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Police are patrolling riverside paths in Wales’ capital, after attacks by youths in balaclavas, including an attempted assault on plain-clothed officers. Pedestrians and cyclists have been targeted on the Taff Trail in Hailey Park, Gabalfa, and Llandaff.Concerned parents said their children have been attacked while riding bikes on the trail since June. South Wales Police has increased patrols on its section of the Taff Trail that runs for 55 miles (88.5km) from Brecon in Powys to Cardiff. While the force did not have statistics for crimes on the Taff Trail for June, boys aged 13 and 11 were arrested earlier…
Delicious Orie, England’s superheavyweight champion from the 2022 Commonwealth Games, was another who believed the result was unfair.”The referee has stripped the medal from Dimeji,” he told TNT Sports.And Orie went on to suggest introducing AI into boxing judging would be a way to improve the situation.The topic has been discussed increasingly in recent years with the technology being used to judge Tyson Fury’s bout with Oleksandr Usyk, external behind the scenes in 2024.Under president and former unified world champion Gennadiy Golovkin, World Boxing, which runs amateur boxing around the world including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, has made…
The controversy has attracted a range of opinions, including within the academic community.More than 12,000 people – including Green Party leader Zack Polanski, at least five Labour MPs and some Cambridge academics – have signed a petition set up by the Good Law Project supporting Arday.Kehinde Andrews, professor of black studies at Birmingham City University, said Arday was the victim of a “smear campaign” that was “as predictable as it is baseless”, while Alan Lester, a University of Sussex geography professor who specialises in colonialism, called it a “non-story”.Simon Baron-Cohen – a cognitive neuroscientist and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge…
The Hundred men’s competition, Lord’sLondon Spirit 105 all out (92 balls): Bairstow 56 (43); Archer 4-9, Stoinis 3-17Southern Brave 111-5 (97 balls): Miller 39* (28); Willey 2-28Southern Brave won by five wicketsScorecard. TableJofra Archer took season-best figures of 4-9 as Southern Brave beat London Spirit in a low-scoring encounter at Lord’s.The England fast bowler took three wickets in his final set as Spirit were bowled out for 105 inside 92 balls.Spirit reached 44-1 after being put into bat, with opener Jonny Bairstow, who hit 56 from 43 balls, alongside James Rew, whose 11 was the home side’s joint second-highest score.A…
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of modern day slavery and money laundering offences.Dorset Police said the 20-year-old from Sussex and a 22-year-old from Buckinghamshire were arrested during an investigation into suspected exploitation, immigration and financial offences.Officers made the arrests after raiding a business premises in Gillingham, Dorset, it added. Three further men were also arrested for immigration offences, the force continued. Dorset Police said the raid followed intelligence from the community and detailed enquiries.The force added that the “day of action” had led to a number of individuals being safeguarded.
Ragged Saints, who are under the interim charge of Eamon O’Carroll for the rest of the season after Paul Rowley’s exit last week, have lost eight of their past 12 matches.The 10-time Super League winners remain in seventh place and are in real jeopardy of missing out on the play-offs for the first time.Saints had looked dead and buried when Field went in for his second try after a lovely offload from Jack Martin but the visitors were only a missed conversion from Tristan Sailor from taking the game to golden-point extra time.Even then they had time for one last…
Lisa had initially stayed in the area of Keratsini, 5.9 miles (9.5km) west of central Athens, with Greek friends.She had told them that on 15 July she would go to Kypseli, where her “American friends” or acquaintances were.Police sources said officers were looking to identify these individuals.Her mobile phone was transmitting a signal and sending some messages a few days after her death.On Wednesday, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) confirmed they were providing consular support and were in contact with the Greek authorities.First Minister John Swinney called it an “absolutely appalling case”, and said her family would be…
Elfyn Evans holds third place at Rally Finland despite rolling his Toyota on Saturday, while Sebastien Ogier was taken to hospital after crashing out of the lead.Nine-time champion Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia had a big accident on stage 17 – Saturday’s penultimate stage – after they ran wide on a fast, right-hand corner and their Toyota crashed into trees.The stage was stopped and an update from Toyota said both Ogier and Ingrassia got out of the car “unassisted”, and were taken to hospital for checks but were “conscious and generally OK”.Sami Pajari, who won his first rally at the…
A manhunt is under way after a prisoner escaped from a van taking him to a court appearance. Stephen Grzyb, 22, was being transported by contractor GEOAmey from Belle Vale custody suite to Liverpool Magistrates’ Court to face burglary charges on Saturday. As the van arrived outside the court building, at around 10:00 BST, Grzyb was able to flee and ran off down Red Cross Street towards the Strand. Merseyside Police said: “Assisting him in any way will bring police to your own door, so it is not an association worth keeping.”
The fallout from the plans means Infantino is now under immense pressure as he seeks re-election for a fourth term as president at the Fifa Congress in March.Uefa were the first major governing body to react to Infantino’s decision to drop the investment plans, saying the Swiss had failed to deliver on his promises. “The current Fifa leadership has not only lost Uefa’s confidence but also that of many other members of the football family,” Uefa’s statement read.”When Gianni Infantino asked for the trust and the votes of Fifa’s member associations to elect him as their president in 2016, he…