Wales are set to take on Fiji in front of a crowd of around 16,000 at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.

The game is a designated Fiji home match and will be played at the capital city’s football ground instead of the Principality Stadium.

Just under 16,000 tickets are believed to have been sold so far at the venue, which has a capacity of 33,280. There could yet be a strong walk-up crowd on the day but, as things stand, the stadium’s upper Ninian Stand, which holds 5,338 fans, will not even be open.

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Fiji are playing all of their Nations Championship “home” fixtures in the UK this summer, with further Test matches against England at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium and Scotland at Murrayfield. The Principality Stadium was not chosen by Fiji for the match, with summer concerts at the venue also a factor.

The stadium is used by the Wales football team for home matches, often selling out for big matches, although low crowds have been seen for friendlies. A crowd of just 11,806 attended last month’s fixture against Ghana.

Fiji have brought a star-studded squad to Cardiff with the likes of Semi Radradra, Josua Tuisova, Jiuta Wainiqolo and Salesi Rayasi in their ranks.

The stadium is set to be “transformed” to mark the fact this is a home match for Fiji, with a number of cultural activities designed to showcase the traditions, heritage and hospitality of the nation to supporters.

Outside the stadium, the official Fan Zone will feature an authentic Fijian Village, complete with traditional bures, the iconic thatched houses found throughout the islands.

Tickets for the match are on sale for between £25 and £65 for adults, and £10 for under-17s.

The new biennial Nations Championship will see the top 12 teams in the world play each other for the chance of coming out on top at the end of the year.

At the conclusion of Saturday’s opener against Fiji, Steve Tandy’s side will face Argentina in Santa Fe and world champions South Africa in Durban.

Then, in the autumn, they take on Japan, Australia and New Zealand at the Principality Stadium.

There will then be a finals day at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, the following weekend.

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LONDON (AP) — Three men were acquitted of murder Friday in the killing of Belfast journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot by a member of a dissident Irish Republican Army splinter group while covering a 2019 riot in Northern Ireland.

Justice Patricia Smyth issued not guilty verdicts after a nonjury trial in Belfast Crown Court that was held intermittently over the past two years.

McKee, 29, was shot while standing near law enforcement officers observing an anti-police riot in Londonderry, also known as Derry, on April 18, 2019. Protesters had tossed fire bombs at police and torched a car before four shots rang out and a bullet fired by a masked gunman struck McKee.

The New IRA, a small paramilitary group that opposes Northern Ireland’s peace process, said its members accidentally shot the reporter while aiming at police.

McKee wrote about the challenges faced by the generation of “cease-fire babies” raised after the 1998 Good Friday peace accord ended three decades of sectarian violence. She was becoming an influential voice chronicling the legacy of the years of paramilitary violence carried out by Irish nationalists and supporters of remaining part of the U.K.

The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland and political leaders from Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic communities were among the hundreds who attended her funeral and her death helped feuding politicians revive Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, which had collapsed in 2017.

No one was ever charged with pulling the trigger in her killing but three other men, Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 37, and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, were charged with murder as accomplices for encouraging or assisting the shooter.

Defense lawyers said the circumstantial evidence in the case was not sufficient to convict the men.

Shortly before 7am, officers were called after reports that a man had been approached by two males whilst sitting in his vehicle on Derby Street.

The men have now been named as Jordan O’Reilly, 20, of Stand Lane, Radcliffe, who was charged with robbery, dangerous driving, disqualified driving, driving without insurance, two counts of assault by beating an emergency worker, and two counts of common assault on an emergency worker.

The second suspect, Koby Boateng, 30, of Market Street, Whitworth, has been charged with robbery and possession of cannabis.

It is alleged that the victim was assaulted before two men stole his car and made off from the scene, police say.

The pair were later spotted on Ringley Road, Bury (Image: Google Maps)

A stolen vehicle was subsequently detected by ANPR cameras on Ringley Road, Bury, at 7.50am and was later spotted by officers from Greater Manchester Police Special Operations Patrols Unit at 8.08am.

At approximately 8.11am, the vehicle collided with another vehicle, causing damage to both cars.

Officers believe that multiple vehicles may have been damaged by the offending vehicle during the incident and subsequent pursuit.

The pair were due for a first hearing at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, July 2.

Wetherspoon, Greene King and Fullers have confirmed which of their pubs will be open until 5am on Monday morning as the country braces for England’s massive World Cup match in Mexico

Sir Keir Starmer handed pubs, bars and football fans a major last-minute boost on Thursday when he announced that licensing hours will be extended until 5am for England’s World Cup knockout match against Mexico.

The outgoing Prime Minister cut through local bureaucratic red tape by completely removing the requirement for individual venues to apply for special council permissions or Temporary Event Notices. That gave the green-light for hundereds of boozers to open into the small hours.

The nation won’t get much shut-eye as they soak in the high-stakes last 16 match at the iconic Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, with the game kicking off at 1am UK time. But thousands of pubs are expected to remain closed – and Three Lions fans must plan ahead if they want to catch the action on a big screen.

As police chiefs prepare for trouble as they scramble to respond to the Government’s last-minute announcement, football fans are plotting where to watch the game as Thomas Tuchel’s side bid to make the quarter-finals with their toughest assignment yet against the so-far flawless Mexicans.

Only five of Wetherspoon’s 800 pubs are throwing open their doors, but 600 of Greene King’s 2,600 venues will welcome punters. A range of independent pubs have said they will stay open, though, alongside selected venues from chains including Boxpark, Young’s and Fuller, Smith & Turner.

Here are all of the pubs across the UK so-far confirmed to be open for the England vs Mexico game on Monday morning:

Wetherspoon

• Bishops Mill (Durham)
• Cooper Rose (Sunderland)
• William Rufus (Carlisle)
• Penderel’s Oak (Holborn)
• Solomon Cutler (Birmingham)

Greene King

• Abington (Northampton)
• Acorn Inn (Burncross)
• Actress (East Dulwich)
• Air Balloon (Filton)
• Albert (Victoria)
• Albion (Portishead)
• Albion (Rainham)
• Alexandra (Clapham)
• Allsop Arms (London)
• Amington (Tamworth)
• Anchor Hotel (Horsham)
• Ancient Foresters (Wibsey)
• Angel (Baildon)
• Angel Inn (Rothwell)
• Angel Oak (Peckham)
• Anne Boleyn (Rochford)
• Antelope (Poole)
• Anton Arms (Andover)
• Arch & Anchor (Widnes)
• Archers (Gidea Park)
• Arrow (Arnold)
• Arrowe Park (Wirral)
• Ascott (Pinner)
• Ashby Lodge (Scunthorpe)
• Ashley Hotel (Worksop)
• Aspen Tree (Romford)
• Assembly House (Kentish Town)
• Badger Box (Kirkby-in-Ashfield)
• Baffins (Portsmouth)
• Baldwin Arms (Birmingham)
• Ball (Sheffield)
• Barleycorn (Hedge End)
• Baron of Beef (Cambridge)
• Bath House (Cambridge)
• Bath House (Exmouth)
• Bay Horse (Ashton-In-Makerfield)
• Bay Horse (Bristol)
• Bay Horse (Whickham)
• Beach (Littleborough)
• Beaconsfield (Gateshead)
• Bear & Ragged Staff (Crayford)
• Bear (Bath)
• Bear Hotel (Hungerford)
• Bear Tavern (Smethwick)
• Bears Paw (Frodsham)
• Bee Hive (Horwich)
• Beechdale (Nottingham)
• Beehive (Carlisle)
• Belfry (Beighton)
• Bell Hotel & Inn (Woburn)
• Bell Hotel (Tewkesbury)
• Bell Hotel (Thetford)
• Bell Inn (Yeovil)
• Bent Brook (Urmston)
• Billet (Sittingbourne)
• Birkey (Liverpool)
• Biscot Mill (Luton)
• Bishop (East Dulwich)
• Bishops Mill (Salisbury)
• Black Bull (Folkestone)
• Black Bull (Lindley)
• Black Horse (Exeter)
• Black Horse (Old Swan)
• Black Horse (Trowbridge)
• Black Horse (Walton)
• Black Lion (West Hampstead)
• Blue Anchor (Aintree)
• Blue Bell (Attenborough)
• Blue Posts (St James)
• Boat House (Wallingford)
• Bold Arms (Southport)
• Bold Forester (Mansfield)
• Bold Forester (Southsea)
• Boundary House (Abingdon)
• Bowman (Hucknall)
• Bradmore Arms (Wolverhampton)
• Bramford Arms (Woodsetton)
• Brentwood (Rotherham)
• Brewmaster (Leicester Square)
• Bridge (Bracknell)
• Brighton Belle (Winsford)
• Brinkburn (Darlington)
• Broad Oak (Strelley Village)
• Broadwater (Worthing)
• Broadway (Bournemouth)
• Brocklehurst Arms (Tytherington)
• Bromborough (Wirral)
• Broughton Hotel (Milton Keynes)
• Brunel (Bedminster)
• Brunswick (Bournemouth)
• Bull & Anchor (Exhall)
• Bull & Chequers (Reading)
• Bull (Horns Cross)
• Bull (Newmarket)
• Bull Hotel (Long Melford)
• Bumble Bee (Flitwick)
• Burrell Arms (Haywards Heath)
• Butchers Arms (Great Sankey)
• Byways (Crossgates)
• Carousel (Reddish)
• Carr Mill (St Helens)
• Castle & Ball Hotel (Marlborough)
• Castle (Droitwich Spa)
• Cat & Fiddle (Great Barr)
• Cat & Fiddle (Kirk Hallam)
• Cedars Inn (Barnstaple)
• Channings Hotel (Clifton)
• Chase (Thetford)
• Chase Hotel (Nuneaton)
• Chatterley Whitfield (Stoke on Trent)
• Chequers (Maresfield)
• Cherry Tree (Blackpool)
• Cherry Tree (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
• Chestnut Tree (Andover)
• Chestnut Tree (Barnsley)
• Church Inn (Flixton)
• Church View Inn (Lunts Heath)
• Churchill (Poole)
• Claude (Cardiff)
• Clocktower (Milton Keynes)
• Coach & Horses (Portsmouth)
• Cock Hotel (Stony Stratford)
• Cocked Hat (Gosport)
• Compleat Angler (Norwich)
• Coopers Mill (Yeovil)
• Corn Exchange (Brierley Hill)
• Corn Mill (Chilwell)
• Corner House (Burton-On-Trent)
• Corner House Hotel (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
• Cotton Wheel (Aylesbury)
• County (Gosforth)
• County Arms (Chingford)
• Courtfield (Earls Court)
• Cow (Poole)
• Crab Apple (Clevedon)
• Crabmill (Oldswinford)
• Crabtree (Fulham)
• Crane (Sheldon)
• Cranleigh (Bournemouth)
• Cricketers (Rainham)
• Cricketers (Southwick)
• Cricketers (Warfield)
• Cromwell Lodge Hotel (Banbury)
• Cross House (Formby)
• Crown & Arrows (Lincoln)
• Crown (Bradford)
• Crown (Claydon)
• Crown Wood (Bracknell)
• Crows Nest (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
• Cuckoo Oak (Madeley)
• Cuckoo Pint (Stubbington)
• Cumberland (Doncaster)
• Darleys (Hessle)
• Deansgate (Manchester)
• Devon (Leeds)
• Devonshire Arms (Sheffield)
• Doctors Tonic (Welwyn Garden)
• Dog & Partridge (Blackpool)
• Dog & Partridge (Morecambe)
• Dog & Pheasant (Colchester)
• Donkey Derby (Chesterfield)
• Downham Arms (Wickford)
• Dragon (Leeds)
• Drawbridge Inn (Shirley)
• Duke of Wellington (Kenton)
• Duke of York (Mayfair)
• Dunvant (Swansea)
• Durell Arms (Fulham)
• Eager Poet (Neath Hill)
• Emporium (Fleet)
• Endbutt (Liverpool)
• Farmers Arms (Blackpool)
• Farmers Arms (Northenden)
• Farmers Arms (Wirral)
• Farmhouse (Exmouth)
• Farmhouse (Portsmouth)
• Farmhouse (Yate)
• Festing (Southsea)
• Festival Inn (Trowell)
• Fieldfare (Norwich)
• Fig Tree (Uxbridge)
• Fitzrovia (Fitzrovia)
• Five Bells (Finchley)
• Fiveways (Brighton)
• Fleece Inn (Penwortham)
• Fleming Arms (Southampton)
• Florence (Brixton)
• Flying Horse (Heald Green)
• Folly (Andover)
• Foundry Bell (Wokingham)
• Fountain (South Shields)
• Fountain Inn (Cowes)
• Fountains Abbey (Paddington)
• Four Eagles (Crewe)
• Four Oaks (Sutton Coldfield)
• Four Seasons (Laindon)
• Fox & Crown (Sutton-In-Ashfield)
• Fox & Finch (Godalming)
• Fox & Hounds (Croxley Green)
• Fox & Hounds (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
• Fox Hunters (North Shields)
• Fox under the Hill (Shooters Hill)
• Freeman Arms (Ashford)
• Friend At Hand (Bloomsbury)
• Gardeners (Chelmsford)
• Gardeners Arms (Stockport)
• Gatehouse (Wolverhampton)
• Gemini (Dereham)
• George & Dragon (Hazel Grove)
• George & Dragon Hotel (Stockport)
• George (Belsize Park)
• George (Bexley)
• George (Southwark)
• George Abbot (Guildford)
• George Hotel (Huntingdon)
• Gerard Arms (St Helens)
• Glass Horse (St Helens)
• Gloster (Farnborough)
• Gloucester Arms (Kensington)
• Golden Ball Hotel (Poulton-Le-Fylde)
• Golden Eagle (Carterton)
• Golden Eagle (Thornton Cleveleys)
• Golden Hind (Cambridge)
• Golden Hind (Plymouth)
• Golden Lion (Soho)
• Golden Lion (York)
• Good Companion (Portsmouth)
• Good Intent (Hornchurch)
• Gosling Bridge Inn (Carlisle)
• Governors House (Cheadle Hulme)
• Grace Arms (Ellesmere Port)
• Grain & Hop Store (Cambridge)
• Grandstand (Hereford)
• Granta (Cambridge)
• Grapes Hotel (Portico)
• Green Man (Easthamstead)
• Green Posts (Portsmouth)
• Greene Man (Euston)
• Greengage (Bury St Edmunds)
• Griffin (Carlisle)
• Griffin (Leeds)
• Grosvenor (Carrington)
• Grove (Ealing)
• Grove (Surbiton)
• Grove (Welwyn Garden City)
• Guild (Preston)
• Guildford (Southend-on-Sea)
• Gunner (North Shields)
• Halcyon (Peterborough)
• Hansom Cab (Luton)
• Harbour (Rhyl)
• Hardy Pick (Sheffield)
• Hare & Billet (Blackheath)
• Hare & Hounds (Gloucester)
• Hare & Hounds (Ramsbottom)
• Hartford Mill (Huntingdon)
• Harvest Mouse (Heswall)
• Harvey (Swindon)
• Hatherley (Cheltenham)
• Hayride (Beverley)
• Hem Heath (Trentham)
• Henry IV (Fakenham)
• Heron (Havant)
• Hideout (Taunton)
• Highfield Hotel (Middlesbrough)
• Highwayman (Dunstable)
• Hill Top (Stanley)
• Hinckley Knight (Hinckley)
• Hoop & Toy (Kensington)
• Hornet (Rochdale)
• Horseshoe (Downend)
• Horsforth (Horsforth)
• Hunters Moon (Hodgehill)
• Hussey Arms (Brownhills)
• Inn on the Green (Stanford Le Hope)
• Jolly Fenman (Sidcup)
• Jolly Miller (West Derby)
• Jolly Milliner (Luton)
• Jolly Sailor (Poole)
• Jolly Scotchman (Sleaford)
• Jude the Obscure (Oxford)
• Junction (Clapham Junction)
• Junction (Upminster)
• Kensington (Milton Keynes)
• Keymaster (Willenhall)
• King George V (Ilford)
• King Rufus (Chandlers Ford)
• Kings Arms (Billingham)
• Kings Arms (Mayfair)
• Kings Arms (Westerham)
• Kings Arms (Wirral)
• Kings Head (Tooting)
• Kings Head Hotel (Wimborne)
• Kings Ransom (Sale)
• Ladybrook (Bramhall)
• Lamb Hotel (Ely)
• Lane Ends (Ashton-On-Ribble)
• Lansdown (Cheltenham)
• Leather Bottle (Merton)
• Leicester Arms (Piccadilly)
• Lighthouse (Wallasey)
• Little Mester (North Anston)
• Local Hero (Leicester)
• Lodekka (Brislington)
• Lodge (Alvaston)
• Lodge (Northwich)
• Longship (Hebburn)
• Longshoot (Nuneaton)
• Lonsdale Hotel (West Jesmond)
• Lord Derby (St Annes)
• Lord Gascoigne (Garforth)
• Lord Ted (Newark)
• Lucas Arms (London)
• Lumbertubs (Boothville)
• Lutley Oak (Halesowen)
• Magna Charta (Lowdham)
• Malt Shovel (Bridgwater)
• Malvern Tavern (Shirley)
• Man of Gwent (Newport)
• Man on the Moon (Ipswich)
• Manor Hotel (Yeovil)
• Maple Leaf (Covent Garden)
• Marquis (Low Stubbin)
• Masons Arms (Wickersley)
• Matchstick Man (Salford)
• Maynard Arms (Crouch End)
• Meadows (Liverpool)
• Merchant (Clapham Junction)
• Merlin (Derby)
• Merlin (Swindon)
• Messenger (Swindon)
• Middlesex Arms (Ruislip)
• Mill House (Broughton)
• Mill House (Emersons Green)
• Millers Hotel (Sibson)
• Mitre (Southampton)
• Monkhams (Buckhurst Hill)
• Monks Brook (Chandlers Ford)
• Monument (Hereford)
• Moorings (Boothstown)
• Morden Brook (Morden)
• Mount (Orrell)
• Mount Radford (Exeter)
• Mulberry (Goring-By-Sea)
• Myllet Arms (Greenford)
• Nabb Inn (Hucknall)
• Nags Head (Crosby)
• Nags Head (Mickleover)
• Nags Head (Welling)
• Narborough Arms (Narborough)
• National Hunt (Cheltenham)
• Netherton (Litherland)
• New Clock Inn (Fair Oak)
• New Cross House (New Cross)
• New Derby (Sunderland)
• New Explorer (London)
• New Florence (Longton)
• New Inn (Hawley)
• New Pippin (Wyken)
• Nickelodeon (Wednesfield)
• Noak Bridge (Laindon)
• Norman Conquest (Middlesbrough)
• North London Tavern (Kilburn)
• Norwood Arms (Cheltenham)
• Nosey Parker (Lincoln)
• Oak (Walderslade)
• Oak Tree (Mansfield)
• Oaklands Hotel (Chester)
• Offas Dyke Hotel (Broughton)
• Old Bell (Hemel Hempstead)
• Old Cross (Chichester)
• Old Dog & Partridge (Nottingham)
• Old Engine House (Torquay)
• Old Farmhouse (Gunness)
• Old Farmhouse (Totton)
• Old Grey Mare (Hull)
• Old House At Home (Harborne)
• Old Leyland Gates (Leyland)
• Old Manse Hotel (Bourton-on-the-Water)
• Old Punch Bowl (Crawley)
• Old Red Lion (Shephall)
• Old Swan (Kensington)
• Old Walnut Tree (Southend-on-Sea)
• Old White Hart (Hook)
• Orange Tree (Braintree)
• Pack Horse (Burnopfield)
• Packhorse & Talbot (Chiswick)
• Paddock (Breadsall)
• Palmeira (Hove)
• Parc-Y-Prior Inn (Malpas)
• Park Hotel (Southport)
• Parsonage (Leigh)
• Paul Pry (Rayleigh)
• Pavilion (Shepherds Bush)
• Paxtons Head (Belgravia)
• Peacock (Clifton)
• Pembroke (Earls Court)
• Peregrine (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)
• Pickerel Inn (Cambridge)
• Pippin (Maidstone)
• Plainsman (Mapperley)
• Plough (Bloomsbury)
• Plough (Houghton Green)
• Poachers (Bamber Bridge)
• Poachers Pocket (Chatham)
• Polite Vicar (Basford)
• Pond House (Maidenhead)
• Porter Brook (Sheffield)
• Portsbridge (Cosham)
• Prince of Wales (Covent Garden)
• Prince of Wales (Fleet)
• Prince of Wales (Jarrow)
• Prince of Wales (Wimbledon)
• Prince Regent (Cambridge)
• Priory (Scunthorpe)
• Quakerwood (Acomb)
• Quantock (Bridgwater)
• Quays (Basildon)
• Quays (Little Billing)
• Queensway (Scunthorpe)
• Railway (Burnham-On-Sea)
• Railway (Meols)
• Railway (West Hampstead)
• Railway Bell (South Woodford)
• Raynes Park Tavern (Raynes Park)
• Red Arrow (Lutterworth)
• Red Lion (Poole)
• Red Lion (Portchester)
• Red Lion Inn (Sheffield)
• Red Robin (Wigan)
• Regent (Chapel Allerton)
• Ridgeway Arms (Mosborough)
• Ring O Bells (Loughborough)
• Ring O & Bells (Rotherham)
• Roaring Raindrop (Abingdon)
• Robin Hood (Ashton-In-Makerfield)
• Robin Hood (Cherry Hinton)
• Robin Hood (Clifton)
• Robin Hood (Tottington)
• Rock (Cambridge)
• Rodmill (Eastbourne)
• Roebuck (Forest Row)
• Romans Rest (Worksop)
• Rose & Crown (Bury)
• Rose & Crown (Coventry)
• Rose & Crown (Lenton)
• Rose & Crown (Stratford-Upon-Avon)
• Rosedene (Sunderland)
• Rothley Court Hotel (Rothley)
• Roundel (Thornaby)
• Roundhay (Leeds)
• Rovers Tye (Colchester)
• Rowden Arms (Chippenham)
• Rowing Machine (Witney)
• Royal (Scunthorpe)
• Royal George (Euston)
• Royal George (Ipswich)
• Royal George Hotel (Birdlip)
• Royal Horse (Warwick)
• Royal Hotel (Ross-on-Wye)
• Royal Oak (Bishops Cleeve)
• Royal Oak (Bromborough)
• Royal Oak (Marlborough)
• Royal Oak (Nailsea)
• Royal Oak (Yateley)
• Royal Sovereign (Salford)
• Rudds Arms (Marton-In-Cleveland)
• Rugby Tavern (Cubbington)
• Running Horse (Bracknell)
• Rushbrooke Arms (Sicklesmere)
• Rushmere (Wimbledon)
• Rutland Arms (Hammersmith)
• Ryde Castle Hotel (Ryde)
• Rye House (Hoddesdon)
• Sailmakers (Hull)
• Salt Quay (Rotherhithe)
• Sandpiper (Christchurch)
• Saracens Head (Bath)
• Saracens Head Hotel (Towcester)
• Scholars Arms (Southampton)
• Seagull (Fareham)
• Sefton Arms (West Derby)
• Shakespeare (Victoria)
• Shakespeares Head (Soho)
• Shakey (Sheffield)
• Sherwin Arms (Bramcote)
• Sherwood (Sheffield)
• Sherwood Manor (Nottingham)
• Ship (Bedford)
• Ship Anson (Portsmouth)
• Shoe Makers (Norwich)
• Shovels (Marton Moss)
• Shuttle & Loom (Darlington)
• Signal Box (Coventry)
• Silver Birch (Bracknell)
• Silver Fern (Warsash)
• Singing Chocker (Glasshoughton)
• Sir Jack (Bramley)
• Sir John Warren (Ilkeston)
• Sixfields (Northampton)
• Skyrack (Leeds)
• Sneyd Arms (Sneyd Green)
• Snipe (Sutton-in-Ashfield)
• Snooty Fox (Three Bridges)
• Southern Cross (Middlesbrough)
• Spinney Hill (Northampton)
• Spotted Cow (Coate)
• Spread Eagle (Bury St Edmunds)
• Spread Eagle (Mayfair)
• St Margarets Tavern (Twickenham)
• Stag & Monkey (Hartlepool)
• Stanley Ferry (Stanley)
• Star & Garter (Portsmouth)
• Star (Gillingham)
• Star (Haywards Heath)
• Starting Gate (Nottingham)
• Station (Stoneleigh)
• Station (Uckfield)
• Station Hotel (Crossgates)
• Stoke (Guildford)
• Stonemasons Arms (Timperley)
• Strawberry Field (Evesham)
• Strawberry Gardens (Heysham)
• Summit Inn (Royton)
• Sun Hotel (Hitchin)
• Sun Inn (Eastwood)
• Surrey (St Johns)
• Sussex Barn (Horsham)
• Swan (Alton)
• Swan Hotel (Thaxted)
• Swan Inn (Stanway)
• Sword Dancer (Sheffield)
• Tabard (Chiswick)
• Talbot (Worcester)
• Talbot Inn (Mansfield)
• Tamar (Crownhill)
• Tawny Owl (Milton Keynes)
• Templar Hotel (Leeds)
• Test Match Hotel (West Bridgford)
• Thatch & Thistle (Nelson)
• Thieves & Kitchen (Worthing)
• Three Blackbirds (Boxmoor)
• Three Elms (Whitchurch)
• Three Tuns (Canterbury)
• Three Tuns (Marylebone)
• Tiger Moth (Chatham)
• Torch (Wembley)
• Travellers Joy (Rayleigh)
• Travellers Rest (Hartlepool)
• Travellers Rest (Leeds)
• Travellers Tavern (Belgravia)
• Trawl (Grimsby)
• Tudor Arms (Watford)
• Tulse Hill Hotel (Tulse Hill)
• Turks Head (Tynemouth)
• Tut N Shive (Doncaster)
• Venture (Highfield)
• Victoria Hotel (Lytham St Annes)
• Victoria Inn (Peckham)
• Vikings (Goole)
• Vine (Kentish Town)
• Vine Inn (Ower)
• Wackum Inn (Bristol)
• Waggon Team (Gateshead)
• Walls End (Wallsend)
• Walnut Tree (Wakefield)
• Wandle (Earlsfield)
• War Horse (Chorley)
• Warren Lodge (Scunthorpe)
• Warwick Castle (Maida Vale)
• Waterside (Shoreham-By-Sea)
• Waterside Inn (Goodrington)
• Weathervane (Stoke on Trent)
• Wee Waif (Charvil)
• Welby (Melton Mowbray)
• Welcome (Eastleigh)
• Wellington (Bury)
• Wellow (Cleethorpes)
• West End Brewery (West End)
• West Gate (Bath)
• Westbourne (Bournemouth)
• Wheatlands Farm (Marske-By-The-Sea)
• Wheatpieces (Tewkesbury)
• Wheatsheaf (Great Wyrley)
• Wheatsheaf (Margate)
• Wheelhouse (Wollaton)
• Whistling Goose (Sutton Fields)
• Whitchurch (Whitchurch)
• White Barn (Cuddington)
• White Hart (Buckingham)
• White Hart (Coggeshall)
• White Hart (Frimley)
• White Hart (Gosport)
• White Hart Hotel (Braintree)
• White Horse (Bicester)
• White Horse (Headington)
• White Horse (Sutton Coldfield)
• White Horse (Swinton)
• White Horses (Rottingdean)
• White Swan (Sandhurst)
• Whitehills (Northampton)
• Whittington (Pinner)
• Wig & Pen (Oxford)
• William Camden (Bexleyheath)
• William Garland (Caterham)
• Willow (Harlow)
• Willow Bank (Liverpool)
• Windmill (Freshbrook)
• Winning Post (Whitton)
• Wolds (West Bridgford)
• Wooden Bridge (Guildford)
• Woodies (Leeds)
• Woodlands Edge (Swindon)
• Woodside (Crewe)
• Woolpack (Norwich)
• World Famous Arkles (Liverpool)
• Yacht (Bexleyheath)
• Yacht (Greenwich)
• Yarrow Bridge (Chorley)
• Ye Olde Black Horse (Lamorbey)
• Ye Olde Cock (Didsbury)
• Ye Olde London (City-of-London)
• Yorkshire Grey (Biggleswade)
• Zach Willsher (Benfleet)

Fullers

• The Berkeley Arms (Bosham)
• The Blacksmiths (Rotherhithe)
• The Boater (Bath)
• The Cabbage Patch (Twickenham)
• The Chineham Arms (Chineham)
• The Crown & Sceptre (Shepherds Bush)
• The Distillers (Hammersmith)
• The Elephant Inn (Finchley)
• The Euston Flyer (Euston)
• The Forester (Ealing)
• The Fox & Goose (Ealing)
• The Fox & Pelican (Hindhead)
• The George IV (Chiswick)
• The Griffin (Brentford)
• The King’s Head (Guildford)
• The Kings Head (Wickham)
• The Lord Northbrook (Lee)
• The Masons Arms (Battersea)
• The Moby Dick (Surrey Quays)
• The Old Fish Market (Bristol)
• One Over The Ait (Kew)
• The Prince Albert (Twickenham)
• The Prince Blucher (Twickenham)
• The Red Lion (Barnes)
• The Ship (Langstone)
• The Ship & Bell (Horndean)
• The Tudor Tavern (Preston)
• The Turks Head (Twickenham)
• The Wellington (Waterloo)
• The Windjammer (Royal Wharf)

The aim is to sign up more than 100,000 people, with daily stats recorded digitally.

If the target is hit, Sir Brendan says it would count as the biggest marathon in history.

He hopes streak culture, the habit forming behaviour as seen on Snapchat and Duolingo, will help people stick with the challenge.

The health benefits, and potential NHS savings, will also be significant.

“If someone walks 30 minutes five times a week, they could gain up to four extra years of healthy life,” he says.

Sonia Pombo, head of research and impact at Action on Salt & Sugar, says: “Encouraging people to build regular movement into their daily lives can support better health, and making it simple, achievable and rewarding may help more people get started.

“But we cannot rely on individual behaviour change alone. If the government is serious about improving the nation’s health, particularly for children, it must pair initiatives like this with stronger prevention measures.”

Full details of the voucher scheme will be released in the coming months, along with information on how to sign up.

Sultani Bakatash, 29, denied raping both 14-year-old girls after taking them to his flat at Georgina Court in Middle Hulton in December last year.

At a trial before Bolton Crown Court, he claimed that no sexual contact had taken place between him and them.

Giving evidence through a Dari interpreter earlier in the trial, Bakatash described meeting the first of the two girls outside McDonald’s on Knowsley Street.

This was around three months before the rapes took place.

He said: “She said she was 19 but the lady who was with her uttered something along the lines of 15 or 16 and that’s why I refused.”

The trial took place at Bolton Crown Court (Image: Phil Taylor)

Bakatash told the court he had worked for the UK military for seven years in Afghanistan before coming to the UK in 2022.

He then eventually settled in Bolton.

Bakatash said: “The reason for coming here was the coming of the Taleban.

“In their presence I could not live there so I came here.”

But evidence given to the jury by the two girls described how he had met them in a churchyard near Bolton Station on that day in December.

He then took them via an Uber taxi to buy alcohol before taking them back to his flat.

This, prosecutor Charlotte Rimmer said, was when he “seized the opportunity to rape and abuse them.”

Both girls gave evidence from behind a screen as Bakatash looked on earlier in the trial.

One of the girls was asked by Umar Shazhad, defending if she had lied about the sexual assault claimed because she had been out after her curfew and had been reported missing.

She said: “Why would I make it up?”

She added: “Just because I’m missing doesn’t mean I’m going to make something up about sexual assault.”

After just two hours of deliberation, the jury of six men and six women found Bakatash, of Georgina Court, Middle Hulton, guilty of two counts of rape of a girl under 16.

They also convicted him of one count of sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration.

Judge Kenderick Horne ordered that he be brought back before the court to be sentenced on September 9 this year.

Speaking after the hearing, Jo Service, for the Crown Prosecution Service said: “In this deeply concerning case, Sultani Bakatash subjected two teenage girls to a frightening sexual ordeal.

“He plied the girls with alcohol before raping and sexually assaulting them when they were too intoxicated to resist.

“In pursuit of his own sexual gratification, he gave no thought to the lifelong harm the abuse could have on his victims.

“I would like to thank the victims for supporting the prosecution and I hope they can find comfort in knowing that because of their support, we have been able to bring Bakatash to justice.”

Police have criticised the timing of the government’s decision to let pubs stay open until 05:00 BST on Monday for England’s World Cup match against Mexico.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council said the “late announcement” meant officers would have to be taken away from other duties and work longer hours, even though the team’s likely route through the tournament “has been known for a considerable time”.

It asked fans to be “considerate” and “drink within sensible limits” while watching the crucial last-16 match in which the losing team will be eliminated.

The government has said a previous relaxing of licensing laws for the tournament had not covered the eventuality of England playing so late.

A Downing Street spokeswoman said that after England’s progression was confirmed on Wednesday evening, the government “announced plans as quickly as possible following this”.

The spokeswoman added: “And more broadly, we have engaged with policing partners throughout preparations for the World Cup and we are grateful for their flexibility and professionalism throughout.”

Kick-off for the knock-out game is not until 01:00 in the UK and the match is not expected to end until at least 03:00. It could finish even later if it goes to penalties.

Knock-out games in previous tournaments have led to an increase in violent incidents and domestic abuse, the policing body said.

“This is directly linked to alcohol consumption,” the NPCC’s football and alcohol policing leads said in a joint statement.

“We will continue to work with partners and venues to support a safe and enjoyable evening for everyone.”

Licensing hours had already been extended for the international football tournament and the government had initially said it would not relax the laws further.

But late on Thursday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said pubs could remain open until the end of the game.

Local Government Secretary Steve Reed told broadcasters the previous measures “hadn’t covered the eventuality of England playing so late in the night”, adding it was “one of the fastest changes in the law that we’ve seen”.

England was not guaranteed to play in Monday’s match, only earning a place in the round of 16 after beating DR Congo 2-1 on Wednesday.

The hospitality sector welcomed the government’s decision. Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, said: “We all know the best place to watch the match is down the local.”

Michael Kill, chief executive of the Night Time Industries Association, said it was “fantastic news” that would be “hugely welcomed by operators”.

Pub chain Greene King has said more than 600 pubs across England will be staying open late to show the match, while Marston’s has said more than 400 of its pubs will also be open.

Priyesh Bathia, who runs the Elephant and Barrel pub in Stockwell, south London, and said he is “so thankful” for the late licensing on Monday.

“I’m really excited,” he added, and said so far they have had between 100-150 people book tables for the game.

Kjell Nilsson, best known for starring in Mad Max 2, has died aged 76.

The Swedish actor played the main antagonist, gang leader Lord Humungus, in the 1981 action film, which was widely praised.

His subsequent screen appearances included The Pirate Movie (1982) and TV movie Man of Letters (1984). Three years later, he played a nurse in The Edge of Power.

The Gothenburg-born performer was also an athlete, having moved to Australia in 1980 to train for the Moscow Olympics in weight lifting.

Confirming his death, a statement posted to Nilsson’s Facebook page said he died ‘peacefully in his sleep’ on July 2 after several years of health struggles.

‘As many of you know, Kjell had been battling end-stage kidney disease for the past four and a half years, receiving dialysis three days a week,’ the post read.

‘It was a long and painful journey, filled with countless battles to overcome, including the gradual loss of his bodily autonomy.

‘This past Sunday, after much consideration, Kjell made the decision to take back control over his pain and his body by stopping dialysis.’

‘The days leading up to his passing were filled with joy, gratitude, peace, and acceptance. He did it his way,’ added the message.

‘Back in 2022, many medical professionals told Kjell that he would never make it to his first Christmas after kidney failure.

‘He proved them wrong. He celebrated four more Christmases, giving him four precious extra years with the people he loved most.’

A comedian in Turkey has been jailed for insulting President Tayyip Erdogan.

Deniz Goktas has been jailed pending ​trial on Friday for insulting the president and religious values, a court document showed, days after prosecutors opened an investigation into remarks he made on ⁠stage.

Insulting the president is among the charges against him, Goktas’ lawyer Metin Aslan said in a ‌social media post.

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said earlier this week it had launched an investigation after identifying what it described as criminal expressions in content shared by Goktas on social media. Police detained him at ⁠Istanbul Airport when he flew back to ​Turkey ⁠from a trip abroad on Thursday.

Prosecutors said the investigation concerned allegations that Goktas insulted religious values during a ⁠stand-up performance in Istanbul on June 1, in which he ​made ⁠references to Erdogan, the Koran and ‌jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

The performance quickly went viral ‌online, and attracted more than nine million views on YouTube as of Friday, with clips spreading widely across X, Instagram and other social media platforms.

Several members of ⁠Erdogan’s ruling AK Party and Erdogan’s advisers criticised Goktas on social media, accusing him of mocking Erdogan and the Koran.

In a statement to police, Goktas denied the charges, saying his jokes were not an insult against religious values or the Koran, according to broadcaster Haberturk. He also said that his description of Erdogan as ‌a “dictator” was a political definition and not an insult.

After speculation ​that he had left Turkey to avoid prosecution, Goktas ‌said on social media earlier ⁠this week that he had travelled abroad for a ⁠holiday and intended to return.

“I intend to spend many more years in Turkey ‌and if there ​is a situation demanding my presence, ‌I will return on the ​next flight back,” he wrote.

It comes as US President Donald Trump praised Erdogan ahead of next week’s NATO summit in Turkey, which he is set to attend.

Trump has frequently praised Erdogan, calling him a “hell of a leader” and a good friend. “I would not have gone for most people,” Trump said last week. “But he called me up. He said: ‘Please, I have it in Turkey. You got to be there. The United States has to be in there.’ And so I’m going out of respect to President Erdogan.”

By MIKE KEEGAN, CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER

Published: 13:16 BST, 3 July 2026 | Updated: 14:49 BST, 3 July 2026