Josh Parry LGBT & Identity Reporter Reporting fromBritish LGBT Awards Red Carpet Getty Images Ian ‘H’ Watkins is the founder of Cowbridge Pride and received a special award recognising his work Steps star Ian ‘H’ Watkins has been honoured at the British LGBT Awards. Best known for his time in the 90s pop band, the...
Sheharyar Shahnawaz Haleema Zahid was an “amazing lady”, said her former colleague Sheharyar Shahnawaz (right) Two sisters who died at a beauty spot in a national park both drowned, an inquest has heard. Hajra Zahid, 29, and Haleema Zahid, 25, were pulled from the water at the Watkin Pools at Eryri in the Nant Gwynant...
Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins has withdrawn from the England squad with a minor injury. The 29-year-old will now miss the World Cup qualifying match in Andorra on Saturday (17:00 BST) and the friendly with Senegal next week. There are currently no plans to call up a replacement and England will prepare for both games...
Bukayo Saka, Arsenal, £10.3m – Newcastle (h) Saka has not delivered a return since week 30 but since then, in five games, he has an expected goal involvement (xGI) of 3.1. In comparison, team-mate Leandro Trossard has an xGI of 2.9 but has managed five goal involvements in the same period. So Saka is playing...
All of my midfielders scored but I’m not putting them in for their goals, I’m putting them in for their all-round play. Tomas Soucek (West Ham): Sometimes you watch games and guys just stand out on the pitch. Whenever you watch West Ham, Soucek is one of those guys who stands out. He has a...
On Saturday at a sun-kissed Bournemouth, Watkins guided Morgan Rogers’ low cross into the bottom corner with a delicate, deft touch. It was his 16th Premier League goal of the season – no other Englishman has more. Longevity is key. Watkins has scored at least 10 league goals in all of his five seasons at...
Bryan Mbeumo (captain), Brentford, £8.1m – Manchester United (h) You don’t need much of a reason to pick Mbeumo, FPL’s second-highest points scorer. But the situation this week is a dream scenario. Manchester United are almost certainly going to put out a weakened team, with their focus on the Europa League, and it is not...
Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace): He came back into the Palace team and was excellent, strong and powerful against Bournemouth. When they went down to 10 men he was key in securing a clean sheet. William Saliba (Arsenal): There’s not much more we can say about him. Arsenal cruised to a 4-0 win at Ipswich and...
Manchester United are considering a swap deal involving Marcus Rashford and Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins, Alexander Isak is set to stay at Newcastle United and Manchester City are planning a move for goalkeeper Diogo Costa. Manchester United are looking at a swap deal which would involve forward Marcus Rashford, 27, turning a loan move...
Ollie Watkins has a message for his Aston Villa manager Unai Emery – he wants to be starting the biggest games. The striker said he’d been “fuming” to only be a substitute for both of Villa’s Champions League quarter-final ties against Paris St-Germain. But against Newcastle on Saturday he channelled his anger perfectly as he...
Manchester City are leading the chase for Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White, while Manchester United target Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo and Southampton’s Tyler Dibling. Manchester City are leading the chase for Nottingham Forest’s 25-year-old England attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White. (Times – subscription required), external Manchester United are current frontrunners for Bournemouth’s 25-year-old Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo, but...