A woman sparked a cleaning frenzy after revealing her simple trick which lifted the grime off her Pandora bracelet. I definitely need to do this, what do you do? Mine has went all tarnished it looks awful,’ one added. Hopefully this works for rings! People were impressed by how well the simple trick worked and rejoiced in the idea of escaping a cleaning fee from their jeweller. Others ranted about the state of their jewels, with some saying they hope it works at well for rings. Some who already knew of the technique approved, with one writing: ‘Always clean my jewellery like this have done for about 20 years. Anne-Marie explained she wanted to give her bracelet a bit of a polish and used hot water and washing up liquid in order to clean it. People were seriously impressed by the results, with many trying the hack themselves and several asking whether this simple cleaning technique would work on their own pieces of jewellery. Mine are disgusting. Any tips would be great,’ one wrote, while another asked: ‘Could I clean my silver engagement ring like this? Trying this now,’ said another, sharing a picture of their own experiment. Anne-Marie shared a picture of the bracelet soaking in the soapy water, which showed black specks of grime that had built up on the bracelet. She told how she used hot water straight from the kettle, adding a squirt of washing up liquid, and soaked the bracelet for five minutes. The information came in particularly handy for Pandora jewellery owner, as some revealed the brand now charges a £5 cleaning fee. Short hair, don’t care! Anne-Marie shared a picture of the item soaking with the 131,413 members of We Love Mrs Hinch on Facebook, in a post that received 243 likes and almost three hundred comments. Mine’s well overdue, keep meaning to take it in, I’m amazed at this,’ wrote one user. Others offered their best cleaning tips for small pieces of jewellery, with one suggested toothpaste as it brought theirs up ‘like new’. Anne-Marie Norman, from London, was delighted by the easy hack which restored the item of jewellery, featuring delicate silver charms, to its former glory.

Barkley is not the only one who seemed to be in support of Obama being part of a possible bid.

Former President Barack Obama is reportedly part of a group interested in buying NBA team the Phoenix Suns. Disgraced Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver announced his decision to sell the teams in September after several sponsors, including Verizon Wireless and PayPal, were intending to cut sponsorship deals with both franchises. With Sarver now looking to find a buyer after being pressured into selling, the 44th President of the United States is reportedly in a group that is interested in making the purchase. On the podcast, NBA legend Charles Barkley had said he wasn’t too interested in buying the Suns because of the hefty price tag but he did admit he could be swayed if Obama called him. As Simmons said, Obama would not be the majority owner and he would have to team up with other rich partners but he would be a big name and possible face of the group if it were to make a bid. The one guy who might pull it off and I heard, I’m probably breaking some news here, but I heard Obama is involved in one of the groups,’ Bill Simmons said on his The Ringer podcast, via NBC Sports. Barkley is not the only one who seemed to be in support of Obama being part of a possible bid. The NBA revealed it found that Sarver used the N-word on at least five occasions among other transgressions, including the use of language and conduct demeaning to female employees, over his nearly two-decade tenure as owner of the Suns and WNBA’s Mercury. The days of somebody being able to put in a little amount of money and run the team, those days are over… At Thursday’s media availability, Suns head coach Monty Williams was asked about his thoughts on the former president potentially being part of his team’s ownership group. Sarver was handed a one-year ban and $10million fine by the NBA following a league investigation into allegations that he engaged in racism, sexism, and bullying.

I don’t tend to make comments about speculation, but I think anybody would value a partnership with someone like that,’ Williams said. For me, as an African-American, even though you may have differences of opinions on certain views politically, whatever that looks like, someone that’s been through those kinds of experiences from a leadership standpoint, I would love to just pick his brain and just sit and listen for hours about life and decisions and things like that. She currently has a 20 percent minority stake in the Washington Wizards. If he wants me on board, I would gladly like to talk to him,’ O’Neal told TMZ Sports. At the moment, the Denver Broncos’ $4.65billion sale in June to the Walton-Penner family is the North American record, surpassing the $2.4billion benchmark set by Steve Cohen in 2020 when he bought the New York Mets. Another NBA legend, Shaquille O’Neal, also revealed would be willing to join a potential Jeff Bezos bid. Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of the late Steve Jobs, is also believed to be in the running. Bob Iger, who has close ties with the NBA from his time at Disney (a league sponsor and organizer for the 2020 NBA bubble), is also considering buying the Arizona-based franchise. Sarver bought the franchise for $401 million in 2004 – an NBA record at the time – and Forbes now values the Suns, who appeared in the 2021 NBA Finals, at $1.8billion. Among rumors of other new team owners, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Oracle founder Larry Ellison. But as far as trying to own a whole team by myself and go up against – let me tell you something, I’m scared of Big Man JB. The franchise’s valuation, reported by ESPN on Wednesday, would be the second-highest team ownership sale in sports history. However, the Suns are expected to sell for an estimated $3billion.

Sarver initially bought the team in 2004 for $400million. The Arizona businessman was not caught on tape and there was no indisputable evidence to find him guilty by default, unlike Sterling. The NBA rules state that in order for an owner to be removed, it needs three-quarters of its board of governors to agree to start the process. In September, commissioner Silver – www.backtoglamour.com/blog/2024/11/24/you-want-new-zealand-sterling-silver-ring/ – made it clear that he cannot act alone on ‘the right to take away his team,’ referring to Sarver, in a press conference. In 2014, Sterling was handed a lifetime ban from the NBA after telling his mistress, V. Stiviano, in a recording obtained by TMZ that she is ‘not to bring them to my games,’ referring to black people. Suns minority owner Jahm Najafi was one of the leading voices in the front office who had publicly advised Sarver to resign as owner. Sarver was not deserving of the same punishment, Silver concluded and the NBA commissioner offered the Suns owner a path back to the league in 365-days time. In total, the Suns have 30 sponsors on a one-year contract until the end of the new season. But Silver revealed that Sarver was likely spared even stronger sanctioning by the NBA for his racist, misogynistic and hostile words and actions because of one key conclusion by investigators. Other than PayPal, these sponsors included Rocket Mortgage, Kia, Opendoor, CarMax, Kroger, Beam Suntory, Arizona Public Service, Footprint and Verizon. The Suns office reportedly prepared for the worst outcome for Sarver, according to ESPN. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver had also privately advised Sarver to sell despite being of the opinion that the league’s 10-month investigation into the Suns owner’s inappropriate conduct was ‘dramatically different’ from the one tied to former LA Clippers owner, Donald Sterling. Put altogether, these sponsors generated $11million in revenue last season for the Arizona franchise. Had that not been the case, Silver indicated, Sarver’s punishment – a one-year suspension and $10m fine – would have been far more severe. Many, if not all, sponsors sought ‘additional attention and talking points’ with Phoenix after the NBA’s final report on the allegations made against the Suns owner was made public, as well as Silver’s punishment. National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) executive director Tamika Tremaglio echoed a majority of NBA players’ sentiments on the situation, and said in an ESPN interview that they were ‘absolutely calling for’ a lifetime ban. The NBA had the option of giving Sarver a longer ban than the one-year suspension. However, several players, including Lebron James, of the Los Angeles Lakers, and Chris Paul, the Suns’ point guard, didn’t think Silver‘s punishment was hard enough on Sarver.