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Fact check: Debunking Trump's dishonest attacks against Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis
Fact check: Debunking Trump's dishonest attacks against Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis
Former President Donald Trump has launched a barrage of attacks, many of them dishonest, against the Georgia district attorney who is prosecuting him over his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state.
2023-08-15 21:59
Injured Willemse named in preliminary France Rugby World Cup squad
Injured Willemse named in preliminary France Rugby World Cup squad
Injured lock Paul Willemse was named in France's first Rugby World Cup training squad by the French...
2023-06-06 01:53
Dianne Feinstein briefly hospitalized after fall, spokesperson says
Dianne Feinstein briefly hospitalized after fall, spokesperson says
Dianne Feinstein of California was hospitalized for a short time Tuesday after a fall, according to a spokesperson, the latest in a string of health issues for the US Senate's oldest member.
2023-08-09 22:52
Now or never for favourites France as Rugby World Cup hosts
Now or never for favourites France as Rugby World Cup hosts
There used to be a lazily-used cliche about France claiming "you never knew what French team would turn up" but in the build-up to this year's Rugby World Cup that...
2023-08-30 11:21
World stocks hit new 2023 highs after rally on inflation data
World stocks hit new 2023 highs after rally on inflation data
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON World stocks extended their gains on Friday, on track for their biggest weekly rise
2023-07-14 18:28
MLB Rumors: Sure sounds like Dusty Baker won't return to the Astros
MLB Rumors: Sure sounds like Dusty Baker won't return to the Astros
All signs point to Dusty Baker retiring after the Houston Astros' season-ending Game 7 loss to the Texas Rangers in the ALCS.
2023-10-24 21:45
British Grand Prix: 20 years since Irish ‘lunatic’ invaded the track at Silverstone
British Grand Prix: 20 years since Irish ‘lunatic’ invaded the track at Silverstone
“Oh my goodness me!” screamed ITV’s lead Formula 1 commentator James Allen, words struggling to comprehend the sheer craziness of what was being witnessed. “We’ve got a lunatic on the track!” When a group of protestors from Just Stop Oil invaded the circuit last year during the opening lap of the British Grand Prix, it wasn’t Silverstone’s first run-in with track invaders. Contrarily, 20 years ago, the 2003 British Grand Prix was 10 laps in before deranged Irish priest Neil Horan sprinted up the fiercely quick Hangar Straight. Many drivers had to swerve to avoid him as Horan, dressed in a brown kilt, madly ran into the racing line of F1 cars speeding at 200mph while waving banners which read: “Read the bible” and “The Bible is always right.” The result could have been catastrophic if it wasn’t for the quick awareness of the drivers and the marshal stationed at position ‘Hangar 1’. Volunteering at the British Grand Prix once again, Stephen Green ran into the void of the unknown. “I didn’t really think, adrenaline just kicks in,” Green, now 72, tells The Independent. “I made the decision anyway to wait until most of the pack had gone past. I actually watched it last week on YouTube – it seems like the guy is running up there forever and a day before I get to him. “I think I just barged into him! Then he fell over and I just grabbed his wrists and dragged him. There was a white transit van with security waiting behind the debris fence. I remember what I said to him but it’s not printable!” It was an astonishing scene. While pitch invasions and streakers have for many a long year popped up at various sporting events across the country, a live racetrack is an entirely different situation altogether. More so than any wider cause, lives in the immediacy are at risk. For Green, though, it brought a sense of notoriety not familiar to the men and women in orange suits. Soon after, once the police investigation had subsided and Horan was charged with “aggravated trespass”, the marshal was the second man awarded the BARC (British Automobile Racing Club) Browning medal for outstanding bravery. The first was David Purley, 21 years earlier, following his attempts to save Roger Williamson from a fire at Zandvoort. Meanwhile Horan, laicised by the Catholic Church, did not stop there; in fact, Silverstone was just the start of his bizarre interventions. A year later, at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he ran into the path of lead Brazilian runner Vanderlei de Lima in the men’s marathon and pushed him into the crowds, ruining his path to gold. Months earlier, he was caught by police at the Epsom Derby. He also appeared on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, performing an Irish jig. Yet that day 20 years ago brought together two very different people from two very different walks of life. A point not lost on Green when, peculiarly, Horan got in touch. “Strangely enough, he emailed me five years ago to ask how I was,” Green says. “We exchanged a couple of emails and that’s about it. “Strange chap, shall we say!” The subject of protestors is top of the agenda at Silverstone this weekend. If not for last year’s near-catastrophe, then for Just Stop Oil’s recent interventions at Twickenham, the World Snooker Championship, the Ashes and just this week, Wimbledon. “At a national event, you always run the risk of idiots turning up and doing whatever they’ve got in mind to do,” Green says. “There was a huge tightening of security after the 2003 incident. “Last year I just got messages from my mates saying ‘why are you not at Silverstone?!’ There is a difference between Just Stop Oil and Horan though, I think everyone would say that Just Stop Oil are actually trying to achieve something. “Motorsport is lucky in many ways that we don’t get as much as we could’ve done. It is very tightly controlled – given F1 goes all over the world, I think it does pretty well.” Green, who still marshals at events across the UK after previous F1 stints in the Middle-East as well as Silverstone, had the rarest of race interactions on that day in ‘03. F1 and the police are on red-alert this Sunday to ensure a repeat does not occur, with the threat level at an all-time high. Read More Lewis Hamilton supports ‘peaceful’ protests at British Grand Prix this weekend Just Stop Oil ‘vital’ says Dale Vince as sports fans are backed to intervene Arrests at Wimbledon after Just Stop Oil protesters storm court twice Lewis Hamilton must be ‘cold-blooded’ in new Mercedes contract negotiations F1 release 2024 calendar with radical change to start of the season F1 descends into farce again after results shake-up – the FIA has to be better
2023-07-07 14:57
Who is Cade Hudson? Britney Spears embrace bond with BFF, says he's in a 'beautiful place' amid Sam Asghari divorce
Who is Cade Hudson? Britney Spears embrace bond with BFF, says he's in a 'beautiful place' amid Sam Asghari divorce
Cade Hudson was an agent at the Creative Arts Agency before he started working for Britney Spears
2023-10-01 06:16
JPMorgan Starts Euro Blockchain Payments for Corporates
JPMorgan Starts Euro Blockchain Payments for Corporates
JPMorgan Chase & Co. expanded one of the most high-profile projects to bring blockchain technology to traditional banking,
2023-06-23 19:56
Where is Wanda now? 'Dr Pimple Popper' treats mysterious mark caving inside patient's skin following quick biopsy
Where is Wanda now? 'Dr Pimple Popper' treats mysterious mark caving inside patient's skin following quick biopsy
Wanda met 'Dr Pimple Popper' as she had a strange mark that was causing her side to cave in
2023-08-10 12:45
Aviation World Gathers for Week of Dealmaking: Paris Update
Aviation World Gathers for Week of Dealmaking: Paris Update
Aviation executives descend upon Paris this week for the first air show in the city in four years.
2023-06-19 15:27
In march on Jerusalem, thousands press Israeli government to do more to free hostages held in Gaza
In march on Jerusalem, thousands press Israeli government to do more to free hostages held in Gaza
Thousands of family members and supporters of some 240 hostages held in Gaza have streamed into Jerusalem on foot to castigate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of the war with Hamas
2023-11-19 01:18