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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
England's Lionesses get hero's welcome as they land back in UK after Euros glory
The Lionesses landed back in England this afternoon to an amazing welcome. The plane carrying the team arrived at Southend airport in Essex. The FA tried to keep the airport they were arriving in secret, for security reasons, but hundreds of fans managed to find out and arrived to cheer their heroes. Some waited for over two hours in the warm sun waiting for the flight to arrive from Zurich. Many brought St George flags which they draped over the fences outside the tiny private jet terminal. FA staff also attached several of their own flags to welcome the team home. Chloe Richardson, 19, from Basildon said: 'I saw on a local website that the England plane was coming in and I rushed here from home. 'They have done so well. They've made the nation proud. We are so pleased they came back to Southend.' The only hotel next to the airport, the Holiday Inn, put up St George flags on their windows of the restaurant which the players could clearly see when they landed. Several supporters sat in the bar supping beers as they followed the Titan Air flight on tracking apps. The champions then headed off to a reception at 10 Downing Street. Tomorrow will see a victory parade through central London. Today was certainly a far cry from the last time I went to an airport to cover the arrival of an England team. It was 35 years ago way back in 1990. Hundreds of thousands of people descended on Luton airport to welcome the men's team return from the Italia '90 tournament. It was a vastly different era - Paul Gascoigne was wearing a pair of fake breasts. Gazza was in his element in scenes that just wouldn't happen today. In 1990 England fans had been starved of success; they celebrated like they won the World Cup when they got knocked out in the semi-finals on penalties by Germany. Last night's Lionesses of course showed great composure and won their big match on penalties. Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Lionesses Bring It Home Again - Souvenir Edition Sarina Wiegman's legends have made history and brought football home once more after defending their title and winning Euro 2025 in Switzerland. We have produced this special souvenir edition of the Women's Football News. It is crammed with interviews with the Lionesses, special features, their match-by-match road to glory as well as dozens of amazing images. Click here to buy
Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Top 6 world's most beautiful airports: From design and architecture to engineering marvels; see who tops list
(AI-generated image for representation) The Prix Versailles awards has named six airports among the most beautiful in the world for 2025. Yantai Penglai International Airport in China has been declared the world's most beautiful airport of 2025 by the Prix Versailles awards. The airport's newly built Terminal 2 was picked as the global winner among the six. It stood out for its coastal-inspired design, large size, and thoughtful architecture, according to ET. Here are the top 6 most beautiful airports of 2025: 1. Yantai Penglai International Airport, Terminal 2 – Yantai, China Terminal 2 spans 167,000 square metres and is inspired by the city's maritime history. Its E-shaped layout helps with smooth passenger movement while blending with the natural surroundings. A major highlight is a large, multi-level atrium topped by a glass dome that lets in natural light. The interiors use soft curves and earthy colours to reflect Yantai's coastal environment. Designers have also added shapes that resemble wooden ship hulls, honouring the Maritime Silk Road. 2. Marseille Provence Airport , Terminal 1 – Marignane, France This terminal features a 22-metre-high hall made with 70% recycled steel and topped with skylights for natural airflow. Travellers pass through a wooden security canopy, and shop areas are also designed in timber, inspired by the boat houses of Marseille's Old Port. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Paul Gascoigne's Actual House Left Us With No Words - Take A Look Ohi Blog Undo The design combines the original vision of Fernand Pouillon from the 1960s with work by Richard Rogers in the 1990s. 3. Roland Garros Airport , Arrivals Terminal – Réunion Island, France This terminal earned third place and is recognised as the world's first large-scale tropical bioclimatic airport. This airport is celebrated as the world's first large-scale tropical bioclimatic airport, using a central architectural 'canyon' and natural ventilation to manage temperature. It is built with 91% local materials and labour and prioritises sustainability in a tropical setting, according to Archinect. 4. Kansai International Airport , Terminal 1 – Osaka, Japan The airport was originally designed by Renzo Piano and is still the longest in the world. The terminal was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, and its aerodynamic roof and recent upgrades, like natural finishes and a smart queue system, give it a modern, distinctly Japanese feel. 5. Portland International Airport , Main Terminal – Portland, United States The new main terminal at Portland International Airport opened in August 2024. It has a huge wooden roof the size of 9 football fields. Inside, it looks like a forest from the Pacific Northwest, with over 5,000 real trees and plants. The terminal uses wood from nearby areas and has big windows that let in natural light. To make travellers feel relaxed, there are even friendly llamas and alpacas you can meet. The design focuses on nature, comfort, and using eco-friendly materials. 6. San Francisco International Airport , Terminal 1 – San Francisco, United States Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco Airport is one of the greenest airport terminals in the world. It uses over 40% less energy with the help of solar panels and smart building materials. The terminal has bright, nature-inspired spaces that help people feel calm. It also has the world's first airport museum and celebrates Bay Area values like caring for the planet and including everyone. The Prix Versailles list is known for celebrating outstanding design in public buildings. This year's airport winners also include entries from France, Japan, and the United States. However, Singapore's iconic Changi Airport did not make the 2025 list. Stay informed with the latest business news, updates on bank holidays and public holidays . AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
The Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Gazza and the slow-motion collapse that started when he was 10 years old
Last Monday, notifications from multiple media outlets and text messages from friends and colleagues started pinging into my phone. Beep. Beep. Beep. I opened the alerts to see Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne, the 58-year-old football icon and national treasure, had been rushed to hospital after being found semi-unconscious at home and was in an intensive care unit. My heart sank. Oh Paul. It was a moment I'd feared would one day happen. All the memories of my time spent with Gascoigne, making documentary films with him 10 years ago, came flooding back; all the contradictions of a man so expressive in his football play, yet so unable to articulate his many inner struggles off the pitch. People always refer to 'Gazza' as a troubled genius, but his demons were personal. And, as I was to discover, it is not surprising when you understand everything he's been through without the emotional and practical skills, or support, to deal with such extreme situations. We all know about Gascoigne's iconic status as the best midfielder of his generation. We know he won 57 caps for England and helped take our national team to the semi-finals of Euro 1996. Perhaps his most defining moment, and the one that brought 'Gazza' such extraordinary fame, was receiving a yellow card in the 1990 World Cup semi-finals, which saw him leave the pitch in tears. We also know all about his multiple off-pitch dramas that have happened since. His battle with alcoholism and drug abuse, stints in rehab, being sectioned, court cases, allegations of domestic abuse, drink-driving convictions, homelessness and mental ill-health. When I was asked to direct a documentary following his treatment for addiction in an Arizona clinic, I was enticed by the possibility of discovering the real Paul Gascoigne. At our first meeting, he was performative. He cracked jokes, messed about and gave me the public face of Gazza. But I came to realise there were two people living in Paul Gascoigne 's skin – Gazza, the cheeky national treasure and Paul the gentle and kind man struggling to make sense of internal trauma and extraordinary life experiences. Gascoigne took me to Dunston, an area in the town of Gateshead where he grew up, to meet his family. I thought he was joking (he wasn't) when he said he'd bought his mum, dad, brother and sister houses in the same street – even though then he didn't own a home of his own. The family was tight, and you could feel the love they had for each other. But Gascoigne later told me that the responsibility he felt to support his family financially, from the start of his football success at the age of 16, weighed heavily. He wasn't sure if his role within the family was as a son and brother, or as the family's breadwinner. He became unsettled. He constantly raged about how he believed that people had taken advantage of him, how he thought those employed to help him had abused him financially over the years; how people wanted Gazza, but were disappointed when they got Paul. He said he didn't trust anybody. Not his friends or family and definitely not the media, who'd fed off his fame and vulnerability. He recounted the terrible impact of being hacked by newspapers. How information he'd only shared with his closest family members ended up being front page news, causing him to cut off his family. It was a long time before he discovered they were innocent and that he had been hacked, but by then the damage to his relationship with his family had been sealed. Gascoigne started being unreliable, failing to turn up for filming and being rude and aggressive. Several times, I thought the film would have to be cancelled. But then Gascoigne called, wanting to apologise for his behaviour – and to talk. What I learned gave me an insight and understanding of a terrible childhood trauma, one which precipitated this complex man full of contradictions. The 10-year-old Paul had gone to the shops with his childhood friend Steven. He recalled them being chased out of the shop for pinching sweets and Steven running out between parked cars into the road. He was knocked down by an ice-cream truck and died in Gascoigne's arms. His grief and guilt were still palpable, and he said he still replays his friend's death in his head every day. It was an era when there was no mental health support or infrastructure and Gascoigne was left, in his own words, to 'just get on with it'. He slumped into depression, unable to sleep and developed a slot machine gambling addiction. Soon, he started displaying tics and twitches and making peculiar noises. As his football success grew, Gascoigne said his tics and twitches disappeared when he was on the pitch, but as soon as the game ended, he felt overcome, constantly thinking about death and feeling alienated from everyone around him. He masked his discomfort by becoming the eternal joker, seeking validation by making people laugh with his uproarious and, according to Gary Lineker, outlandish antics. The stories are legendary and friends and former team-mates I spoke to said he was always keen to please and easily egged on to behave inappropriately. We headed back to film in Bournemouth, where Gascoigne was living following his US rehab, and being supported by a local rehab centre. Sober, he gave talks to patients about how addiction to alcohol and cocaine abuse had ruined his life. At the height of his career, he'd been drinking whisky and downing sleeping pills in the run up to matches. He said he went from being a virtual non-drinker, who only liked the occasional pina colada cocktail, to a fully-fledged alcoholic, numbing his anxieties and inability to cope with fame and success. Once back at Gascoigne's flat, the reality of his struggles became clear. It was lunchtime and it suddenly dawned on me I'd never seen him eat a single thing in all the months we'd been filming. He always disappeared at lunchtime and suppertime and would return saying he'd eaten. I asked him why he didn't eat and he opened his kitchen cupboards to reveal hundreds of bags of cheap penny sweets, the kind you buy with pocket money when you're a kid. He said eating sweets as his main source of food was the only way to keep his weight down. Gascoigne then went on to describe his lifelong struggle with his weight during his football career. He was often chastised by managers, fans and the media for being overweight and developed an eating disorder that saw him develop bulimia and purge before matches. He recalled that opposing fans would throw Mars bars onto the pitch when he was playing and chant 'you fat bast***' every time he touched the ball. He was also addicted to Botox and said he couldn't face the world if he didn't feel suitably 'botoxed'. Gascoigne's battle with OCD was evident on a daily basis. He would need to hoover, polish and dust everything, clean the bathroom and check every light switch and plug socket five times before we could leave the house. It was heartbreaking to watch. Toward the end of filming, Gascoigne said he wanted to reconnect with his ex-wife Cheryl, his son Regan and adopted daughter Bianca. It had been years since Paul had been in touch with Cheryl following their acrimonious split, after allegations of Paul's domestic violence, and the multiple court cases over their divorce. The family reunion was emotional, tinged with love, sadness and a sense of frustration and recrimination on all sides. Paul stayed at the house with the family for weeks before Cheryl asked him to leave. I had an impending sense of doom as I began editing the film. Then I got the call that Gascoigne had been found collapsed drunk in the street in London. I received another call from a hotel asking me to collect Gascoigne as he was drunk and naked in the foyer and upsetting the guests. It was yet another incident in Paul's 30-year slow-motion collapse. We kept in touch for a long time after the film came out in 2015. Sometimes Gascoigne would call when he was drunk, sometimes when he was sober. He gave me a watch with the engraving, 'Love from Gazza', and apologised for any problems he'd caused me. Gascoigne always said he didn't know how to live when his career ended, how he regretted not preparing for a life without football. He explained that when you've had fans giving you unconditional love, validation and adulation – and earning a lot of money in the process – the transition to normal life is overwhelming. His fame intensified his personal identity, not knowing who he was – whether it was 'Gazza' or Paul. And his problems with money forced him to make a living doing after-dinner talks where he recounts all the skeletons from his cupboard to a paying audience. It has been cited that problems with his business may be the reason for Gascoigne's recent health scare and admission to ICU. The personal company he set up to channel income from his appearances was struck off and dissolved at the beginning of July for failing to file accounts – and rumours of a falling out over a business deal are said to have plunged him into depression. Sadly, it all feels inevitable. The emotional and psychological toll of a life spent trying to be Paul when the world wanted Gazza, during an era that failed to recognise when someone needed help, is nothing short of a tragedy. Gascoigne never really stood a chance. Today, he is recovering at home in Poole, Dorset, inundated with well-wishes from his legion of fans. Like a million others, I always hoped that Gascoigne would find a happy ending. I hope it's not too late.
BBC News
22-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Gascoigne 'doing well' after hospital stay
Former England and Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne is "doing well" after a short stay in hospital, his representatives have 58-year-old was admitted to hospital after visiting the accident and emergency department on agency, MNT, said in a statement: "Paul voluntarily went to A&E on Friday (not via ambulance) after struggling with a throat condition he has had for a while. He went home yesterday after a short stay and is resting up and doing well."The Sun, external had claimed on Sunday that Gascoigne had been "rushed" to an intensive care unit after he was found by a friend. Gascoigne was capped 57 times by his country and is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers England has ever began his career playing for boyhood club Newcastle United, before a move to Spurs in 1988 - where he won the FA Cup in then signed for Lazio before returning to the UK where he played for Rangers, Middlesbrough and from the pitch, Gascoigne has had well-documented struggles with alcohol addiction and depression since retiring in 2004.
News18
22-07-2025
- Sport
- News18
Paul Gascoigne Released From Hospital After Intensive Care; Recovering At Home
Last Updated: Gascoigne, 58, is recovering at home after a brief stay in intensive care due to a throat condition. He has battled alcohol addiction and mental health issues. Former England and Tottenham midfielder Paul Gascoigne is recovering at home after being discharged from hospital, following a brief stay in intensive care. The 58-year-old, who resides in Poole on England's south coast, was admitted to the hospital on Friday after being found semi-conscious by a close friend. He was later transferred from intensive care to an acute medical unit, where his condition stabilized. Gascoigne's management company, MNT Agency, released a statement confirming his release and addressing the cause of his hospitalization. 'Paul voluntarily went into A&E (Accident and Emergency) on Friday after struggling with a throat condition (not by ambulance) he has had for a while," the statement read. 'He is already back home and doing well." The former football star was reportedly found by his driver and personal assistant, Steve Foster, who acted swiftly to ensure he received medical attention. Gascoigne, affectionately known as 'Gazza," earned 57 caps for the England national team and played for several top clubs including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, and Everton. He rose to international fame with his standout performances at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, helping England reach the semi-finals, and further dazzled at Euro 96. Despite his footballing brilliance, Gascoigne's life off the pitch has been marred by long-standing battles with alcohol addiction and mental health issues. In 2020, he revealed that he had anti-alcohol pellets implanted in his stomach in an effort to stay sober. However, in a candid 2023 appearance on the High Performance podcast, Gascoigne admitted he was still struggling, describing himself as a 'sad drunk" and revealing he was living in a spare room at his agent's home. (with AFP inputs) view comments Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
