£1,500 Foxes bet win
ONE lucky punter netted £1,500 by predicting Leicester City’s 9-0 drubbing of Southampton.
Paul Adlam, 41, from Bournemouth, had a £10 in-play punt on his mobile phone at 150-1 on the Foxes reaching the record Premier League away win.
The carpet fitter made the incredible score prediction after seeing Southampton go 3-0 down early on while down to 10 men following Ryan Bertrand’s sending off in Friday night’s match.
The dad of two laid his bet with BetFred, whose spokesman said: “He’s told us he’s going to have the best ever Christmas for him and his family.” STRICTLY’S head judge Shirley Ballas has blamed Twitter trolls for sealing Catherine Tyldesley’s fate.
She says if the moaners had actually voted for the ex-Corrie actress at the weekend, she would still be in the contest.
Fed up of trolls, she blasted: “If people wanted her to stay, why was she in the bottom two?”
A huge row erupted after soap favourite Catherine was given the boot on Sunday instead of sports presenter Mike Bushell.
A tie in the votes gave head judge Shirley the final say and she sent the actress home – but ★
A HUNGRY seagull got its comeuppance when the crab it grabbed clamped its claws on the bird’s breast and left it hopping in pain.
The herring gull quickly released the creature which plopped back into the water and swam to safety.
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Wildlife photographer Anastasia Grigorenko caught the incident on the Great Island Trail at Cape Cod, US. was targeted by trolls who called Mike a “joke act”.
Now the Queen of Latin has hit back, adding: “There’s a chance for any couple to go all the way because if the whole country wants somebody in the final they will make the final.”
She also said Catherine made mistakes in the dance-off while Mike did not.
She added: “There were a few little stumbles. Mike came out with the eye of the tiger, and he made no mistakes.”
Fellow judge Craig Revel Horwood backed her up, saying yesterday: “I blame the people that aren’t voting.
“They’ll all whinge online and be abusive and then you ask them: ‘Did you vote?’ And they say: ‘Oh no I didn’t vote.’ If you’re that worried about it, vote!”