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Vicky Pattison has emotionally admitted feeling “overwhelmed” and “struggling” with the rigours of Strictly Come Dancing ahead of her debut in the ballroom this weekend.The 37-year-old, whose partner will be confirmed in Saturday’s launch show, has made no secret of how daunting she has found the experience, but speaking to GB News at the show’s press day, Ms Pattison went further. “We’ve had a couple of days and I think I can speak for everyone when I say it’s a baptism of fire,” Pattison told GB News during the roundtable interviews.She went further: “We got the video back last night…

Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterGetty ImagesThe UK military is focused on defending the nation rather than stopping asylum seekers from crossing the Channel, a cabinet minister has said.US President Donald Trump suggested that military intervention could be used to deal with illegal migration to the UK during his state visit this week.But Trade Secretary Peter Kyle has rejected that call, telling Breakfast the UK Border Force has specific responsibility for policing UK borders.About 1,000 migrants are believed to have crossed the the Channel earlier on Friday, as two more deportations under the government’s “one in, one out” deal with France took place.Six…

Leigh Leopards: Hodgson; Towse, Niu, Hanley, Charnley; O’Brien, Lam; Ofahengaue, McNamara, Mulhern, Halton, Trout, Liu.Interchanges: Pene, Hughes, Davis, Tuitavake.Huddersfield Giants: Flanagan; Jake Bibby, Milne, Gagai, Jagger; Russell, Rush; Burgess, Woolford, Powell, Rushton, Greenwood, Cudjoe.Interchanges: Golding, King, Rogers, English.Referee: Marcus Griffiths.

Salford Red Devils: Walker; Connell, Marsters, Gorman, Darbyshire; Mellor, Milnes; Sangare, Davis, Lewis, Chan, Ruan, Wilson.Interchanges: Macdonald, Murphy, Warren, Shaw.Wakefield Trinity: Jowitt; Myers, Scott, Pratt, Johnstone; Trueman, Lino; McMeeken, Hood, Faatili, Nikotemo, Storton, Pitts.Interchanges: Rodwell, Griffin, Atoni, Smith.Referee: Jack Smith.

A GB News audience member launched a scathing attack on London’s mayor, referring to him as “nasty” whilst questioning whether Donald Trump would ever mend fences with Sir Sadiq Khan.The viewer posed their question to the programme’s panel, asking: “I just wondered if any of the panel actually believe that Donald Trump will reconcile his differences with that nasty man whose name is Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London.”The animosity between Mr Trump and Sir Sadiq reached new heights during the President’s recent state visit to Britain, when Mr Trump revealed he had personally barred the mayor from attending the…

The contractor was confronted by an angry group of locals in StenhousemuirA council contractor has been verbally abused and says his cherry-picker was damaged as he tried to remove Saltire flags from lampposts in Stenhousemuir.The man, who does not want to be named, said he had removed six or seven flags from lampposts in the cul-de-sac when he was confronted by a group of people.He said that he was sent an email warning him to “stay out our village” following the incident on Friday morning. Falkirk Council said it was aware of the incident and had contacted Police Scotland. In…

Wigan Warriors: Field, Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall, French, Smith, Byrne, O’Neill, Thompson, Walters, Farrell, Ellis.Interchanges: Havard, Nsemba, Mago, Leeming.Leeds Rhinos: Hankinson, Lumb, Newman, Watkins, Simpson, Croft, Sinfield, Oledzki, O’Connor, Jenkins, Gannon, McDonnell, Palasia.Interchanges: Shorrocks, Bentley, Lisone, Holroyd.Referee: Chris Kendall.

A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon while it was in the air. Police were alerted to reports of the fall on Friday morning.The man, who is yet to be formally identified, is understood to have fallen near Newpound Common, Wisborough Green.Sussex Police confirmed a body had been located in a field on Friday afternoon following a search of the area.The force went on to say the victim had been among a group of people travelling on the balloon from Billinghurst to Dunsfold.The death is not being treated as suspicious. “Following an extensive search the body…

Expletive-ridden text messages allegedly sent by a former boss at the Welsh-broadcaster S4C have been published in court documents.The series of documents has been filed as part of a High Court claim by the former chief content officer Llinos Griffin-Williams against her former employer and its former chair.Ms Griffin-Williams was sacked in 2023 after it was claimed she had allegedly been drunk and verbally abused former rugby player Mike Phillips while attending the Rugby World Cup in Nantes in a work capacity.Both S4C and former chair Rhodri Williams are disputing her claims, saying that she was dismissed for gross misconduct,…

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murdering a boy of the same age who was stabbed in Manchester. Mohanad Abdullai Goobe was attacked in the Moss Side area at 16:30 BST on Monday and died in hospital that evening. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said it had referred itself to watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) because it had responded to a “potentially linked” disturbance around half an hour before the stabbing. Earlier this week Mohanad’s family described him as “the baby of the family” and said he was “quick to laugh” and “easy to love”.The force had…