‘The Champion’ Martin Wanless predicts... It’ll be interesting to see what sort of team we put out tonight. Given we’re playing on Sunday next and don’t have a midweek game the following week, and the fact we’re so early in RLB’s time in charge, I reckon we’ll see a strong side.

Score Predictions: Can SAFC build on the winning opener in Wales with a League Cup victory?

Arsenal Women have confirmed the signing of Rosa Kafaji from BK Häcken. Kafaji, 21, is an attacking midfield player, who has played 9 times for Sweden. She’s scored 5 goals in 10 starts in this season’s Damallsvenskan, having scored 12 goals in 24 starts last season. In the last edition of the Champions League, Kafaji scored 4 goals in 8 games as Häcken progressed to the knockout round of the competition.

Arsenal Women confirm signing of Rosa Kafaji

A gang that sold millions of pounds worth of cocaine and cannabis across Devon and Cornwall has been sentenced. Twelve people were sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Thursday for the role they played in distributing at least 860lb (390kg) of cannabis, with a street value of £4m, and 41lb (18.8kg) of cocaine.

Gang sentenced for selling drugs across South West

Police are investigating reports that a man claiming to be Ben Needham, who disappeared on the Greek island of Kos in 1991, has come forward to authorities in Denmark. The news comes 33 years to the day of his disappearance on 24 July. Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old...

Police check DNA of man claiming to be Ben Needham

The approval comes after local cabbies warned they could struggle with the influx of new drivers.

Council approves Uber licence to operate in town

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Three key developments have been noted since Jay Slater's body was found at a ravine in Tenerife - the search team scoured the area for four weeks before the tragic discovery

Jay Slater Update: New details emerge with 3 key developments since teen's body discovered in Tenerife

The council has issued a refusal notice for a car park built and run without planning permission.

'Unsafe' car park refused planning permission

Both the men’s and women’s U.S. basketball team came home from Paris with the ultimate hardware: Olympic gold medals. For the men, Paris marked a fourth consecutive Olympic gold, while for the women, the win streak extended to 8 straight gold medals. Both teams were unsurprisingly dominant throughout the Olympics, going 6-0 en route to gold — with the men winning by an average of 22 points, and the women by 15.7 points.

USA Basketball coach Cheryl Reeve criticizes media focus on playing time, roster decisions during Olympics: ‘This is what we’ve become’

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Actor Clarence Williams III, best known as the super cool undercover cop Lincoln "Linc" Hayes on TV's classic crime drama, The Mod Squad, died three years ago from colon cancer at 81 years old. This is the story of a talent that lives on.

The Tragic Death of 'Mod Squad'/'Purple Rain' Actor Clarence Williams III: Three Years Later

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

Organised-crime groups have been targeting empty shops and pubs in town centres to grow cannabis on an industrial scale, say police bosses. Over the past year, raids have been carried out in dozens of properties, from an old toy shop in Ayr, Scotland, to a former bank in Welshpool, Powys.

Drug production booming in UK's empty high streets

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The families of the victims of Valdo Calocane have said services caring for him in the lead-up to the attacks "have blood on their hands", after it emerged a mental health trust "minimised or omitted" key details of the serious risk he posed to others.The final part of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) review into the care of Calocane by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) found risk assessments played down the fact he was refusing to take his medication and was having ongoing and persistent symptoms of psychosis.It also questions how well the trust engaged with Calocane's family, who...

Nottingham killings: NHS trust has 'blood on its hands' say families of victims

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Fernandina Beach’s skateboard park will be officially named for local Olympics skater Poe Pinson on Friday afternoon. Then the city will celebrate the 19-year-old competitor’s homecoming with a parade at 6 p.m..

Fernandina names skate park after Poe Pinson

Liz Truss walked off stage at a public event after a banner showing a picture of a lettuce and the words "I crashed the economy" was unfurled above her. The former prime minister was on stage at Beccles Public Hall, Suffolk, when the banner appeared. A video posted on X...

Liz Truss leaves stage as lettuce banner unfurls

Swindon Carers Centre has decided to close after concerns over the process for a new council contract.

Carers centre to close after nearly three decades

The Carabao Cup has begun in earnest and I’m still earnestly wondering who the fuck drinks the shit. I’ve never seen this drink in a shop, garage or anywhere at all. Much like Rich Energy or Wolf Beef Jerky (both parent companies apparently liquidated this year so well done Gimli) you’d be forgiven for not knowing it existed if someone didn’t force such knowledge upon you.

Matchday Musings: Preston (A)

A department store will shut its doors for good in Northampton town centre this weekend. Next will have its final day of trading on Saturday and will be replaced by an as yet unknown retailer. Mark Mullen, the operations manager for Northampton Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID), said the...

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This bombshell is sure to shock you— Molly-Mae Hague has taken to Instagram to reveal that she and Tommy Fury have officially called off their engagement. The 25-year-old Love Island UK star opened up on her Instagram Stories, reflecting on the end of her five-year relationship with the 25-year-old professional boxer. She wrote, “Never in a million years did I think I’d ever have to write this. After five years of being together, I never imagined our story would end, especially not this way…I am extremely upset to announce that Tommy and I have ended our relationship.”

‘Love Island UK’ Stars Molly Mae and Tommy Fury Call Off Engagement

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An inquest will be opened into the death of former England cricketer Graham Thorpe after his wife revealed that he took his own life.Tributes flooded in for one of the nation’s best Test players after the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on August 5 that he had died at the age of 55.The inquest into the former batter’s death is due to be opened at Surrey Coroner’s Court in Woking on Tuesday, with the coroner having received a referral from British Transport Police.The force said: “Officers were called to Esher railway station at 8.26am on 4 August to reports...

Inquest to be opened into death of Graham Thorpe after he took his own life

 Failures by the NHS trust responsible for treating Nottingham knife killer Valdo Calocane have been laid bare by the health watchdog – but The Independent can also reveal the hospital was repeatedly warned about poor care and experienced a steep rise in patient deaths over the last decade.An investigation into mental health services in Nottinghamshire found that deaths of vulnerable patients in the years leading up to Calocane’s release from their care more than doubled from 1,694 in 2014-15 to 4,149 in 2021-22.Calocane, a paranoid schizophrenic,  stabbed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar as they returned from...

Revealed: failures at NHS hospital that left Nottingham triple killer free

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Talking Points: Sunderland's second string are sent packing by Preston

When was the last time an entire Sunderland starting XI was changed from one match to the next? We have definitely made sweeping changes in competitions...

Talking Points: Sunderland's second string are sent packing by Preston

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