear space and move their placards, which led to an argument.
As a result, several were asked to leave.
They added: “Wetherspoon supports the right to peaceful protest, but visible signage of any type within a pub can be a sensitive issue and we would ask them not to bring their placards into the pub should they wish to visit again.”
It wouldn’t be the first time a boozer has drawn a line when confronted with Letby fans.
Members arranged a birthday party for Letby in January after which bizarre suggestions were made for a Letby-themed speed dating event on Valentine’s Day.
The birthday party was held at the Windmill pub in Clapham Common and featured banners and a cake which had “Lucy 35” written in icing on top.
The speed dating was supposed to be held there too, but a spokesperson for Youngs, which operates the family boozer, told The Sun any attempts to book such an event will be blocked.
They added that staff were not aware of the nature of the birthday party when it was green lit.
Sickeningly, other Facebook groups, including the now defunct ‘Pervert$ unite to support Lucy Letby’, previously saw members gushing over their love for her.
The sick group – which had 226 members in November 2023, soon before it was shut down – saw people speak openly about their infatuation for her.
It had devolved from a page simply called Lucy Letby Support Page.
The name itself appeared to be satirical – altered by an administrator who then distanced themselves from the page.
The group bio was changed to: “She did it you dumb f***s so stop w****** over a baby killers pics.”
One member said: “I had a dream last night, Lucy used restraints on me & proceeded to abuse me, it was very pleasant.”
And another said: “In womens’ prisons are the inmates allowed to wear thongs…?
“Do the lady inmates have to wear paper knickers like the residents do in my mother’s nursing home?”
These dark obsessions with the murderer make it easy to see why many of her supporters are automatically met with disdain.
Prof Gill, who lives in the Netherlands, likely travelled the furthest to attend the protest last month – and is one of those with the most clout in terms of a legitimate case for a potential appeal.
A statistical misrepresentation consultant who has helped free two other nurses wrongly convicted of murdering patients, Lucia de Berk and Daniela Poggiali, he has even explained how he believes he could get Letby’s convictions overturned.
And last month revealed what her parents said in a letter to him amid his attempts to campaign for their daughter’s freedom.
He now hopes to meet Letby in person, as he did with nurse de Berk, who was jailed for life in 2003 after being found guilty of the murders of seven patients and the attempted murders of another three.
He also visited Poggiali, who was accused of killing 38 patients before being exonerated, and Ben Geen, a former Brit nurse who was convicted of killing two patients at a hospital in Banbury.
“They were all three extremely moving experiences,” he recalls.
“I treasured those experiences. They further confirmed my already strong suspicion they were innocent.”
In the meantime, the professor has travelled to Letby’s former hometown of Chester.
He told The Sun: “I saw the town, I walked the city walls. You can see the mountains of Wales in the distance. It’s beautiful and interesting.”
He also plans to go back, this time to visit the street where Letby lived, and do the short 20-minute walk to the Countess of Chester Hospital where she worked in 2015 and 2016.
He says: “The next time I’m in Chester I’d like to visit the street where Lucy lived and walk from there to the hospital.
“I already visited the hospital. These are not pilgrimages. It’s about getting a feeling for the people involved in the story.”
He’s not the only one said to have a fascination with retracing Letby’s old life.
Previous reports have suggested other supporters of Letby have been organising ‘tours’ of her old haunts, including gathering outside her old home in Chester.
However, from speaking to neighbours, it appears if such pilgrimages are taking place they are not so widespread.
Prof Gill said: “These are not pilgrimages. It’s about getting a feeling for the people involved in the story.
“It’s about the biggest miscarriage in the UK since the Liverpool Six. I’ve been following it since 2017. Been deeply involved in it.”
He said Letby’s case, like those he has helped overturn, “follow the same playbook”.
“They all start with a failing hospital unit and a paranoid doctor.
“Then add bad statistics and confirmation bias. Moral outrage, emotion, suspension of critical facilities. Bounty hunter ‘experts’.”
And perhaps Letby’s fans just enjoy getting together with like-minded people.
Ms Starforth’s said in her blog: “It was great to meet some of the lovely people I have only interacted with online before.”
And later added: “I suppose I get fed up with always doing stuff alone, so I decided to go with the others to socialise a bit.”
Child A, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby injected air intravenously into the bloodstream of the baby boy. COUNT 1 GUILTY.
Child B, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby attempted to murder the baby girl, the twin sister of Child A, by injecting air into her bloodstream. COUNT 2 GUILTY.
Child C, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said Letby forced air down a feeding tube and into the stomach of the baby boy. COUNT 3 GUILTY.
Child D, allegation of murder. The Crown said air was injected intravenously into the baby girl. COUNT 4 GUILTY.
Child E, allegation of murder. The Crown said Letby murdered the twin baby boy with an injection of air into the bloodstream and also deliberately caused bleeding to the infant. COUNT 5 GUILTY.
Child F, allegation of attempted murder. Letby was said by prosecutors to have poisoned the twin brother of Child E with insulin. COUNT 6 GUILTY.
Child G, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby targeted the baby girl by overfeeding her with milk and pushing air down her feeding tube. COUNT 7 GUILTY, COUNT 8 GUILTY, COUNT 9 NOT GUILTY.
Child H, two allegations of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby sabotaged the care of the baby girl in some way which led to two profound oxygen desaturations. COUNT 10 NOT GUILTY, COUNT 11 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child I, allegation of murder. The prosecution said Letby killed the baby girl at the fourth attempt and had given her air and overfed her with milk. COUNT 12 GUILTY.
Child J, allegation of attempted murder. No specific form of harm was identified by the prosecution but they said Letby did something to cause the collapse of the baby girl. COUNT 13 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child K, allegation of attempted murder. The prosecution said Letby compromised the baby girl as she deliberately dislodged a breathing tube. COUNT 14 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child L, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said the nurse poisoned the twin baby boy with insulin. COUNT 15 GUILTY.
Child M, allegation of attempted murder. Prosecutors said Letby injected air into the bloodstream of Child L’s twin brother. COUNT 16 GUILTY.
Child N, three allegations of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby inflicted trauma in the baby boy’s throat and also injected him with air in the bloodstream. COUNT 17 GUILTY, COUNT 18 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT, COUNT 19 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
Child O, allegation of murder. Prosecutors say Letby attacked the triplet boy by injecting him with air, overfeeding him with milk and inflicting trauma to his liver with “severe force”. COUNT 20 GUILTY.
Child P, allegation of murder. Prosecutors said the nurse targeted the triplet brother of Child O by overfeeding him with milk, injecting air and dislodging his breathing tube. COUNT 21 GUILTY.
Child Q, allegation of attempted murder. The Crown said Letby injected the baby boy with liquid, and possibly air, down his feeding tube. COUNT 22 JURY COULD NOT REACH VERDICT.
PRINCE Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix deal proves the late Queen was right about a hybrid role, an expert has claimed.
Royal author Phil Dampier appeared on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive Show this week to discuss the fallout after the Duke of Sussex quit Sentebale.
It recently emerged that several trustees had left the charity in a dispute with its chairwoman, Sophie Chandauka, having requested her resignation.
And during a prize-giving ceremony at a Sentebale fundraising polo match in Miami last April, the Duchess of Sussex appeared to choreograph who stood next to Harry.
In an awkward moment Ms Chandauka moved from beside the duke to Meghan’s side ducking under the trophy.
Host Matt Wilkinson discussed with Mr Dampier how Harry reportedly invited Netflix to the event.
He said: “Harry announced that he was going to bring Netflix to this charity fundraiser.
“And it caused, I think, lots of disturbances, I think Dr Sophie said. And then Meghan turned up.
“And then we have these text messages that Harry allegedly sent to Dr Sophie.
“Phil, I want to take your view on this. We’re five years since Megxit.
“The Queen said you can’t have a hybrid situation. You can’t be half in, half out.
“Is this incident here that Dr Sophie has highlighted, does this justify the Queen’s decision five years ago to just send them on their own?”
Phil replied: “Yeah, absolutely. The Queen saw it straight away.
“She saw the dangers of commercialising the royal family, combining a sort of hybrid model of doing royal jobs and cashing in with commercial stuff.
“And that’s exactly the sort of thing that she was trying to avoid. That’s exactly the thing that she told them not to do.
“And that’s what happened with this polo match. She thought, the doctor thought that it was just going to be presenting the trophy and it was all going to be part of the charity.
2004: Prince Harry spends two months in Lesotho in a working visit during his gap year. Here he meets Aids orphans and vulnerable young people.
2006: Inspired by his visit two years prior, he setups up Sentebale with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, taking the name from the Sesotho language for the phrase “forget me not”.
2010: The first polo cup is held. Harry has regularly played in the annual tournament, helping to raise more than £11 million since the tournament’s creation.
2015: Harry attends the official opening of the charity’s flagship Mamohato Children’s Centre in Lesotho.
2020: Following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to step back as senior royals, Harry made his first public speech to Sentebale.
2023: Sophie Chandauka is appointed to the role of chair after Johnny Hornby resigns, following his five years in the position.
2024: Harry visits Lesotho in October for the first time in six years to showcase Sentebale’s work.
2025: In March, princes Harry and Seeiso release a joint statement announcing their resignation amid a row between the trustees and Chandauka.
In response, Chandauka slams “weak executive management, abuse of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny, and misogynoir” at the charity.
“And all of a sudden he turned up with a Netflix crew and wanted to make it part of his programme.
“And that was part of the problem. So, yes, that is exactly what the Queen wanted to avoid.
“And we can see playing out there with Harry, cocking it up, if you like.”
Harry quit Britain in 2020 and jetted to California with his wife Meghan where they now live with their two children, Archie, five, and Lilibet, three.
The senior royals announced on Instagram their plan to “step back” from their duties and become financially independent.
The pair said they wanted to “carve out a progressive new role” while still supporting Queen Elizabeth.
But at a hastily convened summit at Sandringham in January 2020 the Queen’s decision was swift and final.
The wantaway couple were told there was no “half-in, half-out” role and that they could not have their cake and eat it as they were wished good luck in their new life.
Meanwhile the Charity Commission said it had opened a regulatory compliance case into Sentebale.
The commission said it had informed the charity on Wednesday that it had “opened a regulatory compliance case to examine concerns raised about the charity”.
This allows the watchdog to “gather evidence and assess the compliance of the charity and trustees past and present with their legal duties” and responsibilities under charity law.
It is not the same as a statutory inquiry.
The commission, which said the decision to open a case came after assessing initial concerns raised, said it is in “direct contact with parties who have raised concerns”.
Regulatory compliance cases can lead to a range of outcomes including an official warning being given to a charity or a statutory inquiry being opened, which can give the commission additional powers of investigation.
A GRAND NATIONAL punter landed a colossal winner from a £1 each way bet – as bookies confessed they’d been stung by a punt labelled ‘the stuff of dreams’.
Nick Rockett’s hugely emotional win at 33-1 looked like a win for the layers on the face of it.
But now the dust has settled on this year’s race, several gigantic winning punts have emerged.
And none were better than the £1 each way which netted a Ladbrokes punter more than £29,000.
Amazingly, the four-fold acca all came down to Nick Rockett in the world’s most famous race.
Previous winners Cruz Control (10-1), Flic Ou Voyou (18-1) and Frankie Dettori’s 3-1 Raging Torrent saw the bet come all hinge on the last, nerve-shredding leg.
The bettor will have had a sweaty few minutes as Willie Mullins’ horse tried his best to navigate the 34 Aintree fences.
But Nick Rockett came to the last travelling best of all, jumped it well and held off 7-1 defending champ I Am Maximus to seal the deal.
The £1 each way bet netted them a whopping £29,347.23 return.
Cal Gildart of Ladbrokes said: “On the biggest racing day of the year, one customer landed one of the best bets we’ve seen for some time!
“Our plucky punter had Cruz Control as their first pick, and in cruise control was exactly how the first three legs of the bet came in.
“It’s the stuff of dreams to take home just shy of £30,000 from a £1 each-way bet, and to do it via a 33-1 Grand National winner means they’ll be dining out on this for years. Many congratulations!”
Amazingly, this wasn’t the only bet to leave bookies counting the cost of an otherwise good Aintree Festival for them.
Two William Hill punters took them to the cleaners.
One did a £2 each way treble that included 50-1 Aintree winner Deep Cave, 13-2 Yarmouth scorer Marmoga and Nick Rockett.
That brought them £20,236 from a total outlay of £4.
While another punter’s £12 combination tricast landed them £15,332 after they correctly predicted the first three finishers.
Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “While the result of this year’s Grand National had looked one for the layers, we’ve been stung by two nice bets which have stopped us reaching for the Champagne.
“One punter managed to predict the first three home, Nick Rockett, I Am Maximus and Grangeclare West, to land a cool £15,332 from just a £12 stake.
“And it wasn’t just that, with another customer managing to pull off a £20,236 haul when finding three winners, including National hero Nick Rockett, on Saturday.
“We have to tip our hat here, as the punter in question also managed to find a 50-1 winner, which is a sensational bet.”
The three winners meant that, from a total outlay of £18, bookies had to pay out £64,915.
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A GIANT seaside attraction is making a thrilling comeback — and just in time for summer fun.
The towering 144ft-high big wheel is set to return to a popular UK coastal town, offering stunning views for just a fiver a spin.
Locals and holidaymakers alike will be able to hop aboard the iconic ride as it rolls back into action in the coming weeks – and it’s already gearing up to be the town’s hottest ticket of the season.
Worthing’s giant seafront wheel will be open to thrill visitors from as early as this month.
The high observation wheel has been given the green light by council bosses and will take pride of place between the pier and lido, right opposite Montague Place.
Set to offer jaw-dropping views over the West Sussex coast, the towering attraction could be spinning from April 7.
And it will stay put every summer until 2028, operating daily from 10am to 10pm between March and November.
However, concerns have been raised that the attraction could negatively impact the area.
Some locals had previously kicked off over its size — fearing it could spoil views of historic buildings and overlook nearby homes.
But planners ruled the boost to tourism and business far outweighed the “limited harm” the ride might cause.
A similar wheel was given the go-ahead last year, and a slightly taller version was greenlit back in 2019.
This comes after Eastbourne revealed plans for a seaside wheel of its own, dubbed the “Sky Club”.
The towering ride took pride of place on the eastern seafront from April 5.
Eastbourne Borough Council calling it a “crowd-pleaser” that boosted footfall and “lit up” the town’s night-time economy.
Locals were treated to sweeping views stretching from Sovereign Harbour to the iconic pier.
The Sky Club wheel will operate for four weeks, according to EBC.
SCRATCHES, dents and annoying furniture marks not only look unsightly on our floors but they can be impossible to remove.
And over time, heavy sofas, dining chairs and TV units can all wreak havoc on one of the biggest investments in our home.
But there are a few simple and budget-friendly tips that will keep your flooring looking good for years to come.
Many even use everyday household items and some don’t cost anything at all.
Here, flooring expert Richard McKay – Managing Director at Sprung, specialists in flooring designed to elevate and protect spaces – reveals his five top tips for protecting the floors around your home.
If you enjoyed some wine over the weekend, you may want to hunt out the cork.
Richard says that slicing corks into small discs and gluing them to the bottom of furniture legs is ideal for a “protective layer”.
He adds: “Alternatively, you can cross cut tennis balls and slip them onto table and chair legs to prevent damage on the floor.”
Forget spending money on expensive furniture pads as you can create your own from old gym floor mats.
“Just cut them into small squares and place them under chair and table legs”, Richard says.
This provides a cushion barrier and stops furniture from denting and scratching your floor.
By applying hot glue to the bottom of chair and table legs, you can create a barrier that reduces friction and therefore protects the floors underneath.
Richard suggests: “Just be sure to leave a smooth and even layer of the glue for best results.”
If you’re moving heavy furniture, the flooring expert advises grabbing a pool noodle.
He adds: “Simply cut it lengthwise and then wedge between your item and the wall or floor.
“This will stop any accidental damage as it prevents unnecessary movement and pressure.”
For extra protection, you could also invest in specialist floor wax that is designed to create a barrier against wear and tear, and scratches.
“Not only does it protect the floor but it also enhances the appearance of many woods”, Richard says.
To further prevent damage, it’s best practice to rearrange rugs and furniture every few months.
This ensures that pressure isn’t continuously applied to the same spots.
It’s also important to know which floors are at risk so you can combat potential issues before they happen.
For example, hardwood and laminate are prone to scratches, dents and wear.
Vinyl and lino are at risk of impressions from heavy furniture.
Grout lines in tiles can crack under weight and carpet can flatten under heavy furniture, leaving ugly marks.
By using these tips, you can keep your floors looking great without spending a fortune and save your rooms from unnecessary damage.
A BRAIN-teaser on The 1% Club has left viewers flummoxed.
Presenter Lee Mack’s Hokey Cokey-based riddle confused players during the show – as well as fans at home.
Host Lee asked the question: “A family of five are doing the Hokey Cokey. Grandma always gets it wrong and puts an arm in when everyone else puts a leg in and a leg in when everyone else puts an arm in.
“When the song says ‘you put your left leg in’, how many legs in total are not ‘in’?”
The comedian joked: “What’s wrong with this family? Is the wifi down?”
He then explained: “We lost three people there. Let’s have a look at the answer. It’s six.
“Four people are doing it correctly. So we have one leg in and one leg out, but Grandma has her arm in and both legs out – and four plus two is six.”
The show’s official account wrote on X: “Hokey Cokey gone wrong! How many legs are left out?”
One user on X admitted: “I forgot Granny was part of the five people.”
A second commented: “Ah! Used my pass, couldn’t think quick enough.”
A third added: “I said five but meant six, so still in!”
Saturday night’s episode once again saw 100 contestants try and make it to the 1% question and be in with a chance to win a share of the jackpot.
But 17 players were knocked out early doors at the 80% question.
In the end, only one person made it to the 1% question, a contestant named Steve.
He decided to gamble the £10,000 he had secured for getting that far to have a stab at winning £100,000.
The question was: “What two letters replace the question marks?”
Underneath the rest of the puzzling question read: “TE times T equals MESSAGE. TO times IN equals POISON. E times ?? equals LEAVE.”
After his 30 seconds were up, Steve revealed he had locked in his answer as “NE.”
There was a dramatic pause, then Lee revealed he had got it wrong, with the correct answer being “IT.”
The 1% Club airs on Saturdays on ITV and is available on ITVX.
SHE was the woman of his dreams – beautiful, sexy, playful, teasing – who spoke English with an enticing Bulgarian accent.
For Grant Amato, 29, Silviya was the person he had been waiting for to help him break out of the depression and sense of failure he had after losing his job.
She was a welcome escape from the suffocating life he led, still living with his parents, along with his elder brother, Cody, 31.
He spent hours talking to her every day, lavishing more and more money and gifts on her that quickly crept up to thousands of dollars.
But this was no traditional love story. The pair had only ever interacted together on a computer screen and it was her job to entice not only him, but hundreds of other clients who paid for her time as a cam girl.
And his obsession for her would lead to financial ruin and the callous murder of his parents and brother.
Now the harrowing story of Amato’s deadly passion is told in the three-part BBC Three series, The Man Who Murdered His Family.
The documentary is based on four years of phone conversations between TV director Colin Archdeacon Grant Amato while he was in prison before and after his trial.
And chillingly, the grovelling killer now claims he is “remorseful” over his crimes, moaning: “I wish I could go back in time and have my family back.”
Growing up in Chuluota, Florida, Amato admits that he had a comfortable lifestyle with no complaints.
“My life was easy. I was always taken care of. I never had to worry about money or bills. My family sacrificed a lot to give me that security,” he says, with characteristic composure.
He had a loving mother and a father who, although rather controlling, wanted to do the best for his family, and there was a very close bond between Grant and Cody.
Amato continues: “Cody was the love of my life. We were so compatible. He’s that person that I could always turn to in both happiness and sadness and I knew that he was always going to be there for me, his little brother.
“He was kind of my angel on this Earth. We didn’t mind staying at the house that we always lived at as we got older because my dad really wanted to stay close to us. He was afraid of letting us go.”
Chad and Margaret worked in medicine and encouraged their sons to follow in their footsteps. Grant and Cody both entered nurse anaesthesia school at the same time in 2018 and everything seemed to be going well – their future set with well-paid jobs.
But when Amato had a row with a superior for giving a patient too high an epidural dosage, his anger led to him being expelled.
It was the start of his downfall and the break-up with his brother.
He says: “Cody was conflicted. He was doing well at medical school and had to maintain his image which was very irritating because I was like, ‘Why aren’t you defending me?’ I started to feel the valley opening up between us.”
Amato found other work as a hospital nurse but got into trouble for his decision to medicate patients himself.
He lost his job and with a criminal charge for stealing medicines, was now unable to find other employment.
A keen computer games player and fan of the Japanese cartoon anime, he took to spending hours in his bedroom online until one day he clicked on a banner at the top of the screen featuring a bikini-clad model.
It took him to a site that featured attractive models performing erotic shows.
Amato says: “That was the first time I ever went to a site like that and I kind of fell in love with the first girl I met. Her screen name is AdySweet but through getting to know her I found out that her name is actually Silviya.”
To gain access to a deeper, more intimate online relationship meant paying more.
Amato says: “It’s like a hierarchy. She did a kind of medieval ranking system where the highest ‘tippers’ rank are called Lords. It became like a competition with other guys to tip the most.
“When you reached the top of the table a bell would jingle and everybody would see your name. That’s why I was tipping the way that I did, for the attention and the glory of it.
“I ended up spending between $12,000 and $15,000 a day on her.
“She had the proverbial power of a Cleopatra. She could get any man she wanted but when you actually interact with her, she isn’t like that.
“We were acting like a couple of high schoolers who had fallen in love. She would teach me Bulgarian. We became so close.”
I ended up spending between $12,000 and $15,000 a day on her. She had the proverbial power of a Cleopatra. She could get any man she wanted but when you actually interact with her, she isn’t like that.
Grant Amato
He presented himself online falsely as a successful BMW-driving anaesthetist, who lived by himself, and came across as cool and charming. Fantasy and reality were blurring.
“At this point in my life I’m at my lowest, yet I’m experiencing one of the most fulfilling interactions with a human being that I genuinely care for,” says the delusional killer.
“Silviya puts on this mask but then she lets you see behind it. Ady is a playful woman but Silviya is a lot more vulnerable. The way I acted in that chatroom was comedic, sarcastic, playful.
“But whenever I came back, and interacted with the physical world, I was distant. I was closed off.”
Angela Jones, PhD, author of Camming, tells the documentary: “A lot of these men are not just looking to log in for immediate sexual gratification. They want the girlfriend experience.
“They want to spend time with the girl, have conversations. They are looking for emotional support. Silviya was just doing her job.”
Romanian cam model Anastasia adds that the girls often genuinely become close to their clients.
She says: “There are boundaries but you begin to care about these members. It can feel like it’s your second family. It’s not just about getting naked.
“Members are looking for intimacy. They want to share their feelings, their experience. Maybe they are going through some rough time and a model just helps them emotionally. It’s like a therapy session.”
Worried about the mental health of his brother, Cody paid for him and Amato to have a trip to Japan and on the way home, he confessed about Silviya.
Cody had sympathy and even financed more tokens for him to spend on Silviya but back home, he told their parents.
“With everything out in the open it was a very uncomfortable environment,” recalls Amato.
After he asked Cody for $50,000 so he could get away and fly to Bulgaria to meet Silviya in person, the family told him that they were taking him to rehab.
It was discovered that Amato had spent $200,000 by fraudulently opening up separate credit cards in the names of his family without their knowledge.
Chad had to take out a second mortgage on his home and resolved to work longer hours. Managing to find Silviya’s email address, he wrote to tell her who his son really was.
“It was just embarrassing,” remembers Amato. “Silviya gave me one chance to come clean with her and I decided just to tell her everything. Afterwards, she said that the room was closed to me.”
Amato didn’t complete his 60-day stay in rehab. His mum came to pick him up after only a few weeks and took him back home but, incensed by what he thought was his family’s betrayal, his dark mood turn to murder.
When Cody failed to arrive at work, on January 25 2019, a work colleague contacted police, who drove to the house.
They were greeted by a grim scene. Cody, Chad and Margaret had all been shot dead in the back of the head.
Amato, who had fled the scene, was arrested at a hotel in Orange County, Florida, after his car was recognised.
He was charged with murder, which he denied and continued to deny, even after he was given a life sentence in August, 2019.
But, after his appeal was rejected 18 months later, in a startling confession to filmmaker Colin Archdeacon, he calmly tells him the truth of what happened.
“I don’t want to keep wearing masks or keep up anything false,” he says, calmly.
“That’s the realisation I’ve come to. Basically, this whole time I’ve been protecting my innocence for the sake of my future with the appeals process, but the truth is I did commit those murders.
“I was very resistant to therapy and I felt so betrayed when my family said I was going into rehab. I was told that I could not have my cell phone or any electronic device for 60 days.
“Being detached from the online world was all the more traumatic. My one outlet that had brought me joy, this alternate lifestyle that I had developed, was gone.
“So now, this life that I was left with was pointless. That was when I thought about killing my family. I am remorseful. I wish I could go back in time and have my family back.”
Amato later revealed he had shot his mum in the back of the head as she sat at her computer the waited for dad Chad to arrive, shooting him twice in the garage.
He then used his dad’s phone to summon Cody home from work – before shooting him in the kitchen.
Archdeacon employed an investigative journalist in Bulgaria in the hope of getting Silviya’s side of the story.
She eventually managed to track her down in Sofia but Silviya told her on the phone: “This thing has caused me extreme stress. Literally almost ruined my whole life.
“I can’t bring myself to talk about it. I’ve barely managed to feel normal again and survive.”
The Man Who Murdered His Family airs on BBC Three tonight
