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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Liam Delap names surprise defender as toughest opponent - 'Everyone says Van Dijk'
Ipswich striker Liam Delap named Nottingham Forest center-back Murillo as the toughest center-back he has faced in his career. The 22-year-old, who has been mentioned as a possible summer target for Liverpool, has come up against Murillo twice this season, failing to score or assist in either of Ipswich's games against Forest. Advertisement Delap was asked to choose between Ruben Dias, William Saliba, Murillo and Van Dijk for the toughest center-back he has faced, and although he mentioned Van Dijk — who Delap also drew a blank against in two games this season — he ultimately plumped for Murillo, who has also been linked with the Reds. "I think everyone says Van Dijk and he's probably been one of the best centre-backs in the world," Delap told Sky Sports. "When I went and played against Murillo, I was really impressed with him. He's still young and he's so fast and strong. READ MORE: Jeremie Frimpong shows exactly what he would bring to Liverpool before Xabi Alonso gesture READ MORE: Footage shows how Dominik Szoboszlai reacted to Trent Alexander-Arnold's boos at full-time Advertisement "Do you know what, I think I'm going to go with Murillo. I really like what I've seen from him this season. I don't watch too much football or anything but I don't want to go with what everyone else says." A $40 million buyout clause in Delap's Ipswich contract became active once the Suffolk club's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed, and it is expected that there will be plenty of interest in the former Manchester City player this summer. Delap has scored 12 Premier League goals for Ipswich despite the team's struggles and there is little chance of him remaining at Portman Road next term. The Reds are interested in signing a new striker this summer, although it remains to be seen whether they plan to firm up any interest in Delap. Advertisement Arne Slot has relied on his wide players for many of Liverpool's goals, with Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez having managed just 11 Premier League goals between them. The anticipated sale of Nunez will help to raise funds for a new striker, with Liverpool expecting there to be a strong market for the Uruguayan after rejecting approaches from clubs in Saudi Arabia during the winter window. Murillo has been a top player for Nottingham Forest this season -Credit:MI News/NurPhoto One of the offers, from Al-Hilal, was reported to have been worth $93 million, and if the club can command a similar fee this summer, it could go some way to ensuring the Reds can replace Nunez with a top-class striker. Newcastle's Alexander Isak would be Liverpool's preferred target but he is likely to prove too expensive, while the Reds have also been linked with the likes of Julian Alvarez, Viktor Gyokeres, and Benjamin Sesko of Atletico Madrid, Sporting CP, and RB Leipzig respectively.
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Woman dead, 2 injured, following fatal shooting in Suffolk: Police
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Suffolk Police (SPD) is actively looking for an individual in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred around 1:35 a.m. Saturday on the 5600 block of Shoulders Hill Road. When officers arrived they found a woman dead on the scene. Police also found two other individuals with non life-threatening injuries as a result of a gunshot wound. Those individuals were transported to a local hospital. SPD identified 35-year-old Derrick Dontre Corbett as the suspect and charged him with: Murder Two counts of attempted murder Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon Six counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony And three counts of shoot/cut/stab in the commission of a felony. This is an ongoing investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Courier
10 hours ago
- Sport
- The Courier
Thousands expected at next week's Angus Show
Final preparations are taking place for the 2025 Angus Show which takes place next Saturday. Brechin Castle Showground is the venue for the first major agricultural event in the area this year. Angus Show always draws in a huge turnout of farmers and the general public. Event secretary Arlene Alston told us previous editions have typically attracted 4,000 to 5,000 people. This year's livestock competitions feature 200 sheep, 70 cattle and 300 horses. Among the highlights is the Suffolk Sheep Society's Scottish branch national show. More than 100 top-class Suffolks from as far south as Annan and Fraserburgh in the north will go under the watchful eye of Alastair Barkley of the Blackbrae flock in Northern Ireland. Inter-breed beef and sheep titles will be judged on a points system. Meanwhile, the champion of champions award, which was introduced for the first time last year, will be judged by Blackface breeders Ian and Patsy Hunter, of Dalchirla, Crieff. A strong line-up of other judges from throughout the country will head up the individual breed sections. Stuart Campbell, of the Cladich fold, will be travelling from Argyll to judge the Highland Cattle. And Rachel Buckle, of Carluke, South Lanarkshire, will judge the Beltex sheep. Last year saw the sheep champion named supreme winner. David Leggat tapped out the one-crop Suffolk ewe from Finn Christie, of Inverurie. It beat a Charolais from Robert Young, of Mornity, Perthshire, and a Clydesdale from Jim and Louise Greenhill, of Letham, Angus, to the top title. There is a packed programme of events lined up for the main ring at next week's show. These include the Stannage Stunt Team, while truck and vintage vehicle shows are also shaping up well, with 150 tractors and implements entered.
The Sun
12 hours ago
- Business
- The Sun
Our lives will be ruined by billionaire's £30,000-a-night wedding venue in quiet village – it'll be a 24/7 party site
A 'LORD of the Manor' billionaire has infuriated villagers by launching a mega party centre which they claim threatens to destroy their peace and quiet. Many of the 150 locals say that hugely-wealthy Jon Hunt - who sold his estate agency Foxtons for millions - has turned his country estate in the heart of the Suffolk countryside into a giant retreat called Valley Farm where guests can drink and dance round the clock. 9 9 9 In the latest confrontation with villagers in Huntingfield near Halesworth, critics claim he is creating an unsuitable 24-hour-a-day venue – with booze on tap at all hours – that will ruin their tranquil lives. The latest addition to the sprawling 8,000 acre estate - an 18-bedroom wedding venue called Blyth Barn - is a string of converted linked buildings that can accommodate more than 200 guests and is just two minutes walk from the peaceful village green. In a meeting earlier this month, Huntingfield Parish Council's planning committee voted in favour of a motion to approve the part-retrospective application submitted by The Wilderness Reserve. However, there were conditions that limited the number of events with more than 180 people per year, and there will be no marquees outside the building area, reports the Beccles & Bungay Journal. The plan related to the reconfiguration of three approved holiday lets into the single guest house. But locals are seriously worried that what they describe as a 'glorified holiday camp' they claim will ruin their rural peace and quiet. Local Helen Cannon told The Sun this week: "They know how to work the system – they apparently said it wasn't going to be a party place but that is exactly what every other property on the estate has been turned into. 'This new place will apparently have 18 rooms and be able to host hundreds of people – that will inevitably involve disruption and late-night disturbance for every local living here.' The new 'party central' development – which also boasts a swimming pool, hot tub, sauna, gym and party room will be available for a reported £30,000 a night and have parking for more than 100 cars. It previously won permission from the district council to sell alcohol 24 hours a day, sparking more fears among some locals of round-the-clock noise and disturbance. Your kids are breaking law if they kick their ball over neighbour's fence, High Court rules after couple sued next door It is being advertised as 'grand-scale entertainment' and despite local objections, has been granted a licence for music until 1am. Villagers Lori Kingsley Adams and her daughter Nina Roe, 39, are among local objectors – they claim it has grown well beyond the 'rural retreat' originally pitched. Ms Adams, 61, who has lived in Huntingfield since 2017, said: "We feel like we have been ignored and our views not considered – all in the name of money. "This is a very old village and a small farming community and we thought this development would be a good thing for the village. 'But we have already endured four years of construction disturbing the peace and calm of the village. "It has been distressing and Huntingfield has been ruined - Mr Hunt presents himself as a philanthropist but he's not. We feel our views have been ignored – all in the name of money.' Ms Adams previously told the MailOnline: "It's a David and Goliath battle." Another villager said: "No-one has thought about the effect on all our lives – the traffic, light-pollution noise and the effects on wildlife. "Some guests will arrive in helicopters – we have all been misled about the 'green' nature of this development." 9 9 Parish council chairman David Blackmore raised concerns at a recent meeting about 'the huge amount of traffic, noise and light pollution' caused by the guests. He said: 'We are not anti-development just anti the wrong development – and a huge wedding venue and party space has no place in our small village.' And a report from a planning consultant said that the venue 'will inevitably cause a great deal of noise and disturbance to the local area with loud music and and a massive increase in traffic.' Adding a claim that 'the council failed to take any action or issue any enforcement notices for the current development not being in accordance to the approved plans.' But not everyone is against the new facility – furniture maker Chris Kerridge, who lives in the village, said: "I come from here and lots of my family live around here. "Mr Hunt is creating jobs, employing lots of local people and is saving the place in a traditional way. 'He is restoring disused old buildings and putting them to good use – he has deep pockets and can afford to do that.' The Wilderness estate is described in its brochures as 'an eco-holiday resort for grand-scale entertainment' and famous guests who have already stayed there include Jack Whitehall and Zoe Sugg. Mr Hunt makes this year's recent 'Rich List' with a fortune of £1.427 billion pounds which means he is the 114 th richest person in the country. The planning committee also approved an application for an extension and modification One bid is for the extension and modification of the car park which had received 40 objections from the public. It was heard in the meeting that the proposal includes 53 parking spaces and the overflow car park was removed from the application in response to objections. The other proposal was a part-retrospective application for a building to house management services and overflow accommodation. The committee voted in favour to approve both the applications. A spokesman for Wilderness said: "We have been part of the community around Huntingfield for many years, supporting local businesses and jobs as well creating new natural habitats for wildlife. "We look forward to continuing to work with the local community to deliver more of these benefits in the future." 9 9 9
Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
John Constable's ‘The Hay Wain': A Landmark Landscape
The National Gallery, London, founded in 1824, celebrated its bicentenary in small exhibitions across the U.K. that brought the museum's most iconic paintings to an even wider British public. John Constable's 'The Hay Wain' (1821), the Romantic artist's best known landscape, revered in his native England as an authentic image of its rural countryside, was among the works acclaimed as national treasures, and is now back in London as part of the recently reinstalled collection. The peaceful, unassuming canvas's radically new technique, its profound redefinition of what landscape painting could be, and Constable's inherently moral approach to the genre's naturalistic representation would preoccupy him throughout his career. Constable (1776-1837) grew up in East Bergholt, a small village in Suffolk along the River Stour in East Anglia. His father, who had inherited the local Flatford Mill, plied his prosperous trade along the river's canals, which afforded his family a genteel country life. Though the artist studied at London's Royal Academy as early as 1799, he often returned to draw and paint the fertile green fields and placid river scenes that viewers recognized even during his lifetime as 'Constable Country.' After his marriage in 1816, however, he moved permanently to London, and was elected associate of the Royal Academy in 1819. Constable also exhibited that year the first of his so-called Six-Footers, the monumental River Stour scenes that were painted in his London studio and were his bid for fame.
