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Mark SimpsonCommunity correspondent, News NIThe report and its proposals will be debated by Presbyterian ministers and elders at a special meeting in Belfast on ThursdayThe Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) is in a “shameful” position, according to an internal report drawn up in the wake of safeguarding failings.A senior church committee has recommended a review of “governance, culture and integrity issues” as well as safeguarding.The report and its proposals will be debated by Presbyterian ministers and elders at a special meeting in Belfast on Thursday of the church’s decision-making General Assembly.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) announced last month…
Former Grimsby Town and Barrow boss Michael Jolley has stepped down as manager of non-league side Bury after just two days following a backlash against his appointment. It relates to an incident in 2009, when Jolley pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old girl.He was sentenced to a year’s probation and placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for 12 months.Jolley has always maintained the girl did not disclose her true age to him, telling him she was 19. In a statement on X on Sunday, he said subsequent investigations established he was “deceived, and at no time did I…
Jonny Humphries,North WestandPhil McCann,North WestJames Vernon picked himself up of the ground and rushed to the aid of the injured A paramedic “sent flying” by a two tonne car as it ploughed into a dense crowd at Liverpool’s Premier League victory parade has described how the “adrenaline took over”.James Vernon did not even hear the Ford Galaxy Titanium, driven by 54-year-old Paul Doyle, coming before he was struck from behind on 26 May.Mr Vernon, deployed as a cycle paramedic with the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) during the parade, was on his way to help a patient having a heart…
The home changing room at Rodney Parade has not been a happy place very often this year.Relegation-threatened Newport County are yet to win on home soil in 2025-26, although they did win a penalty shootout against Gillingham in the FA Cup.The Exiles lost 2-0 at home to Fleetwood on Saturday and they have claimed just two points from a possible 30 at Rodney Parade, putting their Football League status in serious jeopardy.Dragons blew chances for victory in draws with both Sharks and Ospreys in the first block of the URC.The only success before the Lyon fixture was for Newport RFC…
An attack targeting a Jewish community event at Australia’s Bondi Beach dominates the front pages of Monday’s papers. The Daily Mail centres its coverage on the “incredible courage” of a 43-year-old shopkeeper who wrestled a gun off one the attackers in an effort to save lives. The paper says Ahmed al Ahmed was shot after he tackled one of the gunmen from behind and is still in hospital.The Metro fills their front page with photos from a widely-circulated video of Mr Ahmed disarming one of the gunmen. The paper quotes New South Wales premier Chris Minns, who praised the father…
Charlie Smyth kicked a 47-yard field goal with six seconds left on the clock to give the New Orleans Saints a 20-17 win over division rivals the Carolina Panthers.The former Gaelic footballer from Mayobridge in County Down was making his third career start at the Superdome and also kicked a 42-yarder as well two extra points in the win. The Saints had trailed 17-7 in the third quarter but Smyth’s first field goal of the game brought them back within a score.Chris Olave’s touchdown grab then gave Smyth the opportunity to tie the game with the 24-year-old duly adding the…
The Met Office data analysed by the suggests there have been fewer widespread white Christmases in past two decades.While we cannot use what happens on one day of the year to assess whether the decline is due explicitly to climate change, scientists suggest a white Christmas will become less likely in the future.According to the Met Office, the UK has already warmed by 1C since about the 1950s and we have seen less frost and snow as a result.In the 1990s and early-2000s there were five years with a widespread white Christmas where more than 100 weather stations reporting falling…
Amorim has pointed to the standards of some younger players he had to use last season as evidence he was working with tools that were simply not capable of doing the job he needed.Arguably, that is still the case.United have deliberately chosen not to release details of whether Noussair Mazraoui, Bryan Mbeumo and Amad Diallo will be available for the Bournemouth game amid uncertainty over their release for Africa Cup of Nations duty.However, with Matthijs de Ligt and Harry Maguire currently sidelined through injury, it seems likely 20-year-old Leny Yoro and 19-year-old Ayden Heaven will be part of his three-man…
The new chief of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, will warn of “the acute threat posed by Russia” when she makes her first public speech later. She will highlight so-called hybrid warfare, which includes incidents such as cyber attacks and drones suspected of being launched near critical infrastructure by Russian proxies.Ms Metreweli will describe this as “an acute threat posed by an aggressive, expansionist and revisionist Russia”.Referring to the war in Ukraine, she will insist that Britain will be keeping up the pressure on President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine’s behalf.Ms Metreweli, who took over as head of the Secret Intelligence Service in…
Match of the Day pundits Theo Walcott and Joe Hart look at how Manchester City’s backline were able to hold off Crystal Palace before Erling Haaland and Phil Foden went on to win the game at Selhurst Park.WATCH MORE: Crystal Palace 0-3 Manchester CityAvailable to UK users only.