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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Man United Women boss Marc Skinner claims his side do not fear Arsenal ahead of final league game of the season
Man United Women boss Marc Skinner claims his side do not fear Arsenal ahead of final league game of the season Manchester United Women boss Marc Skinner has claimed his side do not fear Arsenal ahead of their WSL clash later today. The Red Devils have already secured qualification for the Champions League next season with a hard-fought 2-2 draw with Manchester City last Sunday. Advertisement United have the opportunity to finish second in the league if they win today as they lie just one point behind Arsenal in the table. Speaking to the official club website ahead of the match, Skinner claimed that Arsenal have perhaps had their minds elsewhere in recent matches. He asserted, 'In the last few games they have probably been a bit distracted by getting into the Champions League final.' While admitting the size of the challenge, he demonstrated trust in his side's ability by claiming, 'We don't fear Arsenal, we respect them. We want to take on anyone. We really want to enjoy these last two games (including the FA Cup final versus Chelsea).' Advertisement He also confirmed that Rachel Williams will not be fit for the last game of the Women's Super League season but that the club hope that she could 'play a part' in the FA Cup final on Sunday 18th May. Skinner also stated that Jayde Riviere will definitely not be part of the league match and that they will have to wait and see what the situation will be like ahead of the final. Nonetheless, everybody else is 'fit and healthy' ahead of the match. The United manager insisted that his side would be focused on the task at hand rather than be distracted by the FA Cup final next week. He stated, 'I think more importantly, there is something on the game. If we win, we go second. You never go to Arsenal and think you don't want to win the game. For us it is a non-negotiable, it is such a big game.' Advertisement Skinner also claimed that his squad will be champing at the bit to play as they will not only want to beat the Gunners but also 'to get some rhythm' before the final. He also admitted that he was surprised that his in-form keeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce missed out on the nomination for the Player of the season award. The boss lavished praise on the American by claiming she was 'incredible'. He went on to say that she did things that most keepers in world football can only dream of doing, by making the 'uncomfortable seem comfortable.' The United boss lauded her further when he claimed that she was on 'a trajectory to become the best in the world' in her position. Tullis-Joyce and United will hope to end their league season in the perfect way on Saturday. The score is currently 1-1 at half-time. Follow us on Bluesky: @
RNZ News
07-05-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Some domestic violence calls to police going unanswered
Family violence support agency SHINE says many domestic violence calls to police are going un-answered. Photo: RNZ A family violence support agency says police are undoing decades of hard work by not attending some domestic violence callouts that are considered mental health related. Last year, police announced they would pull back on mental health related callouts in a phased approach, while still attending high risk incidents, in a bid to save their time and resources. But a family violence support agency said that meant many domestic violence calls were going un-answered, leaving victims without the help they needed. Rachel Williams is a senior adviser for SHINE - an Auckland service provider aimed at addressing family violence. The agency had seen the results of the police's policy change first-hand. "We had a incident at our refuge in Auckland where the police were called, but they couldn't intervene because it was deemed mental health." They had also heard the same thing from victims in the community. As well as pulling back on mental health related callouts - police have been trialling a new Risk Harm Attendance Framework, aimed at reducing responses to social harm callouts where other agencies could step in. Williams felt the changes were undoing years of work from the family violence sector in encouraging victims to seek out help. "The police are the only ones who can go into the home and stop someone who's experiencing harm. So by pulling back on that message we feel like decades of work has been undone." Between 2009 and 2018, there were 125 deaths from intimate partner violence in New Zealand. Police said they would still attend incidents where there was an immediate risk to life, but Williams said in a family violence situation it was not always so black and white. "One form of family violence is that somebody's standing there with a gun to your head and I think the police will probably still respond then. "But there are lots of other ways that people can harm you... and I don't think the police are responding to all of those." Women's Refuge chief executive Ang Jury agreed. She said in a family violence incident police may not get the full picture from the victim over the phone. "Somebody who's ringing them, may not be giving them that sort of information that they need to even make that judgement." "Most people don't ring police because they want a cup of tea and to have someone to talk to. They actually are fearful. To me, if a victim or a family member has got to that point you're talking about risk." Women's Refuge had seen police slowly pulling back from family violence callouts over the last five or so years - and the recent changes made things worse in certain parts of the country, Jury said. The police mental health pull-back has been happening in different stages across different police districts. Jury acknowledged police were tight on resources, and it was not realistic for them to attend all family violence incidents. "In lieu of that, what I would like to see is some really full-on and far more stringent training of their call-takers... to make sure they are identifying the level of risk they claim to be identifying." In a statement, a police spokesperson said their new Risk Harm Attendance Framework enabled staff to identify clearly, confidently and consistently what required urgent or timely police attendance. The new framework included a special prioritisation for family violence offences, they said. Police wanted to reassure the community they would continue to assess risk to ensure people get appropriate help when they needed it. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
BBC News
26-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Art gallery opens in former Dockerills hardware store in Brighton
An art gallery has opened in a former hardware store in Brighton, which closed after more than 100 years of which had been operating in the city since 1915, closed in September last store, where five generations of the family had worked, cited the Covid-19 pandemic, rising overhead costs and falling trade for its Miller Arts (KMA) Gallery opened to the public at the Church Street site on Saturday. A KMA spokesperson said months of careful renovation had created a purpose-built gallery which would display "hundreds of unique artworks, from painting, print, sculpture and ceramics".Its opening exhibition, Liminal, includes work by Rachel Williams, Ashley Hanson and sculptor Klaus W. gallery spokesperson said: "Representing a new chapter for the gallery and the art community of Sussex and beyond, the space aims to be a beacon for the celebration of original art."
The Guardian
19-04-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Everton v Manchester City, Brentford v Brighton, Barcelona v Celta Vigo
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature WSL: West Ham 0-0 Man Utd (71 min) Manchester United are having a frustrating afternoon at the Chigwell Construction Stadium, where the match remains goalless going into the last 20 minutes. Rachel Williams is about to come on for Man Utd. Share Scottish Cup: Hearts 1-1 Aberdeen The first Scottish Cup semi-final is level after a highly eventful first half at Hampden. Aberdeen went ahead through an unfortunate own goal from Hearts keeper Craig Gordon; Lawrence Shankland smacked the equaliser but the match changed just before half-time when Michael Steinwender was sent off for the denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity. A Dogso, in the peculiar parlance of our time. Share Hello, hello and welcome to an elite Saturday clockwatch. The E-word refers not to the quality of what you may read on this page over the next four hours, but the fact we'll be focussing entirely on top-flight football. That's because the EFL fixtures were all played yesterday, more of which here. There are four 3pm kick-offs of the Premier League, three of them involving the race for European places. And Barcelona and Bayern Munich, leaders of La Liga and the Bundesliga respectively, are also in action. Barcelona lead Real Madrid by four points with seven games to play. Bayern need 10 points from the last five games to end their drought and win a first Bundesliga title since 2023. These are our featured games: Premier League Brentford v Brighton Crystal Palace v Bournemouth Everton v Manchester City West Ham v Southampton Not the Premier League West Ham 0-0 Man Utd (WSL, 12pm) Hearts 1-1 Aberdeen (Scottish Cup semi-final, 12.30pm) Heidenheim v Bayern Munich (Bundesliga, 2.30pm) Barcelona v Celta Vigo (La Liga, 3.15pm) We also have a dedicated liveblog for the first leg of the Women's Champions League semi-final between Arsenal and Lyon. Join Xaymaca Awoyungbo for the latest. Share
