The 15-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in custody following alleged incident in classroom.
A teenager accused of attacking a teacher with a kitchen knife has been remanded in custody. The 15-year-old appeared at Swansea Magistrates’ Court on Saturday charged with attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and possession of a bladed article on education premises.
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The court heard the school pupil, who cannot be named for legal reasons, allegedly attacked the female teacher while she was going through his work with him in a classroom shortly after 3pm on Thursday. The incident is alleged to have taken place at Milford Haven Comprehensive School in west Wales.
Magistrates heard the woman was left with injuries to her head, finger and back for which she received treatment in hospital. The boy’s family were in court to watch proceedings.
The teen spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth. He was remanded into youth detention over the weekend and will appear at Swansea Crown Court on February 9.
While Australia is outside the Middle East, it’s not unusual for passengers flying there to stop in places like Dubai and fly over the affected countries and airspace.
Whether you’re set to travel to Australia or know someone who is, you might be wondering if it’s safe to travel.
It’s worth staying updated with the latest travel advice and warnings.
The UK government has updated its travel advice for those heading to Australia (Image: Newsquest)
What is happening in the Middle East?
The US and Israel attacked Iran last month, killing its supreme leader.
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The first reported American casualties included three American service members as the US and Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran on Saturday, February 28.
Five were seriously injured in military operations targeting Iran, the US military said.
Airspace closures in the Middle East have resulted in a number of commercial flights being grounded since the attacks began on Saturday.
Airlines such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and easyJet have changed their flight schedules since the attack and travel advice has been updated for those in the region or thinking about travelling to the region.
It says: “Escalation in the Middle East has caused widespread travel disruption, including airspace closures, delayed and cancelled flights.”
British nationals should check the latest travel advice before travelling (Image: Newsquest)
The government warns that while Australia isn’t in the Middle East, travel can still be impacted.
It says British nationals should check their airline or tour operator’s latest travel updates before heading there.
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You should also check your travel insurance policy before travelling and monitor travel advice, including local and international media.
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Away from the Middle East conflict, the UK government says “there is a higher risk of bushfires in Australia during the spring and summer seasons, from October to February.”
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It reminds travellers that “no travel can be guaranteed safe.”
To find the best air beds for guests, I tested a selection of double, king and queen options from brands including Argos, Decathlon, Dreams and Active Era. Each had a built-in pump and could also be inflated manually.
I rated them on design, warmth, comfort, portability and ease of assembly. I also considered pillow and edge support, how easy it was to get on and off the bed, and whether they came with useful extras, such as a puncture kit or carry bag.
I asked friends of different heights and ages to try each bed, lying on their backs, sides, and stomachs, then sitting up. To check durability, I let my two young children jump on each for two minutes – great fun for them, though not exactly recommended by manufacturers.
As for the best air beds for camping, Phoebe took her picks on the road to test comfort, packability and value.
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There are some non-negotiables when it comes to boxes the best kids’ smartwatches should tick. They need to comfortable, fairly robust, and have reassuring safety features and parental controls.
Beyond this, you can also expect to find kids’ smartwatches with similar features to the best adult smartwatches. For this review, my three young testers and I used watches with activity and health tracking, GPS tracking, and calls and video calls. These “phone watches” can be a great choice for parents who aren’t quite ready to purchase a mobile for their child, but want to safely stay in touch with them. Bear in mind you’ll probably need to cover the rolling cost of a SIM card for these kinds of features though.
If your child is keen on sport (more than 90 per cent of children between five and 16 years old reportedly are), you might purchase a wearable tech gadget to encourage and track movement. By wearing a watch, they can reach their step goals, with more advanced options tracking heart rate, too.
Ultimately, parents should consider what they want to get out of their kids’ smartwatches, whether that’s a fitness tracker, a mini mobile phone or simply a more interactive watch. Here, I’ve rounded up the best ones on the market from a parent’s perspective.
Best overall – Garmin vivofit jr.3: £64.99, Amazon.co.uk
Best budget buy – Disney Encanto character print smartwatch: £24.99, Amazon.co.uk
Best for heart-rate monitoring – myFirst fone S3: £169.99, Myfirsttech.com
Best for easy set-up – Tikkers plain blue interactive watch and headphone set: £34.99, Argos.co.uk
How I tested
With the help of three testers (aged four, six and 13), I put a selection of kids’ smartwatches to the test over many weeks, assessing them on factors such as battery life, fun factor and screen quality. You can scroll to the bottom of my review for a more in-depth look at my full testing criteria.
Manchester City fly out to Spain today ahead of tomorrow night’s Champions League round of 16 first leg vs Real Madrid
Manchester City have confirmed their 23-man travelling squad to take on Real Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 first leg. Erling Haaland, who missed the FA Cup fifth round victory over Newcastle United, has been included after training with his teammates in Manchester on Tuesday morning.
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Pep Guardiola’s decision not to select Haaland last weekend sparked concerns he could be miss the last-16 clash. But, the City boss confirmed after the match his absence was to allow him to rest. “I didn’t think to let him play and I prefer him training to [clicks fingers] make a rhythm,” Guardiola said on Saturday. After injury when he drops he always struggles to have that real pace.”
There are also spots on the plane for Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi. The duo who signed from Bournemouth and Crystal Palace respectively in January, were ineligible to play the final league phase fixtures against Bodo/Glimt and Galatasaray.
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However, when the registration window reopened, both men were added to City’s squad for the knockout stages and could make their Champions League debuts at the Bernabeu. Mateo Kovacic was spotted in training on Tuesday but has not been deemed fit enough to travel to Madrid.
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The Croatia international has been missing since October after sustaining an ankle injury. Guardiola confirmed the midfielder would play a part in the final stages of the season and his return to the first-team is edging closer, even if this game has come too soon for him.
City head into the knockout tie as favourites considering their home advantage in the second leg. The Blues were also victorious earlier this season when the two teams met in the league phase. Nico O’Reilly and Haaland scored in a 2-1 win.
City’s travelling squad to face Real Madrid
Goalkeepers – Gianluigi Donnarumma, James Trafford, Marcus Bettinelli
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Defenders – Max Alleyne, Marc Guehi, Abdukodir Khusanov, Matheus Nunes, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Rayan Ait-Nouri
While profit and sustainability rules (PSR) were about a club’s balance sheet of all revenues over a three-year period, SCR is just about team costs on a seasonal basis.
The new rules will operate a dual system, with clubs in European competition having to adhere to Uefa’s SCR limit of 70% – so a club could be sanctioned by Uefa but be compliant in the Premier League.
The higher limit is intended to protect the Premier League’s competitive balance, given the increased income that will be received by those clubs competing in Europe.
Chelsea and Aston Villa were both given heavy fines by Uefa for breaches in the 2024-25 campaign, and that is when the limit in Europe was 80%.
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The Premier League has added some wriggle room, too, with a multi-year rolling allowance of 30% that permits clubs to spend beyond the limit. It allows clubs to invest ahead of revenue and variance or sporting underperformance.
An assessment is made each March, and the allowance is crucial to determine possible sporting sanctions applied in the same season.
The 85% marker is known as the Green Threshold. Spend above that and you get a financial penalty, although this will be far less punitive than Uefa.
The Red Threshold is 85% plus the allowance. Go beyond that, and it is a fixed six-point deduction which increases by one point for every £6.5m spent over the Red Threshold.
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Think of it this way – every club will start next season on 85% + 30% allowance, so effectively 115%.
Any clubs that spend above 85% will face a fine, but they would need to be in excess of 115% to lose points.
But those percentages will change for 2027-28.
If a club spends 105% on their squad next season, it means they have used 20% of their allowance, and for 2027-28 their maximum spend before potential sporting sanction is 95%.
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If a club spend less that 85%, they can increase the allowance again to the maximum of 30%.
The 26-year-old has denied the charge and will now stand trial
Gallagher PREM side Bristol Bears have suspended hooker Will Capon after the former England U20s player was charged with rape.
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The 26-year-old appeared in court on Friday, having been accused of the assault in Exeter in September 2021. Capon, who has spent 12 years at Bristol after joining the club’s academy in 2014, denied the charge when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court last week and he will now stand trial at the same court in September next year after being granted unconditional bail.
Bristol have confirmed that the front rower was suspended from “all club activities” after being charged.
However, he has not played since May last year, having undergone surgery on a knee injury suffered during the Bears’ pre-season training camp in Portugal ahead of the current campaign.
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Capon made his senior debut for Bristol in 2018 as they secured promotion to the Gallagher PREM, and made 13 appearances for them last season, scoring four tries.
He was also part of the England squad at the World Rugby U20s Championship in 2019, while he was called up by Eddie Jones to train with the senior side two years later.
In a statement issued to The Telegraph, Bristol said: “Bristol Bears can confirm that Will Capon is suspended from all club activities pending the outcome of an ongoing legal matter.
“The club will not be making any further comment while legal proceedings are active.”
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A brief statement from the Crown Prosecution Service read: “Will Capon is charged with one count of rape.
“Next hearing is a case management hearing scheduled for 26 July, 2027 at Exeter Crown Court.”
It looked a pretty sobering weekend for McLaren to be so far off the pace after being the best car the last couple of years. Is it realistic to hope they can compete this year or is being best of the rest, as Lando Norris was in Melbourne, the best they will be able to do? – Tom
The fastest McLaren in Australia qualified more than 0.8 seconds slower than George Russell’s pole time, and Norris finished the race 51 seconds behind Russell.
McLaren – world champions for the past two years – admitted their car was not quite on the level of the Mercedes. As team principal Andrea Stella put it: “When we look at the GPS overlays, we see that Mercedes is faster in some of the corners.”
But the vast majority of McLaren’s deficit was down to usage of the power unit and the energy recovery system.
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It’s clear the works team has more knowledge of how to get the most out of the engine, and it’s equally clear that, with software systems so complex, more information and knowledge translates into a significant advantage on track.
In Melbourne, the Mercedes cars were able to deploy a significant amount more energy on the long run from Turn Six to Turn Nine, where much of the lap time was being lost by McLaren.
F1 rules dictate that manufacturers must supply engines of exactly the same specification to all their teams – works or customer. However, they don’t say they have to share all the information about how to exploit them fully.
After the race, Stella came quite close to expressing frustration with the lack of information McLaren had from Mercedes and their engine company HPP.
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“We remain a little puzzled by the difference we see in the data between the speed of our car and the speed of other cars using the same power unit,” Stella said.
“The discussion with HPP about having more information has been going on for weeks because even in testing, we were pretty much going on track, run the car, look at the data, ‘oh, that’s what we have’, good, now we react to what we have.
“That’s not how you work in Formula 1. In F1, what happens on track, you simulate [beforehand]. You know what is happening. You know what you are programming. You know how the car is going to behave.
“You also have your plans as to how you evolve it that you have figured out before because you know what you are expecting from the car.
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“This is the first time since we have been a customer team that we feel we are on the back foot even when it comes to the ability to predict how the car will behave and to anticipate how we can improve the car.”
Mercedes’ argument would be that, as a customer, McLaren can’t expect as close a relationship with the engine department as the works team has.
McLaren would probably counter that they accept that, but they feel they should be a lot better informed than they are.
The McLaren car is believed to be a little overweight, so there is lap time to be gained there – even without aerodynamic upgrades, which are in the pipeline.
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In theory, the knowledge of how to exploit the engine will come.
The key questions are how long it will take to learn it, and whether starting with extra knowledge is an advantage that keeps on giving.
The systems in the cars keep learning and improving. It’s yet to be seen whether this is a virtuous circle that never stops, or whether Mercedes will reach diminishing returns and McLaren can catch up.
Nick Woltemade only joined Newcastle United last summer (Picture: Getty)
Dietmar Hamann has described Nick Woltemade’s struggles at Newcastle United as ‘remarkable’ and says it has presented Eddie Howe with a ‘really tricky situation’.
The 24-year-old enjoyed a bright start to his St James’ Park career, however, scoring six goals before the start of November and impressing with his all-round play.
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But Woltemade’s contributions began to fall away over the winter period and the German has now scored just once in his last 20 appearances in all competitions.
The towering forward has even been used slightly deeper by an increasingly desperate Howe but Newcastle legend Alan Shearer has dismissed the notion he can play in midfield.
Hamann insists his compatriot’s drop-off is ‘very strange’ and has raised the possibility that Woltemade will now be sold after just one season.
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Woltemade enjoyed a bright start to his Newcastle career (Picture: Getty)
‘I couldn’t believe the developments in the last few weeks and months regarding Nick Woltemade,’ Hamann told BoyleSports.
‘There was a story in one of the German papers that he hasn’t settled in the North-east, which I personally think is a paradise for a footballer, because if you’ve got a bit of success, they treat you as a hero.
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‘He had a great start and was adored by the faithful, adored by the fans. It’s obviously a very strange situation because if you had told me this after six or eight weeks, where he scored a few goals, I would have said he’s going places and he’ll be one who might be there for a few years, who is loved and adored by the people.
Eddie Howe is faced with a ‘really tricky situation’ (Picture: Getty)
‘To have the turnaround now in a short space of time is really remarkable. What you hear and what you see probably makes me think that there might be a summer exit, which is obviously not a good situation for the club because they paid an awful lot of money.
‘Do you force him to stay here? Is that a good solution? And who’s going to pay the money for him now?
‘So, yeah, I think it’s a really tricky situation for both of them, for both parties, but especially for the club.’
If Newcastle do end up selling Woltemade, Hamann believes former Manchester United and Chelsea transfer target Victor Osimhen would be the ‘perfect’ replacement.
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Victor Osimhen has long been linked with a Premier League move (Picture: Getty)
Osimhen has scored an impressive 55 goals in 67 games since joining Galatasaray in 2024 and helped Napoli win the Serie A title before his move to Turkey.
‘I think Victor Osimhen is one of the top five centre forwards in Europe,’ ex-Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich midfielder Hamann added.
‘I couldn’t believe that he ended up in Turkey. Obviously, Napoli paid an awful lot of money for him, but I’m very surprised that none of the English teams signed him, because they all struggled for centre forwards in the summer.
‘They tried for players like Benjamin Sesko, and other players who have come in are only just starting to adapt now because they obviously needed some time.
‘I think he’s an outstanding player and I think he’s probably the reason why Galatasaray is doing well in the league and also in the Champions League.
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‘I love watching him and I think, if he were to play in the Premier League, there are teams he would make much better.
‘Obviously, Liverpool have got two players there now, so he won’t end up there, but he’s an outstanding player. He’s got pace, he’s got power, he can finish, a wonderful player.
‘If Newcastle do sell Nick Woltemade, he could be the perfect fit.’
Despite millennials’ reputation for avoiding phone calls and opting for texts instead, new research has found there is one conversation they are always willing to have – with their mum.
Half of Brits (53%) call their mum more often than they did 10 years ago – with the average call lasting over an hour, new research has found.
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Brits in their early 30s speak to their mum five times a week, with two-fifths calling at least once a day according to Three UK, while data also showed that 10am was the preferred time for “calling home”.
And the calls are very welcome, with four in five mums saying they would rather receive a phone call or coffee catch-up than an expensive gift ahead of Mother’s Day.
While the national average call lasts just over an hour, where you live can make a dramatic difference. In Wolverhampton, conversations last just 34 minutes on average, while in Middlesbrough they stretch to the length of a feature film – at 101 minutes.
In honour of the maternal figures in our lives, Three has unveiled some special Mother’s Day treats on the Three+ rewards app, including cards, cakes, flowers and beauty bundles.
Unsurprisingly, many of us rely on our phones to organise special moments for our mum, such as sending a card digitally (36%) and ordering flowers (34%).
This year, Three is helping customers turn everyday conversations into meaningful gestures with its Three+ rewards app, making it easier to celebrate the maternal figures who are always at the end of the phone.
A free Mother’s Day (or Easter) card from TGJones, worth up to £4.99 (available until March 15)
Say it with flowers – 40% off selected Mother’s Day bouquets from Appleyard London (available until March 15)
Cake and a catch-up? Two-for-one sweet treats at Caffe Nero (available until March 15)
Luxury beauty bundle for £29.99 (inc. p&p, worth over £66) from Real Beauty Bargain (available until April 30)
Gruum spring skin & hair bundle for £XX (worth up to £34) (available until March 29)
Plus, £3 weekend cinema tickets, £1 coffees and £5 off at thousands of restaurants and takeaways.
Death Valley in California – the hottest place on Earth and the driest place in North America – is currently carpeted in wildflowers in what is shaping up to be the best bloom in a decade.
The National Park Service (NPS) officially categorised this as an above-average bloom year on 22 February, with low-elevation flowers blooming throughout the park.
It is the best event the site has seen since 2016, with swathes of the desert transformed and covered in golden and violet flora.
