Georgia Hunter-Bell and Keely Hodgkinson, both medalists for Great Britain, reflect on their 800-meter triumph at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
World athletics championships will be broadcast live.
Larry Lamb has revealed he’s excited for Gavin and Stacey creators Ruth Jones and James Corden’s latest project. The legendary TV show pair reportedly had a significant agreement with streaming tycoon AppleTV+ earlier this month.
The pair had hoped to continue working together after the BBC sitcom’s triumphant end on Christmas Day last year. A new ten-part comedy series is reportedly in the works, and filming is believed to start next year. Despite the BBC, Netflix, and Amazon Prime’s interest, the pair are said to have ultimately decided to go with Apple TV+ due to Corden’s relationship with them.
Speaking backstage at the National Television Awards, Ruth told the Mirror and other press that she couldn’t confirm the news, hinting that the series would be happening. Now, Larry Lamb, who played Mick Shipman in Gavin and Stacey, has opened up about the possibility of him appearing in the show.
“I have to say, somebody phoned me up and told me what they’d read in the news. He claimed that he was in the dark because he had not heard anything about it. According to Larry, “It’ll be interesting to see what they’ve come up, very interesting. I’m probably one of their biggest fans in terms of what they write and the way they write”.
When asked if he would like to appear on the program, he responded, “Who knows? Watch this space, right”? Meanwhile, Larry’s son George also revealed to us that he would consider a return to TV for the “important” projects.
In 2018, George aired Celebs In Solidarity, his final major role on television. The presenter has been concentrating on Wildfarmed, a network of farmers who practice regenerative agriculture, since then, which included a brief appearance on Clarkson’s Farm.
“I’m up for making telly about stuff that’s important to me”, he said. “TV is a huge platform to share ideas, inspire people, and spread information,” he continued, adding, “There are many amazing things about it. So I believe it can be a wonderful tool, if used properly like most things in life.
If you can find a way to combine education and entertainment. In addition, Larry said that viewers want to see broadcasters they can trust in front of the camera. He said:” In the same way, they understand that the contributors make it obvious to the viewer that they know and trust and open up to you and talk to you. Finding out about how other people live in the same society is unendingly fascinating, which is why I enjoy participating in activities that involve people.
Watching George’s career take off will always be a highlight for Larry. The actor, who has also appeared in EastEnders, said: “He became so hot at it, so proficient at it, far better than I would have been able to do. It was with great admiration that I followed his career. And then, as I say, I followed his career off into another world, a world that I’m really interested in, and I’ve learned so much from him, and I have been able to help him.”
Meanwhile, George’s fondest memory of working with his dad was Britain by Bike, which aired on Channel 5″. He continued, “We met the most incredible people, we met sheepdogs, abseiling, landing planes on small beaches, and we got to explore this beautiful island of ours.
When we actually have a beautiful, beautiful country right on our doorstep, “we’re in such a rush to jump on a plane and go off some you know halfway around the world.” However, will there ever be a new series? Larry explained that if the call came in, the pair would jump at the chance.
According to Larry, “The thing about that show is always the contributors, or the people.” He continued, “It’s more about the two people who are introducing it.” It’s about the people you get to meet and what those people do. So you need to first determine the scope of your plan. What are your goals? Where do you wanna go? What topics do you want to discuss with others? How deep do you want to go, exactly? And is it all just about their job? Is it just their life’s purpose? There is a lot of planning involved in this, too. And then of course, you’ve got all the logistics”.
George told us about his break from the screen career, “I’ve spent the last ten years building a regenerative farming business, looking for small wins for people so that we can have significant effects on the environmental crisis that is currently occurring.”
He added: “Like a lot of people, it got to a critical point where I felt overloaded with negativity and the horror stories every day when you turn on the television about the world imploding, so I made an active decision to change the way I was living and try and figure out how we can actually do something about it.
There are many wonderful, brave activists who are willing to campaign day and night, but many people find that to be false. And how can we provide the majority of people with an outlet to address this issue? We’ve set up a regenerative food and farming business. The food we grow, the food we put in our mouths, and the plates we put on are what? How are they cleaned? You know, like we just, just, just making incremental little changes, all of us. can have a significant compound effect.
After George admitted, “I couldn’t be prouder of being perfectly honest.” he continued:” I can remember George talking about wanting to move on out of television and game shows and presenting and music and myself wondering, “What was he going to be doing? ‘ And gradually, he began a charity called Grow to teach children of all ages how to grow their own food in an urban setting where the chances of that happening were very slim. He eventually found his way into the world of growing things.
George explained that the campaign couldn’t be more appropriate for him because he had collaborated with Ecover, which is releasing the first dishwasher tablet that is plastic-free. Larry said he was a” recent convert “to using the dishwasher, but he had been using Ecover for over three decades.
He said, “I get refills for it because I just picked up on the fact that this was an ecologically sound product 30 years ago. It’s always been a part of my life.” I always saw the benefits of it, now I’ve learnt about using the dishwasher, that’s going to double the effectiveness of me standing there with my hands in hot water. “
However, George jokes that because of family disagreements over how to stack dishwashers, the “$64 million question” is still the same. He laughed before claiming that Larry is an architect “when it comes to stacking the family dishwasher, but there has been” tension “over the years. “I think half of people in the UK have had a fall-out and restacked after a fall-out.
The campaign, and the dishwasher itself, is a huge bonus for George. “It’s an all-round win, if you’re stacking it properly and using it economically. Most people are using plastic-based products, so this is a huge jump forward in technology, and I’m super excited! I’ve spent the last 10 years building a regenerative farming business, trying to figure out ways of finding small wins for people so that we can have big impacts on the environmental crisis that’s going on at the moment. And I think this is another brilliant invention from the Ecover team, so I’m delighted to be supporting it and shouting about it.”
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After their women’s rugby world cup flop, co-captain Kate Williams thinks Sean Lynn is the ideal boss to change Wales’ fortunes.
This weekend saw the semi-finals of the tournament, but Wales had to endure a group-stage exit following a costly defeat by Scotland, a troubling defeat by Canada, and a shocking upset at the hands of Fiji.
After leading Gloucester-Hartpury to three successive Premiership Women’s Rugby titles, Lynn assumed control of the country in January.
Williams is confident that her former club boss can turn around Wales’ fortunes despite having won one of her ten Tests, including her stunning victory over Australia in Brisbane.
The back-row forward remarked, “Sean is an amazing coach, and his biggest driver for us is that he believes in us as players and believes in us as a team.”
“We need to move forward, to take the lessons we’ve learned from this year and believe we can accomplish this,” he said.
Since moving from New Zealand in 2023, Williams has won two league titles with Gloucester-Hartpury, including a try in this year’s final victory over Saracens.
The 25-year-old believes the head coach has the skills necessary to help her rise from 12th place in the world rankings thanks to Lynn’s significant contributions to her development.
He coaches both emotionally and tactically, and he possesses that passion, which we as Welsh people, she said.
When I didn’t believe in myself at the time, Lynny pumped so much confidence into me at Gloucester-Hartpury and believed in me.
Williams is confident that a similar strategy will produce quick gains in 2026.
Although the World Cup was a disappointing one with strong performances and results, “we have a lot of direction in mind heading into the Six Nations next year,” she said.
“We are aware that to increase our game fitness and IQ, we must practice more rugby with our clubs and in the Celtic Challenge.”
We will get better at winning the Six Nations because of it, and it will get better at our fitness, abilities, and connections.
“Our Celtic Challenge teams will experience significant growth in the coming year. The girls in the Under-20s and Under-18s can experience significant growth and competitiveness there.
Williams has risen rapidly, and in 2024 and 2025, she was named the Welsh Rugby Writers’ Association women’s player of the year for her efforts.
Following her teammate’s success in winning the title, she was given the honor of being named the season’s player of the year.
Williams, who spent time in the New Zealand Navy before moving to Wales to pursue her rugby dream, said, “I am just loving playing my rugby at the moment. I did that in the way that I did in the Six Nations and for Gloucester-Hartpury.”
I feel very fortunate to play alongside the players I do because the opportunities I have had have been incredible.
Oban Elliott, a Welsh fighter, declares his intention to resurrect himself after suffering his first defeat at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), defeat.
When the 27-year-old takes on Australian welterweight Jonathan Micallef (8-1) on Saturday, September in Perth, he hopes to start winning again.
Elliott’s perfect UFC debut was ended when South Korean wrestler Seokhyeon Ko defeated him in Azerbaijan in June.
“I’m back after [licking my wounds,” I said after my last fight, which didn’t go my way. He claimed that he is wiser and stronger.
“That significantly increases my risk, in my opinion, this time around.
In preparation for the fight, Elliott has been working out with Irishman Ian Machado Garry, who is currently ranked sixth in the UFC welterweight division.
The Merthyr Tydfil native said, “It’s like going to school together and then going to the same university.”
We were the same age when we joined Cage Warriors. We were once close friends, and we kept in touch throughout. Now, in 2018, we finally get to train together.
Micallef immediately made an impression when he defeated Kevin Jousset (10-4) in the UFC via Dana White’s Contender Series.
Elliott, who has lost three of his four UFC fights, is aware of the dangers that these fighters present. He also graduated from the Contender Series.
Anyone who comes through that I know is a formidable threat, he continued, “I know how terrifying Contender Series is.
Despite the pressures of fighting abroad, Elliott is looking forward to facing Micallef.
Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson won the British 800m title with Georgia Hunter Bell, but Lilian Odira from Kenya snubbed them in Tokyo.
Hunter Bell edged training partner Hodgkinson to take second place, 0.28 seconds ahead of Odira, who won gold in a championship record time of 54.62 seconds, to set a fairytale new standard for the sport she had quit for five years.
At the conclusion of a season devasted by injury setbacks, Hodgkinson, 23, had aimed for a first world title after winning silver in Paris 2024, but bronze represented a remarkable achievement.
Hunter Bell won the bronze medal at the Olympics in 1:54.90, barely one second more than her training partner and close friend Hodgkinson.
Before the final, Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell had discussed their plans to become the first British athletes to finish with a one-two at the World Championships since Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders did so in Japan 18 years ago.
The pair trained together, shared a room at the British team’s holding camp, and practiced together in the corridors of the team hotel to fend off the Tokyo heat.
But as they threw themselves across the line, they would end up locked together and would eventually become close allies, almost inseparable.
Although Hodgkinson only wants to be number one once she has established herself as an Olympic champion, this was a bronze medal that, in the context of the event, was more than worth the gold.
Hodgkinson has returned from a 376-day wait to claim her fifth consecutive podium position in front of the world against all odds after enduring a deeply difficult year both physically and emotionally.
Two torn hamstrings kept her out of action until just five weeks before the championships after a knee injury suffered before the Olympic final in August last year set her back over the winter.
She had to travel for eight hours to collect her MBE from Windsor Castle, but the second, a grade three tear to her right hamstring, put her chances of even crossing the finish line in Tokyo in jeopardy.
Before beginning her quest for world glory, the world-leading time she set in her statement comeback just five weeks ago had placed her as the favorite for gold.
Hodgkinson had a trouble observing other people sprint for a while. There have been more tears “than ever before,” in Meadows’ opinion, which is understandable.
However, she took advantage of her lengthy layoffs from the track to resurrect solid foundations in the gym, with her increased strength and power showing up in personal bests lifted. She was given the nickname “Keely 2.0” within her organization.
After announcing her return by setting the fastest time of the year, she was able to celebrate with Hunter Bell as both athletes left with something to show for their efforts, though this wasn’t the endearing result she sought.
More will come later.