Broadway Boy heads home after Grand National fall
Celebre D'Allen's rider Micheal Nolan was given a 10-day suspension after Aintree stewards ruled he had continued when his mount had no more to give and was losing ground.Meanwhile Nick Scholfield, who pulled up his National mount Monbeg Genius after the third-last fence, has announced his retirement.The 35-year-old was third in the big race on Teaforthree in 2013 and fourth with Santini in 2022.Scholfield, who plans to become a trainer, won the Grade One Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown in 2013 aboard Melodic Rendezvous, one of eight victories on the horse.
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4 days ago
- The Sun
I was so stressed after my dream £6k honeymoon cruise was cancelled my face COLLAPSED & was left PARALYSED
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Wales Online
6 days ago
- Wales Online
Bright futures await A-level students at Y Pant School on results day
Bright futures await A-level students at Y Pant School on results day 'It's another year of outstanding results for our pupils and we're extremely proud of them' Y Pant Comprehensive School (Image: Google) Medicine, acting, teaching, and Spanish with molecular biology are some of the things students from one south Wales school will be going on to after A-levels. On Thursday, August 14, many young people at Y Pant School in Talbot Green were celebrating getting on to the courses of their choice after success in their A-levels and the Local Democracy Reporting Service went to the school to speak to some of the students who had achieved what they wanted. Louis Wilde, 17, got two A*s and two As and is off to Cardiff to study dentistry. He said he opened the wrong sheet of paper at first but said there was 'relief and a lot of joy' to get into uni. He said: 'I want to help people and make a difference,' adding that work experience has made dentistry appeal to him as something he wants to do as a career. Article continues below Hasaneen Alamiry, 18, said he's 'ecstatic' to be going to King's College London to study medicine after achieving three A*s. In studying medicine he'll be following in the footsteps of his sister and he says he has an interest in neurology but it's really early to decide. Hasaneen Alamiry receiving his A-level results at Y Pant School (Image: Copyright Unknown) Kate Gibson has got four A*s and is off to Liverpool to study medicine. Niamh Morgan is going to do primary education at Cardiff Met. They both said they found out they'd got in online so they knew what results to expect Niamh is a cycling coach and she said that really helped in her interview while Kate plays hockey and coaches young kids rugby. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here . Daisy Morgan got three As and a B and wants to become an actor. Having spent the past few years auditioning for drama schools she said she's not giving up. She's off to Bridgend College for a level four diploma acting course with actors and directors which guides people through the audition process. She said: 'When you know what you want you are just going to keep going for it.' Seren Kitaba-Davies is off to Exeter to study molecular biology and Spanish. She said: 'I wanted the best of both worlds,' with Exeter offering a combined degree where she could put the two together and keep her options open. She said she didn't really like Spanish in the beginning but she said when she started to get good at it she thought it was really fun. Seren Kitaba-Davies receiving her A-level results at Y Pant School (Image: Copyright Unknown) Richard Young, the assistant head teacher of Y Pant, said: 'We are delighted with our year 12 and 13 results once again this year. Article continues below 'It's another year of outstanding results for our pupils and we're extremely proud of them. 'They've all worked tirelessly and with dedication to achieve their goals.'
North Wales Chronicle
11-08-2025
- North Wales Chronicle
Russell T Davies warns ‘fight is coming' with gay rights ‘rapidly getting worse'
The award-winning screenwriter, 62, best known for reviving BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who in 2005, gained prominence in 1999 for writing Queer As Folk, a programme about the lives of three men living in Manchester's gay village. Davies is urging young people to use the 'anger of the past' to protect gay rights amid growing support for Reform UK which has pledged to 'ban transgender ideology' in schools. Speaking to the Big Issue, Davies said: 'When Queer As Folk came out in 1999, if you'd said: 'What will gay rights be like in 2025?', we'd have said, 'oh, it will all be marvellous – it'll be sunshine and skipping down the street, hand in hand – gays, queers, lesbians, everyone'. 'And look at where we are. Things got better but now things are rapidly and urgently getting worse. 'What happens in America always happens here (the UK) – and as we look down the barrel of a Reform government, we, the gay community, queer community, should be revolting in terror and anger and action. 'They're out to get us. The President of America is literally out to get us, is discounting us. 'He would be happier with us invisible and gone, defunded, completely invisible if not biologically altered to become as straight as him. 'I hope they're prepared to fight, that younger generation that has no idea how they got there. And neither should they – they're busy living their lives. 'I didn't spend my youth looking back at World War Two, but I do think: 'are you prepared to fight, because a fight is coming?'' Davies' next Channel 4 series, Tip Toe, deals with the culture war that has radicalised some people into homophobia, transphobia and prejudice. Davies said: 'I'm very proud of it. 'It's radical, it's savage, and it's hilarious. 'It is the strongest thing I've written – I do believe Queer As Folk, Cucumber, It's A Sin and Tip Toe are the ones that will be on my gravestone.' Reform UK has been contacted for comment. The full interview with Davies can be read in this week's Big Issue.
