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Michael Dunlop has increased his record number of wins at the Isle of Man TT to 36 by taking victories in Supersport race two and Sportbike race one on Friday.Dunlop continued his dominance of the Supersport class at the renowned internartional road race by taking his second victory of the week in that category and followed that up with a record-breaking success in the Sportbike two-lapper.The Northern Ireland rider’s double in the Supersports means he has won 17 Supersport TT races, and remarkably the past 10 in succession.That unbeaten run stretches from 2022 to the present day.Race two in the…

Andrew Malkinson said he is “insulted” over Paul Quinn’s rape sentence after he was convicted of a historical rape today in which the now-freed man was wrongly locked up for. In a statement, Mr Malkinson who was wrongly convicted of the rape in 2004 said: “I am insulted that this violent, depraved individual – who was content to let me suffer two decades of vilification and more than 17 years wrongly imprisoned for his crime – has received a softer sentence than was imposed on me, an innocent man.” Quinn, 52 has been jailed for 24 years today after being…

Lady Pamela Hicks, one of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s childhood friends, has died aged 97.Lady Pamela was the late Queen’s lady-in-waiting and was the cousin of Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh.She was the youngest of the King’s great-uncle Earl Mountbatten of Burma.Her daughter, India Hicks, took to social media to confirm the news: “My mother died peacefully today.”Whilst there is no tragedy in the death of a 97-year-old who has lived a full life I know grief will be unavoidable, lurking around waiting for me, but today I am simply grateful that she was my mother. And…

State pensioners face an “unexpected tax bill in the years ahead, as analysts warn HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) view their payments as “simply income”.Nearly half of British adults remain unaware that their state pension counts as taxable income, according to recent findings from Royal London.The financial service firm’s research reveals that 41 per cent of people do not realise the state pension falls within the scope of income tax.With living costs remaining a pressing concern, the timing could hardly be worse. The root cause of this predicament is a phenomenon known as fiscal drag.State pensioners are being prepped for…

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Former Tottenham Hotspur executive chairman Daniel Levy has sold a 24.99% stake in the club’s parent company Enic to Eight Sports Capital.The move leaves Levy with a 4.89% stake in Enic.He stepped down in September 2025 after 24 years in the role following a restructuring triggered by the club’s ultimate owners, the Lewis Family Trust. Eight Sports Capital Ltd is a sports investment company owned by Triller, an American entertainment and technology company that is owned by Wing-Fai Ng and Richard Tsai.Eight Sports Capital’s chief executive is American tech entrepreneur Brooklyn Earick, who headed up a consortium that said it…

A family of travellers has been granted permission to stay in an illegal encampment near a historic estate until the end of the decade.The Leicestershire site erected close to the grade II-listed Victorian Blaby Hall estate is now allowed remain in place after officials expressed worry that eviction might leave the group homeless.The illegal camp, blighting the historical land east of Sycamore Street near Bouskell Park, was first installed during a Bank Holiday last August and can stay until June 2029.The family set up fences and gates as they settled into the leafy area, complete with a static caravan.A retrospective…

Military expert Simon Diggins has described Keir Starmer’s promise to deliver the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) before next month’s Nato summit.The Prime Minister said the spending blueprint was “an across-government priority” despite being delayed for over a year. Speaking in Swindon, Sir Keir stressed that his “first duty is to keep our country safe” and that defence was “the single most important thing”. However, analyst Simon Diggins was not impressed by the Prime Minister’s pledge to see the DIP released “in just a few weeks’ time”. “We’ve got defence manufacturers desperate to produce, but they’re crying out for clarity from…

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is unlikely to receive a £301,967 compensation payment linked to the surrender of his Royal Lodge lease, GB News understands, as the cost of repairing the property is expected to exceed any payout.The National Audit Office had suggested in its report that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor could be entitled to compensation following his decision to request early surrender of the Windsor estate lease, subject to final dilapidation assessments.However, sources close to the Crown Estate told GB News that while a full inspection will take place once the property is fully vacated, an initial assessment indicates that repair and dilapidation costs…