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We found a chic and cosy autumn knit perfect for layering and it’s now £100 off

The perfect layering piece for keeping you warm and cozy in the fall and winter thanks to Fenwick’s price reduction of its £140 cosy jumper, which is only £42.

The jumper is super soft and cosy for autumn(Image: Fenwick)

We found the ideal fall wardrobe item at Fenwick with an incredible discount. A cozy jumper is a must-have. The retailer’s website currently lists the American Vintage East V Neck Knit Jumper for only £42, but thanks to an end-of-season sale, the price has dropped to just £42.

It’s a great opportunity to purchase a luxurious piece of knitwear without breaking the bank with a £98 discount. It’s starting to sell quickly because a size small is already out of stock, thanks to the substantial discount. Before it runs out, you can still purchase it in medium and large sizes.

The perfect “warm and fashionable” trench coat for the fall is now available from Myleene Klass.

The perfect footwear for the inbetween seasons of autumn are Kate Middleton’s suede ballet flats.

Its super soft and cozy material will keep you warm and cozy in the coldest months, but its lightweight design makes it ideal for layering wherever you go. Its V-neckline and slightly shortened length make it ideal for layering over blouses, rollnecks, and T-shirts, or equally as well as on its own with a necklace.

You won’t experience itchy or irritated while wearing the East V Neck Knit Jumper, which is made of a combination of alpaca and wool, which helps keep it extremely warm and soft on your skin. It’s also recommended to still handwash it to prevent shrinkage because the materials are combined with synthetic fibers to make it easier to wash without shrinkage.

American Vintage East V Neck Knit Jumper
The jumper has been slashed from £140 to £42(Image: Fenwick)

The jumper’s timeless cream color is also in our hearts, which is never going out of style. Additionally, it’s simple to pair with any color, from intense red and pink to bold reds and pinks.

The brand’s Oversized Mohair-Blend Jumper is one of the brand’s best sellers every fall, making it easy to find other pieces of high-end knitwear for less on the high street. It’s the ideal shape to wear with anything because it comes in a variety of colors and prints.

Meanwhile Marks & Spencer has a Pure Cashmere Crew Neck Jumper at a very affordable rate of £89, and a choice of nine different colours. Over at Boden, the Marion Merino Jumper is £99 with five different shades to pick from, and is made from 100% merino wool for another soft and warm option.

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The American Vintage East V Neck Knit Jumper from Fenwick is a great option if you’re looking for a bargain, though. With a saving of almost £100, it’s a wise investment to make that you’ll wear for years to come. You’ll need to act quickly to avoid stocks selling out.

Peaky Blinders gang’s ‘disgusting’ assault on girl, 16, after breaking into home

Not everyone is sucked into Tommy Shelby’s spell, though the Peaky Blinders movie is almost here. Carl Chinn, a historian, was disgusted by the discovery of his great-grandfather’s dark past.

“My great-grandfather was a real peaky blinder”, says Carl Chinn (Image: BBC/Caryn Mandabach/Robert Viglasky)

THE grisly world of Peaky Blinders became a phenomenon, thanks to Cillian Murphy’s charismatic anti-hero Tommy Shelby. And soon we should be welcoming them back on our screens – in full force. Netflix film Immortal Man has no confirmed release date yet, but with filming and post-production wrapped it is expected to be later this year or early next. Meanwhile, a seventh season is also in discussions with the BBC.

But while fans have fallen for the charms of the working-class gangsters with their twisted codes of honour, historian and Professor Carl Chinn argues the truth was far more grim. In his new book Peaky Blinders: The Real Gangs and Gangsters, he reveals they were simply indiscriminate thugs, who beat their wives and terrorised Birmingham’s backstreets without remorse. And he should know, his great-grandfather was one…….

Professor Carl Chinn MBE in Digbeth, one of the old Peaky Blinder stomping grounds
Professor Carl Chinn MBE in Digbeth, one of the old Peaky Blinder stomping grounds(Image: Birmingham Mail)

By Professor Carl Chinn, MBE

Edward Derrick, a best-selling author, great-grandson of Peaky Blinder, is a social historian.

Despite the church bells ringing in 1909, hard man Billy Beach was not greeted with a new year’s eve cheer in backstreet Birmingham. When he saw the Sheldon Gang, his feared adversary, coming after him as he was emptying the leaves from his teapot.

He had been fighting with them for months and had defeated John Sheldon, their leader, in a straightener-a-man conflict. Sheldon sought revenge, appearing in jest.

“That’s him, there on the steps,” one of the gang shouted. A shot was fired, the bullet hit the back of Beach’s ear, and he flung a paraffin lamp at the Sheldons.

His wife fled upstairs after hearing glass crashing in a bedroom and being struck by another bullet. It grazed her 10-year-old daughter’s head, who was crying, “Oh, Mommy, something’s ‘it me.” She spent the rest of her life sleeping with a lump hammer under her pillow because she was traumatized.

Beach stormed into his attackers, striking out with his fists as Sheldon belaboured him with a pickaxe. His wife ran for the police and the gang scarpered, leaving behind a shambles. Blood was everywhere. In the snow, officers found a revolver with six spent cartridges, a pickaxe, a coal hammer covered with blood, another hammer and broken bottles. There was also a man knocked out by Beach. When asked in court if it was a free fight, Beach retorted: “If you call 10 to one a free fight.”

The TV version of Peaky Blinders - with Cillian Murphy oozing an devilish charm as Tommy Shelby
The TV version of Peaky Blinders – with Cillian Murphy oozing an devilish charm as Tommy Shelby(Image: Birmingham Mail)
George Williams was a true gang member, as described in Prof. Carl Chinn's most recent book.
George Williams was a true gang member, as described in Prof. Carl Chinn’s most recent book.

In the Garrison Lane Vendetta, Beach’s gang quickly wreaked vengeance. Peaky Blinders was sparked by Steven Knight, the author, who claimed that “my dad’s uncle was from a family called the Sheldons, which in fiction became the Shelbys.)”

But other than a thirst for violence there is little in common between the Shelbys and their real-life counterparts. The Sheldons weren’t charismatic anti-heroes kind to children, respectful to women, and considerate to the elderly.

As did my ferocious great-grandfather, Edward Derrick, to my great-grandmother, Ada, who had viciously attacked women and brutally battered their girlfriends and wives. Samuel Sheldon exemplified the violent, thieving, and abusive peaky blinders. One of Birmingham’s most dangerous men was him.

Carl Chinn's great-grandmother Ada (right) after getting up the nerve to leave her abusive husband
Ada (right) is Professor Carl Chinn’s great-grandmother after having the guts to leave her violent husband.
Edward Derrick, the great-grandfather of Prof. Carl Chinn, appears in an early mugshot aged about 17 years old.
Edward Derrick, the great-grandfather of Prof. Carl Chinn, appears in an early mugshot aged about 17 years old.

He was a member of the notorious Barr Street Slogging Gang and was sentenced to four months in prison for stoning the police and acting “with a violence that knew no bounds” at the age of 20.

The court was informed that Sheldon had “set himself to wreck the place” and that “One of the objects of his wrath” had sought shelter in a store. His 13th assault conviction was noteworthy.

Then came the worst. One of eight or nine roughshoes who smashed the windows of a 16-year-old girl’s home in 1889 was him. The evil men pursued her and “committed a most repulsive assault” against her. She bravely raised the alarm, and Sheldon, the fourth of the four detained, was later given a six-month sentence.

Barry Keoghan and Cillian Murphy, on the set of Netflix's upcoming Peaky Blinders film, Immortal Man
Barry Keoghan and Cillian Murphy, on the set of Netflix’s upcoming Peaky Blinders film, Immortal Man(Image: PA)

In March the next year, the term term peaky blinders first appeared in the press. As told in folklore and the series, it derived from their supposedly favoured weapon: the peak of their flat caps in which safety razor blades were sewn which blinded their foes when slashed across the eyes. Yet people who lived at the time indicated the real meaning referred to a fashion taken up by sloggers like Sheldon.

Ex-superintendent W. J. May joined the Birmingham Police in 1894. He noted, they wore their “hair short at the back and sides but with a well-greased forelock plastered over the forehead nearly to the eyebrows and upwards towards the left”. The forelocks were shown off by pulling the peaks of their caps to one side, almost covering, or blinding, their one eye.

Historic mugshots of from the time of the real Peaky Blinders
Historic mugshots of from the time of the real Peaky Blinders(Image: SWNS)

My father, my great-grandad on my father’s side, was a thief and vicious, nasty man who badly abused Ada, according to older family members when I was a child. I researched his life and background more in-depth as a historian. He was reportedly a leader of Sparkbrook’s sloggers, making him my peaky blinder ancestor, according to reports.

The reign of the peaky blinders was ended before 1914. They disappeared through combative policing, sterner sentences for assaults on policemen, and the provision of football and boxing clubs for youths. Their disappearance was welcomed. They’d maimed policemen and killed several, triggered riots and launched racist attacks on Italians and Jews.

The book by Professor Carl Chinn is now available.
The book by Professor Carl Chinn is now available.
Tommy Shelby (CILLIAN MURPHY)
The uncoming Peaky Blinders’ movie will give us another chance to see Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby(Image: BBC/Caryn Mandabach Productions Ltd./Robert Viglasky)

With buckled belts, knives, knuckle dusters, and other weapons, they had harmed horrifying victims in gang brawls. They terrorized neighborhoods, assaulting and inflicting wounds on neighbors, as well as blackmailing store owners, publicans, and concert hall managers.

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They shouldn’t be forgotten or ignored for the fear and suffering they caused. I disapprove of my great-grandparent’s actions. The women were the backstreets’ true heroes, not them. They fought for decency in the face of class prejudice, male violence, and poverty, hoping that their children and grandchildren would have better lives in the future rather than just a day to pass.

The family’s life in Birmingham has had a significant impact on Professor Carl Chinn’s writings, as does his son, who is the son and grandson of an illegal bookmaker in back-street Birmingham.

How to follow World Athletics Championships on the BBC

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Tokyo will host the 20th World Athletics Championships on September 13 through 21 and will broadcast live on the BBC.

At the Budapest World Championships in 2023, Great Britain and Northern Ireland won two gold medals, three silvers, and five bronze medals, bringing home the best total of their ten medals.

Keely Hodgkinson (800m) and Matthew Hudson-Smith (400m) will compete for the title in Japan, while Katarina Johnson-Thompson (heptathlon) and Josh Kerr (heptathlon) will compete for the title.

Two years ago, Britain won four medals from the five relay events while Zharnel Hughes (100m) and Ben Pattison (800m) both won bronze.

World record-holder Armand Duplantis, world and Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles, and five-time 100m world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will compete in her final championships before retiring.

The 67,750-capacity Japan National Stadium will host 49 gold medals in nine days.

On BBC One or BBC Two, live coverage of the action can be found, as well as on the BBC Sport website and app.

Daily highlights will also be available online and on BBC Red Button, BBC Three, iPlayer, and BBC Red Button.

Daily live text commentary, video highlights, analysis, reports, and results will be available on the BBC Sport website.

Medal activities and BBC coverage

Saturday, September 13

5 men’s and women’s 45 km walks, men’s shot put, women’s 10,000 meters, and mixed 4x400m relay medals are awarded.

Live coverage of 23:55-04:10 on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online.

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 9 o’clock until 11 o’clock on BBC One.

Live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online from 11:45-14:45

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three &amp, BBC iPlayer

Sunday, September 14

Gold medal events: 6 – women’s marathon, women’s discus, women’s long jump, men’s 10, 000m, women’s 100m, men’s 100m

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online at 23:55-04:00.

10:00-12:15 live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online

15 – 14 – 45 – live broadcasts on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online.

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three &amp, BBC iPlayer

Monday, September 15

5 men’s marathon, men’s pole vault, women’s hammer, men’s 3, 000-meter steeplechase, and women’s 100-meter hurdles all won gold medals.

Live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online at 00:00-04:00

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 11:00 to 12:15.

Live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online from 12:15 to 13:00

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 13:00 to 14:45

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three &amp, BBC iPlayer

16 September, .

4 men’s high jump, men’s hammer throw, women’s 1500m, and men’s 110m hurdles all won gold medals.

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 11:00 to 12:15.

Live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online from 12:15 to 13:00

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 13:00 to 14:45

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three &amp, BBC iPlayer

On Wednesday, September 17th.

4 women’s pole vault, men’s long jump, women’s 3, 000-meter steeplechase, and men’s 1500-meter relay events all won gold medals.

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 11:00 to 12:15.

Live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online from 12:15 to 13:00

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 13:00 to 14:00

14:00-14:45 live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three &amp, BBC iPlayer

Thursday, September 18

4 men’s javelin, women’s triple jump, men’s 400m, and women’s 400m all had gold medals.

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 10:30-12:15.

Live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online from 12:15 to 13:00

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 13:00 to 14:00

14:00-14:45 live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three &amp, BBC iPlayer

Friday, September 19

Gold medal events: 5 – men’s triple jump, men’s 400m hurdles, women’s 400m hurdles, men’s 200m, women’s 200m

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 11:00 to 14:45

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three &amp, BBC iPlayer

Saturday, September 20

7 women’s and men’s 20 km walks, women’s shot put, women’s javelin, heptathlon, men’s 5, 000m, and men’s 800m all won gold medals.

Live coverage on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online from 01:00-04:30

Live coverage from 10:30 to 13:00 on BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, and online.

Live coverage on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online from 13:00 to 14:45

19: 00-19: 30 – highlights on BBC Three, BBC iPlayer and online

Sunday, September 21.

Gold medal events: 9 – women’s high jump, women’s 800m, men’s 5, 000m, women’s discus, men’s and women’s 4x400m relays, decathlon, women’s and men’s 4x100m relays

Live coverage from 11:00 to 13:00 on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, and online.

Highlights from BBC iPlayer, Red Button, and online at 17:00 to 17:30

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Internet disruptions in Middle East and South Asia after Red Sea cable cuts

After numerous undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, tech giant Microsoft, which has been criticized for its connections to Israel as its ongoing conflict with Gaza, reported Internet disruptions in the Middle East and South Asia, according to a statement released.

What caused the cuts, according to the statement from Sunday, was not provided in more detail.

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Microsoft stated in a status update that “network traffic passing through the Middle East may experience increased latency due to undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea.” The global software tycoon claimed that the cuts did not affect its second-largest cloud computing service, Azure, which is the second-largest in the world after Amazon. However, it added that network traffic was unaffected.

“Network traffic that travels through the Middle East is not affected.” If circumstances change, we’ll continue to provide updates daily or sooner.

Microsoft stated that the disruptions started on September 6 at 05:45 GMT.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and India all reported “degraded” internet connectivity, which the internet connectivity watchdog NetBlocks said “degraded” the access to slow speeds and sporadic interruptions.

According to NetBlocks, the connectivity issues were brought on by IMEWE and SMW4 cable failures close to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

One of the nation’s largest telecoms providers, Pakistan Telecommunications, warned customers on X that the nation “may experience some degradation during peak hours,” adding that its international partners were working to address the issue.

The internet’s backbone is made up of underground cables that transmit global data traffic. A crucial hub connecting Asia and Europe is the Middle East. They are susceptible to anchor damage from ships, but they can also be targeted in attacks that can disrupt them for a long period of time.

Yemen’s internationally renowned government-in-exile claimed in early 2024 that the Houthis planned to attack Red Sea cables. The Houthis denied being responsible for the cuts to several of them.

The Houthis’ Al Masirah TV channel, Al Masirah TV, cited NetBlocks as evidence on Sunday morning.

According to an investigation conducted by The Guardian, + 972 Magazine, and Local Call, Microsoft’s Azure has been storing information for the Israeli military, including intercepted Palestinian phone calls in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Microsoft has opened an investigation in August after discovering that Unit 8200, Israel’s cyber-intelligence division, was using its cloud services to access information obtained through widespread surveillance.

The night Northern Ireland humbled England’s ‘galacticos’

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It is a night that is deeply rooted in Irish footballing and folklore.

Wednesday, 7 September 2005. The evening Lawrie Sanchez’s side overcame the odds by winning a stunning, giant-killing 1-0 victory over a star-studded England side in Windsor Park, which was a World Cup qualifying match.

The image is just as vivid as it was 20 years ago for those who were in south Belfast that evening or among the many viewers who watched on television.

With almost 74 minutes left on the clock. David Healy’s path is blasted by Steven Davis with skill. The striker directs the ball past England goalkeeper Paul Robinson into the bottom of the net with one touch. The home crowd erupts.

True North: A Football Miracle: Healy 1 England 0., a BBC documentary, examines the events of that night and puts it in context with contemporary footballing culture.

In the autumn of 2003, Northern Ireland had hit rock bottom, with the managerless team currently sitting at number 124 in the Fifa world rankings and holding numerous undesirable records, including not winning in 13 games in a row.

Two years later, on that fateful night, England faced a team that was almost £200 million more expensive than its rivals, including legendary players like David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, and Jamie Carragher, who contributes to this movie with his reflections on the game.

The footballing “galacticos,” which was led by Swede Sven Goran-Eriksson, were dubbed the “golden generation.”

Healy and his team-mate Stephen Craigan, both of whom played that night, recall the game highlights, the energized atmosphere inside the stadium that night, and the decisive goal that won the most unlikely of victories.

The movie, which is narrated by Colin Murray, also features Heidi and Ray, super fans, and former IFA president Jim Boyce, former player for sport Kate Hoey, sports reporter Steven Beacom, and former IFA president Jim Boyce.

A “life-changing experience”

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The contributors reflect on the “buzz and excitement” that followed England’s first encounter with Northern Ireland in 18 years.

You’re sort of “thinking, maybe this could happen here tonight,” you might say as you walk down the tunnel. Healy, the eventual champion, reflected it.

The contest was set up by James Quinn’s early challenge on Ashley Cole, and Sanchez sensed a renewed sense of team belief after the goalless half-game.

The NI manager claimed that while “just six or seven of his players” initially believed they could defeat England, “the entire team” by the time the game ended was in doubt.

Carragher, a former Liverpool defender, claims that the greater the worry that things would turn out badly the longer it was going on.

Then, with the resultant euphoria and the win over England in Belfast as the decisive moment since 1927, the decibels in the stands were taken to new heights.

Disgraceful England players were forced to leave the field at the end of the match while the home team’s players celebrated with their delighted supporters.

“I said it needed to be believed to prevail,” I said. The best team triumphed, Sanchez recalls, and we were fantastic in the second half.

Carragher revealed that there was a “disbelief” vibe after the game in the England dressing room.

He says, “You know when you play for England, this is a really bad one, to lose away to Northern Ireland.”

“It was probably one of the best nights in the history of Northern Ireland football,” said one player.

What did Healy think of his country’s top goalscorer, who won 95 caps and scored a total of 36 goals for his nation:

A Football Miracle: Healy 1 England 0.

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Watson leaves role as Scotland head coach

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Following a review of recent results, Doug Watson has resigned as Scotland’s head coach, according to Cricket Scotland.

After qualifying against Jersey and Italy, the Scots were eliminated from the T20 World Cup.

The one-day international with Canada on Saturday was canceled. Prior to that, Watson’s team had defeated Namibia and Canada.

I’ll bring many fond memories of my time working for the organization with me, Watson said, despite my disappointment that I’m leaving.

In addition to claiming victories over Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman in the T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, Watson was appointed on an interim basis in early 2023.

Before the Scots so narrowly missed out on the super eights stage of the T20 World Cup, his position was officially established in 2024.

Steve Snell, head of cricket Scotland, thanked Watson and said, “He has had some memorable moments with the squad and is well liked by the players. He has made a positive impact in many areas.

With no games until March 2026 and Doug’s relocation, it is appropriate to make sure our coaching program reflects the needs of the squad and the organization over the coming year and beyond.

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