Four people were injured during the fight

Two people have been taken to hospital after a fight broke out at a Cambridgeshire village pub. Cambridgeshire Police were called to a pub in Stilton at around 8pm on Sunday, March 8.

A number of people were involved in the fight. Four people were injured during the incident.

Two people sustained “serious injuries”. They were taken to hospital by ambulance.

A spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Police said: “Police were called shortly after 8pm last night to a report of a pub fight in Stilton.

“A number of people were involved and four people were injured of which two sustained serious injuries and were taken to hospital by ambulance.

“No-one has currently been arrested.”

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The iPhone 17e has the same single rear camera as the iPhone 16e and the iPhone Air, but it’s a great snapper with excellent results in all lighting conditions.

Low-light images were sharp, while images under preferred lighting conditions delivered plenty of detail and excellent colour accuracy. From the single sensor, you can get an equivalent 2x zoom, too, and while it’s not the 8x zoom of the iPhone 17 Pro, it’s great for close-ups of your pets.

The iPhone 17e also includes what Apple calls ‘next generation portraits’, and that applies to both the front and rear cameras. This feature allows you to adjust both focus and depth control after you’ve taken a shot, so if you want to add background blur to a picture of your dog after the fact, you can, and it works well.

The one complaint I do have, however, is that the iPhone 17e lacks Apple’s new ‘Centre Stage’ front camera that launched on the other iPhone 17 models. It’s an 18-megapixel square sensor that allows you to switch between portrait and landscape selfies without rotating the phone, but the iPhone 17e retains the same 12-megapixel front camera as the iPhone 16e.

It still takes a decent image, and if Apple added all the good stuff to this entry-level model, it would make the iPhone 17 redundant, but it’s still a shame not to see it here.

I’ve compared the iPhone 17e to the iPhone 17 to help you see what you get for the extra £200 in terms of specifications. Here is how the two compare, on paper.

Nigel Farage has acquired a significant stake in a bitcoin reserve business helmed by Liz Truss’s former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

The Reform UK leader has invested £215,000 in Stack BTC, participating in an equity fundraising that also involved Blockchain.com. Mr Farage secured 4.3 million shares through his investment vehicle Thorn In The Side Ltd at a price of 5p per share, giving him 6.3 per cent ownership. The company confirmed that the total investment from this fundraising was £260,000.

Mr Farage said of the investment: “I have long been one of the UK’s few political advocates for bitcoin, recognising the role digital currencies will play in the future of business and finance.

“London and the UK has historically been the centre of the world’s financial markets, and I believe that we can and should be a major global hub for the crypto industry.”

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Labour questioned why Mr Farage was investing his money with the “architect of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini Budget”.

A Labour Party spokesperson said: “Nigel Farage hailed Liz Truss’s disastrous economy-crashing mini-Budget as the ‘best Conservative budget since 1986’. Now the Reform leader is pouring hundreds of thousands of pounds into the business of the architect of that chaos. What a total slap in the face for families still footing massive mortgages. Farage proves time and time again that he simply isn’t on the side of working people.”

Questions have been raised over Mr Farage and Reform’s relationship with cryptocurrency after two donations worth £12m were made to the party by the Thailand-based crypto entrepreneur Christopher Harborne.

The government has asked the Electoral Commission to investigate crypto donations that Mr Farage claimed Reform received last year and that have not been registered.

Stack is not the first crypto investment made by Mr Farage, having previously invested in Tether.

Stack, a London-based firm listed on the UK challenger stock exchange Aquis, operates by building a portfolio of companies and channelling their surplus cash into bitcoin. Its core objective is to establish a substantial bitcoin treasury through continuous accumulation of the digital currency.

The venture is chaired by Mr Kwarteng, most widely recognised for his brief 38-day tenure as chancellor in 2022, during which he co-authored the controversial mini-budget with Ms Truss.

The pound fell to a 37-year low after Mr Kwarteng announced the biggest tranche of tax cuts for half a century, to be funded by more than £70 billion of increased borrowing. He also served as Conservative MP for Spelthorne, Surrey, until 2024.

Mr Kwarteng, who controls a 5.4 per cent stake in Stack together with his wife, Harriet, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have Nigel Farage and Blockchain.com become strategic investors in Stack. Nigel’s unwavering support for British business and belief that Bitcoin is set to rapidly expand its role in finance is perfectly aligned with the company’s ethos and business plans.”

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Reform UK last year pledged to slash red tape and cut taxes on cryptocurrencies and set up a bitcoin reserve fund if elected, which would allow people to pay tax in the cryptocurrency.

The Treasury recently announced legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies like bitcoin in a similar way to that of other finance products. This follows efforts to overhaul the market, which has grown in popularity in recent years as an alternative investment product and a way of making payments.

The UK’s financial regulator has nonetheless warned that it is a “high risk” investment and that people could “lose all their money” from the asset.

Bethany Mulliner met the woman while they were both serving at Low Newton prison in Durham before sending a flurry of messages which left the victim feeling terrified.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the 22-year-old failed to heed a judge’s warning to return to her native Midlands when she was released from custody.

Bethany Mulliner (Image: Durham Constabulary)

Mairi Clancy, prosecuting, said: “The defendant sent messages conveying threat of death including ‘you ain’t making another birthday if it’s down to me. I will happily sit in jail knowing I have killed you so no one else has to go through what I went through’.”

In other messages, Mulliner threatened to make the victim dig her own grave and told her she would put a gun to her head and stab her to death.

HMP Low Newton (Image: Stuart Boulton/The Northern Echo.)

In a victim impact statement, the woman said she was left feeling scared and distressed by the actions of the defendant.

Mulliner, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to sending communications threatening death or serious harm between April 11 and July 11 last year.

Tabitha Buck, mitigating, said her client had suffered with her mental health which resulted in her criminal behaviour.

She said: “It her pre-sentence report that in their assessment it was all words in this offending behaviour. There was no intention of her to carry out the violence offending.”

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Judge Amanda Rippon sentenced Mulliner to 20 months in custody and issued her with an indefinite restraining order to protect her victim who lives in the County Durham area.

“You sent her messages conveying various threats of death,” she said.

“Upon your release from custody, you didn’t return to Stoke like you promised me, instead you attempted to contact her and went to her address.

“In her victim personal statement, she says she is terrified of you and has left her home address because she is scared you would turn up at her house.”

Three men are bringing legal action against the former Sinn Fein president and are seeking £1 in damages

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Gerry Adams was “directly responsible for and complicit” in the decisions made by the Provisional IRA to detonate bombs in England, the High Court in London has heard.

John Clark, a victim of the 1973 Old Bailey bombing in London, Jonathan Ganesh, a 1996 London Docklands bombing victim, and Barry Laycock, a victim of the 1996 Arndale shopping centre bombing in Manchester, all allege that Mr Adams was a leading member of the Provisional IRA on those dates, including of its Army Council.

The three men are bringing legal action against the former Sinn Fein president and are seeking £1 in damages. Mr Adams denies that he had any role in the Provisional IRA and is opposing the claim.

On Monday he arrived at the Royal Courts of Justice and was driven into the car park.

The court in London heard that the three men want to show how Mr Adams was involved in the Provisional IRA “in the course of that conflict and to show on the balance of probabilities that he was as involved as the people who planted and detonated those bombs”.

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Opening her case on Monday, Anne Studd KC, representing the men, also said Mr Adams was “directly responsible for and complicit in those decisions made by that organisation to detonate bombs on the British mainland in 1973 and 1996”.

In written submissions, Ms Studd said: “The defendant carefully draws a distinction between being a member of ‘the Army’ and being a member of Sinn Fein.

“In reality, the evidence will demonstrate that this was not the clear either/or choice as the defendant would have you believe.

“For many individuals, we say, including Mr Adams, that was a distinction without a difference.”

Ms Studd told the court that a “jigsaw” of evidence from those who knew Mr Adams and those who knew of him will prove the case against him.

She added: “The claimants’ case is that none of these bombings in the United Kingdom mainland took place without the knowledge and agreement of the defendant in his role in the Provisional IRA and latterly as a member of the seven-man Army Council.”

She concluded: “There is no doubt that the defendant contributed to the peace in Northern Ireland, but the claimants say that on the evidence he also contributed to the war.”

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Lawyers for Mr Adams, who denies the claims, said Mr Adams “played an instrumental role in the peace process which culminated in the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in April 1998, which brought an end to the decades-long conflict”.

In written submissions, Edward Craven KC, representing Mr Adams, said: “The defendant’s alleged factual and legal responsibility for the claimants’ injuries is strongly contested, as is the claimants’ ability to bring these claims against the defendant several decades after the expiry of the applicable limitation period.”

He added that there is “no legal or practical reason why these claims could not have been issued long before 2022”.

Mr Craven continued: “Even if the claim were not bound to fail on limitation grounds, the claim must inevitably fail on the merits.

“The defendant strenuously denies any involvement in the bombings.”

He also said: “The defendant has never been arrested on suspicion of, still less charged or convicted of, any offence in connection with any of the bombings.

“Had law enforcement authorities been in possession of information which created a reasonable suspicion that the defendant may have been involved in those bombings, he would have been arrested and questioned.”

The trial before Mr Justice Swift is expected to end next week.

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Wolves had only three points at the start of the year, but has Edwards given them hope, however improbable?

He lost his opening eight games after replacing Vitor Pereira in November, taking a first point in a draw at Manchester United in December.

Since then, including the result at Old Trafford, Wolves have earned 13 points in 12 games.

It is not enough to put them within touching distance of safety given the gap – which grew to 16 points at one stage – but 13 points is the same haul as Brighton and Newcastle in that time, and two short of fourth-placed Aston Villa.

Wolves are 12th in the form table over the past five games and 15th over the past 10.

They have lost five of their past 15 games in all competitions, a significant upturn after losing 17 of their opening 21 this season.

In Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Liverpool they restricted the misfiring champions to 0.62 xG (expected goals).

Only leaders Arsenal have managed to limit Liverpool to fewer chances in open play, with 0.28 xG in the Reds’ past 16 games.

Liverpool gained revenge in Friday’s 3-1 FA Cup victory.

Running stats have also improved considerably and Wolves have outrun Liverpool, Chelsea, United, Everton, West Ham, Forest and Villa since the change in management.

Previously, the squad had managed it only twice, including running only 180m more than Brighton during their 1-1 draw in October.

The squad covered 113,508m in this month’s home win over Villa, the fifth highest of the season, having run 114,427m coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Arsenal at Molineux.

That was the second highest mark of the season and collectively they are running 7.8k on average higher – around an hour for a midfielder – under Edwards.

With the former Middlesbrough boss, who gave up a Championship promotion campaign for a relegation battle, Wolves now also commit the most fouls in the league per game, having previously been in the bottom two.

“We have a bare minimum – our non-negotiables,” said Edwards. “Sprint recoveries, work ethic, duels. The sprint effort is now night and day.

“We are in control of those things. We can’t always promise we will be great with the ball – we might make mistakes – but what we can control is how hard you run and work.

“That stuff is why over the past 15 games or so we have been more competitive.”

Andy Murray’s continuing venture into golf shows no signs of slowing down as he gets set for another competitive outing

Andy Murray may be a tennis icon but you’re more likely to see the two-time Wimbledon champion wielding a golf club than a racket nowadays. The Scotsman ended his illustrious career after the Paris 2024 Olympics and soon dedicated time in improving his talent in golf.

Murray has participated in numerous celebrity tournaments, including the Sunningdale Foursomes last year, and the 38-year-old is set to compete in it once again this week. Having been played since 1934, the Foursomes will be graced by the likes of Murray and football legend Gareth Bale.

The tennis great will be playing alongside DP World Tour winner Eddie Pepperell while the Welshman is partnered with Matthew Wylie. Lasting for three days from March 10th to March 13th, the tournament will be situated at Sunningdale’s Old and New courses. Murray has played down the seriousness of his golfing ambitions but did suggest his future may lie in the sport.

The Open hopes

Holding the title of being the oldest golf tournament in the world, The Open is the pinnacle of the sport for many, particularly this side of the Atlantic. In theory, the tournament is open to professional and amateur golfers, but only a small number of world’s best amateurs compete, via invitation or qualification.

Murray may be a keen enthusiast of the game, but even the sporting icon is aware of his limitations when it comes to the links despite boasting an impressive golf handicap of two. Previously admitting that playing in The Open would be a “fun thing to do,” the Scotsman has no expectations to qualify for the competition.

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“I don’t have ambitions of playing in The Open,” Murray clarified last year on The Romesh Ranganathan Show. “I want to try and play in the regional qualifying at some stage. A couple of my friends have done it.

“It would just be a fun thing to do if you got to the level where you’re able to do that. I would do it, but I certainly don’t think I would have any chance of qualifying for The Open.

“I’m fully aware of how good the players that play in those events are and how good the pros are in comparison to amateurs. Even guys that play off two or three are miles off what these guys on the Tour are doing.”

New career ambition

As if a 19-year career at the top of tennis wasn’t enough for Murray, the 38-year-old revealed his desire to enter the golf world – but not as a player. Continuing his conversation with Ranganathan, Murray said he’s considering a new career as a caddie.

“I’m considering becoming a golf caddie, hopefully for a professional golfer at some stage,” he revealed. “I love golf and if you love that sport, it would be a great job.

“If you are working with a top golfer and being there when they have a great moment on the course and feeling like you can help a little bit with decisions and things like that, I think it would be a brilliant job.”

Wife condition agreed

Murray’s increasing time spent on the golf course is done with the blessing of his wife, Kim Sears, who he jokingly said is glad of his presence on the course rather than at home. He told Ranganathan: “I don’t think she wants me in the house all day bothering her, to be honest.”

The former tennis player said his two responsibilities regarding their four children allows him to spend more time practicing as he added: “So, yeah, she’s fine with it, so long as I help drop-off and pick-up [the kids to and from school]. I don’t think she massively wants to see me during the day. [At least] that’s what I think.”

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will tick off one of his “bucket list” events to compete in the Nurburgring 24-Hours endurance race.

The 28-year-old Red Bull F1 driver will get behind the wheel of a Mercedes AMG GT car at the event in May, which sees showroom-style cars take on the famous 15.8-mile circuit in the Eifel mountains in Germany.

The Dutchman, who finished sixth in Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, said: “The Nurburgring Nordschleife is a special place. There’s no other track like it. The 24-hours of Nurburgring is a race that’s been on my bucket list for a long time, so I’m really thrilled we can make it happen now.”

It is very rare for an F1 driver to take part in a lower level motorsport event, especially of Verstappen’s calibre, but he has long-enjoyed driving on motorsport simulator games and has a particular affinity with sportscar racing.

It is widely considered Verstappen could one day compete at the Le Mans 24-Hours,, external an event which has exploded in popularity in recent years thanks to the introduction of new ‘hypercar’ regulations, which has seen the likes of Ferrari, Peugeot, Aston Martin and Ford return to the top level of sportscars.

The revered Nurgburgring 24-hours is a level below races such as Le Mans, which is part of the World Endurance Championship, which last week announced it will postpone the season-opening Qatar 1812km race because the US-Israeli war against Iran., external

Verstappen is contracted with Red Bull until 2028, but had previously been linked with the Mercedes F1 programme.

The Nurburgring 24 Hours takes place on 16-17 May, between the Miami and Canadian Grands Prix.

The fault is affecting the Manchester Oxford Road, Bolton, Wigan, Southport service and as a result all lines are blocked due to the fault between Wigan Wallgate and Salford Crescent.

Train services running through these stations may be cancelled or delayed by up to 15 minutes, with disruption expected until the end of the day.

A spokesman for Northern said: “Services between Hindley and Salford Crescent are being disrupted due to a fault with the signalling system. Network Rail staff are on site.”

Train services on the following routes in this direction only will divert where possible via an alternative route however will not call at stations between Hindley and Salford Crescent via Atherton –

Headbolt Lane to Blackburn
Wigan Wallgate to Leeds
Wigan Wallgate to Manchester Victoria

Train services on the following routes in this direction only will be able to call at all stations between Salford Crescent and Hindley via Atherton however are subject to short notice delays and cancellations due to this issue –

Blackburn to Headbolt Lane
Leeds to Wigan Wallgate
Manchester Victoria to Wigan Wallgate

Northern services between Southport and Manchester Oxford Road and Southport and Stalybridge are not affected.

Passengers travelling from Wigan Wallgate to stations between Hindley and Salford Crescent are advised to board a service that will divert via Bolton, alight at Salford Crescent to connect with a alternative Northern service towards Wigan Wallgate which is able to call at stations between Salford Crescent and Hindley.

Passengers can also travel on Bee Network buses on the following services between Manchester Stations and Wigan Wallgate at no extra cost –

V1, V2, 608, 609, 35, 132, 601, 602, 640, 641, 635, 632, 36, 37, 38 and 607

Northern train ticket restrictions have been lifted in the affected areas, including Advance and Peak restrictions, during this disruption. Restrictions will be reinstated once the disruption ends.

For real time journey updates or to replan a journey visit www.nationalrail.co.uk
Those who have been delayed by 15 minutes or more, hold on to your tickets and claim compensation by visiting www.northernrailway.co.uk/delayrepay.