Israeli soldiers accused of sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee are trying to win public sympathy through media appearances, while the person who leaked video of the assault faces prison. The Palestinian victim, like so many others, is yet to gain justice.
Kim Kardashian’s parenting skills once again came under scrutiny from fans thanks to her daughter’s latest piercing. Twelve-year-old North West showed off a second finger piercing as she posted online.
On a recent post by the daughter of Kim and Kanye West, fans spotted she had two dermal piercings embedded into her fingers. One image of her fingers showed a pair of silver gems.
On another, the pre-teen was seen with a blue stone in the centre of her middle finger. The latest piercing comes months after she showed off a silver piercing while on a trip with her mum in Rome in August.
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The piercings are different from conventional piercings. They involve a small, flat-bottomed anchor being surgically inserted beneath the skin to hold the piece in position.
According to experts, the piercing’s side effects range from mild to severe. WebMD also says they aren’t a permanent offering. The site reads: “Dermal piercing is temporary and lasts several months to a few years. After it is removed (or comes out on its own), you might end up with a scar.”
And Nilesh Rakholia, Jewellery Expert and Founder of Abelini told the Mirror: “At just 12 years old, North is still developing, and any piercing at this age requires careful consideration. A piercing in the finger is particularly risky, as it’s constantly exposed to knocks, dirt and bacteria, making the risks of infection and complications far greater than with more traditional piercings.”
He added: “I’ve always celebrated jewellery as a form of creativity and self-expression, but I also encourage people—especially younger generations—to explore it responsibly. Trends should never outweigh health and wellbeing.”
It’s not the first time in recent months fans have been concerned about what Kim is letting her daughter do. She raised eyebrows with a startling new look last month after sharing a snap featuring fake face tattoos, a pretend nose piercing and grillz.
In the TikTok upload, North sported long, blue braids and faux blue contact lenses, along with black grillz over her teeth and a mock nose ring. But it was her eye-catching large fake tattoo designs on her face, including a star beneath her eye and a word in script on her cheek that shocked the most.
“Fake piercings and fake tatts for life,” the youngster captioned one clip posted to the account she shares with her mum. The video showed her lip-syncing to a popular sound bite with her friends, who were similarly adorned with braids, face tattoos and piercings. North wore several flashy silver necklaces, a black oversized tee, baggy shorts and chunky trainers.
At the time, the upload divided followers. While some argued it was posted at the Halloween season and is simply a child dressing up, others have revisited North’s father Kanye’s past concerns about his kids being able to post on social media.
However, despite his concerns, Kim later hit back: “”Kanye’s constant attacks on me in interviews and social media is actually more hurtful than any TikTok North might create.
Phase one of their seismic change has been executed.
The shock of 450 redundancies.
Virtually a complete overhaul of senior management.
Significant changes purposely carried out at speed in a bid to ensure the process was not dragged out and the inevitable unease could start to settle much quicker.
After the Manchester United exodus has come the rebuild.
When he paid £1.25bn for a 27.7% stake in United on Christmas Eve 2023, Ratcliffe vowed to take the club back to the top of the English game.
He also wanted to make it profitable.
Eye-watering financial losses of £113.2m to 30 June 2024 subsequently led Ratcliffe to claim the following March that, without action, the club would “go bust” by Christmas.
The impact of the on-pitch upheaval is there for all to see.
Behind the scenes the changes have been seismic.
The motivation was twofold.
As they assessed the inner workings of the club, senior figures around the ownership concluded it was “over-dimensioned”, according to one observer close to the process.
In other words, there were too many people and too many jobs.
They found a structure which they felt required United to be playing in the Champions League every season and competing to win the Premier League. Failure put a strain on finances.
Having reached such a view and with losses so high, slashing staff numbers was a harsh but inevitable reality.
An initial cull of 250 staff within months of Ratcliffe’s arrival was carried out to get the numbers down.
It is accepted internally that the pain created was extensive, the shock huge.
It was the second round of 200 redundancies this year that allowed the hierarchy to pursue a different staffing model, so finance could be used in what was felt to be a more efficient way.
Nowhere is the impact of that more evident than in United’s data operation.
In an interview with the popular United We Stand fanzine in December 2024, Ratcliffe described the club’s approach to data analysis as being in the “last century”.
It was felt that Formula 1 was the sport at the cutting edge of data and AI use. The performance of every single component is monitored in fine detail, and success and failure can be measured in hundredths of a second.
As a result, Michael Sansoni’s arrival from the Mercedes F1 team as director of data in April was one of the least surprising moves.
Sansoni has completely revamped United’s data capabilities, which are now being used extensively across performance, recruitment and training.
Precise details of the work Sansoni has implemented are a closely guarded secret, but one source said the work of United’s data and analytics team has accelerated to such a degree it is now “among the top four teams”.
Following the second set of job cuts there was a strategic focus to bring in what have been described as “versatile people who are multi-faceted and multi-skilled to help in multiple areas”.
It is the senior appointments that really catch the eye, though.
A quick list of new arrivals among senior staff at the Old Trafford club unearths 19 names.
Not all the exits were forced and, as at any big organisation, a change in ownership can lead to movement further down – but the scale of change has been significant.
Two notable figures remain: Collette Roche and Martin Mosley.
Chief operating officer Roche is leading United’s representation around their proposed 100,000-capacity new stadium and the wider Old Trafford regeneration.
Mosley joined United in 2007 and took over as general counsel in the summer of 2024 following the departure of Patrick Stewart, who is now chief executive at Rangers.
Roche and Mosley’s presence is regarded as a crucial link to the pre-Ratcliffe era while those running the club get a full understanding of the scale of United, which can come as a shock, even for those – like chief executive Omar Berrada (Barcelona/Manchester City), chief business officer Marc Armstrong (Paris St Germain), performance director Sam Erith (Manchester City/Tottenham/FA) and director of recruitment Christopher Vivell (Chelsea/Red Bull) – with experience of working at big clubs.
Trusted Ineos figure Roger Bell has become United’s chief finance officer and Kirstin Furber has arrived from Channel 4 as people director.
But it goes much further. A head of sports medicine and, for the first team, a new doctor, a new physio and a new performance chef. Experts in nutrition and soft tissue treatment. Academy director. Media director. All part of the nuts and bolts at a leading Premier League club in 2025.
So many significant figures from the previous era, who negotiated key deals, treated players and presented the public face of the club, have gone.
No-one can be sure if the future will be better.
As with every other club, external judgement of the success or failure of off-field change can be swift and it is almost always connected to results of the first team, which by their nature can hinge on arbitrary moments.
There is an acceptance internally at United of an unquantifiable lag time between inception of new processes and their outcome.
Sometimes, though, it becomes obvious a certain move has failed.
Dan Ashworth clearly falls into that category. Highly respected in the game, Ashworth’s willingness to leave Newcastle to take up the job of sporting director is still felt at Old Trafford to be a positive and reflected well on the changes being made and future direction anticipated.
However, after United paid Newcastle £3m in compensation, within five months he was gone.
Sources deny that a split occurred around the choice of Ten Hag’s replacement.
As we approach the second anniversary of Ratcliffe’s involvement, United are a much-changed organisation.
Those gargantuan losses have been cut to a manageable size. United’s latest accounts to 30 June 2025 showed they were at £33m. It is anticipated that the club will eventually become profitable.
The Glazer family, it is stressed, are not passive observers. They remain active and engaged. But the focus is now on Ratcliffe and his leadership team.
“What is happening next week or in the next transfer window is part of life, but an eye needs to be kept on the mid and the long term,” says a club insider.
European football of any description is this season’s goal.
But the sweeping changes have not been made to achieve that. The targets are bigger.
“If you are at Manchester United the thought process has to be around competing to win the Premier League and Champions League every year,” says someone with an understanding of how the club is being run.
Phase one of their seismic change has been executed.
The shock of 450 redundancies.
Virtually a complete overhaul of senior management.
Significant changes purposely carried out at speed in a bid to ensure the process was not dragged out and the inevitable unease could start to settle much quicker.
After the mass Manchester United exodus has come the rebuild.
When he paid £1.25bn for a 27.7% stake in United on Christmas Eve 2023, Ratcliffe vowed to take the club back to the top of the English game.
He also wanted to make it profitable.
Eye-watering financial losses of £113.2m to 30 June 2024 subsequently led Ratcliffe to claim the following March that, without action, the club would “go bust” by Christmas.
The impact of the on-pitch upheaval is there for all to see.
Behind the scenes the changes have been seismic.
The motivation was twofold.
As they assessed the inner workings of the club, senior figures around the ownership concluded it was “over-dimensioned”, according to one observer close to the process.
In other words, there were too many people and too many jobs.
They found a structure which they felt required United to be playing in the Champions League every season and competing to win the Premier League. Failure put a strain on finances.
Having reached such a view and with losses so high, slashing staff numbers was a harsh but inevitable reality.
An initial cull of 250 staff within months of Ratcliffe’s arrival was carried out to get the numbers down.
It is accepted internally that the pain created was extensive, the shock huge.
It was the second round of 200 redundancies this year that allowed the hierarchy to pursue a different staffing model, so finance could be used in what was felt to be a more efficient way.
Nowhere is the impact of that more evident than in United’s data operation.
In an interview with the popular United We Stand fanzine in December 2024, Ratcliffe described the club’s approach to data analysis as being in the “last century”.
It was felt that Formula 1 was the sport at the cutting edge of data and AI use. The performance of every single component is monitored in fine detail, and success and failure can be measured in hundredths of a second.
As a result, Michael Sansoni’s arrival from the Mercedes F1 team as director of data in April was one of the least surprising moves.
Sansoni has completely revamped United’s data capabilities, which are now being used extensively across performance, recruitment and training.
Precise details of the work Sansoni has implemented are a closely guarded secret, but one source said the work of United’s data and analytics team has accelerated to such a degree it is now “among the top four teams”.
Following the second set of job cuts there was a strategic focus to bring in what have been described as “versatile people who are multi-faceted and multi-skilled to help in multiple areas”.
It is the senior appointments that really catch the eye, though.
A quick list of new arrivals among senior staff at the Old Trafford club unearths 19 names.
Not all the exits were forced and, as at any big organisation, a change in ownership can lead to movement further down – but the scale of change has been significant.
Two notable figures remain: Collette Roche and Martin Mosley.
Chief operating officer Roche is leading United’s representation around their proposed 100,000-capacity new stadium and the wider Old Trafford regeneration.
Mosley joined United in 2007 and took over as general counsel in the summer of 2024 following the departure of Patrick Stewart, who is now chief executive at Rangers.
Roche and Mosley’s presence is regarded as a crucial link to the pre-Ratcliffe era while those running the club get a full understanding of the scale of United, which can come as a shock, even for those – like chief executive Omar Berrada (Barcelona/Manchester City), chief business officer Marc Armstrong (Paris St Germain), performance director Sam Erith (Manchester City/Tottenham/FA) and director of recruitment Christopher Vivell (Chelsea/Red Bull) – with experience of working at big clubs.
Trusted Ineos figure Roger Bell has become United’s chief finance officer and Kirstin Furber has arrived from Channel 4 as people director.
But it goes much further. A head of sports medicine and, for the first team, a new doctor, a new physio and a new performance chef. Experts in nutrition and soft tissue treatment. Academy director. Media director. All part of the nuts and bolts at a leading Premier League club in 2025.
So many significant figures from the previous era, who negotiated key deals, treated players and presented the public face of the club, have gone.
No-one can be sure if the future will be better.
As with every other club, external judgement of the success or failure of off-field change can be swift and it is almost always connected to results of the first team, which by their nature can hinge on arbitrary moments.
There is an acceptance internally at United of an unquantifiable lag time between inception of new processes and their outcome.
Sometimes, though, it becomes obvious a certain move has failed.
Dan Ashworth clearly falls into that category. Highly respected in the game, Ashworth’s willingness to leave Newcastle to take up the job of sporting director is still felt at Old Trafford to be a positive and reflected well on the changes being made and future direction anticipated.
However, after United paid Newcastle £3m in compensation, within five months he was gone.
Sources deny that a split occurred around the choice of Ten Hag’s replacement.
As we approach the second anniversary of Ratcliffe’s involvement, United are a much-changed organisation.
Those gargantuan losses have been cut to a manageable size. United’s latest accounts to 30 June 2025 showed they were at £33m. It is anticipated that the club will eventually become profitable.
The Glazer family, it is stressed, are not passive observers. They remain active and engaged. But the focus is now on Ratcliffe and his leadership team.
“What is happening next week or in the next transfer window is part of life, but an eye needs to be kept on the mid and the long term,” says a club insider.
European football of any description is this season’s goal.
But the sweeping changes have not been made to achieve that. The targets are bigger.
“If you are at Manchester United the thought process has to be around competing to win the Premier League and Champions League every year,” says someone with an understanding of how the club is being run.
Adam Peaty and his bride-to-be Holly Ramsay have been accused of ‘body shaming’ his mum Caroline after she was apparently uninvited to their Christmas wedding next month.
The Olympic gold swimmer, 30, will marry Gordon Ramsay’s 25-year-old daughter in a lavish ceremony at Bath Abbey in December followed by a reception at Kin House country estate in the Cotswolds.
Big name guests are set to include the Beckhams – with close family friend Victoria Beckham spotted on Holly’s posh hen do at Soho Farmhouse alongside Holly’s mum Tana Ramsay earlier this month.
One person who was notably left off the guest list for the hen do was Adam’s mum Caroline. Now it’s claimed the 60-year-old has been struck off the wedding invites for apparently not having the right ‘look’.
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It later emerged that Holly’s camp didn’t invite Caroline on her swanky hen do as there was concern she would ‘stick out a bit’. Further reports claimed that Adam and Holly also asked his mum to wear a different dress for the wedding as they didn’t like the one she had bought.
Now Adam’s aunt Louise has waded into the row and accused the pair of ‘body shaming a 60-year-old woman’. Taking to social media, she wrote: “How can Adam and Holly ‘source’ sit there and say Caroline wasn’t invited because of the way my sister looks?
“She doesn’t suit the look Holly is looking for????! WTF BODY SHAMING A 60 YEAR OLD WOMAN! JESUS CHRIST ON A CRACKER!'”
It comes after a source told the Daily Mail: “You only have to look at the picture to see that there is a certain ‘type’.”
The added: “They all look the same and you wonder if Caroline might have stuck out a bit. She’s a normal woman, not a celebrity. You look at Holly’s Instagram and it’s all so planned, so super-glam and very, very showy. That’s not Caroline.”
Louise claimed nephew Adam – who is a ‘born again Christian’ – didn’t appear to be acting in-line with his morals at the moment. She wrote: “Yes. Adam is a born again Christian. He’s not living by the tenets of Christianity is he? Where is ‘honour thy mother and thy father’ where is the forgiveness?”
Adam is thought to have paid for his parents to visit Bath on the train to go shopping, which they accepted, but the trip couldn’t happen due to the train stabbings in Huntingdon two weeks ago.
A source claimed that instead of rearranging the trip “Adam went mad” saying they had “wasted his money” and he “wouldn’t be able to get a refund” – despite the fact he is a millionaire.
His mum Caroline’s kind offer to get involved in the wedding and make table setting name plates, as she is good at crafts, were also said to have been declined by Holly and Adam – and she was apparently told her help was “not needed”.
It’s claimed the row being made public has further soured things between the two families and Caroline is now uninvited to the wedding, as well as missing out on the hen do. And Adam has reportedly “said the most vile things a son can say to his mother”.
Hitting back at a social media user who accused the Peaty family of ‘airing their dirty laundry’ in public and suggesting their ‘lack of decorum’ led to them being banned from the wedding, his aunt Louise hit back saying: “Our family and friends place real value on love, friendship, loyalty and being there for each other.”
She continued: “I hate injustice always have and I will always speak out against it whether you are the King of England or a sycophant like yourself. Unlike you I happen to know all sides of the story. Unlike you I have seen heard and read the most vile things a son can say to a mother.”
Adam has been accused of having his head turned by the fame and glamour of the Ramsays since he started dating Holly two years ago, with a source close to his family saying it’s like he’s ‘ashamed’ of his working class roots.
The source said: “Adam has changed so much since he’s been with Holly. She comes from a celebrity world, while his parents do not, and his ego and self-importance have grown. He’s no longer the lovely boy next door we all remember.
“It’s partly because Adam doesn’t feel his family is good enough for the new one he is now part of. His family are working class and proud – it’s a stark contrast to the Ramsay family and some members of the family have said it feels like Adam is ashamed of them.” Adam and Holly have yet to speak out on the accusations, despite the Mirror contacting their reps for further comment on the story.
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Tour match, Lilac Hill, Perth (day one of three)
England Lions 382: Jacks 84, McKinney 67; Stokes 6-52
England XI: yet to bat
Ben Stokes took six wickets in his first action since July but England suffered an injury concern over Mark Wood on the first day of their Ashes warm-up against England Lions in Perth.
Stokes, returning after almost four months out with a shoulder injury, bowled 16 overs across three spells for his 6-52 against England Lions – all to catches on the leg side.
Fast bowler Mark Wood, himself returning after nine months out with a knee injury, bowled a pre-planned number of eight overs before leaving the field in the afternoon session because of a hamstring problem. He will have a scan on Friday.
Wood’s injury sucked the intensity out of the day, as the Lions were bowled out for 382 on a slow, low surface after an uncontested toss at Lilac Hill.
England wanted to field first to get overs in their legs before the first Ashes Test at Optus Stadium, beginning on 21 November.
In a possible hint towards their first-Test plans, the tourists fielded an all-pace attack – four specialists plus Stokes – and left off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in the Lions.
Jacob Bethell failed to press his case for inclusion in the Test side, making only two, but Will Jacks enhanced his claim to be called upon later in the tour by swiping 84.
England’s plan to play a solitary warm-up game against the Lions has been questioned by some former players but Stokes hit back by calling the critics “has-beens”.
A relaxed opening day in front of a smattering of spectators at Lilac Hill was certainly a world away from what England will face at a sold-out Optus Stadium next week.
Music played from the dressing rooms all day and England team analyst Rupert Lewis ran the drinks. After Bethell was dismissed batting for the Lions, he acted as a sub fielder for England. The tourists were subject to the occasional heckle from the home supporters.
One reason England play a limited number of warm-up matches is the difficulty of replicating Test conditions. The achingly slow pitch at a club ground is probably not the best preparation for playing at the Optus.
Wood’s injury is a huge concern. England plan for him to bowl again on Saturday, but that will surely depend on the results of Friday’s scan.
Stokes was superb in the series against India in the home summer, only to push himself to breaking point. He missed the final Test with a torn shoulder.
The captain has not managed a full part in any of England’s past four series because of various injuries and the tourists’ hopes of regaining the Ashes are vastly diminished if he misses any of the five Tests in Australia.
He has been bowling at full pace for two months and looked in fine shape on Wednesday, even if he could not believe the way in which some of his wickets were gifted.
From first-change, Stokes had a spell in each session of the day. He had Lions captain Tom Haines miscue to mid-on with the fifth ball he bowled then Bethell, who spent 15 balls on nought, pulled to square leg.
Cox sparkled for his 53 only to find Wood at long leg in Stokes’ afternoon stint. Rehan Ahmed fell in almost identical fashion.
Jacks is unlikely to feature in the first Test – England look to have revealed their hand with the XI named here. Still, he may have nudged himself ahead of the out-of-sorts Bethell with his 84, which came at almost a run a ball.
Even before the doubt over Wood, the five seamers in the England XI for this game may not have been the attack for the first Test.
Brydon Carse missed the first day because of illness, with his place going to Josh Tongue. Tongue had Lions opener McKinney caught behind just after lunch.
Though Stokes took the wickets, Archer caught the eye. He was lively with the new ball and again after lunch, when he discomforted Jacks.
In the absence of Bashir and with Wood leaving the field, Joe Root was asked to bowl 14 overs of his off-spin. It was mediocre fare, costing 117 runs at an economy of more than eight.
