British skaters Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won gold at the NHK trophy figure skating event in Osaka – their 10th Grand Prix medal.
The win means the pair are the most decorated British team in the series and qualifies them for the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan in December.
The result comes before the British Championships, where they are on course to become the most decorated pair in history, moving beyond Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, and Sinead and John Kerr.
They scored 205.88 points overall in Osaka and led the field from start to finish, with their Spice Girls Rhythm Dance and Scottish-inspired Free Dance drawing a roaring reception from the crowd.
Gibson, 31, is from Scotland while 26-year-old Fear was born in the United States but grew up in London.
The pair have won seven British championships and clinched Great Britain’s first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston this year.
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy have rescued 10 crew members, including one Cameroonian, one Equatorial Guinean, and eight Nigerians, from the distressed vessel MV SEMA III, which was en route to Calabar from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
The Naval Director of Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Adams-Aliyu, a Commodore, said that the rescue occurred on Friday, November 7, following a distress call received at about 2000 hours.
According to him, a naval gunboat equipped with a submersible pump was immediately deployed to the scene.
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“On arrival, the team discovered the vessel was taking in water and promptly evacuated all occupants—one Cameroonian, one Equatorial Guinean, and eight Nigerians, who were later received, debriefed, and catered for at FOB IBAKA until Saturday, 8 November 2025.
“The Master of MV SEMA III expressed heartfelt gratitude to the Nigerian Navy for its timely intervention and exceptional professionalism,” Adams-Aliu said.
He added that the successful operation underscored the Navy’s renewed efforts under the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas (Admiralty Medal), to enhance maritime safety, protect critical national assets, and promote lawful economic activities within Nigeria’s maritime domain.
The latest rescue comes just days after the Navy saved 11 passengers from a sinking boat along the Bonny River in Rivers State.
According to the Navy, “On Tuesday, 4 November 2025, personnel of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base Bonny rescued 11 passengers from a sinking speedboat along the Bonny River.
“The boat, which departed Nembe Waterside Jetty in Port Harcourt en route Coal Beach Jetty in Bonny Island, developed engine failure midstream and began taking in water near the Federal Ocean Terminal, Onne, Rivers State.
“The swift response of the Forward Operating Base Bonny patrol team under heavy rainfall prevented a major tragedy.
“All rescued passengers, six males and five females, were safely taken to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Jetty for medical checks and subsequently handed over to the Marine Police for reunification with their families.”
Meanwhile, the Navy said it has intensified anti-crude oil theft operations across the Niger Delta, deactivating multiple illegal refining sites in four different locations.
Molly-Mae Hague has revealed how she starts the day with her Love Island partner Tommy Fury after the pair rekindled their romance at the turn of the year
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Love Island couple Molly Mae Hague and Tommy Fury seem very much the happy pair again after a short separation. And now the Maebe founder has cheekily revealed how she starts the day with her boxing beau.
After splitting last year following a five-year relationship, Molly and Tommy rekindled their romance over the new year period. Molly has now revealed the duo are in a healthy, happy place and shared a look into their life on her latest vlog.
Taking to her weekly YouTube channel, she was seen with Tommy as the pair messed around playfully. The pugilist told viewers he enjoys starting the day with a cold showers, which helps him “mentally lock in”.
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Despite his comments, he asked Molly not to use his admission in her upload. However, she insisted as she laughed: “Best believe I’m using all of it!”
In the clip, Tommy was seen standing in front of the shower cubicle. And Molly explained the duo, who are parents to two-year-old Bambi, often shower together in the morning.
Basically, TMI, but we actually have a shower together pretty much every day,” she explained. “Because we both get in the shower at the same time and there is two shower heads in there.
“So we just shower but separately at the same time because we just our shower times cross over.”
And fans were loving seeing the pair on such good terms again after seemingly ending their partnership. In the comments section of the upload, one user gushed: “My heart melts seeing you all together.”
Molly also opened up on the issues she is facing as she looks to sell her lavish home. In her latest dilemma while on a video post on social media, Molly told fans that she is in a quandary when it comes to the sale of her £3.8million house.
She admitted she doesn’t want to let it go but knows she has to. Speaking on the vlog, she said: “Like I still don’t know what I’m doing in terms of this house.”
She added that there are “a lot of big decisions need to be made in terms of what I’m going to do with this house, and I’ve mentioned it [but] I don’t want to sell it.
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“I don’t particularly want to rent it out,” she said, “but then equally, what am I keeping it for? I don’t know. I just don’t, I really, really don’t know.
“Like there’s some things, that I know in my mind like I’m ready to do, and I want to do, but like in terms of this house…This house will always be so incredibly sentimental to me.”
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to be released from prison after serving three weeks of a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy.
A Paris court ruled on Monday that Sarkozy, 70, will be placed under judicial supervision pending an appeal against his conviction.
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He is banned from leaving France and could be required to wear an electronic tag while living at home.
In September, Sarkozy was found guilty of criminal conspiracy for his role in efforts to secure funding for his 2007 presidential campaign from the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
He was acquitted of separate charges of corruption and illegal campaign financing.
Sarkozy was sent to La Sante prison in Paris on October 21, where, reports said, he was mocked by other inmates.
Appearing via videolink from prison on Monday, Sarkozy described his time behind bars as “very hard” and “exhausting”, insisting he had been the target of political vengeance.
“I had never imagined I would experience prison at 70,” he said. “This ordeal was imposed on me, and I lived through it. It’s hard, very hard. I would even say it’s gruelling.”
During a 50-minute hearing, the former president again denied all wrongdoing. “I will never confess to something I didn’t do,” he told the court. “I am fighting for the truth to prevail.”
He was accompanied in court by his wife, Carla Bruni, and his sons Pierre and Jean. Just after 1:30pm (12:30 GMT), the court’s president declared the application for release admissible and placed Sarkozy under judicial supervision.
Under the terms of his release, Sarkozy has been barred from contacting Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin. He will face an appeal trial expected next year.
Under French law, defendants are generally released pending appeal unless deemed a flight risk or a danger to public order.
Prosecutors have accused Sarkozy of promising to help rehabilitate the image of Gaddafi internationally in exchange for campaign funding. Libya was still facing global condemnation at the time for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, an attack on a passenger plane that killed 270 people.
While the court ruled that Sarkozy had conspired to secure funds, it did not establish that he had personally received or used them in his 2007 campaign.
The International Olympic Committee has moved a step closer to introducing a blanket ban on transgender women from female categories across all sports.
IOC president Kirsty Coventry vowed to bring in the policy as part of her election campaign, and set up a working group on the protection of women’s sport.
The IOC said that the review is “continuing its discussions on this topic and no decisions have been taken yet”.
However, after a presentation by its medical chief, sources have told BBC Sport told that a ban is likely to be introduced in 2026.
Last week, the IOC’s medical and scientific director Dr Jane Thornton updated its members as the organisation works through the details of the potential move.
As first reported by The Times, she revealed that initial findings of the science-based review suggested that athletes born male retain physiological advantages, even after reducing testosterone levels, fuelling expectations of a new policy.
BBC Sport has been told any blanket ban is unlikely to be introduced before the 2026 Winter Olympics, but could be brought in before the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
Back in March, former swimmer Coventry – a seven-time Olympic medallist – told BBC Sport that the IOC must “play a leading role” in discussions in this area, hinting at a major shift in approach.
The IOC has previously left sex eligibility regulations to the governing bodies of individual sports, rather than applying a universal approach, with many allowing transgender women athletes to compete in female competition if they lowered their testosterone levels.
After being elected, Coventry said a working group on the issue made up of experts and international federations would “ensure that we find consensus”.
She added that IOC members had shown “overwhelming support” to protecting the female category in sport.
Transgender athletes in sport
In recent years a growing number of sports federations have barred athletes who have undergone male puberty from competing in elite female competition amid concerns over fairness and safety, including World Aquatics and World Athletics.
The moves have been opposed by trans rights campaigners who argue they could violate human rights, and insist inclusion should be prioritised.
This year, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in female categories.
He said it would include the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and that he will deny visas for transgender athletes trying to visit the US to compete at the Games.
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New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender women to compete at an Olympics after being selected for the women’s weightlifting team at Tokyo 2020.
Hubbard, who failed to record a successful lift in the women’s +87kg category, had competed in men’s events before coming out as transgender in 2013.
Dr Thornton’s presentation also covered recent approaches to athletes with DSD. This is a term for a group of rare conditions, whereby a person’s hormones, genes and/or reproductive organs may be a mix of male and female characteristics. Some can be born with external female genitalia but functioning testes, and are often certified as female at birth and raised as such.
Both World Athletics and World Boxing have introduced genetic sex screening this year, claiming it is needed to protect the integrity of women’s competition.
The Paris 2024 Olympics were engulfed in controversy after Algeria’s Imane Khelif won the women’s welterweight boxing gold medal, a year after being disqualified from the World Championships for reportedly failing a gender eligibility test.
The IOC cleared the 25-year-old to compete – along with Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, who was also banned by the suspended International Boxing Association (IBA).
The IOC said competitors were eligible for the women’s division if their passports said they were female.
Both fighters said they were women, had always competed in the women’s division, and there was no suggestion they were transgender.
BBC presenter Gabby Logan admitted the family transition felt “weird” as she navigates a new chapter with her husband of 24 years, Kenny Logan
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Gabby and Kenny Logan have been married since 2001
Gabby Logan has opened up about a positive turn in her marriage to former rugby star Kenny Logan. The couple are currently adjusting to life with an empty nest after their 19-year-old twins Reuben and Lois embarked on their own career journeys.
Lois, a jockey, headed back to her university in Leicestershire for her second year in September. This comes after Gabby previously admitted to being in floods of tears after saying goodbye to her daughter last year.
Meanwhile, Reuben has followed his dad’s rugby path. Back in April, Sale Sharks revealed they had snapped up the Scotland Under-20 forward on a two-year deal from Northampton Saints.
Before their children flew the nest, Gabby confessed the adjustment was “going to feel a bit weird”. However, the 52-year-old has now embraced the change by enjoying more precious moments with her husband.
Speaking to Hello! Magazine, she revealed: “We did some lovely trips this summer because Reuben was playing for the under-20s World Cup, so we went to Verona, Milan, just quick trips, two nights to watch the match.
“It was so nice because we had the purpose of being there to watch the game, but we didn’t get to hang out with him, because he was with the team.
“So we’d watch him, give him a cuddle afterwards, and then we’d go back to the lovely hotel, have dinner together.
“I’m looking forward to spending more little trips like that, just the two of us.”
Previously speaking about their marriage, Gabby opened up about the hurdles they’ve encountered and how they’ve navigated them.
“In any relationship, you’re going to have ups and downs,” she told Bella Magazine.
“We have differences in our opinions, but we are grown-up enough to discuss them.”
She added: “It’s knowing how to communicate through those challenging times, finding a common ground and having a sense of humour.”
One of the most challenging obstacles they confronted together was Kenny’s fight against prostate cancer in 2022.
The father-of-two chose to get examined after listening to Gabby discussing women’s health struggles on her The MidPoint podcast.
He told The Telegraph: “I thought, ‘What can men do for their own health?’ We need to take responsibility, too.”
Without an NHS prostate screening programme available, Kenny opted for a private examination, which involved having his PSA levels checked.
While he experienced no symptoms at the time, a biopsy subsequently confirmed his diagnosis after his PSA level climbed to over seven.
“That news left me and Gabby reeling,” he admitted. “I’ve played sports all my life so I’m fit, I eat well and have never smoked. I’ve mostly drunk in moderation.
“Yet, as the doctor said to me, prostate cancer isn’t caused by lifestyle, there is nothing to ‘blame’, and what’s more, it’s often entirely symptomless, as mine had been.
“I was two months shy of my 50th birthday at that time, I felt entirely well, and it was all such a shock that I almost fell over.”
Following his choice to have his prostate removed, the 53-year-old felt “95% back to normal” three months post-operation and received the all-clear.
