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The Courier
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Courier
Prom photos: Viewforth High School Class of 2025
Viewforth High School leavers' formal was the party of their school days for the Kirkcaldy Class of 2025. Exams finished, S6 pupils dressed to the nines for their final bash all together. Our photographer Steve Brown was there as they celebrated at Laurel Bank Hotel, Markinch, on Friday evening. Viewforth High leavers' prom features in our Class of '25 photo gallery series. Look out for more throughout June from secondary school leavers' proms and dances across Tayside and Fife. All photographs by Steve Brown/DC Thomson.
The Courier
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Courier
Prom photos: Woodmill High School Class of 2025
Woodmill High School senior prom was a night to remember for the Dunfermline school's Class of 2025. Leavers dressed up to the nines to celebrate the end of exams and their school days. Our photographer Steve Brown joined them as they headed off for the Keavil House Hotel on Tuesday evening. Woodmill High senior prom is among the first in our Class of '25 photo gallery series. Look out for more throughout June from secondary school leavers' proms and dances across Tayside and Fife. All photographs by Steve Brown/DC Thomson.
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Escape To The Country guest breaks down in tears as stunned BBC host scrambles to apologise for 'upsetting her' outside property
An Escape To The Country guest broke down in tears as stunned BBC host Steve Brown scrambled to apologise for 'upsetting her' during a recent episode of the show. The instalment saw Jane and her daughter Bella asked for help from the property expert in a bid to find Jane a dream home in Devon. Jane decided that she wanted to move from her current home in Henfield, West Sussex, and head back to county in the southwest of England after growing up there. She explained that she had outgrown her current pad and had a maximum budget of £425,000 for a minimum of two bedrooms, an office, a small garden, a parking space, located near a large village and church. Before heading to to their next property in the episode, the trio stopped by Teignmouth seafront to catch up and talk about Jane and her reason to come back home. Steve said: 'Dare I say it, your mum, I think, moving down here, doing it on her own, is very, very brave.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The instalment saw Jane and her daughter Bella enquire help from the property expert in a bid to find Jane a dream home in Devon Bella replied: 'I think having the painful slog of raising me and my sister probably made her strong enough that moving down here it's a quick one! 'The main thing is packing, that's the worst bit! Hate packing!' Steve asked her: 'Is this a big leap for you that you just take in your stride? Because not many people just decide...' Before the host could finish his question, Jane wiped away a tear from her face and Steve continued: 'Sorry I don't mean to upset you!' Jane told him: 'No! No you haven't.' 'I hope this is pride that we're talking about here,' Steve said. Jane explained: 'It's hearing what Bella's saying.' Bella joked: 'Sorry I'll say horrible things now.' Jane told Steve: 'It's a fresh start. I'm looking for something new, and a new adventure and a new chapter. 'I just turned 60, now's the time to do it.' Steve asked: 'Has today cemented it for you?' to which she said: 'Definitely.' He added: 'I'm so pleased to be part of this with you.' It's not the first time recently that there were tears involved in the programme. A buyer broke got very emotional after 'having a hard time' with her doomed property search during the most recent episode of the BBC show. Property expert Ginny Buckley returned to our screens to help couple Debs and Colin find their dream property on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. The pair - who had lived in Caterham, Surrey, for 29 years - tried to find their perfect home seven years ago, but it didn't work out, and only now were they ready to try again. Ginny took them to Norfolk end to the village of Forncett End, near a market town of Wymondham. The thatched cottage, costing £500,000, boasted a kitchen, breakfast room, two reception rooms, three bedrooms and a workshop. And they certainly liked the look of what they saw. Colin said: 'That is full-on Escape To The Country character, isn't it?' Debs added: 'It's beautiful. It is really pretty. I love it.' Just moments later she got very emotional and said: 'Oh it's making me - a bit - cry...' A shocked Ginny asked: 'Oh why? What? What's making you?' 'I don't know,' Debs replied. It's just making me a bit, like, emotional. It is so pretty. So pretty.'
New York Times
23-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Manchester United inform staff of 200 redundancies after Europa League final loss
Manchester United's football staff are finding out today (Friday) if they are at risk of redundancy with the club looking to cut another 200 jobs from the workforce. Members of the football department were informed by email they would be finding out their fate less than 48 hours on from assisting the team in the Europa League final. Advertisement United hosted a barbecue for these same employees at Carrington on Thursday evening, a day after the match against Tottenham Hotspur in Bilbao, and the timing has been badly received internally. It is expected physios and masseurs will be impacted. United wanted to provide clarity before the end of the Premier League campaign on Sunday, when the squad will fly to Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong on a post-season tour. The number of United's scouts is also being reduced, while The Athletic has previously reported on the upcoming exits of director of scouting Steve Brown, director of football operations David Harrison, and director of innovations Richard Hawkins. United confirmed in February that they were set to make 150 to 200 redundancies as part of wider cost-cutting measures under Sir Jim Ratcliffe's stewardship, following the 250 redundancies made the previous summer. This takes the number of redundancies at United to 450 since Ratcliffe completed his minority purchase of the club in February 2024. United had an average of 1,112 monthly employees according to club accounts for the year ending June 30, 2023. Ratcliffe has made a series of decisions aimed at reducing costs at Old Trafford since completing his minority investment in United and taking control of operations across the club. The announcement of the upcoming redundancies in February was also coupled with changes to provisions of food for employees. United, who remain majority owned by the Florida-based Glazer family, have posted five consecutive full-year losses since last achieving profitability during the 2018-19 season, totalling £373million. United were beaten in the Europa League final by Tottenham on Wednesday, with defeat meaning the club miss out on qualification for next season's Champions League and the subsequent financial benefits of European football.
Telegraph
23-05-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Man Utd to axe 200 jobs today as morale hits rock bottom
Manchester United staff will discover on Friday if they have lost their jobs in the latest round of brutal cost cutting at Old Trafford. Around 250 jobs were shed last summer during the first wave of redundancies and now up to 200 more staff are set to be axed as part of Sir Jim Ratcliffe's ruthless drive to save money and reduce costs. Staff are braced for swingeing cuts across an array of football and non-football departments, including scouting, analysts and commercial, as United streamline operations. Some staff already know they are going while others are waiting to discover their fate. For example, United's director of scouting Steve Brown is leaving at the end of next month as part of extensive changes to the recruitment strategy. United have already taken steps in recent years to reduce their number of scouts but the existing global network of 80 will be further reduced. Cuts to the analyst departments at senior and youth levels are also anticipated. It emerged earlier this month that United's long-serving employee, Marie Marron, was told she was at risk of redundancy. Marron has been at United for 47 years, initially serving as personal assistant to the then club secretary, Ken Merrett, before becoming a central figure in first-team logistics and a key liaison with Uefa, the Premier League and the Football Association. The mood among staff has been described as being on the floor for much of the past year as they sweat over their own futures and/or watch friends and colleagues depart. The anger and resentment towards the club's ownership among the rank and file was very much evident at a staff screening in Manchester city centre of United's Europa League final defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday night. When Ratcliffe and fellow co-owner Avram Glazer appeared on the screen at the event at Diecast, a warehouse venue in the Ancoats district, boos rang out among the crowd of employees and their families. Hundreds of staff and their loved ones were present. Ratcliffe has claimed the club would have gone 'bust by Christmas' without the severe cost-cutting. United have made losses of £313m in the previous three years and it is reported the club is set to post a third-quarter loss for this season of £40m in the coming weeks based on a consensus of Wall Street analysts. Failure to qualify for the Champions League and United's dire performance in the Premier League are anticipated to cost the club more than £150m in prize money, broadcast income, gate receipts and penalty payments. United went ahead with a BBQ at the club's Carrington training ground on Thursday night that had been organised for players, first-team staff and their families regardless of the outcome of the Europa League final. More fan protests planned As United prepare to axe more staff, supporters are readying themselves for fresh protests against the club's ownership at Old Trafford for the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday. United will finish in 17th position should they lose to Aston Villa and Tottenham claim at least a point at home to Brighton, which would be their lowest placing since the club was relegated 51 years ago. The 1958 fans' group are calling for supporters to meet at the top of Sir Matt Busby Way at the junction with Chester Road at 3pm, an hour before kick-off, and march down to the stadium forecourt. 'We will start on Sir Matt Busby Way to symbolise the standards that are being decayed and lost, installed by Sir Matt and profoundly precious to all of us,' the 1958 said. 'The club is drowning in over a billion pounds of debt, our fanbase is fractured and divided and our stadium neglected – [all] down to Glazer greed and betrayal. They've taken everything. 'Now, even Sir Jim Ratcliffe's arrival has come at the cost of hundreds of jobs, further punishing a fanbase already suffering under the Glazers' reign. Lifelong loyal supporters are being driven away from the club they love – priced out and pushed aside. Another dagger in the heart of our footballing community. 'We march. As one fanbase. To make it clear: 20 years on, the fire still burns Red – with fury and defiance. We want the Glazers out of our club.'
