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The Sun
41 minutes ago
- The Sun
Moment footballer screams ‘I'll kill you' at women on train after they ‘refused to say which mate was most attractive'
Jordan Farrell Published: Invalid Date, THIS is the shocking moment a foul-mouthed footballer screams "I'll kill you" at a woman on the train. The player was captured on mobile phone footage making the vile threats to unsuspecting women passengers. 5 5 Elijah Chilekwa, 27, the former Wales under-19 and Bristol City player, was urged by his friends to stop while he threatened to follow one woman to her house. He told her: "I'll kill your boyfriend." Tempers flared after the women reportedly declined to say who they found most attractive out of Chilekwa and the two friends he was travelling with. The footage show Chilekwa shouting at passengers on the crowded train on May 18. After the journey between Cardiff Central and Swindon he was reported to police before an appeal was put out for witnesses. In the footage, Chilekwa says: "I'll kill you, I'll kill your boyfriend. "I'll follow you, I'll follow you to your house. "I'll follow you to your boyfriend's house, I'll kill your boyfriend. Whatever. "If those two girls want to move, you can go. I'm not going to f***ing stop you from going." He added: "I'll see you about in the morning. The Selfish Travel Trend Annoying Public Transport Users Everywhere "Calm, calm. Ring your boyfriend, calm yeah. If that's how you want to play with things." Chilekwa's friends can be heard shouting his name asking him: "What are you doing?" As they plead with him to stop, he then proceeds to stand up and tell his friends to "move then". He is also captured visibly mocking the women he is confronting. Chilekwa, who is due to be a father, was later arrested by the British Transport Police after the clip went viral. Zambian -born Chilekwa, of Cardiff, pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm, or distress. Despite scoring for Wales under-19s on his debut his dreams of turning professional never materialised after he left Bristol City for Worcester City. He now regularly plays for Cardiff Corinthians and is working as an electrician. Magistrates in Reading handed him a £769 fine and ordered him to pay £250 in compensation. After the incident, a British Police spokesman said: "There is absolutely no place for violent or intimidating behaviour on the railway network, and we encourage the victim or anyone who witnessed the incident to contact British Transport Police." 5 5
BBC News
2 hours ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Mayor hopes Cambridgeshire buses can be saved by cutting others
Two "key" bus routes at risk of being cut by an operator could be saved by stopping three lesser used services, said a Conservative East is due to stop its route nine bus service, which links Littleport to Ely and Cambridge, and the 31 route from Ramsey to Whittlesey. Passengers told the BBC cuts to the services would have a negative effect on people living in the alternative proposal from Paul Bristow, the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, suggested stopping the south Cambridgeshire Tiger On Demand public transport service and the bus routes number 15 and 8A. The proposal will be put forward to the combined authority on 22 July and was estimated to save about £531,000 a year, Bristow estimated cost of running the 31 and nine services, due to axed by Stagecoach, was £500, who asked not to include his surname, lives in Ramsey and has two sons who use the 31 bus to get to school in Whittlesey. He said: "It's a lifeline for us because when we are working we can't get them to school. "But it's not just my sons: it's for people looking to go to work, medical appointments and not just going into Whittlesey, but to Stanground or college - there's a lot of people involved." Rising costs Stagecoach East previously said cuts and changes to its services in the county were necessary "to keep the local bus network viable". It added the changes followed a £1m rise in National Insurance annually, which put the price of provision up for "services already struggling to cover their cost of operation".Bristow said he wanted to save services that connected major towns and cities such as Chatteris, Ely, Littleport and Ramsey with Cambridge and bus route 15 from Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, to Royston, Hertfordshire, cost £50,668.61 to run in the year to April 2025 and it carried 281 passengers - which is £180 per passenger. The service 8A that runs between March and Cottenham had 1,969 passenger journeys in 2024-25, costing about £100.33 per Cambridgeshire Tiger on Demand service, which is part of the precept funded services, had 1,654 passenger journeys in the first three months of operation and cost about £180.11 per passenger."You have to make a decision at some point about how much you're willing to subsidise," Bristow said. "I don't think [services such as the 15] are justifiable especially when we could end up losing services like the 31 and the number nine. "I am going to put to my board that we divert that money spent on those services to saving the 31 and the nine where the subsidy required was lower. "The 31 between Cambridge and Fowlmere, was estimated to cost about £76.89 per passenger. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Man spotted walking sheep on lead through station
Rail staff and passengers were surprised to see a man walking a sheep on a lead through a train station. ScotRail shared a picture of the man leading the animal along a platform at Paisley Gilmour Street station in Renfrewshire this week. It is not clear where they were going, though the next train due to arrive at the platform was one heading to Largs in North Ayrshire. In a social media post, ScotRail said: 'Well, ewe don't see that every day at Paisley Gilmour Street!' The photo shows the sheep looking docile as it walks along attached to a red lead while a man sitting on a bench looks on in apparent amusement. A ScotRail spokesperson said: 'Monday evening brought one of the more ewe-nique sights on Scotland's Railway. 'We're used to livestock on the line causing disruption, but thankfully this visitor at Paisley Gilmour Street was on a lead and well baa-haved.' Social media users joked about the incident, with one posting: 'I hope they've got a ticket or they'll be RAMifications…,' while another said: 'Seen it at Baaarhead.' Others said they had seen the sheep being led along on a lead in Ayr and Prestwick in South Ayrshire in recent days.
The Independent
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Man spotted walking sheep on lead through station
Rail staff and passengers were surprised to see a man walking a sheep on a lead through a train station. ScotRail shared a picture of the man leading the animal along a platform at Paisley Gilmour Street station in Renfrewshire this week. It is not clear where they were going, though the next train due to arrive at the platform was one heading to Largs in North Ayrshire. In a social media post, ScotRail said: 'Well, ewe don't see that every day at Paisley Gilmour Street!' The photo shows the sheep looking docile as it walks along attached to a red lead while a man sitting on a bench looks on in apparent amusement. A ScotRail spokesperson said: 'Monday evening brought one of the more ewe-nique sights on Scotland's Railway. 'We're used to livestock on the line causing disruption, but thankfully this visitor at Paisley Gilmour Street was on a lead and well baa-haved.' Social media users joked about the incident, with one posting: 'I hope they've got a ticket or they'll be RAMifications…,' while another said: 'Seen it at Baaarhead.' Others said they had seen the sheep being led along on a lead in Ayr and Prestwick in South Ayrshire in recent days.
The National
7 hours ago
- Business
- The National
Dubai Metro Blue Line project secures Dh3.9bn financial deal as plans take shape
A global consortium tasked with designing and building the Dubai Metro Blue Line has agreed a Dh3.9 billion ($1.06 billion) financing deal, in a 'key milestone' for the emirate's flagship public transport project. Leading UAE bank Emirates NBD will provide the substantial loan – which it described as syndicated bonded facilities – to the group made up of Turkish companies Mapa and Limak and China's CRRC. Dubai 's Roads and Transport Authority awarded the contract for the development of the rail expansion scheme to the consortium in December. The RTA this month appointed engineering company Parsons in a project management role for the Blue Line, which will include design review and construction supervision. The major rail plan is critical to Dubai's efforts to boost connectivity and encourage drivers to shift to public transport to ease congestion, amid the emirate's population boom. The Blue Line is scheduled to open in September 2029, marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Dubai Metro. The Dh20.5 billion project will include 14 new stations, connect with the existing Green and Red lines, and serve expanding neighbourhoods such as Mirdif, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Creek Harbour and Dubai International City. It will add 30km to the Metro network, 15.5km of which will be underground. When completed, the Metro network will be 131km long with 78 stations served by 168 trains. The ambitious public transport drive is central to the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, which has easier commuting among its priorities. Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority said the Blue Line would connect five principal urban regions – Bur Dubai/Deira, Downtown/Business Bay, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai Marina/JBR and Expo City Dubai. 'The Dubai Metro Blue Line Project is a milestone undertaking that will strategically and significantly empower the continuous development of the emirate by providing a rising population with new, efficient, accessible and reliable public transportation and mobility solutions,' said Ahmed Al Qassim, group head of wholesale banking at Emirates NBD. Murathan Doruk Gunal, vice president and chief executive of Mapa, said the finance package is a significant step forward for the scheme. 'The successful closing of the financing with Emirates NBD marks a key milestone and reflects the trust placed in our consortium's ability to deliver complex, high-impact projects,' he said. 'At Mapa, we remain committed to contributing our engineering expertise and project-execution capabilities to support Dubai's vision of sustainable and integrated urban development.' Serdar Bacaksız, board member at the Limak Group of companies, added: 'This financing agreement with Emirates NBD is a crucial milestone, empowering us to bring our global expertise, insights and innovative solutions to life, and contribute to Dubai's ambition for a seamlessly connected, sustainable city.' Transport master plan on track Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, announced that work was under way on the Blue Line in June. He wrote on X that the foundation stone for the line's first station has been laid, in the Dubai Creek Harbour area, adding that it represents an 'architectural icon'. It will be called the Emaar Properties station and will be the world's tallest metro station at 74 metres. Sheikh Mohammed said the Dubai Metro had transported more than 2.5 billion people since its launch, at an average of 900,000 per day, and the new route would be a 'major addition' to the emirate's transport infrastructure. 'We continue to develop the city … we continue to build the best city to live in the world,' he said.
