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I’m a size 20 but sized up in a dress at Pretty Little Thing- even the size 26 won’t do up… I’m fuming
THEY’RE known for their small sizing.
But one woman who tried to compensate on Pretty Little Thing by sizing up was left fuming when a shirt she wanted STILL didn’t fit.
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Hollie Stubbings was left fuming when she ordered a size 26 dress from Pretty Little Thing, only for it not to fit – despite the fact she’s a size 20 ordinarily[/caption]
Hollie Stubbings took to TikTok to share a video of herself trying on the white top, which she had managed to do up but was left gaping on her chest and stomach.
“Can we talk about the fact that this is a size 26 from Pretty Little Thing?” Hollie said.
“I am normally a size 20 to 22 and this doesn’t even fit me.
“What on Earth?”
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Captioning her video, she wrote: “@prettylittlething what the hell, seriously.”
People in the comments section were quick to relate to Hollie’s PLT issue, with one writing: “I’m usually a size 4 and I’m a size 10,12 on pretty little thing don’t let it get you down darling they need to sort out the sizing.”
“B**ody hell that’s terrible x thank you x” Hollie replied.
“Should be a wake up call,” another added.
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“i stg everything i’ve brought from plt is either way too big or way too small,” a third commented.
As someone else said: “I hate plt. I’m a size 16 and their 18/20 didn’t even fit. so disappointed in their sizing.”
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“Their sizing is absolutely disgusting honestly I go 3 sizes up and still too tight,” another comment read.
While someone else raged: “I bought a 24 from plt and it wouldn’t even go past my t**s, sizing is shocking.”
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Watch as road rage driver rams cyclist onto his bonnet while the rider screams in terror
THIS is the shocking moment a road rage driver rams a cyclist onto his bonnet with the rider left screaming in terror.
Ahmed Al-Rawi, 55, was caught repeatedly driving into the victim after he clipped them along a road in Swindon, Wiltshire.
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The cyclist screamed as he was rammed onto the bonnet by Ahmed Al-Rawi[/caption]
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Police then arrived and were seen dragging him from his car[/caption]
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He was then arrested on the scene by cops[/caption]
The unnamed cyclist is repeatedly heard screaming “stop” in the video as Al-Rawi drove two or three car lengths with the victim on the bonnet.
Footage then shows Al-Rawi being dragged from his car by police before being arrested on the scene during the incident on July 28, 2020.
The former Iraqi-national was handed a 12-month sentence suspended by 18 months and banned from driving for a year.
Al-Rawi will also pay the victim £500 in compensation and must re-complete his driving test.
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He pleaded not guilty to one count of dangerous driving but was convicted by a jury after just under four hours of deliberations in June.
Winchester Crown Court heard that after initially clipping the victim, them and Al-Rawi had become “enthralled” in a verbal altercation.
Al-Rawi threw the victim’s electric bike out of the way of his car, but the victim remained standing in front of his vehicle to stop him driving further.
But he decided to drive anyway, forcing the cyclist on top of his car and not stopping for several car lengths down Devizes Road.
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Prosecutor Leigh Hart said: “The defendant I believe kicked or threw the bike out of the way, and [the victim] remained in the street in front of the bonnet.
“Some verbal words were exchanged and the defendant ended up driving away, resulting in [the victim] being carried on the bonnet for about three car lengths.
“Officers intervened and stopped and arrested the defendant, who disputed the driving was dangerous.”
In interview, and again in trial, he said he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from being tortured in Iraq.
“[He] thought he was going to be attacked so wanted to go away,” Ms Hart continued.
She added that the victim’s electric bike that Al-Rawi hit and later threw away was damaged.
In the June 2022 trial Defence barrister Gareth James told the court that Al-Rawi managed to escape Iraq, coming to the UK and claiming asylum.
Al-Rawi plead not guilty and claimed that he had given the cyclist “plenty of space” – an argument the Judge said the Jury likely rejected.
He added: “Driving at someone is always dangerous and driving on once he hit your bonnet is plainly a dangerous thing to do and could have resulted in a serious injury to [the victim].
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“This is clearly an offence which passes the custodial threshold.”
However, Judge Richard Parkes QC asserted that while the offence “clearly passes the custodial threshold”, Al-Rawi posed “absolutely no danger to the public”.
Our Lionesses have restored pride in being female…don’t let woke wastrels destroy their victory, says Piers Morgan
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AMAZING, isn’t it?
All it took to stop the insane war on women was for a bunch of women to become the most successful footballers this country has produced since 1966.
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The Lionesses made history last night as they secured the nation’s first major football trophy since the World Cup in 1966[/caption]
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Politicians who’ve persistently refused to say what a woman is, and who believe biological males should be allowed to compete as women against women in sport despite the obvious unfairness, moved faster than greyhounds out of traps yesterday to celebrate actual women winning a major international sporting trophy.
It was only a few weeks ago that Sir Keir Starmer, leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition, said he believes some women have penises.
But yesterday, he declared the Lionesses ‘have inspired a generation of women and girls’, adding: ‘My daughter and her friends have strong, successful role models in sport because of you. The entire nation is so proud.’
Wait a minute, Sir Keir.
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Before you cynically lasso your virtue-signalling political rope to the Lionesses, why was there no mention in that tweet of the trans community?
Why did you not say these superstar Lionesses have inspired a generation of women, girls… AND women with penises?
Why would you be so ‘exclusionary’ to trans people at this moment of national historical significance?
Of course, we know why; he’d have destroyed any chance he has of ever running the country because most Britons do not believe women have penises and think sex is an immutable biological fact not the arbitrary whim of whoever wants to stick their hand up and claim to be a woman.
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Starmer’s female shadow cabinet ministers have been just as hypocritical.
Yvette Cooper, Labour’s shadow Home Secretary, declined to define a woman recently, saying she didn’t want to go down that ‘rabbit hole.’
But yesterday, she charged right into that rabbit hole: ‘Think on it. The last time England footballers won a major international tournament, women were still banned from playing by the FA.’
True, and that’s a shameful fact.
But think on this, Ms Cooper: the last time England footballers won a major international tournament, no politician – or anybody else for that matter – was incapable of describing a woman.
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Three months ago, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also refused to answer the ‘what is a woman?’ question, saying: ‘I’m just not going to get into this debate at a level that’s about simplified and lurid headlines.’
Last night, the same Ms Sturgeon gleefully chased simple lurid headlines by tweeting: ‘Brilliant @lionesses and just goes to show… when you want something done… ask the women!’
Sure, unless you’re asking a woman what a woman is, right Nicola?
(Oh, and can you imagine the outrage if a male politician had made that kind of sexist quip if England’s men had won the Euros last year?)
In a farcical moment on BBC Radio 4 last week, broadcaster Emma Barnett asked former England star Anita Asante: ‘Do you like the term ‘Lionesses’? Why not ‘Lions’, why do we have to call them ‘Lionesses’?’
Aside from the fact that Lionesses do far more hunting and providing in the wild than lazy Lions, the name of the questioner’s show is Woman’s Hour.
Why do we have to call it that, Emma – why not Men’s Hour?
There are many great things about the Lionesses’ stunning triumph including the record breaking crowds and massive TV audiences which will irrevocably change the commercial viability of the women’s game.
They’ve played with dazzling skill (some of their goals in this tournament were as technically brilliant as anything elite male footballers can do), passion, confidence, and a ruthless will-to-win.
And the way they celebrated was just as entertaining – from match-winner Chloe Kelly tunelessly wailing Sweet Caroline in her pitch-side interview, to the whole squad storming their manager’s press conference to chant Football’s Coming Home and doing the same in a drunken conga with fans when they got back to their hotel.
They’re all going to be fabulously rich and famous now, as well as being showered with awards and honours – and they deserve it all.
They’ve played with dazzling skill (some of their goals in this tournament were as technically brilliant as anything elite male footballers can do), passion, confidence, and a ruthless will-to-win.
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But aside from restoring huge pride in the country and uniting us like nothing else has done since the 2012 Olympics, they’ve also restored pride in being female.
As the Queen said: ‘You have all set an example that will be an inspiration for girls and women today, and for future generations.’
The Spice Girls tweeted ‘True #GirlPower right there,’ and Mel C exclaimed: ‘Heroes, one and all!! How incredible to watch a group of young women come together, have each others backs, change peoples perceptions and touch the hearts of the whole country.’
Reality TV star Christine McGuinness gushed: ‘Women supporting women Going against the grain Doing what they love Believing in themselves Fighting for equality. And our country getting behind them shouting “Yes girls.”’
And singer Shania Twain said: ‘You know these women will have had to fight for respect from the first moment they picked up the ball – Let’s f***ing go girls!’
I couldn’t agree more with all of this.
But let’s not forget there has been a growing movement to erase the use of the word ‘girl’ at even girls’ schools, and ‘women’ in medical guidelines.
If we let the woke wastrels win, then all such gender-specific language will be eradicated, trans athletes will destroy women’s sport, women’s health and safety will be compromised, and ultimately, women will lose right when they’ve begun to win so spectacularly.
The Lionesses are the best women to ever play football for England, but none of them would get anywhere near a Premier League squad because they don’t have the strength, power or speed of top male footballers.
However, as they showed yesterday, when competing against other biological women on a fair playing field, they’re world-beaters.
That’s why sex and biology matters.
Today is a day to celebrate women and everything they represent, and to do so without fear of being branded transphobic.
Congratulations ladies!
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Chloe Kelly’s landmark victory lap which sealed the epic win[/caption]
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Keir Starmer praised the Lionesses for giving his daughter strong and successful role models[/caption]
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Christine McGuiness said last night: ‘Women supporting women going against the grain, doing what they love, believing in themselves, fighting for equality’[/caption]
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Chelsea star Malang Sarr wanted in Fulham transfer as Marco Silva targets new defenders including Issa Diop
FULHAM have reportedly made an offer for Chelsea star Malang Sarr.
The Athletic claims Marco Silva is a huge fan of the French centre-back.
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And he has tabled an offer ahead of the new Premier League season.
Sarr has been at Chelsea since 2020 after arriving on a free transfer from Nice.
And he ended up making 21 appearances under Thomas Tuchel last term.
However, Chelsea are looking to boost their options at the back.
Brighton’s Marc Cucurella has emerged as a top target for the Blues.
And Tuchel is also hoping to land Leicester ace Wesley Fofana.
It means several players are set to depart Chelsea this summer.
And Sarr could now be on his way to Craven Cottage.
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Fulham are also lining up West Ham’s Issa Diop after winning the Championship.
The Londoners have been busy in the transfer window, completing deals for Joao Palhinha, Andreas Pereira, Manor Solomon and Kevin Mbabu.
Fulham are also closing in on an £8million deal for Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
And there could yet be more arrivals between now and the end of the window.