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Britain could have a new heavyweight world champion on Saturday when Moses Itauma faces Croatian Filip Hrgovic at London’s O2 Arena for the vacant IBF title.The 21-year-old Briton has won all 14 of his professional fights, 12 by stoppage, and has established himself as one of the division’s most exciting young prospects.A victory would make the Chatham fighter the youngest heavyweight world champion since Mike Tyson in 1986.But Hrgovic is a major step up. The experienced 34-year-old – a 2016 Olympic bronze medallist – has a record of 20 wins and one defeat, with 15 victories inside the distance.You can…

Tap the questions below How many people cross the English Channel in small boats? Between 1 January and 27 August 2026, a total of 16,391 people crossed the English Channel by small boat from France. This was down by 43% on the same period the previous year. These crossings have become the most common way for people to be detected entering the UK illegally since 2020. Nearly all those who arrive by small boat claim asylum. Under international law, this means they are allowed to stay in the country while their asylum application is considered. Small boat arrivals made up…

Above a Methodist church at the end of a row of terraced housing, north of Rochdale town centre, Craig Kirby’s phone is buzzing as he opens the door to his gym. The 50-year-old’s latest TikTok video has just crept over 85,000 views.It shows a personal highlights reel from one of his amateur football matches, filmed from the touchline by wife Lindsay, with a caption explaining how Kirby finds space and time on the bobbly park pitch. “Fitness and movement off the ball are 90% of the game,” the text adds.Kirby smiles at the video going viral. It has racked up…

Members of the public are being invited to have their say about plans to build nearly 35,000 new homes in Salford over the next 17 years – while also protecting the city’s greenery.Extending the council’s home-building plans by four years, a new document has sets out where new homes, jobs and infrastructure could be built until 2043.Deputy mayor and planning boss Mike McCusker said: “We will have a brand new development plan, which will give us a good pipeline of new homes as well as protection from developers, who could successfully appeal against planning applications which the council has rejected.”At…

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Kieran Robson, 35, Uzma Bashir, 56, Ricky Southall, 34, Autumn Taylor Ward, 22, Rebecca Sian Davies, 29, John Moxley, 58, and Dylan Chiaramello, 24, were all charged with criminal damage following the protest. It is alleged the group dug up turf and sprayed weedkiller on the course, caused flooding by damaging a sprinkler system, and damaged a light.Prosecutors also allege that slogans including “Free Gaza”, “Free Palestine” and “Gaza is not for sale” were daubed on the course and buildings, along with offensive messages directed at Trump.The seven were due to appear at the High Court in Glasgow next Monday,…

Andy Murray has long been a guiding figure for British tennis, but newly-married Katie Boulter will not be following his lead when it comes to keeping her wedding ring safe.Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray, who married wife Kim in 2015, famously briefly lost his wedding band after playing with it tied to his shoe laces.Murray had left his trainers – with the ring still attached – under a car to dry out after a practice session in California in 2021, and after discovering they were missing the next day, was eventually reunited with both after putting out an appeal for…

Sarah Ferguson is heading back to the UK after leaving the country when new details emerged about the links to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, according to the Sun. Coming in the wake of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s return to the country, Ferguson is renting a £10,000-a-week house in the Home Counties, the paper says.