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  • Sam’s the man once again as Wrexham start USA tour with win over Leeds

    Sam’s the man once again as Wrexham start USA tour with win over Leeds


    Seven days after grabbing the only goal in a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in Helsinki, striker Smith came up with the decisive effort as the Reds got the better of Leeds United 3-2 in Tampa.

    This was the first game in a three-match USA pre-season tour for Phil Parkinson’s side and fans were certainly entertained at the Raymond James Stadium.

    Dom Hyam, back in the States after being a part of Scotland’s World Cup squad, led the team out as captain, joined in the backline by Zak Vyner and Lewis Brunt.

    Arthur Okonkwo was given the nod in goal, with Aaron James and George Thomason taking up the wing back berths.

    Things could not have started in better fashion for Wrexham, who were ahead after just 32 seconds.

    Thomason who charged forward and fed Kieffer Moore on the left and his strike picked out the corner of the net.

    Leeds had a great chance to level when they were awarded a penalty after Okonkwo fouled Welsh international Daniel James in the box.

    However, Joel Piroe’s penalty hit the post.

    Nathan Broadhead was so close to stretching the Reds’ lead after a quarter-of-an-hour. His 25-yard free kick hit the crossbar and Moore headed over from the rebound.

    Leeds managed to level things up in the 29th minute as Sean Langstaff pulled the ball back and Piroe’s backheel found the target.

    Willy Gnonto had two glimpses of goal for United as the first half ticked down, being denied by Hyam and Okonkwo, before Wrexham moved back in front.

    Bailey Cadamarteri burst through a tackle and coolly rounded Alex Cairns to slot home his first Wrexham goal.

    There was still time for United to tie things up prior to the interval.

    In stoppage time, Aaron James blocked Callum Mills’ shot, but Longstaff scored from the rebound.

    There were three Wrexham changes at the interval, with Max Cleworth, Ryan Longman and Libby Cacace replaced Vyner, Aaron James and Thomason.

    Wrexham-born Welsh international Harry Wilson came on for his Leeds debut, one of six changes made by United.

    Wilson soon set up Gnonto for an effort, which was saved by Okonkwo.

    Wrexham went on to make their other changes on the hour-mark. Okonkwo was replaced by Callum Burton.

    Dan Scarr and Callum Doyle came into the backline, while Ollie Rathbone and Harry Ashfield were added to the centre of midfield came on in central midfield.

    Ryan Barnett moved into an attacking midfield role and Davis Keillor-Dunn played in behind Sam Smith.

    Doyle blazed his shot over after charging forward with 20 minutes left, before Smith sealed the victory in the 85th minute.

    Keillor-Dunn’s pass supplied the opportunity, with Smith jinking right and left before coolly putting his left-footed effort in.

    Wrexham: Okonkwo (Burton), Vyner (Cleworth), Hyam (Scarr), Brunt (Doyle), A James (Longman), M James (Rathbone), O’Brien (Ashfield), Thomason (Cacace), Cadamarteri (Barnett), Broadhead (Keillor-Dunn), K Moore (Smith). Subs not used: A Moore, Ward.

    Leeds: Cairns (Perri), Justin, Rodon, Cresswell (Tanaka), James (Chadwick), Ampadu (Crew), Longstaff (Wilson), Lienou (Stach), Gnonto (Pickles), Mills (Bogle), Piroe (Nmecha). Subs not used: Mahady, Ombang, Lane.

  • One of the biggest ever dog walks with Staffordshire Bull Terriers

    One of the biggest ever dog walks with Staffordshire Bull Terriers



    It was huge!Author: Adam SmithPublished 7 hours agoIn one of the largest gatherings of Staffordshire Bull Terriers, more than 100 dogs and their owners participated in the Big Staffy Stroll at Weston Park in Staffordshire.The walk featured a guided 2.5km tour through Weston Park’s scenic parkland, led by famous Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Sergeant Watchman VI and Sergeant Watchman VII, from the Staffordshire Regimental Association, along with their handler, Warrant Officer Greg Hedges. Organised by Staffordshire County Council and the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP), the event celebrated the trail’s success in not only showcasing the county’s attractions and businesses but also generating an estimated £180,000 for the local economy. An unexpected reunion further warmed hearts, as two Staffordshire Bull Terrier siblings, Maude and Blossom, were reunited by chance during the event. Michelle Davis, Maude’s owner, shared this touching moment: “We couldn’t believe it. They are sisters, from the same litter, same parents, all the way from Nottingham, and we don’t live anywhere near!” Additionally, the stroll raised over £200 for the Senior Staffy Club, a dog rescue charity specialising in housing older Staffordshire Bull Terriers. Hear all the latest news from across the UK on the hour, every hour, on Greatest Hits Radio on DAB, smartspeaker, at greatesthitsradio.co.uk, and on the Rayo app.

  • Inside: Behind the scenes of Liverpool’s journey to ‘Music City’ – Liverpool FC

    Inside: Behind the scenes of Liverpool’s journey to ‘Music City’ – Liverpool FC



    Published 11 hours ago By Chris Shaw in NashvilleA new episode of ‘Inside’ from Liverpool’s USA tour takes you behind the scenes of the squad’s journey to Nashville.The Reds flew out to Music City on Friday afternoon from their training base in Chicago.On Saturday, they take on Sunderland at Nashville’s GEODIS Park for a first friendly match of pre-season.Our cameras were alongside Andoni Iraola’s men as they trained in Chicago and travelled to Tennessee.Watch Inside below…Watch all of Liverpool’s pre-season matches live on All Red Video this summer – join hereYou have to accept cookies in order to view this content on our site.Manage Settings Watch on YouTube Published 11 hours ago

  • What a week’s work experience taught these Year 10s about their futures

    What a week’s work experience taught these Year 10s about their futures



    When Kelsey first arrived at secondary school, she said she wanted to be almost anywhere else but there.She struggled with friendships, clashed with teachers and often tried to avoid coming into school.But after a week’s work experience placement at Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire, her outlook could not be more different.She said it made her a “completely different person” – more confident, with a “good group of friends” and a greater sense of purpose about where her education could lead her.Children across the UK are strongly encouraged to do work experience while at school. In England, the government published new legal guidance in June for schools to deliver two weeks of “in-person and immersive” work experience in future, one between Year 7 and Year 9, and one between Years 10 and 11.But not all work experience placements are equal, and finding the right one can be tricky.Organisations like the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Foundation said some students could be limited by the availability of placements in their area, or a lack of family connections with local employers.BBC News spoke to three Year 10 pupils, one year ahead of their final GCSE exams, about how they decided what areas of work they were interested in, their experiences of trying to find the right placement, and what it taught them about their future education and ultimate career goals.

  • New beer tribute to city’s ‘rich brewing history’ – AOL

    New beer tribute to city’s ‘rich brewing history’ – AOL



    Two new beers, which aim to promote Wolverhampton’s “rich brewing history”, will be unveiled at a festival. Springbanks Brewery was formed after the closure of Bank’s Park and Springfield breweries, which “cast a huge doubt on the future of the city’s brewing culture,” the company said. The festival is hosted by Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) at the Wolverhampton Arts Centre until Saturday. Pete Atwal of Springbanks Brewery said: “Wolverhampton has a long and storied brewing history that spans more than 150 years, and honouring this tradition is playing a huge part in the industry today.””Since opening earlier this year, all of us at Springbanks Brewery have been working tirelessly on launching our first beers and we are excited to be able to finally be able to present them this week.”The brewery “pays tribute to those brewers, draymen and staff who built Wolverhampton’s liquid legacy that we wish to follow,” Atwal added.The brewery is based inside a listed building originally built in the 1870sBanks’s Brewery produced the last beer at its 150-year-old base in the city in September.It began operations in 1875, but in October 2024 Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) announced it would close as part of a company restructuring.Springbanks Brewery is the custodian of one of only two Burton Union sets, a “historic and cherished” fermentation system dating back to the 19th Century, it explained. The brewery is based inside a listed building originally built in the 1870s for the safe and lock-maker Cyrus Price and later used by Beau Ideal Richard’s Cycles.This year’s festival marks the 50th anniversary year of Wolverhampton Camra, “making this year’s event particularly special,” organisers said.Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
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  • Four released on bail in Leicester murder investigation

    Four released on bail in Leicester murder investigation



    Four people arrested as part of a murder investigation after a man was stabbed in Leicester have been released on bail.Leicestershire Police said a police car was flagged down in London Road, near Saxby Street, by a man who had “significant injuries” to his chest and stomach at about 22:45 BST on Wednesday.Paramedics were called and the man, in his 20s, was taken to hospital, where he died in the early hours of Thursday, the force added.On Friday, two men, both 52, and two women, both 43, were held on suspicion of assisting an offender and have now been released on bail. Six men, aged between 18 and 33, were also arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in custody.One of the men arrested on suspicion of murder was also detained on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class B drugs.

  • Youngest black professor ever appointed to Cambridge University accused of plagiarising other academics’ works

    Youngest black professor ever appointed to Cambridge University accused of plagiarising other academics’ works



    The youngest black professor ever appointed at Cambridge University has been accused of plagiarising other academics’ work.Concerns have been raised over Jason Arday’s work within academic circles since 2023, when he was appointed as professor of sociology at the age of just 37. The concerns around Prof Arday’s work were aired this week in an article published on the blog of a former Cambridge academic, who compared side-by-side images of Prof Arday’s PhD dissertation with the thesis of another student.Analysis carried out by The Times found multiple examples of identical or near-identical passages in Prof Arday’s thesis from 2015 with that of Paula Zwozdiak-Myers of Brunel University, which was published six years prior. In one section of the 401-page thesis, Prof Arday writes: “The student teachers believed that pupil learning and development was attributable to their personal improvement in five main areas: greater understanding, insight and awareness about the principles and procedures of pedagogy; thinking more about aspects of teaching and their enhanced knowledge of pupil difference and diversity.“Another common area of interest perceived by student teachers to have been influenced as they studied their own teaching was their capacity and commitment to seek alternative perspectives and possibilities to inform their teaching.”In her essay, Ms Zwozdiak-Myers had written: “Student teachers believed that pupil learning and development was attributable to their personal improvement in three main areas: greater understanding, insight and awareness about the principles and procedures of pedagogy; thinking more about aspects of teaching and their enhanced knowledge of pupil difference and diversity.“The third most common area perceived by student teachers to have been influenced as they studied their own teaching was their capacity and commitment to seek alternative perspectives and possibilities to inform their teaching.”Jason Arday, the youngest black professor ever appointed at Cambridge University, has been accused of plagiarising work | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGEMs Zwozdiak-Myers is mentioned 17 times within Prof Arday’s thesis.The row revolved around whether Prof Arday should have cited her every time he paraphrased or recycled her work.Nathan Cofnas, the author of the blog post published this week, claimed that Prof Arday had “relied heavily on Zwozdiak-Myers for key ideas and arguments.”He claimed: “Many passages are lifted with minimal editing, sometimes retaining copy-editing mistakes from the original source.”Cambridge University investigated and found no wrongdoing by Prof Arday | GETTYLast year, Cambridge threw out complaints against Mr Cofnas, who is an academic philosopher.The complaints were raised about his views on “hereditarianism” and what he called the “DEI devil”; however, the university declared his views were protected under its new freedom of speech policy.Despite Cambridge clearing him, Emmanuel College, where Mr Cofnas had been a research fellow, cut ties with him.After initially defending his “academic right, as enshrined by law, to write about his views,” the college cut ties after a blog written by Mr Cofnas, in which he wrote that a culture of “race realism” that acknowledged differences between ethnicities was “a rejection of diversity, equality and inclusion.”Dave Harris alerted Cambridge and Liverpool John Moores universities to his concerns about plagiarism in 2023, when he was a professor at Plymouth Marjon University.He told the Telegraph: “In my opinion, important sections of the work of Professor Jason Arday, both his PhD thesis and some subsequent published articles, solo and jointly written, seem to display indications of serious plagiarism.“I can think of no other plausible explanation for what I have read.“I notified both Liverpool John Moores and Cambridge universities of my initial concerns, and they have done nothing. Of the journal editors I notified, two have asked for corrections.”Both universities investigated the claims and found no evidence of wrongdoing.A University spokesman said: “Professor Arday has been the victim of a vile campaign to undermine his credibility, which must stop. “Allegations of plagiarism regarding his thesis and journal publications have been thoroughly investigated by the relevant institution and the journals in question.”Professor Arday has been cleared by those investigations of any wrongdoing.”

  • Transfer news LIVE: Rodri to Real Madrid move gathers pace as Arsenal plot Alvarez swap

    Transfer news LIVE: Rodri to Real Madrid move gathers pace as Arsenal plot Alvarez swap



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    The summer transfer window has officially opened and now that the World Cup has come and gone, clubs are working away on major deals. For most clubs, planning will already be complete and they will have identified which players they want to sign, and which players they want to sell.
    Managers will be constantly assessing their squads with sporting directors and recruitment staff scanning the market for potential deals this summer. The rumour mill is still gathering pace and we’ve collated some of the biggest current transfer stories – you can access the full rumour mill below.
    Today’s biggest transfer stories

    Real Madrid are reportedly working on a deal to sign Rodri from Manchester City. The LaLiga giants are growing in confidence that the 30-year-old will agree to join them, with only 11 months left to run on his current contract.

    Arsenal are said to be weighing up a swap deal that could see Julián Alvarez and Viktor Gyökeres move in opposite directions. Alvarez, 26, is a long-term target for the Gunners while Gyokeres, 28, is a target for the Spanish club. However, the Gunners would need to stump up a significant fee in addition to the swap.

    AS Roma are keen on Fulham winger Oscar Bobb after missing out on Crysencio Summerville and Alejandro Garnacho. The Norway international only joined the Cottagers in January from Manchester City but could be tempted by a move to the Italian capital, say reports in Italy.

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  • 43 fantastic photos show fun family-friendly Viking invasion

    43 fantastic photos show fun family-friendly Viking invasion



    Stone locals enjoyed the Warriors at Westbridge event which happened today at Westbridge Park.This free family event began this morning with a Viking procession from the Stone Town Council Building car park on Station Road to Westbridge Park. Families accompanied the parade, and many were dressed like Vikings. Many enjoyed the fun battle displays, living history demonstrations, a Viking encampment showcasing the everyday life of Viking families, traditional crafts. Ahead of the event, Councillor Jill Hood, Chairman of the Council’s Tourism and Town Promotion Sub-Committee, said: “Stone Town Council know that keeping children entertained during the summer holidays can be a challenge, and finding fun, interesting and free activities is not always easy. “We are delighted to be bringing this exciting new event to Stone and giving local families the opportunity to experience Viking life first-hand.”All photographs below were taken by Ian Knight / Z70 Photography: 1. Viking invasion of StoneThe Warriors at Westbridge event hosted by Stone Town Council at Westbridge Park. | Ian Knight / Z70 Photograph2. Viking invasion of StoneThe Warriors at Westbridge event hosted by Stone Town Council at Westbridge Park. | Ian Knight / Z70 Photograph3. Viking invasion of StoneThe Warriors at Westbridge event hosted by Stone Town Council at Westbridge Park. | Ian Knight / Z70 Photograph4. Viking invasion of StoneThe Warriors at Westbridge event hosted by Stone Town Council at Westbridge Park. | Ian Knight / Z70 Photograph

  • McCormick plans to add London listing amid Unilever food merger

    McCormick plans to add London listing amid Unilever food merger



    Brendan Foley, chairman, president and chief executive of McCormick, said: “This, in combination with our International Headquarters and commitment to Unilever’s world-leading R&D facilities in the Netherlands and our global headquarters in Hunt Valley, Maryland, reinforces the global nature of the combined operations and positions us for ongoing success.”