Police arrested the man on suspicion of theft and handling stolen goods

A suspected thief ran onto the Ironman course in Bolton as he tried to evade police this afternoon. The suspect was spotted by police attempting to sell stolen goods in the town centre.

Officers confronted him and in efforts to get away, he ran onto the Ironman trail which took place in Bolton on Sunday (June 7). He was soon apprehended, with the help off off duty officers from Essex who happened be be competing in the popular multi-disciplined endurance trial.

He was arrested on suspicion of theft and handling stolen goods. He is currently in custody for questioning.

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A spokesperson for GMP said: “Whilst on patrol in Bolton Town Centre, officers spotted a male attempting to sell with what was suspected to be stolen goods. Upon spotting police, the male ran onto the Ironman70.3 course but wasn’t quick enough to escape PC Wilkinson.

“It was a case of deja vu from Ironman 2025 when the same male made off from officers onto the track and was detained by the same officer!

“The male was stopped a short distance away with help from off duty police officers who had travelled all the way from Essex for Ironman70.3.

“He was arrested on suspicion of theft and handling stolen goods, and remains in custody for questioning.”

As the man who had condemned him to his first bruising grand slam final loss watched on, Alexander Zverev finally overcame his demons, and the spirited but inexperienced Flavio Cobolli, to claim a first major title, winning 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5-7) 6-1 at Roland-Garros.

Dominic Thiem was responsible for his five-set loss in the US Open showpiece six years ago and the scar tissue from that defeat, and two more since in slam finals, were evident in a nervy and generally low-quality showing on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Sunday.

But Zverev, the overwhelming favourite for the title in the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and after the exits of Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic, ultimately managed to conquer his own mind and break world No 14 Cobolli’s resistance. He was given a significant helping hand from Cobolli himself in a four-and-a-quarter-hour final decided more on errors and psychological wobbles than anything else.

At 6’6” Zverev’s most potent weapon is a powerful and accurate first serve – he leads the tour for his percentage of first serves in over the last year, at just below 73 per cent – while his huge wingspan means he can effectively straddle most of the court. His power is complemented by a surprising athleticism for a player of his size and a languid touch at the net. When he is on his game he is difficult to break down.

This was the mammoth problem facing 10th seed Cobolli. Nerves in a first grand slam final are inevitable and Zverev, with his experience of this stage, was always likely to settle quicker. He ensured the pressure was immediately on Cobolli as the German opted to receive, with an early double fault greeted by a round of sympathetic applause which probably did not help the Italian’s nerves.

It set the tone for the rest of the set: he struggled to string a run of points together, with his backhand wing wilting under the pressure and his drop shots falling miserably short of the net. A usually charismatic presence, he was timid and passive.

A stunning forehand winner by the German, whose destructive serve and groundstrokes were near-untouchable, sealed a 6-1 first set in 35 minutes. Unsurprisingly Cobolli left the court, as the speakers, perhaps distastefully, played Lenny Kravitz’s ‘It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over’.

As he re-emerged Cobolli opted for a different tactic, trying to energise himself and the crowd, shouting to himself with every point won. The pair traded holds until 3-3, but Zverev, who had only dropped one point on serve until the seventh game, suddenly wobbled. He lost two in a row, with Cobolli planting a forehand winner in behind him to launch chants of “Flavio”, and as Zverev erred the Italian finally earned a first break point – 63 minutes into the match. He double faulted twice – for the first time in the match – and hammered a forehand wide to concede a first break.

An increasingly confident Cobolli served out the set, and having recovered from his first-set jitters Cobolli ran Zverev close in the third, with the pair exchanging holds until 5-4 and the Italian’s strategy of serve-and-volleying and keeping points short working to his advantage – until he conceded a cheap break under little pressure, serving at 5-4 down.

It put Zverev only a set away from the holy grail. And as at so many points in his career, when so close to the title, he began to shrink into himself. A terrible service game including two double faults handed over an early break. After another pair of breaks traded Zverev became listless, standing with his hands on his hips in disappointment after thumping a poor backhand well wide at 30-30 on the Italian’s serve, with Cobolli escaping to lead 5-3. It is an image crowds have seen many times before.

Zverev was lucky to avoid a time violation for obvious mind games as he ambled slowly to the baseline for Cobolli to serve for the set, and looked to be suffering from cramp, either due to understandable nerves or low blood sugar levels (the German has been open about managing tennis with Type 1 diabetes).

He was handed a violation in the next game after breaking again, having received some sort of remedy from his team, and held to 15 to put the pressure back on Cobolli. The Italian responded with his first hold to love of the entire match to set up the biggest tie-break of either player’s life.

Cobolli opened it with possibly the point of the match, a superb backhand winner which just kissed the baseline, before immediately netting on his own serve. Yet another unlucky net cord handed over the mini-break, but he restored parity with a Zverev error and another big serve when it mattered.

Zverev produced a sixth double fault of the match to drop from 3-1 up to 5-3 down, and although he won the next point, Cobolli bamboozled him with a brave drop shot to earn two set points. A terrible overhead smash indicated, if proof were needed, that the nerves were wreaking havoc on both sides of the net. But he whipped a forehand beyond the German’s reach to condemn him to a decider.

Cobolli had had three days off before the final after compatriot Matteo Arnaldi withdrew from their semi-final but as the clock ticked towards the four-hour mark the energy that had propelled him into the decider deserted him. More poor shot selection dominated his first two service games and he was broken twice before calling the trainer for an issue with his calf, fatigue setting in.

A dreadful backhand into the net gave Cobolli two break points but the Italian spurned them again, flailing an overhead smash into the net with the court at his mercy, to get back to deuce. Zverev double faulted again, but went on to hold for a 4-0 lead. At 5-1 down the light went out of Cobolli’s eyes and a double fault brought up three championship points for the second seed.

One was saved by a net cord, but Cobolli flung an overhead smash miles wide – a fitting last shot, in many ways – to belatedly bring an end to Zverev’s nearly-man status.

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Fans of the New York Knicks are begging Donald Trump to stay away from Game 3 of the NBA Finals after his plan to attend has prompted enhanced security measures and concerns of courtside tension.

The president, a longtime Knicks fan, confirmed last week that he will be at Madison Square Garden for Monday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, which will mark the first NBA Finals game in New York since 1999.

The announcement led the Knicks to announce Saturday that a strict no-bag policy will be enforced at the iconic venue, along with “TSA-style screening procedures.” The team warned fans to bring as little as possible to the game, and encouraged them to arrive at least two hours before the scheduled 8:40 p.m. tip-off.

NBA devotees and New Yorkers alike flew into a rage at the announcement — and there appeared to be just as much concern about Trump being a distraction from the game as there was about the enhanced security crackdown.

“Can somebody pretty please prevent Trump from going to the Knicks Game?” rapper Azealia Banks wrote on X. “You dont get to cancel americas birthday party then come to the Knicks game and get booed and ruin the fun. We will lose if he comes… PLEASE BAN HIM.”

ESPN host Stephen Smith, a native New Yorker, said on his SiriusXM Radio show Friday: “I don’t want him there. It has nothing to do with politics, policy, or anything like that. It has everything to do with him disrupting and contributing at the same time to the chaos that’s going to be existing at Madison Square Garden.”

One person on X wrote, “Trump forcing everyone else to arrive two hours early just so he can attend is going to suck all the energy out of the Garden and kill our home court advantage, and I’m not kidding.”

“He should stay away. No one wants him there,” another added.

To add insult to injury, the Knicks announced that all watch parties outside of MSG will be canceled for Monday’s game — just days after Friday’s watch party outside the venue drew about 6,500 fans and saw 17 people arrested, according to the New York Police Department.

“Why does Donald Trump always have to ruin a good thing?” U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York pondered to CNN about the decision to cancel the watch parties. “The Knicks haven’t been in the NBA finals for 27 years. The city is trying to celebrate this. We’ve embraced this team, and this guy has to inject himself.”

Jimmy Kimmel joined in on calling out Trump for attending the game during his Friday night broadcast. “The president wants to be there to support his hometown team, and, if necessary, to overturn the results of the game,” he quipped, referring to Trump’s calls to overturn the 2020 election results after Joe Biden was declared winner.

Trump, for his part, defended his plan to attend Game 3 after he was asked his response to most Americans being unable to afford the $8,000 tickets.

“They can watch it on television. It’s sort of semi-free to watch it on television,” Trump said. “That’s the way life goes.”

“If the team wasn’t a big success, you could go very easily,” he said.

It remains to be seen how prominent a role Ederson will play at the tournament, where Brazil will face Morocco, Scotland and Haiti in the group stage. He has just three senior international caps to his name, and last appeared for his nation when he made a seven-minute cameo in a 4-1 defeat by Argentina in March.

Kimi Antonelli drove into the history books by becoming the youngest winner of the Monaco Grand Prix.

Antonelli, 19 years and nine months, delivered an emphatic performance – after the 72nd edition of the prestigious race was suspended on the 68th lap for track repairs – to usurp Lewis Hamilton’s 16-year record.

Hamilton, who finished runner-up to Antonelli here, was 23 when he took his first of three triumphs in the principality in 2008.

He would go on to land his maiden crown later that year. And Antonelli is now the firm favourite to emulate the man he replaced at Mercedes following his fifth consecutive win, and George Russell failing to score on another afternoon to forget for the Brit.

By lap 60 of 78, Antonelli had been more than half-a-minute clear of Hamilton, having lapped the entire field up to the third.

The Italian teenager’s lead was eradicated when Lance Stroll crashed and the safety car was deployed. Then Charles Leclerc – already fuming with the Ferrari pit-wall for stopping him for new tyres after Stroll’s crash – also thudded into the wall at Rascasse.

The event was red-flagged amid significant concerns the temporary street surface was cutting up at the final corner where Stroll and Leclerc had both met their end.

But following temporary repairs and a 37-minute stoppage, Antonelli dealt with the second standing start of the day – two hours and 15 minutes after his first – to see off Hamilton on the short run to Saint Devote to extend, not just his unstoppable streak, but his lead at the title summit from 43 points to 66 points over Hamilton and 68 ahead of his beleaguered and bamboozled Mercedes team-mate Russell.

Russell finished out of the points in 13th after he was hit with a late drive-through penalty for incorrectly serving an earlier five-second sanction for speeding in the pit-lane. It leaves his title hopes in tatters. Isack Hadjar finished third, one place ahead of Oscar Piastri.

World champion Lando Norris, who won in Monte Carlo last season, retired on lap 49 of 78 with engine failure, while Max Verstappen’s race was over before it begun. The four-time world champion staggered off the line as technical gremlins disabled his Red Bull machinery.

Kim Kardashian’s arrival 50 minutes before the start sent the paddock into a frenzy. The American reality star, in a relationship with seven-time world champion Hamilton, found fame through TV show, Keeping up with the Kardashians. And after six of 22 planned races this season, nobody in Formula One can keep up with Antonelli.

His updated points tally of 156 is six more than he managed across 24 rounds of a maiden season littered with a number of erratic displays which 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg claimed earlier his week could have cost him his job. Mercedes stuck with their protege and he is more than vindicating their decision.

Antonelli has been poor off the line this year but here he nailed both getaways and produced composure beyond his tender years.

“It has been an incredible weekend and one of those days where we just had amazing pace,” said Antonelli. “It just came naturally and gave me the confidence to push. The job is not finished, and it is a long season. We have to keep raising the bar.”

Hamilton, after landing his second place in as many races, said: “I have to congratulate Kimi and the Mercedes team. My old family have created an amazing car and Kimi is doing an incredible job to keep delivering. I am really happy for him.

“I can’t keep up with them just yet and it is going to take a lot of work to get to that level but to get another second place is a great feeling.”

Russell won the first race of the season but it has been a downward spiral since. He spent much of today’s fixture behind Red Bull’s Hadjar, and although he fought back to third, his punishment for speeding would cost him dearly, not only in Sunday’s race, but in the championship too.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” that he made repeatedly as he campaigned again for the White House.

Trump, in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said he “didn’t guarantee” there would be no wars if he were back in office.

“First of all, I didn’t guarantee no war. Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?” Trump said.

Trump also defended plans for a now-scrapped $1.8 billion fund that would have compensated allies of the Republican president and he repeated his baseless claims of mass fraud in California’s drawn-out vote count from Tuesday’s primary. He ended the interview abruptly when he became frustrated with pushback from NBC’s Kristen Welker.

Iran ‘is not an endless war’

In his 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly cast his Democratic opponents as warmongers and said he was a president who started “no new wars” and would bring an era of peace.

But Trump said in the NBC interview, taped Friday in Wisconsin, that as a candidate, “I didn’t promise anything.”

“I don’t like these endless wars. This is not an endless war. We’ve been doing this for three months,” he said of the war with Iran, which began Feb. 28.

Trump said he was “doing the world a service” and “doing our country a service” because he had to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon. But elsewhere in the interview, Trump repeated a contradictory message where he said U.S. strikes last year “obliterated” Iranian nuclear sites.

He also defended his decision in his first term to withdraw from Democratic President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, an agreement he has heavily criticized, without negotiating the “better deal” he has promised to reach.

“It takes years to do these things,” Trump said.

Trump without evidence claims fraud in California vote

California’s notoriously prolonged vote count has been a magnet for election conspiracy theories, and Trump since Tuesday’s election has claimed without evidence that Democrats are rigging the election. The Trump-appointed top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles said Friday that his office had opened “multiple election fraud investigations.”

Late-tallied Democratic-leaning mail ballots have eaten into the vote totals for Trump’s preferred candidates for governor and Los Angeles mayor. While Trump has often said that changes to vote totals as late ballots are counted are a sign of fraud, they are merely a reflection of a slow vote-counting process.

Trump in the interview kept claiming that it was a sign of “cheating” and “a rigged election,” and grew increasingly frustrated as Welker pressed him for evidence to support that.

“All I have to do is look. All I have to do is look,” Trump said.

“But that’s not evidence,” Welker responded.

“And I listen. And I listen to people. And let’s see what happens,” Trump replied.

‘Anti-weaponization’ fund

Trump defended plans that his Department of Justice said it has now abandoned to create a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” as part of a settlement to resolve Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday that the department was scrapping the plan. That announcement came after the plan was paused by a judge and after both Democrats and some Republicans said they were concerned about the fund’s lack of oversight and the possibility of payouts being made to participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

Trump told NBC he thought the fund was “a great idea” and that he would be “disappointed” if it were not approved.

When asked if he thought people who attacked police officers on Jan. 6 should get a payout, Trump said, “I wouldn’t be inclined to say so, but I have to see it.” He then began making unfounded and false claims about riot and those who stormed the Capitol. Trump granted a sweeping pardon on his first day back in office in January 2025 to the more than 1,500 people prosecuted over Jan. 6.

Rain interruptions and an abrupt end

The NBC interview was conducted in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, before Trump was set to speak at a roundtable event with farmers. The interview was repeatedly interrupted as waves of heavy rain fell on the metal roof of the barn where the taping took place, making it difficult at times to hear.

At the end, Welker pressed Trump on the settlement fund and his claims about the California election. Trump raised his voice and began calling Welker and the media “crooked,” attacking her credibility and complaining about what he called “the fake, dirty press.”

As Welker tried to switch subjects, Trump continued on and there was cross talk between the two. Trump ended the interview, saying said, “Let’s call it quits.” He took off his microphone, telling Welker, “Thank you, darling. Have a good time.” He said he had given the interview enough time, stood up and walked away.

Welker said during the broadcast that she spoke to Trump on Saturday and he agreed the rain had caused complications and said he would do another interview in the future.

Bambi, a much-loved rescue at the Bolton Destitute Animal Shelter, captured hearts across the community after vets discovered she was suffering from a serious and potentially life-threatening condition.

Fears that the young dog could face major surgery prompted an overwhelming response from animal lovers, who donated, shared her story and sent messages of support in their thousands.

Now, in a moving update, the shelter says Bambi is stable, symptom-free and enjoying life, bringing hope to everyone who has followed her journey.

“She is living a happy, normal life, which is exactly what we hoped for,” a spokesperson for the shelter said.

Bambi is now looking for a long-term foster home where she can enjoy the life she deserves. (Image: Bolton Destitute Shelter)

Following discussions with specialist vets, Bambi has started medication to help slow her heart and, for now, surgery has been put on hold.

Instead, she will be closely monitored with regular scans every nine to 12 months.

But while the update brings welcome relief, her future remains uncertain.

Experts have warned that Bambi’s condition is serious and unpredictable.

Although she could remain stable for years, there is also the possibility that her health could deteriorate suddenly, potentially forcing difficult decisions in the future.

The emotional update comes after months of worry, specialist appointments, X-rays and ongoing treatment costs.

The shelter said the support from the public has been “incredible”, with donations helping to make Bambi’s care possible.

“Your support means more than we can ever put into words,” the charity said.

As Bambi continues her fight, there is now one more thing she desperately needs, a place to call home.

If anyone is interested in adopting Bambi you can fill in an application here.

Thousands rallied behind Bambi after learning of her life-threatening heart condition. (Image: Bolton Destitute Animal Shelter)

The brave rescue dog is currently staying with a short-term foster family while her future care arrangements are finalised.

Now, Bolton Destitute Animal Shelter is appealing for a long-term foster home where she can settle down and enjoy the happy life she deserves.

Competitors began with a 1.9km swim at Pennington Flash before tackling a challenging 90km bike course through surrounding towns and villages, finishing with a 21.1km half marathon through Bolton town centre and Queen’s Park.

Crowds gathered along the route from the early hours of Sunday morning to cheer on participants as they pushed themselves through one of the UK’s most popular middle-distance triathlons.

AS IT HAPPENED: All the action as IRONMAN 70.3 returns to Bolton

Despite the gruelling challenge, many competitors remained in good spirits throughout the day, smiling and waving at the camera as they made their way around the course.

The event attracted athletes from across the country and beyond, with many competing for personal bests, age-group honours and qualification opportunities.

These pictures capture some of the determination, emotion and community spirit on display throughout the day.

Before long, what had been a soporific race turned into a surreal one.

First, Stroll crashed his Aston Martin at the final corner, causing a first safety car.

As the cars prepared to get going again, Leclerc crashed at the same place in the same way even before the race had restarted.

Leclerc said “today I look like an idiot” but blamed his Ferrari’s brakes for the crash.

He told Sky Sports: “I would hate to look at myself in the mirror and see myself finding excuses when I do a mistake, so that’s why I’m always bluntly honest when I’m in front of cameras. But I’m not going to take any of it today.”

That incident led to a red flag as officials took a look at the track surface at the crumbling final corner, known as Antony Noghes.

And that meant another restart that Antonelli had to negotiate, this time with the fast-starting Ferrari alongside him.

But again he was perfect and the race surrendered to him.

Hadjar drove an excellent race battling power-unit problems and was helped by a masterstroke from Red Bull in not stopping under the first safety car, which gained him positions on Russell and Piastri.

Racing Bulls had a good day with Arvid Lindblad taking the best result of his rookie season with sixth place behind team-mate Liam Lawson.

Gasly was seventh ahead of the Williams of Alex Albon and Esteban Ocon’s Haas.

And Sergio Perez took 10th for what could be the first point for the new Cadillac team, although he faces an investigation for being incorrectly positioned on the restart after the red flag.

If he is penalised, the final point will mark the first of the season for Aston Martin, for whom Fernando Alonso finished 11th.

And there may be questions as to why so many drivers – more than a quarter of the grid – ended up speeding in the pit lane.