Former President Donald Trump blamed his successor, President Joe Biden, for some awkward moments with his teleprompter as he spoke at a rally in Ohio on Saturday afternoon.

Trump spoke Saturday at a windswept airport outside Dayton in support of his presidential rematch with Biden and his favored Senate candidate Bernie Moreno.

The presumptive Republican nominee, 77, repeatedly noted that he was having trouble reading his teleprompters, which were visibly flapping in 35-mph winds.

As the prompters rolled around and Trump became increasingly visibly frustrated – at one point saying, “Don’t pay these suckers!” to those who set it up – about the inability to understand his speech, he joked: “I think Joe Biden put them in there!”

Although he bragged about how nice it was to have “a president who doesn’t need a teleprompter,” he made some obvious speaking errors during the meeting without being able to use them.

Notably, he claimed that President Biden once defeated former President Barack Obama in an election, after saying Trump would beat Biden by “the largest margins ever.”

‘You know what’s interesting? Joe Biden defeated Barack Hussein Obama, has anyone ever heard of him? Biden defeated Obama in every swing state, but he was assassinated in every other state.”

He was also recorded struggling to pronounce the name of the band The Rolling Stones, whose music Trump’s team uses at rallies, calling them “The Rolling Storns.”

Trump also mispronounced the word “bite” while retelling his infamous “The Snake” story.

Progressive media also claimed that Trump made a mistake in pronouncing candidate Moreno’s name, pronouncing it more like “Marino.”

Moreno, a former Trump critic who is a wealthy Cleveland businessman, supported Marco Rubio for president during the 2016 Republican primaries, once tweeting that listening to Trump was “like watching a car crash that makes you sick, but you can stop looking’. ‘

In 2021, NBC News reported on an email exchange around the time of Trump’s first presidential run in which Moreno called Trump a “crazy” and a “maniac.”

On Saturday, however, Moreno praised Trump as a “great American” and railed against those in his party who criticized the former president, who this week became his party’s presumptive nominee for a third straight election.

“I’m so sick of Republicans saying, ‘I support President Trump’s policies, but I don’t like the man,’” he said as he stood on stage with Trump.

Trump also dismissed the recent allegations against Moreno, comparing them to attacks he has faced over the years, including his criminal charges.

The former president has been charged in four separate cases involving his handling of classified documents and his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

“He’s getting very harsh bogus treatment from the Democrats right now,” Trump said. ‘And we will not support that.’

Trump also accused Biden of posing a threat to Social Security in his comments as he continued to clean up comments from an interview earlier this week in which he appeared open to cuts.

“Your Social Security will be gone,” he warned of a second Biden term, even as Biden has pledged to protect and strengthen Social Security as it faces a projected budget deficit.

“With this man in office, you cannot get social security because he is destroying our country’s economy. And that also applies to Medicare, by the way, and American seniors are going to be in big trouble.”

“I have promised that I will always adhere to Social Security and Medicare. We will always keep it. We’ll never make it,” he said.

Trump is scrambling to catch up on President Joe Biden’s huge fundraising advantage with just eight months until the election.

The Republican National Committee has just $40 million in the bank, compared to the $130 million the Democratic operations had last month.

The massive funding gap is steadily widening as Democrats open their wallets to support Biden’s campaign to retain the White House.

Democrats raised more than $10 million in the 24 hours after last Thursday’s State of the Union, far more than Trump’s biggest day, where he raised $4.2 million after his mugshot in the Georgia election fraud case was released .

Michelle Yeoh had the sweetest reason to die by Emma Stone Oscar on to Jennifer Lawrence at the 96th Academy Awards.

Yeoh, 61, with Lawrence, 33, Sally Field, Charlize Theron And Jessica Lange they all took to the stage to present the Best Actress award during the ceremony on Sunday, March 10. After naming Stone, 35, as the winner, Yeoh confused viewers when he quickly handed the trophy to Lawrence, who then passed it to Stone.

“I wanted to share that glorious moment of handing Oscar over to you, along with your best friend Jennifer!!” Yeoh explained via Instagram on Monday, March 11, in addition to a slideshow of photos from the evening. “She reminded me of my Bae Jamie Lee Curtis .” (Yeoh and Curtis both starred Everything everywhere at oncetaking home the Oscars for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively in 2023.)

Yeoh then praised Stone and Lawrence for their years of friendship, writing that the two women are “always there for each other!! .” She concluded the message: “Congratulations Emma!!’

All of the women who took to the stage to present with Yeoh previously received the Best Actress award, with Lawrence winning in 2013 for Silver Linings Playbook. Field won twice for Norma Rae And Places in the heart in 1979 and 1984 respectively, while Lange took the statue home in 1995 for Blue sky. Theron received the award in 2004 for her role in Sample.

Stone, meanwhile, was defeated Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon, Annette Bening in NYAD, Carey Mulligan in Master And Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a fall. She earned the honor for her role as Bella Baxter Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor thingswinning the award for the second time after receiving it for the first time in 2017 La La Land. (Stone’s other previous nominations include Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Birdman in 2015 and The favorite in 2019. She was also nominated for Best Picture this year for her work as a producer Poor things.)

Stone opened her acceptance speech by thanking her fellow Best Actress nominees. “This is really overwhelming. My voice is also a bit gone. Whatever. The women in this category, you are all incredible. Sandra, Annette, Carey, Lily, I’m sharing this with you,” she said as she looked at Gladstone, who was also a frontrunner for the evening. “I am deeply honored to share this with every cast member, everyone who put their love into making this film. Thank you for the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter.”

Stone also took a moment to thank her family, including husband Dave McCary and daughter Louise Jean – for being her support system over the years.

“My mom, my brother Spencer, my dad, my husband, I love you so much,” she said through tears. “And most importantly: my daughter, who will be three in three days and has given our lives a technical color. I love you bigger than the whole sky, my girl.

It was a night of high glamour – diamonds, couture dresses and A-listers – and should have been the usual spectacle of very rich, very beautiful and very talented artists congratulating each other on a good year for cinema.

Everyone expected that the Barbenheimer boost, which saw the box office soaring, would have a knock on effect and produce a vintage Oscars.

But with nudity, jokes about incest, political controversy and plain old bad taste, plus a hefty dollop of angst about wars, was this the night that the Oscars fumbled the ball?

There was instant outrage when Native American actress Lily Gladstone failed to win for her performance as Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon and even the climax of the night, the announcement of Best Picture, seemed to go awry.

Veteran actor Al Pacino, 83, seemed to struggle to stay on script in a short preamble, before opening his envelope and saying: ‘My eyes see Oppenheimer.’ That brought nervous giggles from some quarters of the auditorium.

It was Oppenheimer’s night with the film taking seven Oscars having been nominated for 13.

Conversely it was a bad night for Barbie, which had eight nominations but came away with just one award, for the song What Was I Made For, by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell.

Despite a barnstorming performance of I’m Just Ken by Ryan Gosling, which saw many of the A-listers in the room joining in with the song, and despite its colossal financial success, it was largely shut out.

Was one Oscar Kenough reward for the biggest film of the year which was very clearly popular in the room?

It was an even worse night for Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s passion project about the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Maestro was nominated for seven Oscars and came away without a single one. Cooper was also beaten once again in the race for Best Actor, at the third time of asking.

Cooper also had to endure some bad-taste teasing from host Jimmy Kimmel about his habit of bringing his devoted mother Gloria as his date to awards.

Kimmel said: ‘Bradley brings his mother to every awards show. How any times can you bring your mom as your date before you are dating your mom? Are you working on a movie about Freud right now and not telling us?’

He is dating supermodel Gigi Hadid but the couple didn’t make any appearances together at pre-Oscars parties and opted not to go to the Vanity Fair party either.

There were some moments of delight, such as a cut away showing Messi the dog, a star of Anatomy of a Fall ‘clapping’, and some found John Cena’s naked sketch funny.

Actor and former wrestler Cena came on naked aside from a strategically placed gold envelope to announce the winner of the Costume Design Oscar.

The first Oppen-Oscar went to Robert Downey Jr., who won best supporting actor just as had been predicted and made a gracious, gag-filled speech.

He said: ‘I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and The Academy, in that order. I’d like to thank my — veterinarian — I meant wife, Susan Downey over there. She found me a snarling rescue pet and you loved me back to life. That’s why I’m here. Thank you.’

He went on: ‘Here’s my little secret. I needed this job more than it needed me. (Director) Chris (Nolan) knew it, (producer) Emma (Thomas) made sure that she surrounded me with one of the great casts and crews of all time, Emily, Cillian, it was fantastic.

‘And I stand here before you a better man because of it. What we do is meaningful, and the stuff that we decide to make is important.’

He shrugged off the outrage which greeted a drug gag seemingly improvised by host Kimmel after Downey Jr. touched his nose during his opening monologue. He had also looked unamused when Kimmel asked him: ‘Is that an acceptance speech in your pocket or do you just have a very rectangular penis?

Cillian Murphy became the first Irish-born winner of a Best Actor Oscar and won a standing ovation from the crowd which made him chuckle in delight. He said: ‘It’s been the wildest most exhilarating most creatively satisfying ride.’

Addressing director Chris Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas he said: ‘I owe you so much thank you. I’m a very proud Irishman standing here tonight.

‘You know we made a film about the man who created the atomic bomb for better or for worse. We are all living in Oppenheimer’s world so I would really like to dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.’

Accepting an Oscar for directing, Nolan paid tribute to his cast and crew. He added: ‘Thank you do those who have been there for me and believed in me for my whole career, the incredible Emma Thomas, the producer of all our films and all our children, I love you.

‘To the Academy. Just to say movies are just over 100 years old. Imagine being there 100 years into theatre or painting and we don’t know where we are going to go, but to know that you think I am a meaningful part of it means the world to me.’

Cinematography went to Hoyte van Hoytema, previously nominated for Christopher Nolans film Dunkirk. From the stage van Hoytema said: ‘Woah, steady. To all the aspiring film makers out there I would like to say please try shooting that incredible hip new thing celluloid.. it makes things look so much better.’

Jennifer Lame won achievement in film editing for Oppenheimer. She said: ‘Emma Thomas you amaze me… Chris Nolan you are okay too. I was terrified when you first hired me but you instilled so much confidence in me.’

She later said: ‘So many people came to me and didn’t think the film was too long even though it was three hours. I have so many favorite scenes with Cillian. I was mesmerized by his performance. You wanted to know who he was even though he is inscrutable.’

Ludwig Goransson won best original score for Oppenheimer. He said that it had been Nolan’s idea to use a violin as the motif. He thanked his parents for giving him guitars and drum machines instead of video games.

The best picture Oscar was accepted by Nolan’s wife Emma Thomas. 

She said: ‘All of us who make movies know that you dream of this moment. I could deny it but I have been dreaming of this for so long and now it has happened. The reason that this is the movie that it is, is Chris Nolan he is singular and he is brilliant and I am so grateful to you.’

There were gasps in the room when Emma Stone’s name was read out as Best Actress for her fearless performance as Bella Baxter in Poor Things. It had been a neck and neck actress race between Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon and Emma Stone for Poor Things, but many felt that Gladstone was going to clinch the statuette.

Stone, who previously won for LaLa Land, said that she was overwhelmed and added that the zip on her dress had broken, adding: ‘I think it happened during “I’m Just Ken.”‘ 

She went on: ‘This is really overwhelming. Sorry. My voice has gone. 

‘The other night I was panicking as you can see it happens a lot and Yorgos said to me please take yourself out of it and he’s right its not about me its about a team that came together to make something that is greater than the sum of its parts. Yorgos thank you for the gift of a lifetime in Bella Baxter.’

The cerebral epic about the life of Robert J Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, didn’t have everything go its way.

Notably it lost out out on the sound Oscar to The Zone of Interest, a British film about the Holocaust in which the murders in Auschwitz are conveyed only as background noises.

It also lost out on Costume Design and Hair and Makeup to the Yorgos Lanthimos sex comedy Poor Things.

Some of the most surprising results saw Barbie lose out on production design and costume design. More predictably, Ryan Gosling was shut out in favor of Robert Downey Jr, and Oppenheimer won Best Picture.

Kimmel said in his opening monologue: ‘Here we are, all dressed up, celebrating the best of the best, beginning with the biggest movie of the year, Barbie. Barbie was a monster hit.

‘What a thing. What an achievement to take a plastic doll nobody even liked anymore, I mean, my wife, before this movie, you would had a better chance getting my wife to buy my daughter a pack of Marlboro Reds than a Barbie doll. 

‘Now Barbie is a feminist icon, thanks to Greta Gerwig, who many believed deserved to nominated for best director tonight.

‘Hold on a second. I know you’re clapping, but you’re the ones who didn’t vote for her, by the way. Don’t act like you had nothing to do with this.’

The hostilities in Gaza were on the minds of many on Sunday night, with some attendees having to walk the final few yards to the venue after pro-Palestinian protestors closed some roads. Pop star and actress Ariana Grande was among those to be held up. Singer Billie Eilish wore a pin supporting efforts to bring peace.

Accepting the Oscar for documentary feature film 20 Days in Mariupol, Mstylslav Chernov said that this was the first Academy Award in Ukrainian film history.

He said: ‘I will probably be the first director on the stage to say I wish I had never made this film. I wish to exchange this (Oscar) for Russia never invading Ukraine, never occupying our cities, to Russia not killing tens of thousands of Ukrainians.’ 

He went on: ‘I cannot change history, cannot change the past. We can make sure that the history record is set straight and that the truth will prevail and the people of Mariupol and those who have given their lives will never be forgotten.’

Animated short film was won by War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko. Their son Sean Ono Lennon was an executive producer on the film which follows two soldiers on opposite sides of a battle playing chess while communicating through carrier pigeon. 

Sean Ono Lennon flashed peace signs from the stage of the Dolby Theatre. He said: ‘My mom turned 91 last month and today is Mother’s Day in the UK, so can everyone please say happy mother’s day Yoko!’ 

Producer Dave Mullins said later: ‘We would like people to talk a little more, kill a little less, I know that sounds naïve.’

The first award of the night was presented to Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who won best actress in a supporting role for playing grieving mother Mary Lamb in The Holdovers. 

In an emotional speech she thanked God, her drama teacher, her mother and her publicist, adding: ‘I am so grateful for all the women who have been by my side.’

She added: ‘You know, I… I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career. I started off as a singer. And my mother said to me, “Go across that street to that theater department. There’s something for you there.”

‘And I thank my mother for doing that. I thank you to all the people who have stepped in my path and has been there for me, who has ushered me and guided me. 

‘I am so grateful to all of you beautiful people out there.

‘For so long I’ve always wanted to be different, and now I realize I just need to be myself. Ron Van Lieu, I thank you when I was the only black girl in that class, when you saw me and you told me I was enough. 

‘And when I told you I don’t see myself, you said, ‘That’s fine. We’re going to forge our own path. You’re going to lay a trail for yourself.’

The best original screenplay went to Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari. Triet said: ‘Thank you so much, it will help me through my mid life crisis I think. This is a crazy year. 

The glamour of tonight contrasts slightly with writing… I was stuck in the house with two kids it was lockdown. We hooked them up to cartoons to have peace.’ Harari added: ‘It was like mixed doubles ping pong played by neurotic French.’ 

Triet later said that they had wanted to have Dolly Parton’s song Jolene playing on repeat in the film but failed to get the rights so they ended up with the 50 Cent Song PIMP.

Best adapted screenplay was American Fiction – the first upset of the night, beating Barbie, Poor Things, Oppenheimer and The Zone of Interest.

Writer Cord Jefferson used the platform to make the case for lower budget films. ‘Instead of making one $200 million movie try making twenty $10 million movies. 

‘I want other people to experience that joy. The next Scorsese is out there the next Greta (Gerwig) the next Christopher Nolan. 

‘This has changed my life thank you for trusting a 40 year old black guy who has never directed a movie before.’

Afterwards he said that it had been important to show diversity within diversity in the film, which is about a professor who writes a satire of a ‘black’ book only for the liberal elite to hail it as a masterpiece. 

He said: ‘As Victor Hugo said, nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. We didn’t have a big marketing budget so we relied on word of mouth a lot. 

‘Hopefully the lesson here is that there is an audience here for things that are different. 

‘A story with black characters that is going to appeal to a lot of people doesn’t need to take place in a plantation in the projects to have drug dealers in it.’

Another surprise was the win for animated film The Boy and The Heron over Spider-man: Across The Spiderverse.

Poor Things won Best Make Up and Hairstyling, again a surprise as many had thought that this was Maestro’s best chance to convert one of its nominations into a win.

Production design – which many thought might go to Barbie- went to Poor Things. Accepting the Oscar, James Price said: ‘This is crazy! I feel in the mood for love and custard tarts.’ 

Again, many thought that Barbie would win costume design, and again this went to Poor Things.

The Zone of Interest – about Rudolf Hess and his family living just outside Auschwitz, was Britain’s interest in the best international film category and won. 

Writer and director Jonathan Glazer said: ‘All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say look what they did then, but rather look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. 

‘It’s shaped all of our past and present. Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.’

‘Whether the victims of October — whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza, all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?’ 

Leading actress Sandra Huller cried copiously as he spoke.

Visual effects went to Oscar Godzilla Minus One. Documentary short film was won by The Last Repair Shop.

Clashes rocked Akbar Nagar locality in capital Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday evening as locals threw stones at police and government officials during an anti-encroachment drive in the locality.

Uttar Pradesh News: Tension gripped Akbar Nagar in the capital Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, as residents reportedly clashed with police and administrative staff carrying out an anti-encroachment drive in the locality.

According to officials, local residents pelted stones at police and government officials after rumors spread that someone was trapped under the rubble of a building razed by authorities.

According to reports, the alleged incident took place on Sunday evening when a team of the Lucknow Development Authority and the government, accompanied by police, were demolishing illegal structures in the locality along Faizabad Road.

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“Three commercial establishments were demolished after the Supreme Court dismissed the writ petitions. While two buildings were being demolished, local residents – spurred on by rumors – started pelting government officials and police with stones during the demolition of the third,” Indramani Tripathi, vice-chairman of the Lucknow Development Authority, told news agency PTI, adding that no one was injured. at the incident.

Situation under control

Giving details, Tripathi said some residents said the debris from the demolished buildings damaged their houses and they were allotted houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

“Some locals said the debris from the demolished buildings damaged their buildings following which seven people were allotted houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana,” Tripathi said, adding that the situation is under control.

Around 74 BPL card holders from Akbar Nagar had filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking a stay on the development authority’s devastating action.

The action was carried out because the slum was allegedly created illegally on government land. There are approximately 1,400 houses in the slum.

Tripathi said there is an attempt to destroy commercial establishments and not residential ones as per the Supreme Court directive.

Last week, the Allahabad High Court had directed all residents to vacate the disputed premises on or before March 31.

Joint Commissioner of Police Upendra Agarwal said a rumor was doing the rounds that someone had become trapped under the rubble during the demolition drive, prompting some people to pelt stones.

The situation has been brought under control, he said, adding that no FIR has been registered in this regard.

BJP’s ‘Awas Vinash Yojana’

Earlier, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav had attacked the BJP government over the destitute conditions of Akbar Nagar residents.

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“This is the BJP’s ‘Awas Vinash Yojna (home destruction plan)’. The families of the devastated Akbar Nagar of Lucknow want to say something. Only those who have families can understand the pain of these families,” Yadav said in a post on X.

(With PTI inputs)

By Chloe Louise for Mailonline

Published: 12:04 EST, March 8, 2024 | Updated: 12:11 EST, March 8, 2024

A Spanish influencer who was raped in India during a global motorcycle tour has revealed she and her partner thought they were ‘going to die’ during the attack.

Fernanda, 28, and Vicente, 63, have 300,000 followers online where they document their journey around the world on a motorcycle.

The couple, who traveled to Nepal from India on separate motorcycles, reportedly stopped for the night in the Dumka district of India’s Jharkhand, where they camped in a makeshift tent before a group of seven men raped Fernanda and severely beat Vincente .

In a video recorded at a hospital in India, Vicente revealed the injuries they suffered, saying his “mouth was destroyed” after the attackers used a helmet and a rock to hit him.

Fernanda, who has dual Spanish and Brazilian nationality, said in a video on her Instagram page: ‘My face looks like this, but that’s not what hurts me the most. I thought we were going to die. Thank God we’re still alive.’

Fernanda, who was seen with visible bruises on her face, said: “They beat and robbed us but their main aim was to rape me.”

Vicente said he was also “brutally beaten”, adding: “They put a knife around my neck and told me they were going to kill me.”

She added that they had approached police for help, but later said she had to remove the video from her page so as not to “disrupt” the police investigation.

‘The police told me to switch off the mail so as not to disrupt the investigation. I’ll post it later,” she said in an Instagram story post.

Fernanda told a Spanish broadcaster that the attack lasted two hours and that each of the men took turns working.

“They raped me, taking turns while some watched, and they stayed like that for about two hours,” she said on Sunday.

Despite the horrific injuries she suffered, Fernanda said she would not stop until her attackers were brought to justice.

She wrote in an Instagram Story on her personal account: ‘I will teach everyone what it takes to see justice done. No one knows what I’m going through, so I know how to act.

“And no, I am NOT ashamed, because it wasn’t my fault, and without these monsters. Of course I’m not like you.

‘That’s why I do what I do, because I’m strong and I’ll stay strong no matter what anyone says.

“And I’ve had a second chance to live, and I’m going to take it and live my life HAPPILY. It has marked me, yes, but I will not let that consume me.”

So far, three of her attackers have appeared in court, while police in India are still searching for four other suspects, all believed to be aged between 20 and 30, in connection with the violent attack.

According to The TelegraphThe couple faced court and were only awarded £9,500 by Indian authorities in compensation for their troubles.

Anjaneyulu Dodde, deputy commissioner of Dumku, said: “We have given him compensation of one million rupees. We are conducting a thorough investigation and will seek to ensure a speedy trial and conviction.”

The couple, known on Instagram as @vueltaalmundoenmoto, have been on a mission to travel the world for the past five years. Their bio states that together they have traveled 170,000 km and visited 66 countries.

They now plan to return to Spain, where they live, before resuming their journey at a later date.

The Brazilian Embassy released a statement saying: ‘The Brazilian Embassy in New Delhi confirms that a Brazilian citizen – with dual Spanish nationality – and her Spanish husband, both on a motorcycle trip through Asia, were victims of a serious criminal attack in the Dumka district of Jharkhand state, in northeastern India, this weekend.

“At the same time, given the information about dual nationality, the Brazilian Embassy coordinated with the Spanish Embassy, ​​which said that local authorities had contacted it because both had entered India with Spanish passports.

“The Spanish embassy said it had offered all available assistance, including psychological care, but the victims had rejected the offer because they were already being cared for by Indian emergency services.

“In its firm rejection of the barbaric crime committed against the couple, the Brazilian Embassy in New Delhi reiterates that it will remain available to provide all appropriate assistance and to monitor all developments in the case, in close coordination with the Spanish and Indian authorities. authorities.’

BILL WILLIAMS once watched with his mouth open as Bruce Grobbelaar made a save before hanging from the crossbar by his feet while barking like a sea lion.

But nothing has wowed Maidstone’s 81-year-old director of football – the oldest in the country – than George Elokobi taking the non-league minnows to the FA Cup last 16.

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The Stones, who travel to Coventry tomorrow, are only the second sixth-tier club to reach this stage.

And Williams – who famously signed the mad Grobbelaar as manager of Durban City before becoming a goalkeeping legend at Liverpool – believes George Elokobi is also destined for greatness as a manager.

Williams managed the former club when it was in the old fourth division when they went bankrupt in 1992 – and was one of the masterminds behind their non-league re-emergence until this historic season.

And few people will be prouder tomorrow than Mr Maidstone himself of what Elokobi has achieved with the National League South team.

The veteran has played for Portsmouth, QPR, West Brom, Mansfield and Gillingham and has managed in South Africa, the United States and at home at Maidstone, Dover and Kingstonian.

And he told SunSport: “George was great. He has achieved in his first year as manager what I have tried to do throughout my career as a player and coach. I never got past the third round.

“To be honest, I didn’t think we had a chance against Stevenage or Ipswich in the last two rounds, but through sheer faith and incredible luck we are in the last 16 of the FA Cup.

“This is his first job in management and it has all been a learning experience. I believe it takes three to five years before you really understand management.

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‘You have people who think they know it all after five minutes, but George is not one of them. He is a humble man and knows he is still learning.

“But in terms of learning, he’s doing a bloody good job, making history in the FA Cup and keeping us fighting for promotion. And what makes the work he does so remarkable is that he never has a full squad available every week. We have always eliminated four to six players, which shows what a great achievement this all is.

“The most important thing he has done that has been crucial to our run is the fitness. He trains them very hard. He does a lot of gymnastics and leg work. They know what their job is and are involved.

“And then George makes players believe they can do things they normally can’t do.”

Williams has been playing for the seniors for over sixty years.

And his biggest claim to fame was the discovery of an 18-year-old Grobbelaar when he was in charge of Durban in the 1970s.

And he said: “An Irish coach called Harry Weir, who had spent most of his life in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), told me about this young goalkeeper he once saw playing for Highlanders, so we went to watch him.

“The game was only five minutes in when he came out and met a cross. Instead of catching the ball, he headed it away. I looked at Harry in bewilderment, who smiled, “Just wait and see.”

“As the match progressed, he made such a series of remarkable saves that I decided to sign him.

“But I was worried about making the move after I heard he had signed with Highlanders.

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“They offered him a cow, a sheep and a goat – all the club wanted to know was whether he wanted to deliver them dead or alive.

“Bruce apparently decided to put the goat in his backyard while the beef and mutton went into the freezer.”

Grobbelaar spent a season with Durban and Williams continued: “He had incredible character and an outstanding athlete. If he ran a mile, he would win. If he did the high jump, he would win. If he did shot put, he would win. What many people also don’t realize is that he was a great baseball pitcher.

‘I remember him jumping onto the table in the dressing room before a match and doing a backflip with all our hearts in our mouths, because one slip would break his legs.

“Bruce would also make a save and then hang from the crossbar by his feet, barking like a sea lion.”

Williams also signed the deal that saw Manchester United defender Chris Smalling move from Maidstone to Fulham in 2008, then managed by former Stones player Roy Hodgson.

And when he signed for United, Alex Ferguson invited Williams to Carrington.

He said: “I was nervous because it was like meeting the Queen, I have such high regard for him. He wanted to know everything I could tell him about Chris.

At Maidstone it has been a remarkable story since 1992, when the club collapsed into the fourth tier literally a few weeks after the birth of the money-grubbing Premier League – with debts of £650,000.

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The new team had to start SEVEN leagues lower in the Kent County League Fourth Division.

But they have steadily risen up the pyramid and have recently yo-yoed between the fifth and sixth levels – with a built-up business model that includes renting out their 3G field to the local community, earning them around £150,000 a year .

The club have earned a whopping £450,000 during their FA Cup run so far this season.

And Williams says the money will almost certainly be largely reinvested in the facilities

He said: “We have been at Gallagher Stadium for 12 years and it needs renovation. We need a new field, toilet blocks, electricity, boilers and a new stand.

“This cash injection will serve us well and put our foundations in order to try to get back into the Football League.

“It will be nice to spend half a million on new players, but I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Clashes broke out between two communities on Friday after stone pelting during a Hindu procession carrying the idol of Goddess Saraswati for immersion in the Bahera area of ​​Bihar's Darbhanga district.

Bihar News: At least 10 people have been injured in clashes that rocked parts of Bihar's Darbhanga district after a procession carrying an idol of Hindu goddess Saraswati for immersion was allegedly pelted with stones by persons belonging to another community.

Police said SMS and internet-based instant messaging services through social media networks and messaging apps like WhatsApp have been banned in the district to prevent the spread of fake news and maintain law and order.

#WATCH | Darbhanga: A clash broke out between two communities on Friday after stone pelting during a procession for the immersion of Saraswati at Bahera Market. The Darbhanga District Magistrate, SSP and senior officials reached the spot and took control of the situation. (16.02) pic.twitter.com/0MoQ9VVdgT

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2024

A circular issued by the state Home Department on Saturday suspended the sending of messages through various social networking sites and instant messaging services in the entire Darbhanga district till February 19 at 2 pm, they said.

“Some anti-social elements are using the internet to share objectionable content to spread rumors and discontent among the public and incite them to commit various offenses against communal harmony and cause damage to life and property, besides disturbing peace and peace,” the circular said. .

Clashes broke out between two communities on Friday after stones were pelted during a Hindu procession carrying the idol of goddess Saraswati for immersion. The incident sparked communal tension in parts of the district, prompting security forces to take action against the rioters.

Dozens of Hindus were injured during Murti Visarjan in Darbhanga. See how the stones were pelted at the devotees of Saraswati mata. The incident took place while they were on their way to Ghat. According to the victims, the Stone Pelters forced them to leave the murder… pic.twitter.com/72COTm7J8m

— Shubham Sharma (@Shubham_fd) February 16, 2024

A statement from Darbhanga police said: “A clash broke out between two groups during the Saraswati idol immersion in Bahera area of ​​Darbhanga on Friday. People from both sides pelted each other with stones. The incident caused minor injuries to people from both sides. The situation was immediately under control.”

#WATCH | Darbhanga: On the clash between two communities during idol immersion in Saraswati, Darbhanga DM Rajeev Raushan says, “Under Bahera police station, a clash broke out between two communities during idol immersion. The officials reached the halt and took charge of the situation below… pic.twitter.com/iUR3IPtE10

— ANI (@ANI) February 16, 2024

Police have registered an FIR and arrested 40 suspects so far and a manhunt has been launched to nab over 150 named and unidentified suspects.

A senior police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least 10 people were injured in the incident.

Minor clashes between two communities were also reported at Bishanpur and Hayaghat police stations in Darbhanga on Friday.

A similar incident was also reported from Lodipur area in Bhagalpur district on Friday, another police official said, adding that the situation was immediately brought under control.

(With PTI inputs)

On the fourth day of the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march, called by the farmer unions, the agitators clashed with Haryana police at the Shambhu border as they tried to move towards Delhi.

Farmers protest: The Shambhu border near Ambala resembled a war zone as protesting farmers destroyed barricades and hurled stones at Haryana police, who responded with tear smoke grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the agitators stationed at the border and trying to disperse the national capital Delhi to march in to put pressure on the government. to accept their demands.

Someone said “Taliban aaya”..#FarmersProtest pic.twitter.com/GAz9lYzuGI

— Eminent intellectual (@total_woke_) February 16, 2024

Footage shared by Haryana Police on social media showed protesters throwing stones at security personnel and trying to march towards the barricades. However, the farmers were stopped by the police personnel who used anti-riot measures, including tear gas shells, to push them back.

I think I did well I think I did well I think I did well I think I did well I think I did well । @ssk303 @cmohry @anilvijminister @DGPHaryana pic.twitter.com/fn4O6kk86F

— Haryana Police (@police_haryana) February 16, 2024

The chaos broke out a day after inconclusive talks between Union ministers and farmer leaders remained inconclusive. A new round of talks between the two parties is scheduled for Sunday.

On the fourth day of the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march, called by the farmer unions, the agitators clashed with police at the Shambhu border as they tried to move towards Delhi.

The 'Dilli Chalo' march has been called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, to put pressure on the government to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

'Ruckus' cannot be allowed

In a series of videos shared by the Haryana Police on their X-handle, the protesting farmers can be seen throwing stones in an alleged attempt to 'provoke' the police manning the Shambhu border.

I think I did a good job I think I did a good job I think I did a good job I think it's a good thing I think it's a good choice. I think it's good @ssk303@cmohry@anilvijminister pic.twitter.com/S7mqKRtk8C

— Haryana Police (@police_haryana) February 16, 2024

Haryana Police went to X and claimed that “ruckus” cannot be allowed under the guise of farmers' movement. They said 25 security personnel – 18 from Haryana Police and seven paramilitary jawans – were injured in these clashes.

One of the videos showed many young protesters with their faces covered throwing stones at security personnel. In another video, protesters were seen collecting rocks to throw at security personnel.

I think I did well I think I did well I think I did well From 18 to 07 to 25 to 25 years old @police_haryana @DGPHaryana @AdgpAmbalaRange pic.twitter.com/RaXLDaVkKJ

— Ambala Police (@AmbalaPolice) February 15, 2024

Farmer leaders condemn the police action

Meanwhile, farmer leaders spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' call alleged that Haryana security personnel used 'force' against protesters by throwing tear gas shells and firing rubber bullets at them, injuring many.

Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher accused the Center of 'suppressing' the voices of the protesters and alleged that the social media accounts of farmers and YouTubers have been suspended.

The farmers from Punjab started their march towards Delhi on Tuesday but were stopped by security personnel at Shambhu and Khanauri points on Punjab's border with Haryana. The protesters have remained at the two border points since then.

Protester dies of heart attack

On the fourth day of the protest, a 63-year-old farmer, who was among the demonstrators at the Shambhu border, died of a heart attack on Friday.

According to officials, Gian Singh, from Gurdaspur district of Punjab, complained of chest pain in the morning and was taken to Civil Hospital in Rajpura of Punjab. From there, he was rushed to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala where doctors declared him brought dead.

Government 'suppresses' the voice of farmers

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Pandher said that during the meeting with Union ministers a day ago, we “raised the issue of suspension of internet and Twitter (now X) handles of farmer leaders”.

Also claiming that the government has suspended the accounts of around 70 YouTubers who showed the farmers' protest, he said it seems like “the government wants to suppress our voice.”

Pandher said that during the talks they raised the issue of use of 'force' against farmers by the paramilitary personnel who fired tear gas shells at the protesters. He claimed that around 70 farmers have suffered serious injuries.

He said the talks with the Union ministers were held in a positive atmosphere and various demands of the protesters, including a law on MSP and debt waiver, were discussed.

The government said they wanted to continue talks, Pandher said, adding that their 'Delhi Chalo' call still stood and the protesters remained at the Punjab-Haryana border so that a solution could emerge through talks.

On Thursday, during the meeting with ministers, Pandher said they had raised the issue of teargas shelling by the paramilitary forces on farmers at the Shambhu and Khanuri border points. He said they showed the grenades to ministers during the meeting.

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal demanded the release of farmers arrested or detained by Haryana Police.

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Arjun Munda, Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai represented the Center at Thursday's meeting. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema also participated in the meeting.

After the five-hour talks on Thursday evening, Munda said: “We will find a solution by sitting together.”

'Bharat Bandh'

Meanwhile, farmers loyal to different factions held demonstrations at various places in Punjab and Haryana in response to a call for a 'Bharat Bandh' by a farmers' organisation, causing inconvenience to commuters.

While there was a partial response to the bandh in Haryana, markets and commercial establishments remained closed at several places in Punjab. Protesters blocked national highways in Pathankot, Tarn Taran, Bathinda and Jalandhar in Punjab. They also besieged several toll plazas in both states.

In Haryana's Hisar, bus services on national highways remained paralyzed as Haryana Roadways staff supported the call for 'Bharat Bandh'. Punjab Roadways, Punbus and PRTC Contract Workers' Union also supported the bandh call, while private operators did not operate buses.

Besides a legal guarantee of MSP, the farmers are demanding implementation of Swaminathan Commission recommendations, pension for farmers and farm laborers, waiver of farm debts, no increase in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases and “justice” for the victims of the disaster of 2021. Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reintroduction of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation for the families of the farmers killed during an earlier unrest in 2020-2021.

(With PTI inputs)

Lulu has announced her retirement from touring after a stellar 60-year career. She said she felt “unsupported” as she dealt with the tough demands of touring last year.

The Scottish star, real name Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, said she found traveling 'grueling', while adding that over the past 12 months she has realized she has changed.

Following speculation that she is considering quitting touring, Lulu told the Rosebud podcast: “I'm announcing it for the first time now – this is my farewell tour.”

But she has promised to make the concerts – starting on April 9 in Glasgow and ending at the London Palladium – memorably different, with family and famous friends set to appear at the shows and some likely to join her on stage.

Following the announcement, Lulu also spoke to The Guardian about her dazzling all-star experiences in the spotlight – including personal experiences with icons such as David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop and The Who.

The tour is also expected to include a conversation about her career.

Although she wouldn't reveal exact details, she guaranteed fans they would hear her 1969 Eurovision Song Contest winning hit 'Boom Bang-a-Bang'.

Lulu, honored with an OBE and CBE, said: 'I'm not going to tell you exactly what I'm going to do, but of course I'm going to have to do 'Boom Bang-a-Bang'. The public still wants to do it themselves. You can't give people what they want – and more.

“If you've ever seen me on tour, let me say you've never seen me like this.

'This is actually – I'm announcing it for the first time now – this is my farewell tour, with family and friends.

“Because I did a tour last year that was quite grueling – it was successful, it went well – but you need an army to be successful in your career these days.”

Suggesting she might focus on her acting, she added: “And I didn't feel supported. But then I turned 75 and I thought: you know what, I want to keep working, but I want to do it in a different way. I have learned…

'And I have also become a slightly different person. I'm not afraid to be vulnerable.'

Possible tour guests include Lulu's former musical collaborators Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney. Sting, Take That and Westlife.

It was at the age of 15 when her version of the Isley Brothers' 'Shout' peaked at number seven on the UK charts and she had a hit with the title song of the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden. Pistol.

The name of her latest tour, 'The Champagne for Lulu' tour, was inspired by a line from her Ab Fab performance, which had people around the world shouting the words to her.

The closing date of Palladium is exactly on the 60th anniversary of her hit 'Shout'.

Lulu later spoke about her experiences with celebrities, including meeting David Bowie, who in 1974 produced her cover of his 1970 song The Man Who Sold the World, which reached No. 3 in the British charts and was a Top 10 hit in all of Europe; of course the song

She told The Guardian: 'I first met him in a studio in the US with Iggy Pop…

'Later he walked up to me in the foyer of a hotel in Sheffield, invited me to his show that night and said, “I want to make a hit with you.” And that's exactly what happened…

“The record company wanted me to become a little pop diva, but he said, 'They don't understand your voice.' I loved Hunky Dory and he looked like he hadn't wiped off his makeup from the day before. His hair was orange, his skin was alabaster…

“After we had a few drinks, we were nose-to-nose for the rest of the evening.”

Speaking about her experiences with The Rolling Stones, she astonishingly said, “The Stones would pat me on the head like a little sister, which always annoyed me because I wanted to be their equal.”

Lulu was then asked: 'Is it true that you took Pete Townshend to your parents' house in Glasgow for tea and biscuits?'

She then said: 'It wasn't just Pete, it was certainly Pete and Roger [Daltrey]. It might even have been the whole band, and my parents' apartment was very small…

'The Who supported me in Glasgow when they were the High Numbers, but it wasn't tea and biscuits. My father was a big drinker, so he sent for half a bottle of whiskey and six cans of lager. I still meet Roger…

“Nothing can reproduce the history you have with people from when you were young.