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Ben Collins
journalist for BBC Sport
World track cycling championships in 2025
Location: Santiago, Chile, October 22 through October
At the Track World Championships, Matt Richardson won his first medal for Great Britain, taking home silver in the men’s and women’s team sprint.
The Netherlands defeated both teams to win the women’s trio in Santiago, Chile, with defending world champion Emma Finucane leading debutants Iona Moir and Rhianna Parris-Smith.
After winning three medals at the 2024 Olympics, Richardson resembling Australia to his birthplace.
The 26-year-old described the victory with a silver medal as bittersweet for her.
“I’m going to feel amazing wearing a GB skinsuit for my first medal at a world championships.” I would like to see it as the next step, but I can’t get too upset about that.
Joe Truman and Harry Ledingham-Horn made up the men’s qualifying line-up, placing them second behind the Netherlands, who are the two-time defending champions.
In the end, GB defeated Germany in round one, replacing Ledingham-Horn with Hamish Turnbull.
Richardson and GB were in control as Richardson sped off following the second lap, but Jeffrey Hoogland, who crossed the line 0.37 seconds before Turnbull, managed to close the gap.
We’re a fresh line-up, so each time we step on the track, we’re learning a little bit about each other, Richardson said, adding that with his sixth overall victory.
How Finucane won the sixth-place medal in the world?
Finucane, who won gold in Denmark last year, has helped GB win a medal in the women’s category at the past three world championships.
She also won individual gold at the previous two worlds, leading a new-look trio in Chile, which came in first place behind the Netherlands.
The Dutch defeated GB by 0.26secs in the final round after winning Colombia in round one.
Finucane, who won three medals at Paris 2024, “is so proud of these two.” We couldn’t have asked for more, they said, “To go out there in the gold medal ride-off, be composed, feel the pressure, and get there”.”
Maddie Leech finished sixth in the women’s scratch race in Chile, making her world-class debut there.
On Thursday, Finucane will begin her title defense against the women’s sprint while GB aims to win the women’s team pursuit final for the second time in a row.
According to the deal, the Israeli army currently occupies about 40 active military positions in the Gaza Strip outside the yellow line, the invisible boundary established during the first phase of the ceasefire, to which its troops were required to move, according to an analysis by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad’s Sanad-based Sanad.
Israel’s occupation of 58 percent of Gaza is still being maintained, according to the images, which also highlight the improvements made to several of these facilities.
Every governorate has at least one military position, despite the majority of its sites concentrated in southern Gaza. Some sites are constructed on war-era bases, while others are brand-new. Each governorate has a total of :
9 North Gaza
Gaza City: 6
Deir el-Balah: 1
11 by Khan Younis
Rafah: 13
On top of al-Muntar Hill in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighborhood, one of the most prominent military installations is located there. The base is being paved and asphalted, according to a comparison of images taken between September 21 and October 14.
The invisible yellow line has vanished.
Nearly 100 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Strip since the ceasefire started, with some involving near the yellow line.
According to Gaza’s Civil Defense, Israeli forces murdered 11 members of the Abu Shaaban family on October 18 in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. When the family attempted to return home and inspect the vehicle, the Israeli military opened fire on it, killing seven children and three women.
A “suspicious vehicle” that had crossed the so-called yellow line was shot at by Israeli soldiers, according to the Israeli military. Many Palestinians are unable to locate this invisible boundary because there are no physical markers for it. Israel Katz, the army’s defense minister, has since stated that visual signs will be put up to indicate the location of the line.
More than half of the Gaza Strip is still under Israeli control during the first ceasefire, with additional areas still under Israeli military control. Residents of Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoon, Shujayea, Tuffah, Zeitoun, the majority of Khan Younis, and Rafah City as a result of this have been prevented from returning home.
What steps will Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza take next?
Israel will withdraw its forces in three phases, as depicted on a crude map that comes with a different color, according to the 20-point plan released by American President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 29 and was created without the consent of any Palestinians.
Initial withdrawal (yellow line): In the initial phase, Israeli forces retreated to the map’s yellow line. Has released all of the dead bodies of Israeli prisoners who were in Gaza and the majority of the dead bodies of those who had already been released.
Israeli forces will withdraw further to the line marked in red, reducing their direct presence in Gaza, while an International Stabilization Force (ISF) will be mobilized during the second phase to oversee security and support Palestinian policing.
Third withdrawal (security buffer zone): In the final stage, Israeli forces will return to a designated “security buffer zone,” leaving only Gaza under Israeli military rule, while an international administrative body oversees the transitional period and governance.
Palestinians will remain in a smaller area than before the third withdrawal phase, continuing Israel’s rule over Gaza and its citizens.
The implementation of the plan, the precise boundaries of Palestinian territory, the timing and scope of Israeli withdrawals, the ISF’s role, and the long-term effects for Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank are all still a mystery.
Although they first met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez recently experienced conflict at their family home.
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Gorka Marquez opened up about a nighttime struggle with Gemma Atkinson(Image: Getty)
Gorka Marquez had a plea for Gemma Atkinson after a nighttime struggle. The couple, who met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, recently welcomed a new dog into their lives.
Shortly before Gorka’s Speakeasy tour with fellow Strictly professional Karen Hauer, the couple took goldendoodle puppy Benji home in May. While Gorka was away from the family home, Gemma revealed that the pup “fell like a shadow.”
Benji even began sleeping on the couple’s bed with Gemma. On the couple’s Lost in Translation podcast, Gorka revealed Benji now jumps on him and “licks his ear” during the night, sometimes even landing awkwardly as he leaps back onto the bed.
He continued, “Benji has become used to being in the bed with us all night and jumps in and out in the middle of the night since I came home, because I was away for six weeks and I knew this would happen.” Although it’s cute and lovely, consider how you’re deep asleep and he’s licking your ear when he jumps at three in the morning.
It’s not nice, they say. He jumps, but he is unsure of where to land when he does so. And a few times, he has landed on my tiny crackers. And falling asleep is very painful. “
Benji “sleeps a lot of his night” on the floor next to the couple’s bed, Gemma claims. He wasn’t big enough to jump on the bed when you left because you had seven weeks away, she said. He now resembles a big dog. He is, however, devoted to me.
She continued, “Benji slept on the floor next to my side of the bed and he loved it.” He won’t stay on the bed all night, though. He enters when we are getting into bed, sits with us for ten minutes, and then falls to the floor.
He spends the majority of the night lying on the floor. Only if I get to the bathroom and he follows me there and kneels next to me when I’m weeing. Then, he’ll return to bed with me.
However, Gorka claims that Benji recently snuck his spot in the bed while he was settling their son, Thomas, at 5:30 am. Although Gemma claims the couple can only currently leave the dog downstairs, he might “cry all night” she fears.
Wait until we get another one, Gemma continued. Gorka jokingly responded, “Then I leave then.”
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When Gorka first returned from the tour, he revealed that he had pleaded with Gemma. He said, “First week home, I had a terrible night of sleep, and I told her, Gemma, we can’t have this, and Benji can’t keep sleeping on the bed,” and she said, “Well you can go in the spare room.” So, nice, great, that’s what will happen.
Gorka, according to Gemma, “sleeps better” when he is sleeping alone. She continued, “Some couples do that, some couples have separate bedrooms, but that doesn’t mean they don’t love one another any less.”
Tadhg Beirne thinks Ireland’s current side can make their own “little bit of history” against New Zealand in Chicago the following week.
On Saturday, November 1, Ireland will take on the All Blacks at Soldier Field, a rematch of the famous victory from 2016.
For the first time in 111 attempts, Ireland had defeated New Zealand in a win in Chicago, and Beirne, who had just joined the Welsh side Scarlets, still has fond memories of the game.
Munster second row Beirne described the game as “sitting around with my mates and having a drink.”
“I was nowhere near this team back then,” the statement read, “I just remember being a genuine Irish fan that day, being really excited about the game, watching it, screaming at the TV, and loving every minute of it.”
Two years after winning his first of his 61 Irish caps, British and Irish Lion Beirne relishes the opportunity to face the All Blacks on American soil.
The Munster lock said it would be pretty special because it is a very cool stadium and has a lot of Irish people’s memories.
“It will be a fantastic occasion,” said one participant. If you take a win in a rugby game against a team like New Zealand, it will be a special game because it is not often that you get to travel there.
Beirne believes that the victory of nine years ago helped the Irish National Team’s future success by erasing the All-Blacks’ aura of invincibility. The 32-year-old is confident that history will repeat itself next week because Ireland have since won four more games between the teams.
Beirne remarked, “Ireland were knocking on the door for such a long time in their attempt to defeat the All Blacks.”
“There was a perception that they are a little bit unbeatable, and that made things difficult for the future Irish teams.”
Tadhg Beirne thinks Ireland’s current side can make their own “little bit of history” against New Zealand in Chicago the following week.
On Saturday, November 1, Ireland will take on the All Blacks at Soldier Field, a rematch of the famous victory from 2016.
For the first time in 111 attempts, Ireland had defeated New Zealand in a win in Chicago, and Beirne, who had just joined the Welsh side Scarlets, still has fond memories of the game.
Munster second row Beirne described the game as “sitting around with my mates and having a drink.”
“I was nowhere near this team back then,” the statement read, “I just remember being a genuine Irish fan that day, being really excited about the game, watching it, screaming at the TV, and loving every minute of it.”
Two years after winning his first of his 61 Irish caps, British and Irish Lion Beirne relishes the opportunity to face the All Blacks on American soil.
The Munster lock said it would be pretty special because it is a very cool stadium and has a lot of Irish people’s memories.
“It will be a fantastic occasion,” said one participant. If you take a win in a rugby game against a team like New Zealand, it will be a special game because it is not often that you get to travel there.
Beirne believes that the victory of nine years ago helped the Irish National Team’s future success by erasing the All-Blacks’ aura of invincibility. The 32-year-old is confident that history will repeat itself next week because Ireland have since won four more games between the teams.
Beirne remarked, “Ireland were knocking on the door for such a long time in their attempt to defeat the All Blacks.”
“There was a perception that they are a little bit unbeatable, and that made things difficult for the future Irish teams.”
I’ve gathered evidence that the spirit of the 2010s is making a comeback through Tumblr, skinny jeans, and “Phan.” One thing is the one I don’t want to deal with.
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The 2010s is seeing a cultural revival(Image: Dan and Phil/Youtube)
Do you hear that? The sound? It’s getting louder. Is it the wind? No. Listen closer. Don’t you hear the ghost-clacking of the keyboards? It’s the sound of thousands of teenage girls in Doc Martins and My Chemical Romance band tees rapidly typing dissertations about their Supernatural ships on Tumblr.
Yes, you read that correctly. The ghost of the decade of 2010 is returning. The proof, then? Welcome to my evidence room as a genuinely skinny jeans-wearing teen of the era (who undoubtedly had a crush on Dean Winchester). So take a seat, grab a notepad, and let it all sink in. Because there is something on the horizon that many of us aren’t going to be able to handle.
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First thing’s first, let’s cut straight to the whistle-blower: Dan and Phil’s renaissance. Even if you don’t know quite who they are, you’ll likely have seen news that the YouTuber duo recently confirmed their secret 16-year relationship. To say it caused a seismic reaction is an understatement. People called old acquaintances they hadn’t spoken to in years. Fans filmed themselves crying.
Now pictures of them at the BFI London Film Festival 2025 are going viral on TikTok, and meanwhile, the pair have launched their own podcast. (Ironically named Hard Launch, a quintessential facet of 2010s humour; we’ll get there).
What’s the significance, then, you ask? Well, if you were to use the Internet in any capacity between 2012 and 2017, you’ll undoubtedly know about them. They had a strong connection to the popular “OG” British YouTubers known as the Brit Crew, who dominated the platform. Think Caspar Lee and Zoella.
Dan Howell gained notoriety for his awkward skits, which featured him identifying as an introvert and relaying his struggles through basic social circumstances. This was crucial to capturing the largely adolescent fandom of his and a major contributor to the era’s defining social media platform: Tumblr, which would be a pillar of the era’s defining social media platform.
Take note of that because Tumblr will eventually be the only site. Immediately. The emo rock band’s next stop is Exhibit B: My Chemical Romance are making a UK tour in 2026. They rose to fame between 2004 and 2010 before disbanding in 2013. They were celebrated by a whole generation of panda-eyed scene kids and received culturally defining hits like “Welcome To The Black Parade” and “Teenagers.”
Scene kids, defined by brow-swallowing fringes, slathered-on black eyeliner, and knee-high converse in clashing neon colors, were a significant component of early 2010s fashion and culture. MCR, Fallout Boy, and Panic were my choices! At The Disco . However, some scene-kid elements are now appearing on popular TikTok fashion inspiration posts, though they are admittedly more muted. The style’s fundamental characteristics are checked over-shirts and shorts over tights in one video, which has received over 1.7 million views.
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The quiet return of Tumblr is perhaps the most interesting of all the lurking trends that shaped and amplified all of these. The first microblogging site was created in 2007 and quickly rose to prominence as a social media platform in 2010. Although it didn’t invent these terms, it was the epicenter of cultural discourse, which included pairing two characters or even a real person.
On the website, as did popular TV shows like Supernatural, which aired from 2005 to 2020, artists like Lana Del Rey and Melanie Martinez helped foster tight-knit communities. Additionally, it was the location of “Phan” (a ship between Dan and Phil). There were numerous inside jokes in niche communities, and awkward individualistic humor was hailed. The platform, however, was fueled by fandoms and had a lot more.
It became the go-to safe haven for marginalized people on the Internet, whether it be because of their race, gender, or other characteristics of who they are. The SJW (or the Social Justice Warriors) were born, a term that is now considered somewhat unpopular. Tumblr posts were distinctive because of their all-caps messaging and explicit language, which “tone policing” could not stop, and where users could speak without fear of reproach on more male-dominated platforms like Reddit.
Sadly, the site is widely considered to have declined in 2016 after its parent company Yahoo slashed its value by more than half, citing a failure to meet its sales goals, according to Mashable. Eventually, it just faded into oblivion.
But the data shows that the iconic platform may be resurfacing. As reported by Business Insider, Gen Z now makes up half of Tumblr’s monthly active users and 60% of new sign ups. Perhaps we’re about to see the site return to its former glory.
I’m definitely looking forward to the resurgence of 2010 despite it’s admittedly making me feel a little old. Perhaps that is what the world needs. Yes, it was embarrassing and self-conscious. People typed as though they had just begun to swear. In the English language, genders were being created more quickly than prefixes.
But it was also the golden age of the counterculture. SJWs ruled, pronouns (all gajillion of them) were enforced with a fury that could only be mustered by first-year arts students with ten contact hours per week. Fashion was messy – but experimental. As the culture seems to be shifting towards conservatism, it might be time for the spirit of the 2010s (and yes, I guess the clothes too) to make a comeback.
The only issue with all of this is the skinny jeans. I’m not sure I’m ready to go over the awkward jump-then-wriggle that occurs when you yank the form-fitting material over your legs.
