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Alex Scott has insisted she was going to leave Football Focus had the BBC not scrapped the iconic football show as she broke her silence with a lengthy Instagram statement on Thursday.The BBC has announced that the show will be axed after 52 years at the end of the season – amid long-running accusations that it has gone woke.The show has been a Saturday lunchtime staple since 1974, but in recent years viewing figures have dwindled as it has been criticised for being increasingly frivolous and right-on.Scott, who…

A disabled council flat tenant whose dog came within minutes of dying after eating four dead mice says her home is still infested by rodents a year later. Sharon Pocock, 48, moved to the Lydstep flats near the centre of Cardiff with her son and four-year-old dachshund, George, in October 2024. But just weeks later disaster struck when the pet swallowed four dead mice which council workers had discovered a matter of days earlier while replacing Ms Pocock's kitchen doors. 'We moved in and I knew there was a lot…

A Palestine Action activist who hit a police officer on the back with a sledgehammer said it 'seemed reasonable to do something' at the time, a court has heard.Samuel Corner told his trial he brought the tool down on Sergeant Kate Evans after he heard 'someone screaming' and feared they were being injured by security guards during a raid at Israel-based defence firm Elbit Systems' site, near Bristol, on August 6, 2024.On Thursday, Woolwich Crown Court heard Corner had hit the officer after being sprayed with Pava spray,…

When he debuted the plans last February, Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed 200,000 people were lining up to pay $1 million each for the president’s “gold card” visa scheme.More than a year later, the administration has approved only one unnamed person.The Homeland Security program grants employment-based green cards for a $1 million “gift” to the U.S. government, regardless of merit. Businesses seeking visas for foreign employees are required to pay $2 million.A website to begin accepting applications…