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Steffan MessengerWales environment correspondentDairy farmer Gethin Hughes said he’d decided to sign up to the schemeWales’ controversial post-Brexit subsidy scheme for farmers has come in, almost a decade after the vote to leave the EU.It will provide payments with a greener focus and see farms agree to a checklist of requirements including managing habitats and soil health.Rural affairs secretary Huw Irranca-Davies called it “a landmark moment for Wales” and said an early test would be how many farmers sign up.Farming union NFU Cymru warned the protest-hit scheme still needed work, but after an “enormous rollercoaster” ride it was now “acceptable…
As the full-time whistle went at Anfield, a goalless draw against Leeds United prompted some boos from sections of the home support.It was the first time Liverpool had drawn 0-0 under Arne Slot, and the first result of that scoreline in 117 matches in all competitions, since December 2023 against Manchester United.Liverpool had not lost and Slot’s side had extended their unbeaten run to eight games. But after a largely dull display, it showed a fanbase sharing their frustrations.Far too often this season, Liverpool have been a tough football team to watch.It is not an overstatement to say that the…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves stands accused of “hammering” working people through stealth taxation while simultaneously boosting incomes for pensioners and benefit claimants, according to fresh analysis from the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS).The centre-right think tank examined the impact of extending the freeze on income tax and National Insurance thresholds through to 2031, a policy that pulls earners into higher tax brackets as their wages rise over time. Using Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) projections for inflation and wage growth, the CPS concluded that employees will find themselves financially worse off by the end of the decade compared to those receiving…
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Three people have been seriously injured in a street attack in Greater Manchester.Police said officers were called at around 01:30 GMT to reports of an assault on Manchester Old Road in Middleton, Rochdale.A man in his 20s, another in his 60s, and a woman in her 30s were taken to hospital for treatment.A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of Section 18 assault.
Liverpool are set to spend £43m on defender Joel Ordonez, Roma want Mohamed Salah back, while Manchester United eye Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jeremy Jacquet.Liverpool are set to sign Club Brugge’s Ecuador defender Joel Ordonez, 21, in January for a fee of up to £43m. (Mirror), externalRoma are keen to re-sign Liverpool’s 33-year-old Egypt winger Mohamed Salah but are unlikely to make a move until the summer. (La Repubblica – in Italian, subscription), externalManchester United are interested in Crystal Palace’s 28-year-old France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta and Rennes’ 20-year-old French defender Jeremy Jacquet. (Sky Sports), externalManchester United are planning to sell Portugal…
An Islamist who murdered two people and held a prison officer hostage has been handed nearly £250,000 of taxpayer-funded compensation and legal costs.Fuad Awale is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in what a judge described as a planned “execution” in Milton Keynes’ Fishermead Estate in May 2011. He then went on to ambush a prison officer and threatened to kill him unless Britain released hate preacher Abu Qatada. After being moved to a special separation unit, he claimed this segregation had breached his right to a private life under Article 8 of the European…
Ellie GoldsteinVito Coppola and Ellie Goldstein say they will be friends for life after being paired up on Strictly Come DancingEllie Goldstein’s mother was told she would never walk or talk. Now she has danced on Strictly Come Dancing and graced the cover of Vogue. What is next for the 24-year-old? “The phone rang, it was my agent, and she told me I was going to be on Strictly. I just started screaming.”Ellie is beaming as she talks from her home in Essex about the phone call she had dreamed about for years.But it was not a surprise to her…
Ulster are unbeaten at home this season and have scored the most tries in the URC.Kok has had an impressive season himself, registering 30 points so far and having scored tries against Connacht and Leinster in Ulster’s past two matches. “I think the secret is the boys inside actually giving it to the wings and I just run it in,” he continued.”It is not just me, you see Zac [Ward] and Rob [Baloucoune] when they come in, they score the tries.”That is our job at the end of the day, the boys do all the work on the inside and…
The Bluebird K7 hydroplane partially destroyed during Donald Campbell’s fatal world record attempt is set to make a return to the water. Mr Campbell had become the first person to reach speeds of more than 300mph on water at Coniston Water on January 4, 1967.However, on its return run, the vessel started to tip upwards before somersaulting 50 feet into the air, plunging downwards into the water, killing the 45-year-old instantly.Royal Navy divers were unable to find his remains and his family requested the crash site be respected as a grave, before his body and the wreckage of the hydroplane…