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Bannan expects Sheff Wed to play Leicester opener

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Barry Bannan, the club’s captain, has stated that he anticipates the club will be able to play Leicester City’s opening game of the championship season on Sunday.

The Owls’ off-season has been turbulent because players and staff members were paid off in May, June, and July, registration restrictions were in place, Hillsborough’s North Stand was closed due to concerns over its structural integrity, and manager Danny Rohl left the club.

The EFL has expressed doubts about the club’s ability to fulfill its goals ahead of its game against Leicester, and a training session behind closed doors with Burnley was called off after the players refused to play.

Bannan responded to Talksport when asked if the players could go on strike and refuse to play for the Foxes. “No, I don’t think so.”

We left the Burnley game at the weekend because it has already happened too frequently, and I believe it is much simpler to do so in a pre-season friendly game than a championship game.

Despite their ongoing financial difficulties, Bannan recently accepted a new contract with the organization.

The 35-year-old, who has made 447 starts for the Owls in ten seasons, claimed he had turned down “interest from elsewhere” to stay at Hillsborough.

Only 15 first-team players are in the Wednesday squad, who have also made HMRC payments and are facing mounting debts.

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Jamie Lee Curtis sobs over Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson’s ‘intimate’ relationship

Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson’s “intimate” relationship has been praised by Jamie Lee Curtis, who advised people to “let them the f*** alone” if they have fallen in love with one another.

Jamie Lee Curtis gave her verdict on the link-up(Image: BANG Showbiz)

Jamie Lee Curtis has emotionally commended the budding romance between Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson. The stars of The Naked Gun have sparked rumours of a love connection since meeting on set, and the Freakier Friday actress has urged the public to cease gossiping about the duo and instead rejoice if they’ve indeed found love together.

She stated in a heartfelt TikTok video that, “With all due respect to pop culture, if love has found its way into that relationship – God bless them both – leave them the f*** alone.” Make them like each other.

I cry when they say, “Both of them have experienced hardship, and they are both beautiful people.” We should all go to bed tonight feeling better because Curtis couldn’t hold back tears as she continued: “If they actually have found an intimate love with each other. The pair were spotted getting very touchy-feely earlier this week in a flirty interview with Andy Cohen.

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Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson
Pamela and Liam have been growing close(Image: YouTube)

The Last Showgirl actress thinks Liam and her co-star, who tragically lost his wife Natasha Richardson in a skiing accident in 2009, deserve more happiness. She remarked, “She’s beautiful. She was fantastic in the film, but she is also gorgeous.

He also experienced a terrible loss at the age of 18, and has had a really difficult time growing up. Therefore, if these individuals have actually launched themselves, please rest easy and wish them the best.

Her heartfelt words follow after Liam’s son Daniel also gave a nod to his father’s new partnership. Daniel, 28, showed his support while attending the audience during the couple’s appearance on ‘Watch What Happens Live’ over the past weekend.

The two of you are being questioned by host Andy Cohen, who stated, “I just want to say that all of your friends are very much stanning this relationship, as the kids say.

Andy turned to Daniel in the audience and inquired, “Right Danny,” as Liam warmly pressed his hand on Pamela’s shoulder. Daniel simply responded, “Yes.”

Daniel was in the audience for the Andy Cohen chat
Daniel was in the audience for the Andy Cohen chat(Image: Bravo/ Watch What Happens Live)

On Friday, August 1, Pamela took to Instagram to post a series of snaps with Liam, celebrating the release of ‘The Naked Gun’ with the caption: “The Naked Gun is finally in theatres! Bring your friends, family, lovers… whoever… just go and have a laugh… it’s good for you!”I’ll see you there [white heart and popcorn emojis] (sic)”.

Daniel reaffirmed his approval by commenting with a variety of emojis, including white hearts, flames, and raised hands. Additionally, Natasha’s sister Joely Richardson posted a comment with red heart emojis next to the post.

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In an interview with People magazine, Liam, the father of Micheal, 30, and Daniel, the late wife of his wife, have publicly expressed his deep affection for Pamela.

He said, “First of all, I’m madly in love with Pamela. She’s just a fantastic partner. I’ll be open and honest with you about how much I can recommend her. No soaring egos. She simply arrives to do the work. She is incredibly easy to work with and funny.

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Bengaluru stops salaries as India’s Super League turmoil deepens

In light of growing uncertainty about the top-flight league’s future, Indian Super League (ISL) side Bengaluru FC has stopped paying the salaries of its first team’s players and staff.

The 2018-19 Indian Super League champions stated in a statement that they had chosen the team “in view of the uncertainty surrounding the Indian Super League season’s future.”

Bengaluru continued, “Running and operating a football club in India has always been a challenging task that we have put all of our resources aside and built up to the end of the season.”

We have no choice but to proceed because there is no consensus on the League’s future, though.

After contract renewal negotiations between the nation’s football federation (AIFF) and Reliance-led Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), their business partners, were stalled, the ISL was put on hold.

Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachhan, right, Ranbir Kapoor, second right, Nita Ambani, businesswoman and promoter of the Indian Super League, and retired cricketer and co-owner of the Kerala Blasters, Sachin Tendulkar, left, all spoke at the ceremony [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]

After India’s Supreme Court requested that the AIFF not renew the deal with FSDL until it had issued an order enforcing a separate case to implement a new constitution for the federation, talks to restart.

We are in contact with our players, staff, and their families as we wait for a resolution, and we urge the AIFF and FSDL to resolve this impasse right away, Bengaluru said in a statement.

The Reuters news agency’s requests for comment were not immediately responded to by the AIFF and ISL.

Eight ISL clubs will meet with the AIFF this week to discuss the future of the league, according to reports in Indian media.

Bengaluru’s youth teams, which includes India’s Sunil Chhetri, who has scored a century of goals, were exempt from the salary suspension, according to the city.

80 years after Hiroshima atomic bombing, search for missing continues

On August 6, the first atomic bomb went off in a small, rural island just south of Hiroshima, where thousands of the dead and dying were transported by military vessels with crews trained for suicide attack missions.

Only a few hundred people were still alive when the field hospital closed on August 25 due to poor medical care, according to historical records. In chaotic and rushy operations, they were interred in various locations.

People in the area are still searching for the remains of the missing despite decades of a desire to hold accountable and honor the victims and to comfort survivors who are still betrayed by their loved ones’ memories.

Rebun Kayo, a researcher from Hiroshima University who frequently travels to Ninoshima to search for remains, said, “The war is not over for these people until that happens.”

Kayo has been digging for remains since 2018 on a hillside plot in the forest since a recent morning. He sprayed insect repellent onto rubber boots, a helmet, and a helmet.

Kayo carefully began shoveling gravel from a bathtub-sized hole after praying and planting chrysanthemum flowers. He sifted the soil for bone fragments when it was sufficiently soft.

Around 100 bone fragments have been discovered by Kayo, including pieces from a baby’s jawbone and pieces of skull. The resident of Ninoshima whose father had witnessed soldiers burying bodies transported to the island by boat from Hiroshima 80 years ago suggested that he find the bones there.

Rebun Kayo’s image shows fragments of human bones found on Ninoshima Island to Rebun Kayo, right, an atomic bombing survivor in Hiroshima.

Near the hypocentre, which is located about 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Ninoshima, were the city and tens of thousands of people killed by the US atomic attack on Hiroshima. By the year’s end, 140 000 people had died.

Within two hours of the blast, Hiroshima’s island’s Number 2 quarantine center’s victims began arriving by boat from there. Its hospitals are filled with patients who have suffered severe injuries. On the island, there were many fatalities.

Eiko Gishi, a 18-year-old boat trainee, was in charge of transporting patients from the pier to the first-aid quarantine area. He and other soldiers used bamboo to create cups and trays.

Gishi wrote in recollections written by the city years later that soldiers first handled bodies slowly and slowly before being overwhelmed by the large number of decomposing corpses and using an incinerator originally built for military horses.

Even this was insufficient, and bodies were soon discovered as they ran out of space, eventually ending up in burial mounds and bomb shelters.

In 1992, a former army medic, Yoshitaka Kohara, wrote, “I was speechless from the shock when I saw the first group of patients that landed on the island.”

He claimed that while I was used to seeing many seriously injured soldiers on the front lines, I had never witnessed anyone in such a cruel and tragic state. It was a “inferno,” the author said.

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After the first atomic bomb went off in 1980, Ninoshima, an island where thousands of the dead and dying were transported, was visible from the city of Hiroshima.

Only about 500 people were left alive at the facility after it was closed, so Kohara remained there until it was over. When he explained that the war had ended on August 15 to the surviving patients, he said, “Tears flew from their crushed eyes, and nobody said a word.”

The island was used to train suicide attackers using wooden boats meant for deployment in the Philippine Sea and Okinawa, according to Kazuo Miyazaki, a historian and guide from Ninoshima.

In the atomic bombing, Miyazaki, 77, lost several relatives. He has first-hand knowledge of the events that occurred on Ninoshima, a significant army quarantine facility during Japan’s militaristic expansion, from neighbors and relatives. His mother worked at the island’s field hospital, which was a military hospital.

Since 1947, about 3, 000 of the remains of those who were brought to Ninoshima by atomic bombs have been discovered.

Jason Manford’s ‘heart-stopping moment’ after health scare

After being forced to reschedule four of his tour dates last week, Jason Manford has updated his fans on his most recent developments.

Jason Manford was hospitalised(Image: JasonManford/X)

Jason Manford has suffered a “heart-stopping moment” as he gets set to join his family on holiday following his recent health concerns. The comedian was forced to cancel a number of shows last-minute last week, causing concern among fans.

He later revealed he had needed surgery to have his appendix removed. The issue initially meant he was unable to carry out four scheduled shows – and also stopped him flying out on holiday with his family.

However, the father-of-six had other ideas and set about created a new travel itinerary so he could get to Portugal for the family getaway without flying.

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Jason Manford updated fans from his van
Jason Manford updated fans from his van(Image: JasonManford/X)

In his latest update, Jason has revealed he took a ferry to Bilbao for the opening leg of his 33-hour journey. Speaking from his vehicle, Jason told his followers on Twitter/X: “We got pulled into the side and the van searched and whatnot.”

He told his friend, “My padel rackets are looking at me,” when he explained. Jason joked, “I think he thought I was reselling them because I had his kids’ rackets as well.”

The most worrying moment, he continued, was when he went to “what’s in there,” which is similar to a box of Will Powders products. And when I opened this bag of collagen peptide, let me tell you, I had my heart in my mouth.

Jason chuckled as he opened the product, “It’s literally a bag of white powder.” He then made the joke that he had to “get away with it,” laughing indignantly.

Following last week’s cancellations, Jason has kept fans informed about his plans and health concerns. He took to social media to share a photo of himself in a hospital bed after being informed on Thursday that three additional shows were scheduled to be postponed.

Jason Manford
Jason had to cancel several shows at the last minute(Image: Getty Images for the National Lo)

Jason wrote, “Appendix surgery all went well, and now I’m recovering with my Vimto, which are all hospitals in Manchester. Although it was a terrifying and agonizing 24 hours, I am grateful to our NHS and my incredible nurse mother, who is a godsend in times of crisis.

He then gave his followers a tongue-in-cheek piece of “advice.” He said, “My advice is to avoid getting appendicitis while driving at 70 mph on the highway!”

Seriously, I’m upset that I had to change the weekend dates, and I apologize for the late notice being sent to so many people in St Albans, Oxford, Lincoln, Skegness, and Kendall Calling.

“I was told not to worry because I believed I could get by on antibiotics and surgery so I could continue doing the shows.” Also, means that I can’t travel to Portugal on Monday to take my family on vacation! That’s life, I suppose. Thank you for all the “Get Well Soon” messages.

Comedy legend John Bishop took up his spot at Kendall Calling despite having three of his four cancelled shows rescheduled.

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Davina McCall’s stunned response to Scarlett Moffatt beating her to presenting job

When she first learned that the Gogglebox star had left her previous job, presenting a specific Channel 4 dating show, Davina McCall responded with one word.

Davina McCall served as host on the show for three years from 1998(Image: Getty Images)

Davina McCall has shared her furious one-word response after learning that Scarlett Moffatt had beaten her to a job she previously held. In a recent interview, the veteran presenter suggested that she was left disappointed when she lost out on the opportunity to host the revival of the Channel 4 dating show ‘Streetmate’.

She held the position of host for three years starting in 1998, and she appeared to be interested in the reboot. However, Scarlett, who had previously worked on the show, was ultimately hired.

Davina even presented a one-off charity special in 2016, but she admitted that she had to “let go” of the new show. She also shared her one-word reaction when she first heard the news that Scarlett had landed the role.

She claimed to Channel 4 to say, “Let’s bring it back! ” and that it was so fun doing it once more. The bosses informed me that they were going with Scarlett two days before they made the announcement that it would be revived.

She continued, “I was like, No! but it was presented by Scarlett. I was like, “We have to let go of that now,” as it was tried out and it didn’t work (well).

Scarlett Moffatt
The job ultimately went to Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt(Image: Getty Images)

In her old ’90s role, Davina acted as a matchmaker as she travelled to the UK’s high streets to send unsuspecting people on blind dates. When her stint on the show came to an end, Holly Willoughby hosted a revival in the 2000s.

Over her three-decade career, Davina has established herself as one of the UK’s best-loved presenters, hosting popular shows such as Big Brother, Long Lost Family, The Masked Singer, and My Mum Your Dad.

She’s also struck out into the world of health and fitness, releasing a series of DVDs, a range of exercise equipment, and a platform known as ‘Own Your Goals’

In other news, Davina has made a confession about her relationship with boyfriend Michael Douglas, highlighting something that she “looks forward” to the most.

Scarlett Moffatt
Davina even presented a one-off charity special in 2016(Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

In an episode of the Making the Cut podcast, they shared that they’d met with Joel Dommett and his wife, Hannah Cooper. During this encounter, they played a game in which each person chooses a song and describes how it links to a memory.

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Davina stated that she was eager to learn more about her partner because they would be together for the rest of their lives. I’m anticipating hearing the entire story and the entire song.

She then made it known that Michael had made a playlist of music to play while she was just having brain surgery. A benign colloid cyst was discovered during a health check, leading to her operation.