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Williams was selected for this summer’s British and Irish Lions tour, but having impressed in a pre-tour warm-up match against Argentina, he was forced to return home after suffering a hamstring injury in the first game on Australian soil against Western Force, having scored two tries. His departure from Kingsholm will come just as his Wales team-mates Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake join the west country club from Ospreys for 2025-26.”Tomos Williams will depart Gloucester Rugby at the end of the 2025-26 season,” a statement on 16 December had said.”After impressing at Kingsholm, Williams was offered a new deal to…
His Majesty has delivered a poignant Christmas Broadcast, filled with themes of kindness, compassion and hope.It was the second time during this reign that the monarch chose to record his message outside of a Royal residence, opting for Westminster Abbey, and filmed soon after The Princess of Wales’ Together at Christmas carol service earlier this month.The building is world famous for its royal history, but it is also a place of Pilgrimage, tracing the life and legacy of Edward the Confessor – the King who re-founded Westminster Abbey in 1065.Many people around the world visit the shrine of Edward the…
Hit Christmas songs continues to deliver major financial rewards for artists decades after its release, with festive favourites generating millions of pounds each year.Music industry figures show that a single successful Christmas track can provide performers and songwriters with a dependable annual income well into the future.Mariah Carey remains the highest earner from festive music thanks to her song All I Want for Christmas Is You.The track was released in 1994 and has become one of the most-played Christmas songs worldwide.Industry estimates cited by Forbes and The Economist suggest Ms Carey earns between £1.8million and £2.24million in royalties from the…
Pat Finn, the American actor and comedian celebrated for his appearances in beloved television comedies including The Middle, Friends and Seinfeld, has died following a battle with bladder cancer. He was 60 years old.The performer passed away on Monday at his residence in Los Angeles, with loved ones by his side, according to his manager Andrea Pett-Joseph.Mr Finn earned recognition for portraying Bill Norwood across 23 episodes of The Middle between 2011 and 2018. British audiences may also recall him as Dr Roger in Friends, and as Joe Mayo in a ninth-series episode of Seinfeld.His manager described him as “the…
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentKing Charles: ‘We can find the strength to ensure that right triumphs over wrong’The King’s Christmas message has invoked the wartime spirit, calling on communities to pull together in an increasingly divided world and urging people to get “to know our neighbours”.His traditional speech, recorded in Westminster Abbey, remembered this year’s 80th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day and said we should “never lose sight” of the values in which “communities came together in the face of such great challenge”.The King, speaking in the abbey’s medieval Lady Chapel, also hailed the “spontaneous bravery” of those who helped…
Robertson had played for Scotland at schoolboy and youth level before joining Forest as a teenager in 1970. He had failed to make an impact until Clough’s appointment, but the great manager saw something he could nurture.In his autobiography Clough wrote: “Rarely could there have been a more unlikely looking professional athlete… scruffy, unfit, uninterested waste of time… but something told me he was worth persevering with and he became one of the finest deliverers of a football I have ever seen.”He also wrote: “If one day, I felt a bit off colour, I would sit next to him. I…
Prince Louis was seen swiftly grabbing a chocolate gift from Prince William after a member of the public told the Prince of Wales the present was “for Louis” during the Royal Family’s Christmas Day walk at Sandringham.Footage and photographs taken outside St Mary Magdalene Church on the Sandringham estate show Prince William briefly holding a red-wrapped chocolate Lindt Lindor maxi ball as the family greeted crowds following the traditional Christmas morning service. As the Prince of Wales held the item, a royal fan could be heard indicating that the present was intended specifically for his youngest son.The moment prompted an…
Thousands of North Sea oil jobs have been saved in a win for the UK economy after a major firm nearly fell into administration earlier this year.Texas-based energy firm CB&I revealed on Christmas Eve that it has struck a deal to purchase Petrofac’s asset solutions division, safeguarding thousands of North Sea positions.The acquisition will see approximately 3,000 employees transferred to the American company’s workforce once the transaction concludes.It is understood that the deal’s completion is anticipated during the opening quarter of 2026.Thousands of North Sea oil jobs have been saved | PAThe announcement brings welcome news for workers in the…
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Family photoTheir reunion was described as natural and joyfulIt was a 10,000-mile, 23-hour journey for a meeting that was more than 60 years in the making, but Russell Gower has finally met his older sibling for the first time in-person.Earlier this month, Russell, 64, travelled from his home in south Wales to Brisbane, Australia, to meet with his 69-year-old brother Peter.But, far from being awkward, he described the moment as feeling totally “natural”, adding that “there was nothing else other than joy”.The long lost pair’s reunion will now be officially marked by a big family party in Brisbane on Christmas…