2 h. ago Beloved huge golden statue taken away from community years ago returns

The 20-foot gold Roman Gladiator statue was re-erected at Bulldog Forge in Ince, Wigan, this week after being removed in October 2022

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12 h. ago 'Golden Balls' Gladiator statue returns after being removed following complaints

The 20ft gold Roman gladiator statue - once used to promote the Russell Crowe movie Gladiator in 2000 - was reinstated at Bulldog Forge in Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester, earlier this week

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13 h. ago Controversial 30ft 'Golden Balls' statue back after complaints saw it removed

The striking golden statue was originally used to promote the Russell Crowe blockbuster Gladiator in 2000

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6 d. ago Christian Horner handed F1 comeback opportunity as team boss 'set to be sacked'

Christian Horner has been linked with a return to Formula One following his removal from Red Bull in July, with the Brit reportedly a contender to replace Andy Cowell at Aston Martin

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9 d. ago Friday at the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship: Order of play, prize money, golden ball

It’s the final day of the big money invitational.

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1 week ago ‘Golden crime scene’: Elizabeth Warren calls for inquiry into Trump’s ballroom funding

Top Democrat on Senate banking committee says private funding for Trump’s ballroom poses serious corruption concernsUS politics live – latest updatesSenator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of the new White House ballroom.Warren – who is the top Democrat on the Senate banking committee – told the Guardian in a statement that the ballroom could be “a golden crime scene” and urged the next administration to “follow the money” to uncover “whether any crimes were committed” in its financing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Elizabeth Warren calls Trump’s ballroom ‘golden crime scene’, urges DoJ inquiry into funding

The top Democrat on the Senate banking committee says private funding for Trump’s ballroom poses serious corruption concernsUS politics live – latest updatesSenator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has said that the next independent Department of Justice “should investigate” the private donations that have funded the construction of the new White House ballroom.Warren – who is the top Democrat on the Senate banking committee – told the Guardian in a statement that the ballroom could be “a golden crime scene” and urged the next administration to “follow the money” to uncover “whether any crimes were committed” in its financing. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Riyadh Season Snooker Championship Day Two: Thursday order of play, prize money, golden ball

John Higgins has got off to a great start in Saudi Arabia - and is back on the baize today.

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1 week ago Ronnie O'Sullivan misses snooker's golden ball with £760k fortune on the line

Ronnie O'Sullivan is competing at the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship, where potting a golden ball could earn him £760k

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1 week ago Riyadh Season Snooker Championship Day One: Wednesday order of play, prize money, golden ball

It’s day one at the cash-soaked Saudi Arabian snooker competition.

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1 week ago Riyadh Season Snooker Championship: Prize money, draw, format, golden ball explained

The world’s best snooker players are in Saudi Arabia this week taking part in a unique tournament.

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1 week ago ‘No safe place to go’: people sent back to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal tell of desperation

In Paris, a group of those returned from UK as part of the immigration scheme say they feel frightened and hopelessAfran, an Iranian asylum seeker, sits forlornly across the road from a Paris shelter, hemmed in between vast slabs of concrete and thundering trains above. He has been here before – seven weeks ago, to be precise. The second time, he says, is as terrifying as his first.Afran – not his real name – hit the headlines when he became the first asylum seeker to return to the UK in a small boat after being removed to France under the controversial “one in, one out” scheme on 19 September. He was sent back to Paris for the second time on 5 November. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Prince William 'hurt and angry' over David Beckham 'sabotaging' him

Last week David Beckham became Sir Golden Balls after an 11-year wait during which time he dubbed the honours committee 'a bunch of unappreciative' you-know-what's in an email

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3 w. ago Sky Sports presenter pulls out of F1 coverage as she struggles to return from neck surgery which involved having her voice box removed

The broadcaster explained on a podcast with Gabby Logan that doctors advised her to have the surgery amid concerns of permanent nerve damage caused by a disc pressing on her spinal cord.

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3 w. ago Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration

A group of U.S. data scientists has published a list of federal datasets that have been altered or removed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House

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3 w. ago Small boat migrant who returned to UK after being removed sent back to France again

The Home Office has confirmed that the Iranian national was put on a morning flight back to France

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3 w. ago Migrant who returned to UK by small boat after being removed gets deported again

A man who came back to the UK by small boat after being deported on the 'one in one out' deal with France has been sent back on a return flight today, the Home Office confirmed

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3 w. ago Concerns raised over planned second removal of Iranian who returned to UK on small boat

Exclusive: Lawyers tell Home Office about health issues of man who says smuggling gangs make it too dangerous for him to go back to FranceAn Iranian man who returned to the UK on a small boat after being sent back to France under the “one in, one out” scheme is facing his second removal on Wednesday despite mounting concerns about his vulnerability.He is being held in a UK immigration detention centre and receiving hourly welfare checks by staff because of concerns about his mental health. He claims to be a victim of modern slavery at the hands of smugglers in northern France. Continue reading...

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