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Herald Sun
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Herald Sun
AFL Caroline Wilson tells Craig Hutchy Hutchison to ‘grow up' in shock spray live on-air, Channel 7, The Agenda Setters
Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. Followed categories will be added to My News. Caroline Wilson bluntly told Craig Hutchison to 'grow up' during a feisty spat live on Channel 7. Hutchison, Wilson, Kane Cornes and Nick Riewoldt front The Agenda Setters on the network and the two footy greats sat silently while the media identities got into a squabble over one of Hutchy's recent business moves. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. The pre-planned segment, which Hutchison clearly did not know was going to happen, related to the media mogul's awkward appearance on radio network RSN last week after he announced a raft of sackings at the station. Earlier this month, the TV host's SEN group purchased RSN in a $3.25 million deal and immediately set about cutting costs, including giving popular hosts Daniel Harford and Michael Felgate the flick. Watch the Hutchy-Caro exchange in the video player above SEN owner Craig Hutchison didn't appreciate the line of questioning. Photo: Supplied Many long-time listeners of the station only learned the news when Hutchison fronted Felgate's Racing Pulse show last Thursday. So Wilson took the opportunity to make a cheeky plea over her own future on the Channel 7 show. Set up by Riewoldt in a section called The Spill, the former St Kilda captain put the vague question to Wilson: 'The hour on air of the Agenda Setters is the highest risk of all.' The long-time Age reporter replied: 'Well, certainly if you're on air with Craig Hutchison. 'This is no respect, disrespect I should say, to Michael Felgate or Daniel Harford for that matter. 'But if you're going to remove me from the show, can you please not do it with me on-air?' Daniel Harford (left) and Michael Felgate have been dumped from RSN. Wilson delivered the jab with a straight face and Hutchison did not take it well. 'This is not something to joke about,' he shot back. When Wilson said 'I'm not joking about it', Hutchy said: 'No, that's incredibly disrespectful and disappointing. That story is incorrect. It didn't happen.' Wilson, clearly surprised by Hutchison's reaction, stuck to her guns. 'Oh, don't. Craig, you walked into the studio, I know Michael Felgate already knew that his show would no longer be continuing,' she said. 'But if you're going to do it to me, I would rather it happen behind the scenes and not on air.' With Hutchison's production company directly involved in The Agenda Setters, perhaps Wilson just signed her own papers? Watch this space. But Hutchy wasn't taking the shot lying down. 'There was a press release the day before and there was a mature, two-way conversation on-air and you're making light of it, which is disappointing,' a seemingly hurt Hutchy replied. Wilson then had the last word, scoffing as she said: 'Oh, grow up.' Cornes and Riewoldt then did their best to keep the show moving, moving onto a story about Travis Boak and his habits in the bedroom the night before a game. Somehow, that topic was nowhere near as awkward as the exchange between the old journalists. In a bizarre segment last week, Felgate had the opportunity to grill Hutchison about why he was losing his job, with the latter doing his best to stress it wasn't a personal decision. Caroline Wilson, Craig Hutchison and Kane Cornes left Nine to join Channel 7. Picture: Channel 9 Felgate began the interview asking: 'I've got to start with the elephant in the room. An announcement yesterday which came out that there will be programming changes. 'Breakfast with Harf and this show, Racing Pulse, will no longer exist in the new regime. 'Just talk us through the reasoning. Why you don't want Breakfast with Harf and Racing Pulse on the new station?' Hutchison responded: 'First of all they're magnificent shows, so no disrespect at all to the quality of the programs and the identities involved, you in particular Michael and Daniel, who have been incredible servants of RSN. 'There's nothing personal about (cancelling) either of those programs … we need to invest, over time, into the racing product, it's a racing station. 'It's a different audience to the one that we have developed over on SEN Track, very different audience, very different experience, they don't really resemble each other after midday.' He went on to say: 'I know that won't be everyone's cup of tea on day one. 'You (Felgate) have got an enormous following, so does Daniel. The default position from many will be to have empathy for those programs and I respect that hugely. Hugely, because it's not about the quality of the shows.' Harford, who has been an icon of the network, said on his show last Thursday it had been 'a period of uncertainty' for those involved. 'So at the end of August this program will cease to exist,' he said. 'We'll be no longer required and there will be different programming on RSN which is very sad. Harford with David King. Photo: Supplied 'We've been doing this for a long time, which is very sad. We've had a lot of conversations about this internally for a little while. 'Certainly in the last couple of days when we found out what was going to be happening. 'So that's the reality of our situation.' The Hutchison-led group announced RSN will double dip from the Hutchison-backed SEN network and will broadcast SEN Breakfast. SEN's flagship breakfast slot, whish is shared between Cornes, David King, Tim Watson and Garry Lyon, will now be broadcast on two frequencies. Felgate's Racing Pulse will be replaced by Gareth Hall's Giddy Up. Those changes will be made from August 29. Originally published as Caroline Wilson tells Hutchy to 'grow up' in shock spray live on-air
USA Today
6 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Six Eagles position battles to watch during Philadelphia Eagles training camp
After weeks of anticipation from rabid fans, the media, and the NFL, the Eagles are starting an urgent and exciting training camp, and we're highlighting six early position battles to watch. The Super Bowl champions have their rings and will now transition back to the practice field for installs and game-like activities at the NovaCare Complex. The Eagles made moves to strengthen some positions and fill pressing roster needs. Philadelphia added ten talented rookies on NFL draft weekend, as well as several high-profile free agents, who will enhance the competition in the coming days. After weeks of waiting for rabid fans, the media, and the NFL, the Eagles are kicking off an urgent and exciting training camp, and we're looking at six early position battles to watch. Backup running back NFL Offensive Player of the Year Saquon Barkley logged 345 rushing attempts and 2005 yards rushing in the 2024 regular season. After helping the Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl, head coach Nick Sirianni and OC Kevin Patullo could be looking to lighten Barkley's load slightly in 2025. Will Shipley produced when given opportunities as a rookie, and A.J. Dillon has always been a physical, reliable dual-threat running back. Who'll win the backup running back spot is something to watch. 3rd WR Spot A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith are among the top ten at their positions, but both players missed multiple games in 2024. A reliable third option is a must for an offense that'll see teams shift towards taking away the duo on the outside. Jahan Dotson caught 19 of 33 targets for 216 yards in 17 regular-season games with the Eagles in 2024 after being acquired in a trade from Washington. Dotson's most likely competition will come from Terrace Marshall, Danny Gray, and Johnny Wilson. Wilson, whom the Eagles selected in the sixth round of last year's NFL Draft, made 16 regular-season appearances during his rookie season in Philadelphia. Wilson finished with five catches for 38 yards and a touchdown. He played on more than 50 percent of Philadelphia's offensive snaps just three times last season, and will look to carve out a role in 2025. Right guard position Tyler Steen lost training camp battles to Cam Jurgens in 2023 and Mekhi Becton in 2024, but has his best shot at earning the Eagles' right guard position in 2025. He'll battle former Texans first-round pick Kenyon Green, Matt Pryor, Trevor Keegan, and one of the rookies. Still just 23, Green missed two games as a rookie, the entire 2023 season, and five games last season with various injuries. Green started 14 of 15 games as a rookie but was the 77th-highest-graded guard (37.7) out of 77 players in Pro Football Focus rankings that year. Last season, Green was one of the lowest-graded offensive guards in the NFL. Inside linebacker spot Zack Baun is an All-Pro; he'll be the engine that drives the Eagles' defense. He'll need a running mate while Nakobe Dean works to return from a patellar tendon injury that could cost him most of the 2025 season. That leaves first-round pick Jihaad Campbell, second-year linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr., and fifth-round pick Smael Mondon Jr. Campbell is recovering from shoulder surgery and will see his first action at some point in August. The 6'3", 235-pounder has sideline-to-sideline speed and impressive coverage skills. He also flourished as a quality pass rusher, registering five sacks in 2024. Left cornerback position The Eagles lost Darius Slay (Steelers), James Bradberry (free agent), Avonte Maddox (Lions), and Isaiah Rodgers (Vikings) in free agency and signed Adoree' Jackson. Even with those moves, Philadelphia didn't draft a cornerback until the fifth round when they selected Mac McWilliams out of UCF. Williams (5-10, 191) will add some depth on the outside and in the slot, but he was a fifth-round pick for a reason. Ringo was the biggest winner of the draft and'll have the inside track to be a starter. Jackson saw first-team snaps during OTAs and has starting experience from his time with the Titans and Giants. Eli Ricks could be a player to watch if Jackson falters. Safety position The Eagles traded C.J. Gardner-Johnson to Houston for Kenyon Green, opening up a starting role for Sydney Brown or Tristin McCollum. Brown is a physical safety who is stout on special teams but doesn't operate efficiently in space or match up against elite pass catchers. Enter Andrew Mukuba, a Swiss army knife from Texas who could keep Brown relegated to special team duties. Mukuba can play the slot, operate in space, and play with range, drawing comparisons to Gardner-Johnson.
DW
6 hours ago
- Politics
- DW
In India, caste still defines who cleans cities – DW – 07/22/2025
People from the lower rungs of India's strict social hierarchy say they're trapped doing jobs like cleaning sewers because of historical discrimination. At least 77% of India's 38,000 sewer and septic workers are from the Dalit community, according to data from India's National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE). Dalits are a historically marginalized group, comprising the lowest level of India's centuries-old discriminatory caste hierarchy. NAMASTE is an organization that claims to protect sanitation workers, while promoting the use of mechanized cleaning machines and securing subsidies to reduce manual labor. In 2020, the Indian government announced measures to end the hazardous practice of manual scavenging — the removal of human excrement from toilets, septic tanks and sewers by hand — by August 2021. The initiatives were part of the "Clean India Initiative," launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government that aimed to enforce laws banning manual scavenging. However, despite the ban, this dirty work goes on, largely carried out by Dalits. Despite their efforts to obtain other municipal jobs for which they are qualified, many Dalits claim to have been denied other work, effectively trapping them in cleaning roles. "The government refuses to acknowledge the social reality that India is fundamentally a caste-based society," said Bezwada Wilson from Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA), a advocacy group in India seeking an end to manual scavenging. "What they claim is less about facts and more about their own opinion," Wilson told DW. "Telling manual scavengers to buy machines themselves under the NAMASTE scheme is a cruel form of 'rehabilitation,'" said Wilson. "Instead of ending caste-based hiring, it simply repackages it under a modern name — NAMASTE is caste discrimination disguised as progress." To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Dalits are usually given the most menial and hazardous jobs, which are deemed "impure" by religious and social standards. These jobs are passed down through generations, trapping families into a cycle of social exclusion and economic deprivation. Even among the Dalits, the Valmiki sub-caste, historically faces harsher socio-political and economic exclusion, suppression and violence. "Caste is seen as a result of one's past deeds, condemning scavengers to a life of cleaning others' waste," Vivek Kumar, a professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, told DW. "Patronizing it by calling it a 'spiritual duty' or 'noble service to society' masks the harsh reality of discrimination," Kumar added. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Dalits often experience segregation in housing, education and social interaction. The association between caste and sanitation work limits Dalits from moving up the social ladder — forbidding their access to other jobs and opportunities. Kumar said that caste has not withered away with modernity or urbanization. Instead, it has spread into urban centers and entered modern institutions, such as industry, civil society, polity and bureaucracy. "Until caste acts as a cultural capital for the 'upper castes' we cannot eliminate it," he said. Kumar believes that "dignity of labor" must be taught from primary to higher education to move past the outdated belief of scavenging work being tied to one's birth. "Once the connection between caste and scavenging is broken and the job is fairly paid, we'll see other communities stepping in these jobs," Kumar concluded. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
North Wales Live
7 hours ago
- North Wales Live
He used alcohol to 'groom' a teenage girl before having sex with her
A man has been jailed for having sex with a teenage girl. Matthew Pritchard manipulated and gave the girl alcohol, Caernarfon Crown Court heard. Pritchard, of Dol Eithin, Caergeiliog, admitted four counts of sexual activity with a child and one of sexual communication with a child. Myles Wilson, prosecuting, said the offending started when Pritchard, aged 24, was aged 18 to 19 and the victim was aged 13. He added the victim on the Snapchat social media platform days before her 14th birthday, and they sent each other sexual photos before meeting up on a beach on Anglesey. He gave her alcohol before having sex with her. Mr Wilson said this was reported to police, but the defendant told the victim to deny it, and to delete messages between them. He continued to see the victim. He supplied her with alcohol, but would take cannabis himself and would also make her pose for sexual photos and would send her images of himself engaged in a sexual act. During that time they had sex. Mr Wilson said the victim, who cannot be identified, described the defendant as "jealous and controlling". He said: "He would tell her she wasn't allowed to meet her friends and would monitor her social media." The court heard Pritchard had no previous convictions and had committed no offences since. Richard Edwards, defending, said he admitted the offences at an early stage, he was young at the time of the offences, which had happened a number of years ago. He had been suffering mental health issues and it was a "lonely period" of his life, when he was vulnerable. He said he knows it was "stupid, selfish and wrong". Pritchard was hard working, was now a duty manager at a Premier Inn and in a stable four-year relationship, with his partner and five-month-old child and they would lose their rented home if he was imprisoned. He had moved on from the offences which had happened a number of years ago, had matured and was assessed as a low level of risk of reoffending. Judge Nicola Jones said the defendant was "fully aware of her age". She said: "You filmed her having intercourse and made her pose for photos." She said the defendant had used alcohol in "grooming her". The judge added: "This has had a devastating effect on her life. She now suffers from severe psychological harm and has anti-depressants for anxiety and depression and is having to go through therapy." Taking into account his age, his immaturity and that he was suffering a mental disorder at the time, Judge Jones sentenced Pritchard to a total of four years in prison, with half to be served in custody and half on licence. He was also given an indefinite notification requirement, an indefinite sexual harm prevention order with conditions and an indefinite restraining order from contacting the victim. A deprivation order was also made for any devices seized during the investigation. Pritchard must also pay a statutory surcharge. The victim was directed to a compensation authority.
NDTV
10 hours ago
- Business
- NDTV
"No Issues Found": Air India Inspects Fuel Control Switch On Boeing Jets
New Delhi: Weeks after India witnessed one of its worst air crashes in decades, Air India has said that it has completed its inspection of the locking mechanism of the fuel control switch on its Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft and found no issues. The June 12 crash involving a Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 had left 271 people dead. Air India had voluntarily taken up the precautionary checks after a preliminary report on July 12 revealed the aircraft's fuel switches were found in a cut-off position. The checks were necessary to ensure that it could not be moved accidentally. On July 14, an advisory by India's aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) followed, calling for fuel switch checks on some aircraft models by July 21. Both Air India and its low-cost subsidiary Air India Express have complied with the DGCA directive, the Tata-owned airline said. "In the inspections, no issues were found with the said locking mechanism. Air India had started voluntary inspections on 12 July and completed them within the prescribed time limit set by the DGCA. The same has been communicated to the regulator," their statement read. Reuters report. The AAIB, which is probing the air crash, released its initial findings on July 12. Besides the fuel switch cut-off, the report had revealed that the pilots tried to relight the engines. There was no evidence of sabotage or birdhit in the 15-page report. The airline had then pointed out that the report found no mechanical or maintenance issue with the aircraft, its engines, or the fuel quality, and assured that every Boeing 787 aircraft in the Air India fleet was checked and found to be fit within days after the crash. In an internal note last week, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson had also disapproved of speculations amid an apparent Western media campaign to blame pilot actions for the crash. "Until a final report or cause is tabled, there will no doubt be new rounds of speculation and more sensational headlines," Mr Wilson had said, urging employees to "stop drawing premature conclusions". The government has also warned that these findings are preliminary, and one must wait for the final report.
