Laura Brady, 34, was paid £100 per delivery to accept packages of the illegal drug sent from Thailand, said Gabrielle Wilks, prosecuting.

When she went on to sell some of the drugs in street deals, she received threats from a drug dealer higher up in the chain called “The Major”.

Brady, 34, cried as she was jailed at York Crown Court for 20 months for cannabis smuggling and supplying cannabis.

“If you engage with the supply of drugs you bear the consequences,” Judge Simon Hickey told her. “I have no real sympathy.”

She had received three separate deliveries of cannabis – a kilo in September last year, another just under a kilo in October and a half kilo.

Brady, of Birch Grove, Sleights, near Whitby, pleaded guilty to both offences.

Her barrister Erin Kitson-Parker said locking her up would lead to her losing her job, the first one she had ever had.

She would also lose her home of four years, because it was rented and it was very difficult to get social housing in Whitby, said the defence barrister.

She had been trying to change her ways, “having been brought up in a criminal environment,” said Ms Kitson-Parker.

She pleaded with the judge to let Brady keep her freedom and give her a suspended sentence or a community order, but the judge pointed out Brady had breached other court orders 17 times, and was currently not doing a community order imposed when she had breached an earlier community order.

Brady had been taking cannabis and cocaine, the court heard.

Eddie Hall will have one major advantage over Tommy Fury on Saturday night after the heavyweight rivals stepped on the scales at their weigh-in

Eddie Hall has weighed in 108lb heavier than Tommy Fury ahead of their fight tomorrow night.

Former World’s Strongest Man Hall will take on boxer Fury over six two-minute rounds in the latest instalment of influencer boxing. And Hall weighed in at 325.6lb on Friday night, compared to Fury’s 217.5lb, in itself a career-heavy weight for a man who began his career in 2018 at light-heavyweight.

Fury and Hall were due to face off in a plastic cage with the strongman attempting – and failing – to kick down the dividing wall. Fury demanded they faced off in traditional style with both men remaining cordial as they shook hands.

Fury and Hall will not fight in an official bout with the contest instead set to be deemed an exhibition. The clash came to fruition after Hall rowed with Fury’s dad John who called on his son to end the feud. Hall said: “I bumped in John and I had the conversation about fighting Tyson, I saw he was training MMA. I was trying to instigate the fight but it rubbed him up the wrong way. But things got a little heated.

“Things got a little bit heated. You’re all full of s**t. You’re just all full of f***ing talk. You all walk around like hard men like you’re gonna beat this guy down, beat that guy down, you’ll fight anyone, you’re fighting men. There’s not a lot of action, especially from John.

“I’d like to shut your dad up and put you in your place and then maybe I’ll get the Tyson Fury MMA fight. Sorry it has come to this but sometimes men have to settle their differences. This is not a friendly encounter. I want to go in there and prove a point.”

On the undercard at the Manchester Arena, Ibiza Final Boss – real name Jack Kay – will make his boxing debut almost a year after enjoying overnight success. He burst on to the limelight when he was pictured with his unique look in Ibiza and will fight for the first time against rapper Jordan McCann on the undercard.

A FIFA statement given to The Athletic said: “FIFA can confirm that player Thomas Partey will be unable to travel from Ghana’s team base camp in Boston, USA, to Canada for their first match against Panama on Wednesday, 17 June, as his visa application has been refused by the Canadian government.

Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed the third star for this year’s series and it’s Aussie icon Delta Goodrem, who just competed in Eurovision.

The BBC have already announced Dani Dyer and EastEnders legend Lacey Turner as the first celebs to sign up.

The former Love Island star is hoping to get a second shot at the trophy after being forced to drop out of the competition last year due to injury.

Meanwhile, newly revealed Delta, 41, finished fourth at the Eurovision Song Contest last month with her song Eclipse.

Speaking about Strictly, she said: ‘I’ve been incredibly honoured to perform on many different stages throughout my career – from TV, theatre, film sets, to touring my own shows around the world, there is however, one stage I’ve never stepped onto and that is the ballroom floor!

‘I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining Strictly and can’t wait to get started!’

The Australian singer-songwriter was just 15 years old when she signed a recording contract with Sony Music, with her debut album Innocent Eyes then topping charts.

It reached number nine in the UK and it still holds the title as one of the highest-selling Australian albums of all time.

In the 23 years since, she’s gone on to release a further six albums, selling more than nine million copies worldwide.

Of course, no Australian star’s career would be complete without a stint on Neighbours, where she starred as Nina Tucker for over two years.

Throughout her career, Delta has faced several significant health hurdles – including being diagnosed with cancer when she was just 18.

She later suffered a paralysed nerve in her tongue following 2018 salivary gland surgery, which left her unable to speak or sing properly for nearly a year.

In more recent years, she’s become well known as a judge on The Voice Australia alongside stars like Boy George and Ricky Martin.

When speaking to Metro previously, Delta shared: ‘I was only 26 years old when I joined The Voice as a coach. I had started my career as a teenager and a decade later I was on this show with icons.

‘They were at different stages in their careers, and each year another icon would join our stage, and I was always learning from them, as well as the artists. I am always learning and listening.’

The singer added: ‘‘But on that show being surrounded by music and peoples’ dreams – you are celebrating and watching and studying. It was an incredible show to be a part of for so many years.

‘I loved learning from everybody there, as well as shared what I was learning each year with my artists. Some of them were actually older than me too!’

Strictly is set to return with a brand new set of hosts, after Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly revealed during last year’s series that they would be stepping down.

The Voice UK host Emma Willis, former Strictly pro Johannes Radebe and comedian Josh Widdicombe will be taking over, bringing a fresh new feel to the beloved show.

The BBC flagship show has surprised fans by beginning to announce the stars earlier than usual, a clear indicator that this titan of British TV isn’t going anywhere.

Strictly Come Dancing 2026 will return in September this year.

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A number of people have posted on social media criticising the closure of Malton’s market place from this morning (Friday) for the Summer FEASTival.

The event is scheduled to run over the weekend featuring a wide range of street foods, homemade groceries, a real ale and cider bar, live music stage and children’s entertainment from the Old Tyme Funfair.

However, people said that despite the entire market place being closed to traffic, stalls were only located outside St Michael’s Church and the usual Saturday market area.

A spokesperson for the organisers, Zoom Events, said: “We’ve seen a small number of negative comments on our own socials.

We believe negative comments started with the road closure. We expect the event to be busier on Saturday and Sunday (Fridays can be quiet), especially around the live music stage.

“This is a brand-new event and also Zoom’s FEASTival format – this is smaller than their established food and drink festivals, it’s their street food and live music format.

The Malton Summer FEASTival will be open, Saturday: 9am – 6pm and Sunday: 10am – 4pm.

The music line up is as follows:

SATURDAY

12pm: Howlin’ Matt

2pm: Harrison Puckering

4pm: Killer no Filler

SUNDAY

12pm: A Guy Called Si

3pm: Just Another Jester

The Malton Summer FEASTival will be open, Saturday: 9am – 6pm and Sunday: 10am – 4pm.

Further information can be found at: https://www.zoomevents.co.uk/events/malton-summer-feastival-2026

PC Jess Turnbull, 19, had been responding to a crash on the A189 Spine Road near Cramlington, Northumberland late on Monday (June 8) when she was struck by the Merecedes.

The car was unconnected to the original incident.

She was taken to hospital but died on Wednesday, surrounded by her loved ones, having served with Northumbria Police’s response policing team in Northumberland for less than a year.

Detectives are piecing together the movements of the 09-plate black CLC seen in the Blyth and Cramlington area on the day PC Turnbull was killed.

The car is believed to have been in the area between about 3pm and 11.30pm on Monday, and officers want to hear from anyone who saw it or captured it on dashcam or CCTV.

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Sergeant Dave Roberts, from Northumbria Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said their thoughts “very much remain” with Jess’s family, friends and colleagues as the inquiry continues.

He urged anyone with even small pieces of information about the black Mercedes, or footage from the Spine Road and surrounding routes, to get in touch as it “could prove important” to the investigation.

Officers remain particularly keen to speak to members of the public who stopped at the scene on Monday night to help, and have asked them to come forward if they have not yet spoken to police.

Information, images and footage can be submitted via a dedicated online portal set up for the investigation, or by calling 101 and quoting reference NP-20260608-1198.

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A 73-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and taken to hospital, where he was later discharged.

He was subsequently further arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and has been bailed while the investigation continues.

PC Turnbull had been dealing with a collision involving two cars in which the occupants of one vehicle fled the scene before she was struck.

Her death is understood to be the first time a Northumbria Police officer has been killed on duty since 2006, when PC Joseph Carroll was fatally injured after a prisoner pulled the handbrake in a moving patrol car.