Author: Darren Smith

Sky Sports pundits Roy Keane and Micah Richards have swapped their usual studio attire for Victorian gentlemen’s costumes as part of Sky Bet’s new “Game’s Back” campaign, which pokes fun at modern football debates by showing supporters have complained about changes to the sport for well over a century. Roy Keane and Micah Richards have dressed as Victorian gentlemen for Sky Bet’s new “Game’s Back” campaign, which officially launched on 7 August ahead of the new Premier League season. The Sky Sports punditry duo donned period costumes to revisit football’s earliest days, watching the action from the terraces and demonstrating…

Gwent Police have arrested four men and launched a violent disorder investigation after a group clashed in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, leaving two people in a critical condition in hospital and prompting a significant police response involving firearms officers and a police helicopter. Four men have been arrested and two people remain in a critical condition in hospital following violent clashes between a group of men in South Wales. Gwent Police said the disturbance broke out in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, at around 7.15pm on Thursday. Firearms officers and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) were deployed to support local officers responding…

Drought-stricken Britain is set for its sixth heatwave of the summer from this weekend, with temperatures forecast to climb as high as 33C and last for nearly a week, as the UK Health Security Agency warns of added pressure on the NHS and some areas approach 50 days without rain. Britain is bracing for its sixth heatwave in three months, with temperatures set to climb above 30C again from this weekend as the country’s prolonged dry spell continues. The warm-up comes after a brief respite brought by cooler Atlantic air in recent days, during which Wisley in Surrey recorded its…

President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran will “end pretty soon” and claimed the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping route, is “sort of open,” even as Saudi Arabia warns of imminent coordinated attacks and tensions continue to build across the Gulf and Red Sea. US President Donald Trump has predicted that the war with Iran will “end pretty soon,” while claiming that the Strait of Hormuz is “sort of open” for shipping. Trump also dismissed suggestions that the United States was running low on key munitions, insisting the country holds “massive amounts” of ammunition. His comments…

Detective Superintendent Stuart Blaik, who led the investigation into the death of PC Andrew Harper, has said he is “deeply concerned and appalled” that Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers could be freed halfway through their 13-year sentences under a Government scheme aimed at easing prison overcrowding. The detective who led the investigation into the death of PC Andrew Harper has said he is “appalled” at the prospect that two of the men convicted over his killing could be released early from prison. Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, both jailed for 13 years over PC Harper’s manslaughter, may qualify for release…

Susan Watson, a 61-year-old grandmother and longstanding Samaritans volunteer, has been found dead at a property in Carlisle, prompting a murder investigation by Cumbria Police after a man known to her was arrested and later released on bail. A “much-loved” grandmother has been found dead at a property in Carlisle, with police launching a murder investigation and arresting a man known to her in connection with the case. Susan Watson, 61, was found dead at the address on Sunday, 2 August, Cumbria Police said. A man in his 60s was arrested on suspicion of murder but has since been released…

Belgian powerlifter Sonita Muluh says she no longer feels safe competing after a spotter at the European Powerlifting Championships in Lithuania later claimed on Instagram that he had deliberately interfered with her record squat attempt because of her race, a claim that has triggered a criminal investigation, a lifetime ban and a review of safeguarding procedures within the sport. Belgian powerlifter Sonita Muluh has said she “does not feel safe” competing after a spotter’s actions during a record squat attempt in Lithuania were later described by him as racially motivated. Muluh was attempting a 334.5kg squat, which would have been…

A third consecutive night of disorder in Thetford has led to one man being charged and four others arrested, after Norfolk Constabulary deployed significant police resources amid protests targeting properties believed to be housing asylum seekers, with the force also facing criticism over its use of PAVA spray during the unrest. A man has been charged and four others arrested following three consecutive nights of unrest in Thetford, Norfolk, where protesters have reportedly attempted to break into properties believed to be housing migrants. Norfolk Constabulary said it deployed “significant police resources” on Wednesday and Thursday nights, after disorder first broke…

Latarsha Sanders, convicted of murdering her two young sons in a 2018 “voodoo” ritual, will face a new trial after Massachusetts’s highest court ruled that excluding her post-arrest psychiatric records from her original trial amounted to a prejudicial legal error. A Massachusetts mother sentenced to life in prison for murdering her two young sons has had her conviction vacated, with the state’s highest court ordering a new trial. Latarsha Sanders, 51, was found guilty by a jury in December 2022 of killing her sons, Edson Brito, 8, and La’Son Brito, 5, and was sentenced to mandatory life terms without the…

Cheshire Police have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to after a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted multiple times by a stranger in Chester city centre in the early hours of the morning. A teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted multiple times by an unknown man in Chester city centre, Cheshire Police have said, as officers released a CCTV image of a man they want to question about the incident. The force said the alleged assault took place in the early hours of Saturday, 30 May, after the girl was approached by a stranger…