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Rory McIlroy required an 18th hole birdie in the second round to make the cut for the weekend at the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne.The Masters champion, who won this tournament in 2013, carded a second round three-under 68 to finish inside the cut line and move to two-under after two rounds.After an up and down first round, the Northern Irish golfer recovered in the second and made three birdies in the last four holes to move seven shots behind joint leaders Daniel Rodrigues and Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, who are on nine-under.McIlroy, who is featuring at the Australian Open for the…

Nearly a quarter of a million migrants from nations designated by the Trump administration as “countries of concern” have entered Britain since 2021, GB News can reveal.US President Donald Trump signalled a dramatic tightening of America’s immigration system following the shooting of two members of the National Guard last week.In a statement President Trump confirmed he will “fully restrict and limit the entry of nationals” from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, and Haiti. All migrants who have obtained green cards, a type of American visa, from 19 “countries of concern” will…

Hayley HassallNorth West InvestigationsJeremy GavinsSurvivor Jeremy Gavins in 1972, around the time he was having Electric Shock Aversion TherapyMore than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks, designed to change their sexual preferences and gender identity, in NHS hospitals between 1965 and 1973, the has discovered.Three Electric Shock Aversion Therapy (ESAT) survivors have told of physical and lasting psychological pain they experienced as teens at the time. One, Jeremy Gavins, 72, said shocks were so severe he lost consciousness and woke up in hospital three days later.As a result of the investigation, the understands the government will now investigate…

The Eurovision Song Contest has been plunged into turmoil after four nations announced they would refuse to participate in next year’s competition following a decision by the European Broadcasting Union to permit Israel’s entry.Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia all confirmed their withdrawal from the 2026 event on Thursday, after EBU members gathered in Geneva voted against holding a ballot on excluding Israel over the conflict in Gaza.The crisis threatens to overshadow what should be a landmark year for the competition, with Vienna set to host the 70th anniversary edition following Austrian singer JJ’s victory in Basel this May.Around 50…

The government says 60 takeaway-delivery riders found to be working illegally in the UK are facing deportation.The Home Office says the group are among 171 riders arrested over seven days in November in a national “enforcement blitz” in villages, towns and cities across the country.It comes as Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been targeting people working unlawfully in the “gig economy”. Border Security Minister Alex Norris has also met representatives from food-delivery firms to encourage them to do more to tackle the issue – such as using facial recognition checks to prevent riders sharing their identities with people who do…

Aaron Ramsdale, Newcastle, keeper, £4.8m – Burnley (h)It looks like Nick Pope is going to miss the next five games for Newcastle so that means you can get a cut-price way into one of the better Premier League defences in the shape of Ramsdale.Newcastle host Burnley before Sunderland (a), Chelsea (h), Manchester United (a), Burnley (a).That’s not a bad run if you want to spread your finances elsewhere.Burnley have won once on the road.Ruben Dias, Manchester City, £5.6m – Sunderland (h)Bit of a boring pick but the fear of City’s full-backs rotating this week puts me off Nico O’Reilly. Dias…

Zia Yusuf has doubled down on Reform policy to deport all illegal migrants during his appearance on Question Time, as an illegal migrant in the audience told Reform’s Head of Policy that he is “fleeing war”.As host Fiona Bruce asked Mr Yusuf if he would deport people like the man in the audience, Mr Yusuf stated: “If you are in this country illegally, let me be crystal clear. “If Nigel Farage is our next Prime Minister, and that’s obviously what we’re working to deliver, if you’re in this country illegally, you will be deported back to the country from which…

Meghan Markle’s father, Thomas, has had his leg amputated below the knee after receiving a life-saving operation.He underwent the three-hour surgery on Wednesday evening after a blood clot cut off circulation, turning his lower leg black.His son, Thomas Jr, confirmed his father had the operation last night, saying: “My dad is being very brave. His foot turned blue and then black. It happened very quickly. “I took him to a local hospital and they did some scans and an ultrasound and said the leg had to be amputated.”There was no option. I was told the leg had to be removed…

Reforms from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will pull around 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030 in what will be the largest reduction in a single parliamentary term, the Labour Government claims.Ministers have unveiled the Child Poverty Strategy, which includes scrapping the two-child benefit cap on Universal Credit payments which was introduced by the Conservatives in 2017.The strategy addresses poverty’s root causes through three principal approaches; reducing the cost of essential goods, increasing household incomes, and enhancing local services.Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who visited a children’s centre in Wales today alongside the Welsh First Minister, described the…

Spartacus star Nick Tarabay has revealed the gruelling lengths he went to in order to return as anti-hero Ashur in Starz’s upcoming sequel series Spartacus: House of Ashur, explaining that with gladiator training, there is “no way around hard work”.Speaking exclusively to GB News, the actor said stepping back into one of television’s most divisive roles demanded a whole new level of athletic dedication. “Spartacus is extremely demanding,” he explained. “There’s a fat boy in me who loves chocolate and sweets, I love that kind of stuff. So I had to cut all of it out.”To prepare for the brutal…