There is never any shortage of controversy when Arsenal play Newcastle at St James’ Park.
The latest talking point came after the Gunners were awarded a 14th-minute penalty during their dramatic 2-1 Premier League win, only for the decision to be overturned after an intervention from the video assistant referee (VAR).
A slack backpass from Newcastle’s Jacob Murphy was pounced upon by Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres, who was brought down by goalkeeper Nick Pope.
Referee Jarred Gillett pointed to the spot, but when replays suggested Pope had got a touch on the ball, was sent to the pitchside monitor to have another look.
Gillett agreed and, despite Arsenal’s protests, the penalty decision was reversed.
Making the on-pitch announcement, he said: “After review, the Newcastle goalkeeper plays the ball and there is no foul. The final decision is drop ball.”
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said: “If it is not a clear and obvious error, VAR should not intervene. We have been told this for a few years and at the start of this season again.”
While it looked clear Pope got a touch on the ball, was that alone enough to conclude that it was definitely not a penalty?
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‘I’m torn’ – what the pundits said
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville on Sky Sports: “Viktor Gyokeres kicks it against Nick Pope’s feet. Pope has still blocked Viktor Gyokeres.
“Gyokeres touches the ball and then there is a touch and then he takes him down after that.
“I’m definitely torn. Nick Pope does get a touch and that is usually the barometer for referees and goalkeepers and penalties.”
Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin on BBC Radio 5 Live: “Yes, he got a touch on it, but he still took out the player. But I am looking at it from the forward’s perspective.”
Match of the Day pundit and former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart: “If Pope touches the ball, then it’s not a penalty – and he does touch it before he hits Gyokeres.
“If you break it down and see why it’s not been given, then you can’t argue with the decision.”
Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports: “He gets a touch but I’m not sure it’s enough to negate the foul. I’m amazed it got overturned.
“Even though he got a touch, he still fouls the player. Gyokores anticipates it, gets away from it and he clears him out.”
Former Newcastle striker Les Ferdinand on Sky Sports: “It’s a great touch. When I first saw it, I shouted, ‘I think Pope gets a touch’. He goes through; he does get a touch. As a centre-forward, I probably do want the penalty.
“Once the goalkeeper gets a touch and he deviates the ball, it’s not a penalty. I don’t know what Pope can do there.”
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The Super League Grand Final victory over the London Roosters saw the Halifax Panthers win the wheelchair rugby league championship game.
Rob Hawkins and Jack Brown, who had already won the Challenge Cup by beating Roosters, were in top form as the Panthers won the Super League title for the third time in record time.
Brown, who was named the best player in the world in 2019, managed four tries while Casper Wass, 15, added three more while Hawkins, who is currently the best player, managed just three more.
Joe Coyd, who has been nominated alongside Hawkins and Brown for the league’s outstanding player award, made his best effort to inspire the Roosters by playing in their first Grand Final.
After Billington’s otherwise excellent Mason Billington lost his temper, Hawkins and Brown each scored two tries, but he set up Wass to start the scoring.
Lewis King, England’s captain, backed Brown, and Hawkins’ successful kick gave the Roosters a 28-10 lead at half-time lead.
With his first try of the second half, King once more gave his team hope, but Brown added four, Hawkins added a hat-trick, and Boardman added another.
Wass’ hat-trick gave Panthers a head start in the future, but Leeds Rhinos held on for a third straight Grand Final victory.
After 13 months of agony for Jay Slater’s heartbroken family, an inquest has revealed the exact details of the tragic teen’s disappearance and how he fell to his death
After 13 months of agony, Jay Slater’s anguished family finally got answers over the summer on how the teen tragically lost his way in a rocky ravine in Tenerife.
Jay went missing after heading to an Airbnb in the remote village of Masca after spending the night at the NRG rave at the Papagayo nightclub in the resort district of Playa de las América last summer.
The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, had taken a “cocktail” of drugs, along with alcohol, while partying. The next morning, he decided to attempt the 14-hour trek back to his apartment, telling friends he “couldn’t go back” to where he’d been.
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Jay’s mother, Debbie Duncan, begged for key witnesses to take the stand when many of Jay’s friends failed to turn up at the initial inquest hearing earlier this year – leaving his loved ones frozen in grief and uncertainty.
Finally, three of the teen’s friends gave evidence as key witnesses at the inquest in July, shedding light on Jay’s final night out, his whereabouts before he vanished, and last phone call where he admitted he was frightened as he desperately tried to navigate unforgiving terrain in the “middle of nowhere”.
The court also heard from Spanish authorities, a pathologist and the mountain rescue team who found Jay’s body 29 days after he went missing in the Juan Lopez ravine.
From the ‘stolen’ Rolex riddle that plagued the case to Jay’s heartbreaking cause of death, here’s everything we learned from the inquest that gripped the country.
Jay Slater’s tragic cause of death
Pathologist Dr Mark Shepherd told the inquest that Jay’s death was “probably instantaneous”.
The cause of death was a severe, traumatic brain injury. “I hope it is some consolation to the family that Jay would have been unaware of the situation after his fall,” he said.
Toxicology tests revealed the 18-year-old had taken cocaine, MDMA and alcohol prior to his death. The Spanish authorities also conducted their own toxicology analysis, which found that Jay had also used ketamine, both shortly before his death and over a longer period.
Coroner Dr James Adeley ruled that Jay died by accident after falling from a height. He said that Jay’s body was formally identified using his finger and palm prints.
The post mortem found his body had undergone “extensive mummification” due to him being out in the hot sun for several weeks.
Frantic final phone call
The tragic teen made a panicked phone call telling a pal “I’m in the middle of nowhere… there is literally nothing but mountains” on the day he went missing, the court heard.
Lucy Law, who had known Jay for around six or seven years and travelled to Tenerife to party with him last summer, revealed she “started panicking” after receiving the call.
She told the inquest Jay asked her if cactuses were poisonous, with her replying: “A cactus is the least of your problems, go back to where you have just come from.”
During the call Jay told her “I can’t go back there”, but she said she didn’t feel anything bad had happened, saying: “I also feel like, if something had gone on in terms of conflict, I feel like he probably would have said.”
The inquest heard that Jay’s pal Brandon Hodgson called Lucy that morning and told her that Jay was up in the mountains. She thought it was a joke at first, before realising it was serious.
She called Jay several times at around 8.50am, in which she asked him if he knew where he was. Jay said that his mouth was dry and he needed a drink and was frightened. Tragically, his phone was on 2% battery at that point.
‘Tried to find help’
The inquest heard that Jay was reported missing at 9am on Monday, June 17, as per a report from Spanish authorities. Mountain rescue teams were notified of his disappearance at 8pm that evening.
Giving evidence of the dangers of the ravine Jay found himself in, the experts said the initial details they were given was that “when looking for the bus stop he had a fall and was afraid of dying and his phone had no battery”.
The mountain rescue specialists told the coroner that the teen’s lack of experience in mountain regions, recklessness, lack of fitness or self-control, and lack of equipment will have played a part in his death. The weather and loose falling rocks could also have been a factor.
The experts “could not explain” why Jay chose to go down into the ravine, the hearing heard. It wasn’t an area that he was familiar with, and the direction he was headed in could have given the impression there was a settlement, they said. The ravine is full of dense undergrowth and sheer, high cliffs.
As Jay had been on the move since the previous day, where he had been intoxicated, with no rest, his faculties “will have been greatly reduced,” the rescue team said. The area is very unforgiving with a steep slope and it would be easy to slip on the rocks and fall into the void.
Their conclusion was that in their opinion, the death must have occurred as an accidental fall. The fact the bag was 15-20 metres above him indicates he was walking at this location when he fell.
The post mortem findings matched with a fall from height. But the rescue team did note that heartbreakingly, Jay may have walked down the road he did to try and seek assistance.
They told the inquest that the only other plausible explanation is that he thought there was a beach or settlement at the end of the ravine where he could have sought help.
Harrowing ‘100ft’ fall
Jay was found 29 days after he went missing by two members of the Spanish mountain rescue group in trecharous ravine. The coroner told the court that Jay fell up to 100ft to his death.
The tragic teen was found eight metres above the dry river bed. His bag was found 20 metres away with his phone and passport. He is believed to have fallen 20 to 30 metres.
The mountain rescue team said the Juan Lopez ravine is unfrequented by people due to the lack of water source and unforgiving terrain. There was no indiction there was anyone with Jay at the time of the fall, according to coroner’s findings.
The coroner offered his heartfelt condolances to Jay’s family and said it was a “tragic death of young man.”
‘Stolen Rolex’ riddle
The tragic case of Jay’s disappearance was plagued by rumours about a ‘stolen’ Rolex, as the teen sent Snapchat messages to his pals bragging about snatching a designer piece of jewellery the night before his death.
And at the inquest, one of his friends finally addressed the mystery. Convicted drug dealer Ayub Qassim gave evidence via video link at the inquest as a key witness, having not turned up to the earlier hearing. He gave Jay a place to stay the night at his Airbnb before he vanished.
The 31-year-old, who also goes by “Johnny Vegas”, told the coroner: “Jay did not steal no watch”. The pal said that the night before Jay disappeared, the group they were both with went to get food around 6am following a night of partying.
Jay asked Quassim if he could stay with him at his place, because everyone else had left. His flat, in Masca, was around a 40-minute drive from the strip, something his friends jokingly complained about, the inquest heard.
Qassim says he agreed to take Jay and offered to drop him off in the morning. But before they left, Qassim says he saw a Romanian man on the strip “take a watch off some other guy, some randomer” before offering it to Qassim and Slater, which he wasn’t interested in.
“Whether he gave it to Jay or not, I don’t know, but it was a fake watch,” Quassim told the court. “One thing I can say is: Jay did not steal no watch.”
After Quassim’s evidence, the court was shown a Snapchat picture sent by Jay. It’s understood to have been taken on June 17 at around 5.50am. It showed a blurry picture of the teen in a car, wearing sunglasses. The caption of the picture says: “Yes cuz ended up getting thrown out of there me with 2 maili kids just took an AP [expensive watch] off some c*** on way to sell it for 10 quid.”
In an earlier message, Jay had claimed the ‘watch’ had been a Rolex. AP refers to Audemars Piguet, an expensive watch designer.
At the inquest, coroner Dr James Adeley asked Quassim “Do you have any explanation as to why this was posted?” and he said: “No. He could be boasting to his friends, you can tell he’s on the buzz. It could be that. When we were all younger, we might over-exaggerate.”
At an earlier hearing in May, Jay’s friend and witness Josh Forshaw gave evidence on the messages, and claimed Jay was planning to sell the strap for “10 quid” – a slang term for £10,000. The whereabouts of the Rolex is still unknown, as it was never found.
Delivering his final findings today, the coroner deemed the that the ‘stolen’ Rolex was irrelevant to Jay’s death. “I consider that the watch is irrelevant to subsequent events,” he concluded.
‘Fuming’ voicemail
Jay’s pal sent him a “fuming” voicemail before he vanished, the hearing heard. Giving evidence, the friend walked through the timeline of Jay’s last night out on Sunday, June 16.
She and pal Brandon Hodgson had gone to a bar called Veronica’s to watch the England match. Jay and another friend, Bradley Hargreaves, joined them for around 20 minutes and then left.
The group met up again later on at around midnight. When asked how drunk Jay was, Lucy told the court: “He was visibly intoxicated but I wouldn’t say he was in a state or anything, he wasn’t mangled.”
Lucy said the group then headed back out to the festival. She told the inquest that Jay said he was going to the toilet, however he was taking a long time. When he didn’t return after a while, Lucy said she went to find him.
“We all split up to try and find him in the place but then none of us could find him in there so at this point our phones were nearly dead and he was still not answering his phone,” she said.
“We left to see if we could find him outside. We had a look on The Strip. At this point I thought he’s probably made mates with someone or has found a girl and ventured off.”
She told the inquest that Jay was a “social butterfly” and it would not be unusual for him to go off and make friends.
Lucy continued: “Then he messaged us and said ‘I’m in Oasis’. We couldn’t see him. Then he messaged saying he was in Sugar Reef which is two or three clubs up. But we couldn’t see him there either.”
After not being able to find him, Lucy left Jay a voicemail which said: “Where are you and what are you doing? I am coming down to get you. If you’re not there this time I will be f****** fuming.”
Jay refused to go home
At 2.48am, Lucy had messaged Jay saying: “I’ll come and get you.” But a minute later, Jay sent her a message back, saying: “Doesn’t matter, I’m on a mission.”
Lucy eventually found Jay after sending a frustrated voicemail, but he told her that he wasn’t ready to head home yet. She told the inquest: “I said we’d all been worried about him but he just found the situation funny. Me and Brandon want you to go home and he said ‘there’s no way I’m going home’.
“I asked him to wait there and went back up to get Brandon and Brad. Me and Brandon got in a taxi, Brad walked down to meet Jay. I went home from there so I don’t know what happened after that.”
‘Cocktail of drugs’
Delivering his verdict, the coroner referred to the drugs that Jay had in his system before his death. He said: “The day or so before his death Jay had taken MDMA, known as ecstasy, as well as cocaine and alcohol.”
Jay had also used ketamine “both shortly before his death and over a longer period.”
The coroner noted that a “common theme” throughout the evidence was that Jay’s friends have been asked to recall events after consuming “copious amounts of drugs and alcohol”.
He also refers to Jay being “kicked out” of the club before he went missing, because he “couldn’t stand up.”
On the night out, he had received phone messages from mates telling him to go home as he was “off his head”.
Mum’s heartbreaking statement
Jay “touched the hearts of the nation” his mum Debbie said in her heartbreaking statement before the coroner’s verdict was read out.
Debbie described how the 19-year-old had “almost qualified” as a bricklayer and that he had “a wonderful life”. She said that Jay “loved going abroad every year and was always the centre of attention”.
Jay was “always a popular boy and had many, many friends”, his mum said. He also “loved his family very much”.
The devastated mum continued: “He was learning to drive and had so many plans and a bright future ahead of him. This all changed in June 2024. Jay was counting down the days when he flew to Tenerife for the NRG festival. Not in a million years did we predict what was to unfold.
“Jay was a bundle of fun with a constant smile. He loved to go to festivals and always made new friends wherever he went. He loved to dance and did so at every opportunity. He had a large circle of good friends who have been left devastated at his tragic death.
“He was very loved and our hearts are broken. Our lives will never be the same without Jay in it. As a family we would like those here today to please remember that Jay was a real person. A loving son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and loyal friend to many.
“He may have been a story for the past 13 months – a story full of many untruths. He did touch the hearts of the nation and that overwhelms us. We ask you now to please let Jay rest in eternal peace.”
Maura Higgins made fun of her run on I’m A Celeb by posting some stunning photos from the Love Island Games on Instagram.
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Maura Higgins stuns in Love Island Games snaps(Image: MauraHiggins/Instagram)
Maura Higgins looked stunning in pics she shared from the Love Island Games set in Fiji this week. The Irish reality TV star, who hosts the post-show recap of the Love Island spin-off, also poked fun at her time on I’m A Celeb and how badly she’s handling some of Fiji’s native wildlife.
On September 16th, the second Love Island Games series debuted. Former Islanders from all over the world travel to Fiji to seek out another love opportunity in the show. They also encounter new bombshells, recover from the show’s recurrence, and face-elimination, as well as face-tweets that give it an even more competitive edge.
Aftersun is now the host of Love Island Games: Aftersun, where Maura guest hosted a few episodes of the first series. The actress shared photos of herself on set this week wearing a stunning black and silver pair of abs. A slicked-back ponytail and fringe completed the look.
However, Maura also shared a behind-the-scenes video of herself getting photographed. She moves her hair in the video, and a bug lands on her shoulder. The TV star then yelled and wriggled to remove the bug. And I did the jungle, Maura wrote over the video.
Maura first found fame in 2019 when she was a bombshell on Love Island. Though she was briefly in a love triangle with Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague, Maura ultimatley reached the final in a couple with Curtis Pritchard. Since then, Maura has presented an agony aunt segment on This Morning, competed on Dancing on Ice and been a guest panelist on Loose Women.
In November 2024, Maura was announced as part of the line-up for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!. She entered on the fifth day alongside Reverend Richard Coles and was the sixth celebrity to be voted out of the camp, while Richard reached the final. The whole series was won by McFly’s Danny Jones.
I’m A Celeb will return to ITV soon. The line-up has not yet been announced but reports are suggesting This Morning’s political pundit Nick Ferrari, Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley, EastEnders’ Shona McGarty and social media star Morgan Burthwhistle (aka Angry Ginge) are all set to head out to the jungle.
Other social media stars, many of whom are said to be “snubbed,” are thought to have been upset by the addition of Angryginge to the line-up.
A source told the Express, “It’s turned into an influencer war every single year now. There are some really big names in that space who have been trying to get into the jungle for ages, and they feel ITV keep ignoring them. First it was GK Barry last year, now it’s Angry Ginge – people are fuming.
“The mood isn’t good in the background.” Some of these influencers have had long, fruitful discussions with ITV.
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They were already furious when GK Barry received the call-up last year, and they are now watching another online sensation take the top spot in the jungle. They “feel stitched up,”
ITV stated, “We do not make any comments about rumors about contestants.”
In Lancashire in 2021, Jay Slater allegedly participated in an eight-person criminal gang that allegedly attacked a man with a machete in 2021.
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A man’s “skull split open” was left by a gang Jay Slater was a part of. The 19-year-old boy from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared during a trip to Tenerife with a group of friends in June of last year.
Following a month-long search, his body was discovered in July of that year. Shortly after going missing, Slater was discovered dead in a ravine in Tenerife’s Parque Rural de Teno on July 15, 2024. He and two other men traveled 22 miles from the Airbnb he had been staying at on June 17 to Playa de las Americas, where he had been staying with his friends.
Three years prior to his death, Slater was involved in a gang which attacked Tom Hilton, then 17, with a machete, golf clubs and an axe in Rishton, Lancashire. He was handed an 18-month community order, with 25 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work for his involvement in the attack.
Slater’s holiday to Tenerife took place after completing most of his sentence. In a new Channel 4 documentary exploring his disappearance and later death, Jay’s uncle has spoken out about his involvement in the violent attack.
Did you see Jay striking the person if they were being asked the question? Glen Duncan, he said. He continued, “No, he was never that kind of lad.” Because he was a member of a crowd, he was merely guilty by association. Jay’s mother, however, claimed Jay had no involvement in the attack and that she had encouraged him to contact the police.
She continued, “A lad, who was older, was attacked by what he described as 20 kids, in an incident that occurred one night where there were probably a couple of hundred people there.” I told Jay to ask for a statement while they were asking for witnesses. Although I didn’t think anything of it, a letter stating Jay was facing a violent disorder charge came out the following April.
Tom stood up in court and said he didn’t recall much of the trial after Jay attended it. However, I don’t believe Jay struck a blow on Tom or caused any harm because he was sort of found guilty by association.
Tom, the victim, suffered severe shoulder and leg injuries and exposed parts of his skull. The defendants joked and laughed at one another during the court proceedings at Preston Crown Court. Tom compared his attackers to “a pack of gorillas.”
The gang acted like a “pack of wolves,” according to presiding judge Judge Philip Parry at the time, forcing the victim into nearby woodland where he fled for his life. He also criticized the defendants for their lack of disrespect.
Judge Parry said in court, “You ought to all eight be completely ashamed of yourselves, but I don’t think you are.” Throughout the trial, yesterday and today, many of you found these proceedings amusing, showing disrespect to the court.
“I hope for the good of all of your families, the general public, and the people who have offered you jobs and apprenticeships, as well as the ones you all grow up,”
Tom was quick to take to social media after Slater’s disappearance to silence conspiracy theorists who had labelled his disappearance a “scam” despite suffering significant injuries as a result of the attack.
Whoever is writing on these TikToks, give it a rest, he said on social media. This young man is missing, and his family is devastated. Put your shoes on them.
Stop talking nonsense on social media and have this lad find you, who will mention my name everywhere. Respect this boy and help him get his family to know him. Slater’s final moments, which included consuming illegal drugs, are also explored in the new documentary.
In a heartbreaking scene, Jay’s mother is informed that Jay’s mother’s toxicology report had access to private information that had been stolen and made public. Even after her son’s body is finally recovered, the devastated mother rebels and says, “I don’t want peace.” In the midst of a sea of vile conspiracies, Jay’s mother was initially informed that the toxicology report had only been disclosed to her and that it wouldn’t be shared anywhere else. However, the contents were made public in obscene YouTube videos that shared screenshots of the toxicology report and named Jay Dean Slater, his real name.
” 25th March 2025. Spanish court records from Tenerife are allegedly leaked and published on YouTube, according to the caption, “Including Jay’s Spanish toxicology reports.”
Jay’s mother says, “It’s just another kick in the teeth, but how is it even allowed? ” when she speaks about the documentary. Official court records, talking about our son, is lawless, isn’t it? We are powerless because there is nothing we can do.
Although there was evidence of the drugs in Jay’s system, it wasn’t as though they were a part of the cause of his death as it was revealed by Preston Coroner’s officer Alice Swarbrick that his body had traces of MDMA and cocaine in the hours before his death. Although it shocked her, Jay’s mother said it was still a shock. He is a young adult, and that’s what they do when they attend festivals, she said, “it’s just upsetting, adding that it was”upsetting the way he died.”
Later, pathologist Dr. Richard Shepherd stated that ruling out injuries sustained by third parties was “a very, very important part of this investigation,” noting that Jay had “not been shot, he’s not been stabbed, he’s not been strangled.”
The race between Democrat Zohran Mamdani and former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is likely to end with New York Mayor Eric Adams dropping his re-election bid.
In a post on X on Sunday, Adams said, “Despite everything we’ve accomplished, I cannot continue my reelection campaign.”
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Adams had been running far behind Mamdani and Cuomo, both of whom are running as independents, in polls. In the most populous city in the United States, Mamdani appears to have a sizable lead before the November 4 election.
Due to corruption allegations and alleged cooperation with Trump, Adams, a Democrat mayor in 2022, had become a divisive figure.
He claimed in a video statement that “my ability to raise the funds necessary for a serious campaign has been undermined by the constant media speculation about my future and the campaign finance board’s decision to withhold millions of dollars.”
The board’s decision to cut funds came after more than 200 contributions’ billing addresses were deemed inaccessible, raising questions about their origin.
In September of this year, Adams was charged with wire fraud, soliciting illegal foreign campaign contributions, and a bribery plot involving Turkish citizens and at least one Turkish official. He refuted the accusations.
The Justice Department earlier this year mandated that Adams’ charges be dropped by federal prosecutors in New York. Resignations abound in the Justice Department in Washington and the Manhattan US attorney’s office in response to the decision.
The charges were dropped in exchange for the Democratic mayor’s support for Trump’s immigration crackdown, but Emil Bove, a senior Justice Department official, has refuted claims that the decision was a “quid pro quo.”
Adams’ alleged friendly working and political relationship with Trump also tainted his reputation. According to US media reports, Trump’s administration allegedly offered him a job if he backed out of the election to improve Cuomo’s chances of defeating Mamdani.
Trump said in an interview with Reuters that he expected Cuomo to win the race and that he regrets Adams’ decision to pull out of the race.
The New York mayor declared his candidacy in April, avoiding Mamdani’s Democratic primary, which was competitive.
Adams has criticized Mamdani, who has defended his appeal by promising regulated rents, free bus travel, and daycare.
