Asher-Smith and Hughes break records at UK Champs

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Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes broke competition records in claiming 200m victories at the UK Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

Former world champion Asher-Smith edged the women’s race in a dramatic photo finish, holding off 100m winner Amy Hunt to triumph in 22.14 seconds.

Hughes completed the men’s sprint double as he clocked 19.90 to add to his 100m victory on Saturday.

Athletes needed to achieve a top-two finish, and have met the World Athletics entry standard, to be assured of a place in the squad, to be announced on 27 August.

Olympic 1500m medallist Georgia Hunter Bell won the 800m final to secure a spot in Tokyo, where she could face training partner and Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson.

Max Burgin claimed a dominant win in the men’s 800m, while title favourites Charlie Dobson and Amber Anning earned 400m golds.

World 1500m champion Josh Kerr, already assured of a place in the squad in that event, had time to wave to the crowd in the closing stages of a comfortable 5,000m win.

‘I can go a lot faster’

After dedicating his 100m victory to his aunt, whose funeral he had to miss to be present at the trials, Hughes returned to the track to overpower his rivals and once again assert himself as the UK’s dominant male sprinter.

The British record holder in the 100m and 200m, Hughes followed up his wind-assisted sub-10 on Saturday by breaking Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake’s 200m championship record of 20.05.

After finishing clear of Jona Efoloko (20.42) and Ethan Wiltshire (20.51), world 100m bronze medallist Hughes said: “It felt fantastic. I can go a lot faster.

“My coach will get me much sharper. There’s still more than a month to go.”

Asher-Smith, who chose not to contest the 100m, ran a season’s best to capture the women’s 200m title despite being chased down by the fast-finishing Hunt.

“It was an excellent race. I didn’t know who had got it. The ladies ran amazingly and it bodes well for the relay,” Asher-Smith said.

“I’m in great shape, it was a great run and there are still a few things I can tweak, so I’m happy.”

Hunter Bell and Burgin shine

Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell said she has not decided which event she will focus on at the Worlds, after moving clear of Jemma Reekie on the home straight to win in one minute 59.53 seconds.

“It’s a good problem to have. I have a lot of thinking to do,” said Hunter Bell, who trains with Hodgkinson under coaches Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows.

Burgin, a record-breaking junior, is continuing to build momentum after years of setbacks and led from the start to win comfortably in 1:43.92.

In the absence of Olympic and world 400m silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith, Dobson (45.36) was unmatched, while world indoor champion Anning (50.53) held off Victoria Ohuruogu.

Lake claimed her 10th consecutive national title in the women’s high jump with a first-time clearance of 1.87m, before going on to clear 1.90m, while Sawyers continued her return from injury by leaping 6.82m to regain the women’s long jump title.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson continued her heptathlon preparation by competing in the javelin and shot put on day two, having contested the 100m hurdles on Saturday.

The two-time world champion threw a season’s best 41.98m in a javelin final won by Bekah Walton (58.44m), and 12.43m in the shot put, won by Adele Nicoll (17.17m).

Lina Nielsen retained her women’s 400m hurdles title in 55.39, with Tyri Donovan winning the men’s title in 49.18.

Tade Ojora triumphed in the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.34, Phil Norman retained the men’s 3000m steeplechase title in 8:40.47, and Cam Corbishley and Hannah Hopper won the men’s and women’s 5,000m race walks respectively.

Jake Norris (men’s hammer), Zara Obamakinwa (women’s discus), Archie Yeo (men’s triple jump) and Owen Heard (men’s pole vault) were also among the winners.

Sophie Hahn claimed victory in the women’s 100m ambulant in 12.76.

Kieran O’Hara won the men’s 1500m ambulant in 4:03.70, with Kyle Brotherton winning the wheelchair event in 3:56.16.

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Jack Osbourne’s siblings from sister that fled family home to adopted brother

As the world mourns the passing of his famous father, Jack Osbourne is set to make another appearance on television this weekend.

The Osbourne family is mourning the loss of their beloved patriarch, rock legend Ozzy Osbourne, who sadly passed away at 76 on 22 July.

Jack, Ozzy’s youngest son, will make a comeback to television as they deal with their grief as he competes in the fifth season of ITV’s Cooking with the Stars, a celebrity cooking program.

The programme, hosted by Emma Willis and Tom Allen, was pre-recorded before Ozzy’s untimely death. Jack will be competing against a host of famous faces including Love Island’s Ekin-Su, EastEnders’ Natalie Cassidy and former footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips.

The celebrities are assigned to a culinary expert to help them through each round, but those with the lowest scores are given the opportunity to compete against their mentors, who are confined to the sidelines.

Jack Osbourne’s five other siblings(Image: Getty)

In a cruel twist, the mentors of those in the bottom two will have to endure a blind taste test to decide who progresses to the next round, potentially sending their own protege packing. Jack, a familiar face on television, is set to appear on the show this Sunday, 3rd August, at 8pm on ITV1, reports the Express.

The rockstar has six children throughout his life, despite the best efforts of many, including Kelly, who is well known as his sister from MTV’s At Home with the Osbournes.

The Black Sabbath icon had previously been married before Sharon and Ozzy said, “I do.” Before they tied the knot and welcomed two biological children, Jessica, 53, and Louis, 50, he met his first wife Thelma Riley in a Birmingham nightclub.

When Thelma met the lead singer, Elliot, age 5, from a previous relationship, she was already a mother. Elliot would later be adopted and raised by Ozzy.

The three children’s fond childhood memories of their daredevil father are unfavorable. When Ozzy is questioned about Louis and Jessica’s birthdays in a 2011 documentary, he forgets the day of each of their births.

Sharon, Ozzy and their three children
Sharon and Ozzy are parents to Aimee, Kelly and Jack(Image: Getty)

In the same episode, Louis revealed details about growing up with Ozzy: “When he was around and he wasn’t [drunk], he was a great father. That was actually a little uncommon. I just recall him being drunk, random s**t, driving cars across fields, and stuff like that.

He acknowledged in the documentary that “it’s not good for family life, really.” I don’t recall being snorted or taken in a bath by his older sister, Jessica, or anything similar. Never on a sports day, school trip, or parents’ evening, I wouldn’t say he was there for us. No, he wasn’t like that.

Ozzy and Thelma divorced in 1982, and he married Sharon, his manager at the time.

Aimee and Kelly welcomed their second daughter Kelly on October 27, 1984, and their first child was born on September 2, 1983, one and a half months later. On November 8, 1985, they gave birth to their youngest child, Jack.

Whilst many fans know two of Sharon and Ozzy’s offspring – Jack and Kelly – Aimee chose to stay out of the spotlight when the former X Factor judge decided to allow MTV’s cameras into their home. Refusing to participate in filming, she left the family residence in the early 2000s to pursue her own musical career, performing under her initials ARO.

Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly
The Osbourne family is actually much bigger than most would think(Image: Getty)

She questioned her decision to leave the Independent in a previous interview. She told the magazine, “I still felt like I was trying to figure out who I was in the chaos of my family life, so why on earth would I want that portrayed on television?” I also wanted to safeguard my siblings, my parents, and myself. They had a lot of impressions, but they were very young.

In a 2008 interview with the same publication, Aimee defended her decision: “I’m not some weirdo depressed daughter that’s afraid of the world and locks herself in her room all day. I just didn’t choose to do the show. I want to be a singer, and I felt if I’d stayed with the Osbournes and done the whole thing I would have been typecast right away.

Sharon and I certainly had difficult conversations over disagreements. My private life is very important to me because I’m more reserved. The two daughters of Sharon were actually separated from one another in 2021 when it became known. On the Dax Shepard podcast, Kelly discussed her relationship with Aimee and said, “We don’t talk. Simply put, we are very different. She and I have two disagreements.

Aimee and Jack’s younger brother Jack co-own Osbourne Media, which they both co-own, so it seems like they have a much stronger bond than the two sisters, despite the tension between them.

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Tens of thousands protest Israel’s war on Gaza in Australia’s Sydney

In the Gaza Strip, where a humanitarian crisis of man-made starvation has been worsening as a result of Israel’s punishing blockade, tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia to demand aid be delivered.

Pro-Palestinian protesters marched across the bridge on Sunday, chanting “Ceasefire Now” and “Free Palestine.” They withstand strong winds and rain. Some marchgoers carried pots and pans as reminders of Gaza’s forced starvation, which the organizers dubbed the “March for Humanity.”

On August 3, 2025, David Gray/AFP) protesters including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (third from left, wearing a red tie) cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney, Australia.

A joint statement from Australia and more than a dozen other countries expressed the “willingness or the positive consideration… to recognize the state of Palestine as an essential step towards the two-State solution” less than a week after the protest.

In recent weeks, France, Britain, and Canada have expressed their intentions to diplomatically recognize a Palestinian state because the Gaza hunger crisis has become more of an international concern and criticism.

According to the most recent figures from the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 175 people have died in the territory from starvation and malnutrition since Israel launched its assault on Gaza following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in October 2023.

Australia has urged a resolution to the Gaza war, but it has so far avoided appointing a Palestinian state.

Up to 90, 000 people may have been present at the protest, according to police, while Palestine Action Group Sydney, the protest’s organizer, claimed in a Facebook post that up to 300, 000 people may have marched.

Marchers ranged from elderly to young-child-friendly families. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was one of them, who did not address the crowd or speak to the media.

people march behind a banner that says march for humanity save gaza on a bridge
On August 3, 2025, demonstrators in Sydney, Australia, cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

The left-wing Greens party’s New South Wales senator Mehreen Faruqi addressed the crowd at Lang Park in central Sydney, calling for the “honest sanctions against Israel” and accusing its forces of “massacring” Palestinians.

Author of The Palestine Laboratory, a book about the Israeli arms and surveillance industry, Antony Loewenstein, who spoke at the rally, told Al Jazeera that protesters are “outraged” both by the Australian government’s “complicity” and what Israel is doing in Gaza.

According to Loewenstein, Australia has been a part of the global supply chain for the F-35 fighter jets that Israel has been using to attack the besieged territory for many years, including since the start of the war.

Oasis fan plunges to his death from top tier of Wembley stadium at sold-out show

At the band’s sold-out concert at Wembley Stadium last night, an Oasis fan tragically plunged to his death as a result of what witnesses called the “horrific” scene.

The man, who is in his 40s, is thought to have sat in the stadium’s upper tier when he fell. The man was quickly reached by emergency services, but sadly he was later declared dead. At 10.19pm, the Met Police confirmed officers arrived on the scene of an injured person toward the band’s reunion show.

The Met has been contacted by any witnesses and concertgoers with information about the tragedy, according to police who stated that officers at Wembley had located the man with “injuries consistent with a fall.”

The man’s injuries “consistent with a fall” were confirmed by the Met Police (Getty Images).

A horrified concertgoer posted their account on Facebook, writing, “Anyone else witness the guy drop from the upper tier last night?”

After witnessing the tragic incident, another Oasis fan responded, calling it “panic attack.” They said: “I was block 502 row 32. Never have I ever experienced such a complication. I reached my seat, and it was a complete panic attack unlike any other.

Crowd view of fans at Oasis' Wembley Stadium concert
The fan who died is alleged to have sat in Wembley Stadium’s upper tier (William Lailey/SWNS).

I was crying and shaking. Due to the high demand for the show, I was so afraid to descend and have to go back up. However, Wembley moved me to block 501 row 8 because of the state I was in. Nowhere near as steep as it is going up. I felt so blessed.

A lower-tier concertgoer described witnessing emergency personnel rush to the spot where the fan’s concrete hit after the plunge. I was directly beneath section 211, she wrote.

“At first glance, I thought it was a coat falling from the above tier, but I later realized the bloke was on the concrete.” It was horrifying to watch.

Oasis Live 25 at Wembley Stadium as Liam and Noel Gallagher walk out
(Lewis Evans/Big Brother Recordings) Performing at a sold-out Wembley concert.

A concert goer was found with injuries consistent with a fall, according to a Wembley Stadium spokesperson. The fan tragically passed away despite their efforts.

Our thoughts are with his family, who has been informed and being supported by specially trained police officers. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact the police. The Oasis concert will continue as planned tonight.

The Mirror has contacted Oasis’ Metropolitan Police and Oasis representatives for comment.