THE

Sun
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: SACKED IN DISGRACE

THE PEOPLE’S PAPER 90p thesun.co.uk
Insults leak . . . David
BGT SUED BY
WALLIAMSEXCLUSIVE by PAUL SIMS
DAVID Walliams is suing Britain’s Got Talent
bosses over his leaked jibes about contestants
which led to him quitting the ITV show. The
ex-BGT judge is seeking significant damages.
Full Story — Page Seven

Very high flier . . . First

Officer Mike Beaton
and British Airways jet

BA pilot snorts
coke off topless
woman..then
By STEPHEN MOYES
A BRITISH Airways pilot
snorted coke off a woman’s
bare breasts before trying to
fly a packed jet to the UK.
Married Mike Beaton, of
Devon, boasted of his drug
and drink orgy to a steward-
ess friend, admitting: “I’ve
been a very naughty boy.”
The appalled pal reported
him to bosses who cancelled
last month’s flight from
Johannesburg to London, then
drug-tested and sacked him.
Full Story — Pages Four and Five

tries to fly plane

2 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

BIAS RULES AS COSTS ‘HIT £180BN’

HS2 GETS WOKE AS Cheered . . . Sir Ed

Davey in

IT GOES FOR BROKE

HS2 rail bosses
spent money on a
woke inclusivity doc-
ument — as experts
warn the line’s real
cost could double to
£180billion.
Training sessions on
unconscious bias were
set up for workers,
despite finances being
out of control.
The coaching lessons
‘Inclusive’ . . . over-budget HS2 rail were revealed in HS2’s
By RYAN SABEY
latest Equality, Diversity
and Inclusion document.
Tory MP Greg Smith, on
the Transport Select Com-
mittee, last night said HS2
chiefs were taking the
public for mugs.
He said: “Not content
with running massively
over-budget, they are now
using our cash to bake a
huge slice of woke pie.”
PM Rishi Sunak is said
to be alarmed by the esca-
lating costs of the project
— which have already hit
£91billion despite being
originally set at £30billion
— and is considering
cancelling part of it.
HS2 staff’s training ses-
sions aimed to “help facili-
tate internal conversation
and greater understanding
of unconscious bias”, the
document said.
It also reveals the orga-
nisation “delivered an
inclusive leadership work-
shop for our top sixty
technical leaders”.
And it shows how HS2
bosses are counting the
number of LGBTQ+ staff,
Labour
pact hint
By JACK ELSOM
LIB Dem leader Sir Ed
Davey hinted he would
with four per cent prop up Labour if it
of workers being identified failed to win a majority
as lesbian, gay, bisexual, at the next election.
trans or questioning. Speaking at his party
Eight per cent of bosses conference yesterday, he
on the scheme’s Phase 2 said: “Beyond ruling out
are also LGBTQ+. a coalition with the
Lord Berkeley, a Labour Conservatives, I am not
peer who served on a going to speculate what
government review into the else could happen.”
scheme, said its full cost The loudest cheer
during his speech in
was “nearer £180billion”.
HS2 Ltd said: “It’s vital Bournemouth came when
we set high standards to he pledged to build a
ensure everyone is able to “better future with
work in a safe and Europe”.
supportive environment.” However, he did not
The Sun Says — Page Ten mention the word Brexit
and would not say
whether he would seek to
rejoin the EU.
In a jibe at the Tories,

Keir: VAT he took back previous

comments he had made

at private HONOUR FOR comparing them

clowns, saying it was
unfair on clowns. Sir Ed
said: “I’m sorry. I used
the wrong c-word.”
to

BRIDGE HERO
In an appeal to Blue

schools Wall areas, he also put

healthcare at the heart of
his speech, promising
cancer patients would be
By RYAN SABEY seen within two months.
By LETTICE BROMOVSKY The Sun Says — Page Ten
LABOUR will add VAT
to private school fees A HERO porter who confronted a
within a year if it wins
the next election.
terrorist has been honoured by
Princess Anne.
CORRECTIONS &
Sir Keir Starmer’s party
said it does not plan to
Lukasz Koczocik received the CLARIFICATIONS
phase in the VAT fee over Queen’s Gallantry Medal at Wind- IMPERIAL College London
several academic years. sor Castle yesterday for grabbing research investigating whether
It says it will raise a seven-foot ceremonial pike to Ulez has improved air quality
£1.7billion for state schools. force the London Bridge attacker in London was not done by
out of Fishmongers Hall in 2019. its Environmental Research
But Education Secretary Group or funded by the
Gillian Keegan has Greater London Authority,
warned it could close nor was it “leaked” by a
some private schools and “whistleblower” or “rewritten”,
put pressure on the state as an Aug 21 article stated.
sector. Tory MP Nicola Rather it was carried out by
Richards added: “Tax on a separate Imperial College
London team and published
aspiration, classic Labour.” openly in an academic
A Labour party spokes- journal, and remains as it
man said: “Labour makes Royal award . . . Lukasz gets medal was upon publication.
no apology for relentless from Anne. Right, other heroes The Sun is a member of
focus on how to drive the Independent Press
high and rising standards
battle the terrorist on bridge in 2019 Standards Organisation. To
in our state schools.” make a complaint to us go
to www.thesun.co.uk/ipso, email
editorialcomplaints@the-sun.co.uk,

TAX SCRAP RISK HEAT’S ON KHAN

ABOLISHING inheritance tax
would see the wealthiest one
per cent of Brits reap half
the benefits, economists claim.
The Institute for Fiscal
Studies also warns it would
leave an annual £15billion
hole in public funds by 2032.
Speculation has been
growing that Rishi Sunak
wants to bin the tax —
which fewer than four per
PARTRIDGE STAR
VOTE HYPOCRISY
cent of estates meet the
threshold to pay.
The IFS predicts this will
rise to seven per cent by
2032 — but that 47 per cent
of savings will go to those
with estates worth more
than £2.1million.
Mark Franks, from the
Nuffield Foundation, said:
“Like all taxes it supports
vital public services.”
REMAINER comedian Steve Coogan
last night faced criticism after he
said first-past-the-post elections
“rob people of their vote”.
One Tory MP said of the Alan
Partridge star: “This is a bit rich,
when Coogan wanted to stand in
the way of the Brexit vote.”
The Sun Says — Page Ten
SADIQ Khan risks being
booted out as London Mayor
by a Tory maverick.
An exclusive poll for The
Sun shows Susan Hall is
just three points behind the
Labour incumbent ahead of
next year’s May election.
The survey by JL Partners
puts her on 32 per cent
with Mr Khan on 35 per
cent, despite Ms Hall having
or write to Editorial Complaints,
The Sun, 1 London Bridge
Street, London SE1 9GF.
received little support from
senior Tories such as the PM.
It comes as Mr Khan
faces a backlash for
expanding the Ulez to every
borough in London.
NOTE OF WARNING
Reform UK’s Howard Cox Smaller music venues
will collapse if business
is on eight per cent in the
poll, while the Lib Dems tax relief is abolished
next year, campaigners
and Greens are both
languishing on five per cent. have told the Chancellor.

14 SUJIKO WE PAY FOR

ABERDEEN
TODAY: Very unsettled weather as
PLACE the numbers 1-9 in the
spaces so that the number in
each circle is equal to the sum
YOUR STORIES
14
GLASGOW Storm Agnes arrives. It is going to THU 17˚ of the four surrounding spaces.
Solution on Puzzles page. We are always after good stories
be overcast with persistent heavy
EDINBURGH – and we pay big money for them
BELFAST NEWCASTLE rain and thunder in the North, but
every day. Call our newsdesk Today’s
16 rain will be lighter further south.
15 LEEDS Winds will be south-westerly and 3 and we’ll call you straight back. birthdays
generally gentle in eastern areas, ACTRESS GWYNETH
LIVERPOOL
MANCHESTER but near gale-force along the FRI 18˚ 16 27
Call: 020 7782 4100 PALTROW, 51, left, actor
DUBLIN DENIS LAWSON, 76,
17 NORWICH
western coast.
9 singers AVRIL LAVIGNE,
BIRMINGHAM TONIGHT: Heavy rain and thunder WhatsApp: 0742 372 0250
20 19 will persist in the North then ease 19 19
39, right, and BARBARA
CARDIFF 18 overnight. Clear spells in the South. email: exclusive@the-sun.co.uk DICKSON, 76, and comic
MAX BOYCE, 80.
OUTLOOK: Cloudy with showers SAT 17˚ lLast night’s Health
18 BRISTOL 21 LONDON tomorrow morning, but some Need help with Sun Savers? Lottery results: 5, 9, 10,
PLYMOUTH 20 sunny spells later. Heavy rain in the Call 0207 860 1129 (Mon-Fri 10am-5.30pm) 22, 37. Bonus ball: 13.
SOUTHAMPTON north-west on Friday but dry with
sunny spells elsewhere. PUZZLES: PAGE 40 or email help@thesun.co.uk EuroMillions: 2, 6, 14, 19,
23. Lucky stars: 5, 7.
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 3

COOP COUP

Picture: INTIMISSIMI
STILL
JENNY
FROM
THE ’99
ALBUM BB’S
By ELLIE HENMAN
JENNIFER Lopez looks so
last century as
appears to recreate her
debut album cover.
she

The US singer, 54, wore

a cream slip dress from
Intermissi for a new shoot,
CLUCK
RUNS
and looked almost exactly
how she was in On The 6,
released in 1999.
She says her upcoming
ninth album will be her
most personal, including
lyrics inspired by her
marriage to Ben Affleck.
J-Lo said people often
“have no idea” about her
past relationships. She
added: “There’s a part of

OUT
me that was hiding a side
of myself. And I feel like
I’m at a place in my life,
finally, where I have some-
thing to say about it.”

2023
Chickens,
you have been
egg-victed from
the Big Brother
house
Given the bird . . chickens won’t feature in new series

No hens in house
By FELICITY CROSS, Deputy TV Editor

BIG Brother will not be counting its

chickens for the new series after rumours
the birds are returning were pooh-poohed.
The feathery cluckers featured in the first
series in 2000 before making an appearance
during the show’s last outing five years ago.
Bosses promise a “back to basics” approach for the
upcoming ITV reboot, but
co-host Will Best said it is
unlikely to involve livestock
due to welfare concerns.
Will, 38, told the Dish
podcast: “I asked about
whether there’s gonna be
chickens this year, but I
don’t think there will be,
because . . . duty of care.”
Housemate Darren Ram-
say was obsessed with the
1999 chickens in the first series,
naming his fave Marjorie.
In a separate interview, Fowl play . . Darren in 2000
co-presenter AJ Odudu, 35, Brother house was invaded
laughed and said: “We’d by hundreds of hens, some
all love to put chickens in fake. Details of the new
a pen and see the Darrens series are under wraps

SOAP AWARDS
of the world bond with ahead of the October 8
them but I don’t think launch. Drone photos of
that’s going to be allowed.” the set, still being con-
Will added: “I think it structed, have shown a hot

PARTY PIC SPECIAL PAGES 20 & 21

will be a livestock-free tub in the garden.
house.” In 2018 the Big felicity.cross@thesun.co,uk
4 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
MET CHIEF: TOO
FEW GUN POLICE
POLICE firearms coverage
remains “significantly less
than normal”, the Met’s
chief said yesterday.
Sir Mark Rowley said the
shortage has left the London
force with “difficult choices”.
More than 100 gun officers are
refusing to work in protest at a
colleague being charged with
murdering rapper Chris Kaba, 24,
in Streatham last September.
But two thirds have returned to
By MIKE SULLIVAN, Crime Editor
duty after Home Secretary Suella
Braverman promised a review into
their legal rights.
Sir Mark said yesterday:
“We can provide credible
firearms cover but, I must be
honest, it’s still significantly
less than normal which will
create some difficult choices.”
He said officers were
“extremely anxious” over the
Problem . . Sir Mark
charging of their colleague, known
as NX121. Sir Mark added: “Many
are under pressure from partners,
parents, children who are saying,
‘I’m worried what you might go
through based on your job’.”
An Old Bailey judge will
decide next week if NX121
should remain anonymous.
Policing minister Chris
Philp yesterday said armed
officers should be paid more
than beat bobbies because
of the “extraordinary
danger” they faced.
EXCLUSIVE:
DISTANCE
5,610
miles
London
ALTITUDE
Very high
Johannesburg
By STEPHEN MOYES, Associate News Editor
A MARRIED British Airways pilot was sacked after
boasting in graphic detail of his wild night of drink,
drugs and sex on a sleazy stopover — including
snorting lines of cocaine off a woman’s boobs.
First Officer Mike Beaton was about to fly from South
Africa to London when a worried stewardess raised the alarm.
He had told her how he had “been a very naughty boy” in a series of
jaw-dropping messages. Shocked bosses then cancelled the 12-hour
flight, costing the airline an estimated £100,000. The dad of one was
suspended then flown home the
next day as a passenger, before
being drug-tested at Heathrow.
When that proved positive, he
was sacked.
BA’s latest booze-fuelled drama
came to light after Beaton flew to
Johannesburg, where he had down-
time before he was scheduled to
co-pilot a return flight to London.
However, his night off descended
into debauchery, which he then
described in intimate detail in
texts to his stewardess colleague,
who was a close pal.
Beaton told her that he met two
local lads, a female Welsh holiday-
maker and a “young Spanish bird”
at a nightclub in the city.
The pilot boasted: “We all walk
(stagger) back up to the hotel bar
for ‘one last one before bed’.
“Welsh and one of these guys is
getting on very well, but she’s told
him that I’m her boyfriend.
“Couple of drinks in the bar, bit
of snogging, and then we’re some-
how all on our way to this dude’s
flat. Welsh has decided that I
should actually be her boyfriend —
Spanish has hooked up with one Descent into depravity . . Beaton
of the two local lads and is having
her t**s sucked on their sofa.” tale of BA crew on boozy nights
He bragged about how the “girls out. Earlier this month we revealed
are dancing topless”, and he how a stewardess was nicked
decided to strip off too — before outside a strip club in Miami after
some Class A drugs arrived. downing drinks with crew from
The ex-pilot went on: “I’ve lost rivals Virgin Atlantic.
my shirt somewhere and one of In April we told how a BA pilot
the local lads produces a plate was reported to cops in Singapore
with a few lines of coke. So then after allegedly sexually assaulting a
there’s a debate about whose chest stewardess on a boozy night out.
is the best to do a bump off.” Last March it emerged staff were
He added triumphantly: “That’s
the story of how I ended up snort- banned from all-inclusive deals in
ing coke off a girl’s t**s in Joburg.” the Maldives after a drunk stew-
Beaton then admitted the eve- ardess passed out on a beach.
ning had taken its toll, confessing: Last night, BA sources insisted
“Stayed the night with Welsh, there was no risk to passengers
sh***** her for ages (I guess the following their pilot’s Johannesburg
coke played a part) and then was binge four weeks ago.
so f***** I couldn’t even lift my An airline spokesman told The
head until gone 2.” Sun: “Safety is always our top
An airline source said yesterday priority. The matter was referred
BA has been left in shock at the to the CAA and this individual no
behaviour of their former employee, longer works for us.”
who runs a hot tub retreat in The Civil Aviation Authority has
Devon with wife Jagoda. withdrawn his medical certificate —
They told The Sun: “Of all the banning him from the flight deck.
bad behaviour that goes on down- A CAA spokesman told us: “An
route between flights, this incident airline must immediately inform us
is hard to believe. if a UK pilot has misused drink or
“A First Officer is trained rigor- drugs boarding, or being on board,
ously and knows the law inside an aircraft.
out. Their remit is protecting the “In these cases we would imm-
safety of passengers. ediately suspend the pilot’s medical
“This behaviour was the opposite which means they cannot fly.
of what is expected of British Air- “In most cases the pilot would
ways pilots. The airline is in shock. have an assessment with an expert
This pilot has hoisted himself by medical team and if they wished
his own petard. to return to flying then a compre-
“The idea of sending details of hensive rehabilitation programme
his drink and drugs session to a would be put in place. The medi-
stewardess between flights is cal would only be reinstated if we
extraordinarily dumb. were completely satisfied.”
“Furious managers followed Last night Beaton’s wife declined
protocol and the pilot was drug- to comment at their £750,000
tested on his return to the UK. home, saying: “You must speak to
“The alcohol would no longer my husband about it.”
have been found in his system, but The pair run Sleepy Owl, a
the Class A drug was. He will £400-a-night luxury treehouse
never fly again.” retreat with hot tub.
The scandal is the latest wild stephen.moyes@thesun.co.uk
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 5

BA PILOT’S SLEAZY STOPOVER

‘I’VE BEEN VERY
VERY NAUGHTY’
FIRST Officer Mike Beaton laid bare
the graphic details of his Johannes-
burg stopover in texts. A source said
the sacked pilot was “extraordinarily
dumb” to spill the beans to a
stewardess, who raised the alarm.

Mike Beaton

That’s the It was very, very, naughty

story of how Tell me everything
I ended up
snorting coke I hope it's even naughtier than us

off a girl’s t**s Right... Get ready

lFlight is in Jo’burg
So standard Joburg setup. Bar - >
Grillhouse - > Tiger’s Milk. Get chatting
to this young Spanish bird and this
Welsh chick who's about our age in the

axed on sex bar. End up sat with them at the table in

Grillhouse, and walking them down to
Tiger’s Milk.
Its Sunday so it’s really not that busy,
but music, dancing, a few more drinks.

& drug txts

At the bar are these two local lads who
live in the compound. They take a
fancy to Welsh, and she’s very drunk so
I’m keeping an eye on her. Obviously
ends up being shots and whatnot with
these two lads. Turns out that they’re
absolute wasters, but not bad people.
We all walk (stagger) back up to the

lThen he hotel bar for “one last one before bed”.

Welsh and one of these guys is getting
on very well, but she’s told him that I'm
her boyfriend. Couple of drinks in the
bar, a bit of snogging and then we’re

fails tests
somehow all on our way to this dudes
flat.

Welsh has decided that I should

actually be her boyfriend - Spanish has

for cocaine
hooked up with one of the two local
lads and is having her tits sucked on
their sofa.
We’ve polished off a bottle of vodka at
this place now and the girls are
dancing topless, I’ve lost my shirt
somewhere and one of the local lads

AIR
produces a plate with a few lines of
coke.
So then there’s a debate about who’s
chest is the best to do a bump off. Not
going to lie, I may have started this
with ulterior motives

Babes that’s wild

That's the story of how I ended up

snorting coke of a girl’s tits in Joburg

Got to say it’s not my cup of tea

LINES
Yeah, not a massive bucket list item
for me either... But one to tick off I
guess?

Anyway, came to my senses a little

and thought things were getting way
out of hand. Decided to rescue the
Revved up . . . girls and get them back to their hotel.
First Officer Stayed the night with Welsh,
Beaton poses in shagged for aggges (I guess the
plane engine coke played a part) and then was so
fucked I couldn't even lift my head
until gone 2
6 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

SUELLA: MIGRATION IS Vid lad’s

boat bid
A FISHERMAN aged 18

THREAT TO WAY OF LIFE

UNCONTROLLED migration
is an existential threat
to the West, the Home
Secretary said yesterday.
Leaders seeking to over-
haul the system fear being
labelled racist or illiberal,
added Suella Braverman.
Speaking in Washington
US speech . . . Braverman
By RYAN SABEY
DC, she urged a shake-up of the
UN’s 1951 Refugee Convention.
Ms Braverman told a right-
wing think tank: “Uncontrolled
immigration, inadequate integra-
tion and a misguided dogma of
multiculturalism have proven a
toxic combination for Europe
over the last few decades.
“People could be in the society
but not of the society. And in
extreme cases, they could pursue
lives aimed at undermining sta-
bility and threatening security.”
The senior minister also said
millions of asylum seekers are
incentivised to “try their luck”
in a system that needs reform.
She added: “It is an existential
challenge for the political and
cultural institutions of the West.
“It is a basic rule that political
systems which cannot control
their borders will not maintain
the consent of the people, and
thus not long endure. You do
not have to be clairvoyant to see
how this might all unfold.”
In all, 24,000 migrants have
arrived by small boat this year.
Yet no one crossing from France
is in imminent peril, she said.
Amnesty UK’s Sacha Desh-
mukh dismissed Ms Braverman’s
speech as “a display of cynicism
and xenophobia”.
ryan.sabey@thesun.co.uk
steered a boat carrying
58 other asylum-seekers
over the Channel after
watching TikTok videos.
Sudanese-born Abdul
Basset Ahmed had
planned to arrive as a
passenger but had been
exploited by organised
criminals, his lawyer told
Canterbury crown court.
Ahmed admitted immi-
gration offences and was
jailed for two years.
A WOMAN, 24, whose
body was found on a
Calais beach is believed
to have fallen uncon-
scious from a boat after
being trampled getting in.

STRIKE
ONE, JOE
On TV . . . Sokolov

Vlad clip
of ‘killed’
sea chief
By JEROME STARKEY
RUSSIA’S Black Sea
Fleet commander was
seen on state television
yesterday apparently alive
and well a day after
Ukrainian special forces
said they had killed him.
Admiral Viktor Sokolov
was shown in a defence
leaders’ meeting by video.
He was one of several
fleet commanders in
footage and photographs
released by the defence
ministry — although he
did not speak and it was
not clear when it was.
Ukraine’s special forces
said on Monday that he
was among 34 officers
killed in a missile attack
last week on the fleet’s
HQ in Crimea, seized
from Ukraine in 2014.
In response to the Rus-
sian video, the Ukraine
special forces said online:
“Since the Russians were
By JOE MORGAN urgently forced to publish
JOE Biden picks up a megaphone to a response with Sokolov
speak up for striking car workers. allegedly alive, our
The 80-year-old Democrat yesterday units are clarifying the
became the first sitting US president to information.”
join a picket line, below. He told the
United Auto Workers in Michigan: “You
deserve the significant raise you need.”
His visit came a day before Republican
Ex-boxer
rival Donald Trump was due to arrive.
The action — against General Motors,
Ford and Chrysler maker Stellantis —
today enters its 12th day.
in sex rap
EX-world champ boxer
Glenn McCrory sexually
assaulted three women
while a guest speaker at
an Anthony Joshua fight,
a court heard.
His alleged victims say
he touched them in a
sexual manner while
slurring his words at the
2021 event at Spurs’ sta-
dium in North London.
One teenager told
Wood Green crown court,
London, she felt “dehu-
manised” and “violated”.
Cruiserweight McCrory,
59, of Burnopfield, Co
Durham, denies three
charges of sexual assault.
The trial continues.

DREAD RINGER
Phone pest Leonard
Lowe, 65, of Wickford,
Essex, who made 3,000
fake 999 calls, has been
jailed for 10 weeks.

AFTER FORCED TO QUIT AS JUDGE..
Walliams
sues BGT
chiefs for
leaking
HIS jibes
KIDS’ JAB WARNING
CHILDREN are at growing risk of
measles because parents are not getting
them vaccinated, health bosses warn.
The UK Health Security Agency has
called low jab rates for measles and
polio a “serious concern”.
Vaccine uptake dropped during the
Covid pandemic and youngsters are
now in increasing danger of life-
threatening but preventable diseases.
The UK had wiped out measles until
it returned in 2019 — and cases have
now hit a three-year high.
Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, of the
UKHSA, said: “Don’t put this off —
check your children are vaccinated.”
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 7
In the spotlight EXCLUSIVE by PAUL SIMS
. . . on BGT and DAVID Walliams is going
with colleagues to war with his former
Alesha, Amanda Britain’s Got Talent
and Simon
bosses after having to
quit over leaked X-rated
remarks he made
about contestants.
Walliams, 52, has
launched a High
Court legal battle
against the talent
contest’s producers.
He was forced to
resign as a judge on
the ITV show last
November after a
transcript of his
comments during a
break in filming was
leaked.
Walliams called one
OAP contestant a
“c***” three times and
said of a female compet-
itor: “She thinks you want
to f*** her, but you don’t.”
The derogatory remarks
were picked up on his
microphone during the
show’s auditions at the London
Palladium in January 2020.
Walliams apologised after they
were made public at the end of
last year.
He and his lawyers argued they
were part of private conversa-
tions that were never intended
for broadcast but he quit two
weeks later.
And he is now suing BGT
production company Fremantle
for significant damages.
The popular children’s author
lodged papers at the High Court
in London on Thursday under
his real name David Edward
Williams.
Walliams accuses Fremantle of
a data protection breach over the
leaked transcript which led to
the end of his ten-year BGT
judging career.
And he has hired legal power-
house Brandsmiths, who special-
ise in data protection breaches.
In a statement issued before he
resigned, Walliams said: “I would
like to apologise to the people
I made disrespectful comments
about during breaks in
filming for Britain’s Got Talent
in 2020.
“These were private conver-
sations and — like most
conversations with friends
— were never intended to
be shared. Nevertheless, I
am sorry.”
His comments were the only
instances of derogatory remarks
about contestants in the leaked
transcripts from three episodes.
There is no suggestion that
Simon Cowell or the other
judges, Amanda Holden and
Alesha Dixon, made offensive
remarks about contestants.
ITV said it did not condone the
language used and had spoken to
producers of BGT.
Former Little Britain comic
Walliams joined the talent show
in 2012 alongside pop star Alesha,
with the pair replacing Michael
McIntyre and David Hasselhoff.
And he proved hugely popular,
These scooping four Best Judge gongs
at the National TV Awards.
were private During his decade at the
judges desk he stripped to his
conversations undies, was lowered in from
the ceiling as the Queen and
and never danced as part of a troupe in
Navy outfits.
intended to be Former Strictly judge Bruno
Tonioli took his place after the
shared transcript storm.
Fremantle and Brandsmiths
WHAT WALLIAMS declined to comment on the case.
paul.sims@the-sun.co.uk
Out . . . Sun in November SAID AT THE TIME
Sun
TRENDY
between
fashion
house Balenciaga is
selling a cross
trainers
and socks for £795.
‘DEAF’ TROOP SUES
A FORMER soldier is suing the Minis-
try of Defence after being deafened by
when it comes to getting work. He
accused the MoD of negligence, saying
They have a trainer an explosion during a training exercise. he was not told he would be exposed
sole attached to a Rifleman Ben Watson, 27, is seeking to loud noises during the exercise at
knitted sports sock. £200,000 after a colleague let off a stun Caerwent, Wales, or that he would
grenade in February 2020. need hearing protection.
Watson, of Newcastle, says his hear- The MoD admits liability and the
SPOT ing loss puts him at a disadvantage High Court will decide compensation.
8 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

MAG’S SUPERGROUP OF
Wet . . cyclist yesterday

Warning
as storm
builds to
batter UK
By PAUL SIMS
STORM Agnes was
expected to “rapidly

STILL
intensify” overnight as it
heads to batter Britain.
The Met Office tweeted
a warning yesterday
saying: “Agnes will bring
strong and disruptive
winds to some areas on
Wednesday afternoon and
overnight into Thursday.”
The first named storm
of the season will bring
in winds of up to 75mph
in coastal areas and 45 to
50mph inland.
A yellow weather
warning is in place from
midday today to 7am
tomorrow across Scot-

GOT IT
land, Northern Ireland
and Wales, as well as the
south-west of England,
the West Midlands and
the north of England.
The Royal National
Lifeboat Institution’s Sam
Hughes warned people to
stay a safe distance away
from the water and from
cliff edges.
He said: “It’s not worth
risking your life.”

IMAN
Victim . . . Mrs Clarke

Hubby’s
car fire
murder
charge
By BRANDON MALINSKY
A HUSBAND appeared
in court yesterday
charged with murdering
his wife in a car fire.
David Clarke, 80, and
wife Helen, 77, were
pulled from their burning
Honda Jazz on Friday.
TWIGGY
They were taken to
hospital but Mrs Clarke
died two days later.
Yesterday, he appeared
HELENA
at Swansea crown court
by video link and was
remanded in custody.
He will next appear on
November 13.
Mrs Clarke’s family
said: “Our families are
trying to come to terms
with the tragic passing of
a mother, grandmother,
and friend in uncharac-
teristic circumstances.
“We are working with
the police to ensure that
responsible parties are
sound of mind and held
accountable.”
Police want to hear
from anyone with dash-
cam footage of the fire in
Sketty, Swansea.
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 9

SUPERMODELS
NAOMI

Pictures: LUIGI & IANGO @ 2B MANAGEMENT / VANITY FAIR

EVA
By HOWELL DAVIES

THE world’s best-known

supermodels look marvel-
lous in monochrome after HELENA
decades of dominating
the glossy magazines.
The likes of Helena Chris-
tensen, 54, and Iman, 68,
joined Eva Herzigova, 50,
and Cindy Crawford, 57, on a
special front cover of Vanity
Fair’s European editions.
The issue aims to question the
“mythology of beauty”.
In one snap inside, Helena
poses nude apart from a pair of
lace gloves. In another, Eva is
draped in a revealing cloak.
Other greats from the modelling
world among the magazine’s 21
famous faces are Twiggy, 74,
Amber Valletta, 49, Christy Tur-
lington, 54, Naomi Campbell, 53,
Claudia Schiffer, 53, Lauren
Hutton, 79, and Carla Bruni, 55.
Vanity Fair Italy’s editor Simone
Marchetti said the supermodels’
dominance of the fashion scene
had given way to a broader, more
inclusive, view of beauty.
But he added: “The return of
models is the last act of a revolu-
tion which is finally making peace
with its own history.”
howell.davies@the-sun.co.uk
CINDY
10 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Sun
THE
SAYS
Tracks burden
THE case for cutting our losses on HS2 is
now overwhelming.
None of the ex-Chancellors or rail
nerds still demanding it be completed
in full seem to care a jot about its mind-
boggling cost or which other budgets
might have to be slashed to fund it.
What must the total reach before they
have qualms? £200billion? £300billion?
This railway for the AI era was miscon-
ceived from the off. It is a global embar-
rassment, a byword for failure, topped
and tailed and almost entirely pointless.
The profligate waste of public money,
now entirely out of control, must never
be repeated:
The monstrous absurdity of appeasing
Nimbys by boring for miles under
Buckinghamshire at nearly six times
the cost of high-speed rail in France.
Scores of executives on £150,000-plus
salaries. A boss on £640,000.
Our taxes blown on a 52-page annual
report into “equality, diversity and inclu-
sion” among its legions of staff, down to
exact percentages who are LGBT+.
All apparently vital to build a railway.
HS2 was only ever remotely arguable
if built as planned and on budget.
The public has turned against it. But it
will not be enough for Rishi Sunak to
axe the section beyond Birmingham. He
must spend some of the billions saved to
upgrade northern rail and produce far
more obvious and rapid benefits.
And he needs that detailed strategy in
place to sell to the North before he
explains why HS2, as designed, is dead.
Dodgy Davey
ONE threat to Brexit is even more grave
than Keir Starmer winning power: Labour
needing the Lib Dems for a majority.
Their leader Ed Davey has no actual
idea what he means as he glibly talks up
“tearing down trade barriers” with the
EU and “getting a better deal”. But
Starmer would gleefully neuter Brexit if
he could get away with it — and he could
use Davey’s demands as his excuse.
Like his party, Davey pines nostalgi-
cally for a past that no longer exists.
A sorry spectacle. But a potentially
dangerous one.
Coogan’s guff
HAVE rich celebs not yet learned that
their facile political interventions never
persuade a soul to change their mind?
Ordinary people consider their vote
precious. It’s the only real voice they
have. They won’t surrender their think-
ing to virtue-signalling millionaires.
The arrogance and hypocrisy is
particularly egregious with comic Steve
Coogan, who claims to back propor-
tional representation because our elec-
tion system “robs millions of their vote”.
Except he couldn’t wait to rob the
17.4million Leave majority of their vote
after the 2016 Brexit referendum.
Indeed he backed doing just that via a
rerun cynically stitched up for Remain.
HOME SEC’S LANDMARK U.S. SPEECH
Suella has said what
world leaders needed to
hear: West can’t cope
with illegal immigration
ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH . . .
Braverman
FINALLY a politician here has told
the truth about migration.
It took a speech in Washington yester-
day for the Home Secretary, Suella
Braverman, to tell some home truths.
For years we have been living with a
defunct global system when it comes to
immigration.
The United Nations Refugee Con-
vention, set up after the Second World
War, committed countries to giving
asylum to people facing persecution.
But in the decades since then several
things have happened.
The first is that the reasons people can
claim asylum have grown and grown.
“Persecution” has become “fear
persecution”. And the number of people
of
who can qualify for that has become
endless.
We now have talk of “climate ref-
ugees”, as though people whose countries
have become unseasonably hotter must,
as a matter of right, move north.
We can’t take them all in
There are more glaring examples. For
instance, as Braverman mentioned in her
speech, there are now vast swathes of
the world where it is difficult and
sometimes dangerous to be gay or to be
a woman.
But that cannot mean that everyone in
countries across Africa, the Middle East
and Far East where that may be
the case should all come to
Britain. Or Europe. Or other
developed countries. We cannot
take them all in.
Technically, almost everyone
in Afghanistan who is not a
member of the Taliban has an
asylum claim. Can all of
Afghanistan move?
What has made this
even more of a problem
is that we live in an
era where travel has
never been easier or
cheaper.
Smartphones and
other devices have
By
DOUGLAS
MURRAY
also made it easier than it ever has been
to see what life is like elsewhere and
plan to move there.
People can text relatives, friends,
contacts or gangs and find routes into
countries. And once there — as we know
in Britain — they almost always stay.
The Home Secretary wants to address
this. But every attempt she has made to
do that has been thwarted.
Take the small boats crisis. The move-
ment of a constant flow of people into
Britain across the Channel on smugglers’
boats should not be a difficult problem
to address.
Ten years ago Australia — which also
has the benefit of being an island —
faced a similar challenge. Their then
Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, put in a
policy of turning the boats around or
forcing people to be processed on an
island far away from Australia.
In the past couple of years two Home
Secretaries here in the UK have
attempted something similar.
The Rwanda plan would see people
who break into this country deported to
central Africa to have their asylum
claims looked into there.
To my mind, this is not enough.
We do not have the resources or
skills to just endlessly analyse the
asylum claims of the whole world.
But it is the start of a plan. The
beginning of a deterrent.
Yet even that plan has been chal-
lenged repeatedly in the
courts. Despite all the
fanfare and all the
condemnations from
people who think
NO NONSENSE . . .
Australia’s Abbott
Britain can take in the whole world, the
Rwanda facilities are still empty.
Our Government is still fighting this in
the courts. And perhaps one day soon
they will be allowed to start the flights.
In the meantime, this country is just a
sitting duck. We have people breaking
our laws by forcing their way into our
country every day.
And we are meant to just sit back and
take it?
One reason is that the hands of
governments in this country and around
the world have been effectively tied.
Everybody knows it. In Italy, right-
wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
came into office on a promise of
stopping the boats that land illegally in
her country from Africa. But since she
has been in office, Italy has seen another
record surge in migration.
It doesn’t matter who is in power, it
seems, because they aren’t really in
power. Not so long as these outdated
conventions are in place.
Buckling under the strain
Even left-wing French President
Emmanuel Macron recognises that we
are facing an impossible situation.
In an interview this week he was
challenged about France’s own asylum
commitments. His response: “We cannot
embrace all the misery of the world.”
He is right. Everybody in power knows
it, whether from the Left or the Right.
It is the same in America, where major
cities such as New York are buckling
under the strain of a constant flow of
illegal migrants from the country’s
southern border.
The American Left knows this is a
problem and doesn’t know how to deal
with it. The American Right knows it is
a problem but doesn’t seem to know
what to do about it.
That is one reason why Braverman’s
Washington speech was so important.
She addressed a potential catastrophe
that every developed nation is facing.
And she called for other countries to
join her in not just facing up to it — but
dealing with it.
 2GM Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 11

KATE’S We’ve
got one of
these at
home

Baby joy . . . Pickfords

SEAMLY
England By MATT WILKINSON
A SUITED Kate takes a strut down memory lane —
on a visit to a textiles company.

No1 Jord The Princess of Wales, 41, wore a forest green

Burberry suit to the AW Hainsworth heritage textile
mill — once owned by her great-grandfather.

and wife The mill, in Pudsey, West Yorks, crafts Buckingham

Palace military uniforms. Grabbing a handful of
Merino wool, Kate said: “I love the feel of it.”

tot No2
By ETHAN SINGH
ENGLAND goalkeeper
Jordan Pickford and wife
Megan welcomed their
second child yesterday.
CHOC HORROR
The pair made the big
announcement on Insta-
gram and revealed the
baby girl’s name.
Their message read:
“Welcome to the world
Ostara Haze Pickford.
“Our dinky dotty
dream come true.”
Megan shared snaps of
a cradle draped in pink
along with a neon light
display saying: “Oh
baby!” The backdrop was
completed by pink flow-
ers and balloons.
The couple already
have a son, Arlo, four.
Everton star Jordan, 29,
and Megan, 27, began
dating as teenagers after
meeting at school in their
home town of Washing-
ton, Tyne and Wear.
They kept their 2020
wedding low-key due to
the pandemic. But they
later had another cere-
mony in the Maldives.

Cardiac arrest . . Kellie

Therapy
fan died Now costlier choc shrinks
in cold By ELEANOR SHARPLES

river dip CHOCOLATE giant Mars

By PAUL SIMS
has shrunk its Galaxy
bar — months after
increasing the price.
WAS NOW
A MUM of three died
when her heart stopped
during a cold water
therapy session in a river,
The Smooth Milk chocolate
bar has gone from 110g to 100g
and costs up to £1.50.
110g 100g
an inquest heard. Mars blamed the shrinkflation on
Kellie Poole, 39, had the rising costs of raw materials and
been giggling with two operations. It said it was not a
friends before complain- decision that was taken lightly but
ing of a headache then insisted it was necessary.
falling forwards. A spokesman said: “We have been the 100g version for £1.25 but it costs
She had a cardiac actively trying to find ways to absorb £1.50 at Morrisons.
arrest and died in the the rising costs of raw materials and Mars is not the only chocolate
10.7C River Goyt, Derbys, operations, as we know the increase manufacturer to shrink the sizes of
in April last year. Pal in the cost of living has impacted sweet treats. Cadbury cut the size of
Victoria Fielding said: “It both consumers and businesses. its Dairy Milk sharing bar and bags
happened very quickly. “Unfortunately, the growing pres- of Buttons by almost a quarter — but
“We were in bathing sures mean more needs to be done.” kept prices the same.
suits. We were shivering.” One disappointed social media user It comes after The Sun reported
Kellie, of Droylsden, Gtr said: “What a shame as I liked a this week that about 160million choc-
Manchester, unknowingly Galaxy chocolate bar. They’ve now cie bar sales have melted away over
had an enlarged heart, lost a customer.” the past year.
putting her at risk from a Another said: “Again? There’ll be TUBS of Celebrations filled with
sudden rise in heart rate. more chocolate in a Galaxy from a nothing but mini Bounty bars are
Mum Diane Service Celebrations box than the actual bar to be released in time for Christmas.
said: “I can’t believe these before long.” Mars said last year it would be
activities aren’t regulated.” The recommended retail price for a removing the coconut-filled chocolate
Chesterfield coroner’s bar of the then 110g bar of Galaxy bar from some tubs because most
court was told that Kevin chocolate was raised from £1.39 to people don’t like them — but the new
O’Neill, who runs Breath- £1.50 in October. limited-edition boxes are for the 18
eolution, now operates a Most supermarkets are now selling per cent who say it is their favourite.
waiver system and has
liability insurance.
The inquest continues.
12 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Top day
for births
MORE babies will be
born today than any
other day of the year
thanks to couples getting
frisky last Christmas.
The daily birth average
in England and Wales is
around 1,700 — but it is
1,993 for September 27, a
study of Office for Nat-
ional Statistics data says.
WHAT A SHOWER
Failing water firms told to shave £114m off bills
FAILING water com- By ASHLEY ARMSTRONG shows they are falling short, tial failures on sewage dis-
It found Christmas is leading to £114million being charges into rivers and the sea
“prime time” for conceiv- panies have been second biggest hit of £42.9mil- returned to customers through — plus two more where it doubts
ing. So nine months on, ordered to take a total lion while Yorkshire Water has bill reductions. the accuracy of leak reports.
September is peak time to reduce bills by £19million. “While that may be welcome Thames Water, which raised
for births, the study by of £114million off bills. However, the total to be to bill payers, it is very disap- £500million from investors in
thortful.com cards found. They were punished by repaid next year is reduced by pointing news for all who want March amid talk about whether
watchdog Ofwat for lagging rises — such as £88million for to see the sector do better. it should be renationalised, said
behind targets on pollution, Severn Trent Water — allowed “It is not going to be easy for that last year it had met 55 per
PARTY PIECES leaks and customer service. for those that did hit targets. companies to regain public trust cent of its annual performance
Two Chinese Ming Thames Water, which faced a Ofwat chief executive David but they have to start with commitments.
vases TV antiques expert cash crunch this year, must Black said: “The targets were better service for customers and It has blamed a summer
Charles Hanson spotted at repay £100million for falling designed to drive improvements the environment.” drought and winter deep freeze
a party may fetch £3,000 short for a second year running. for customers and the environ- Ofwat said it is taking action for burst pipes.
at a Derbyshire auction. Waste . . . burst pipe Southern Water will take the ment. However, our latest report against six suppliers over poten- ashley.armstrong@the-sun.co.uk

Divisive . . meal choice

Ketchup
for pasta
in shops ROMAN GEM RING
By ED SOUTHGATE
HEINZ has created a
sauce for ketchup lovers
who approve of pairing
the red stuff with pasta.
Its Tomato Ketchup
Pasta Sauce consists of
3RD CENTURY BC
ten per cent ketchup and
84 per cent tomato puree
— plus vinegar, olive oil,
GREEK NECKLACE
herbs and spices.
It comes after a Heinz
survey of 2,000 people
found one in four
deemed it a good idea to
put ketchup on pasta.
Those most likely to be
open to it were aged
between 18 and 34.
The ventures director
at Heinz, Caio Fontenele,
said: “Never say never!
While some might say
this sauce is ridiculously
wrong, we think it’s
ridiculously good.
“We’ve brought together
Heinz pasta sauce and
Heinz tomato ketchup for
the pasta sauce we’ve all
been dreaming of.”
The sauce, priced at
£2.50, will be available
from October 4 at Tesco
for four weeks.

Burglar’s
clean-up
A BURGLAR who tar-
geted the same nursery
BRONZE AGE CYPRUS RING
school twice stole wet
wipes on both occasions.
Mark Robson, 36, was
asked by Judge Hassan
Khan why he took them,
but got no reply. He said
ARTEFACT
it was “utterly bizarre”.
Robson broke into the
school on June 27, also
taking laptops and an
intercom system.
He struck again five
FINDING
days later taking another By AMIR RAZAVI
box of wipes worth £27.
Repeat offender Robson, THE British Museum is asking the public to
of Chalvey, Berks, admit- help recover missing items from its collection.
ted burglary and was It announced in August that 2,000 artefacts
jailed for 14 months at were found to have been taken, and a police
Reading crown court.
investigation is under way.
The London-based institution has now
FRESH AS A DAISY posted pictures on its website of missing
Greek and Roman necklaces and rings.
Sian Sexton, 43, has
been reunited with her It revealed that 60 items have been
cat Daisy — 11 years after returned, with a further 300 imminent.
the pet went missing in
Caerphilly, Glamorgan.
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 13

GROUP’S SEASIDE PUB OUTINGS

Supervisor . . . Penny

Hols site
worker
killed in Court sketches . . Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova, Orlin Roussev, Ivan Stoyanov & Bizer Dzhambazov
car park

‘RUSSIAN
By ROB PATTINSON
and JOE HADDEN
A CENTER Parcs worker
has died after being hit
by a car at one of the
holiday chain’s resorts.
Supervisor Penny
Bulpitt, a gran in her
60s, was said to be on an
errand in the parking
area at the time. She

SPIES IN
died later in hospital.
Police and park bosses
are investigating the inci-
dent at Woburn Forest
resort, Beds, on Friday.
In an online tribute, her
family said: “It’s such a
horrible shock and heart-
break to us as Nan is the
backbone of our family.”
Cars are banned from
the resort’s roads, apart
from going to and from
accommodation car parks

KIDNAP
on Mondays and Fridays.
Center Parcs said: “We
are deeply saddened to
hear of the passing of
one of our team.”
Penny’s sister-in-law,
Anna Northwood, told The
Sun: “She was a fantastic
mum and grandmother.
We’ll certainly miss her.”

Crisps deal . . . Gary

Lineker’s
into extra
time with
Walkers
Vanya Gaberova
By ANDY ROBINSON
GARY Lineker has
quashed rumours that
Walkers has dropped him
by announcing a new
three-year deal.
The former England
football captain, 62, was
thought to have been
axed because he was
missing from the crisp
brand’s latest TV ad.
But the Match Of The
Day host said he signed
a new deal with the
company on Monday.
He reposted a news
article about the rumours
on X/Twitter, adding: “To
run this story on the very
day I’ve signed a new
three-year deal with
Walkers Crisps is joyous.”
Gary will continue
working with the Leices-
ter-based company until
2026 — stretching their
relationship to 29 years.
A Walkers spokesman
said: “Walkers has always
had strong connections
with football and Leices-
ter, making Gary a great
‘Spy base’ . . . hotel in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
fit for our brand.”
PLOTS’ Based in Norfolk B&B
A SUSPECTED spy gang working for Russia allegedly
Suspected spy
helped plot kidnaps from their base at a seaside B&B.
The group of two women and three men used surveillance kit
to monitor individuals and pass on their details to a minder
. . . beautician
with links to Moscow, a court was told yesterday.
The five, all Bulgarian, are said to have operated from a rundown hotel
in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk — with locals claiming they would pop into
the pub opposite for cheap pints of Carling every day.
Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoy-
anov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, appeared in court yesterday morning via
video link from four different jails.
Kathryn Selby, prosecuting, told By JULIA ATHERLEY
the court: “All five are suspected of
being part of an organised network wanted man in Germany suspected
of UK-based Bulgarian nationals of committing fraud.
conducting surveillance and other He is reportedly in Russia after
information-gathering against sev- fleeing via Belarus in a private jet.
eral addresses and individuals on The majority of the hostile activity
behalf of the Russian state.” is understood to have taken place
She continued: “It is the Crown’s abroad, but was organised from the
case that the home of Orlin Roussev UK, the court heard.
was used as the operational hub for Roussev was arrested at his Great
the offence of espionage. Yarmouth hotel.
“The evidence reveals all five were Couple Dzhambazov and Ivanova,
part of an organised network tar- of Harrow, North London, have
geting several locations on behalf lived here for ten years.
of the Russian state. Gaberova, of Camden,
“It appears to be North London, ran a
aimed at assisting the beauty salon. Stoyanov, of
Russian state in hos- Greenford, West London, is
tile action against spe- an amateur mixed martial
cific targets including arts fighter.
the potential abduction Westminster magistrates’
of those targets.” court refused them bail.
Their “tasker”, named No pleas were entered.
as Jan Marsalek, 43, and Next appearance is at the
not charged in the case, Old Bailey on October 13.
was the Austrian ex-chief julia.atherley@the-sun.co.uk
operating officer for firm
Wirecard. He became a Fighter . . . Stoyanov
14 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Vanished . . . Robert, 15
Two held
in 21-year
hunt for
lost teen
By ALEX WEST
TWO people have been
arrested in connection
with the disappearance of
a teenager more than 20
years ago, police said.
A woman, 59, and
35-year-old man were
held by detectives search-
ing for Robert Williams.
He was 15 when he
was last seen. Despite
several police pleas, he
has never been found
and is presumed dead.
Robert left his home in
Resolven, near Neath,
South Wales, on March
22, 2002, and is known to
have been at a house
party in nearby village
Aberdulais the next day.
Police said the pair
have been bailed pending
further inquiries.
Det Insp David Butt
said: “Robert’s mum
Cheryl has been updated
on these arrests and our
thoughts are very much
with Robert’s family at
this difficult time.”
Cheryl had made a
fresh appeal for informa-
tion earlier this month.
Juicy . . . daily treat
Satsuma
segment
stats are
pith poor
By STEPHEN MOYES
A FRUIT lover has spent
the year recording the
number of segments in
his daily satsuma.
Paralegal Ned Kemp
found his snack, courtesy
of Aldi, contains an aver-
age of 10.77273 chunks.
He once found a full 14
pieces in his citrus treat
— with the fewest coming
in at a paltry eight.
The 31-year-old, from
near Bath, began his
investigation on January 1
— and shared his spread-
sheet of dull data on
social media last week.
He told The Sun: “I
just enjoy facts and sta-
tistics that make you
think, ‘Hmm, I didn’t
know that’.
“The overwhelming
response online has been
positive, showing every-
one is a bit of a geek.”
He is now pondering
further research, adding:
“There are still a lot of
questions that need
answering, like what is
the average pip count?
I’m only just beginning.”
2GM
FAREWELL MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Actor David
McCallum...
British gent
SWITCH . . . Jill left David for Charles, right
By
MIKE RIDLEY
who became
ON the set of 1963 war
film The Great Escape
tough-guy actor Charles
Bronson looked David
McCallum in the eye and
told him: “Pay more
star playing
attention to your wife. Or I
will take her from you.”
At the time, David — who died
on Monday aged 90 after a
stellar film and TV career — was
married to actress Jill Ireland.
She had travelled to the set in
Bavaria to watch her husband filming
Russian spy
the part of Lt Commander Eric
Ashley-Pitt, whose job was to dispose
of soil dug from the escape tunnels.
But during breaks in filming, David
spent time with his fellow stars, and
Jill became close to Bronson, who
played Polish tunnel digger Flt Lt
Danny Welinski.
David later recalled: “Charlie meant
it — and he did take her from me.
with a blond
“My main memory of The Great
Escape is that Jill fell in love with
Charlie.”
Decent man
He and Jill divorced in 1967 and
she married Bronson the following
year — but the three of them
remained friends for the rest of their
lives, even sharing childcare duties.
Beatles
In 1989, when David and
Jill’s adopted son Jason
died of a drug overdose
aged 29, Bronson
David carried his casket.
Six months later, the two
and
men were together at Jill’s
funeral after she died of
cancer aged 54.
Author Douglas Thomp-
son, who interviewed all
moptop
three stars, said: “It was a
strange ménage — Bronson
and David McCallum were
still great friends, and
Bronson and Jill Ireland
were madly in love.
“David was such a decent
man that he helped Bronson
look after Jill and when
Charlie later went off the
rails, he was there for him.
“He always said that Charlie
did warn him that he would
take Jill away.” Greatest Story Ever Told. When Solo’s Russian sidekick, who wore
David Keith McCallum Jr filming ended he and Jill stayed on black turtle-neck sweaters and had a
was born in Maryhill, Glasgow I SPY . . . as Illya Kuryakin, with in Hollywood. She could be closer to blond haircut in the moptop style of
in September 1933. Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo, Bronson, while David hoped for his The Beatles.
His father, David Snr, was a left, in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. big break in the movies. David recalled: “I had a couple of
violinist and leader of the When no offers came, Bronson took lines and it was a very minimal
Scottish Orchestra and his him to MGM’s studio restaurant to character. It was the first time I had
mother, Dorothy, played the meet TV producer Norman Felton, in ever heard the word ‘sidekick’.
cello. truckers starring Sean Connery — the hope of getting him work. “And then I had a terrible allergy
Young David was musical too, that he met his future wife Jill. She Felton was embarrassed that all he from a penicillin shot, and I wasn’t
learning to play the oboe and gifted fell instantly for the “blond Scotsman could offer David was a tiny part in in the second episode.” But Illya
enough to conduct an orchestra. with poet’s eyes” and just seven days a new James Bond-style TV series, Kuryakin was an instant and massive
Yet while music played a large part later they were married. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and he hit with teenage girls around the
in his life, it was acting that proved It lasted ten years and they had expected David to turn it down. world, who mobbed David wherever
a bigger lure for the young David. three sons. Later she said: “I kind of The show starred Robert Vaughn as he went.
After National Service with the got whooshed into getting married. American agent Napoleon Solo, of the He got 30,000 fan letters a month —
Middlesex Regiment in West Africa “I did love David but we were too United Network Command for Law more than Elvis Presley — but David
he enrolled at renowned London young. I don’t know how he managed and Enforcement, or U.N.C.L.E. said: “Illya was never meant to be a
drama school Rada, where Joan to be married to me for so long.” Running out of options, David teenage sex symbol.”
Collins was in his class. After making The Great Escape, accepted the role — and it went on to Even so, within weeks he had
It was on the set of one of his first David was cast as Judas Iscariot in change his life for ever. become co-star rather than sidekick
films, 1957’s Hell Drivers — a story of the 1965 John Wayne film The He was cast as Illya Kuryakin, in the show, which ran for 100

AND GREAT ESCAPE LEGEND, DEAD AT 90
6lllya was never
meant to be a sex
symbol. But it was wild.
On one occasion in
Louisiana these girls
were chasing me and
security guys locked
me in a toilet for my
own safety7
episodes from 1964 to 1967.
Recalling the fans’ mania, David
said: “It was wild and at times
dangerous. On one occasion I was
at a graduation ceremony in
Louisiana and all hell broke loose.
“All these girls were chasing me
and these security guys locked me
in a toilet for my own safety.
“In the melee I had chunks of
hair pulled out and my clothes
were ripped to shreds.” When Illya
had his first TV kiss, 2,000 students
at Wellesley Women’s College in
Massachusetts threatened to blow
up MGM’s TV studios in protest at
their hero being given a girlfriend.
Studio bosses made David send a
telegram to the college to tell the
students the kiss had been part of
a plot by THRUSH — U.N.C.L.E.’s
enemy organisation. David said: “In
2GM Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 15
CELL MATES . . . with Charles Bronson
and James Garner in The Great Escape
WAR-SOME . . . with Anthony Valentine as DICKIE BEAU . . . in posh gear with Joanna
a Nazi officer in TV drama Colditz in 1974 Lumley in a 1979 episode of Sapphire & Steel
BODY OF
EVIDENCE . . .
David as medical
examiner Ducky
in NCIS and, inset,
one of his albums
from 1966
New York I went for a walk in actors in the Sixties he released fantasy series Sapphire & Steel, prepare for the role he attended
Central Park once. It took two records — though rather than the where he and Joanna Lumley were four real autopsies and said: “The
police on horseback to rescue me. usual vocal efforts, David recorded time-travelling trouble-shooters. very first one I saw close up rather
There was a sort of insanity about four albums of oboe, horn and A Margaret Thatcher fan, David’s than from behind the glass was
it all.” strings for Capitol Records. favourite quote from the late PM that of an elderly gentleman who
There was also pandemonium in But his biggest musical success was that “welfare is a wonderful had been killed by a shotgun.
New York in 1967 when David came when his instrum- idea until you run out of other “I put on gloves and handled the
married his new bride, interior ental tune The Edge was people’s money”. dead body. It wasn’t any different
designer Katherine sampled by Dr Dre He said: “That really sums up the from a regular body, except it
Carpenter. and Snoop Dogg for way I feel. When 50 or 60 per cent wasn’t warm. You can’t talk about
Extra police were 1999 hip-hop classic of the population rely on the aortic stenosis unless you know
drafted in to keep The Next Episode. It Government for food and shelter, what it is and what a failed heart
his fans at bay. was such a success the whole structure is so lopsided, valve looks like.”
The couple remain- that more than 40 it collapses under its own weight.” In an episode of NCIS, special
ed married for artists have samp- In 2003, nearly 40 years after The agent Caitlin Todd asks her boss
the rest of led The Edge. Man From U.N.C.L.E., David landed Jethro Gibbs: “What did Ducky
David’s life — David appeared the part of pathologist Dr Donald look like when he was younger?”
56 years — in many hit TV “Ducky” Mallard in US military Gibbs replies: “Illya Kuryakin.”
and had chil- BOND shows, includ- police drama NCIS. David once said: “On my
dren, Peter . . . with ing wartime He appeared in 457 episodes and gravestone it will say, ‘Here lies
and Sophie. prison drama became the highest-paid pensioner David McCallum, also known as
Like many Katherine Colditz and in TV, on £45,000 per show. To Illya Kuryakin, or vice versa’.”
in ’09
16 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Jane Moore
LOVED . . . Jasper
SO SAD
TO SEE
HIM GO
OUR Tibetan Terrier
Jasper has appeared in
this column many times
over the past 16 years –
mostly as a result of his
bad behaviour.
He ate several of our
shoes as a puppy, a
skirting board and a
garden trampoline, he
weed on my prized
vegetable patch just as it
was ready to pick, stole
multiple chicken
drumsticks and sausage
rolls from various
picnickers on the local
common and drowned
out songs on the radio by
howling along.
At times he drove us to
distraction, but as I write
this, the tears are pouring
down my face because
we had to have him put
down at the weekend.
His legs had given way,
he was covered in
tumours and he was
going blind and deaf.
After talking to two
different vets, we knew
the greatest act of love
was to end his misery
while sleeping in his bed
at home.
He was none the wiser
and finally at peace. But
for us, it was immensely
painful, as anyone who
has lost a dog knows.
He loved us
unconditionally, was
always pleased to see us
and provided comfort
through the trials and
tribulations of life.
RIP Jasper. We’ll never
forget you.
HOME
l Office
data shows that
hundreds of foreign
criminals are ditching
electronic tags to go
on the run.
Of course they are.
With our streets
seemingly abandon-
ed by police, the only
surprise is that the
offenders got caught
in the first place.
HUNDREDS of hardy
l skinny-dippers
braved the North Sea at
the weekend to help raise
money for charity. Good
for them.
Afterwards, the
swimmers in Druridge
Bay, Northumb, were
treated to coffee and
snacks.
I’m reliably informed
the naked gentleman who
carried a coffee in each
hand and 12 doughnuts
was particularly popular.
letters@the-sun.co.uk
Joe and Sophie’s split
shows how difficult it
is when international
love affairs turn sour
WHEN Game Of Thrones actress
Sophie Turner married pop star Joe
Jonas in a fairytale wedding in
2019, the happy couple got tattoos
to celebrate their love.
“To infinity” on his wrist, “and beyond”
on hers.
But four years and two children later,
the dream of infinity is over and what
appears to be an ugly divorce battle is
now commencing.
Last week, 27-year-old Sophie’s lawyers
filed a petition through the Hague
Convention on the Civil Aspects of
International Child Abduction that aims
to give a civil solution to parents “seeking
the return of a child wrongfully removed
or retained across international borders”.
She accused 34-year-old Joe of
withholding the passports of their
daughters, aged three and one, and
refusing to let them return with her to
the UK where, she claims, the couple had
agreed to live before their split.
Joe’s people responded with: “When
language like ‘abduction’ is used, it is
misleading at best, and a serious abuse of
the legal system at worst. The children
were not abducted . . . ” Now they have
SPECS APPEAL . . . David
and, inset, Brooklyn’s book
Ah, eye can see your problem, Becks
HERE’S David Beckham looking all
intellectual while promoting his new
eyewear range.
But David, love, it would help if you were
actually reading the book, instead of
2GM
both agreed to an interim consent
order that bans either of them
from removing their daughters —
both born in America — from
the state of New York until a
legal agreement has been
drawn up.
Let’s hope for the sake of
their children that they reach
an amicable solution.
But in the meantime, it’s a
reminder of how tricky it can get
when a international relationship
involving children breaks down.
Sometimes it’s entirely natural that
either the mother or father might want to
return to their homeland and support
network of family and friends, but of
course it means that the other one has to
live miles away from their own parents
and siblings if they want to see their kids
regularly.
Otherwise, it’s school holidays only and
a hell of a lot of flying back and forth.
Many years ago, I fronted
documentary that opened my eyes to the
serious issue of what’s known
“parental child abduction”, where a
mother or father wilfully removes a child
from their home country without the
permission of the other parent. In 1987,
staring vacantly into the middle
distance.
Unless, of course, it’s son Brooklyn’s
What I See photography book, in which
case we understand completely.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 17
@janeM
SNUB . . . Prince Harry
HAZ IN
A BOOK
CLUB
the charity Reunite International
WHEN Prince Harry
visited the UK for one
night recently, he
reportedly asked to see
his father and stay over.
He was asked to put in
was founded by UK-based a formal request, which
parents whose children had he did, but was then told
been taken by a partner and that King Charles was in
in 2019 alone its advice line Balmoral in Scotland on
took an astonishing 21,000 the date in question, but
calls. Harry was welcome to
The charity’s website says: join him.
“Many children are born to But as the Prince was
parents who hold different attending an awards
nationalities . . . unfortunately, night in London, he asked
what is also natural is that some if he could perhaps stay
of these relationships will break down at Windsor or one of the
and come to an end.” other royal residences in
They might come to an amicable the capital, but was told
agreement but, as Reunite also points out,
his request was too late.
“It may be that one parent makes a
So he ended up staying
unilateral decision to move or keep their
in a hotel.
child in another country. This would be
Can you imagine
considered to be child abduction”.
having to go through all
Workable solution this palaver with your
own family?
There are two types: Wrongful removal,
Sources at the Palace
where a child has been taken out of their say it remains a source of
a home country without the consent of both
frustration that, while the
parents or a court order, and wrongful
King’s public activities
as retention, where a child has been taken
are a success, headlines
abroad with consent for a short period of
persist that all is not well
time but fails to return.
behind the scenes
The first is considered a criminal
between him and his
offence in the UK and the police will get
involved, but the second is not and you younger son.
Little wonder when
have to go through the family courts
under the 1980 Hague Convention. poor Harry now has to
“book in advance” to stay
The UK is one of 91 members signed
up to the multilateral treaty that, in one of the many
mansions he grew up in.
hopefully, helps hasten the return of an
internationally abducted child. THERESA MAY says
But it is only effective if they’ve been
taken to a country that follows the
l that since she
stopped being prime
convention. minister she’s been trying
Despite their early war of words, it out lots of new recipes.
seems that Sophie and Joe are now Her husband Philip told
attempting to find a workable solution for her the other day: “You’ve
both themselves and, most importantly, now got 275 cookery
their children. books in the kitchen.”
But for so many other international I have at least 50.
relationships that hit the rocks, a child Except I haven’t
custody solution can be much harder to actually opened any of
come by. them.
KEIR BARB IS SPOT ON
BUSINESS Secretary Penny
Mordaunt, she of the stoic sword
holding at the King’s Coronation,
continues to impress.
Not least when she takes
chunks out of Sir Keir Starmer in
the House of Commons.
When the opposition recently
rehashed their old gag about PM
Rishi Sunak being “Inaction Man”,
the mighty Mordaunt retaliated
with a toy comparison of her own
for the Labour leader – beach
Ken.
“Beach Ken stands for nothing,
on shifting sands in his flip flops
staring out to sea,” she said.
“When we examine the Labour
leader’s weak record on union
demands and stopping the
boats, we discover that, like
beach Ken, he has zero balls.”
So, what would be pugilistic
Penny’s plastic alter ego?
Boxer Barbie must be a
shoo-in.
18 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
FUEL THROTTLE CONVOY
WAR HERO PROBE Iraq veteran denies fundraising fraud claim
A DECORATED war hero
PERRIE and JOE HADDEN
is being investigated by
police over claims he fighting off insurgents while
kept money he raised for in Iraq in 2005.
military veterans. After he was medically dis-
Trevor Coult, 48, received
the Military Cross — the
third highest military honour
— from the late Queen for
Met Queen . . . Trevor in 2006
V2
A FLEET of 200mph McLarens is
brought to a halt — by PC Plod.
The five supercars were pulled
over by police in a diesel BMW
for doing more 100mph along the
had been donated for auctions
EXCLUSIVE by ROBIN
and used a van bought with
donated money for personal use.
He has denied the allegations.
In 2018, he had applied to the
Charity Commission to register
For Our Veterans as a charity
charged in 2015, he reportedly but did not see it through.
raised £250,000 to help veterans The Commission then chased
who were struggling. him to check if he had been
But police are looking into
raising funds. He told them he
allegations he used some of the had never claimed the group was
money to fund his own lifestyle, a charity and said his website
kept sporting memorabilia which and JustGiving pages had been
Letter of
the lawn
A NEIGHBOUR faces a
ban from his own garden
if he yells any more
homophobic abuse.
Roy Willis, 41, got the
warning as he was sen-
tenced for making a
string of threats to two
women next door.
They recorded his com-
ments in May and June
when he also said he
would fetch a shotgun or
call men with weapons.
Cannabis user Willis,
By ALEX WEST from Harwell, got a
14-month jail term sus-
A303 in Wiltshire. One officer pended for 18 months at
said: “They could have caused a Oxford crown court.
pile-up, killing innocent people.” The judge told him: “If
you are in breach again I
will issue a restraining
order preventing you
going into your garden.”
Schools
shut. Concerns were first passed
vape call
SHOPS
children,
Organisation
schools
near
should be banned from
according
global health chiefs.
The World
also
should
schools
selling vapes to protect
down harder on pupils’
smoking and vaping.
WHO’s Dr
to
Health
says
crack
Ruediger
to Suffolk police in 2019. Krech said: “We must
No further action was taken, protect young people
but the force is investigating from deadly second-hand
again after further allegations. smoke and toxic e-
Trevor, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, cigarette emissions.”
is now a YouTuber and plans to There are 4.5million
stand at the next election. vapers in Britain, with
He told The Sun: “I don’t run one in six under 25.
a charity. Every penny was Ministers are preparing
to ban single use e-cigs
accounted for. I don’t have a
vehicle. I’m living on the bread- to reduce waste. Bright-
line. I’ve nothing to hide.” coloured and fruit flavour
robin.perrie@the-sun.co.uk vapes also face curbs.
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 19

DANCER ON HER ‘DARK DAYS’

Oti: I sobbed
fully clothed
in shower
over Strictly
By ROD McPHEE, TV Editor

DANCER Oti Mabuse says

she was left sobbing in
the shower in her clothes
as she struggled to cope
with life on Strictly.
She revealed the pressure
of dealing with “interesting
personalities” left her not
eating properly.
But the South African star said
husband and fellow dancer
Marius Iepure got her through.
Speaking on a podcast, Oti, 33,
revealed: “My husband has been
an amazing person who has seen
the dark days — the days where
I’m in the shower crying with my
clothes on because it’s so hard
and it’s so overwhelming.
“He’s seen me not eat, he’s seen
me overeat, he’s seen me struggle
with not being able to get the
best out of someone.
“He’s seen me having to deal
with ‘interesting personalities’.
“So, he’s the person that’s
seen the behind the
scenes at the point
where I’d got to where
I was like, ‘I think
I’m finished’. He was
like, ‘Yeah’.”
Fan favourite Oti
won the Glitterball
with ex-Emmerdale
Secrets and sequins star Kelvin Fletcher
. . . Oti’s seven years in 2019, and next year
with comedian Bill
on show were fraught Bailey. She was on the
BBC1 show for seven
Good times . . Oti’s Glitterball wins with celeb pals Kelvin and Bill
years so it came as a shock to
fans when she threw in the towel.
Oti added: “I came from the
biggest show on TV. Every single
human being on this planet, in
this country, loves Strictly. People
are obsessed.
“When you come from there
then when you decide you’re
going to leave it’s like:
‘What? What do you
mean?’ I was met with a
lot of, ‘Why would you
leave? You’re happy,
you’re at the top of your
professional game, you
won the show?’.”
But Oti said she yearned
for projects that once again
“put the fire in my belly”.
Support . . . husband Marius
She became a judge on Dancing
on Ice and hosted her own dating
show Romeo & Duet.
She added: “I was really lucky
at that point that just after win-
ning my second title on Strictly,
ITV held their arms open and
they were like, ‘Hey, come in!’.
“So when I was jumping, there
was somewhere to land.
“Even though I left, there was
this whole world, a new family,
that had opened doors for me
and that’s luck and I have to be
grateful for that.”
She and Romanian Marius, 41,
have been married nine years
and last month revealed they
were expecting their first child —
saying they found out “the minute
they stopped trying”.
rod.mcphee@the-sun.co.uk

ANGE’S ‘STUPID STUNT’

STRICTLY’S Angela Scanlon
has been reported to police
for hanging out of a moving
car for a social media video.
The One Show presenter
was accused of being reck-
less over her back window
dancing antics to 1980 hit
Rapper’s Delight.
In the clip, filmed after
Strictly rehearsals on Mon-
‘Risky’ . . . dance video day, a smiling Angela acts
By RYAN PARRY
and SARAH RIDLEY
out dance moves near BBC
Elstree Studios, Herts.
The 39-year-old, right, is
seen waving to a cyclist while
hanging out of the car as it
cruises a residential street.
A member of the public
who reported the Irish star
to Hertfordshire Police, said:
“I was rooting for Angela to
lift the Strictly glitterball
until I saw this — it was
reckless. I’m sick of celebri-
ties thinking they can behave
however they like.”
Nicholas Lyes, director of
policy at road safety charity
IAM RoadSmart, called her
behaviour incredibly risky.
The clip was removed from
Instagram after the backlash.
But Hertfordshire Police’s
digital evidence team is por-
ing over the footage.
Angela told The Sun last
night: “I was coming from
rehearsals and was giddy
with excitement. That’s
not an excuse because
what I did was stupid
and I’m sorry I let my
excitement get the bet-
ter of my judgment.”
20 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Email
GERI’S FULLY BOOKED
GERI HALLIWELL-HORNER has It’s like being a mother. So right now I’m
simon.boyle
@the-sun.co.uk
sidelined the SPICE GIRLS to dealing with one child, that’s Rosie. She
concentrate on her new book series. deserves that attention. It’s like getting Twitter
The Mi Chico Latino singer will
release Rosie Frost And The Falcon
your kid off to university.”
Geri has written two new songs to
@simonboyle87
Queen next week as part of several accompany the book, Beautiful Life and MY TEAM
books about her character. Ghost In The House. They are currently
She told scarymommy.com about the only available to listen to through the Howell Davies
Spice Girls: “At some point, 100 per cent
there’ll be something. When I do some-
book’s website, though, so don’t expect
to see her hitting No1 in the charts again
Ellie Henman
thing, I like to keep 100 per cent focused. any time soon. Jack Hardwick
Ashley Whitt
USHER looked like
he forgot his shirt – or
maybe he was just more both-
ered about the bling.
The American R&B star was on
stage for the second show of his eight-
night residency at intimate Paris concert
venue La Seine Musicale as he dazzled in a
white three-piece.
It follows this week’s news that he will
headline the Super Bowl half-time show in MOVES . . . band
February, and judging from these
shots he is ready for showtime.
The gig will tie in with the S Club
won’t stop
release of his first album in
eight years, Coming
Home. So expect new

movin’
tunes as well as
old. SHIRTY
. . . Usher
on stage
S CLUB have enlisted the
choreographer behind K-pop
boyband sensation BTS to
put a spring in the step of
their reunion tour.
I’ve learned Danish dance
guru Nicky Andersen has

BLING IT
been hard at work in the
studio with RACHEL
STEVENS, JO O’MEARA,
TINA BARRETT,

ON, USHER
BRADLEY McINTOSH
and JON LEE ahead of
the group’s run of arena
shows next month.
Nicky’s choreographer
credits down the years have
also included scheming
routines for the Eurovision
Song Contest and in movie
director GUY RITCHIE’s
live-action version of

TAYLOR TOUR TO
Aladdin.
The Good Times Tour
will kick off in Manchester
on October 12, with dates
across the country before
S Club then travel to

HIT THE CINEMA

North America for another
series of shows there.
Given that it has
now been eight
years since
the
group
TAYLOR SWIFT’s tour will hit now officially coming to last
cinemas before she graces our theatres worldwide on shared
stages again – with her concert
film released here next month.
October 13.”
Movie tickets went on sale
a stage,
there’s
Lucy
The singer will not bring her
The Eras Tour shows here until
yesterday afternoon and
the Odeon website
a lot for
fans to
Fallon
next summer but she has now struggled to cope with the look
confirmed the movie of the overwhelming demand. forward to.
concerts will be screened in When tickets went on sale
Odeon cinemas across the UK in the US last month,
and Europe from October 13.
It means that thousands who
missed out on tickets for her
£21million worth were sold
in one day, shattering AMC Sugas gig
is one big,
cinemas’ record for the
stadium shows will still get a
highest daily sales revenue
chance to see her career-
spanning concert on the big in the company’s 103-year
screen.
Taylor wrote on X: “The tour
isn’t the only thing we’re taking
history.
I have no doubt she will
be breaking box-office MOVIE . . .
big boogie
worldwide . . . records here too. THE nation’s biggest
MAGICMOMENTSUK; BACKGRID

singer
“Been so excited to tell you all True romance, Taylor? – plays live dancefloor will officially open
that The Eras Tour concert film is next week, and SUGABABES
Pictures: SMARTPICTURES;

Pages 28 & 29
are booked in for a festive
season gig.

SCARLETT: MY FERTILITY BATTLE The 15,000-capacity venue,

Drumsheds, is housed in a
disused warehouse in North
London and will open with a
SCARLETT MOFFATT has told can’t have children, because it birthday in October I
how she struggled to get isn’t happening’.” remember blowing my disco-themed day party on
pregnant for so long that she Speaking to GIOVANNA birthday candles out and October 7.
booked to see a fertility expert – But in exciting news for
FLETCHER on the Happy Mum wishing that it would pop fans, it has just
only to then conceive straight Happy Baby happen, like, ‘I
afterwards. announced an event for
podcast, she really wish that I December 2 when
The former Gogglebox added: “We could have a
regular had son Jude with her Sugababes will
booked to see a baby’. appear
policeman boyfriend Scott fertility doctor “Then two
Dobinson in June but had alongside
to check to weeks later I dance music
wanted to become a mother see that found out that
far sooner. stars ELIZA
everything I was pregnant. ROSE,
She said: “I’ve been with Scott was OK. It was a nice
for nearly five years. We were JAMZ
“That feeling emailing the SUPER-
trying for a long time. I think a lot was for fertility doctor,
of women do this. I self- NOVA and
November, cancelling the also JODIE
diagnosed myself, like, ‘Maybe I and on my appointment.” HARSH. BIG GIG . . .
PROUD . . . Sugababes
Scarlett,
Scott, Jude
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 21

A BRIT OF A DELAY
THE Brit Awards will return on
Saturday March 2 next year, two
weeks later than usual.
The date was announced last
night following a successful
to major US events including the
Super Bowl and the Grammys plus
the Baftas here.
It will air live on ITV1 and
ITVX from London’s O2

AT THE
ceremony this year when it was
held on a weekend for the first
time.
Its move from mid-February
to March is believed to be due
Arena, with the chair of the
Brit committee, Damian
Christian, promising: “It
will be our most ambitious
show yet.”

Channique
Sterling-Brown

WINNERS
Best Soap
Lucy & EastEnders
Tina O’Brien PARTY ON . . .
Danielle, here and
Best Actress
Max above left, celebrates Danielle Harold
(Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders)
Bowden
with pals and co-stars

Best Actor
Jamie Borthwick

BETH’S BACK
(Jay Brown, EastEnders)
Best Newcomer
Channique
Sterling-Brown
(Dee-Dee Bailey, Corrie)
Best Young
Performer
Isabella Brown

TO GET DAN
(Lexi Pearce, EastEnders)
Best Villain
Todd Boyce
(Stephen Reid, Corrie)
Best Comic Performance
Maureen Lipman
(Evelyn Plummer, Corrie)
Best Family

AND DIRTY
The Dingles
(Emmerdale)
Best Storyline
Danielle Loving & Losing Lola
(EastEnders)
Harold Soapstar Of The Year
Max Bowden
(Ben Mitchell, EastEnders)

Comeback revealed at soap awards Outstanding Achievement

Nikki Sanderson
IT was EastEnders’ night at the character was seen leaving Weatherfield Hawthorne, might be (Maxine Minniver, Hollyoaks)
for the capital, said: “Bethany could grooming pupil Lily
Inside Soap Awards as they bring somebody back with her from Slater, played by LILLIA Best Showstopper
scooped six major awards including
Acid Attack
London. I’m hoping she’s had a good TURNER.
Best Soap. time there. He revealed: “I was
But while Coronation Street was left “She’s got a fashion degree, she’s a
successful journalist. But she could come
on a flight to Ibiza
six weeks ago when
(Coronation Street)
lagging, they pulled out a big gun in the
shape of LUCY FALLON — who confirmed back with a whole load of baggage. the storyline kicked
she is making her way back to Weather- “I’m interested to see what they’ll do in. I was flying on
field after a three-year break. with Daniel, Daisy and Bethany. It’s my own. In very
Lucy, who plays Bethany Platt in the going to be exciting.” good humour, I was
ITV soap, revealed her character will Bethany’s return will no doubt bring called a ‘nonce’ by
return as part of an explosive love some much-needed fire to Corrie, with various stag parties
triangle involving The Street’s Daniel Daniel and Daisy’s cosy romance set to and hen parties
Osbourne and Daisy Midgeley. be rocked by her arrival. behind me.
In an exclusive chat at the ceremony But at the awards bash, the drama “People are talking
in London, Lucy, in a bright red dress, stayed on the cobbles, as ROB MALLARD, about the show. There
revealed she would be back filming who plays Daniel, and CHARLOTTE was no bad feeling but it
within weeks. JORDAN, a.k.a. Daisy, enjoyed a boozy just meant that you’re part of
She said: “I’m very excited to be back. night with Lucy. something so big and part of a show
It feels a little bit strange, like I don’t
know what I’m doing, like I’ve got
Elsewhere at the party, EastEnders
actor WILLIAM ELLIS told of the flak he
that is so canonised.”
I’d be sure to wear a cap and shades Nikki
impostor syndrome.”
Teasing the love triangle, Lucy, whose
has had from fans after it emerged his
screen character, teacher Theo
the next time you board a budget airline
flight, Will. Sanderson
22 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

TRUMP’S A DON OF A GUN
Surgery . . . Loren
Sophia
on mend
after fall
at home
By BRANDON MALINSKY
HOLLYWOOD superstar
Sophia Loren says she is
better following a fall,
but will be taking time
off to recover fully.
The 89-year-old Italian
actress had emergency
surgery for several frac-
tures to her hip and her
femur, according to her
agent Andrea Giusti.
She fell in the bath-
room at her Swiss home
on Monday.
Yesterday, a statement
issued on her behalf said:
“I thank everyone for the
closeness and affection
they have been showing
me. I’m better, I just
need to do rehabilitation
and take some time off.”
Sophia, who grew up
in poverty near Naples,
became an Oscar winner.
She had a career in
Italian cinema before
being snapped up by
Hollywood, acting opp-
osite screen greats
Marlon Brando, Frank
Sinatra and Cary Grant.
MONEY SPINNER
Silkworms have been
adapted so they can spin
fibres six times tougher
than Kevlar, biologists in
China have reported.
Happier times . . . Eternal
Band rift
on LGBT
tour plan
Expelliarmus!
By LETTICE BROMOVSKY
LOUISE Redknapp has
been accused of deserting
her Eternal bandmates
after a Pride events row.
The band was due to
reunite next year before
Louise, 48, pulled out.
She claims that sisters
Easther and Vernie Ben-
nett refused to play cer-
tain dates over their trans
rights objections.
Final member Kéllé
Bryan has backed Louise.
The four-piece’s original
manager, Denis Ingoldsby,
said: “Louise has thrown
them under the bus.”
Redknapp’s publicist
Simon Jones told Sky
News: “Louise would not
agree to excluding the
LGBTQ+ community.”
2GM
WHINGERS VS WIZARDS
By LETTICE BROMOVSKY
TRANS activists forced a
Harry Potter-themed panel at
a comic book convention to
be axed after claiming that it
would make the LGBT+ com-
munity feel unsafe.
Their charity Switchboard
threatened to end its involvement
in the event following a backlash
over Potter author JK Rowling’s
trans views.
The axed panel was due to be put
on by the production team of the
West End play Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child.
But a Switchboard spokesman said:
“We were unaware of plans to
feature any panels using the Harry
Potter IP (intellectual property).
“Upon learning this, we felt com-
pelled to express our concerns
about the potential impact on our
It’s all gone Potty community, particularly trans
individuals.”
. . . Radcliffe as The charity was due to take
film wizard Harry part in the convention by hosting
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ...............
You’re
fired!
NERDS AXE POTTER
TALK IN TRANS ROW
a pride lounge — a quiet space for
LGBT+ people to relax away from the
main hall. The Harry Potter panel was
not being hosted in the lounge, but
was being held at the same MCM
London Comic Con event.
The row is part of the continued
fallout from Rowling’s comments
regarding women’s rights
and gender. They led to
the writer — creator of the
wizard tales that starred
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry
on screen — being accused
of transphobia.
She had mocked an
article in 2020 which dis-
cussed “people who men-
struate” instead of women.
The LGBT+ activists pro-
23
By JOE MORGAN
SMILING Donald Trump sticks to his
guns — as he holds a Glock with his
image on the handle.
The former President, planning to run
for the White House again, posed with
the semi-automatic named Trump 45.
In the video of the campaign stop at
Palmetto State Armory, South Carolina,
Trump says: “I’ve got to buy one.”
Later his team insisted he did not
“take possession”. The 77-year-old
denies 91 felony charges across four
cases and federal law bars people
under indictment from buying a gun.
Meanwhile yesterday, a Manhattan
court ruled he committed fraud while
building his real estate empire by exag-
gerating his wealth by up to £3billion.
Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump
and his company operated in a “fantasy
world” by overvaluing assets — includ-
ing his Florida estate and his penthouse
apartment in Trump Tower — to secure
favourable financing terms from banks
and insurers.
The ruling came ahead of a civil
lawsuit being brought by New York’s
attorney general, Letitia James.
It represents a major defeat for
Trump and limits the scope of the non-
jury trial, set to begin on Monday,
largely to how much damages he pays.
Gunning for the
presidency . . .
Trump on Glock
tested that the inclusion of the panel
did not meet the standards of a “safe
and inclusive environment” that they
had been promised by Comic Con.
But scores of outraged fans hit back
at the decision to axe it. TV broad-
caster and comic Andrew Doyle said:
“When will organ-
isations stop capit-
ulating to these
ideologues?”
MCM London
Comic Con said
the decision to
cancel the panel
was a joint one.
Bit of a drama
. . . stage show
24 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

sunsavers.co.uk Instagram: @sunsavers Facebook.com/thesunsavers Edited by LEAH MILNER

DEAL OF DAY TOP SWAP

MAKE MOST OF YOUR AREA WITH FREE WALKS

£125
CREATE a salon-worthy
blow-dry with the help of this STAY warm as
Mark Hill Style Addict kit, temperatures drop
down from £34.99 to £17.49 with this pink beanie, above,
at Boots. for £125 at APC. Or go for
SAVE: £17.50 H&M’s more affordable

Let’s get ready

knitted hat, below, £6.99.
CHEAP TREAT SAVE: £118.01

THESE
cheerful
cosy cockapoo
socks from
Dunelm will keep toes toasty
at home for £3.50.
to ramble
HEAD outside this autumn and By LANA CLEMENTS London and Oxford. Guides bring local
£6.99
history to life with entertaining and
explore on foot. MAKE A PLAN: Walking Britain has an educational talks.
Taking a walk is good for your online tool to help you plan anything It is the perfect introduction to a

Leah’s
mind and body . . . plus it’s free. from a long ramble to a short stroll.

What’s
new area or a great way to learn
Here are some tips on how to You can search by city, village or nat- something about cities you thought

little helper
make the most of your area, and ional parks. The walks are also graded you already knew.

new?
beyond, when you ditch the car
and public transport.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: Many
local organisations put on free
THESE Hotel walks for educational or
Chocolat Halloween
community purposes.
bites for £15.45 are Eventbrite is a handy way
more treat than trick. to find out about events,
They feature 14 including walks, that are
chocolates, including happening close to home.
caramels and On the site search, type in
walking and filter by location,
pralines.
as well as free events. I
quickly found bat walks and
guided ranger walks, for no cost.
by difficulty and show the distance of
each suggested route. There are no upfront costs for
Follow the directions, given for free, as the tours, although guides are
expected to get tips at the end.
part of a walk’s route. There is also an
But there is no set amount STOCK up on
option to buy local maps. supplies to ward off
The Outdoor Map Navigator is a sub- you should give, so show your
appreciation depending on sniffles with a three-
scription service that will allow you to for-two deal on
download routes and maps to your what your budget will allow
phone, useful for when you don’t have a and how much you enjoyed vitamins at Holland &
Barrett. This Vitamin
signal. You can sign up for a free seven- the tour.
day trial. Remember to cancel if you do You can find tour times and B complex, £1.99,
not want to pay the annual £28. locations at freetoursbyfoot.com. supports immune
function.
CITY TOURS: Free Tours By Foot offer lAll prices on page correct at time
guided walks across cities in the UK, of going to press. Deals and offers
including Bath, Glasgow, Liverpool, subject to availability.

250
SHOP & SAVE

INNOCENT
strawberries,
pineapples

PRIZES TO
and apples
flavour
smoothie

BE WON
is now
£2.50,
reduced
from £3.50,
with a More
card at
Morrisons.

PLUS!
IS YOUR CODE
SAVE: £1

You can use

ABC123
this code for
Sun Savers

WORTH £100?
competitions
and offers
HOT
too... RIGHT
NOW
USE the Central Co-op
scan and go app to get
Cadbury Mini Rolls for
an offer price of £2.10 at
stores, down from the
usual £2.85.

Nap snap . . . polar
bear enjoys 40 winks
JUST SAY ARGH!
Picture: TAKAYUKI TORIUMI
A RED-faced cod enjoying some dental
hygiene work from a shrimp is one of
the prize winners in a prestigious
photography competition.
The Dentist, captured in waters off a
southern Japanese island by Takayuki
Toriumi, came first in this year’s Inter-
national Photography Awards. A shot of
DANNY IN ENDERS BLAST
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 25
Spot of lunch . . .
leopards tackle prey
SPAIN SPAT
Arrows
see red
in ruck
on Rock
Show-stoppers . . . RAF’s Red Arrows in action
GIB SHOW AXED
EXCLUSIVE by JEROME STARKEY, Defence Editor
DEFENCE Secretary Grant Shapps put two
fingers up to Spain by cancelling a Red Arrows
air show in a furious row over Gibraltar.
The Spanish, who claim The Rock as their own,
made it virtually impossible for the display team to
perform there for the first time in 14 years.
In retaliation, Mr Shapps axed another show in Menorca
yesterday — while the daredevil pilots were preparing to
take off at dawn.
A source said: “The Span-
Jaw-dropping ish were being d***s about
the Gibraltar show.
. . . pic of cod’s “They had threatened to
dental work won ban inbound civilian flights
the top prize from using Malaga as their
designated diversion airport.
“That would mean every
plane to Gibraltar would
need more fuel to get to an
airport further away in an
emergency. Dispute . . . Rock of Gibraltar
“That’s more weight, more
cost and, as some airlines form in Menorca, to boost
might decide it’s not worth that island’s economy, but
it, fewer flights to Gibraltar not on Gibraltar. They can’t
— which would hit the have their paella and eat it.”
By ADELA WHITTINGHAM island’s economy.” The MoD said: “As part of
Local officials, facing an operational planning, a vari-
a polar bear enjoying a nap in a election next month, took the ety of potential display dates
remote part of Canada earned Martin threat seriously enough to and locations are considered
Gregus second prize. ask the Ministry of Defence by the RAF.
Other favourites were two leopards to cancel the Gibraltar show. “A wide range of factors
pouncing on their dinner and a shot of Angry Mr Shapps went are taken into account.”
a cowboy ducking to avoid a bull. even further, by banning the The Red Arrows have per-
Menorca one too. A defence formed in Gibraltar just
source said: “It’s totally hyp- twice in the last 30 years,
ocritical. Spain were happy the last time in 2009.
for the Red Arrows to per- jerome.starkey@thesun.co.uk
tv biz
PAGE 31
26 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

DAD HOPES TV SHOW CAN IDENTIFY M5 MURDERER

TORMENT . . .
CRIME SCENE CLUE . . . cop Mike Melanie’s
. . . Cadillacs Courtier with blue parents Pat
nightclub in Bath rope found with and Steve
body in 2009
Speeder . . . Rogers

Ex-Prem
star ‘too
skint’ for
drive fine
DISCOVERY . . . By SARAH RIDLEY
police on M5
By GRANT ROLLINGS sliproad where
A
League
FORMER
player
Premier
escaped
body was found in with a £50 fine for speed-
2009. Below right, ing in his £50,000 car —
THREE decades on from the tragic Melanie after claiming he was
murder of Melanie Hall, her earning just £250 a week.
father is still tormented by Ex-Nottingham Forest
and Leicester defender
questions about her final Alan Rogers, 46, makes
moments. ends meet by renting out
The 25-year-old NHS worker was properties, a court heard.
last seen next to the dancefloor of a Rogers, who quit play-
club in Bath, Somerset, in the early ing in 2007, admitted
hours of Sunday, June 9, 1996. doing 51mph in a 40mph
Her remains were found 13 years zone last February in his
later, buried in four black bin liners new Tesla Model Y at
by a motorway slip road. There Maghull, Merseyside.
were signs that she had died from a His barrister, Daniel
brutal assault to the head. Bramhall, told Wirral
In 2016, her family offered a magistrates’ court: “He is
£50,000 reward for any details that currently not employed.
would lead to the conviction of “He is retired and has
Melanie’s killer — and that sum was no access to a pension.”
matched by The Sun. Three years The ex-player, of Orm-
ago her dad, Steve Hall, 79, also skirk, Lancs, was also
made an appeal in this paper for ordered to pay £50 costs.
more information. Rogers, who played for
He now hopes a documentary on England under-21s,
Channel 5 tomorrow night will lead admitted assaulting a
to more people coming forward business rival in 2018.
with information. He later accused the
Last night he told us: “The bit we Professional Footballers’
fear is how she felt at the time. As Association of failing to
a father you want to be there for support retired players.
your children, particularly in a time
of crisis. I wasn’t there and I just
hope she didn’t suffer too much.”
The artist and teacher is
determined to do everything he can
to get justice for his beloved
daughter. Steve, and Melanie’s mum
Pat, 78, have never given up hope of
finding the killer.

Steve, who appears in 90-minute
programme The Body In The Bag:
The Murder Of Melanie Hall, says:
“This is the way I can do something
for Melanie by trying to help find
her killer.”
Cops have over the years looked
at whether her attacker could be a
well-known serial killer or rapist.
‘Find answers’
Men in the frame have included
taxi driver Christopher Halliwell,
whose victim Sian O’Callaghan was
murdered with a blunt instrument
after leaving a club in Swindon in
March 2011, and serial killer Levi
Bellfield whose three victims from
2002 to 2004 include
schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
Surrey
The police even wondered if Suzy
Lamplugh suspect John Cannan —
serving three life sentences for the
murder of Shirley Banks in October
1987 — could have conspired from
prison to have a rapist find a victim
at the Bath club.
The senior investigating officer,
Detective Superintendent James
Riccio, believes Melanie knew her
killer. He has taken a fresh look at
more than 700 witness statements
taken shortly after she went missing
27 years ago.
He says: “My team and I continue
to be humbled by the courage,
bravery and support that Melanie’s
family have shown and desperately
want to find answers for them.”
Melanie had gone to Cadillacs
with her medic boyfriend Philip
Karlbaum, but he left when he
allegedly saw her dancing with
another man. He has always denied
playing a part in her disappearance.
The main focus of the inves-
tigation, titled Operation Denmark,
is the identity of a man seen
speaking to a woman fitting
Melanie’s description at about
1.10am. It could be the same man
spotted arguing with a woman close
to the club around half an hour
later. There were no reports of
30 years on will
Melanie’s killer
finally be caught?
screams or a woman being dragged
to a car, so the belief is Melanie
went willingly with her assailant.
Steve, who lives in Bradford on
Avon, near Bath, said: “She wasn’t
the kind of person who would go
off with strangers. We felt whoever
she went with was someone she was
comfortable with.”
Her dad feared the worst two
days after Melanie went missing. He
recalls: “Very early on we thought
we’d never see her again. She was
at a stage in her life where she was
IN FRAME . . . Cannan
enjoying her job, enjoying the
company of her new boyfriend. We
knew she had not disappeared of
her own free will.”
Workmen found her body by
chance, next to junction 14 of the
M5 motorway in October 2009. This
discovery was a major breakthrough
for the police — yet devastating for
Melanie’s parents.
Steve says: “We had a beautiful
girl, now we have a bag of bones,
and when you try to get your head
around that, it is a terrible thing.”
KILLER . . . Halliwell SUSPECT . . . Bellfield
Injured . . . Mr Burger
Spoons’
£200k bill
for attack
on punter
By ANDY ROBINSON
PUB chain Wetherspoon
must pay £200,000 in
compensation and legal
Little DNA evidence was left at the costs after a bouncer
scene, firstly because Melanie was attacked a customer.
stripped of her clothing and Building site boss Ber-
secondly due the passage of time. nard Burger, 39, had
But scientists have been able to been refused entry to one
form a partial DNA profile of who- of the chain’s pubs.
ever bound her thanks to the 4mm But as he walked away
blue polypropylene rope found a bouncer jumped at
wrapped around the bin liners. The him, breaking and dislo-
other clue left behind was a set of cating Mr Burger’s hip.
Ford car keys found nearby. Mr Burger had previ-
Det Supt Riccio is keen to trace ously loved running and
the outfit Melanie was wearing that kayaking but said since
night, which included a pale-blue the 2018 attack in Guild-
dress, black satchel-type handbag ford, Surrey, he has
and silver drop earrings. So far 11 struggled to walk his dog.
people have been arrested in He sued and a judge at
relation to the case but no one has central London county
been charged. He believes one piece court ordered JD Wether-
of evidence could change that. spoon to pay him £71,300
The cop concludes: “Someone compensation.
knows who killed Melanie and some- The judge said it could
one knows how she ended up at the not shirk liability for the
side of the M5. These dark secrets “cowardly attack” by
need to be brought into the light.” blaming its independent
lThe Body In The Bag: The Murder Of door contractor.
Melanie Hall, airs tomorrow at 9pm on But the total cost to
Channel 5. the company will be
more than £200,000, as it
will also have to foot Mr
Burger’s legal bills.
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 27

BEGGAR ON £21K
Letters to
GPs ‘lost’
A HOSPITAL trust has
failed to send up to
24,000 letters to GPs.
Newcastle Hospitals
says clinic letters, dis-
charge summaries and

Banned from ‘gathering money’ in city’s centre

A BEGGAR who was
raking in up to £21,000
a year from passers-by
has been banned from
asking for money.
James Chambers, 30, was
making £420 a week, tax-
free, begging for cash out-
side a McDonald’s.
He was given food, goods and
By BRANDON MALINSKY
money by kind-hearted locals in
the centre of Lincoln.
But Chambers is now banned
from begging after being given
a three-year criminal behaviour
order which prohibits him
from “sitting on the floor or
placing himself in a position to
gather money”.
He is also forbidden from
approaching anybody to ask for
money or goods within the
boundaries of the city.
Police and council officials
found Chambers, of no fixed
abode, had been earning up to
£60 a day over nine months in
the city centre.
He was convicted at Lincoln
magistrates’ court of 13 begging
offences and one public order
offence dating back to February.
He was also given a 12-month
conditional discharge, but he
internal documents were
lost in its system over
the past five years.
It apologised and said
it was investigating
whether patient care had
could be jailed for up to five been affected.
years if he breaks his CBO. Martin Wilson, chief
Lincolnshire Police’s Inspector operating officer at the
Steve Parker said: “Making the trust, insisted: “Every
city centre a safe and enjoyable single patient contact is
place to visit matters to us and very important to us.”
our families.
“Hopefully, people visiting and BOATY SURFACES
working in Lincoln can now feel Boaty McBoatface — a
a little more relaxed that they
research vessel sub-
won’t be approached.” marine named after a
public vote — is on show
Ban . . . beggar Chambers at a Portsmouth museum.

Trial . . . Formanek

Pastries
past of
‘last Nazi’
By ROB PATTINSON
THE last Nazi likely to

ANT’S IN
face justice was a pastry
chef before working as
an SS guard for Hitler.
Gregor Formanek, 99,
once prepared desserts,

DEFENCE documents reveal.

One note, made by the
Stasi secret service who
rounded up Nazis after
World War Two, claimed:
“F (Formanek) was a
member of an SS battal-
ion in the Sachsenhausen
camp from 1943 to 1945.
“There he continued to
beat prisoners.”
Formanek is accused of
killing 3,300 at the camp
and is likely to be the
last Nazi to face court —
as three others are too ill
for trial.
The Sun tracked him
to a Frankfurt flat where
neighbours believed him
to be a retired manager.
Carmen Whitmore, 68,
of Market Harborough,
Leics, whose uncle, pilot
Jimmy James, was at the
camp, said: “They need
to be held accountable.”

Surgery
ads axe
FACEBOOK ads for cos-
metic ops from Turkish
clinics have been banned
for pressuring people and
EXCLUSIVE by exploiting insecurities.
RICHARD MORIARTY One, from ClinicHaus,
was criticised for suggest-
MANCHESTER United’s Antony ing surgery “could be
prepares to return to England undertaken lightly as part
to face police over allegations of a holiday”.
that he attacked a lover. The Advertising Stan-
The Brazilian winger, 23, dards Authority also said
right, granted a leave of AsproMED wrongly gave
the impression gastric
absence by United, was at Sao balloon surgery led to
Paulo airport for flights to permanent weight loss.
Spain then Manchester. Another, from Erdem,
He will meet police pressured people to have
in the coming days more ops with discounts,
to deny the claims. the watchdog added.
A source said:
“Antony is adamant
he has done noth- HIGH FIVER
ing wrong.” An “exceptionally rare”
£5 note issued in 1900 in
Leeds is tipped to sell for
£16,000 at an online sale
by Noonans of London.
28 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2GM

AS SUPERSTAR SWIFT MOVES O

TRAVIS KELCE MATTY HEALY
Potent bite . . . spider HAS Taylor ever been AFTER The Sun revealed
interested in American Taylor was dating The 1975

Spider’s football before? Well she

seems to be a big fan now!
The singer made sure all
eyes were on her as she
frontman Matty Healy in May,
the pair went public.
Having kept previous
boyfriend Joe Alwyn under
venom jumped and cheered on the
Kansas City Chiefs tight end
as he played the Chicago
wraps for seven years, with
barely any pictures of them
together in public, Taylor

may stiff Bears on Sunday.

Decked in the team’s red
and white colours, no less,
she joined the footballer’s
was suddenly snapped out
in London and New York
with her new man.
Matty, 34, cheered her on
Viagra mum, Donna, in the VIP
suite. And she even slapped
on bold red lippy, a not-so-
subtle reference to the lyrics
at three of her Eras tour
shows and the pair were
spotted piling on the PDA
By JOE DAVIES at a New York club
“red lip classic thing that you accompanied by Jack
SPIDER venom is being like” from her hit song Style. Antonoff, who happens to
trialled in a rub-on gel The track features on her
2014 album 1989 and the have co-produced both The

for erectile dysfunction.
A bite from the Brazil-
ian wandering spider is
known to cause “long
and painful erections”.
Past tests found the
venom rotted flesh
around the manhood.
But clinical trials in
2019 looked at a molecule
in the venom called
BZ371A, and found it
helped achieve erections
within half an hour.
The compound is
thought to work by
boosting blood flow.
Some 72 men will now
test the gel, with results
expected in the Spring.
Prof Maria Elena De
Lima said: “It does not
generate any side effects,
even in high doses.
“That means approval
tends to be much faster.”
Around 16.5m Brits suf-
fer erectile dysfunction.
Last year the NHS spent
£18.3m on prescriptions
for meds such as Viagra.
14th victim . . . Max
Teenage
PROMANCE PROMANCE
re-recorded version is due 1975’s most recent album
out on October 27. and Tay’s Midnights.
When Taylor and Travis But if this was a carefully
left the Arrowhead Stadium Studio. It has now been managed promance, it didn’t year about the rapper Ice
in Kansas City, Missouri, the renamed the 1989 Bedroom go to plan. Spice. Ever the professional,
footballer was wearing an Painting Set in an apparent Swifties went into Taylor broke things off with
eye-catching blue and white nod to their relationship. meltdown over Matty’s Matty after just a few weeks
denim jacket and jeans And guess which year controversial behaviour, and promptly released a
called The Bedroom Travis was born? 1989 of including derogatory remix with Ice Spice,
Painting Set, from KidSuper course – just like Taylor! comments made earlier this appropriately named Karma.
CALVIN HARRIS
FANS had high hopes that a
relationship between two of the
most successful pop stars
would result in new music.
But over the course of their
15-month romance the singer
and super producer Calvin, 39,
only collaborated on one song,
This Is What You Came For, with
Taylor using a pseudonym.
It seems for the most part that
they were genuinely focused on
love, rather than making money
out of them dating.
From early 2015 until their split
in June 2016 the pair posted a
string of nauseating snaps on
social media.
For their one-year anniversary
they shared pics of themselves
kissing on the beach with their
initials in the sand.
Proof that this was more
romance than promance, they
endured a very messy break-up
which screamed of a lack of
stage management.
Calvin went on a series of
social media rants after Taylor’s
team revealed her involvement
on their song, accusing her of

stabbing trying to “bury” him and

“controlling the media”.

victim is
named
By ANDY ROBINSON
ROMANCE

JOE ALWYN
BRITISH actor Joe takes the
crown for being Taylor’s
TOM HIDDLESTON
IF promance was introduced
to the dictionary, you would
True r
Taylor
A TEENAGER who was
stabbed to death in a longest relationship thus far. find a picture of Taylor and
country park has been Together for seven years, Brit actor Tom, 42, next to it.
named as 19-year-old from late 2016 until April They started dating in
Max Wheatley. 2023, the pair avoided red June 2016, around the same
Max was knifed in the carpets and were rarely time Kim Kardashian fanned
heart on Wednesday aft- photographed. the flames of a feud between
ernoon in Jubilee Country At the start of their her then husband Kanye
Park in Petts Wood, relationship, Joe, 32, was a West and the singer.
South East London. little-known actor so Taylor The reality star claimed
Emergency crews, had little to gain from she had proof Taylor had

including an air ambu-
lance, were called but
Max, from nearby Orp-
ington, died at the scene.
Det Chief Insp Laura
Semple said: “My team is
continuing to work in the
area and we are review-
ing local CCTV footage to
try to establish exactly
what happened.”
She renewed an appeal
for witnesses, saying: “We
need to know what you
saw or heard.”
The 62-acre park is a
designated site of impor-
tance for conservation.
Max’s killing brought
the number of teenagers
murdered in London this
year to 14 — the same as
in the whole of 2022.
making him her boyfriend.
On her 2019 album Lover,
thought to be about Joe,
Taylor sings about the
romance of clearing up with
her partner after a house
party, painting a wall for his
younger brother and
watching rugby in the pub
with his mates.
It was proof at last that, if
she wants to, Taylor really
can live a very private life.
Their romance continued
to blossom out of the
spotlight, first out of choice
and then because of Covid
lockdowns in Britain, where
ROMANCE
the pair were living. But it
seems to have fallen apart
once Taylor was ready to
reclaim the world stage with
her record-breaking Eras
tour, which kicked off in the
US on March 2023.
prom
privately signed off on the
rapper’s controversial song
Famous – before publicly
criticising it.
Taylor would go on to be
branded a “snake”. To
change the narrative, she
made sure she was seen on
dates with the Night
PROMANCE
Manager star.
There were supposedly
candid snaps of the pair WHEN it comes to love, Taylor Swift to c
snuggling on the rocks of a meeting Tom’s mum on a
is a self-confessed Mastermind. Trav
beach in Rhode Island. And public beach in Suffolk. But
in a whirlwind three months In the 2022 track of the same very
the most famous publicity name, from her album Midnights, Th
they were spotted in Rome, stunt was Tom wearing an “I
California and Australia. she teased fans: “What if I told you ma
heart TS” vest in the sea none of it was accidental?” con
Photographers even near Taylor’s home. They
managed to catch Taylor And the 33-year-old certainly befo
were “over” just weeks later. doesn’t seem to be leaving much 198

ON TO ANOTHER NEW FELLA, WE ASK...
romance,
r, or fake
mance?
chance with new NFL boyfriend
vis Kelce, also 33, who got a
y public introduction this week.
he new relationship, which
ade headlines around the world,
nveniently comes just a month
ore the singer is due to release
89 – Taylor’s Version, the latest in
CONOR
KENNEDY
WHEN Taylor dated the
grandson of former US
President Robert F.
Kennedy in 2012 she made
sure to dress the part – in
1950s dresses, retro polka-
dot bikinis and ballet flats.
She had been vocal about
her love for the political
family and seemed to relish
dressing like Conor’s
grandmother and former
First Lady Jackie O.
But the promance was
over after just two months. It
is rumoured Taylor fell out
with the Kennedys after
“crashing” a family wedding
and overshadowing the
event, infuriating the
bride’s mother.
PROMANCE
ROMANCE
her run of re-recorded albums. So is
this a genuine relationship or just a
“professional romance” to boost
record sales?
EMILY FAIRBAIRN takes a closer
look at Taylor’s new man and some
of her exes to determine if they
were a romance or promance . . .
2GM
HARRY STYLES
THE country star started
dating Harry, 29 – then a
member of One Direction –
just as she was transitioning
to pop music with her album
JOE JONAS
THE singer’s two-
month relationship
with the Jonas
Brother star is
arguably her origin
story.
Despite their short
romance in 2009,
Taylor was reported
to have been furious
when Joe, 34,
dumped her via a 25-
second phone call.
But there was a
silver lining – as she
managed to write
several hit songs
about the break-up,
Forever And Always,
Last Kiss and, most
memorably, We Are
Never Ever Getting
Back Together.
While Taylor was
clearly heartbroken,
a new blueprint had
emerged. A high-
profile romance
followed by an even
more high-profile
break-up worked to
her advantage.
JOHN MAYER
WHILE it may have started
out as a promance, Taylor
appears to have regrets.
The pair dated briefly
between 2009 and 2010,
Red. Coincidence, much?
They are said to have met in
March 2012 and were
confirmed to be dating by
November. The news
devastated
Directioners but
boosted Taylor’s
profile.
The pair were
spotted strolling
through Central
Park in New York,
kissing in Times
Square on New
Year’s Eve and
wearing matching
necklaces. But it
was over after just
two months
following a row in
the Caribbean.
The promance
provided plenty of
inspo for her hits
I Knew You Were
Trouble and Style.
PROMANCE
when Taylor was 19 and
singer John was 32.
A few months after their
break-up she released Dear
John, featuring the lyrics:
“Dear John, I see it all, now it
was wrong/Don’t you think
19 is too young”.
He later said it
“humiliated” him.
But on her Midnights
album, Taylor went as far as
to add caustic track
Would’ve, Could’ve,
Should’ve, that appears to
reference their age gap.
Lyrics include: “Give me
back my girlhood, it was
mine first/And I damn sure
never would’ve danced with
the devil/At nineteen”.
Now the bigger of the two
pop stars, Taylor also chose
to tease the music video for
single Lavender Haze just
five minutes after John, 45,
announced his solo
acoustic tour.
PROMANCE
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ...............
JAKE GYLLENHAAL
THE timing doesn’t look
good for this to have been a
real romance.
When they went public in
in October 2010, Jake, now
42, was due to promote his
new movie Love And Other
Drugs, starring Anne
Hathaway, and Taylor had
not long released hit album
Speak Now.
But if it was all for show,
‘It’s all fuel for her
real love. . . music’
TAYLOR is the world’s
biggest pop star and she
has better things to do than
date mediocre men, like
perform on a record-
breaking world tour, write
100 songs a year and
painstakingly rerecord her
back catalogue.
But she is also an
“eligible bachelorette” who
understands the
depressing reality of what
the world expects from
women like her.
As she sings on this
year’s hit single Lavender
Haze: “The only kind of girl
they see is a one-night or a
wife.”
Taylor is smart enough to
know that people likely
assume there is something
wrong with her if she can’t
hold down a relationship in
her thirties. Of course
29
would she have still been
hung up on the Hollywood
actor ten years later?
In 2021 Taylor re-released
Red, featuring a ten-minute
extended version of 2012
song All Too Well, said to be
about the breakdown of their
relationship.
The pop star revealed she
was a “broken human” when
she first wrote the song.
JURY’S OUT
By EMILY FAIRBAIRN
Sun Swiftie
there isn’t anything wrong
with her.
The reality is it takes a
very special man to make it
worthwhile to spend the
energy needed to juggle a
relationship with being a
superstar.
When she found love
with Joe Alwyn, Taylor
showed that when she
wants a private life she’ll
make sure she gets one.
The rest of the time, she
puts on a hell of a show –
and we’re witnessing the
latest act in Travis Kelce.
It doesn’t matter if the
romance is real or fake
because it is all fuel for
Taylor’s one true love – and
that’s her music.
30 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Wednesday 4-PAGE
SECTION TV GUIDE
6am Breakfast (S,HD) 6.30 am The Bidding Room 6am Good Morning Britain 6.05 am Countdown (R,S) 6am Milkshake! (HD) Freeview: 237 Freesat: 217
9.15 Morning Live (S,HD) (R,S,HD) (S,HD) 6.45 Cheers (R,S,HD) 9.15 Jeremy Vine (S,HD) Sky: 522 Virgin: 606
10.00 Fraud Squad (S,HD) 7.15 The Vintage French 9.00 Lorraine Entertainment 7.35 Everybody Loves 11.15 Storm Huntley (S,HD) 6am James Max An initial
10.45 Claimed And Shamed A Farmhouse (R,S,HD) news. (S,HD) Raymond (R,S,HD) 12.40 Alexis Conran (S,HD) insight into the day’s
conman loses his 8.00 Sign Zone: Great 10.00 This Morning Celebrity 8.25 Frasier (R,S) 1.40 5 News (S,HD) top stories. (R,HD)
temper. (R,S,HD) Coastal Railway chat and lifestyle 9.55 Château DIY (R,S,HD) 1.45 Home And Away 6.30 The Julia Hartley-
11.15 Homes Under The Journeys (R,S,SL,HD) features. (S,HD) 10.55 George Clarke’s Newcomer Harper and Brewer Breakfast
Hammer (R,S,HD) 8.30 Marcus Wareing’s 12.30 Loose Women Topical Amazing Spaces Irene become fast Show All the stories
12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD) Tales From A Kitchen debate from a female (R,S,HD) friends, but John is you need to know to
1.00 BBC News (S,HD) Garden (R,S,SL,HD) perspective. (S,HD) 11.55 C4 News (S,HD) sceptical. (R,S,HD) start your day. (HD)
1.30 Regional News (S,HD) 9.00 Nicky Campbell (S,HD) 1.30 ITV News (S,HD) 12.00 Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.20 Big Lies In A Small 9.30 Mike And Kev A look
1.45 Doctors Claudia has 10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 1.55 Regional News (S,HD) Magazine. (S,HD) Town A young mother at the front pages and
made a decision but 12.15 Politics Live (S,HD) 2.00 James Martin’s 2.10 Countdown (S,HD) frantically searches for the latest news. (HD)
Bear isn’t going to be 1.00 Impossible (R,S,HD) Spanish Adventure In 3.00 A Place In The Sun her teenage daughter 10.00 The Independent
happy about it. (S,HD) 1.45 Eggheads (R,S,HD) Valencia, James (R,S,HD) who went missing after Republic Of Mike
2.15 Money For Nothing 2.15 Wanted Down Under reminisces about his 4.00 A Place In The Sun their car crashed Graham The host looks
At Altrincham recycling (R,S,HD) tapas bar. (S,HD) Andy and Julian are outside a remote through the morning
centre. (S,HD) 3.00 Murder, Mystery And 3.00 Tenable A walking looking for a home away small town. Thriller newspapers. (HD)
3.00 Escape To The Country My Family: Case football team join forces from home in Gran starring Rhonda Dent. 1.00 Ian Collins Hard-hitting
In Dorset. (R,S,HD) Closed? (R,S,HD) to take on a series of Canaria. (S,HD) (2022) ✪✪ (S,HD) monologues and
3.45 The Bidding Room A 3.45 Great Canadian Top 10 list questions. 5.00 A New Life In The Sun 4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits In debates. (HD)
collectible set of tiny Railway Journeys In (S,HD) Followed by A couple add fine dining The Sun Louis and 3.00 Kevin O’Sullivan
houses. (S,HD) Mission City. (R,S,HD) Local Weather to their events business Pablo move into their The host presents
4.30 The Vintage French 4.15 Serengeti II (R,S,HD) 4.00 Tipping Point Quiz with in France. (R,S,HD) new caravan in the big stories of
Farmhouse (S,HD) 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD) Ben Shephard. (S,HD) 6.00 Four In A Bed Dan and Benidorm. (S,HD) the day. (HD)
5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD) 6.00 Richard Osman’s 5.00 The Chase (S,HD) Lucy host the third visit 5.00 5 News At 5 (S,HD) 5.00 Vanessa Feltz
6.00 BBC News (S,HD) House Of Games (S,HD) 6.00 Regional News (S,HD) of the week at The Tal-y- 6.00 Susan Calman’s Grand A mix of big names,
6.30 Regional News (S,HD) 6.30 Strictly: It Takes Two Followed by Party Cafn. (S,HD) Day Out The presenter exclusive interviews,
Followed by Party Janette Manrara guides Political Broadcast By 6.30 The Simpsons Angry heads back to and viewers’ thoughts
Political Broadcast By fans through the The Liberal Democrats dolphins attack Yorkshire. (R,S,HD) on what has got the
The Liberal Democrats ballroom action. (S,HD) 6.30 ITV News (S,HD) Springfield. (R,S,HD) Followed by 5 News nation talking. (HD)

9pm Alex and Noel Beresford 8pm Nadiya Hussain sets out to 9pm Lawrence Dallaglio trains 9pm Kevin McCloud meets Rosa 7pm Steve Backshall reveals 5pm Vanessa Feltz discusses
are determined to finish on top how to use Simple Spices prisoners in Grand Slammers and Craig in Grand Designs Badgers: Their Secret World the day’s biggest stories
7.00 The One Show 7.00 Paul Whitehouse: 7.30 Emmerdale 7.00 C4 News (S,HD) 7.00 Badgers: Their 7.00 Jeremy Kyle Live
With Alex Jones and Our Troubled Rivers Manpreet provides 8.00 Geordie Hospital Secret World The straight-talking
Jermaine Jenas. (S,HD) (2/2) How fertiliser run- encouragement to Akbar tries to cure (1/2) Steve Backshall host takes on the
7.30 EastEnders off from farming is Claudette, while Chloe Michael’s tremors by reveals the secret lives issues that really
Ravi lashes out when affecting the River tells Mack the truth, and inserting wires into his of badgers in the UK matter. (HD)
the police come asking Wye. (R,S,HD) Gail expresses concern brain. (S,HD) with hidden cameras 8.00 Piers Morgan
questions about 8.00 Nadiya’s Simple Spices for Ryan. (S,HD) 9.00 Grand Designs following their every Uncensored
Nugget. (S,HD) (1/6) Nadiya Hussain 8.00 Coronation Street Kevin McCloud meets move. (S,HD) Followed The host presents his
8.00 The Repair Shop demonstrates cooking It is the end of an era Rosa and Craig who plan by 5 News Update unmissable verdict on
(11/14) Experts restore with spices. (S,HD) for the Rovers Return on turning a 8.00 Harvest On The Farm the day’s global events

PRIMETIME
a poster, a garden 8.30 Nigella: At My Table Inn, Paul and Billy decommissioned steam 2023 with an hour of fearless
ornament, a camera and (1/6) Nigella Lawson finalise their wedding railway reservoir into a (2/4) TV presenter debate, straight-talking
a pair of sandals. (S,HD) prepares Turkish- arrangements, and home with a budget of George Lamb shares his interviews with the
9.00 Celebrity Race Across inspired eggs. (R,S,HD) Daniel asks a favour of £700,000 in 12 new-found passion for world’s leading figures,
The World 9.00 DNA Family Secrets Ryan. (S,HD) months. (S,HD) farming. (S,HD) Followed and plenty of fun. (HD)
(2/6) Mel and her (1/6) Stacey Dooley 9.00 Grand Slammers 10.00 First Dates by 5 News 9.00 The Talk
mother Helene get a helps people unlock (1/2) England Rugby (5/5) A sexual health 9.00 Casualty 24/7: Every A panel of famous faces
head start as the mysteries hidden in their World Cup winners, advisor with two soon-to- Second Counts debate the hot topics
celebrities head to the DNA. Olympic athlete including Captain Martin be-married daughters Ralph, an 87-year-old everybody’s talking
second checkpoint in Sarah wants to find her Johnson, attempt to goes looking for love, who is struggling to about. (HD)
Bonifacio on the island father. (S,HD) train a team of inmates and a part-time singer breathe, is rushed into 10.00 First Edition
of Corsica. Alex is 10.00 Moulin Rouge: Yes We at HMP The Mount enjoys an evening with a hospital. (S,HD) An energetic look at
determined to finish Can-Can! prison. (S,HD) magician. (R,S,HD) 10.00 999: Critical Condition tomorrow’s newspapers,
ahead of Billy. (S,HD) (1/6) The Moulin 10.30 ITV News At Ten (S,HD) 11.05 The Great British (1/12) A young woman tonight. (HD)
10.00 BBC News (S,HD) Rouge’s Yorkshire-born 11.00 Regional News (S,HD) Bake Off is admitted with life- 11.00 Piers Morgan
10.30 Regional News (S,HD) artistic director heads 11.15 Peston (1/) Alison Hammond threatening head Uncensored (R,HD)
10.40 Ambulance back to Britain to recruit Political magazine show joins Noel Fielding to injuries. (R,S,HD) 12.00 Cristo Bringing the very
(5/6) An urgent call a new line-up to join the hosted by Robert lead the next batch of 11.05 Motorway Cops: best and latest news
from someone cabaret club’s high- Peston, featuring major bakers through 30 brand Catching Britain’s stories overnight. (HD)
threatening to use a kicking ensemble. (S,HD) interviews with MPs and new challenges set by Speeders (R,S,HD) 1.00 Jeremy Kyle Live
nerve agent, leads to 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD) topical guests. (S,HD) Paul Hollywood and Prue 12.05 Shoplifters & (R,HD) 2.00 Kevin
major incident standby Followed by Weather 12.05 EFL Carabao Cup Leith. (R,S,SL,HD) Scammers: At War O’Sullivan (R,HD) 3.00
being declared. (R,S,HD) 11.15 Rise Of The Nazis: The Highlights Action from 12.35 Taskmaster (R,S,SL,HD) With The Law (R,S,HD) Piers Morgan
11.40 Michael McIntyre’s The Manhunt the third-round ties. 1.30 24 Hours In A&E 1.00 Live Casino (S,HD) Uncensored (R,HD) 4.00
Wheel (2/4) The hunt for Adolf (S,HD) 1.00 The Chase. (R,S,HD) 2.25 Jimmy 3.00 999: Motorway The Talk (R,HD) 5.00-
(1/10) With Clare Eichmann. (R,S,HD) Quiz show. (R,S,HD) Doherty’s New Zealand Emergency (R,S,HD) 6am James Max. An
Balding, Darren Harriott, 12.15 Sign Zone: Amazing 1.50 Tipping Point Escape (R,S,HD) 3.20 3.50 Britain’s Greatest initial insight into the
Jay Blades, Josie Hotels: Life Beyond (R,S,HD) 2.40 Tenable Selling Super Houses Bridges (R,S,SL,HD) day’s top stories. (HD)
Gibson, Mollie King, The Lobby (R,S,SL,HD) (R,S,SL,HD) 3.35 (R,S,HD) 4.15 Couples 4.40 Wildlife SOS
Richard Madeley and 1.15 Living Next Door To Unwind With ITV (S,HD) Come Dine With Me (R,S,SL) 5.05 House Watch live on all major
Tom Allen. (R,S,HD) Putin (R,S,SL,HD) 2.15- 5.05-6am James (R,S,HD) 5.10-6.05am Doctor (R,S,SL) 5.55- social media platforms,
Followed by Weather 3.15am Helping Our Martin’s Spanish Undercover Boss USA 6am Entertainment the Talk.TV website
12.45 -6am BBC News (S,HD) Teens (R,S,SL,HD) Adventure (R,S,SL,HD) (R,S,HD) News On 5 (S,HD) or the TalkTV app

S4C: 6am Cyw 11.00 Cyw 12.00 Newyddion S4C A’r Tywydd 12.05 Cymry Ar Gynfas 12.30 Heno 1.00 Dau Gi Newyddion S4C 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C A’r Tywydd 8.00 Pobol Y Cwm 8.25 Dan Do 8.55 Newyddion S4C A’r Tywydd 9.00 Anfamol 9.30
REGIONAL VARIATIONS Bach 1.30 Garddio A Mwy 2.00 Newyddion S4C A’r Tywydd 2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C A’r Rycia O ’Ma 10.00 Noson Lawen 11.00-11.35pm Y Byd Ar Bedwar BBC ONE WALES: 6.55-7pm Party Political Broadcast By the Welsh Liberal Democrats
Tywydd 3.05 Prosiect Pum Mil 4.00 Awr Fawr: Blociau Rhif 4.05 Dreigiau Cadi 4.15 Amser Maith Maith Yn Ôl 4.30 Crawc A’i Ffrindiau 4.45 10.40 Rookie Nurses 11.10 Ambulance 12.10am Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel 1.10-6am BBC News BBC TWO WALES: 7.00-8pm This Farming Life ITV WALES:
Cacamwnci 5.00 Stwnsh: Seligo 5.05 Rhyfeddodau Chwilengoch A Cath Ddu 5.25 Hei Hanes! 5.50 Newyddion Ni 6.00 Pêl-Droed Rhyngwladol 6.57 6.25-6.30pm Party Political Broadcast By the Welsh Liberal Democrats
FILMS ✪✪✪✪✪ Brilliant ✪✪✪✪ Very Good ✪✪✪ Good ✪✪ Not Bad ✪ Poor (R) Repeat (S) Subtitles (SL) Sign Language (HD) High Definition

NEW SERIES . . . Siobhan and Kath
SIOBHAN
WITNESS
THRILLER
HAPPY Valley’s SIOBHAN
FINNERAN will join
KATHERINE KELLY in new ITV
thriller Protection, I can
exclusively reveal.
The show, being filmed in
Liverpool, looks at the
shadowy world of witness
protection and what happens
when the system breaks down.
It comes from production
company New Pictures, which
produced The Long Shadow
airing now on ITV1 and ITVX,
also starring Katherine.
The six-parter revolves
around Detective Inspector
Liz Nyles, played by Siobhan.
It is based on an idea by a
witness protection specialist
who served in the Met Police
for 30 years.
During his time in the field,
he looked after a number of
high-profile cases and
informants, including war
criminals, terrorists and a
host of criminals.
Protection will air on ITV1
and ITVX next year.
First
E4’S Married At dat-
l Sight UK is one ning
l shi
ing show stil ies that
bright. The seret for the
sees couples mealtar had
first time at the 1.7million
peak ratings of an aver-
on Monday and which is
age of 1million, nnel. The
huge for the cha nday to
series airs Mo
Thursday at 9pm.
WALFORD
ANSWERS
SOS CALL
NICK KNOWLES’ DIY SOS
crew is heading to Essex with
a gang of EastEnders in tow.
The soap stars giving their
time are yet to be revealed.
But for now, host Nick is
also appealing for the public
to help out. The BBC team will
be transforming a community
centre in Harlow that helps
people with issues including
social
isolation and
self-harm.
Butterfly
Effect Well-
Being
operates
from a
Portacabin
and needs
help from the
DIY gang.
PLEA . . . Nick Nick said:
“We wouldn’t
be able to deliver such
important projects without the
generosity of our brilliant
volunteers, so if you have a
trade or can help us with
materials then get in touch.”
The build will take place
from October 25. Contact
diysosharlow@bbc.co.uk.
More listings:
Pages 32 & 33
Edited by
ROD
McPHEE
With
FELICITY CROSS
Email:
rod.mcphee
@the-sun.co.uk
Twitter:
@RodMcPhee
TheSun
Danny: Enders
did my nut in
ACTOR ON WHY HE LEFT BBC SOAP
DANNY DYER has opened
up about why he quit
EastEnders – and taken aim
at some former co-stars.
The actor, who played Queen
Vic landlord Mick Carter for
almost a decade until exiting
last Christmas, revealed he felt
standards dropped during the
later part of his time on the
soap.
Danny, right, said in his cus-
tomary colourful way: “The
first few years we f***ing
smashed it. It was powerful
s**t. The viewer listened to us
more than these f***ing c***
politicians.
“I was blessed with some
amazing storylines, some s**te
ones as well.
“They f***ed it up towards
the end. It’s a shame it had to
come to an end but I’d f***ing
BAKE YOU AN OFFER
YOU CAN’T REFUSE...
GANGSTER
BAP . . .
baking judge
Paul with
co-stars
Alison, Prue
and Noel
had enough.” And it seems
Danny grew a little tired of
some of his cast mates, includ-
ing Phil Mitchell actor STEVE
McFADDEN.
The Sun revealed earlier this
year that the pair did not see
eye to eye after Danny's char-
acter was given the keys to the
Queen Vic, which had been a
Mitchell family staple for years.
Speaking at a fan Q&A in
London on Monday night,
Danny took a swipe at some
unnamed stars and said: “I’ve
worked with a lot of actors
that are c***s, very selfish, it’s
all about them.
“You need to look after your
other actors. It’s about team-
work and looking after each
other.”
Before joining the BBC One
soap in 2013, Danny was the
poster boy for hedonism with
roles in films including Human
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 31
tv biz
MIKE HAS
JAIL GRUB
JITTERS
MOST of us would draw the
line way before having to
scoff kangaroo privates like
those poor old I’m A
Celebrity contestants.
But 2022 campmate MIKE
TINDALL feared there were
worse “dishes” in his latest
show. The ex-England rugby
player endured jungle
nasties alongside celebs
including MATT HANCOCK
and CHRIS
MOYLES
during his
time in Oz.
But Mike
Traffic and The Football Fac- is now
tory. And it seems his appearing on
on-screen life mirrored reality, ITV1’s Grand
with the Walford great saying: Slammers,
“I was famous for being a where he and
caner. People would come fellow
up to me in a club off their members of
nut and want me to take England’s TRIAL . . . Mike
drugs with them, which is
victorious
a f***ing dangerous thing, 2003 Rugby World Cup
but I f***ing lapped it up
for a bit.”
squad help to train a group
Danny, who filmed of prisoners. It hits our
Channel 5 drama Heat screens on Wednesday from
after leaving EastEnders, 9pm, on ITV1 and ITVX.
said he now preferred a Trying jail food for the first
quieter life. time, Mike says: “I ate a
He added: “I am just a sheep’s vagina and a pig’s
working-class kid and fame uterus while I was in the
jungle and I’m more nervous
never suited me. You have to
about this.”
conform to a certain way of
behaving.
“Being famous does f*** your
But he ends up pleasantly
surprised: “I can get by on
nut up. You can lose the plot that. It’s better than what Matt
for many years. You’ve got to Hancock got cooked.”
remember who you are.”
NEW Apple TV+ doc
l series The En u-
field
THE “Breadfather” PAUL
HOLLYWOOD has welcomed
ALISON HAMMOND into The
Poltergeist will
on October 27. premiere
parter tells of theThe four-
haunting betwe London
Great British Bake Off family.
The This Morning host last
night made her presenting
debut on the Channel 4 show
and 1979. It en 1977
audio archive, a combines
of the house set recreation
original intervie ting and
alongside NOEL FIELDING,
but only after the gang posed
for a fun video inspired by
the case. All episodws from
on the same day es land
.
gangster film The Godfather.
Uploaded online, Noel
BOXING’S
became Noel Focaccia, Paul
Don Pauleone and fellow
judge PRUE LEITH was Pane
di Leith.
Alison became
Cannoli-mond for the skit,
Alison RICKY TO
which closed with Paul men-
acingly sniffing a huge loaf of
bread and declaring: “Wel-
HIT ICE
FORMER boxing champ
come to the family.”
RICKY HATTON has become
Last night deli shop man- the latest Dancing On Ice
ager Amos, from North Lon-
contestant to be unveiled.
don, became the first baker to HOLLY WILLOUGHBY, who
leave the Bake Off tent.
Despite coming second in hosts the skating contest, and
the technical challenge, his her This Morning co-host BEN
animal-themed final bake fell SHEPHARD broke the news on
flat. Amos said: “It was obvi- the daytime show yesterday.
ously the Show- Ricky, who
stopper that stop- fought at light-
ped my show. As welterweight
soon as I heard and
my name I came welterweight,
out of my body. punched
“One of the through a
funniest mom- paper screen
ents in the tent and Ben said:
was Alison think- “So excited,
ing my apple it’s the Hitman
buttercream was on the ice.”
RINK . . . Ricky Ricky said
champagne fla-
voured. She gave with a laugh: “I
us all such a wish I shared your confidence.
warm welcome Being a boxer, I have been on
and even gave my a**e a few times.”
us some treats Asked why he joined the ITV
to eat during show, Ricky said: When I was
our down time retired I was sat there with
nothing to do and my willpower
. . . legendary.”
fell apart a bit. It’s about
taking on new adventures.”
32 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Wednesday
FREEVIEW
BBC THREE freeview 23
7pm Phoenix Rise; 7.30 The Catch Up 8.00
Gavin & Stacey 9.00 Life And Death Row 10.00
Driven: The Billy Monger Story 11.00 The TikTok
Effect 11.55 The Bold Type 12.35 Juice 1.25
Ballers: Ball Or Nothing 2.25 Hire Me: Competing
For A Dream Job 2.55-3.55am Gavin & Stacey
BBC FOUR freeview 9
7pm Life 8.00 Universe 9.00 Charles I:
Downfall Of A King 10.00 Cardiac Arrest.
Hospital drama. 2.00-3.40am Black Snow
ITV2 freeview 6
6am CITV 9.00 One Tree Hill 10.00 Dawson’s
Creek 11.00 Love Bites 12.00 Dinner Date
1.00 Family Fortunes 2.00 Chuck 3.05 One
Tree Hill 4.00 Dawson’s Creek 5.00 Dinner
Date 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase 7.00 Ninja
Warrior UK: Race For Glory 8.00 Superstore
9.00 The Murder Of Bianca Devins: Social Media
Murders 10.00 Family Guy 11.30 American Dad!
12.30 Superstore 1.30 Don’t Hate The Playaz
2.10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records
2.35 Unwind With ITV 3.00 Teleshopping
5.00 The Epic Tales Of Captain Underpants
5.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
5.45-6am Craig Of The Creek
ITV3 freeview 10
6am Classic Emmerdale 7.05 Classic
Coronation Street 8.10 On The Buses 9.15
Where The Heart Is 11.35 Heartbeat 12.45 Live
Snooker: British Open 2023 5.30 Coronation
Street: Memorable Moments 5.55 Heartbeat
8.00 Lewis 10.00 Van Der Valk 12.05 Where
The Heart Is 2.20-2.30am Unwind With ITV
ITV4 freeview 26
6am Minder 7.05 The Professionals 8.10 The
Saint 9.20 The Return Of Sherlock Holmes
10.30 Magnum, PI 11.30 The Motorbike Show
12.30 The Saint 1.35 The Return Of Sherlock
Holmes 2.40 Magnum, PI 3.45 Dramatic
Finishes 4.00 Live Rugby World Cup 2023
7.00 Live Snooker: British Open 2023
10.35 All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
12.35 Minder 1.40 Unwind With ITV
2.00-3am EFL Carabao Cup Highlights
E4 freeview 13
6am Hollyoaks 7.00 Married At First Sight UK
8.00 Melissa & Joey 9.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
10.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 Modern
Family 12.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 The
Goldbergs 3.00 Modern Family 4.00 Married At
First Sight UK 5.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.00
Hollyoaks 7.30 Young Sheldon 8.00 First Dates
Ireland 9.00 Married At First Sight UK 10.05
Sex Rated 11.10 Gogglebox 12.15 First Dates
1.20 Married At First Sight UK 2.15 Sex Rated
3.10 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4.00 The Goldbergs
4.55-6am Black-ish
MORE4 freeview 18
8.55am Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 9.15 A
Place In The Sun 10.05 A New Life In The Sun
11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.10 Heir Hunters 2.10 Doctors 9.15 Classic Holby City 10.40 Casualty 12.00 Love Your Garden 1.00 Money For Nothing
Four In A Bed 4.50 Kirstie And Phil’s Love It Or
List It 5.50 The Secret Life Of The Zoo 6.55 The Pie In The Sky 3.05 Bergerac 4.20 All
Dog House 7.55 Grand Designs 9.00 The
Duchess And Her Magical Kingdom 10.00 £4
Million Restoration: Historic House Rescue 11.05 Wine 8.00 Jonathan Creek. Jonathan is stumped 10.00 The Repair Shop 11.00 How Do They Do
24 Hours In A&E 12.10 Emergency Helicopter
Medics 1.15 999: On The Front Line 2.15 24
Hours In A&E 3.20-3.50am A Place In The Sun Hand 2.35-4am Classic Holby City
ENTERTAINMENT
Sky Showcase 9pm Greg Davies hosts
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
SKY SHOWCASE
6am The Early Rundown 7.00 Kay Burley 8.00 clash. 9.00 The Rookie. Nolan invites everyone
Caught On Dashcam 9.00 Nothing To Declare
10.00 Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies 11.00
Wildlife ER 12.00 The Flash 1.00 NCIS: Los
Angeles 3.00 Hawaii Five-0 4.00 S.W.A.T 5.00 FBI 1.00 FBI: International 2.00 FBI. The team
The Simpsons 6.00 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air work with Maggie to infiltrate a group building
7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 An Idiot Abroad 2
9.00 Never Mind The Buzzcocks. With Roisin
Murphy, Dermot Kennedy and Billy Porter. 9.45 bodyguard and girlfriend. 4.00 Border Security:
The Lazarus Project. Sci-fi thrilller starring Paapa America’s Front Line 5.00-6am The Real A&E
Essiedu. 10.45 Rob & Romesh Vs Drag
11.45 Breeders 12.45 Road Wars 2.10 Stop,
Search, Seize 3.05 Hawaii Five-0 4.00
S.W.A.T 5.00-6am The Early Rundown
APPETISING . . . co-hosts Alison and Noel ready to head to the tent
PICK freeview 36
7am Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 8.00
Nothing To Declare 9.00 Motorway Patrol 10.00
Highway Cops 11.00 Highway Patrol 12.00
Motorway Patrol 1.00 Border Patrol 2.00 Border
Security: Canada’s Front Line 3.00 Nothing To
Declare 4.00 Warehouse 13 5.00 Stargate
SG-1 6.00 Merlin 7.00 Star Trek: Voyager 8.00
Magnum P.I 9.00 SEAL Team 11.00 Snapped
12.00 How I Caught The Killer 1.00 Britcam:
Emergency On Our Streets 2.00 Road Wars
3.00 Highway Patrol 4.00 Motorway Patrol
5.00-6am Highway Cops
DAVE freeview 19
7.10am Yianni: Supercar Customiser 8.00 Cops
On The Rock 9.00 Fast Justice 10.00 Railroad
Australia 11.00 Rick Stein’s India 12.00 Ultimate
Movers 1.00 Repair Lot 2.00 Top Gear 4.00
Building Cars 5.00 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean
Escapes 6.00 Rick Stein’s India 7.00 Richard
More4 9pm The Duchess is close to
opening Her Magical Kingdom
Osman’s House Of Games 8.20 Would I Lie To
You? 9.00 QI XL 10.00 Live At The Apollo
12.00 Mock The Week 12.40 Alan Davies: As
Yet Untitled 1.40 Big Zuu’s Big Eats 2.15 The
Island 3.05-4am Sneakerhead
DRAMA freeview 20
7.15am All Creatures Great And Small 8.00
11.45 The Bill 12.50 Classic EastEnders 2.05 2.00 The Repair Shop 3.00 Shed And Buried
Creatures Great And Small 5.30 The Upper
Hand 6.05 ’Allo ’Allo! 6.40 Last Of The Summer Outback Opal Hunters 8.00 Salvage Hunters
by disappearances in a Gothic mansion. 10.35 It? 12.00 Wheeler Dealers 1.00 Ambulance
New Tricks 11.55 Silent Witness 2.10 The Upper 2.00 Fantomworks 3.00 Wheeler Dealers 4.00
SKY ATLANTIC
6am Fish Town 7.55 Six Feet Under 10.05 Ray
Donovan 12.15 Game Of Thrones 1.20 Quarry
3.30 Six Feet Under 5.45 Ray Donovan 7.55
Game Of Thrones. Jorah and Tyrion run into
slavers. 9.00 Domina. Livia grows closer to
Agrippa. 10.05 Domina. Gaius makes an
unwelcome decision about the succession. 11.15
Billions 1.30 Dreamland 2.00 The Lovers. At
last, the day has come – the affair is on, but
things don’t go to plan. 2.40 Game Of Thrones
3.45 In Treatment 4.15-6am Urban Secrets
SKY WITNESS
6am The Real A&E 7.00 Border Patrol 9.00
Border Security: America’s Front Line 10.00
Motorway Patrol 10.30 Highway Patrol 11.00
FBI: Most Wanted 12.00 Bull 2.00 Blue Bloods
3.00 Caught Red Handed 4.30 Nothing To
Declare 8.00 Blue Bloods. Danny and Jamie
over for a party now that he is single. 10.00 9-1-
1. An explosion rocks the hospital where Dr Hale
is performing surgery. 11.00 The Rookie 12.00
bombs. 3.00 FBI: International. The Fly Team
investigate the kidnapping of a businessman’s
GOLD
7.05am Desmond’s 7.45 Keeping Up
Appearances 8.20 2point4 Children 9.00 Hi-De-
4-PAGE
SECTION
tv
last night
THE GREAT BRITISH
BAKE OFF
Channel 4
I UNDERSTOOD Alison
Hammond bagged the Bake This year’s show really could harmless chat with the bakers
Off hosting job on the back of have done with an injection of and “oooh, this round will be so
her larger-than-life personality. fun as it all felt rather tame, close” talk with the judges.
So it’s surprising that show especially for a long-awaited But thankfully in Prue Leith,
bosses have taken out all her series opener. there is a saviour. She is a
best ingredients and turned her It seems the notorious beacon of quirkiness and
into a fun sponge. innuendos also followed Matt prevented the episode being a
Indeed, on the evidence of Lucas out of the tent, as well as total snoozefest when she
last night’s debut, Bake Off most of the comedy, because peppered retired air hostess
Alison is a steady and safe all Alison and co-host Noel Nicky with questions about her
version, rather than the one Fielding had up their sleeves beaver during the technical
who cracks up Hollywood stars were puns. challenge – bakes inspired by
to such an extent they wet There were none of the animals.
themselves and hit the whisky. clever mid-show skits we used Fellow judge Paul Hollywood
Which is a shame as that to enjoy, just plain old “ready has clearly been asked to cut
doesn’t play to her strengths. steady bake”-style instructions, back on handshakes after
REALLY freeview 17
6am Fantasy Homes By The Sea 7.00
SPORT SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL
6am EFL 9.00 EFL Greatest Games 10.00
Teleshopping 8.00 Salvage Hunters 10.00 Championship Retro 12.00 EFL Highlights
Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House 11.00 12.30 EFL Cup 2.30 Bundesliga Highlights
Antiques Road Trip 12.00 Money For Nothing Show 3.30 Scottish Premiership Round-Up
1.00 A Place In The Sun 2.00 My 600lb Life 3.45 SPFL Highlights 4.00 EFL Goals:
4.00 Animal Cops Phoenix 5.00 Ambulance Leagues 1 & 2 4.30 EFL Highlights 5.00 EFL
6.00 Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House 7.00 Cup Highlights 5.30 EFL Highlights 6.00 EFL
Antiques Road Trip 9.00 The Bad Skin Clinic Goals: Leagues 1 & 2 6.30 EFL Cup Highlights
10.00 Say Yes To The Dress With Tan France 7.00 LIVE EFL Cup Newcastle United v
11.00 Ghost Adventures 12.00 The Osbournes Manchester City. Kick-off at 8.00.
10.30 EFL Cup Highlights
Want To Believe 1.00 Ghost Adventures 2.00
Teleshopping 4.00 Animal Cops Phoenix 5.00- 11.00 EFL Greatest Games
12.00 EFL Cup Highlights 12.30 EFL Greatest
6am Money For Nothing
YESTERDAY freeview 27
Sky Sports Main Event 7pm Doku and Games 1.00 Championship Season Review
Man City travel to face Newcastle United 2.00 EFL 2.30 EFL Rivalries 3.00 EFL Cup
6.10am Sounds Of The Seventies 7.15 Retro 5.45-6am EFL Greatest Games
Impossible Engineering 8.00 Abandoned
Engineering 10.00 VE Day: Countdown To SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT SKY SPORTS NFL
6am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning 6am NFL Highlights 10.00 Kansas City Chiefs:
Peace 11.00 World War Weird 12.00 Great
Indian Railway Journeys 1.00 Antiques Sports Fans 7.30 LIVE International Netball. The Franchise 11.00 NFL Bitesize Highlights
New Zealand v England. Centre-pass at 7.30. 12.00 Good Morning Football 3.00 NFL
Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash 4.00 World
War Weird 5.00 Rise Of The Nazis 6.00 Great 9.05 My Icon: Kadeen Corbin 9.15 My Icon: Highlights 4.00 NFL Review Show 5.00
British Railway Journeys 7.00 Antiques Pam Cookey 9.30 Good Morning Sports Fans Kansas City Chiefs: The Franchise
Roadshow 8.00 Great Continental Railway 10.00 The Football Show 11.00 The Football 6.00 NBC’s Pro-Football Talk
Journeys 9.00 Mediterranean With Simon Reeve Show 11.30 LIVE The All-Star Ryder Cup. 8.00 NFL Bitesize Highlights
10.00 Bangers & Cash 11.00 Abandoned Coverage of the celebrity match in Rome, as 8.30 Neil Meets Justin Jefferson
Engineering 12.00 Great British Railway Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin captain Neil Reynolds meets one of the biggest
Journeys 1.00 Great British Landmark Fixers teams including the likes of Novak Djokovic, icons in the NFL.
2.00-3am Sounds Of The Seventies Gareth Bale, Carlos Sainz and more. 2.30 9.00 Jaguars Weekly UK A round-up of the
Ryder Cup Golf. The latest action and analysis.
latest news from the Jacksonville Jaguars.
W freeview 25 7.00 LIVE EFL Cup Newcastle United v 9.30 Kansas City Chiefs: The Franchise
6.10am Young Vets 8.00 Tipping Point 11.00 Manchester City. Kick-off at 8.00. Taking a behind-the-scenes look at the
DIY SOS: The Big Build 1.00 Tipping Point 10.30 Back Pages Tonight Kansas City Chiefs.
4.00 My Dream Home 6.00 Property Brothers: 11.00 Sky Sports News 10.30 Neil Meets Justin Jefferson
Forever Homes 7.00 MasterChef Australia 12.00-6am Sky Sports News Neil Reynolds meets one of the biggest
8.00 Inside The Ambulance 9.00 24 Hours In icons in the NFL.
A&E 10.00 999 Rescue Squad 11.00 Louis SKY SPORTS PREMIER LEAGUE 11.00 NFL Fantasy
Theroux: Law & Disorder In Lagos 12.00 6am PL Greatest Games 7.00 PL Highlights
9.30 SNF 10.00 The Football Show 11.00 12.00 Total Access 1.00 Jaguars Weekly UK
One Born Every Minute 1.00-3am The Hairy 1.30 NFL Bitesize Highlights 2.00 NBC’s Pro-
Bikers’ Northern Exposure The Football Show 11.30 The Football Show
12.00 Gary Neville’s Soccerbox 1.00 PL Years Football Talk 4.00 NFL Highlights 5.00-6am
QUEST freeview 12 3.00 PL Greatest Games 4.00 PL Highlights Kansas City Chiefs: The Franchise
6am How Do They Do It? 6.30 Shed And Buried 5.30 SNF 6.00 Netbusters 6.30 Premier SKY SPORTS ARENA
7.00 The Repair Shop 8.00 American Pickers League Stories 6am NRLW 7.00 LIVE NPC Rugby.
10.00 Chasing Classic Cars 11.00 Fantomworks 7.00 Gillette Labs Soccer Special Southland v Bay of Plenty. Kick-off at 8.05.
10.15 Premier League Stories 9.00 NRL 10.00 The Rugby Championship
10.45 PL Review A look back at the 10.30 Unbeatable 11.00 World Grand Prix
4.00 Salvage Hunters 5.00 Salvage Hunters: The weekend’s action. Darts 3.30 Betfred Super League Highlights
Restorers 6.00 Wheeler Dealers: Dream Car 7.00 11.45 Premier League Stories Behind the 4.30 Women’s Super League 5.00 WNBA
scenes of the top flight. 7.00 International Netball
12.15 PL Greatest Games 12.30 Premier New Zealand v England.
League Icons 1.00 PL Years 3.00 PL Greatest 8.45 Betfred Super League Highlights
Games 4.00 Premier League Best Goals Leigh Leopards v Wigan Warriors.
How It’s Made 5.00-6am Teleshopping 5.30-6am PL 100 Club 9.00 Fight Night International
Hi! 9.40 Porridge 10.20 Last Of The Summer death of a conspiracy theorist. 8.00 Death
Wine 11.40 Keeping Up Appearances 12.20
2point4 Children 1.00 Dad’s Army 1.40
In Paradise 11.00 Person Of Interest RADIO
12.00 Elementary 1.00 Hudson & Rex
Blackadder The Third 2.20 Porridge 3.00 2.00-4am Murdoch Mysteries
Hi-De-Hi! 3.40 Last Of The Summer Wine
5.00 Keeping Up Appearances 5.40 Porridge SKY COMEDY
8am Sort Of 9.00 Entourage 10.05 The
6.20 Blackadder The Third 7.40 Dad’s Army
9.00 The Royle Family. Nana is in mourning. Conners 11.00 Mr Mayor 11.30 Looking
12.50 House Of Lies 1.30 The Fresh Prince
9.35 Not Going Out 10.45 Live At The Apollo.
Comedy sets by Nina Conti, Rob Beckett and Of Bel-Air 2.25 Entourage 3.30 The Conners
4.30 Sort Of 5.30 Mr Mayor 6.00 The Fresh
Jimeoin. 11.45 The Royle Family 12.20 Not
Going Out 1.40 Live At The Apollo 2.40 The Prince Of Bel-Air 7.00 Will & Grace 8.00 The
US Office 9.00 Divorce 10.15 Miracle Workers:
Fosters 3.35-4am Desmond’s
COMEDY CENTRAL End Times 11.15 Breeders 12.15 Enlightened
1.30 Will & Grace 3.00 House Of Lies 3.40
8am Most Ridiculous 9.00 The Middle 11.00 Looking 5.00-6am Teleshopping Radio 2 7pm Jo Whiley invites
Home Improvement 1.00 Last Man Standing Olivia Dean to play a Sofa Session
2.00 Friends 9.00 Michael McIntyre’s Big DISCOVERY
6am Bitchin’ Rides 7.00 Deadliest Catch 8.00
Show. With Rob Beckett, Romeo of the Cirque
du Soleil, Years and Years and Bruno Tonioli. Treehouse Masters 9.00 Alaska: The Last VIRGIN RADIO DAB virginradio.co.uk
Frontier 10.00 How Do They Do It? 11.00
10.00 Ahir Shah: Dots. Stand-up special. 6.30am The Chris Evans Breakfast
11.25 Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains 12.25 Wheeler Dealers 12.00 Salvage Hunters 1.00 Show 10.00 Eddy Temple-Morris 1.00
Deadliest Catch 3.00 Alaskan Bush People
Digman! 12.50 South Park 2.20 Beavis And Jayne Middlemiss 4.00 Ricky Wilson
Butt-Head 2.35 Key & Peele 3.20 Criminally 4.00 Secret History Of The Sphinx 5.00 7.00 Bam 10.00 Amy Voce 1.00 Sean
Wheeler Dealers 6.00 Salvage Hunters
Funny 4.10-5am Friends Goldsmith 4.00-6.30am Steve Denyer
7.00 Wheeler Dealers. Mike and Ant reminisce
ALIBI about the experiences they have had in the TALKRADIO DAB talkradio.co.uk
7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 Miss Fisher’s series. 8.00 Outback Truckers. Justin Harrison 6.30am Julia Hartley-Brewer 9.30 Mike
Murder Mysteries 10.00 Hudson & Rex 11.00 is put in a precarious situation when his gear And Kev 10.00 Mike Graham 1.00 Ian
Without A Trace 12.00 Frankie Drake Mysteries box fails. 9.00 Deadliest Catch. Life aboard ship Collins 3.00 Kevin O’Sullivan 5.00
1.00 Death In Paradise 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries in the Alaskan crab-fishing fleet. 11.00 Expedition Vanessa Feltz 7.00 Jeremy Kyle 8.00
4.00 Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries 5.00 X 12.00 How The Universe Works 1.00 Piers Morgan 9.00 The Talk 10.00 First
Hudson & Rex 6.00 Without A Trace 7.00 Deadliest Catch 3.00 Alaska: Homestead Edition 11.00 Petrie Hosken 1.00 Paul
Elementary. Holmes investigates the suspicious Rescue 5.00-6am Teleshopping Ross 5.00-6.30am James Max

criticisms he was handing them
out too freely, but he was so
relieved by Nicky’s beaver talk,
he offered one up as a reward
for lifting the mood.
Perhaps Alison’s softly softly
approach is because bosses
want the attention on the
bakers, which is key to a classic
series. And there is some hope
in Nicky, accountant Keith and
Tasha, the show’s first deaf
contestant, that they can
provide good value in the
coming weeks.
But the proof will be in the
pudding as to whether or not
they’ll be able to prevent this
long-running show from
becoming increasingly stale.
STUART PINK
FLAVOUR SAVIOUR . . . Nadiya
NADIYA’S SIMPLE SPICES,
BBC Two, 8pm: If you have ever
been worried about injecting
spices into some of your go-to
recipes, 2015’s Bake Off champ
Nadiya Hussain is here to help.
Her family hail from
Bangladesh and have been using
a spice box containing the same
eight ingredients – ground
turmeric, cumin, chilli, curry
powder, whole cardamom,
cinnamon, fennel seeds and bay
leaves – for three generations.
In this new series, Nadiya
hopes to give the nation the
confidence to use those
ingredients to create interesting
meals that are easy to make.
Tonight, she shows us how to
make a tasty turmeric-infused
4-PAGE
SECTION
tv picks
seafood broth, a cheese and
chilli loaf and a delicious
cinnamon and rose cream
cheesecake.
Meanwhile, Yasmin Khan
prepares a saffron chicken stew
with apricots and prunes from
north of Iran.
GRAND SLAMMERS, ITV1, 9pm:
It’s been two decades since
Jonny Wilkinson kicked that
drop-goal to secure an England
win at the 2003 Rugby World
Cup against Australia.
As this year’s tournament
continues, nine of that squad
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ...............
TV GUIDE
reunite in this two-parter that
sees them inspire a team of
inmates from HMP The Mount,
Herts, to play a match against an
Aussie side.
In this episode, Mike Tindall,
Martin Johnson and Lawrence
Dallaglio meet the inmates who
have no idea how to play.
GRAND DESIGNS, Channel 4,
9pm: Kevin McCloud returns and
tonight he meets Rosa and Craig,
who want to transform a
decommissioned steam railway
reservoir in Wye Valley, Herts,
into a home. The pair have
33
ambitious plans to create four
bedrooms and a dramatic
mezzanine. But they face a
massive hurdle from the get-go
as builders’ quotes are way over
the £700,000 budget.
Is the project doomed before it
has even begun?
DNA FAMILY SECRETS, BBC
Two, 9pm: Stacey Dooley returns
to help people piece together
their family history using the
power of DNA.
Stacey meets an ex-Olympian
who is hoping to find answers
about her father. She’s never met
him, but knows that he was
based in the UK and was part of
the US army. So what secrets will
her DNA unlock?
CHLOE ANDREWS

11.00 International Netball

12.45 Women’s Super League 1.00
World Grand Prix Darts 5.30-6am
Top Rank Boxing Archive
TNT SPORTS 1
6am Premier League Netbusters 6.30 UEFA
Champions League Goals Reload 6.45 ODI
Cricket Highlights 8.45 LIVE One Day
International Cricket. India v Australia. Coverage
of the third and final ODI in the series from
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.
12.45 CPL 1.15 LIVE One Day International
Cricket. India v Australia. 5.15 UEFA Europa
League Goals Reload 5.30 LIVE Serie A.
Cagliari v AC MIlan. Kick-off at 5.30. All the
action from the Italian top-flight encounter at
Unipol Domus. 7.30 LIVE Serie A. Inter Milan
v Sassuolo. Kick-off at 7.45. All the action from
the Italian top-flight encounter at Unipol Domus.
9.45 Original Documentary 11.00 MotoGP
Highlights 12.00 Asia Cup Cricket 2.00 MLB
Plays of the Week 2.30-6am LIVE MLB.
Houston Astros v Seattle Mariners. Start-time
at 2.40. Coverage of the American League
West match at T-Mobile Park.
TNT SPORTS 2
6am The Football Archives: UEFA Champions
League 7.00 WWE Monday Night Raw 9.30
Premier League Netbusters 10.00 Fishing: On
the Bank 11.00 V8 Supercars Highlights 12.00
UEFA Champions League Magazine 12.30
Vanarama National League 2.00 Premier
League – The Big Interview 2.30 Premier
League Netbusters 3.00 Serie A 4.00 Premier
League 5.30 LIVE Serie A. Verona v Atalanta.
Kick-off at 5.30. 7.30 TNT Sports Goals Reload
7.45 LIVE Serie A. Napoli v Udinese. Kick-off
at 7.45. 9.45 Premier League Stories 10.15
Premier League Reload 10.30 UEFA
Champions League Magazine 11.00 Ligue 1
Highlights 12.00 UFC 3.00 UFC Reloaded
5.30-6am UEFA Champions League Magazine
VIAPLAY SPORTS 1
6am LaLiga 8.00 Betfred Championship 10.00
LaLiga 2.00 LaLiga News 2.30 DTM
Highlights 3.30 ADAC GT Masters Motorsport
4.30 NHL Tonight 5.30 Viaplay Cup
7.30 LIVE Viaplay Cup Rangers v
Livingston. Kick-off at 8.00.
11.00 LaLiga Villarreal v Girona.
1.00 WSC LaLiga Highlights 1.20 DTM Highlights
3.00-6am ADAC GT Masters Motorsport
TALKSPORT 1053, 1089MW talksport.com
6am TalkSPORT Breakfast 10.00 Jim White
And Simon Jordan 1.00 Hawksbee And Jacobs
4.00 TalkSPORT Drive With Andy Goldstein And
Darren Bent 7.00 Kick Off 10.00 Sports Bar
1.00 Extra Time 5.00-6am Early Breakfast
TALKSPORT2 DAB talksport.com
6am Sportsday 9.00 TalkSPORT Exclusives
1.00 The TalkSPORT 2 Social 5.00 TalkSPORT
Exclusives 5.00-6am Early Breakfast
TIMES RADIO DAB thetimes.co.uk/radio
6am Aasmah Mir And Stig Abell 10.00 Matt
Chorley 1.00 Mariella Frostrup 3.00 Jane
Garvey And Fi Glover 5.00 John Pienaar 7.00
Pienaar And Friends 8.00 Kait Borsay 10.00
Carole Walker 1.00 Stories Of Our Times 1.30
Red Box 2.00 Highlights From Times Radio
5.00-6am Rosie Wright With Early Breakfast
RADIO 1 97.6-99.8FM bbc.co.uk/radio1
7am Greg James 10.30 Newsbeat 10.32
Rickie, Melvin And Charlie 12.45 Newsbeat 1.00
Dean And Vicky 3.30 Newsbeat 3.32 Vick And
Jordan 5.45 Newsbeat 6.00 Clara Amfo 8.00
Jack Saunders 10.00 With Sian Eleri 11.00
Benji B 1.00-2am Dance Anthems
RADIO 2 88-91FM bbc.co.uk/radio2
6.30am Zoe Ball 9.30 Vernon Kay 12.00
Jeremy Vine 2.00 Anita Rani 4.00 Sara Cox
7.00 Jo Whiley 9.00 The Folk Show 10.00
Gary Davies 12.00-3am OJ Borg
MOVIES
Sky Cinema Premiere 9pm Nikolaj
Coster-Waldau stars in God Is A Bullet
SKY CINEMA PREMIERE
6am Tár (15, 2022) ★★★★★ 8.40
Something In The Dirt (15, 2022) ★★★★
10.40 Knock At The Cabin (15, 2023)
★★★★ 12.35 Tár (15, 2022) ★★★★★ 3.15
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (PG,
2022) ★★★★ 5.00 Something In The
Dirt (15, 2022) ★★★★ 7.00 Knock At The
Cabin (15, 2023) ★★★★ 9.00 God Is A
Bullet (18, 2023) ★★★ 11.15 Swallowed
(18, 2022) ★★★ 12.55-2.45am Simulant
(12, 2023) ★★★
SKY CINEMA ANTIHEROES
7.10am Old Henry (15, 2021) ★★★★ 9.05
Sky Cinema Preview – Sept 2023 9.55
The Sweeney (15, 2012) ★★★ 12.00
Billionaire Boys Club (15, 2018) ★★ 2.00
Resident Evil (15, 2002) ★★★★ 3.50 2
Guns (15, 2013) ★★★ 5.50 Jason Bourne
(12, 2016) ★★★★ 8.00 Suicide Squad (15,
2016) ★★★ 10.05 Morbius (15, 2022) ★★★
12.05-2am Shaft (18, 2000) ★★★★
SKY CINEMA ACTION
6.20am One Shot (15, 2021) ★★★ 8.00
Ambulance (15, 2022) ★★★ 10.20
Batman & Robin (PG, 1997) ★★ 12.30
Vertical Limit (12, 2000) ★★ 2.40
Interstellar (12, 2014) ★★★★ 5.30
Inception (12, 2010) ★★★★★ 8.00 Black
Adam (12, 2022) ★★★★ 10.10 The Island
(12, 2005) ★★★ 12.30-2.50am
Ambulance (15, 2022) ★★★
FILM4 freeview 14
11am Appointment With Danger (PG,
1950) ★★★★ 12.50 The File On Thelma
Jordon (12, 1950) ★★★★ 2.55 The War
Lover (PG, 1962) ★★★ 5.05 Tucker: The
Man And His Dream (PG, 1988) ★★ 7.15
Johnny English Strikes Again (12, 2018)
★★★ 9.00 Bohemian Rhapsody (12,
2018) ★★★★★ 11.45 Monster (18, 2003)
★★★★ 1.55-3.40am The Killing Of
Kenneth Chamberlain (12, 2021) ★★★★
TALKING PICTURES freeview 82
12.30pm Night Ride (U, 1937) ★★★ 2.00
Upstairs, Downstairs 3.05 The Tall Men
(PG, 1955) ★★★★ 5.40 Johnny Ringo
6.10 For The Love Of Ada 6.45 Arrest
Bulldog Drummond (U, 1938) ★★★ 7.55
Cinebox Memories 8.00 Public Eye
9.05 Love, Cheat And Steal (18, 1995)
★★ 11.00 Bait (PG, 1954) ★★★ 12.40-
2.35am The Monster Club (15, 1980) ★★
GREAT! MOVIES freeview 34
3pm How To Con A Con: An Aurora
Teagarden Mystery Thriller. (PG, 2020) ★★
4.50 National Security Action comedy.
(12, 2003) ★★ 6.40 Vertical Limit (12,
2000) ★★ 9.00 The Missing (15, 2003)
★★★★ 11.40pm-1.35am Ain’t Them
Bodies Saints (15, 2013) ★★★★
GREAT! ACTION freeview 42
5.35pm The Enemy General (U, 1960)
★★★ 7.10 Meteor Moon Sci-fi adventure.
(PG, 2020) ★★ 9.00 Passchendaele
(15, 2008) ★★ 11.25pm-1.25am
Stash House (15, 2012) ★★
 dear deidre
34 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Edited by SALLY LAND No matter what the issue, I answer every single problem Team: JANE ALLTON, HILARY FREEMAN, MELISSA NOYCE,
KALLY LEWIS, CATHERINE THOMAS, MICHELLE HARRIS

WHY IS IT SO
HARD TO FIND
ONE NORMAL
GUY TO DATE?
Dear Deidre
DATING has been a disaster for me. I
have had so many awful experiences I am
considering giving up altogether.
I am a 28-year-old woman who can’t
face another horrible date. I’ve been
catfished, love-bombed and freaked out.
Where have all the good guys gone?
I chatted to the last man for a month
before meeting him. When we saw each
other in person, he was totally over the
top, presenting me with a massive bunch
of red roses and expressing his undying
love before the mains had even arrived.
It put me off but when I told him I didn’t
want to see him again, he threatened to
kill himself.
Before that, a guy wanted to meet at
two remote locations I didn’t know. He
bombarded me with texts and voicemails
demanding I go to him. He insulted me
when I told him I didn’t want anything
more to do with him.
I’m a chatty, personable, pretty bright
woman, so why is finding a normal man to
date proving so difficult?
0 DEIDRE SAYS: Don’t despair, you
are not doing anything wrong.
You have had a string of bad luck, but
keep going. There are good guys out
there, you just haven’t met one yet.
Take a break from dating but don’t
give up on it.
Try focusing on making friends
rather than meeting a partner, to take
the pressure off.
My support pack Finding The Right
Partner For You will help you.
Love-rat hubby
won’t move out
Dear Deidre
MY husband cried and
begged forgiveness when I
first discovered he had been
cheating.
But now his affairs have hit double
figures, he no longer seems to care
about betraying me.
It’s finally dawned on me that the
answer is for him to move out. The
problem is, he won’t budge.
I am 48, my husband is 51, and
we’ve been married for 16 years.
We have three children, aged 13,
nine and six.
He’s always been a Peter Pan-type
character, desperately trying to live
in the past. He’s been a great dad
but an absolutely awful husband.
His head is so easily turned and
it’s humiliating how he talks about
other women — even in front of me.
Early on in our marriage he would
try to keep his infidelities a secret,
but over time his cheating has
become more brazen.
The first time he left us for one of
his mistresses was more than a
decade ago. He moved out for a few
HERE TO HELP YOU
IF YOU are worried about anything
please get in touch with my team of
counsellors – Jane Allton,
Catherine Thomas, Melissa Noyce.
Every email receives a personal
response within one working day.
deardeidre@the-sun.co.uk
weeks but was soon begging me to
take him back. I thought he was
genuine.
I agreed to give him another
chance but this pattern continued
throughout our marriage.
He’d leave and then I’d take him
SHE GETS
HER KICKS
BY BEING
A BABY
back over and over. He’s had a
Dear Deidre
WHEN my new girlfriend said
she liked babies, I said I didn’t
want to rush into having kids.
But I’d misunderstood her –
she likes dressing up and
acting like a baby.
I’m 31, she is 26 and we’ve
been together for just over a
number of mistresses and several
flings — the most painful was with a
month. We were taking things
steady but now I want to go a
cousin of mine. They started flirting bit further in our relationship.
at our grandmother’s wake, in front But after she told me this I
of all my family. was confused and asked her
Now I’ve had a proper lightbulb what she was on about.
moment and realise he’s not going to She then looked a bit
change. I want to enjoy the rest of embarrassed and told me
my life and that, for me, means him about what she liked doing.
leaving. But he won’t go. She explained it in detail,
Our children love him but I feel but I told her I needed some
angry and resentful. How do I get space to think about our
him out? We have no mortgage. relationship.
0 DEIDRE SAYS: Divorce is never easy. She got upset and stormed
You have given your husband multiple off. I’ve only been to her flat
chances that he’s thrown in your face. twice and didn’t notice
anything out of the ordinary,
He can still be a dad to his kids, even if
you are apart. Children growing up in but we have yet to sleep
together.
unhappy homes pick up on misery and
often lack confidence and are uncertain Should I let her show me
how she dresses or forget
in themselves. Splitting up can offer far
better outcomes for them. about her? She says I should
Read my support pack, Thinking Of loosen up, but I can’t. I don’t
know what to do.
Divorce? You can ask your husband to
move out, but he cannot be forced to 0 DEIDRE SAYS: This is a
leave his family home unless there is a type of fetish. Her need to
safety risk such as domestic violence. dress up as an adult baby
Relationship counselling would help. probably has deep roots in
Try tavistockrelationships.org, who can her childhood.
point you to a reputable therapist. She may have an unmet
need to be looked after,
maybe due to not feeling

stories
loved enough in her past.
OLIVER’S BAD Or perhaps she doesn’t
deidre’s photo casebook BETS: DAY 3 feel like she deserves to be
treated like an adult woman.
Unfortunately she can’t just
WHAT DO YOU YOU’RE IN THAT switch off her fetish.
THINK OF THIS GAMING APP My support pack Fetish
BABE?... ARE YOU AGAIN!? Worry? will help you to
LISTENING? understand this more.
YES BABE. I’VE GOT TO
MAKE THIS MONEY
BACK THAT WE LOST
hot topic
IF one thing is certain, it’s
that break-ups are hard –
especially if they happen
unexpectedly.
Splitting can lead to deep
SORT OUT OUR DEBTS feelings of hurt and
YOU MEAN. I HOPE rejection. Even if the
YOU’RE NOT SPENDING decision was mutual, it’s
THAT MONEY I LENT still natural to struggle with
YOU ON THIS? emotions that prevent you
SORRY ONE from moving on.
MINUTE – I’M As many as 71 per cent of
TWO CLICKS people who have faced
AWAY FROM break-ups claim they think
MAKING 10K! about their ex too often.
If you’re struggling after a
separation, my support
pack Moving On can help.
Clothes by Boohoo and BoohooMAN CONTINUES TOMORROW
Dear Deidre
THE woman I was involved with is really confusing
NO IDEA WHERE friend – and that if anything happens, it happens.
Yet this new guy stayed over at her house, a privi-

me. One minute she wants me, I’m her soulmate
and the love of her life – the next she ignores me.
I’m 37, she is 38 and has two children. Our rela-
tionship was good at first, despite sneaking around
because of her possessive ex. He’s not someone
you would want to get on the wrong side of.
Initially it played out as a “friends with benefits”
arrangement and seemed to depend on whether
her ex was around. It wasn’t working for me, so I
took a step back.
She quickly stopped seeing or talking to me, so I
cut her off, blocking her on social media. A few
I STAND WITH EX
months later, she contacted me through a friend
and we reconciled, but again it was very casual.
Second time around, it felt more than ever that we
were only going through the motions and I decided
our time was up. When I finished it, she announced
straight away she’d met someone else.
It genuinely wasn’t a problem for me, but I told her
I didn’t want any more contact.
Now she’s messaging to say I am one of the most
important people in her life, that she wants me as a
lege I was never afforded. I’m so confused.
0 DEIDRE SAYS: I’m not surprised. You are not
to blame for her confusing messages. It sounds
as though she has a lot to work out.
She may have been keeping you at arm’s length
because she doesn’t want to commit, especially
if her ex was abusive.
She sounded keen but then sabotaged the
relationship by shying away from closeness and
intimacy. It may not feel like it, but you really have
had a lucky escape.
My support pack Mend Your Broken Heart will
help you to move on from her.

ONLINE & SOCIAL

Need help with a dilemma or want to know more about how we can help?
ONLINE: thesun.co.uk/deidre Follow and message us on: INSTAGRAM
@dear.deidre TWITTER @DearDeidre FACEBOOK @DearDeidreOfficial
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 35

SHOPPERS are upset with the news
budget retailer Wilko is closing down.
The chain has gone into
administration after facing increasing
competition from the likes of Home
Bargains, B&M, Savers, The Range,
Poundland and Poundstretcher.
Consumer expert Kate Hardcastle
says where we choose to pick up our
bargain buys could reveal quite a bit
about us. So try GEORGIA TREVITT’s
quiz below to find out what your
favourite store says about you.
Answers over the page.

WHAT YOUR FAVE

BARGAIN SHOP
SAYS ABOUT YOU
YES DO YOU ENJOY ONLINE SHOPPING? NO

Would you make the Are you a sucker Do you have an

NO NO
effort to travel further for a deal? interest in celebrities?
for an out-of-town NO YES YES
shop?
YES

Do you love styling

and decorating your NO
Do you take pride in Do you live for a dupe
NO
home? your appearance? of a designer brand?
YES NO YES YES

Do you like a
warehouse size store? Do you come home Are you a creature of
YES NO NO with more than you NO habit?
planned to buy? YES
YES

Would you be Do you like to Do you love a Are you a cleaning Do you ever buy
willing to pay buy everything at beauty haul? addict? your clothes from
more for a higher once in one big YES NO YES NO a budget retail
quality product? shop? store?
YES NO YES NO YES NO

Dad buys daughter a pony and a Rolex for her THIRD birthday. At fabulousmag.co.uk
36 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Edited by
LYNSEY CLARKE
113in 300
year olds is
with JESS WILSON
and JOEL COOPER currently on
antidepressant
THE FAB DAILY TEAM: Senior Feature Writers Claire Dunwell, Kirsten Jones and Alex Lloyd, Contributing Editor Nikki Watkins,
medication
Feature Writer Yasmin Harisha, Fashion Editor Clemmie Fieldsend, Deputy Fashion Editor Abby McHale

WHAT SHOP By CLAIRE DUNWELL

CHOICES SAY
WHEN three-year-old
Zach Chesworth kicked
and screamed because

ABOUT YOU
he felt too anxious to
leave the house, his
mum Jenny feared that
history was repeating
The Range = Crafting champ itself.
At the age of six, Jenny had
YOU are a crafting champion whose motto is: experienced her first panic
“Why buy something when you can make it?” attack. Labelled a hypochondriac
You love Christmas, Halloween and Easter – by her GP, it was 22 years
any excuse to make, bake and decorate. before she got the help she
You pride yourself on your wholesome crafts and are always on
trend. You are the talk of the street when it comes to decorating needed.
Watching Zach, now seven,
your home for everyone to see. fighting his own battles so young,
You go all-out, whether it’s for trick-or-treaters or home-made Jenny was terrified he was following
Christmas decorations to make your home look like a film set. You in her footsteps.
know every trend in interior decor. If you can DIY it, you are there. “It was really difficult to see him
struggling,” she says. “I knew exactly
how he was feeling because that’s
Home Bargains = Hunter gatherer how I was when I was little.
“I’d felt so alone for so many years
and I was scared Zach could grow
YOU are a hunter and a gatherer up feeling the same.”
but do not like to look too far. Jenny, 35, and Zach are just two
With Home Bargains, you don’t examples of how mental health
have to. issues can blight childhood.
You like to have everything to hand and know exactly where to NHS figures show 1,005,972 anti-
find it all. Home Bargains is a one-stop shop for you, and usually at depressant prescriptions were issued
better prices than other stores. last year to teenagers.
One swoop and you have got that list ticked off, from party goods That’s almost 20,000 every week,
to spice mixes, sauces, sweets, shampoo and laundry tablets. an 11 per cent rise in two years.
It is the perfect shop for the laser-focused convenience seeker. Jenny, also mum to Zara, three,
You don’t mess about and like to get the job done. first picked up on Zach’s
anxiety in March 2020. CHALLENGES. . .
Jenny with Zach
‘Kicked and screamed to and Zara
Savers = Appearance matters avoid going outside’
APPEARANCE is everything to you, but Jenny, married to Stephen, 46, a
won’t let it break the bank. You often find production manager, says: “Zach
yourself scrolling on TikTok, obsessing had always been a happy little
over the latest tutorials.
You spend wisely on looks. If you are getting through that much
hairspray, the price needs to be as bang on as the result, right?
boy, so when he started to show
signs of anxiety, I was really aware
of the change.
6Zach had always been a
Self-care is a full-time job – and you and your clothes always “He would tell me it wasn’t safe to
smell good.
Laundry products and fragrances in one place? Perfect. Savers
go outside and would get really
upset at the mention of going for a
walk. It coincided with the Covid
happy little boy so when
is the store for you to enjoy bulk-buying. lockdowns. They really affected him.”
In 2021, as pandemic restrictions
eased, Zach’s anxieties worsened.
he started to show signs
B&M = Mrs Hinch fan Jenny, from Rossendale, Lancs,
says: “My brother and sister-in-law of anxiety I was really
visited with their kids and Zach hid
AN interior lover on a budget . . . with a cleaning under the dining room table and
obsession. There is pride in the kerb appeal of
your home as much as the inside.
You love the glossy magazine look but without
refused to come out to the garden.
“If we tried to coax him out, he
kicked and screamed.
aware of the change7
the high price tag. You follow Mrs Hinch
religiously and are the first to share a cleaning hack or two on
“He also became obsessed with
electricity. He wouldn’t touch a light
– MUM JENNY CHESWORTH
social media. If there is a new fragrance in a laundry detergent switch because he was convinced he
product, you have got it first. was going to be electrocuted.
And you have probably labelled your store cupboards in a way “He would wash his hands health has deteriorated turous child back.” Experts say
that would make Stacey Solomon proud. constantly, feeling anxious and he doesn’t — or can’t stories like those of Michelle and
Everything in your life must be organised and gleaming. touching ‘dirty’ things because he — talk about what is Jenny are all too common and warn
was scared they would make happening to him. the situation is only getting worse.
him sick. That only exacerbated “Sometimes he will Marjorie Wallace, founder of
Poundland = Dark horse his anxiety around leaving the
house.”
come out with state-
ments like ‘I’m
mental health charity Sane, says:
“There seems to be almost an
Sadly, Jenny’s story is not scared’ or ‘I wish epidemic of mental-health disorders
HERE, you never quite know what you unusual. Over the past two I didn’t feel like this’.” among mainly girls, but also young
are going to find when stepping inside – years, mum-of-two Michelle Michelle says that boys in the last two to three years.
or at what price. has seen her 13-year-old son even though Alfie’s “One in four girls is reporting
Just like your favourite shop, you are a Alfie become a shadow of his
former self. school has been depression and anxiety.
dark horse and like to keep your cards close to your chest. Nobody understanding, a lack of “Fifty per cent of our callers talk
can quite figure you out, and that’s just the way you like it. Once a grade-A student, Alfie
began suffering “meltdowns” mental-health support has about self-harm.
You like to mix your branded clothes with own-label bargains. after he started secondary made a bad situation “In two years, eating disorders in
From your holiday wardrobe to the kids’ school uniforms, nobody school. worse. people aged ten to 24 have increased
would know it’s all Pep&Co (and you wouldn’t want them to, either). He hasn’t She adds: “I by 42 per cent and the incidences of
A true bargain-hunter who does not compromise. attended for more wish somebody self-harm increased by 32 per cent
than a year. could guide both in girls aged 13 to 16.”
Michelle, who me and Alfie’s Marjorie believes the “isolation”
Poundstretcher = Like rummaging lives in Leeds and
works in PR, says:
dad through the
steps to help
triggered by the Covid lockdowns,
coupled with the increasing amount
“He refuses to go him get better, of time kids spend online, is behind
OLD school, and proud of it. If it’s where out of the but it feels the surge in children’s mental health
your mum shopped, then you are there. house with- like a mine- troubles.
Why change the habits of a lifetime? out a hoodie field. She says: “Social media is one of
You like your bargains where you can or hat on “We just the major factors in the incidences
rummage for them. because he want our of self-harm and reporting of
You are solid, dependable and reliable and love to get involved – wants to hide happy, adven- depression and anxiety in children.”
so probably sit on every committee in your area. as much as pos- In a bid to combat the crisis, GPs
FEELINGS . . . are dishing out antidepressants like
You are the person everyone in your circle turns to for a home sible.
Zach with cards
hack or solution to a problem, and that’s because you have always “His mental never before. Last year, prescriptions
got the answer.

172,944
teenagers were
prescribed
antidepressants
in 2022
of mood-boosting medication for
youngsters soared past one mil-
lion for the first time — despite
NHS guidance that antidepres-
sants should only be prescribed
alongside psychological therapy.
But a lack of counselling sup-
port means GPs often have no
other option.
Marjorie says: “The Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Ser-
vices are so overwhelmed, they
cannot meet the demand for
this huge increase.”
‘Thousands more
like my son’
“The GP is faced with the
choice of putting the child on a
list where they may be waiting
for months, even up to a year,
to see a counsellor — or sending
them away with no treatment at
all and them feeling even more
hopeless.
“So GPs are prescribing anti-
depressants, not always with
the recommended therapies in
place, simply because there’s no
alternative.”
Today’s pill-popping culture is
HOW OUR
CHILDREN
BECAME
GENERATION
SAW THE SIGNS
in stark contrast to when Jenny
ANXIOUS
. . . Jenny and Zach
was a young girl. After burying
her anxiety for more than two
decades, she was finally pres-
cribed antidepressants in 2017
and was given cognitive behav-
ioural therapy.
Keen to use her experience to
help others, she then trained in
mental health advocacy and
youth mental health.
She had no idea her know-
ledge would soon be needed
closer to home.
After Zach’s anxiety flared up,
Jenny devised home-made flash-
cards to encourage him to open
up about his feelings.
Her “monster cards” feature
an emotion on one side and a
mindful exercise, a breathing
exercise or a question on the
reverse.
Jenny says: “We would do fun
exercises like shark-fin breath-
ing (where you place your hand
in front of your forehead, fin-
gers pointing up like a shark
fin, then slowly lower it as you
breathe out) or answer prompts,
like ‘name three things that
made you happy today’. The
changes were gradual but I
could see progress. We really
started communicating
emotions and because Zach is a
about
visual learner, he loved the
cards.
“But I realised that if Zach
was suffering, there would be
thousands more like him.”
In 2021, Jenny launched web-
site Be Happy Resources
(behappyresources. co.uk) which
offers downloadable educational
and support tools for kids,
based on therapist-approved
techniques.
It is now used by parents,
schools, and NHS clinicians.
Jenny says: “We just want to
help as many families and
children as we can.”
And while Zach still has anx-
ious moments, he is now thriv-
ing.
“He struggled going back to
school after the summer holi-
days, but on the whole he’s
totally different,” says Jenny.
“He’s got lots of friends and
he’s doing really well.”
lAdditional reporting:
TIFFANY WALLIS and JENNY PAUL
PANIC ATTACK . . . Jenn
If your child is struggling to cope...
TRY Jenny’s top tips . . .
BEWARE THE EMOTIONAL
MASK: Sometimes teachers
do not see what’s going on
because children “mask”
how they feel at school. Zach
can have tantrums at home
due to masking all day. It is
very stressful.
When I spoke to his
teacher, they had no idea
how he felt as he does a
great job of hiding it.
Speaking to teachers can
help schools put measures
in place, such as creating
calm spaces and allowing
children to be excused from
class when needed.
PINPOINT TANTRUM
TRIGGERS: Children can
find it hard to pinpoint in
words what they are
worrying about, which is why
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ...............
y, pictured with dad, suffe
visuals on the resources
help. Downloading “Going to
School Worry Triggers” from
behappyresources.co.uk
(£2.49 a month) can help
children become more aware
of their thoughts, worries
and triggers.
CHAT – DON’T CHASTISE:
Young children don’t have
the vocabulary to
communicate how they feel –
which brings on those angry
outbursts. But punishing
tantrums instead of
exploring what led to them
will push children to cover up
their emotions even more.
Create an open
environment in the home
and take time to
communicate daily. Experts
say spending just five
minutes a day with our kids
37
red as a child
with no screens or
distractions can help them
open up.
ASK THE EXPERTS: If your
child’s actions or the way
they are feeling is getting in
the way of their daily lives
and making home life very
difficult, contact your GP or
a health professional.
Be Happy Resources are
not a replacement for
professional support, but
work alongside it.
LOOK AFTER YOU: Parents
and caregivers should take
steps to make sure they are
winding down, taking care of
themselves, and of course
seeking support if they too
are affected by their child’s
worries. Parents need to
remember that their mental
health is important too.
38 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
 letters
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 39

Mystic
@the-sun.co.uk

The page where you tell Britain what you think

ANGELA RIPPON, pictured, looks
fabulous on Strictly and shows
taxman and further keep her dis-
gusting name in the spotlight so
uniquely performed and immed-
iately recognised as pure Cilla.
Meg OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died
MAGGIE
INNES

earlier this year but her column is kept alive by

with

she still has a real zest for life.
She has always been able to
keep active and, at 78, her high
kicks just prove that this dreadful
label of OAP — which I hate — is
certainly not for her.
SYLVIA MONK
Hayling Island, Hants
EVEN entertaining the idea
that baby-murdering nurse
Lucy Letby might get a
retrial is insane and sick.
There can be no other
place for her than
prison and a retrial
will change nothing
fellow prisoners might hear it She is greatly missed.
and confront her. She will always BURT SCHRIER her friend and protégé Maggie Innes. Read on
be a danger to children and any Biggleswade, Beds to see what’s written in the stars for you today.
idea of a retrial is just spitting WHAT a tragedy Bruce Willis,
on her victims’ names.
MATTHEW WILSON
pictured, has dementia and can’t ARIES March 21 – April 20 TAURUS April 21 – May 21
Wolverhampton
remember some of his movies,
especially the Die Hard films. This is a top day for team- Plans delayed by stops and
TODAY marks 60 years He was a great actor, from work and resolving to offer starts are set to glide for-
since the incredibly
talented Cilla Black his start in the TV series kindness and support, even ward smoothly again. A
entered the entertain- Moonlighting alongside Cybill if you don’t always feel like chance to update learning
ment business with Shepherd. Other films like it. Someone at home or work, skills gives you a competi-
the release of her debut Pulp Fiction and Striking who could be a key success- tive edge. However busy your
single Love Of The Distance were among his finder for you, is waiting to be sure you day may be, this is not a time to neglect
Loved. best. are trustworthy. Do show this in meet- love – but to say it and show it every
Amazing, unfor- IAN OWEN ings and messages. Luck lines up chance you get. Luck is building for
numbers from highest to lowest. any venture linking fashion and sport.

Charter for
but burden the gettable songs, Wallington, Surrey

GEMINI May 22 – June 21 CANCER June 22 – July 22

Saturn, the go-to boss of the The more straightforward
zodiac, helps boost your love questions seem, the
ambitions. Your name in more careful you should be
gold letters on a business in replying as appearances
door could be approaching can be deceiving today. You

shoplifters
fast. Your love choices amaze
when you instantly click with a local
sports star. You may be opposites in
every way, yet you can be so good
together. Luck climbs six white steps.
may not see yourself as ambi-
tious, but this can change as a new, go-
getting attitude makes people want to
work with you. You can go from popular
team member to inspiring manager.

LEO July 23 – August 23 VIRGO August 24 – September 22

Jupiter is activating the vic- Raising funds for a charity
tory part of your chart. You can encourage warmer rela-
wake up today knowing that tionships with colleagues
what will make you happy is or neighbours. If you have
achievable. A career dream any uncertainty about a

TXT US ON
HALFORDS has of HS2 is spiralling out of
control. Many people have said you almost gave up on can potential partner, this could go

£50 blamed one of its this since the plan was ann- resume, or you could be talent-spotted
to become the leading light in an enter-
when you see how well they treat their
friends. Single? Another Virgo could
07537
own shop manag- ounced in 2009.
tainment project. The simplest words bring love, luxury but maybe too much
LETTER RALPH BRADLEY
ers with 40 years can show the most love. perfectionism into your life.

of service for get-
ting injured when he
tried to stop shoplifters.
Marty Scott was kicked during
the confrontation and suffered a
stroke soon after. What message
does this send out to people?
Great news for shoplifters, but
it is the honest customers who
eventually pick up the cost in
this increasingly woke society.
HARRY HODGE
Aldershot, Hants
I COULD not believe Halfords
blamed Marty Scott after he was
kicked in the head by shoplifters
and subsequently had a stroke.
Halfords says he should have
followed store policy not to
“aggravate” a shoplifting situation,
or attempt to retrieve stock.
If every shop had a similar
non-challenge policy, it would be
a shoplifter’s charter — and music
to the ears to the thieves who
commit these crimes.
MAX PATRICK
Southampton
I WAS totally disgusted to read
about Halfords blaming worker
Marty Scott for the stroke he had
after he was attacked by shoplift-
ers. I will never shop at Halfords
again.
KEITH BROWN
Maidstone, Kent
LIKE many Northerners, I do not
share the views of HS2 champions
Boris Johnson, George Osborne
and the Mayor of Greater Man-
chester, Andy Burnham. We do
not want this ridiculous railway.
Yes, the Government needs to
invest billions of pounds in the
neglected infrastructure of this
part of our country.
But there are many other
410199
Don’t forget to include your
name. Standard text rates from
your provider apply
REMAINER Starmer is a traitor to
democracy and the British
people. Brexit is wonderful for
us. I hate the EU and hope we
can stay free.
JOHN, Bromley, South London
IT’S an ongoing problem with
footballers crashing their flash
cars. There should be an inquiry
into this phenomenon!
PETE, Berkshire
YOU buy a pint with money you
have paid tax on, then there’s
VAT and duty, so it’s effectively
taxed three times. But rich
people moan that inheritance tax
is paying twice. Boo hoo!
CLIVE, Coventry
potential projects that would
deliver far greater benefit and
return on public money.
KEN MOTH
Northwich, Cheshire
IT has been suggested that the
HS2 western leg to Manchester
will be cancelled.
If this occurs, I and many other
Northerners will be very happy
indeed.
Building HS2 would have a
huge impact on wildlife and com-
munities, which could be avoided
if it is scrapped.
The money earmarked for this
part of HS2 could be spent else-
where in the north of England.
FRANK ALLEN
Warrington, Cheshire
SO Jeremy Hunt thinks the cost
Leafield, Oxon
I HAVE been reading how
Australia deals with migrants
arriving illegally.
Apparently when they arrive on LIBRA September 23 – October 23 SCORPIO October 24 – November 22
Australian shores, the boats are
checked over to make sure that As the moon and Saturn Translating feelings into
match up, this can inspire words is your natural skill
they are seaworthy and are then
you to add patience to pas- today and, in a family, this
sent back.
The UK just hasn’t got the sion. It creates a recipe for can end some guesswork.
romance that transforms Honesty between genera-
backbone needed to follow this
example. partners into genuine friends. tions feels easier than it has for
It’s easy to talk about work ideas but weeks, so work with this. A face that
It has recently been found that
15 immigrants who claimed they important to action them as soon as first passes you in a flash can reappear
you can, so you get noticed. Luck – your cue to make a love move. Luck
were children were, in fact,
adults. How much longer are we holds a heart with a rainbow centre. sticks to original numbers or names.
going to put up with this?
GARY JARDINE
Beanacre, Wilts
NICE to see Rishi Sunak up by SAGITTARIUS November 23 – December 21 CAPRICORN December 22 – January 20
eight points in the current polls.
Today you can say anything If a former boss shares
Can the Government now see
what a little bit of common sense to a partner. Even subjects smart business plans, be
does for voters? you disagree on can draw sure to check them out for
ANDREW HUMPHRIES you closer. This is the moon yourself. Only you know
Southampton and Saturn at work. Single? what you need. There’s an
I OFTEN see electric bikes and Identify someone special by a alluring love choice between a
scooters being ridden at far deadpan delivery that always makes newcomer with a heart-breaker reput-
greater speeds than normal bikes you laugh. This bond is passionate but ation and someone 100 per cent ready
in the cycle lanes which run be ready for a power struggle. Delayed for a serious relationship and forever
cash change can happen. home. Luck links back to “H”.
along the side of pavements.
It’s just an accident waiting
to happen to a pedestrian but
the authorities are doing nothing
about it. AQUARIUS January 21 –February 18 PISCES February 19 – March 20
BOB LEONARD
South Harrow, Middlesex Your truth detectors are at Ideas connecting past and
their max. You can be drawn present, plus a practical
AT the next General Election we to the right answers in com- skill shared by at least three
should ask ourselves if we want a
petitions and resolve long- family members, could be
party who would pander to an standing work disputes. your route to making extra
unelected minority. That is what
we will have if we vote Labour Love that gets stronger the cash. The sun lights the most
or Lib Dem. longer you are together could link you intuitive part of your chart to help you
If they would try to renounce a to another Aquarius, who you meet for read a partner’s mind. Single? A seduc-
democratic vote like Brexit, how the first time where people sing live. tive glance and you know all there is to
can they be trusted? Luck reads a letter from the past again. know about “E”. Luck wears pale pink.
KEITH BLADES
Haslemere, Surrey

Or to pay by Text a psychic.

email, fax, write or comment online Phone Meg’s credit/debit card Just text MEG
We pay £50 for our Star Letter of the day: Email letters@the-sun.co.uk. Fax us on 020 7782 4170 or write to Dear Sun, The Sun, psychics for call 08000 356 684 then a space and
1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Include your full name and address. You can share your views at thesun.co.uk
a chat on or mobile users call your question
0905 005 8102 020 7111 6406 to 60016
500 WINNERS EVERY DAY WITH FREE BINGO!
BE one of 500 winners every day with the Sun’s FREE 13 hours of daily
Bingo. The offer is open to new and existing customers. To join in, Calls cost £1.50 per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. You must have bill payer’s
scan the QR code with your phone camera or go to sunbingo.co.uk. permission. Calls recorded for your protection. Max call duration 19 mins for 0905 numbers. Over 18s only. These
services are for entertainment only. SMS cost £1 per received message, max 3 messages per reply. UK only. To
lT&Cs: 18+ UK only. The Cabaret free games are part of the bingo schedule. To take part,
players must be in the Cabaret Room during the session. Prizes and winners advertised are opt out of three promo messages call Helpline: 0330 114 0300. SP: Inveroak.com, PO Box 10015, CM1 9HH.
minimum guarantees per session. T&Cs apply. Please play responsibly. Begambleaware.org.
puzzles
40 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
BRAINBUSTER SUKO®
Enter the numbers 1
to 9 in the spaces so 25 26
Using these four clues, find
four answers that all rhyme that the number in
with each other. each circle is equal 13 14
to the sum of its four
Principal; surmised; admitted;
surrounding squares.
been deprived (of) Each coloured area
should add up to the 20 13 12
colour totals below.

We’ve got all your favourite brain teasers PAGE 2 SUJIKO SOLUTION: Top line 367 middle 259 bottom 841

TWO- SPEED CROSSWORD Two sets of clues but the WORD WORKOUT
answers are the same 20 22 11 25 23 11 5 26 A
B

Cryptic clues 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Coffee 13 5 12 7 4 6

C
D
ACROSS
8 Hobby of dad's generation? (7) 8 9 time 5 24 11 22 8 22 14 7 11 2
E
F
G
9 Lively beer Rupert drained (5) ACROSS
15 24 12 16 18 2 5 H
10 Monsters in bog resurfaced (5) 8 Leisure pursuit (7) I
9 Vigilant (5) J
11 Missile system I'd found in river (7)
10 Giants (5) 2 11 8 2 18 8 2 14 10 K
12 Brain stem developed in Vandal? (9)
10 11 11 Poseidon's spear (7) L
15 Beer left in A&E (3) 12 Clan member (9) 11 2 5 21 4 M
16 Friar Tuck shows cunning (3) 15 Brewery product (3) N
17 Appoint gent playing with ideas (9) 16 Creative works (3) O
1 12 4 5 11 18 24 22 8
20 Arrest unmarried men, horrible (7) 17 Assign or depute (9) P
22 Beat Republican restrained outside (5) Q
12 13 14 15 20 Fascinate (7) 12 23 18 23 22 11 12 R
24 Elizabethan explorer finds duck (5) 22 Exhausted (5) S
25 Schoolboy son European kicks out (7) 24 Male waterfowl (5) 2 17 14 2 3 11 2 19 12 13 T
25 Privileged pupil (7) U
DOWN 6 5 8 5 12 7 V
1 Vegetable root at first blocking nozzle (6) 16 17 18 19 DOWN W
1 Germinate (6) X
2 Tyrant in fights a reprobate (4) 5 11 12 5 3 22 9 2 Y
3 Going rate for high-flyers? (8) 2 Russian emperor (4) Z
4 Partition eastern gym cracking problem (6) 3 Jet velocity (8)
5 Star witnesses? (4) 4 Nasal division (6) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

6 Sweet stuff a dreamer manufactured (8) 20 21 22 23 5 Astrologers (4) S

6 Brown cane sugar (8) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
7 Sculpture shows upper-class in mess (6)
7 Carved figure (6) P M Y
13 Essential to have triangle positioned (8) 13 Inherent (8) THIS is the world’s best brainteaser. Each grid number in our Word
14 Antigone misrepresented in contradiction (8) Workout game represents a letter. So if you think 6 is the letter A, write A
14 Cancellation (8) in all the squares with a 6. All the alphabet is used and we have supplied
16 Mature and movable schedule (6) 24 25 16 Items of business (6) some letters to start you off. We will print the answers tomorrow.
18 Nurse in NHS is terrorised (6) YESTERDAY – ACROSS: His, Vice, Proton, Plumbing, Creek, Weepy,
18 Close female relative (6) Document, Fringe, Writ, Run. DOWN: Vigour, Heap, Spout, Zombie, Join,
19 Close friend in Grenadier Guards (6) 19 Cessation (6) Guy, Cod, Equine, Prefix, Defer, Okra, Town.
21 Fox enjoyed trapping farm animals (4) 21 Yoked team (4)
23 Romeo needs help in attack (4) 23 Incursion (4) For 4 Extra Clues Call 0901 293 6299
or text SUNWORD to 64343.
Check today’s answers before midnight by calling 0905 757 0150 for Across and 0905 757 0151 for Down. Calls cost £1 per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge.
Purchase the latest Sun Puzzle Books, including crosswords, wordsearches & sudoku, for as little as £4.99 from the HarperCollins website harpercollins.co.uk or phone 0141 306 3100 Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate.

DOUBLE Sun DOKU

DOKU WORDSEARCH I O T M T G G
SUGURU ®

Find seven words that go with 'yard'. J M B V R R F Each cell in an outlined block must contain a digit: 5
TODAY’S TEASER CALL 0905 757 0156 FOR
CLUES OR SOLUTION (£1PM)
Words can run forwards, backwards or
diagonally. Solution below. SUGURU
a two-cell block contains the digits 1 and 2, a
K U I J U A E Each cell in anthree-cell
on. Theblock
outlined
block contains the digits 1, 2 and 3, and so
samemust digit
contain must
a digit: anot appear
two-cell in neighbouring
block contains

3 6 8 cells,
the digits 1 and not even
2, a three-cell diagonally.
block contains
A N N E O V F The same digit must not appear in neighbouring cells, not even diagonally.
Example
the digitsSolution below.
1, 2 and 3; and so on.
3
4 NEWSPAPERS SUPPORT
E I O K C E T 3 2
3
1
4
3
2
1
4
2
C H U R C H A
1
RECYCLING
4 7 6 5 The recycled paper content of UK N R A B E I N 1 2
2
1
5
3
1
4
3
2
newspapers in 2020 was 67%
2 1 7 9 EACH clue leads to a well-known name. Put the initials or stated
SUNDIAL BRILLIANT: 14. EXCELLENT: 11.
GOOD: 8. GREAT SCORE YESTERDAY’S
4 3 8 2
THE NAME GAME

letters in the appropriate squares to identify a columnist:

FOR KIDS: 8.
SOLUTIONS
6 2 9 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 YESTERDAY: Bill, billion, Teaser 2 3 5 1 7 4 8 9 6
blot, boil, boll, bolt, hill, hilt, 9 1 6 8 2 5 4 7 3
holt, lilt, lino, lint, lion, loin, 7 4 8 3 9 6 1 5 2

1 9 6 2 6&2 He played the title character in the Harry Potter film series
loth, till, toil, toll, BILLIONTH. 4
1
3
6
8
5
2
7
9
9
4
6
3
5
1
7
2
8
5
3
7
8
6
2
1
9
4

3 5 Acoustic-guitar-playing/harmony-singing brothers Phil and

Don
8
5
6
9
7
2
4
3
1
7
2
5
6
4
8
1
9
3
2
6
9
3
1
4
5
8
7

3 5 8 3&9 England winger who played 185 times for Crystal Palace
between 2016 and 2021 Toughie 6 9 4 5 1 8 3 2 7
2 3 1 9 7 6 8 4 5
CALL 0905 757 0152 FOR 1&7 General Custer, cavalry commander in the American Civil War SEE how many words of ending in 's'. Words from 7 5 8 3 2 4 1 9 6
TODAY’S TOUGHIE CLUES OR SOLUTION (£1PM)
(first two letters of name) four or more letters you can Collins Concise Dictionary. 4
3
8
6
9
7
7
2
5
4
1
9
6
5
3
1
2
8
British tennis' top-ranked men's singles player since “dial” using the one at the
4&8 5 1 2 8 6 3 9 7 4
3 18th October 2021
Yesterday: Actor PAUL BARBER (Linda Barker, Alex (Yee), Bianca
centre in each word.
You can make at least one Check today’s answers by
8
9
4
2
3
5
6
1
9
8
2
7
7
4
5
6
1
3
word using all of them. calling 0905 757 0155 before
2 3 7 4
Andreescu, Petr (Cech), (Kay) Burley). Another Name Game in The Sun 1 7 6 4 3 5 2 8 9
tomorrow. Don’t use the letters more midnight. Calls cost £1 per
If you can’t wait until tomorrow for the answers, just call 0901 293 6298. than once in any word. minute plus your telephone Two-Speed Crossword
company’s network access ACROSS: 1 Crisp-s, 5 Gr-ouse, 8 Pisa,
1 7 No proper names or plurals
Calls cost £1 plus your telephone company’s network access charge.
charge. 9 Lady bird, 10 In-di-cat-e, 11 Type,
12 S(l)immer, 15 Superb, 17 Aha-b,

6 7 2 8 30-SEC NUMBERCRUNCH
HERE is our fantastic puzzle, the 30-second NumberCrunch. There’s no better way to keep your brain trained than playing
Yesterday’s solution
19 Tolerate, 22 Elon-gate, 23 Noon,
24 A-r-gyle, 25 Sp-r-ite.
DOWN: 2 Rei-g-n, 3 Stadium, 4 Sal-s-a,

5 8 our great teasers. So if you want to stay ahead of the game, you will love this challenge.
Starting at the left with the number provided, work your way across the three lines one at a time, applying all the
5 God-des-s, 6 O-r-bit, 7 Scraper,
13 Inh-a-l-er, 14 Retrace, 16 Part-n-er,
18 Bonny (Bonnie), 20 Leeds (leads),
9 7 1 5 mathematical instructions to your running total. Don’t reach for your calculator – that would be cheating! Write your final
answer in the last box of the line. You should be aiming to complete each round in about 30 seconds. Good luck!
21 T-r-out.

Answers below, right.

Today’s Solutions
4 6 2 7 BEGINNER BEGINNER
ANSWER
5 1 3 1 2 N
A
I
H
E
C
B
R
A
U
R
H
N
C

78 - 29 ÷7 × 10 + 192 Half of it + 89 ÷5 - 38 ×9
2 4 2 4 3

3 2 6 9
T E C K O I E
1 3 5 1 2 F V O E N N A
4 2 4 3 5 E A U J I U K
F R R V B M J
BEGINNER

4 8
INTERMEDIATE ANSWER 3 5 1 2 1
Third Quarter
G G T M T O I

95 + 82 2/3 of it + 473 - 129 + 144 ÷7 + 459 Wordsearch Suguru

of it of it dispossessed
14 13
4 1 2
confessed, 3 5 6

Calls for extra clues and answers last no longer ADVANCED BEGINNER
ANSWER
26 25
Best, guessed,
- 6/7 25%
9 8 7

than two minutes (Sundial answers may vary).

644 ÷2 + 4014 ÷7 - 144 - 99 × 13 + 2146
Brainbuster Suko
Helpline: 0333 202 3390 (9am-5.30pm). of it of it 54, 482, 2276
Service provider: Spoke, W1T 4HD
NumberCrunch
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 41
42 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 43

FTSE
100
UP
1.73
TO
7,625.72 By ASHLEY ARMSTRONG
busin ss ashley.armstrong@the-sun.co.uk @AArmstrong_says
£=
€1.15 $1.22
OIL
$93.36
Brent Crude barrel
Petrol: 156.39p
Diesel: 161.35p

BUY UP TO FIX UP £
CHEAPER fixer-upper prop-
erties are proving more popu-
lar than ever as buyers look
for affordable homes.
A study of more than
600,000 pads on property
website RIGHTMOVE reveals
that homes in need of renova-
tion are the most in demand.
Success . . . Irn Bru drink
The average price of a fixer-
upper home is £336,979. That
is around 8 per cent, or
£29,000, cheaper than the nat-
ional average property price.
Fully refurbished homes are
often listed with a 19 per cent
premium, or £70,000 more, at
an average of £435,874.
ABOUT
million
seven
house-
holds are strug-
gling to kee ir
up with the
or mo
p
rt-
META OFFICE AXE
FACEBOOK owner META has at 1 Triton Park in central
rent paid £149million to quit one London.
, a sur-
gage payments found. A of its London offices. Meta paid an equivalent of
vey by Which?
The company had another seven years’ rent to get out of
homes
poll of 4,000 per cent
18 years left on its lease. its contract with BRITISH
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg,
found that 46lties keep- has cut thousands of jobs LAND early. It comes after Mr
were in difficu ments. since the online boom during Zuckerberg told employees he
ing up with pay the pandemic — and is now expected them to be in the
surrendering the firm’s offices, office three days a week.

COST OF LIFTING
IRN BRU
PUTS FIZZ
IN SALES
LOYAL Irn Bru fans have swal-
lowed higher prices, boosting
sales and profits at AG BARR.
The drinks company yester-
day announced a 12.6 per cent

Corner shop theft

rise in pre-tax profits to
£27.8million for the six months
to the end of July after sales

adds 6p to each
rose by a third to £210.4million.
AG Barr has been raising the
price of Irn Bru ever since the

customer’s basket
sugar tax, brought in four years
ago, made its drinks more
expensive.
The company has joined a
host of food and drink firms
hiking prices to cover a jump in
wages and ingredient costs. THIEVES on corner shop looting sprees
It said it had absorbed some
of the inflationary pressures are adding 6p to the cost of every
“to remain focused on offering shopper’s basket, figures reveal.
consumers great value”.
AG Barr, which now owns Cash-squeezed consumers are struggling to
Boost energy drinks, Rubicon afford essentials as inflation has pushed the
juices, Funkin cocktail mixers cost of items higher — but retailers say pro-
and Moma oat milk, said that it lific shoplifters are worsening the situation.
had gained market share Figures from the Association of Convenience Stores
across its soft drinks. found that 63 per cent of thefts were by repeat
The business is still search- offenders, who have
ing for a successor to Roger become more brazen as
White, who has led AG Barr for

15%
they know there is a low
the past 19 years. chance of prosecution.
Jason Birks, manager
of Mosci’s convenience
Fall in sales at store in Horden, County

SHARES BARCLAYS
fashion retailer
Asos over past
Durham, told The Sun
his
repeat
shop was
offenders
seeing
steal
up 6.04 at 159.68p three months eight times a fortnight.
He admitted: “There is
BP little deterrence from
up 3.60 at 530.90p police, so we are seen as
CENTRICA a soft target.”
down 1.90 at 166.15p Mr Birks said he has ‘Crime tax’ . . shoplifting
HSBC had to start putting
up 0.60 at 639.20p empty boxes of laundry a “6p crime tax” to every
LLOYDS detergent on shelves transaction, as stores had
up 0.17 at 44.93p because they were so to pay for lost stock and
frequently stolen. security measures.
M&S The Federation of
up 0.30 at 235.90p He said: “It started
NATWEST happening in the last six Independent Retailers
up 1.80 at 237.70p months, people want to and the Independent
sell them on rather than Retailers Association
ROYAL MAIL steal for their own use.” have written to policing
up 2.00 at 269.30p Official figures show minister Chris Philp.
SAINSBURY’S shoplifting has risen by They are asking for a
down 7.70 at 261.70p almost a quarter in the £1,500 grant per retailer
SHELL past year across the to pay for security sys-
down 5.50 at 2,599.50.??p retail industry, costing tems in the thefts crisis.

DO WRITE
TESCO
up 1.30 at 270.10p
A CRUEL the corner store sector a
whopping £125million.
The Association
Federation
Muntazir Dipoti
president
of “Shop theft is not vic-
Convenience Stores said timless. It blights retail-
the expense was adding ers’ lives every day.”
said:

THING, AI
GEORGE Orwell, writer of 1984,
is one of thousands of authors
whose work is being pirated by
SUMMER STERLING TAKES
HUGE POUNDING
ASOS lowered its profit guidance yesterday after claim-
artificial intelligence. ing a soggy summer dampened demand for its dresses
A review of a BOOKS3 data- and holiday outfits.
THE Pound yesterday track to have its worst
set found 183,000 books are The troubled online retailer said earnings would come
slid to a six-month low trading month since the
being used to train AI chatbots at the bottom of its £40million-£60million guidance after
against the dollar, just short-lived Truss era, hit-
like ChatGPT to communicate. sales tanked by 15 per cent in the past three months.
days after the anniver- ting $1.22 yesterday.
Journalist Sathan Sanghera Asos, which bought TOPSHOP in 2021, said it was
sary of Liz Truss’ mini Money markets fear
said that “authors’ work is using more UK suppliers to be speedier at responding
Budget madness. further interest rate rises
being exploited by big tech to fashion trends. It now has about 500 products which
Last year the then-PM could lead to recession,
with zero payment”. are launched from design to website within two weeks.
spooked investors and denting Sterling support.
A group of prominent sent the Pound to a Analysts at GOLDMAN
authors have launched a class- record low of $1.03 to the SACHS believe it may fall
action lawsuit in New York dollar. Despite an 18 per to $1.18, which will hit
against OpenAI in response. cent recovery, it is on tourists and import costs.

GOT A STORY? ashley.armstrong@the-sun.co.uk @AArmstrong_says Contact me...we’re always

open for Sun business
44 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Overseas Travel

Home Shopping

Book your
advertising
24/7 at:
thesun.co.uk/
advertise
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 45
46 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
ARC COUNTDOWN: FOUR DAYS TO GO
GOODWOOD

ACE HIGH
GOING: SOFT (HEAVY IN PLACES)
TEMPLEGATE TOM PEPPER BRITISH EBF 100,000 2YO FILLIES’ SERIES FINAL (2);
1.55 .................... Align The Stars 1.55 ...........................Let’s Dream 4.15 2-y-o; value to the winner £50,960; 7f. (11 runners)
2.30.................................... Lattam 2.30.......................FOX TAL (nap) 1 (8) 522111 ADAAY IN DEVON 14 (C) B Millman 9-5 ........................... David Probert 98
3.05..........................Ultramarine 3.05.............................. Hierarchy 2 (1) 32111 CHIC COLOMBINE 13 (D) G Boughey 9-3 .................... William Buick l99
3 (2) 6381121 LEXINGTON BELLE 26 (P;D) A Haynes 9-3 ..................... Kieran O’Neill 95
3.40........................My Prospero 3.40...............My Prospero (nb) 4 (6) 61343 LES BLEUS 13 R Hughes 9-1 ....................................................Ryan Moore 97
4.15 ...................LES BLEUS (nap) 4.15 ................................Les Bleus 5 (4) 41 LOCAL ARMS 7 (D) K Burke 9-1....................................... Daniel Tudhope 94
4.50.....................................Albany 4.50.........................Blazeon Five 6 (3) 10 ONTHEMONEYHONEY 20 C Cox 9-1 .............................. Tom Marquand 92
7 (5) 6814 UNREAL CONNECTION 11 (D) A Perrett 8-13 ..........Rhys Clutterbuck 89
5.20....................Chips And Rice 5.20.................... Miss Bluebelle

Rouget to make Impact in Arc

8 (11) 232 GET JIGGY WITH IT 30 (BF) C Hills 8-12 .................................Kevin Stott 93
TEMPLEGATE’S TRIO: Les Bleus (Goodwood) and Mathematician 9 (10) 1268 CRY FICTION 46 J Portman 8-11 ..............................................Rob Hornby 87
10 (9) 7050159 LAND OF MAGIC 29 (H) R Cook & J Bridger 8-11 .............Gina Mangan 81
(double, Kempton) with Lattam (Goodwood). 11 (7) 03 MRS NELL 28 J Portman 8-8 ............................. Thore Hammer Hansen 74
TOM PEPPER’S DOUBLE: Fox Tal and My Prospero (both Goodwood). BETTING: 2 Les Bleus, 4 Chic Colombine, 6 Adaay In Devon, 7 Cry Fiction, 8
Lexington Belle, 10 Local Arms, 12 Get Jiggy With It, 14 Onthemoneyhoney
SUNRATINGS’ NAP: HARB (3.05 Goodwood). WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: No corresponding race.
SIRIUS, Sun On Sunday, nap: COCO BEAR (3.05 Goodwood). THE French may yet hold the Ace in the Arc de
nTIC-TAC: A tricky right-handed undulating switchback track with two bends. There is a Sunracing FORM Triomphe pack.
straight 5f track. nDRAW: Low best in sprints, though a fast start is equally important.
nLEADING TRAINERS WITH RUNNERS (2018-2023): A Balding 42-258, W Haggas ADAAY IN DEVON (9-7) 5-4 fav handy, UNREAL CONNECTION (9-7) 9-2 Ace Impact has been at the head of the betting for
led over 1f out, pushed out, bt midfield, pushed along to challenge Europe’s richest race since running away with the
29-138, R Hannon 23-260, R Beckett 20-137. THIS SEASON: A Balding 8, C Johnston 7, Eminent Jewel (9-0) 41/4l (7 ran) (Car- 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 6
R Hannon 7. nTOP JOCKEYS WITH RIDES (2018-2023): W Buick 38-170, T Marquand lisle 6f nov (5) £3,672 good to soft). (1l) to Mister Daydream (9-6) (Bath 1m French Derby in June.
33-220, R L Moore 14-139, D Probert 12-139. THIS SEASON: T Marquand 7, T P CHIC COLOMBINE (9-2) 9-4 fav held hcap (5) £3,873 good to soft). The likes of Hukum and By JACK KEENE
Queally 5, D Probert 4. nLONGEST TRAVELLER: Local Arms (4.15) trained at Leyburn. up, headway 1f out, went 2nd inside GET JIGGY WITH IT (9-2) 8-11 fav
Round trip of 596 miles. nTRAINERFAX: A Balding won the 1.55 in 2019 and 2022. final furlong, led towards finish, bt chased leading pair, led 1f out, soon
Westover have hogged the his last race well
nJACKPOT: 1-6. nFIRST RUN SINCE WIND OP: None. nLIVE ON RACING TV Heritage House (8-10) 1/ 2l (10 ran) headed, stayed on same pace, btn headlines over here, but and I think he is
(Doncaster 6f hcap (2) £25,770 soft). 1l by Crimson Spirit (9-5) (7 ran) they reckon Ace Impact is a stronger now.
LEXINGTON BELLE (9-7) 4-11 fav took (Epsom 7f mdn (2) £15,462 good). good thing on the other side
QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS SERIES/EBF MAIDEN
1.55 STAKES (Class 2); 2-y-o; £15,702; 1m 2f. (5 runners)
keen hold, made all, pushed along
2f out, clear final furlong, bt Quickfire
LES BLEUS (9-2) 40-1 in rear, ridden
2f out, ran on final furlong, went 3rd of the Channel.
“I felt a lot of
pressure going to
1 (5) 2 ALIGN THE STARS 33 C Johnston 9-7 ........................... William Buick l99 (9-7) 51/2l (3 ran) (Salisbury 1m hcap post, 3rd of 8 (btn 4 3/ 4l) to Fallen And you can see why, giv- Deauville, the pressure
2 (3) DREAM OCEAN R Hannon 9-7 ....................................................Sean Levey — (5) £4,580 good to soft). Angel (9-2) CRY FICTION (9-2) 28-1 en he is trained by the leg- doesn’t get any less when
3 (1) 73 LET’S DREAM 33 M Bell 9-7 .................................................Hayley Turner 95 LES BLEUS (9-2) 14-1 held up, headway chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, endary Jean-Claude Rouget
4 (2) 6 TORRENT 20 A Balding 9-7................................................... David Probert 92 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, well beaten 1f out, last (15l) (Newmar-
(above) and boasts a perfect you get older.
5 (4) 6 SPHINX OF NAXOS 47 (BF) R Beckett 9-2 ...........................Rob Hornby 90 3rd of 7 (btn 7l) to Darnation (9-2) ket 7f Grp 3 (1) £34,026 good). “He was very good there
BETTING: 2 Align The Stars, 3 Let’s Dream, Torrent, 5 Dream Ocean, Sphinx Of Naxos
(Doncaster 1m Grp 2 (1) £68,052 soft). LAND OF MAGIC (8-10) 125-1 always record of five from five starts.
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1 1 3 6 2
LOCAL ARMS (9-2) 2-1 jt fav pressed prominent, led 2f out, headed 1f out, The three-year-old is and everything has gone to
the poster boy for French plan with him since then,
leader, led 1f out, drew away inside weakened inside final furlong, 9th
2022: Galactic Jack 9-7 David Probert 2-1 (A Balding) drawn 7, 9 ran. last, readily, bt Hug A Tree (9-2) 8l (9 of 12 (btn 81/2l) to Art Historian (9-3)
WILLIAM HILL HANDICAP (2); value to the winner racing, which has enjoyed and he did his last fast piece
2.30 £15,702; 1m. (7 runners)
ran) (Beverley 7f nov (5) £4,050 soft).
ONTHEMONEYHONEY (9-2) 40-1 mid-
division, outpaced and weakening
(Newbury 7f hcap (5) £4,527 good).
MRS NELL (9-0) 125-1 tracked leaders,
led 1f out, edged right, headed 110
something of a revival this of work on Monday.
“I am pleased with him, he
1 (7) /13-426 FOX TAL 32 A Balding 7-9-9 ...................................................Joshua Bryan 97 when hampered 1f out, 10th of 12 yards out, no extra closing stages, season after several quiet
2 (6) 3022010 THE GATEKEEPER 11 (CD) C Johnston 4-9-2 ....................Joe Fanning 95 (81/2l) to Juniper Berries (9-2) (Salis- 3rd of 10 (btn 1/ 2l) to Aljadel (9-2) years at the top level. is going to Paris in top form.”
3 (3) 50-1210 LATTAM 54 (BF,D) W Haggas 4-9-1 ..............................Tom Marquand l99 bury 6f Grp 3 £25,520 good to firm). (Lingfield 7f mdn (5) £3,564 AW). He warmed up for the Arc, The 3-1 favourite should
4 (5) 0921017 RHOSCOLYN 18 (T;C) D O’Meara 5-9-0 ............................Jason Watson 98
HEINEKEN FILLIES’ HANDICAP (3); value to the won last year by Sir Mark get his preferred decent
5 (2) 0641248 HAFEET ALAIN 20 (D) E Walker 7-8-11 ....................... Connor Planas (3) 87
6 (1) 5251716 SWEET REWARD 11 (C) J Portman 6-8-10 ...........................Rob Hornby 90 4.50 winner £25,770; 1m 6f. (8 runners) Prescott’s Alpinista, with a conditions on Sunday,
7 (4) 9517171 CRYSTAL CASQUE 19 (D) B Millman 8-8-6 .................Oliver Searle (7) 96 1 (5) 7-64448 TYPEWRITER 54 A Balding 4-10-1 ...................... Callum Hutchinson (3) 93 smooth success in a big trial with the weather set fair
BETTING: 3 Lattam, 4 Rhoscolyn, 9-2 Fox Tal, 6 Crystal Casque, 7 Hafeet Alain, 2 (3) 2251612 BLAZEON FIVE 14 R Teal 5-9-11 .......................................Lewis Edmunds 95 race at Deauville last time. for the Arc meeting.
Sweet Reward, The Gatekeeper 3 (2) 0102942 GREYSFUL STORM 4 D Holland 3-9-9 ........................... Liam Wright (7) 97 Rouget, 70, has been grad- Officials in Paris reckon DEEP IMPACT . . .
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: No corresponding race. 4 (4) 38-5357 HASEEFAH 39 (C) A King 6-9-6 .......................................George Bass (3) 89 ually bringing the colt to the the going will be Good to
5 (6) 13-8059 PERFECT PROPHET 53 E Walker 3-9-4 ..........................Saffie Osborne 92 Ace Impact bolted
Sunracing FORM 6 (7) 5711184 ALPINA EXPRESS 41 C Johnston 3-9-2 ................................Joe Fanning 94 boil in time for the big race, Soft with a field of 15 expect- up in the French
7 (1) 114 ROYAL MILA 20 (BF,C) W Haggas 3-9-0 ....................... Tom Marquand 97 and he is heading to Long- ed to go to post, including
FOX TAL (9-7) 28-1 tracked leader, pushed along straight, kept on inside 8 (8) 5-321 ALBANY 51 R Beckett 3-8-12 ................................................. Rob Hornby l99 champ in a confident mood. the supplemented St Leger Derby at Chantilly
pushed along when short of room final furlong, 7th of 17 (btn 31/4l) to
2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 6 (well Broadhurst (9-1) (Leopardstown 7f
BETTING: 11-4 Albany, 7-2 Royal Mila, 4 Blazeon Five, 7 Greysful Storm, 8 Perfect He said: “The horse took winner Continuous.
Prophet, 10 Typewriter, 12 Haseefah, Alpina Express
btn) to Passenger (9-0) (Windsor hcap €90,000 good to firm). WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: No corresponding race.
11/4m Grp 3 (1) £34,026 good to firm). HAFEET ALAIN (9-9) 15-2 led, headed
THE GATEKEEPER (9-4) 10-1 led, 2f out, weakened inside final furlong,
Sunracing FORM
PERTH
headed 6f out, weakened 1f out, 14th 8th of 11 (btn 61/2l) to Koy Koy (9-7)
of 15 (btn 11l) to Liberty Lane (9-1) (W’hampton 1m 1f (3) £25,770 AW).
(Doncaster 1m hcap (2) £25,770 soft). SWEET REWARD (9-9) 8-1 tracked TYPEWRITER (9-0) 14-1 held up, 13/4m hcap (3) £25,770 good).
PERFECT PROPHET (8-13) 16-1 led,
GOING: SOFT
THE GATEKEEPER (8-11) 14-1 tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened pushed along 2f out, one pace, 8th of
headed 6f out, lost place 5f out, well
leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 6th of 10 (btn 17 (btn 18l) to Temporize (8-5) (Good-
beaten 1f out, 9th of 10 (btn 13l) to MARES NH NOVICE HURDLE (Class 4); TEMPLEGATE
to go 2nd close home, btn 1/ 2l by
Johan (9-8) LATTAM (9-0) 5-1 fav
33/4l) to Box To Box (9-7) (Chester
11/4m hcap (3) £22,932 good to soft).
midfield, outpaced 2f out 15th (btn 9l) C R Y S T A L C A S Q U E (10-11) 25-1
wood 21/2m hcap (2) £38,655 soft).
BLAZEON FIVE (9-9) 12-1 chased
leaders, led 1f out, headed inside
Sweet Memories (8-13) (Newmarket
11/2m Listed (1) £28,355 soft).
2.20 winner £4,357; 2m 4f. (7 runners) 2.20................................................................El Elefante
RHOSCOLYN (9-1) 10-1 in rear, never towards rear, ridden and headway 1f final furlong, held close home, btn nk ALPINA EXPRESS (9-9) 16-1 in rear, 1 30/1CONDESA 73 (T;C) S Crawford (Ire) 7-11-7 ......... D Jacob 2.55.................................................................Sanosuke
on terms, 16th (btn 9 / 4l) (20 ran)
3
out, ran on to lead towards finish, bt by Sir Chauvelin (9-3) (11 ran) (South- ridden 2f out, never on terms, 4th of 2 6-31
GAYE WINNIE 45 G Elliott (Ire) 5-11-7................... J Bowen 3.30..................................................................... Sputnik
(Goodwood 1m hcap (2) £77,310 soft). Double Time (10-6) 1/2l (11 ran) (Ascot well 2m hcap (3) £25,770 AW). 7 (11l) to Mistral Star (8-12) (Salisbury 3 R512SEA ASTER 10 (P) G Elliott (Ire) 5-11-7 ............... S Bowen
RHOSCOLYN (9-7) 12-1 mid-division, 1m (4) £8,140 good to firm). GREYSFUL STORM (9-2) 12-1 tracked 11/2m hcap (3) £25,770 good). 4 -101
STADIUM TALK 26 J McConnell (Ire) 5-11-7 .B Harvey (3) 4.05.................................................................Malangen
leaders, headway 1f out, went 2nd ROYAL MILA (9-2) 11-8 fav tracked 5 42-DANGAN CLOUD 157 L Russell 5-11-0 .......... non-runner 4.40..........................................................Born Famous
HEINEKEN HANDICAP (4); value to the winner £6,621;
3.05 6f. (10 runners)
inside final furlong, kept on, btn 2l by
Capital Theory (9-5) (9 ran) (Ayr 1m 5f
leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden
1f out, soon no extra, 4th of 6 (41/4l) to
6
7
211-
60
EL ELEFANTE 152 L Russell 5-11-0 ............................ D Fox
MERMAIDS CAVE 30 C Murphy (Ire) 4-10-11 E Walsh (3)
5.12 ............................................................... Ultra Violet
1 (8) 3732129 CAPOTE’S DREAM 18 (T,V;D) T Ward 6-10-2....................... Sean Levey 92
hcap (3) £10,308 good to soft).
H A S E E F A H (9-1) 17-2 in touch,
Sapphire Seas (9-9) (Haydock 11/4m
hcap (3) £12,885 good to firm).
Stadium Talk l99, Sea Aster 98, Condesa 97.
9-4 Stadium Talk, 7-2 Condesa, 4 Sea Aster, El Elefante, 7 TOM PEPPER
2 (5) 766-700 PUNCHBOWL FLYER 4 (B;D) J O’Shea 6-10-0 .........Georgia Dobie (3) 83 ridden 2f out, no impression 1f out, A L B A N Y (9-2) 4-11 fav tracked
3 (2) 7000844 HIERARCHY 14 (P,T;D) J Osborne 4-10-0 ......................Saffie Osborne 91 7th of 11 (btn 10l) to Night Sparkle leader, led over 2f out, pushed out,
Gaye Winnie, 33 Mermaids Cave 2.20................................................................... Condesa
HANDICAP HURDLE (4); winner 2.55................................................................City Derby
4 (10) 66-1116 COCO BEAR 60 (D) P Chamings 5-9-13 .................................Rob Hornby 95
5 (7) -612398 SILENT FLAME 35 (D) B Millman 5-9-10 ............................ David Probert 97
6 (1) 5464201 HARB 7 (D) P Crate 4-9-8(5ex) ............................................. Tom Queally l99
(9-12) GREYSFUL STORM (8-12)
17-2 towards rear, ridden 1f out,
weakened, 9th (btn 13l) (Newmarket
comfortable, bt Navarre Express
(9-2) 71/2l (6 ran) (Windsor 11/4m flls
nov stk (5) £4,320 good to soft).
2.55 £5,281; 2m 4f. (8 runners) 3.30..................................................................... Sputnik
7 (6) 1-43405 SASSY BELLE 19 (B;D) E Walker 3-9-5 .......................... Tom Marquand 96 1 7-33
ANDYS FLAME 28 (P,T) J McConnell (Ire) 6-12-0 .B Harvey (3) 4.05..................................................Park Annonciade
GOODWOOD RACEHORSE OWNERS’ GROUP HANDICAP
8 (3) 21-6756 TIRIAC 30 (D) J Channon 3-9-5 ..................................................Kevin Stott 90
9 (9) 51-0685 AFTERLIFE 12 P McEntee 3-9-3..................................Josephine Gordon 87
5.20 (4); value to the winner £6,621; 1m 1f. (12 runners)
2
3
4
41P-
UNCLE BERT 165 N Twiston-Davies 6-11-13 ... S Twiston-Davies
2495
ONWARD ROUTE 21 (T) R Menzies 9-11-10 R Chapman
2243
CITY DERBY 21 (P;C,D) L Quinlan 7-11-5 . Sean Quinlan
4.40..........................................................Born Famous
5.12 ............................................................ Euchan Falls
10 (4) 03-5603 ULTRAMARINE 8 P Evans 4-9-2 ...........................................William Buick 91 1 (9) 7070324 MR PROFESSOR 32 D F Davis 4-9-11 .............................. Owen Lewis (7) 97
BETTING: 4 Harb, 9-2 Hierarchy, 5 Sassy Belle, 6 Capote’s Dream, 7 Coco Bear, 8 5 43-5
AURORA THUNDER 132 (D) L Russell 9-11-4 . P Wadge (5) nTIC-TAC: Right-handed course of 1m 2f with tight turns, eight
2 (5) 6311174 MOSTAWAA 27 (D) H Main 7-9-9 ...................................Gina Mangan (3) 90 6 2332
BEAUTY TO BEHOLD 16 (H,T;BF) R Smith 6-10-13 G Sheehan
Ultramarine, 10 Afterlife, 12 Tiriac 3 (11) 7642353 ARTHUR’S REALM 11 (VH) E Dunlop 5-9-8 .....................William Buick 96 fences per circuit, 283yd run-in. nLEADING TRAINERS WITH
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1-2 1 1 1 7 7 2234
DALILEO 16 (CD) L Harrison 8-10-7 ......... D McMenamin RUNNERS (2018-2023): G Elliott 57-169, L Russell 32-318, S
4 (8) 2821248 TWO TEMPTING 18 J Portman 4-9-7......................................Rob Hornby 86 8 22-2
SANOSUKE 133 (P;BF) N Alexander 5-10-5 ... B Lynn (3)
2022: Alcazan 4-9-1 Tom Marquand 6-1 (R Teal) drawn 12, 14 ran. 5 (12) 7124-18 JUNKANOO 38 (V;C) G Moore 6-9-4 ...........................Rhys Clutterbuck 95 Crawford 12-98, Miss L Harrison 8-92. THIS SEASON: G Elliott
Uncle Bert l99, Andys Flame 98, City Derby 97. 10, S Crawford 4, L Russell 4. nTOP JOCKEYS WITH RIDES
6 (4) 761-271 MISS BLUEBELLE 35 (H;D) M Tregoning 4-9-4 .......Dougie Costello l99 3 Uncle Bert, 4 Andys Flame, 9-2 City Derby, 6 Sanosuke, 7
Sunracing FORM 7 (2) -288240 WIND YOUR NECK IN 27 P Evans 4-9-4..................................Kevin Stott 89
8 (6) 0262534 SLY MADAM 7 (P;D) S West 5-9-4 ..................................George Bass (3) 87
Beauty To Behold, 10 Aurora Thunder, Dalileo, Onward Route
(2018-2023): B Hughes 62-281, S Bowen 46-149, D McMenamin
18-139, Sean Quinlan 14-164. THIS SEASON: S Bowen 12, B
HANDICAP CHASE (5); winner
CAPOTE’S DREAM (9-0) 14-1 held up,
ridden 1f out, never on terms, 9th of
11 (btn 41/4l) to Dark Trooper (9-12)
HARB (9-11) 10-3 fav chased leaders,
led going well final furlong, easily,
bt Bang On The Bell (9-8) 23/4l (7 ran)
9 (7) 2113120 ONE STEP BEYOND 19 (D) G Moore 6-9-3 ..................Anna Gibson (7) 95
10 (1) 1351692 CHIPS AND RICE 13 (T) J Fanshawe 4-9-2............................ Sean Levey 97
11 (3) 16-3887 MISS DOWN UNDER 12 A Perrett 4-8-6 ................................Joe Fanning 90
3.30 £4,753; 2m 4f. (9 runners)
Hughes 6, T Bellamy 4. nLONGEST TRAVELLER: Rakhine
State (4.05) & Dr Lockdown (5.12). Round trip of 760 miles.
nTRAINERFAX: L Russell won the 3.30 in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
(Ascot 6f (2) £18,039 good to firm). (Sandown 5f hcap (5) £4,711 good). 1 224P SO BE IT 21 (PH,T) W Young Jnr 7-12-0 ......... J Hamilton nFIRST RUN SINCE WIND OP: None. nLIVE ON RACING TV
12 (10) 5367138 LAWN RANGER 22 (CD) M Attwater 8-8-4.................Georgia Dobie (3) 92 2 7355 ATTITASH 12 (T) I Donoghue 8-11-7 ..... C Monaghan (7)
PUNCHBOWL FLYER (9-2) 80-1 SASSY BELLE (9-8) 9-1 chased BETTING: 3 Miss Bluebelle, 9-2 Chips And Rice, 6 Arthur’s Realm, 7 Mostawaa, 10
behind, ridden 4f out, behind final 2f, leaders, ridden 2f out, soon no extra, 3 3-22SPUTNIK 122 (D) J Stephen 8-11-5.................... B Lynn (3)
Mr Professor, 12 Two Tempting, 14 Sly Madam, Wind Your Neck In
HANDICAP CHASE (2); winner
last of 25 (btn) to Wobwobwob (9-9)
(Ayr 6f hcap (2) £33,501 good to soft).
HIERARCHY (10-0) 10-1 mid-division,
5th of 11 (41/4l) to Change Sings (9-7)
(Kempton 6f hcap (5) £4,187 AW).
TIRIAC (9-0) 10-1 chased leaders,
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1 1 4 0 1
2022: Good Birthday 6-9-13 Harry Davies 11-4 Fav (A Balding) drawn 4, 11 ran.
4
5
6
/4P-
15-5
0056
HECTOR MASTER 152 (TH) L Russell 6-11-2 ......... D Fox
THUNDER IN MILAN 133 (P;D) L Russell 7-11-0 S Mulqueen
GLEN ALI 50 C O’Connell (Ire) 8-10-10.............. H Cobden
4.40 £13,202; 3m. (6 runners)
headway 2f out, stayed on 1f out, outpaced 2f out, soon beaten, 6th 7 0-24A PLACE APART 28 L Harrison 9-10-5.... D McMenamin 1 1FP- CYCLOP 152 (T;C,D) D Dennis 12-12-0 ............ B Hughes
4th of 14 (btn 31/2l) to Gulliver (10-0) of 7 (91/4l) to King Of War (8-6) (Chep- Sunracing FORM 8 P/0-ANY JOB WILL DO 163 (T) J Stephen 7-10-2.. S Quinlan 2
3
1111 BORN FAMOUS 39 (CD) C O’Connell (Ire) 6-11-9 H Cobden
1353 BODHISATTVA 30 (P;CD) J McConnell (Ire) 6-11-5 . B Harvey (3)
(Southwell 6f hcap (4) £16,750 AW). stow 7f hcap (4) £5,129 good to soft). Gallimimus (8-13) 21/2l (11 ran) (Bath 9 745U BANDIT D’AINAY 30 (B,T) M Hammond 12-10-2 . B Hughes
COCO BEAR (8-12) 9-2 in touch, kept AFTERLIFE (9-1) 50-1 towards rear, ran LAWN RANGER (8-11) 11-1 led, headed Attitash l99, A Place Apart 97, Sputnik 96. 4 413- HAUTE ESTIME 154 L Russell 6-11-4......................... D Fox
3f out, plugged on from 2f out, 3rd 11/4m hcap (5) £3,873 good). 5 1398 THE ABBEY F20 (P) G Elliott (Ire) 10-10-13 ........ S Bowen
on same pace, 6th of 9 (43/4l) to Tiger on well towards finish, 5th of 12 (btn WIND YOUR NECK IN (9-6) 14-1 2 Sputnik, 5-2 Attitash, 13-2 A Place Apart, 8 Thunder In
Crusade (9-6) HIERARCHY (9-7) 33-1 31/2l) to Glendown (8-6) (Chester 6f of 7 (btn 11l) to Sweet Reward (10- Milan, So Be It, 10 Glen Ali, 14 Hector Master 6 3611 WASDELL DUNDALK 16 (CD) L Harrison 8-10-2 D McMenamin
0) MR PROFESSOR (9-12) 8-1 mid- towards rear, pushed along over 2f Born Famous l99, Haute Estime 97, Wasdell Dundalk 96.
never on terms, 8th (5l) (Newmarket hcap (4) £7,328 good to soft). out, never on terms, 12th of 13 (btn 11l) HANDICAP HURDLE (4); winner
6f hcap (3) £10,800 good to firm).
SILENT FLAME (9-5) 10-1 in rear, never
threatened, 8th of 9 (6l) to Rajindri
ULTRAMARINE (9-0) 66-1 towards
rear, headway 1f out, kept on, 3rd
of 10 (2l) to Thunder Star (9-7) (Yar-
division, no impression 1f out, soon
weakened, 4th (13l) (7 ran) (Good-
wood 11/4m hcap (4) £6,621 soft).
to Storm Catcher (9-10) (Newcastle
11/4m hcap (3) £25,770 AW). 4.05 £5,281; 2m. (9 runners)
9-4 Born Famous, 5-2 Wasdell Dundalk, 4 Haute Estime, 6
Bodhisattva, 8 The Abbey, 12 Cyclop
MOSTAWAA (9-4) 18-1 prominent, SLY MADAM (10-0) 5-1 held up, ridden 1 244- THEREISNODOUBT 165 (H,T;D) L Russell 10-12-0 .... D Fox
(9-7) (Kempton 7f hcap (4) £6,281 AW). mouth 5f hcap (4) £5,653 good).
outpaced 2f out, stayed on inside and plugged on final furlong, never 2 441U NOTTODAYBOBO 19 (T;D) G Elliott (Ire) 5-11-5 ..... S Bowen Sun FORM
FOUNDATION STAKES (LISTED) (1); value to the
3.40 winner £34,026; 1m 2f. (8 runners)
final furlong, 4th of 13 (btn 43/4l) to
Helm Rock (9-8) ARTHUR’S REALM
(9-8) 16-1 dwelt, in rear, headway final
going pace to challenge, 4th of 7 (btn
61/2l) to Classic Times (9-4) (Sandown
1m (4) £6,281 good to soft).
3
4
5
-613 RAKHINE STATE 16 (CD) D Jeffreys 10-11-4 .. T Bellamy
9324 APPLAUS 116 (P,T;D) M Hammond 11-11-4 E Smith-Chaston (3)
0567 VOCAL DUKE 32 (D) J Moffatt 7-11-3 ............. C Jones (3)
CYCLOP pulled up latest, (11-4) 9-2 chased leader, ridden 3
out, led 2 out, stayed on gamely run-in, bt Boldmere (11-11)
1 (3) 1-11164 KING OF CONQUEST 46 (P;CD) C Appleby 4-9-7...........William Buick 97 furlong, nearest finish, 5th (btn 51/2l) ONE STEP BEYOND (10-9) 15-2 in 6 -721 PARK ANNONCIADE 57 (T;CD) S Crawford (Ire) 5-11-3 . D Jacob
3
/4l (10 ran) (Newbury 2m 7f hcap ch (3) £10,744 soft).
2 (1) -520016 SAVVY VICTORY 46 (CD) S Woods 4-9-7 .............................Ryan Moore 95 (Newcastle 1m hcap (3) £25,770 AW). touch, ridden and weakened 2f out, 7 312- CUBAN CIGAR 152 (P,T;D) L Russell 5-11-2 Miss R Leech (7) BORN FAMOUS (12-0) evens fav midfield, outpaced 3 out,
3 (6) 313-442 MY PROSPERO 60 (BF,D) W Haggas 4-9-4 ...............Tom Marquand l99 ARTHUR’S REALM (9-4) 6-1 close up, 10th of 11 (btn 14l) to Crystal Casque 8 3241 MALANGEN 16 (CD) L Harrison 8-10-8 .. P Kavanagh (3) headway last, stayed on well, led near finish, bt Malangen
4 (8) 41 BILL SILVERS 152 H Eustace 3-8-13............................... Daniel Tudhope 86 pushed along 2f out, kept on one (10-11) (Ascot 1m (4) £8,140 good). (10-4) 3/4l (9 ran) (Perth 21/2m hcap hdle (4) £5,281 good).
9 9-P5 FRIGHTENED RABBIT 21 (D) L Harrison 11-10-5 . C Rabbitt (5) BODHISATTVA (11-9) 11-2 held up, closed 8th, mistake next,
5 (5) 216-626 PERSIST 7 (D) W Haggas 4-8-13 .......................................... David Probert 82 pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 10 CHIPS AND RICE (9-10) 9-1 in touch, Nottodaybobo l99, Park Annonciade 98, Malangen 97.
6 (2) 74-4844 ROUSAY 42 (D) R Hannon 4-8-13 .............................................. Sean Levey 90 (btn 2l) to Box To Box (9-7) (Chester pushed along 2f out, headway final 3rd 3 out, no extra last, 3rd of 8 (btn 93/4l) to Landofsmiles
furlong, went 2nd towards finish, 5-2 Park Annonciade, 7-2 Nottodaybobo, 4 Malangen, 7 (12-0) (Cartmel 3m 1f hcap ch (3) £12,490 good to soft).
7 (7) 36221- SIERRA BLANCA 325 F & M Meade 3-8-13 .........................Harry Davies 94 11/4m hcap (3) £22,932 good to soft). Cuban Cigar, Rakhine State, 10 Thereisnodoubt
TWO TEMPTING (8-7) 9-1 mid-division, btn 1/2l by New Heights (9-4) (12 ran) HAUTE ESTIME (10-9) 9-1 close up in rear, pushed along
8 (4) -127314 THERE’S THE DOOR 12 (CD) P Evans 3-8-8 .......................Joe Fanning 89 3 out, went 3rd next, kept on, 3rd of 6 (btn 11l) to Pink
some headway inside final furlong, (Epsom 1m hcap (5) £5,234 good).
BETTING: 5-4 My Prospero, 4 King Of Conquest, 9-2 Savvy Victory, 12 Sierra Blanca,
Rousay, 14 There’s The Door, Bill Silvers, 20 Persist never in contention, 8th of 14 (btn MISS DOWN UNDER (9-9) 14-1 Sun FORM Legend (11-4) (Perth 3m Listed ch (1) £18,509 good to soft).
THE ABBEY (10-7) 6-1 close up, pushed along 4 out, lost
61/2l) to Helm Rock (9-4) (Kempton tracked leader, every chance 2f out,
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1 2 2 7 1 1m hcap (2) £41,232 AW). weakened final furlong, 7th of 8 (btn THEREISNODOUBT (11-11) 7-2 one pace, 4th of 7 (15l) to Fin- position next, tailed off, 8th of 9 (btn) to A Great View (11-
2022: Royal Fleet 4-9-4 William Buick 8-11 Fav (C Appleby) drawn 5, 4 ran. JUNKANOO (9-7) 10-1 prominent, 17l) to Born Ruler (9-2) (Sandown gal’s Hill (11-5) (Newcastle 2m 1f hcap hdle (3) £5,820 soft). 5) (Ballinrobe 31/4m hcap hdle €9,000 good to yielding).
raced keenly, pushed along 3f out, 11/4m hcap (4) £6,281 good to firm). NOTTODAYBOBO unseated rider latest, (11-4) 4-1 tracked WASDELL DUNDALK (10-3) 16-5 chased leaders, mistake
Sunracing FORM wandered and weakened 1f out, 8th
of 9 (9l) to Graignes (9-7) (Sandown
LAWN RANGER (9-1) 11-1 prominent,
pushed along 2f out, weakened final
leaders, ridden last, led towards finish, bt Bayou Belle (10-
1) 1l (14 ran) (Kilbeggan 2m mdn hdle €6,000 good).
9th, headway 2 out, led run-in, soon asserted, bt Saint
Arvans (11-9) 51/2l (5 ran) (Perth 3m hcap ch (3) £8,035 soft).
KING OF CONQUEST (9-7) 9-2 in PERSIST (9-4) 22-1 in rear, headway 11/4m app hcap (4) £18,039 good). furlong, 8th of 12 (btn 91/4l) to Mount MALANGEN (10-1) 9-2 led run-in, bt Inca Prince (11-9) 11/2l
HANDICAP HURDLE (5); winner
touch, no response when ridden 2f
out, 4th of 7 (btn 71/4l) to Al Aasy (9-7)
final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 14
(51/4l) to Sapphire Seas (8-13) (Yar-
MISS BLUEBELLE (10-1) 10-1 made all,
stayed on strongly, unchallenged, bt
Olympus (9-7) (Goodwood 1m 3f
hcap (5) £5,751 good to soft).
RAKHINE STATE (11-5) 17-2 never nearer, 3rd (btn 23/4l) (8
ran) (Perth 2m hcap hdle (4) £5,281 good to soft). 5.12 £4,753; 2m 4f. (13 runners)
SAVVY VICTORY (9-7) 10-1 held up, mouth 11/4m Listed (1) £29,234 good). APPLAUS (11-0) 17-2 no extra last, 4th of 5 (11l) to Captain 1 3181 PRINCE NINO 16 (P,T;CD) L Quinlan 6-12-0 P Kavanagh (3)
never involved, 6th (81/4l) (Haydock
11/4m Grp 3 (1) £42,532 good to soft).
MY PROSPERO (9-8) evens fav
ROUSAY (9-4) 25-1 chased leaders,
led 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra,
4th of 13 (6l) to State Occasion (9-4)
TEMPLEGATE’S BEST BETS Zebo (11-7) (Hexham 2m hcap hdle (4) £5,149 good).
VOCAL DUKE (10-11) 8-1 faded last, 7th of 10 (20l) to Young
Merlin (10-13) (Cartmel 2m 1f hcap hdle (3) £10,744 soft).
2
3
-876 IVANE 62 C Murphy (Ire) 5-11-12....................... E Walsh (3)
2-05 AWESOME FOURSOME 121 N Twiston-Davies 6-11-12 ... S Twiston-Davies
4 465- EUCHAN FALLS 152 (P;D) R Smith 6-11-11 ......... R Mania
tracked leaders, pressed leader
1f out, every chance, held closing
stages, btn 1/2l by Alflaila (9-8) (5 ran)
(Salisury 11/4m Listed (£28,355 good).
SIERRA BLANCA (9-7) 8-11 fav tracked
leaders, led 1f out, kept on well,
H GIVE the bookies LES BLEUS (4.15 Goodwood,
nap). Richard Hughes’ filly drops in class after a
good third in the Group 2 May Hill Stakes at Doncaster
PARK ANNONCIADE (11-0) 4-11 fav led 3 out, kept on, bt Ve
Day (11-4) 3l (6 ran) (Perth 2m nov hdle (4) £4,357 good).
CUBAN CIGAR (10-12) 9-2 kept on 2 out, btn 81/2l by Inferno
5
6
7
452U FATHERS ADVICE 7 R Smith 6-11-7................ G Sheehan
7795 BROWNSTONE 19 (H,T) I Donoghue 7-11-7 ..... S Bowen
6225 SOLWAY MOLLY 16 L Harrison 8-11-2 ............. T Dowson
(York 11/4m Grp 2 (1) £70,888 good). comfortably, bt Sprewell (9-7) 3 1/ 4l Sacree (10-9) (6 ran) (Perth 2m hcap hdle (3) £7,393 soft). 8 3463 ULTRA VIOLET 16 (P) N Alexander 5-10-12 .... B Lynn (3)
BILL SILVERS (9-3) 2-1 handy, ridden (20 ran) (Naas 1m mdn €9,116 heavy). last time. This slight drop in distance holds no fears FRIGHTENED RABBIT (11-2) 50-1 no extra, 5th of 6 (31l) to 9 060- LIBOR LAD 159 (T) D Dennis 5-10-11 ................ T Bellamy
1f out, sustained duel with runner- THERE’S THE DOOR (9-9) 8-1 kept and Ryan Moore stays in the saddle. Allbetsoff (11-10) (Hexham 2m hcap hdle (4) £5,730 good). 10 35P3 CONFELICITY 16 (BF) A Hamilton 5-10-7................. D Fox
up inside last, led final strides, on final furlong, 4th of 6 (btn 31/2l) to
bt Equatorial (9-3) sh hd (15 ran)
(Doncaster 7f mdn (4) £5,400 soft).
Mistressofillusion (8-13) (Doncaster
11/2m hcap (2) £25,770 good to soft). H MATHEMATICIAN adds up (6.30 Kempton, nb). He
scored when switched to the all-weather here
before finishing strongly for a tight York second last
THERE’S THE DOOR
(3.40 Goodwood)
11
12
13
8484 BLAME ROSE 30 (P,T) S Corbett 6-10-4 ....... N Moscrop
33P7 SOLWAY STAREE 16 L Harrison 5-10-3 ..... C Rabbitt (5)
0P6- DR LOCKDOWN 181 (PH) D Jeffreys 6-10-2 M Kendrick

EACH-WAY THIEF
Prince Nino l99, Ultra Violet 98, Brownstone 95.
time. A 2lb rise for that looks more than fair. won really nicely on 4 Prince Nino, 5 Ultra Violet, 13-2 Fathers Advice, 7
her last visit here in Brownstone, 8 Solway Molly, Euchan Falls, Confelicity
CHIEF COLUMBINE (4.15 Goodwood) made it three wins in a
row nicely at Doncaster and has improvement to come. Have an H LATTAM (2.30 Goodwood, treble) kicked off the
season winning the Irish Lincoln at The Curragh
and has run well each time since. He got no luck here
August over this trip
and could run into nTHE KING’s horse Desert Hero has been
ew double with TYPEWRITER (4.50 Goodwood) who is coming the frame. ruled out of a Melbourne Cup bid by his trainer
down the weights and has gone well here in Listed company. last time and can bounce back on ideal ground. William Haggas after his St Leger third.
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 47
REDCAR GOING: GOOD TO FIRM (GOOD IN PLACES) KEMPTON
NOVICE STAKES (Class 5); 2-y-o;
GOING: STANDARD TO SLOW
TEMPLEGATE
TEMPLEGATE TOM PEPPER
4.25 WEATHERBYS DIGITAL SOLUTIONS HANDICAP (4);
value to the winner £5,234; 1m 2f. (11 runners)
4.58 winner £3,672; 1m. (13 runners) 4.58................................................................ High Point
2.05......................Miss Rainbow 2.05....................Moreginplease 1 (9) 6 BURLINGTON HOUSE 19 H Spiller 9-7 ........ J Smith 5.30........................................................Happy Hadeda
1 (9) -514894 PILLAR OF HOPE 25 (CD) C Johnston 5-10-1 ........................ Jason Hart 94 2 (11) 52 DUNSTAN 19 R Beckett 9-7 .......................... H Crouch
2.40.............................Amayretto 2.40.......................Goldmine Girl 2 (8) 5962345 JEAN BAPTISTE 52 (D) R Fell & S Murray 6-10-1..........Jonny Peate (3) 98 3 (8) 4 HEBRIDEAN NOMAD 19 A Balding 9-7 ... O Murphy 6.00 .......................................................................Tayala
3.15 ................................... Alacrity 3.15 ..........................Involvement 3 (11) 5325732 STRAWMAN 18 (CD) G Tutty 6-10-0....................................Mark Winn (3) 97 4 (4)
5 (12)
34 HIGH POINT 35 (BF) E J-Houghton 9-7.. G Downing
7 KALKAROO 28 P Webber 9-7 ................ W Carver (3)
6.30 ............................................Mathematician (nb)
3.50.......................................Doom 3.50..........................Hills Of Gold 4 (7) 5-10007 SKILLED WARRIOR 39 (P) G Tuer 5-9-13 ..............................Sam James 81 6 (3) 0 PENALTY SHOOTOUT 20 B Millman 9-7 R Coakley 7.00............................................................Maso Bastie
4.25 .......................Pillar Of Hope 4.25 ............................. Strawman 5 (6) 0575345 CASILLI 22 (D) M & D Easterby 6-9-9............................. Joanna Mason l99 7 (1) 7 SNEAKY BLINDER 11 T Ward 9-7 ........ R Kingscote
7.30 ................................................................ King Cabo
6 (1) 6338630 FEEL THE NEED 17 D O’Meara 3-9-7 .....................................David Nolan 88 8 (2) 96 WILLY CAMPBELL 11 S Kirk 9-7 .................. L Keniry
5.02............................... Albegone 5.02.................................... Castan 7 (10) 5147425 BLUEFLAGFLYINGHIGH 18 (D) M Bell 3-9-7................... P J McDonald 95 9 (7) BLAKE P Chapple-Hyam 9-5........................... R Havlin 8.00 ...................................................... Done Decision
10 (10) ARDARA ROSE R Hannon 9-2 ....................... P Dobbs
5.35................................Kalganov 5.35................................Kalganov 8 (5) 5376355 HIGHWAYGREY 8 (P;D) T Easterby 7-9-6 ...............................David Allan 92 11 (13) BRECKENRIDGE K De Foy 9-2 .................. D Muscutt 8.30.................................................................Overstate
9 (4) 5413951 HAVANA PARTY 22 (B;D) I Jardine 5-9-4 ................................Ben Curtis 97
nTIC-TAC: Left-handed galloping, oval track of 1m 6f, round course joins the straight just 10 (3) 8-32258 BERRY EDGE 42 (P;D) M Dods 5-9-1 ............................. Connor Beasley 93
12 (5) 3 NO MISCHIEF 19 J Portman 9-2 ................. T Whelan
13 (6) 080 MAMIES DREAM 14 R Potter 9-0 ................ G Rooke
High Point l99, Dunstan 98, No Mischief 95.
TOM PEPPER
over 5f from the finish. nDRAW: Middle to high have a advantage on the straight course 11 (2) -629499 DIAMOND HAZE 40 M Dods 5-9-1 ................................... Paul Mulrennan 84 4.58................................................................ High Point
BETTING: 7-2 Havana Party, 4 Jean Baptiste, 11-2 Pillar Of Hope, Strawman, 15-2 7-4 Dunstan, 7-2 High Point, 7 Hebridean Nomad, 15-2 No Mischief,
nLEADING TRAINERS WITH RUNNERS (2018-2023): T Easterby 47-570, D O’Meara
32-255, M Dods 28-258, W Haggas 17-58. THIS SEASON: M Dods 6, T Easterby 5, D Highwaygrey, 8 Casilli, 10 Blueflagflyinghigh, 12 Berry Edge 8 Ardara Rose, 12 Sneaky Blinder, Breckenridge, 14 Blake 5.30...................................................... Diamond Annie
FILLIES NOVICE STAKES (4); 2-y-o;
O’Meara 3. nTOP JOCKEYS WITH RIDES (2018-2023): D Allan 30-299, J Hart 24-190,
C Beasley 23-190, B Curtis 23-139. THIS SEASON: B Curtis 6, D Allan 6, G Lee 5.
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED and 2022: No corresponding race.
5.30 winner £5,346; 6f. (11 runners)
6.00 ............................................................... Deep Blue
6.30 ..................................................................... Outgun
nLONGEST TRAVELLER: Alacrity (3.15) & Rising Bay (3.50). Round trip of 542 miles.
nTRAINERFAX: R Fell & S Murray won the 5.02 in 2020 and 2022. W Haggas won the
Sunracing FORM 1 (3)
2 (11)
05 ASIAN TIDE 40 J Osborne 9-2 ....................... N Currie
40 ASSEMA 29 C Cox 9-2 ............................. R Kingscote 7.00.............................................................. Nader King
3.15 in 2019 and 2021. nFIRST RUN SINCE WIND OP: None. nLIVE ON RACING TV PILLAR OF HOPE (9-9) 11-2 midfield, (9-8) 25-1 rear of mid-division, ridden 3 (10) CUBAN MELODY A Balding 9-2 ................. O Murphy 7.30 ..................................................... Priscilla’s Wish
headway to press leaders final and beaten over 2f out, last (well btn) 4 (8) DIAMOND ANNIE T Ward 9-2 .................... D Muscutt
furlong, kept on same pace, 4th of 9 (York 11/4m hcap (4) £10,468 good). 5 (6) 74 GOGO YUBARI 55 (TH) A Murphy 9-2 K Shoemark 8.00 ............................................................... Embarked
WEATHERBYS STALLION BOOK NURSERY (Class 5);
2.05 2-y-o; value to the winner £4,187; 6f. (12 runners)
(btn 2l) to Park Street (8-11) (Beverley
1m hcap (4) £5,489 good to firm).
JEAN BAPTISTE (10-2) 5-2 raced wide,
BLUEFLAGFLYINGHIGH (8-10) 17-2
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, one
pace final furlong, 5th of 6 (btn 41/2l)
6 (4)
7 (7)
8 (5)
72 HAPPY HADEDA 29 H Morrison 9-2 .............. D Egan
LITTLE MISS MAGIC C Hills 9-2 ................ J Crowley
78 MAVERICK STYLE 23 P & O Cole 9-2 ....... H Crouch
8.30.................................................................Overstate
nTIC-TAC: Right-handed Polytrack all-weather course. 1m
1 (9) 7583371 MISS WOO WOO 23 (P;D) R Cowell 9-11 ........................... Luke Morris l99 to Elegancia (9-9) (Ascot 11/4m hcap
9 (9) 323 RAWAASI 40 (BF) S & E Crisford 9-2 ........ J Mitchell round with tight turns and a 3f run-in. nDRAW: No advantage.
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, 10 (1) 6 SARASA 48 O Sangster 9-2 ............................ R Havlin nLEADING TRAINERS WITH RUNNERS (2018-2023): J & T
2 (12) 869322 BE HERE NOW 20 (BF) N Tinkler 9-9 ................................... Rowan Scott 98 weakened inside final furlong, last of (3) £10,800 good to firm). 11 (2) 09 TIGER TULIP 29 H Main 9-2 .......................... M Ghiani
3 (5) 2555 INDIVAR 33 D O’Meara 9-9 ........................................................David Nolan 92 5 (btn 41/2l) to First Impression (10-4) HIGHWAYGREY (9-2) 11-2 towards Happy Hadeda l99, Rawaasi 96, Gogo Yubari 92. Gosden 86-366, A Balding 76-485, R Varian 74-311, R Hannon
4 (8) 04652 MECCA’S DUCHESS 9 M Dods 9-8 ................................ Connor Beasley 96 (Chester 11/4m hcap (4) £6,115 soft). rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on, 5th of 11-4 Happy Hadeda, 7-2 Rawaasi, 9-2 Little Miss Magic, 11-2 Cuban 60-572. THIS SEASON: A Balding 18, R Hannon 11, R Beckett
5 (10) 445 GEORGE’S RASCAL 28 (H) G Scott 9-8 ................... Callum Rodriguez 88 STRAWMAN (9-5) 13-2 mid-division, 6 (btn 31/4l) to Forceful Speed (9-8) Melody, 8 Gogo Yubari, 10 Sarasa, 12 Diamond Annie 10. nTOP JOCKEYS WITH RIDES (2018-2023): O Murphy
6 (6) 8843724 MOREGINPLEASE 23 (P) J Ryan 9-7 ........................................Ben Curtis 90 (Redcar 11/4m hcap (4) £5,051 good). 99-492, R Kingscote 69-494, D Muscutt 67-523, R Havlin 65-428.
FILLIES NOVICE STAKES (4); 2-y-o;
6.00
pushed along 2f out, went 2nd near
7 (3) 206 CARABELLA 38 C Johnston 9-7 ......................................... Franny Norton 86 finish, btn hd by Vaynor (9-13) (8 ran) HAVANA PARTY (9-11) 2-1 fav made all, THIS SEASON: O Murphy 22, D Muscutt 16, H Crouch 10.
8 (4) 0246377 TEES DOUGE 29 (P) A Nicholls 9-6 ...............................Connor Murtagh 85 (Thirsk 11/2m hcap (4) £6,281 good). clear 1f out, eased finish, bt We Still winner £5,346; 6f. (10 runners) nLONGEST TRAVELLER: Bohemian Breeze (6.30) trained at
9 (2) 068 VARDEN 25 (BH) K Ryan 9-6.....................................................Clifford Lee 77 S K I L L E D W A R R I O R (9-13) 28-1 Believe (9-3) 23/4l (8 ran) (Hamilton 1 (6) BORNWITHWINGZ F Brennan 9-2................C Bishop Middleham. Round trip of 490 miles. nFIRST RUN SINCE WIND
midfield, pushed along 2f out, ridden 1m 1f hcap (6) £3,664 good). 2 (7) CERVARO DELLA SALA P & O Cole 9-2 .. H Crouch OP: Duke Of Oxford (7.00). nLIVE ON RACING TV
10 (7) 8636 MISS RAINBOW 90 T Waggott 9-2 ........................................... Tom Eaves 86 3 (4) 34 DEEP BLUE 38 J Osborne 9-2 ................ C Shepherd
11 (11) 05601 WICHAHPI 9 (P;D) B Smart 8-12(6ex) .....................................Graham Lee 96 1f out, soon faded, 7th of 12 (btn 14l) BERRY EDGE (9-12) 7-1 chased 4 (8) GHAIHABAN (HH) A Balding 9-2 ............. non-runner
12 (1) 57547 CARNABY PRINCESS 41 T Easterby 8-5 ....................Duran Fentiman 91s to Spirit Catcher (10-1) (Ripon 1m leaders, one pace final furlong, 5 (10) 5 INKARA 48 C Cox 9-2 ............................... R Kingscote 4 (13) -186 SECRET MOMENT 27 (P,T;D) S bin Suroor 6-9-13 K Shoemark
BETTING: 7-2 Be Here Now, 11-2 Wichahpi, Mecca’s Duchess, 13-2 Moreginplease, hcap (4) £7,731 good to soft). 8th of 10 (btn 5l) to Dandy’s Angel 6 (2) IT’S SHOWTIME C Allen 9-2 ........................... N Callan 5 (11) 1100 ELZAAM BLUE 27 J Osborne 5-9-12 .............. D Egan
CASILLI (9-11) 9-2 in rear, headway 2f (9-0) HAVANA PARTY (9-10) 11-2 7 (9) 45 NARIKO 47 K Ryan 9-2 ...................................J Crowley 6 (8) 7006 FOLLOW YOUR HEART 42 (T;CD) M Loughnane 5-9-12 J Mitchell
8 Miss Woo Woo, 10 Carabella, 12 Tees Douge, George’s Rascal 7 (3) 1395 CROW’S NEST 8 (P) G Boughey 3-9-11 .... J Crowley
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED and 2022: No corresponding race. out, kept on same pace final furlong, towards rear, pushed along 1f out, 8 (1) PRINCESS ALICE K De Foy 9-2 ................. D Muscutt
no progress, 9th (btn 61/4l) (Beverley 9 (5) 7 SHAMARDIA 98 I Mohammed 9-2........ K Shoemark 8 (6) 8880 DIG TWO 35 (T;D) O Sangster 4-9-11 .... R Kingscote
5th of 7 (21/4l) to Eastern Charm (9-5) 9 (2) 1357 ARCTICIAN 42 (H;CD) S Dow 5-9-10 .............. J Egan
WATCH RACING TV IN STUNNING HD NURSERY (6);
2.40 (Ripon 1m hcap (4) £6,281 good). 11/4m hcap (5) £4,527 good to firm). 10 (3) 53 TAYALA 32 E Walker 9-2.............................. R Coakley
Tayala l99, Deep Blue 97, Nariko 92. 10 (9) -201 WALL GAME 109 (D) H Candy 3-9-9 ......... T Whelan
HIGHWAYGREY (9-7) 13-2 dwelt, in DIAMOND HAZE (9-1) 16-1 behind,
2-y-o; value to the winner £3,664; 1m. (8 runners) rear, pushed along 2f out, stayed outpaced 2f out, never involved, 9th
3 Deep Blue, 4 Tayala, 11-2 Princess Alice, 15-2 Nariko, 8 Cervaro 11 (14) 214 ALPHA ZULU 45 (PH,T;C) J Ferguson 3-9-8 O Murphy
12 (5) 2422 KING CABO 9 (BF,C,D) L Dace 4-9-8 ......... M Ghiani
Della Sala, 10 Inkara, 16 It’s Showtime
1 (3) 976772 AMAYRETTO 8 T Easterby 9-10.......................................... Sean Kirrane l99 on never nearer, 5th of 13 (btn 5l) to of 13 (63/4l) to Ey Up Its The Boss (9-4) 13 (10) 1600 MERRY MINISTER 39 (D) B Johnson 3-9-3 . L Pearson
HANDICAP (5); 3-y-o; winner
2 (1)
3 (7)
66204 GOLDMINE GIRL 9 C Lidster 9-6 ..............................................Sam James 98
050 TEES COMET 40 A Nicholls 9-5 ......................................Connor Murtagh 90
Anjo Bonita (9-3) FEEL THE NEED (Thirsk 1m hcap (5) £4,187 good).
WEATHERBYSSHOP.CO.UK HANDICAP (5); value to
6.30 £4,187; 1m 3f. (10 runners)
14 (12) 5422 RICH RHYTHM 18 (BH;BF) R Beckett 4-9-2 . H Crouch
King Cabo l99, Secret Moment 98, Alpha Zulu 95.

5.02
9-2 King Cabo, 11-2 Rich Rhythm, 6 Secret Moment, 8 Priscilla’s
4 (6) 977 SUPREME TENACITY 28 (PH,T) P Makin 9-3 .................. Rowan Scott 89 1 (9) 3559 MYTHICAL GUEST 29 G Margarson 9-11.... R Havlin Wish, Spinaround, 10 Alpha Zulu, Wall Game, 12 Arctician, Dig Two
5 (5) 6705P39 BROOKLYN EXPRESS 11 (B) A Murphy 9-2 ...... Frederick Larson (3) 91 the winner £4,187; 5f. (12 runners) 2 (7) 554 COCO ROYALE 22 W Haggas 9-10 A Farragher (3)
HANDICAP (6); winner £3,140;
6 (8) 707 CLERYS CLOCK 49 (B) D Carroll 9-1............................ Zak Wheatley (5) 80
7 (4) 48786 BUDDING POET 14 O Burrows 8-13........................................ Hollie Doyle 97
8 (2) 067 TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG 33 R Fell & S Murray 8-13 ..Jonny Peate (3) 83
1 (7) 3152069 MERESIDE ANGEL 19 (D) D & N Barron 4-10-0 ...... Callum Rodriguez 90
2 (5) 12-8327 CASTAN 28 (D) B Smart 3-9-13....................................Andrew Breslin (3) 97
3 (1)
4 (2)
5 (5)
7401 BOHEMIAN BREEZE 41 C Johnston 9-9 O Stammers
2425 D DAY ARVALENREEVA 27 K De Foy 9-9 B Sayette
-342 OUTGUN 39 A King 9-9 .................................. C Bishop
8.00 7f. (14 runners)
3 (11) 6325195 STRAITS OF MOYLE 14 (D) R Cowell 4-9-13........................Luke Morris 92 6 (4) 6512 MATHEMATICIAN 17 (BF) R Varian 9-8 ....... D Egan 1 (2) 2917 FISCAL POLICY 34 (B,T;C) D & C Kubler 4-10-0. R Kingscote
BETTING: 15-8 Amayretto, 7-2 Budding Poet, 4 Goldmine Girl, 10 Brooklyn Express, 4 (12) -810778 ZUFFOLO 32 (CD) M Dods 3-9-13 .................................... Connor Beasley 85 7 (6) 1-78 HAVANAZAM 14 A Balding 9-8 .................. O Murphy 2 (10) 8900 BLUE FLAME 18 (PH,T;D) S Williams 6-9-11 . M Ghiani
Tees Comet, 12 Clerys Clock, 14 Supreme Tenacity, Too Much Too Young 5 (8) 6672151 ALBEGONE 15 (B;D) T Easterby 5-9-11 ................................David Allan l99 8 (8) 8363 DAARREE 23 (P) O Burrows 9-6 ................ J Crowley 3 (1) 850P HIGH COURT JUDGE 64 (C) H Spiller 3-9-11 .... J Smith
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1-2 2 2 0 2 9 (3) 0006 ROAR EMOTION 28 (C) J Portman 9-6 .... T Whelan 4 (11) 4416 EMBARKED 43 (B;BF,D) J Fanshawe 5-9-10 .. D Muscutt
6 (1) 3164806 SAAHEQ 32 (P;D) A Nicholls 9-9-11 ..................................Mia Nicholls (7) 91 10 (10) 0-14 SURREY CHARM 35 H Morrison 9-1 .... K Shoemark 5 (3) 9096 GLOBAL WARNING 54 (D) J Butler 7-9-9 . D Hogan
2022: Lincoln Rockstar 9-1 Jason Hart 10-1 (C & M Johnston) drawn 3, 10 ran. 7 (6) 5154003 LOTUS ROSE 10 (P;CD) R Fell & S Murray 4-9-11 ........Jonny Peate (3) 97 6 (4) 8298 GOT NO DOLLARS 18 (P,T;CD) S Williams 5-9-8 L Catton (5)
Mathematician l99, Outgun 98, Daarree 96.
BRITISH EBF FUTURE STAYERS MAIDEN STAKES (4);
3.15 8 (2) 062-079 SACRED JEWEL 28 (H;D) J Camacho 4-9-10 .............. Ryan Sexton (3) 83 2 Mathematician, 7-2 Outgun, 6 Daarree, 8 Coco Royale, D Day 7 (12) 3523 DONE DECISION 12 T Ward 3-9-6.............. H Crouch
9 (9) 8547652 STONE OF DESTINY 10 (D) M Appleby 8-9-7 .................Joanna Mason 97 8 (7) 4040 SO CHIC 28 (D) J Long 3-9-6......................... G Rooke
2-y-o; value to the winner £10,800; 7f. (7 runners) 10 (4) 0390000 OBJECT 22 (P) T Easterby 4-9-6 ......................................Duran Fentiman 81
Arvalenreeva, Bohemian Breeze, 10 Surrey Charm, 25 Havanazam
9 (8) -684 LABIQA 41 C Hills 3-9-5 ................................ J Crowley
HANDICAP (3); winner £7,731;
1 (2)
2 (3)
BUBBLES WONKY T Easterby 9-7.............................................. David Allan —
62 GAME MANAGEMENT 18 K Ryan 9-7 ..................................Tom Eaves l99
11 (3) 5457428 J R CAVAGIN 10 (D) P Midgley 5-9-4 .....................................Graham Lee 93
12 (10) 425400 DOCTOR MOZART 16 (V;D) P Kirby 3-8-9 ........................... Cam Hardie 79
7.00 1m 3f. (13 runners)
10 (14) 8245 MOORGATE 12 P Murphy 4-8-9 ....................... J Egan
11 (6) 7-40 MARCHETTI 215 J Fox 6-8-9.......................... N Currie
12 (13) 4730 GONZAGA 13 (P) J Bennett 8-8-9 .... L Coughlan (5)
3 (1) 45 HIGHLAND SPRING 39 W Haggas 9-7 ................................Cieren Fallon 96 BETTING: 5-2 Albegone, 4 Stone Of Destiny, 11-2 Castan, 8 Straits Of Moyle, 1 (2) 9639 PRIDE OF PRIORY 46 (CD) W Haggas 5-10-4 A Farragher (3) 13 (9) 4885 MAYZ 16 J Gallagher 3-8-6 ...................... A Keeley (3)
4 (6) INVOLVEMENT (HH) S & E Crisford 9-7 .....................................Ben Curtis — Mereside Angel, J R Cavagin, 10 Lotus Rose, Saaheq 2 (13) 30-9 BIG TEAM 31 (P) S bin Suroor 6-10-4 C Howarth (5) 14 (5) 6880 GREY ROSETTA 2 L Dace 3-8-6 .............. non-runner
5 (5) MODERN TIMES H Eustace 9-7 .......................................................Oisin Orr — 3 (5) 32-8 DIAMOND RANGER 43 (P) G Boughey 4-10-2 . C Shepherd Done Decision l99, Embarked 98, Fiscal Policy 95.
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 1-4 2 3-4 2 2 4 (6) 1408 ANDALEEP 25 (T;D) D & C Kubler 7-10-0 J Mitchell 7-4 Embarked, 10-3 Done Decision, 11-2 Fiscal Policy, 13-2 Labiqa,
6 (4) ALACRITY A Balding 9-2 ..........................................................P J McDonald — 2022: Lotus Rose 3-9-9 Sam James 8-1 (R Fell & S Murray) drawn 2, 16 ran. 5 (4) 79-0 MET OFFICE 126 (HH) J Butler 6-9-9 ............ D Egan 12 Global Warning, 14 Moorgate, 16 High Court Judge
7 (7) 0 ELEGANT APPEAL 19 K Burke 9-2..........................................Clifford Lee 82 6 (7) 1392 MASO BASTIE 28 (V) J Fanshawe 3-9-8 . D Muscutt
WATCH RACE REPLAYS AT RACINGTV.COM HANDICAP
BETTING: 5-2 Highland Spring, 4 Game Management, Involvement, 5 Alacrity
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 6 1 2 1 1 5.35 (6); value to the winner £3,664; 7f. (14 runners)
7 (9)
8 (10)
9 (1)
1320 NADER KING 54 (TH;BF) Sir M Stoute 3-9-8 R Kingscote
1140 DUKE OF OXFORD 97 M Bell 3-9-7............ H Crouch
2514 MANTOOG 18 O Burrows 3-9-5 .................. J Crowley
8.30 HANDICAP (6); winner £3,140;
2m. (11 runners)
2022: In These Shoes 9-2 Jason Hart 8-15 Fav (C & M Johnston) drawn 1, 8 ran. 1 (4) 7568532 KALGANOV 6 (T) D O’Meara 4-9-13.........................................David Nolan 97 1 (9) /0-5 GENUFLEX 21 (P,T) M Harris 5-10-3 .............. D Egan
10 (11) 1115 GALLANT LION 18 (D) A Carroll 3-9-5 ........ N Callan
2 (10) 00-1 OVERSTATE J152 (P;CD) Murphy & Keady 4-10-0 .. C Shepherd
RACINGTV.COM/FREETRIAL MAIDEN STAKES (5);
3.50
2 (14) 3141072 BIPLANE 10 (P;CD) J Wainwright 5-9-12........................ Paul Mulrennan 98 11 (3) 4244 SOVEREIGN SPIRIT 31 A Balding 3-9-5.. W Carver (3)
12 (12)3-41 HUMANITY 21 (B,T) J & T Gosden 3-9-4 . O Murphy 3 (3) -742 DOUBLETHETROUBLE 21 (P) J Butler 5-9-13 M Cole (5)
3 (11) 3-67711 HOMER STOKES 21 (D) D & N Barron 5-9-11 ............ Mia Nicholls (7) l99
value to the winner £4,320; 7f. (10 runners) 4 (2) 9653134 WRECK IT RYLEY 15 (B;D) G Tuer 3-9-11...............................Sam James 93 13 (8)9277 VICTORY 25 (P;C) A King 4-9-2 ................... C Bishop 4 (4) 3070 CAPSTAN 22 (H) L Richards 4-9-13 ........... W Carson
5 (6) -500 KALAMITY KITTY 26 (C,D) E De Giles 5-9-13.... A Keeley (3)
Nader King l99, Mantoog 98, Sovereign Spirit 95.
1 (2) 4-3 BUSTAAM 14 D O’Meara 3-9-7 .............................................Ben Robinson 97 5 (12) 5-41305 ALSEEYERTHERE 19 (T;CD) Steph Hollinshead 5-9-10 .....David Allan 88 7-2 Nader King, 4 Humanity, 9-2 Mantoog, 6 Gallant Lion, 13-2 6 (11) 4443 WANNABE BRAVE 21 (V;CD) J Fanshawe 4-9-10 D Muscutt
2 (3) COPPER BURN M & D Easterby 3-9-7 .....................................Billy Garritty — 6 (1) 1U61560 MISS CALCULATION 15 (D) J Quinn 4-9-8 ............................ Jason Hart 82 Sovereign Spirit, 8 Pride Of Priory, 10 Maso Bastie, 16 Victory 7 (2) 6434 BERKSHIRE SUNDANCE 26 (BF) A Balding 3-9-6. O Murphy
3 (10) DARKZIDEOFTHEMOON J Butler 3-9-7 ........................................Oisin Orr — 7 (8) 0-39786 COMMON ACCLAIM 46 (P) T Easterby 3-9-7 ....................Sean Kirrane 87 8 (1) 7146 THIRD BATCH 11 (H,P) S Woods 3-9-5 ...... R Havlin
HANDICAP (4); winner £6,281;
4 (7) 06 FORCEFUL SPIRIT 23 (PH) Steph Hollinshead 3-9-7 .........David Allan 82
5 (1) 8-32382 HILLS OF GOLD 14 M Dods 3-9-7 ................................... Connor Beasley 95
6 (9) 5 JUMEIRA VISION 209 A Watson 3-9-7 ................................... Hollie Doyle 89
8 (6) -573507 ATOMISE 27 (P) M Dods 4-9-6 ......................................... Connor Beasley 76
9 (5) 3642554 KODEBREAKER 21 (CD) M Herrington 4-9-4 ........................Tom Eaves 93 7.30 7f. (14 runners)
9 (7) 3445 TIMELY ESCAPE 19 (BH) C Hills 3-9-3.... J Crowley
10 (5) 703 CEEJAYBE 35 (T) J Davis 3-8-9 .................... M Ghiani
11 (8) 6426 GINO’S GIRL 25 P McBride 3-8-8 ... A Farragher (3)
10 (13) 0337076 NIGHTOUT 20 (P,T) T Easterby 3-9-2 ..................................... Cam Hardie 89 1 (1) 6677 ROYAL PLEASURE 60 (T;D) Greenall/Guerriero 5-10-0 ... H Russell Overstate l99, Doublethetrouble 98, Wannabe Brave 95.
7 (8) 732-22 DOOM 22 (BF) W Haggas 3-9-2 .........................................Cieren Fallon l99 11 (9) 3653225 ASMUND 4 (B;BF,CD) D Carroll 6-9-2 .......................... Zak Wheatley (5) 96 2 (7) 7744 PRISCILLA’S WISH 12 (D) P McBride 5-9-13 . A Farragher (3) 9-4 Overstate, 9-2 Doublethetrouble, Berkshire Sundance, 11-2
8 (6) 6 PLEASURE VAMPIRE 25 M & D Easterby 3-9-2....................non-runner 82 12 (7) 50-9860 TIGER TRAP 32 T Tate 3-8-10....................................................Graham Lee 85 3 (4) 5973 SPINAROUND 21 (B;D) K De Foy 4-9-13 ... B Sayette Wannabe Brave, 10 Gino’s Girl, 12 Third Batch, 14 Kalamity Kitty
9 (4) REALISED H Eustace 3-9-2 ...................................................... George Wood — 13 (10) 3626566 WILLING TO PLEASE 20 (P;CD) P Kirby 6-8-7 ....................Luke Morris 82
10 (5) 8-4564 RISING BAY 88 A Balding 3-9-2 ........................................... P J McDonald 94
BETTING: 13-8 Doom, 10-3 Rising Bay, 5 Hills Of Gold, 13-2 Bustaam, 8 Jumeira
Vision, 10 Realised, 25 Darkzideofthemoon, 33 Copper Burn
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 4
14 (3) 3460960 DRESDEN GREEN 16 (B) R Carr 3-8-4 ............................ James Sullivan 75
BETTING: 4 Kalganov, 5 Biplane, 6 Wreck It Ryley, Homer Stokes, 8 Alseeyerthere,
10 Asmund, 12 Willing To Please, 14 Kodebreaker SLIGO GOING: YIELDING
WHERE FAVOURITES FINISHED: 5
EAMONN HAMES BEGINNERS CHASE; winner €6,600;
2022: Kaif 3-9-2 Hayley Turner 11-4 (D M Simcock) drawn 3, 8 ran. 2022: Kilconquhar 5-9-11 Rowan Scott 11-1 (Ewan Whillans) drawn 8, 12 ran.
2.10........................................................... Natural Look 3.55 2m 5f. (10 runners)
BELLEWSTOWN GOING: SOFT 2.45 ..........................................................The Big Chap
3.20...................................................Clever Currency
3.55.................................................... Deons Diamond
1
2
3
4
41P2 HARD RAIN 33 P Butler 8-11-12 ............................. J Slevin
353P INFORAPENNY 40 M Fahey 7-11-12 ..................... R Doyle
8834 NEVERMINDESTRANGER 9 D Christie 6-11-12 J Gainford
F-21 NO THANKS F19 M Smith 7-11-12................ K Donoghue
EAMONN HAMES 1.25 MAIDEN CLAIMING STAKES;
3.45 HANDICAP; winner €7,200; 4.30........................................................... Pepperocco
5
6
043- PETIT KING 171 (HH) E Cawley 7-11-12........... P Enright
433- POTTERS PARTY 164 (TH;BF) H Bromhead 6-11-12 R Blackmore
1.25 ................................ One Boss winner €7,500; 1m. (7 runners) 5f. (7 runners) 5.05.......................................................... Fighter Allen
7
8
08-P QUITE INCREDIBLE 149 D McLoughlin 7-11-12 ..... C Maxwell
560- SONG FOR MY FATHER 244 R O’Sullivan 6-11-12 .. T Harney (7)
1 (7) 4532 BEAUTY BELLA 29 A Murray 3-9-8 ........ J Cleary (7) 1 (1) 5217 TAWAAZON 108 (B,T;BF,CD) J McAuley 5-10-8 . J Sheridan
2.00 ............. Manhattan Dandy 2 (3) 2320 ONE BOSS 14 (P;BF) J Harrington 3-9-8 ...... S Foley 2 (4) 6085 MICKEY THE STEEL 4 (P,T;D) J Murray 5-10-2 . W Joyce (7) 5.40.........................................................Cathys Quest 9
10
5082 JENNY FLEX 12 G Elliott 6-11-5........................ J Kennedy
-814 DEONS DIAMOND 12 P Rothwell 4-10-8... J O’Sullivan (3)
3 (1) PONDHILL PULSE J75 (T) N Slevin 4-9-5 R Colgan 3 (6) 3501 DREAM TODAY 15 (P,T) A McGuinness 8-10-0 C MacRedmond (5)
2.35...................... Rampage (nb)
3.10.........................................Keke
4
5
(6) 0557 MISS MCHENRY 9 G Lyons 3-9-4 ................. C Keane
(5) 0-00 ANGEL ON FIRE 14 (T) P McEnery 5-9-3 M Hassett (7)
4
5
(3) 7657 TRANSCENDENTAL 1 G Cromwell 5-9-7 .. G Carroll
(7) 0186 ALOYSIUS LILIUS 15 (B,T;CD) D Bunyan & G O’Leary 7-9-0 C Keane TOM PEPPER Potters Party l99, Jenny Flex 98, Hard Rain 97.
11-4 Potters Party, 4 Jenny Flex, 6 No Thanks, 7 Deons Diamond
HANDICAP CHASE; winner €6,000;
3.45 ....................... Dream Today
4.20................... LITTLE JO (nap)
6
7
(4)
(2)
0 ALIQUET 9 T Dowling 3-9-2 .............................. G Ryan
JOHNNY THE STAR (HH) M Rice 3-9-2 D McMonagle
Miss McHenry l99, Beauty Bella 98, One Boss 97.
6
7
(2) 0-09 THAT’S MAD 15 (BH,T;CD) A McCann 7-8-13 L McAteer
(5) 0-09 TAKANA 28 (CD) J Fahey 4-8-7 ......... S Rutledge (3)
Dream Today l99, Mickey The Steel 98, Transcendental 96.
2.10........................................................... Shesadream
2.45 ........................................................ Lucid Dreams 4.30 2m 5f. (10 runners)
13-8 One Boss, 2 Beauty Bella, 3 Miss McHenry, 25 Johnny The Star 7-4 Dream Today, 5-2 Mickey The Steel, 5 Transcendental, 11-2 1 2324 ROOM TO ROAM 12 (B) J McConnell 9-12-0 .. T Reilly (7)
4.55 .............................. Alalcance Aloysius Lilius, 8 Tawaazon, 16 That’s Mad, 33 Takana 3.20.....................................................Berliet Express 2 0746 LIGHTHOUSE ROSE 30 (P) M McNiff 8-11-12 P Enright
HANDICAP; winner €6,300;
TOM PEPPER 2.00 1m. (15 runners) Sun FORM
3.55...............................................................No Thanks
4.30...................................................Agirlcalledchloe
3
4
5
0-56 OUT THE GAP 16 (T) P Kelly 7-11-12 .................... J Slevin
6FP5 ELEGANT DAN 12 (P;D) D O’Brien 10-11-2 . S Flanagan
3-8P PRESENTING DYLAN 75 B Cawley 8-11-2 P Cawley (7)
1 (7) 6-59 BLACKCASTLE STORM 57 (T) M Smith 6-10-2 D McDonogh
1.25 ..........................Beauty Bella 2 (12) 5905 FASTMAN 15 (P;CD) J McConnell 7-10-2. S Rutledge (3) TAWAAZON (10-0) 3-1 fav no impression 1f out, last of 7 (btn 5.05............................................Lieutenant Highway 6
7
3862 PEPPEROCCO 26 (T) R O’Sullivan 6-10-12... J Gainford
-560 MAN OF THE HOUSE 19 J Hanlon 5-10-6 ... S Fenelon (7)
2.00 ..................... The Bog Bank 3 (8) 7345 THE BOG BANK 23 (P,T;CD) T McCourt 6-9-12 J Ryan (5)
4 (10) 2510 TRUEBA 21 (P;CD) E Linehan 7-9-12 .... W Joyce (7)
93/4l) to Screen Siren (8-8) (Navan 5f hcap €9,300 good). 5.40..................................................The Red Menace 8 3224 AGIRLCALLEDCHLOE 33 (B) P Rothwell 6-10-3 S Torrens
MICKEY THE STEEL (8-3) 18-1 led 2f out, headed 1f out, no 9 7P-P ROSCOMROE 33 J Broderick 8-10-3 ....... D Maxwell (7)
2.35.............................. Mercurial 5 (11) 100- BEARS HUG J11 J Dempsey 5-9-10 ... S McCullagh (3)
6 (18) 050- WISHED 336 (P,T) M Lynch 4-9-9 ................. L Roche extra close home, 5th of 16 (btn 13/4l) to Laugh A Minute nTIC-TAC: Right-handed, sharp track of 1m, with an uphill 10 6236 FR GILLIGANSVOYGE 33 (T,V;D) J Carr 10-10-0 . S O’Keeffe
Agirlcalledchloe l99, Room To Roam 98, Pepperocco 97.
3.10........................Cross Border 7 (3) 0106 CHICA POWER 9 (V) C Collins 5-9-4............ C Keane (8-12) (Curragh 5f hcap €27,000 yielding to soft). finish. There are 4 hurdles and 5 fences per circuit. nLEADING
2 Pepperocco, 4 Room To Roam, 5 Agirlcalledchloe, 10 Fr
3.45 ...............Mickey The Steel 8 (14) 0-79 RUBY JULES J35 P Gilligan 4-9-1 ......... C Byrne (10) DREAM TODAY (10-9) 6-4 fav led 2 1/2f out, kept on well, TRAINERS WITH RUNNERS (2018-2023): G Elliott 16-80, W P Gilligansvoyge, Lighthouse Rose, 12 Man Of The House
9 (1) 1502 MANHATTAN DANDY 23 T Coyle 6-9-0 R Whearty (5) bt Tamazu (10-7) 11/4l TRANSCENDENTAL (11-0) 9-1 no Mullins 15-47, M McNiff 9-60, J P Ryan 8-100. THIS SEASON:
4.20..........................Final Orders RATED CHASE; winner €7,500;
5.05
10 (4) 9-0U OUR MATILDA 53 (P) G Caldwell 4-9-0 . J Kearney (7) impression, 5th (btn 31/2l) ALOYSIUS LILIUS (10-7) 10-1 W P Mullins 3, G Elliott 2, P W Flynn 2. nTOP JOCKEYS
11 (15) 6513 WHAT ADAAY 29 (P;BF,CD) P Martin 5-9-0 D McMonagle one pace, 6th (btn 43/4l) THAT’S MAD (10-3) 16-1 no extra,
4.55 ......................Hey Whatever 12 (9) -000 FAITHFUL PRINCE 63 (D) C Murphy 5-8-12 C Hayes 9th (btn 15l) (10 ran) (Laytown 6f hcap €6,900 AW).
WITH RIDES (2018-2023): K M Donoghue 7-31, S W Flanagan 2m 5f. (5 runners)
13 (16) 2965 LEVIOSA 23 (P) S Fahey 6-8-12 ........................ S Foley 7-36, D J O’Keeffe 7-65, P T Enright 6-52. THIS SEASON: M J 1 -304 FIGHTER ALLEN 40 (T) W P Mullins 8-11-10 ... P Townend
nTIC-TAC: A left handed undulating 14 (17) -509 MILLYUPDAHILLY 195 P McCreery 4-8-12 D Sheehy (3) TAKANA (8-13) 66-1 ridden 2f out, held, 9th of 12 (53/4l) to M O’Sullivan 2, M M McDonagh 2, J Kennedy 1. nLONGEST 2 5417 LIEUTENANT HIGHWAY 55 G Elliott 6-11-10 J Kennedy
sharp track of 9 furlongs with a 3f run- 15 (13) 0-86 NAVORROSSE 51 J McAuley 6-8-12 ....... J Sheridan One More Dream (9-4) (Catterick 6f hcap (6) £4,004 good). TRAVELLER: Hard Rain (3.55). Round trip of 406 miles. 3 12U2 MR SAXOBEAT 32 T Gibney 7-11-10.............. D O’Keeffe
16 (5) 0460 ABOVE IT ALL 5 (PH) J McConnell 4-8-13 .. RESERVE
BARNEY CURLEY CHARITY CUP HCAP;
4.20
in and an uphill finish. nDRAW: Low nJACKPOT: 3-6. PLACEPOT: 1-6. nLIVE ON RACING TV 4 F140 SPHAGNUM 52 (P,T) J Broderick 6-11-10 D Maxwell (7)
17 (2) 4206 DESIGNER CAILIN 5 P Martin 5-8-12 ........ RESERVE 5 2636 THE LITTLE YANK 4 (CD) J Ryan 8-11-10 L Quinlan (5)
numbers best. nLEADING TRAINERS 18 (6) -8836 BELLICK 2 J McConnell 8-8-12.................... RESERVE winner €6,600; 1m 4f. (15 runners) Lieutenant Highway l99, Mr Saxobeat 97, Fighter Allen 96.
WITH RUNNERS (2018-2023): J P What Adaay l99, Leviosa 98, Manhattan Dandy 97.
MARES BEGINNERS CHASE; winner
2.10
1 (13) 7722 BEAUTIFUL CHAOS 14 (BF) R O’Sullivan 5-10-2 C Hayes 11-8 Fighter Allen, 3 Lieutenant Highway, 7-2 Mr Saxobeat, 4 The
O’Brien 15-72, J Harrington 13-55, G M 3 Manhattan Dandy, 7-2 What Adaay, 6 Leviosa, 13-2 The Bog Bank 2 (14) 0054 NEW HILL 14 S Lavery 5-10-2 ........................ G Carroll Little Yank, 25 Sphagnum
Lyons 8-41, J McConnell 8-124. THIS BARNEY CURLEY CHARITY CUP HCAP; €8,400; 2m 1f 120yds. (6 runners)
2.35
3 (5) 7980 TEAM OF FIRSTS J16 (B) P Flynn 5-10-2 . R Whelan
SEASON: G M Lyons 2, J Harrington
2, J McConnell 2. nTOP JOCKEYS €6,900; 1m. (10 runners)
4 (15) 4900 BRING US PARADISE 39 (CD) L Comer 7-10-1 J Ryan (5)
5 (10) 2494 FOOLS GLORY 14 (P,T) P McEnery 4-10-1 .. A Caffrey (5)
1
2
/8-0 DE LADY IN RED 56 B Connell 7-11-7 ........ M O’Sullivan
F033 HOPE DES BLINS 32 J Ryan 6-11-7 .................. D Mullins
Sun FORM
1 (5) 3041 AMPESON 9 G Cromwell 6-10-3.......... D McMonagle 6 (8) 25-1 FINAL ORDERS J28 (P;CD) G Cromwell 7-10-0 . C Keane 3 1466 MOUSEY BROWN 12 (T) D McLoughlin 6-11-7 C Maxwell
WITH RIDES (2018-2023): C T Keane 7 (16) 3685 LA DAME BLANCHE 2 M Mulvany 4-10-0 ...... W Joyce (7) 4 123F NATURAL LOOK 19 D Queally 7-11-7......... S FitzGerald FIGHTER ALLEN (11-10) 11-2 led, mistake and headed 3 out,
21-119, S Foley 14-82, C D Hayes 8-90, 2 (4) 4417 CELEBRATING ETHEL 14 A Kinirons 4-10-0 R Whelan soon no extra and kept on one pace, 4th of 7 (btn 32l) to
3 (6) 1866 IMPOSING SUPREME 15 (CD) T Gibney 7-9-11 S Rutledge (3) 8 (11) 797 GOLDEN STAR 71 (T) A Martin 7-9-13........... B Coen 5 -P30 SALT BRIDGE 16 B Jordan 5-11-7 .................. S O’Keeffe
G F Carroll 6-63. THIS SEASON: C T 4 (3) 9321 RAMPAGE 15 (T,V) T McCourt 4-9-11 ...... J Spencer 9 (1) 0-07 FINAL ENDEAVOUR 5 (P;D) H Rogers 7-9-10 R Whearty (5) 6 0-1P SHESADREAM 69 G Elliott 6-11-7 ................... J Kennedy Salvador Ziggy (11-5) (Tramore 2m 5f ch €7,800 yielding).
Keane 4, G M Ryan 2, D McMonagle 2. 5 (8) 1653 SUNDAY SOVEREIGN 15 (T;CD) J McAuley 6-9-11 C Keane 10 (3) 0003 DARK MISS 36 L Comer 4-9-7 ........... S Rutledge (3) Shesadream l99, Natural Look 98, Mousey Brown 05. LIEUTENANT HIGHWAY (11-1) 33-1 prominent, no
nJACKPOT: Races 3-6. PLACEPOT: 6 (7) 0422 MERCURIAL 8 J Nallen 4-9-10 ....................... C Hayes 11 (2) 0364 LITTLE JO 15 (P) J McConnell 9-9-5 ........ J Spencer 2 Natural Look, 3 Shesadream, 4 De Lady In Red, 5 Hope Des Blins impression 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 8 (btn) to Hercule Du
BEGINNERS CHASE; winner €6,900;
2.45
Races 1-6. nLIVE ON RACING TV 7 (2) 8035 NOT JUST YET 21 N Meade 3-9-10 ................ G Ryan 12 (6) 5306 BIGZ BELIEF 2 (B,T) M Smith 6-9-1 ........ D McMonagle Seuil (11-5) (Galway 21/4m nov ch Grd 3 (1) €24,000 good).
8 (1) 5817 GENERAL IDEA 5 (P,T) I Donoghue 4-9-2 ... S Foley 13 (9) 000- CIRCUS ACT J160 J Nash 4-9-1 ...................... S Foley MR SAXOBEAT (10-0) 17-2 led 3 out, pressed 2 out where
9 (9) 8-00 WANTOPLANTATREE 42 (TH) E Delany 3-9-1 . G Carroll 14 (4) 0200 FIRE CORAL 45 (PH) C Farrell 4-9-1 .............. G Ryan 2m 1f 120yds. (10 runners) headed, one pace, btn 10l by Stealthy Tom (9-11) THE
10 (10) 9748 MOGWLI 9 (V) W McCreery 6-8-11 .......... W Joyce (7) 15 (12) 8273 OUR DICKIE 51 (P,T;BF) I Donoghue 4-8-8.... R Cleary

PR BETS
1 -423 AHEAD OF THE POSSE 41 G Cromwell 6-11-12 K Donoghue LITTLE YANK (9-10) 13-2 never a factor, 6th (btn 35l) (8
Imposing Supreme l99, Sunday Sovereign 98, Rampage 97. 16 (7) -0205 BREAGAGH 2 (P) S Millar 5-8-7 .................. RESERVE 2 -UP7 BRAVO TEAM 16 (P,T) G Elliott 7-11-12 ......... J Kennedy
3 Rampage, 4 Sunday Sovereign, Ampeson, 9-2 Imposing Supreme Dark Miss l99, La Dame Blanche 98, Our Dickie 97. 3 220P BRITZKA 28 (T,VH) S Nolan 5-11-12 ........... S FitzGerald
ran) (Killarney 2m 5f Listed hcap ch (1) €27,000 yielding).
2 Final Orders, 3 Beautiful Chaos, 8 Little Jo, 12 New Hill, Circus Act 4 1201 LUCID DREAMS 33 J Ryan 8-11-12 ............ L Quinlan (5) SPHAGNUM (10-5) 10-1 weakened 2 out, 11th of 16 (20l) to
MAIDEN STAKES; winner €7,500;
EYECATCHER: CASILLI (4.25
Redcar) was forced wide
3.10 5f. (8 runners) 4.55 MAIDEN STAKES; winner €7,500;
1m 4f. (16 runners)
5
6
7
5-56 PLAINS INDIAN 30 A Slattery 7-11-12 ............... D Mullins
3315 PRESENTING LAD 28 (T) M McNiff 7-11-12 .... P Enright
3P10 THE BIG CHAP 5 (T) P Flynn 6-11-12.................. K Sexton
My Design (11-5) (Galway 3m hcap hdle €10,500 yielding).
THE LITTLE YANK (10-4) 12-1 towards rear, ridden and kept
on one pace from 2 out, 6th of 13 (btn 63/4l) to Gold Speed
1 (1)0000 CERES RING 31 A Slattery 3-9-8 .......... C Horgan (7) 8 2043 WEDDELL SEA F14 (P,T) A McNamara 5-11-12 . D O’Keeffe
1 (11) 000/ DAVID’S LAD J26 C O’Dwyer 5-10-1 .. C O’Dwyer (7) (10-7) (Listowel 21/2m hcap hdle €13,500 yielding to soft).
at Ripon last time and he’s 2 (5) 843 CROSS BORDER 19 (PH;BF) E Lynam 3-9-8. B Coen
2 (17) 0 HE IS BRAVE 25 L Comer 5-10-1.................. R Colgan 9 2136 MISTER WILSON 30 (H) G Cromwell 4-11-2 S Flanagan
HANDICAP CHASE; winner €6,000;
5.40
3 (8) 852 KEKE 19 (T) E Lynam 3-9-8 ............................. C Keane
capable of better than that. 4 (2)5328 RATHBRANCHURCH 9 M Mulvany 3-9-8 .. G Carroll 3 (15) DUGORT BAY J79 P Stafford 5-9-10 ......... J Ryan (5) 10 -340 PONT AUDEMER 9 G Cromwell 4-11-2 .... K Buckley (3)
Lucid Dreams l99, Weddell Sea 96, Plains Indian 92.
SUPER SPEED: BORN FA-
5
6
(6)
(7)
BEAR CUB E Lynam 4-9-4 ............................... L Roche
0880 GIOCOSO 25 (V) A Slattery 4-9-4 ............... A Slattery
4 (2)
5 (13)
WEE VALERIE J51 (T) H Finegan 6-9-10 J Kearney (7)
COLLABORATIVE D Weld 3-9-8 .................... C Hayes 3 Lucid Dreams, 4 Weddell Sea, 6 Britzka, The Big Chap, Plains Indian 3m 2f. (12 runners)
1 -097 THE RED MENACE 12 C Murphy 9-12-0 M McDonagh (5)
NOVICE HANDICAP CHASE; winner
MOUS (4.40 Perth) clocked
3.20
7 (3)3850 FERRARI DESERT 34 (P) E O’Neill 3-9-3 ... C Hayes 6 (9) -553 HARSH 6 J O’Brien 3-9-8......................... H Horgan (7) 2 0641 CATHYS QUEST 19 (B) T O’Brien 6-11-13.. J Shinnick (7)
8 (4)288- SANTABELLA 323 A McCann 3-9-3 . S Markey (10) 7 (14) HOLLYWOOD STAR L Comer 3-9-8 .. S McCullagh (3)
a decent time when finish- Cross Border l99, Keke 98, Rathbranchurch 96. 8 (6) 228 NAKASSAMA 14 J McAuley 3-9-8 ........... J Sheridan €6,600; 2m 1f 120yds. (8 runners) 3
4
0064 FINDING FREEDOM 33 J Hanlon 5-11-11 .... J McGarvey
5185 STEPS MATCH 33 (B) M Butler 8-11-8 ..... K Buckley (3)
ing quickly to win here last 7-4 Keke, 2 Cross Border, 7-2 Rathbranchurch, 10 Ferrari Desert 9 (10) 0 PROLEEK PRINCE 14 M Rice 3-9-8.. R Whearty (5) 1 P454 TEMPO CHAPTER TWO F21 (B) G Cromwell 7-12-0 K Donoghue 5 -P41 HE FITZ IN 11 (V) D Fitzgerald 7-11-7 S O’Callaghan (5)
10 (1) 643 RIOJA ALTA 23 G Cromwell 3-9-8 ............... G Carroll 2 5242 LOOK DONT TOUCH 47 (T) D McLoughlin 8-11-11 . P O’Hanlon (5)
month and can follow up. nFRANKIE DETTORI and Willie Mullins have both 11 (8) 79 SUNNY DUDE 23 D Buckley 3-9-8 .............. R Whelan 3 -745 ALLY CAY 2 P Flynn 7-11-9 ............................... S O’Keeffe
6
7
P70P SKOL 19 (P,TH) J Lambe 7-11-7 .. Miss A McGuinness (7)
05F8 HOWSTHEWOMAN 28 (T) J Carr 9-10-13 .......... J Slevin
assembled a team of seven jockeys to do battle in 12 (7) 242 ALALCANCE 29 J Harrington 3-9-3 ................ S Foley 4 3744 BONARC 19 J Ryan 9-11-5 ............................ L Quinlan (5)
GAMBLED ON: TAYALA 13 (4) 06 ANTIQUE STORE 25 J Harrington 3-9-3 ... N Crosse 5 0-06 ONE COOL POET 9 (B,T) M Smith 11-11-2 ... D O’Keeffe
8
9
4394 SHANTOU SISU 40 W Lanigan 11-10-13 ........... D Mullins
0P49 HIGHLAND STING 19 (B) J Ryan 7-10-11........ D King (5)
(6.00 Kempton) halved in the second running of the Barney Curley Charity 14 (5) 000 AWAKINO 36 (PH) D Cullen 3-9-3 ................ L Roche 6 5842 CLEVER CURRENCY 26 (P,T) P Flynn 6-11-1 . S Flanagan 10 5065 FATHER JED 5 (B;CD) J Ryan 12-10-10 .... L Quinlan (5)
price before finishing a Cup. They will go head-to-head in the 2.35 and 15 (16) 0 DON’T LOOK NOW 257 L Comer 3-9-3 D McMonagle 7 2425 BERLIET EXPRESS 12 (T) P Rothwell 7-10-2 S Torrens 11 P7P9 SHACKLETON ISLAND 16 I Madden 9-10-10 S O’Keeffe
good third at Goodwood 32 4.20 races. Dettori said: “I hope lots of racegoers 16 (12) 5932 HEY WHATEVER 6 (BH;BF) N Meade 3-9-3 C Keane 8 -57F GO BATTLE 12 P Byrne 9-10-0 .......... S O’Callaghan (5) 12 PP89 JUSTAKEG 12 (TH) V O’Brien 12-10-0 ............. P Enright
17 (3) 86 FULLTIME 14 E Griffin 3-9-8 ........................ RESERVE Tempo Chapter Two l99, Berliet Express 98, Look Dont Touch 95. Cathys Quest l99, He Fitz In 98, Steps Match 97.
days ago. come out to support the day at Bellewstown, all Hey Whatever l99, Alalcance 98, Harsh 96. 7-4 Look Dont Touch, 11-2 Berliet Express, 6 Tempo Chapter Two, 2 Cathys Quest, 9-2 He Fitz In, 5 Steps Match, 6 Shantou Sisu, 12
for a great cause – see you on the hill.” 15-8 Alalcance, 9-4 Hey Whatever, 3 Harsh, 13-2 Nakassama Clever Currency, 7 Bonarc, 8 Ally Cay, 10 One Cool Poet Highland Sting, Father Jed, 14 Finding Freedom, The Red Menace
48 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
RACING RESULTS ROUND-UP
CORK
Going: Soft (Soft to heavy)
1.20: 1 BONBON M W Hassett (8-1); 2
Sweetest (15-8 fav); 3 Pansy Poe (12-1).
13 ran. 21/2l; nk. J P O’Brien. T: €9.60;
€2.30, €1.10, €3.40. Ex: €29.30. Trifecta:
€420. CF: €23.44.
1.55: 1 OCEAN BAROQUE C Stone-
Brisland. T: £15.10; £4.20, £1.70, £1.80. Ex:
£97.70. Tric: £214.52. Trif: £461. CF: £61.03.
4.10: 1 MONKMOOR PIP O Murphy
(4-1); 2 Red Hat Eagle (8-11 fav); 3
Flickering Flame (11-4). 6 ran. 1/2l; nk.
H Palmer. T: £5; £1.90, £1.10. Ex: £8.
Trifecta: £13.20. CF: £7.28.
4.45: 1 IT’S MARVELLOUS O Murphy
RUGBY WORLD CUP

Walsh (9-2); 2 Bid For Chester (9-2); 3
Tai Tam Bay (9-1). 8 ran (Alpha Cephei
11-4 fav). 11/4l; shd. D Murphy. T: €5.50;
€2, €2.20, €1.30. Ex: €36.30. Tric: €178.84.
Trif: €296.10. CF: €26.15. NR: Kendall Roy.
2.30: 1 RUN FORREST RUN C Stone-
Walsh (4-1 jtfav); 2 Teddy Boy (12-1);
3 Shoebox King (14-1); 4 Pretty Boy
Floyd (14-1). 16 ran (Rose Of Malta 4-1
jtfav). 33/4l; nk; 23/4l. M P Fenton. T: €5;
€1.10, €3.40, €3.80, €2.90. Ex: €27.20.
Tricast: €480.58. Trifecta: €379.40.
CF: €57.76. NR: Californiagoldrush,
Inventor, Redshore City, Stanhope.
3.05: 1 EXPRESSOVA R Colgan (50-
1); 2 Coumshingaun (5-1); 3 Screen
Siren (6-1). 10 ran (Iva Batt 10-3 fav). 13/4l;
3
/4l. S Lavery. T: €77.30; €1.20, €12.50,
€1.90. Ex: €532.40. Tric: €1339. Trif:
€1370.70. CF: €297.35. NR: Amanirenas.
3.40: 1 EZELIYA C D Hayes (11-10 fav);
2 Wendla (9-2); 3 Whisper A Prayer
(18-1). 8 ran. 1l; 23/4l. D K Weld. T: €2.10;
€1.10, €2, €3.70. Ex: €8.80. Trif: €82.60.
CF: €6.70. NR: Question Of Class.
4.15: 1 FONISKA S Foley (12-1); 2
Snapraeterea (10-1); 3 Clever And
Cool (6-1). 13 ran (Proud And Regal 10-3
fav). 3l; 2 1/ 4l. J Harrington. T: €14.80;
Hooray
(7-2); 2 Indemnity (11-4); 3 Dynamiste
(9-1). 6 ran (Eastern Empress 2-1 fav).
nk; 2 1/ 4l. A Balding. T: £4.50; £1.70,
£2.10. Ex: £14.70. Trifecta: £76.90. CF:
£13.72. NR: Lord Melbourne, Sir Cilia.
5.20: 1 KODIMAN J Mitchell (4-1); 2
Tessy Lad (6-1); 3 Ithaca’s Arrow (5-2 RADUCANU . . . champ
fav). 11 ran. 1l; 11/4l. R Varian. T: £5; £1.30,
£1.10, £2.20. Ex: £28.30. Tricast: £72.56.
Trifecta: £77.70. CF: £28.40.
5.50: 1 EXPERT WITNESS G Rooke
(28-1); 2 Savrola (11-2); 3 Intergalacticat
(5-1). 11 ran (Udaberri 9-2 jtfav, God Of
Em glory
Fire 9-2 jtfav). 1/2l; nk. M Todd. T: £38.20;
£8.40, £2.30, £2.10. Ex: £254.20. Tric:
£919.26. Trif: £2021.60. CF: £174.74.
P/POT: £29.20 Q/POT: £13.10
pays off
NOTTINGHAM EMMA RADUCANU’S US
Going: Soft (Heavy)
2.05: 1 IRISH NECTAR J P Spencer
Open final TV money
(10-3); 2 Persian Blue (4-1); 3 Fifty inspired more than 3,000
Grand Slater (10-1). 12 ran (Mashadi young girls to play tennis.
9-4 fav). 1 1/ 4l; 1 3/ 4l. K Ryan. T: £4.34;
Channel 4 paid Amazon
£1.60, £1.70, £2.70. Ex: £18.40. Trifecta:
£123.60. CF: £17.05. NR: Fidelius. Prime £1million for the TV
2.40: 1 WHERE I WANNA BE Rossa rights to show her New
Ryan (6-5 fav); 2 Times Edition (7-4); 3
York showpiece in Sep-
Laura Bay (9-1). 7 ran. ns; 4l. R Beckett.
T: £2.20; £1.10, £1.40. Ex: £4. Trifecta: tember 2021 — around

MAY: ARUNDELL’S THE

€3.60, €3.50, €1.60. Ex: €150.70. Trifecta:
€1872.40. CF: €128.17. NR: Caracal.
4.50: 1 HELPMEOUT D McMonagle
(8-1); 2 Catena Zapata (12-1); 3
Trachonitus (3-1 jtfav). 10 ran (Something
Nice 3-1 jtfav). 3/4l; 1/2l. W McCreery. T:
€10.40; €2.40, €3.20, €1.30. Ex: €112.90.
Tric: €359.15. Trif: €596. CF: €100.43. NR:
Pandora Lovegood, Sheyya.
5.25: 1 ZEPHRON L F Roche (11-2); 2
Breezy Zoff (9-2 fav); 3 Swiss Army
Officer (12-1); 4 Tasmanian Girl (14-1).
18 ran. 1/2l; 3/4l; 11/4l. D Cullen. T: €6.50;
€1.10, €2, €4.40, €3.70. Ex: €51.80. Tric:
€247.18. Trif: €646.50. CF: €30.43. NR:
Above It All, Blue Peak, Lucky Queen.
PLACEPOT: €634
BEVERLEY
Going: Soft
2.15: 1 STAR START A Young (10-3
fav); 2 Chester Tonik (9-1); 3 Natacata
(12-1). 10 ran. 1l; 1/2l. R Menzies. T: £4.34;
£1.20, £2.90, £3.80. Ex: £40.40. Tricast:
£319.60. Trifecta: £356.60. CF: £33.31.
2.50: 1 REALLY DARN HOT D Allan
(9-4 fav); 2 Middlesex (9-2); 3 Miss
Galiway (5-2). 6 ran. 1 3 / 4l; 9l. Ollie
Sangster. T: £3.30; £1.70, £1.80. Ex:
£10.60. Trifecta: £33.80. CF: £12.02.
3.25: 1 PALS BATTALION J Watson
(7-2); 2 Ottoman Force (9-2); 3 Moku
Manu (18-1). 12 ran (Westend Avenue 10-3
fav). 11/2l; 3/4l. D O’Meara. T: £4.50; £1.60,
£1.80, £4.80. Ex: £22.30. Trif: £296.70. CF:
£19.25. NR: Circus Lion, Ziggy’s Condor.
4.00: 1 KORKER C Lee (2-1); 2
Looking For Lynda (4-1); 3 Marine
Wave (5-4 fav). 5 ran. 5 1/ 2l; 3/ 4l. K R
Burke. T: £3; £1.40, £1.60. Ex: £9.10. Trif:
£14.10. CF: £10.15. NR: Ey Up It’s Maggie.
4.35: 1 PEACE WALK C Beasley (7-1);
2 Conde (3-1); 3 Scottish Reel (6-1). 8
ran (Arctic Sunrise 11-10 fav). 4l; 51/2l. C
Johnston. T: £8; £2.10, £1.20, £1.90. Ex: £31.
Trif £96.80. CF: £28.83. NR: Finn Ironside.
5.10: 1 AUTUMN FESTIVAL J Watson
(13-2); 2 Ugo Gregory (5-1); 3 Metahorse
(3-1). 7 ran (Urban Sprawl 11-4 fav). 11/2l;
/4l. D O’Meara. T: £7.50; £2.90, £2.40.
£16. CF: £3.42. NR: Zainabb.
3.15: 1 KNICKS W Buick (5-2 fav); 2
Eminny (7-2); 3 Indication Call (18-1). 10
ran. hd; 23/4l. K R Burke. T: £3.50; £1.50,
£1.60, £4.40. Ex: £12. Tricast: £129.30.
Trifecta: £109.30. CF: £11.18.
3.50: 1 PINAFORE T Marquand (7-2);
2 Fantasy Master (8-1); 3 Northern
Spirit (10-3 fav). 10 ran. 1 / 2l; 1l. W
Haggas. T: £4.50; £1.70, £2.40, £1.50.
Ex: £29.20. Tricast: £101.01. Trifecta:
£101.50. CF: £31.56. NR: Muscika, Muy
Muy Guapo, Sera Dawn.
4.25: 1 ECTOCROSS D Probert (28-1); 2
Golden Maverick (5-1); 3 Hakuna Babe
(3-1 fav). 11 ran. 1l; 31/2l. S Dow. T: £29; £1.40,
£5.80, £2.10. Ex: £157.50. Tric: £561.84. Trif:
£799.80. CF: £162. NR: Eton College.
5.00: 1 MOTAZZEN K Stott (15-2); 2
Alhambra Palace (10-11 fav); 3 Alpine Stroll
(14-1). 14 ran. 1/2l; 1 1/2l. G Baker. T: £9.70;
£2.80, £1.20, £4.10. Ex: £25.30. Tric: £112.86.
Trif: £187.30. CF: £14.75. NR: Desert Quest.
5.35: 1 ALMARIN T Hammer Hansen
(13-2); 2 Bint Al Daar (9-2 fav); 3 Mr
Trick (12-1). 11 ran. hd; 23/4l. P Owens. T:
£8; £2.70, £1.70, £4.10. Ex: £46.80. Tric:
£304.42. Trif: £357.80. CF: £33.27. NR:
Goldsmith, Intercessor. Intercessor| Rule
4 applies to All Bets, deduct 5p in the £.
P/POT: £25.50 Q/POT: £5.20
NEWCASTLE
Going: Standard
4.55: 1 SEAHORSE SYD C Hardie
(9-2); 2 Due Consideration (2-1); 3
Surging Tide (11-8 fav). 5 ran. hd; 1l.
O Pears. T: £5.60; £2, £1.40. Ex: £12.
Trifecta: £23.20. CF: £13.98.
5.30: 1 CHURCHELLA D Tudhope
(3-1 fav); 2 Geelong (10-3); 3
Twoforthegutter (22-1). 11 ran. 3l; 1/2l. D
O’Meara. T: £4; £1.60, £1.30, £6.40. Ex:
£16.40. Tricast: £188.76. Trif: £275.40.
CF: £13.16. NR: Keeponbelieving.
6.00: 1 WE STILL BELIEVE B Curtis
(4-1); 2 Spirit Of Ash (5-2 fav); 3 Ski
Jump (16-1). 10 ran. 21/2l; 21/2l. D Bourke.
T: £5.30; £1.70, £1.50, £3.10. Ex: £17.80.
nine million people in the
UK watched her win it.
That cash was invested
into a grassroots initiative,
the Prime Video LTA Youth
Girls Programme.
It has also helped deliver
more than 18,000 hours
of coaching this calendar
year across the country.
Raducanu, 20,
“Speaking to some of the
said:
children and hearing them
say, ‘We picked up a
racquet because of you’ is
really nice to hear.”
Sport
JAMIE MURRAY and
Kiwi doubles partner
Michael Venus clinched
their fourth title of the
year at China’s Zhuhai
Championships — they
beat US pair Nathaniel
Lammons and Jackson
Withrow 6-4 6-4.
SHORT
HENRY ARUNDELL has got
the X-factor to light up
England’s World Cup bid.
The 20-year-old winger scored
FIVE tries in the 71-0 thrashing
of Chile to hand coach Steve
Borthwick a selection headache.
Borthwick must pick between
boy wonder Arundell and Jonny
May — as well as giving the
fans what they want with the
inclusion of Marcus Smith at
full-back — ahead of the final
Pool D clash with Samoa in
Lille a week on Saturday.
May, 33, believes his wing
rival has the world at his feet.
He said: “What he’s got is his
X-factor. He’s got quite a good
understanding of the game, a
good skill-set.
“He could comfortably play
full-back as well — which is
something I still wouldn’t feel
comfortable doing now.
“He’s capable of doing it all.”
May, who made his England
From ADAM
HATHAWAY
debut in Argentina a decade
ago — and now the Red Rose’s
second-highest try scorer with
36 from 75 games — reckons
Arundell is miles ahead of
where he was at the same age.
May watched in awe at the
weekend as Arundell’s five-try
haul took his tally to seven
tries in nine internationals.
And he insists the flier is
doing things he could only
dream of as a rookie.
May said: “I would have been
nowhere near playing at his
level at 20.
“I didn’t get my first cap until
I was 23 — and 20 is very
different to 23, so it is incredi-
ble what he is doing.
“You forget he is 20 a lot of
the time and he is only going
to get better. He’s probably had
a couple of games where he’s
been scratching his head at
half-time, thinking, ‘This isn’t
what I had planned’.
“Sometimes that’s just how it
goes. It’s more about not making
a mistake and just simmering.
“I said to him that some days
you don’t even get to shoot your
gun but don’t get frustrated —
but it didn’t end up being one
of those games!”
Arundell was left clubless
when London Irish went bust
last season but landed a deal
with Racing 92 under former
England boss Stuart Lancaster.
Borthwick’s squad have had
time off during this week, with
May going back to Le Touquet
and Arundell heading to Paris,
where he is sorting out his digs.
May added: “He’s going to
improve under Lanny, playing
in that league, getting lots of
ball, playing in big games.
“That’s a great move for him.

It’s the end of Deys

3
Tric: £147.29. Trif: £158.70. CF: £14.86.
Ex: £30.80. Tric: £115.66. Trif: £112.50. CF: NR: Goblet Of Fire, Indication Rocket.
£36.77. NR: Thunder Roar, Zozimus. Last 6.30: 1 GIUDECCA S Osborne (5-2); 2
race abandoned due to unsafe ground. Miss Black Jack (11-2); 3 Sattwaa (10-
P/POT: £197.70 Q/POT: £32.90 1). 8 ran (Eranthis 11-8 fav). 23/4l; 11/2l. Sir
LINGFIELD M Stoute. T: £3.50; £1.20, £1.40, £2.30.
Going: Standard Ex: £16.50. Trifecta: £77.40. CF: £16.99. HAWKINS . . . inspiring ANTOINE DUPONT’S From ADAM HATHAWAY be out of the tournament
1.50: 1 LAOISMAN R Havlin (9-4 fav); 7.00: 1 AFRICAN SPIRIT D Costello (13-2); hitman has been handed but the scrum-half now
2 Agostino (5-1); 3 Lady Dreamer 2 Arantes Nascimento (5-4 fav); 3 Ribble
(17-2). 11 ran. 13/4l; ns. S P C Woods. T:
£3.25; £1.40, £2.20, £2.70. Ex: £16. Tric:
£84.67. Trifecta: £97.30. CF: £13.27.
2.25: 1 MC LOVEN P Bradley (18-1); 2
River (7-1). 8 ran. 5l; 31/4l. B Brookhouse.
T: £7.50; £2.10, £1.20, £1.10. Ex: £16.50. Trif:
£89.30. CF: £15.68. NR: Old Bailey.
7.30: 1 YOKOHAMA L Morris (7-2); 2
Hawkins’ a five-match ban to end
his World Cup.
Namibia skipper Johan
Deysel was slapped with
off for the high shot on
the tournament’s poster
boy in Thursday’s 96-0
defeat by the hosts.
hopes to make France’s
quarter-final — proba-
bly against South Africa
on October 15 — with
Nazron (9-4 fav); 3 Townsend Manor
(15-2). 10 ran. nk; 11/4l. S Dow. T: £22.50;
£5.30, £1.20, £2.30. Ex: £90.30. Tricast:
£352.62. Trifecta: £529.60. CF: £58.16.
3.00: 1 ZING UP S M Levey (6-1); 2
Bellasio (11-2); 3 Venture Capital (9-1).
8 ran (Mickley 5-4 fav). 11/2l; 1/2l. J Butler.
T: £4.80; £1.60, £2.10, £1.10. Ex: £22. Trif:
£104.30. CF: £23.77. NR: Teddy Brown.
8.00: 1 RAINBOW RAIN T Eaves (11-
F1 ‘pride’ a six-match suspension
— one less if he
attends World Rugby’s
It left Dupont, 26,
with a fractured cheek.
Deysel apologised to
specialists racing to
make a mask to protect
the injury.
Lion Ring (9-2); 3 So Sleepy (10-1). 10 2); 2 Rhythm (7-2 fav); 3 Highjacked JESSICA HAWKINS has ‘tackle school’ — for a Dupont, who had surgery Deysel will miss his
ran (Storm Melody 7-2 fav). hd; ns. T (6-1). 12 ran. 1/2l; 1l. T Waggott. T: £6.80; become the first woman hit on French skipper at the weekend. Namibia side’s final
Ward. T: £7; £2.10, £2, £2.40. Ex: £32.40. £2.40, £1.90, £2.40. Ex: £30.60. Tric: to test a Formula One car Dupont last week. It was feared the Pool A match against
Tricast: £268.17. Trif: £389. CF: £33.26. £125.76. Trif: £184.30. CF: £25.69. NR:
3.35: 1 SHOOT TO KILL F Marsh (12- Headabovetherest, Mr Trevor. in five years. Centre Deysel was sent world’s best player may Uruguay tonight.
1); 2 Belo Horizonte (4-1); 3 Dream J/POT: Not won, £11,197.74 c/over. The former W Series DEYSEL . . . hits Dupont
Of Mischief (7-2 fav). 12 ran. hd; 1/2l. R P/POT: £70.90 Q/POT: £18.50 star completed 26 laps for
GREYHOUND TIPS AND SP Aston Martin in an AM21
on Thursday in Hungary.
SELECTIONS 5-1 (6-3-1 £35.20 TC £84.52). 11.58 Hawkins, 28, is a former
nNOTTINGHAM: 11.06 Point Of Law Run and Stun 10-11f (1-2-3 £6.72 TC British karting champ and
Leopards
ALLEN ANGERED
(nap) (6-2-1) 11.21 Mineola Better (5-1-3) £17.19). 12.13 Birchgrove Buddy
11.36 Tysons Zeus (4-3-6) 11.51 Plaza 6-1 (3-2-1 £35.55 TC £116.06). 12.28 was a stunt driver in Bond
Keano (5-1-6) 12.06 Seany Five O (6-3-2) Classy Fernando 11-4 (6-4-2 £26.04 TC movie No Time To Die.
12.21 Pookies Bess (6-3-5) 12.36 Conlig £57.86). 12.43 Harlequin Missy 2-1jt
Willow (3-2-6) 12.51 Pilgrims Pride (3-2-
6) 1.06 Kellsways Girl (nb) (6-4-3) 1.21
Millroad Heidi (6-5-4) 1.36 For Angus
(5-4-1) 1.51 Shockwave Voodoo (4-3-6)
nKINSLEY: 11.13 Oneforthegirls (nap)
(3-6-4 £25.33 TC £61.48). 12.58 Ashlings
Girl 8-1 (4-5-3 £38.81 TC £136.33).
1.13 Glasheen Fifi 9-4 (6-1-2 £22.74 TC
£39.94). 1.28 Boherna Kit 9-4jt (2-4-3
£11.94 TC £24.09). 1.44 Run Rachel 8-1
She said: “It’s taken me
every bit of blood, sweat
and tears to get here.
“Nothing will compare
stalk Kel
(1-5-2) 11.28 Say Grace (nb) (2-6-4) (5-1-3 £56.31 TC £133.24). 1.59 Queen to the acceleration and LEIGH have joined Leeds
11.43 Ballymac Winnie (4-6-2) 11.58 Babs 11-4 (3-2-6 £17.36 TC £39.11).
By ROB MAUL in the race for Wakefield’s
Springfield Best (4-1-6) 12.13 Parkgate nPERRY BARR: 11.06 Marry Me Juliet braking of a F1 car and,
Champ (2-3-5) 12.28 Ballydaniel Cat (6- having looked at the data, MARK ALLEN lodged an official Kelepi Tanginoa.
9-4 (4-6-1 BAGS F £11.45 TC £21.90).
5-4) 12.43 Takeiteasylola (1-2-4) 12.58 11.21 Please Berry 4-1 (5-3-4 £22.21). I’m really proud of my The Rhinos made the
Sugarfield Lass (2-6-1) 1.13 Lady Killer 11.36 Tromora Gloss 5-4f (4-5-1 £5.50). complaint to the World Snooker Tour first move for the back-
(5-6-3) 1.28 Outback Sydney (5-1-3) 1.44 11.51 Risk It Wild 4-1 (4-3-1 £43.28). performance. about being left off their promotional
Loughbrook Logan (2-6-1) 1.59 Confi- 12.06 Classy Gorey 7-2 (1-5-2 £39.19 TC “I want to inspire other rower, who is looking for
dent Divine (1-4-5) £166.91). 12.21 Lakeside Lady 10-3 (3-2-
women and let them know
and branding activity. a new Super League role
nHOVE: 1.57 Crystal Power (4-1-5) 2.12 4 £10.82). 12.36 Daring Luna 5-1 (4-1- The Pistol (right), 37, is ranked third
Rocket Rylan (2-3-1) 2.32 Punkrock 6 £33.84 TC £100.66). 12.51 Tintown they should follow their after Trinity’s relegation.
Rampage (6-1-3) 2.52 Punk Rock Onyx Noah 4-1 (2-4-1 £16.40). 1.06 Canavour
in the world and won three tournaments But SunSport under-
(nap) (1-6-2) 3.11 Punk Rock Sheena Bill 13-2 (5-3-4 £62.32 TC £119.70). 1.21
dream no matter what.” last year, including the prestigious UK
(2-3-6) 3.28 Cushie Blako (nb) (6-1-4)
stands play-off-chasing
Not Proper 7-2 (6-5-1 £17.94 TC £34.31). Championship in York. Leopards are also keen on
3.48 Narcos Amado (5-4-1) 4.08 Mollys
Diva (1-2-6) 4.28 Kerrs Bruno (3-4-2) 4.48
Fwesh Artemis (3-1-6) 5.08 Voltage Flyer
1.36 Quare Harbour 5-2 (1-4-5 £14.88).
1.51 Danesrath Angel 7-1 (1-4-2 £39.73 Sport Should he win the British Open this
week in Cheltenham, he will leapfrog the 29-year-old Australian.
TC £89.91). Tanginoa failed to stop
(5-1-2) 5.28 Glory Tiger (2-5-4) 5.44 Blob- nSUNDERLAND: 2.04 Classy Cutie DA F N E S CH I PPE R S Ronnie O’Sullivan and Luca Brecel and
by Bobby (4-2-1) 6.02 Sheriff Cain (1-4-6) 5-4f (3-4-2 BAGS F £9.03 TC £38.59). is retiring from athletics become world No 1 for the first time. Wakefield’s 25-season top-
nNEWCASTLE: 2.04 Droopys Fit Bit 2.19 Burgess Flame 11-8f (2-1-6 £10.68 flight stint ending.
(6-4-3) 2.19 Eden Pogba (1-6-2) 2.36 TC £29.40). 2.36 Emers Dec 9-4f (5-6-
at the age of 31. Yet he feels he is “ignored” when it
Phoenix Buster (nap) (2-3-6) 2.54 Canny 2 £12.60 TC £43.33). 2.54 Blue Hope The Dutch superstar, comes to social-media posts put out by Now he is set to head
Thelma (2-1-3) 3.09 Chasing Nicholas (6- 11-1 (3-6-2 £61.79 TC £135.04). 3.09 twice world champ over the governing body. out and Leeds want to
1-4) 3.26 Blooming Tempy (4-1-6) 3.44 Catchabird 5-1 (5-3-1 £19.09 TC £41.61). 200 metres, and 100m
Amys Crash (5-1-6) 4.04 Havana Country 3.26 Zesty Lemon 9-4 (2-5-1 £14.94 TC Asked if snooker bosses would dare rebuild after they missed
(2-4-5) 4.23 Coppice Geordie (4-1-5) 4.43 £78.33). 3.44 Townsend Tyler 9-2 (1-2-6 silver medallist at the leave him off the posters for next out on a top-six finish.
Blackhouse Finn (3-4-1) 5.03 Alnwick £11.34 TC £54.28). 4.04 Itsmondaygeoff 2016 Rio Olympics, said: month’s Northern Ireland Open, the But Leigh boss Adrian
Arwyn (nb) (2-4-6) 5.22 Blackhouse Ivan 11-4 (4-1-6 £10.59 TC £42.70). 4.23 Bling “The race stops here.”
(5-2-1) Bling Tara 5-1 (2-5-4 £37.71 TC £113.11).
Belfast lad said: “I’m not being funny Lam plans to make sure
RESULTS 4.43 Knockard Silver 9-4 (6-3-1 £11.38 but that wouldn’t even surprise me.” they are not one-season
nCENTRAL PARK: 11.28 Langleys
Dream 15-8f (2-3-5 BAGS F £13.50
TC £21.59). 5.03 Allyouneedsluck 2-1f
(3-5-6 £8.63 TC £30.68). 5.22 Canya
SHORT wonders following their
TC £73.92). 11.43 Mountcashel Best Wildcat 11-4 (5-2-6 £14.58 TC £57.34). Challenge Cup triumph.

SELECTION HEADACHE
Henry
FIVE-STAR DISPLAY . . .
Henry Arundell has
given England a World
Cup selection headache
Nice weather for Ducketts
BEN DUCKETT stormed By JOHN ETHERIDGE
to his first white-ball
century for England just 33 minutes after
play was halted.
but was halted by It follows a similar
another washout farce. shambles at Headingley
Duckett (right) was 107 last week when the first
not out from 78 balls game of the series was
when a deluge in Bristol called off because of
condemned England’s soggy ground on the
final match against Ire- bowlers’ run-ups.
land to a watery grave. England were 280-4
Groundstaff struggled from 31 overs and on
to get covers, which course for a monumen-
were wet from earlier tal total. They won the
rain, on to the pitch as three-game series 1-0.
the heavens opened. Captain Zak Crawley
Rain landed on the said: “It’s a shame but
match pitch and the the ground was already
umpires abandoned the wet and didn’t need
game at 3.21pm follow- much more for it to be
ing a brief inspection — unplayable.”
FULL PACKAGE
He’s 20 — what more could he
be possibly hoping to do right
now? The world’s at his feet.”
Tom Curry is available again
for England after his two-match
ban but had to be kicked out of
the gym by fitness guru Aled
Walters for overdoing it.
Curry has played less than
three minutes of the tourna-
ment in France following his
red card in the opening pool
match for a dangerous tackle
against Argentina.
But the 25-year-old flanker is
poised to make his comeback
against Samoa.
Scrum coach Tom Harrison
said: “Tom is a unique player —
I don’t think I’ve ever come
across anyone so fit, or so
willing to work hard and put
himself through pain.
“He just seems to be able to
enjoy it and keep going.
“There was a conditioning
session the other day where he
finished his reps and Aled
Walters was shouting at him,
‘Get out, get out’. And he just
carried on running.
“He just stayed in and carried
on running.
“When he did finally decide it
was time for him to get out, he
left the drill — and Ellis Genge
started hammering him for
leaving the drill!
“And you just saw him getting
so angry about it!
“He is in phenomenal shape.
He has been brilliant.
“Unfortunately, he was sus-
pended but he was brilliant by
not going, ‘Oh, I’m suspended
for these two games’.
“Instead he went, ‘How can I
help England win?’.
“And the work he was doing
to help make training hard and
difficult for the guys playing,
and also the work he was doing
with the back rows, to add his
experience and his knowledge
to our team meetings has been
exceptional.”
Cam spite
night vow
CHANTELLE CAMERON is
out to end Katie Taylor’s
career by being “spiteful”.
The Brit, 32, stunned
Irish icon Taylor, 37, on
her Dublin homecoming in
May to defend her super-
lightweight world titles.
Their rematch is now
back in the 3Arena on
November 25.
Cameron said: “I have
to be spiteful. I have to go
back to the old days of
being more aggressive.
“I showed her too much
respect first time but I
have that spite in me now.”
With her career on the
line, Taylor said: “This is
must-win. I am willing to
push myself to the brink.
“I’ve no problem being
in the trenches.”
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 49
BEST BAR NONE . . . World Cup kings at HMP The Mount
Robinson in
nick of timeEXCLUSIVE by PHIL THOMAS
AS Jason Robinson walked through the gates of
HMP The Mount, his mind flashed back to a time
when he could have been arriving in a prison van.
Robinson and his fellow heroes of England’s 2003
World Cup win are at the Hertfordshire jail to help a
team of prisoners turn their life around through rugby.
Yet as a kid on a Leeds council estate, honing his
speed avoiding machete-wielding yobs, he could eas-
ily have ended up on the wrong side of the walls.
Only when a teacher suggested trying his hand at
rugby, did he set off on a
path that saw him become
a try-scoring world cham-
pion on that famous Syd-
ney night 20 years ago.
But it was those school-
boy days which came to
mind as Robinson walked
in to meet old pals like
Martin Johnson, Mike
Tindall, Jonny Wilkinson
and Lawrence Dallaglio.
He revealed: “The real-
ity is my childhood was
all about challenges. ROBINSON . . . struggle
“I was a young black contract with Wigan, then
lad in a white household, a high-profile code-switch
brought up Scottish, in a to rugby union — and
single-parent family and that night Down Under.
struggling for identity. Yet in the early days of
“I grew up in Harehills, league, he was a superstar
Chapeltown, Beeston and but still a kid who could
Hunslet — four really not handle the fame.
deprived parts of Leeds — Robinson added: “I’d be
and it was brutal. If you playing in front of 90,000
didn’t stand up for your- but went through a really
self, you got blasted. tough time and felt very
“There were mini riots isolated. It was old school
all the time, guys carrying — you just got on with it,
machetes, in an environ- solved things with a pint.”
ment where people went His game-changer came
out looking for trouble. when Wigan signed late
“I had no idea where I All Black Va’aiga Tuiga-
was heading. When I was mala, a gentle giant and
ten, my teacher Mr Aspi- committed Christian, who
nall suggested I have a go took him under his wing
at rugby league. I started and sorted his life out.
in another direction. Now Jason and Co are
“I never actually played trying to turn prisoners
beyond county level but from rugby rookies into a
my background and chal- team to face a set of expat
lenges meant I had a Aussies — in two months. It
resilience and I wasn’t is riveting viewing.
going to let that stop me.” l GRAND SLAMMERS is on ITV1 and
It eventually led to a ITVX, 9pm, tonight and tomorrow.
50 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
SPORTS ROUND-UP:
CRICKET
RESULTS & FIXTURES
THIRD ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
England v Ireland
Bristol: England 280-4 (31.0 overs; B M
Duckett 107no, P D Salt 61, Z Crawley 51).
Match abandoned due to rain, no result.
England series win 1-0.
THIRD ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL
Bangladesh v New Zealand
Mirpur: Bangladesh 171-10 (34.3 overs;
N H Shanto 76; A F Milne 4-34); New Zea-
land 175-3 (34.5 overs; W A Young 70).
New Zealand win by 7 wickets
(New Zealand win Series 2-0).
LV= COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
DIVISION ONE
Hampshire v Surrey
The Ageas Bowl: Hampshire 219 (65.5
overs; B C Brown 78; T Lawes 5-27). Surrey
47-2 (19.0 overs).
Kent v Lancashire
Canterbury: Lancashire 327 (96.0 overs;
J J Bohannon 113, M Hurst 76no, G P Balder-
son 54).
Northamptonshire v Essex
Northampton: Northamptonshire . 279-6
(64.0 overs; R I Keogh 154no).
Nottinghamshire v Middlesex
Trent Bridge: Middlesex . 162-3 (42.0
overs; R F Higgins 60no).
Warwickshire v Somerset
Edgbaston: Somerset . 180-8 (53.0 overs;
N Wagner 55no, C Rushworth 4-33).
P W L D Bt Bl Pts
Surrey 13 8 1 4 27 38 213
Essex 13 7 2 4 25 36 193
Hampshire 13 7 4 2 18 36 173
Warwicks 13 6 4 3 21 38 170
Lancashire 13 3 1 9 27 33 152
Somerset 13 3 4 6 25 37 140
Notts 13 3 4 6 15 36 129
Kent 13 2 7 4 16 31 99
Middlesex 13 3 8 2 2 36 98
Northants 13 1 8 4 7 31 74
*not including games in progress
DIVISION TWO
Durham v Leicestershire
Riverside: Durham . 409-5 (92.3 overs; D
G Bedingham 130no, G Clark 119, S G Borth-
wick 63).
Glamorgan v Derbyshire
Cardiff: Derbyshire . 308-2 (96.0 overs; L M
Reece 139no, B D Guest 96).
Sussex v Gloucestershire
Hove: Sussex 202 (58.1 overs; T J Haines
62, J J Carson 56; M D Taylor 5-24). Glouces-
tershire 136-6 (37.0 overs).
Yorkshire v Worcestershire
Headingley: Worcestershire . 280-5 (80.0
overs; K K Ali 93, B L D’Oliveira 90no).
P W L D Bt Bl Pts
Durham (C) 13 6 1 6 49 36 209
Worcs 13 5 2 6 18 34 162
Leics 13 3 3 7 25 33 140
Glamorgan 13 1 1 11 27 33 131
Sussex 13 2 1 10 29 36 130
Derbyshire 13 0 4 9 22 37 104
Gloucs 13 0 5 8 23 32 95
Yorkshire 13 2 2 9 30 32 89
*not including games in progress
CYCLING
TOUR DE LANGKAWI (Malaysia): Stage
4 (Bukit Mertajam to Meru Raya, 140.2km) - 1
D Barbor (Cze) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3h
6m 5s, 2 G Jackson (Aus) Bolton Equities
Black Spoke at same time. Overall - 1 Jack-
son 16h 1m 4ss, 2 E Zanoncello (Ita) Green
Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizane +6s, 3 S Carr
(GB) EF Education-EasyPost +10.
SNOOKER
CAZOO BRITISH OPEN (Cheltenham): 1st
Rnd - H Ma (Chn) bt M Ibrahim (Egy) 4-0; O
Lines (Eng) bt T Un Nooh (Tha) 4-1; S Yuan
(Chn) bt B Mertens (Bel) 4-0; A Carter (Eng)
bt S Xu (Chn) 4-0; D Gilbert (Eng) bt H Lyu
(Chn) 4-3; H Vafaei (Irn) bt O Brown (Eng) 4-2;
H Miah (Eng) bt J Trump (Eng) 4-3; F O’Brien
(Irl) bt N Saengkham (Tha) 4-2; S Donaldson
(Sco) bt L Graham (Sco) 4-0; J Leclercq (Bel)
bt J Jones (Wal) 4-0; M Williams (Wal) bt S
Maguire (Sco) 4-2; J Si (Chn) bt N Robertson
(Aus) 4-1; B Hawkins (Eng) bt R Milkins (Eng)
4-1; M Stevens (Wal) bt K Doherty (Irl) 4-3; G
Dott (Sco) bt A Hicks (Eng) 4-2; J Robertson
(Eng) bt W Yize (Chn) 4-3; J Lisowski (Eng) bt
Shaun Murphy (Eng) 4-3.
TENNIS
ATP CHENGDU OPEN (China): Final - A
Zverev (Ger) bt R Safiullin (Rus) 6-7 (2-7) 7-6
(7-5) 6-3.
ATP ZHUHAI CHAMPIONSHIPS (China):
Final - K Khachanov (Rus) bt Y Nishioka
(Jpn) 7-6 (7-2) 6-1.
WTA NINGO OPEN (China): 1st Rnd -
T Korpatsch (Ger) bt J Burrage (GB) 6-2 7-6
(7-1).
WTA TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN
(Tokyo): 1st Rnd - V Kudermetova (Rus) bt
H Dart (GB) 6-3 7-6 (7-4).
TODAY’S SPORT
CRICKET
Third One Day International: India v
Australia (Rajkot, 9am).
LV= County Championship (day 2 of
4, 10.30am) - Division One Hampshire v
Surrey (The Ageas Bowl), Kent v Lancashire
(Canterbury), Northants v Essex (Northamp-
ton), Notts v Middlesex (Trent Bridge), War-
wickshire v Somerset (Edgbaston).
Division Two: Durham v Leicestershire
(Riverside), Glamorgan v Derbyshire (Cardiff),
Sussex v Gloucestershire (Hove), Yorkshire v
Worcestershire (Headingley).
RUGBY UNION
2023 World Cup - Pool A: Uruguay v
Namibia (4.45).
P W D L B F A Pts
France 3 3 0 0 1 150 25 13
Italy 2 2 0 0 2 90 25 10
N Zealand 2 1 0 1 1 84 30 5
Uruguay 2 0 0 2 0 29 65 0
Namibia 3 0 0 3 0 11 219 0
SNOOKER
BRITISH OPEN (Cheltenham).
SPEEDWAY
Cab Direct Championship Play-
offs, Gp A: Poole v Edinburgh (7.30).
Gp B: Redcar Bears v Glasgow Tigers (7.30).
2GM
BEST
THE RYDER CUP 2023
Thank
Jord’s above
years of hurt
From DAVE KIDD in Rome
JORDAN SPIETH is adamant the Americans
could not care less about 30 years of Ryder
Cup hurt on European soil.
While the Yanks sploshed the Europeans at
Whistling Straits two years ago, they have not won
the Cup away from home since 1993, when the
majority of this year’s team were not even born.
Zach Johnson’s star-spangled side are favourites
to win this time due to their outstanding depth.
you
And former Open and Masters champion
Spieth (below) — who was a two-month-old baby
when the States won at The Belfry three decades
ago — is not concerned with ancient history.
Spieth, 30, said: “Over half the team wasn’t
born yet the last time we won over here. That
means it was a long, long time ago.
“I think that’s been made very clear to us over
the last few months. It’s not something we really
care about, to be honest.
“Most of the guys weren’t on any
of those losing away teams. I was
on two of them but I felt like I
played good golf.
“And all you can try and do
is have a winning record, and
if everyone on your team does,
you dominate the other team.
“There’s a lot of freshness to
this event within our squad.
“Rickie Fowler played in three
over here. I’ve played in two. Brooks
fore
Koepka and Justin Thomas in one
each. We weren’t on all those losing teams.
“I said it at Whistling Straits that this is really
nice but until we win one over there in Europe,
nobody can talk about a change in the Ryder
Cup or the US, or anything like that.
“I don’t think the Europeans are underestimat-
ing us by any means.
“They have guys that are playing fantastic golf,
especially of late, and in really good form with
an unbelievable crowd behind them.
“And we’ve got a really tall task, but we have
a phenomenal group of guys as well.”
Patrick Cantlay, playing his first Ryder Cup in
Europe at the Marco Simone Golf & Country
Club, is looking forward to home crowd hostility.
Cantlay, 31, said: “It’s definitely the idea to turn
the hostility into fuel, to try and internalise it
and frame it in a way that propels you
forward, as opposed to getting in your way.
“You want people to care and to try and get
under your skin, so I’m looking forward to it.”
the
Justin love ’n
hate for Rory From DAVE KIDD
JUSTIN THOMAS is ready to ‘hate’ his great
friend Rory McIlroy at the Ryder Cup.
Two-time USPGA champion and former world
No 1 Thomas was a controversial wildcard pick to
play in the American team at the Marco Simone
Golf & Country Club.
music
He has had a serious form slump which has
seen him miss the cut in three Majors this year.
But Thomas has been included by Yank
skipper Zach Johnson because he
relishes this famous inter-continental
combat — even when he has been
pitted against pal McIlroy.
Thomas (left), 30, said: “I love
Rory. We get along extremely
well. He’s been a role model of
mine. He was super nice to me
when I was first starting up.
“He still is. We see each other
a bunch.
“But we played each other in the
Ryder Cup and we hated each other
for 18 holes.
“Again, it’s nothing personal. It’s not a dislike
as a person. It’s just my wife knows, if Jill teed
it up in the Ryder Cup for the other team, I’m
going to try to beat her pretty bad.”
COOL ABERG
Thomas claims he has ignored the internet I HAVE A DREAM . . .
storm surrounding his inclusion in Johnson’s team. Swedish sensation Ludvig
He said: “I stayed away from social media and Aberg is hoping to help
stayed away from stuff online because I knew Europe to Ryder Cup glory
nothing good was going to come from it.
“The only thing that mattered to me was that Pic: RICHARD PELHAM
IS ON SONG
Zach and the vice-captains and the other guys
on the team wanted me on the team.
“Before the picks, I told Zach that I can go out
there and I can do great for the team.”
 2GM Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 51

SWEDE SINCE ABBA

From ANDREW
DILLON SCHAUFFELE . . . relish

RYDE
in ROME
AGNETHA, Benny, Bjorn and Anni-Frid are
safe — for now.
But carry on like this for much longer and Lud-
vig Aberg will be up there alongside ABBA in From Back Page
Sweden’s hall of fame — whether he likes it or not. at home. It’s incredible. I
He may only have been a pro golfer since June
but the 23-year-old is now the ice-cold spearhead know what’s to come this
of Europe’s attempt to win back the Ryder Cup. week and how much fun
Aberg is the face and the clubs of captain Luke it’s going to be.
Donald’s two-year revenge mission — if not the “The greatest thing of
outspoken character. the Ryder Cup, apart from
Maybe because life and work has taken such a winning obviously, is see-
wild upward swing recently that youthful, blond- ing all these great golfers
haired, blue-eyed Aberg is a little bewildered. come together, be a team,
Already a top-80 pro with a DP World Tour title be friends and have a
to his name, he also has three top-ten finishes in special, unique bond.
his last three events. “Those memories you
Aberg is the most talked-about Ryder Cup create are going to last a
rookie since Rory McIlroy in 2010 but for him lifetime, and friendships
stardom means nothing — 18 holes around the and the bonds get even
testing rough of Marco Simone golf course with stronger.”
two-time Major champion Jon Rahm was routine. THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL . . . Luke Donald has his eye on Ryder Cup Rahm called Ryder Cup
He said: “I would not put myself in the same legends Sergio Garcia and
sentence as Abba. emotions. Whether you get angry, you let it out atmosphere than the outskirts of Rome this week.
“All I try to do is play golf and I try to hit as Ian Poulter for pep talks,
really quickly or whether you get sad, you let it go But then the 2023 Ryder Cup could serve as a with the competition kick-
few shots as I can every tournament I play in. I very quickly, too. warm-up for Aberg’s longer-term plan to win on
just try to be myself and not try to be anyone else. ing off on Friday in Rome.
“If someone had told me a couple months ago foreign soil. Garcia won it six times
“I’m a pretty calm guy. I don’t get too high. So that I would be here playing a Ryder Cup, I Potentially two years down the line, a Scandi
hopefully I won’t get too angry this week, either. wouldn’t believe them. robot with a Major title to his credit could be
and is Europe’s record
“It’s very flattering to hear the things that other “One of the things I do quite well is that I have leading the charge. points holder on 28 .
players say. I can’t really do anything about it. a pretty high level of acceptance.” Aberg said: “I wish I never got nervous. Anyone Poulter won six of his
“All I do is prepare for every tournament the High level of acceptance? that plays golf feels the nerves sometimes. So do I, seven singles matches and
best I can, do good practice and whenever a tour- Aberg may be a brilliant golfer but he would obviously. was dubbed ‘The Postman’
nament starts, show up ready. have made a terrible Viking. “And I’m going to feel those same things on as he always delivered.
“It doesn’t change this week. It’s just a different Those rampaging Norsemen would have got Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week. Rahm said: “Not that
environment and I feel like a lot of these things nowhere marauding across the North Sea only to “I’ve tried meditating. But I get too bored to do it’s easy to take on the
I’m doing are the first time I’m doing them, so rock up and meet our Saxon ancestors with a it to be fair, so I don’t do that anymore. role that those two had
I’m trying to embrace it. “high level of acceptance”. “It’s very much anticipation of what’s to come on and off the course, but
“It’s all about staying in the moment. If you get But with an unflappable character, the kid may and I view it as something good. to hear them talk about
too stuck in the past, it’s going to affect you. just be suited to the intensity of the Ryder Cup — “It doesn’t need to affect my behaviour in a what they thought and felt
“If you get stuck in the future, it’s also going to even better an away game which comes in a poor way.
affect you. A lot of the good players have a ten- couple of years at Bethpage Black in New York, “It’s more of something that shows I care. I’m is invaluable information.”
dency to stay in the moment. They control their which is expected to throw up a more raucous looking forward to having those feelings again.” American world No 6
Xander Schauffele, 29,

SHANE’S BIG BATTLE CRY

was not even born the last
time his team won in
Europe but is relishing his
first taste of an overseas
Ryder Cup.
He said: “I’ve played a
SHANE LOWRY has From ANDREW DILLON Asked if he has already unbeaten record on home soil. Presidents Cup in Australia
blubbed, the red-faced 2019 The Spaniard said: “We have and the fans were great.
been in tears in the Open champion replied: “Yes. individual videos and collective “They had a really good
European team room even some of the stuff that’s
happened already this week “Whistling Straits was hard videos. There were very few time coming up with
— four days before the gets you quite emotional. to take. But it was motivating players not shedding a few chants. I think all of us
Ryder Cup even starts. “Being a part of something for me coming away from tears yesterday. pros really enjoy that and
The Irishman and his bigger than you is pretty cool. that — and it’s motivating for “It was a lot of family- enjoy that sort of banter.”
pals cracked watching “A lot of stuff goes into this me this week. related stuff and the reason Environmental group Just
some motivational videos week and there are videos “I’m looking forward to all of us are here. I don’t Stop Oil targeted sporting
produced by captain Luke played in the team rooms going out there and hopefully want to say too much more. events over the summer
Donald to get his players in the evenings, motivational earning points for Europe. “If you guys were to watch — including The Ashes,
up and pumping to face videos, and that hits home. “Hopefully we can all do it, it would make you feel The Open and Wimbledon.
the Americans. “I’m not going to elaborate a great job at trying to win a lot of the same emotions.” Asked of the possibility
Play does not start until much further than that but the trophy back. I’m excited Former captain Paul of a similar protest at the
Friday but footage of the Luke and his team have done for what’s to come.” McGinley got legendary
players’ families was shown a great job already.” Ryder Cup, Europe captain
Jon Rahm revealed more Manchester United manager Luke Donald said: “I have
to the team in their swanky Europe are on a revenge detail about the ploy skipper Sir Alex Ferguson to address
hotel in the centre of Rome. mission for a disastrous 19-9 Donald is using to remind his his troops before the 2014 no idea how likely it is but
And Lowry, 36, said: “Look, defeat in the last tournament 12-man team what is at stake Ryder Cup at Gleneagles — there’s a plan in place.
it’s an emotional week and in the US two years ago. as they defend a 30-year and Europe won 16½ to 11½.
LOWRY . . . relaxed yesterday “The guys will be told
not to interact, let
security deal with that
and then we’ll carry on.”
52 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2GM

CARABAO CUP MAN UTD 3

GARNACHO 21; CASEMIRO 27; MARTIAL 55

JONES . . . back to the future

Jones on
a journey
By CARL LONG
PHIL JONES’ “new journey”
has him doing his coaching
CASE
FOR
badges back at the club he
has just left.
The 31-year-old returned
to Manchester United,
who he left after 229
games in the summer.
It is understood the
27-cap England interna-
tional has NOT called time
on his playing career but
is looking to the future.
He is also starting a
sporting director course.
Jones had endured an
injury-hit last few seasons,
with his final competitive
United appearance coming
in the victory against
Brentford in May 2022.
Taking to social media,
Jones said: “Start of a

THE
new journey.
“Great to begin the
global football sport
directorship course with
the PFA business school.
“I am learning new
things about the game, JUMP START . . .
whilst continuing to push Casemiro leaps into the
ahead with my A licence air after putting United
and badges at the club
that gave me so much. 2-0 up and (inset) Martial
Excited to get started.” celebrates with Hannibal
Antony flies back — P 27

FA’s snub
to Russia

DEFENCE
ENGLAND’S youth teams
will refuse to play against
Russia when their kids are
allowed back into Uefa
competitions.
The Uefa executive com-
mittee banned Russian
sides following the inva-
sion of Ukraine last year.
But it has decided their
Under-17 teams can take
part this season, saying
“children should not be
punished for actions
whose responsibility lies
exclusively with adults”.
The FA are having none
of it though. They said:
“We do not support
readmitting Russia to Uefa
age-grade competitions.

Brazilian helps holders get off to a flier

“Our position remains
that England teams won’t
play against Russia.”

Villans in
kit sweat ERIK TEN HAG made it very clear
before this game how determined
FUMING Aston Villa stars
have complained their new
he is to defend the Carabao Cup.
This was a very comfortable and
positive first step towards getting back
shirts are too SWEATY. down Wembley Way to do just that.
And club chiefs have
It was back in February when the boss
demanded kit suppliers, celebrated with the trophy under the arch
Manchester-based Castore, after a 2-0 victory over Newcastle.
iron out the problem. That marked United’s first silverware
Players claim the shirts in six years and was very welcome.
are getting soaked in Greater titles are the ultimate goal
sweat early in games and for the Dutch coach. But this is a
retain moisture — affect- competition he takes seriously.
ing their performances. While Ten Hag made seven
changes from Saturday’s 1-0 victory
The news is an embar- at Burnley, it was still a strong side.
rassment for Castore, who
Goals from Alejandro Garnacho on 21
only signed a multi-year kit minutes — and Casemiro with a header
deal with Villa last year. six minutes later — had them in cruise
They also have agree-
ments with Newcastle and
the England cricket team.
By NEIL
CUSTIS
control by the break. Crystal Palace also
made seven changes but, without the
squad depth that Ten Hag can call on,
the Eagles were easily downed.
Even Anthony Martial scored for United
with a half-volley on 55 minutes.
There were so many positives from the
night, with Mason Mount back in action
for 45 minutes having been injured since
the second game of the season.
The £55million man operated freely as
a No 10 and had a fine first half. Sofyan
Amrabat was also starting his first game
after arriving on loan from Fiorentina.
The midfielder was a surprise choice at
left-back, where United are short with
three players in that position injured.
It was not totally alien to Amrabat,
however, having played there before
under Ten Hag at Utrecht — and he
would move into midfield after the break.
Harry Maguire (left) made his first start
too and looked comfortable, though the
back four was hardly stretched.
Unlike the Palace defence, which had to
cope with Facundo Pellistri, 21, and
Garnacho, 19, in the mood to have fun.
The visitors were hit by an early blow
that will no doubt have had a bearing on
the first goal.
Keeper Dean Henderson made his debut
after joining from Old Trafford in a £20m
deal having failed in his bid to secure
the No 1 spot here.
But the thigh injury that kept him out
for three months last season recurred
 2GM Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 53

CRYSTAL PALACE 0
STEER WE GO . . . Garnacho
turns in the hosts’ opening goal

GUNNER GET A GO . . . Smith Rowe in training yesterday

Em getting
an Art test
MATCH By MARK IRWIN

MAN UTD
14
7
69%
STATS
V
SHOTS
SHOTS ON TARGET
POSSESSION
C PALACE
4
2
31%
NACH OF DAY From Back Page
he can always be decisive. As well, it’s not
only off the ball. But I want to see, like in
had been a ‘scapegoat’ and deleted his
Instagram account yesterday.
But when Ten Hag was asked for an
MIKEL ARTETA challenged Emile Smith Rowe to
prove he deserves to be an Arsenal regular.
The 23-year-old England international has become
the forgotten man of the Emirates after 16 MONTHS
without starting a single game for the club.
But Smith Rowe finally steps out of the shadows
for tonight’s Carabao Cup trip to Brentford — and
Arteta warns he cannot let the chance pass him by.
The Gunners chief said: “Emile has a big chance
796 PASSES 358 this game, he is entering the box in the update on a possible truce, the coach said: to show that he can play at this level and be a
right spot to finish. “I don’t talk about players who are not really important player for us.
27 TOUCHES IN OPPOSITION BOX 8 “Normally a player of his age there is available or personal issues. It’s up to him.” “We try to explain to our players the reasons why
7 CORNERS 0 space for improvement. The fans like him, I Garnacho’s 21st-minute opener was we take certain decisions
16 FOULS CONCEDED 8 like him. But also we have to demand and
push him. He can act on a high level but
quickly followed by Casemiro’s header and
Anthony Martial added a third ten minutes
— but Emile is clear on
what he needs to do. Brentford
1
0
YELLOW CARDS
RED CARDS
1
0
has to show it every day.”
Garnacho’s rise came after Ten Hag
after the break. Ten Hag said: “We domi-
nated and scored some great goals.”
“He needs to perform
on the pitch, give his best v Arsenal
stated there has been no resolution to the and win games for us. 7.45pm,
Mason Mount, back from injury, was “We want to provide
feud between himself and Jadon Sancho. brought off at half-time as a precaution. him with opportunities long time but in the last
Reports in Germany claimed Sancho’s Ten Hag added: “He played very well. I but he needs to prove he two matches he had min-
ex-club Borussia Dortmund had concerns am sure when he is totally integrated he deserves to play.” utes and he will get more
that their ex-winger ‘doesn’t sleep enough’ can play much better.” Less than two years time against Brentford.”
and plays too many video games. Ex-United keeper Dean Henderson, who ago, Smith Rowe made Declan Rice, Bukayo
Sancho, 23, has been exiled from training joined Palace in a £15million move, limped his debut for England’s Saka, Gabriel Martinelli
following the pair’s public spat after the off 19 minutes into his debut with a thigh senior team and har- and Leandro Trossard are
3-1 defeat to Arsenal on September 3. injury. Eagles boss Roy Hodgson said: “We boured ambitions of mak- all nursing minor injuries,
England international Sancho claimed he were well beaten. Dean needs a scan.” ing the World Cup squad. while Thomas Partey
But his progress was and Jurrien Timber are
hampered by a persistent longer-term casualties.
groin issue which needed So Arteta will make
surgery last September. make big changes tonight.
His last start was the But keeper David Raya
MIRO HERO . . . Casemiro powers 2-0 defeat at Newcastle could face his parent
home a header for United’s second in May 2022 which ended club after a loan move to
the Gunners’ hopes of a the Gunners — who have
Champions League place. an option to buy him.
Since then, he boasts And Bees boss Thomas
just 174 minutes of first- Frank said: “I’ll welcome
team football for Arsenal. him back with a hug. I’m
Yet Arteta says he so pleased he’s played the
never considered selling last three Arsenal games.
the player when Aston “It’s fantastic that we’ve
Villa and Chelsea showed built a player from the
an interest in him. Championship to the top
The Spaniard said: of the Premier League.”
“There are many reasons Bees forward Kevin
why he hasn’t started. He Schade faces a long spell
was out injured for a out with a hip injury.

when he cleared an early ball and had to
go off on 19 minutes.
Replacement Sam Johnstone’s first act
was to pick the ball out of the back of
the net just over a minute later.
Mount delivered a cross-field ball to
Pellistri who tapped it into the path of
Diogo Dalot on a charge to the byline.
The cut-back found Garnacho to turn
goalwards with an outstretched leg and
Rob Holding on the line could not stop it.
Mount was in action again sliding
Pellistri in for a chance five minutes later
but Chris Richards blocked his effort.
From Mount’s resulting corner Casemiro
powered in and rose above Jeffrey
Schlupp to head home.
Martial had been largely anonymous in
the first half before a fanbase that has
long since grown tired of him.
And the decision to bring him on for
Dom: Beto is
my bash bro
By KEN LAWRENCE
Aston Villa
v Everton
DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN
Rasmus Hojlund in the 3-1 home loss to themselves any harm in their bids to stay
cannot wait for him and
Brighton was met with loud boos. in the team for that. Beto to become the new 7.45pm
But they turned to cheers last night It has been a good response after the Blues bully boys.
when Casemiro picked out the French- three defeats by Arsenal, Brighton and Everton striker DCL I’ve had someone as phys-
man at the far post to fire in for 3-0. Bayern Munich — getting that win at Turf believes he is finally over ical as myself at the top
The hope is this might spring him into Moor and now this. 18 months of injury woe to share the workload.
life — but United have been here before. Ten Hag said in his programme notes: and looks certain to start “A lot of the time, I’ve
Palace came close to a goal but, after “Pressure is part of life at Manchester against Aston Villa tonight. had to be a battering ram
a clean sheet on Saturday, Andre Onana United, for everyone involved in the club. Beto, a 6ft 4in Portu- and that sometimes takes
was determined to get another. “The demands are never easy because guese powerhouse, may away from other parts of
His save with an outstretched boot from the expectations are so high. be given a break. your game.”
Jean-Philippe Mateta was top-drawer. “But you don’t wear this crest to have But 6ft 2in Yorkshire- Ironically, DCL replaced
Jonny Evans came on in the second an easy life, you wear it because you are man Calvert-Lewin is look- Beto at Brentford on
half to a great ovation from the home capable of handling the responsibility.” ing forward to forming a Saturday and scored in
crowd after his performance at Burnley. The pressure has been eased, for now.
bruising partnership with the 3-1 win.
He had a header chalked off by VAR HOW THEY LINED UP the £26million summer l EVERTON legend Duncan
then and rose highest again on 71 minutes MAN UNITED: Onana, Dalot, Maguire, Varane (Evans 61), Amrabat
here but keeper Johnstone denied him. (Gore 61), Casemiro, Mount (Lindelof 46), Hannibal (Van be Beek buy from Udinese. Ferguson is the new boss
71), Garnacho, Pellistri, Martial. Calvert-Lewin said of of Inverness Caledonian
Palace will be back on Saturday with a C PALACE: Henderson (Johnstone 19), Clyne, Holding, Richards,
stronger team but so will United. Beto: “He’s been excel- Thistle.
Mitchell, Doucoure (Hughes 60), Riedewald (Ozoh 80), Schlupp (Eze
Nobody Ten Hag picked last night did 60), Rak-Sakyi (Guehi 46), Ayew, Mateta. lent. Hopefully, we can Ferguson, 51, has signed
both be on the pitch at the a three-year deal and his
same time, bullying teams. first game will be at
“It’s been a while since Arbroath on Saturday.
54 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023

CARABAO CUP 7.45pm

DE ZERBI . . . feels lucky

My smart
Seagulls
De Zerb
success
By TOM BARCLAY
ROBERTO DE ZERBI taunted
big-spending Chelsea after
hailing Brighton’s ‘smart’
approach in the market.
Blues’ American owner
Todd Boehly has splashed
a staggering £1BILLION
on signings since taking
charge last year.
Of that eye-watering
outlay, £201.5million has
gone to the Seagulls for
Moises Caicedo, Marc
Mudryk tried to dodge
training challenge because
Cucurella and goalkeeper
Robert Sanchez as well as
ex-boss Graham Potter
and his staff at the Amex.
Chelsea have signed
promising players aged 25
and below as they build a

he always loses to Poch..

squad for the next decade.
While Brighton have
struck a balance with
picking up gems from
around the world as well
as a handful of experi-
enced heads such as
James Milner, 37, Adam
Lallana, 35, and 32-year-
By JACK
MYKHAILO MUDRYK felt so confidence afterwards to touch the
old Danny Welbeck. ball and score rather than to go
Albion manager De Zerbi low he wanted to bottle out outside or inside. It’s a small
said: “For every coach,
it’s important to find a
of a crossbar challenge with
Chelsea boss Mauricio ROSSER example.”
Mudryk is symbolic of the huge
balance. I’m lucky Pochettino — because he can provide trust, confidence and problems Chelsea have experi-
because this club gave me always LOSES. enced under the ownership of
the possibility to play with belief. One example . . . today, with Boehly and Clearlake Capital — a
The Blues splashed out £88million Mudryk, I like to play hitting the
older and younger players. to sign the Ukrainian winger from young player signed at great
crossbar from outside the box. expense failing to hit the heights
“But I start from the Shakhtar Donetsk in January — “But he said to me, ‘No, I’m not
quality of the player. part of US owner Todd Boehly’s expected of him.
going to play anymore with you Chelsea have failed to score in
“The quality doesn’t whopping £1BILLION transfer spend because always you win’.
since taking charge at Stamford their last three Premier League
depend on the age. (Julio) “I said, ‘Yes, because I have the games and Pochettino is worried
Enciso is 19 but is a great Bridge. belief. The balance in between his forwards will start overthink-
player. Lallana is 35 and But struggling Mudryk, 22, is belief and quality I know very ing and snatching at chances.
is still a great player. without a goal in his 22 appear- well because I am 51 and you are He said: “Confidence in one
“My club has been smart ances and has been subbed off still young. You need to still know aspect is to score goals. We
because we need Milner. nine times in ten starts. yourself’.” need to be more natural.
Pochettino even told him he But he persuaded Mudryk to “To create chances, it’s not only
He is important inside and “needs to understand the game
outside the pitch. take him on again yesterday and about your positional game, your
better” after Chelsea’s goalless draw this time the player did not lose. movement, if you play with one or
“He is giving us more at Bournemouth ten days ago. Poch added: “Today was the first two strikers, or different charac-
mentality, he is used to And Mudryk has also been time we drew in the challenge. teristics of the game, the most
playing at this level, but unable to beat his 51-year-old “Now, you start to believe in important thing is to be natural.
Lallana and Welbeck as manager in trying to chip the ball yourself, you start to believe in “We have been talking a lot in
well. We have the right on to the crossbar as part of your quality because, if not, it is the last two days and we are
balance in our squad.” an attempted confidence-building not a good balance between belief going to work hard and remain
De Zerbi takes his training-ground challenge. and quality. positive.
impressive Brighton side It has further dented Mudryk’s “It is difficult. That is important. “For different circumstances we
to Stamford Bridge for fragile belief in himself. It is one aspect of how you work are not in the best situation. The
tonight’s Carabao Cup Poch revealed: “You know how it on the psychology of the player problem is we are not clinical in
third-round tie. works in the brain. It is about, lit- and how you can make the differ- front of goal.
New Chelsea chief tle by little, creating situations that ence and provide him with the “But the important thing is to
Mauricio Pochettino has
won just one of his first
six league matches in
charge and the Blues have

IT ASDA GET BETTER

not even scored in any of
their three September
games. The heat is
already cranking up on
the Argentine.
But De Zerbi said: “They From Back Page excuses but a bit of bad luck dish out speeches. Todd Boehly
deserve more points from but the problem with confidence is the reality. and co-owner Behdad Eghbali
their games. I’ve watched is we cannot buy it in the “It looks like all is against us went to see the players following
many of their games. supermarket. It is about time. because when you see the perfor- Sunday’s loss to Villa.
“We have big respect for “It is about, little by little, mances, we deserve more points.” Boehly spoke to the team
Pochettino and Chelsea, creating situations that can Chelsea have EIGHT injured several times last season, notably
they have a great squad provide confidence and belief.” stars — including skipper Reece after a 2-1 defeat by Brighton in
— but I don’t know their Poch also claims everything James and new-boys Christopher April when he told them their
problems. For us it will be has been against Chelsea — and Nkunku and Romeo Lavia. season had been “embarrassing”.
a very tough game.” that they deserve better results. Malo Gusto is suspended for Poch added: “I like it when
Ex-Liverpool midfielder Tonight’s Carabao Cup clash three games following a straight the owners come in. It’s good.
Milner and Pascal Gross, at home to Brighton is the red in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by “The way they approach the
32, have both been ruled Blues’ last chance to break their Aston Villa while striker Nicolas players is the most important.
out with muscle problems. September scoring duck. Jackson is banned for Monday’s “It’s not a job of the owner
Cameroonian midfielder And the Argentine, 51, added: trip to Fulham after picking up to give a speech after the
“We are suffering. All teams FIVE yellow cards. game, whether you win
Carlos Baleba, 19, a £23m go through different periods, Poch insists he has no issue or lose. But they
signing from Lille, is in maybe for us it happened early. with the owners visiting the know very well
line to make his first start “Nobody had expected this dressing room after matches — how they need
for the Seagulls. situation. We can’t talk about but claims it is not their job to to behave.”
De Zerbi added: “Baleba
is a smart player. He is
working quickly to under-
stand my ideas.”
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 55

CHELSEA v BRIGHTON REST UP . . . Pep’s Walker concern

Pep has the

sky blues By NEIL CUSTIS
PEP GUARDIOLA fears Manchester City’s flying
start to the season is about to be grounded.
The Treble-winning boss wanted to take a plane
back from tonight’s Carabao Cup tie at Newcastle but

..but they drew yesterday

has been told it is not possible.
So that means a 300-mile round trip by coach.
Guardiola and his squad left yesterday afternoon
STUCK IN THE MUD but will not return until the early hours of tomorrow
morning after the 8pm kick-off at St James’ Park.
Space for words in Methode City then head off to Wolverhampton on Friday
ahead of their Premier League game at Molineux on
(small header) MUDRYK FOR CHELSEA Saturday before travelling to Germany on Tuesday to

and Blues boss hopes it’ll

face RB Leipzig in the
Games 22
Starts 10
Champions League.
Guardiola said: “We Newcastle
Subbed off 9
don’t have a plane to
travel back, so we have
v Man City
to take a bus, it will 8pm
Minutes played 939 make us two or three
hours later. rest. Wolves, Leipzig and

help lift £88m flop

Goals 0 “We will arrive here so Arsenal is much more
late and on Friday, we important.
Assists 2 travel to Wolves. “That’s why you see the
“Then we go to guys who didn’t play
Shots 19 Germany and that is a much will play.
“We’ll travel there to
Shots on target 6 really important game.”
City always try to fly win the game but I have
Chances created 17 back from games that to consider a lot of effort
finish late, if trains are in this period and if
(second column, small header) EVER-PRESENT
stay calm and PREM
keep TEAMS POINTSAbramovich
working.” IN 2023 was still the owner.
Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, When asked if former Tottenham
not an option, unless they they’re going to get
are playing a club close injured again — because
71 Man City a £30m buy from Villarreal, is boss Poch is in the firing line, to Manchester. then we’ll be in trouble.”
hoping to get back in Poch’s Poyet told bitcoincasinos.com: “If it The situation adds to Guardiola has already
55 Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool
good books with a goal in were under Roman Abramovich, concerns about demands been outspoken about the
tonight’s Carabao Cup third- then yes, 100 per cent! on his players. demands on his players
53 Brighton round home tie with Brighton. “The most important thing for Guardiola has won the after a Treble season in
Jackson collected his FIFTH Chelsea is that on the inside — with Carabao Cup four times which there was also a
52 Man United yellow card of the season in the directors, owners and players — but will risk an under- World Cup in Qatar.
Sunday’s 1-0 home defeat by they know where they are.
46 Newcastle Aston Villa — despite a warn- “But Mauricio knows that five
strength side against He cited Kyle Walker
Newcastle to make sure as an example, with the
44 Tottenham ing from his boss to avoid points from six games is not
cheap bookings — and is now what everyone at Chelsea is
there are no additions to defender racking up a
his injury list. staggering 61 games since
42 Brentford suspended for Monday’s West expecting. He is already without June of last year.
London derby with Fulham. “I know the coach will take John Stones, Bernardo The Spaniard said:
36 West Ham Pochettino has held more the blame, which is what Silva and Kevin De “The problem isn’t men-
talks with the striker and always happens when things Bruyne, while Rodri is tal. All the players want
35 Fulham dished out a punishment that he begin to go wrong, but there’s suspended for tonight to fight for the titles.
is keeping under wraps.
32 Nottingham Forest, WolvesThe Chelsea boss said: “He anesscompletely plan.
different busi- and the next two games “The problem is the lack
after his red card against of rest. Two or three weeks
needs to learn not only in this but
31 Crystal Palace “The ownership and style
in other areas. We are going to of play has changed, and so
Nottingham Forest. off between seasons, it’s
Guardiola said: “It’s an nothing.
26 Bournemouth see if he is clever enough to adapt many players have come in.
and accept advice, and also to
exceptional situation, we “Kyle Walker is
“Things need to turn have a lot of players exhausted. He has to rest,
25 Chelsea, Everton learn from mistakes. around because you don’t injured or with a lot of otherwise he will be out
“Did he get fined? Not really . . . want a bad atmosphere minutes. They have to for weeks.”
not in the way you think. It’s not at Stamford Bridge,

HARV WOE
money, it’s private. they need to bring
“I don’t like to talk about money the confidence
with players. But in a different back.”
way, of course.”
Former Chelsea midfielder Gus
Poyet says Pochettino’s job would RAISING THE BAR
already be on the line if Roman . . . Pochettino is From Back Page new full-backs Tino
building up confidence the worst because there Livramento and Lewis Hall
of expensive young was nobody around him. their first starts, grinned:
signing Mudryk “We fear — and I don’t “I don’t believe for it one

STUCK IN
want to put a time on it second!
EVER-PRESENT PREM TEAMS’ until we’ve seen the “Pep hasn’t won as much
as he has without giving
THE MUD
specialist — that it will be
POINTS IN 2023 months rather than weeks. every moment everything,
“No doubt he’ll be — I’ve no doubt we’ll see
MYKHAILO MUDRYK has found it 71 Man City disappointed as he’s been the best Manchester City.
“It’s the draw no one
tough going at Chelsea — and
so have his team, with no ever- 55 Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool keen to show his value.”
Barnes was making wants. They are the best
present Prem side collecting
fewer points in 2023 so far. 53 Brighton only his second Premier team in the world and
have top players regard-
League start for Toon but
MUDRYK FOR CHELSEA 52 Man United is set for an extended less of who they pick.”
Harry Redknapp was the
46 Newcastle spell on the sidelines.
last English manager to
Games 22 The one-cap England
win a major trophy when
Starts 10 44 Tottenham winger will miss tonight’s
lifting the 2008 FA Cup
Carabao Cup third round at
Subbed off 9 42 Brentford home to Manchester City,
with Portsmouth.
Howe, whose side lost
Minutes played 939 36 West Ham as Magpies boss Howe
hunts a first win over Pep
last season’s League Cup
final to Manchester United,
Goals 0 35 Fulham Guardiola, having lost 12 said: “I didn’t know it was
of his 13 meetings so far.
Assists 2 32 Nottingham Forest, Wolves But he is not falling for
15 years, I would love to
end that run.
Shots 19 31 Crystal Palace the Spaniard’s mind games
after Pep claimed a host
“I don’t feel like I’m
flying the flag for English
Shots on target 6 26 Bournemouth of injuries means he managers. It’ll be broken
“won’t waste one per cent at some point and I hope
Chances created 17 25 Chelsea, Everton of energy” on tonight’s St I’m the man to do it.
James’ Park clash. “Bringing silverware to
Howe, who could hand this club is my ambition.”
56 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2GM

Sun
thesun.co.uk/sport

NACH OF
Sport THE DAY
RYDE ON
From ANDREW DILLON in Rome
JON RAHM has told his Europe team-
Man Utd............3 C Palace............0
By NEIL CUSTIS
ERIK TEN HAG praised goalscorer Alejandro
mates to extend America’s 30 years of
Garnacho — and then demanded more from
Ryder Cup hurt. the teenager.
Garnacho struggled to nail down a starting
The USA have not won on European spot because the Manchester United chief has
soil since 1993 at The Belfry. been unhappy with the winger’s defensive work.
And Spaniard Rahm (right) said: “It’s After the Argentina star, 19, scored the opener
a big deal. You want to stretch the in the Carabao Cup win over Crystal Palace,
streak as much as possible. Dutchman Ten Hag laid down a challenge.
“Hopefully we can get into the 30s He said: “You have seen that from the start of
of years of Europe being undefeated the season we played him and his contribution
Turn to Page 51 was not good enough.
“He had some good actions, you see always he
has a threat in the game even when he is not
Carabao Cup playing that well.
TOMORROW, 8-PAGE “But he has to learn, ‘When I do my job in

FREE RYDER CUP PULLOUT FREE HE’S A CRED DEVIL . . . Alejandro

Garnacho (centre) nets for United
pullout defending,

inside
I will always have my moment’ and
Turn to Page 53

BLUES CRISIS - LIDL BY LIDL..

BARNES . . . major blow

Harvey’s
foot injury
setback
By OSCAR PAUL
IT ASDA
GET
By JACK ROSSER
NEWCASTLE winger Harvey
Barnes is facing months MAURICIO POCHETTINO admits
on the sidelines with a Chelsea’s current crisis is worse
foot injury. than expected and moaned: “You
The £38million summer cannot buy confidence in the
arrival from Leicester was supermarket.”
forced off 11 minutes into The shopaholic Blues have won once
Sunday’s 8-0 hammering in the Prem this season, not scored in
of Sheffield United. their last three games and are 14th —
Barnes, 25, has had a despite a £1BILLION transfer splurge.
scan and could face sur- And manager Pochettino declared:
gery in a major early blow “This period in the last weeks is a
to his Magpies career. worse scenario than we anticipated. We
Newcastle boss Eddie knew a new project is always difficult
Howe said: “It is an injury Turn to Page 54
to the lower part of his
foot just below the toe.
“It is quite a substantial

BETTER
injury. We’ve had it
scanned and we are
waiting on what’s next,
whether there’s surgery or
not. I don’t think it was
from a tackle, it was just
pushing off to run.
“He was down after the
game and probably fearing
Turn to Page 55
y(7HA3A7*MQSRNL( |||+@!}'

‘But you can’t buy confidence AISLE GET IT RIGHT . . .

manager Poch claims his
Blues have been unlucky

at a supermarket’ says Poch

© NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS Ltd, 2023. Published in print and all other derivative formats by News Group Newspapers Ltd, 1 London Bridge St, London, SE1 9GF, 020 7782 4000. Printed by: Newsprinters (Broxbourne) Ltd, Great Cambridge Rd, Waltham Cross, EN8 8DY; Newsprinters
(Knowsley) Ltd, Kitling Rd, Prescot, Merseyside L34 9HN; RPS Oldham Ltd, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 8EP; Newsprinters (Eurocentral) Ltd, Byramsmuir Rd, Holytown, Motherwell ML1 4WH; Adenium Ltd (Webprint), Mahon Retail Park, Mahon, Cork; Webprint, 2023 Bianconi Avenue, Citywest
Business Campus, Dublin, Ireland; KP Services, La Rue Martel, La Rue des Pres Trading Estate, St Saviour, Jersey, JE2 7QR. For permission to copy articles or headlines for internal information purposes contact Newspaper Licensing Agency at PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1WX,
tel 01892 525274, e-mail copy@nla.co.uk. For all other reproduction and licensing inquiries contact Licensing Department, 1 London Bridge St, London, SE1 9GF, telephone 020 7711 7888, e-mail enquiries@newslicensing.co.uk
 in association with
Wednesday,
September 27,
2023
SHOCK . . .
Demi Mitchell
celebrates his
Exeter winner

Exeter....................1
Luton....................0
See Page 3

JA
Ta
C
yl
K
or
Ps
O
t
T
un
!
ner seals comeback
Ipswich...........................................3
Wolves............................................2
By MEL HENDERSON
IPSWICH boss Kieran McKenna hailed
Jack Taylor’s wonder winner as the
Championship side fought back from
two goals down to KO Wolves.
Midfielder Taylor’s 25-yard rocket put the
Tractor Boys into the Carabao Cup fourth
round for the first time in 13 years.
Delighted McKenna declared: “I’m really
pleased for Jack. He’s got some strike on
him but his all-round game was excellent.
“It was a great game and there was so
much to be proud of: Performance, JACK TO A KING . . . Ipswich
character and quality. hero Jack Taylor hails his
“It was a difficult start for us and it winner while boss Kieran
really tested us as a group. McKenna applauds fans (inset)
“We had to be brave both on and
Turn to Page 3
2 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2GG

WOLVES had kept a clean sheet in each of

CARABAO CUP their last five matches against Ipswich —

although this was their first meeting since
January 2018.

Pym’s o’clock HAVING A BLAST . . . Jack Taylor’s

stunning second-half strike sealed ON TRAC . . . Freddie Ladapo fires
KEEPER Christy
made two shootout saves
Pym
Mansfield...........2 a brilliant Ipswich turnaround Ipswich’s equaliser at Portman Road
against his old club as
Mansfield booked a
Peterborough...2
fourth-round place for the Mansfield win 3-1 on pens
first time since 1975. Collins. Jonson Clarke-
And Posh boss Darren Harris then scored a free-
Ferguson called his League kick and a tap-in to put
One side “bottlers” after Peterborough 2-1 ahead.
they crashed out. But his injury-time foul
Lucas Akins’ late pen- on Calum Macdonald gave
alty for Stags forced the Akins the chance to send
shootout, which ended 3-1, it to a shootout.
with Davis Keillor-Dunn Furious Ferguson said:
netting the crucial third. “We just bottled it — I
Will Swan gave League can’t dress this one up.”
Two Stags a fifth-minute Stags boss Nigel Clough
lead from the spot after said: “It was no more
being fouled by Archie than we deserved.”

LAST NIGHT’S RESULTS

UEFA WOMEN’S NATIONS LEAGUE ROCHDALE (1) 1 CHESTERFLD (2) 2
LEAGUE A1 Mitchell 13 Dobra 6
NETHERLANDS (1) 2 ENGLAND (0) 1 Naylor 25
Martens 34 Russo 65 WEALDSTONE (1)1 WOKING (0) 0
Jansen 90 Bowen 15 Att: 1,310
SCOTLAND (0) 1 BELGIUM (0) 1 YORK (1) 2 BARNET (1) 4
Howard 90 Missipo 53 Akinyemi 7, 90 Pritchard 12
P W D L F A Pts Kanu 64
Belgium 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Hall-Johnson 68
Netherlands 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Brunt 81
England 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Att: 4,065
Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 P W D L F A Pts
LEAGUE A3 - Wales 1 Denmark 5, Germany Chesterfield 12 10 1 1 31 20 31
4 Iceland 0. Solihull Moors 12 7 5 0 21 10 26
LEAGUE B1 - Northern Ireland 1 Albania 0, Barnet 12 8 2 2 25 15 26
Hungary 0 Rep of Ireland 4. Gateshead 12 6 4 2 31 13 22
Bromley 12 6 4 2 17 11 22
CARABAO CUP 3RD ROUND Hartlepool 12 6 1 5 22 23 19

MATCH
IPSWICH (2) 3 WOLVES (2) 2 Altrincham 12 4 6 2 22 18 18
Giraud-Hutchinson 28 Hwang 4 Rochdale 12 5 3 4 19 15 18

STATS
Ladapo 39 Gomes 15 Woking 12 4 4 4 15 13 16
Taylor 58 Att: 20,236 Oldham 12 4 4 4 17 16 16
FC Halifax 12 3 6 3 10 10 15

V
MAN UTD (2) 3 CRYSTAL PAL (0)0
Aldershot 12 4 3 5 20 23 15 WOLVES
Garnacho 21 Wealdstone 12 4 3 5 14 18 15 IPSWICH
Casemiro 27 Dorking 12 4 3 5 13 17 15 SHOTS 14
Martial 55 Eastleigh 12 3 5 4 13 19 14 15 3
BRADFORD (0) 0 MIDDLESBRO (1) 2 Ebbsfleet 12 4 1 7 17 21 13 6 SHOTS ON TARGET
Latte Lath 21 Boreham W 12 2 6 4 13 17 12 POSSESSION 57%
Rogers 54 Dag & Red 12 3 3 6 10 14 12 43% 494
Att: 15,754 Oxford City 12 2 5 5 18 24 11 373 PASSES
ION BOX 29
15 TOUCHES IN OPPOSIT
EXETER (0) 1 LUTON (0) 0 York 12 2 4 6 17 24 10
Mitchell 83 Att: 7,360 Maidenhead 12 2 4 6 7 16 10
CORNERS
8
PORT VALE (0) 2 SUTTON UTD (0) 1
AFC Fylde 12 2 3 7 19 28 9 7 14
Southend 12 5 2 5 19 15 7
12 FOULS CONCEDED
Thomas 49 Kasimu 70 Kidderminster 12 1 4 7 6 16 7 3
Ojo 83 Att: 4,113 3 YELLOW CARDS KIER WINNER . . . boss McKenna
SALFORD (0) 0 BURNLEY (3) 4
(Southend deducted 10 points)
RED CARDS
0 oversaw a great night for Ipswich
Berge 12
THE PITCHING IN NORTHERN 0
PREMIER - Ashton Utd 2 Bradford P A 1,
Bruun Larsen 20 Atherton Collieries 1 Bamber Bridge 2, Bas-
O’Shea 27 ford Utd P Gainsborough Trinity P (Postponed
Odobert 81 - new date to be confirmed), Ilkeston Town 1
Att: 3,305 Macclesfield 1, Marine 3 Radcliffe 2, Morpeth
MANSFIELD (1) 2 PETERBORO (1) 2 Town 1 Guiseley 1, Stafford Rangers 1 Hyde

’SWICH
Swan 5 (pen) Clarke-Harris 30, 47 Utd 2, Warrington Rylands 1 FC United of
Manchester 0, Whitby Town 4 Marske Utd 2,
Akins 90 (pen) Att: 4,372 Workington 2 Lancaster City 1, Worksop Town
Mansfield win 3-1 on penalties. 2 Matlock Town 0.
VIAPLAY CUP QUARTER-FINAL THE PITCHING IN SOUTHERN PREMIER
KILMARNCK (0) 1 HEARTS (1) 2 CENTRAL - AFC Sudbury 1 Leiston 1, Alve-
Lyons 68 Grant 40 church 1 Leamington 0, Bromsgrove Sporting
Lowry 90 3 Halesowen Town 1, Coalville Town 1 Stam-
ford 2, Kettering 0 Hitchin Town 4, Needham
EFL TROPHY - NORTHERN Market 6 St Ives Town 1, Royston Town 2
GROUP E Berkhamsted 2, Stourbridge 2 AFC Telford 2,
BOLTON (4) 8 MAN U U21 (0) 1 Stratford Town P Nuneaton Borough P (Post-
poned - new date to be confirmed).
N’Lundulu 19, 48 Forson 67
Sheehan 22, 38 Att: 3,007 THE PITCHING IN SOUTHERN
Jones 41 PREMIER SOUTH - Bracknell Town 0
Beaconsfield Town 3, Didcot Town 1 Merthyr
Bodvarsson 64 Town 2, Hayes & Yeading Utd 3 Harrow Bor-
Khumbeni 74 ough 0, Hendon 3 Hanwell Town 3, Plymouth
Matheson 84 Parkway 5 Dorchester Town 0, Poole Town P
GROUP F Tiverton Town P (Postponed - new date to be
confirmed), Sholing 2 Salisbury FC 1, Swindon
BARNSLEY (2) 3 MAN C U21 (1) 1 Supermarine 2 Hungerford Town 3, Walton &
McCarthy 26 Dickson 43 Hersham 2 Chesham Utd 2, Winchester City 2
Russell 31 Att: 2,051 Basingstoke Town 1.

Tractor Boys’ epic fightback

Nzondo 79 THE PITCHING IN ISTHMIAN PREMIER
GROUP H - Hornchurch 2 Dulwich 1, Lewes 3 Hastings
Utd 1, Potters Bar Town 3 Folkestone Invic-
BURTON ALB (2) 2 EVERTON U21 (0) 0 ta 3.
Bennett 8 Att: 473
SPFL TRUST TROPHY THIRD ROUND -
Oshilaja 20 Rangers U21 4 Alloa 1.
SOUTHERN - GROUP F JD CYMRU PREMIER - Caernarfon Town 1
NORTHAMPTN (2) 2 CHELSEA U21 (2) 2 The New Saints FC 3, Cardiff Met Uni 1 Haver-
McWilliams 22 Stutter 11 fordwest County 1, Connah’s Quay Nomads 2
Simpson 24 Golding 36 Colwyn Bay 1, Penybont 1 Barry Town United
0, Pontypridd Utd 0 Newtown 1.
Att: 2,004

Ipswich...................3
LIGUE 1 - Lille 1 Reims 2. By MEL HENDERSON ovation by the Portman Road faithful
Chelsea U21 win 4-3 on penalties.
when he was substituted after 70 minutes,
LA LIGA - Sevilla 5 Almeria 1, Mallorca 2
VANARAMA NATIONAL
Barcelona 2. JACK TAYLOR’S glorious strike having run himself into the ground.
AFC FYLDE (1) 2 BOREHAM W (1) 2 Hutchinson 28; Ladapo 39; Taylor 58 The visitors raced into a two-goal lead
completed a fabulous Ipswich
Wolves....................2
Whitehead 17 Balanta 23, 72 SERIE A - Juventus 1 Lecce 0.
inside the opening 15 minutes.
Evans 88 TONIGHT comeback as they swept aside South Korean international Hwang
ALDERSHOT (1) 1 SOUTHEND (0) 1 (7.45 unless stated)
Tolaj 44 Cardwell 73 CARABAO CUP 3RD ROUND
wobbling Wolves. Hwang 4; Toti 15 opened the scoring with his fourth goal of
The Premier League side raced into a the season.
BROMLEY (1) 1 EASTLEIGH (0) 0 Chelsea v Brighton............................
Newcastle v Man City.................. 8.0 two-goal lead inside the first 15 minutes. He was unmarked to receive a pass
Okoli 33 Ipswich side that beat Blackburn 4-3 at from Sasa Kalajdzic, which gave him time
EBBSFLEET (0) 0 DORKING (0) 1
(Live on Sky Sports Main Event) But the Tractor Boys took it on the
Aston Villa v Everton........................ chin, regrouped and launched a spectacu- the weekend — Wolves boss Gary O’Neil to control the ball and fire past Ipswich
Ottaway 59 Blackburn v Cardiff........................... opting for the same number from their
Att: 1,304 AFC Bournemouth v Stoke............... lar recovery to floor the Molineux men. Vaclav Hladky.
Brentford v Arsenal.......................... Goals by Hwang Hee-chan and Toti 0-0 draw at Luton. The Czech keeper got a hand to the ball
HALIFAX (0) 0 DAG & RED (0) 0
Fulham v Norwich............................. Gomes were cancelled out as the Tractor The end result is that Ipswich are but the sheer force of the shot carried it
HARTLEPOOL (0) 0 SOLIHULL M (2) 2 Lincoln City v West Ham................... through to the fourth round for the first
Newton 8 Liverpool v Leicester......................... Boys roared back with goals from Omari beyond him and into the net.
Maycock 35 Hutchinson and Freddie Ladapo. time in 13 years. Hutchinson was proving a handful for
VIAPLAY CUP QUARTER-FINALS Their main source of inspiration was
K’MINSTER (0) 1 OLDHAM (1) 2 Hibernian v St Mirren........................ Then Taylor rounded off a sensational the visitors with his pace and trickery on
Hobson 62 Green 20 Ross County v Aberdeen.................. comeback as the Championship promo- 19-year-old Chelsea loanee Hutchinson. the run.
Reid 78 Rangers v Livingston.................. 8.0 tion-chasers took a firm grip on the game The youngster’s first goal for Ipswich After he was hauled down by Boubacar
(Live on Viaplay Sports 1)
MAIDENHEAD (0)0 ALTRINCHAM (0) 1 in the second half. secured a league win at Southampton a Traore he sent a free-kick into the defen-
THE PITCHING IN SOUTHERN PREMIER
Att: 885 Conn-Clarke 72 SOUTH: Gosport Borough v AFC Totton. It was hard to believe that boss Kieran week earlier and he has grown in confi- sive wall and skipper Lee Evans’ firm
OXFORD C (0) 0 GATESHEAD (1) 4 JD CYMRU PREMIER: Bala Tn v Aberyst- McKenna had made TEN changes to the dence since then. He was given a standing shot on the rebound flew straight at
Dinanga 25, 57 wyth Tn.
Olley 73 HIGHLAND LEAGUE: Banks ODee v Bre-
McBride 90 chin (8.0), Keith v Fraserburgh (8.0).

IPSWICH have reached the fourth round
for the first time in 13 years — in that
2010-11 season, the Tractor Boys went
on to make the semi-finals.
EROO
stuns dire Wolves
keeper Daniel Bentley. The hosts’ task got
even harder when Wolves netted a second.
Santiago Bueno’s point-blank header
was stopped by Hladky but Toti followed
up to finish the job. As the hosts looked
to get back into the game, George
Edmundson’s shot was deflected wide.
And three minutes later they pulled a
goal back when Hutchinson ran on to a
pass from Marcus Harness and deceived
the keeper with a fierce drive off the
inside of the near post.
Ladapo and Evans both shot narrowly
over before Hutchinson’s sizzling free-kick
was fingertipped over by Bentley.
The equaliser came in the 39th minute
when Harness picked out Ladapo and the
striker’s shot had the beating of Bentley.
But Hladky blundered before the break
when he picked up a backpass from
Edmundson.
The home goalkeeper was a relieved
2GG
EXETER beat top-flight opposition in the
League Cup for the first time in 45 years —
the Grecians saw off Bolton 2-1 in October
1978. They had lost ten of their last 11.
JACK From Page 1
off the ball.” Taylor’s rocket
soon after the break capped
a thrilling comeback.
Wolves were 2-0 up after
15 minutes through Hwang
Hee-chan and Toti.
But Omari Hutchinson and
Freddie Ladapo pulled Town
level by half-time before for-
mer Chelsea youngster Taylor
smashed in the clincher.
Both sides made ten
changes from the weekend
and McKenna conceded he
may have to alter his thinking
for the next round.
He has taken his side this
far despite resting players
who have taken them to
second in the Championship.
McKenna added: “I would
like to continue that way but
let’s see what the draw
brings. Don’t hold me to that
if we draw the blue half of
Manchester!”
Wolves manager Gary O’Neil
said: “We’re extremely disap-
pointed. With the players we
had on the pitch we should
have been capable of winning
the game.”
Wanderers have just one
win in six in the Prem.
And O’Neil added: “I think
it’s really important to look
at the facts and where we are
at this moment.
“When I was brought in six
weeks ago it was because
things weren’t completely
rosy.
“That’s why there was a
change of manager and why
there are a lot of things going
on that need to be fixed.
“Wolves got 41 points last
season and we made an
£80million profit on players
in the summer.
“So we’re £80million short
of where we were last year.”
man after Kalajdzic teed up Pablo
Sarabia from a short free-kick just ten
yards out only for the Spaniard to fire
his shot into the wall.
The stadium was rocking when former GET FREDDIE TO
Peterborough midfielder Taylor smashed PARTY . . . Ladapo
home his side’s third from 25 yards, which
celebrates his
saw Harness celebrating a remarkable hat- Ipswich leveller
trick of assists.
Wolves’ response was to make three
subs but Santiago Bueno’s header was
saved by Hladky.
And with McKenna able to call for
more experienced replacements off the
bench, Ipswich were hardly stretched in
holding out for a memorable victory.
HOW THEY LINED UP
IPSWICH: Hladky, Ball, Edmundson, Baggott, Williams, Evans, Taylor
(Luongo 82), Jackson (Burns 82), Harness (Aluko 70), Hutchinson
(Humphreys 70), Ladapo (Hirst 70).
WOLVES: Bentley, Jonny, S Bueno, Tito, Doherty, Traore, Doyle
(Joao Gomes 73), H Bueno (Ait-Nouri 45), Sarabia (Cunha 61),
Kalajdzic (Fraser 61), Hwang (Silva 69).
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 3
in association with
EX FACTOR . . .
Mitchell fires in the
late City winner
One of Dem
nights sees
Hatters fall
Exeter.....................1 Luton.....................0
By ISABELLE BARKER
ROB EDWARDS’ nightmares will be filled with
Exeter City’s chants of “Premier League, you’re
having a laugh”.
Demi Mitchell’s 83rd-minute winner saw the
League One club progress into the fourth round of
the EFL Cup for the first time since 1989.
Five minutes after the goal, the Manchester-born
left-back went from hero to zero as he was SENT
OFF for a second yellow card on 88 minutes.
Boss Edwards said: “I thought there were elements
of the performance that were OK but we certainly
have got to find the quality, desire, devilment to
break teams down.
“Tonight we had a lot
of the ball, they defended MATCH
with six and gave no
space around the box —
STATS
and credit to them for EXETER V LUTON
doing that well. 10 SHOTS 12
“We’ve got to be better 4 SHOTS ON TARGET 3
in that final third, no 33%
POSSESSION 67%
excuses at all, so it’s 257 PASSES 520
disappointing.” 6 TOUCHES IN OPPOSITION BOX 26
At this rate, Luton will 3 CORNERS 8
have no hope in the 14 FOULS CONCEDED 8
Prem as they were once 4 YELLOW CARDS 2
again painfully wasteful 1 RED CARDS 0
in front of goal.
In the second half, boss nearly ahead as Ryan
Edwards — who had
made TEN changes — Giles teed up Ogbene but
brought on big guns his header was just kept
Carlton Morris, Amari’i out by Sinisalo.
Bell, Chiedozie Ogbene, Edwards made his final
Jacob Brown and Issa change, bringing on
Kabore but could not Morris to try to make the
break the deadlock. breakthrough with 15
Vil Sinisalo tipped a minutes to go.
rasping Cauley Woodrow But the hosts flipped
shot over the bar, with the script on 83 minutes.
the Luton player also Yanik Wildschut’s deep
hitting the woodwork. ball from the right was
Town thumped Exeter not dealt with by Issa
4-1 the last time these Kabore and Mitchell
two sides met at St stabbed home at the back
James Park, in a League post to send St James
Two clash in 2017. Park berserk.
With not much hap- Exeter then went down
pening on the pitch, to ten men late on but
Luton supporters piped they heroically held on
up with a rendition of despite Luton pressure.
“Exeter’s a s***hole, I
City boss Gary Caldwell
want to go home”. said: “All credit to the
Home fans responded players. The effort, the
with “Luton’s a s***hole, desire not to concede, to
I’m glad I’m at home!”
fight for their team, to
Luton, who clocked up fight for each other was
a staggering 20 shots unbelievable.
against Wolves last time
“I said we were hoping
out and failed to score in for a special night under
open play, continued to
waste chances. the lights — and I think
Grecians should have we got it.
been ahead as a rifling “I’m really proud of the
Mitchell shot was desper- players, they were abso-
ately saved by Tim Krul’s lutely incredible tonight.
outstretched leg before “We had to come up
Kyle Taylor lashed the with a game plan and
rebound agonisingly close. had one day to work on
Edwards responded it — and they performed
with a quadruple change it to the letter.
to inject some life into “As the game wore on
Luton and it momentarily we got better, they got
fired up the visitors. more frustrated and it
The Hatters were so was an amazing win.”
4 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
KOMFORTABLE
Vinny boys brush Ammies aside
WIPE OUT . . . Burnley’s Dara O’Shea makes it 3-0 after just 27 minutes
By DANE MASSEY
VINCENT KOMPANY’S Burnley
had too much for Salford on
a comfortable night at the
Peninsula Stadium.
Goals from summer signings
Sander Berge, Jacob Bruun Larsen
and Dara O’Shea put the Clarets
3-0 up after just 27 minutes.
Wilson Odobert added a fourth
late in the second half, when the
70 EFL places between the two
sides continued to be apparent as
Salford lost a sixth straight game.
Kompany, who made 11 changes
to the team that started the 1-0
home defeat by Manchester United
three days earlier, said: “In the
end, it was disciplined and we
created as many chances as we
needed to create and we didn’t
concede chances. We kept it how
it was supposed to be.
“When you play against teams in
cup competitions, we didn’t want
to concede momentum.
“We kept momentum our way
and worked our way to the goal as
many times as we could.
“Players are still gelling together
but seeing a collective performance
is more important.”
Yet Burnley’s League Two oppo-
nents were not to be taken lightly.
Salford had KO’d Championship
sides Preston and Leeds on penal-
ties in the previous rounds.
The opening exchanges saw tack-
les flying in, and the game’s first
chance fell the way of the hosts.
Ryan Watson’s cross towards the
back post found Matthew Lund,
who headed across the face of goal
for Marcus Dackers.
But he was not quite on the
same wavelength as his team-mate.
Early hope soon drained from
Salford, though, as Berge’s bullet
header from Anass Zaroury’s
inswinging corner gave Burnley a
2GG
SALFORD have never won a League Cup
CARABAO CUP match in 90 minutes in eight attempts (D4
L4), with all of their three progressions
coming via penalties.
MATCH
STATS
SALFORD CITY V BURNLEY
2 SHOTS 16
0 SHOTS ON TARGET 8
34% POSSESSION 66%
352 PASSES 680
3 TOUCHES IN OPPOSITION BOX 27
1 CORNERS 7
5 FOULS CONCEDED 14
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
0 RED CARDS 0
Salford.............0
Burnley............4
Berge 12; Bruun Larsen 20; O’Shea 27;
Odobert 81
12th-minute lead. And the Ammies
conceded a second 20 minutes in
when Denmark winger Bruun Lar-
sen chipped the ball in over the
head of goalkeeper Alex Cairns.
Zaroury’s free-kick from the left
was spilt by Cairns and seized
upon by O’Shea on 27 minutes to
tap home the rebound.
Manuel Benson limped off
straight after the third goal and
was replaced by Mike Tresor, who
thought he had made it 4-0 after
Jay Rodriguez cut the ball back —
only to discover it had gone out
of play.
Cairns made a save to deny
Bruun Larsen to keep it at 3-0
going into half-time before
Zaroury missed from close range.
Salford did not give up hope of
getting back in the game and had
a chance to do so when Conor
McAleny ran in behind, then got
his shot away only to be denied by
a sliding block from Vitinho.
The leg of Cairns blocked a
stinging shot from Odobert but the
Paris Saint-Germain academy
product was not to be denied a
second time.
And the 18-year-old Frenchman
smashed in his first Clarets goal
in the 81st minute.
Salford chief Neil Wood said: “It
was always going to be really
difficult against a Premier League
team, three levels above ourselves.
“Credit to them, they’re a really
good team.
“We started OK but conceded
from a corner which just takes
that plan away.”

ALL three of the meetings between Port
Vale and Sutton have ended in home
wins — the others coming in League Two
in 2021-22 (4-3 at Sutton, 2-0 at Vale).
FUN ’N GAMES
SUPERSUB Funso Ojo fired
Port Vale into the Carabao
Cup fourth round for the
first time in 16 years.
And it was a strike worthy
of winning any cup tie.
Swansea loanee Josh
Thomas, 21, saw his opener
cancelled out by Sutton’s
French ace Hisham Kasimu.
But a stunner from Ojo
(left) saw the League One
high-fliers progress.
This season marked the
first time Sutton had won a
match in the competition.
Port Vale...............2
Sutton.....................1
But the Football League
basement boys bowed out
as their winless run
stretched to six games.
Thomas burst away on a
break from a Sutton corner
in the 49th minute to put
the hosts in front.
The U’s thought they had
equalised on 67 minutes
when Aiden O’Brien’s effort
2GG Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 5
MIDDLESBROUGH extended their in association with
unbeaten run against Bradford to six
games (W3 D3), with this the first meeting
since a Premier League draw in May 2001.
came down off the bar. But
the visitors were level three
HUGGY PAIR . . .
scorer Latte Lath
(left) and Hackney
minutes later after Kasimu
rifled home — only for
Ojo’s 25-yard rocket seven
minutes from time to ensure
Vale are in the hat for
tonight’s draw.
Valiants boss Andy Crosby
said: “It’s a brilliant strike
to win it. We will all be
watching the draw.”
U’s manager Matt Gray
insisted: “I’m proud of the
performance against a good
League One side.”
Latte is
milking it
HE’S TASTY IN...CUP
Bradford..........0
By ALAM KHAN
EMMANUEL LATTE LATH was
the cream of the crop for
Middlesbrough as they
cruised into the Carabao Cup
Middlesbro.....2
Latte Lath 21; Rogers 54
fourth round.
The Ivory Coast striker claimed
the crucial opener at Bradford — Samuel Silvera — another new boy
his second goal for the club since from Central Coast Mariners —
a summer switch from Atalanta. curled wide with fellow Aussie
And it was Rogers and out for Riley McGree also off target with a
the League Two hosts as Morgan whipped strike from similar range.
bagged Boro’s second. But the visitors finally got the
Middlesbrough manager Michael breakthrough in the 21st minute
Carrick, who won this competition when Hayden Hackney found Latte
twice as a Manchester United Lath, whose first-time shot
player, said: “Manu’s a real handful. squeezed past Harry Lewis.
“His movement’s been good and The City keeper should have
he will keep getting chances and done better but he made amends
will score goals. I moments later to
thought his play deny the lively Latte
caused them a lot of MATCH Lath a second with
problems.
“I’m delighted for STATS a close-range block.
City, who last beat
Morgan too.
been in and out of
He’s BRADFORD
V MIDDLESBORO the
home
Teessiders
in
at
1988,
the team but we will 7 SHOTS 12 offered little in
help him get better 1 SHOTS ON TARGET 5 attack, with Andy
because he’s a real 34% POSSESSION 66% Cook — hat-trick
talent and good 355 PASSES 700 hero in the 4-1
character. 13 TOUCHES IN OPPOSITION BOX 27 weekend win at
“We’ve had some Newport — subdued.
tricky games in this 2 CORNERS 11 But Boro needed
competition but we 9 FOULS CONCEDED 12 O’Brien to tidy up
have dealt with them 2 YELLOW CARDS 1 in their box after
well and you can’t 0 RED CARDS 0 keeper Tom Glover
beat winning games. dropped a Brad
“It was never comfortable but we Halliday free-kick and Bantams
controlled and dominated the skipper Sam Stubbs could not
game. We looked a good team.” make a better connection to finish.
Carrick sent out a strong side to But home hopes disappeared in
avoid an upset at Valley Parade, the 54th minute when McGree
with his summer signings eager to found Rogers and his shot nestled
make an impact after the club’s into the net via the woodwork.
troubled start to the campaign in Bradford boss Mark Hughes said:
the league. “Credit to Boro, they showed their
Lewis O’Brien, a loan arrival quality.
from Nottingham Forest, went close “It’s not the result we wanted
from a third-minute move he but the priority is the league. We
started. And Boro took control as will concentrate on that now.”
6 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Don’t try your
IMPS KEEPER WARNS HAMMERS NOT TO PLAY
EXCLUSIVE by JUSTIN ALLEN
LINCOLN keeper Lukas Jensen
warned West Ham NOT to try
any dirty tricks to stop him
producing another heroic have a good penalty technique. My
Carabao Cup showing tonight. size, being 6ft 6in, helps me. I can
The Hammers travel to Sincil
Bank for a third-round tie against
the League One Imps, who have
already taken a top-flight scalp.
Jensen kept a clean sheet before
starring in the penalty shootout
win at Sheffield United in the last
round by saving two spot-kicks . . .
but only after Blades keeper Adam
Davies tried to ruin his plan.
The Imps ace, 24, told SunSport:
“I had all the names of the Shef-
field United players and which way
they usually shoot on a piece of
paper wrapped around my water
bottle. But their keeper kicked it
into the stands so I couldn’t see!
“Luckily, though, my goalkeeper
coach, Scott Fry, and the other
goalie, Jordan Wright, were there
to let me know instead.
“I ended up saving the ones
from Louie Marsh and Benie
Traore and then John Egan put
their last penalty over the bar to
give us a 3-2 win.
“The Sheffield United goalkeeper
coach came to me afterwards to
apologise and say he was the one
who had instructed for the bottle
to be kicked into the stands.
“He told me about Brice Samba.
He did the same as me with the
notes on the water bottle a couple
of seasons ago and saved three pen-
alties for Nottingham Forest against
them in the Championship play-offs
— so they didn’t want a repeat.
“West Ham can do what they
like tonight as it won’t affect me. I
WE PAQ PUNCH
LUCAS PAQUETA thinks West Ham
are constantly improving ahead of
tonight’s trip to Lincoln.
The Irons have slumped to 3-1
defeats by Manchester City and
Liverpool in recent weeks.
Yet Brazilian midfielder Paqueta, a
summer transfer target for City,
reckons West Ham are playing
better against the top sides.
He said: “We’re all feeling good
despite the disappointment but that’s
a sign of how much we’re improving
THIS is the first meeting between Lincoln
CARABAO CUP and West Ham in almost 41 years — the
last was a replay at this stage in November
1982, won 2-1 by the Hammers.
Lincoln v
West Ham
7.45pm
look intimidating for someone
about to take a kick.
“If I look as big as possible and
choose the right side when they
shoot, I’ll have a great opportunity
to save them. I don’t really practise
them. I’m a natural.”
Dane Jensen signed for Lincoln
in the summer after four years on
the books at Burnley.
He worked with three England
internationals — Nick Pope, Tom
Heaton and Joe Hart — during his
time at Turf Moor.
He said: “I enjoyed working with
Nick because we’re similar in size.
I could learn everything from him
— from how he moves in the goal.
“It’s the same with Joe because
he’s a big guy, too. I’m only a few
centimetres taller than him.
“They both told me loads. I’m
grateful for everything they taught
me because, although it seems a
bit stupid when they tell you
something at that moment, months
or years later you can use it.
“We’ve got a talented squad who
can achieve things this season.
“Against West Ham, we’ll try to
get through the first half-hour and
then anything is possible.
“I’ve a lot of respect for Lukasz
Fabianski. If he plays, I’ll be
wanting to chat with him after all
the great years he’s had in the
Premier League and with Poland.
“But if it goes to penalties, I’m
going to be hoping to be the
happier keeper at the end!”
HE’S NET HAVING IT
. . . Imps keeper Jensen
is ready for dirty tactics
By CHRIS HUGHES
— we need to keep the faith. We’ve
started the season well.
“We’ve had four tough opponents
in Brighton, Chelsea, City and Liver-
pool and we’re sitting on ten points.”
Ahead of their Carabao Cup opener
at League One’s Imps, Paqueta
insists his Irons will not let up.
He added: “We need to keep our
confidence up. We’re playing better,
our game’s evolving.”
 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 ............... 7
LIVERPOOL have won 17 of their last 18
League Cup games against sides from a
CARABAO CUP ROUND 4 DRAW in association with

lower division — the exception a shootout Tonight, after Newcastle v Man City, live on Sky Sports
loss to Northampton in September 2010. Ties to be played October 31/November 1

Luk
MIND GAMES
BLUNTING BLADES
. . . Jensen saves Traore’s
spot-kick in last round
DAR’S A
GOOD LA
Nunez learning lingo
FOUR-CE . . . Nunez hails
his fourth goal of the
season against West Ham

By KEN LAWRENCE and GRAHAM HILL

URUGUAYAN ace Darwin Nunez
is finally beginning to grasp the
Liverpool lingo — on the pitch
as well as off it. try to get it back. Darwin’s showing
The striker looks set to make his
50th appearance tonight having spent
a first season struggling to prove he
was worth £64million.
Yet after four goals in seven
appearances of this campaign,
including two in his last two games,
the 24-year-old has shown he is no
longer lost in translation.
Jurgen Klopp’s No 2 Pep Lijnders
said: “Compliments to Darwin and
what he is achieving now.
“The fans love him because he has
that extreme mentality to run and
fight and get in positions where people
don’t think he can get to the ball.
“He is pure intuition — you saw
this with his two goals at Newcastle,
he made them out of nothing.
“What’s more he’s coming along
with his English, he invests in himself
and this is giving him confidence.”
But it is not only as an attacker
that Nunez is learning.
Dutchman Lijnders added: “Jurgen
always says that the person who
loses the ball should be the first to
Liverpool v
Leicester
7.45pm,
how he wants to do that, while his
work to break through the opposition
is also giving the likes of Mo Salah
so much more space.”
Anfield’s Egyptian king is likely to
rested for Leicester’s cup visit with
whizkid Ben Doak, 17, replacing him.
Lijnders said: “Mo keeps breaking
record after record but he is also a
mentor to young players like Ben.
“We should cherish players like
this — and his smiles. I always tell
him I love it when he smiles because
when he does the ball smiles too!”
Meanwhile, Enzo Maresca believes
German boss Klopp has built a
“machine” of a team at Anfield.
The Foxes chief, whose side are top
of the Championship, said: “I study
Klopp because of the way they work
off the ball and the way they defend.
“They are very intensive and
aggressive. It doesn’t matter who the
opponent is, they are like a machine.
“Their transitioning and work off
the ball has been the best in the
world over the past seven years.”

TYLER MADE
FOR DEBUT
TYLER ADAMS is in line to
make his Bournemouth
debut against Stoke tonight.
The USA midfielder, a
£23million summer buy from
Leeds, has not played since
a hamstring op in March.
Cherries boss Andoni
Iraola said: “We have the
chance, if he trains well, to
put Tyler in the squad.
“He wants to help. I hope
he’s available to be on the
bench.”
Defender Lloyd Kelly will
not be involved in this
third-round tie after
an injury, while winger Luis
Sinisterra is cup-tied hav-
ing featured for Leeds
earlier in the competition.
Iraola said: “Lloyd Kelly
Bou’mouth
v Stoke
7.45pm
picked up a small injury
against Brighton. To get him
back before the interna-
tional break will be tough.”
Stoke head to the Vitality
Stadium having not won in
the past four Championship
games — but Iraola is still
expecting a stern test.
He said: “Even if they
haven’t got the results,
they are doing good things,
so we will be ready.
“They will come with the
hopes of making the game
very difficult.”
8 ............... Wednesday, September 27, 2023 2GG

in association with

WOMEN’S NATIONS LEAGUE

INSIDE
Holland...............................2
England...............................1
From SANDRA BROBBEY in Utrecht
MILLIE BRIGHT blasted the
absence of VAR in the Women’s
Nations League as England lost
amid offside controversy.
It’s VAR from TRADING

good enough
Renate Jansen’s late Holland
winner saw Lionesses boss Sarina
Wiegman endure a tough return to
her homeland, with the sub pouncing
after Alex Greenwood’s error.
It was the Lionesses’ third defeat
in 41 games as they dropped to third
in Group A1.
But Holland’s 34th-minute opener
from Lieke Martens left their old

VIDEO BLACKOUT ANGERS MILLIE

head coach fuming, with officials
failing to spot Danielle van de Donk
in an offside position.
England skipper Bright said: “It is Top tips from the
always frustrating to not have VAR.
“I think we push the level of the
trading floor
game to be so high and professional, in association with
yet we sometimes have VAR, some- blowing. We put ourselves in that thought it was offside so I’m really The players need to have some rest
times don’t, sometimes have goalline position in the first couple of phases disappointed about that. — they are not robots.”
technology. There is no consistency. where we aren’t clearing the ball, it “We need consistency in VAR. Either Lauren Hemp and Lucy Bronze
“But we put ourselves in that ricochets off and she is clearly offside. you have VAR or you don’t have VAR. were both denied by stunning saves
position — not clearing the ball, not “Both goals we put ourselves in Not have it in one game and then in from Daphne van Domselaar.
getting out of pressure. positions to give them the opportunity another game you don’t.” Lineth Beerensteyn hit the wood- ADVERTORIAL
“But these are the differences in to put the ball in the back of the net. But Wiegman also admits work twice before Alessia Russo
games as well and it is really “No excuses off the back of a she fears burnout among (left) struck on 64 minutes. BETTING on the
unfortunate that these are still huge heavy summer. Unfortunately, that is her stars. But Jansen pounced on midweek League Cup
decisions that are incorrect. the schedule we are in and we have She said: “What we Greenwood’s error to seal matches at this stage
“But that’s where we, as players, to keep moving forward, but we said before on the the win on 90 minutes. can be tricky.
have to keep speaking about it. We have to find ways to win.” schedule was that it l WALES were thumped There will be doubts
have to step up, we have to demand When asked about officials failing was very overloaded. 5-1 at home to Denmark over big teams tinker-
better and demand more. to chalk off Martens’ strike with Van “What all the — with ex-Chelsea ace ing — as illustrated
“This is international football and de Donk clearly offside, Wiegman coaches say here in Pernille Harder hitting a by Spurs crashing out
we do not have VAR in a competitive said: “It was so obvious it was off- Europe is that we have hat-trick. Jess Fishlock
international game, which is mind- side. I think the whole stadium to look at that schedule. replied. of one of the two
competitions they can
realistically win this
season.
So, let’s focus on
GROUP A1 three teams who will
surely try to win a
P W D L F A Pts pot: Brighton, Aston
Belgium 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Villa and Newcastle.
Netherlands 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Villa host Everton
England 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 priced around 8-13.
Scotland 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Given the fact they
beat Chelsea away,
Unai Emery’s history
in cup competitions
— he’s won eight as
a boss — and Toffees
have bigger fish to
fry, I’m with Villa.
Brighton shouldn’t
be nearly 2-1 to win at
Chelsea. I like this bet
as I can’t see how the
Blues, with seven
goals this season, can
outscore the Seagulls,
who have bagged 20.
Finally, a trophy
means so much to
Toon fans and I can’t
see Eddie Howe tin-
kering at home to
Manchester City. I’m
never fully confident
backing against City
REN OUT OF TEN . . . Jansen but I’ll play the home
fires home at the death to hand win with both teams to
Wiegman a loss on her homecoming score at 4-1.