Semifinal. Naomi osaka is attempting to claim another scalp at the italian open, where on wednesday the four time grand slam champion beat a top 50 player on clay for the First Time Since 2019. Shes taking on ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the second rounds and its currently 4 1 to osaka. Meanwhile, rome provides the next stop on what is expected to be rafael nadal s final year on tour before retiring. Hes on court in the first round against zizou berys in a tournament hes won ten times before. He lost the first set, won the second and is a break up in the third, leading that by 3 1. The former interpreter for baseballs biggest name Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to fraud after prosecutors alleged he stole 16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player to pay off betting debts. The scandal engulfed the sport in march when news broke that Ippei Mizuhara had been accused of exploiting his relationship with ohtani to take millions from the players account. The Us Department ofjustic
Indeed. anyone who s travelling by plane over christmas will be bracing themselves for possible delays, as border staff strike at several uk airports. for passengers with disabilities, however, there are many other problems they could have to deal with on theirjourney. earlier this year, the bbc security correspondent frank gardner told how he was left alone on a plane twice once at heathrow airport and once at gatwick. then in september, blogger and disability activist jennie berry said she had to drag herself along the floor of a plane aisle so that she could use the bathroom. and yesterday we spoke to tony hudgell and his mum paula, who were left waiting in gatwick airport for over four and half hours for tony s wheelchair. that was on the way back from a christmas trip to lapland. it was just absolutely horrendous. we kept trying, asking any member of staff.
Paul and mark hudgell, have campaigned for tougher sentences for child abusers. and thejustice secretary, dominic raab, seen here with tony and his family, yesterday issued this statement. tony s mum paula gave her reaction to the news. tony has daily issues with all his injuries he received from them, you know. even dominic raab said that there isn t a severe case like tony s, and so really, for them to be able to walk free after five years is just not right. tougher sentencing for child abusers in
A YOUNG animal lover from Davenham has helped an injured dog in Bosnia find a new forever home in the UK. At just six years old, determined Elsie Pattison raised a total of £600 with a sponsored silence - £300 to help Willowsway Cats Rescue in Weaverham and £300 to help Hope the dog. Mum Paula explained: Elsie absolutely loves animals and just wanted to do something to help during the lockdown. “We’ve got a really old dog ourselves so Elsie has always been really good with dogs. “She did want to do a sponsored silence for a full 24 hours but we said that might be a bit too much and we settled on six hours - one hour for each year of her age.