We’ve got to find the right centre forward who’s available and viable for us. We will try to make sure we get the right one. Strikers are a difficult market. It’s hard to find goalscoring strikers. We want to be flexible and we’ve been successful playing without a striker, but that’s not the direction of travel.

Sunderland have to conquer the ‘difficult market’ if 2024/2025 is to be a successful season

Where we’ll finish: Upper mid-table (striker signings pending) If we sign a proper striker and our main first choice eleven stay fit, we should be aiming for anywhere higher than tenth. However, if we don’t sign a recognised forward, I feel we’ll struggle. We need a focal...

RR’s 2024/25 Predictions: Where will Sunderland finish, and which games stand out?

The Independent

A “devoted” mother died when a stolen BMW travelling the wrong way down a dual carriageway ploughed into her vehicle in a crash which also killed three young men, an inquest jury has heard.Keen triathlete Alison Clark, 42, suffered catastrophic injuries in the head-on collision on the A63 near Hull on November 22 2021, as she was returning home from a swim training session, Hull Coroner’s Court was told.The mother-of-one had set up a bereavement walking club in the wake of her father’s death and had taken part in an walking event on the day she was killed, the hearing...

Four died in crash after stolen BMW drove on wrong side of road, inquest told

 An old police station was set on fire as far-right demonstrators took to the streets of Sunderland for another night of rioting following the Southport stabbings earlier this week.Footage showed flames pouring from the reportedly disused Sunderland Central Police Office as a crowd of men, some wearing balaclavas, surrounded the building.Northumbria Police said that its officers had been “subjected to serious violence”. They said that eight people had been arrested and three police officers were taken to hospital following the rioting in Sunderland city centre.The force added: “The scenes that we are seeing are completely unacceptable and will not...

Police station torched and mosques on high alert after rioting spreads to Sunderland

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The Bold and the Beautiful fans don't agree on the new version of Hope Logan Spencer

Police say the man pictured may have vital information in connection with the attack in Ascot.

CCTV images released in footpath rape investigation

The US Sun

A SAVVY woman has shared how she transformed her grubby and mouldy caravan. Hayley Rubery took to social media sharing why she bought the rundown caravan for just £500 on Facebook Marketplace. She revealed that she purchased the caravan after she began renovating her 300-year-old home and needed somewhere...

I picked up a mouldy old caravan on Facebook for £500 & now live there full-time, I transformed it with B&M buys

 “Sickening” riots in Rotherham were a “dark day” for the town, South Yorkshire Police have said, condemning the actions of far-right thugs.At least 12 police officers were injured during disorder outside a hotel housing asylum seekers on Sunday 4 August.Lindsey Butterfield, assistant chief constable, said the injuries followed “a day and night of violence and disorder”.“I can confirm today that we have seen at least 12 of our officers injured with items such as bricks, fenceposts, branches and other missiles thrown at them,” she said on Monday.“Yesterday was a dark day, and we know this was felt across our county.”      Read More               Rotherham: Fire breaks out and arrests made during far-right clashesStarmer tells far right thugs they ‘will regret’ violence as unrest grips citiesFar-right chant ‘Yorkshire’ as mob breaks into migrant hotel in Rotherham      

Police condemn sickening riots in Rotherham on ‘dark day’ for town

Police at the weekend are also attacked with fireworks outside the Tamworth hotel.

Police vow to find Holiday Inn petrol bomb rioters

 A far-right mob repeatedly chanted "Yorkshire" as rioters stormed into a hotel used to house migrants in Rotherham on Sunday, 4 August.Masked rioters attacked police, smashed windows, launched planks of wood, and sprayed fire extinguishers outside a Holiday Inn Express.IHG, which operates the hotel, said: "The safety and security of our guests and colleagues is always our priority."The far-right has drawn widespread condemnation as the organising force behind disorder in multiple locations in the wake of the killings of three young girls in Southport on Monday.It followed the spread of false claims online that the suspect, identified as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana from Lancashire, was an asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK by boat.      Read More               Heartbroken supermarket manager clears burnt-out store after violence in BelfastRioters will face consequences for ‘marauding in streets’, policing minister vowsObjects hurled at police in Liverpool as far-right clash with officers      

Far-right chant ‘Yorkshire’ as mob breaks into migrant hotel in Rotherham

Freddie Crittenden entered the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics as one of the hurdlers to watch in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. He placed fourth at the World Championships and his best time this year was the second-fastest in the world. However, after he came out of the blocks Sunday in his first heat at the Summer games, he was certainly off the pace. Crittenden finished last in his heat, nearly five seconds behind the rest of the field.

Freddie Crittenden’s decision and Olympic track and field’s repechage round, explained

Opener Emilio Gay will join County Championship Division One side Durham from Northamptonshire on a three-year deal from the 2025 season onwards. Gay, 24, came through Division Two club Northants' academy and made his senior debut as a teenager in 2019. He has scored more than 2,700 first-class runs and...

Batter Gay to join Durham from Northants

The 47-year-old is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court later.

Man charged with four city centre rapes

Rioters battled police in the streets of Sunderland city centre following a planned protest linked to the Southport knife attack.Hundreds of people gathered in Keel Square, many of them draped in England flags, on Friday evening.Members of the crowd chanted in support of Tommy Robinson, while others shouted insults about Islam.Mounted police followed the march, along with officers in vans who battled their way through traffic to keep up.However, some protesters descended into violence, setting an overturned car on fire, while others targeted a mosque.Videos posted on social media appeared to show a fire at a city centre police office,...

Rioters target mosque in Sunderland following protest linked to Southport attack

The World Service restaurant in Nottingham will shut on its 24th anniversary of serving customers.

Popular city centre restaurant set to close

ENGLAND cricket legend Graham Thorpe has died aged 55. Thorpe captained his country during a long and illustrious career for England and Surrey. The cricketer had fallen seriously ill in 2022, his family said at the time. Thorpe made his international debut in 1993 and scored a century on his first Ashes appearance, becoming the […]

Graham Thorpe dead: England cricket legend who captained his country dies aged 55 as emotional tributes pour in

 Asylum seekers who were inside a Rotherham hotel when it was attacked by far-right rioters are frightened but glad to be alive, an activist who attempted to guard the entrance said. Phil Turner, from Stand up to Racism Rotherham, helped organise a counter-demonstration of around 150 people at the Holiday Inn Express on Sunday in support of the refugees who were trapped inside.The violence in the South Yorkshire town took place amid widespread rioting across the UK in recent days, in the wake of last week’s stabbings in Southport.Anti-racism campaigners, who were surrounding the entrance to the hotel, had...

Asylum seekers ‘glad to be alive’ after Rotherham hotel attack, says activist who guarded entrance

WINDOWS have been smashed and missiles thrown at a migrant hotel in Rotherham as Britain braces for another night of violence. Ugly scenes erupted after far right protesters confronted anti-racism demonstrators outside of the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, South Yorkshire, as cops tried to keep order. Tensions were also high between protesters and police near […]

Mob storms Rotherham migrant hotel starting fires and hurling missiles as cops desperately battle to keep thugs back

The Guardian

Overturned car set alight and beer barrels and stones thrown at police amid face-off with hundreds of demonstrators

Eight people arrested and three police injured in Sunderland after another night of disorder

Officers were "stretched" when far-right protestors attempted to target a hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers, Bristol's police and crime commissioner said. The group, and a counter-protest group, gathered to demonstrate in Castle Park on Saturday, before they moved to the Mercure Hotel. Seventeen people have been arrested and...

Police 'stretched' during Bristol protests at hotel

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The season is upon us — and Sunderland’s chance to bury last campaign has arrived

Sunderland wrapped up the 2024 pre-season schedule with a hard-fought 2-2 draw against French Ligue 1 side Marseille. We looked tidy going forward and the new...

The season is upon us — and Sunderland’s chance to bury last campaign has arrived

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