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The Guardian
7 days ago
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- The Guardian
Nations League roundup: Wales suffer thrashing by Italy in Euro 2025 send-off
Rhian Wilkinson said Wales would not suffer any trauma in Switzerland after being thrashed 4-1 by Italy at their Euro 2025 send-off. Wilkinson suffered the biggest defeat of her 15-month reign as Italy scored four times in the first half of a Nations League finale in Swansea – the Wales manager calling it a 'little bit of capitulation'. First-half goals from Cristiana Girelli, who struck twice with excellent headers, Elena Linari and Sofia Cantore punished poor Wales defending and secured Italy second place in the group. Jess Fishlock produced some late cheer with a stunning consolation eight minutes from time, scoring off the underside of the crossbar from 35 yards for her 47th Wales goal. 'The first half felt like a punch in the face,' Wilkinson said after Wales' final fixture before their opener against the Netherlands in Lucerne on 5 July 5. 'Let's be clear, that was not a performance that I expect from this team. 'Obviously this is a painful lesson and this is the first time that we've really been exposed. There's no psychological damage, there really isn't. This team punished us for every mistake, and that's something that we talk about as a team. There was more bad news for Wales as goalkeeper Olivia Clark, already sporting a black eye suffered in the Denmark game, was forced off before half-time with a head injury. Clark had required treatment for a head injury 15 minutes earlier after being caught by her own defender Hayley Ladd, but continued before conceding a third goal. Wilkinson said: 'Two head hits in a week is not good, so we decided to pull her. We weren't messing with this and took her out, but I'm not concerned there's any lasting damage.' The Scotland manager, Melissa Andreatta, thought her side were unlucky not to win after they picked up their first point in the Nations League with a 1-1 draw away to the Netherlands. Already-relegated Scotland fell behind when midfielder Jill Roord put the hosts in front – and they were in position for a sixth defeat from a possible six – but Andreatta's side got themselves on level terms courtesy of Kathleen McGovern's 27th-minute equaliser. Scotland were not happy with just the point and pushed for a winning goal after the break, but Netherlands had goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar to thank for their point after she made a string of saves in the second period. Andreatta was happy with her side's performance, telling BBC Scotland: 'With that performance. We earned that result. Especially when you think about the last 24 hours that we had, I think that showed what this team is about. That was established long before me but they put in a great performance tonight. I was really pleased. I think we did start well then the Netherlands started to dominate. We did a tactical change, got a foothold back in the game and we were unlucky to concede that chance but I think we dominated the second half and were unlucky not to win.' Sign up to Moving the Goalposts No topic is too small or too big for us to cover as we deliver a twice-weekly roundup of the wonderful world of women's football after newsletter promotion Northern Ireland secured a promotion playoff place after securing a 1-1 Group B1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica. The visitors only needed to avoid defeat to secure their playoff spot and Simone Magill's opener put them in a healthy position before Sofija Krajsumovic brought Bosnia back on level terms before the break. Northern Ireland seemed happy to protect their result but suffered a scare when Una Rankic hit the goal frame from a free-kick but hung on to grab their chance to climb into League A.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
City, county leaders: Not ‘enough resources' to tackle Portland homless crisis
PORTLAND, Ore. () — Shrinking budgets are making it difficult for local leaders to tackle the homeless crisis in Portland. On Friday, the Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board held a joint meeting at Portland City Hall to address the local response to homelessness. While leaders acknowledged some gains have been made, there are still many issues that are difficult to address without more funding. USDA buys $16M of Oregon shrimp to help fishermen For instance, recent reports reveal more people have been getting into shelters and have been kept in to permanent housing longer. However, data also shows most of those leaving shelters end up back on the streets. The cost to fix these issues is simply too high to create a dent in the problem, leaders say. 'I think I'm having an existential moment. Just the astounding amount of money being spent here, with the trend line going down,' said District 4 Portland City Councilor Olivia Clark. 'It's astounding, and I don't think that in the long run we're going to be able to afford this. It means that we're going to start eating programs.' As both the city and county are grappling with a suffocating budget cycle, leaders are forced to reevaluate their ambitious goals for the Joint Homelessness Response Action Plan. 'We're both in the middle of our budget processes and I think it's the right time to ask, are we aligning our resources in the best way to actually reduce unsheltered homelessness?' Multnomah County Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards told KOIN 6 News ahead of the meeting. The meeting comes as two new reports have surfaced. One is the quarterly report for the , released this month. Another is the Multnomah County Supportive Housing Services reporter for Quarter 3 of FY 2025. The reports show that while 14,000 people were sheltered in the past year, only 1,200 adults leaving those shelters found permanent housing. OR Congress members urge FEMA approval for floods 'Right now, there's more people going into homelessness than exiting, so we absolutely, between the city and county, have to align, in my view, align against a plan that we're going to be getting the number of people who are unsheltered on a downward trend and the people who are on a path to housing on an upward trend,' Brim-Edwards said. Mayor Keith Wilson said the city has 'not met this moment,' noting that the number of people served in the city's adult homeless response shelter system has not significantly changed since 2017, when the Joint Office was created. However, during that same time period, Wilson said the city saw a 330% rise in unsheltered homelessness. 'This is a shelter capacity issue, but this is also an engagement issue,' Wilson said. 'We're not getting people through the system, into their families, treatment or permanent housing.' Wilson added that the amount of money spent between the city and county to address homelessness today is about 10 times what it was back in 2017. And yet, 'all we've seen is additional suffering and dying on our streets.' In Multnomah County, a total of $354 million is currently being invested in reducing homelessness, including $30 million from a . However, there is still a shortfall of needed services, officials said. Samaritan responds to outcry amid possible closures Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said she moved $16.7 million from the Multnomah County general fund to help address that budget gap but it's still not enough. 'That still leaves a $32.2 million gap. This is much better than the 25% gap. Nonetheless, we don't have enough resources right now to meet the needs in our current budget,' Vega Pederson said. In addition, city and county leaders have , which is still pending. Chair Vega Pederson emphasized the need for continued state investment to address the homelessness crisis effectively. 'If Multnomah County isn't able to solve homelessness, if the City of Portland isn't able to solve homelessness, then the region fails on this issue. The entire state fails on this issue. It is not just a question of fairness. It's imperative that we receive the resources that we know we need to make an impact on a complex problem that our community wants to see changed,' Vega Pederson said. Oregon Food Bank, Rep. Dexter decry proposed tax bill The goal is to expand shelter beds to 362 and move 2,600 people into housing annually, officials said. However, budget experts with the county estimate that each individual person placed into housing would cost $13,000 since social security and disability checks no longer cover the cost of rising rents. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
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- Yahoo
City, county leaders: Not ‘enough resources' to tackle Portland homless crisis
PORTLAND, Ore. () — Shrinking budgets are making it difficult for local leaders to tackle the homeless crisis in Portland. On Friday, the Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board held a joint meeting at Portland City Hall to address the local response to homelessness. While leaders acknowledged some gains have been made, there are still many issues that are difficult to address without more funding. USDA buys $16M of Oregon shrimp to help fishermen For instance, recent reports reveal more people have been getting into shelters and have been kept in to permanent housing longer. However, data also shows most of those leaving shelters end up back on the streets. The cost to fix these issues is simply too high to create a dent in the problem, leaders say. 'I think I'm having an existential moment. Just the astounding amount of money being spent here, with the trend line going down,' said District 4 Portland City Councilor Olivia Clark. 'It's astounding, and I don't think that in the long run we're going to be able to afford this. It means that we're going to start eating programs.' As both the city and county are grappling with a suffocating budget cycle, leaders are forced to reevaluate their ambitious goals for the Joint Homelessness Response Action Plan. 'We're both in the middle of our budget processes and I think it's the right time to ask, are we aligning our resources in the best way to actually reduce unsheltered homelessness?' Multnomah County Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards told KOIN 6 News ahead of the meeting. The meeting comes as two new reports have surfaced. One is the quarterly report for the , released this month. Another is the Multnomah County Supportive Housing Services reporter for Quarter 3 of FY 2025. The reports show that while 14,000 people were sheltered in the past year, only 1,200 adults leaving those shelters found permanent housing. OR Congress members urge FEMA approval for floods 'Right now, there's more people going into homelessness than exiting, so we absolutely, between the city and county, have to align, in my view, align against a plan that we're going to be getting the number of people who are unsheltered on a downward trend and the people who are on a path to housing on an upward trend,' Brim-Edwards said. Mayor Keith Wilson said the city has 'not met this moment,' noting that the number of people served in the city's adult homeless response shelter system has not significantly changed since 2017, when the Joint Office was created. However, during that same time period, Wilson said the city saw a 330% rise in unsheltered homelessness. 'This is a shelter capacity issue, but this is also an engagement issue,' Wilson said. 'We're not getting people through the system, into their families, treatment or permanent housing.' Wilson added that the amount of money spent between the city and county to address homelessness today is about 10 times what it was back in 2017. And yet, 'all we've seen is additional suffering and dying on our streets.' In Multnomah County, a total of $354 million is currently being invested in reducing homelessness, including $30 million from a . However, there is still a shortfall of needed services, officials said. Samaritan responds to outcry amid possible closures Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said she moved $16.7 million from the Multnomah County general fund to help address that budget gap but it's still not enough. 'That still leaves a $32.2 million gap. This is much better than the 25% gap. Nonetheless, we don't have enough resources right now to meet the needs in our current budget,' Vega Pederson said. In addition, city and county leaders have , which is still pending. Chair Vega Pederson emphasized the need for continued state investment to address the homelessness crisis effectively. 'If Multnomah County isn't able to solve homelessness, if the City of Portland isn't able to solve homelessness, then the region fails on this issue. The entire state fails on this issue. It is not just a question of fairness. It's imperative that we receive the resources that we know we need to make an impact on a complex problem that our community wants to see changed,' Vega Pederson said. Oregon Food Bank, Rep. Dexter decry proposed tax bill The goal is to expand shelter beds to 362 and move 2,600 people into housing annually, officials said. However, budget experts with the county estimate that each individual person placed into housing would cost $13,000 since social security and disability checks no longer cover the cost of rising rents. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
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Trouble is brewing for Wilson's $8B Portland budget
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Trouble is brewing for the $8 billion budget proposal Portland Mayor Keith Wilson intends to officially submit on Wednesday. City councilors made it abundantly clear they intend to make changes. Several councilors are not happy with the proposed cuts, especially to maintenance of the city's nearly 300 parks. Some told KOIN 6 News they don't want to approve one-time money for programs like overnight homeless shelters and then be stuck figuring out how to pay for them long-term. They do agree with Wilson on preserving money for public safety by adding millions of dollars to police and fire, expanding graffiti removal, removing abandoned cars and RVs and filling potholes. Mayor's Portland budget: 'Back to basics,' 'no easy answers' But questions about increasing fees for park activities, permitting, parking, water and sewer bill increases and cutting dozens of maintenance jobs at parks are all on the table. Councilor Olivia Clark said the fee hikes are, in essence, a cost-of-living allowance that address inflation. But the parking fee is a much harder issue. Portland City Councilor Olivia Clark, May 6, 2025 (KOIN) 'The city of Seattle, I think, charges twice the parking fees that we do,' Clark said. 'So I'm not opposed to that. I would like to explore other ways to assist small business downtown and their employees with some sort of parking validation or something like that.' Portland City Council Chair Elana Pirtle-Guiney said she's concerned 'that fees don't fall predominantly on working families. I think there are some fee increases the mayor has proposed that we can move forward, and others that council is going to want to take a second look at, because they really do hit our families hardest.' No one wants to propose new or higher taxes. But some councilors are trying to figure out other items to cut to pay for the park maintenance. Portland City Councilor Eric Zimmerman, May 6, 2025 (KOIN) 'I think that urban forestry right now has a $6.7 million budget just for the enforcement wing of their operation and there might not be another enforcement program that has as many officers and has such a bad relationship with Portlanders,' Councilor Eric Zimmerman told KOIN 6 News. 'I think that money from the levy and the general fund would be better used cleaning up parks, opening restrooms so that parks is improving the tree canopy, maintaining the tree canopy, but stopped going to war with Portlanders. And I think that's a reasonable amendment that can be made. And that's $5.9 million of restored maintenance funds that I'd like to see parks have.' There is some suggestion of spending some of the tax large retailers pay (that currently goes into a clean energy fund) to backfill some of the city budget — like maintenance work in Forest Park — to avoid some parks cuts. And some councilors said public works will have to make its case to justify the 5-8% proposed increases on utility bills. Others said they will look at trimming elsewhere and make cuts to middle- and upper-management in city bureaus. 'Looking at how do we also reduce the number of administrative positions that frankly, getting back to the transition, I don't think we've been aggressive enough of the middle and upper management cuts that I would have expected to see in this budget,' Zimmerman said. At the same time, outside groups are beginning to weigh in, with some lobbying councilors for more money for permanent housing help, like rent assistance, rather than Wilson's promise to expand overnight shelters. 'Beer has staying power': Oregon beer generated nearly $9B in economic output last year Molly Hogan, the executive director of the Welcome Home Coalition wants to see solutions for long-term success. 'We need to see our leaders invest in strategies that actually housed people. And if the dollars were used for rental assistance, increasing our affordable housing supply or actual number of apartments that are affordable and paying for a really consistent case management, the support services that people need, then we feel we could start to see the outcomes that other cities have seen,' Hogan said. 'If you look around the nation, the only cities that have succeeded in reducing homelessness all had one thing in common. They all aggressively invested in long term housing solutions.' Wednesday will be an active day at Portland City Hall. Wilson will officially present the budget to the City Council before public comment begins at 4:30 p.m. Anyone who wishes to speak needs to register online before the event . KOIN 6 News will continue to follow this story. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to
BBC News
18-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Qualifying for Euro 2025, the Nations League begins and moving home... Olivia Clark column
Uefa Women's Nations League: Italy v WalesVenue: Brianteo Stadium, Monza Date: Friday, 21 February Kick-off: 17:15 GMTCoverage: Live on BBC Two Wales, iPlayer, BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, the BBC Sport website and app, plus live text commentaryHighlights: S4C and iPlayer, 21:50 GMT and later on demand. In her latest BBC Sport column, Olivia Clark discusses Wales' Euro 2025 play-off final victory against the Republic of Ireland, looks ahead to the start of the Nations League campaign and lifts the lid on her return to the WSL with Leicester City. Things look vastly different in my career than they did the last time I wrote this column, with Wales hoping to qualify for a first major tournament ahead of our play-off with Republic of was the end of November and we were fully focused on the test of facing Ireland, not really talking about the potential prize at the end of it… a first major tournament for Wales course, that dream is now a reality as we head into what is the biggest year in Welsh women's footballing history with Euro 2025 on the have the perfect preparation for the Euros with our Nations League campaign about to start and we know that is going to be a great test for are also different for me in terms of my club, having returned to the Women's Super League with Leicester City from FC Twente, a move that I really didn't expect to happen just a few months to talk about! Ireland memories will last a lifetime Things certainly didn't start as I planned for them to in the play-offs with the 1-1 draw in Cardiff in front of a record crowd with the ball hitting me off the crossbar for Ireland's that was tough at the time, the girls helped me and the whole team got around me, but it wasn't really about me, it was all about us achieving our objectives in the second game in had total confidence we were going to get the job done and I don't think it really affected me going into the Dublin game, I was still in a good was great, the whole occasion, the stadium, the crowd, we were in such a good place and we really did have total belief we were going to get the job done. And we did!The celebrations were great and I still think about that night now, it gets my heart racing, it was amazing to be a part dad was there in Dublin, he comes to pretty much every game and to share the moment with him was special. I hope he's looking forward to full-time whistle was a moment where all my emotions flooded over me, I had to sit down and try and take it all was the sort of game where all the hard work to become a professional footballer, it is all worthwhile, you realise why you do everything you night will probably be the best night of our eight minutes of injury time was so nerve-wracking, but I think it's better to be on the pitch, because you are so in the zone. I think it was probably worse for the people watching. Nations League perfect preparation for Euro 2025 We had come so close to major tournament qualification in the past and I really think that fuelled us, it felt like it was meant to can't wait for the summer now – despite being drawn in a very tough group – and it feels like being in the top pot of the Nations League will be perfect preparation for is the best preparation we could possibly have. We know what to expect, we will be the underdog in the Nations League just like in the Euros, but it is a major tournament and anything can happen in a one-off know what we can do as a team and we feel in a good Nations League gives us a good chance to experiment and keeping working towards Switzerland in the summer. Leicester move just felt right It was never my plan to come back to the UK so quickly after switching to FC Twente last summer, but when the Leicester opportunity came up it just felt right for we qualified for the Euros I felt like I wanted to be in the best place for me professionally and personally and when I spoke to Leicester I thought it would be a perfect fit for facilities and set-up is top class and I feel I can really develop as an at my life as a whole, it felt a great fit. My dad only has to drive an hour to come and see my games now. Having that balance between football and your life outside of football, it feels my main aim is to get into the first XI, but as an athlete, it's a great situation as the facilities are among the best in the WSL and I am working with a goalkeeping coach in Tom Pressman who I have worked with before at Wales and who I know has my best interests at heart and will really help me before the Euros.I don't have any regrets on moving to FC Twente, I played in the Champions League and I learned a lot about myself living in a foreign country.I would never regret that decision. I didn't plan to come back, but this is a great opportunity for me.A number of players have recently moved to WSL clubs from FC Twente and I think they were very understanding of my decision.I have kept up my Dutch on Duolingo, there are a few Dutch speaking girls at Leicester, so I am keeping my eye in with that!
