A series of unforced errors and a double fault saw Gauff drop serve early on in a one-sided first set, and she shanked a forehand wide when handed the chance to break back.

More misses on her forehand gifted Muchova a double-break lead and the Czech kept her level consistently high to serve out the first set with an ace.

Having taken a bathroom break before the second set, a re-energised Gauff returned with more aggression, and she eventually found a way past Muchova on her ninth break point with a sublime cross-court backhand winner.

The momentum stuck and Gauff flew through the next four games to force a deciding set to the delight of the crowd – the majority of whom appeared to be backing the seventh seed.

The tension rose as the third set unfolded and the pair entertained the 15,000-strong crowd on Centre Court with top-quality groundstrokes and sensational quickfire play at the net.

It was fitting, then, that the match was decided with a tie-break, and from 4-1 down, Gauff somehow found a way to move level at 6-6.

The twists and turns continued as Muchova received a warning for a time violation at 8-8 on serve – and she immediately fired long to hand Gauff the first match point.

But the crowd were left gasping in anguish as Gauff, approaching the net, swiped the ball into the tape.

To add to the drama, Muchova slipped when she had the chance to convert her first match point, and Gauff produced a clean cross-court winner to cling on.

But the young American could not salvage the next one, planting a low forehand into the net after an extraordinary two hours and 35 minutes.

Muchova, who had clutched her ankle and gestured towards her side in pain during the final set, looked drained as she raised her arms in celebration.

A wrist injury sidelined her for almost 10 months from September 2023, but she has rediscovered her finest form this fortnight to beat three former Grand Slam champions on her way to the final.

Bombshell redacted footage of the police interview given by the transgender lover of Charlie Kirk‘s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson was dramatically played at the suspect’s pre-trial hearing on Thursday. 

The video was from a police interview of Lance Twiggs, 23, in April 2026 by Utah police, when he was grilled over the aftermath of Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. 

In the footage, Twiggs said he first met Robinson in 2023 when they moved in as roommates, and they began dating roughly two months later. He recalled on the morning Kirk was assassinated, Robinson left early in the morning and claimed he had to work a long shift. 

He said he didn’t hear from Robinson again until 11pm that night, when Robinson told him to look under his keyboard to find a handwritten note. The note read, ‘I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,’ according to court filings. 

Twiggs recalled Robinson returning to their home by the next morning, and said Robinson was pacing around the home while avoiding details about Kirk’s assassination. 

He claimed Robinson eventually admitted to the assassination, and Twiggs said he began crying and told him he wished he ‘had not done it’, leading Robinson to say he was going to turn himself in.  

Twiggs was vaulted into national infamy after prosecutors alleged that Robinson left him the confession, as well as texts about plans to hide the murder weapon. 

Authorities said Twiggs quickly cooperated with investigators and offered his DNA for testing. Twiggs also provided messages Robinson had texted in which the suspected murderer said he believed Kirk ‘spread too much hate.’ 

Bombshell footage of the police interrogation of Lance Twiggs, 23, the former roommate and lover of Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin Tyler Robinson, was played in court Thursday 

Robinson, 23, (seen in court in December) had attempted to force Twiggs to testify in person 

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Robinson seen in court on Thursday moments before Twiggs’s testimony was played, appearing to wipe sweat from his brow

In his police interview shown at Thursday’s hearing, Twiggs said he was not especially interested in politics, and said he and Robinson never previously discussed Charlie Kirk before the shooting. 

He said Robinson would occasionally rant about Donald Trump, but said the extent of their discussions about LGBTQ rights was about legislation the president was pushing. 

When asked about engravings found on bullets at the shooting scene,  

Prosecutors pushed to release Twiggs’ police interview video as they allege Robinson assassinated Kirk because he was upset over the influencer’s conservative political views.

Debate over showing the video led to a lengthy back-and-forth as Robinson’s defense attempted to block Twiggs’ recorded statements and force the suspect’s former lover to testify in-person, which would have allowed him to be cross-examined. 

On Wednesday, Utah District Judge Tony Graf said he would allow the video to be played, but 15 minutes of the video would be redacted. 

It is unclear what was on the redacted portion of the footage, but Graf said he had concerns it could influence future jurors in the case. 

Graf’s decision to redact 15 minutes of the footage led to a scathing legal filing from Kirk’s widow Erika, who slammed the court for a lack of ‘transparency’ in the high-profile case.

‘To not be transparent here, to not be open, to not let the world see what happened, will create doubt and distrust in the judicial system,’ Erika Kirk’s lawyer Jeffrey Neiman said in the filing after making the same argument in court. 

Graf said he viewed the Twiggs interrogation footage in its entirety, and while part of it would be withheld, he would consider the entire video in his determination of whether prosecutors can bring Robinson to trial. 

Prosecutors said Twiggs was interviewed in the aftermath of the Kirk shooting as well, but the footage played in court this week would be from Twiggs’ second interview on April, 20, 2026. 

Twiggs went into hiding following the assassination and was not seen for five months, until the Daily Mail tracked down the elusive roommate in Texas in February

Twiggs was granted limited immunity in the case, meaning the statements he made to investigators cannot be used against him by prosecutors. 

Twiggs was living with Robinson in a townhouse in St. George, Utah, at the time of Kirk’s assassination. Twiggs has not been charged with any crime related to the assassination. 

Twiggs went into hiding following the assassination and was not seen for five months, until the Daily Mail tracked down the elusive roommate in Texas in February. 

The 23-year-old was reportedly kicked out of his strictly Mormon home when he was 18 over disagreements about religion, drugs and gaming, but he appeared to have reconciled with his family as he moved south to be with them.  

The 23-year-old was reportedly kicked out of his strictly Mormon home when he was 18 over disagreements over religion, drugs and gaming, but he appeared to have reconciled with his family as he moved south to be with them

Twiggs grew up in St. George, Utah, with strict Mormon parents. His father Tyler is a hot tub salesman, and his mother is an insurance broker 

Twiggs attended a high school for academically gifted teens where he excelled as a talented pianist

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In the aftermath of the shooting that shocked the nation, prosecutors say Robinson sent a number of texts to Twiggs, including one telling him to look under his computer keyboard to find a handwritten confession note. 

The note read: ‘I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,’ according to court filings.  

When Twiggs responded in disbelief and asked how long Robinson had been planning the shooting, he responded, ‘A bit over a week, I believe,’ prosecutors said. 

Robinson said he believed Kirk ‘spread too much hate,’ and texted Twiggs about his rush to flee the scene and contain evidence, according to court filings.

‘If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence,’ Robinson allegedly wrote.

‘Going to attempt to retrieve it again… I might have to abandon it and hope they don’t find prints.’

Authorities said when they found Robinson’s rifle, they discovered unspent shell casings engraved with political messages, including one that read, ‘Hey Fascist! CATCH!’

In his alleged texts, Robinson referenced these engravings, writing: ‘If I see “notices bulge uwu” on Fox News I might have a stroke.’

Robinson capped off his messages by warning Twiggs, ‘Don’t talk to the media please… if any police ask you questions ask for a lawyer and stay silent,’ the filings said.

Authorities said Twiggs showed the messages to investigators when questioned, and has cooperated with the case.

Investigators seen at the townhouse Twiggs and Robinson shared in St. George, Utah, the day after Charlie Kirk was assassinated 

Twiggs was a talented and academically gifted teenager, but allegedly fell on hard times after his high school graduation and was kicked out of his family home 

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Twiggs is not accused of being involved in Kirk’s murder

Charlie Kirk seen moments before he was shot dead in front of a huge crowd at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 

Twiggs also voluntarily provided a mouth swab of his DNA to help the investigation, which has been raised in Robinson’s pre-trial hearings this week as his DNA was found on a towel wrapped around the alleged murder weapon. 

Those who knew Twiggs said at the time that they were stunned to see the quiet, video game-obsessed Utah native thrust into national infamy by the case. 

Twiggs grew up in a Mormon family in St. George, Utah, as the son of a hot tub salesman father and insurance broker mother, and attended a high school for academically gifted teens where he excelled as a talented pianist. 

Twiggs and Robinson went to high school just four miles from each other in Utah, but appeared to only cross paths after Twiggs graduated from Dixie Success Academy in 2022.

While a student at the high school, Twiggs was known as a talented pianist who performed Gershwin’s Prelude No. 1 in a recital in 2020, per The New York Post. 

His brother was also a talented musician who played Chopin at the recital, and at the time Twiggs’ mother gushed on Facebook: ‘The kids music had been like a peaceful river flowing through our home for many, many years. I feel so grateful.’

But reports say Twiggs fell out with his strictly Mormon family after he graduated and moved into a townhouse in St. George, with Robinson. It is not clear how the pair first met.

A relative told Fox News that his father kicked him out aged 18 because Twiggs ‘wasn’t being respectful’ and he was being ‘problematic.’

The relative said issues with ‘gender identity’ played a role, but ‘the real reason he was acting out was because he was using drugs and alcohol, and was addicted to gaming.’

Twiggs, seen in images he shared to social media, once wrote on Reddit that he ‘was told I was possessed by a demon’ by his family when they kicked him out aged 18

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Robinson, 23, allegedly killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September 2025, and told Twiggs at the time he did it to stop the influencer’s ‘hate,’ prosecutors say 

The relative added that there were ‘other roommates’ in the home at various times, but they all eventually moved out until it was only Twiggs and Robinson living together.

A Reddit account reportedly belonging to Twiggs told a similar story, as he wrote: ‘Was told I was possessed by a demon and then within 30 mins kicked outta the house because I started laughing and wouldn’t go to the bishop for a blessing.

‘Later found out they just didn’t like me and were looking for a way to get me out of the house. Wasn’t even 18 at the time.’

However, the account that Twiggs became addicted to drugs was disputed by former friend Braylon Nielsen, who said Twiggs fell out with his family because he rejected their Mormon faith.

‘I loved Lance. His parents kicked him out of his house, and he lived with us. His parents never sat right with my family,’ she told the Post last year.

She described Twiggs as a ‘straight A’ student who was ‘very hardworking’ as a teenager, but his parents couldn’t accept his antagonism to their religion.

After meeting Robinson and moving in together, the pair reportedly began a romantic relationship.

It is unclear what Twiggs did for a living, with a relative saying he was ‘maintaining a job and able to pay rent,’ but he had dreams of being a professional video game player.

It’s one of the city’s most revered cultural landmarks

One of Peterborough’s leading cultural venues has applied for a premises licence. On June 18, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery submitted an application to Peterborough City Council for permission to offer live and recorded entertainment and sell alcohol for consumption on-site.

The application, which was made by Peterborough Limited, said the museum’s aim was “to provide on-site entertainment as part of our programming, including the sale of alcohol for consumption on site.”

The licensable activities within the application include live music, recorded music, dance, films and plays, all of which will be offered from 10am to midnight, Monday to Sunday.

In addition, the much-loved Priestgate venue also wishes to provide late-night entertainment between 8pm and midnight, Monday to Sunday. Alcohol would be available for visitors to buy for consumption on the premises from 10am to midnight, Monday to Sunday.

Situated in a historic listed Georgian building right in the heart of the city centre, the Museum and Art Gallery has long been one of Peterborough’s most revered cultural landmarks.

While its standard opening hours are 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday, the venue regularly runs out-of-hours events as part of its ongoing commitment to offer a broad range of diverse events and activities to the general public.

“We run a variety of out-of-hours events throughout the year,” the applicant noted, “these range from tickets, invite-only and venue hire.”

A successful application would see the museum put on film screenings, theatrical productions, music performances, exhibition lectures and talks, candlelit tours, and museum tours, as well as tantalising “other evening events,” such as fright night paranormal investigations.

Anyone wishing to have their say on this application has until Thursday, July 16 to make representations to Peterborough City Council’s Licensing Section at Sand Martin House.

High above the rainforest floor, tiny ponds form in the leaves of plants perched on tree branches. Frogs breed in these ponds, alongside insects, microbes and even tiny crustaceans, creating miniature ecosystems suspended high in the canopy. These are the bromeliads – the remarkable plant family that also gave us air plants, the towering 12-metre “Queen of the Andes”, and the pineapple on your terrible pizza.

Many people think of plants as nice-looking greens. Essential for clean air, yes, but simple organisms. A step change in research is shaking up the way scientists think about plants: they are far more complex and more like us than you might imagine. This blossoming field of science is too delightful to do it justice in one or two stories.
This article is part of a series, Plant Curious, exploring scientific studies that challenge the way you view plantlife.

Bromeliads are one of the great evolutionary success stories of the neotropics, the tropical ecosystems of the Americas. The ancestor of all living bromeliads existed just 20 million years ago, and since then, they have branched into about 3,800 species. To put this into perspective, hydrozoans – a lineage of predatory jellyfish-like animals – took more than 500 million years to evolve about 3,800 species.

Explaining how the remarkable plant biodiversity of the neotropics evolved remains one of the greatest challenges in evolutionary biology. Bromeliads, which are almost entirely unique to this region, provide one of the best natural experiments for investigation. My colleague Elizabeth Forward and I have published a new study that confirms hummingbirds played a crucial role in this plant family’s evolution.

Over the past 20 million years, bromeliads repeatedly evolved new adaptations to the point that some of them are hard to recognise as close cousins.

Many abandoned the forest floor to grow on tree branches as epiphytes (meaning they use their host as a perch and don’t harm it). Others evolved leaf formations that trap rainwater. Some evolved Cam photosynthesis, the same water-saving strategy used by cacti living in the harshest deserts.

Plants that use Cam photosynthesis only absorb carbon dioxide at night, when it is cooler. These adaptations allowed bromeliads to maximise new ecological opportunities at high speed.

However, one idea that dates back to Charles Darwin is perhaps the strongest, and that is the influence of different pollinators.

The hummingbird hypothesis

Most flowering plants, including the earliest bromeliad ancestors, are pollinated by insects such as bees. However, at least half of all bromeliad species today are pollinated by hummingbirds, and some others rely on bats, butterflies or moths.

Scientists have long suspected that the repeated evolutionary shifts between pollinators helped accelerate the formation of new bromeliad species. But exactly when these shifts occurred, and what effect they had on diversity, has remained uncertain.

My colleague and I tested this idea. We compiled pollinator records for more than 400 bromeliad species, and reconstructed the history of how bromeliads switched between pollinators through 20 million years of evolution.

Our analyses support the idea that the earliest bromeliads were pollinated by bees. Following this, there were repeated shifts, primarily to hummingbirds, but also bats and butterflies. Bromeliads experimented with different pollinators as they spread into new habitats across the neotropics. Our results reveal a more dynamic evolutionary history than scientists previously suspected.

One pattern stood out. The bromeliads pollinated by hummingbirds split into new species at almost double the normal rate.

New species usually arise when populations become separated and gradually stop exchanging genetic material. Given enough time and isolation, enough genetic differences accumulate that they become unable to reproduce with each other. Pollinators can influence this process because they help shape which populations of plants are genetically connected and can reproduce together.

One possibility is that hummingbirds move pollen around differently to insects as many species move larger distances, which changes how genetic material flows across landscapes. Different pollinators also favour different flower colours, shapes and flowering times. Hummingbirds often prefer long, bright red and tubular flowers with copious nectar rewards, which match their long, slender beaks and hovering feeding behaviour. Over thousands of generations, these small differences build up. In mountainous regions, where many hummingbirds live, and in which valleys and peaks naturally separate populations, these effects may become even stronger.

Like most evolutionary stories, there is unlikely to be a single explanation that explains everything. Other innovations, such as epiphytism, also accelerate diversification rates. However, our study suggests that hummingbirds were of particular importance for bromeliads, helping to accelerate one of the fastest known plant radiations.

An ongoing evolutionary story

This high-speed evolutionary story of bromeliads has not finished. Our reconstruction shows that many shifts between pollinators occurred surprisingly recently. For example, the hummingbird-pollinated Hechtia iltisii, which looks a bit like a cross between a spider plant and an aloe vera. Its closest cousins are bee-pollinated.

In fact, about a quarter of bromeliad species changed their pollinator from that of their most recent ancestor in the last few million years, suggesting that bromeliads are still experimenting today. But they, and hummingbirds, face unprecedented pressures from habitat loss and climate change, threatening not only individual species but the evolutionary interactions that generate biodiversity across the neotropics.

Up to 81% of bromeliads are predicted to be possibly threatened with extinction. And dozens of hummingbird species are considered endangered.

Every pineapple in the supermarket, every air plant on a bathroom windowsill, and every pond-forming bromeliad clinging to a rainforest tree is the result of 20 million years of high-speed evolutionary experimentation. Tiny hummingbirds in particular have helped transform a single ancestral plant population into one of the richest bouquets of neotropical plant biodiversity.

Jarell Quansah has been banned for two games by Fifa for his red card in England’s last-16 win over Mexico.

Quansah was sent off after VAR review following a reckless sliding challenge which saw his studs go into the shin of Jesus Gallardo.

England were considering appealing the decision after Fifa suspended USA striker Folarin Balogun’s one-match ban, something that was lobbied for by US president Donald Trump in a hugely controversial move.

However, England have now discovered that Quansah’s suspension has been doubled to two matches instead of one after Fifa found him in breach of Article 14 of their code of conduct, which states a player would get a two-game ban for serious foul play.

It means the Bayer Leverkusen defender will miss both Saturday’s quarter-final against Norway as well as a potential semi-final against either Argentina or Switzerland, with the only prospect of a return for the defender being in the final if they get that far.

More to follow.

Hello and welcome to coverage from Wimbledon on women’s semi-final day.

Our opening match is Coco Gauff vs Karolina Muchova on Centre Court. For the ninth successive year, there will be a first-time women’s champion.

World No 7 Gauff, the highest seed left, is ‌the only one of ‌those left standing who even knows what ⁠it is like to lift a Grand Slam trophy – having done so at the US and French Opens.

But even she is surprised with her run to the Wimbledon semis as she had been left scarred following her poor showings on turf in recent years.

“If you told me I would be in the semis … I’d be, ‘You’re funny’. Especially … the last two ⁠years not winning anything on here,” said the 22-year-old American who has been a regular visitor to Wimbledon since 2019 when she beat Venus Williams in the first round as a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

“Do I feel like Wimbledon is part of my destiny? If you asked me seven days ago, the answer would have been no. Honestly, I was writing it off a little bit.

“But I hope it is part of my destiny, whether it’s this year or in ​the future. I definitely would love to see my name on the champions’ ‌wall, for sure.”

Gauff holds a psychological 6-1 advantage over 10th seed Muchova going into the match. Muchova produced a classy display to beat Naomi Osaka on Tuesday and should be a tough test for Gauff.

“Well, she is just, like, great athlete overall,” Muchova said. “One of the best in the world, in our sport. It was tough to play against her. I’m happy we have 0-0 on the grass. That’s a bit better balance for me there.

“Yeah, I mean, she gives you a lot of balls back. She has a lot of weapons. She is big fighter, which as well gives a lot of, yeah, things to her game to make it awkward for me.”

A historic Edinburgh Debenhams building has been gutted by a major fire.

Firefighters rushed to quell the inferno on Princes Street after being called to the scene at 2.52am this morning.

The roof and top floors of the B-listed building have been destroyed by the blaze with the rest of the ancient building left blackened and charred inside and out.

There have been no reports of any injuries and the cause of the fire has not been reported.

Seven fire engines and three specialist appliances were still on the scene four hours after the call was first made at 6.45am, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said.

Pictures have circulated on social media during the night of the flames carving through the dark and black smoke rising from the wreckage.

Large parts of Princes Street have been cordoned off as firefighters battle the blaze and members of the public have been told to avoid the area.

Passers-by spoke of their sadness over the incident.

Firefighters were called to Princes Street at 2.52am and were still on the scene more than four hours later

Graham Reed, 59, from Edinburgh, said: ‘It’s such a shame.

‘It’s an iconic building, and it’s such a shame that yet another one’s gone up in flames on Princes Street.

‘It’s just a shame to see it because we lost a couple, there was one down in Jenners as well that went up in flames a few years back.

‘It’s a shame it happens.’

Another man, who gave his name as Sotirs, 36, and was on his way to his work in Edinburgh, said: ‘I feel sad because it looks like a classic building and I feel bad because they make the city much more beautiful and it’s a nice building.’

Tram services in the area have been disrupted and some bus services have been diverted.

Edinburgh Trams said they are running a reduced service from Edinburgh Airport to the West End only.

It said that ticket acceptance is in place with ScotRail between Edinburgh Gateway and Edinburgh Waverley (St Andrew Square) and on Lothian Buses between the West End and Newhaven.

Lothian Buses said that some services in the area have been diverted.

Edinburgh city council leader Jane Meagher said: ‘I’m relieved to hear that nobody has been hurt, and grateful for the swift response of the emergency services – who prevented this devastating fire becoming far worse.

‘Once the area has been made safe, we will fully assess the condition of the building and consider next steps.

‘I hope that local residents who were evacuated during the night will be able to return home soon.

‘I’d urge people to continue to avoid the area for the time being, plan for ongoing disruption and follow all advice from the emergency services and transport operators.’

The building at 109 Princes Street dates back to 1869 and was originally called the Palace Hotel. 

Pictures of the inferno circulated across social media as shocked members of the public watched on in horror

The roof and top floors of the B-listed building have been destroyed by the blaze with the rest of the ancient building left blackened and charred inside and out

The historic building was first opened as the Palace Hotel in 1869. It then became Debenhams in 1978 after serving as the base of the Scottish Liberal Club from 1890

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The Debenhams branch there closed down in May 2021 after another fire in April that year and investors have since had plans to revamp it as a hotel

Police have cordoned off large parts of Princes Street and diversions are in place for the tram and bus network

It later served as the base of the Scottish Liberal Club – a gentleman’s club – in 1890, until it was taken over by Debenhams department store in 1978, as well as the building next door, which housed the Scottish Conservative Club.

This is not the first fire at this building in recent times. The Debenhams department store shut down in May 2021 following a fire that April and was never reopened before the company folded.

The building was then bought by Legal and General in 2021, who planned a £ 50 million revamp by converting it back into a 107-room luxury boutique hotel and ‘hospitality hub’, but the plans collapsed.

Then, new investors arrived from Criterion Capital – a development company led by billionaire Asif Aziz – who planned to turn it into a Zedwell hotel, which would have been the first in Scotland.

Features of the B-listed property have been included in records – including a historic bust of former Prime Minister William Gladstone, which likely will have been lost in the inferno.

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: ‘We were called at 2.52am on Thursday, 9 July, to reports of a fire within a former department store building on Princes Street, Edinburgh.

‘Operations Control mobilised six appliances and two height appliances plus supporting resources to the scene and firefighters worked through the early hours of the morning to contain and extinguish the flames.

‘Crews continue to extinguish and dampen down hotspots and will be in attendance for some time.

‘Drivers and pedestrians are advised to avoid the area and road closures are in place.

‘There are no reported casualties.’

Another fire took hold at Scotland’s second city when a similar B-listed historic building was torched after a vape shop below caught alight in March.

The building was totally destroyed, with the council saying that a cordon would remain in place for the clean-up until this month – five months after the fire.

The historic 1851 Union Corner building was reduced to rubble, leaving dozens of business to have to seek new premises.

Some 250 firefighters were at the scene for four days after the blaze – from March 8 to March 11 – and the wreckage was handed over to Glasgow City Council on March 12 to deal with the remains. 

Police have closed several roads after a serious incident in Swansea.

South Wales Police said the incident happened in Pen Cae Crwn Road in Gorseinon at around 12.58pm on Thursday.

A significant police presence remains in the area while emergency services continue to deal with the incident.

The Welsh Ambulance Service has said it was called to two incidents just minutes apart.

“We were called today at 12.59pm to an incident in Gorseinon,” a spokesman said.

“We sent one Cymru High Acuity Response Unit and an emergency ambulance to the scene. Advanced critical care support was delivered by the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service in a Wales Air Ambulance charity helicopter. One patient was conveyed by road to hospital.

“Additionally we were called at 1.10pm to another incident in Gorseinon. We sent one Cymru High Acuity Response Unit, a duty operations manager, and an emergency ambulance to the scene.” For the biggest stories in Wales first sign up to our daily newsletter here.

A number of road closures are currently in place.

Pen Cae Crwn Road is closed between Cecil Road, from the junction with High Street and the junction with Frampton Road.

Brighton Road, Brynteg Road, and Pontardulais Road are also closed with no access from any direction.

The closures are expected to remain in place for some time.

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In November 2021, Jersey’s States Assembly became the first parliament in the British Isles to decide “in principle” that assisted dying should be allowed.

In May 2024 it voted in favour of drawing up laws for an assisted dying service after the government said it “intends to bring forward proposals without further delay”.

In February this year 32 politicians voted in favour of the law with 16 voting against.

At the time Binet, said: “Jersey would have one of the safest and most transparent assisted dying laws in the world.”

Under the law, eligibility for an assisted death requires someone to be at least 18-years-old.

They must also have been resident in Jersey for at least 12 months, to have a voluntary, settled and informed wish to end their own life, and be terminally ill with a life expectancy of six months, or 12 months if they have a neurodegenerative disease.

Government of Jersey said there was an assisted dying capacity test which states that the doctor must be satisfied that the individual is able to:

The person may require communication support to do what was required in the capacity test.​

As a Crown Dependency, for primary legislation to get Royal Assent and therefore formally become law in Jersey, the Ministry of Justice and the Lord Chancellor – currently David Lammy – ensure the proposed laws do not conflict with fundamental rights or international rules and then recommending to the Privy Council that assent should be granted.