Arsenal are continuing their business in the summer transfer window ahead of the Premier League season beginning

Arsenal could offer five players to Brighton to land Jack Hinshelwood. Mikel Arteta still aims to add to his squad after spending around £144million so far this summer.

The Gunners boss plans to bring in more transfers ahead of their Premier League opener against Coventry City. Hinshelwood is one of Arsenal’s primary targets and the club could consider swap deals to facilitate the move.

Club officials have reportedly contacted the midfielder’s representatives, with an official bid ready to be made. However, Manchester United are also keen on Hinshelwood so Arsenal may need to make their offer more attractive to Brighton.

Player swaps have become something of a trend this summer following Dwight McNeil and Brennan Johnson’s switch between Everton and Crystal Palace. McNeil headed south to join the Eagles while Johnson arrived on Merseyside to work under David Moyes.

The Gunners may take inspiration from this deal and offer Brighton some of their own squad to land Hinshelwood. Here, Mirror Football has looked at who Arsenal could put forward in a swap deal with the Seagulls to reduce the £51m asking price.

Gabriel Jesus

Gabriel Jesus is one of the most likely options given Brighton’s desire for a centre-forward and Arsenal’s openness to letting him go. The Brazilian was omitted from the Gunners’ Community Shield squad at the weekend and has been heavily linked with a move.

Serie A side Napoli have registered an interest with Arsenal keen to get rid of Jesus’ £265,000-a-week wages. Brighton are in the market for a striker following Danny Welbeck’s move to Chelsea and could consider the 29-year-old.

Myles Lewis-Skelly

Myles Lewis-Skelly was a standout performer in Sunday’s 3-0 win over Manchester City, assisting Riccardo Calafiori’s superb strike in the 23rd second. The versatile star has been heavily involved throughout Arsenal’s pre-season tour but has been linked with a move away from north London.

The England international was offered to Chelsea and Manchester United earlier this window. If Arsenal still want him off the books then he could be used in a deal with Brighton.

Lewis-Skelly’s potential is still sky high, given his youth, and the 19-year-old can play across the middle of the park as well as both full-back positions.

Ethan Nwaneri

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Ethan Nwaneri’s departure remains likely this summer after ending up on loan to Marseille last season. The 19-year-old is under contract until 2030 and the Gunners may be leaning more towards another temporary move.

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Recent reports suggest that Nwaneri has become a target for AC Milan. Brighton could take the winger to the American Express Stadium to provide competition for Yankuba Minteh.

Martin Zubimendi

Martin Zubimendi has shone for Arsenal since joining from Real Sociedad last summer. The Spaniard won the Premier League title at the first time of asking and Real Madrid have already expressed interest.

With Bruno Guimaraes joining earlier this month for £75m, Zubimendi may see his game time dwindling and could opt to move elsewhere to continue his upward trajectory.

Reiss Nelson

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Reiss Nelson is another Arsenal star heavily linked with a move away. The winger’s contract is up at the end of the season and the club are looking to cash in before he becomes a free agent.

Earlier in July, Benfica and Fulham registered an interest in Nelson with a cut-price deal potentially available, so he could be a sensible makeweight.

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As heatwaves draw more people to the water, scores of people drown in the UK every year. 

For many, the greatest danger is not hypothermia but the body’s immediate response to sudden immersion in cold water: cold shock, which can trigger involuntary gasping, panic and rapid breathing within seconds.

Yet under very different circumstances, the same cold water that can kill can also play a remarkable role in saving a life. 

27 years ago, as a woman became trapped beneath ice, profound hypothermia slowed her body’s functions enough to make an extraordinary recovery possible.

Then 28, Anna Bågenholm was skiing in Norway, with friends and fellow junior registrars Torvind and Marie. The trio had hiked 30 minutes from the ski lift to a frozen waterfall gulley in Narvik, in May 1999, which the experienced skiers had descended many times before.

‘It wasn’t a dangerous spot, but I started to slip, turned on my back and slid with my skis uphill. I hit a hole in the ice, my head went under and the water filled my clothing, pulling me down’, the 56-year-old radiologist tells Metro from her home in Tromsø.

Anna doesn’t remember anything after getting trapped under ice in May 1999 – the details were later filled in by her friend, Torvind.

Wedged between rocks and overlying thick ice, the area around Anna’s head continued to flood with icy water. 

Marie grabbed Anna’s hands until the cold meant she lost her grip, then she and Torvind tried to pull her out by the ski boots, with no luck. 

The running meltwater pulled Anna under, and at 30cm, the ice was too thick to break. After seven minutes of struggling to get her out, the friends called the nearest hospital – 100 miles away – and volunteers nearby. 

For 40 minutes Anna struggled beneath the ice – then she stopped moving. Suffering from hypothermia, her body temperature was later recorded at 13.7 degrees. 

‘After around 60 minutes, there were people on skis who had come to help. They had a rope and tried to pull me out by the legs, but that didn’t work,’ explains Anna.

‘Then a local volunteer brought a steel shovel and made it possible to make a hole further down in the ice, so, connected to the rope, they could let me go down under the ice and come back up through the new hole.

‘Then they took me up onto the ice.’

By this point Anna was clinically dead. She had been trapped for almost 80 minutes and her heart had stopped. 

‘I looked dead, due to hypothermia. I had small pupils, I was pale and had no heartbeat and no respiration. Torvind and a volunteer started CPR.

The rescue helicopter arrived shortly after, a medic intubated her and the team took her to the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø, 100 miles away, and they carried out manual CPR throughout the hour-long journey.

Following similar accidents the previous years, medics, led by Dr Mads Gilbert, decided not to take her to the emergency room, taking her straight to the operating theatre instead, where they could connect her to cardiopulmonary bypass and a life support machine and blood rewarmer. 

By this point, her heart stopped for two hours and 45 minutes. Yet remarkably, the fact that Anna’s body had been cooled so dramatically, saved her life and her survival proved to be breakthrough in accidental hypothermia.

‘Fifty years ago, when a mountaineer fell into a crevasse and became deeply hypothermic with a severe drop in body temperature he could sustain hypothermic cardiac arrest,’ explains Dr Beat Walpoth, professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Emeritus at the University of Geneva. 

‘These victims were in cardio-respiratory arrest, had no heart action and no brain function, and therefore, unfortunately, they were declared dead.

‘Around the same time cardiac pioneers, working with children with congenital heart defects, cooled children’s body temperature to around 20°C, at which temperature they could be operated and successfully rewarmed by cardiopulmonary bypass. 

‘The team in which I was working decided to attempt to rewarm these mountaineers using the same technique of cardiopulmonary bypass rewarming and found it worked, with many making a full recovery.  This opened a new era of treatment for accidental hypothermia victims.’

Dr Walpoth published his findings in the New England Journal of Medicine, detailing  the treatment which helped doctors in Tromsø save Anna.

Mike Tipton, one of the world’s leading experts on human survival in cold water immersion, hypothermia and drowning, adds: ‘The thing that kills the brain, is a lack of oxygen availability, and partly that is how quickly it’s using it. If you cool it, hypothermia becomes protective.’ 

Anna’s recovery was a remarkable success. After nine hours in the operating room and with help from around 100 medics, she started to regain consciousness a week or so after the accident.

‘It was a big effort. I was among the first people in the world saved following cardiac standstill after hypothermia. Since then, they have used this method on many others, who now have around a 40% survival rate. 

‘It is significant because while we are really aware of this in Norway, you read stories in the newspaper from around the world where people have died when they should have been rewarmed.

‘If people are on the scene are not aware of hypothermia, they can declare you dead without rewarming you,’ she says. 

It is why many medics follow the maxim – you’re not dead until you’re warm and dead. 

When Anna regained consciousness, she was confused and paralysed from the neck down. She thought she had been hurt in a sailing trip she was due to take in Greece.

‘I couldn’t move anything. I couldn’t breathe by myself. I had to stay on the respirator,’ Anna remembers. 

But she wasn’t scared – just utterly exhausted and focussed on survival. 

‘You are so ill. You have no energy. But I was really well taken care of.

‘When I could talk, the first thing I told Torvind was that I thought it was a very bad decision to save me because it was going to be very expensive to have me hospitalised and paralysed.’ 

But sitting at her bedside, Torvind and Marie read her Dr Walpoth’s article to reassure her that she could make a full recovery. 

‘After some weeks I could move a finger, and then suddenly move a shoulder. It came very slowly back.’

Four months after the accident she was walking in the mountains again and two months later, she was skiing again. Anna was eventually able to return to work after a year. 

In 2002, she and Torvind started dating and now lead a full life dominated by outdoor pursuits and travel and extreme water sports like kitesurfing and wing foiling. 

The couple have since travelled around giving lectures, with Anna used her experiences to inform her PhD – A description of the potentially severely injured patients met with trauma team activation at the trauma centre in northern Norway in 2015 – in tribute to the hospital that saved her. 

Despite coming so close to death, she was largely unaffected psychologically. 

‘I was dead. And then I was awake. Things got normal again pretty soon,’ Anna says simply. 

‘When you are in your twenties you are in the undeadly age. You can do everything. But now in my fifties I am more careful. I don’t want to get ill or hurt myself so I avoid things that I think are stupid. 

‘I’m not afraid of skiing. I’m afraid of getting in a position where I can’t take care of myself, because I was hospitalised for so long. So I try to stay healthy.

Apart from that, Anna’s philosophy has not been changed. 

‘You might think when you have been through something like that that you should be very happy to be alive, but that feeling ends really fast. Suddenly you’re just back in normal life, and you get irritated by exactly the same things,’ she laughs.

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A new hosepipe ban has come into force as forecasters warned parts of the UK could be hit by flooding, with rain set finally to hit drought-stricken land. Some areas in the country will have the “first meaningful rain for a long time” in the coming days, the Met Office said, after weeks of heatwaves and dry weather have left many areas facing water shortages.

On Tuesday, a hosepipe ban begins for all of Wessex Water’s 1.4 million customers across areas in Bath, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. It is the first ban the company has put in place for 50 years, since the summer of 1976.

Announcing the temporary restriction, the company cited increased demand during the dry weather but also longer-term weather forecasts that mean resources must be protected for customers and the environment. More than 27 million people across England have now had hosepipe use restricted in their area.

Following the fifth heatwave of the summer, this week is forecast to be wetter with cooler conditions that are much closer to average for the time of year, the Met Office said. Showers are expected on Tuesday in the north of the country, particularly in the North West, and another area of rain will move into the South West by the evening, the Met Office’s deputy chief forecaster Mike Silverstone said.

This will then likely spread east across the South, bringing the first spell of widespread rain to areas in need the most, he added. “Thursday will be a day of heavy showers across much of the UK, while some of these will be heavy some areas will miss them altogether,” Mr Silverstone said. “As some of these showers could be intense, there is a chance of some surface water flooding as the rain falls on very dry and hard ground.”

By Friday, the conditions are expected to turn drier once again through the weekend before more rain is forecast next week. The change comes after the UK’s fifth heatwave of the summer, during which the hottest day of the year was recorded in Kew Gardens, London, on Thursday when temperatures reached 38.1C.

The forecast rain may bring some welcome relief to parched land and fire-fighters tackling wildfires. But it is unlikely to bring an end to widespread drought conditions that have put severe pressure on wildlife, farmers, transport, emergency services infrastructure and water resources.

Among the driest areas in the UK are Wisley in Surrey, which has recorded 61 consecutive dry days since June 17, and Heathrow in Greater London, which has measured 55 consecutive dry days since June 23, according to Met Office data. Wildfires have ravaged parts of the UK following the hot and dry summer, including in the West Midlands where a blaze in Stourbridge destroyed 19 homes.

Several fire services have asked people to call 999 only to report a genuine emergency. In an update on Monday, the National Fire Chiefs Council said 1,132 wildfires have now been recorded across England and Wales in 2026 so far – a record high for the amount between January and this time of year.

On Friday evening, millions of people in England and Wales received an alert on their mobile devices warning them of a “very high risk of wildfires nationally”.

ROME (AP) — Scientists in Antarctica on Wednesday inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores, preserving the history of the Earth’s atmosphere in a frozen vault for future generations to study as global warming melts glaciers around the world.

An ice core is something of an atmospheric time capsule, containing information about the Earth’s past changes in a frozen climate archive. With global glaciers melting at an unprecedented rate, scientists have raced to preserve ice cores for future study before they disappear altogether.

The Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European research institutes, inaugurated the frozen sanctuary on Wednesday at the Concordia station in the Antarctic Plateau. The foundation livestreamed the ceremonial ribbon cutting and opening of the frozen cave where the ice samples will be kept for future generations.

The first two sets of samples of Alpine mountain ice cores were drilled out of Mont Blanc in France and Grand Combin in Switzerland and arrived at the station after a 50-day refrigerated icebreaker and plane journey from Trieste, Italy.

During the inauguration ceremony, pairs of foundation team members brought box after box of ice cores into the cave, burrowed deep into a 5-meter (yard) high compacted snow drift at a constant temperature of around -52°C/-61°F.

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“By safeguarding physical samples of atmospheric gases, aerosols, pollutants and dust trapped in ice layers, the Ice Memory Foundation ensures that future generations of researchers will be able to study past climate conditions using technologies that may not yet exist,” said Carlo Barbante, vice chair of the Ice Memory Foundation and a professor at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice.

As temperatures globally rise, glaciers are disappearing at a rapid clip, and with them critical information about the atmosphere: Since 2000, glaciers have lost between 2% and 39% of their ice regionally and about 5% globally, the foundation said.

The Court opens its doors on Friday, August 28, offering a “timeless, considered and built to last” hospitality experience seven days a week.

Located inside the former Court Inn, the venue will serve drinks from opening day, with a full food menu launching on September 11.

The team posted a collection of ‘first-look’ photos over the weekend.

A ‘first-look’ at the outside of the new Court Pub (Picture: ‘The Court’ on Facebook) (Image: ‘The Court’ on Facebook)

Taking to social media, The Court said: “The Court is our take on a traditional London establishment, right in the heart of Durham.”

“Dark oak, distressed leather, polished brass, back-lit marble, oil paintings and warm lighting—timeless, comfortable, unmistakably Durham, built to outlast us all.”

The post added: “This building has been home to some amazing businesses over the years and holds memories for the city.

“We wanted to respect that history rather than replace it—restoring, reimagining and elevating a Durham staple for its next chapter.”

The fresh space, in Court Lane, will offer “refined pub classics” and “touches of fine dining,” with a Sunday roast at the centre of its menu.

It will be open daily for drinks, with the kitchen launching two weeks after the grand opening.

The team behind The Court also operates Hibou Blanc, Grey Owl, Ye Old Elm Tree, The Drunken Duck, and The Black Rabbit.

A ‘first-look’ at the outside of the new Court Pub (Picture: ‘The Court’ on Facebook) (Image: ‘The Court’ on Facebook)

Final touches, including artwork, soft furnishings, and plants, are still being completed ahead of the opening.

The new spot has already gained a lot of traction, with residents sharing their excitement.

One user wrote: “Wow! I can’t believe it, what a transformation and a wonderful, traditional feel.

“I thought it was going to be more student accommodation but thank goodness it’s not.”

Another resident said: “Can’t wait to visit. Well done on the transformation.”

One other shared their excitement, stating: “Fantastic transformation, it’s been good to see how the work has developed from the initial strip back to the bare walls, floors and ceilings to the final fixtures, fittings and workmanship that’s gone into bringing it together.”

Another said: “Great news, always remember they used to do the best homemade chips in Durham, not to mention the great food choice. Best of luck.”

The Hull City owner Acun Ilicali is tackling the question ‘Will you be tempted to sack your manager if you are bottom of the Premier League at Christmas?’ when Sergej Jakirovic walks through the room at the club’s training ground where our interview is taking place. 

Given that everyone seems to be predicting the club to go straight back down to the Championship, this feels rather awkward.

Ilicali does not generally flinch, however, and as Jakirovic disappears into a side room, from where you suspect our conversation will remain entirely audible, he proceeds to explain why he and his manager are ‘completely matching’ in a way that he and Liam Rosenior, whom he dismissed two summers ago, were not.

So, does he think the Bosnian will be here this time next year? ‘Yes, yes, yes,’ Ilicali insists. ‘Some things happen unexpectedly in life. It’s like that in marriage. Are you always together until death? No. But if there are some failures, it will not be Sergej’s fault. Maybe the players will be young, inexperienced, new to the Premier League. 

‘Of course, I will stand by him if he loses games. I will not be judging him by the position in the table. It will be what can we do more to make him successful.’

History tells us that it can be hard to sustain that magnanimity in the white heat of the Premier League, where battle will be rejoined this weekend as Hull entertain Manchester United. 

Ilicali is under no illusions about the scale of the task in front of him. ‘The next five years of the club’s history will be decided in the next two months,’ he admits

Ilicali recounts some very good reasons for belief in the 49-year-old Jakirovic, who took the club from the jaws of Championship relegation to the top flight, but the size of the challenge up ahead looks formidable. Ilicali has established a transfer budget, including transfer fees and wages, of £200million, in a break-neck process of squad-building which, he says, will see 15 new players through the door and be era-defining.

‘The next five years of the club’s history will be decided in the next two months,’ he relates. ‘And what we are trying to do is complicated. If you fail, you will be relegated. If you are not careful, you will have players you are then not able to sell. And at worst, this situation can be a disaster for a club.’ 

In an ideal world, Hull would be able to lure back Liam Delap, the loanee who did so much for the club two years back, but the wages Chelsea would want for sending him back to Humberside would, Ilicali reveals, be double the club’s average. ‘We love him and I hope he loves us but for this season, I didn’t even ask Chelsea.’

With typical candour, Ilicali declares that good players with Premier League pedigree – often cited as a necessity for the newly-promoted – will simply not be keen enough to justify him spending all summer chasing after them.

‘These boys don’t come easily,’ he says. ‘A good, experienced, successful player in the Premier League will have four or five options. Why should he choose a team that everybody thinks will be relegated? 

‘It is easy to say, “Get the Premier League boys and be safe” but most of the boys you can bring from the Premier League will not be wanted by their club, so you will not be able to take the shiny ones. Manchester United or City will take those shiny ones, but they will not come to us.’

Instead, Ilicali and his recruitment team have looked further afield to the leagues of Germany, Italy, France and Spain which he – and there‘s a clear sense that the Turkish entrepreneur and media mogul is driving the thinking here – sees as close enough in quality to justify investment. 

‘So instead of Premier League players past the top of their careers, I go for those who have the dream of playing in the Premier League,’ Ilicali says. ‘Boys who want to play in the best league in the world.’

‘Instead of players past the top of their careers, I go for those who have the dream of playing in the Premier League’

Ilicali owns a Rolls Royce with amber trim, and has now bought the property in Ferriby he was previously renting

A hands-on owner, he has spoken personally to every single player Hull have signed this summer

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It means the new roster includes Nobel Mendy, a 22-year-old, £20million Senegalese centre back from La Liga’s Rayo Vallecano, Greek keeper Konstantinos Tzolakis, 23, from Olympiacos, and Lucas Gourna-Douath, also 23, from Red Bull Salzburg, with Real Betis winger Pablo Garcia in the club’s sights. 

Teenage Australia defender Lucas Herrington has arrived from Colorado Rapids. A move for Everton’s Tim Iroegbunam, an excellent midfield ball-winner, is still conceivable despite a hamstring injury which will keep him out for three weeks.

The acquisitions illustrate a desire to spread the risk, prevent salary overload and potentially bring players who will prosper and bring sell-ons, giving Hull more money to reinvest.

As well as the uncertainty about how these players will fare in the white heat of the top flight, assimilating as many as 15 incomers – nine are through Hull’s door and six more are sought – can bring fiendish challenges. But Ilicali is unmoved by the ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ and adamant that good individuals, rather than proven individuals, are the ones for him.

‘I have to say something very clearly. This team has a family spirit and this brought us to the Premier League,’ he says. ‘We want hungry players, real professionals, dedicated people. I like the word “dedicated” in life. Dedicated people get success. So, “dedicated” is a word in our transfers.’ He’s spoken individually to every player they’ve signed, he says, and will continue doing so until the last one is in.

This is an individual who will certainly never die wondering what might have been. He rose from a job as a TV football reporter to become a multimillionaire reality TV entrepreneur. He sees this challenge as the latest of many. 

‘We are ready for every scenario,’ says Ilicali. ‘This is life. Life can bring you anything. What we have to do is to make the correct choices, though make the risk as low as possible, for the future of the club.’

It cannot have helped, we put it to him, that no sooner had the side won promotion, he was parting company with his sporting director, Jared Dublin, whose CV had included time at Sheffield United during their ninth-place Premier League finish in 2020. 

Hull’s much-changed squad now includes Nobel Mendy, a 22-year-old, £20million Senegalese centre back from La Liga’s Rayo Vallecano

There are high hopes for Greek goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis after his move from Olympiacos

Ilicali says Dublin’s pay expectations after promotion in last May’s play-off win over Middlesbrough simply exceeded what he was willing to stretch to. ‘Jared just valued himself [at a level] which for our principle was not possible,’ he relates. ‘I respect him and wish him success. I respect everybody about their own careers. Football is so dynamic, tomorrow you do not know who will be with you.’

He has replaced the American with his compatriot Okan Ozkan, former assistant sporting director in the bearpit of Fenerbahce, with whom he worked for a year when juggling his media career and Hull ownership with a role overseeing the Turkish side’s football operations. ’It will be zero problem,’ he says of Dublin’s departure. ‘Okan is a very successful boy, who I have worked with in this setting, and he has a very good future. It will be seamless.’

The same booming confidence comes back when we put it to him that some people are projecting Hull to finish bottom of the league. ‘Some?’ he asks. ‘Not just some! Most of the predictions have us there! It’s like last year, when 80 per cent of the football people in England were thinking we were going to be relegated from the Championship.

‘I just hope that one day I am one of the analysts so I can see what this job is like. In Turkish there’s an expression: “Don’t talk from where you are lying.” [Yattığın yerden konuşma, literally ‘don’t pontificate from a position of comfort’.] ‘To those who are sceptics, I say: “Come here and see us first.”’

The evidence of the sea-change is visible at the club’s MKM Stadium, a few miles away, where building work to upgrade the club’s media facilities was ongoing in the heat of last Friday. 

That lunchtime’s Hull Daily Mail reflected the sense of transformation. The back page lead featured new signing Mendy declaring: ‘I’m ready for the challenge.’ There was further analysis on one of the club’s targets, young Deportiva La Coruna star Yeremay Hernandez, while Herrington told the paper that his Hull move fulfilled a ‘dream’ of Premier League football. New defender Matt Targett declared himself ready to battle for a first-team place and striker Joe Gelhardt’s imminent move from Leeds United was also reported.

So, which promoted Premier League club are Hull modelling themselves on? ‘Leicester City ten years ago!’ Ilicali jokes. ‘That’s the best model of all! But no – I am humble, so I will say Brentford and Brighton – both clubs that have managed to be sustainable and successful in the Premier League.’

His distinctive Rolls Royce with amber Hull City trim is parked up outside and the weekend ahead would be spent overseeing building work on the detached property at rural Ferriby with views across the Humber Estuary which he has now bought, having previously rented it.

Ilicali says he will stand by boss Sergej Jakirovic after he delivered the miracle of promotion from the Championship last year

‘I love to be the “underdog”. And it would be as good as promotion this year to stay in the league’

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He has been the only Premier League owner this summer to have offered regular engagement with his club’s fans over transfers on social media. His posting of national flags on Twitter/X, denoting the nationality of players incoming and egg timer icons, signalling work still underway, demonstrated that in so many ways he is not the typical Premier League owner.

‘I was seeing some fake information about some players that we were “interested” in, which was agents using us and giving unnecessary hope to my fans,’ he says. ‘I’ve always had a relationship with the fans of this club, that I think deserve to have transparency. 

‘When I looked at our new transfer targets, I thought it was like the United Nations! Be proud that so many countries were now associated with our club. I’m someone who once queued for a ticket for games and this boy became the owner of this club, so I like to think that in some small way I’m representing the ordinary fan.’

It may encourage those Hull supporters wondering what on earth this autumn holds that he is already casting an eye to how next summer might be. ‘I love to be the “underdog”, because there’s no translation of this word in Turkish,’ Ilicali reflects. 

‘It would be as good as promotion this year to stay in the league. And if we do stay up, people will maybe say: “Hull can fight for the top ten.” So then we can bring in the stars.’

ITV Good Morning Britain fans admitted they had no idea about the presenter’s career move.

Good Morning Britain presenter Laura Tobin has shared a glimpse into her private life as she introduced herself to new followers on social media.

The meteorologist has been a firm favourite on ITV after joining Daybreak in 2012 before moving to Good Morning Britain when it launched in 2014.

However, fans have now admitted they weren’t aware of earlier parts of Laura’s career, when she worked for the BBC.

In a post on Instagram, the 44-year-old wrote: “I’ve had lots of new followers lately, so thought I’d do a ‘re introduce’ myself. Thank you to followers old & new, hope you learn something new!”

Alongside a picture of herself at school, Laura began: “I fell in love with weather aged 14!”

She went on: “I studied Physics and Meteorology at the University of Reading and graduated in 2003.

“I have been a meteorologist for 22 years and one of my first jobs was at RAF Brize Norton.

“I worked at the BBC Weather centre. And have worked at ITV on Good Morning Britain for 14 years!!”

One fan admitted they had no idea about Laura’s career history, sharing: “That’s one thing I didn’t know about you that you worked for the BBC really.”

Someone else asked: “Were you pleased to leave the BBC and join GMB? The clothes and makeup you wear are amazing and I look at the outfits and think I’d like that.”

Another added: “Follows you for a while but still learnt something new!”

Yet another wrote: “Beautiful photo on BBC, cementing you as a brilliant meteorologist.”

This comes after Laura’s latest career move, as she recently revealed she is writing a new book.

The GMB star previously gave fans a peek of the front cover of Come Rain or Shine, sharing: “Aagghhh. So excited to finally say I’ve written a book with everything you need to know about the weather. It’s one of our favourite conversations.”

She went on: “If you’ve ever wanted to know why the sky is blue, how clouds form and which ones mean rain, I’ve written all that and more with fascinating facts, a sprinkle of science & fun stories along the way.”

She added: “Then even be able to predict the weather yourself. I’ve loved writing it and can’t wait for you to read it.”

Laura was showered in support from her co-stars and fans alike, as they rushed to wish her congratulations.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1 and ITVX.

Governors House, based at The Treadmills in Northallerton, announced over the weekend that it will close for a week while the team moves into its new premises.

The restaurant will reopen as Farmhouse Northallerton, with the business saying the larger venue will allow it to provide more of what regular diners have asked for.

In a social media post on Sunday (August 16), the team said: “We’re moving.

“But don’t worry, we haven’t gone far.

“Simply turn around and you’ll find us at the new Farmhouse Northallerton. It’s still us. Same team, same food, and same passion for what we do, just in a bigger venue so we can offer you everything you’ve all been asking us for.”

Governors House has operated at The Treadmills for three years. The business thanked customers who have supported it since opening, describing their loyalty and recommendations as key to its growth.

The post said: “Because of your loyalty, support, kind words, and continued love for what we do, Governors House has turned into something way more than we ever anticipated, allowing us to be lucky enough to take the next step into something bigger and better.

Governors House, Northallerton (Image: THE NORTHERN ECHO)

“This wouldn’t have been possible without all of you who continue to walk through our doors, recommend us to friends and family, and keep coming back time and time again.

“You’ve helped us grow, shown us endless support, and are the reason we do what we do. We will never take that for granted.

“Here’s to our new big chapter and to the new Farmhouse Northallerton. We can’t wait to see you all in our new home very soon.”

Customers have since shared messages of support for the business ahead of its move.

One wrote: “Enjoy your last day. Looking forward to seeing you all in your new place soon.”

Another said: “Good luck guys, look forward to visiting the new restaurant.”

Opening details for Farmhouse Northallerton are expected to be announced soon.

Police in Ireland have made a breakthrough with their investigation as tributes have been paid to the five teenagers who were killed when they drove the wrong way down the M9

Police have issued a major update on the wrong-way motorway crash which killed five teenagers and seriously hurt a family of four.

The tragedy unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 16) on the M9 in County Kildare, Ireland. Five teenagers driving a BMW were pronounced dead at the scene by Irish police (Gardai).

They were killed when they collided head-on at more than 74mph with a Hyundai containing three women and a 7-year-old boy. The four Hyundai passengers have been ‘seriously’ injured and were all from the same family, the Irish Mirror reports .

Two days after the incident shocked Ireland, the teenage boys have been named.

They are Jeremy O’Brien, 18, from Carlow; Alex McCarthy, 17, from Carlow; Joey Carthy, 15, from Athy, Kildare; Jack Kennedy, 17, also from Athy; and Kamil Pustkowski, 17, from Limerick.

Their families and friends have paid tribute to them. Jeremy O’Brien’s mother, Margaret, posted: “Rest in heavenly peace, my beautiful son.

“Things will never be the same without you. You took a piece of my heart to heaven with you.

“It was such a privilege to be your mother. I am so proud of you.”

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One post paying tribute to Joe Carthy said: “Why did it have to be you of all people? You would never see a bad bone in his body. He really was going to make something when he grew up.”

Tributes were also paid to Limerick-born Kamil Pustkowski. One pal said on TikTok: “Rest easy, Kamil. Look over all of us.”

Another pal said: “Only spoke the other day and was planning to meet. My heart’s broken bro, missing ye already. We will all do ye proud brother.”

The tributes have emerged as authorities confirmed the survivors of the crash were driving to Dublin airport to fly to England for a wedding.

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The 7-year-old boy is being treated at Crumlin Children’s Hospital. It was reported on Monday (August 17) that he suffered a broken leg.

The female driver and front seat passenger remain critically ill in Tallaght University Hospital in south Dublin.

And the woman who was in the back seat beside the boy was in a serious condition at St. Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny, but was later moved to St Vincent’s Hospital in south Dublin.

Police have also issued an update on the investigation into the crash. Initially, gardai believed the teens had stolen the car after receiving reports of young suspects trying to break into vehicles and houses in nearby Athy at around 2am on Sunday. But cops are now satisfied that the BMW was legitimately purchased by an associate of one of the teenagers for €1,100 (£940).

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The tragedy has sparked debate in Ireland over how the gardai should respond to such incidents, as officers did not pursue the vehicle when it drove the wrong way down the motorway.

As detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash, Fiosru, the police ombudsman, is also examining Garda contact with the BMW before the collision.

A video showing another car being driven against the flow of motorway traffic has also prompted calls for road safety enforcement in the wake of the horrific M9 crash.

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The clip, shared widely on social media, shows a vehicle travelling at speed while driving the wrong way down a busy road. The short video shows the car narrowly avoiding two oncoming heavy goods vehicles, with the second truck swiftly moving over to avoid a potential collision.

It is one of a number of alleged joyriding clips that have surfaced in recent days following a crash on the M50 last week and Sunday’s horrific head-on crash that claimed the lives of five teenagers. Representatives for frontline officers are now calling for appropriate pursuit training to deal with these incidents going forward.

The Irish Taoiseach, equivalent to Prime Minister, Micheal Martin said he was “shocked and saddened” at the tragedy, which he described as being the result of “an irresponsible and dangerous act”.

Mr Martin said such incidents are, in some cases, “being done for likes on social media”. He said: “This is the second appalling crash we’ve seen on our roads in a matter of days as a result of the reckless driving of a car on the wrong side of the motorway, endangering the lives of innocent road users.”

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