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de4f4f505e99abde66ac055e190d0439 | King Charles and Queen Camilla joined by other royals for Easter service
King and Queen attend Easter Sunday church service
11 hours ago Share Save Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Share Save
Watch: The King and Queen wave to crowds as they arrive for the Easter Sunday service
King Charles and Queen Camilla have attended a church service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle as part of their Easter celebrations. The traditional Easter Matins service was held in the 15th Century chapel in Windsor, Berkshire. Most other members of the Royal Family, including the Duke of York, were also present for the service - apart from the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, who spent the weekend on holiday in Norfolk. Following the service, the King and Queen were wished a "Happy Easter" by those gathered outside, and the Queen received a bouquet from a young girl.
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Prince Andrew arrived with his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, in a car along with Princess Anne and her husband Sir Tim Laurence. Andrew missed the Royal Family's traditional Christmas gathering at Sandringham last year amid the controversy surrounding his links to an alleged Chinese spy. Princess Anne chatted at some length with the Dean of Windsor, the Right Rev Christopher Cocksworth outside, while Prince Andrew quickly walked inside for the service. Sisters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice were joined by their husbands, while the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh arrived alongside their son, James. As they walked to the church in front of crowds of royal fans, it became apparent that 17-year-old James is now noticeably taller than his father, Prince Edward.
Anadolu via Getty Images Prince Edward with son James and wife, the Duchess of Edinburgh, followed by Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank, with Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at the back
Getty Images Teenager James, who towered over his father as they walked side-by-side, has the official title of Earl of Wessex
On Thursday, the King and Queen took part in the traditional Maundy Thursday service, held this year at Durham Cathedral. The service followed the King's Easter message, which sought to bring unity between different faiths and recognise those who provide humanitarian aid in wars and disasters. "One of the puzzles of our humanity is how we are capable of both great cruelty and great kindness," he said. Meanwhile, the Easter sermon traditionally given by the Archbishop of Canterbury and seen as the Church of England's primary religious message for the weekend, was instead delivered by the Archbishop of York at York Minster. In his sermon, the archbishop called for peace in a "troubled world", listing Israel and Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar, Sudan and DR Congo as "places of conflict that convulse our world". He also spoke against "the madness of a world which 'others' others, drives wedges between communities, breeds hatred and promotes greed".
York Minster (Chapter of York) The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has temporarily taken over as head of the Church of England while a new Archbishop of Canterbury is selected | {
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e512fc0192bfed15e57793488f2ad42b | FM defends excluding Reform UK from anti-far right summit
FM defends excluding Reform UK from anti-far right summit
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Getty Images Reform UK have not been invited to the summit John Swinney announced last month
First Minister John Swinney has defended his decision not to invite Reform UK to a political summit to discuss the threat from the far right. Reform, which denies being far right, claims the meeting is really an "anti-democratic" attempt to curb its growing electoral support. Swinney said the summit, being held on Wednesday, would focus on shared values and Reform's approach to immigration caused him "enormous concern". He told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show that parties represented at Holyrood had been invited. The Scottish Conservatives have said they will not attend, describing the meeting as an unnecessary "talking shop".
Swinney announced plans to hold the forum in February, saying parties had to unite to "lock out" the far right from Scottish politics. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has not been invited despite its insistence that it opposes far right extremism. The party won 7% of the vote in Scotland at the 2024 general election and recent polling suggests this could have risen as high as 17%, which would see it with a significant presence at Holyrood after next year's election.
Thomas Kerr, a Reform UK councillor and leading voice for the party in Scotland called the summit "anti-democratic". He told BBC Radio Scotland's The Sunday Show: "We are a right wing political party, John Swinney is a left wing politician that is absolutely fine, we are on two different sides of the political spectrum that's why you debate each other. "But to say that because you disagree with illegal immigration, you want to clamp down and make sure we secure our borders is racist I think is fundamentally wrong "It is an argument to have in a policy debate, on a policy platform absolutely, but the key point of this summit is this is tax payers' cash and a first minister that has over stepped his mark in an anti-democratic summit."
Getty Images Swinney said the immigration policies of Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, were not in tune with Scottish values
Swinney said discussions on how to protect "democratic systems" in Scotland would be at "the heart of the gathering", which will be attended by elected politicians, trade unions and civic leaders. He told BBC Radio Scotland's The Sunday Show: "If we are passive about this we run the risk that those democratic systems will be eroded by the challenges that we face. "The threat that is coming to our democratic system is coming from a range of pressures that seek to undermine some of the central values of our society. "There are parts of the argument and rhetoric of Reform that contribute to that." Swinney added that Scotland had always been a "inclusive" and "welcoming" country. The first minister said that all parliamentary parties had been invited to the meeting, which he said "is the right thing to do". He added: "I'm reaching out to people in Scotland to say that they shouldn't be tempted by the simple solutions that are offered by the ideologies that are represented by Reform and others."
'Punched in the face or gut'
With Reform UK currently on track to return its first MSPs at next year's Holyrood election, Kerr said his party may abstain on any vote to select the next first minister. The councillor, who defected to the Reform from the Scottish Conservatives, told BBC Scotland News that both John Swinney and Anas Sarwar were "totally incapable of taking this country forward". It comes after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage told the Times last week there would be no deal with Labour at Holyrood. But in November the party's deputy leader Richard Tice said that "anything is preferable to the SNP" when asked about putting Labour into power at Holyrood. Kerr refused to say whether his party would back the SNP or Labour, telling BBC Scotland News it was like "being asked to get punched in the face or punched in the gut." He clarified that this could mean that the party abstains on any vote for the next first minister after the 2026 Holyrood election.
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6e6ca241ec142e7584a5e9b5c624f2ff | Tributes paid to 'beautiful wife' after Little Aston golf club crash
Husband 'watched in horror' as wife killed on golf course
11 hours ago Share Save Vanessa Pearce BBC News, West Midlands Share Save
Family Suzanne Cherry died on Tuesday, four days after she was struck at Aston Wood Golf Club
A husband has said he "watched in helpless horror" as his wife was killed in a crash on a golf course. Suzanne Cherry, 62, from Aldridge in the West Midlands, died in hospital on Tuesday, four days after she was hit at Aston Wood Golf Club by a grey Nissan van, which had been involved in a police pursuit. Her husband said his "beautiful wife" had an "amazing and infectious zest for life" before their "future together was snatched away in an instant". Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident, including one on suspicion of murder.
The husband said his wife was killed "while enjoying what should have been the safest" of her many hobbies. He added that she had left "a legacy and an unfillable void" in the lives of her mother, her three adult children, two step-children and "countless others from her work, her sporting activities and social circle".
Six people have been arrested over the crash at Aston Wood Golf Club, between Shenstone and Sutton Coldfield
"She was unselfish, always ready to encourage with love and support those around her to achieve more than they themselves thought possible," he said.
Two men from Coseley, near Dudley, aged 36 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, along with a third, a 34-year-old from Wednesbury, who was detained on suspicion of manslaughter. The other two who remained in custody were a 51-year-old man from Bloxwich, who was being held on suspicion of murder, and a 22-year-old man from Dudley held on suspicion of manslaughter and assisting an offender. Staffordshire Police said officers had been granted extra time to question the two suspects.
The collision involved a grey Nissan van that had been chased by police
The suspect released on bail, a 41-year-old man from Worcester, had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. Officers are continuing to appeal for information and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who was in the area of Blake Street and Birmingham Road between Sutton Coldfield and Shenstone. The force has set up an online portal for people to leave information. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the circumstances prior to the collision when officers from West Midlands Police had responded to the vehicle being involved in reports of suspicious activity.
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564bb2d4a4ea4ed39d12f4524014b0c1 | Enfield murder investigation launched after woman stabbed
Murder investigation launched after woman stabbed
The woman was pronounced dead at an address in Ayley Croft, Enfield
A murder investigation has been launched after a 45-year-old woman was found with fatal stab wounds in north London.
Officers from the Met Police were called to an address in Ayley Croft, Enfield, at about 19:00 BST on Saturday, following reports of the attack.
Crews from London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance also attended, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made and police have appealed for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. | {
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45939c00f3b65e506d34e23c69180a19 | Man missing from yacht in the sea prompts coastguard search
Coastguard search for man missing from yacht in sea
Crews are continuing to search for a man who went overboard from a yacht.
The vessel was believed to have been travelling to Swansea from Brighton, via Falmouth in Cornwall, on Saturday.
The Irish Coast Guard received a call at about 22:55 BST with a rescue helicopter from the UK's HM Coastguard sent to help, as well as a fixed wing aircraft.
The search is continuing on Sunday afternoon. | {
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408f254d45eb406cfce0dc32fe64dd24 | Lyrid meteor shower: How and when to see it in the UK sky
Meteor showers happen when dust from a passing comet or asteroid passes through the Earth's atmosphere. The tiny particles - roughly the size of a grain of sand - vaporise creating visible streaks of light.
As the Earth passes through the densest part of the dust stream more meteors are visible. For the Lyrids a maximum of around 18 meteors an hour are likely.
In some years, however, this can intensify and there can be 100 meteors every hour, but it is very difficult to know when this will happen.
Observations of the Lyrids date back around 2,700 years meaning it is one of the oldest-known meteor showers.
The fireballs are created by debris from Comet Thatcher, which takes more than 400 years to orbit the Sun and was discovered in 1861 by A. E. Thatcher.
They are named after the constellation Lyra and the radiant position, which is where the meteors appear to emanate from, is south-west of the star Vega. | {
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61f6881199fb01767bfcc3cc08585783 | Brianna Ghey's head teacher says pupils 'like' mobile phone ban
Pupils like phone ban, says Brianna's head teacher
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PA Media Brianna Ghey, aged 16, was killed by two teenagers in 2023
Murdered teenager Brianna Ghey's head teacher said students "like the break" from mobile phones after she banned them from her school. The 16-year-old was stabbed 28 times by teenagers Scarlett Jenkinson - who also attended Birchwood Community High School - and Eddie Ratcliffe in a park near Warrington, Cheshire in February 2023. Since September, in a move designed to reduce bullying and students' stress levels, the school has required pupils to lock away their devices in pouches during the day. Headteacher Emma Mills told The Mirror that the policy was "allowing kids to be kids again", adding: "Students say they like the break."
She said there was now "more chatter in the corridors at breaks and lunch, students are more focused in lessons, and the number attending house competitions and enrichment activities has risen". Ms Mills, who has worked in education for 23 years, added: "They said it has reduced their stress levels, knowing they don't have to think about what is happening. "It has made them realise they can live without it. "Seeing how our behaviour and safeguarding issues around phones and the online world have nearly disappeared feels like a big moment."
Brianna's mum Esther Ghey has been campaigning for restrictions on teenagers' phone and online usage
Brianna's mother Esther Ghey, who supports a social media ban for under-16s, said: "Brianna often struggled with distraction in school due to her smartphone and social media use, and I truly believe this initiative would have made a meaningful difference for her." Jenkinson and Ratcliffe, both 15 at the time, lured Brianna to Culcheth Linear Park where she was fatally attacked with a hunting knife. Jenkinson was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court in December 2023 to a minimum of 22 years' detention, while Ratcliffe was ordered to serve at least 20 years. The court heard that Jenkinson became "obsessed" with Brianna after joining Birchwood High in October 2022. The teenagers were discussing Brianna's murder for weeks, detailed in Jenkinson's handwritten murder plan and phone messages found by detectives. Jenkinson, while aged 14, was fixated with videos on the dark web of killing and torture.
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Ms Ghey said: "After speaking with many teachers, it's clear that smartphones are having a deeply harmful impact in schools. "Educators are constantly battling the effects of what students are exposed to online - whether it's misogynistic content, self-harm, suicidal ideation or bullying through WhatsApp and other platforms." A recent poll suggested nearly 60% of teachers believe social media usage has had a negative effect on behaviour in schools. Ms Ghey said she was "deeply disappointed that the Labour government has yet to support them through a statutory ban". National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede said it was his "personal view" that the government should take a stronger stance on restricting mobile phone use in schools. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch also called on ministers to introduce a statutory ban on their use. The government said there is already guidance on how schools can restrict mobile phone usage, which head teachers can decide how to implement.
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63ddfe9298570ec71f37f59c0e48679e | Murder charge after man dies from being hit by car in Woolton
Murder charge after man dies from being hit by car
Martin O'Donovan died in hospital from his injuries
A man has been charged with the murder of a man who died after being hit by a car.
Martin O'Donovan, 46, died in hospital after being seriously injured in the incident on Stonyhurst Road in Woolton, Liverpool, on Friday, Merseyside Police said.
His family said he was a "loving, caring, fun, and intelligent" son, brother and uncle.
Stephen Bates, 41 and of Herondale Road, Mossley Hill, is due to appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with murder. | {
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c3767b72277f01b17e2e2ee117a648c2 | Woman strangled by chair belt designed to stop falls
Woman strangled by chair belt designed to stop falls
13 hours ago Share Save Adam Moss BBC News, East Midlands Share Save
Getty Images Susan Lakin had been suffering from falls and her family bought the armchair lap belt in an effort to keep her safe (library image)
A coroner has called for clear warnings to be placed on armchair lap belts for the elderly following the death of a 72-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease. Susan Lakin suffered with mobility problems and was bought the armchair belt restraint by her family to keep her safe after she started to fall out of bed and her seat. However, the belt became caught around her neck after she slipped down in her armchair and she died as a result. Coroner Isobel Thistlethwaite has now issued a prevention of future deaths report calling for the government to ensure appropriate warnings are issued on lap belts, which are categorised as "high risk" equipment by the NHS.
Armchair belts are often single straps of padded material which fit around the lower torso of the person using it while they are sitting upright, with the aim of holding them in place. The item bought online for Mrs Lakin promised to provide "adequate trunk stability" and to minimise the chance of "injuries, tilting or slipping". She had used it for more than 15 months without issue before she died at her home in Leicestershire on 19 February 2024, according to the coroner's report. It said: "CCTV cameras captured Mrs Lakin slipping down her armchair and underneath the lap belt which then becomes caught around her neck. "Mrs Lakin was unable to self-rescue by mobilising in the way that some people might be able to and therefore remained trapped, and effectively suspended by the lap belt around her neck, until she was found by a family member who visited her. "Mrs Lakin died shortly after she was found."
'High risk'
Mrs Lakin's cause of death was recorded as "respiratory compromise by support belt" and "postural impairment" along with her Parkinson's disease and a rare neurological condition called corticobasal syndrome. The coroner said Mrs Lakin's family bought the lap belt with "good intentions" as they wanted to keep her safe. But the report added: "The advertisement and sales particulars contain no warning about the risks that are associated with the use of the lap belt, nor any suggestion that the lap belt should be used or fitted under the guidance or supervision of a therapist or medical professional. "The evidence heard at the inquest was that the lap belt should be considered a 'high risk' piece of equipment, it is categorised as such in the local NHS trust's Standard Operating Procedure. "It is concerning that people who have no healthcare training at all can purchase high risk equipment for their loved ones online without being appraised of those risks." The coroner's report has been sent to the Department for Health and Social Care, the Medicine and Healthcare Products and Regulatory Agency and the Care Quality Commission as well as Amazon UK. The governmental organisations have been given 56 days to respond.
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2b98353a62799d6e1e4ead4a27965b61 | Ed Miliband accuses opponents of net zero carbon emissions 'nonsense and lies'
Miliband accuses net zero opponents of 'nonsense and lies'
19 hours ago Share Save Iain Watson Political correspondent George Wright BBC News Share Save
Getty Images Ed Miliband said his opponents will make up "nonsense and lies to pursue their ideological agenda"
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said the government will "double down" on its environmental agenda and accused those against the move to net zero of "making up nonsense and lies". Political opponents in the Conservatives and Reform UK - and some trade unions – have argued that his agenda is putting jobs in traditional industries at risk and have urged a change of course. The UK is legally committed to moving to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 – a goal set under a previous Conservative government. Writing in the Observer, Miliband warned that an anti-net zero agenda would not only risk "climate breakdown" but "forfeit the clean energy jobs of the future".
A green power transition will help secure social justice and national security, Miliband argued. He said that the UK's reliance on fossil fuels meant "markets went into meltdown and prices rocketed" after Russia waged its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. "The cost of living impacts caused back then still stalk families today," he said. "So the argument for the clean energy transition is not just the traditional climate case but the social justice case too – it is working people who pay the greatest price for our energy insecurity." On his opponents, he said there are "siren voices that want to knock us off course" and added "they will also make up any old nonsense and lies to pursue their ideological agenda". Despite her party committing to net zero while in government, current Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has said this cannot be achieved without potentially bankrupting the country. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who has criticised what he calls "net-zero lunacy", told the Sun on Sunday that the policy could become "the next Brexit – where Parliament is so hopelessly out of touch with the country".
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c2165164b1fc3e6e003b68d82f79821b | Lemon and Earl Grey brioche crowned Britain's best loaf
Earl Grey tea bread crowned Britain's best loaf
23 hours ago Share Save George Torr & Ian Skye BBC News, Derby Share Save
British Baker Miyo Aoetsu won the Innovation award as well as Britain's Best Loaf
A brioche bread infused with lemon and Earl Grey tea has been crowned Britain's best loaf. On a roll, Miyo Aoetsu - who started baking as a hobby - has now won the prize for the second time after her green loaf flavoured with matcha, white chocolate and fruit scooped the 2023 gong. She runs Kuma-San Bakehouse from her home in Darley Dale in Derbyshire, supplying businesses and baking loaves for customers to collect. She told the BBC she was delighted with the top award, and added: "I was speechless when I won... I was very, very happy, I was almost screaming on the stage."
Kuma-San Bakehouse The loaf took 45 attempts to perfect
The bread won top spot in the Britain's Best Loaf competition, run by trade magazine British Baker, and also won in the Innovation category. Judges said the loaf - which beat 200 others to the prize - impressed them with its "unique flavour profile" featuring Earl Grey tea and limoncello-soaked candied lemon peel, combined with lemon curd and juice for a "zesty, aromatic finish". Miyo, 55, said the limoncello gave the loaf "a kick" but the secret ingredient was a Japanese citrus fruit - commonly known as yuzu. Miyo said: "In the last few years in Japan, the combination of Earl Grey tea and citrus fruits like lemon has been really trendy so people make a lot of cakes and cookies with these. "So I started to think about making a bread with these combinations... I like the subtle aroma of tea when used in baking."
Kuma-San Bakehouse Miyo was born in Japan but lived in France with her husband for a time, which inspired her passion for baking bread
But she added it was not a perfect bake from the start and made "about 45 loaves" before she was satisfied with the finished product. "I baked and baked and baked until I was confident it would be ready for the competition," she said. On winning for the second time on 8 April, Miyo added: "There's always a chance but I didn't really think it would happen... but when they called my name I was speechless but I was really glad and happy because of the effort I had put in." Born in Tokushima, about 93 miles (150km) from Osaka, Miyo first moved to the UK to study at the University of Manchester, where she met her husband. The couple later lived in Luxembourg and France, where Miyo got a taste for French bread. She then started baking her own bread after moving back to England.
Miyo won Britain's Best Loaf in 2023 with a green bread flavoured with matcha, white chocolate and fruit
The prestigious award has not left Derbyshire since Miyo won with her green loaf in 2023. Last year, 4 Eyes Bakery, based in Staveley near Chesterfield, won with its garlic and rosemary deep pan focaccia creation. "It's a great thing to keep the award here," Miyo said. "I know Tom [at 4 Eyes Bakery] who won it last year... he's an excellent baker and I'm glad this award remains in the county. "To have it still in Derbyshire is a wonderful thing because the quality of bread in this area is fantastic." On her next creation, Miyo said: "I'm always interested in combining both Western and Japanese cultures in my baking... I'm experimenting all of the time." | {
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2f69273845b448fd8d17ecac0351656e | Cardiff Central 'urgent' bridge repairs cause 'major' disruption
Second day of rail disruption for 'urgent' repairs
Rail services are experiencing "major disruption" with journeys cancelled or suspended due to "urgent repairs" needed on a bridge on Sunday and into Monday.
The work near Cardiff Central station has affected a number of routes run by Great Western Railway, Transport for Wales and CrossCountry, according to National Rail.
Rail replacement transport is being organised between Newport and Cardiff Central, and Cardiff Central and Caerphilly.
"Major disruption is expected until the end of the day on Monday 21 April," said National Rail. | {
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d56001352d841d5416ae397057c9b701 | Free breakfast clubs to open at 750 schools
Free breakfast clubs to open at 750 schools
21 hours ago Share Save George Wright BBC News Share Save
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Free breakfast clubs are to launch at 750 schools across England next week but teachers have voiced concerns that government funding for the scheme will not meet the cost. From Tuesday, thousands of parents can access half an hour of free morning childcare as part of the trial that will run to July, ahead of an expected national rollout. But teaching unions have raised concerns the funding is too low. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the move would help with "breaking down barriers to opportunity".
Labour campaigned on a promise of free breakfast clubs in every English primary school and later tripled funding to £30m. The scheme will give parents of primary-aged children up to 95 additional hours and save them £450 per year in childcare costs, ministers say. Find out which schools are on the list The headteachers union welcomed the expansion of breakfast clubs, which some schools already run, but said schools have suggested the funding is not enough. Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "While we welcome the intentions behind the programme, the initial feedback we are hearing from many school leaders participating in the pilot is that the funding just isn't sufficient. "At a time when school budgets are already stretched, most can ill-afford to subsidise this shortfall." He added it was "absolutely crucial" the funding is addressed before the scheme is rolled out nationally and it has received assurance from the government the funding would be looked at carefully during the trial. Teaching union NASUWT said the scheme would make a "significant contribution" to tackling child hunger but it needed to be closely monitored to ensure funding issues can be addressed without it impacting other provisions within schools. | {
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c276b338b0f06e2c1d32266d95d5e654 | More than 40 flats evacuated in Dover due to overnight fire
More than 40 flats evacuated during overnight fire
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Michael Keohan/BBC Fire crews began evacuating the 42 flats on arrival at the blaze on Crabble Hill
A council says it is working "round the clock" to find emergency accommodation for residents after 42 flats were evacuated following a major fire in Dover. Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) said the blaze broke out at Conquest House in Crabble Hill at about 01:10 BST Sunday. The property's landlord, Town and Country Housing, said it was arranging hotel accommodation for those who needed immediate help. Dover District Council set up an emergency centre at the offices in the early hours of Sunday where the Salvation Army and Red Cross provided food and water.
A spokesperson for the council said: "We continue to support work being undertaken by landlords, Town and Country Housing, and to work with Kent Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Service. "We are helping to find emergency accommodation for those who need it and continue to work hard to provide assistance." Town and Country Housing, the landlord of the flats, says it will meet with residents from Tuesday to explore short and medium-term housing options. "Our thoughts are with the residents of Conqueror House, and our immediate priority is to support those affected," a spokesperson said. Town and Country Housing says it is arranging week-long hotel stays for all those who need immediate help. "We will be collaborating with fire or police investigation. It is too early to comment on the cause of the fire, or when residents may be able to return to their homes," they added.
The fire service said it sent 12 fire engines and two height vehicles at the height of the blaze. A spokesperson for the fire service says the cause of the fire is not yet known. KFRS added its volunteer response team also attended to provide welfare support and assistance to displaced residents. Kent Police and South East Coast Ambulance Service have been approached for comment.
Follow BBC Kent on Facebook, on X, and on Instagram. Send your story ideas to [email protected] or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. | {
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a442435733e55304fcc96cac5921baea | Royal Mile unicorns have horns restored
Royal Mile unicorns have their horns restored
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PA Media The building's facilities manager, a keen woodworker, made the new horns
A pair of 19th Century unicorn sculptures at the top of Edinburgh's Royal Mile have had their horns restored The sandstone sculptures adorn the façade of the Scotch Whisky Experience, just in front of the Edinburgh Castle esplanade. Their original horns, made from wood and lead, had long been missing, but as part of the building's restoration the attraction's facilities manager Ross Morris, a keen woodworker, crafted some new ones. A competition has now been launched to name the unicorns, with some whisky-themed puns such as Amber, Isla and Pete among the suggestions.
Mr Morris said the original horns were believed to have fallen off at some stage during the building's history. "Helping restore the unicorns to their former glory has been a real privilege," he said. "Carving the spirals was a new and exciting challenge which drew on years of experience working with wood." He added: "Having the chance to contribute to such an iconic part of Edinburgh's skyline, at a place that means so much to me, has been incredibly rewarding."
PA Media The visitor attraction has launched a competition to name the unicorns
Edinburgh's architecture often features unicorns and several can be found on the Royal Mile. Adam Wilkinson, former director of Edinburgh World Heritage, said: "Buildings of the late Georgian/Victorian period in Edinburgh were particularly loaded with symbolism. "Whether the use of classical features in the New Town, or adaptations of Gothic styles like this in the Old Town. "If you look up in Edinburgh, you will often spot intricate carvings of animals." He continued: "It is wonderful to see responsible owners who are willing to invest in the care and maintenance of these important vestiges of Edinburgh's social history and giving them a sustainable long term use." | {
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194e935711ab3353be63c625420ffc72 | Minecraft: The builders recreating all of London
A group of Minecraft players have set an ambitious task of recreating the United Kingdom in the video game, including the entirety of London.
The building team, part of the online community Build the Earth, said they have spent the past five years building detailed digital versions of landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace, as well as several of London's boroughs.
The UK team have collectively spent up to 15,000 hours working on the project. Some members have even gone as far as finding planning applications and contacting organisations directly to ensure their models were as accurate as possible.
The group, which began in 2020, said that although the original aim of recreating the entire planet had since been scaled back, the community continues to encourage players to focus on building places that are meaningful to them locally.
Since its test release in 2009, Minecraft has grown in popularity and is now the biggest-selling computer game of all time. The game is set in an "open world", which allows players to create almost anything imaginable out of blocks.
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e379651618b6925098950cb9295462e0 | Houghton-le-Spring woman has '16 feral cats' living in garden
Michelle Bean began feeding hedgehogs with her neighbours in Houghton-le-Spring, which attracted a large male cat, now called Billy Big, to the area.
Billy Big one day brought a smaller female cat along with him and, slowly but surely, over the coming months litters of kittens began to appear.
The back-garden colony grew to 16 cats, and Michelle realised she needed help.
Feral cat populations need to be controlled, or they will grow exponentially and negatively impact the quality of life and survival rate of the colony.
"We already tried loads of charities around, but to no avail, and then we got put in touch with Kay from Consett Cat Rescue," Michelle said.
Consett Cat Rescue's Kay Lyness said: "The one passion I have got in life is neutering cats. I just think these cats deserve better."
Video produced by Alex Challies & Evie Lake. | {
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703fb1ac5b4af5515ef2a4cd4fb82bd5 | RNLI: Stranded dog rescued from cliff edge by volunteers
This was the moment a lifeboat crew brought a dog to safety after she became stranded near a cliff edge.
Ember, a six-year-old spaniel, became trapped by a sea cliff near Moelfre in Anglesey on Wednesday, after chasing a ball while out walking along a coastal path with her owner.
Volunteers at the RNLI had just returned from a training session on their inshore lifeboat when the owner came into the lifeboat station asking for help.
Members of the public had reported hearing Ember barking, but due to the inaccessible location could not see the stranded spaniel.
The crew located Ember and carefully made their way up onto the ledge. | {
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e983aff10eecd95529e89db62a86516b | Scotland: Supreme Court ruling on definition of 'woman' explained
A woman is defined by biological sex under the equalities law, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled.
But what does this mean for women-only spaces and for laws that protect transgender people from discrimination?
BBC Scotland's political correspondent Philip Sim takes a look at the ruling. | {
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8df2c05fb16cce10f9befb67dbe557e0 | Newspaper headlines: PM 'must break silence' on ruling and the 'spy who bugged me'
PM 'must break silence' on ruling and the 'spy who bugged me'
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Last week's Supreme Court ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law is still taking up plenty of column inches on Monday. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer must break his silence on the ruling, the Daily Mail says. Sir Keir has been urged to publicly back it and not unpick it, the paper says.
The Daily Express reports that campaigners who won the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman are facing a campaign of "death threats and abuse". Elsewhere on the page, the King is pictured attending a church service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. The Express writes the Duke of York, who also was in attendance, received an "Easter olive branch" from his brother, the King.
The Daily Telegraph is another paper still leading with the fallout from the gender ruling. It says the prime minister has refused to stop a plot by ministers to "thwart" the judgment. It writes Labour ministers and MPs will meet this week to discuss how to promote trans rights following the landmark judgement. The broadsheet's main image is Queen Camilla dressed in blue and holding a bouquet at the Easter service.
The Guardian leads with a story on how British cancer patients are being "denied life-saving drugs" and trials of treatments are being affected due to extra costs brought on by Brexit, according to a leaked report. It also has a story on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissing Vladimir Putin's Easter ceasefire as a fake "PR" exercise. The Guardian's main image is the Pope appearing at the Vatican's St Peter's Square to wish worshippers "happy Easter" following a serious illness.
The UK will dramatically increase its ability to produce explosives so it no longer needs to rely on the US and France, the Times reports. It also has a story on how some MPs and peers have called for US President Donald Trump to be blocked from addressing Parliament on his second state visit, which could happen in September.
The Daily Star has a photo of Daniel Craig as James Bond sitting on a park bench as part of a story on how Chinese spies are allegedly bugging Westminster park benches and pubs to pick up secrets.
"Sickening" headlines the Mirror as it reports on how trophy hunting trips "to slaughter defenceless animals in Africa are sold at a stomach-churning fair" in the UK.
The Financial Times leads with how threats to global growth are rising as a "US-driven trade shock crushes confidence and slams financial markets". It also has a story on how the UAE aims to use artificial intelligence to help write legislation and amend existing laws.
And the i Paper has an exclusive on how government plans to build "mini" nuclear power stations across the UK have failed to address major security threats. | {
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5f86b269149e9bf18493b3ecc372a53d | Lucy Gossage says the Spine race gave her closure after betrayal
'I entered brutal 268-mile race to gain closure - and won it'
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Lucy Gossage
When Lucy Gossage stood on the start line of an ultra-marathon in January, she realised she had already succeeded. One year earlier, the cancer doctor had completed the same 268-mile (430km) race - described as the most brutal in the UK - alongside her partner. But shortly after finishing, she discovered he had been cheating on her. Lucy, who studied at the University of Cambridge, decided to return to the event to gain some closure, and went on to win it. Here, in her own words, she explains how it has changed her life and her definition of success.
'I was trying to do everything as quickly as possible'
Growing up, I wasn't very sporty and I remember coming last in a cross-country race when I was 14. That put me off doing anything competitively. I didn't like to do anything I might not succeed in. I've always worked incredibly hard but I often lack confidence in myself. I studied medicine at Cambridge, but worried I didn't deserve to be there and that I was going to fail. I went on to study at Oxford before I moved to Nottingham as a junior doctor and then got a job as an oncology trainee.
Lucy Gossage Lucy knew from a young age that she wanted to be a doctor
Looking back, I was trying to do everything as quickly as possible and always pushing to get to the top. I then moved back to Cambridge to do a PhD in kidney cancer and was spending hours in laboratories doing research. I was miserable, I missed seeing patients, so I threw myself into training for triathlons. I'd entered my first one as a drunken dare after a relationship ended. I absolutely loved it and I told my friends that if I was still single on New Year's Day, I would do an Ironman, even though I'd only just heard of it. I've always needed to be out of my comfort zone to feel alive.
'Choosing to suffer is a privilege'
Getty Images Lucy competed in the long distance and sprint duathlon European Championships in 2013 in the Netherlands
I loved my first Ironman and I was training really hard during that period of my life. At the age of 34, I became a professional triathlete, which was never my plan. In 2016, I broke my collarbone eight weeks before the Ironman World Champs and it was my mindset that carried me to the finish line. I ended up becoming a 14-time Ironman champion. It wasn't because I was the most talented. Nothing has ever come easy to me but I'm determined and stubborn. I've always had to work incredibly hard but I'm proud of that. I wouldn't enjoy something if it came too easy. Two years later, I retired from triathlon and returned to my job as an oncologist full-time. I feel grateful I had a career to come back to that I love. Around the same time, I co-founded 5k Your Way, now part of the charity Move Against Cancer, to help cancer patients be active and build back confidence in their bodies.
Getty Images Lucy celebrated winning the women's race during Ironman Wales in 2018, which was her final race before she retired
The day I realised I was ready to retire, I had just won a race in Majorca. I saw some photos of the Nottingham 5k Your Way group and I realised I wanted to be there instead. That was when I knew I no longer wanted to throw everything into being as fast as I can. Oncology reminds me that I'm lucky to have a body that can do what I make it do. In a race I use the mantra 'choosing to suffer is a privilege'. I now specialise in treating testicular cancers and sarcomas. People with cancer inspire me to live my life differently and make the most of every opportunity.
'My world came crashing down'
Montane Winter Spine Less than half of participants usually finish the Montane Winter Spine, which is described as the most brutal race in Britain
During Covid, my ex-boyfriend and I ended up walking across Wales and we loved it. We talked about entering a crazy ultra-running race called The Montane Winter Spine and spent three years working towards it. It covers 268 miles (430km) up the Pennine Way, from Derbyshire to Scotland. It's non-stop and you carry a pack with everything you need to survive, with five checkpoints along the way where you can sleep. Last January, we both completed it and it was amazing but it pushed me to my limits. It was so hard, I ended up sleepwalking. I made so many mistakes in terms of sleep and nutrition but the race gave me everything I wanted and I had no desire to repeat it. A few days later, my world came crashing down. A friend had taken over my social media during the race and received a message that my boyfriend was dating another woman. I never imagined it would happen to someone like me but anyone can be deceived and manipulated. After several months I realised I needed to go back to the race to close that chapter and reclaim those memories for myself.
'Getting to the start line felt like I'd won'
Jack Mather Lucy battled with terrible sciatica during her training but nothing could put her off the race
Just before the race in January, I published a blog about what happened. I was so nervous putting it out there but it was my way of processing it and I wanted to break down the stigma surrounding betrayal in relationships. There is a perception that manipulation only happens to people who are vulnerable or desperate, but that's not true. I had emails from so many women who had similar experiences. I found it quite validating and humbling that people shared their stories with me. One woman said it was like holding a mirror up because it resonated so much with her. I'd struggled with sciatica for eight weeks leading up to the race, making running painful and incredibly slow. But I was never going to not start. There were snow storms and freezing temperatures at the start but nothing could put me off. Just getting there felt like I'd won. I realised I'd already done the hard work. I'd spent all year training but I'd also been processing what happened. During the race, I rested for three hours in the 87 hours of running. I managed to grab an hour's sleep in some public toilets and had some power naps lying down on the trail. At the start of night two, I was going up a mountain and it was raining and there were gale force winds so the snow was melting and I kept falling down. But after that the sun came out and it was glorious. I never intended to win it, but I realised part-way through that I had a good chance so I just went for it and was the first female across the line. My friends and family were there and I played Sweet Caroline running down the last hill. I just felt huge relief at first. It took a few days to sit back and say 'Wow, that was special.'
'I was racing for me'
Adam Jacobs Lucy at the finish line of The Spine, which she completed in 87 hours - almost 19 hours quicker than her previous time
Looking back, I'm convinced my performance came from the release of this pure joy, a feeling that had been buried for a year. I wasn't racing for closure in the end, I was racing for me. I'm still working out what to do next. Do I want to race or just go on adventures? I enjoy finding something you think will be impossible and proving it's not. Most ultra-runners would assume I'd want to get as good as I can, but I don't want to get sucked into taking it as seriously as I did with triathlon. Last year's race changed my life and so did this one. One of the greatest things to come out of it has been the community of women, of all ages and backgrounds, that I have met along the way and we all became each other's cheerleaders. I'm proud of myself for surviving the last year. I'm back feeling myself again, which is the main thing.
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602a294c98bbb58bc29fe0dcca28773c | Lucy Edwards: Why I want an IVF baby to screen out gene that made me go blind
'Why I want an IVF baby to screen out gene that made me go blind'
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RNIB As well as an influencer, author, broadcaster and RNIB ambassador, Lucy Edwards is hoping to become a mum
Blind content creator and TikTok star Lucy Edwards says she's "so excited" to be on a health kick to undergo IVF, but reveals the dilemma she faced in deciding to screen out the very gene that made her blind. "I'm so broody," the 29-year-old tells the BBC Access All podcast. Lucy and her husband Ollie married at Kew Gardens two years ago and are now ready to start a family - but there are complications to consider. Lucy has the rare genetic condition Incontinentia Pigmenti (IP) and lost her sight due to this aged 17, just months after meeting Ollie. The condition runs through the female line - Lucy's mum has IP although isn't blind, her Grandma did too and her great-aunt was blind in one eye. Lucy is totally blind, but, if she had been a boy, she may not have survived. The abnormal IP gene is located on the X chromosome. Women have two X chromosomes, while males have X and Y, meaning the appearance of the gene can be more catastrophic in male pregnancies. "My grandma actually had nine miscarriages," Lucy says. This is one of the facts that played into the complicated decision Lucy and Ollie made to opt for pre-implantation genetic testing, a special type of IVF where embryos are created outside of the body and screened for the genetic condition. Only those embryos which are not affected by the condition are placed back into the womb. Without medical intervention, Lucy says there would be four potential outcomes to any pregnancy she carried: A healthy and unaffected boy or girl, an affected boy she would likely miscarry or who would be born with severe brain damage or an affected girl. She pauses, then laughs: "That sounds horrible, doesn't it? That's me."
Blind influencer Lucy Edwards on writing and IVF
And that's the quandary. IVF will edit out the very thing that has made Lucy who she is today - a journalist, advocate, author and broadcaster. It is an emotive topic of debate. The most well-known conversation is around Down's syndrome and the number of women who choose to abort a pregnancy once their baby is tested and diagnosed as having the condition. The question is around the value people place on other peoples' lives which may not look like our own. In 2021 campaigner Heidi Crowter, who herself has Down's syndrome, challenged legislation allowing foetuses with the condition to be aborted up until birth. She took her case to the High Court arguing the rules were discriminatory to disabled people who could live a good life. She lost the case and the subsequent argument she made at the Court of Appeal. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) later rejected it as well, but Heidi continues to campaign to have the law overturned. It is something Lucy is very aware of and she and her husband have spent a long time considering. "It's understanding that it is removing that part of me that makes me, me," Lucy says. "It's such a personal decision and I know that I'm opening myself up for possible designer baby discussions, but I know I'm doing it for the right reasons." Lucy says first being diagnosed with IP and then losing her sight as a teenager were both traumatic events and she wants to minimise the likelihood of miscarriage to limit any future traumatic load. She says she found it impossible to "knowingly" consider having a baby naturally once she knew the science was available to give a baby the healthiest start possible. "If I had a baby and, unknowingly, I had a gorgeous, gorgeous baby with disabilities, I would be so thankful, so happy and amazed but knowingly having this gene? That's why we're having IVF." IP doesn't just cause blindness, it can also cause severe epilepsy and more difficult outcomes. Lucy says having the option to ensure complications were not passed on felt like both a responsibility and a privilege previous generations did not have. "Whether we like it or not, we have to be responsible here. Maybe a responsible issue for you, if you have IP or another genetic disorder, is to have a child naturally and we are not judging you in any shape or form, this is just our decision." In response to their openness around this decision comments were overwhelmingly positive from Lucy's fans which she thinks might be because she is so "disability positive" in her everyday life - "I love being blind," she frequently states. But Lucy says responses have been different around the world. When she was working in Japan and her content was reaching audiences unfamiliar with her story, she faced a lot more trolling. "I got a lot of abusive comments that go into my spam filter questioning why I would be a mother," she says. "I know that I'm going to get a lot of abuse, but I'm just going to block them. "I'm going to be OK. All I think about is the other mothers that have come before me who are competent, capable and resilient."
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83de9225648a3ea72f27974be1a9a1e4 | Tears for peers: Hereditary Lords face up to extinction
Hereditary Lords speak out on prospect of leaving Parliament
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Imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1538 waiting to be executed, Henry Courtenay, the Earl of Devon, wrote on his cell walls words which would become his family's motto - "Where have I fallen, what have I done?" Nearly 500 years later, another Earl of Devon, is once again contemplating getting the chop. Charlie Courtenay, the 19th or 38th Earl of Devon, depending on how you count it, is one of the 87 remaining hereditary peers who will be kicked out of the House of Lords this year, if the government's House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill passes. He is fairly relaxed about his impending departure. Henry Courtenay's beheading was one of four the family has suffered, so for the current Earl of Devon "executions" - as he puts it - are nothing new. "For us hereditaries, that's what happens."
For hundreds of years, hereditary peers had the right to make and debate laws in Parliament, a right they inherited from their fathers and passed on to their sons. In 1999, then Prime Minister Tony Blair described their presence in the House of Lords as an "anachronism" and got rid of more than 600 of them but, following what was supposed to be a temporary compromise, 92 were saved. Twenty-five years on, a new Labour government has come to power and is hoping to get rid of the ones who remain. The BBC has spoken to four of those peers preparing to pack up their parliamentary desks.
'Awkward and embarrassing'
Charlie Courtenay is happy to talk about his family's long history but growing up he felt uncomfortable about his privileged background. "It's obviously awkward and embarrassing on a personal front. Particularly it doesn't help if you live in a castle - you feel a bit like the odd one out." "I moved away from England for ten years and lived in America, where it suddenly became a lot easier. "By moving to America, where the response was 'gee, that's really interesting, tell me more', I learnt to talk about it with a bit more confidence." His distant ancestor, Baldwin de Redvers was given the title in 1142 as a reward for backing Empress Matilda's right to the throne. He inherited it following his father's death in 2015, and began to think more deeply about what it meant to be an earl. His father had been kicked out of the House of Lords in the 1999 cull but his son was able to return via a by-election process, by which hereditaries who have died can be replaced by others from the same political grouping. He says he remembers thinking "here's a nice opportunity to provide a Devon voice in Westminster which is exactly the job Baldwin was given 900 years ago."
Getty Images The Earl of Devon's family seat is Powderham Castle, which sits by the River Exe in Devon
The Earl of Devon is what he calls an "unashamed" proponent of hereditary peers. "I am the one person who defends the indefensible," he jokes. He argues that, at a time of concern about the "rabid consumption of our natural world" hereditaries offer a "long-term, multi-generational view" and are less likely to be focused on short term political gains. With his remaining months, he is hoping to, if not change the law, then get some support for his amendment to remove what he calls "the patriarchal, misogynistic" rules that bar women from inheriting most titles. "I find it faintly, totally ridiculous, embarrassing and wrong that my sisters and my aunt or my daughter can't inherit the title." Whether or not his amendments are accepted, it is all but certain that his children will not get the chance to sit in the Lords based on the title alone - a fact the earl is more than resigned to. "The big time for the Courtenay family was around 1100. Ever since then it's been a kind of slight gentle winding down of glories. "This is just another step on the route to ignominy."
'Sticking plaster'
"I will not miss commuting 672 miles there and back every week," says Lord Thurso, a Liberal Democrat peer. He lives in Thurso, a town which is on the north coast of Scotland and about as far from the Lords as you can be without getting on a boat. He has no problem with hereditary peers getting the boot ("the idea we have some unique quality is laughable," he says) but doubts it will make much difference. "This is another sticking plaster over something that really needs to be dealt with." He says the Lords have good debates and scrutinise the government's plans "extremely well" but "does it actually get us anywhere? It doesn't." To have influence with the government, the Lords needs legitimacy, he says. "A house full of largely retired MPs put out to grass for 30 or 40 years or people like me who inherited it because their grandfather was cabinet secretary? That's no way to put together a second chamber." In 2012, he worked on a doomed plan that would have seen the Lords made up of a combination of elected and appointed peers. He says there is not "cat in hell's chance" of the government making any further changes once the current bill is passed. He wants to see ministers use the legislation to make other changes including a 20 year term limit for new peers and a restriction on the size of the house. "If you've got those two, well, then we can wait another 100 years or so for democracy," he sighs.
'We've had six murders here'
Lord Howe inherited his title from a son-less second cousin in 1984, along with Penn House, a stately Buckinghamshire home. "My wife and I lived in a small terrace house in London. She was a teacher. I was working in bank. "All of a sudden I had a call to say I'd inherited the title. "It was a shock to the system - particularly when you arrive on a dark January evening, the front door creaks open and there is a butler saying 'Welcome home your Lordship'. And it didn't feel like home at all." The heating bill cost more than his annual salary, he remembers.
Penn House has been used as filming location for TV shows including Midsomer Murders. "We've had six murders here," Lord Howe says.
Just a few years after becoming a peer, he was made a minister by then Conservative prime minister John Major ("Must have been scraping the barrel," he says). He's been on the front bench of his party ever since in various roles. Nearly 40 years on, his enthusiasm for the Lords has not diminished. "I love the place. I've found it very fulfilling. And just occasionally you feel that you've done a little bit of good."
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aa2ec9fc3892cfe2f5aa24d0507a918c | Toby Carvery oak tree felling: Anger and upset at scene of Enfield saga
Where the ancient tree felled by Toby Carvery once stood, people are reeling
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BBC Amanda Dudley says the tree was a "real comfort" to her during the pandemic
Whether a tree falling in a forest makes a sound is a perennial subject of debate, but in one north London borough, it's certainly made a lot of noise. The felling of a 500-year-old oak tree earlier this month in Enfield has sparked outrage and a nationwide conversation. First came the felling itself on 3 April which, it seems, few people noticed. It wasn't until 12 days later that the news emerged in a flurry of national headlines, after council workers found the slain tree in Whitewebbs Park. Then came a plot twist that few would expect - the owners of Toby Carvery, a family pub chain specialising in budget roast dinners which has a restaurant overlooking the tree, admitted that they felled it after receiving advice it was dead. The saga is a stark reminder of the emotional place that trees occupy in Britain's national consciousness - coming not long after the iconic Sycamore Gap tree was felled at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. That's evident in Enfield, where BBC News visited on Friday and found Amanda Dudley gazing at the remains of the oak, its former parts scattered around a blunted stump and cordoned off with red and white tape. She lowered herself to sneak through and examine the tree's trunk, which has a circumference of 6m (20ft), more thoroughly. "I can't believe they've done this," she said. "This is a friend of mine." During lockdown Amanda, an artist, walked around Whitewebbs Park and says she looked at the tree every day. She has drawn sketches of it too. "It was a real comfort to me," she told me. "This is a place I've walked for years and years. I have quite a long relationship with this tree."
Mitchells & Butlers said the tree had been cut down on health and safety grounds
Marina Cardozo, who walked around the area every day during lockdown, felt similarly. "It's just so shocking, absolutely shocking," she said. "500 years and they chop it down?" While I was talking to her, other people were passing through the area to walk their dogs in the sun and take a look at what remained of the tree. One of them was Fatma Safer who told me she's "heartbroken," while her friend Felicity Pegg added: "Once it's gone, it's gone." A steady stream of people gathered at the tree throughout the day, some taking selfies or pictures of their relatives standing in front of it. A number of people who lived nearby told me that they couldn't remember that particular tree, but that they were still saddened that a part of the park's history had been destroyed. Other people were less interested. Pippa Chapman's young son had other thoughts, saying simply: "It's been blown out of proportion."
Local residents like Fatma Safer (second from left) said they were angry that the tree had been cut down
On Wednesday, Enfield Council's leader branded the felling "an outrage" and said all legal options were being considered. It made a report of criminal damage to the police, but the Met is understood to view it as a civil matter. In a letter seen by the BBC this week, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), which owns the chain, apologised over the upset caused and admitted "we need to tighten our protocols". M&B said it felled the tree on health and safety grounds after receiving advice from unnamed contractors that "the split and dead wood posed a serious health and safety risk," and stressed that "necessary measures to ensure any legal requirements were met". Hundreds of people gathered on Easter Sunday to protest against the felling, holding a commemorative silence as part of "a period of mourning" for the tree. Sam Gracie Tillbrook, an Enfield resident and member of the local Guardians of Whitewebbs group, said: "Everybody is opposed to this - fully outraged by this. The amount of people who have come along today just symbolises that."
Hundreds gathered in Enfield on Easter Sunday to protest against the felling
Unanswered questions
An Enfield Council planning document from March 2024 stated that the pedunculate oak - a species that can live for 1,000 years - was a "fine specimen" with high ecological and landscape value and had a life expectancy of at least five more decades. While much has been said by both the council and M&B since the felling, locals and campaigners alike want answers to the many remaining questions. Some people told the BBC that what surprised them most about the tree's felling was how healthy it looked. "It's just so obviously not dead," one resident claimed. "It's a disgrace." "There's nothing wrong with the tree," Derek, another local, said. "I can't see what problems it could have caused." They also question what the wood - currently still next to the remaining tree stump - will be used for.
Piles of wood still sit on the site by the Toby Carvery car park
Locals say the tree saga points to a bigger picture of what they worry is happening to Whitewebbs Park, a place steeped in history - it's home to Whitewebbs House which is where Guy Fawkes's Gunpowder Plot is thought to have been hatched in 1605, and formerly owned by Henry VIII's physician. "There's loads of controversy around here," says a middle-aged couple that live nearby.
Hope for change
In February, Enfield Council gave Tottenham Hotspur football club a 25-year lease to build a new women's training ground on the site of a former golf course in the park, with 11 pitches and a clubhouse, despite campaigners fighting against the proposals. Opponents argued that it would limit people's access to green space and impact wildlife in the area. The Woodland Trust has called for more transparency from M&B and the club. In the planning process to date, Spurs commissioned contractors to assess the woodland there. There is no suggestion that Spurs knew of the decision to fell the tree or that it had any connection to it. A club spokesman told BBC News "the tree sits outside of our lease demise for our proposed Women's and Girls' Training Centre & Academy". Enfield Council and M&B did not respond to additional requests for comment.
The Toby Carvery restaurant in the park is a grand building
In time, council officials may well get some answers on what went wrong for the Whitewebbs oak, and some locals are more hopeful. A large portion of the tree's trunk remains, and people visiting the site told the BBC they hoped it would start to regrow, even if it took decades, or centuries. "I'm hoping I'll come back here in a couple months and I'll see some fresh shoots," Zack Whitbread told me. That's what is starting to happen with the Sycamore Gap, with multiple shoots growing out of the stump which experts hope could develop significant growth to form new trees around the stump. | {
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cd2b0f9de81c3796f439c3d22317e3bd | 'Why I hesitate to tell people I'm a Gypsy'
'Why I hesitate to tell people I'm a Gypsy'
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BBC/Little Venice Studios Chantelle (left) features in Stacey Dooley's new documentary Growing Up Gypsy, which follows three Romany women as they navigate everyday life
"Are they going to think I'm going to steal stuff from here?" That's the question Chantelle remembers asking herself after starting a new job and wondering whether or not to share her Romany heritage. Chantelle, 23 from Bedfordshire, says she's proud of her background but has sometimes been "nervous" to share it because of negative portrayals of her community in the media. "When you watch films, it's always like, 'Oh, these are the Gypsies, they're the bad guys,'" she explains. Chantelle features in Stacey Dooley's BBC documentary Growing Up Gypsy, which follows three young Romany women as they navigate everyday life. The show comes as the charity Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) - an organisation working to end discrimination against the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community - says it regularly hears from Romany Gypsy women who feel pressure to hide their identity in professional or public spaces to avoid discrimination and hate. Ebony, 23 from Nottinghamshire, works as a beautician and recalls a client at a previous job, who didn't know about her heritage, telling her she didn't want to park in a certain area because there were Gypsies living near there. "And I was sat there, painting her nails, like: 'Little do you know'," she recalls thinking.
Ebony Ebony wants people to gain a better understanding of the community, saying "I hope they learn we're nice people"
Romany Gypsies are one of the three ethnic groups within the GRT community. Some in the community prefer to refer to themselves as travellers, while others prefer to use the term Gypsy. Presenter Dooley says she felt privileged to be invited into the community but that being with the women and their families has shown her "how unwelcome they can sometimes be made to feel". It's something that as a Romany Gypsy myself, I've had conflicting feelings about. Now 26, I'm incredibly proud of my heritage - it's often one of the first things I'll share about myself and I have incredible memories of summers spent in the cherry orchard where my family worked. However, I didn't always feel that way. At school, I was reluctant to tell people about my identity for fear of being called a derogatory name and when I applied for university, my parents told me not to tick the GRT ethnicity box on the entrance form in case it hurt my chances of getting in. I filled it in anyway, and have grown more confident in talking about my heritage but the hesitation is still there and is shared by many in the community today.
Shola Lee My sister (left) and I (right) playing as our family worked in the cherry orchard where they picked and sold fruit for a living. Many Romany Gypsies traditionally travelled around to pick up seasonal work
"There is a lot of hate and discrimination against travellers, and people don't get jobs because they're travellers," says Ebony, on why she's hidden her heritage in the past. A spokesperson for the FFT says prejudice against the GRT community "remains widespread" and "too often goes unchallenged". And in 2021, a YouGov poll organised by the FFT suggested that 22% of people surveyed would be uncomfortable employing a Gypsy or traveller. However, Ebony also says she's had positive interactions with her employers when she did share her heritage and loves where she currently works.
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5947a4e68a2890131e7a3c54eec561ab | Albino hypnotist Fraser Penman: I hypnotised myself to become a headline act
Albino hypnotist: I hypnotised myself to become a headline act
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DJ Rankin Fraser Penman, known as the Albino Hypnotist, has embraced his disability after years of struggling with it
A hypnotist born with the most severe form of albinism has gone from the depths of despair at his disability to headlining his own show. Fraser Penman, 30, was born with oculocutaneous albinism. The congenital disorder affects just one in 20,000 people and means he lacks pigment in his skin, hair and eyes as well as having a visual impairment. Growing up in East Kilbride, Fraser was bullied at school "because he was different", culminating in a violent gang attack when he was a teenager. He said: "The hate texts started when I was only eight years old. As I got older, it got much worse with rocks thrown at me before I was attacked by a gang of 15. His difficult school days led to him trying to cover up his condition. "I was so tired of fitting out of society, I wanted to cover up and change my appearance," he said. "From the age of 14, I wore make-up, fake tan and dyed my hair. "In my early 20s, I felt like I was living a double life and it gave me depression and anxiety. And it made me question if I wanted to be here at all."
Fraser Penman Fraser was born with a severe form of albinism leaving him with a lack of pigmentation and visual impairment
Fraser Penman Fraser, left, at age five, with his eight-year-old brother Ross
Fraser's turning point came after a heart-to-heart with his older brother Ross. He encouraged Fraser to be anything in the world he wanted to be. Fraser - who had become a fan of well-known hypnotist and illusionist Derren Brown - said his only wish was to be a hypnotist. "I was inspired by Derren Brown's storytelling and showmanship," said Fraser. "I must have watched a DVD about hypnosis a thousand times. I remember being in a barber shop and we were talking about hypnosis, and I said to the barber I had done this before. "So, after my haircut, I hypnotised someone in the shop using the same language and pattens used in the DVD and the person just dropped unconscious and in a trance. I then started hypnotising my friends in the pub for fun. "I had never done a live stage performance before and for the first time I was not worried about how I looked. It was total freedom, the feeling was incredible," he said.
Fraser Penman At 22, Fraser was dying his hair and using make-up and fake tan to hide his condition
Fraser wanted nothing else but to perform on stage, but knew he had to sort his own mind out first, so he tried the hypnosis techniques on himself. "I used self-hypnosis to give myself one suggestion. The simple suggestion I gave myself was 'You Are Enough'," he said. "When I woke up the next morning, I hated the fake tan and hair dye. I shaved off all my hair and it was the first time I had seen my hair so short and white since I was 14. "I felt liberated and I walked through the supermarket in shorts and T-shirt, I was not worried at people seeing me."
DJ Rankin Fraser is known as the Albino Hypnotist and his show, 'Penman: The Imaginator – You' is coming to the Fringe this summer.
Fraser completed a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy and during Covid worked with clients online in the US, UK and Germany. After the pandemic, he embarked on a tour of pubs and halls around the country to hone his craft. And he has just been announced as a headline act at the world's largest arts festival in Edinburgh. He has been tipped as one of the Fringe's rising stars after securing a 25-day slot at the Gilded Balloon in July and August. Fraser's show is a mix of hypnosis, mind reading and comedy which gives an insight into how the coping mechanism he initially used to deal with his limited sight has heightened his other senses, allowing him to perform stunts. He is determined to change the perception of those with albinism and hopes his stage show will act as an inspiration for people with the condition. " If I hadn't gone through these struggles, I wouldn't have been inspired to make a difference now. " Many people with albinism are confined to the house wearing dark glasses but I'm determined to change that perception, I'm going against the grain." | {
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e512fc0192bfed15e57793488f2ad42b | FM defends excluding Reform UK from anti-far right summit
FM defends excluding Reform UK from anti-far right summit
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Getty Images Reform UK have not been invited to the summit John Swinney announced last month
First Minister John Swinney has defended his decision not to invite Reform UK to a political summit to discuss the threat from the far right. Reform, which denies being far right, claims the meeting is really an "anti-democratic" attempt to curb its growing electoral support. Swinney said the summit, being held on Wednesday, would focus on shared values and Reform's approach to immigration caused him "enormous concern". He told BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show that parties represented at Holyrood had been invited. The Scottish Conservatives have said they will not attend, describing the meeting as an unnecessary "talking shop".
Swinney announced plans to hold the forum in February, saying parties had to unite to "lock out" the far right from Scottish politics. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has not been invited despite its insistence that it opposes far right extremism. The party won 7% of the vote in Scotland at the 2024 general election and recent polling suggests this could have risen as high as 17%, which would see it with a significant presence at Holyrood after next year's election.
Thomas Kerr, a Reform UK councillor and leading voice for the party in Scotland called the summit "anti-democratic". He told BBC Radio Scotland's The Sunday Show: "We are a right wing political party, John Swinney is a left wing politician that is absolutely fine, we are on two different sides of the political spectrum that's why you debate each other. "But to say that because you disagree with illegal immigration, you want to clamp down and make sure we secure our borders is racist I think is fundamentally wrong "It is an argument to have in a policy debate, on a policy platform absolutely, but the key point of this summit is this is tax payers' cash and a first minister that has over stepped his mark in an anti-democratic summit."
Getty Images Swinney said the immigration policies of Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, were not in tune with Scottish values
Swinney said discussions on how to protect "democratic systems" in Scotland would be at "the heart of the gathering", which will be attended by elected politicians, trade unions and civic leaders. He told BBC Radio Scotland's The Sunday Show: "If we are passive about this we run the risk that those democratic systems will be eroded by the challenges that we face. "The threat that is coming to our democratic system is coming from a range of pressures that seek to undermine some of the central values of our society. "There are parts of the argument and rhetoric of Reform that contribute to that." Swinney added that Scotland had always been a "inclusive" and "welcoming" country. The first minister said that all parliamentary parties had been invited to the meeting, which he said "is the right thing to do". He added: "I'm reaching out to people in Scotland to say that they shouldn't be tempted by the simple solutions that are offered by the ideologies that are represented by Reform and others."
'Punched in the face or gut'
With Reform UK currently on track to return its first MSPs at next year's Holyrood election, Kerr said his party may abstain on any vote to select the next first minister. The councillor, who defected to the Reform from the Scottish Conservatives, told BBC Scotland News that both John Swinney and Anas Sarwar were "totally incapable of taking this country forward". It comes after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage told the Times last week there would be no deal with Labour at Holyrood. But in November the party's deputy leader Richard Tice said that "anything is preferable to the SNP" when asked about putting Labour into power at Holyrood. Kerr refused to say whether his party would back the SNP or Labour, telling BBC Scotland News it was like "being asked to get punched in the face or punched in the gut." He clarified that this could mean that the party abstains on any vote for the next first minister after the 2026 Holyrood election.
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e6fa255938e984c46f9dba1e49e728b0 | Lisburn: Families 'feel unsafe' after group puts up flags
Some families 'feel unsafe' after group puts up flags on lampposts
4 hours ago Share Save Brendan Hughes BBC News NI political reporter Share Save
BBC Carol Carey said she no longer feels safe in the area
Some families in a new mixed-use social housing development in Lisburn have said they feel intimidated after a group of men placed flags on lampposts. The group was wearing dark clothes and hoods and was seen erecting the Union flags on Saturday evening in Altona Drive and Altona Gardens. One man said he was told if anyone removed the flags, "their house will be burnt". Police said they would engage with "local community representatives and partner agencies around any complaints about flags".
It comes just weeks after some residents were sent leaflets claiming to be from a loyalist paramilitary organisation. Video footage, seen by BBC News NI, appears to show four men with a ladder erecting flags in the area. Conor Batchelor said he confronted the men about the displays on lampposts. "They said anyone that touches the flags, their house will be burnt. So now we're living in fear," he said.
A Union flag erected on a lamp-post in the new housing development
The 30-year-old, whose former partner and their two children live in the area, said they want to live in "peace and harmony with other religions, other cultures". He said it should be a "friendly and welcoming" environment. "We're just really disheartened with it all," he added. Mr Batchelor described the new housing development as a "mixed area". He said some people may be supportive of the flags, but they should be placed "on their property". "Not on public lamp-posts or outside people's houses that don't want the flags," he added.
Conor Batchelor says some people may be supportive of the flags, but he said they should be placed "on their property," not on lampposts
The £16m mixed-use development was launched last year. Carol Carey, who lives in the area with her four children, said she no longer feels safe. "I did feel sick to my stomach. I don't want this for my kids," she added. She said she was told by police "there is nothing we can do" because they are not paramilitary flags. "The people on this street are already afraid because they have had the letters," she added.
Video footage appears to show four men with a ladder erecting flags in the area
Last month, some residents received leaflets through the letterboxes of their homes claiming to be from a loyalist paramilitary organisation. The leaflets had a UFF (Ulster Freedom Fighters) emblem and text which warned that "anyone caught removing loyalist flags from lampposts will be dealt with". They also read: "This is loyalist Lisburn, not republican west Belfast." The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said officers in Lisburn were aware of the leaflets and they were still being investigated.
A Union flag erected on a lamppost in the new housing development at Altona Drive in Lisburn
A PSNI spokeswoman added: "Police received a report on Saturday 19 April about flags that had been erected in the area of Altona Drive, Lisburn. "Every case reported to police will be considered on an individual basis and, where offences have been committed they will be dealt with. "Officers continue to engage with local community representatives and partner agencies around any complaints about flags."
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daca652e2d89454bdb28300cd848cf6a | Water safety plea from mum after son's reservoir death
Mum issues reservoir safety plea after son's death
2 hours ago Share Save Jordan Davies & Lucy Vladev BBC News Share Save
Family photo It took three days to find Reuben's body in the reservoir, and that memory still lives with his mother
The mother of a 15-year-old boy who drowned in a reservoir has said the impact on the family has been "indescribable". Maxine Johnson's son Reuben died while swimming with friends in Pontsticill Reservoir in Bannau Brycheiniog in 2006. She has joined calls from Welsh Water warning people about the dangers of unauthorised swimming in reservoirs. The rate of accidental drowning in Wales is almost double that of the UK as a whole, according to the National Water Safety Forum.
Reuben was camping with friends and celebrating after finishing his GCSEs when some decided to swim across the reservoir. "The Saturday it was extremely hot weather," recalled Ms Johnson. "They were only wearing shorts, they had no other protective clothing and, unfortunately, cold water shock got to Reuben about three quarters of the way across."
Reuben's mother said one his friends "tried his best to help him". "When they finally got to the other side the boys looked back and Reuben has disappeared." It took three days to find Reuben's body, and that memory still lives with his mother. "The impact of it is indescribable," she said. "It's like you've had your heart ripped out. "I want to make sure that other parents, other children, other young people, can listen to the message. "Reuben didn't know, so we want to spread the message for Reuben, think twice where you're going, where you're swimming."
Maxine Johnson, Reuben's mother, now campaigns on water safety awareness
People are being warned over the Easter holidays that they are risking their lives by swimming, paddleboarding or even entering reservoirs without proper permission or safety precautions. Some reservoirs contain automatic machinery operating below the surface and have strong currents which can pull under the strongest swimmers.
Cold water shock
People are also being warned about the freezing temperatures in many reservoirs. Anything below 15C is defined as cold water and can seriously affect people's breathing and movement, so the risk is significant most of the year. Cold water shock causes gasping and uncontrolled breathing as the body tries to keep warm and the muscles in limbs will cool, which reduces strength, coordination and the ability to swim.
There are several reservoirs where supervised swimming is allowed, including: Lisvane & Llanishen reservoirs, Cardiff
Llyn Brenig reservoir, Denbigh Moors
Llandegfedd reservoir, Pontypool "Not all reservoirs are designed to be swam in," warned Daniel Dicomidis, a senior activity instructor at Lisvane & Llanishen reservoirs.
Senior activity instructor Daniel Dicomidis says cold water shock can be deadly
"Most reservoirs in the country are stores of water, there's lots of heavy machinery under there creating currents. They're very deep, so how cold they are, relative to how warm the day may be, is very surprising," he said. Swimmers are being warned there is a reduced chance of being rescued in some remote locations in Wales because of little or no mobile reception. On average, nearly 50 people die every year in Wales because of water-related incidents, according to Welsh Water. Chris Cousens, chairman of Water Safety Wales, said: "With the lovely weather we've been seeing, we know how tempting it can be to cool off in beautiful reservoirs. "But even the strongest of swimmers can go into cold water shock and this can lead to drowning." He said, if you do find yourself in difficulty, "relax and float on your back with your ears submerged in the water until the effects of cold water shock pass - you can then swim to safety or shout for help."
Lisvane & Llanishen reservoirs hold sessions where you can swim
Ms Johnson said: "For us as family and friends he's missing from so many things, so many events, photographs, memories. "We carry on with our lives but when I see perhaps one of his friends has had a child or they reach a certain milestone, that's particularly difficult. "So it's really important to keep Reuben's memory alive as well through doing what we're doing." The impact has also affected the boys who were with Reuben on that day. "It's impacted them in different ways over the years," she said. "They never, ever thought something like that would happen." | {
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6e6ca241ec142e7584a5e9b5c624f2ff | Tributes paid to 'beautiful wife' after Little Aston golf club crash
Husband 'watched in horror' as wife killed on golf course
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Family Suzanne Cherry died on Tuesday, four days after she was struck at Aston Wood Golf Club
A husband has said he "watched in helpless horror" as his wife was killed in a crash on a golf course. Suzanne Cherry, 62, from Aldridge in the West Midlands, died in hospital on Tuesday, four days after she was hit at Aston Wood Golf Club by a grey Nissan van, which had been involved in a police pursuit. Her husband said his "beautiful wife" had an "amazing and infectious zest for life" before their "future together was snatched away in an instant". Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident, including one on suspicion of murder.
The husband said his wife was killed "while enjoying what should have been the safest" of her many hobbies. He added that she had left "a legacy and an unfillable void" in the lives of her mother, her three adult children, two step-children and "countless others from her work, her sporting activities and social circle".
Six people have been arrested over the crash at Aston Wood Golf Club, between Shenstone and Sutton Coldfield
"She was unselfish, always ready to encourage with love and support those around her to achieve more than they themselves thought possible," he said.
Two men from Coseley, near Dudley, aged 36 and 26, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, along with a third, a 34-year-old from Wednesbury, who was detained on suspicion of manslaughter. The other two who remained in custody were a 51-year-old man from Bloxwich, who was being held on suspicion of murder, and a 22-year-old man from Dudley held on suspicion of manslaughter and assisting an offender. Staffordshire Police said officers had been granted extra time to question the two suspects.
The collision involved a grey Nissan van that had been chased by police
The suspect released on bail, a 41-year-old man from Worcester, had been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. Officers are continuing to appeal for information and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who was in the area of Blake Street and Birmingham Road between Sutton Coldfield and Shenstone. The force has set up an online portal for people to leave information. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating the circumstances prior to the collision when officers from West Midlands Police had responded to the vehicle being involved in reports of suspicious activity.
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fc88b84e5d165a7a92dc2ed4e27e2502 | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen won't discuss penalty because 'people can't handle the full truth'
Verstappen's radio messages during the race clearly indicated he did not approve of the penalty he was given, but he was warned to keep his thoughts to himself.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said he felt the penalty was "very harsh" and asked rhetorically: "Whatever happened to 'let them race on the first lap?' That just seems to have been abandoned."
The stewards' verdict contained an answer to that - it said that the normal penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage was 10 seconds, but they reduced it to five because it was the first lap.
Verstappen was penalised for cutting the chicane after the start and keeping the lead.
Piastri had got fully alongside him on the inside on the entry to the first corner. Despite this, Verstappen cut the second part of the chicane and retained the lead.
F1's driving standards guidelines effectively say that the corner was Piastri's in that situation.
They say that for a driver overtaking on the inside to be "entitled to be given room (his car) must have its front axle at least alongside the mirror of the other car prior to and at the apex, be driven in a fully controlled manner particularly from entry to apex and not have 'dived in''; and in the stewards' estimation have taken a reasonable racing line and been able to complete the move while remaining within track limits."
Piastri comfortably complied with all these criteria.
He said: "The stewards had to get involved, but I thought I was plenty far enough up (alongside) and in the end that's what got me the race.
"I knew that I had enough of my car alongside to take the corner. We obviously both braked extremely late. For me, I braked as late as I could while staying on the track. And I think how it unfolded is how it should have been dealt with."
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said: "Oscar, thanks to a very good launch off the grid, and thanks to positioning the car on the inside, [was] slightly ahead of Max, managing to keep the car within the track limits, then he gained the rights (to the corner), and obviously in that situation you can't overtake off track.
"This is a clear case. It shouldn't create any polemic, really."
Verstappen led until the first pit stops, when he served the penalty and dropped behind Piastri, who controlled the race from there to take his third win in five grands prix this season.
It included a bold move around the outside of Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari on the approach to the high-speed Turns 22 and 23 at a critical point of the race, to minimise his time loss on the lap Verstappen stopped.
Verstappen had shown strong pace in the first stint, tracked closely by the McLaren, and was pulling away slightly by the time Piastri made his stop on lap 19.
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58e3413e86892bd5cf880c08d830683f | Leicester 0-1 Liverpool: Trent Alexander-Arnold's enjoys iconic moment in special Reds career
The sight of Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrating bare chested with arms outstretched, his red shirt hoisted on a corner flag at King Power Stadium, will become an iconic image of Liverpool's march to the Premier League title.
Amid the wild elation that followed his late winner at relegated Leicester City, it left Liverpool's big questions still hanging in the air.
Will Alexander-Arnold leave his home city club behind in pursuit of new glory with Real Madrid in Spain? Or could the outpouring of love between Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool's fans be a lifeline for those hoping the player they call "the Scouser in our team" may yet stay?
Questions only Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool and Real Madrid will know the answers to. But for now, the celebrating of another special moment in his special Liverpool career will be enough for Reds fans.
Speculation regarding his Liverpool future has increased following the new deals signed by Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk. But the 26-year-old, after making his 350th appearance for his boyhood club, gave no clues over his intentions.
He said: "I have said all season that I am not going to speak on my situation. I am not going to go into the details.
"But days like this are always special. Scoring goals, playing games, winning games, winning titles - they are special moments for me and I am glad to do my part."
Liverpool manager Arne Slot was also guarded, saying: "My only good answer is to talk about his goal. All the attention should go for that, and all the good things he has done for this club for so many years.
"He is incredible if he sets his mind to it. Today he knows when it matters most, he can bring a bit more and that is something only the top, top, top players have."
An air of inevitability hung heavily over all that played out in the sunshine before Alexander-Arnold scored with 14 minutes left to give Liverpool a 1-0 win and send Leicester City down.
Liverpool played like a team who knew they will be champions. Leicester City played like a team who knew they would be relegated. And the final part of the script was written when Alexander-Arnold returned as a substitute with 19 minutes left, having been out since early March with an ankle injury. | {
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274958556d8257f0a7000d3d48d7a0da | Man Utd 0-1 Wolves: 'If we don't score, nothing matters' - Ruben Amorim concern
The nearest the 22-year-old came on this occasion – a day when United managed just two shots on target - was failing by inches to connect with a low Alejandro Garnacho cross at the far post, when a touch would surely have diverted the ball in given he was less than a yard out.
Aside from that, it was the usual mixture of industry and physical will from Hojlund.
The argument is he just needs a goal to restore confidence and get him firing again. The truth is, aside from a run of five goals in four games early in Amorim's reign and eight in eight games in the middle of last season, Hojlund has been unconvincing as someone capable of leading the line or making a big impact in a top Premier League team.
He simply doesn't compare to Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, Bukayo Saka or even, this season at any rate, Chris Wood at Nottingham Forest.
Amorim cannot offer an unfiltered opinion on Hojlund. All he can do is vow to keep working with him as dropping the Dane is not part of the plan.
"The only way I know is to work on him and show him the videos," added the United boss. "He needs to score a goal and he won't score if he is out [of the team] so I try to manage that during games."
Amorim emphasised the point Hojlund alone should not shoulder either the responsibility or the blame for United's goalscoring woes.
Aside from the bottom three, only Everton and West Ham have scored fewer than their 38 this season.
"If you look at the games we have several players that miss big chances, not just Rasmus," said Amorim. "Of course, for Rasmus, the game is to score goals because he's a striker, but it's a team thing. Our team should score more goals, it's not just Rasmus missing chances."
United have now lost eight Premier League home games this season, their most defeats at Old Trafford in a league campaign since 1962-63. They still have two more chances – against West Ham and Aston Villa - to suffer a ninth and equal the return from six decades ago.
With a 15th league loss of the campaign – a club record in the Premier League era - Amorim has no option other than to try to eke out any positives from the woeful experience he is going through.
Against Wolves, that centred on the performances of 20-year-old centre-back Tyler Fredricson, who had a solid first-team debut, and Harry Amass. The 18-year-old wing-back impressed once to raise further questions over why he was omitted at the start of the campaign when United were desperate for a left-footed player in defence.
Amorim knows United's season hinges on their Europa League campaign.
He must find a way of ensuring victory over Athletic Bilbao in the semi-final and then against either Tottenham or Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt to take some comfort from a torrid period, where it is hard even for him to tell fans everything will be OK in the end.
"We tell the fans the truth that we lack a lot of things in our team, that we miss chances, and that if we don't score goals we are not going to win," said Amorim, when asked about his message to supporters.
"We have a lot to do and to focus on improving the team step by step. Understanding that until the end of the league it's going to be like this and then we need to do something.
"Of course we have a plan and we talk about that every day, but the season is not over so let's focus on that."
Amorim's situation was made worse by Wolves' league double over them - which sealed their Premier League status - and because their Portuguese manager hire, Vitor Pereira, has had a seismic impact at Molineux in the way United have not experienced.
It was quite instructive, long after Amorim had departed the scene, to listen to Pereira explaining how he had lifted the club clear of relegation trouble following his December arrival.
"The most important thing is to create a connection with the people," he said. "That was my first target. I wanted to bring energy, confidence and trust when I look to the players to help me.
"Through spirit and in our time together, we speak about our lives and create a connection with the supporters to make them believe.
"I went through our tactical idea and principles from the first day we worked together. The players know I like good football, my team playing with the ball. Sometimes it is not possible but then we need to know how to defend. Today we had a record number of free-kicks and corners against us, but in the end they didn't score."
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054f3c164acfc1e11b3d74dae46533fe | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton describes his race as 'horrible'
Lewis Hamilton described his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as "horrible" and said he had no explanation for his lack of pace in the Ferrari.
The seven-time champion finished seventh and was 31 seconds behind team-mate Charles Leclerc, who scored Ferrari's first grand prix podium of the season with third place.
"Nothing positive to take from today," Hamilton said, "apart from Charles on the podium, which is great for the team.
"It was horrible, not enjoyable at all. I was just sliding around. It's pretty bad."
He is seventh in the drivers' championship with his best result in a full grand prix this season his fifth place in Bahrain a week ago.
Hamilton said that he was "struggling to feel the car beneath me" but that there was "no particular thing, nothing to say: 'Hey, this is the issue.'"
And asked why he had been so good in the sprint race in China last month, where he won from pole position, and had struggled elsewhere, he said: "I don't have an answer."
Briton Hamilton, 40, said he expected to struggle at the next race in Miami, too, adding: "I don't know how much longer I'll struggle for but it's definitely painful. Just going to try and improve from week to week."
"At the moment there is no fix so this is how it's going to be for the rest or the year. It's going to be painful.
"In qualifying it's me extracting performance and in the race I tried everything and the car just didn't want to go any quicker." | {
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c1fa0196bca677ebe638dd407d51979b | Chelsea have mountain to climb as Barca Achilles heel shows again
Chelsea are used to winning in England - but when it comes to facing Barcelona in Europe, they keep hitting trouble.
When the Blues were drawn against them in the semi-finals of the Women's Champions League for the third year in a row, their hearts must have sunk.
The defending champions have caused plenty of heartache for Chelsea, knocking them out of the competition in each of the past two seasons and beating them 4-0 in their debut final back in 2021.
But with new manager Sonia Bompastor in charge - someone who has won the competition with former club Lyon - and fresh players in the squad, Chelsea travelled to Spain on Sunday for this season's first leg, optimistic that things could be different.
Instead, Barcelona were ruthless, defeating them 4-1 at the Estadi Johan Cruyff.
It leaves them with a huge challenge in the second leg at Stamford Bridge next Sunday (14:00 BST).
"We came into this game thinking about it being a good opportunity to perform and to show our best," said Bompastor.
"I think the version we showed was not good enough for us to hope to have a better result. We must learn from that.
"We want to move forward and turn things around next week. It will be difficult but in football you have to believe." | {
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4d6673ee5e72d8999f81fad016a28d39 | Whittaker vs Cameron 2: Olympian wins rematch with second-round TKO
Ben Whittaker steered his career back on track with a second-round stoppage of Liam Cameron to win their light-heavyweight rematch in Birmingham.
The 27-year-old whipped in a flush right to hurt Cameron and then loaded up with several unanswered punches before the fight was, perhaps a little prematurely, called off.
An emotional Whittaker, 27, then ran over to the opposite corner at the BP Pulse Live arena and began shouting at Cameron's team.
TV replays showed some spit land in the direction of trainer Grant Smith, although it appeared to be unintentional.
"My emotions came out, I was roaring like a lion," Whittaker said when asked about the incident on Sky Sports.
"If a little bit of dribble came out, then a little bit of dribble came out."
The undefeated Whittaker makes amends for October's controversial draw, which ended in bizarre circumstances when both men fell over the ropes and Whittaker was unable to continue because of an injury. | {
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cdb3f676302cd680562758f323336901 | Leicester City: 'A calamitous season for club at a crossroads' - what next for relegated Foxes?
When the Foxes sacked Steve Cooper in October they were 16th, although the cracks were there.
The teething problems in moving away from Enzo Maresca's style - less expansive and working the ball quicker - were just part of the issue.
The departed Maresca, who led them to the Championship title last season before joining Chelsea, was well-liked by the squad and Cooper struggled to connect with players, even if some of the senior members of the squad - including Jamie Vardy - were onside.
There was growing concern from the club that any disconnect would impact their survival prospects, and one of the reasons why they dismissed Cooper.
So, when Van Nistelrooy arrived, his honesty was welcomed, his methods and messages refreshing.
Former Manchester City Elite Development Squad coach Brian Barry-Murphy, who joined as assistant coach, also made an impressive first impression, with the players enjoying the variety and clarity he brought to training.
Yet, since the opening two games - a 3-1 win over West Ham and 2-2 comeback draw with Brighton in December - Leicester have won just four points.
They have equalled their club-record run of defeats (eight) and, despite performances which deserved more and the desire for the Dutchman to succeed, results have fallen off a cliff.
The Foxes were more competitive under Cooper - who sacrificed his beliefs to try to find a way to survive - and they drew a blank just once in his 12 Premier League games.
That is in stark contrast to the lack of goals under Van Nistelrooy - a revered striker for Manchester United, Real Madrid and the Netherlands - and they have scored just six times in the league since the draw with Brighton on 8 December.
Another goalless outing against Liverpool extended the home goal drought to nine league games and 810 minutes - the worst in top-flight history.
Former England striker Alan Shearer told BBC Match of the Day: "They have some big decisions to make. It has been awful for them. They have been miles off it."
Some players have recently raised concerns over the standard and intensity of training with the drop-off being connected to Leicester's impending relegation, which was becoming increasingly inevitable.
The fall-out with midfielder Harry Winks - Van Nistelrooy has dropped him for the last four games for refusing to agree to stay at the training ground one night a week - emphasises the growing tensions.
When asked about whether he had been able to improve the standards and culture in his five months at the club, Van Nistelrooy was clear.
"When you don't combine them with results it's always hard. There's no negotiation on these standards and I hold everyone accountable on those," the Dutchman said this month.
"I know how I worked from a village of 5,000 people in the middle of nowhere to Manchester United and Real Madrid. I know what is necessary to stay at the highest level and I know there are so many people working at this football club who have the quality to do so. But not enough yet.
"In difficult moments you get to know people and characters very well. I speak about standards and what is needed to perform at the highest level and that's a culture which needs to be created in this club."
Defender Conor Coady has been one trying to raise spirits at the club's Seagrave training base, but it has been an almost impossible task with results - and he admitted Leicester have not been good enough.
"We've took a bit of stick and we'll continue to take stick because it's deserved," said the former England centre-back. "From minute one this season, we haven't been at a level to fully compete in the Premier League and you have to be because it'll chew you up and spit you out." | {
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105ed7b98326fc2aafe9e3183cbc4be2 | MOTD2 analysis: Trent Alexander Arnold's half-volley
Up Next. Van Dijk cryptic on when new Liverpool contract to be announced. Video, 00:02:30Van Dijk cryptic on when new Liverpool contract to be announced | {
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5e937af1de50ebcb258207307bf69a1f | GB Swimming Championships: James Guy and Duncan Scott finish equal first in dramatic 200m freestyle
James Guy and Duncan Scott were tied for first in a dramatic men's 200m freestyle at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London.
There was plenty of anticipation for the last race of the meet, which also included Olympic 200m freestyle silver medallist Matt Richards.
Despite storming into the lead, Richards ended in third place with a time of one minute and 45.35 seconds, as he was pegged back by Guy and Scott who finished in 1:45.08.
The 22-year-old Richards was already guaranteed a spot in the event at the World Championships this summer as those who won medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris had already earned their places.
But, with Guy and Scott in equal first, it leaves a question mark over who will be joining him in Singapore.
"I was really happy to be in there," said Scott, 27. "I didn't quite know where I would be at this meet and have surprised myself quite a lot. Buzzing with that." | {
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e6af7db6d9ce09e74d038f1a968a77dd | World Snooker Championship 2025: Mark Williams through, Jak Jones faces exit
Three-time winner Mark Williams showed his enduring class to edge past China's up-and-coming star Wu Yize 10-8 and reach the second round of the World Snooker Championship.
Having led 5-4 overnight, the Welshman compiled breaks of 101 and 69 to lead 7-6 but struggled to shake off his opponent in a nip-and-tuck encounter at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
Williams, 50, then fell 8-7 behind but played a wonderful snooker on the final red to gain the advantage in the 16th frame as he levelled the contest.
A valuable break of 58, which included several stunning shots, moved him within a frame of victory and he sealed his win with a composed run of 75.
The world number six will face Hossein Vafaei, who came through a final-frame decider to beat Barry Hawkins 10-9, while Chris Wakelin held off a stirring fightback from 2010 champion Neil Robertson to progress 10-8.
It was a superb performance from Williams in his 70th match at the sport's most famous venue. Booked in for surgery in June, he has been dogged by eyesight issues in the build-up to the tournament and has been dismissive of his own prospects.
At varying stages he was outplayed by Wu, who scored 1,022 points to his 838 - but found an answer whenever he appeared to be in difficulty.
"It was a tough game all the way through. I think I was 3-0 up and then I didn't pot a ball for three or four frames. Some of the balls he potted were incredible," Williams told BBC Sport.
"He's got the potential to win this tournament, there's absolutely no question." | {
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d0cd7533a836e3129c445330609aab13 | Barcelona Open: Holger Rune stuns Carlos Alcaraz to lift first title for two years
Holger Rune produced a sensational performance to stun home hero Carlos Alcaraz and claim the Barcelona Open title.
Denmark's Rune matched the Spaniard shot-for-shot and held firm in the tight moments to beat his childhood friend 7-6 (8-6) 6-2.
It is Rune's first ATP Tour title for two years and his biggest since the Paris Masters in 2022.
Rune, forced to retire in Monte Carlo last week with illness, said afterwards he had been inspired by Novak Djokovic's victory over Alcaraz in the Olympic final at Roland Garros.
"I told myself OK, what did Novak do when he beat him?" Rune, 21, said.
"I kind of played it in my mind, the Olympic final, and I thought to myself let's try to play that kind of style, really make him play a lot of balls.
"I'm really happy about how I stayed composed when it really mattered. I was also very brave when it mattered." | {
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c7ab1c32948deae06593b00343729728 | EFL Preview: Burnley and Leeds hope to clinch promotion on Easter Monday
It has been an exciting race for automatic promotion from the Championship, with Leeds United, Burnley and Sheffield United swapping places in the top three for much of the season.
But three defeats in succession for the Blades recently has opened up a five-point gap between themselves and the top two. Although they returned to winning ways against Cardiff City on Good Friday, they may be consigned to a place in the play-offs in order to secure an immediate Premier League return come Monday night.
Chris Wilder's men travel to Burnley (17:30 BST) knowing a loss, coupled with a Leeds win over Stoke at Elland Road (15:00) will end their hopes of a top-two finish.
But Leeds boss Daniel Farke isn't getting too carried away after his side's 1-0 win at Oxford United on Friday.
"I've had so many games in this crazy league, I know what can happen," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"We are in really good shape. When you hit win after win after win in the crunch-time period it is always really good. We are in a good position but nothing is done yet.
"You have to fight for every point. The upcoming games will be difficult, you have to keep your nerve. This league is relentless and to succeed you have to be relentless and this is what we are but we have to keep going."
Burnley, meanwhile, control their own destiny and manager Scott Parker has no doubts about his squad's mentality as they look to complete the job.
"This group, in terms of a mindset, just find a way," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"There is quality there of course, but in those moments, the mentality can get you there."
Victory would also secure a joint-record for the Clarets, making it 31 non-play-off Championship wins in a single season - which Reading did in 2005-06. | {
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d76f3ac211cf4985b1d6c33000e72ffb | MOTD2 analysis: Why Man Utd strikers need more hunger
Ex-Wales international Ashley Williams says Manchester United's players "must be hungrier" and "go with a bit of meaning" in front of goal, following their 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
READ MORE: 'If we don't score, nothing matters' - 'damaged' Hojlund 'not ready'
Watch MOTD2 on BBC iPlayer
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1c1b2210a7cc559f26cb65f14ef085ba | Scottish Cup highlights: Celtic score four in 12 minutes to destroy St Johnstone
Watch highlights as Celtic score four times in 12 first-half minutes on their way to a 5-0 Scottish Cup semi-final win over St Johnstone.
REPORT: Celtic overwhelm St Johnstone to set up Aberdeen final
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2eaf78856f1a68725446c5f4bd125108 | Leicester City 0-1 Liverpool: Arne Slot on Trent Alexander-Arnold
Arne Slot praises Trent Alexander-Arnold after the Liverpool defender scores a rare left-footed effort that puts the Reds one win away from winning the Premier League.
MATCH REPORT: Leicester City 0-1 Liverpool
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9ea4d859131ff7ec92b7ec131681cc89 | Women's Six Nations highlights: Wales 14-40 Ireland
Ireland pick up their second win of this season's Women's Six Nations with a comfortable victory against a winless Wales at Rodney Parade.
MATCH REPORT: Women's Six Nations - Wales 14-40 Ireland
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51784f04cdb89db5a1b4b1af7cbfc795 | Man Utd 0-0 Wolves: Ruben Amorim post-match reaction
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim states "we need to score more goals" after his side's 1-0 defeat against Wolves at Old Trafford.
MATCH REPORT: Manchester United 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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c8526ad53979fc966a5292c9b4465722 | Champions League: Which clubs are in the race for European football?
The race to secure Champions League football is heating up with five teams in the reckoning separated by just two points.
Newcastle are third on 59 points while Aston Villa, in seventh, have 57 points.
The top five teams in the Premier League will be guaranteed to be playing Champions League football next season.
Manchester City, Aston Villa and Chelsea all boosted their chances with victories over the weekend.
Nottingham Forest have spent a large portion of the season in the top three but now find themselves down in sixth, although they will leap back up to third if they win at Tottenham on Monday night.
As many as 11 European places are up for grabs and there will definitely be a minimum of eight teams - up from the usual seven - playing in Europe next season, but things could change in the coming weeks.
It means Crystal Palace down in 12th still have something to play for.
BBC Sport takes a look at how many teams could qualify for each of the European competitions - the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. | {
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e10d7e2ec4e56da3dc9fdbefd1731abe | Fulham 1-2 Chelsea: Enzo Maresca's Blues could still have 'very good' season
The celebrations were wild.
As Pedro Neto's 93rd-minute stunner completed a defiant Chelsea fightback at Fulham, there was no doubt about the importance of the strike.
Chelsea leapfrogged rivals Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest to return to the Premier League top five, a spot which would earn the club qualification for the Champions League next season.
And, after weeks of negativity around Chelsea's form and hostility from sections of supporters towards head coach Enzo Maresca, the players and fans celebrated as one - with the scenes carrying on long after the final whistle.
Chelsea's first away league win of the year was sparked by the introduction of 18-year-old academy product Tyrique George, with his 83rd-minute equaliser the prelude to a dramatic finale.
And it all came just when Chelsea's top-five challenge was in danger of fizzling out.
Had Chelsea drawn, we would be talking about a club without a win in nine away matches, seventh in the table with goalkeeper Robert Sanchez's struggling and several goalless forwards.
But, instead, Maresca was able to speak in bullish fashion about his side's season.
"Chelsea in the last two years have never been in the Champions League spot and this season we spent the whole season there," he said.
"Today doesn't change my view, it is already a good season and can become very good if we finish in the Champions League spot.
"But for sure today was an important win because it is a derby and can give us a chance - it was probably also the most difficult win - because our rivals all played yesterday so it is was must-win."
After celebrating on the touchline, Maresca went down the tunnel rather than join his players and coaching staff in soaking in an important victory with the 3,000-strong away support.
He will know Chelsea's first-half performance left a lot to be desired at Craven Cottage, with the late goal showing the mission to return to the Champions League after two seasons away is still on a knife edge. | {
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c09cc79cb3e16cb633e7af8aa7941065 | Callum McGregor: Why captain is 'glue' that binds Brendan Rodgers' Celtic
Nearly two years ago, when Brendan Rodgers was mulling over a return to the role of Celtic manager, he caught up with captain Callum McGregor.
During Rodgers first spell at the helm, the midfielder was learning from the armband-wearing Scott Brown while continually nudging his level up a notch.
All the ingredients were there when Rodgers left, but when he returned, the McGregor masterpiece was fully made and the pair, who previously enjoyed so much success together, vowed to make more.
With three trophies in the cabinet since the Northern Irishman came back, another Premiership title edging ever closer, and a Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen to come, the indomitable duo of Rodgers and McGregor are sticking to their word.
"We were talking about trying to win as many trophies as we can, be as dominant as we can, keep pushing the club," McGregor said of that chat with Rodgers after opening the scoring in Sunday's thumping cup semi-final win over St Johnstone.
"He's a manager that's done so much for my career and put so much trust and faith in me, so, every time I go on the pitch I try and repay that for him.
"The best way to do that is by winning trophies." | {
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7ea741eceabd33fbab312253c594a9ae | Stuttgart Open: Aryna Sabalenka beats Jasmine Paolini to reach her fourth final in the tournament
"She makes me work for every point. It was hard to get the win," said the Belarusian of Paolini, 29. "I was just trying to stay aggressive, to put as much pressure on her."
Sabalenka has won all three of her previous meetings with world number 24 Ostapenko.
The 27-year-old Latvian, who upset world number two Swiatek in the quarter-final, comfortably overcame unseeded Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4 6-4 in her last-four tie.
Elsewhere, Elina Svitolina picked up her first title in nearly two years with a 6-4 7-6 (10-8) win over Serbian Olga Danilovic in the final of the ATP event in Rouen.
The Ukrainian, who returned to competing two months ago after taking maternity leave, last won a title in Strasbourg in 2023.
"I feel confident about my game," said Svitolina, who did not drop a set all week.
"I trust my game. When I play well, it's difficult to beat me. I have to keep a very strong mindset and keep fighting." | {
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13929d47f25dc805698a8fbffcdf60ef | Justin Thomas beats Andrew Novak in play-off to win RBC Heritage title
Justin Thomas beat fellow American Andrew Novak in a play-off to win the RBC Heritage as he claimed his first win since the 2022 US PGA Championship.
Novak needed a birdie at the 18th to secure his first PGA Tour title with Thomas having gone into the clubhouse on 17 under after a 68, but he missed a putt for victory and also carded a 68.
The two players headed to the 18th for the first play-off hole and Thomas holed a lengthy putt for a birdie to secure the title at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina.
"Winning is hard, it's really hard but I've worked my butt off and stayed patient and positive," said Thomas, who shot a course-record 10-under-par 61 in his opening round.
"I didn't realise how much I missed winning and battling out there today was so much fun."
England's Tommy Fleetwood, chasing his first PGA Tour victory like Novak, was three shots off overnight leader Kim Si-woo going into the final round and ended on 13 under after a 70.
Kim shot a three-over-par 74 in his final round as his challenge faded and he finished on 12 under, along with defending champion Scottie Scheffler (70). | {
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dc8078684a8f1a281a821c4f668fada8 | County Championship: Ollie Pope and Dan Lawrence hit tons for Surrey at Sussex
Dan Lawrence and Ollie Pope both made attacking hundreds before bad light halted Surrey's rapid progress on day three against Sussex at Hove.
When the players came off ten minutes after tea Surrey were 390-3, only 45 runs behind with Lawrence unbeaten on 117 after Pope had made his first Championship century for two years.
The loss of 36 overs could be crucial to Surrey's hopes of making it an awkward final day for Sussex by going past their first innings' 435.
After Pope scored 103, Lawrence made the most of a reprieve on 35, when he was badly dropped by sub fielder George Thomas. He hit six sixes in his first hundred of the season, off 92 balls, including two in an over when Ollie Robinson opted to bowl short to a packed leg side field.
Sussex should still be able to save the game on a surface which has offered little assistance for seam or spin, but after drawing and winning their first two games since promotion this was a reminder that Division One cricket represents a big step up.
Curiously, it was Pope's first County Championship century away from The Oval since his maiden effort at Southampton eight years ago. The 27-year-old had a lean time in the competition between England matches last season when his top score in ten innings was 63. But he made 65 against Hampshire last week and carried on here in ideal batting conditions.
He ruthlessly punished any indiscretions in length and scored on both sides of the wicket. There were 11 boundaries and he also lofted James Coles' left-arm spin over mid-wicket – although Jayden Seales running around the boundary nearly took what would have been a stunning catch.
Pope's 22nd first-class century was his first in the Championship for more than two years, but frustratingly he was dismissed two balls after getting there when he gloved a short ball from the persevering Seales, who was the pick of Sussex's attack.
During the morning session Pope and Dom Sibley took their second-wicket stand to 179 in 42 overs. Sibley was cruising towards his third successive hundred when he chipped up a tame return catch to slow left-armer James Coles, having earlier hit him over long-off for six and ten boundaries. Both batters will have departed feeling they had left runs out there.
Lawrence was soon into his stride, although Thomas will have nightmares about the straightforward catch he dropped at backward square leg off a disconsolate Robinson. The 27-year-old certainly made the most of his reprieve. Five of his sixes were hit into the leg side but the other, a sumptuous straight drive off Coles, was probably the best of them.
At the other end Ben Foakes was happy to play a supporting role, although he did swing Coles over the boundary on one knee.
Lawrence reached his 18th first-class hundred with a somewhat streaky thick edge over the slips off Robinson for his eighth boundary as Surrey scored 162 between lunch and tea in 29 overs.
But just two more were possible in the evening session and with Danny Lamb out of the attack after injuring his shoulder on Saturday, Sussex were probably glad of the opportunity to regroup and come back tomorrow with a new ball only six overs old.
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32da5ebf7292e03d1f7e686167221e6a | Amstel Gold Race: Mattias Skjelmose edges Tadej Pogacar in photo finish
Danish cyclist Mattias Skjelmose beat three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar to win the Amstel Gold Race via a thrilling photo finish.
In a three-way sprint to the finish line, double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel seemed to have secured the victory but 2023 champion Pogacar edged just ahead of him with metres to go, only for Skjelmose to attack from their left and win by less than half a wheel's length.
Great Britain's Tom Pidcock, who was defending his title in the Netherlands, finished ninth.
It was the biggest win of 24-year-old Skjelmose's career but a second successive defeat for Slovenian Pogacar, who won the Tour of Flanders earlier this month before finishing second at the Paris-Roubaix last week.
Pogacar made his move to the front with around 40km to go of the 256km race, but was unable to break free from Skjelmose and Evenepoel, as they caught up with him with 8km remaining to force the sprint finish.
The third-placed finish marked another promising return for Evenepoel as he returns from a serious injury following a crash last year. The Belgian won the Brabantse Pijl in his first race back on Friday.
The women's race saw a Dutch trio complete the podium as Mischa Bredewold took the title with her compatriots Ellen van Dijk and Puck Pieterse in second and third.
Bredewold finished the 157.3km course in just over four hours, with Van Dijk and Pieterse seven seconds behind. | {
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4641cc2343c63f41cb36e77efc7c3b3c | Football gossip: Simons Diaz, Jota, Konate, Salah, Xavi, Kean, Szczesny, Lewandowski
Liverpool and Manchester United keen on RB Leipzig winger Xavi Simons, Liverpool set to holds talks about the futures of Luis Diaz, Ibrahima Konate and Diogo Jota, and Moise Kean could stay at Fiorentina despite interest from Premier League clubs.
Netherlands forward Xavi Simons could leave RB Leipzig this summer and the German club will want about £70m if they are to sell the 21-year-old. (Sky Sports Germany), external
Liverpool and Manchester United are among the clubs that have been monitoring Simons, who has a contract until 2027 with RB Leipzig. (Sport Bild - in German), external
Liverpool are planning talks to determine the futures of 28-year-old Colombia forward Luiz Diaz, Portugal striker Diogo Jota, 28, and 25-year-old France centre-back Ibrahima Konate as they head into the summer transfer window. (Football Insider), external
Saudi Arabia's minister of sport Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal says Egypt forward Mohamed Salah "fits the identity of playing" in the country's top league but there were no discussions about signing him prior to the 32-year-old extending his contract with Liverpool. (ESPN), external
Real Madrid are keen on Spain midfielder Rodri but any move is unlikely as the 28-year-old is settled at Manchester City and has no plans to leave. (Sport Bild - in German), external
Fiorentina striker Moise Kean has a £45m release clause in his contract which can be activated from 1-15 July but, despite being linked with a number of clubs, the 25-year-old could stay with the Viola to help his chances of making Italy's squad for the 2026 World Cup. (Tuttomercatoweb - in Italian), external
Everton will allow English centre-back Michael Keane, 32, to leave the club when his contract runs out at the end of June. (Football Insider), external
Barcelona sporting director Deco has suggested Poland keeper Wojciech Szczesny, 35, will sign a new one-year deal to stay at the Catalan club. (Marca - in Spanish), external | {
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8cb399459b413cdd9bf8effa674d8983 | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix result: Oscar Piastri wins after Max Verstappen penalty
McLaren's Oscar Piastri took his third win of the year and with it the world championship lead at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Piastri benefited from a penalty for Red Bull's Max Verstappen to take control of the race and score his second win in a week.
Verstappen was given a five-second penalty for illegally keeping the lead from Piastri by going off the track at the first corner but had more than enough pace to keep second place.
McLaren's Lando Norris recovered from 10th place on the grid after his crash in qualifying to finish fourth behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.
Norris, on an off-set tyre strategy, was closing in on Leclerc as the race reached its closing stages but his medium tyres lost their edge of pace and the Ferrari driver was able to hold him back.
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25a92ad7817c1a9325f1268f2d767d27 | Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal: Bukayo Saka injury not serious - Mikel Arteta
Bukayo Saka's ankle injury is "nothing serious" after he was forced off during Arsenal's 4-0 Premier League win at Ipswich on Sunday, manager Mikel Arteta said.
The winger was injured by a high challenge on the back of his ankle in the 32nd minute by Leif Davis, who was sent off.
England international Saka was substituted early in the second half and was pictured with strapping on his ankle.
Arteta said the winger was "sore" - but added that the decision to take him off was just a precaution, with Arsenal facing the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Paris St-Germain on 29 April.
"He was a bit sore, but it's nothing serious, so it's good," Arteta said.
"I haven't seen the slow motion, I've just seen the normal pace image and yeah, he cuts him from the back.
"I don't think it's intentional at all, but it's dangerous because he cannot really react to anything, because you cannot see him coming."
Arsenal have suffered an injury-hit campaign, with Saka, Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus all absent for long periods.
And Arteta acknowledged that because of that, he does get concerned when he sees one of his players struggling during a match.
"I do," he said, "especially with the numbers that we have right now and especially when they are back to goal, because normally it's the moment when the foot is planted, your weight is there, and you cannot really react to it, but he's fine." | {
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7677869a7dee8e80d1345b74d094598e | Bristol 19-36 Leicester: Tigers leapfrog Bears into second with victory
Bristol were in action for the first time since their heavy West Country defeat by Gloucester in March sparked a league-wide debate about how high-scoring, high-entertainment rugby is what the Premiership needs.
Van Poortvliet was quick to add to the conversation, conjuring the first points of the game after punching through a gap down the middle before dishing the ball off for Radwan to touch down inside four minutes.
Bristol's response was as dazzling as it was quick, with Ravouvou manging to fling an outrageous pass out to Ibitoye despite being brought down in a tackle.
The no-look offload found Ibitoye in space, with the winger able to race over on his long-awaited first appearance since late December.
The willingness to push attacking boundaries, however, caught Ibitoye out as he had a wayward pass intercepted by Hassell-Collins to allow Tigers to restore their lead.
The advantage was soon added to by Van Poortvliet, who dummied his way over from close range before Pollard landed his second conversion and went on to slot a penalty to make it a 22-5 half-time lead.
Tigers saw out the first-half a man down after Heyes was sin-binned for his hit on Fitz Harding. Bristol took advantage of the numerical advantage after the interval as they stretched the visitors with a fast-flowing move that ended with a dashing Ravouvou finish.
A try apiece in the space of three minutes - with Randall linking up with Benhard Janse van Rensburg after Steward grabbed Tigers' fourth try - added to the breathless nature of the spectacle before Kata was sin-binned for a high tackle.
And after Randall had gone close to another late score, Tigers came up with one last converted try that lifted them to second in the table with a win that went a significant way to making up for the 54-24 loss Pat Lam's side inflicted on them in December. | {
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ea68a4f5eb15aad19acb1308b9e0bb95 | Women's Six Nations 2025: England's Grand Slam-decider 'selection headaches'
Usually a head coach sticks with his main starting fly-half and builds the rest of the team accordingly.
But that has not been the case with Mitchell this Six Nations - the New Zealander has used three different fly-halves across four games.
Utility back Helena Rowland started the opening-round win over Italy, with Saracens' Zoe Harrison starting the back-to-back victories over Wales and Ireland.
Holly Aitchison, who was Mitchell's main 10 last year, started her first game at fly-half this campaign in Saturday's win over Scotland.
Harrison's tactical kicking has been praised by Mitchell, who previously favoured Aitchison's running game.
But Aitchison showed improvement in her kicking game on Saturday, summed up by a well-weighted nudge in-behind Scotland's defence during the first half, to show the England coaches that she can also control a game like Harrison.
Seven out of nine conversions also indicated improvement from the kicking tee - an area the Bristol Bears fly-half struggled with last Six Nations.
"Holly has put that [goal-kicking issue] to bed and ticked the box that says 'you can't pick me because I can't do that', which is all you can do as a player," former England fly-half Katy Daley-McLean told BBC'S Rugby Union Weekly.
France enjoy an unstructured game, well-suited for attacking rugby, which may mean Mitchell leans towards kicking control at 10. | {
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cd03c04685b8dc8472fce511e00d349b | Kevin de Bruyne: Belgian surprised not to be offered a new contract by Manchester City
Departing Manchester City captain Kevin de Bruyne says he was surprised not to be offered a new contract by the club.
The 33-year-old announced at the beginning of the month he would be leaving the Etihad when his current deal expires at the end of the season.
The Belgian midfielder also said he has not made any decisions about his future.
"I have not had any offer the whole year, they just took a decision," said De Bruyne.
"Obviously, I was a bit surprised but I just have to accept it. Honestly, I still think I can perform at this level like I'm showing, but I understand clubs have to make decisions."
De Bruyne joined City from Wolfsburg in 2015 and has won 16 trophies, including six Premier League titles and the Champions League in 2023.
He also suggested the club's struggles this year may have contributed to the decision, although Saturday's 2-0 win at Everton boosted their hopes of securing a Champions League sport for next season. | {
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6407ffbab7f8151943a5e0fd0c29cd7a | IPL 2025 results: Rohit hits first 50 of the season in MI victory
Rohit Sharma hit his first half-century of the season as Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by nine wickets in the Indian Super League.
The India captain, whose previous best score was 26, struck an unbeaten 76 from 45 balls as Mumbai reached their target of 177 in the 16th over.
Introduced as an impact substitute for Mumbai's innings, Rohit put on 63 from the top of the order with Ryan Rickelton before the South African was dismissed for 24, caught by T20 debutant Ayush Mhatre.
Suryakumar Yadav, who scored 68 from 30, joined Rohit at the crease and the pair hit an unbroken partnership of 114 to see Mumbai home at the Wankhede stadium.
After Chennai were put into bat, the 17-year-old Mhatre hit 32 from 15, but the league's bottom team slipped to 63-3 in the eighth over.
Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja steadied their side, adding 79 for the fourth wicket.
Jasprit Bumrah accounted for Dube, seeing him caught by Will Jacks at mid-wicket two balls after the Chennai batter had reached his 50, then had MS Dhoni taken at deep square leg by Tilak Varma for just four.
It was left to Jadeja to ensure his side finished strongly, and he struck 15 of the 16 runs from Trent Boult's final over to finish on 53 not out from 35 as Chennai closed on 176-5.
The 37-year-old Rohit started Mumbai's reply under pressure, having averaged just 13.66 this season from six innings.
But the veteran batter found his touch at his home stadium, hitting four fours and six sixes to seal a fourth victory for his side, lifting them one place to sixth in the table.
Chennai remain rooted to the bottom of the standings, having won just two of their eight games. | {
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5556a6c97a7a03bca1bc4d128e0c8675 | County Championship: Durham have edge against Yorkshire at Riverside
Durham will hope the threat of fourth afternoon weather does not ruin their chances of claiming a County Championship victory over Yorkshire at the Riverside.
Yorkshire can lay claim to having the better of day three thanks to taking the last nine first-innings wickets for 126 through until early afternoon, limiting the hosts to 427 all out.
Alex Lees was removed for a standout 172 and Emilio Gay for an excellent 152.
New-ball seamer Jack White led the way with three wickets, but all five of the county's quicks struck, including New Zealand overseas debutant Ben Sears.
However, Durham chipped away at the second-innings wickets on a slow pitch, restricting Yorkshire to 132-4 from 59 overs at close and their lead is only 12.
Former England Test opener Adam Lyth reached 15,000 first-class career runs with a patient 53 in the North East sunshine, while Ben Raine and Matthew Potts struck twice apiece.
Lees and Gay, who faced 240 and 239 balls respectively, completed a record second-wicket partnership of 279 - their county's highest ever for that particular wicket in first-class cricket.
They beat the 274 Scott Borthwick and Mark Stoneman shared against Middlesex here in 2014.
Yorkshire hit back strongly during a morning which saw Durham advance from 264-1 overnight to 386-6 at lunch, with Lees and Gay both falling.
While Yorkshire started the day with the spin of Dom Bess, all five wickets fell to seam.
Matthew Revis is playing his first game since suffering a back stress fracture last August and struck twice in as many overs when he had Lees taken at long-leg following a top-edged pull and Colin Ackermann caught behind for a duck.
Ollie Robinson was trapped lbw by White, now bowling with the new ball, before Will Rhodes fell the same way to Sears, who earlier took a smart diving catch running in from long-leg to help Revis remove Lees.
Sandwiched in between the departures of Robinson and Rhodes, George Hill squared Gay up and rocked back his off-stump shortly after the left-hander had reached his 150 off 235 balls.
And inside 10 overs of the afternoon, Durham had been bowled out, with White and Jordan Thompson striking twice apiece.
White bowled Raine and had Brendan Doggett caught behind, while Thompson struck twice in the 104th over to get Graham Clark caught at first slip for 33 and Paul Coughlin caught behind.
Coughlin batted lower down than usual at number 10 because of an abdominal injury suffered whilst bowling on day one, leaving Durham a bowling option light second time around.
Yorkshire lost Fin Bean lbw early on to Raine's seam before Lyth reached the 15,000-run mark with a trademark cover drive against Potts to move to 15 before tea.
Potts had James Wharton caught at deep square-leg following a miscued pull early in the evening as Yorkshire fell to 39 for two.
From there, Lyth and Dawid Malan dug in on a slow pitch to chip away at the deficit, sharing 75 for the third wicket. But both fell in the final hour to boost Durham's chances.
Lyth reached his 50 off 128 balls - his second of the season added to a century - but fell lbw to Raine with the deficit still six and Potts then bowled Malan for 37, leaving Yorkshire at 117-4.
Captain Jonny Bairstow ended the day unbeaten on two. | {
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a859569a538b1cb7314d2260ddfcbcbd | Leicester 0-1 Liverpool: Ruud van Nistelrooy post-match reaction
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy says he wants to have conversations with the club about next season after the Foxes were relegated from the Premier League with a 1-0 defeat against Liverpool at the King Power stadium.
MATCH REPORT: Leicester City 0-1 Liverpool
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a46741efacaf6a5a2a6aa7fa198503c8 | Man Utd 0-0 Wolves: Vitor Pereira post-match interview
Vitor Pereira, who celebrated last week's 4-2 win over Tottenham in a Wolverhampton pub, says he's "too tired" for a pint this week after his side secure Premier League safety with a 1-0 win against Manchester United.
MATCH REPORT: Manchester United 0-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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ae5d27305f4f83cb93e1b30ca0c084d8 | Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal: Mikel Arteta post-match reaction
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says his side were "exceptional" in their 4-0 win over Ipswich in the Premier League.
MATCH REPORT: Ipswich Town 0-4 Arsenal
Watch Match of the Day 2 on BBC iPlayer.
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02ad82bf388e89b726fb1280187079cd | Bundesliga: Heidenheim 0-4 Bayern Munich highlights
Watch highlights as England captain Harry Kane scores his 24th Bundesliga goal of the season as Bayern Munich close in on the German title with a convincing 4-0 win at Heidenheim.
MATCH REPORT: Kane scores again as Bayern go nine points clear
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19f998e4f553351a44ebdd3656e07d8b | MOTD analysis: Man City's Nico O'Reilly praised by Martin Keown
Up Next. Guardiola 'more than grateful' to have goalscorer O'Reilly. Video, 00:03:06Guardiola 'more than grateful' to have goalscorer O'Reilly | {
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cc0adce60581168c8c63daa9daa8bddd | Fulham 1-2 Chelsea: Enzo Maresca post-match interview
Maresca 'very pleased' with 'more dynamic' second half after tactical change. Video, 00:02:45Maresca 'very pleased' with 'more dynamic' second half after tactical change | {
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1e107086c7fb7201518e2faf7f1fae74 | Ipswich 0-4 Arsenal: Kieran McKenna post-match interview
Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna says Arsenal were on a "different level" as they beat his side 4-0 in the Premier League.
MATCH REPORT: Ipswich Town 0-4 Arsenal
Watch Match of the Day 2 on BBC iPlayer.
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519430bbf74373c7922095de7c7b6854 | When can Liverpool win the 2024-25 Premier League title?
Liverpool are on the brink of the Premier League title after Trent Alexander-Arnold came off the bench to earn them a 1-0 win at Leicester on Sunday.
Arne Slot's side secured a sixth win in their past seven league games to restore their 13-point lead at the summit.
It means the Reds need just three points from their remaining five games to secure a record-equalling 20th top-flight title.
That would put the Merseysiders on 82 points, with second-placed Arsenal only able to reach 81 even if they won all of their remaining games.
Victory over Tottenham at Anfield next Sunday (27 April) would be enough to clinch Liverpool's second league title in five years.
But they could win the league as soon as this Wednesday without kicking a ball. If Arsenal lose at home to Crystal Palace on 23 April (20:00) then the Reds will be champions.
If Arsenal draw, then Liverpool would have all but sealed it as they would be 12 points clear with the Gunners only having 12 to play for, and with a vastly superior goal difference.
Mathematically, though, a point for Mikel Arteta's side would delay Liverpool's coronation and leave them needing a point against Spurs. | {
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1ba3c7f587f5849ffbb5cc8353edee72 | Women's Six Nations: Ireland outclass winless Wales at Rodney Parade
The first score after the break was always going to be crucial for any hopes of a Welsh comeback, but the Irish set piece once again proved a weapon and Wall was soon in for her second and her side's bonus point.
Jasmine Joyce and Cox attempted to spark a resurgence down the wing, but Wales were guilty of not looking after the ball.
Hannah Jones also made a promising break, but the pass out wide fell straight into Irish hands as Wales paid for their inaccuracy.
Ireland, in contrast, looked like the fifth best team in the world, a team who had beaten New Zealand in the autumn, as they sent wave after wave of attacks into a tiring defence.
The fifth try came after the driving lineout was initially repelled, but with forwards queueing up it was the powerful prop Djougang who crossed again.
Cox continued to pose a threat, while George put Wales in a promising attack with a 50-22 which set up Bluck's try.
Carys Phillips took the long throw before powering up to the line, Keira Bevan kept the ball among the forwards before freeing Bluck who backed her pace through a tight gap. It was Bluck's first involvement in the campaign.
Wales had not long finished celebrating when Wafer went straight back up the other end of the pitch and silenced the crowd. The number eight picked up from the back of the Irish scrum and bulldozed her way through Cox, who had too much space to cover on the blindside.
With Wales staring down the barrel of a record defeat to their opponents, Ireland full-back Stacey Flood spared their blushes by knocking on what would have otherwise been a run-in.
Still, it was another sobering defeat for Wales. | {
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ab563881b8f2a756568abf2144025969 | Rory McIlroy: Shane Lowry confirms Masters champion will return for Zurich Classic defence
Shane Lowry has confirmed newly crowned Masters champion Rory McIlroy will return to defend the pair's Zurich Classic of New Orleans title in Louisiana next week.
McIlroy has returned home to Northern Ireland after skipping this week's RBC Heritage event on the PGA Tour following his career Grand Slam-clinching success at Augusta National.
But Lowry says the five-time major winner will fly back to the United States in time for the team event, which begins on Thursday.
"We'll be there," Lowry told Golfweek.
"I talked to him [Wednesday] morning. We're good to go.
"To be honest, I didn't want him to feel like he had to play because of me.
"He's not letting me down if he wanted to take some time. He feels like he wants to get back out there."
McIlroy and Lowry beat Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer in a play-off to win last year's Zurich Classic.
McIlroy is also due to compete in the Truist Championship in Philadelphia between 8-11 May.
He will then return to major action at the US PGA Championship on 15 May at Quail Hollow in North Carolina, a course where he was won four PGA Tour events.
The 35-year-old will attempt to win his third US PGA title after victories in 2012 and 2014. | {
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0a442e19718ebd8a718a9abe7371c03e | Elite League Grand Final: Nottingham Panthers edge Cardiff Devils in 4-3 overtime thriller
Nottingham Panthers held off a thrilling Cardiff Devils comeback to clinch the Elite League Play-Offs Grand Final in overtime, lifting their first silverware since 2016.
Playing in familiar surroundings at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, Panthers took the lead when Samuel Herr hit the back of the net after being set up by Cooper Zech, with Herr again on target as the second period got under way.
A third Panthers goal, scored by Mitchell Fossier on the power play, put Nottingham in control, although Kohen Olischefski, assisted by Josh MacDonald, got Devils on the scoresheet to give them hope going into the final period.
With the clock nudging towards 50 minutes of play, Gleason Fournier and Cole Sanford conjured an opening for Joey Martin, with the Devils forward converting to set up a grandstand finale.
Up stepped Devils' Fournier, squeezing the puck through a crowd to level at 3-3 and send the game into overtime.
The extra period continued the thrilling spectacle with first Panthers and then Devils thinking they had hit the winner, only for a coach's challenge to overturn the score on both occasions.
That ushered in a second period of overtime and Fossier struck his second goal of the night to seal victory, leaving Devils still looking for their first trophy in three years.
The two sides had reached the final in contrasting style, with Panthers beating arch-rivals Sheffield Steelers 4-3 after sudden death overtime, while Devils had crushed league champions Belfast Giants 5-0 in Saturday's semi-finals. | {
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d00c78690cec1984377fbf0cf6cc5e01 | United Rugby Championship: Eight teams, six points, four spots - the URC's play-off race
As illustrated above, there is barely anything to split the sides from fifth to 12th in the URC table before the final three rounds of fixtures.
With just six points between the sides, there will be plenty of chopping and changing before the top eight is decided.
Italian side Benetton, Welsh challengers Cardiff, South African outfit Stormers and Irish province Munster currently occupy the final four play-off spots.
However, Scarlets are just two points off eighth place, swiftly followed by Ulster and Edinburgh.
Connacht are also in contention in 12th, but five points off knockout rugby.
While a top-eight finish guarantees knockout rugby in the URC, it does not necessarily secure one of the league's eight Champions Cup spots for next season.
If a team wins the Champions Cup or Challenge Cup and finishes outside the top eight in the league, they will take one of the URC's spots.
This currently only applies to Edinburgh, who are outside the top eight but are in the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup.
Leinster are in the last four of the Champions Cup but have already secured a top-eight finish, so their spot in next season's tournament is already secured. | {
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2dda95399d5730597611baa26a0749f7 | NBA play-offs: Los Angeles Lakers lose game one to Minnesota Timberwolves
The Los Angeles Lakers slumped to a 117-95 defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves in the opening game of their NBA Western Conference first-round play-off.
Jaden McDaniels top-scored with 25 points for the sixth-seeded Timberwolves, who were the only away team to win in the opening matches of the best-of-seven post-season series.
Naz Reid scored 23 points off the bench while Anthony Edwards added 22 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for Minnesota, who led by 27 points at one stage.
Lakers star LeBron James, who is chasing a fifth title in his 22nd NBA season, failed to score in the opening quarter for the third seeds but went on to hit 19 points.
Luka Doncic, in his first post-season game with the Lakers after arriving from the Dallas Mavericks in February's high-profile trade, top-scored on 37.
Lakers coach JJ Redick said his team was "mentally ready" but failed to match Minnesota's physicality.
"I thought our spirit was right," he said. "I thought even when they made runs our huddles were great, the communication was great.
"But when they started playing with a lot of thrust and physicality, we just didn't respond immediately to that." | {
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914ef6cedd8bfd03ab958cf4e5220d49 | Jeff Evans: Welsh umpire great dies aged 70
Former cricket umpire Jeff Evans has died at the age of 70.
The Welshman officiated in 258 first-class matches and more than 400 limited-overs matches, as well as five women's internationals in a 22-year career at the top level of the domestic game.
Born in Llanelli in 1954, he started his umpiring career in the South Wales Cricket Association before working his way up through the Minor Counties to reach the professional level in 1999.
Evans, a Welsh speaker, was at the time one of the few umpires not to have played first-class cricket.
A popular figure on the circuit, he bowed out aged 65 with a series of Glamorgan fixtures during the Covid-affected 2020 season, before finishing with a West Country derby between Somerset and Gloucestershire.
His local club Drefach CC said: "It's with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dear friend and long-standing member Jeff Evans, a respected umpire known all over the world."
The news of Evans' death brought tributes from the Welsh cricket world.
"I'm devastated by the news," said long-serving BBC Sport Wales commentator Edward Bevan. "He was a lovely man, so helpful to everyone on the professional circuit, and a great coach of schools cricket. He will be missed by many in the cricket fraternity."
Former Glamorgan captain and coach Robert Croft said on social media: "Heartbreaking news. A long-time friend, with so many wonderful memories all the way through schools cricket to first-class cricket."
Evans' death will be marked by a minute's silence before the final day of the Middlesex v Glamorgan County Championship match at Lord's on Monday, with the players wearing black armbands. | {
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1ba3c7f587f5849ffbb5cc8353edee72 | Women's Six Nations: Ireland outclass winless Wales at Rodney Parade
The first score after the break was always going to be crucial for any hopes of a Welsh comeback, but the Irish set piece once again proved a weapon and Wall was soon in for her second and her side's bonus point.
Jasmine Joyce and Cox attempted to spark a resurgence down the wing, but Wales were guilty of not looking after the ball.
Hannah Jones also made a promising break, but the pass out wide fell straight into Irish hands as Wales paid for their inaccuracy.
Ireland, in contrast, looked like the fifth best team in the world, a team who had beaten New Zealand in the autumn, as they sent wave after wave of attacks into a tiring defence.
The fifth try came after the driving lineout was initially repelled, but with forwards queueing up it was the powerful prop Djougang who crossed again.
Cox continued to pose a threat, while George put Wales in a promising attack with a 50-22 which set up Bluck's try.
Carys Phillips took the long throw before powering up to the line, Keira Bevan kept the ball among the forwards before freeing Bluck who backed her pace through a tight gap. It was Bluck's first involvement in the campaign.
Wales had not long finished celebrating when Wafer went straight back up the other end of the pitch and silenced the crowd. The number eight picked up from the back of the Irish scrum and bulldozed her way through Cox, who had too much space to cover on the blindside.
With Wales staring down the barrel of a record defeat to their opponents, Ireland full-back Stacey Flood spared their blushes by knocking on what would have otherwise been a run-in.
Still, it was another sobering defeat for Wales. | {
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02764ea72ba6f28e3633df1102ef10eb | Wales 14-40 Ireland: Win 'huge' but things to improve for Irish
Ireland back row Aoife Wafer says Sunday's 40-14 win in Wales in the Six Nations is "huge" but there are still things to improve.
Wafer was named player of the match as she scored two of Ireland's six tries in Newport.
Forwards Linda Djougang and Dorothy Wall also touched down twice as Ireland ran out comfortable winners.
"It's huge. We can take a lot out of that but we can also build on it," Wafer told BBC Sport after the game.
"We gave Wales some really easy ins at the breakdown in the first half and that put us defending when we wanted to attack. So there's a lot to build on."
Ireland need just one point from their final fixture in Scotland to secure third place in the Six Nations table for the second year in a row.
While still a level below England, who ran out big winners in Cork in round three, Ireland have shown improvement against France in their opening and followed that up with a first away win in the tournament in four years when Scott Bemand's side defeated Italy in Parma.
The victory over Wales was another step in the right direction, and Ireland will look to finish on a high away to Scotland, who are fourth in the table, as their World Cup preparations continue.
"Winning away is tough, so to do it in Parma and Wales, we can take a lot from it," added Wafer.
"The crowd were brilliant, so to quieten them down and put on our own game is something we can take from it into our final match." | {
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c4fae0308a3c0fa635f9e0b79191d770 | Shrek 2
Animated sequel following the grumpy ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) and his bride as they head off to meet her parents. The occasion is marred by the wicked Fairy Godmother. More | {
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96ca29bb5abe2f5c2c279a84612466bb | Premier League, WSL, EFL, Scottish football: Ups, downs & European qualification
Leaders Liverpool have made certain of their Champions League place, and require a maximum of three points from their last five games to clinch the title. They would do so on Wednesday without kicking a ball if Arsenal lose to Crystal Palace.
The top five teams are guaranteed qualification for the league phase of the Champions League - with Arsenal's win over Real Madrid on 8 April making certain that England will be one of the two associations with the highest Uefa coefficients for 2024-25, and clinching a fifth place in addition to the usual four.
There are also places in the league phase reserved for the winners of this season's Champions League and Europa League, regardless of their domestic league positions.
The sixth-placed Premier League team will qualify for the league phase of the Europa League, along with the FA Cup winners. If the FA Cup winners have already qualified for the Champions League, that Europa place reverts to the league.
Newcastle United's victory in the Carabao Cup final means that at worst they will qualify for the Conference League play-off round. But if they qualify for Europe by their league position, that Conference League spot will revert to the league.
If Chelsea win the Conference League but fail to reach the Champions League, they will qualify for the league phase of the Europa League.
The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Championship. Southampton became the earliest team to be relegated (in terms of games) in Premier League history when they lost 3-1 at Tottenham on 6 April, and were joined by Leicester City on 20 April after their 1-0 defeat by Liverpool. Ipswich will be the third relegated club unless they win their last five games and West Ham lose all of theirs, while also achieving a 20-goal swing in goal difference. | {
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f6b77141f9c9775fb1438ad533933b37 | World Snooker Championship 2025: Match schedule, results, BBC TV coverage times, seeds and prize money
The 2025 World Snooker Championship started at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield on Saturday, with a major shock on the opening day.
Defending champion and top seed Kyren Wilson, who defeated Jak Jones 18–14 in the 2024 final was knocked out 10-9 by Chinese qualifier Lei Peifan in the first round.
Seven-time winner Ronnie O'Sullivan is playing in a 33rd consecutive edition of the tournament despite battling "stage fright" and "nerves" over the past two years.
Seeded fifth this year, the 49-year-old is set to face two-time finalist Ali Carter in his opening match at 14:30 BST on Tuesday.
World number one Judd Trump begins his campaign against Zhou Yuelong at 19:00 on Tuesday.
BBC Sport has comprehensive live coverage of the championship on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four and Red Button, while every match will be shown in full on iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app.
The final takes place over two days, starting on Sunday 4 May. | {
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0599e45871f9579361ff47e0d58cd9ae | Trent Alexander-Arnold: How do Liverpool replace Real Madrid-bound right-back?
Trent Alexander-Arnold's departure to Real Madrid is edging ever closer - meaning Liverpool need to start thinking about how they might replace him.
The 26-year-old right-back has won it all since making his Reds debut in 2016, including the Premier League and Champions League.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot still insists nothing is sorted yet but, if he were to leave, it's fair to say he leaves a sizeable void at right-back.
So what do Liverpool do next - and who could they bring to Anfield? | {
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547e1fd568757dcaa4b1e87874022350 | Andoni Iraola guides Bournemouth to another record - can Cherries keep him?
Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola gave a coy response when asked about his future after Saturday's frustrating goalless draw at Crystal Palace, but Cherries supporters will be desperate for the Spaniard to extend his stay at Vitality Stadium.
The draw at Selhurst Park lifted Iraola's team to 49 points - a club record in the Premier League - with five games remaining, surpassing their tally of 48 in Iraola's first season.
Bournemouth were disappointed not to claim all three points in south London after failing to capitalise on Palace defender Chris Richards' first-half dismissal, but Iraola - whose existing deal is set to expire next summer - could yet guide the Cherries into Europe for the first time in their history.
Owner Bill Foley is due to attend next weekend's game at home to Manchester United before talks with the 42-year-old former Rayo Vallecano manager.
Tottenham are reported to be interested in securing Iraola's services after a disappointing campaign under Ange Postecoglou, while reports have also linked him to Real Madrid as a potential replacement, external for Carlo Ancelotti.
However, sources at Bournemouth suggest Iraola is open to extending his time on the south coast.
"We'll talk, but nothing special," Iraola, who was appointed in June 2023, told BBC Match of the Day after Saturday's stalemate.
The Spaniard was also quick to deny reports that talks have already started about a contract extension.
He went on to describe the result as a "missed opportunity" for his side, but former Brighton striker Glenn Murray says the Cherries are heading firmly in the right direction.
"Of course they want Europe, but this is the best season Bournemouth have had," Murray told Final Score. "Things are progressing in the right way for them." | {
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608c1519b4b3410e8069819afbe49bc0 | Premier League shirt sponsors: Who are they and why are so many gambling companies involved?
Globalisation and advances in technology have also played a role in shifting the dynamic of modern sponsorships - big business and wider influence is increasingly what sponsor companies are aiming for, rather than the cash from the pockets of the fans in the stands.
"In the UK there around 70 million people, but worldwide you're talking about a marketplace of billions," says Dr Joe Piggin, senior lecturer in sports management and policy at the University of Loughborough. "So the economic incentives are there for the companies."
As the global financial picture has changed, companies in countries which enjoyed booming economies in the early 90s that have now weakened - such as Japan - have become less common shirt sponsors.
Meanwhile, newer money in modern financial strongholds such as the Middle East is being spent on sponsorship deals.
Sponsor companies gain far more from partnerships with clubs than just advertising – access to private boxes can be used to host clients, photoshoots with superstar players can be used in corporate material, and relationships can in some cases be used for political leverage.
"The Premier League should look after itself," Piggin says. "Not just in terms of the economic sustainability, but in terms of connecting with their local communities." | {
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1e3bd93beda25199cf81bd9af6c1755f | Cameron Green: Australia all-rounder on chronic kidney condition and Ashes preparations
Whoever stumped up the cash, Green's arrival is mutually beneficial.
Gloucestershire get a player Australia hope will be a fixture in their XI for a generation.
Green gets competitive cricket in England and a chance to prove his form and fitness before the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's in June.
He will not bowl during his county stint, instead playing solely as a batter as Australia carefully manage his return given the year to come.
"It is probably working backwards from the Ashes," he says.
"That is the plan. There is not a whole lot of cricket between July and the Ashes so they just thought 'give you an extra couple of months rest'.
"There is no real rush to get back."
Green admits his first taste of playing in England was a "learning experience". He scored 103 runs and took five wickets in the drawn 2023 Ashes and by the end of the series had lost his place to Mitchell Marsh.
There is a reason Green excites the Australian hierarchy in a way few others ever have, however.
At his best he is a genuine fast-bowling all-rounder, something Australia has long craved.
You have to go back to Keith Miller or Richie Benaud, whose careers followed World War Two, for the last truly great Aussie all-rounder.
In that time, England have produced three icons in Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff and Ben Stokes.
"The Australian public have a really high expectation on their cricketers and see their all-rounders as having to perform in both," Green says.
"You look at someone like Shane Watson. He had an incredible career but is not put in the same category as others.
"The public expects you to average 40 with the bat and 30 with the ball to be considered elite, even though that is elite and almost unattainable."
At present, Green's statistics stand outside of that – an average of 36.23 with the bat and 35.31 as a bowler - although they are not dissimilar to Stokes'.
In his last Test series before the injury he scored 174 not out against New Zealand, batting at number four with Steve Smith pushed up to open to accommodate him.
The Smith-opener experiment has since been shelved and a log-jam created in the middle order after impressive debuts by Josh Inglis and Beau Webster, who will fight for spots alongside Smith, Travis Head and Marsh.
It leaves Green with work to do to get back into the XI for the Test final and then the Ashes, which begins in his home city on 21 November.
"I am just here trying to perform as well as I can every game," Green says. "I am grateful for every chance I get at an Ashes or any Test, to be honest.
"Maybe that is a difference between Australia and here.
"Two years before they were going to play in Australia, they were already talking about it.
"I feel like that is a little bit draining. You have got to stay pretty present."
It is little surprise Green can keep perspective better than most. | {
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f776ecb32b91007581400c119cdb9699 | Rory McIlroy wins Masters and is up there with Europe's greatest golfers
The clubhouse clock was ticking towards 11pm on the night of Rory McIlroy's greatest day in golf.
In the hours that followed his dramatic play-off win over Justin Rose to land his first Masters Green Jacket, the Northern Irishman talked and talked and talked.
First to CBS's Jim Nantz and Augusta chairman Fred Ridley in the Butler Cabin, then to the assembled members for the formal prize presentation. Then numerous television interviews, the media in the sumptuous press building.
Then to the clubhouse, where he joined club members in the Grill Room to discuss the dramatic preceding hours that had captivated the sporting world. And then more television interviews.
Eventually he emerged into an adjacent room where we had been waiting - BBC Northern Ireland's Stephen Watson and RTE's Greg Allen - colleagues with whom I've shared so much time covering McIlroy's extraordinary career.
As he entered the room, the new Masters champion saw us waiting, puffed out his cheeks, leaned forward resting his elbows on the back of a sofa and gave us a look that said it all.
Wordlessly his eyes said: "Can you believe what has happened? What is happening?" | {
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2e82f80a172a5e88e5652e0266f1c788 | Kevin Campbell: Wayne Rooney, Andy Cole and more discuss ex-Arsenal and Everton striker's life and death
Kevin Campbell was the all-action, hard-grafting centre-forward who delighted football fans with great goals across a 19-year career at the top of the game.
Affectionately known as Super Kev at Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Everton, he developed a reputation as one of the hardest-to-handle forwards in the country, while his beaming smile and joyous celebrations made him one of English football's most popular characters.
"I think if you ask anyone who's ever been in the presence of him, they'll always remember him and speak about how good a person he was," says Campbell's son Tyrese, 25, who plays as a striker for Sheffield United. "He carried the whole room - you knew when he was in there because you could probably hear him.
"He was a respectful, happy, positive person. You could even say almost too good for this Earth. A proper angel sent from heaven."
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57eb47c7462870e3752a575304e649b1 | Bloodgate: How scandal rocked rugby
Williams, having supposedly brought disgrace on Harlequins by independently concocting the blood capsule plan, sought advice from the Rugby Players' Association.
They urged him to appeal, to blow the whistle on the whole plot.
But the club had other ideas. Williams was offered a new two-year deal, three years of guaranteed employment at the club once he had retired and a promise to help him build a career outside of rugby.
He just had to hold back on the real story. He had to be a team-mate once more. He had to protect the club that meant so much to them all.
The full extent of the plot, the complicity of the club's medical staff and coaches, couldn't come out.
"They said to me 'do you understand the impact of this decision you're about to make? If you come forward and show this, Harlequins will be kicked out of Europe, your friends' playing opportunities for their countries will be reduced, Steph and Wendy will be struck off, we'll lose sponsors we'll lose money'," Williams remembers.
"Playing rugby was all I wanted to do and all I felt that I could do.
"So I was stuck between coming forward and telling the truth and falling on my sword. And I didn't know what to do."
"I'd have taken the rap," Ugo Monye, Williams' team-mate at the time, tells Bloodgate. "With the deal that was supposedly being offered, 100%."
The pressure was extreme.
Harlequins were desperate to contain a toxic scandal. Banned and branded a cheat, Williams wanted to tell the truth, explain his actions and rescue his rugby dreams.
At one point, he asked for more money in exchange for his silence; £390,000 to pay off his mortgage and a four-year contract. Quins refused.
In a statement from the time Quins chairman Charles Jillings described Williams' demands as "exorbitant" and "shocking". He insisted that "under no circumstances was the financial proposal a reward for Tom's silence."
"I'd sunk to rock bottom," says Williams. "It was a catastrophic period from a personal standpoint."
And all the time, the clock was ticking.
Williams had one month to appeal against his ban, to go public and get his career back on track.
Two days before the window to appeal shut, an email landed in Williams inbox.
He wasn't the only one considering an appeal. The European Cup organisers too were unhappy that he was the only person found guilty. They knew there must be more to the case.
The chances of one young player coming up with such a scheme on his own and carrying it out in secret in the tight and tightly-controlled environment of a professional club were remote.
They wrote to tell Williams they were to appeal against Richards, Brennan and Chapman being cleared. They would call him as a witness, cross-examine him and, if he didn't comply, level a second misconduct charge at him.
"His face literally just went white," remembers Alex, Williams' girlfriend at the time, now wife.
A final summit meeting with the Harlequins hierarchy was called.
Tom and Alex drove to the Surrey home of one of the club's board. Drinks and snacks were laid out, but the conversation soon turned to business.
"We were going round and round in circles," remembers Tom.
"Harlequins were saying to me, if I fell on my sword, for want of a better term, they would guarantee me future employment, pay off some of my mortgage, pay for me to go on sabbatical and we'll guarantee my girlfriend's future employment.
"On the other hand, if I came forward and told the truth they said l would bury the club."
Frustrated, stressed and tired after three hours of back and forth, Alex excused herself for a cigarette break. As she stubbed it out and prepared to go back into the meeting, she saw Tom coming in the opposite direction.
He had given up. He would run away, leave the country, turn his back on rugby, start again - anything to get out of this situation.
Alex hadn't finished though. She wanted to ask one more question of the 13 men in the room.
She walked back in.
"I remember the surprise on their faces when it was just me standing there," she says.
"I said 'I'm really sorry to bother you again, but do you mind if I just have you for a couple more minutes? I just want to ask you all individually one question'.
"I went round and I actually pointed to every single person and I just said, 'Is this Tom's fault?' And each of them gave a resounding no. Every single one of them."
"Alex humanised me again, because I had dehumanised myself, Harlequins had dehumanised me," says Tom.
"I was a pawn by that point, and I was ready to be moved in any way that anyone pushed me.
"She was the person from outside of this tight rugby centric-environment who could cut through that.
"She said what had gone on was not my fault - what had gone on was wrong - and made people realise that." | {
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d4be1cce421c943af587b347758db4c5 | Casey Stoney: Ex-England captain on rebuilding after San Diego sacking and becoming Canada boss
Stoney, who won 130 caps for England and captained Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, had been in charge of San Diego Wave for nearly three years after resigning as Manchester United manager in 2021.
The NWSL club were a new franchise when she became head coach and she led them to third place and then top spot during the first two seasons.
They twice reached the semi-finals of the end-of-season play-offs, which crowns the league's champions, but her third season had not continued on the same trajectory with just three wins after 14 games.
She saw the job as a long-term project. She had experienced a painful spell apart from her partner, Megan, and three children - twins Teddy and Tilly and youngest child Willow - when she first moved to the US but they had eventually resolved their visa issues, enabling them to be reunited, and set up their family home in California.
"It took 22 months to get them out there, we were 22 months apart, we weren't even out there a year [together] and I lost my job," she says.
"If I'm honest, I didn't think I deserved to lose my job either, so that made it even tougher, with the successes that we had, we just had a little dip. It wasn't even anything major.
"So to be treated in that way, after everything that had been done and sacrificed and everything that had been achieved, it was really, really hard to swallow on a personal level, but it was more what happened to my family.
"I have three young children, they were nine and six at the time, they didn't have a home. So that, for me, is inexcusable to do to a family."
The day her children were supposed to be back at school in August in San Diego following their summer break came and went, so Stoney took on home-schooling herself.
It was a period she describes as "one of the hardest times in my life".
She says: "It did make me question if I wanted to stay in the game because if the game chews you up and spits you out like that, after everything that we had sacrificed to be there, and after what I had achieved in a short space of time, and what we had achieved as a club, it did make me question the game.
"I got offers quite quickly after the announcement and I said no to all of them, whether they were right or wrong, because I wanted to take time. I needed to make sure I sorted our lives out.
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b502c27b47f78872026f37ddd02101c3 | England v Australia in Las Vegas: Great Britain Lionesses remember 1996 tour
Lisa McIntosh is up-front with her thoughts on England's women facing world champions Australia in Las Vegas.
"Do you know? It makes me feel really proud," says the former Great Britain captain. "But I'm not going to lie - I'm a bit envious.
"I'd have loved to have just turned up with my kitbag and got on the plane and played in Vegas. But I'm made up for them."
When England's players step out at Allegiant Stadium in Vegas on Saturday night, McIntosh is part of the trailblazing group of women they can thank.
Twenty-nine years ago, with minimal help, that group organised and self-funded a Great Britain tour to Australia - and beat the hosts. They remain the last British rugby league team to win an Ashes series.
So they know what it takes to defeat the Jillaroos.
"I think what England need to do is not fear them," McIntosh says. "Australia are so good, that straight away people start to worry.
"But you go out there and you be confident. If you match them player for player, there's no reason why you can't beat them."
Back in 1996, Great Britain's travelling party overcame the odds to defeat Australia.
A series that was on a knife edge until its final seconds featured funding battles, scrambles for flights and accommodation, a tour manager carrying £29,000 in a briefcase, disappearing kit and emotional phone calls home.
Then came the forging of lifelong friendships, belated Hall of Fame recognition - and a victory shield that vanished.
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2a5a7e5f005ebfa7d6877f864624eef1 | Ellie Roebuck: Ex-Manchester City goalkeeper on recovering from stroke and joining Barcelona
At the time no-one could give her an answer, and the timing could not have been worse as the diagnosis came just two weeks after she had formalised her exit from Manchester City by signing a pre-contract with European champions Barcelona, before a move in the summer.
But she quickly realised her worries went beyond football as she was sent straight from her appointment to accident and emergency for treatment.
"I was sat in A&E with all the people on a Thursday night that'd been out drinking. They'd come in with their cuts and bruises and I was just sat there [thinking] 'what is happening?' And then I got taken to the stroke ward which was something that I'd never really want to remember.
"You're in there with people that I thought were 'normal people' to have strokes - older people. It was just a crazy experience."
Because tests showed her stroke appeared to have happened three to four weeks earlier, there was little the hospital could do and she was sent home that night.
"The nurses said you can't carry shopping for six weeks. You can't do any exercise. I thought, 'I'm a professional footballer, I can't do that'."
Roebuck was not allowed to train for 12 weeks and was left to pick up the pieces, trying to figure out what had caused the stroke and constantly fearing it would happen again.
"I wouldn't walk my dog for like six weeks. I wouldn't leave the house. I was scared to do anything on my own. And that was never me, I was always super independent. My mum and dad were doing shifts of living with me in my one-bedroom flat in Manchester."
She underwent numerous tests in order to find out the cause of what had happened and eventually a tiny hole in her heart was discovered.
"[It] sounds crazy, but I was grateful that I had a hole in my heart because I'd found my reason and I knew that it could be closed and I could move on. I was almost excited that I was going in for heart surgery."
In surgery the hole was identified however a membrane had formed and doctors believed it had closed up by itself which left Roebuck frustrated again as it meant she would never fully understand what caused her stroke.
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1dab1cffcde896a2b5adb506c8b4686d | Daniel Levy protests: Would chairman ever leave Spurs amid fan protests?
A popular chant among match-going Tottenham fans at the moment is: "I don't care about Levy, he doesn't care about me, all I care about is Kulusevski."
Prominent banners at the home defeat by Leicester last month read: "Our game is about glory, Levy's game is about greed" and "24 years, 16 managers, 1 trophy - time for change".
A crisis of about 30 separate injuries and poor form has left manager Ange Postecoglou exposed, irritable, and under pressure, with his side 14th in the Premier League and out of both domestic cups.
The debate about who or what is to blame for Spurs' struggles is going round in circles. Alongside Manchester United's failings and Manchester City's decline, it has been one of the narratives of this season.
Fan anger has again been aimed at chairman Daniel Levy - vocalised in persistent 'Levy out' calls from supporters both home and away.
Club sources told BBC Sport the protests are "hurting" Levy, who attends almost every game and sits stoically through the criticism.
Tottenham were one of the busiest clubs in the January transfer window, but that has not satisfied some fans who criticise a recruitment policy mainly focused on under-21 players with potential resale value, and who regularly accuse Levy of acting too slowly in the market and putting profits above success on the pitch.
A 'sit-down' protest - led by a smaller supporter group called Change for Tottenham (CFT) - is planned against Levy before Sunday's Premier League match against Manchester United.
Last week, the main fan group - the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust (THST) - released five core principles they want to hold Levy to account on.
Among those principles were demands to "commit to winning" with investment; "attract and retain talent" with competitive wages; "develop elite youth talent"; "lead with integrity" to be "financially sustainable" while "keeping tickets affordable"; and engage with fans.
BBC Sport has spoken to several people on and off the record to try to understand the fuller picture of Levy's Tottenham regime.
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65f62c590d0e803577ff1b7d0300a03d | Jack Grealish: What has happened to Man City & England forward?
Grealish responded to the snub by setting up his own summer training camp using Juventus' facilities, and refused the offer of additional time off. He clearly wanted to hit the ground running - but, while he did well on a pre-season tour in the United States, he was outshone by Norwegian youngster Bobb.
England's interim manager Lee Carsley recalled Grealish - starting him against the Republic of Ireland and Finland in September, then against Finland again the following month, with the City man scoring twice across the three games.
But his return to the international fold also frustrated Guardiola, with the coach annoyed England had again selected Grealish in November, despite his struggles with fitness.
"I'm always pleased for players to go - when they are fit and they haven't struggled for the past one, two, three or four weeks," said Guardiola at the time. "In 17 days he didn't train once... Jack has had two or three setbacks in terms of injuries and could not get his rhythm." Grealish subsequently withdrew.
If his confidence has been dented by Guardiola's pointed remarks, he would not be the first at City. Last year, Kalvin Phillips - another England international who struggled to convince his manager, despite costing the club £42m when signed from Leeds in 2022 - admitted he had been hurt by criticism over his weight.
Guardiola later apologised, but it is clear his intensity and exacting standards can come at a cost.
According to those who know him, Grealish is a popular figure within the dressing room, grateful for what his talent has given him, and a man who does not take himself too seriously. They claim he is also the player most likely to stop and talk to fans on site visits.
As his sister Hollie has cerebral palsy, there was something deeply personal about the friendship he struck up with young City fan Finlay Fisher - who also has the condition - that led to him doing a goal celebration in the 2022 World Cup in his honour. It fits with Grealish's description of himself as "relatable" in a recent film posted on the City website. "There's no filter," he added.
Those who knew him at Villa speak about a confident yet humble young man who would take his time with fans and staff at the club, asking about their families and how they were.
The humanity he showed belied the popular, trendy and handsome image in the headlines. "His authenticity came through," said one who worked with him.
Shaun Derry, who managed Grealish when he was a 17-year-old on loan at Notts Country in 2013-14, says he "misses seeing the old Jack".
In League One he made 37 appearances and scored five goals, with Derry witnessing the development of a young talent first hand.
"I felt I saw two Jacks really," he told BBC Sport. "One was this real young, immature kid who needed to quickly understand what we was looking to do at Notts County. Of course there was an immature Jack, he was 17.
"So it's really easy to understand looking back now, what that looked like, but there was an unbelievable confidence and bravery and individuality on the pitch.
"When he's looking back at his career he's going to see an absolute top level one, championships, experiences, international football. People will look back and probably look more fondly at Jack as they do now."
Grealish never pushed to leave Villa, his boyhood club, even after Tottenham circled following the club's relegation in 2016.
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ef4e61bb3cc9f267a92388dda6c1a328 | Husband describes 'horror' as wife fatally hit by van at golf course after police chase
A husband has described how he watched in "helpless horror" as his wife was fatally hit by a van at a golf course after the vehicle was involved in a police chase.
Suzanne Cherry, 62, died in hospital four days after she was struck on the morning of 11 April, Staffordshire Police said.
Two patrol cars had been following the grey Nissan van in Kingstanding, Birmingham, after receiving reports of suspicious activity, according to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
They stopped chasing the van when it came off the road and went up an embankment at Aston Wood Golf Club, where it hit Ms Cherry, of Aldridge, Walsall.
In a statement released by police, Ms Cherry's husband - who was not named - paid tribute to his "beautiful wife" and said her death leaves an "unfillable void" in the lives of her family.
"While enjoying what should have been the safest of one of Suzanne's many activities, I watched in helpless horror as the life of my beautiful wife and our future together was snatched away in an instant," he said.
Ms Cherry's husband said she had "an amazing and infectious zest for life", adding: "Suzanne leaves a legacy and an unfillable void in the lives of her mother Maureen, her three adult children, two step-children and countless others from her work, her sporting activities and social circle.
"Sue was loved, and will be painfully missed by her entire family and friends, we ask that our privacy at this difficult time be respected."
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Officers from three different forces have arrested six men in connection with the incident.
The IOPC is continuing to investigate the circumstances before the collision.
Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses to come forward. | {
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ff04a2969c7bd86f182027cfbc20119e | Prince Andrew joins King and Queen at Easter Sunday church service
Prince Andrew was among members of the royal family who attended the traditional Easter Sunday service in Windsor.
It is the second year in a row that the Duke of York has joined the King and Queen at St George's Chapel, appearing to enter the chapel quickly after his eldest brother's arrival.
Other members of the royal family, including Princess Anne, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice and Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, also gathered outside the church.
Image: The Duke of York leaving St George's Chapel. Pic: PA
William and Kate did not attend the annual service, deciding instead to spend time with their children, George, Charlotte and Louis, in Norfolk before they go back to school.
Crowds wished the King and Queen a Happy Easter as they left the chapel, with two children presenting Camilla with a bunch of flowers, before they were driven away.
Image: King Charles and Queen Camilla arriving at St George's chapel. Pic: PA
Image: The Princess Royal. Pic: PA
Andrew was seen glancing at a member of the crowd, who wished him a "Happy Easter" before the duke walked off with his ex-wife.
The duke has not been pictured at a formal royal family event since last Easter. He missed the royal family's traditional Christmas gathering at Sandringham amid the controversy surrounding his links to an alleged Chinese spy.
He disappeared from public life after stepping down from official duties in March 2020, following his explosive TV interview with BBC's Newsnight.
Image: The Duchess of Edinburgh followed by Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice. Pic: PA
Image: Sarah Ferguson. Pic: PA
The Easter sermon is traditionally led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but was today led by the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, from York Minster.
Mr Cottrell has temporarily taken over the role after Justin Welby announced he was stepping down in November last year, after an independent review found he "could and should" have reported decades-long abuse of men and young boys by his former friend, the barrister John Smyth QC.
Mr Cottrell has also apologised for his handling of the case.
Image: Pic: PA
Image: The Queen waves to crowds in Windsor. Pic: PA
King's message of 'faith, hope and love'
Last year's Easter Sunday service was the King's first major public appearance after he announced his cancer diagnosis.
The 76-year-old monarch is still receiving treatment for cancer, and last month, spent a short period of time in hospital after experiencing temporary side effects.
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In his Easter message - a tradition he started when he was the Prince of Wales - Charles reflected on the examples of "great cruelty and great kindness" that "daily come before our eyes" - saying they should remind the world of the importance of the "virtues of faith, hope and love".
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He shared the message last week ahead of attending the annual Maundy service at Durham Cathedral, where he presented the Maundy recipients - 76 men and 76 women - with two purses: one red and one white, containing Maundy Money.
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b9b8c3d20a8cc60cfdf06c3f1c931292 | Woman stabbed to death in Enfield, north London
A murder investigation is under way after a woman was stabbed to death in north London.
Police were called to an address in Ayley Croft, Enfield, around 7pm on Saturday following reports of a stabbing.
Emergency workers treated a 45-year-old woman but she died at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said.
The victim's next of kin has been informed and is being supported by specialist officers.
Image: Officers at the scene in Enfield
No one has been arrested in connection with her death.
Police have been seen focusing on Gainsborough House, a high-rise block on the estate.
An officer was spotted at the window on the fifth floor. Patrols have also been seen outside.
Image: An officer in Gainsborough House
Detective Chief Inspector Neil John said: "Our thoughts are with the victim's family at this difficult time.
"As our investigation continues, there will be an increased police presence in the area, and a crime scene remains in place.
"We understand this will be very distressing to the local community and anyone who has concerns can speak to local officers."
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4034179220f15ecc4b9646eb20900200 | 100 firefighters tackle blaze at flats in Aldgate, east London
Around 100 firefighters have tackled a blaze at a block of flats in east London.
Footage showed flames engulfing two different flats in Aldgate, with smoke seen billowing into the air.
The properties on the sixth and seventh floors of the building in Leman Street were alight, with firefighters leading 11 people to safety.
Image: Flames pour out of the building in Aldgate
There are currently no reports of any injuries.
London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 15 fire engines dealt with the blaze after being called at 5.43pm.
Borough commander Lucy Macleod, who was at the scene, said: "Crews acted swiftly to bring the fire under control, but will remain on site this evening to damp down remaining hotspots.
"Road closures are currently in place, and there is significant congestion in the surrounding area. We urge the public to avoid the vicinity where possible while we continue to work to make the scene safe."
The cause of the fire is under investigation, LFB said.
A witness told Sky News the fire appeared to now be under control.
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The fire brigade used a 64-metre turntable ladder as an observation tower in the area, which is close to London Liverpool Street station and the popular nightlife area Shoreditch.
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c659096c4268203519ef94706e9573de | Police appeal over 'senseless' damage to seven statues during trans rights rally in London
Police are appealing for information after seven statues - including one of suffragette Millicent Fawcett - were daubed with graffiti during a trans rights rally in London.
The Metropolitan Police said the criminal damage took place during the protest in Parliament Square, Westminster, on Saturday.
Thousands of people had gathered for an "emergency demonstration" following the Supreme Court ruling earlier this week on the definition of a woman.
The words "Trans rights are human rights" were written on a statue of South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts.
Image: Graffiti on the statue of South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts in Parliament Square. Pic: PA
The Met Police said officers were trawling CCTV footage and no arrests have been made as yet.
Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell said: "Criminal damage and vandalism like this has no place on the streets of London and spoils the area for locals and those visiting.
"While the police support the public's right to protest, criminality like this is senseless and unacceptable. We are pursuing this and will take action against those responsible."
Image: Graffiti on the statue of Millicent Fawcett. Pic: PA
Mr Bell said there were plans to remove the graffiti "but this requires specialist equipment and we are confident this will be done shortly".
"We are keen to speak to those who saw anything on the day and urge anyone with information, pictures or footage to come forward," he added.
The force has not shared details of which seven statues were defaced. Parliament Square is home to 12 statues of political figures including Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi.
Image: Thousands of protesters joined the rally on Saturday. Pic: Daniel Bregman
The Met said it was also dealing with a number of complaints from the public about signs and images shared on social media that were reportedly displayed at the protest.
The force said while officers were investigating the displayed signs and images, they had so far proved to be from historic events, did not take place in London, or did not constitute a criminal offence.
The protest followed a long-awaited judgment delivered on Wednesday, when the UK's highest court ruled the terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 "refer to a biological woman and biological sex".
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It essentially means trans women who hold gender recognition certificates are not women in the eyes of the law.
This means transgender women with one of the certificates can be excluded from single-sex spaces if "proportionate".
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5268ea2514d6c49bb33d1d9ae01b6deb | Labour WhatsApp messages on Supreme Court ruling point to future tensions on trans issues
It's no great surprise that members of a Labour MPs' LGBT+ WhatsApp group would be raising concerns about the impact of this week's Supreme Court ruling on the trans community.
But the critical contributions reportedly made by some of the group's higher-profile ministerial members highlight the underlying divisions with the Labour Party over the issue - and point to future tensions once the practical implications of the judgement become clear.
Messages leaked to the Mail on Sunday allegedly include the Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle writing "the ruling is not as catastrophic as it seems but the EHRC [Equality and Human Rights Commission] guidance might be & there are already signs that some public bodies are overreacting".
Culture minister Sir Chris Bryant reportedly replied he "agreed" with another MP's opinion that the EHRC chair Baroness Falkner was "pretty appalling" when she said the ruling would mean trans women could not use single-sex female facilities or compete in women's sports.
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Government sources argue these messages are hardly evidence of any kind of plot or mass revolt against the Supreme Court's ruling.
But they still raise uncomfortable questions for a party that has been on a tortuous journey over the issue.
Under Jeremy Corbyn, Labour was committed to introducing self-identification - enabling people to change their legal sex without a medical diagnosis - a position dropped in 2023.
Back in 2021, Sir Keir Stamer said the then Labour MP Rosie Duffield was "not right" to say "only women have a cervix". But three years later he acknowledged that "biologically, she of course is right".
Duffield, who now sits as an independent, is asking for an apology - but that doesn't seem to be forthcoming from a government keen to minimise its own role in changing social attitudes to the issue.
The Conservative position on this has also chopped and changed - with Theresa May's support for gender self-ID ditched under Boris Johnson.
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As the Conservatives' equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch led the UK government's fight against Scotland's efforts to make it easier to change gender - and she's determined to punch Labour's bruise on the issue.
This weekend, she's written to the cabinet secretary calling for an investigation into a possible breach of the ministerial or civil service code over a statement made by the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson in response to the ruling, which said "we have always supported the protection of single-sex spaces based on biological sex".
The Tories claim this is false, because last summer Ms Phillipson herself gave an interview in which she suggested that trans women with penises could use female toilets.
Ms Phillipson has been approached for a response.
Her comments, however, are entirely in keeping with the government's official statement on the judgement, which claims they have "always supported the protection of single-sex spaces based on biological sex" and welcomed the ruling as giving "clarity and confidence for women and service providers".
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60ca65b6e4082759074a925062095e40 | Birmingham bin strikes: How residents are taking action to avoid 'drowning in rubbish'
"Back in the day... every neighbour would literally scrub the doorstep," said Rashid Campbell, surrounded by people picking up litter on the side of a busy road in Birmingham.
"If we got that attitude back, half of this problem would be gone," he told Midlands correspondent Shamaan Freeman-Powell.
Mr Campbell is part of a volunteer litter-picking team from the Birmingham Central Mosque.
In just two hours on Easter Sunday, 12 members of the team collected 24 bags of rubbish from two Birmingham streets.
Image: A team of volunteers from Birmingham Central Mosque pick up litter
"If we don't [litter-pick], we're just going to be drowning in rubbish," he said.
Six weeks after the city's bin workers went on strike, bins are overflowing and rubbish is littered across pavements, despite the council saying it has cleared more than 20,000 tonnes of waste over the bank holiday weekend.
Image: Litter is strewn around residential streets
"Some of our bins have been taken but that cannot be said about the streets," said resident Latifat Abdul Majed Isah.
"The streets are still very dirty, still very unpalatable and unpleasant to see."
Image: Resident Latifat Abdul Majed Isah
Image: Overflowing bins on a street in Birmingham on Easter Sunday
Residents were able to drop off rubbish this weekend at a mobile collection site outside the mosque but despite the inconvenience of the strikes, some still voiced their support for the bin workers.
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"No one wants to live next to a mound full of dirty rubbish and rotten food, it's not nice. I know people will blame the bin strikers but what would they do?" asked resident John McDonough.
"How would you react if your company says to you; 'By the way, you're going to lose £8,000 a year', what would you do?
"You'd do what they're doing, and that's just right."
Image: Birmingham resident John McDonough
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Unite, the union representing the workers, says around 150 of their members will have their pay cut by up to £8,000 a year under an offer made by the council, which it rejected last week.
The council says only 17 workers will be affected and will lose far less than Unite is claiming.
Image: Litter on the floor in Birmingham during the bin workers' strike
"As a council taxpayer, I think that we pay for a service and we're not getting that," said Arfan Talib, who was dropping off his recycling outside the mosque.
"I think the government needs to step in, to be honest, and sort this out."
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Rubbish collections in Birmingham have been disrupted since January, before the all-out strike started last month.
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