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RTÉ News
23-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Anna Foster and Annabel Wilson make the cut at the Jabra Ladies Open
The Irish pair of Anna Foster and Annabel Wilson have made the cut at the Jabra Ladies Open, with Switzerland's Chiara Tamburlini one shot clear of the field. Tamburlini shot a three-under 68 to add to her opening 67 and stands at seven under, with Sara Kouskova from the Czech Republic a shot further back. Dubliner Foster posted a 73 in a round that included a birdie on the ninth, leaving her on level par. Standing on the cut mark of +4 is Craigavon native Wilson after a 76. She began her round with a double-bogey six on the first and then dropped a shot on the third. She got one back at the next hole but dropped four more shots before a birdie on 17 saw her squeeze through for the weekend. There was no joy for the other Irish duo - Canice Screene (+5) and Lauren Walsh (+6) after their rounds respective rounds of 75, leaving them the wrong side of the cut mark.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Parole denied for Mass. man who killed his wife, then pretended to help find her
About 40 years ago, a married Massachusetts couple went to a Halloween party. It was the last time 18-year-old Anna Foster was seen. Her husband joined in on search efforts. Nearly three years later, he was convicted for her murder. Earlier this month, he was denied parole for the sixth time. Michael Foster was convicted of murder in the second degree for the death of his wife, Anna Foster, on Aug. 14, 1989 in Norfolk Superior Court. He was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Michael Foster was 22 when he strangled his wife, tied her body with a clothesline and put her body in a nearby pond in an attempt to conceal the crime, the parole board said. Foster then joined in efforts to try and find his wife. On Dec. 20, 1986, Anna Foster's body was found in a pond in Wrentham. Michael Foster fled to Florida. While there, he was convicted of several other offenses, including battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and grand theft (stealing an automobile). He was returned to Massachusetts in 1989 to face the murder charge. He first went in front of the parole board in 2004. After his Jan. 30 parole board hearing, the parole board denied parole for the 60-year-old with a review in two years. Officials said he has a lengthy history of disciplinary reports, but has stayed out of trouble since 2017. He received his GED in 1991. Since his last hearing in 2023, he has completed 24 programs, including Alternative to Violence, Jericho Circle, Restorative Justice Retreat and the Family Violence Education Group. He remained sober for nearly 30 years. However, he has prior substance misuse. Four of Anna Foster's family members spoke in opposition to parole. Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Laura McLaughlin also spoke in opposition to parole. The Board states that Michael Foster continues to minimize his pattern of domestic violence. It also stated that the programming he has been engaged in has mostly been recent and finds a lengthier period of reflection and rehabilitation is needed. After 41 years, Mass. man to leave prison for crime he committed when he was a teen After nearly 44 years, nurse's family still waits for accountability from her killer Mass. man who slit his mother's throat out of fear for sister's life gets parole Man who admitted to 1970 murder gets parole, faces federal sentence for prison escape Man who raped, killed woman in Hyde Park home in 1991 denied parole Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
BBC's Middle East correspondent revealed as new Today host
The BBC has appointed its former Middle East correspondent and reporter on the Israel-Gaza war as the new presenter of Radio 4's Today programme. Anna Foster, who was previously based in Beirut and covered the October 7 terror attacks on Israel by Hamas, will join the programme next month. She replaces Mishal Husain, who left the news programme in December, and joins the line-up of Justin Webb, Nick Robinson, Amol Rajan and Emma Barnett. BBC bosses were keen to balance the line-up by appointing a woman. Announcing Foster's appointment, the corporation said she would bring 'significant international experience' from her years covering the Middle East. It described her as being 'well known to BBC audiences, having guided viewers and listeners through some of the biggest global and domestic stories over the years'. Most recently, Foster has presented the BBC News at One and has anchored in the field for the BBC News Channel and the 6 o'clock and 10 o'clock bulletins. Her coverage of October 7 includes a documentary in which she interviewed survivors of the attacks on the kibbutzim and the Nova music festival. In recent years, she has covered the conflict in Ukraine and was embedded four times with British military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and reported from the epicentre of the 2023 Turkish earthquake. It comes as the BBC is facing heavy criticism over the documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone. Executives within BBC News failed to establish that its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official. The corporation admitted to 'serious flaws' in the making of the film and pulled it from iPlayer. The BBC board said that the mistakes made had damaged trust in its journalism. The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Foster was born and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. She joined the BBC in 2002 and broadcast for Radio 1's Newsbeat and the World Service. She spent almost a decade presenting 5 Live's drivetime programme before becoming Middle East correspondent from 2020-23. Foster will present the Today programme from London and Salford. Mohit Bakaya, controller of Radio 4, said: 'Anna is a terrific addition to the Today team. She brings important international reporting experience at a time when it is needed so urgently by listeners to Radio 4. She is a brilliant journalist and skilled presenter.' John McAndrew, the BBC's director of live and daily news, said that Foster's 'warm, enthusiastic and engaging style is perfect for Today'. Foster said: 'There are few more exciting opportunities for a journalist than presenting Today, and I'm thrilled to be joining the team. I've always loved making important, agenda-setting, engaging radio, and there's nowhere better to do that. 'It's such a beloved programme to so many people, and I can't wait to be a part of it.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
BBC News
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Anna Foster to join BBC Radio 4's Today presenting team
Anna Foster will join the BBC's flagship morning news programme, Today, from April as one of its main presenters. She is well known to BBC audiences, having guided viewers and listeners through some of the biggest global and domestic stories over the years, both as a news anchor in the studio and as an on-location correspondent. As a former Middle East correspondent for the BBC, she will bring further significant international experience to the team. Anna will present the Today programme from London and Salford. She will continue to play a key role in helping to lead the BBC's coverage of foreign news and viewers can still expect to see her on TV news bulletins for major stories. Anna says: "There are few more exciting opportunities for a journalist than presenting Today, and I'm thrilled to be joining the team. I've always loved making important, agenda-setting, engaging radio, and there's nowhere better to do that. It's such a beloved programme to so many people, and I can't wait to be a part of it." John McAndrew, Director of Live and Daily News, says: "From breaking news to long-form interviews, audiences will be familiar with Anna's tremendous range and rich, varied experience covering the biggest stories at home and abroad for the BBC for more than twenty years. Her warm, enthusiastic, and engaging style is perfect for Today and I'm delighted that she's joining the team." Mohit Bakaya, Director of Speech and Controller of Radio 4, says: "Anna is a terrific addition to the Today team. She brings important international reporting experience at a time when it is needed so urgently by listeners to Radio 4. She is a brilliant journalist and skilled presenter, and I can't wait to hear her, alongside Nick, Amol, Justin and Emma, getting to grips with the important stories on the nation's biggest speech breakfast programme.' Owenna Griffiths, Editor of Today, says: "Anna is an exceptional broadcaster and tenacious journalist. She's already a really familiar and popular voice for so many listeners from her years presenting on 5 Live and reporting from the Middle East. I'm thrilled she's going to join us at Today." Today is the BBC's flagship morning news programme and is the most listened-to breakfast radio news programme in the UK. Anna is currently a presenter for the BBC News at One and also regularly presents on location for the BBC News Channel and the BBC News at Six and Ten. Biography Anna has most recently been presenting the BBC News at One and anchoring in the field for the BBC News Channel and the BBC News at Six and Ten, which earned her an RTS award nomination in the prestigious 'Network Presenter of the Year' category. Before that, she was a Middle East correspondent for the BBC, based in Beirut and reporting from across the region. As Middle East correspondent, Anna reported from the epicentre of the Turkish earthquake using just a mobile phone, as one of the first journalists on the scene. In recent years she's covered the events of October 7th and the Israel-Gaza war, the conflict in Ukraine, the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and the famine in South Sudan. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan she embedded four times with British military forces, and returned to Iraq and Syria years later to report on the humanitarian crisis caused by the rise of the Islamic State group. She has a strong background in radio, having spent nearly a decade presenting BBC 5 Live Drive and guiding audiences through some of the biggest news and sport stories of recent times. She regularly broadcasts across the BBC, from her former home at Radio 1 Newsbeat to the BBC World Service, as well as writing for the BBC News website. She joined the BBC in April 2002. Anna is also an award-winning documentary-maker. She won Gold New York Radio Awards for her features '15 Minutes from Mosul' and 'From The Ground Up' – both for the World Service – which focussed on the under-reported conflict in the Central African Republic. Her 5 Live team also won the Association of British Science Writers award in 2019 for a special programme on the groundbreaking 'Women of NASA'. IA
