The Sun UK - 11 June 2024

Sun THE Tuesday, June 11, 2024 THE PEOPLE’S PAPER £1 thesun.co.uk Boys,12, in machete murder of Shawn, 19 TRAGIC DEFENCELESS TEEN TRAGIC DEFENCELESS TEEN Hols death . . . Michael LAST MOMENTS OF TV DOCTOR From ED SOUTHGATE, in Symi TV doctor Michael Mosley died of natural causes after stopping to lie down in searing heat on Greek isle Symi, a coroner said yesterday. Dr Mosley, 67, is thought to have felt unwell while walking. Full Story — Pages 10 and 11 PAIR ARE THE UK’S YOUNGEST KILLERS SINCE JAMES BULGER’S By DANIEL HAMMOND TWO 12-year-old boys were yesterday convicted of murdering “loving and protective” teen Shawn Seesahai in an unprovoked attack. The pair, who cannot be named, are the youngest UK killers since two tenyear-olds murdered James Bulger in 1993. Shawn, 19, was speared in the heart with a 16-inch machete at a Wolverhampton park last November. Full Story — Pages Four and Five Victims . . Shawn and James, right SEE PAGE 9 GIO OUT BUT AMY BACK ON STRICTLY NOT JUST HARRY... IT’S M&S HARRY 3 LIONS FLY OUT: PAGES 6, 7 & SPORT

CLEANED OUT Cleaners at the Department for Education head office launch a 48-hour strike today in a dispute over pay and conditions. Soak the Rich Teas CHOCOLATE digestives and Rich Teas are the most “Tory” of all biscuits, a snap poll has revealed. Research by More in Common shows three in ten Brits who favour those biccies plan to vote for Rishi Sunak. Top Labour biscuits are Maryland Cookies and Oreos. Reform voters prefer Garibaldis and Greens go for Party Rings. Pollster Luke Tryl revealed the survey results to The Sun’s Harry Cole and Noa Hoffman on our Never Mind the Ballots show, above. A SENIOR Labour figure has refused to rule out raising capital gains tax if his party wins power. Jonathan Ashworth declined to answer directly whether rates of paying on selling of assets would be raised. The Shadow Paymaster General also declined to guarantee that corporation tax would not go up. But he insisted there would be no increase to income tax, National Insurance or VAT. He pointed to a non-dom clampdown and VAT on school fees as revenue-raisers, saying: “We will always put sound public finances first.” Tax rises sidestep A REFORM candidate apologised for saying the UK should have been neutral towards the Nazis. Ian Gribbin wrote in 2022: “Britain would be in a far better state today had we taken Hitler up on his offer.” He also labelled women as the “sponging gender”. Mr Gribbin, standing in Bexhill & Battle in East Sussex, said: “I apologise for these old comments and withdraw them unreservedly.” But he went on: “I’m upset at the way the comments were taken out of context, especially when my mother was the daughter of Russian Jews fleeing persecution.” Sorry for Nazi call EXCLUSIVE by MARTINA BET SIR Keir Starmer insisted he has no plans to hammer drivers at the pump — but fell short of assuring there would be no future fuel duty hikes. He said nothing in Labour’s plan requires raising cash “beyond measures already announced”. But Sir Keir failed to say fuel duty would not increase under Labour. The party has committed to not putting up National Insurance, income tax or VAT — sparking fears they plan to raise revenues in other ways. The Sun has backed drivers in its Keep It Down campaign, with fuel duty frozen since 2011. Sir Keir said: “Soaring fuel prices hammer businesses and hit family finances hard. Like Sun readers, we want lower taxes on working people.” Labour’s fuel duty hikes not ruled out ELECTION 2024 ELECTION 2024 RISHI V KEIR AT SUN HQ leader battle RISHI Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer will battle for Sun readers’ votes in front of a live audience this month. The candidates — each hoping to be the next PM — will be grilled by you just ten days before Britain goes to the polls. They will be interrogated by our man Harry Cole — with help from a crowd of readers invited along to The Sun’s HQ. Our straight-talking Political Editor will take no prisoners as he interviews both men before they take questions directly from you. Never Mind The Ballots: Election Showdown will kick off at 5pm on By NOA HOFFMAN June 24 — in the final throes of the election campaign. From immigration to the NHS, housing and national security, Sun readers will have the chance to quiz both leaders on the issues that matter to them. It comes as Mr Sunak has vowed to “keep fighting” until July 4 — despite dismal polling. And Sir Keir has issued a “no complacency” diktat to his candidates. The show will also be broadcast live on YouTube and The Sun’s social media channels. Editor-in-Chief Victoria Newton said: “This is an important chance for Sun readers, who are always at the heart of British elections, to ask the questions that matter most to them and their families.’’ Harry said: “It’s time for the leaders to meet the readers — and I bet our readers won’t pull their punches. “I’m delighted that both sides have agreed to be put to the test in what is going to be a must-watch election moment.” noa.hoffman@ thesun.co.uk Grilled by you . . Rishi and Keir TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE OR SUGGEST A QUESTION, GO TO thesun.co.uk/showdown 2 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

PAGES 16 & 17 GUESS WHO’S BACK AGAIN right, for outdoor workouts. She recently took part in Rosita’s Flow For The Soul sessions in Miami, Florida. And with a name like Paris, it’s no wonder she’s driving guys in-Seine. By JACK HARDWICK GIGI’S FLEX APPEAL OFFICIAL: CORNY OFFICIAL: CORNY QUIPS ARE FUNNY Don’t knock, knock dad jokes! Nothing, just a little wine 3 What did the grape say when it got stepped on? I’ll let you know which one arrives first! 2 I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon I’ve fallen and I can’t giddy up What did the horse say when he fell? 5 I pulled a mussel! I went to a seafood disco last week 1 Fo’ Drizzle Why does Snoop Dogg always carry an umbrella? 4 TOP 5 DAD JOKES MODEL Gigi Paris is a real Eiffel in this two-piece — and it’s down to her love of yoga. The French/Venezuelan star shows off her trim frame for American apparel Venus. Gigi, 30, says she keeps in shape by teaming up with instructor pal Rosita Duran, Fa-ha-ha-ther . . . and child EXCLUSIVE by ALEX GOSS DAD jokes really are funny, according to a poll which reveals our No1 old man gag. Our fathers’ dodgy sense of humour was found to be what we loved about them most. And the groan-inducing rib tickler guaranteed to split sides is: “I went to a seafood disco last week . . . I pulled a mussel.” The second-most valued offering from our fathers is their hugs, followed by their advice, constant support and life lessons. Chloe Danskin from Ryman, which commissioned the poll, said: “We may roll our eyes from time to time but there’s no denying that a cheesy dad joke makes us laugh. “It’s no surprise that our dads’ sense of humour is the favourite thing about the father figure in our life.” The business is owned by Dragon’s Den’s Theo Paphitis, who, with five children and eight grandchildren, is no stranger to dad jokes. Other much-loved dad qualities include protecting us from danger, inspirational talks, their dad dance moves, great music taste and dodgy cooking. The poll results were released ahead of Father’s Day this Sunday, with Ryman offering a new personalised card service. [email protected] Picture: VENUS Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............3

TRAGIC VICTIM OF BRITAIN’S TRAGIC VICTIM OF BRITAIN’S We won’t ever get over the loss of our son Shawn A GRIEVING mum and dad told how their loving teenage son always vowed to look after them — before he fell victim to Britain’s youngest knife murderers. Two 12-year-old boys speared Shawn Seesahai, 19, through the heart with a 16-inch machete after randomly targeting him in a park. The boys — who cannot be named — were yesterday convicted of murder, becoming the youngest to kill with a blade in the UK. At the trial, they were allowed to play with fidget-spinner toys while giving evidence. They are also the youngest murderers since James Bulger’s ten-year-old killers Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were found guilty in 1993. The court heard how one of Shawn’s killers callously told the other: “It is what it is.” Relatives of the victim and the defendants cried as the jury announced their verdicts yesterday. Shawn’s parents Suresh and Maneshwary said they will never be able to get over the loss of their son, who always told them he would “shine” and take care of them. He had travelled to the UK from the Caribbean for cataract treatment, and wanted to be an engineer. His mum Maneshwary said: “Shawn was such a loving son, he was so well-mannered, looked after us, was loving to everyone and very protective. He always said he wanted to work, he wanted his own house, his own car. He always said, ‘Mum I’ll be shining, I’ll be shining, don’t worry I will help you’.” She added of his killers, who struck at around 8pm on November 13 last year: “Twelve-year-old kids should be at home doing school work and then going to bed.” CCTV showed Shawn’s final moments as he bought food and walked near a Wolverhampton park with a pal. Once inside, he encountered the two boys and a girl on a bench, before one of the lads deliberately “shoulder-brushed” him. When Shawn asked why he did it, one of the boys pulled a machete from his trousers, and told him to “keep stepping”. Shawn shouted “run” to his friend, before he stumbled and was knifed with such ferocity the blade almost passed through his body. Jurors were told Shawn was stabbed repeatedly, suffering a 7in deep wound through his back, while the other killer punched and stamped on his head. Some 24 hours later, the two boys were arrested at their homes. Neither had attempted to call police or an ambulance but instead played video games after the killing, their month-long trial at Nottingham crown court was told. The two then blamed each other. Police found the machete under the bed of one of the killers, who said he bought it for £40. He used bleach to clean the blood-soaked blade, before hiding it. His internet search history showed he spent a lot of time searching for similar weapons. Police found photos of knives on their phones, shared on Snapchat “because they looked cool”. In a conversation the day after the killing, when a video of the police cordon of the murder scene was shared, one told the other in a voice note: “It is what it is.” His pal replied: “I’m scared man” - before the other responded: “I’m not.” One then says: “IDRC (I ON HIS WAY TO PARK CCTV sees Shawn’s last moments as he strolls with pal SHAWN WITH PAL IN SHOP Victim is seen buying food shortly before his murder By DANIEL HAMMOND WOLVERHAMPTON Esso petrol station, Wellington Road above pic Westfield Road below pic Shawn, 19, died after being set upon in an unprovoked attack on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park, Wolverhampton 4 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024 S1

YOUNGEST KNIFE KILLERS YOUNGEST KNIFE KILLERS lONE KILLER, 12, SAID LATER: ‘IT IS WHAT IT IS’ lPARENTS TELL OF THEIR GRIEF FOR LOVING TEEN KILLER WITH MACHETE One of the defendants poses for snap COURT DRAWING Artist’s impression of the deadly 16-inch machete A FAMILY RIPPED APART Shawn pictured with his father Suresh and mother Maneshwary along with his younger teenage sister don’t really care).” One of the boys regularly carried a machete, and had been passing it between him and his co-defendant, the court was told. One posed with it for a picture wearing a mask and sent it to a girl hours before the killing. Blood matching Shawn’s was found on the murder weapon and on one of the killer’s clothes. Witness evidence from Shawn’s friend Derron Harrigan and a teenage girl who knew the defendants also helped to convict. Mr Harrigan said he and Shawn were discussing plans for Christmas before they were targeted. He said one of the kids “reached for his blade”, adding: “The dude took it out of its sheath. We started to run but Shawn tripped. I was running for my life — I couldn’t stay there and watch.” The victim was originally from Anguilla in the Caribbean but lived in Handsworth, Birmingham, after travelling to the UK to get help for his eyesight. Maneshwary, who still lives in Anguilla with her teenage daughter, said of her son: “He wanted to be an engineer. When he was a tenyear-old he would work with his father on weekends in construction. “He liked basketball and cricket, he loved those sports.” Dad Suresh said: “This world is a different world, kids are dangerous now. If we don’t pay attention to them this will keep happening.” Det Insp Damian Forrest said when they identified two kids as suspects it “made us all on the investigation team stop and pause”. Both boys were convicted of murder yesterday while one was found guilty of possessing a bladed article. They will be sentenced at a later date. Patrick Green, CEO of the Ben Kinsella Trust anti-knife charity, told The Sun: “This horrific case underlines just how bad Britain’s knife crime crisis truly is. “For two boys of this age to have carried such a savage and senseless murder almost defies all belief.” Ben Kinsella, younger brother of ex-EastEnders actress Brooke, was 16 when he was stabbed to death in Islington, North London, in 2008. Ex-cop Norman Brennan added: “Sadly, we have a lost generation of children, and kids are out of control.” [email protected] EVIL PAIR AGED TEN JON Venables and Robert Thompson were both ten when they abducted and killed James Bulger, two. CCTV footage showed the tot being led away from a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside. James’s body was found two days later near a railway line in February 1993. Later that year, Venables, inset left, and Thompson, right, became the youngest people to be convicted of murder in modern English history. Their identities were initially concealed, before mounting public outrage led to a lifting of restrictions. They were held at young offenders’ institutions before release in 2001. Venables has since returned to prison for possessing child abuse images. He was refused parole in 2020. By DANIEL HAMMOND INNOCENT VICTIM Shawn travelled to UK for eye surgery UNDER BED Murder weapon was found S1 Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............5

3 LIONS By MATT WILKINSON, Royal Editor ENGLAND skipper Harry Kane said the team are hungry for Euros success after they had a pep talk from Prince William. But he laughed off a suggestion by Prince Louis that the team should eat double portions of food to achieve it. Wills posed for a snap with the England squad — with Gareth Southgate’s men also unveiling an official photo in casual cargo trousers, polo shirts, tees, shirts and bomber jackets made by M&S. As FA President, the Prince of Wales was a regular at Wembley during the last Euros in 2021 and is set to jet to Germany to back the Three Lions this month. He delivered off-the-cuff advice to Southgate and his 26-man squad at St George’s Park yesterday as they prepared to fly out ahead of Sunday’s opener with Serbia. He said: “I was on the school run this morning with the children and I said, ‘What shall I say to the England team? I’m seeing them today’. The best bit of advice I got was to eat twice the amount you normally would eat. “So I then had visions of you running around, massive great tummies and loads of stitches on the pitch. So maybe take my youngest’s advice with a pinch of salt, particularly around the physio team.” Laughing off six-year-old Louis’ suggestion, Bayern Munich striker Kane, 30, said: “We’ve got to be careful with that. I don’t think a nutritionist was too happy with that advice — but it’s great to have Prince William here. “He’s such a big supporter and has been to a few camps before the major tournaments. It just gives us extra motivation.” Every member of the squad was then presented with a box containing a special shirt to be worn in the tournament. It also featured the history of the number they would be wearing and a personalised reminder of how they fell in love with the game as youngsters. Kane’s included a picture of him as a boy with the Ridgeway Rovers Football Club logo — and the words, “Harry Kane: All time goalscorer”. Rovers is the club in Chingford, East London, where he played as a boy. Prince William, who is an Aston Villa fan, plans to travel to Germany to watch the Three Lions when they take on Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia in Group C. Captain Kane said: “He loves it. He’s a big football fan, his kids are obviously big fans as well, now. We know how much it means to the country, to the fans — and that’s everyone from the Royal Family to the shopworkers. “The whole nation comes together and we feel a responsibility to try to make them proud. “The only way we can do that is to go out and give everything for this badge we wear.” Wills joined Southgate, Kane, Villa striker Ollie Watkins, 28, and former Lioness Jill Scott, 37, at St George’s Park’s David Beckham Pitch to watch a tournament played by local school children. William told some of the kids he was “never good at scoring”, so often played in defence. Later, the England squad took off from Birmingham Airport for the 90-minute flight to Erfurt in central Germany. Security was tight at the airport for their arrival. Lines of police vans appeared, plus heavily-armed cop teams and a military helicopter. Hundreds of locals turned up to welcome the squad. The biggest roars were saved for Kane and Real Madrid midfield ace Jude Bellingham, 20. The crowd serenaded Kane with a chant of “Harry, Harry, Harry”. Many were convinced that England have a better chance of lifting the trophy than Germany. Jackie Williams, 47, from Erfurt, said: “Germany have improved lately so they do have a chance but England have the best players.” England have spent £800,000 booking out the entire 94-room Weimarer Land Golf and Spa resort — set in 350 acres with three golf courses — in Blankenhain. Resort bosses have installed every UK TV channel in every room to ensure the pampered players do not miss a second of their favourite shows — including Love Island. Star midfielder Declan Rice, 25, said the reality show is required viewing. He also revealed every player has a PlayStation games console. The Three Lions remain 3-1 favourites to win Euro 2024, ahead of France and Germany. [email protected] Grealish hits the bar — Page Nine DOUBLE TROUBLE Louis had ‘eat more to win’ idea ROYAL’S PEP TALK BEFORE ROYAL’S PEP TALK BEFORE lPrince Louis’ food tip for team lWills to jet out to watch them Giving advice . . . William yesterday 6 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

2 PORTIONS ALL FOR ONE AND ONE’S FOR ALL ENGLAND GO TO GERMANY ENGLAND GO TO GERMANY WILL POWER Prince encourages footie kids at St George’s Park SUITS YOU, SIRS! England squad in official M&S smart casual wear IT’S FLASH, HARRY Wills gives Kane special shirt in box Prince William bonds with England players and boss Gareth Southgate Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............7

BLOOD shortages will hit patients across Britain this summer, it is feared. The warning of “blood stock pressures” is among civil emergency risks in a secret Cobra report, leaked to The Sun. It hints at a red alert limiting transfusions to those with immediate lifethreatening conditions. “Stock of some key blood groups have remained below target since August 2023,” it adds. The NHS is calling for universal O-type blood donations after a cyber attack hit IT systems. New peril on blood By SAM BLANCHARD NEARLY a quarter of all children are overweight, according to a study. That equates to more than 500million globally. The figure also represents a huge rise on the eight per cent estimated by the World Health Organisation in 1990. Experts at China’s Sichuan University analysed data from 2,033 studies including nearly 46million people in 154 countries. They found 22 per cent of under-18s were overweight last year — including nine per cent obese. Britain had an eight per cent child obesity rate — lower than 19 per cent for the US, but higher than Australia’s six per cent. Puerto Rico was the worst at 30 per cent. Dr Kewei Li said: “Unbalanced diets and sedentary habits appear to be the main drivers.” He warned obesity in childhood leads to higher risk of chronic disorders. Quarter of all kids too heavy Warning . . . on weight GUTSY EFFORT Mini-guts have been grown in a lab to help researchers at Cambridge University find treatments for Crohn’s disease. markets and sent the currency falling to a two-year low at 84p. More than €60billion was wiped off the Paris stock exchange and investors rushed to sell French government bonds — meant to be a haven for assets. But the Euro’s fall is great for British holidaymakers who will TODAY: Mainly dry with early sunny spells but large areas of cloud will build. Showers will develop, mostly across eastern areas, some heavy. TONIGHT: Daytime showers will ease and clear to leave a largely dry evening and night with clear intervals and variable amounts of cloud cover. OUTLOOK: Bright spells tomorrow but large areas of cloud will build bringing a threat of showers, mostly in the east. Heavy rain will push eastwards on Thursday. We are always after good stories and we pay big money for them every day. Call our news desk and we’ll call you straight back WE PAY FOR YOUR STORIES Call 020 7782 4100 WhatsApp 0742 372 0250 Email [email protected] Need help with ? Call 0207 860 1129 or email [email protected] ACTOR HUGH LAURIE, 65, left, singer JORJA SMITH, 27, right, Vampire Diaries actress CLAIRE HOLT, 36, Formula One legend JACKIE STEWART, 85, ZZ Top drummer FRANK BEARD, 75, Dawson’s Creek’s JOSHUA JACKSON, 46, and Game Of Thrones’ PETER DINKLAGE, 55. SUJIKO TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS PUZZLES: PAGE 38 PLACE the numbers 1-9 in the spaces so that the number in each circle is equal to the sum of the four surrounding spaces. Solution on Puzzles page. 6 9 14 16 19 19 Gamble . . . France’s Macron EUROZONE CHAOS France’s shock election sparks currency tumble POLITICAL upheaval in France sent the Euro tumbling against the pound yesterday — in a boost for holidaying Brits. President Emmanuel Macron’s shock decision to call parliamentary elections spooked the money enjoy an exchange rate boost as they head to the continent. Mr Macron gambled on a snap poll after his Renaissance party was beaten by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in the European elections. It followed a pattern across the Continent — particularly in Germany and Italy —in which governing parties haemorrhaged votes to populists on anti-EU and immigration platforms. In a late-night address, Mr Macron said he was calling elections as he wanted to “write history, not be driven by it”. But his gambit could backfire if National Rally replicates its successes in the round of domestic polls on June 30 and July 7. Ms Le Pen’s party won 32 per cent of the EU vote, while Mr Macron’s group crashed to less than 15 per cent. [email protected] The Sun Says — Page 12 By JACK ELSOM Chief Political Correspondent SIR Keir Starmer was yesterday forced to deny a secret plot to restore freedom of movement with the EU if he wins the election. The Labour leader categorically told The Sun: “We’re not going to get it back. And we’re not wanting to get it back. It’s no part of our plans.” He wants a better Brexit deal but ruled out giving expats in the EU their own Westminster MP, dismissing claims by Fiona Urquhart, chairwoman of Labour international. Keir: EU plot’s rot 8............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Accused . . . Hill By MIKE SULLIVAN A TIKTOK influencer with two million followers stalked his ex-girlfriend, a court heard. Thomas Hill, 29, was said to have bombarded Charlie Mullis with phone calls and texts and to have turned up unannounced when she was at work or at the gym. He was arrested when she called police as he sat outside her home in his car for most of a day. Hill was allegedly threatening to kill himself. The pair had been in a turbulent relationship for about a year, the Old Bailey heard. She ended it in January last year but he did not accept it. Prosecutor Janet Weeks said: “He would broadcast the end of the relationship very much in the public eye on social media.” Car industry influencer Hill, of Thamesmead, South East London, denies a stalking charge. The trial continues. EXCLUSIVE by STEPHEN MOYES JACK Grealish needed a helping hand to walk through a luxury hotel after being axed from England’s Euros squad. The footie ace, 28, looked unsteady on his feet as he was ushered through a Dubai hotel towards a beach bar. Party boy Jack was helped along by a friend while a security guard told onlookers not to take pictures. A witness at the 5-star Jumeirah Beach Hotel said: “Jack seemed to have trouble walking unaided. “It looked like the group had been on a good session already. “He’s clearly taking time to work through his Euros rejection.” The former Aston Villa man was said to be upset after manager Gareth Southgate dropped him. England will play Serbia at the Euros in Germany on Sunday. Dropped Grealish has to be propped Helping hand . . . Jack TikToker with 2m followers ‘a stalker’ NEW LINE-UP REVEALED NEW LINE-UP REVEALED By LUCY MURGATROYD THE BBC has confirmed Strictly pro Giovanni Pernice will not return to the dancing show. The Sicilian, 33, is missing from this year’s Strictly Come Dancing line-up as he faces allegations over his tough training methods. But the Beeb’s announcement marks the return of Amy Dowden, who was forced to step down last year for breast cancer treatment. The Sun revealed last month Gio had told pals he wanted to step back over complaints lodged by Sherlock actress Amanda Abbington. A source said: “Strictly’s professional line-up is usually released mid-May but the BBC held back in case Gio could be included. “There had been hope the complaint between Amanda and Gio could be fairly contained. “But as the num- ber of allegations grew, it became clear there was no way Gio could continue.” Meanwhile Amy, 33, shared her joy at being back on the dancefloor after having a mastectomy. The pro wrote: “I can’t wait to be back doing what I love most in the world, dancing! Feel blessed and more excited than EVER. Bring it on! Thank you Strictly for your support always.” Yesterday, The Sun told how one dancer needed three months of therapy after appearing with Gio. The claim came just days after a male celebrity joined a group of female stars who have complained about his training methods. Legal firm Carter Ruck has con- firmed the BBC launched a investigation into workplace misconduct. Gio has denied any wrongdoing. [email protected] BBC: STRICTLY’S A NO-GIO ZONE lBeeb confirms pro not on show lBut Amy back after cancer fight I’m so happy and grateful to be back on @bbcstrictly MY HEART IS SO HAPPY. The best team on and off the dance floor. I can’t wait to be back doing what I love the most in the world, dancing! @amy_dowden Out . . . pro Giovanni Comeback . . . Amy Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ............... 9

TELLY DOC’S TRAGIC END TELLY DOC’S TRAGIC END 90 SECONDS FROM SAFETY From ED SOUTHGATE, in Symi and MICHAEL HAMILTON TRAGIC Dr Michael Mosley laid down and died seeking shade next to a wall in blistering heat on Greek island Symi, a post mortem found yesterday. A coroner ruled the popular TV medic and author’s time of death was around 4pm on Wednesday — two and a half hours after leaving his wife and pals at a beach for his fateful final hike. Dr Mosley, 67, is believed to have sat down while feeling unwell at the bottom of a rocky mountain — before losing consciousness through heat exhaustion around 90 yards from the Agia Marina where he could have been helped. Rhodes coroner Despina Nethena said he died from natural causes and ruled out foul play or any criminal element to his death. But she said it was not yet possible to give an exact cause of death, following the discovery of his body by a bar worker and Sun journalist on Sunday morning after a search for the missing star. The coroner added that more toxicology and other tests would be carried out. It came as the mayor of the tiny island of Symi — 25 miles from Rhodes — said he also believed Dr Mosley had stopped to rest as he felt unwell in temperatures nudging 40C. Lefteris Papakaloudoukas said: “We’re saddened and in complete shock — everyone wanted to find him alive. “It’s been hard, very hard, and no one ever thought we’d every find him where we did, so near to the beach.” Mr Papakaloudoukas said the lack of blood at the scene and the way Dr Mosley was found suggested that the TV presenter had stopped to lie down “probably because he was feeling unwell”. Police sources on the island also suggested the positioning of Dr Mosley’s body and lack of injuries was consistent with him stopping rather than suffering a fall. Symi police commander Dimos Kotsidaras added yesterday: “The cause of death was heat exhaustion after walking from St Nikolas to Agia Marina in high temperatures.” Sun journalist Ed Southgate — one of the first on the scene and who helped raise the alarm on Sunday — also saw Dr Mosley in a prone and “peaceful” position lying down. The doctor, who had left wife Dr Clare Bailey, 62, at St Nikolas beach at 1.30pm on Wednesday, was found in a shaded spot by a wall, with his rucksack further up a hill. He had taken a bottle of water before walking for almost two and a half hours but had left his phone at the house of friends he and Clare were staying with on the island. He was discovered just a 90- second walk from the sunbeds and bar of Agia Marina, where the Trust Me, I’m a Doctor favourite could have found proper shade and water. Paying a poignant tribute to him on Sunday, his heartbroken wife said: “He so very nearly made it.” She described him as “wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant” and said: “We loved each other very much and were so happy together.” Yesterday, police were studying CCTV — seen by The Sun — which shows Dr Mosley zig-zagging at the top of the perimeter of Agia Marina at 3.44pm. He is thought to have been looking for the gate leading down to the beach. He is then seen struggling down the rocky mountain before making his way to the wall. He is thought to have held on to the wall before CCTV . . . doc walking in heat WHEN I walked from the spot where Dr Michael Mosley was found dead, it took just 90 seconds to reach the beach resort. He was just so, so close to help, safety, shelter and water. CCTV showed he had zig-zagged at the top of the perimeter at Agia Marina for around five minutes before making the exhausting trek down. Around that point, there is a hard-to-see fence with an old gate. Was he struggling to find the gate or find a way down? By this point, he had been walking in blistering heat for more than two hours. After I also walked up to the gate and then back down, I realised just how gruelling this steep, mountainous route down was. I had to focus incredibly hard on each and every rocky step and there is no clear path. We, perhaps, will never know exactly what state he was in. For the whole stretch, you can have a clear view of the beautiful Agia Marina — the restaurant, the sunbathers, the swimmers. It is heartbreaking they were just there, unaware of him, and he was unable to make it to them. From in Symi, Greece ED SOUTHGATE Mourned . . . Dr Mosley was a popular TV expert and author 10 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024 V2

AFTER HIKE IN 40C HEAT AFTER HIKE IN 40C HEAT AGIA MARINA Devastated friends arrive at the spot where Michael died. They laid a single white flower in memory of the TV doctor BEACH BAR GATE TO BEACH lying down. An earlier sighting showed Dr Mosley — holding an umbrella to shield him from the sun — in the village of Pedi at 1.52pm. From there, he is thought to have taken a wrong turn, taking him into the mountains leading to Agia Marina instead of to Symi Town. Yesterday, a group of devastated friends arrived at the spot and laid a single white flower — a symbol in Greek mythology for charm. Two men and a woman arrived on the rocky mountain just before midday local time, crouched down and consoled each other. They asked to be shown the exact spot where Dr Mosley was found before thanking journalists. Dr Mosley — a regular on This Morning and The One Show — and wife of 37 years Clare had arrived on Symi for a holiday last Tuesday. The next day, Dr Mosley left the beach alone at 1.30pm — before Clare reported him missing at 7.30pm when he had not returned to their holiday home. A huge search effort swung into action and Dr Mosley and Clare’s adult children — Alexander, Jack, Daniel and Katherine — travelled to Symi to assist. But questions remained last night about how it took five days for Dr Mosley to be found — by a barman and a Sun journalist — before emergency crews with drone equipment. Search teams had scoured the rocky area less than 50 metres from where he was found and a low-flying helicopter had hovered above the area. Bar manager Ilias Tsavaris, 38, who spotted the body and then directed our reporter to it on Sunday, said yesterday: “It’s unreal. The helicopters didn’t see him. Why? “They walked through the whole island. OK, maybe who is going to believe he is behind the wall. You can miss it. “But from drones and helicopters? The whole day before, the helicopMichael lay down to rest by this wall...he never got up again WHERE BODY WAS FOUND KEY Route he took Route to Symi 500 metres Saint Nikolas Beach Pedi Agia Marina Symi Turkey Greek Islands SYMI ter was here, over there and back. Come on.” Ilias found Dr Mosley’s body after the restaurant was called up and asked to check out the area. A Greek TV crew had caught a glint of his watch and told the mayor they had seen something unusual. Yesterday, a business partner paid tribute to the late TV doctor, saying he was “truly was one of a kind”. Calypso Haggett, chief executive of The Fast 800 weight-loss programme, said his “incredible legacy” will “energise a continuous movement for better health”. [email protected] DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES YARDS FROM BAR V2 Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ............... 11

Brussels rout HOW much more must the EU come apart at the seams before tragically nostalgic Remainers finally stop pining for it? Day after day blinkered politicians and online bores cluelessly blame Brexit for our economic woes which either long pre-date the referendum or were caused later by Covid and war. Day after day they fantasise about rejoining, as if that’s our choice and the EU is still just as it was in 2016. Doesn’t the surge there by right-wing parties deter these sore-losers of the Left? The EU Parliament results are just an aperitif. The Right will do far better at national level, as it already has in Italy and Holland. President Macron knows it and has grimly called a do-or-die election in France. Like here, millions are outraged by mass migration imposed by supposedly centrist politicians — plus the ruinously hasty dash towards Net Zero. Germany, once the EU’s economic engine-room, is now a mega-polluting, coal-fired basket case plummeting towards “developing nation” status, in the words of its own stock exchange chief. Even Labour, for now, is giving the whole mess a wide berth. Will Remoaner diehards ever get real? Ed banger WHEN even Labour’s union allies denounce their Net Zero fantasies as pure “zealotry”, it’s time for the party to wake up. Ideological eco-obsessive and known dud Ed Miliband has led Keir Starmer into an absurd and untenable position. The GMB knows that “clean power by 2030” cannot be achieved without the lights going out and oil and gas workers being thrown on the dole. And when a source reveals that Labour’s Net Zero dash is “not being driven by energy specialists” it should terrify us all. Does the party have a clue what it is saying? That 2030 deadline cannot and will not be met. The obscene cost makes yet another Starmer U-turn inevitable. Lance the boil now before more damage is done. Killer’s shame ANNE Sacoolas did not mean to kill motorcyclist Harry Dunn. But that’s where any mitigation or sympathy for her ends. Her behaviour since her lethal negligence outside RAF Croughton has been cowardly and appalling. The US spy fled Britain on a private plane, refused to be tried in person and has now snubbed Harry’s inquest — not even appearing via video link. Sacoolas doubtless regrets mowing down the teenager as she drove on the wrong side of the road. But why would anyone of genuine decency and remorse — after killing a beloved son and inflicting torment on his family — hide instead of facing the music? It shames her . . . and America’s leaders who let her get away with it. Sun THE SAYS GOT any plans tonight? Fancy popping down the pub for a salad and a few pints of alcohol-free lager? What do you mean,“F**k off!”? Well, you better get used to this scenario if the nanny state meddlers get their way. The Boring Brigade have now set their sights on the great British boozer. As we revealed yesterday, plans are afoot to insist every local has at least one tap for alcohol-free beer — never mind how few taps they have. Your favourite tipple could soon be elbowed out of the way to make room for one of the big brands’ “0.0 per cent to 0.5 per cent” offerings such as Lucky Saint. Unlucky you. And the finger-wagging won’t stop there. What you eat down the local is also in the crosshairs of the pleasure police. They’re fed up with us scoffing classic pub grub like pie and mash, fish and chips and that new menu stalwart, “loaded” nachos, and want to push us towards healthier fare. The cat was let out of the bag by Kate Nicholls, who runs campaign group UKHospitality. I’ll bet you a Mars bar She revealed that at a recent conference she’d had “informal discussions” with politicians about making pubs healthier places to visit and they had floated these daft ideas. She added: “If, as expected, we’re having a Labour government, it is more likely to have a big public health agenda coming in. The last Labour government did take forward quite a lot of what would be considered nanny state measures.” Of course. You will probably remember Gordon Brown’s big idea to ban so-called Bogof — buy one, get one free — deals on “junk” food. That will be back too. I’ll bet you a Mars bar. Actually, make that two (I’ve found a deal). Kate Nicholls’ fears for pubs are valid. The state — whoever is in charge — is obsessed with what we eat and drink. Perhaps you can’t blame them for fretting about our waistlines. We are a nation of fatties, with around two-thirds of us now above a healthy weight, according to government data, and that, of course, puts a strain on the NHS. So we do need to fight the flab and we need to do it now. And yes, we should also probably drink less. (And we are actually doing that. The proportion of adults who had at least one alcoholic drink a week has dropped from 54 per cent to 49 per cent in the decade between 2011 and 2021.) But — not even a very big but — we are also a nation that enjoys the freedom to make choices, informed or otherwise. One of those choices we make is to go to the pub — and that decision is already under enough pressure. As The Sun’s Save Our Sups campaign has highlighted, more than 500 pubs closed last year as landlords struggled with all manner of issues, from soaring rates and food price rises, to high energy costs and a staffing crisis. Many of us now no longer have a local to drink alcohol-free lager or eat lean cuisine in. So government tampering with pubs is a very bad idea. Pubs are not just places to get drunk on 12 pints of Best Bitter and dip steak-cut chips into mayonnaise. They are also the heartbeat of communities, the place for a quiet drink with pals, a game of pool or darts, or to take part in the quiz — and maybe have a fish-finger sandwich to boot. A report by Loughborough University found that 64 per cent of people believed their local was a key place to socialise in the community. And when that gets closed down, 86 per cent said the community suffered, not least many of Britain’s 3.83million chronically lonely people. The Government, who have screwed bars enough already with sky-high alcohol taxes, should leave pubs to be run by the landlords who know their punters best. Deep-fat fryer Let them decide what beer is on tap. If their customers demand draft alcoholfree beer, don’t worry, they’ll provide it. If they don’t, well then there’s another guest ale that will get its slot at the bar. And if their clientele is fed up of chicken Kiev and curly fries and wants a green salad instead (although who these nutters are I’d love to know!), then out will go the deep-fat fryer. I suspect Sir Keir Starmer knows this more than many politicians, as he seems to genuinely enjoy a boozer. I saw the Labour leader in one on one of the recent bank holiday Mondays. He and his wife called in to my old local in London’s Camden Town and the pair sat at a table like any other couple. He enjoyed a few frothy pints and she was on the vino blanco. They lined their stomachs with a bag of “unhealthy” crisps. In a few weeks he is likely to have little opportunity to enjoy such a gentle afternoon if he becomes PM and the myriad problems of this country become his to fix. But I hope he remembers the rest of us in Britain’s boozers and only implements policies that ensure that, while he can’t be there, we still can. We’re not here for the 0% beer, Keir By COLIN ROBERTSON CHEERS . . . Labour may insist pubs serve alcohol-free beer if Sir Keir leads them to victory SAINTLY . . . alcohol-free beer PUB FAN SLAMS LABOUR PLANS 12 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

By PAUL SIMS THE rain-soaked summer raged on yesterday with forecasters warning of frost in the coming days. The Met Office said the temperature would plunge overnight — while the downpours continued. Punters wrapped up on the River Cam as temperatures took a dive. Forecaster Simon Par- tridge said: “It’s rained every day since the start of June. And there is going to be no let-up. “We’ll see more rain, especially on Thursday and Friday, before an unsettled weekend. It’ll get chilly with the chance of frosts in Wales.” Figures showed Britain had its warmest spring on record — but the wettest in nearly 40 years. Mr Partridge said temperatures this week would be about 5C colder than the June average of 20C (68F). Up to 1.5in of rain is expected, with the most falling in Wales and Northern Ireland. Summer bummer getting glummer Icy . . . on the Cam Di’s bro . . Earl Spencer By ROB PATTINSON POLICE have launched an investigation into historical allegations of sex abuse at Earl Spencer’s old school. They said they had conducted preliminary inquiries into allegations dating back to the 1970s. It came after the brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, claimed in his memoir that sexual assaults and beatings at Maidwell Hall, which he attended from the age of eight, still haunted him. After the publication of A Very Private School, in March, Maidwell Hall in West Northants said it was sorry for the experiences the young Earl Spencer and some contemporaries had endured. Northamptonshire Police said: “We take all allegations of abuse very seriously and will pursue all available lines of inquiry to help bring perpetrators to justice. “We encourage anyone who has suffered abuse to contact us.” Earl’s old school in abuse inquiry EXCLUSIVE: TIPSY GYPSY KING EXCLUSIVE: TIPSY GYPSY KING BRITAIN’S BRAVEST BOUNCER Bar doorman turfs out Fury by RICHARD MORIARTY BRITAIN’S bravest bouncers escorted heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury from a bar — before the star collapsed outside. The security team led the former world champ — who lost his title to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk last month — outside on Friday evening after he had enjoyed one drink too many. They decided Fury, worth an estimated £300million, was too intoxicated to carry on partying with friends and fans at a home town bar. They then gently persuaded the Gypsy King to head back to his £1.7million mansion. A source close to Fury, 35, said the fighter had not had alcohol for more than a year. And they said: “He had a couple too many and wasn’t feeling too well either.” Video taken by a mum collecting her son showed Fury crawling on hands and knees and putting his head on the pavement outside Nowhere in Morecambe, Lancs. The woman said: “I heard a lot of shouting and commotion and then I saw Tyson crawling. He looked in a bad way. Hopefully, it was just a one-off blow-out.” Morecambe DJ Scott Shearing said the star had posed for fan photos, even giving one girl £20. He said: “The man is a legend. He is still just like you or me.” One fan online praised door staff, saying: “Took some guts to kick him out.” richard.moriarty@ news.co.uk Escort . . . bouncer with star ‘Unwell’ . . . Fury SYDNEY’S SKINNY DIP By ROD McPHEE SYDNEY Sweeney goes bananas while frolicking in the waves outside her luxurious new oceanfront home. The Hollywood actress has just splashed out £10.6million on the six-bedroom mansion close to Key West in Florida. Sydney, 26, wore a two-piece swimsuit, shades and a lifejacket as she went jet-skiing, before being pulled along with a pal on the back of the giant yellow inflatable. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Euphoria star was spending the day on the beach with a group of friends, including her 40-year-old fiancé, producer Jonathan Davino. IT’S SYD WEEEEEN-EY! Sydney, right, and a pal hang on tight Pictures: MEGA Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ............... 13

RISHI: I CAN STILL CUT IT By HARRY COLE, JULIA ATHERLEY and RYAN SABEY RISHI Sunak will today offer tax cuts and a clampdown on immigration in a lastditch effort to breathe life into his bid to remain PM. His Tory manifesto will include giveaways for workers — with another 2p cut to National Insurance promised — as well as permanently abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers on houses under £425,000. And a cap on the number of visas will be promised to try to tackle out-of-control legal migration rates. It came as Mr Sunak told the BBC last night that home ownership had become harder under 14 years of Tory rule. The Prime Minister said: “It has got harder and I want to make sure it’s easier. “What we will do is not just build homes in the right places and do that in a way that is sensitive to local communities, but make sure we support young people into great jobs so they can save deposits.” Ahead of today’s manifesto launch, the PM went on: “We’re going to keep cutting people’s taxes. You’ll see that in our manifesto.” Labour will brand the giveaways “the most expensive panic attack in history”. And last night there were growing Tory fears the 76 pages of election promises do not go far enough and will stop short of a firm pledge to get tough on Strasbourg meddling in Britain’s border controls. The PM will tell supporters in Northamptonshire today: “We want to create a society in which everyone has a chance to own. So, we will abolish stamp duty entirely for first-time buyers purchasing a house up to £425,000, and introduce a new help to buy scheme to get more people on the property ladder. “All part of our plan to build an ownership society, where more and more people have the security and pride of home ownership.” Mr Sunak is running out of chances to turn his faltering election campaign around having left it at risk of imploding over his decision to leave last week’s D-Day commemorations in Normandy early. Yesterday, he again asked voters to pardon his mistake. He said: “I just hope people can find it in their hearts to forgive me and look at my actions as Prime Minister.” He insisted he had never thought of quitting during the row, insisting: “I’m energised about the vision we’re putting forward for the country.” Speaking in West Sussex — which should be safe Tory territory — he said: “This campaign is not even halfway through yet. I’m finding enormous support for the policies we’re putting on the table.” Senior Tories are hoping today’s manifesto can be a reset moment for the campaign. But Cabinet ministers who have seen the document were said to have been underwhelmed by the lack of big offers. It is understood Mr Sunak will stop short of any pledge to abolish inheritance tax, instead focusing on a pledge to phase out National Insurance contributions by the end of the next five-year parliament. Reducing employee NICS contributions to 6p means Mr Sunak will have halved the rate. But the previous two cuts had little or no effect on the Government’s dire poll rating, with some senior Tories questioning why another 2p would have a different result. The manifesto will also promise to keep the price threshold at which first-time buyers begin to pay stamp duty at £425,000. It was increased from £300,000 in 2022 — but the move was due to expire in March. And it will vow to permanently increase the maximum property price for claiming stamp duty relief from £500,000 to £625,000. Front and centre of the document will also be a pledge to cap the annual number of visas granted to new arrivals working in the UK. On the financial aid plans, the PM will say today: “Keir Starmer takes a very different view. He says he’s a socialist, and we know what socialists always do — take more of your money. And we know the plans Labour have already announced will require them to increase taxes on working households by £2,094. “We are now cutting taxes for earners, parents and pensioners.” But the Tories are facing growing pressure on the right from Reform’s Nigel Farage, with one poll last night showing just four in ten voters who backed the Conservatives in 2019 planned to stick with the PM. Mr Farage claimed Reform was at a tipping point, with the Tories losing one in five voters to his party, according to data from JL Partners. While 20 per cent of 2019 Tory voters were heading to Reform, 15 per cent were backing Labour. Mr Farage boasted he was now the main challenger to Labour. He said: “My word of the day is momentum. We have got momentum. I have absolutely no doubt about it.” The Tories could lose even more support to Reform, with three in ten Conservative voters open to considering voting for Farage’s party. Tom Lubbock, of JL Partners, said: “There were three huge events last week: the debate, Farage and D-Day. All have put their own mark on this race, but Nigel Farage’s entry has had the largest impact.” Last night, Pat McFadden, Labour’s national campaign coordinator, said: “The Tories’ scattergun and unfunded commitments have racked up billions with no idea from them of how to pay for it.” [email protected] lNEW BLITZ ON IMMIGRATION lPM’S VOW TO SLASH TAXES ELECTION 2024 6I disregard much of what Nigel says. He’s a showman. He does these things to get attention. And just like a spoiled child, I don’t think he should be rewarded for doing so7 JAMES CLEVERLY ON NIGEL FARAGE, AFTER THE LATTER’S ‘CULTURE’ JIBE AT PM OUSTED lefty Faiza Shaheen has done her own purge. Her election leaflet boasts how she ran the Tories a close second in 2019 — with no mention that she was running for Labour, who have now renounced her entirely. LIB Dem frontbencher Sarah Olney looked set to puke on a Thorpe Park thrill ride, next to her gurning leader Ed Davey. DEPARTING Tory MP Dehenna Davison is swapping her chilly Co Durham constituency for Brazil as her partner is to be our deputy ambassador. WINNER OF THE DAY ELECTION WHISPERS LOSER OF THE DAY HAPLESS Tory candidate Leon Cook praised his local Brockwell Park Country Show as a “well-run and joyous” affair. But four people were taken to hospital after a ride malfunctioned and he called for a full investigation. CAMPAIGNING is hungry work — so is it any wonder Rishi Sunak appears to have ditched his Monday fasting regime for the election? Our usually restrained PM was caught gobbling a slice of carrot cake yesterday. CANDIDATES say doorbell cameras have made their lives tricky because voters pretend they’re not in if they spot a political leaflet. One canvasser has started carrying a parcel — so that people think they’ve got mail. TORIES’ DOUBLE TORIES’ DOUBLE Campaign trail . . . in West Sussex 14 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024 S1

GAMBIT IN MANIFESTO GAMBIT IN MANIFESTO By JACK ELSOM RISHI Sunak yesterday denied being a Tory-lite “quinoa salad” compared to Nigel Farage’s “Sunday roast with all the trimmings” brand of conservatism. The PM had been quizzed by the BBC on the threat of Reform UK. Mr Sunak told Nick Robinson: “A vote for anyone else, including Nigel Farage’s party, is ultimately a vote that makes it more likely that Keir Starmer is in power.” On the eve of today’s Tory manifesto launch, he also confirmed his party will unveil new tax giveaways and a crackdown on immigration. And the under-fire PM promised to protect pensions, increase defence spending and a “more sensible” approach to net zero. WHERE? It’s such a small word but it’s the big question which undermines Labour’s fragile promises on immigration. Where would all the people that come over here on small boats ultimately go under a Labour government? Keir Starmer failed to answer it when questioned by the PM in their first TV debate. It’s not because the Labour leader won’t answer, it’s because he can’t. Vowing to stop flights to Rwanda “even if it works” both as a deterrent and a safe destination to send people leaves them with one idea. A good idea but our idea. They say they want to “smash the gangs” as if they’ve just thought of it. They say they’ll do it by having a unit dedicated to doing so. The problem for them is it already exists. It’s called the Special Boats Operational Command. Just as Labour says it will junk Rwanda, countries across Europe are realising Rwanda-type schemes are the only way to tackle this global challenge. We have a clear plan, theirs is as clear as mud. Sir Keir has no answers on dinghies Unappetising . . . a quinoa salad By Home Secretary JAMES CLEVERLY NIGEL Farage has called for a £40billion tax cut for Brits funded by scrapping the interest paid to banks by the Bank of England. Reform UK announced the pledge for a “Great British tax cut” yesterday as polls showed they are grabbing voters from Rishi Sunak. Party chairman Richard Tice said they would increase the threshold of income tax to £20,000 from £12,570 — which would save the average person £1,500 a year, he claimed. The policy would be funded by slashing the billions of taxpayer pounds the Bank of England pay to banks under the quantitative easing programme. Farage, left, called the policy a step in the right direction, adding: “We need to face up to one or two realities. We are skint. “And it is getting worse. And at some point in time we may even have trouble issuing gilts, issuing government bonds unless the market sees that we have got some solutions.” NIGE IN BANK RAID By JULIA ATHERLEY MAKE OR BAKE PM serves cake yesterday ahead of manifesto today LOTS RIDING ON LAUNCH FOR LIBS’ ED BRITAIN will ride back into the clutches of the European Union and open borders under Liberal Democrat plans announced yesterday. Sir Ed Davey rode on rollercoasters at a theme park after his party laid out plans to surrender our country’s Brexit freedoms by signing up to the single market. The 116-page manifesto document details how they want to put the relationship with Brussels on a more “formal and stable” footing. Joining the Single Market — which allows for the free movement of goods, capital and people — would be a stepping stone to re-joining the EU, the party says. It also calls for giving EU citizens in the UK the right to vote in Parliamentary elections and referendums. And non-EU citizens would be given the right to vote in national and local elections after five years. Sir Ed took his campaign to the Thorpe Park theme park, in Surrey, on the 50mph Rush ride — which swings 75ft high. He also boarded Colossus — the first ten-loop coaster — the Tidal Wave log flume and a teacup ride. The stunt comes after he went paddle-boarding in the Lake District and on a waterslide in Somerset. But Tory Cabinet Minister Steve Barclay said: “Giving foreigners the right to vote is nothing more than a plot to take the UK back into the EU by stealth.” He added: “At least the Lib Dems are open about their intentions to reverse Brexit. Labour have persistently shown they too want to drag us closer to Brussels and have already fiddled the ballot box in Wales to help them. “A vote for the Lib Dems is a vote to put Keir Starmer in Downing Street.” By RYAN SABEY Swing seat . . . Sir Ed on Thorpe Park rides yesterday Don’t make meal out of quinoa jibe S1 Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ............... 15

GOT GOSSIP? CALL OR WHATSAPP THE BIZ BATPHONE WE NEVER SLEEP buzz bi 07590 802979 IT’S POOR LITTLE BILLIE NO DATES POP singer BILLIE EILISH has revealed how even she gets ghosted by blokes. The American hitmaker admitted a long-term pal she once wanted to date, after years of getting to know each other, suddently went all radio-silent on her. Billie, a winner of two Oscars as well as Grammy and Brit awards, said: “I’ve been ghosted. It was somebody I’d known for years and had a plan, the day of, on the phone, ‘This is my address, be there at 3pm’. Never heard from him again. Ever.” She added to LILY ALLEN and MIQUITA OLIVER on their BBC podcast Miss Me?: “It was probably the craziest one that’s ever happened to me. To this day, [he] never texted me again. I was like, ‘did you die? Did you literally die?.” Billie, who later found out the fella had been dating someone else, added: “I couldn’t believe it. I genuinely didn’t know that people still did that. “What a f***ing little pathetic man. What a tiny little man.” Despite it looking like she has the world at her feet, fame and fortune has not always been kind to Billie in her personal life. She said: “I lost all of my friends when I got famous. Suddenly I couldn’t relate to anybody. It was tough, it was really hard. “I was so young, on my 20th birthday, and I remember looking around the room and it was only people I employ, and all 15 years or more older than me. “And then one of my best friends, who worked with me, quite out of the blue, didn’t talk to me. It was the worst thing that happened to me.” SINGER MEGHAN TRAINOR is back with her sixth album Timeless – another infectiously catchy pop record. But the All About That Bass singer, above, admits that while her music has brought joy to millions – behind the scenes she has struggled since the 2014 chart-topping debut. Speaking frankly about her mental health, Meghan, who will play Capital FM’s Summertime Ball at Wembley this Sunday, said: “I was unfamiliar and uneducated, and most of my family, too. “I was lucky I found support in my older brother, who had been suffering from this as well and never told anyone. “So he told me to go to the ER and accept the support and the medication and walked me through it. “I learned from that that I’m going to survive this panic attack, I’m going to live.” Talking to Head Above The Clouds magazine, Meghan added : “When I write each song, I try to remember how to talk to myself. “When I perform, it’s a kind of therapy where I sing to myself, feel good in my body and love myself. “It’s the best therapy ever for me. When I saw that All About That Bass had helped so many strangers, I felt like I had my superpower.” MEGHAN: ‘MY BRO’S MY BASS’ RIHANNA doesn’t know if she’s hot or cold. The Only Girl (In The World) singer mixed this skimpy strap top with a faux fur jacket which she draped off her shoulders in New York on Sunday. Sporting her natural locks, RiRi added giant gold hoop earrings and statement shades. Last week the billionaire announced her latest business venture – Fenty Hair. Following on from her ever-popular Fenty beauty range, it is set to be a range of products said to “strengthen and repair” all types of barnet. Great, Rhianna. But what we really want is a new album. Ri’s in the mink PETE DAVIDSON SNOOP DOGG 50 CENT 220M RECORDS SOLD GLOBALLY EMINEM AS ROBIN WITH DR DRE STOOD UP . . . fan favourite Eilish Picture: @JEREMYDEPUTAT HE soundtracked my boozy university years, so I can’t help but feel a twang of nostalgia after being told NE- YO is set to drop a summer banger. I’m told the Closer singer, inset, has secretly hit the studio with dance floor legend STEVE AOKI for a huge track that is just around the corner. A source said: “Steve and Ne-Yo hit the studio this year. The track isn’t far off but it’s all been shrouded in secrecy. It’s a summer dance smash, though, and will be worth the wait.” Over the past year STEVE has surprised fans with a number of collaborations – none more shocking than with PARIS HILTON. I can’t say I was overly impressed but I’m ready to be won over once more. NE-YO’S SUMMER SMASH 10 UK No1 ALBUMS Picture: LAUREN DUNN 16 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

With HOWELL DAVIES & JACK HARDWICK HE boldly declared “Shady’s back, tell a friend” in 2002 megahit Without Me. And more than a decade on the words could not be truer for EMINEM after he stormed our charts once more. He is sitting proudly at No1 with comeback single Houdini, ending SABRINA CARPENTER’s five-week run at the top with Espresso. Real name Marshall Mathers, it is the rapper’s biggest opening week since Without Me debuted at No1 in 2002. And it means Eminem — who resurrects his savage alter ego Slim Shady in the song’s video — is tied with DJ CALVIN HARRIS in fifth place for the most UK No1 singles by a solo artist, with 11. Houdini is Eminem’s first solo No1 since 2005 hit Like Toy Soldiers. The video, which features nods to his recordbreaking career, has also picked up more than 60million views on YouTube. It contains cameos from Eminem’s rap pals DR DRE, 50 CENT and SNOOP DOGG, as well as comedians PETE DAVIDSON and SHANE GILLS. The hitmaker, who made his debut in 1998 with Just Don’t Give a F***, has also leapfrogged his mentor Sir ELTON JOHN when it comes to No1s. They formed an unlikely friendship after they performed Em’s track Stan at the 2001 Grammy Awards. Elton also helped him get sober after witnessing his very public battle with drink and drugs. The Rocketman has gushed: “We’ve been amazing friends ever since. He’s an amazing guy. I just adore him.” Only four musicians stand ahead of Eminem with a higher UK No1 hit count — MADONNA, who has 13 chart-toppers, CLIFF RICHARD and ED SHEERAN with 14, and ELVIS PRESLEY with 21.Yet despite Eminem being one of the biggest stars on the planet with a net worth of £230million, Radio 1 has given his new tune a lukewarm reception, adding it to the C playlist and barely broadcasting it. Fellow household names TAYLOR SWIFT, BILLIE EILISH and DUA LIPA are all on the A-list. In awkward reading for BBC bosses, Houdini is now the fastest-selling single of the year and likely to remain at No1 on Friday. To be fair to Radio 1, it wasn’t just bosses at the Beeb who were unimpressed. Reviews of Houdini were just as indifferent — if not scathing. Unsurprisingly, lyrics joking about MEGAN THEE STALLION and fellow rapper TORY LANEZ went down like a cup of cold sick. In the video Eminem takes aim at cancel culture and has an awkward dig at his own kids. He recreates scenes from songs The Real Slim Shady and Without Me, including dressing as Batman’s sidekick Robin. The song, which borrows the melody from the STEVE MILLER BAND’s 1982 hit Abracadabra, sees him rap: “F*** my own kids, they’re brats.” He adds: “My s**t may not be age-appropriate but I will hit an eight-year old in the face with a participation trophy. “’Cause I have zero doubts that this whole world’s about to turn into some girl scouts.” The impressive comeback now means Eminem is firmly in the sights of Glastonbury organiser EMILY EAVIS. The Sun has told how Emily, a big fan of the rapper, has tried to have him headline for years. However, each time the talks have fallen through. Now the stars could be aligning for him to take to the Pyramid stage in 2025. A source said: “It’s been a long time coming but finally, after years of trying, Emily could be about to get her wish. “It’s by no means a done deal but with a successful comeback in motion a huge headline slot next year makes sense. “I’m sure everyone behind the scenes is willing things to work out.” Eminem’s last circuit here was in 2016 with two sold out nights at Wembley Stadium as part of his mini Rapture Tour. Houdini debuted at No10 on TikTok’s Viral 50 chart, but its success isn’t solely down to a new era of fans. It seems his army of supporters, many of whom have followed him for almost three decades, have come out in force. And I can’t blame them, I love the track. SLIM SHADY’S BACK lEminem slammed by critics and shunned by radio lBut storms charts with fastest-selling single of the year CAMILA CABELLO oozed sex appeal as she slipped into this studded PVC dress for a VIP ceremony. The Havana singer was honoured with the Global Impact Award at the Billboard Latin Women in Music Gala in Miami. She thanked her mum – admitting she had failed to publicly recognise her in the past. The singer said during her speech: “I had never taken a moment to talk about her like this, so I wanted to do it tonight. “When the world is suffering, my mum reminds me that there is love in this world. “Her best advice is not something she says but something she practices: Her kindness, empathy and how she treats people.” I guess mum really is the word. Camila’s top marks in Latin He resurrects alter ego with diss hit Houdini RETURN . . . Eminem £230M HIS NET WORTH SIR ELTON JOHN CALVIN HARRIS Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ............... 17

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Hartley-Brewer JULIA GUEST COLUMNIST GREAT ’N’ THE GOOF SQUAWL WRONG Only shocking thing about rise in votes for far right is that anyone is shocked lTWO 12-year-old boys have been found guilty of murdering a man stabbed through the heart with a machete. Yes, as shocking as it is, you DID read that correctly. The court was told how one of the boys regularly carried a machete and that the pair didn’t know their victim, who they beat and stabbed to death within minutes of meeting him in Wolverhampton. When I was 12 years old, I was carrying my school bag and obsessed with Duran Duran. So what on earth is going on nowadays when kids this young can hack a complete stranger to death? WE’VE all met superbrainy people who are maths whizzkids but you wouldn’t trust them to walk to the shops and buy the ingredients for a cheese sandwich. They’re both brainboxclever and practically useless at the same time. I have a feeling Rishi Sunak and his team of advisers at No10 are like that. It’s the only explanation for the bizarre decision for the PM to head home early from last Thursday’s D-Day commemorations in France, rather than join other global leaders to thank our brave veterans. His robotic apology the next day did nothing to placate his many angry critics and it may well turn out to be the defining moment of the election for Sunak, just as Gordon Brown’s dreadful “bigoted woman” comment was in 2010. The decision to head home early still defies belief. Was there a family emergency? A terror threat? No, he’d booked in an interview with ITV. While 99 per cent of us could have told the PM that disrespecting veterans would go down like a cup of cold sick, not one of Sunak’s advisers piped up to say: “Er, are you SURE this is a good idea?” If they can’t get such basic stuff right, no wonder they can’t fulfill the rather more difficult task of running the country well. And don’t ask any of them to make you a cheese sarnie. This lot would forget the bread. And the cheese. I WAS very sad to hear Dr Michael Mosley had been found dead after a four-day search for the health guru, who went missing on the Greek island of Symi. His death is so tragic simply because it could easily have been avoided as he walked for hours in the sweltering heat of that moonscaped island. I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael a number of times about his Fast 800 diet, which I then successfully used, and he was a lovely man – warm and funny, a great communicator with a lust for life. His loss will be felt not just by his family but also by the many people he never met but whom he helped to get back to health. DOES anyone know when we’re going to get summer this year? I’ve been waiting and waiting but, apart from the odd few hours between grey skies and showers, those muchanticipated BBQ days have yet to materialise. I’m not expecting a month of glorious blue skies – I don’t live on the Costa del Sol – but could the Met Office just give us a clue which three days we might get some sun this year so we can all make plans to spend six hours in traffic for a day trip to the seaside? Too much to ask? asked in bewilderment. The answer to that question is simple: Because if you ignore what voters want for years on end, paying only lip service to their demands before carrying on as usual, while calling them “bigots” and “racists”, you probably shouldn’t be surprised when they decide to give their votes to somebody else. Sound familiar? It should do. Because what’s just played out across the Channel is remarkably similar to what’s happening here in Britain. Just as Rishi Sunak is horrified to see Conservative voters turn their backs on him and trudge off to vote for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, the mainstream parties of Europe have been left dumbfounded by the millions of voters who have done the same to their established parties. In France, President Macron has called a snap parliamentary election in a desperate bid to see his rival Marine Le Pen elected as PM and her flaws exposed to French voters. In Germany, the left-wing Chancellor faces demands for an early election, while the Belgian PM, down to just six per cent of the votes on Sunday, fell on his sword and resigned. In Italy, in Austria and in many other nations, the liberals and left-wingers fell by the wayside as voters turned away from the mainstream parties in search of something different. It is mass uncontrolled immigration that holds the key to this disillusionment with the older, established parties. Voters across Britain and Europe have had enough of being told mass immigration is good for the country, making us all richer, when it’s obvious that most people’s standard of living is going down and not up. Voters have had enough of being told that “diversity is our strength” when their national culture is being undermined every day, and too often new arrivals live in parallel communities while making no effort to integrate or even to speak English. Lied to then insulted Voters have had enough of being told they’re racist bigots, for pointing out that mass immigration without any extra infrastructure makes it harder for their families to afford housing, win higher wages for their work, get their kids into good schools or see an NHS doctor. As European politicians have learned to their cost, voters don’t like being lied to, let down and then insulted into the bargain. Even as the polls look set to see a Labour victory here on July 4, our political class is facing a similar predicament. Dismissing anyone who raises concerns about protecting our borders and Western values as “far right” simply won’t wash any more. Sticks and stones might break their bones but those words just won’t hurt the likes of Nigel Farage, Marine Le Pen, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and the Netherlands’ Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders any more. Voters aren’t listening. Would our politicians be wise to pay attention to Sunday’s EU election results? Absolutely. Will they learn any lessons? Probably not. Whether that day comes next month or in a few years, they will claim to be just as “stunned” by the “shock” election results when it happens here. But they can’t say they weren’t warned. APOLOGY . . . Sunak IT’S ALL GOWN CRAZY THE woke lunatics at British universities have been busy again. This time it’s Exeter’s turn. They’re pressuring all academic staff to sign anti-transphobia pledges, and declare their trans “allyship” and preferred pronouns. So was Exeter a hotbed of anti-trans hate before these pledges were introduced? Were lecturers abusing trans students on a daily basis? No, of course not. Because this genderideology madness isn’t about protecting people who identify as trans. It’s about controlling our freedom of speech and thought. It’s not enough just to be polite and friendly to a trans colleague or student, you must CELEBRATE transgenderism. And while Exeter insists no one is “forced” to sign up, academics know their career is over if they don’t. Enough is enough with this McCarthyite attack on academic freedom. It’s time to stop this madness once and for all. Oh, but in case you were wondering, my preferred pronouns are she/Her Imperial Majesty. Feel free to use them, or not – after all, this is supposed to a free country. RIGHTS FIASCO . . . Exeter CLEMMIE MOODIE IS AWAY THANKS DR MIKE “SHOCK results!”, the headlines screamed, as politicians were said to be “stunned” by the surge in votes for “far-right” parties across Europe in the EU Parliamentary elections. But the only real mystery is why everyone claimed to be so surprised. After all, the wave of support for “populist” parties on the right wasn’t just predictable, it had been PREDICTED. Yet politicians and the media across the continent were left as blindsided by it all as British and US politicos were by the votes for Brexit and Donald Trump in 2016. “How could this happen?” they We would do everything to save our child MY daughter went to a music festival at the weekend, returning sodden and bleary-eyed after rainstorms and an overnight coach journey home. But she made it safely home. I can’t begin to imagine what the family of Noa Argamani, 26, went through after the young Israeli woman was seized by Hamas terrorists at the Nova music festival on October 7 and held captive in Gaza for eight long months. Thanks to a daring raid by Israeli special forces she is now home and safe with her family, above, as are her three fellow hostages. Tragically, Palestinian civilians were killed in the gun battle between Hamas and the Israeli rescue mission. This, I’m afraid, is what happens when terrorists choose to hold hostages in civilian homes. If Hamas really cared about Palestinian lives, they wouldn’t use women and children as human shields and they would release all of their hostages today. Do people really expect Israel to leave their hostages to rot? If my daughter was kidnapped by terrorists, I’d expect our government to do anything and everything to help get her back. And, if it were your child, so would you. Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ............... 19

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Killer snubs inquest FINAL INSULT TO MY HARRY MUM’S FURY MUM’S FURY THE mother of fatal crash teenager Harry Dunn has accused the US diplomat who killed him of delivering a final, cruel insult by snubbing his inquest. Charlotte Charles said Anne Sacoolas, a former CIA spy, was choosing to hide by refusing to give evidence in person — or even by video link — at the hearing. It has left 19-year-old Harry’s family still searching for answers about how she crashed into his motorbike in 2019. Charlotte said: “Learning that Anne Sacoolas will not be attending was bitterly disappointing and, as a mother, is utterly incomprehensible. By JOHN SIDDLE Spirited to US . . Anne Sacoolas Devastating injuries . . . Harry Hurt . . . Charlotte She could have chosen to give me and our family this opportunity to finally understand what led to Harry’s death that night. “But, no. I am unspeakably hurt she has chosen to hide instead. It cannot help but feel disrespectful to Harry, the life he had and the future he lost.” Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road in her Volvo when she hit Harry’s bike near RAF Croughton, Northants. She left him with devastating fractures and was heard by a police officer at the scene sobbing: “I’m so stupid.” But she was spirited out of the country — and it took three years of campaigning before she got a suspended jail term. The four-day inquest opened yesterday with tributes to Harry from his parents. Delays in dispatching an ambulance also came under scrutiny at the hearing in Northampton, with one expert saying there was a very slim chance Harry might have lived had help arrived sooner. The Sun Says — Page 12 Starts on THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’ OF CANCER CARE Page 28 LIL BIT OF SUN ELEPHANTS have names for each other just like people, research shows. They were seen to respond to others’ calls by approaching them or calling back. But calls meant for other elephants were usually ignored. It was more complex than in other animals as they did not just imitate each other’s calls but produced new ones. US researcher Prof George Wittemyer said: “It is more similar to the way human names work.” Far from Dumbo By PAUL SIMS A SUSPECTED gunman has died in hospital after a tense ten-hour standoff with armed police. He was found seriously wounded inside a property where he had been keeping officers at bay. Police had finally stormed in, letting off what were described as “distraction devices”. The man was taken to hospital but pronounced dead shortly afterwards. The siege began when police were called to a domestic incident in Leeds on Sunday. But they pulled back when they spotted what they thought was a handgun. Armed police and negotiators were scrambled to the scene — and went in after ten hours. An independent investigation is now under way. 10-hr cop stand-off man dies CON AIR Fraudsters are pretending to be from all major airlines in a bid to steal identities on social media, Which? has found. Lookalike . . . mum Kate By AMIR RAZAVI BIKINI-clad model Lila Moss turns up the heat on a boat trip with pals in Ibiza. The 21-year-old — who banked nearly £360,000 last year — looked just like supermodel mum Kate as she dived into the sea. Picture: BACKGRID Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............21

showed the mRNA-1083 vaccine led to higher immune responses against both flu and Covid than when having two separate single jabs. Fewer injections would be more convenient and simpler, making it more likely people would get vaccinated, the company says. Moderna’s trial involved two groups of FLU & COVID JAB COMBO ‘BETTER’ A COMBINED flu and Covid By SAM BLANCHARD vaccine is more effective than separate single injections, its maker says. The findings raise hopes that the two-in-one jab will be approved by regulators for an NHS rollout this year. Moderna’s Spikevax vaccine for Covid is used in NHS booster programmes. But a newer version also includes a dose of flu protection. Latest tests from Moderna 4,000 people each, aged 50-plus. The side-effects were mild — a sore arm and tiredness — as is typical with such jabs. Chief executive Stephane Bancel said: “We are very delighted about the results. You get one dose, one needle which means ease and peace of mind for the consumer.” Competitors Pfizer and BioNTech are also testing a similar two-in-one vaccine against flu and Hope . . . twin vaccine Covid. By AMIR RAZAVI Showbiz news correspondent STAR’S MATCHES VICTORY . . . Robbie lifts cup after first match in 2006 this is Jose wiping out Olly Murs GOLDEN SHOT . . . actor Woody Harrelson in 2010 taking the winning penalty despite obviously not even knowing what a penalty was — and Kasabian rocker Serge Pizzorno channelling his inner Ronaldinho to lob exEngland goalie David Seaman. Jose Mourinho running on to the pitch to wipe out singer Olly Murs, and Inbetweeners actor Blake Harrison’s beaming pre-match grin are other honourable mentions. As well as wanting to back a good cause, there is a competitive streak among those who take part — from ex-footballers to other sporting icons like Sir Mo Farah, along with actors including Tom Hiddleston and singers such as Tom Grennan. I’m A Celeb’s Sam Thompson, 31, revealed heavyweight boxer Tony Bellew, 41, got angry after conceding penalties against him in training. He said: “He stormed out of goal TWO decades ago, Robbie Williams met football agent Kenneth Shepherd at a charity game his mate was playing in. After watching the match at Newcastle’s St James’ Park stadium, the pair wanted to create a similar event to raise cash and awareness for children suffering across the globe. Soccer Aid for Unicef was launched in 2006, originally as a one-off — but 18 years and 13 starstudded games later, it has generated an incredible £106million for kids suffering in some of the world’s most deprived countries. And Sunday’s spectacle in front of a packed crowd at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge was as popular as ever — with 3.6million people watching at home, topping the day’s ratings for ITV. England’s 6-3 victory over the World XI — their first win since 2018 — raised £15million for Unicef. Singer Robbie, 50, said yesterday: “Thank you for your kind messages about Soccer Aid. Un-f-ingbelievable. Just absolutely incredible. So proud and so pleased.” With so much money raised, some believe Robbie could finally be awarded an OBE — 12 years after his Take That pal Gary Barlow got one for services to music and charity. The dad of four began working with children’s charity Unicef in 1998 and two years later became an ambassador, travelling to countries including Haiti when it was devastated by an earthquake in 2010. In the first Soccer Aid, Robbie captained and played alongside his pal Jonathan Wilkes, 45 — who featured in the match that inspired the event. One source said: “Soccer Aid spiralled into something Robbie couldn’t have ever imagined. ‘Tony stormed out’ “It has teams in place to work all year round to organise the event and help distribute the funds with Unicef. “Robbie is so proud of Soccer Aid. They have helped so many people and raised awareness for Unicef and the work they do. It’s incredible. “The only thing standing in Robbie’s way for an OBE is the fact he spends much of the year abroad, but he’s now sold his US homes and is spending more time in the UK. “He’s a British icon and a thoroughly nice guy. It seems mad he hasn’t had Palace recognition yet.” Kenneth, boss of Triple S Sports Management and son of exNewcastle owner Freddy Shepherd, has said: “The idea was conceived when Dad and I met Robbie at The Match in 2004, which was a game between ex-pros and celebrities. “Suddenly Soccer Aid was born. Freddy and Robbie agreed to do it for Unicef and turn it into a global initiative for children around the world, and a lasting and fitting legacy for Dad.” As well as helping push the total raised above the £100million milestone, Sunday’s game also provided the light-hearted entertainment which has made the occasion so loved by so many. Ex-Love Islander and boxer Tommy Fury, 25 — the younger brother of champ Tyson — had onlookers in stitches when he produced the funniest moments of Sunday’s show while playing for the World XI. After coming off the bench to Rocky theme tune Eye Of The Tiger, he kicked thin air instead of the ball and took a throw-in underarm, leading fans to question whether he had actually seen a game before. It surely ranks among the best moments we have seen at the match, which has previously been played at Old Trafford and Wembley. Others highlights over the years include Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson scoring the winning penalty in the 2010 shootout — TACKLED . . . Olly Murs wiped out by Jose Mourinho in 2014, as, from left, Michael Sheen, James McAvoy and Jonathan Wilkes look on 22 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

MATCH . . . Robbie Williams and Harry Redknapp at the game on Sunday HIT MASSIVE MILESTONE FOR UNICEF ‘Thank you for your kind messages about Soccer Aid. Un-f-ing-believable. Just absolutely incredible. So proud and so pleased’ — ROBBIE WILLIAMS games have been played since 2006 13 people watched the Sunday game on TV 3.6m matches have ended in penalties 5 most appearances for David Seaman 8 What a result, Robbie GOALIE. . . Paddy McGuinness with cricketer Stuart and Alex Brooker TEAM . . . Theo Walcott, Mo Farah, actor Tom and Jack Wilshere ON THE BALL . . . Mo dwarfed by Tommy Fury and Stuart Broad FLAIR LADIES . . . World XI’s Kaylyn Kyle, left, and Jill Scott and went, ‘Why don’t you put on the f****ing gloves, then?’. Then I put the gloves on and saved a couple from him.” Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, 45, took charge of the England team alongside his uncle, former Spurs boss Harry Redknapp, 77 — bringing professionalism and a desire to win. Speaking at a Soccer Aid training day last Friday, boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, 45, told The Sun: “Paddy McGuinness took out Sam really quite badly yesterday — and they’re on the same team! “He’s lucky he’s flexible, because if that was me, I think it would’ve snapped both my legs. “When you go into the changing rooms and your kit’s in there, and Frank Lampard’s there giving a team talk — he played a six-minute motivational video about playing for England — and you’re like, ‘bloody hell, this is a bit serious’. “I haven’t really kicked a ball for 20 years, so yesterday I was actually better than I thought I’d be. Not good enough, but better than I thought I’d be.” Many of the stars made room for a tipple or two in the bar at Champneys spa resort in Tring, Herts, on Thursday night. But Eddie, perhaps wisely, gave it a miss and said: “I can’t do this and have a drink and not expect to do a hamstring.” Redknapp said at the training event: “Some of them had very late nights, but it’s being marked down. “Me and Frank, we’re aware of those that are having late nights. When the team’s picked, they may have to miss out. “Robbie Keane is leading our team astray. He was up singing at 10.30pm last night and he got them all at it. Tom Grennan gets up and started singing, which was worth listening to. Cheering from sidelines “What we’re gonna do, we’re gonna lead them (the World XI) into the bar. We’ll be like that sheep that leads the sheep into the slaughterhouse. “My players are gonna lead their lot into the bar and then we’re gonna disappear and leave them in there, so they can start drinking and we’ll all be in bed.” He added: “Robbie loves it. He likes a bit of Danny Boy — the Irish, you know. Great fun.” Harry may well have followed through with his cunning plan, as his side breezed past their opponents — who included ex-Chelsea ace Eden Hazard and Olympics legend Usain Bolt, who was stretchered off after rupturing his Achilles. There were some sore heads yesterday as Strictly star Bobby Brazier, actor Danny Dyer and former Lioness Jill Scott led celebrations on the coach taking them to the after-party. Cheering from the Stamford Bridge sidelines was former Take That singer Robbie, along with wife Ayda Field, 45, and their children. Speaking previously about what the donations could be spent on, Robbie said: “It could help Unicef to get life-saving food supplies moving again. It could help ensure that children are still able to receive their routine vaccinations. “It could help get children back to school, back with their friends, back to just being kids again. The list goes on.” In a video he posted online thanking fans for their kind messages about the match, Robbie — who was on the coaching staff for Soccer Aid’s England side this year — was still in bed shortly after 1pm following a late night of partying. He is now teetotal after years of drug and alcohol abuse, and has gone from one of this country’s best-loved hellraisers to best fundraisers. A non-alcoholic cheers to that, Robbie. £106m! Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............23

A QUARTER of staff have experienced conflict in the workplace in the past year, a poll reveals. The most common problems were being undermined, humiliated or shouted at, the survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development revealed. Those who experience conflict have lower job satisfaction, the poll of 5,000 workers also found. The institute’s Jake Young said: “It’s important to pinpoint the causes of conflict, including excessive workloads, exhaustion and pressure.” Job woe for 1 in 4 By THOMAS GODFREY AN ambulance driver was taken to court for speeding — while on a blue light emergency call. Matt Wood was on his way to an airport to pick up a patient who became ill on a flight when he was clocked at 90mph. The 27-year-old, driving an unmarked ambulance, provided evidence it was a medical emergency but was still prosecuted. He had to attend Southampton magistrates’ court, where the case was eventually dismissed. Later, Matt, from Nursling, Hants, said: “I couldn’t believe it even got taken to court. It is a waste of everyone’s time. “It’s embarrassing it has even got this far.” Prosecutors argued it was not an emergency as Matt, clocked on the M27, would have known the aircraft’s landing time. The CPS said it made a “fair, independent assessment” of the case. Blue light speeder case fury Embarrassed . . . Matt CRAZILY GOOD Brit Marc Chapman, 38, shot a record low score to win his fourth world crazy golf championship in Hastings, East Sussex. ALMOST 20kg of dust builds up in each home every year — enough to fill up a suitcase. The majority is made up of particles of pollen and soot brought indoors on shoes and clothes. Despite the build-up, which attracts allergycausing dust mites, a poll of 2,000 found the average person cleans properly five times a month. Vacuum maker SharkNinja said 18 to 24-yearolds tidy the most often. FREEDOM SIGHTER Glasses worn by Gandhi in Kolkata as India gained independence in 1947 may fetch £10,000- plus in Bristol on June 21. Dust has settled... CORRIE BILL IN £580K BANKRUPTCY ESCAPE CORRIE star Bill Roache avoided bankruptcy yesterday by settling a £580,000 tax bill. The veteran, 92, who plays Ken Barlow, was given 12 weeks in March to resolve his dispute with HMRC. The father of five, who owns a £900,000 mortgage-free home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, was then granted more time to “allow for the sale of property”. HMRC yesterday submitted an application to dismiss the bankruptcy petition. Roache is understood to have paid his tax bill before the deadline. Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Nicholas Briggs accepted the application, and ordered the actor to pay £1,129 costs during a minutelong hearing at the High Court. A previous tribunal ruled that Roache had taken part in “a tax-avoidance agreement”. The £250,000-a-year star had previously been declared bankrupt in 1999. Roache, pictured at a bakery in Cheshire on Sunday, did not attend yesterday’s hearing. He first appeared on the cobbles in 1960 and holds the world record as the longestserving TV actor in one role. He was made an OBE in 2021. HMRC said: “We take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax debts and do everything we can to help those who engage with us to get out of debt, such as offering instalment plans. “We only petition for bankruptcy as a last resort.” [email protected] By ANDY ROBINSON Tax debt . . . Roache By JESS LESTER DUA Lipa blows a kiss-me-quick yesterday on a seaside trip for a fashion show. The pop star, 28, waved to fans on the yacht to Italian isle Capri for French brand Jacquemus’ La Casa cruise event. Dua — in a sheer blue gown and with a red bag — was joined at the bash by models including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Oh I Dua like to be beside the seaside Picture: GETTY PIERS MORGAN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW KEVIN SPACEY PREMIERES ON 8PM TONIGHT @piersmorganuncensored UNCENSORED 24 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

MORNING frost has been spotted on volcanoes near Mars’s equator. It was thought the ice could only exist on the Red Planet’s poles. But the European Space Agency saw frost on the Tharsis range — the tallest in the solar system. Researcher Adomas Valantinas said: “We thought it impossible for frost to form on Mars’s equator, as temperatures stay relatively high.” The University of Warwick’s Dr Minjae Kim added: “This reshapes our understanding of Mars’ climatic history.” Mars ice spot first By RICHARD MORIARTY AN office “bully” who kept a bust of Stalin on his desk has lost a £1.3million damages claim after he was sacked. Darren Cavanaugh, 57, was formerly a director of steel engineering business Folsana, having joined at 21 in 1987. He was sacked in 2018 after a colleague complained about his “bullying” and sued, claiming he suffered a breakdown due to the handling of his disciplinary case. The firm’s lawyer said: “The fact Mr Cavanaugh felt able to associate himself with a character as authoritarian and ruthless as Stalin says a lot about his true personality.” Mr Cavanaugh told the High Court his son brought the 2in statue back for him following a trip to Russia and he had little knowledge of Stalin. Judge Mansfield dismissed Mr Cavanaugh’s claim against Boltonbased Folsana. ‘Bullying’ boss nod to Stalin Bust . . . of dictator DAD’S A BOMBAY MAD BOY DAD’S A BOMBAY MAD BOY POTTY NOODLE Superfan collects 631 kettle snack lids A POT Noodle-crazed dad shows off his prized collection of more than 600 lids. Malcolm McKnight, 45, started in 1992 when Pot Noodle bosses gave a TV to anyone who had 100. Then 12, he managed to eat 15 of the dried snacks. But he kept scoffing them and now has 631 foil lids, though it could have been more. He said: “They were such a treat as a kid, and I’ve never got sick of them. “I remember how much I wanted to hit 100 lids, and I was gutted when I didn’t get there in time. I probably got to 100 around the late 90s, but by then it was a habit. “My three teenagers have eaten plenty too, but this is my collection. They know they can’t put their lids here.” Finance worker Malcolm, of Accrington, Lancs, said a third are Bombay Badboys but his favourite was Posh Noodle, out briefly in 2003. Partner Liz, 44, was shocked to find them all in a cupboard after moving in. She said: “I’ve probably tossed a few of the lids in the bin over the years, but that was before I knew he had a collection. Every man needs a hobby, and I’ll take this over a home brewery.” richard.moriarty@ the-sun.co.uk EXCLUSIVE by RICHARD MORIARTY 1992 Year Malcolm started collecting Pot Noodle lids 208 Number of Bombay Bad Boy flavoured lids collected Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............25

AS NEW DOCUMENTARY RETELLS EXCLUSIVE by EMMA PIETRAS I didn’t want tomy ex had cuparachute corSKYDIVER Victoria Cilliers, who lived after falling 4,000ft when her parachute failed to open, made headlines worldwide. The mum of two only survived the jump — a gift from husband Emile — because she landed in a soft, recently ploughed field. Then, in a horrifying twist, it was discovered that her husband had sabotaged her kit as part of an extraordinary murder plot. But one person was NOT surprised by the actions of callous Cilliers, 44, who was jailed for life in 2018 — his ex-partner Nicolene Shepherd. She has exclusively told The Sun: “I didn’t want to believe it, but I did.” Serial love rat Army sergeant Cilliers had tried to kill Victoria to cash in on a £120,000 life insurance so he could clear mounting debts and start a new life with his Tinder lover. Nicolene, 40, mother to two of his six kids by three different women, adds: “I don’t suppose you ever want to believe that somebody who you have children with could be capable of something like that. “But then I have always thought he had a different side to him.” She adds: “It made me feel sick. It’s a sad thing for my children.” Asked if she thought Cilliers might have tried to kill her, too, Nicolene says: “If I was still in his way, if I didn’t go away quickly enough when he wanted to put me down, then possibly, yes.” The mother of five spoke out ahead of Channel 4 docu-drama The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot, which looks into the case of Army physiotherapist Victoria’s skydive at Netheravon Airfield, Wilts, on Easter Sunday 2015. She was left with a smashed spine and broken pelvis, ribs, leg and collarbone. ‘He turned sinister’ The three-part series, which starts tonight, features dramatised scenes where Victoria, now 47, is played by The Responder actress MyAnna Buring — and also includes interviews with Victoria, Nicolene and police. Cilliers’ first trial collapsed when a jury failed to reach a verdict. But after a retrial in May 2018 he was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder — he had also previously tried to kill his wife by causing a gas leak at their home in Amesbury, Wilts. Police were called to investigate Victoria’s skydive after an inspection of her kit by experts revealed two crucial loops, known as slinks, which attach lines to the harness from a reserve chute, were missing. Scottish Victoria first met South African Cilliers in 2009 and they married two years later in Cape Town. They have kids April, 13, and Ben, nine. As police investigated her skydive, a friend told them Victoria was locked in a controlling and coercive relationship with Cilliers and she believed he almost certainly had something to do with her parachute malfunction. In her first newspaper interview, Detective Sergeant Maddy Hennah, from Wiltshire Police, tells The Sun: “Some people’s lives may look perfect but if you dig a little below the surface you may find things aren’t quite as they appear. “This was the case here, and thanks to that friend contacting us we were able to do a lot more digging into what was really going on.” Victoria later told officers how, before her jump, her husband had taken her packed parachute into the hangar’s toilets. DS Hennah, who features in the new TV series, was the officer who arrested Cilliers. Now she reveals he even brazenly tried to come on to her while she interrogated him during his police interview. She says: “He was thinking he could win me over, but didn’t realise who he was talking to. As a police officer, you understand when somebody is trying to win you round to their advantage. “I’m there to do a job. If he thinks I’m going to be won over by a wry smile he’s barking up the wrong tree. He realised that quite quickly.” After his behaviour turned sinister, she was told by her boss that she should never be alone with him. Yet the detective recalls: “His bail conditions included having no contact with his wife, but he had the children’s car seats in his car so I had to collect them from him. “It wasn’t what he said, but the way he spoke to me. He gave me goosebumps and I didn’t like it. It’s not often in life that men make you feel that. I have been there, seen it, done it. He did make me uncomfortable.” Sex-mad Cilliers admitted to police that he was cheating on Victoria with Tinder lover Stefanie Goller and his ex-wife Carly, who he also had two children with. Brutally, he said to officers: “It’s not a marriage I want to be in any more.” The detectives had to break news of his infidelities to Victoria. At first she refused to believe them. But in a forensic examination of Cilliers’ electronic devices, detectives found tens of thousands of messages between him and Stefanie. In one, he asked his lover to clean her house in the nude while his wife was in hospital. The investigation also found he regularly slept with sex workers and went to swingers’ clubs. His internet search history revealed he had looked for a “wet nurse” the night before Victoria was due to jump. Their son was five weeks old at the time and breastfed by her. As detectives tried to build a case against Cilliers, DS Hennah tracked down Nicolene in Somerset. The bookkeeper was just 13 when she met Cilliers in their native South Africa and they were friends before they started dating. She recalls how he wooed her with romantic meals and notes but had a dark side — playing “mind games” and threatening her. She says: “Once, when we were still really young, he saidten thinbehaShdaugthe studalreTrevShfreqrelatBuCillimarNiin 2romsepa“WhSURVIVOR . . . . MyAnna Buring as Victoria in Channel 4 docu-drama ON-SCREEN SURVIVOR . . . actress MyAnna as Victoria after impact CALLOUS . . . Cilliers was jailed for life WORRY . . . Nicolene had two children with Cilliers Arrest . . . on Emirates By MIKE SULLIVAN A DRUNK passenger who sexually assaulted a mum on her first flight with her baby had to be tied to a seat, a court heard. Tarlok Singh, 54, also pushed the serving cart into two female cabin crew and kicked their male colleague’s leg when he tried to calm him. Prosecutors said he had shouted at passengers during the Emirates flight from Dubai to Heathrow on January 19 and refused to remain seated. He then tried to grab a dummy from the lone mum’s tot and fondled her breasts. She told the court: “I wanted to cry. Then he started to do it again. I felt scared.” Singh, of Southall, West London, was tied to a seat by crew and arrested on landing at Heathrow. He did not attend Ealing magistrates’ court, but admitted three assaults. He denied, but was convicted of sexual assault and will be sentenced later. By SARAH RIDLEY A SERIAL thief dubbed “The Magpie” clocked up her 248th offence two months after speaking at the House of Lords about her “negative past”. Former prisons minister Lord Keith Bradley hoped Jeanette Fidler’s experiences with heroin addiction and shoplifting may help shape future policy. The mum of three said she was “in shock and overwhelmed” by the invitation last November. But nine weeks later, she was caught stealing £313 worth of goods in two raids in Manchester. Fidler, 51, of Shaw, Gtr Manchester, admitted the thefts at Tameside magistrates’ court and got a year’s community order. She must also do 100 hours of unpaid work and 15 days of rehab. JP David Perry said that Fidler, who began offending in 1998, was “making progress” and described the thefts as “blips along the way”. Peer talk thief rap for 248th offence In Parliament . . . Fidler New ma groped by drunk on flight 26 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

SKYDIVE KILL PLOT... o believe that ut his wife’s rds...but I did d if I ever hurt him he’d hurt me times as much. Not knowing anyng about coercive and controlling aviour, it was just normal to me.” he fell pregnant at 16 with their ghter Cilene, now 24. Shortly after birth Cilliers moved to the UK to dy. Unknown to Nicolene she was ady pregnant with their son vor, now 22. ‘We confronted him’ he says: “He came back quite quently, though. We were still in a tionship.” ut she was left heartbroken when iers’ mother told her he had got rried, to Carly. icolene moved to the UK herself 2004 and they later rekindled their mance after he told her he had arated from Carly. Nicolene recalls: hen we reconnected in 2006 he wanted to take me to Snowdonia, which was unusual because I have never been an outdoorsy, adrenalinfreak person like he is. “I had a fleeting thought that maybe he had something in his mind. I don’t know. Because even then he was in financial trouble.” Asked whether she thinks he might have tried to push her off a mountain, Nicolene says: “Probably, yes, because I wouldn’t have known if he had taken out life insurance or whatever, being the biological father of my children and suddenly we’d rekindled . . . so it was a fleeting thought. “But I don’t go too deep down into that rabbit hole. It’s one of those things that pops into your head then flutters away.” The trip to Wales never happened. Nicolene says: “We didn’t go. We didn’t last long enough. I found out he was lying. He was still married to Carly when he told me that they had separated and were headed for divorce. “She called him and I answered his phone. I asked who it was and she said, ‘His wife’. Then we confronted him together.” Nicolene cut off ties with Cilliers there and then and shortly afterwards she met her now husband, Russell Shepherd, who has been Cilene and Trevor’s father since they were small. The couple, who married in 2007, have three children, Logan, 16, Travis, 13, and 11-year-old Hudson. Nicolene adds that she did contact Cilliers again after she found out he was having a sixth child. She says: “I messaged him on Facebook to tell him what a s**t dad he was and that he’d forgotten about his first two kids and now he’d got a sixth. “He said if I didn’t leave him alone he would do something that would make me regret it. “That was August 2014, while he was probably thinking about what he was going to do in 2015.” After finding out that he had been accused of attempting to kill Victoria, Nicolene messaged him again. She says: “I said to him on Facebook, ‘Look, I’ve seen what’s happened — hope you’re doing OK’. “I just wanted to give him the opportunity to say he didn’t do it, but he didn’t. All he said was, ‘Don’t speak to the Press’.” Nicolene says she is now in a “happy relationship”. She adds that she is speaking out to show she is no longer under his control and to help raise awareness of coercive behaviour. Nicolene says: “Women need to recog-nise and understand the signs.” Asked what she thinks of her ex, she says: “He’s a psychopath, a sociopath — all the ‘paths’. “I don’t think he will change, it’s just who he is. You don’t change your blueprint, do you?” She admits she still lives in fear that Cilliers, who must serve at least 18 years, could one day try to kill her on his release. Nicolene says: “I’m riddled with anxiety.” But she adds: “I don’t think he would be stupid enough to do it straight away. “I certainly don’t want to put any ideas in his head.” lThe Fall: Skydive Murder Plot starts tonight at 9pm and is available to stream on channel4.com VICTORIA tells the TV series how she first met Cilliers in 2009 and “thought I’d found my fairytale”. She chose not to speak out against him at his trial over her fear of him. She says: “In court, I was very aware of what I was saying, everything was considered. I was careful not to give answers that would directly incriminate Emile. I was aware I’d have to live with the outcome. “To this day I’m apprehensive talking about it because he could watch this. My heart rate’s gone up thinking what his reaction could be.” She adds how, even before the skydive, she had longed to fix their rocky relationship. She says: “It was an addiction. I wanted to go back because I felt great for the first 12 to 18 months. All I could think about was doing my best to get our relationship back to that. He made me feel I was The One. I didn’t want to burst that bubble. I missed what we had at times, when he could be this dynamic, amazing, loving husband. I wanted my original husband back.” On hearing the guilty verdict she says she felt “numb”. Cilliers then even continued to contact her from prison. She recalls: “I became aware he was drawing me back in. He wanted more and more of my time and energy, and the children’s time. I find it hard to hear his side, ‘I love you, I want this, I want that’. I just thought, ‘You’re manipulating me’. “He asked me, ‘Well, what do you want?’ And I said, ‘I don’t want this. I want a divorce’. And I put the phone down. I felt free. That was the end for me. Of his crime she said: “He let me say goodbye to my children and was going to bring them up knowing what he’d done. I don’t understand how you could do that.” The TV series ends with her revisiting the place where, harnessed to an instructor pal, she braved a defiant jump following her 2015 ordeal. She said: “Skydiving had been such a part of my life, I wanted one last jump. “I was terrified. I did it with a friend in a tandem. Once we left the aircraft it was pure joy, freedom, escapism. I had nothing else to worry about in that time, and the relief when the parachute was open . . .” She now adds of Cilliers: “He’s quite a sad, sick individual.” Of how he might feel to hear that, she says: “The truth hurts.” I WANTED HIM BACK ...OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS AN ADDICTION LOVER . . . Stefanie Goller was having affair with Cilliers after they met on Tinder WEDDING . . . Victoria and Cilliers tie the knot in Cape Town in 2011 DEFIANT . . . Victoria takes to the skies again with instructor Nick Brownhill in 2018 LUCKY ESCAPE . . . the horror impact is recreated for television POIGNANT . . . Victoria returns to crash site DEFIANT . . . Victoria takes to the skies again with instructor Nick Brownhill in 2018 Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............27

IT’S a worrying fact that more than half of us will get cancer in our lifetime. Each year around 385,000 people are diagnosed and 167,000 lives are lost to the disease in the UK . . . and experts have warned of an alarming new surge in the young. But, in the face of rising cases, there is good news — the future of cancer care looks brighter. “Cancer “ and “exciting” don’t tend to go hand-in-hand yet those are the words on the lips of scientists following a series of studies of new-age treatments. Many emerged from the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago, including research that claimed drugs were “100-percent effective” or gave “remarkable” results. Prof Lawrence Young, inset, an oncologist who has been working in cancer research for 40 years, tells Sun Health: “We are turning a corner with cancer, there is no doubt about it. We’ve learned a lot about the basic mechanisms of cancer development, and a lot about other processes, such as how the immune system works, but it has taken a long time to put all these things together. “With significant technological developments, we are entering a golden age of cancer diagnosis and treatment.” Cancer survival has improved markedly over the past few decades. But it’s not going away — Cancer Research UK warned earlier this year that cases have risen in the past quarter-century, partly because of screening programmes but also due to a growing population, obesity and other lifestyle habits. Prof Young says new therapies mean that “cancer is no longer a death sentence”. He says: “There are lots of different approaches to treating patients with cancer — and living a healthy life even though you’ve got it, rather than trying to completely eradicate it.” But it comes against a backdrop of what has been called a UK cancer-care crisis, with long waits for diagnoses, and survival rates worse than in comparable countries. The NHS is at the forefront of trialling innovative therapies, but can it afford to roll them out nationwide? Prof Young says: “All these things are great in theory and very exciting, but they’re costly and the NHS won’t be able to cover the cost of some things. But the hope is that these things will get cheaper as they are developed and become more standardised.” Here, we look at the most promising developments in cancer treatments . . . Edited by LIZZIE PARRY My team: Ella Walker Vanessa Chalmers Sam Blanchard Alice Fuller Isabel Shaw Eliza Loukou By VANESSA CHALMERS and SAM BLANCHARD 56% OF US WILL GET THE BIG C PERHAPS the most exciting new avenue of research is tailoring medicine to treat a patient’s cancer based on their own tumour’s genetic make-up. Prof Young says: “We’ve learnt that by profiling the genetics, you almost get a barcode for an individual’s cancer. “Just because somebody’s got the same stage and grade of cancer, doesn’t mean it should be treated the same, or with a particular combination of drugs.” The NHS announced in May that it would trial personalised cancer vaccines designed by biotech giants BioNTech and Genentech. Some 10,000 patients in England are set to get their very own disease-busting jab by 2030, through the NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad. Dad-of-four Elliot Pfebve was the first to receive the vaccine, after having a bowel tumour removed in what NHS England called a “landmark moment”. Prof Young says: “Essentially, using AI you can identify those mutations that are more likely to generate a strong immune response, and then you can create a vaccine.” Unlike traditional vaccines, which prevent disease, these are being tested for their efficacy in preventing relapses. Findings of prior studies published at the ASCO meeting were greeted positively. A New York University study showed a skincancer jab halved the risk of death or relapse in patients with advanced melanoma. Speaking at the conference, Cancer Research UK’s top doctor, Professor Charles Swanton, called the results “extremely impressive”. He said: “I fully expect and hope that we’ll see data like this in solid tumours like bowel cancer and lung cancer.” A second study from The University of Vienna revealed the vaccine tecemotide cut the risk of relapse in breast cancer survivors. After seven years, 81 per cent of women were still alive compared to 65 per cent who only had standard chemotherapy. Another study, of 300 children in Australia, with results published last week, had what scientists called “remarkable” findings, showing that those who received personalised treatment fared far better than those who did not. PERSONALISED MEDICINE 38% OF CASES COULD BE PREVENTED PROMOTED CONTENT PROSTATE cancer is the most common cancer in men, but f nding it earlier could save your life. One in eight men get prostate cancer, and if you’re black, the risk is double. More than 52,000 men are diagnosed with the disease every year, and over 10,000 are diagnosed at a late stage (stage 4). Early stage prostate cancer often has no symptoms, but fi nding it sooner is vital and could save your life. The current test for prostate cancer is a simple blood test and earlier diagnosis makes the disease easier to treat. And, of course, speaking to your GP about a simple blood test could mean a longer future enjoying what matters in life with family and friends. CHECK YOUR RISK Right now there’s no routine screening for prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer UK, the leading men’s health charity, is gathering the evidence needed to make this a reality. If you’re aged 50 and over, a black man who is 45 and over, or you have a family history of prostate cancer, you are at higher risk of getting the disease. Find out your risk by using Prostate Cancer UK’s online checker. More than 2.5 million men have already checked theirs, and you can do it in just 30 seconds right now at prostatecanceruk.org/riskchecker. BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS Prostate Cancer UK commissioned a survey of 1,302 men aged 50-70 to ask what’s putting them off fi nding out about their prostate cancer risk. Almost half – 46 per cent – thought they’d need a rectal examination to get tested for prostate cancer, and this was one of the biggest barriers putting them off doing anything about their risk. But the best check for prostate cancer is a quick and easy blood test you can get free from your GP – you don’t need “a fi nger up the bum”.That is backed up by research published this year in the British Journal of General Practice by Prostate Cancer UK’s Clinical Advisory Group, as the charity works to break down barriers that stop men looking at their risk. A Prostate Cancer UK specialist nurse said: “The best test for the disease is a blood test. And thanks to advances like MRI scans being introduced, the way we diagnose and treat prostate cancer has never been as accurate, effective or safe as it is today.” So as it’s Men’s Health Week, why not take up Prostate Cancer UK’s call for dads, brothers, sons and mates across the country to take 30 seconds to check their risk online? After all, it could be the most valuable 30 seconds you spend this week. And it could give you many more years to do what you love – from watching grandkids grow up to taking family holidays and enjoying simple pleasures like summer barbecues in the garden with friends. Spend just 30 seconds checking out your prostate cancer risk online and what you can do about it prostatecanceruk.org/riskchecker Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 02653887. ‘FINGER UP THE BUM’ TESTS AREN’T NEEDED ANY MORE 30 SECONDS COULD CHANGE YOUR FUTURE Online check can reveal prostate cancer risk and what to do about it 28............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

+Ask Dr Zoe Your health questions answered See page 30 Read more every day at thesun.co.uk/health Email us at [email protected] EARLY diagnosis is still the best weapon against cancer and its devastating impacts. Blood tests are becoming increasingly sensitive in spotting the disease. Prof Young says: “Current blood tests aren’t that great. For example, we measure the proteins PSA, for prostate cancer, or CEA, for ovarian cancer, but they’re not very specific. “We want to do our best to cure cancer with early diagnosis, and with these interest- ing blood tests it might be possible to identify cancer early and remove it before we get too far.” These new blood tests can “identify minuscule amounts of DNA shed from tumour cells into the blood”, Prof Young says. The NHS has been trialling the Galleri blood test in England and Wales, using 140,000 volunteers so far, and will continue until 2026. Research in the US suggested the Galleri blood test could pick up more than 50 types of cancer, including pancreatic and oesophageal, which are typically hard to spot early. But in an update in May, the NHS said preliminary results from the trial’s first year were not compelling enough to initiate a pilot programme of the test in clinical practice. Prof Young says: “The recent data is not as encouraging as we had anticipated, but it is early days. It will take at least another five years of research to get anywhere near those tests being useful routinely.” Blood tests could also be used post-treatment to identify those at risk of a disease recurrence. Some 11,000 people die of secondary breast cancer each year in the UK. But findings presented at ASCO showed that in a trial of 78 women recovering from breast cancer, a blood test identified 100 per cent of those who would relapse, sounding the alarm up to 41 months beforehand. Dr Simon Vincent, of Breast Cancer Now, which part-funded the study by the Institute of Cancer Research, said: “These initial findings, which suggest new tests could be able to detect signs of breast cancer recurrence over a year before symptoms emerge, are incredibly exciting.” THESE work more precisely to stop cancer cells from dividing and growing, while limiting damage to healthy cells – and their uses are expanding. Prof Young says: “This is targeting the machinery of the genetic mutations that drive cancer. “Some are targets we’ve known about for years but were difficult, until recently, to develop drugs for. “The normal growth of our cells is controlled by switches which become mutated and permanently switched on in cancer cells. “Now, after years of research, we have targeted drugs which can switch off these growth signals.” Kinase inhibitors are targeted drugs – small molecules that stop certain enzymes involved in cancer growth. Lorlatinib, branded as Lorviqua, is used for a handful of patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer. But after “groundbreaking” results in May, campaigners hope it will become a lifeline for the 350 people in the UK who are diagnosed with this type of cancer each year. They are typically non-smokers under the age of 40 and about a quarter of patients’ tumours spread to their brain before they are diagnosed. But scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia, found that 60 per cent of patients given this drug for five years had not seen their cancer worsen, compared with just eight per cent of those with the standard drug crizotinib. Dr David Spigel, from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, said: “These results are off the chart. They are among the best we’ve seen in advanced disease, in any setting. It really is a major step forward in lung cancer care.” BLOOD TESTS Why this ‘golden age’ of cancer care gives us all a fighting chance 460 DEATHS FROM CANCER EVERY DAY DUBBED the “biggest breakthrough since chemo”, immunotherapy harnesses the power of the immune system to fight cancer. Antibodies seek out and mark the diseased cells for destruction but spare surrounding healthy tissue, unlike chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Prof Young says: “We’ve known for 100 years the body tries to fight cancer with the immune system but it doesn’t really work. Cancer cleverly learns how to get around the immune response. It can switch off the way the immune system recognises it – but these antibodies can switch it back on again. “Antibodies are effective alone, but where they are most effective is in combination with another type of immunotherapy.” Keytruda (pembrolizumab) brings cancer cells out from hiding. It has been approved for treating several cancers on the NHS, including melanoma, cervical, breast and lung cancer. But its use could be extended to bowel cancer. A University College London study found all 32 patients with highly mutated tumours given Keytruda in a trial were cancer-free after treatment. Professor Mark Saunders, from The Christie cancer hospital in Manchester, said: “This is an exciting treatment for the ten to 15 per cent of patients who have the right genetic make-up. “In the future, immunotherapy may even replace the need for surgery.” Similarly, Jemperli (dostarlimab) – which works in the same way as Keytruda and is used for some types of womb cancer – was reported in a US trial to be “100-per-cent effective” at treating 42 patients with a type of rectal cancer. IMMUNOTHERAPY TARGETED CANCER DRUGS Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............29

AN eye test and the resulting prescriptions are too costly for many people. A EuroEyes survey of 2,000 adults who wear glasses found a third of people skip eye tests to save money and another third cannot afford their monthly contact lens subscription. You only need a check-up every two years, the NHS says, unless you are concerned and have worsening eyesight. An eye test could also save your life by indicating signs of heart disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Some people are entitled to a free NHS eye test every two years. This includes those under 16, 16 to 18-year-olds in education, MOVE IT. . . Darcey leads kids’ class STRICTLY star Dame Darcey Bussell is on a mission to get your kids dancing fit. Next Wednesday the ex-judge and ballet pro is hosting a live-streamed, interactive dance class – and your children can take part. Primary school pupils can join the 55-year-old for 30 minutes of aerobic exercise that challenges their fitness, coordination and keeps them engaged. But the sole purpose is entertainment, as Darcey told Sun Health: “Dance lets children be physical without being competitive or trying to get into a team. “There’s no sense of ‘I’m not really good enough’ which is lovely.” The class is free of charge to all UK state primary schools – all you need to do is get your kid’s school to sign up. The former telly dancer set up the not-for-profit charity Diverse Dance Mix (DDMix) to get dance fitness classes on the national PE curriculum. Through its membership, schools can access lesson plans with dance videos, music and training for teachers. DDMix specifically targets state schools that wouldn’t get the opportunity to experience dance otherwise. Darcey says: “The data shows that lots of the children we see live in a one-bedroom bedsit. “They’ve never used space or understand body language or how to express or feel differently when you move your body to an accent like that, or to music.” Genres span line dancing, 1970s disco, Bollywood, samba, tango and salsa. However, though she is one of Britain’s most successful professional ballerinas, DDmix is about movement and not specialised dance. Darcey says: “The key message is to give kids a really positive attitude about being active, to show that it is not a chore to exercise and that it can be great fun. “What’s upsetting me is that young children are not getting the enjoyment from being active because there isn’t that fun variety available, but dance provides this all so easily. “It uses the whole body and supports coordination, balance, physical strength in our skeleton, muscles, and nerves, which are an incredibly important part of health.” Fewer than half of youngsters in the UK meet physical exercise guidelines of 60 minutes per week. But with dance, the dame says kids are moving almost as soon as they start the class and are out of breath but energised by the end. Previous live-streamed classes have seen 900 schools take part, and Darcey is urging more head teachers to get in on the action. lRegister your school at ddmixforschools. com and you will be sent details of the event. LIVE DATE LOOMS FOR STRICTLY DARCEY’S DDMix DANCE CLASS over-60s, those who have diabetes and those who are registered as partially sighted or blind. You’re also entitled if you have glaucoma, or if a close relative has it and you are over 40, or if you or your partner receive income support, or you’re under the age of 20 and the dependant of someone receiving income support. There are also ten types of vouchers to help pay for glasses. To find out more, visit the NHS website and search “eye tests”. If you’re not eligible, shop around for the best price privately and see if you can pay for services on finance, if it is suitable for you. Here’s a selection of what readers have asked me this week. QI’M having difficulty getting an appointment at my GP surgery. They have an online system called Klinik. My wife and I are both in our mid-seventies and not very good with computers. They won’t allow me to make an appointment on the phone or even in person, and tell me that I can explain my symptoms to a receptionist who will fill in the online form for me. I’m not comfortable giving my symptoms to an unqualified person on the phone. I have recently been diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma and I feel that I am now being discriminated against as I am unable to make appointments other than online. AI’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis and can understand how frustrating this must be for you. It must seem like general practice is constantly changing the way they operate. Indeed, they are, in order to try to better manage the severe supply and demand issues due to there not being enough GPs or appointments available. Practices are being encouraged to adopt a new way of offering appointments and receptionists have been trained across the country to be able to triage patients’ requests to get them to the right clinical team member in the most timely fashion. So whether you input information online on a form, or explain over the phone, that information goes to the receptionist first. Let me reassure you that reception staff are bound by the same privacy and confidentiality promise that doctors and nurses are, so they’ll never disclose anything you tell them. Secondly, when they know a bit about why you’re visiting, they’re able to triage you a bit better. It could be that there’s a GP with a speciality or interest in your needs at the clinic, so you can be directed to him or her – the most appropriate doctor for your condition. Alternatively, it might be that a physiotherapist, mental health worker or paramedic is well-equipped to deal with the issue and can do so the same or the next day. QI’VE been feeling very tearful of late. I’ve had an operation on my right ankle and foot, making it difficult to get around. I’ve been told that it would take some time to heal but never for one minute did I think it would be this hard. I don’t like asking for help at the best of times and I’ve never been one to sit around. Why am I so down? AIt sounds like you’re having a hard time with the inevitable loss of independence that can come when someone is recuperating from surgery. It can be an isolating time and a knock for your mental wellbeing, so this is a time to be kind to yourself and not expect too much. If you have people around you to lean on, please do so. Our nearest and dearest love us and often, if you’re massively independent, those who love us can find it hard to help, so they really like it when they’re given permission to step in and provide support. Think of it this way: How do you feel when you’ve helped someone you care about? Great, right? Well, you’re robbing your loved ones of the opportunity to feel good if you don’t let them in to help you. Just simply say, Got a question for Dr Zoe? Email her at [email protected] ASK Dr ZOE FEEL SHUT OUT BY GP Q PLEASE can you tell me if there is a cure for damaged nerve ends in your feet or any kind of medication you can take to help the pain? It’s terrible to see my wife, who is 74, in such terrible discomfort. She cannot even walk. A Unfortunately in the majority of cases, there is no cure for damaged nerve endings. But there are a variety of different options for treatments which may help to alleviate or lessen symptoms. Investigations are usually carried out when neuropathic pain of the feet first presents to a doctor, as some causes, such as B12 or folate deficiency, diabetes and thyroid issues, can be treated, which may alleviate symptoms and stop further progression. There are a few medications which can cause peripheral neuropathy too – especially chemotherapy treatments for some cancers, or some antibiotics if taken for months, such as metronidazole or nitrofurantoin. There are many possible causes of peripheral neuropathy but in some cases, no cause is found and this is called idiopathic neuropathy. Paracetamol and ibuprofen usually do little to alleviate nerve pain. But there are a number of medicines that can be effective at calming the nerves down, such as amitriptyline and duloxetine, which are typically used to treat depression, and gabapentin and pregabalin, used to treat epilepsy. Capsaicin cream, made from chillies, can also help some people. But there is a national shortage of this at the moment, so it’s worth checking with the pharmacist if it’s available. Some people benefit from alternative therapies such as acupuncture and talking therapies, such as CBT, can support people to cope better while living with painful conditions like this. of the “Actually I’m not doing that great, I could do with a bit of cheering up.” Can you do that? Try and fill your days or times when you’re not at work with little acts of self-kindness and care. It could be your favourite meal, lighting some candles or getting lost in a good book. Make sure you are resting adequately. There’s the old adage that everything looks better after a good night’s sleep and it’s true. Resting is our body’s way of recuperating so make sure you are getting plenty of quality sleep. It’s tough getting better after surgery and if you’re in pain and struggling to get around, that is a big lifestyle change to what you are normally used to. So don’t be too hard on yourself. And finally, it’s OK to have a good cry. Sometimes it’s just exactly what we need. Just remember to dry your eyes and do something that makes you happier afterwards. Expert advice from Dr Zoe Williams, our very own resident specialist and practising NHS GP All the answers to help you sort those niggling health worries TIP WEEK DID you know that difficulty staying on top of finances is an early symptom of dementia? Does your loved one struggle to count change, understand a bank statement or make bad financial choices? If you are concerned, speak to your GP and get advice from the Alzheimer’s Society (0333 150 3456). Can wife’s nerve damage be fixed? 30 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

After the engineer had sorted it, I headed home. On the way, I passed my wife’s car, but it was only after I’d parked up and walked over to the window that I noticed they were kissing . . . and more. My wife screamed when she saw GET IN TOUCH If you are worried about something, my team is here to help. Please contact and follow us. Online: thesun.co.uk/deidre Instagram: @dear.deidre Facebook: @DearDeidreOfficial X: @DearDeidre Post: Dear Deidre, The Sun, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF CONTROLLED BY MY KID’S FATHER Dear Deidre CONTINUES TOMORROW stories deidre’s photo casebook BEATRICE’S DIFFICULT SISTER: DAY 2 Clothes by Boohoo and BoohooMAN MY ex-partner kicked us out into the gutter, but he still calls the shots about when he can and can’t see our daughter. I let him walk all over me because my daughter loves him. She is five. I’m 30 and my ex, 34, threw us out of his house when she was just one and I was pregnant with our second child. I sadly lost the baby at 15 weeks. My ex didn’t care that we had nowhere to go. He left us with nothing but a bin bag of clothes. Luckily, a friend took us in, and then we moved to a hostel. I’m back on my feet now, and working again. My ex sees our daughter every now and then – when he feels like it. But he often lets her down, leaving her very upset. After his brutal treatment of us, I’d be happy if I never saw him again. However, she thinks the world of her daddy and I feel it would be wrong to stop her seeing him. So what can I do? I think he’ll continue to pick her up and drop her, like he did with me – but she’s just a kid and she can’t see anything wrong with him. 0 DEIDRE SAYS: Your ex-partner’s behaviour is damaging to your little girl. She needs some stability in her life, even if you are co-parenting at a distance. Because you have custody of your daughter, you must protect her from being let down. Stand up to him with the help of my support pack on assertiveness. Next time he wants to see her, insist he takes her to the park and that you’re going along too. That way you can talk to him about putting contact arrangements on a formal footing. You can find help in doing this through National Family Mediation (nfm.org.uk, 0300 4000 636). WHILE stress can affect anyone, feeling chronically overwhelmed over a prolonged period of time can contribute to long-term problems for the heart and blood vessels. Some symptoms of this can include anxiety, chest pain, depression, digestive problems, a low libido and problems sleeping. Many different situations or life events can cause stress: bereavement, divorce or separation, losing a job or money problems. If you’re struggling, my pack Help For Stress will be useful. hot topic I’VE DONE THE MATHS BEATRICE AND I’M ENTITLED TO MORE MUM WAS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTED I DON’T BELIEVE YOU. I WANT WHAT I’M ENTITLED TO THE ANSWER IS ‘NO SAMANTHA’. WE’VE ONLY JUST BURIED MUM AND THIS IS WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT? I CAN’T BELIEVE SAMANTHA. I’D NEVER RIP HER OFF... ...I HAD TO SORT OUT MUM’S WILL ALL ON MY OWN dear deidre Wife got revved up with her ex Edited by SALLY LAND me. I jumped back in my car and drove away, feeling sick about what I’d witnessed. About 20 minutes later, my wife came in. She’d been crying. She told me she hadn’t meant it to happen — it was one of those things. When I asked her how long it had been going on she said, “three months”. Their daughter knew and stopped visiting us, hoping her mum and dad would get back together. My son heard us arguing. He has said he hates his mum for splitting the family up. He’s not talking to her at the moment. It’s all a mess. 0 DEIDRE SAYS: If she’s still seeing her ex, then it’s time for an ultimatum. She can’t sever all ties with him because of your stepdaughter, but she must decide who she wants to be with. Sadly, one child will be hurt either way. If you both want to save your marriage, you may need outside help. Suggest you both have couple’s counselling. Tavistockrelationships.org (020 7380 1975) provides quality counselling at a reasonable cost and also has an online therapy service. My support pack, Worried About Your Parents, will help your son. I TRULY believe I’m meant to be with a man I met through social media. But he says he isn’t ready for a relationship. Should I wait for him? I’m a 27-year-old guy, and he’s 29. We’ve known each other for a year and my feelings for him have grown intensely. When we met on a gay dating site, he explained that despite being “out” for a few years, he hadn’t explored his bisexuality. I told him I wanted to get to know him better, and we spent the next couple of weeks chatting every day. We then went out for drinks. The time flew by and I could tell we enjoyed each other’s company. But the next morning, he messaged to say he was no longer sure this was what he truly wanted. He said we should remain friends. While I agreed, it’s not what I want. I’ve really fallen for him. I believe he just needs time to accept and come to terms with who he is. Is it unhealthy for me to wait till he’s ready? 0 DEIDRE SAYS: You can’t make someone else feel what you do. He may not be sure of his sexuality or it may be an excuse. Either way, you could be waiting a very long time, and miss out on other opportunities. You need to accept that friendship is all that is on offer. Set a time limit on how long you’re willing to wait. In the meantime, be open to new people too. I’VE MET ‘THE ONE’ BUT HE’S PUT ME IN THE FRIEND ZONE Dear Deidre Dear Deidre I CAUGHT my wife and her ex having sex in her car in a layby near our house. Now I feel like such a fool. When I noticed her car as I drove by, I thought she had broken down so I naturally stopped to help. You can imagine the shock when I saw her sitting astride her former husband in the passenger seat. She is 42 and I’m 45. We have a 12-year-old son together and her 16-year-old daughter lives with her dad, my wife’s ex. My wife has always had an amicable relationship with her former partner, who is 47. When her daughter stopped visiting as often as usual, I assumed it was because she wanted to spend time with her friends, rather than her mum and half-brother. A few weeks ago, my wife said she was going to see her daughter, to lend her a suitcase for her holiday. That same night, I had to go round to my mother’s house because she thought she had a gas leak. Dear Deidre I REALLY want to have sex with my new boyfriend, but my body won’t let me. Every time we try, I can’t relax enough to allow penetrative sex to take place. I went to a sexual health clinic and they think I have something called vaginismus. My new man is 28, tall, dark and handsome and I’ve known him for two months, since we met online. I’m a woman of 25 and I’ve not had a relationship for two years. The last one fell apart because I couldn’t have sex with my then boyfriend. I don’t understand. My boyfriend turns me on, we have lots of foreplay, but sex is physically impossible. Please help. 0 DEIDRE SAYS: Vaginismus is a condition in which the walls of the vagina become very tense and clamped. It has various causes, including fear of sex or some past trauma, or it can occur because of multiple infections or childbirth. There are treatments you can try yourself, or you can have a treatment prescribed through your doctor. Take time to explore your body, without your partner there. Use lubrication to help you to learn to relax and understand what feels good, and you can then guide your boyfriend’s hands when you are next intimate. My packs, Sex Too Painful? and Understanding Female Pleasure, will help you too. 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FILMS ✪✪✪✪✪ Brilliant ✪✪✪✪ Very Good ✪✪✪ Good ✪✪ Not Bad ✪ Poor (R) Repeat (S) Subtitles (SL) Sign Language (HD) High Defi nition S4C: 6am Cyw 12.00 Newyddion 12.05 Bwrdd I Dri 12.30 Heno 1.00 Ceffylau, Sheikhs A Chowbois 1.30 Ffermio 2.00 Newyddion S4C 2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C 3.05 Hen Dy Newydd 4.00 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Cymry Ar Gynfas 6.25 Darllediad Etholiadol Gan Y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig 6.30 Ma’i Off ’Ma 6.57 Newyddion S4C 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C A’r Tywydd 8.00 Pobol Y Cwm 8.25 Rownd A Rownd 8.55 Newyddion S4C A’r Tywydd 9.00 Y Llinell Las 10.00 Y Byd Yn Ei Le 10.30 Pum Merch, Tri Chopa, Un Cwch 11.00-11.35pm Codi Hwyl BBC ONE WALES: 6.55-7pm Party Election Broadcast By The Welsh Conservative Party 8.00 Wales’ Home Of The Year 8.30-9pm The Crash Detectives BBC ONE NW: 1.35-1.45pm North West Today; Weather BBC TWO WALES: 1.45pm First Minister’s Questions 2.45 Mastermind 3.15 Five Bedrooms 4.00 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy 4.45-5.15pm The Farmers’ Country Showdown ITV WALES: 6.20-6.30pm Party Election Broadcast By the Welsh Conservative Party 4-PAGE SECTION REGIONAL VARIATIONS Tuesday TV GUIDE 6am Good Morning Britain (S) 9.00 Lorraine Entertainment and fashion news. (S) 10.00 This Morning Celebrity chat and lifestyle features. (S) 12.30 Loose Women More interviews and topical debate. (S) 1.30 ITV News (S) 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal The team head to Middlesbrough, where Stewart Hofgartner is impressed by a biscuit tin and Mark Stevens haggles for a blast from the past. (R,S) 3.00 Lingo Word game hosted by Adil Ray. (R,S) Then Local Weather 4.00 Tipping Point Ben Shephard hosts the arcade-themed quiz show in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of four chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot. (R,S) 5.00 The Chase Four contestants work as a team to take on one of the ruthless Chasers and secure a cash prize. (R,S) 6.00 Regional News (S) Then Party Election Broadcast By The Labour Party 6.30 ITV News (S) 6am Breakfast (S) 9.30 Morning Live Weekday morning magazine show. (S) 10.45 Scam Interceptors (S) 11.15 Homes Under The Hammer (S) 12.15 Bargain Hunt Natasha Raskin Sharp presents. (R,S) 1.00 BBC News (S) 2.00 Rip Off Britain (R,S) 2.30 Animal Park A tiger is preparing to leave for an international breeding programme. (R,S) 3.00 Escape To The Countr y A would-be buyer looks to swap Hong Kong for North Yorkshire on a budget of £350,000. (R,S) 3.45 Garden Rescue Charlie Dimmock and Lee Burkhill help to transform an overgrown garden in Southampton. (R,S) 4.30 The Finish Line Roman Kemp and Sarah Greene host the quiz in which five contestants race in moving podiums. (S) 5.15 Pointless Alexander Armstrong is joined by guest co-host Lucy Porter on the quiz show. (R,S) 6.00 BBC News (S) 6.30 Regional News (S) Followed by Party Election Broadcast By The Labour Party 6.45 am Bargain Hunt (R,S) 7.30 Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure (R,S) 8.00 Sign Zone: The Great British Sewing Bee (R,S,SL) 9.00 BBC News (S) 12.15 Politics Live (S) 1.00 Impossible (R,S) 1.45 Mastermind (R,S) 2.15 Five Bedrooms (R,S) 3.00 Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy The American actor samples more of the country’s regional cuisines. (R,S) 3.45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown Dairy farmers Jo and husband Alex return to Ashbourne Show. (R,S) 4.15 Big Cats About The House Maya the jaguar begins to explore the house. (R,S) 5.15 Flog It! Finds from locations around the country. (R,S) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House Of Games Kevin Eldon, Sarah Keyworth, Laila Rouass and John Whaite take part. (R,S) 6.30 Clive Myrie’s Caribbean Adventure On the east coast of Barbados, Clive visits the world’s oldest rum distillery. (S) 6.30 am Cheers (R,S) 7.20 Ever ybody Loves Raymond Four episodes. (R,S) 9.10 Frasier Four episodes. (R,S) 11.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R,S) 12.05 C4 News (S) 12.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R,S) 1.10 Car S.O.S Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a BMW 2002 Turbo for a man who has owned it for 30 years. (R,S) 2.10 Countdown Sam Quek is in Dictionary Corner. (S) 3.00 A Place In The Sun Double bill. Nikki and Rosaline search for a holiday home in Sarlat, France. (R,S) Then, Laura Hamilton helps a couple find a holiday home in the Peloponnese, Greece. (S) 5.00 Sun, Sea And Selling Houses The Rodriguez sisters help a couple from Glasgow find their ideal holiday home. (S) 6.00 Four In A Bed Kellie and Alison host the second visit at the Aberlour Hotel in Moray. (R,S) 6.30 The Simpsons Lisa tries to become a dancer. (R,S) 6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine Discussing the issues of the day. (S) 11.15 Storm Huntley Debate on the talking points continues. (S) 12.45 Friends Double bill. Rachel contemplates her next move. Then, Joey proposes. (R,S) 1.40 5 News (S) 1.45 Home And Away Dana sneaks out of Xander’s place, but forgets her phone. (R,S) 2.15 The Teacher : Secrets That Kill FILM A high-school teacher finds her life turned upside down when a student falsely claims to have had an affair with her. Thriller starring Rhonda Dent and Kaden Connors. (2021) ✪✪✪ (S) 4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun In the Costa Del Sol, after years of saving, the day has come for Clint to hunt for the caravan of his dreams. (R,S) 5.00 5 News At 5 (S) Followed by Party Election Broadcast By The Labour Party 6.10 Police Interceptors Jen and her dog Quantum search for a dangerous suspect. (R,S) Followed by 5 News Update 7.30 Emmerdale Drama from the Dales. Tom interrogates a nervous Belle, and Ruby is riddled with guilt as Manpreet confides in her. (S) 8.00 The Martin Lewis Money Show: Summer Special As the summer break season approaches, Martin presents holiday financial ‘need to knows’, an important update on National Insurance and how to maximise the state pension. (S) 9.00 Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace ‘Euston Baby’ Rachel and foundling Steve search for answers about their origins with the help of Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell. (S) 10.00 ITV News At Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S) 10.45 Skyfall FILM James Bond pursues a criminal who has orchestrated a terrorist attack on MI6 headquarters and exposed the identities of undercover agents around the world. The trail leads to a rogue former operative who has a personal vendetta against the intelligence organisation’s leader M. Sam Mendes directs the 23rd instalment in the spy franchise starring Daniel Craig as 007 with Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw. (2012) ✪✪✪✪✪ (S) 1.05 Shop On TV 3.00 My Mum, Your Dad (R,S,SL) 3.50 Unwind With ITV (S) 5.05-6am James Martin’s Spanish Adventure. James meets a fisherman. (R,S,SL) 7.00 The One Show Lauren Laverne and Jermaine Jenas present another mix of nationwide reports and live studio-based chat. (S) 7.30 EastEnders Johnny and Sharon desperately try to sober Linda up, booking her into an AA meeting. Bianca gives Reiss an ultimatum, and Ian arrives home injured after training with Junior. (S) 8.00 Sor t Your Life Out With Stacey Solomon (4/6) Stacey helps the Daniels family get rid of unnecessary clutter including 905 items of baby clothing, 492 DVDs and 35 happy birthday banners. (R,S) 9.00 The Great British Sewing Bee (4/10) In Reduce Reuse Recycle week, the sewers make quilted bags using fabric scraps, a new item of clothing out of textile waste and a party outfit from discarded wedding dresses. (S) 10.00 BBC News (S) 10.30 Regional News (S) 10.40 Panorama Current affairs report covering a story behind the headlines. (S) 11.10 Tokyo Vice Consequences/Endgame (9 & 10/10) Double bill. As Jake and Katagiri get closer to the truth behind Tozawa’s activity, they put themselves and the people they love in danger. Sato considers his future. Then, Jake and Katagiri close in on Tozawa. (S) Followed by Weather For The Week Ahead 1.10 -6am BBC News (S) 7.00 Nile: Earth’s Great Rivers (2/3) Following the astonishing wildlife, landscapes and people of the world’s longest river. (R,S) 8.00 Springwatch (10/12) Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan broadcast from RSPB Arne in Dorset. Iolo Williams visits the Dorset coast and Portland Bill bird observatory, a hotspot for returning avian migrants. (S) 9.00 On Thin Ice: Putin Vs Greenpeace (5 & 6/6) Double bill. Tracing the team’s discovery that they could secretly get letters in and out of the prison in order to successfully contact the press and make some headlines. Then, a look at how the media campaign spread across the globe, while Paul McCartney writes a letter asking for the release of the Arctic 30. (S) 10.00 Meet The Richardsons (4/6) Jon and Lucy are thrilled when they are finally invited to Jonathan Ross’s Halloween party, where Lucy is very excited to meet Jason Donovan. (R,S) 10.30 Newsnight Headline analysis with Kirsty Wark. (S) Followed by Weather 11.05 Effie Gray FILM Fact-based period drama starring Dakota Fanning and Emma Thompson. (2014) ✪✪✪ (S) 12.45 Sign Zone: Hidden Treasures Of The National Trust (R,S,SL) 1.45 David & Jay’s Touring Toolshed (R,S,SL) 2.15-3.15am The Outlaws (R,S,SL) 7.00 C4 News (S) Then Party Election Broadcast By Plaid Cymru 8.00 Bake Off: The Professionals (2/10) The teams turn their patisserie experience on its head by creating 24 identical reimagined custard tarts and 24 cotton cheesecakes, plus a carnival themed showpiece. (S) 9.00 The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot NEW (1/3) An in-depth look at Victoria Cilliers’ apparent skydiving ‘accident’ during which both her main and reserve parachutes failed, sending her hurtling straight to the ground. (S) 10.00 Queenie New Year, Old Problems/She’s Royal (5 & 6/8) Double bill. A long line of rejection and betrayal bring Queenie to breaking-point as the past catches up with her. Then, the true extent of her childhood trauma becomes apparent as Queenie goes to therapy. (S) 11.05 The Rest Is Politics: Election Special Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart discuss the latest from the election campaigns. (S) 12.10 NEW The Silence Croatian and Ukrainian crime drama. (S) 1.10 Imposter: The Man Who Came Back From The Dead (R,S) 2.05 Taskmasterclass (R,S,SL) 3.00 We Are Lady Parts (R,S,SL) 4.00 Iris Prize Best British Shorts (S) 4.20 Britain’s Most Luxurious Hotels (R,S,SL) 5.15 Escape To The Château (R,S) 5.25 Frasier (R,S) 5.50- 6.30am Countdown (R,S) 7.00 The Motorway Hotel NEW (1/4) A look inside a family run business, yards from the M6 in Staffordshire, which caters to commuters, motorists, locals and road workers alike. (S) Followed by 5 News Update 8.00 The Yorkshire Vet David Melleney travels to Cannon Hall Farm in order to care for an alpaca called Roxette, who has badly injured herself. (S) 9.00 Police Raid: Minute By Minute In South Wales, officers from the elite task force Tarian tackle one of their biggest ever operations, targeting a large group suspected of supplying drugs across the region. (S) 10.00 A Killer Makes A Call Truck driver Collin Reeves calls the police, confessing that he has stabbed both of his neighbours to death with a commando knife. (R,S) 11.05 My Mother, My Abuser Three adults relive the horrors of being raised by abusive mothers, including the story of Christopher, who endured beatings and starvation for more than a decade. (R,S) 12.05 Ultimate Police Interceptors (R,S) 1.00 PlayOJO Live Casino Show (S) 3.00 Secret Scotland With Susan Calman (R,S) 3.50 The Railways That Built Britain With Chris Tarrant (R,S,SL) 4.40 Wildlife SOS (R,S,SL) 5.05 House Doctor (R,S,SL) 5.30 Entertainment News On 5 (S) 5.35 Fireman Sam (R,S,SL) 5.45-6am Paw Patrol (R,S,SL) 9pm Kiell Smith-Bynoe oversees more tasks in The Great British Sewing Bee 10pm Meet The Richardsons sees Jon and Lucy attend a Halloween party 8pm The Martin Lewis Money Show returns with a Summer Special 11.05pm Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell present The Rest Is Politics 8pm Julian Norton sets out to help a lamb with swollen legs in The Yorkshire Vet 32 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

tv biz RAFE SPALL won’t be getting a six-pack again any time soon. The actor, who lost five stone for 2013 romcom, I Give It A Year, admitted that getting ripped made his life boring – and didn’t bring him any more female attention. And he has no plans to turn to weight-loss drug Ozempic. He told ALAN CARR on the Life’s A Beach podcast: “There’s this idea that when you get a lovely body, you are going to somehow be happy. “But all my problems were exactly the same, it made no difference to my life, it just made me more boring. “Every aspect of my life was geared towards [the sixpack] . . . the opposite of sexy. “My girlfriend didn’t find me any more attractive with that lovely rig, it just meant that I couldn’t eat pasta.” OLLY MURS will discover he’s related to Latvian circus performers as Who Do You Think You Are? returns. The singer has been revealed as part of the line-up for the 20th anniversary series, alongside Line Of Duty actress VICKY McCLURE, who finds out her grandfather was a prisoner of war in Japan. Plus Top Gear’s PADDY McGUINNESS investigates the roots of his surname in Ireland, while Spice Girl MEL C unearths a political activist in her family tree. And reality star GEMMA COLLINS comes face to face with a family member she’s never met. The line-up is completed by Strictly Come Dancing winner ROSE AYLING-ELLIS and Olympian JESSICA ENNISHILL, who travels to Jamaica to explore her family’s past. Who Do You Think You Are? returns to BBC One and iPlayer this summer. FAMILY TREE . . . singer Murs DIET . . . Spall BILLY CONNOLLY leads the line-up of famous faces taking part in the BBC’s new documentary film series, In My Own Words. The actor and comedian will look back over his near six-decade-long career through archive footage of his performances. Author DAME JILLY COOPER will be examined in another episode of the show, which aims to tap into the minds of some of the UK’s top creatives. Cameras follow the stars to find out what and who inspires them. Artist ALISON LAPPER, and authors JACKIE KAY and HANIF KUREISHI will also feature in the five-parter, which will air in autumn. The BBC’s Suzy Klein said: “This country boasts some of the most creative minds anywhere in the world – but we rarely get the chance to get up close to them and discover what fires their imaginations. “Prepare for a thoughtprovoking and often emotional ride.” POIROT actor DAVID SUCHET will follow in the footsteps of AGATHA CHRISTIE for a new show. The star will recreate the writer’s 1920s expedition across Canada, Hawaii, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia for fivepart series, Travels With Agatha. It will air on Channel 4 later in the year. More listings: Pages 34 & 35 BRADLEY and BARNEY WALSH will be returning for the second series of Gladiators. The father-and-son duo will again present the series to be filmed at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield later this year. Tickets for the studio audience have been released this week. Apply at applausestore.com. DAME HARRIET WALTER is to play former Prime Minister MARGARET THATCHER in an upcoming drama which I exclusively revealed last December. It has not been decided which channel it will air on yet, but all the signs are that it will probably go out on ITV. Filming will start soon and the finished series is expected to air next year. Dame Harriet has a knack for playing establishment matriarchs. In Netflix hit The Crown she was CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL, wife of wartime PM WINSTON CHURCHILL. She has also played queens, professors and princesses. But only once has the actress previously taken the role of a Prime Minister and that was in 2021 on Doctor Who. By ROD McPHEE My team: FELICITY CROSS and JESS LESTER Email: rod.mcphee @the-sun.co.uk OLLY IS BIG TOP OF POPS BILLY HAS WORDS WITH BBC ABS WERE NOT FAB FOR RAFE HARRIET RULES AS MAGGIE PRIMED . . . star DOC . . . Billy TV Editor JAMES NORTON’s new TV gig is a far cry from his last one, as a serial killer on Happy Valley. He is the latest celebrity to snuggle into the CBeebies Bedtime Stories chair and is seen here for the first time cuddling a teddy bear. The actor will narrate How To Manage A Mammoth, on Friday at 6.50pm, to help raise awareness of diabetes, which he himself has. The story sees a boy, Jake, re-imagine his diabetes as a mammoth called Mel. Jake, his mum and friends try to shrink Mel to a more manageable size. James also thinks of his diabetes as a creature – and shared: “My own diabetes animal is a big, shaggy dog called Bruce. When I first got Bruce, he was a puppy, difficult to control, always overexcited. Now, he’s older and under control, very calm, which makes me happy and relaxed.” James follows stars including HARRY STYLES and TOM HARDY into the Bedtime Stories chair. JIM-JAMES TIME, KIDS PAL GIVES UPDATE ON STAR’S DEMENTIA FIGHT Bet Julie’s still wearing leopard IT’S been a while since we had an update on the health of soap legend JULIE GOODYEAR, who went public with her dementia diagnosis last year. Now one of her best pals has revealed she is in good spirits — and is refusing to ditch the distinct leopard-skin look of her Coronation Street alter ego, Bet Lynch. The reassuring news came from Mark Llewellin, the partner of late Corrie actor ROY BARRACLOUGH, who played Julie’s on-screen husband, Alec Gilroy. Speaking about the retired actress — on the Conversation Street podcast, Mark said: “Julie is living a good life, really. “She still loves leopard print, I’m pleased to say. “I see her at least once a week, day and we tuck into that — well . . . she doesn’t let me have any to be honest. “She’s good, obviously she has dementia as everybody knows, but it’s wrong to say you suffer from dementia, you live with dementia. It changes what you can do and how you look at life. “I think Julie has been very brave and strong about that.” Julie’s husband Scott Brand revealed she had the condition last June in the hope that it might inspire others who are going through similar challenges. It also raised awareness for organisations including the Alzheimer’s Society, with both Julie and Scott helping to launch their latest campaign in March. Mark added: “They always wanted to go public with her dementia on the basis that it could help those going through a similar thing. “It has brought in thousands of letters to her.” sometimes twice a week, and spend a few hours with her and have afternoon tea at her house, which I call leopardprint boulevard. She’s quite happy, she goes out regularly. “I take her chocolate cake on a SunSPOT ON . . . Julie as Corrie’s Bet in 2002. Inset, at Alzheimer’s event last year Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............33

4-PAGE SECTION FREEVIEW SKY SHOWCASE 6am Sky News Breakfast 7.00 Kay Burley 8.00 UK Border Force 9.00 Stargate SG-1 11.00 Gangs Of Lemur Island 12.00 The Flash 1.00 MacGyver 3.00 Hawaii Five-0 4.00 S.W.A.T 5.00 The Simpsons 6.00 The US Office 7.00 The Simpsons 8.00 Rob & Romesh Vs Golf 9.00 A League Of Their Own: Mexican Road Trip. Jamie Redknapp, Jill Scott, Micah Richards and Mo Gilligan explore the city of La Paz, where they photograph a sea lion colony while scuba diving. 10.00 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Michonne finds help from an unexpected source. 11.15 S.W.A.T 12.15 Resident Alien 1.15-2.10am Brit Cops: Rapid Response VIRGIN RADIO DAB virginradio.co.uk 6.30am The Chris Evans Breakfast Show With Webuyanycar 10.00 The Ryan Tubridy Show 1.00 Jayne Middlemiss 4.00 Ricky Wilson 7.00 Bam 10.00 Olivia Jones 1.00 Sean Goldsmith 4.00-6.30am Steve Denyer TALKRADIO DAB talkradio.co.uk 6.30am Mike Graham 10.00 Julia Hartley Brewer 1.00 Ian Collins 4.00 Jeremy Kyle 7.00 Kevin O’Sullivan 10.00 Petrie Hosken 1.00 Paul Ross 5.00-6.30am James Max TALKSPORT 1053, 1089MW talksport.com 6am TalkSPORT Breakfast 10.00 Jim White And Simon Jordan 1.00 Hawksbee And Baker SKY ATLANTIC 6am Fish Town 7.55 True Blood 10.05 Billions 12.15 Game Of Thrones 1.20 The Sopranos 3.30 True Blood 5.40 Billions 7.50 Game Of Thrones. Jon and Daenerys finally meet. 9.00 The Tattooist Of Auschwitz. After escaping the Russians, Lali makes his way to Bratislava. 10.10 The Making Of The Tattooist Of Auschwitz. Behind the scenes of the drama. 10.50 House Of The Dragon: War Room. Sue Perkins presents a look ahead to season two. 11.50 House Of The Dragon 1.00-2.15am Band Of Brothers SKY WITNESS 6am Air Ambulance ER 7.00 Border Patrol 8.00 UK Border Force 9.00 999 Frontline 10.00 Bull 11.00 Blue Bloods 12.00 New Amsterdam 1.00 9-1-1 2.00 FBI: Most Wanted 3.00 Caught Red Handed 4.30 Nothing To Declare 8.00 Blue Bloods. Tension escalates between Frank and Mayor Chase. 9.00 The Equalizer. Mel reunites with brother Matthew. 10.00 FBI: Most Wanted. The Task Force investigates when an informant is found dead. 11.00 The Rookie 12.00 The Good Doctor 1.00-2am Fire Country GOLD 7am Desmond’s 7.35 The Fosters 8.05 The Green Green Grass 9.20 My Hero 10.00 Are You Being Served? 10.40 Porridge 11.20 Last Of The Summer Wine 12.40 The Green Green Grass 1.20 My Hero 2.00 Porridge 2.40 Dad’s Army 3.20 Are You Being Served? 4.00 Last Of The Summer Wine 5.20 Porridge 6.00 The Green Green Grass 6.40 Dad’s Army 8.00 Still Open All Hours. Granville has to get Eric and Cyril’s friendship back on track. 8.40 The Thin Blue Line. Grim does a spot of moonlighting. 9.20 Dinnerladies. Petula’s bizarre lifestyle catches up with her. 10.00 The Royle Family. Jim and Barbara are left holding the baby. 10.35 Harry Enfield And Chums. Kevin the Teenager falls ill. 11.15 The Office 11.55 Still Open All Hours 12.35 The Thin Blue Line 1.15 Dinnerladies 1.55-2.35am The Royle Family COMEDY CENTRAL 8am Most Ridiculous Friends 8.35 Most Ridiculous Holidays 9.00 Takeshi’s Castle 10.00 Impractical Jokers: Twists And Turns 10.30 Impractical Jokers: Highlights From The High Seas 11.00 Home Improvement 12.00 Last Man Standing 12.55 Friends 9.00 FILM Scream 4. Three-time massacre survivor Sidney faces a new masked killer. Horror sequel, starring Neve Campbell. (2011) 11.10 Greatest Ever Christmas Movie Blunders 1.20-2.15am Michael McIntyre’s Big Show ALIBI 7.10am Murdoch Mysteries 9.00 The Coroner 10.00 Elementary 11.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators 12.00 Father Brown 1.00 Death In Paradise 2.00 Murdoch Mysteries 4.00 Elementary 5.00 Father Brown 6.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. The duo make some unlikely allies. 7.00 Elementary. Sherlock investigates the kidnapping of a woman long presumed dead. 8.00 Death In Paradise. Richard Poole meets a sticky end at a university reunion. 9.00 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. An American PI is arrested for murder. 10.00 My Life Is Murder. Alexa examines a death at a retirement village. 11.00 Elementary 12.00 Why Women Kill 1.00-2am Unforgettable SKY COMEDY 8am Will & Grace 9.00 The Conners 10.00 Sort Of 10.30 Veep 11.40 Entourage 12.50 High Maintenance 2.10 Veep 3.20 Entourage 4.30 Sort Of 5.00 Will & Grace 6.00 The US Office 7.00 The Conners 8.00 Will & Grace 9.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm 11.00 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 12.00 Divorce 1.15-3.05am Dane Cook: Vicious Circle DISCOVERY 6am How It’s Made 7.00 Deadliest Catch 8.00 Building Off The Grid 9.00 Combat Dealers 10.00 Demolition Down Under 11.00 Wheeler Dealers 1.00 Barnwood Builders 3.00 Gold Rush 4.00 Alaska: Homestead Rescue 6.00 Demolition Down Under 7.00 Bitchin’ Rides. A semi hauler comes in for a makeover. 8.00 Supertruckers. John has a tough job taking a 60-tonne crane into the heart of Edinburgh. 9.00 Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail. Parker travels the gold-filled Madeira River deep into the Brazilian wilderness. 10.00 Gold Divers 1.00-2am Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail ENTERTAINMENT RADIO Tuesday Virgin Radio 10am Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall drops by to chat with Ryan BBC THREE freeview 23 7pm The Fast And The Farmer-ish 7.30 Shark Tank; The Catch Up 8.50 Ryan Tricks On The Streets 9.00 FILM The Others. Period supernatural thriller starring Nicole Kidman. (2001) 10.40 Fresh Cops 11.40 Confessions Of A Teenage Fraudster 12.25 I Kissed A Boy 1.10-2.10am Charlotte In Sunderland BBC FOUR freeview 9 7pm Great British Railway Journeys 7.30 Villages By The Sea 8.00 Rigs Of Nigg 9.00 One Foot In The Grave 9.30 Butterflies 10.00 Copa ’71: The Lost Lionesses: Storyville. A look at the 1971 watershed football tournament in Mexico City. 11.20 Fever Pitch: The Rise Of The Premier League 1.20 Great British Railway Journeys 1.50-2.20am Villages By The Sea ITV2 freeview 6 6am CITV: Craig Of The Creek 6.10 Teen Titans Go! 6.35 Bugs Bunny Builders 6.50 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 7.25 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 7.50 Be Cool, ScoobyDoo! 8.10 What’s New Scooby-Doo? 8.35 Scooby-Doo And Guess Who? 9.00 World’s Funniest Videos 9.30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10.00 Love Bites 12.00 Dress To Impress 1.00 Deal Or No Deal 2.00 Family Fortunes 3.00 Veronica Mars 4.00 Dawson’s Creek 5.00 Dress To Impress 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase 7.00 Deal Or No Deal 8.00 Bob’s Burgers 9.00 Love Island 10.05 Extraordinary 10.40 Family Guy 11.35 American Dad! 12.35 Bob’s Burgers 1.35-2.05am G’wed ITV3 freeview 10 6am Classic Emmerdale 7.00 Classic Coronation Street 8.05 Endeavour 10.15 The Royal 11.20 Heartbeat 1.40 Classic Emmerdale 2.40 Classic Coronation Street 3.45 Inspector Morse 5.55 Heartbeat. Double bill. 8.00 Midsomer Murders 10.00 Wire In The Blood 11.55 The Royal 12.50 Upstairs, Downstairs 1.55-2.30am Unwind With ITV ITV4 freeview 26 6am The Best Of The 70s 6.15 Minder 7.10 The Sweeney 8.10 The Return Of Sherlock Holmes 9.20 Magnum, PI 10.20 Kojak 11.25 BattleBots 12.25 The Return Of Sherlock Holmes 1.35 Magnum, PI 2.40 Kojak 3.40 Minder 4.50 The Sweeney 6.00 BattleBots 7.00 The Chase Celebrity Special 8.00 FILM Hulk. Comic-book adventure starring Eric Bana. (2003) 10.45 All Elite Wrestling: Rampage 11.55 Auto Mundial 12.20 Motorsport Mundial 12.50 Minder 1.50- 2.45am The Chase Celebrity Christmas Special E4 freeview 13 6am Hollyoaks 7.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 9.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10.00 Young Sheldon 11.00 Modern Family 12.00 The Big Bang Theory 2.00 The Goldbergs 3.00 Modern Family 4.00 Young Sheldon 5.00 The Big Bang Theory 7.00 Hollyoaks 7.30 Come Dine With Me 8.00 Dance Moms 9.00 Gogglebox 10.00 Naked Attraction 11.05 First Dates 12.10 The Big Bang Theory 1.15-2.10am Brooklyn Nine-Nine MORE4 freeview 18 8.55am A Place In The Sun 10.25 A New Life In The Sun 11.25 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 12.30 Come Dine With Me. Five episodes. 3.10 Four In A Bed. Five episodes. 5.50 Château DIY 6.55 Car S.O.S 7.55 Grand Designs SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT 6am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Euros 10.00 LIVE Tennis. The Libema Open. Coverage of day two of the WTA and ATP grass court events, . 3.00 LIVE ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Pakistan v Canada. 7.00 LIVE Vitality T20 Blast Cricket. Middlesex v Somerset. Coverage of the South Group match from Lord’s, London. 9.45 Best Of T20 Blast Finals Day 10.00 SSN Euro Report 10.30 Back Pages Tonight 11.00 Sky Sports News 12.00 LIVE ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka v Nepal. Coverage of the Group D match from Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, in Lauderhill, Florida. 1.00-5.30am LIVE ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Australia v Namibia. Coverage of the Group B match. SKY SPORTS PREMIER LEAGUE 6am PL Greatest Games 7.00 Good Morning Euros 10.00 PL Years 12.00 Soccerbox 1.00 Premier League Best Goals 2.00 PL Highlights 5.00 PL Review 6.00 PL Icons 6.30 Paris: Born To Play 7.00 PL Review 8.00 SSN Euro Report 10.30 Back Pages Tonight 11.00 Class Of ’92: Full Time 12.00-2am PL Retro SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL 6am EFL Cup Retro 8.45 EFL Greatest Games 10.00 Championship Retro 12.00 EFL Greatest Games 1.00 Championship Season Review 2.00 EFL Trophy Football 2.30 EFL Rivalries 3.00 EFL Cup Retro 5.45 EFL Greatest Games 6.30 Paris: Born To Play 7.00 Championship Season Review 8.00 EFL Cup 8.30 EFL Rivalries 9.00 Championship Retro 11.45 EFL Greatest Games 1.00-3am Championship Retro SKY SPORTS ACTION 6am NFL Highlights 10.00 Fight Night International 11.00 NFL Highlights 3.00 Fight Night International 4.00 NFL Highlights 6.00 NBC’s Pro-Football Talk 8.00 NFL Highlights 9.00 Super Bowl LVIII Highlights 10.00 NFL Highlights 11.00 Fight Night International 12.00-4.30am LIVE ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka v Nepal. SKY SPORTS ARENA 6am Premier League Darts 9.15 PDC Classics 10.15 Betfred Super League Highlights 11.00 Fight Night International 2.00 Betfred Super League 6.10 Super League Gold 6.15 Betfred Super League Highlights 7.00 Women’s Super League 7.15 Betfred Super League 7.30 Betfred Super League Highlights 8.00 Fight Night International 10.00 Betfred Super League 11.00 Fight Night International 12.00 The Insiders 1.00-5.10am Betfred Super League SKY SPORTS CRICKET 6am ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 9.30 Best Of ICC WT20 10.00 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2.10 Best Of ICC WT20 2.30 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 3.00 LIVE ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Pakistan v Canada. Coverage of the Group A match from Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. 7.00 LIVE Vitality T20 Blast Cricket. Middlesex v Somerset. Coverage of the South Group match from Lord’s, London. 9.45 Best Of T20 Blast Finals Day 10.00 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 11.00 Dreams Of A Nation 12.00 LIVE ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka v Nepal. Coverage of the Group D match from Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, in Lauderhill, Florida. 1.00- 5.30am LIVE ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Australia v Namibia. Coverage of the Group B match from Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. SKY SPORTS GOLF 6am US Open Official Films 8.00 Golf Academy 8.30 DP World Tour Golf 9.00 PGA Tour Golf 10.00 McGinley & Chamblee At The US Open 11.30 US Open Official Films 12.30 McGinley & Chamblee At The US Open 2.00 LIVE US Open Golf. A look ahead to the 2024 US Open, which takes place at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in North Carolina. 10.00 World Golf Hall Of Fame 2024 12.00-2am US Open Official Films 9.00 PopMaster TV 10.00 Sounds Like The 80s 11.05 24 Hours In A&E 12.10 PopMaster TV 1.15-2.15am 999: On The Front Line SKY MIX freeview 11 7am Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 8.00 Nothing To Declare 9.00 Motorway Patrol 10.00 Highway Patrol 11.00 Stop, Search, Seize 12.00 Motorway Patrol 1.00 Border Patrol 2.00 Border Security: Canada’s Front Line 3.00 Nothing To Declare 4.00 Stargate Atlantis 5.00 Stargate SG-1 6.00 Stargate Universe 7.00 Star Trek: Voyager 8.00 The Rookie 9.00 FBI: Most Wanted 10.00 Killer In My Village 12.00 Grimm 1.00-2am Caribbean Cops BBC Four 10pm Storyville shines a light on Copa’ 71 with The Lost Lionesses DAVE freeview 19 7.20am Cop Car Workshop 8.05 The Force: Behind The Line 8.40 James May’s Things You Need To Know 10.00 Top Gear 12.00 Storage Hunters UK 2.00 Extreme Fishing With Robson Green 3.00 Top Gear 5.00 Hairy Bikers’ Best Of British 6.00 Rick Stein: From Venice To Istanbul 7.00 Would I Lie To You? 7.40 Richard Osman’s House Of Games 9.00 QI XL 10.00 Have I Got A Bit More News For You 11.00 Taskmaster 12.00 Mock The Week 12.40 Would I Lie To You? 1.20-2.30am Live At The Apollo DRAMA freeview 20 7.10am London’s Burning 8.00 Doctors 9.20 Classic Holby City 10.40 Classic Casualty 11.40 The Bill 12.45 Classic EastEnders 2.00 London’s Burning 3.00 Lovejoy 4.10 Tenko 5.15 Birds Of A Feather 6.00 Waiting For God 6.40 Are You Being Served? 7.20 Last Of The Summer Wine 8.00 Dalziel & Pascoe 10.00 New Tricks 11.20 Soldier, Soldier 12.20 Lovejoy 1.30-2.40am Call The Midwife TNT Sports 1 11am Defender Jacob Draper and Great Britain take on Spain REALLY SPORT freeview 17 6am Fantasy Homes In The City 7.00 Teleshopping 8.00 Salvage Hunters 10.00 The Yorkshire Auction House 11.00 Antiques Road Trip 12.00 Money For Nothing 2.00 The Repair Shop 3.00 Antiques Road Trip 5.00 The Yorkshire Auction House 7.00 Antiques Road Trip. Double bill. Thomas Plant and Anita Manning begin the third leg of their trip. Then, the duo travel to Wimborne, Dorset. 9.00 Dr Pimple Popper 11.00 90 Day Fiance: Before The 90 Days 12.00 Unexplained: Caught On Camera 1.00-2am Paranormal: Caught On Camera YESTERDAY freeview 27 6.10am Hornby: A Model World 8.00 Abandoned Engineering 10.00 The World At War 11.00 World War Weird 12.00 Great British Railway Journeys 1.00 Antiques Roadshow 2.00 Bangers & Cash 4.00 The World At War 5.00 World War Weird 6.00 Antiques Roadshow 7.00 Canal Boat Diaries 8.00 Bangers & Cash 9.00 Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics. The team pay over the odds for a VW Campervan, but can they hope to break even at auction? 10.00 Bangers & Cash 11.00 Abandoned Engineering 12.00 Great British Railway Journeys 1.00-2am Hornby: A Model World W freeview 25 6.10am MasterChef Australia 7.00 Tipping Point 11.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build 1.00 Tipping Point 4.00 My Dream Home 6.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 8.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build 9.00 Gemma And Gorka: Life Behind The Lens. Gemma’s maternity leave is coming to an end, and Gorka is about to go on tour. 10.00 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over: Family And Me 11.00 Inside The Ambulance 1.00-2am Louis Theroux: America’s Most Hated Family In Crisis QUEST freeview 12 6am How Do They Do It? 6.30 Shed And Buried 7.00 The Repair Shop 8.00 American Pickers 10.00 Chasing Classic Cars 11.00 Massive Engineering Mistakes 12.00 How Do They Do It? 2.00 Salvage Hunters 3.00 Shed And Buried 4.00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 5.00 Salvage Hunters: The Restorers 6.00 Wheeler Dealers 7.00 Aussie Gold Hunters 8.00 Salvage Hunters 9.00 Vinnie Jones In The Country 10.00 Richard Hammond’s Workshop 11.00 How Do They Do It? 12.00 British Speedway 1.00-2am Cars That Rock With Brian Johnson Sky Atlantic 7.50pm Jon and Daenerys finally meet in Game Of Thrones FOUNDLING . . . Thomas searches for biological relatives LONG LOST FAMILY BORN WITHOUT TRACE ITV1 WITH the Euros approaching, TV viewers had better get used to crying into their hands. And what better preparation for bawling your eyes out than watching this brilliant spin-off series, which made its debut last night. The original Long Lost Family series – also hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell – specialises in reuniting family members. This show does likewise but focuses on people who have absolutely no idea of their origins. In the opener, father-offive Thomas Yeo tells how he was abandoned by his mother at Reading train station in October 1965 under a bench in the waiting room. Despite appeals in local newspapers in the wake of his discovery for Thomas’s mother’s whereabouts, she was never found and he was adopted by a loving family. However, after providing a DNA sample, the show’s team of experts found a match, which turned out to be his first cousin, in Ireland. Like the original show, twists are never far away, as Thomas finds out his cousin Martina was also a “foundling” having been left outside a church. After meeting up, Thomas and Martina speculated their mothers might be troubled sisters, who both fell pregnant out of wedlock, and abandoned them in fear of bringing shame on to the family. Yet it turned out their circumstances were believed to be a coincidence, and their family link was actually a tv last night 34 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

4.00 Andy Goldstein And Darren Bent 7.00 Kick Off 10.00 Sports Bar 12.00-5am Extra Time TALKSPORT2 DAB talksport.com 6am Sportsday 9.00 TalkSPORT Exclusives 1.00 The TalkSPORT 2 Social 5.00 Exclusives 6.00 Cricket Collective 8.00 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 Andrew Neil 2.00 Jane Garvey And Fi Glover 4.00 John Pienaar 7.00 Kait Borsay 10.00 Carole Walker 1.00 The Story 1.30 Highlights From Matt Chorley 2.00 The Best Of Times Radio 5.00-6am Rosie Wright RADIO 1 97.6-99.8FM bbc.co.uk/radio1 7am Matt And Mollie 10.30 Newsbeat 10.32 Rickie, Melvin And Charlie 12.45 Newsbeat 1.00 Dean And Vicky 3.30 Newsbeat 3.32 Vick, Katie And Jamie 5.45 Newsbeat 6.00 New Music Show 8.00 Future Artists 10.00 Power Down Playlist 11.00 Martha 1.00 Drum & Bass Mix 2.00 Workout Anthems 3.00 Relax In Love 4.00 Dance 5.00-6.57am Arielle Free RADIO 2 88-91FM bbc.co.uk/radio2 6.30am Zoe Ball 9.30 Vernon Kay 12.00 Jeremy Vine 2.00 Scott Mills 4.00 Sara Cox 6.30 Sara Cox’s Half Wower 7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist 7.30 Jo Whiley 9.00 The Jazz Show With Jamie Cullum 10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Magnificent 7 10.30 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation 12.00-3am OJ Borg 4-PAGE SECTION TV GUIDE Film4 9pm Milla Jovovich stars in fantasy adventure Monster Hunter TNT SPORTS 1 MOVIES 6am Fishing: On the Bank 7.00 NWSL 9.00 Hockey 11.00 LIVE Hockey. Great Britain v Spain. Push-back at 11.00. 1.00 Sign Up – Into Football 1.15 LIVE Hockey. China v Great Britain. Push-back at 1.15. 3.15 TNT Sports Cricket Reload 3.30 LIVE Hockey. Germany v Australia. Push-back at 3.30. 5.30 TNT Sports Cricket Reload 5.45 LIVE Hockey. Australia v Germany . Push-back at 5.45. 7.45 T100 Triathlon World Tour 8.45 MotoGP Rewind 9.00 WWE Monday Night Raw 11.30pm-2.45am LIVE MLB. Baltimore Orioles v Atlanta Braves. Start-time at 11.35. TNT SPORTS 2 6am AFL 2.00 Premiership Women’s Rugby 4.00 Gallagher Premiership Rugby Union 5.30 MLB Highlights 6.30 Premier League Stories. With former Arsenal and Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole. 7.00 Fishing: On the Bank. With Rob Hughes and Andy Ford. 8.00 PSA Squash 9.00 Hockey 1.00-3am Badminton TNT SPORTS 3 6am Premiership Women’s Rugby 8.00 Gallagher Premiership Rugby Union 9.30 Investec Champions Cup 11.00 Investec Champions Cup 12.00 UEFA Champions League Goals Reload 2.00 Fishing: On the Bank 3.00 Training Day 3.30 Ligue 1 Highlights 4.30 UEFA Europa Conference League 5.00 UEFA Europa League 5.30 UEFA Champions League 6.00 UEFA Champions League – Classics 8.00 UEFA Champions League Magazine 9.00 UEFA Europa League & Conference League Magazine 10.00 UFC: The Ultimate Fighter 11.00 Gallagher Premiership Rugby Union 12.30 T100 Triathlon World Tour 1.30- 2.30am Fishing: On the Bank PREMIER SPORTS 1 6am ADAC GT Masters Motorsport 7.30 MotorSport 8.00 United Rugby Championship 10.00 NHL Ice Hockey 12.00 International Football 2.00 Sporting Greats 2.30 International Football 4.30 LaLiga Match Highlights 4.50 LIVE International Football. Moldova v Ukraine. Kick-off at 5.00. 7.00 Football’s Greatest 7.35 LIVE International Football. Portugal v Republic of Ireland. Kick-off at 7.45. 9.45 LaLiga Match Highlights 10.05 URC In 60 11.05 NASCAR Highlights 12.05-2am Top 14 Rugby Union SKY CINEMA PREMIERE 9.05am The Inseparables (U, 2023) ★★★ 10.40 Am I OK? (15, 2022) ★★★ 12.25 Meg 2: The Trench (12, 2023) ★★★ 2.25 Blue Beetle (12, 2023) ★★★ 4.35 Bonus Track (15, 2023) ★★★ 6.15 Am I OK? (15, 2022) ★★★ 8.00 Meg 2: The Trench (12, 2023) ★★★ 10.00 The Exorcist: Believer (15, 2023) ★★★ 11.55 The Royal Hotel (18, 2023) ★★★ 1.30- 3.45am Ride On (PG, 2023) ★★★★ SKY CINEMA STATHAM 6.30am The Beekeeper (15, 2024) ★★★ 8.30 Mean Machine (15, 2001) ★★ 10.15 Fast & Furious 6 (12, 2013) ★★★★ 12.35 The Beekeeper (15, 2024) ★★★ 2.35 The One (15, 2001) ★★★ 4.15 Safe (15, 2012) ★★★ 6.00 Meg 2: The Trench (12, 2023) ★★★ 8.00 Fast & Furious 7 (12, 2015) ★★★★ 10.20 London (18, 2005) ★★★ 12.00-1.40am Safe (15, 2012) ★★★ SKY CINEMA ACTION 7.15am Bullet To The Head (15, 2012) ★★ 8.55 White House Down (12, 2013) ★★★★ 11.15 Warcraft (12, 2016) ★★ 1.25 Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday (15, 2022) ★★★ 3.10 White House Down (12, 2013) ★★★★ 5.30 Spider-Man 3 (12, 2007) ★★★★ 8.00 Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (12, 2023) ★★★★ 10.15 Knights Of The Zodiac (12, 2023) ★★★ 12.15- 1.55am Bullet To The Head (15, 2012) ★★ FILM4 freeview 14 11am True Grit (PG, 1969) ★★★★ 1.50 The Sons Of Katie Elder (U, 1965) ★★★★ 4.25 Jason And The Argonauts (U, 1963) ★★★★★ 6.35 The Eagle (12, 2011) ★★★ 9.00 Monster Hunter (12, 2020) ★★ 11.05 The Big Man (18, 1990) ★★ 1.25-3.45am Kes (PG, 1969) ★★★★ TALKING PICTURES freeview 82 12.35pm Rogue’s Yarn (U, 1957) ★★★ 2.10 Jane Eyre 4.25 Smokescreen (U, 1964) ★★★ 5.55 The Beverly Hillbillies 6.30 Scotland Yard 7.05 Four Star Theatre 7.35 Dangerous Assignment 8.05 Manhunt 9.05 Maigret 11.20pm1.35am Christine (15, 1983) ★★★★ GREAT! MOVIES freeview 34 11am The Narcissist (12, 2019) ★★★ 1.00 Fatal Flatline (PG, 2020) ★★★ 2.55 Her Son’s Deadly Secret (PG, 2018) ★★★ 5.00 Nowhere To Be Found (PG, 2019) ★★ 7.05 Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (PG, 2007) ★★★ 9.00 Beyond The Law (15, 2019) ★★★ 10.55pm1.20am The Green Hornet (12, 2011) ★★ GREAT! ACTION freeview 42 8am Wild West Chronicles 9.00 Meteor Moon (PG, 2020) ★★ 10.50 Wings At War: Fight For Britain 12.00 Wild West Chronicles 1.00 Aces ’N’ Eights (PG, 2008) ★★ 2.45 Mackenna’s Gold (PG, 1969) ★★★ 5.15 Surface To Air (15, 1997) ★★ 7.10 Asteroid-a-geddon (PG, 2020) ★★★ 9.00 Killing Salazar (15, 2016) ★★ 11.05pm1.05am Contract To Kill (15, 2016) ★★ brother and sister. They eventually find out the identity of their parents, who had all sadly passed away, but Thomas’s father and Martina’s mother had more children with other partners whom the pair were seen meeting for the first time in emotional scenes. Their half-siblings also provided pictures of both sets of parents, something neither had ever laid eyes on before. Martina was told her mum was sent to a scandal-hit church-run mother and baby home three times, and potentially gave her up to save her from such a cruel environment. Harrowing. STUART PINK THE MARTIN LEWIS MONEY SHOW: SUMMER SPECIAL, ITV1, 8pm: Summer holidays can prove expensive, causing worries when you should be relaxing. Cue this one-off special in which Martin will discuss everything from spending abroad to travel insurance. Plus, he has an update on missing National Insurance years and how to maximise your State Pension. Invaluable. THE GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE, BBC One, 9pm: It is Reuse, Reduce and Recycle Week, and for the Pattern Challenge, Esme and Patrick ask the gang to create a quilted bag with zip, flap and magnetic clasp. Next up, the Transformation person testimony – including from Victoria – helps fill in the gaps. Read more about what went on in our special feature today, on pages 26 & 27. COPA ’71: THE LOST LIONESSES: STORYVILLE, BBC Four, 10pm: The England women’s football team is a source of national pride. It wasn’t always that way, however. In 1971, a women’s football World Cup was held in Mexico, featuring six countries, including England. Despite the games being played in front of crowds reaching 100,000, the team received little publicity at home – and faced ridicule on their return. This new film tells their story. DAVID BELL Challenge requires a colour cohesive outfit sourced from a pile of discarded clothes. Finally, for the Made-toMeasure, the sewers must turn wedding dresses into fabulous party outfits. Great fun. THE FALL: SKYDIVE MURDER PLOT, Channel 4, 9pm: Brace yourself for a genuinely jawdropping true life docu-series. Over the next three nights, The Fall will tell the story of the attempted murder of Victoria Cilliers in 2015. Not only did Victoria manage to survive a fall of 4,000ft, after her skydive parachutes failed, she then tried to cover for her husband Emile, the person who had tampered with her kit. These extraordinary events are brought to life using dramatic reconstructions, which star MyAnna Buring as Victoria, who heightens the tension by speaking directly to the viewer. Meanwhile, the director guides her through what Victoria would have been thinking and feeling. It’s an unconventional way of telling the story but candid firsttv picks MONEY MAN . . . Martin Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............35

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LABOUR are taking us for fools if they expect us to believe their uncosted manifesto. Its private school tax raid will cause havoc and lead to even more bloated classes in state schools. They don’t tell you what their great GB power wheeze is going to cost everyone. I would sooner trust the Tories with the economy than Sir “weathervane” Starmer. HARRY HODGE Aldershot, Hants HOW sad to hear confirmation of the death of TV journalist and presenter Dr Michael Mosley. I always enjoyed watching him and although I never followed his 5:2 diet plan there is no shortage of testimony that his tips on betl The page where you tell Britain what you think etters @the-sun.co.uk Labour tax dreamland TXT US ON 07537 410199 Don’t forget to include your name. Standard text rates from your provider apply RISHI SUNAK’s D-Day gaffe could be for the Tories what the 1924 election was for the Liberals. A total disaster. JOHN, Stafford NIGEL FARAGE was ready to take up Donald Trump’s US job offer. Now he’s frightened of associating with a criminal. KIT, Liverpool THE majority of Scots voted ‘no’ in the independence referendum, so why do Scottish politicians keep banging on about it? DENIS, Essex RISHI SUNAK and France’s Emmanuel Macron are turkeys that voted for Christmas. CLIVE, Coventry SO Labour wants to give school children free breakfasts. Isn’t it the parents’ duty to feed their kids? Labour just love to squander other people’s money, like they always did in the past! Taxpayers’ money belongs to the people, and not to a Labour government. LES KOZAK Norwich ANOTHER wonder plan from Labour to give kids free breakfasts at school and once again Rachel Reeves proposes to pay for it by closing “tax loopholes”. How many times have we heard this for every plan? It’s naive of her to think that these loopholes will raise anything. STEWART LOVATT Leicester I’VE been a Labour voter most of my life but I could not vote for them at the last election because of Jeremy Corbyn’s far-left beliefs. Sir Keir Starmer was one of his most ardent supporters, so there is no way I can trust him. I really would like to see the back of the Tories. They’ve made a mess of the last 14 years but I fear that under Keir Starmer Labour will be even worse. God help us all. When will the ballot offer an alternative to this? TIM O’CONNELL Hounslow West, Middlesex WHAT is Keir Starmer offering apart from the desire to rule the country? Will the people really vote for him just to deny Rishi Sunak? It smells of Emmanuel Macron versus Marine Le Pen. PETER CHESTER Hull ter health and wellbeing helped to transform many lives. His passing is all the more sad for the revelation that he appears to have been so close to safety. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife and family. LESLEY EVANS Walsall, West Mids I AM so sad and shocked to hear of the death of Michael Mosley. He gave such wonderful help and advice on his shows in such an easy and humorous manner. RIP Michael. Condolences to your lovely wife and family, you will be greatly missed. BILL FISH Havant, Hants STRANGE that Policing Minister Chris Philp, who has assured us many times that police numbers have been restored following the cuts, has announced an extra 8,000 officers. If true, where will these officers work from as 600 police stations have been closed? And how can they be paid for without tax increases? Mr Philp helped plan the notorious “fiscal event” of Liz Truss, so I’m sure his mathematical expertise will explain all. DAVID ROSE Linton, Cambs HOW desperate has Rishi Sunak become? First it was National Service, with no plan to cost or monitor the thousands of young people he wanted to conscript. Now the Tories want to put 8,000 neighbourhood police on the ground — yet again with no payment plan. Let’s remind them they already cut the force by 20,000 while in power only to replace them years later. How long would these new recruits last? CHRIS TORODE Richmond, North Yorks £50 LETTER DOES France’s first lady Brigitte Macron, pictured, watch Coronation Street and is her favourite character Gail Platt? She must do because she styles her hair the same as Gail’s famous mop! MICK WILKINSON Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorks IS King Charles really in touch with the people when he thinks £14 for a burger is an acceptable price to ask of visitors? The restaurant on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk will no doubt be popular with tourists, but its prices are royally brutal on the wallet. TERESA WARBURTON Banbridge, Co Down LOGAN SARGEANT’S Formula 1 career is surely over after his crash at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Williams Racing can’t keep on repairing his car only for him to wreck it time and time again. And sooner or later the crew will run short of spare parts for him. I reckon Dutch driver Nyck de Vries could be the ideal replacement. DEAN GADSBY Bourne, Lincs NIGEL FARAGE, pictured, was right with everything he said in Friday’s election debate. He says what everyone feels. We just seem to take steps backwards whenever we are getting somewhere. Why don’t all parties just form a coalition and sort the country out. ANGIE WRIGHT Tipton, West Mids email, fax, write or comment online We pay £50 for our Star Letter of the day: Email [email protected]. Fax us on 020 7782 4170 or write to Dear Sun, The Sun, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Include your full name and address. You can share your views at thesun.co.uk Phone Meg’s psychics for a chat on 0905 005 8102 Or to pay by credit/debit card call 08000 356 684 or mobile users call 020 7111 6406 Text a psychic. Just text MEG then a space and your question to 60016 Calls cost £1.50 per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. You must have bill payer’s 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 opt out of three promo messages call Helpline: 0330 114 0300. SP: Inveroak.com, PO Box 10015, CM1 9HH. ARIES March 21 – April 20 TAURUSApril 21 – May 21 GEMINI May 22 – June 21 CANCER June 22 – July 22 LEO July 23 – August 23 VIRGOAugust 24 – September 22 LIBRASeptember 23 – October 23 SCORPIOOctober 24 – November 22 SAGITTARIUSNovember 23 – December 21 CAPRICORN December 22 – January 20 AQUARIUS January 21 –February 18 PISCESFebruary 19 – March 20 Your chart mix of the moon and Uranus encourages big ideas and gestures, so you really bring the drama. And it is your audience that surprises you as someone who has always seemed so aloof is looking your way in fascination. The luck factor sees your name at the top of a team, taking on the world. Jupiter brings joy to the success sector of your chart, but this can be in the little things as well as major events. So focus on what you can do, and do well, to make your own and other people’s day better. A “J” passion bond can be growing in secret yet you sense something is changing. This is your moment to act. Venus rules your communication zone right now, while the moon adds an element of the unknown. So you could say some surprising things today and suddenly see just how true they really are. If you are in love, honesty is not always easy, but it is the only way for Aries. Single? The One is a lead singer or speaker. Your cash chart is sending signals in all directions through your life. You can end the day richer, especially in the sense of feeling in control of money matters. If you have been avoiding a decision, getting it done can clear your mind, and diary. As for passion, it can start so small with a single-word question. Mars and Pluto square up in your chart and shake up unexpected feelings. This can connect to a journey you might not want to make, or a lesson you resist learning. But pushing forward can be easier and faster than you expect, so do start today. Love is all about you and is just what you need. Maybe certain people in your life dazzle you, but that doesn’t mean they are good for you. Take time to think through who really deserves a place in your special circle. Right now you have the ability to choose wisely. As for love, it can be a challenge to feel your inner self unlock but it is a wonderful path to pursue. The eye for detail that is part of planet Mercury is working well for you today. So if a journey or project has hit a hitch, you can find a new way forward. But this must be one that works for you, as well as everyone else. Love might feel just like a mystery tour but your heart has a map – so do trust yourself. Venus intensifies your passion instincts all day, plus you have the ability to live and love for the moment. This can break a stalemate in a relationship. If you are single, repeating the same mistake has been a positive process, as now you know what you need. Today you can find it in an Aquarius who intrigues you. There is a natural wanderlust embedded in your birth sign and this is intensified today. So you must stay extra alert to travel and holiday offers and be ready to step up at the last minute. If you are with a partner, passion is full of two-way pleasures. If you are single, meet The One exiting a space as you enter. So many planets are agitating in your sector of work and wellbeing. This could be a day to redefine your future. A long time of thinking you should make a move can turn overnight into a list of actions. Keep steps small at first and celebrate success as you go. In passion, you can break a pattern. You are the calm core of a stormy group. But do double check that you are getting enough support for your own needs. One small adjustment can make a big difference. If you are in love, Venus loves romance and Mercury finds unique ways to express this. You can end the day closer to a charismatic Libra. When you bring your true self to work today, you start to see a way through a set of challenges because you have felt the need to be someone else. Now this can stop. In love? Giving your time freely to a partner is worth more than any expensive gesture. Single? A date may seem dull but stick with it. PLAY smart with Sun Bingo by setting Deposit Limits and using Reality Checks. Visit sunbingo.co.uk/smart-tips to find out more Mystic Meg with MAGGIE INNES Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............37

PAGE 2 SUJIKO SOLUTION: Top line 619 middle 345 bottom 728 puzzles We’ve got all your favourite brain teasers WORD WORKOUT RKNE CHU P L YKS W R F A S H I O N F W X X I N P A TIF T U O M A E L YTS E C AME R A WORDSEARCH Find seven words about models. Words can run forwards, backwards or diagonally. Solution below. Each cell in an outlined block must contain a digit: a two-cell block contains the digits 1 and 2, a three-cell block contains the digits 1, 2 and 3, and so on. The same digit must not appear in neighbouring cells, not even diagonally. Solution below. SUGURU ® 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 4 5 3 3 2 1 4 1 4 3 2 Example 30-SEC NUMBERCRUNCH HERE is our fantastic puzzle, the 30-second NumberCrunch. There’s no better way to keep your brain trained than playing 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 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! Answers below, right. SUNDIAL SEE how many words of four or more letters you can “dial” using the one at the centre in each word. You can make at least one word using all of them. Don’t use the letters more than once in any word. No proper names or plurals ending in ‘s’. Words from Collins Concise Dictionary. Two-Speed Crossword YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS Teaser Toughie 9 3 7 8 4 5 2 6 1 2 6 8 9 3 1 5 7 4 1 5 4 7 2 6 9 8 3 5 1 9 2 8 7 4 3 6 8 4 2 5 6 3 7 1 9 3 7 6 4 1 9 8 5 2 7 8 1 3 9 2 6 4 5 4 2 3 6 5 8 1 9 7 6 9 5 1 7 4 3 2 8 9 3 6 4 8 7 5 1 2 4 5 8 3 1 2 7 9 6 7 2 1 6 9 5 8 4 3 5 1 9 2 4 8 6 3 7 6 7 2 5 3 9 1 8 4 3 8 4 7 6 1 2 5 9 1 6 3 8 2 4 9 7 5 2 9 7 1 5 3 4 6 8 8 4 5 9 7 6 3 2 1 Today’s Solutions DOUBLE SunDOKU DOKU 8 2 5 7 6 3 9 1 6 7 4 5 8 9 2 1 7 2 7 9 4 4 5 8 3 2 3 7 4 9 4 5 6 3 7 9 1 5 1 3 8 4 7 3 5 2 4 1 9 2 6 1 9 4 TODAY’S TOUGHIE TODAY’S TEASER Cryptic clues TWO- SPEED CROSSWORD Two sets of clues but the answers are the same 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Coffee time Suguru Wordsearch CHU RKNE W R YKS P L N I O S H F A P I N X X F W O T U TIF A YTS E L M A ERA A M E C 5 3 5 1 2 412 3 4 4 3 5 2 1 5 421 5 3 4 3 2 1 NumberCrunch 16, 515, 27 Brainbuster 14 15 16 14 17 17 21 Enter the numbers 1 to 9 in the spaces so that the number in each circle is equal to the sum of its four surrounding squares. Each coloured area should add up to the colour totals below. Suko9 1 7 5 2 4 6 8 3 14 17 17 21 SUKO® NEWSPAPERS SUPPORT RECYCLING The recycled paper content of UK newspapers in 2023 was 45.5% 2 3 4 2 5 2 THE NAME GAME BRILLIANT: 25. EXCELLENT: 21. GOOD: 15. GREAT SCORE FOR KIDS: 10. YESTERDAY: Which late actor's name is an anagram of DEMONIC BACKWASH? ACROSS: 1 Admir(e)-al, 5 C-aper, 8 Onset, 9 Be-l-ar-us, 10 Gorge-ous, 11 Liar, 13 To-ma-to, 15 Launch, 18 (m)Arch, 19 Magi-c-i-an, 22 Ch-i-ant-i, 23 M-ap(p)le, 24 Tweet, 25 Handles. DOWN: 1 A-m-ongs-t, 2 Mis(t)er, 3 Retreats, 4 Labour, 5 Calf, 6 Portion, 7 Riser, 12 T-alisman, 14 Machine, 16 H-ung-ers, 17 Pa-riah, 18 Ascot, 20 I-mp-e-l, 21 G-nat. V D B A 1 5 21 25 20 1 17 13 3 3 23 22 13 5 16 12 15 22 16 3 23 24 19 13 18 19 16 23 10 5 5 11 25 22 26 6 13 23 4 26 11 26 3 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 13 24 4 22 25 13 5 5 25 16 23 14 17 14 7 9 21 24 2 16 3 21 15 22 8 16 16 15 15 22 12 22 22 12 THIS is the world’s best brain teaser. Each grid number in our Word Workout game represents a letter. So if you think 5 is the letter Y, write Y in all the squares with a 5. All the alphabet is used and we have supplied some letters to start you off. We will print the answers tomorrow. YESTERDAY – ACROSS: Quad, Sick, Excel, Ramps, Vie, Purse, Waltz, Umber, Jewel, Ode, Drift, Third, Afar, Yogi. DOWN: Ulcer, Delve, Shrew, Camel, Expound, Sizzled, Sue, Ace, Brief, Rotor, Jetty, Wring. ACROSS 1 Huge vessel well-flled? (6) 5 Team revealed in good shape (6) 8 Flag offcer on Western Isle (4) 9 Examines popular parties holding power (8) 10 Chicken part new bishop mostly cooked (8) 11 Hint: end of sunbathing good (4) 12 Posh patio relaid in perfect state (6) 15 English fower festival (6) 17 Last word from key people (4) 19 Terms in defeat accepted by a Neville? (8) 22 Parson always last on run (8) 23 Hostelries in North and South (4) 24 Way setter gets hammered (6) 25 Duke in ruined manor lacking system (6) DOWN 2 Excuse Somali biker uses (5) 3 Sauce boat raised (7) 4 Fresh horn covers one animal (5) 5 Fuss after old boy becomes offensive (7) 6 New rate initially tempted nurse (5) 7 Decimal point indeed great (7) 13 English politician in tax storm (7) 14 A ground nutmeg's swell (7) 16 One's sis makes time for meeting (7) 18 Relative back in EC excited at frst (5) 20 Ruling class (5) 21 Piece of paper on doormat (5) ACROSS 1 Oil-carrying ship (6) 5 Costume (6) 8 Droop (4) 9 Scrutinises (8) 10 Avian clavicle (8) 11 Strong taste (4) 12 Ideal world (6) 15 Resurrection Sunday (6) 17 So be it (4) 19 Specialised dictionary (8) 22 Clergyman (8) 23 Hotels (4) 24 Thoroughfare (6) 25 Haphazard (6) DOWN 2 Legal defence (5) 3 Tomato product (7) 4 Large herbivore (5) 5 Lewd (7) 6 Minister to (5) 7 Passionate (7) 13 Cyclone (7) 14 Supplement (7) 16 Court sitting (7) 18 Sibling's daughter (5) 20 Military command (5) 21 Lively movement (5) Bell, belly, bile, bill, billed, billy, bled, blend, blind, blindly, byline, deli, dell, dill, idle, idly, idyll, lend, libel, lied, lien, lily, line, lined, yell, yield, INDELIBLY. BRAINBUSTER BEGINNER BEGINNER ANSWER 72 - 23 ÷ 7 × 9 + 37 Half of it + 240 ÷ 10 + 99 ÷ 8 ADVANCED BEGINNER ANSWER 550 - 4/5 of it ÷ 5 + 4440 - 53 800% of it - 69 Third of it - 1994 50% of it INTERMEDIATE BEGINNER ANSWER 109 - 49 3/4 of it - 37 × 6 - 39 × 5 + 125 Half of it + 430 Chadwick Boseman EACH clue leads to a well-known name. Put the initials or stated letters in the appropriate squares to identify a TV presenter: 8 & 4 Eric Morecambe's comedy partner 3 & 1 David, musician who founded and fronted the band Talking Heads (second and third letters of name) 7 & 2 Andrew, US President who succeeded John Quincy Adams (fourth and sixth letters of name) 6 Mr Messi, Argentinian footballer among the game's all-time greats 5 & 9 He played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Yesterday: Author CRESSIDA COWELL (Lionel (Logue), Piers (Morgan), Sam Worthington, Claudio Ranieri, Del (Shannon), Jason (Manford), Carol Smillie). Another Name Game in The Sun tomorrow. For 4 Extra Clues Call 0901 293 6299 Calls cost £1 plus network access charge. or text SUNWORD to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate. Calls for extra clues and answers last no longer than two minutes (Sundial answers may vary). Helpline: 0333 202 3390 (9am-5.30pm). Service provider: Spoke, W1T 4HD Check today’s answers by calling 0905 757 0155 before midnight. Calls cost £1 per minute 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 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. Call 0905 757 0156 for clues or solutions. Cost £1 per minute plus network access charge. Call 0905 757 0152 for clues or solutions. Cost £1 per minute plus network access charge. 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busin ss GUEST EDITED by [email protected] ALISTAIR MACROW, McDonald’s UK CEO FTSE 100 8,228.48 16.89 GOT A STORY? Contact me...we’re always open for Sunbusiness [email protected] @AArmstrong_says Boost . . . Susan Davy THE boss of the owner of SOUTH WEST WATER has still bagged a 58 per cent pay bump, despite saying she would forgo her bonus. The pay boost for chief exec Susan Davy comes as households in Devon are still being advised to boil tap water after a parasite outbreak last month. PENNON, which owns South West Water, revealed Ms Davy’s pay package rose to £860,000, up from £543,000 a year ago, as she received £298,000 in share awards on top of a 3.5 per cent raise. Pennon said that she still would have been entitled to a £237,000 bonus but instead she would be donating it to struggling customers. The company said Ms Davy said it was “the right thing to do”. Pennon increased its full-year dividend payout to investors by 3.8 per cent last month to £125.8million even though it faced a record £2.1million fine from the water regulator for sewage spills. MACHINERY and plant hire giant ASHTEAD is the latest FTSE 100 business to consider switching to a New York listing. The company, worth about £24billion, is exploring shifting to the US where it generates 90 per cent of its revenues, it has been reported. Its loss would deal another blow to the LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, which is struggling to hold on to listings, with betting company FLUTTER and plumbing business FERGUSON already switching to the US. 58% JUMP IN WATER BOSS PAY ASHTEAD EYES U.S. TO £= €1.17 $1.28 OIL $79.85 Brent Crude barrel Petrol: 147p Diesel: 152p BARCLAYS down 2.50 to 214.75 BP up 8.15 to 470.85 CENTRICA up 0.35 to 133.80 HSBC down 1.00 to 693.00 LLOYDS down 0.58 to 54.22 M&S up 0.30 to 309.60 NATWEST down 6.00 to 310.90 ROYAL MAIL down 1.20 to 333.40 SAINSBURY’S down 0.60 to 263.20 SHELL up 25.00 to 2,757.50 TESCO down 1.80 to 305.80 SHARES DOWN Let’s help apprentices Mac it big MCDONALD’S Fun Football programme gave 1.7million hours of free coaching to 284,000 children last year. Three-quarters of the sessions, which have included celebrity appearances by Manchester City’s Phil Foden and Arsenal’s Beth Mead, take place in some of the country’s most hard-up communities. By 2026, the chain hopes to have provided ten million hours of coaching to one million kids aged five to 11. CEO JOINS CALLS TO REFORM TRAINING LEVY REAL KEY TO OUR SUCCESS By ALISTAIR MACROW CEO of McDonald’s UK & Ireland WE have been in the UK for 50 years, and from Day One it’s been true that harnessing the potential of young people has been key to our success. And I believe, as we look to the future, the same applies to the whole country. That’s why I find it so frustrating to see a distinct lack of provisions for our young people, and lack of investment in their future. Business can, and should, play a role in changing the situation. Some of our most senior people started their careers at drive-thru windows. We know young people are finding it tough right now, and as a brand in so many communities, with trusted, safe places on the high street, we know we can be part of the solution. Our “Makin’ It” programme provides 16 to 24-year-olds with genuine opportunities. It has already helped more than 42,500 young people change their lives across the UK. But our ambitions are huge. We have committed to connecting all our restaurants to youth services, and the funding of 500 new youth work qualifications. This means we can help unlock the potential of young people in every community across the UK. I am hugely privileged to be running a business like McDonald’s — there are plenty of proud moments — but as a dad, being able to genuinely make a difference to young people’s lives is right up there. HELP FOR FAMILIES FEWER families are eating out during the cost-of-living crisis, prompting McDonald’s to launch a new deal for hard-pressed customers. In response to figures showing there were 43million fewer family visits to casual dining chains in the first four months of 2024, the fast food chain has introduced a “3 for £3” promotion. Boss Alistair Macrow said: “People are being squeezed. “Households used to treat themselves to a film and a meal on the way home. “They can’t afford to do both now. It is our job to make what we know they love affordable.” 1,450 restaurants in UK and Ireland, employing 180,000 people Nearly 4million customers a day, with 1.25billion visits a year More than 2million Big Macs sold a week - about 4 every second £94.45billion boost to UK economy since 1974 1,450 restaurants in UK and Ireland, employing 180,000 people Nearly 4million customers a day, with 1.25billion visits a year More than 2million Big Macs sold a week - about 4 every second £94.45billion boost to UK economy since 1974 By ASHLEY ARMSTRONG Business Editor THE chief executive of MCDONALD’S has called for a shake-up of the apprenticeship levy. The Big Mac chain employs nearly 180,000 in the UK and Ireland, including 45,000 hired in the past five years. Boss Alistair Macrow has outlined the £95billion boost the fast food giant has given the UK economy since it arrived in 1974. And new analysis seen by The Sun shows it has also spent £51.5billion with British suppliers. McDonald’s and its 200 franchise partners spent £62.5million in the past year alone on training opportunities for workers. But Mr Macrow says there is a chance to go even further if the Government overhauls the apprenticeship levy. The levy — introduced to boost youth employment — has strict requirements, meaning many schemes do not qualify. As a result, £2.2billion in unspent funds has been returned to the Treasury, as bosses cannot use it. Mr Macrow told The Sun: “We are hugely supportive of policies that encourage investment in young people’s future — but it has to be a policy that works in practice. “At McDonald’s we have seen how powerful apprenticeship schemes can be in developing young people — it’s essential every business is encouraged to do more. But for that to happen, the apprenticeship levy needs to be more flexible.” He said it would be better for money to be spent on a wider range of courses and ensure more costs from employing apprentices were covered. The boss of AO WORLD recently called on the Government to give companies more power to decide how best to train staff with the levy. TESCO, TIMPSONS, and the CO-OP have also been vocal critics. Mr Macrow said that McDonald’s was trying to divert more of its unspent levy to fund 500 new youth work qualifications. But he claims it is difficult as the levy prevents smaller youth work organisations from accessing funds. Earlier this year Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch outlined plans to let smaller businesses access more of the cash. FAST FODE FUN Serving up . . bright future Coaching kids . . . football stars Phil Foden, above, and Beth Mead, inset Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............41

Edited by LISA MINOT Follow on Facebook @TheSunTravelEditor Make a date with a hot villa Edited by LISA MINOT lIT’S 34C in TURKEY – a week’s allinclusive stay at 5H Selene Beach & Spa Hotel, Antalya, is from £739pp, including flights from Gatwick on July 1. See icelolly.com. lMALTA is 29C. Five nights’ halfboard at 4H Doubletree by Hilton in St Paul’s Bay is from £799pp, flying out on September 28 from Manchester. See cooptravel.co.uk. hot spots Don’t miss Sun Travel on Saturday and Sunday TENERIFE: Villa Perla Amore THIS holiday home on the volcanic island of Tenerife could not be closer to the real Majorcan villa. It has a colourful bar, private gym plus games and fancy dress rooms. And there’s a huge neon “Casa Amore” sign overlooking the pool in a nod to the telly show’s second villa. Perla Amore isn’t cheap, but you’ll get breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, including a three-course meal cooked by a Michelin-trained chef on your first night. GO: Seven nights’ fully-catered costs from £1,080pp, based on 16 sharing. See solmarvillas.com. CROATIA: Villa Tana EVERYTHING feels luxurious, from velvet bed throws to marble bathrooms. After a morning dip in the infinity pool, play volleyball or badminton on your private court, or table football in the garden. Then cosy up round a sunken fire pit. A short stroll away you’ll find secluded beaches, or make a date to go horseback riding. GO: Seven nights’ self-catering is from £260.45pp, based on 11 sharing. See oliverstravels.com. CYPRUS: Chris Le Mare Villa EVEN with kids in tow, you can enjoy Love Island-style fun at Chris Le Mare villa on Cyprus’ eastern coast — especially with access to Louis St Elias resort and waterpark. As well as waterslides, a shallow pool for children and a kids’ club, there’s a Jacuzzi and gym. The threebedroom pad has its own swimming pool with loungers and bean bag chairs — to “pull someone for a chat”. GO: Five nights’ self-catering costs from £333pp, based on six people sharing. See louishotels.com. GREECE: Villa Shangri-La ON the rugged island of Zakynthos in Greece, Villa Shangri-La is possibly even more lavish than the Love Island retreat, with a pool overlooked by swaying palm trees and a roaring fire pit with comfy loungers. There are plenty of outdoor areas, including a spa, while rooms feature a neutral palette, with white furry rugs and marble-esque flooring. Nestled in a lush vineyard, the beach is also just 5km away. GO: Seven nights’ self-catering is from £589pp, based on 16 sharing. See solmarvillas.com. FIRED UP . . . Croatian paradise STYLISH . . . Chris Le Mare LOVE Island is back on our screens, with the show introducing a celebrity bombshell for the first time – Joey Essex. Singletons are staying in the same Majorcan villa that has hosted the past few summer series, and if you’re looking for a sizzling-hot villa, SOPHIE SWIETOCHOWSKI has picked out some where large groups can enjoy a getaway. LUSH . . . villa on Zakynthos LUXURY . . . Villa Perla Amore. Left, Joey Essex 42 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

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Ver-min escape By ISABELLE BARKER MAX VERSTAPPEN has revealed he nearly killed a groundhog during the Canadian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver came within a whisker of running over the rodent on lap 32 of Sunday’s win. Dutchman Verstappen, who killed a bird in last year’s race, said: “He was almost dead. I thought it was debris initially. “I started to close in and then I’m like, ‘Oh my god, it’s an animal’. “So I swerved right at the last moment.” Mercedes driver George Russell confirmed later he had seen the groundhog scamper off to safety. Heinrich all Klaas By JACK ROSE HEINRICH KLAASEN pulled South Africa back from the brink in a nail-biting T20 World Cup win over Bangladesh. Klaasen hit 46 off 44 balls as the Proteas recovered from 23-4 to post 116-6 in New York. Bangladesh needed 20 off the last 18 balls but Mohammad Mahmudullah was caught going for a winning six off the penultimate delivery. The Proteas have won all three in Group D. But relieved skipper Aidan Markram admitted: “Anything could happen in the last over. It was fantastic for Klaasy to get back in form.” BAIRSTOW . . . painful It’s a bad Oman for Bairstow By JOHN ETHERIDGE JONNY BAIRSTOW’S career with England could be over if he is dropped from the must-win T20 World Cup match against Oman. Bairstow might struggle to return in any format if captain Jos Buttler and coach Matthew Mott elect to pick Ben Duckett or Sam Curran instead. England must beat Oman on Thursday and Namibia on Saturday plus overhaul Scotland’s net run-rate to emerge from Group B. They would still be eliminated if the Scots beat Australia on Sunday. Bairstow, 34, got a painful seven in 13 balls in England’s 36-run defeat to the Aussies on Sunday. The thought persists he has never fully recovered from a broken leg suffered on a golf course in 2022. Reece Topley could come into the side ahead of Mark Wood. SPORTS ROUND-UP: RESULTS & FIXTURES INTERNATIONAL MATCHES NETHERLNDS (1)4 ICELAND (0) 0 Simons 24, van Dijk 49 Malen 80, Weghorst 90 POLAND (1) 2 TURKEY (0) 1 Swiderski 12 Yilmaz 77 Zalewski 90 ARGENTINA (1) 1 ECUADOR (0) 0 Di Maria 40 BASKETBALL NBA PLAY-OFFS FINAL - Boston Celtics 105 Dallas Mavericks 98 (Boston Celtics lead series 2-0). CRICKET ICC T20 WORLD CUP GROUP D Bangladesh v South Africa New York: South Africa 113-6 (20 overs; H Klaasen 46; T H Sakib 3-18); Bangladesh 109-7 (20 overs; T Hridoy 37; K Maharaj 3-27). South Africa bt Bangladesh by 4 runs. P W L T NR Pts RR South Africa 3 3 0 0 0 6 0.603 Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.075 Netherlands 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.024 Nepal 1 0 1 0 0 0 -0.539 Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 0 0 -0.777 CYCLING TOUR DE SUISSE (Vaduz-Regensdorf, 180km): Stage 2 - 1 B Coquard (Fra) Cofidis 4hrs 6mins 39secs, 2 M Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco-AlUla, 3 A De Lie (Bel) Lotto Dstny, 4 B Rivera (Col) INEOS Grenadiers, 5 R Costa (Por) EF Education-EasyPost all at same time. Overall - 1 Y Lampaert (Bel) Soudal QuickStep 4hrs 11mins 44secs, 2 E Hayter (GB) INEOS Grenadiers +4secs, 3 J Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates +7, 4 F Fisher-Black (Nzl) UAE Team Emirates, 5 M Matthews (Aus) Team Jayco-AlUla both at same time. Selected: 6 S Watson (GB) Groupama-FDJ +09, 21 A Yates (GB) UAE Team Emirates +15, 23 B Tulett (GB) Team Visma | Lease a Bike at same time, 31 T Pidcock (GB) INEOS Grenadiers +17, 33 S Williams (GB) Israel-Premier Tech at same time, 41 O Onley (GB) Team dsm-firmenich PostNL +19, 64 J Shaw (GB) EF Education-EasyPost +25, 80 F Pickering (GB) Bahrain Victorious +31, 104 S Flynn (GB) Team dsm-firmenich PostNL +1:52, 121 J Stewart (GB) Israel-Premier Tech +4:46. SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE V STAGE 1 (Leicester): Group 10 - R Day (Wal) bt L Davies (Wal) 3-0; M Fu (Hkg) drew with H Miah (Eng) 2-2; L Davies (Wal) bt M Fu (Hkg) 3-1; R Day (Wal) drew with H Miah (Eng) 2-2; H Miah (Eng) drew with L Davies (Wal) 2-2; R Day (Wal) bt M Fu (Hkg) 3-0. Group 20 - N Robertson (Aus) drew with Z Richardson (Eng) 2-2; J Clarke (Wal) drew with C Ka Wai (Hkg) 2-2; J Clarke (Wal) bt Z Richardson (Eng) 3-1; N Robertson (Aus) bt C Ka Wai (Hkg) 3-0; C Ka Wai (Hkg) bt Z Richardson (Eng) 3-0; N Robertson (Aus) bt J Rhys Clarke (Wal) 3-1. TENNIS WTA ROTHESAY OPEN (Nottingham): 1st rd - D Saville (Aus) bt C Burel (Fra) 6-3 6-3; H Watson (GB) bt K Day (USA) 4-6 6-0 6-4; D Parry (Fra) bt C Bucsa (Spa) 6-3 6-2; L Stefanini (Ita) bt L Zhu (Chn) 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 7-5; K Boulter (GB) bt H Dart (GB) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-5; K Pliskova (Cze) bt A Parks (USA) 6-4 6-4; L Fruhvirtova (Cze) bt Y Miyazaki (GB) 6-4 7-5; K Birrell (Aus) bt E Appleton (GB) 6-3 7-5. ATP & WTA LIBEMA OPEN (‘s-Hertogenbosch): 1st rd, Men’s - L Nardi (Ita) bt D Goffin (Bel) 7-5 7-5. Women’s - D Vekic (Cro) bt T Korpatsch (Ger) 6-1 6-3; G Minnen (Bel) bt R Masarova (Spa) 6-2 6-4. ATP BOSS OPEN (Stuttgart): 1st rd - J Draper (GB) bt S Ofner (Aut) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5); D Koepfer (Ger) bt Z Zhang (Chn) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (8-6); Y Hanfmann (Ger) bt H Squire (Ger) 6-3 6-3; H Medjedovic (Ser) bt F Marozsan (Hun) 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 6-4. TODAY’S SPORT (7.45 unless stated) INTERNATIONAL MATCHES Northern Ireland v Andorra............ (Live on Premier Sports) Portugal v Rep of Ireland................ (Live on Premier Sports) U21 FRIENDLY England U20 v Rep of Ireland ... 3.0 CRICKET ICC T20 World Cup Group A: Canada v Pakistan (New York, 3.30pm). Group B: Australia v Namibia (North Sound, 1.30am Wednesday). Group D: Nepal v Sri Lanka (Lauderhill, 12.30am Wednesday). t20 Blast - South Group: Middlesex v Somerset (Lord’s, 6.30pm). SPEEDWAY Championship: Plymouth v Berwick (7.0). Dobson’s choice By ROB MAUL CHARLIE DOBSON chalked up a personal best as he claimed European 400 metres silver in Rome. The Essex star, 24, ran 44.38sec at the Stadio Olimpico for his first major individual medal. He was pipped by Belgian Alexander Doom, who clocked a Championship record of 44.15. Dobson said: “It wasn’t the gold but I’m more than happy with a PB.” MOLLY CAUDERY had to settle for bronze in the women’s pole vault with a clearance of 4.73metres. SWANSONG IN SWANSEA SWANSONG IN SWANSEA HIT FOR SIX Ground where Sobers made history on brink of being lost to cricket THE ground where the greatest cricketer of all time produced his most famous feat could be about to disappear. In 1968, legendary West Indies all-rounder Sir Garry Sobers became the first man to strike six sixes in a single over. He did it playing for Notts against Glamorgan at the St Helen’s ground in Swansea. It remains one of cricket’s most fabled achievements and has been repeated only ONCE in first-class cricket in the following 56 years. A few batsmen have managed 36 in an over in white-ball cricket — including, of course, India’s Yuvraj Singh off Stuart Broad during the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup. St Helen’s is now on the brink of being ordered for redevelopment and turned into a rugby-only arena and home of the Ospreys. A final decision is expected later this month. It would bring to an end 150 years of cricket being played on the ground. Glamorgan beat the Austra- lians in Swansea on two successive tours — 1964 and 1968 — and it has even staged two one-day internationals. St Helen’s is also believed to be the ground in the UK that is closest to the sea. Malcolm Nash was the unlucky bowler that day in August 1968 when Sobers launched his leftarm spinners — Nash usually bowled seam — into the sky. The fifth six was almost caught at long off but the fielder touched the rope. The final ball was deposited clean out of the ground and into a nearby street. The ball was lost until it was returned the next day by a lad who had picked it up. Sobers is widely regarded as cricket’s most complete talent. His devastating lefthanded batting was coupled with the ability to bowl fast, swing, orthodox leftarm spin and left-arm wrist spin as well as being a brilliant fielder and catcher. He even kept wicket at times. He held the world Test record score of 365 for many years until the figure was beaten by Brian Lara. Sobers, now 87, recalled: “I always had a big backlift because I learned to play cricket with a tennis ball and had to hit the ball as hard as possible. Otherwise, it wouldn’t go anywhere. “I wasn’t thinking about six sixes during the over. But then I thought the last ball had to go. “I didn’t care where Malcolm bowled, it was going for six. I knew he was going to try to trick me and bowl a quicker one but I managed to hit it well.” Nash, who died in 2019, aged 74, lived in Swansea and was a regular at St Helen’s even after he stopped playing. Swansea Cricket Club are current South Wales Premier League champions and next year will mark their 150th anniversary of playing at St Helen’s. Club chair Mike Hayden, who opens the batting for Wales’ over-60s and scored a century against India in the 2022 World Cup for the over-60s, said: “It will be a real shame if cricket stops at St Helen’s because the ground has so much history. “One of the problems is the proximity to the houses. Far more sixes are hit these days and it is considered a health and safety concern. “We’re a strong club, running three senior, four junior and a ladies team and need a good ground. “But finding another one of the right standard is not easy. “Swansea City Council are the landlords at St Helen’s and we should know more about their plans in the next couple of weeks. “But it does look like the ground will be redeveloped as the rugby-only home of the Ospreys.” By JOHN ETHERIDGE PLAY AND MISS . . . Sobers in swashbuckling form but cricket faces extinction at St Helen’s in Swansea 1st SIX 2nd SIX 3rd SIX 4th SIX 5th SIX 6th SIX Cricketers Inn King Edward Sobers Road 1 6 2 5 3 The fifth six was carried over the boundary by Roger Davis. 5 HIS SIXES MAPPED 4 44 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

TENNIS Borth hot on Curry By ADAM HATHAWAY STEVE BORTHWICK says Tom Curry is “desperate” to join England’s summer tour despite a warning it will shorten his career. Curry, 25, has played just 34 minutes since hip surgery in January. And his Sale boss Alex Sanderson claimed that picking the flanker to face Japan and New Zealand was “guaranteed” to cause long-term damage. But boss Borthwick, who also named Curry’s twin Ben in a 36-man squad, said: “Most important was the conversation with Tom. “He is desperate to be a part of this England team. “Because of that and the fact he’s world class, it was a very straightforward decision.” BORTHWICK . . . pick Scheff in good Nic By DAVID FACEY JACK NICKLAUS saluted Scottie Scheffler’s five wins in the first half of the season as “special”. Legendary 18-time Major champ Nicklaus and Tiger Woods never managed it — with Tom Watson the last to do so 44 years ago. Scheffler, 27, won the PGA Tour’s Memorial Tournament last week to keep up his hot streak. And ahead of Thursday’s US Open at Pinehurst, Nicklaus, 84, admitted: “Winning five of the first eight tournaments this year is pretty special.” But American world No 1 Scheffler joked: “We all have a few screws loose to play this game and keep battling week in, week out. “But that’s really just part of the fun of it.” STAR’S INJURY HELL STAR’S INJURY HELL Driven Rad EM’S AGONY ON ROAD TO RECOVERY EMMA RADUCANU feared for her future last summer after THREE major operations left her needing a mobility scooter to get around. Now the 21-year-old is ready to hit full throttle as she attempts to get her career back on the road again. Raducanu’s US Open win in 2021 at just 18 elevated her to superstar status. But she then tumbled from tenth in the world rankings to 209th after spending eight agonising months on the sidelines recovering from surgery on both wrists and her ankle. She said: “Having three surgeries meant I couldn’t do anything for months. I needed a mobility scooter to get around, which was surreal. I couldn’t be on crutches because I’d had two wrist surgeries. “My ankle was also pretty much immobilised, in a splint and stitches. So I would scooter around steering with one knee. As someone who is so active it’s difficult to shut your body down.” Raducanu could not bring herself to watch tennis early on in her recuperation. She added: “The French was way too raw, but I watched Wimbledon and that was when I started getting the hunger back. I started hitting balls in December.” It is fitting that Raducanu has returned to Nottingham, for the Rothesay Open, where she first burst on the scene, by making her WTA Tour maindraw debut three years ago. Today she is looking to reboot her career against Japanese rival Ena Shiba- hara. Raducanu confessed: “Nottingham is where I got my Wimbledon wildcard. If I didn’t get that wildcard, who knows if the US Open would have happened.” ANDY MURRAY’S child finds him so embarrassing that she treats him like a “stranger” outside the school gates. The two-time Wimbledon champ, 37, said: “My eldest daughter finds me very embarrassing. When I collect her from school, she refuses to walk next to me and treats me like a stranger. She’s eight.” By GRAEME BRYCE EM ’N EN . . . star Raducanu is all set for her clash with Ena Shibahara HARRIET DART offered to bet the umpire £50,000 that she was right about a line call at the Nottingham Open. She told official Kelly Rask “you should be embarrassed” after the 27-year-old was convinced a ball landed out during a second-set rally against pal Katie Boulter. And British No 2 Dart later accused Rask of “threatening” her with a code violation during the 3hr 13min marathon. Defending champion Boulter, 27, kept out of the drama and sealed a 6-7 6-4 7-5 victory. A ball from Boulter was called out but overruled by Rask. Dart shouted: “The ball is so far out, this is embarrassing, you’re embarrassing yourself. You should be embarrassed.” After losing the replayed point and moaning again, Rask told her: “Stop now or you’re going to get a code, I’ve had enough. That’s it.” At the end of the game Dart asked to see the referee before offering Rask the hefty wager. She raged: “If we watch that back I can promise you, I would back £50,000 that ball is out, I’d shake your hand now. It’s a joke how far that was out.” DART’S 50k REF RAGE By JAMES CLARKE DART ROARED . . . British No 2 lost her rag during marathon defeat to pal Katie Boulter (far right) LAST REMAINING TICKETS AT BOXXER.COM LISTEN TO FREE LIVE COMMENTARY FROM SELHURST PARK THIS SATURDAY FROM 22:00 ON RADIO ONLINE ON THE APP WBO WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............45

Dave Kidd [email protected] @davekidd_ CHIEF SPORTS WRITER AS an exercise in expectation-management, England’s Wembley defeat to lowly Iceland was a masterstroke. For the first time in my life, I would have tipped the Three Lions to win a major tournament at this Euros — although the absence of Harry Maguire (below) and the continued doubts over the fitness of Luke Shaw were already concerning. But for a largely firstchoice England side to be deservedly beaten at home by a team who were stuffed 3-1 by Luxembourg in the Euros qualifiers, rivalled the 4-0 drubbing by Hungary at Molineux as the worst result of Gareth Southgate’s eight-year reign. One shocking performance in a friendly shouldn’t make this much difference. And maybe I’m suffering from jerky knees, but I now think England will do well to get past the quarter-final stage in Germany. HOPES PUT ON ICE SO EASILY JACK IS MAYO-K WERNING! LIVERPOOL chairman Tom Werner might just be the most dangerous man in the Premier League right now. After the lifting of Fifa’s ban on domestic matches being played abroad, it was Werner who stuck his head above the parapet and stated he is “determined” to stage a competitive Reds home match in his native New York. And then he floated the idea that further Premier League fixtures would take place in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Rio and Riyadh on the same day. We’ve been here before when Richard Scudamore’s ‘39th match’ idea — one extra round of fixtures being played in worldwide venues — was announced back in 2008. Fifa wouldn’t allow it, so the level of fan resistance was never tested. Scudamore had to accept defeat. Not now. This is a clear and present danger for the not-toodistant future. Werner’s determination shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. We always suspected that the misty-eyed, club-sanctioned insistence that “This Means More” to Liverpool supporters was a cheap marketing slogan. Those supporters may now have to travel to Bangkok or Sydney to watch a home match. An eventuality which hardly becomes less concerning when Werner chucks in a mention of subsidised travel. There is a serious discon- nect between Liverpool’s American venture capitalist owners and the club’s traditional fanbase. It was largely papered over by the extreme popularity of Jurgen Klopp. But now the German has gone, those tensions will become more obvious. In light of that, Werner’s words were particularly ill-advised. Liverpool were enthusiastic signatories to the breakaway European Super League plot, which would have trashed the English football pyramid and well over a century of traditions. After that debacle was rumbled, the Anfield club’s head honcho, John W Henry, had to issue an hilarious apology — resembling a ‘My captors are treating me well’ hostage video. But while Henry says he doesn’t share Werner’s ‘determination’ to stage League matches abroad, plenty of those in power at English top-flight clubs will welcome the opportunity. There is little respect for English football culture among many Premier League owners. And especially so among those Americans — including the Glazers at Manchester United, the Kroenkes at Arsenal and the Clearlake crew at Chelsea. In major American sports, it is not unusual for an entire ‘franchise’ to be moved lock, stock and barrel to different cities, across time zones. And NFL matches have long been staged in London and other overseas venues. Fans of American sports are regarded as no more committed than ‘consumers’ of any other commercial product. Likewise, promotion and relegation are viewed as an alien and troubling inconvenience. Werner’s determination will be shared by others. Do not doubt that Manchester City’s owners would love to stage competitive fixtures in Abu Dhabi, or Newcastle’s in Saudi Arabia. It will doubtless start with one round of fixtures — where’s the harm in that? — and then escalate, the more money they make. The 2024-25 fixtures are released at 9am next Tuesday and you may be looking forward to pencilling in dates. Sure, you have to wait for the TV schedulers to do their bit before you know exact timings but at least there’s a framework to work around. Not so when you’ll have no idea if any given match might be held in England or Kuala Lumpur. The globalisation of the Premier League has many positive sides — many of the world’s best players and managers have arrived and significantly increased the quality of the English top flight. But until now the intrinsic nature of English league football, of the pyramid, of the link between clubs and their local communities, have not been severely damaged. We still have English clubs playing against each other, on a home-and-away basis, in England. And you don’t have to be a swivel-eyed xenophobe to appreciate the importance of that. Werner’s ‘determination’ will undermine all this. Your football club will no longer be your own if he and his allies succeed. Kop chief Tom is just about the most dangerous man in Premier League ENGLAND’S first Euros opponents Serbia stuffed Sweden 3-0 away, the day after we lost to Iceland. Record scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic (left) was on the scoresheet, he holds a serious grudge against English football and he will be salivating at the prospect of facing a makeshift Three Lions defence. Do not expect a comfortable England win on Sunday. ON the day when Jack Grealish was axed from England’s Euros squad, I popped to a supermarket and was greeted by a large cardboard cut-out of the £100million Manchester City winger advertising mayonnaise by a barbecue. I can’t imagine Grealish (right) will spend much of his summer in his back garden with the Hellman’s. Here’s hoping he fully enjoys his break, wherever he gets to, and that he isn’t criticised for doing so. BRIGHTON will make Fabian Hurzeler (left) — the US-born German coach of hipsterfriendly indie club St Pauli — the youngest permanent Premier League boss ever at 31. Which is proof that, whenever you think Brighton can’t get more Brighton than they already are, they will always get more Brighton. SIR JIM RATCLIFFE (left) was supposed to be the decisive, clearheaded businessman who would finally sort out the shambles of Manchester United. Yet 2½ weeks after their FA Cup Final victory over City at Wembley, he still hasn’t let Erik ten Hag know whether he will be United’s manager next season. It’s shameful. 46 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024

of Spain is not for me. It’s for all black people. “May other racists be afraid, ashamed and hide in the shadows.” The fans were found guilty of a “crime against moral integrity” with “aggravating circumstance of discrimination based on racist motives”. All three were sentenced to eight months in jail and two-year stadium bans. Whistling up pros FORMER players could be fast-tracked into top-tier refereeing under a joint programme from PGMOL and the PFA. And it means they might officiate at the highest level within just three years of retiring. The new scheme set to begin this summer will see up to a dozen current or recently-retired players enrolled on a scholarship. Refs’ chief Howard Webb said: “We aim to create the best possible environment to encourage current and former players to enhance their skills, knowledge and, ultimately, their qualities as officials through this programme.” ENGLISHMAN Will Still, 31, is the new boss of Ligue 1 Lens on a three-year deal. Still left rivals Reims in May where he became the youngest coach in Europe’s top five leagues in 2022. PETERBOROUGH defender Josh Knight looks set to join Hannover 96 on a free. Knight, 26, will be out of contract later this month and is in advanced talks with the German club. PEP GUARDIOLA hopes Bernardo Silva will stay at Manchester City. Barcelona are keen on the Portugal playmaker (right), 29, who has a £50million release clause. But boss Guardiola insisted: “There are many rumours about Bernardo but we’ve received no calls from Barca or any club. “He’s a wonderful player, a gem and I hope he’s going to stay with us.” Real Sociedad want Spain Under-21 defender Sergio Gomez, 23, who has struggled at City since his £11m move from Anderlecht two years ago. PEP HOT ON BERN PCARLO ANCELOTTI had to backtrack — after saying Real Madrid would NOT play in the new Club World Cup. The Real boss initially said they had no plans to be in next summer’s 32-team tournament. In an Italian interview, Ancelotti blasted: “Fifa should forget this. Just like us, other clubs will refuse the invitation.” But he made a U-turn hours later and Real said: “We will compete, as planned, with pride.” Vini thugs jailed VINICIUS JR says he is a “tormentor of racists” after THREE Valencia thugs were jailed for abusing him. The Real Madrid star was the subject of racist chants from home fans in the LaLiga clash at the Mestalla in May 2023. Vini Jr posted on X: “I’m not a victim of racism. I am a tormentor of racists. This first criminal conviction in the history By MARTIN LIPTON ERIK DELAY ERIK DELAY WAIT TEN SEE Brailsford: I take time over big calls MANCHESTER UNITED fans By MARTIN BLACKBURN should not be surprised it is taking so long to decide on Erik ten Hag’s future. New director Sir Dave Brailsford admitted he tends to agonise over making key decisions — chewing over every permutation. That may explain the ongoing Old Trafford silence — 2 weeks after Ten Hag led United to FA Cup glory over neighbours City. A second piece of silverware in two seasons means many fans want the Dutchman to stay. Yet an eighth-place Prem saw them miss out on Champions League riches by some distance. So there is much to ponder in new owners Ineos’ end-of-season review but, even so, it seems to be taking a long time. Incoming chief executive Omar Berrada does not officially start work for another month while there is no certainty over when Dan Ashworth might take up his job as director of football. That leaves technical director Jason Wilcox helping Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his right-hand man Brailsford in deciding the way forward. It emerged at the weekend that talks have been held with Thomas Tuchel — suggesting options are still being weighed up. Cycling supremo Brails- ford revealed on a ‘Diary of a CEO’ podcast in 2022, he does not take big calls lightly. Brailsford said: “When the real moments arrive, they are very stressful. I get very introspective, look at myself in the mirror and think it through. “Everyone who works with me will say it takes me time to make a decision because I think of every permutation — and I think it through so much. “Emotionally, I get fully engaged with these things and I have to think very carefully about them. “I’ve had to make a couple of pretty big decisions and you think ‘what do I believe in?’ “Is it a popular decision, a performance decision? “Are we trying to win or to keep people happy? Where do we go? “Without figuring out what I believe in you’re always going to be caught in a storm — and it’s going to be mentally excruciating. “So I like to anchor myself. What are my values, what do I believe in and how does it apply to this situation?” Ratcliffe met twice with for- mer Bayern Munich and Chelsea boss Tuchel — only for the German to rule himself out as he plans a year away from management. Gareth Southgate, Roberto De Zerbi, Mauricio Pochettino and Graham Potter have all been linked with the job. It means Ten Hag is still waiting to discover whether he will be given the green light to take the reins for a third season. BRAILSFORD . . . lengthy deliberations WAITING GAME . . . Erik ten Hag after lifting the FA Cup FREE FANTASY FOOTBALL £50,000 UP FOR GRABS DOWNLOAD THE APP NOW, SCAN THE QR CODE OR VISIT DREAMTEAMFC.COM 18+ T&Cs apply. begambleaware.org in association with TURN THE EUROS INTO £££ Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............47

DAVID Hellofa ‘DEVIL’ BOWEN CAN By ANDREW DILLON JARROD BOWEN can be England’s little Euros ‘devil’. And West Ham’s winger could play a big part in pushing for glory at the business end of this tournament — says the man who steered him towards international recognition. David Moyes, who left his role as Hammers boss last month, takes particular pride in seeing Bowen’s journey from lower-league football to playing in a major tournament. Moyes, 61, oversaw his transition from ambitious Championship workhorse to established Premier League fixture — and now full-blown England star. Bowen’s 16 top-flight goals last season tells its own story but the Scot sees something else in the skilful grafter. Moyes, who signed Bowen from Hull in January 2020 for £22million, said: “He deserves all the credit because he is the one that fought at every level and improved himself as he has gone along. “So I really do hope that in some games he gets a chance to shine. “The competition that he is up against in his position with Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer is formidable. “But Jarrod has something else — he has got a devilment to score as well, and he has an eye for a goal. Even in friendly A FAN-TASTIC START . . . kid Jarrod (in glasses) watching beloved Hereford FC BIG BREAK . . . he signed for Hereford back in 2014 EAR WE GO . . . he catches the eye starring for Hull PROUD SCOT IS MORE OF A EXCLUSIVE by ANDREW DILLON IT’S SMILE HIGH CLUB . . . relaxed Bowen prepares to jet off with the squad yesterday By TONY LITTLE JOHN O’SHEA is set to be re-UNITED with Cristiano Ronaldo tonight — still shaking from his first clash with Portugal’s superstar. In August 2003, the Sporting Lisbon teenager ran Manchester United ragged in a pre-season friendly at the Jose Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon. Interim Ireland boss O’Shea said: “I remember that night. Look, we were aware of his talent, obviously, that night in Lisbon. “We saw how special a player he was very early.” Sir Alex Ferguson signed Ronaldo, now 39, days later and he and O’Shea spent six seasons together. They meet again as the Republic take on Eurosbound Portugal in a Aveiro friendly. O’Shea joked: “I am not playing, thankfully.” O’Shea’s Ron turn Key talks for Page By PHIL CADDEN ROB PAGE will hold crunch talks with Wales chiefs as he battles to save his job. The Dragons boss is under increasing pressure following last week’s embarrassing goalless draw with Gibraltar and Sunday’s 4-0 hammering by Slovakia. Page, 49, apologised to fans after the Trnava rout, saying: “If the powers that be decide I’m not the one to lead them forward then that’s their decision.” He will now talk with Football Association of Wales top brass — having admitted he knows fed-up fans want him out. Page, who has two years left on his deal, said: “One way or the other, we will decide on what’s right for Wales and move forward.” De Jong injury KO FRENKIE DE JONG has been ruled out of Euro 2024 in a major blow to the Netherlands. The Barcelona midfielder, 27, failed to recover from an ankle injury. De Jong did not take part in last night’s 4-0 friendly win over Iceland — who beat England 1-0 at Wembley on Friday. And the Dutch FA confirmed afterwards star De Jong will not travel to Germany in a major blow ahead of Sunday’s Group D opener with Poland. Virgil van Dijk scored for the second game in a row as the Dutch made a mockery of England’s struggles against Iceland. The Liverpool skipper got their second with a header. Xavi Simons, Donyell Malen and Wout Weghorst were also on target. DE JONG . . . ruled out games he is getting shots away and making opportunities and is desperate to score. “And, maybe, he might become someone important for England as the tournament goes on — if he gets that chance. “Jarrod was a great signing. He does the work for the team, he is very low maintenance, which in the modern world of footballers is really important for managers. “He is just a good boy and has got a great family behind him who support him and they keep him really grounded. “A couple of summers ago he went back to Herefordshire and was then talking about how he ran across a potato field with a wheelbarrow to keep fit and he came back in great condition.” And Moyes joked: “I should have introduced that at West Ham. “He is a wholesome lad and wants to do the best he can. “He scores goals, creates them and is a really good player for any manager to have.” Bowen’s first cap was against Hungary just over two years ago. He has been steadily growing in influence at club and country level ever since. But the 27-year-old DAVID MOYES revealed he followed Scotland to Italia 90 as part of the Tartan Army — and left his pregnant wife at home! Former defender Moyes, 61, was desperate to see his nation play at the World Cup. He said: “I have always been a Scotland supporter and I have followed them from a young boy — from going to watch them play against England at Wembley to watching them in Italy at the World Cup. “We drove there. My wife was pregnant when I went to watch the games with my brother and a couple of pals. “I followed them when Joe Jordan flicked it in with his hand at Anfield to qualify. “I was at Cardiff when Jock Stein unfortunately died at the game. “I have followed Scotland most of my days. When you become a manager you can’t follow them so closely but as a younger boy I followed them a lot. “I always like to think of myself as a football fan more than a manager. “It’s great when you can turn off but when you are so embedded in football you are always tactically checking it out or checking the levels of the players.” Boss Steve Clarke is preparing the Scots for Fri- day’s daunting opener with hosts Germany but Moyes — who left West Ham last month — sees the matches against Hungary and Switzerland as the priority. He said: “Germany is the opening game and will catch the attention but the other two should be the focus. “But we open the competition and as Scotland we are more than happy to oblige. Steve’s done a bril- liant job. He has got us back. “We have been involved in the last couple of competitions and he has given us a little bit of hope. “Go back to the days when people were on the streets sending Ally MacLeod’s teams SunSport SunSport 48............... 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From ANDREW DILLON ROBERTSON . . . limped off BREWING . . . Germany’s Fullkrug and Rudiger yesterday Robbo OK after scare From ROBERT GRIEVE ANDY ROBERTSON gave Steve Clarke a major scare after limping out of Scotland’s first training session. But Tartan Army No 2 John Carver insisted their skipper is NOT a doubt for Friday’s opener with Germany. Medics treated Liverpool defender Robbo and the 30-year-old was later seen smiling. Following the session at their GarmischPartenkirchen base, Carver said: “The ball just caught his ankle but he will be fine. “It was a precaution, really. At this stage we are going to be extra cautious. But he is OK and we look forward to him joining back in. “We want to have everybody fit and firing for that first game. We want to make an impact. “It’s never nice, espe- cially with our luck lately. “As soon as training finished I popped across and had a chat with him. He is in good form.” Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland, 28, also left the session after picking up a knock. Former Newcastle player and caretaker-manager Carver, 59, added: “He had a little bit of a niggle from the other night. “He had a lot of game time in the two friendlies so we are just protecting him but he is fine.” MOYES EXCLUSIVE MOYES EXCLUSIVE player STORM THE EUROS into becoming professional players, never mind internationals. “When Jarrod got his first cap, I told him I got as much pride seeing Leon Osman win a cap when he was 30 or 31. “I was thrilled as he was playing so well for Everton at the time. I was just made up. It was the same with Jarrod. “When you are a player you want the dream that you can start at Hereford United — and it still has to be the dream for many young players. “You start at Hereford, get a move to Hull, then a big Premier League club comes in as you are scoring and have been consistent. “Then, you get to the Premier League and you say, ‘Can I step up and do it?’ “Not only has he done that, he’s an international. I’ve always liked the thought of young players getting their chance.” talkSPORT will bring you live commentary of all 51 games at Euro 2024, with David Moyes part of an all-star line-up alongside Ashley Young and Emmanuel Petit. KISSTORY . . . Hammers lift Europa Conference League title GLEE LIONS . . . Bowen’s loving it as an England man FAN THAN MANAGER PROUD . . . Moyes helped Bowen grow at Hammers faces stiff competition for a Three Lions place from above, with the more experienced Saka, and from below with the sudden emergence of Palmer at Chelsea. Saka and Palmer are products of the academy systems — Palmer at Manchester City and Saka with current club Arsenal, who he joined at the age of seven. Two-footed Bowen can play on either flank and survived Gareth Southgate’s squad cut over left-siders Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish — two other academy graduates. Bowen came within a whisker of scoring his first Three Lions goal in last Monday’s 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina and is itching to get off the mark. It is unlikely he will figure in the opener on Sunday against Serbia. And there will not be too many starts for him in these Euros, but Bowen has still come a long way. From Hereford to Hull, to the Hammers and now off to Germany as part of Southgate’s squad — it is an old-fashioned path in danger of becoming overgrown. And Moyes said: “We have got to hope, for football’s sake, that the journey from the lower leagues can get you to international level. “That it’s not all about Premier League academies. “I was brought up in a family that worked with young amateur footballers, trying to progress them off to the World Cup thinking we had a chance of actually winning it! “If you look at the level of players Scotland have produced over the years — from Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish, Alan Hansen and Denis Law — Scotland have always pro- duced great players and that’s why we had such hope many years ago. “Countries go through phases where you don’t produce players. “England have got a brilliant group of players. Over the years you look at the England Under-21 players and think, ‘Wow, they have got it’. “We haven’t had that. But Scotland now have the likes of John McGinn and Scott McTominay.” In fact, Moyes sees Manchester United midfielder McTominay as the answer to Clarke’s striking woes, with Lyndon Dykes missing out through injury. Moyes, who tried to sign 27-year-old McTominay (left) for West Ham last summer, said: “Scott scored goals for United this season in a period when they had a bit of difficulty. “We might find him being played as a false nine — or something different. Scott has had a knack of getting a goal or two for Scotland. “Steve has a few injuries and we’ve not exactly got a bundle of top strikers. “At the end of the season, Scott played more like a No 9 than a midfield player. “He’ll be important because Scotland might need him as their goalscorer at times. “He is good in the air, in the box and has a few goals from crosses. He will play a big part.” ANTONIO RUDIGER was involved in a heated training-ground bust-up with Germany team-mate Niclas Fullkrug. The former Chelsea defender and Borussia Dortmund striker Fullkrug lost their cool during a public training session in front of 4,000 fans. Coaching staff for the Euro 2024 hosts had to intervene after tempers frayed during a small-sided game at the team’s headquarters near Munich. Fullkrug became angry after Real Madrid star Rudiger pulled his shirt once too often. Angry words were exchanged and the pair had to be separated by assistant coach Sandro Wagner. Fullkrug and Rudiger have been firm friends since their days in the Germany youth team. The matter was quickly dealt with and both men took to social media to show there are no hard feelings. And, despite the row, Fullkrug reckons his team are well prepared to meet whatever Scot- land can throw at them in the Euros opener. Germany rounded off their warm-up matches with a 2-1 win over Greece on Friday — and are now unbeaten in four games. Borussia Dortmund ace Fullkrug believes that Scotland will employ similar tactics to the Greeks when the hosts face them in Friday’s clash in Munich. He said: “We learnt some lessons from the Greece game which will be very useful against Scotland. “I watched a Scotland match and they played differently to how I expected. “They press very high. There’ll be phases where they’ll sit deeper. “They try to get into shooting situations as quickly as possible, so it’ll be important we counter that.” Fullkrug is enjoying the rising tide of expectation in his homeland before the tournament. He said: “I’m not at all stressed — I can’t wait for things to get started. “The conditions are optimal and the entire country is excited.” Niclas’ Rud awakening HE’S JARROD GOING BOWEN’S CAREER TO DATE Games Goals BOWEN BY DIVISION Games Goals 2014 Hereford 2014-20 Hull 2020- West Ham 2022- England 8 131 202 8 1 54 60 0 8 117 166 1 52 43 National League Championship Premier League Tuesday, June 11, 2024 ...............49

Turns up the Heat By DAN KING TOM HEATON got a shock call-up to England’s Euro squad as a training keeper. Manchester United’s third-choice stopper, 38, jetted out with the squad to help prepare Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale and Dean Henderson. Heaton, part of the Euro 2016 squad and on stand-by for the World Cup in 2018, won the last of his three caps back in 2017. The veteran posted on X: “Incredibly honoured to be asked by Gareth to join the squad. “To get the call to go to a major tournament, to help in any way I can and pass on my experience, is a proud moment. I can’t wait to join the group.” England boss Gareth Southgate said: “I am so pleased Tom has agreed to join us in Germany. “Tom will play an invaluable role on the training pitch supporting Jordan, Aaron and Dean. “Off the field he will add to the positive environment we are always looking to create.” HEATON . . . helping out From Back Page start the Group C clash. Meanwhile, Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold hopes to be given the nod ahead of Conor Gallagher to partner midfield mainstay Declan Rice. Adam Wharton, 20, and Kobbie Mainoo, 19, have impressed Southgate in the engine room. But the Three Lions chief is likely to stick with experience for the Serbia tie. Southgate sees Reds right-back AlexanderArnold, 25, as a central midfielder, although there are still some concerns about him playing in that position against stronger opposition. Manchester United leftback Luke Shaw, who has not played since February due to a hamstring injury, remains on course to be on the bench for the second group game against Denmark on June 20. But the man who hit the opener in the Euros final against Italy in 2021 will not be fit for Sunday. SHAW . . . recovering SAKA EURO 2024 EURO 2024 HERR WE GO...OUR HERR WE GO...OUR ALL HANS Rice: With fans’ help we can create triumph on home soil. After reaching the semis of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Southgate’s side suffered agonising defeat on penalties to Italy at Wembley in the final of the last Euros. A quarter-final exit to finalists France at Qatar 2022 followed. Harry Kane, whose missed penalty stopped the game against the French going to extra-time, feels England must now take that final step to glory. The Three Lions captain claims bagging the Golden Boot and the Euros trophy would be a “perfect combination”. But he added: “To be honest, if I didn’t score and we bring it home, that’s all that matters. “That’s the team’s aim. We’ve done well in the other ones but it’s time we got over the line.” After that horror show against LANDING PARTY . . . Phil Foden hops off plane in Germany Kobbie gets cosy By DAN KING By DAN KING DECLAN RICE says England are hell-bent on delivering “something really special” for the nation. And the Arsenal star called on fans to stick with the team as they aim to end 58 years of hurt. Friday night’s embarrassing 1-0 home friendly defeat to Iceland sapped supporter confidence — with Gareth Southgate’s side booed off at Wembley. But Rice was keeping the faith as the Three Lions arrived at their Euros base in Blankenhain. With five days until England’s Group C opener against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen, the midfielder said: “We want to make history. “Genuinely, we have a group, a manager, that really believes. “We just have a confidence that we can go there and do something really special. “With that comes hard work. That’s going to be the main thing there — hard work as a team, unity, togetherness. “With everyone behind us at home, we’ll feel that for sure. So stick with us, be positive and let’s see what happens.” England have come closer to delivering a major trophy under Gareth Southgate than at any time since the 1966 World Cup KOBBIE MAINOO needs just one comforting item to feel at home with England at Euro 2024 — his slippers. The Manchester United teenager has looked totally at ease since his incredible rise from unknown to representing his country. But the 19-year-old has taken a cosy creature comfort to Germany. The midfielder (left) revealed: “My Ugg slippers — they’re essential. “I’m really excited. It’s my first proper season. “To get a call-up is what everyone dreams of — to play for your country in a major tournament. “It’s such a great squad. Everyone is so together.” 50 ............... Tuesday, June 11, 2024