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The Mail has launched a new WhatsApp Channel, providing you with the latest news directly to your app. 

WhatsApp Channels let you privately follow people, organisations, sports teams, artists and thought leaders you want to get updates from. 

Unlike personal chats, you can’t respond to messages sent in Channels. 

What’s more, who you choose to follow is private, and will not be visible to other followers. 

Here’s everything you need to know about WhatsApp Channels – including how to join The Mail’s Channel.  

Meta first announced Channels back in June, when it initially rolled out in Singapore and Colombia. 

However, it is now being rolled out in over 150 countries, including the UK and the US.   

‘If you’re new to Channels, our goal is to build the most private broadcast service available,’ WhatsApp explained.

‘Channels are separate from your chats, and who you choose to follow is not visible to other followers. 

‘We also protect the personal information of both admins and followers.’

To follow the The Mail on WhatsApp Channels, simply click on this invite link. 

You can also search for The Mail’s Channel by tapping the Updates tab > Plus+ > Find channels, and searching ‘Daily Mail’. 

Alternatively, use your smartphone to scan the QR code in the fact box, and you’ll be taken to a page to join the channel. 

If you can’t see Channels, try updating WhatsApp via your app store. 

Once you’ve joined The Mail’s channel, make sure you tap the bell icon at the top of the screen to receive notifications. 

Channels will appear under the Updates tab in the WhatsApp app, which can be found next to ‘Chats’, ‘Calls’ and ‘Communities’.

Unlike personal chats, Channels are a ‘one-way broadcast tool’, so if you get an update, you won’t be able to reply to it. 

Channel admins will send the updates to all who have chosen to receive them, whether they’re text, photos, videos, stickers or polls. 

For privacy reasons, the phone number and profile photo of the Channel admin will not be shared with people receiving the updates.

Likewise, following a channel won’t reveal your phone number to the admin or other followers. 

WhatsApp Channel messages will only be stored for 30 days before they are deleted.

‘This is just the beginning, and we’ll continue to add more features and expand Channels based on feedback we get from users,’ WhatsApp added.

Melania Trump believes former President Donald Trump‘s fourth indictment is ‘another problem for her husband’ and ‘not for her,’ as she’s kept a low profile in New York City amid the ex-president’s legal woes. 

People Magazine gave an update on the former first lady Wednesday evening, with a social source telling the magazine that ‘Melania publicly supports her husband but privately prefers a life with 100 percent privacy and no press scrutiny.’ 

‘She hates all of the legal problems and says very little about them anytime anywhere,’ a source stated. ‘She leads her own life.’ 

The revelation came days after a Georgia grand jury indicted Trump and 18 others for their alleged roles in trying to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Trump has blasted the RICO charges, calling them a political witch hunt.

Melania’s latest apparent feelings seem to echo her famous green coat that drew ire when she wore it as her husband was president and read: ‘I really don’t care. Do you?’

Trump faces criminal cases in Florida, Georgia, New York and Washington, DC. He was indicted in New York on charges related to the alleged hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. 

His Florida case is on federal charges related to the handling of classified documents. He was also indicted by special prosecutor Jack Smith for allegations of election interference. 

 DailyMail.com exclusively reported that Melania joined the ex-president and Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo and her husband Jonathan for a double date at Bedminster after Trump returned from federal court in Washington, D.C., on August 3, for an appearance related to the election interference charges. 

No pictures were captured, however, of the former first lady at the Bedminster dinner. 

It marked the only time, thus far, that Trump didn’t address a crowd of supporters after a day in court. 

In April he spoke before a filled ballroom at Mar-a-Lago after being arraigned in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case. 

In similar fashion, he hosted a crowd in front of his Bedminster clubhouse in June after spending time in court in Miami for the federal classified documents case.  

Another one of People’s sources said that Melania Trump prefers the couple’s pad at Trump Tower in New York City over the Bedminster, New Jersey, golf resort, where they spend the summers with Mar-a-Lago – located in Palm Beach, Florida – being too hot.

‘Melania has a small circle of family and very few trusted friends,’ the social source said. ‘Unlike others who belong to her husband’s clubs, she doesn’t rely on outside stimulants to guide her daily life.’ 

Melania was last photographed in public running errands in Manhattan on August 9. 

‘She has her son, other family members, and select friends,’ the source said. 

Melania Trump’s parents have also been photographed outside of Trump Tower in recent months. 

The source pushed that just because the former first lady hasn’t attended Trump’s post-indictment events or been seen on the campaign trail, doesn’t mean she’s not supportive. 

‘She knows how her husband is but still believes there has been too much dumping on him and wants nothing to do with any of it,’ the source said. 

The ex-president was indicted for a fourth time Monday night, this time by a grand jury out of Fulton County, Georgia, over Trump’s efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in the state. 

‘She hates all of the legal problems and says very little about them anytime anywhere,’ the source added. ‘She leads her own life.’ 

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When it emerged that Liverpool had offered £21million for Fluminense midfielder Andre, there was a collective murmuring among many Kopites: ‘who?’

This has not come out of nowhere. Mail Sport reported in July that Liverpool were among a host of European clubs interested in him. 

All the same, he is a relative unknown, and he was no high-profile target until recent days.  

With Jordan Henderson completing his move to Al-Ettifaq for £12million, Fabinho joining Al-Ittihad for £40m, and Southampton rejecting Liverpool’s second bid of £41m for Romeo Lavia all in the last week, this is not a time for studious patience. 

Liverpool need a new defensive midfielder very soon. Perhaps one, perhaps more. With Brazilian option Andre entering the fray, it’s worth answering the burning questions: who is he, and what could he bring? 

Overview 

Andre Trindade is only 22 but he has already acquired a strong amount of experience.

He first appeared on Fluminense’s radar at the age of 12, when he was playing as a striker in a youth tournament. Seven goals in eight games was enough to convince the scouts to pluck him from his home and bring him around 1,000km away to the Brazilian capital. 

It wasn’t an easy start for him, according to Breaking The Lines. Having no relatives in Rio made the transition hard for the youngster and he was not overly pleased when he was moved into midfield.  

Fast forward several years, and the defensive midfielder isn’t looking back. With 145 appearances under his belt for one of South America’s most prestigious clubs, playing in front of an adoring Maracana crowd, he has already achieved a fair amount of success. 

In 2022 and 2023, he won successive Taca Guanabara and two Campeonato Carioca titles with Fluminense – regional championships in the state of Rio de Janeiro – accolades which hold some weight in Brazil. 

His performances last season bagged him a spot in the Brazilian league’s team of the year. With 61 appearances throughout 2022, he also proved his endurance and is used to balancing domestic fixtures with continental clashes. 

In June, he received his first cap for Brazil, coming on as a substitute in a 4-2 friendly defeat to Senegal. 

Fluminense are desperate to hang on to him. According to A Bola, the Portuguese outlet who have been covering Sporting CP’s pursuit of the youngster, Tricolor Flu Fluzão do not want to let him go until at least January, after the current Brazilian league season is over. 

With Fulham, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Spurs, and West Ham all reportedly interested, there could be a scuffle for his signature.

A deeper look  

The risk with assessing any player in a less familiar league is that it is easy to overhype or underestimate them. Information sources are often unreliable. 

A quick scan of clickbait-titled YouTube highlights reels only reveals so much. One ten-minute video on Andre, tantalisingly subtitled ‘Insane Goals, Skills & Assists’, proceeds to show no goals and no assists.

That said, compared against his peers in Brazil’s top flight, he has the requisite qualities to play a variety of midfield roles, particularly for his passing and ball-carrying qualities. 

Some of his statistics are remarkable. According to stats site Fbref, no player in Brazil’s Serie A has completed more passes this season. No player has completed a higher percentage of their passes attempted. 

Just four players have had more touches of the ball, and only five have carried it further. He is only dispossessed around once every three games, despite being in the top 2% for the number of times he receives the ball. 

The caveat to that is that Fluminense have had more possession than anyone – 59.6% – and are a highly ranked team. So naturally you’d expect a man in the heartbeat of that team to see more of the ball and do more with it.

Defensively, he is strong in the Brazilian league. Only one midfielder has made more interceptions. He ranks in the bottom half of his peers for attempted tackles, but most of those attempts are successful. 

Collectively, he makes more tackles in Fluminense’s defensive third than the other two thirds of the pitch put together, indicating that he typically intervenes in opposition attacks at quite a late stage. This might contrast with what he would be expected to do at Liverpool, as Klopp likes to win the ball back quickly high up the pitch, and it would be interesting to see if he could make that transition 

His heat map places him in a typical No 6 position: directly behind the centre circle. But his movement is more eclectic than that, seeing him crop up regularly on the left side of the opponent’s half, suggesting he would fit into an expansive and fluid system. 

At Fluminense he is playing among footballing royalty in the form of Marcelo and, to a lesser extent of regality, Felipe Melo – old sages who he can learn from.  

Amid all these positives, it is worth clarifying what Andre is not. Based off current evidence, the 22-year-old is not your typical playmaker. While he may complete most of his passes, only a handful of those are progressive passes. Most of his duties involve picking a safer option and moving the ball on to a more creative player. 

There’s nothing wrong with that – in fact, that was one of Fabinho’s strengths – but it is worth bearing in mind that he does not contribute much on the attacking front. A record of three goals and three assists in his entire career could be much improved, even for a defensive midfielder; Fabinho managed to chip in with eight goals in 2021/22. 

There’s only so much stats can say, though. Not only is their gathering vulnerable to human error, but they fail to account for so many factors. A high number of interceptions, for example, could be explained by a team-mate applying pressure to opposition players and causing them to mess up passes. 

And so one finds those YouTube clips all the more tempting, allured by the romance of trying to decode a player with one’s own eye, to come up theories about what he might be capable of. 

He is certainly impressive to watch. What stands out to the naked eye is his determination to dive into the tackle, to battle through the men around him, to get first to a stray pass. There is also an elegance to the way he sprays his passes and how he drifts through the midfield with the ball.  

The problem is that any professional footballer can do that at the right level for them. It’s not rocket science. Clearly Andre Trindade stands out in Brazil, and he has earned the chance to prove himself in Europe.  

Whether he can translate being dominant in his homeland to controlling the midfield of an elite European club is another question that only time will answer. Should Liverpool fans allow themselves a glimmer of excitement, though? Absolutely. 

Lily Allen had plenty to smile about as she was joined by her husband David Harbour after her West End performance on Thursday night.

The singer, 38, appeared in very high spirits as she stopped with fans outside of the Duke Of York Theatre to sign some autographs.

She was joined by her famous husband and Hollywood star David Harbour, who donned an all-black ensemble.

Lily – who is starring in the new West End production of The Pillowman – donned a typically casual look following her gruelling performance.

The Smile singer opted for oversized black trousers and a bloused grey top with long sleeves.

The hitmaker kept it cosy in a pair of open camel sandals, and carried the essentials in a black large tote bag.

The actress kept her platinum tresses tied in a low bun and sported a brown cap from ELLE.

Meanwhile David, 48, looked low-key in black shirt, jacket and matching trousers.

He teamed the look with also black trainers, and hid behind a black cap.

The Stranger Things star was captured flashing a smile as he made his way out of the building while Lily stopped to chat with some fans.

Lily and the Hollywood star started dating in 2019 and got married in September 2020 in Las Vegas. 

David has become a stepfather to Lily’s daughters Ethel, 11, and Marnie, 10, who she shares with ex-husband Sam Cooper.

He portrays father figure Jim Hopper in Stranger Things and has previously said the role helped prepare him to be a stepfather to Lily’s daughters.

The family enjoyed a vacation to St Barts together in December.

In July last year, David opened up about his marriage to Lily and gushed about his wife admitting to People: ‘I’m so grateful that I’m not alone anymore, and that I have someone that I can tell everything to and who can tell me everything.

‘We can share this experience of walking through life together.’

He added: ‘I’m always so overcome with gratitude for that, because I’ve been alone for most of my life.’

The Not Fair hitmaker looked radiant after the revival of Martin McDonagh’s play The Pillowman  received tepid reviews after its press night last week.

The singer has taken on the gender-swapped role of Katurian in the play, which follows the fiction writer as she is imprisoned by a totalitarian state.

But despite ditching her typically stylish looks for a more bloodied and bruised appearance, there was a mixed reaction to the revival.

One wrote that they were ‘mildly bored’ watching the show, while others branded the her talents too ‘limited’ for the complex character.

Lily sported a bloodied face as she took a bow at the end of her press night debut after starring opposite Steve Pemberton and Paul Kaye in the play, taking on the role that had been previously played by David Tennant in the 2003 original.

Writing in The Telegraph, Claire Allfree awarded the show three stars, writing: ‘[The] production lacks psychological conviction and a certain atmospheric pungency, while Allen is all at sea amid the play’s daring shifts in tone. 

‘I went expecting to be shaken and sickened. Instead I found myself often mildly bored.’

The Times gave the play two stars, with Clive Davis writing: ‘Is Allen up to the task? It’s true that she didn’t disgrace herself in that immensely popular supernatural thriller, 2:22: A Ghost Story.

‘But here, her limitations are more exposed. There’s precious little variation in her voice and gestures; sometimes she seems almost a spectator at her own ordeal. 

‘It’s Steve Pemberton and Paul Kaye — as the sadistic Tupolski and Ariel respectively – who command your attention.’

However, The Evening Standard’s Nick Curtis awarded the play four stars, writing: ‘Allen, who made an impressive stage-acting debut in Dunster’s ongoing 2:22 A Ghost Story, is compulsively watchable: drawn, intense, angular. 

‘But this show requires a juggling of emotional states she can’t quite muster.’

Meanwhile The Stage awarded the show three stars, with Sam Marlow writing: ‘There’s a pallid blankness about Allen that may be intentional, but makes her difficult to engage with.

‘McDonagh glances at, rather than interrogates, the myth of the tortured artist, as well as the notion of creative immortality, yet in mischievously refusing to commit to a point of view, he repeatedly undercuts his own arguments, with the result that the play feels flimsy and nebulous.’

Writing for Theatre Mania, Alex Wood said: ‘As she did in her West End debut 2:22 A Ghost Story (also directed by Dunster), Allen fares well on stage – sincere, eloquent and never overly maniacal in a role that could easily slip into histrionics in the wrong hands. 

‘She most certainly has better material to work with here than in her freshman stage outing, to the extent that you can trace a quite definite character arc as Katurian moves from bewilderment to assured catharsis.’

After the press night show, Lily appeared to be in jovial spirits as she appeared on stage at the Duke of York Theatre alongside her co-star Steve Pemberton.

Bowing to the crowds, Lily showed off her character’s injuries as blood trickled down her face and stained her jumper, hinting at the tragic ending of the production.

Lily appeared pleased with the debut press night run of The Pillowman as she flashed a huge smile and waved at the crowds while taking a bow.

She was joined on stage by her co-stars Steve, who plays Tupolski, and Matthew Tennyson, who stars as Michal, for the curtain call.

Lily is the first woman to play Katurian, after David Tennant portrayed the leading character in the original Olivier award-winning play.

Speaking about the decision to cast a woman in the role, Lily told The Telegraph: ‘I think it will add an extra layer of horror, because we’re not used to seeing women being beaten up. 

‘It will be shocking, in that sense. I also feel that men don’t necessarily get the same c**p for their artistic output that women do.’

The Pillowman follows Katurian as she is brutally questioned by authorities after a spate of murders bear similarities to her short stories.

The black comedy ‘examines the role of the artist in society and asks what price do we pay for freedom of expression’, according to a synopsis on the play’s website.

Speaking about The Pillowman’s discussions around censorship, Lily said the play raises a lot of questions about freedom of speech and the internet.

The production will run at the Duke of York Theatre until September 2, with its hotly-anticipated opening night on Friday having already sold out.