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Three men arrested and suspected firearm seized in Wallasey
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of firearm offences following an incident at a house in Wallasey on Monday, 14 October. Police received a report at around 11.45am that…Halloween fun comes to the City Walls in Chester
Halloween fun comes to Chester’s historic City Walls this month, thanks to the hard work of local volunteers working in partnership with Cheshire West and Chester Council. Volunteers play a…Floral programme unaffected by roof repairs
The show is very much going on at the Floral Pavilion Theatre despite damage to the flashing at the front of the building caused by the high winds at the…Wirral Council SEND Team to strike
Wirral Council’s SEND Team will begin a three-week-long strike from 16 October amid a dispute over workload and pay. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) at the Mallory Building…Police launch investigation following death of man in West Derby
Detectives have launched an investigation following an incident in West Derby in the early hours of Tuesday, 14 October. At around 1.40am, emergency services were called to an address on…Man Utd lost more than HALF A MILLION pounds per injury last season as full injury table revealed – but who had most?
THE cost to Prem clubs of injuries has more than doubled over just four years.
Top flight clubs paid out £266m in wages to players who were NOT available last term.
And Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag’s gripes about his side’s injury woes WERE justified – as the Old Trafford club came out top of the crocks.
With the international players’ union Fifpro having now launched legal action against Fifa in a bid to force the scrapping of next summer’s Club World Cup, the latest edition of the European Football Injury index by insurance brokers Howden could not have been better-timed.
Howden found Prem clubs suffered 915 injuries last season, adding up to one every 94 minutes of match action..
While that was slightly down from the previous campaign, the salaries paid to injured players rose to a new high – and compares to the £113m cost as recently as the 2020-21 season.
And the average amount of time players are spending on the sidelines because of injury has ALSO doubled.
This season has already seen Manchester City star Rodri ruled out for the rest of the campaign, Liverpool gearing up to be without Alisson for six weeks or more and Arsenal lose Martin Odegaard for over a month.
United were the worst-hit in all of Europe’s big five leagues in cash terms, with 75 injury absences seeing £39.81m spent on players Ten Hag could not select.
And Newcastle’s return to the Champions League took its toll as well, with Eddie Howe’s men suffering a Prem-high 76 injuries across the season and losing 14 players last December, coinciding with the climax of their Group Stage campaign.
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The report states: “The overall injury severity figure in the Premier League has almost doubled since 2021 from 15 days to 28 days.
“That would potentially infer that the Premier League is the most competitive by workload and overall strain on playing squads.
“Across the five major European leagues, the 2023-24 season saw a record high in both injuries and cost as leading clubs and players continue to contend with fixture congestion and the overall effects on injury susceptibility
“It will be fair to expect a continuation of this upwards trajectory.
“The squad depth of clubs will continue to be tested particularly with the impending introduction of the new Club World Cup
“But the cost of injuries in the Premier League has also risen markedly in comparison with the other four ‘Big Five’ leagues.”
United’s issue switch injuries hit their height in April with Ten Hag without 16 players at various stages in the penultimate month of the campaign.
According to Howden, the Old Trafford side, Newcastle, Chelsea – whose injuries last term came at an average cost of £540,000 – and Liverpool all suffered “above average” issues over the past four seasons.
Howden’s James Burrows said: “United have been hard hit in terms of player absences and the impact on team performances. But this has happened to a significant number of clubs.”
Transfer fees scrapped Q&A: How landmark ruling could mean NFL-style trades and stars suing for millions
FORMER Chelsea, Arsenal and Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra has won his landmark case at the European Court of Justice.
SunSport’s Martin Lipton explains what it was all about – and what it might mean for the future of football…
What was the case about?
Diarra argued Fifa’s transfer rules were illegal after the world body backed Lokomotiv Moscow’s claim that he had broken his contract by refusing to train with them.
Is that it?
No. Belgian club Charleroi wanted to sign Diarra but were told they would have to pay the money he was fined by Moscow, while Fifa refused to issue an International Transfer Certificate unless they coughed up.
Okay, so what does the ruling mean?
Theoretically players will have the right to break their contracts and switch clubs without a fee changing hands – just like any employee in any other industry.
Hang on – does that mean the END of transfer fees?
Potentially, yes. Although players would have to want to move.
We would basically end up with a US-style “collective bargaining” model where players would be free to move within transfer windows without impunity.
Clubs might be able to “trade” players – swap deals – but with no extra cash changing hands.
Is everybody agreed about this?
Absolutely not. Fifa claimed the ruling “only puts in question two paragraphs of two articles” of its transfer regulations.
Yet the Judges said the current rules were “prohibited” under EU law and “anti-competitive” as they “limit the freedom of action” of players to change employer.
Read SunSport’s full Q&A with football on the brink of the biggest shake-up in 30 years…
Horrifying reality of ‘rogue’ funeral directors laid bare at inquiry into NHS morgue monster who raped corpses
FUNERAL directors must be regulated to stop rogue operators, warn experts investigating the NHS morgue monster David Fuller.
Fuller was sentenced to life in prison for murdering two women and sexually abusing the bodies of more than 100 at hospitals in Kent.
Sir Jonathan Michael, chair of the inquiry into his crimes, said the funeral industry needs urgent reform.
He said he has sped up his work due to “recent distressing reports”.
Three people were arrested in the summer in connection with a funeral home in Hull, East Yorks, after families found loved ones’ remains had been mixed up or lost.
Past incidents have seen bodies treated inappropriately or left to rot in funeral parlours.
NHS hospital mortuaries have also been found to be too small, too warm or not properly secured.
Anyone can set themselves up as a funeral director and keep the bodies in their garage without anybody being able to stop them. That cannot be right
Sir Jonathan Michael
The Fuller inquiry found funeral directors do not need a licence, qualifications or training, and described the sector as an “unregulated free-for-all”.
Sir Jonathan said: “It is clear to me that many people believe or assume that the sector is already regulated, and they are shocked to find this is not the case.
“The fact is that anyone can set themselves up as a funeral director.
“They could do it from their home and keep the bodies of the deceased in their garage without anybody being able to stop them.
“That cannot be right.
“My hope is that publishing this interim report now will assist both the Government and the funeral sector itself to take steps that assure the public that care in the funeral sector is fit for purpose.
“We need a regulatory regime that will not tolerate any form of abuse or any practices that compromise the security and dignity of the deceased.”
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: “The Government is committed to preventing any similar atrocities happening again and ensuring
that the deceased are safeguarded and treated with dignity.”
FULLER 'FREE TO OFFEND' DUE TO HOSPITAL FAILINGS
MORGUE monster David Fuller was free to assault dead women for 15 years due to “serious failings” at the hospitals where he worked, a report found.
The double killer abused at least 101 women while working at mortuaries in Tunbridge Wells Hospital and at the former Kent and Sussex Hospital.
A probe found there were “missed opportunities” to stop the necrophiliac’s 15-year rampage.
His youngest victim was a nine-year-old girl and the oldest was 100 years old, with Fuller sometimes violating the bodies more than once.
Inquiry chairman Sir Jonathan Michael said: “Failures of management, of governance, of regulation, failure to follow standard policies and procedures, together with a persistent lack of curiosity, all contributed to the creation of the environment in which he was able to offend, and to do so for 15 years without ever being suspected or caught.
“Over the years, there were missed opportunities to question Fuller’s working practices.
“Had his colleagues, managers and senior leaders been more curious, it is likely that he would have had less opportunity to offend.”
EastEnders favourite to be brutally attacked as Nish Panesar reveals sickening revenge plot
EASTENDERS is lining up a brutal assault as Nish Panesar plots his sickening revenge against ex-wife Suki and her new love Eve Unwin.
The killer – who is played by actor Navin Chowdhry in the BBC soap – manipulated his way into ex-wife Suki Panesar’s engagement party by using his grandchildren.
He somehow managed to convince daughter-in-law Habiba to agree to send her son to visit them, before telling Avani and Nugget who begged for Nish to be included.
Suki and Eve relented and invited Nish, letting him see how happy they were together – but it backfired.
“You don’t mind about the kids wanting their grandad here?” asked Suki in what she thought was a private moment.
Eve told her: “Well I am marrying your whole family so… I mean i did maybe think we’d have one evening without him…”
Suki told her they would have tomorrow with their grandson – but Even told her he would be there too, adding: “As if he’s going to miss the chance to show another heir that he’s actually human.”
But Suki assured her: “No, half a day for him and half a day for you and me. And when little Ti goes home babbling on about how amazing you are, maybe he’ll see how fantastic it is to have two grandmothers showering him with love. Maybe then, Habiba will agree to us seeing him regularly.”
Eve added: “And then by then he won’t even remember his long dead grandad that he once spent half a day with.”
But as the women cackled at Nish’s imminent demise, he was shown to be listening to every word – and his face hardened.
Heading outside he made a call and put a devastating plan into action.
Watching Eve and Suki on the balcony, he told someone on the phone: “Not too much, just rough her up a bit.
EastEnders stars who QUIT
MICHELLE Collins has seen her second EastEnders stint boost her bank balance. Yet what stars have quit this year?
The Sun exclusively reported how Michelle, 62, was down to £20,000 in her company accounts when she agreed to a shock back-from-the-dead return to Albert Square last year.
Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998.
Yet what about the 2024 exits?
Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how Stevie Mitchell had “quit” the long-running series.
It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen.
Bobby Beale actor Clay Milner Russell also left this year after five years in Walford.
Fans also feared Martin Fowler actor James Bye would “quit out of boredom” over recent storylines.
Additionally, a host of stars have quit the BBC soap for Hollywood fame.
One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky.
He played Stacey Slater’s brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel.
Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse.
Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and he starred in Michael Bay’s Netflix movie 6 Underground.
Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005.
She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008.
“Enough to put her in hospital for a decent stretch…”
It’s not yet known which of the women Nish is planning on having attacked but neither will be safe from his vicious revenge.