A singer who had a huge hit on the charts in the 1970s was seen belting a rendition of his most well-known hit single on the street in London.
In Kings Cross, Just Jack was spotted performing.
A former pop star who scored a UK Top 3 single was unrecognisable as he performed on a London street. Just Jack rose to fame in 2007 when he released his hit single Starz In Their Eyes which reached No2 in the UK singles chart.
The musician – real name Jack Christopher Allsopp – treated passers by to a rendition of the track in Kings Cross as he joined forces with DJ AG. Jack, 49, wowed passers by as he performed with a guitarist in a video uploaded to Instagram.
Fans rushed to comment on the clip as they reminisced about the track and heaped praise on the singer. One fan wrote: “Im 31! I was 14 when this tune came out, I remember having summer party’s in the fields with my mates whilst drinking a few bevvy’s and this bought back some incredible nostalgia.
Just Jack rose to fame in 2007(Image: Publicity Picture)
He may not realize it, but people’s lives were changed by this song and a few others in the years ahead. Incredible musician and writer. It’s nice to hear this and make me remember things I’ve forgotten.
It’s nice to see him back, a second said. Long, jack-like grass only. one of the best never-heard songs! If you don’t know absolute banger, check out that out!
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I’ve never heard this before, according to a third commentator, “Man like Just Jack, I know…Big tune.” This song was a big part of my youth and influenced who I am today, according to the fourth person. “Thank you. “
A fifth person said, “Damn, this just bought back something I had forgotten existed.” After the song’s release, Jack became a major star and ended up playing a number of significant festival dates, including T4 on the Beach, V Festival, and Glastonbury Festival.
Over the years, he has produced five studio albums, including What We Did Today and That Was Now. The performer is also a father and continues to make music today.
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In 2023, he stated to LadBible, “I never attempted to make a significant radio hit.” I never had the real desire to be famous. It was a stressful time in a strange way. In the end, I found myself immersed in a lot of unfamiliar territory.
“I was appreciative of the radio plays and other similar things, but I never felt at home with pop stars.” That’s never how I imagined who I am. He continued, “I’ve always had a controlling heart.”
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“I think being in that world where you have managers and record labels and all these people around you pulling you in lots of different directions and things not always going as planned, there are so many things that you don’t really have control over.
“I now have complete control over a lot of things, which is obviously a lot of work. But that’s not what I wanted to like. Being in that position is a wonderful feeling and a real privilege.
With his final Old Firm game looming into view, legendary Rangers manager Walter Smith admitted he was “delighted” to be leaving the Glasgow derby firepit.
It was 2011, coming at a time when retirement was on the horizon and when off-field matters were dominating the headlines. The latter emphasising his desire to call it a day.
It is unlikely Smith’s former captain Barry Ferguson will want Sunday to be his last taste of a fixture that means everything in Glasgow but counts for little on this occasion.
Celtic’s latest title success, their 13th in 14 seasons, has left a bitter taste in Ferguson’s mouth as the interim head coach prepares for what may be his final game against the champions, with the Ibrox club’s incoming paymasters expected to make sweeping changes.
As a former Rangers skipper, Ferguson knows the fixture inside out, having made his derby debut in the midfield boiler room alongside Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Jorg Albertz in 1998. He knows what wins over their neighbours can do when it comes to longevity in the post.
But, despite ending an almost five-year wait for a victory at Celtic Park the last time they locked horns, Ferguson’s short stint in the hotseat looks to be coming to an end with inauspicious results elsewhere and an inability to win at home.
Putting it up to Celtic has not been Rangers’ problem in recent months.
They have won the past two derbies and were a penalty shootout away from winning the League Cup against Brendan Rodgers’ side in December.
They have scored three goals in three successive games against their old rivals for the first time since 2002 and are chasing a third straight win over them in the same season for the first time since 1996-97.
And yet it feels like Rangers are as far behind Celtic as they’ve ever been.
Goals have rained in on them and points have been shed against the other Premiership sides with staggering regularity.
For Rodgers and his team, there will be a determination, if not a desperation, to come out on top.
Yes, the title has been wrapped up with ease yet again. But those two defeats to Rangers will irk the Celtic boss. There was a time when the outcome of these games indicated where the title was going, that has not been the case this term.
Rodgers’ Old Firm record still stands above all others and that is something he will want to maintain.
He likes to have records in mind as he goes along and one still to achieve is beating the 106 goals his invincible side scored in 2016-17 during his maiden season at Parkhead. Celtic are five away from achieving that having scored five in each of their past three matches.
Having secured honour number 11 as Celtic boss, Rodgers has moved himself into sixth place in Scottish Football’s managerial roll of honour. He now stands behind only Willie Maley, Bill Struth, Jock Stein, Smith and Scot Symon. The latter two are catchable if Rodgers plans on sticking around for the next few seasons.
For Ferguson, he has three more chances to register a victory at Ibrox with the club setting an unwanted benchmark of six home games without one.
The 47-year-old will have spent many a night since replacing Phillipe Clement wondering why this group of players can beat Celtic twice yet lose to Queen’s Park, St Mirren, Motherwell and Hibernian on their own patch.
Not all of those have come on his watch but Ferguson knows it is a level of ignominy that won’t wash at Rangers and if it is to be the end of his spell in charge, he will personally want a 100% record from his games against Celtic.
Fred Kerley, a two-time Olympic 100m champion, was detained in Miami after allegedly punching Alaysha Johnson, a former partner, in the face.
Before Kerley was scheduled to compete in the second Grand Slam Track meeting, which started on Friday, the alleged altercation took place at a hotel in Dania Beach on Thursday.
According to a report from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Kerley, 29, had been charged with one count of “battery-touch or strike,” according to Reuters and the BBC’s US partner, CBS.
Additionally, it was reported that Kerley’s attorney, Richard Cooper, said in a statement that “we are confident that this case will be dismissed immediately.”
“Fred Kerley was detained last night,” Grand Slam Track stated in a statement released on Friday. The situation is being looked into closely.
This weekend, Fred won’t compete. There is currently no comment from us.
Johnson, 28, was scheduled to compete in Grand Slam Track as well as the Olympic hurdler.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office and Kerley’s representative have been contacted for comment by BBC Sport.
After taking silver at Tokyo 2020, Kerley, a former world champion, won 100m bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In the first round of a “do-over” election, which will be held on May 4, voters in Romania will elect their next president. This will be the second such election in six months.
The Eastern European country previously held a presidential election on November 24, 2024, from which far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, who was polling in single digits during the campaign, surprisingly emerged victorious.
Following the publication of rumors of alleged Russian election interference in Georgescu’s favor, which caused the nation to go into a political coma.
In March, Romania’s electoral commission forbade the pro-Moscow independent. He is now subject to criminal investigations.
What information about the redo vote is essential, as well as who the top contenders are:
In Romania, when and where will polls start?
Polls will open at 7am (04: 00 GMT) on Sunday, May 4 and close at 9pm (18: 00 GMT).
Voters can cast their ballots at any of the nation’s 18, 979 polling places. In nations with significant diaspora populations like Malta, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Moldova, and the United States, 965 additional stations will be established.
How do presidential elections work in Romania?
In a two-round election, the president is chosen for a five-year term. There are two terms for president.
A candidate must secure more than 50 percent of all registered votes to be declared a winner in the first round.
A run-off will take place on May 18 between the two top finishers if no candidate reaches the 50% threshold on May 4. The winner will be determined to be the candidate with the most votes.
What are the main issues driving this election?
Inflation and wages
The main influence on voter choice will likely be the rising cost of food and other necessities in the nation.
The country’s economy has steadily been on the decline for decades, forcing many young people to seek work abroad. Nearly one-third of the population is impoverished.
Corruption
Since 1989, the communist government’s fall, establishment parties have been in charge of the nation, sparking deep resentment.
Romania scores among the bottom four countries in Europe in terms of corruption, according to Transparency International. Voters generally have little faith in politicians and public institutions.
ideological division
Romania, like several other European nations, faces growing questions from sections of its population about its support for Ukraine in the war against Russia. More moderate voters oppose additional Kyiv support.
Voters are divided on whether they prefer a more Western-friendly or pro-European Union and NATO-style government.
This divide is reflected in the makeup of Romania’s parliament.
In an effort to outsmart far-right nationalists, the pro-Europe parties in Romania formed a majority government on December 1st, 2013.
The pro-European Social Democratic Party (PSD), which won the December election without winning a majority, came to terms with the center-right National Liberal Party (PLL), the reformist Save Romania Union (USR), and the small ethnic Hungarian UDMR party.
Overall, the coalition holds 58 of the 134 seats in the Senate, the upper house, and 135 seats out of 331 in the lower Chamber of Deputies.
The far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), which is led by George Simion as president, is the party with the most support for the EU. It has 61 seats in the Senate and 61 in the House of Deputies.
SOS Romania, also a far-right party, holds another 12 seats in the Senate and 28 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. 24 lower and 7 upper seats are held by the POT, a far-right group. These eurosceptical parties currently control 113 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, which is close to the 135 seats the ruling coalition had in the coalition.
Given this divide, the EU will have its eyes on this presidential election.
Who are the main rivals?
38-year-old George Simion
The right-wing, eurosceptic politician is leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) and is currently leading the polls with support from 30 percent of voters as of April 26, according to Politico’s Poll of Polls (an average of all the polls).
Simion criticized the decision to annul the contentious November elections because he is perceived as pro-Moscow and is supported by nationalist camps like Georgescu.
He opposes same-sex unions and is skeptical of Euros. He has also spoken out against sending aid to Ukraine.
He has pushed for the reclaiming of Romanian territory from Ukraine and Moldova. Simion was detained by Moldova in May 2015 because he “endangered national security” and was given a five-year ban from entering the nation. This ban was renewed for a further five years in February 2024.
Simion was criticized for supporting the two former military officers’ election to parliament in 2019 for allegedly repressing revolutionaries following the country’s 1989 uprising against communist rule.
On the day of the parliamentary elections in Bucharest, Romania, George Simion, the party’s leader, looks on following initial exit polls.
Crin Antonescu, 65
The more centrist Social Democratic Party and National Liberal Party alliance (PSD-PLN) support the independent candidate and long-serving politician.
As of April 26, Antonescu, who was a one-time acting president and head of the Senate, was in the polls at 24 percent.
He supports Romania’s membership of the EU and NATO. Additionally, he supports expanding aid to Ukraine.
In his campaigns, Antonescu has highlighted his political background.
Electoral posters are seen in Bucharest before Romania’s presidential elections on April 29, 2025]Andreea Campeanu/Reuters]
55-year-old Nicusor Dan
The activist and mathematician has been in charge of Bucharest since 2011 and is a mayor there. He is running as an independent candidate on an anticorruption ticket and is polling at 22 percent, according to Politico.
Before becoming mayor, Dan campaigned for more than ten years against the conversion of public spaces to construction sites and against the demolition of historic buildings in the city.
Liberal parties favor him, as opposed to the centrist ruling coalition, who want closer ties with the EU and want to stop the rise of right-wing candidates like Simion.
Dan was re-elected as mayor last June, and his announcement to run following the annulled presidential elections in November came as a surprise.
His campaign promises to boost defense spending, eliminate corruption, and reform institutions. Additionally, he has the promise to bring Romanians together ideologically.
Presidential candidates Crin Antonescu and Nicusor Dan take part in a presidential debate hosted by Digi24 TV station in Bucharest, Romania, on April 28, 2025]Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via Reuters]
52-year-old Victor Ponta
Ponta, who served as prime minister until 2014 under the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), is also running as an independent in this election, which had a 2010 election poll of 10 percent, according to Politico.
His stint in the top job was marred by allegations of tax evasion and money laundering that eventually forced him to resign, however. He was cleared of the charges in a court-appointed verdict in 2018, which marked his return to politics.
Ponta serves on the Chamber of Deputies as a legislator.
He has highlighted nationalist and protectionist themes in his campaign: He is against buying Ukrainian grain and wants to protect the interests of Romanian farmers.
53-year-old Elena Lasconi
Lasconi is the mayor of Campulung, south-central Romania, as well as a journalist. She is popular with liberal voters.
In Politico’s Poll of Polls, she leads the political party Save Romania Union (USR), and has a 7% voter turnout.
In the November elections, Lasconi placed second behind Georgescu, who had to face him in the run-off.
As mayor, she is in favour of EU support, which her office said allowed Campulung to build parks and other critical infrastructure.
What authority does the president of Romania possess?
The head of state of Romania is a member of the executive branch.
Under the constitution, the president has the power to nominate the prime minister, who must then be approved by parliament.
The president has the option of appointing an acting prime minister if the current one becomes ineffective, but that is not the president’s exclusive right to do so. The country’s leaders are in complete control, according to the prime minister and his cabinet.
While the president is required by the constitution to maintain a neutral stance, if Simion does win the presidency, that would place him ideologically at odds with the coalition government.
The Renewed Hope Initiative collaborated with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to provide agricultural inputs and support to over 300 women and youths in Niger State in a significant effort to increase agricultural productivity and empower vulnerable groups.
The program, with the title “Planting for the Future,” aims to unlock women’s and youth’s potential to transform the agricultural sector and ensure the country’s future.
Fatima Bago, the wife of Niger State Governor Umaru Bago, who represented Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, also attended the event, which was held at the Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium in Minna North Central Nigeria.
Fatima Bago, the state governor’s wife, emphasized the value of women having more sex with agriculture, claiming that this would provide for the country’s population with food and security.
Fatima Bago, the governor’s wife, emphasized the crucial role women play in agriculture in her keynote speech, stating that providing women and youths with the resources to manage sustainable farming would improve both domestic nutrition and national food security. She noted that the program encompasses aquaculture, livestock rearing, crop cultivation, and livestock raising.
She said, “You empower a nation when you empower a woman in agriculture.” This initiative will improve the nation’s food systems and provide for homes.
The initiative, according to Special Adviser to the Governor for Women Affirmative Action, aligns with the New Niger Agenda’s goal of harnessing women’s potential to stimulate agriculture and ensure food security.
She praised the initiative as being “timely and strategic.” Women and youths are seen as key players in the transformation of our agricultural sector and the long-term sustainability of food.
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Some of the beneficiaries, including members of the Nigerian Association of Women in Agriculture and those who are disabled, claim that the intervention is appropriate given the rainy season.
Kim Moon-soo, a former labour minister and veteran political figure, has been nominated as South Korea’s main conservative party’s presidential candidate for the June 3 snap election.
At the party’s national convention on Saturday in Goyang City in Gyeonggi Province, Kim, 73, received 56.5 percent of the vote.
After South Korea’s Constitutional Court declared him inviolably in full force by declaring martial law on December 3, the election was sparked by his dramatic impeachment.
The decision forced the nation to cast an early ballot to elect Yoon’s replacement and ended his presidency.
Former Labour Party official under Yoon and governor of Gyeonggi Province in South Korea from 2006 to 2014, Kim retired from that position and later moved to the conservative camp.
Kim will face Lee Jae-myung, a candidate for the liberal Democratic Party, in a poll conducted on Monday that showed Kim to have 13% support, compared to Kim’s. Lee Jae-myung is still the clear frontrunner.
If elected, Kim has pledged to put business-friendly policies into place. In his acceptance speech, he promised to take a tough line against North Korea, establish incentives for businesses, and promote innovation and science. He also promised to adopt a radical conservative outlook for the nation.
He also made a pledge to improve laws that support young people and the underprivileged, citing his own experiences as a labour and democracy activist while he was a student, for which he was jailed and kicked out.
He claimed that “I have never abandoned the weakest among us in the lowest places.”
However, a court ruling this week shook the election, overturning a lower court’s acquittal that found him guilty of breaking election law in a previous race, and raised questions about Lee’s eligibility to run for president.
When a new ruling will be made, it was unknown when the Supreme Court sent the case back to an appeals court.
