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Nigel Farage has told the he discussed the “potential liabilities” of returning to politics before the 2024 general election.It comes after The Sunday Times, external reported Farage had negotiated a deal in March and April 2024 with then-Reform leader Richard Tice to return to lead the party.Farage confirmed he spoke with Tice in spring 2024 to scope out what would happen to Reform’s finances if he returned but said it “wasn’t a deal, it wasn’t an agreement”, adding that talks came “quite some time after” he received a £5m gift from a billionaire donor.Labour said Farage’s remarks had “blown a…

Australian middle-distance runner Natasha Ward has died at the age of 21, leaving the athletics community in mourning.Her death was confirmed on Thursday through a joint statement issued by NSW Athletics and the Sydney-based Sutherland District Athletics Club. No cause of death has been made public.”It is with deep sadness that we inform the NSW and Australian athletics community of the passing of beloved athlete Natasha Ward,” the organisations said in their statement.Ward was described as “a celebrated middle-distance runner” whose talent and personality had made a lasting impression on the sport in Australia.Australian middle-distance runner Natasha Ward has died…

Police chiefs have written to the Home Office to warn that its plan to house asylum seekers at an RAF base in Suffolk poses “significant operational implications”. The letter was sent after Labour announced plans to use three Ministry of Defence sites, including RAF Barnham in Suffolk, to house up to 3,750 migrants.Norfolk and Suffolk forces both penned a joint three-page letter to Policing Minister Sarah Jones to warn that current Government proposals pose a “critical risk” to policing capabilities.RAF Barnham has been leased by police for a number of years to provide officers with “specialist” public order training that…

Richard Tice has said he is “absolutely raging angry” over an “establishment set-up” investigation.The Reform UK deputy leader and business spokesman was speaking to GB News after the parliamentary standards watchdog announced it was investigating an alleged failure to declare an interest in Israel while speaking at a debate in Westminster Hall.Daniel Greenberg, the Standards Commissioner, confirmed inquiries were opened on July 28 and were published on the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner website today.Reform has said Mr Tice did not mention in his June 22 speech that he had visited Israel last September, which was paid for by a pro-Israel lobby…

Prince Harry has an unlikely doppelgänger, according to the young son of Coronation Street actor Mikey North. The actor, 39, who plays Gary Windass on the ITV soap, revealed that his son Archie spent the first few years of his life convinced his red-haired father was the Duke of Sussex.”My son thought that I was Prince Harry for the first few years of his life,” Mr North said.”Whenever Prince Harry came on the TV, he used to say ‘Daddy!’ Thank goodness he’s out of that phase now.”Prince Harry has an unlikely doppelgänger, according to the young son of Coronation Street…

A single 75-minute session of brisk interval walking performed just once a week can trim belly fat and boost cardiovascular fitness as effectively as spreading the same exercise across three separate days, according to new research from the University of Hong Kong. The study, published yesterday in Nature Communications, involved 315 adults living with central obesity and ran over a four-month intervention period.Researchers at HKUMed’s School of Public Health discovered that participants who consolidated their weekly interval training into one session achieved reductions in body fat percentage, total fat mass, and waist circumference that matched those seen in a group…

Ben Taylor, editor of The Sunday Times, said: “Rod Liddle had a wonderful way with words and used his unique talent to speak for the readers, highlighting the cant and absurdity that bedevils modern life. He was also supremely entertaining and for years his column was the first that many turned to every Sunday. We will miss him desperately.”Victoria Newton, editor-in-chief of The Sun, said: “Rod was a brilliant, fearless columnist who was much loved by all at The Sun.”A champion of press freedom, no topic was off-limits, and his writing – as funny as it was excoriating – was…

United States international Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all forms of cricket for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing. An International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Reddy breached three counts of the sport’s anti-corruption code during the Abu Dhabi T10 League in the United Arab Emirates last year.The 26-year-old was part of the Aspin Stallions side that also featured former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and England’s Sam Billings and which reached the Abu Dhabi T10 final in 2025.The spinner made his USA debut against Cayman Islands in April 2025 and has played four T20s for…

Swindon have signed Wigan forward Joseph Hungbo on a season-long loan.Hungbo, 26, began his career at Crystal Palace before moving to Watford in 2019, making 17 appearances for the Hornets.Following loan spells at Aldershot, Ross County and Huddersfield, he joined German second division side FC Nuremberg in 2023 and Wigan two years later.Ian Holloway’s side begin their League Two season away to Northampton on 15 August.