These are your latest rugby headlines on Monday, May 11.

Wales announcement – James likey amid Williams concern

Wales head coach Steve Tandy is to name his squad for this summer later today, with England Under-20s international Kane James likely to be named if fit.

Exeter Chiefs back rower James could be the stand-out new face after pledging his allegiance to Wales following talks with Tandy and England head coach Steve Borthwick. The highly-rated 21-year-old from Haverfordwest represented England at age-grade level but sees his senior future playing for Wales.

He has been out injured with an ankle problem since January but is expected back soon.

Elsewhere, the likes of Morgan Morris and Angus O’Brien are hoping for their maiden call-ups but there is a concern over scrum-half Tomos Williams after he injured his shoulder playing for Gloucester on the weekend. Williams, who was forced off in considerable pain just five minutes into the second-half of the match against Sale would be a huge miss if he were unavailable.

A busy summer campaign will see Tandy’s side play four matches, with an uncapped game against the Barbarians on June 27 followed by the first ever set of Nations Championship fixtures.

After facing Fiji in an ‘away’ game at the Cardiff City Stadium on July 4, Wales will travel to Argentina (July 11) and South Africa (July 18) as part of the new global tournament, which is designed to pitch the best teams in the northern and southern hemisphere against each other.

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With Tandy set to name his choices at the Vale Resort this afternoon, it is expected that the Wales boss will opt to name an extended squad before whittling it down, particularly as he is unlikely to have access to English-based players immediately.

One very familiar face is set to return, with captain Jac Morgan back in the fold after missing the majority of the last two international campaigns through injury.

Quins smash Newcastle

By Press Association

Welsh star Bryn Bradley was on the scoresheet as Harlequins ran in 12 tries to thrash Newcastle 76-17 in the Gallagher Prem.

A basement battle between the two bottom teams at Kingston Park started with Alex Dombrandt, Benson and Bryn Bradley all scoring in the opening 15 minutes for the visitors before Adam Brocklebank replied.

The damage was ultimately done in the first half where a ruthless display saw Cadan Murley, Sam Riley, Marcus Smith and Will Hobson all cross along with a Josh Hodge effort for Newcastle as Harlequins took a mammoth 45-10 lead at the break.

Luke Northmore grounded early in the second half before Benson scored twice in quick succession to complete his hat-trick and tries from Bradley and Jimmy Staples secured Quins’ fourth Prem win this season.

Harlequins went ahead three minutes into the contest when skipper Dombrandt reached over the line to touch down, with Smith adding the extras.

Newcastle were handed a blow when Ben Healy was sin-binned for a deliberate knock-on and the visitors soon capitalised on their player advantage with their second try of the match. Riley picked the ball up and burst forward before offloading into Benson on the left flank to cross, but Smith’s conversion flew wide.

Just two minutes later Cameron Anderson broke through to play in Bradley for the centre to race over the line and ground, with Smith’s kick successful.

Newcastle pulled one back when prop Brocklebank powered over from close-range, but Brett Connon could not convert. However, Quins soon found further success on the left wing when Murley eased through to ground. Smith missed his conversion attempt.

Riley then struck from a quickly taken penalty, easily stepping through to cross, with Smith adding the extras. The England fly-half soon bagged a try of his own after latching onto Dombrandt’s offload and racing underneath the posts before converting his own attempt.

Harlequins’ rampant first-half display continued when Hobson charged through the home defence and dived between the sticks, with Smith slotting the kick.

A dominant first half performance was soured slightly for Quins when Benson was shown yellow for a deliberate knock-on and the hosts capitalised when Hodge grounded in the left corner, but Connon could not convert.

Early in the second half, Northmore sprinted from just inside the Newcastle half to score and Smith’s conversion attempt smashed the post. A good move on the left saw Northmore turn provider to play Benson in and he coolly crossed before Smith converted.

Benson brought up his hat-trick three minutes later after combining with Will Porter to go over, with Smith’s kick successful, and Quins scored their 11th try of the game shortly afterwards when Bradley easily slipped through the defence.

Hodge earned his second try of the match for Newcastle after going over in the left corner and Healy added the extras. However, Harlequins capped off a dominant afternoon when Staples dived through to score on his Prem debut, with Smith converting.

Exeter fight back to sink Bath

By Press Association

Reigning champions Bath missed the opportunity to go to the top of the Gallagher Prem table as Exeter took a huge step towards an end of season play-off spot with a deserved bonus-point victory at Sandy Park.

Exeter looked likely losers at half-time but a disjointed Bath had no answers to a determined effort from the spirited Chiefs in the second half, who were helped by a red card for Quinn Roux and a yellow one for Tom de Glanville on the way to a 35-12 success.

Josh Iosefa-Scott, Paul Brown-Bampoe, Len Ikitau and Campbell Ridl scored Exeter’s tries with Henry Slade kicking three penalties and two conversions. Harvey Skinner also added a conversion. Dan Frost and Sam Underhill scored Bath’s tries with Finn Russell converting one.

Exeter, playing with the advantage of a stiff breeze, took a third-minute lead with a penalty from Slade. Bath conceded three penalties in the first 12 minutes and Slade made them pay with a second successful kick and on the restart they immediately conceded another when Roux high tackled Slade which resulted in the visitors’ dazed lock being red carded.

Slade departed for an HIA before Ted Hill infringed for the second time in the opening quarter and Bath were made to pay from the resulting line-out.

Australian international centre Ikitau burst away to put the defence on the back foot before Iosefa-Scott was on hand to crash over, with Skinner’s conversion giving Chiefs a 13-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Bath did not strike a blow during that period but five minutes later their pack produced an unstoppable line-out drive which resulted in Frost touching down.

Slade returned, having passed his HIA, with Charlie Ewels introduced at the end of the 20-minute suspension for Roux but the second quarter saw the hosts unable to capitalise on the elements in their favour so a 13-5 half-time lead did not appear at that stage to be sufficient.

However four minutes after the restart, Bath full-back Tom de Glanville was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on and it proved costly as slick passing from Chiefs ended with Brown-Bampoe outflanking the cover to score.

Bath introduced four from the bench including Cam Redpath for his 100th appearance for the club and in time to see Ridl sin-binned for a high tackle on Russell. Almost immediately Bath capitalised when Underhill broke away from a driving maul to score, before Slade missed a 35-metre shot at goal.

Ridl returned and immediately saw Ikitau dart over from close-range for his first top-flight try, before he atoned for his earlier indiscretion by racing away for the bonus-point try. Slade converted and added a last-minute penalty to complete a miserable afternoon for Bath.

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The pathologist’s report is in: Theo Silverton’s (James Cartwright) death wasn’t caused by a fall from the scaffolding in the Coronation Street murder week climax; he was intentionally struck in the head.

Weatherfield’s premiere police posse, Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) and Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), received the news on this Monday’s (May 4) episode, with Kit indignant at the prospect of Lisa ever considering what happened to be an accident.

Over a glossy montage that saw Danielle Silverton (Natalie Anderson) drop flowers at the scene of Theo’s demise, George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) reading an online article about the death, Gary Windass (Mikey North) watching CCTV footage of himself taking a sledgehammer to Theo’s van and Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) reading a page of her journal emblazoned with the words ‘Theo is a monster’, Lisa and Kit pondered over whether Todd’s loved ones could’ve done the deed.

As the montage segued into Todd, sobbing in his former flat while reliving Theo’s most vicious and disgusting acts, Kit surmised that if he’d been as dehumanised as Todd by a sadist, he would’ve done the exact same thing, pondering if Todd had finally hit back.

With the investigation underway and interrogations taking place, we thought we’d take a closer look at the official suspects.

While each and every character listed had a motive, who took it that step further and decided to put a permanent end to Theo’s reign of terror?

Who killed Theo?

George Shuttleworth

George possesses a true father’s love for Todd, and it was evident in everything he did and said that he’d go to the ends of the Earth for him, and there was the curious case of the changed jumper…

…the bloodied changed jumper that Christina later found, and that Lisa found them holding when she paid the funeral parlour a visit. The friendly undertaker was the first to be arrested for Theo’s murder.

He was released the following day, but a mysterious ‘walk’ he took on the night of Theo’s death remains an enormous question mark.

Did George finally snap and kill Theo to keep Todd safe?

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Gary Windass

Gary’s protective streak and hatred of bullies previously worked in Theo’s favour, when he battered sick conversion therapist Noah Hedley (Richard Winsor) in his new friend’s defence. When that protective streak turned against him, though, Theo was evidently intimidated by Gary’s fury.

While Gary desperately deleted the footage of him smashing Theo’s van to bits, he ended up being hauled into the station for an interview with Lisa. Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) came to his rescue, providing him with an alibi and a reason for the deleted footage that Lisa was looking for.

Still, it’s obvious that Gary is Kit’s number one suspect, and photographs taken by Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) place Gary firmly at the scene of the crime.

Could Theo’s former best mate have decided to take out another bully?

Summer Spellman

Summer’s journal, filled with furious scrawlings about Theo, certainly painted her in a certain light.

Are they the ramblings of a girl, heartbroken at having to live with the knowledge that Theo killed one of her adoptive dads and viciously tortured the other?

…or are they the signs of a guilty conscience?

Christina Boyd

Could Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) be involved?

Her sheer panic over George’s arrest seemed to indicate that she doubted him, as did her worrying to Todd over George’s mysterious ‘walk’.

But was she panicked because she knew he was truly innocent, because she did the deed?

Could she have been pushed to step in and deal with the biggest problem in her boyfriend’s life?

Danielle Silverton

Danielle went through hell at the hands of Theo, when he struck up an affair with Todd and later left her to set up home with him.

Her re-appearance this week, determined to discover if Todd killed her ex-husband led to her validating his experience and affirming that she, too, had been a victim of Theo’s controlling nature, even offering to support Todd as he navigates life free of abuse.

But what if it was all a ploy?

With whispers reverberating around the street that hell hath no fury like that of an ex-wife scorned, could she have finished Theo off?

Todd Grimshaw

With Todd in fear for his life as Theo chased him like a cat playing with it’s food in the aftermath of his escape, could he have decided there was only one way to end the torture?

Todd’s struggled with grief since Theo’s death, lost in the quagmire of emotions between his love for the man Theo could be and the monster he truly was.

While his heartbreak doesn’t instantly lend itself to having murdered Theo, could Todd have actually taken final, and fatal, action to free himself from his tormentor forever?

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Peaches Boutique, on Wigan Road, has been shortlisted for The Bolton News’ Best Independent Retail Business Award 2026.

It has built a loyal customer base over the last 15 years, growing from a small home-run business into a shop with customers across the world.

Owner Lyndsey Evans said the nomination came as a surprise.

Lyndsey Evans on the left. (Image: Lyndsey Evans)

She said: “I started at home 15 years ago with one rail, about 10 items on it. That quickly progressed and went crazy.

“I was at home for three months, it was originally so busy.”

Awards (Image: NQ)

The business later moved into a rented retail space before opening its current shop.

Peaches Boutique now sells clothing online and in-store, with new stock arriving daily and orders shipped internationally.

(Image: Lyndsey Evans)

Ms Evans added: “We have a huge online presence. We sell lots of made-in-Italy items, and we ship out all over the world.

“It just is 24/7.”

Despite its online success, Ms Evans said the business remained rooted in the local community.

The boutique regularly hosts events for customers and has become known for its close relationship with shoppers.

(Image: Lyndsey Evans)

Ms Evans said: “We’re not just a clothes shop. We’re part of the community.

“We have loads and loads of regulars who just pop in for a chat. You don’t have to come in and buy something, we’re that much of a community.”

She said many customers had supported the business since its early days, functioning day-to-day from her home.

Ms Evans added: “They’re not customers, they’re like friends.

(Image: Lyndsey Evans)

“It’s just nice. Somebody having a down day can come here, have a cup of tea, and hopefully leave a bit happier.”

The business previously won recognition at the Bolton Women in Business Awards.

To celebrate the latest nomination, the boutique plans to hold one of its regular “Peaches parties”, featuring discounts, treats and giveaways for customers in-store and online.

Ms Evans said: “It was absolutely lovely that somebody has thought of us.

“It would be absolutely amazing.”

Pick up a copy of The Bolton News to vote.

It is the 70th edition of the competition, and is taking place in Vienna, Austria, after it won last year’s contest with the song “Wasted Love” by JJ.

There are 35 countries taking part, which is two fewer than in 2025 and the smallest number of participants since 2003, before the introduction of semi-finals.

Five countries opted not to participate this year, including one of the “big five”. Here are which ones and why they pulled out.

What are the 5 countries boycotting Eurovision 2026 and why?

The five countries that are boycotting Eurovision 2026 are:

• Iceland
• Ireland
• The Netherlands
• Slovenia
• Spain

It marks the largest number of boycotting countries in the contest’s history since 1970.

The countries’ omission from Eurovision is Israel’s participation and the Gaza war, which began in 2023.

Calls for the country to be excluded and demonstrations against its participation happened at both the 2024 and 2025 Eurovision events.

Performers at both competitions were put under pressure by fans to pull out, with viewing figures also dipping over the last two years.

Despite Austria winning the contest last year, Israel’s entry, Yuval Raphael, won the public vote.

Several participating broadcasters called for a rework of the televoting system and an independent audit of individual countries’ televoting results following the 2025 final.

Ahead of the 2026 contest, broadcasters from Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain announced their intention to boycott if Israel was allowed to compete.

When they were granted permission to take part on December 4, broadcasters from the four countries announced they would go ahead with their boycott, followed by Iceland on December 10.

Eurovision director Martin Green said at the time: “We respect the decision of all broadcasters who have chosen not to participate in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest and hope to welcome them back soon.”

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When is Eurovision 2026?

The Eurovision 2026 semi-finals will be broadcast on May 12 and 14, with the grand final taking place on May 16 at Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle.

UK viewers can watch all shows live on BBC One and iPlayer, or listen on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds, with the coverage beginning on TV at 8pm.

Will you be watching Eurovision this year? Let us know in the comments.

Gary Neville believes Arsenal defender Ben White was ‘asking for trouble’ by making a ‘weak’ challenge that led to a worrying injury that could rule him out for the rest of the season.

White went down in pain following a clash with West Ham’s Crysencio Summerville in the first half of Arsenal’s huge win at the London Stadium on Sunday.

The 28-year-old, who has regained his place in the team in recent weeks following a frustrating season, immediately looked concerned and soon hobbled off assisted by of one of Arsenal’s medical staff.

Mikel Arteta was unable to give a clear update on White’s injury after the game but suggested he was a doubt for Arsenal’s final two Premier League fixtures and the Champions League final at the end of the month.

‘We don’t know, but he doesn’t look good at all,’ a concerned Arteta said. ‘So he needs some further testing tomorrow probably and I know a bit more.’

If serious, the injury could even rule White out of this summer’s World Cup just weeks after his England recall under Thomas Tuchel.

Neville said he ‘hopes’ it does not come to that but suggested White had to shoulder some of the blame for the injury given his ‘pretty weak’ challenge.

Speaking on Sky Sports commentary after White’s injury, Neville said: ‘Ben White just hangs his leg there. It’s poor from the right-back.

‘He’s up against Summerville; he’s got to be stronger than that. He’s hurt himself there.

‘That’s easily prevented if you go in strong and with a real sturdy block. He’s hung his leg out in pretty weak fashion, you’re asking for trouble.’

Speaking after the game, Neville revealed he had suffered a similar injury in training during his Manchester United career.

‘Ben White hangs his leg out and I’ve actually done what he did,’ he said on The Gary Neville podcast.

‘I did it in training, I went out for a drink on the Saturday night, which I never did but we didn’t have a game for ten days. I actually did my medial ligament in training on the Monday morning.

‘I went in for a challenge like how Ben White did. If you go in for a tackle and just hang your leg out away from your body like that, you will get that rock of your knee.

‘You have to go in strong and really block with power because if you just hang your leg out you’ve got a good chance of doing your medial ligament.

‘Ben White will regret that because that could see him out of the World Cup. We don’t know, we haven’t got the diagnosis yet, but they can be four to six-week injuries which would obviously be a big problem for Ben White in terms of the World Cup and the Champions League final.

‘Let’s hope it’s not that bad but that type of injury comes from that challenge.’

White’s injury was the only real blemish from an Arsenal point of view as they clinched a dramatic 1-0 win over West Ham to move a step closer to winning the Premier League.

Leandro Trossard’s late goal broke the deadlock at the London Stadium and West Ham had an injury-time equaliser ruled out following a VAR check.

Arsenal are five points clear of second-placed Manchester City while West Ham’s defeat means they sunk ever closer to relegation.

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The airport was closed for 98 minutes on Monday, May 11 after a fire broke out in the aircraft’s right main landing gear and passengers were evacuated using slides

Flight operations had to be halted after a major airport was closed following an incident involving a Turkish Airlines aircraft.

The Tribhuvan International Airport was closed for 98 minutes, between 6.34am and 8.12am on Monday, May 11, according to Gyanendra Bhul, assistant spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. It is understood that a fire broke out in the aircraft’s right main landing gear.

Part of the airline’s wide-body aircraft became stranded on Taxiway Bravo, while the rest of the aircraft remained on the runway. Authorities were forced to halt all domestic and international flights.

A total of 288 people, including 11 crew members, were on board the aircraft, The Kathmandu Post reported.

Preliminary information showed that a tyre on the aircraft’s right main landing gear had caught fire. Possible causes could include a hard landing, tyre pressure issues or other technical problems, officials said.

Passengers were evacuated using evacuation slides. Two passengers sustained minor injuries to their fingers, according to Turkish Airlines.

The aircraft has been grounded while technical inspections continue and hotel arrangements have been made for passengers scheduled to depart from Kathmandu. Authorities are also preparing to send urgent travellers to their destinations on alternative flights.

A maintenance, repair and overhaul team will investigate at the airport, while the Civil Aviation Authority’s Flight Safety Standard Department will also carry out a detailed inquiry.

The county’s police force has deployed officers to patrol Fairburn, Brotherton and South Milford, near Selby, in response to ongoing reports of motorbikes causing nuisance in those areas.

A force spokesperson said three traffic offences were identified by Sherburn-in-Elmet neighbourhood policing teams and a motorbike was seized.

North Yorkshire Police said patrols will continue in the area and further action will be taken where offences are identified.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Republicans plan to dispense a large “Election Integrity Army” to every single state for the 2026 midterms – invoking his debunked claims that the United States does not have fair elections.

In a message on his Truth Social platform the president appeared to attribute his “Historic Election in 2024” to the fact that the Republican National Committee sent thousands of volunteers across the country to poll watch or assist with election litigation through a volunteer program.

“During my Historic Election in 2024, when I won every single Swing State, and decisively won both the Electoral and Popular votes by wide margins, the Republicans had an Election Integrity Army in every single State to preserve the sanctity of each legal vote. We will be doing the same again in 2026, but it will be much bigger and stronger,” Trump wrote.

Trump did not elaborate on who would be part of the “Election Integrity Army” or how large it would be.

But his announcement is reminiscent of familiar claims he made in the run-up to the 2024 presidential race in which he planted seeds of doubt on the validity of U.S. election – seemingly dependent on the outcome.

Trump’s post was in response to Democrats forming an election integrity task force aimed at identifying and mitigating threats to U.S. elections.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said last month Democrats would partner with former Attorney General Eric Holder and election lawyer Marc Elias, who helped the Democratic Party counter Trump’s lawsuit in 2020, to assist in the effort.

“Donald Trump knows, his party knows, that they’re at risk of losing this election in 2026, which is why they’re working round the clock to tilt the scales unfairly in their favor,” Schumer said.

The president asserted the Democratic-led task force “will no doubt try to suppress Republican voters, and interfere with our Elections.”

The president’s latest Truth Social post about election integrity is part of his long-standing efforts to implement more regulations on voting and attempt to investigate debunked claims of ballot fraud.

Since returning to office, the president signed an executive order attempting to restrict mail-in ballot voting and directing the government to create a list of eligible voters, he’s demanded Congress pass federal voter ID laws and sought to have Republican-led states redraw congressional maps in their party’s favor.

The U.S. Constitution largely gives states the power to administer elections and create rules.

Trump’s election denialism stems from his claims that the 2020 was rigged to favor Democrats, despite election infrastructure experts, state audits, federal judges and members of his own administration concluding there was no widespread evidence of voter fraud in the election he lost.

Election experts had consistently assured voters that U.S. elections have been and are secure.

In the 2024 election, the RNC created a “Protect the Vote” program in which average citizens could sign up to be poll watchers on Election Day to make note or report signs of suspicious activity. They also recruited lawyers to assist on election-related litigation. The RNC said more than 160,000 volunteers participated in the last election cycle.

Cambridge South station, located next to Europe’s largest medical research facility, is set to open in June with direct services to London, Birmingham, Brighton and both Gatwick and Stansted airports.

A new railway station serving Cambridge Biomedical Campus will open next month, the Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed.

Trains will start stopping at Cambridge South station – situated beside what is Europe’s largest medical research facility – from June 28.

It will welcome up to nine trains per hour from Cambridge, alongside direct services to destinations including London King’s Cross, London Liverpool Street, Birmingham New Street, Brighton, Gatwick Airport and Stansted Airport.

Services will be run by Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink, and CrossCountry. The scheme to construct Cambridge South, which is anticipated to serve 1.8 million passengers every year, was chiefly funded by a £250 million Government investment.

It secured a combined £5 million in contributions from pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority, and the Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership.

The station features a so-called green roof, incorporating solar panels and a rainwater collection system with a wildflower meadow environment.

The DfT stated Cambridge South will be the first new Great British Railways (GBR) branded station. GBR is an forthcoming public sector body that will supervise Britain’s railways.

Research undertaken at Cambridge Biomedical Campus tackles some of the most urgent global healthcare challenges, including developing methods for detecting cancer early and understanding dementia. The campus contributes £4.7 billion annually to the UK economy, a figure projected to reach £18.2 billion by 2050 while its 20,000-strong workforce is expected to double.

Rail minister Lord Hendy said: “Cambridge South will open up access to jobs, homes and world-class facilities for people across the region, boosting the growth of the Biomedical Campus as one of the most important engines of growth in the country.

“As the first new Great British Railways branded station, the opening is an important milestone for our railways and a sign of the real change public ownership will deliver.

“Faster connections supporting economic growth, thousands more jobs and homes, and a railway that works for the communities it serves.”

Network Rail chief executive Jeremy Westlake said: “Cambridge South station will significantly improve travel and connectivity for campus staff, visitors and the wider community for many years to come.

“Thousands of people have worked tirelessly on this fantastic project to build a modern, accessible and sustainable station that reflects the excellence of the work that is being undertaken in Europe’s largest biomedical facility.”