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Former world champion Barry Jones picked out the final 20 seconds, when Taylor produced the kind of rapid combinations which defined so many of her biggest fights.”That’s what you really remember about her,” he said on the Dazn broadcast.”Those rallies of big punches, combinations and that’s how she finished her last fight.”American Mikaela Mayer – who was also ringside – was struck by the final image of Taylor placing her gloves in the centre of the ring.”I was sitting there watching her put her gloves in the centre of the ring and it’s like a story,” she said.Taylor had long…

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The Welsh actor and comedian’s debut children’s book – The Cat in The Cupboard – will be published on 10 September. Aimed at children aged between five and seven, the tale was inspired by the stories he invented for his children about their own ginger cat.Brydon said he had long made up stories and songs “for my own enjoyment” and was excited to share this with others.The story, which is told entirely in rhyme, follows Crumble the cat on his daring garden adventures.He explained the idea came when they had to move their cat flap and “it went to the…

Katie Taylor’s career was soaked in blood, tears and triumph.The Irishwoman has stepped away from the sport aged 40 after 27 fights and 26 wins after a memorable night at Dublin’s Croke Park.Making her amateur debut in 2001, Taylor won every medal and title she could have and more importantly had a lasting effect on women’s boxing and women as athletes.BBC Sport takes a look back on some of the best pictures from her iconic career.

A centralised crackdown on illegal number plates will target organised crime groups and drivers who dodge fines by bringing together data and information from police forces across England, the government has said.The newly-created National Roads Policing Coordination Centre (NRPCC) will see improved collaboration across forces as well as new technology, such as specialist goggles that can detect number plates that have been made unreadable to cameras.Illegal number plates are often used by organised crime groups to move stolen goods and to evade speeding, parking and clean air zone penalties, the Department for Transport (DfT) said.Drivers with incorrectly displayed or missing…

Luke Humphries and Luke Littler came through their second round matches to progress at the Czech Open on the European Tour.Humphries ended the challenge of Beau Greaves, who had become the first woman to win a match on the European Tour with her first round win over Daryl Gurney.The world number two averaged nearly 109 as he beat the three-time women’s World Matchplay champion 6-2 in Prague.”She’s an amazing player, she pushed me all the way, it was a couple of bits towards the end of the match that got me through in the end,” said Humphries, who will play…

“Adlington Park is obviously a much better option than what we were facing before when Adlington was put forward for as a potential new town location,” Hawcutt said.”It is much, much smaller and on a totally different scale but it does still put forward a large-scale development of a size that would still dwarf the current Adlington village.”She said villagers should not just “automatically reject any new development” because “the area does need housing”. “My main concern is that a lot of the arguments do still stand,” she said. “It is green belt.” It is valuable farming land. “And as…

Taylor has been unequivocal that Croke Park would be the end and she walks away having beaten every opponent she faced as a professional.Her only defeat came against Chantelle Cameron in Dublin in 2023. Six months later, Taylor returned to the 3Arena and avenged it to become undisputed champion in a second weight division.After the final bell, she paid tribute to her family and somehow held the tears back as she spoke to the crowd.”There’s nothing like an Irish mammy,” she said, smiling as she thanked those closest to her.For a fighter who has never hidden her dislike of media…

The Rhinos have been top since May in pursuit of their first silverware since 2020 – a long wait for one of rugby league’s powerhouses – while they have not finished top of Super League since 2015.But the Warriors have been in their rearview mirror as they have been imperious through the summer, on the back of a winning streak which started more than three months ago with a dismantling of Hull KR in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley.After a shaky spring, Wigan have been back to their best as they chase a treble, to go with the quadruple…

The Prince of Wales will attend the funeral of King Harald V of Norway on Wednesday in Oslo, Buckingham Palace has announced.Also going to the funeral, in a personal capacity, is Princess Anne, who is godmother to Norway’s new monarch, King Haakon VIII.The late King Harald, a popular, modernising figure who had been on the Norwegian throne for 35 years, died last month at the age of 89.Royal sources say Prince William’s attendance, representing his father King Charles, follows the convention that the monarch does not usually go to the funeral of another head of state.Large crowds are expected for…