Paralympic Games, Day 3: World Records For Great Britain Duo Stephen Clegg & Will Ellard Great Britain’s Stephen Clegg set a world record of 59.02 en-route to gold in the men’s S12 100m backstroke on the third day of the Paralympics in Paris. The 28-year-old led throughout, extending his advantage on the second 50 to...
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Five injured and three in critical condition after stabbing attack in Germany
A woman injured five people with a knife on Friday evening while on a bus on its way to a city festival in Germany. The stabbing attack took place at around 7.40pm local time (6.40pm BST) on Freiengründer Strasse in Eiserfeld, part of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia. At the time of the incident,...
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Physio student to make Paralympics debut in Great Britain rowing squad
ParalympicsGB rower Frankie Allen Credit: Benedict Tufnell for British Rowing As the first woman in sports history to win double world championship titles in one regatta and smashing multiple world records, Frankie is one to watch as the GB Para-Rowing Team competes at the Games. Frankie and the ParalympicsGB squad rowed their way into the finals...
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Superyacht latest: Diver speaks of ‘unbearable’ search for Mike Lynch’s daughter
Final moments of seven who died in Bayesian tragedy revealed by fire service boss For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A diver who led the search...
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Great Britain claim second swimming gold at Paralympics as new world record is broken
Swimmers Tully Kearney and Poppy Maskill have won the first two gold medals for ParalympicsGB at the Paris Games. Maskill’s time of one minute and three seconds in the women’s S14 100m butterfly final broke the world record by a third of a second. There were plenty of smiles and waves from Maskill in Paris...
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Cheshire swimmer claims GB’s first Paralympic gold with world-record breaking time
Poppy Maskill won gold in the Women’s 100m Butterfly S14. In her debut Paralympic Games, the 19-year-old finished with a new world record time of 1.03.00. In doing so, the former Northwich Centurions and Winsford Swim Team competitor claimed ParalympicsGB’s first gold medal. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire. (Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire) Maskill arrived at the Paris games...
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Paralympics 2024: Swimmer Poppy Maskill wins Britain’s first gold before Tully Kearney adds a second
Maskill’s success came moments after Ellard took silver in the men’s race. The 18-year-old from Suffolk led at halfway with Alexander Hillhouse down in fourth, but the 20-year-old Dane came through in the second part of the race in a new Paralympic record of 54.61 seconds, with the Briton clocking 54.86. “I didn’t think I...
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Great Britain claim first gold of Paralympics as swimmer Poppy Maskill breaks world record
Swimmer Poppy Maskill has claimed ParalympicsGB’s first gold medal of the Paris Games as she broke a world record in the women’s S14 100m butterfly final. Her time of one minute and three seconds broke the world record by a third of a second, winning the race by seven-tenths of a second. There was more...
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Do not squander our Russia invasion, Ukraine tells Britain
In Brussels, Mr Kuleba also warned allies against over-promising, claiming that several nations had not yet delivered Patriot air defence systems pledged earlier this summer. “Good progress has been made and announcements were made, but again, some Patriot systems were announced and not delivered yet,” the minister said. Kyiv has around five Patriot batteries –...
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UK Bans 2 Hezbollah, Hamas Financiers From Entering Country
Britain banned Hamas in 2021 and under the its Terrorism Act. (Representational) London: The British government said on Thursday it had imposed a travel ban on Mustafa Ayash, who it sanctioned earlier this year for promoting terrorism, and suspected Hezbollah financier Nazem Ahmad. The pair, who were already subject to asset freezes under domestic counter-terrorism...
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Two Hong Kong news editors found guilty of sedition as Lord Patten calls it a ‘dark day for press freedom’
Two former news editors in Hong Kong have been found guilty of sedition – the first journalists to be convicted under the law. Stand News’ former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam face two years in prison and a fine of up to HK$5,000 (£585) after being found guilty on Thursday. They...
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ParalympicsGB launch winning defence of wheelchair rugby title against Australia
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news ParalympicsGB launched their wheelchair rugby title defence with a statement 58-55 victory over...