Daily Mail - 30.07.2019

Daily Mail, Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Page 11
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Couple scoop £50,000 in surprise

Love Island victory – first of many

pay days for reality show’s stars

Don’t fence off sand dunes, it’s

harming endangered species

Diabetic mothers five times

more likely to have stillbirth

By Ben Spencer

Medical Correspondent

By Victoria Allen

Science Correspondent

CHILDREN and families should be allowed

to roam on sand dunes to help protect

endangered species, experts say.

The mounds, which have been fenced off

at beaches for decades in a bid to reduce

trampling, are being choked by thick

grass and invasive plants.

A return to walking on dunes will help to

expose bare sand and crevices which

small animals rely on. They are home to

70 priority species, including the natter-

jack toad and sand lizard.

Natural England is leading a project to

ensure dunes are no longer ‘sterile,

grassy hillocks’, and has received £4mil-

lion of National Lottery funding. This will

help conserve over 17,000 acres of dunes,

which have declined by a third in the UK

since 1900. The four-year scheme will

improve access for the public, focusing on

nine dune landscapes in areas such as

north Cornwall, Cumbria and Dorset.

Marian Spain, of Natural England, said

sand dunes were ‘some of our most pre-

cious landscapes’, adding: ‘People can

now enjoy a habitat they have long been

encouraged to keep off.’

WOMEN with type-2 diabetes have

nearly a five-fold increased risk of suf-

fering the heartbreak of a stillbirth,

researchers have warned.

Experts tracked 5,392 babies born to 3,

mothers with diabetes in Scotland between

April 1998 and June 2016.

They found those with type-1 diabetes, an

autoimmune condition linked to genetics,

had three times the risk of stillbirth.

But for type-2 diabetes – largely associ-

ated with obesity and lifestyle – the risk

increased 4.7-fold compared to women

without diabetes.

The researchers said high blood sugar lev-

els and obesity, both main features of the

condition, are ‘key modifiable risk factors’

to reduce stillbirths. Dr Sharon Mackin of

Glasgow University, who carried out the

study published in the Diabetologia jour-

nal, said: ‘Women with diabetes should

make contact with their diabetes clinic as

soon as they get a positive pregnancy test

so we can see and support them early on.’

Dr Emily Burns of Diabetes UK said:

‘Most women with diabetes have healthy

babies, but this reinforces the importance

of supporting women to manage their blood

glucose levels if planning a pregnancy.’

Treasure

island!

By Eleanor Sharples

TV and Radio Reporter

AMBER Gill and Greg O’Shea

shocked viewers last night as

they were crowned the winners

of Love Island.

Six million people were expected to

tune into the hotly anticipated final.

The 21-year-old beautician and 24-year-

old Irish professional rugby player were

the surprise winners of Britain’s most

popular reality show after being a couple

for only ten days.

They beat the favourites, boxer Tommy

Fury, 20, and social media influencer

Molly-Mae Hague, also 20, to the £50,

prize money.

Amber had become a firm favourite

among viewers after being dumped by

Michael Griffiths.

Shortly after winning, Greg was pre-

sented with a gold envelope containing

Maura and Curtis were the

rank outsiders at 50/1.

Viewing figures are expected to

be even higher than last year’s

final which saw an all-time ITV

record of 3.6million viewers tuning

in to watch Dani Dyer and Jack

Fincham crowned winners.

It beat the 2017 final by almost

one million, with the show enjoy-

ing an audience share of 19

per cent – more than six times

the ITV2 average.

In last night’s episode all four

couples attended the Love Island

2019 summer ball where they each

offered their declarations of love.

Dressed in a tuxedo, Greg reveals

he has written a poem for Amber,

reading: ‘I’m going to keep this

short and sweet, just like when we

first came to meet. Up in the Hide-

away sheltered from the trouble,

we instantly connected and

formed our own little bubble.’

In response Amber, who wore a

long white fitted dress, said: ‘It

would be fair to say that I’ve had

quite a journey in the villa this

summer. There have been so many

highs and then some lows, but

then along came Greg. Thank you

for helping to build me back up.

You’ve always been so sweet and

lovely to me and you’ve managed

to bring out my soft side.’

This year’s series received its fair

share of Ofcom complaints

throughout the eight-week show.

In June, the media watchdog

received 486 complaints when

‘predatory’ Maura Higgins, 28,

tried to get boxer Tommy – brother

of fellow boxer Tyson Fury – to

kiss her. She straddled him and

continued to pursue the kiss, even

after he politely refused.

Early this month, a further 200

complaints were made relating to

the fallout from a recoupling

which saw air hostess Amy Hart,

26, sob uncontrollably after

discovering her ‘half-boyfriend’

Curtis, brother of Strictly’s AJ,

had kissed another woman.

The most watched episode of

the series on July 3 was seen by

more than six million people and

we can expect the same to tune in

for the final.

The record-breaking episode

showed the fallout between the

group after they were reunited fol-

lowing the girls’ return from Casa

Amor – an alternative villa where

they could couple up with a new

set of boys, while their counter-

parts stayed in the original villa and

also met potential new partners.

According to ratings body

BARB, more than 4.7 million peo-

ple watched the episode on TV

sets, with another 1.4 million saw

it on mobile devices.

n Ofcom will introduce rules to

protect reality television stars

from ‘unjustified distress’. The

media watchdog is proposing

stringent guidelines to ensure TV

and radio participants are prop-

erly cared for by broadcasters.

ITV came under pressure after

Love Island stars Sophie Gradon,

32, and Mike Thalassitis, 26, took

their lives. The broadcaster

announced an enhanced duty of

care process, which includes a mini-

mum of eight therapy sessions.

The watchdog will issue its final

decisions this winter.

£50,000 and given the choice of

keeping the money or sharing it

with Amber. He opted to share the

prize, and the pair embraced as

the series came to an end.

After leaving the show, all the

couples in last night’s final can

expect to make sensational

amounts of money from their

social media following.

Ahead of the episode Amber had

1.6million followers on Instagram

and could make £4,634 from just

one Instagram post, according to

digital marketing experts Rise At

Seven. Although her partner Greg

was a late arrival to the show and

last night had just 363,000 follow-

ers, he can still expect £501 from

each uploaded photo.

They also beat contestants

Maura Higgins and Curtis Pritch-

ard, who came fourth, and Ovie

Soko and India Reynolds, who

came third.

Tommy and Molly-Mae had been

odds-on favourites to win the

fifth series with the bookmakers

at 4/5. Amber and Greg were

second favourites at 11/8, India

and Ovie were third at 5/1, while

The final four

girls: India

Reynolds and

Molly-Mae

Hague, back

row, and

Amber Gill and

Maura Higgins

Winners: Greg and Amber last

night. Inset: They share a kiss