FANS say Gary Neville is “never wrong” after his England squad prediction came true.

The Three Lions take on Brazil at Wembley on Saturday before taking on Belgium on Tuesday.

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However, England boss Gareth Southgate will now have to make do without Arsenal star Bukayo Saka.

The 22-year-old arrived at camp with an injury and has now returned to the Gunners for rehabilitation ahead of his club’s upcoming title clash with Manchester City on March 31.

That’s a move that Manchester United and England legend Neville eerily predicted during the latest episode of the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky betwhich was filmed earlier this week.

He said: “I have a good feeling that Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice or Phil Foden will withdraw from the second match against England this break.”

Neville later added: “The Arsenal players may not withdraw from the games in England because they have had a few extra days of rest from not playing in the FA Cup.

“But there is a part of me that thinks they need to keep the momentum going and keep playing, especially when England have two games against strong opponents in Brazil and Belgium.

“I think Harry Kane might pull out the second game. He could play one game or make a deal.

“We refer to it because [Erling] Haaland and [Kevin] De Bruyne. I mentioned it a few weeks ago. I said there will be a withdrawal in March and straight away the two best players for City are out.”

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Although Neville had predicted it would be the Belgium game that one of the Gunners’ big hitters would miss, fans were still impressed by how right he was.

One person posted on

“He knows ALL the tricks in the handbook for winning title races.”

Another wrote: “He’s been seen there 100 times. No one knows title races better than this man.”

While a third added: “He’s never wrong is he.”

Saka is not the only Arsenal player who will not be present in the match against England on Saturday. Gunners defender Gabriel has also withdrawn from the Brazil squad.

Neville was part of Roy Hodgson’s England staff for a number of years and explained why the March international break was always difficult.

He added: “Obviously I coached with Roy Hodgson for four years and when players pulled out knowing they were probably not injured you were furious. But that also happened during our lifetime.

“The clubs think: ‘We’re playing against the players, we’re having a clash and we can’t afford to lose them.’ “We have Champions League football and that’s huge for us. Or we get a title, quarter-finals or semi-finals of the Champions League.” And that’s why there is that push and pull.

“This friendly match in March is a bad one. It’s during a title run and Champions League games.

“As far as I’m concerned, this should be played again somewhere, because you’re really thinking about ‘club’ and not country.

“Country starts in about May, when the season is over and you have a tournament.”

James Valentine was at a friend’s birthday party last December when the first signs that something was seriously wrong with the ABC radio star suddenly appeared.

“My friend Tom has been celebrating his 40th birthday every few years for a while now and it’s a good party,” Valentine remembers.

“But as usual the bar was free and there was no food.”

Help arrived with three takeaway containers of Thai food delivered to the pub’s party venue about 9.30pm and Valentine gobbled down the massaman beef ‘like a dog blowing up Pal’.

What happened next led the 62-year-old to a doctor’s surgery and a diagnosis of esophageal cancer.

A few minutes after eating the takeout, Valentine began choking and gagging. His wife Joanne said: ‘That’s not right.’

As Valentine clung to a pole in the street outside the hotel, Joanne insisted he visit her sister’s endoscopy clinic for a gastroscopy.

After the procedure, a gastroenterologist confirmed that Valentine was not suffering from some kind of “old man’s reflux disease.”

“It’s bad,” the doctor said.

‘You have a 4 cm tumor where your esophagus meets your stomach.’

The ABC Radio Sydney afternoon show host’s life changed in an instant.

Valentine revealed details about his cancer diagnosis on Thursday in a first-person piece written for the national broadcaster’s website.

At the beginning of that article, addressed directly to his listeners, the former saxophonist for Melbourne band Models said, “I’m doing absolutely fine right now.”

In January, Valentine began five weeks of chemotherapy and radiation. He will soon undergo surgery to remove his esophagus.

“I was immediately given chemo and radiation, but only a mild dose intended to shrink the tumor and clean out the body before surgery,” he wrote.

‘I got tired from the radiation, the chemo made me feel like my whole body was laced with liquid aluminum foil, but I was able to go to work, turn on the radio and even do a few gigs with the saxophone.’

The operation to remove Valentine’s cancerous esophagus will be carried out in a few weeks, during which his stomach will be stretched and attached to his throat to replace the digestive organ.

“I’ll probably feel like crap for a long time afterward,” he wrote. ‘It is likely that I will recover, although that may take several months.

“I will never eat massaman beef again and I think we’ll all be happy about that.”

An ABC spokesperson said there had been an outpouring of care and concern for Valentine since Thursday, with listeners offering messages of support.

Valentine presented the ABC’s Sydney afternoon program for 20 years before holding down breakfast for two years until late 2023, when it was announced he would return to his old shift.

There was an indication that Valentine was unwell on his Facebook page in February when a fan posted: ‘Please stop with mondayitis, we’d love to hear from you 5 days a week on (Radio Sydney).’

ABC management had known about Valentine’s diagnosis since December, but the announcer decided not to tell his listeners until this week.

“I thought about telling the ABC Radio Sydney audience earlier but decided I would just come back to the afternoons,” he wrote.

“It’s a cheerful show overall, so let’s enjoy ourselves there for a few months instead of being in the shadow of my illness all the time.”

Valentine said he expected to be off the air for two or three months, he wrote in his piece.

“I’m going to make sure I’m fully recovered and my stomach stays attached to my neck before I try to broadcast again.”

By Zeenia Naqvee

Published: 04:20 EDT, March 19, 2024 | Updated: 04:30 EDT, March 19, 2024

WHEN Stephen Fellows opened a letter from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) demanding he pay back £1,100, he assumed it was a scam.

The note stated that he had received too much money when he claimed the child tax credit and that he had to pay it back within 30 days or it would be passed on to collection agencies.

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This is despite the fact that it has been almost 20 years since the benefit was claimed, which has now been replaced by Universal Credit.

The 66-year-old retiree stopped claiming child tax credits more than fifteen years ago when the eldest of his four children completed full-time education.

Stephen, from Chester, immediately contacted the tax authorities to check if the letter was genuine – and was stunned when they confirmed it was.

He was sure that he had never paid too much and that he could not unexpectedly raise so much money.

“We have always acted honestly in our dealings with HMRC,” he said.

“I suffer from Parkinson’s disease and this ordeal has sent my anxiety through the roof.”

Stephen contacted The Sun asking for help on how to proceed as he was terrified of debt collectors turning up at his door, despite having no idea how he owed the money.

Government departments, including HMRC, have the right to ask customers for a refund if they have paid too much.

The general time limit for collecting a debt in England and Wales is six years under the Limitation Act, but unfortunately according to HMRC this rule does not apply to tax credits.

However, they need to ensure this is done fairly, and a 30 day notice period to come up with a lump sum hardly seems reasonable.

These departments also sometimes make mistakes, so it is always worth asking if any claims for money owed can be double-checked.

After The Sun spoke to HMRC, it emerged that the taxman had indeed made a mistake in Stephen’s case.

Investigations into his claim revealed that he owed nothing at all and that he should never have received the letter asking for the money to be refunded.

HMRC has now canceled Stephen’s debt and offered him £100 compensation for the stress caused by the mistake.

An HMRC spokesperson said: “We have apologized to Mr Fellows and confirmed that he does not need to take any further action as the debt has been written off.

“We also sent him reparations.”

Stephen is relieved that he doesn’t owe any money, but his case is alarming.

If he hadn’t asked The Sun to intervene, he probably would have just paid the money back.

Who knows if the taxman would ever have realized his mistake?

And how many other people have wrongly paid back money they never owed?

Earlier this year, The Sun helped a pensioner battle the DWP after he was asked to pay back £22,000 for a mistake he apparently made on his pension application six years ago.

After we intervened, an investigation revealed that the error was due to a staff error at the DWP and his debt had been written off.

If you are asked to pay back money you don’t think you owe, write to us

The Sun is now calling on anyone who has received an unexpected overpayment claim from HMRC or the DWP and would like to have it investigated to contact us.

Write to our Consumer Champion: Laura Purkess The Sun, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF or email her at squeezeteam@thesun.co.uk.

Tell us why you think you don’t owe the money and include your full name and case reference number. It can also help to share your social security number.

How to Dispute an Overpayment of a Tax Credit

If you wish to dispute a claim for overpayment of tax relief yourself, you will need to contact HMRC directly.

The most direct way is to complete a dispute form online – go to: gov.uk/government/publications/tax-credits-overpayment-tc846.

If you are unable to use the online form, you can print a form and send it to HMRC using the link above.

Explain in your form why you are disputing the overpayment and state your citizen service number (NI) and your partner’s NI number if you are jointly and severally liable.

If you need to repay the money but need more time to pay, call the tax credit payment helpline on 0345 302 1429.

During the conversation you must mention your tax credit reference number.

To notify HMRC online you will need a Government Gateway account.

To register for an account you will need your NI number and two of the following details:

• a valid British passport
• a British driving license with photo card
• a pay slip from the past three months, or a P60 from your employer
• details of a tax credit claim
• data from a self-declaration tax return
• your credit information

To get started, visit: gov.uk/log-in-register-hmrc-online-services.

Edy London worked as an eyelash extension expert, but had to temporarily close her doors during the first lockdown at the beginning of this year.

To occupy her time, Edy designed makeup brushes because she was frustrated by the lack of good options on the market.

“Now that I’ve started my career as a make-up artist – I’ve worked with brands like Maybelline and at events like London Fashion Week, and a number of A-list models and actors and actresses – I understand eye shapes and bone structure,” she explained.

‘The idea to grow my beauty offering came to me during the lockdown. As I put my eyelash extensions business on hold, I realized this was the moment where I could be as productive as possible and launch a collection of high-quality at-home makeup brushes and strip lashes,” she explained.

“When I researched the market, from my past experiences, makeup brushes seemed to fall into one of two categories: they were either exorbitantly expensive, or cheap and scratchy.”

‘I have launched a collection of 28 carefully designed brushes with wooden handles and ultra-thin, silky bristles that are vegan and cruelty-free.

‘I have chosen four of my favorite colors for my customers to choose from and eight different sets that have been carefully designed for my customers’ needs, with a careful and precise description of the purpose of the brush and the purpose of the set.

‘The brushes can be purchased in sets or individually. Designed in four different colors – turquoise, lemon, cool gray and pale pink – the matte paint finish provides better grip.

‘Sold in ‘all’ purpose sets, from just face or eye sets, it is possible to mix and match so that each color of brush has its own purpose, or to choose a complete set in one radiant colour.

‘The colors were always part of my branding. I like to provide options, from stylish, cool gray to fun and sporty yellow!

“If you’re sisters and live in the same household, you can just get the exact same brushes in different colors, no one will ever wonder if you borrowed their brush.”

‘And especially, in those crazy pandemic times, as a makeup artist working on a busy runway or a photo shoot, you don’t have to worry about using the same brush on two different people.

‘You never have to guess again, you simply assign one color to one model.

‘Creating a high-quality product for the home was a natural progression for me.

‘My passion and precision have earned me praise in leading publications such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vanity Fair. All of this has cemented my position as one of the UK’s leading beauty experts.

I was skeptical of Eddie Howe before he took over as manager at Newcastle.

I doubted he could succeed outside his comfort zone at Bournemouth.

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I was worried about him taking over the club that has the richest owners in world football, with all the pressure that entails.

Yet Howe proved me wrong last season by leading Toon to the Champions League and reaching the final of the League Cup in his first full season.

I hope Newcastle’s Saudi owners don’t forget how far Howe was ahead of the game at the time.

And I hope they take into account the extraordinary bad luck he has had this season – from a gambling ban for Sandro Tonali, to a serious injury crisis, to the dodgy late penalty away at Paris Saint-Germain that has done much to send them out Europe were sent. .

But today’s FA Cup quarter-final at Manchester City, a draw that spells further misfortune for Howe, is of huge importance for his future at the club.

If he stays on Tyneside next season, it feels like he might be in for a shock at Etihad.

We don’t know how the Saudis will react if Newcastle’s season is effectively ended by defeat.

We can guess that they will be ruthless. And we can’t imagine they’ll think ‘well, bad luck, we’ve got Man City’, because if you want to reach the top you’re going to have to beat City time and time again.

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The Saudis are running Newcastle quite calmly and sensibly.

Maybe they’ll excuse Howe from a season of stalled progress.
But the way FFP restrictions have been tightened, with a number of their players linked with a move in January, shows that Newcastle’s bid to reach the top echelons of English and European football is unlikely to go smoothly .

I also think that the club’s location could be a barrier to attracting foreign talent.

A lot of the foreign guys I played with only really knew about London and Manchester.

The North East is a great part of the world and anyone who knows football can’t help but love St James’ Park.

But many players prefer a move to the capital or to Manchester, where clubs will also pay high wages.

I remember former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley suggesting the club move its training base to London because of this – which didn’t go down well with the fans, who hated him anyway.

But when players make the move to Tyneside, they often love it.

Bruno Guimaraes is a good example. The Brazilian is adored there and he clearly loves the club.

Even during the defeat to Chelsea last Monday you could see his passion. I thought he was the best player on the field.

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That Ashley era now feels like a world away, thanks to the new owners’ money and Howe’s excellent management.

But anyone expecting Newcastle to gain the upper hand quickly is likely to be mistaken.

Newcastle are capable of beating anyone in a one-off match and this season they beat City in the League Cup.

If they can beat Pep Guardiola’s side tonight it would mean a change of mood for Howe and his team, and another day out at Wembley for the supporters in the semi-finals.

For a club that has not won a major trophy for over half a century, progress in the cup is extremely important.

You fear for Howe’s future if they don’t. But then I hope I’m wrong again.

By Cameron Carpenter for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 8:24 PM EDT, March 14, 2024 | Updated: 8:40 PM EDT, March 14, 2024

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By Ollie Lewis

Published: 08:20 EDT, March 14, 2024 | Updated: 08:20 EDT, March 14, 2024

A LUCKY player who bagged a life-changing £500.00 could have walked away without a cent if he answered even one question wrong.

Marius Preda, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, was stunned to discover he had bagged the huge windfall in a BOTB match.

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The pizza delivery boy entered the Midweek Lifestyle draw, with tickets starting from 50p, and had to answer one question to qualify for the competition.

And despite the eye-watering amount coming in, the humble Papa Johns employee has not left his job.

The 28-year-old plans to use the money to buy a house with his wife Alina and treat their family to a luxury holiday.

He said, ‘I’m going to think about it.

“But we would love to buy a new house and go on holiday.”

Marius has worked for the popular pizza chain since coming to Britain from Romania five years ago.

The average salary of a Papa Johns delivery driver is around £12 per hour, which means a weekly income of £480 based on a 40 hour working week.

This amounts to a salary of € 24,960 per year.

“I am absolutely happy to have won and full of emotions,” Marius added:

“Winning this amount of money will change your life and it will take some time to sink in.”

A BOTB spokesperson said: “Marius, who has been working as a pizza delivery boy for about four years and was back at work the next day.

“He also planned to spend the money on a new home for him and his family.”

BOTB presenter Christian Williams said: “A huge congratulations to Marius on winning this amazing cash prize in our biggest ever competition giveaway.

“We’re always looking for new ways to give people the chance to win fantastic prizes, and it was great to be able to surprise Marius the way we did.

“I know how difficult things are for many people at the moment and £500,000 is a life-changing amount of money.

“It has to be the best tip a delivery person has ever received.”

BOTB sees winners win prizes every week, from holidays and Rolex watches to cars and motorcycles.

The company, founded by William Hindmarch, was launched in 1999 and has since given away £53 million worth of luxury motorbikes.

Fellow gambler Saleem Chaudhary, from Birminghamsaid he believed his late mother “looked down on him” and helped him win a BOTB mega-prize.

Saleem received a Mercedes Brabus GLE-700 Coupé as part of the Best of the Best (BOTB) dream car competition.

Plus, lucky winner Ian Bulley, who won an Audi RSQ3 and £30,000 cash, said: “Wow!! What a great feeling to win this match. Never in a million years did I expect Christian to surprise me with a video call.”

Meanwhile, another successful player, Ryan Cheah, won a Mercedes G63 AMG and £70,000 in cash.

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