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Tucker hits personal best as Bobcat momentum builds

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Tucker hits personal best as Bobcat momentum builds

Sprinter Denver Tucker has sent a clear message to the rest of the conference after storming to victory at the St. Thomas Indoor Invitational with a new personal best.

Competing on home turf at St. Thomas University, Tucker delivered the most clinical performance of his indoor campaign to date. The freshman clocked a blistering 6.91 seconds in the 60m event, slicing a significant margin off his previous marks and claiming a commanding first-place finish.

The result marks a sensational turnaround for Tucker in a remarkably short window. Just last month, the sprinter finished 17th at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 7.04 seconds. By shaving over a tenth of a second off that time in mere weeks, Tucker has established himself as a serious contender for the upcoming Sun Conference Indoor Championships, set to take place in Gainesville on February 21st.

Tucker’s performance was the highlight of a strong showing for the STU Bobcats, who are looking to peak as the indoor season reaches its business end. His ability to execute under pressure in a competitive field has provided a major morale boost for the sprint squad.

The Bobcats’ coaching staff will be delighted with the progression, noting that Tucker’s technical consistency out of the blocks was the defining factor in his victory. As the team builds toward the conference championships, the focus will now shift to maintaining this elite speed while navigating a grueling travel schedule.

Tucker and his teammates are scheduled to return to action this weekend as they continue their conference schedule, looking to capitalize on this momentum and secure further qualifying times for the national indoor meet.

Watson-Brown leads the charge as GW battle Towson to a dramatic draw

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Watson-Brown leads the charge as GW battle Towson to a dramatic draw

Logan Watson-Brown played a pivotal role for George Washington University (GW) as the Revolutionaries’ women’s swimming and diving team fought to a dramatic 150-150 draw against Towson.

In a back-and-forth dual meet on Friday at the Burdick Hall Pool, the contest remained in the balance until the final event. Watson-Brown, a senior leader for the GW squad, was a consistent presence at the top of the standings, contributing vital points across both relay and individual backstroke disciplines.

The Revolutionaries opened the afternoon in emphatic fashion, claiming victory in the Women’s 400-Yard Medley Relay. Led off by Watson-Brown, the “A” team quartet clocked a dominant 3:47.49 to seize early momentum. Watson-Brown’s explosive start set the pace for teammates Natalie Sens, Isabel Sayag, and Joselle Mensah, ensuring GW started the meet on the front foot.

Watson-Brown continued her strong individual campaign in the shorter distances, navigating a deep Tigers field. In the Women’s 100-Yard Backstroke, she secured a hard-earned third-place finish, touching the wall in 57.47.

Later in the session, she returned to the pool for the Women’s 200-Yard Backstroke. In a tactical race that tested the field’s endurance, Watson-Brown clocked 2:07.59 to finish seventh, picking up crucial depth points that would prove essential in the final team score.

The meet reached its crescendo in the final event, with GW and Towson locked in a dead heat. Watson-Brown was entrusted to lead off the Women’s 200-Yard Freestyle Relay “B” team, helping her squad to a fourth-place finish in 1:36.47.

While the GW “A” team managed to edge out Towson in the same event by just four-hundredths of a second, the overall points tally ended in a rare tie. The result keeps the Revolutionaries’ unbeaten streak alive as they head into a crucial stretch of the season.

The GW women will have little time to rest as they pivot quickly to their next challenge—a home dual meet against local rivals Georgetown at the Smith Center. For Watson-Brown and her teammates, the focus remains firmly on building momentum as the Atlantic 10 Championships loom in February.

Artists urged to take part in heritage show

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Artists urged to take part in heritage show

Hamilton, Bermuda – 21 January 2026: Paradise Mobile is holding an open call for Bermudian and resident artists to participate in its upcoming Heritage Month Art Showcase, taking place throughout May at its 24 Reid Street store. 

Following the success of last year’s exhibition, Paradise Mobile is once again inviting emerging and established artists to submit work for consideration. The month-long showcase will transform the Paradise Mobile store at 24 Reid Street into a gallery space, celebrating the depth, diversity and vitality of local creative expression and craft.

Artists of all ages and disciplines are encouraged to apply, including painting, sculpture, textile art, photography, mixed media, digital art and more. Selected artists will have the opportunity to exhibit and sell up to three pieces of their work in the high-traffic retail space throughout May, with 100 percent of sale proceeds going directly to the artists.

‘This showcase is about creating space for Bermudian and resident artists to be seen, supported and celebrated,’ said Brett Corday, Chief Revenue Officer at Paradise Mobile. ‘This year’s Heritage Month’s theme, “For the Culture”, really resonates with why we host this exhibition. It is about honouring the creativity that shapes our identity and ensuring local artists have a platform to share their work.’

Claire Peverelli, who is working in collaboration with Paradise Mobile’s Trae Cannonier to curate the show, added ‘Bermuda has such a rich and varied creative community, and we hope for this exhibition to be a reflection of that. We are excited to open up the application process and bring together a collection of work that speaks to how artists are interpreting Bermudian culture today.’

The exhibition will officially launch to the public with an opening night event on Friday, 1 May 2026, with more details to follow. 

Artists interested in being considered for the Culture Month Art Showcase are invited to complete the online application form by 1 March. Submissions should include a short artist bio or statement, images of up to three artworks, artwork details and contact information. Space is limited and early submissions are encouraged.

For questions or further information, artists can contact lead curator Claire Peverelli at clairepev21@gmail.com.

Wins and a draw for Bermudian footballers in the U.K.

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Wins and a draw for Bermudian footballers in the U.K.

Fraser Alexander struck with the final kick of the game to rescue a dramatic 3-3 draw for Leiston FC against Alvechurch, on a night where Jenson Kilroy’s heroics nearly denied Willie Clemons and his teammates.

The encounter at Victory Road appeared destined to end in frustration for the home side as Alvechurch goalkeeper Jenson Kilroy produced a series of stunning saves to keep the visitors in the hunt. However, in a breathless finale, Alexander found the net to ensure a share of the spoils in a six-goal thriller.

Bermuda international Clemons was heavily involved in the Leiston engine room, helping to drive the offensive pressure that eventually cracked the Alvechurch resolve. The result keeps Leiston firmly in the mid-table mix of the Southern League Premier Division Central, though they will feel they did enough to secure all three points if not for Kilroy’s inspired display.

In one of the most remarkable results of the Isthmian League season, Coleridge Fubler Jr, Remi Coddington, and their Binfield FC teammates overturned a three-goal deficit to defeat Leatherhead 5-4 at Fetcham Grove.

Binfield looked dead and buried at the interval, trailing 3-0 after a dominant first half from the league leaders. Leatherhead’s Jacob Breckon, Nathan Hogan, and Anas Igozouln all found the net to seemingly put the game out of reach.

However, Binfield emerged for the second half a transformed side. Two goals from Amari Fashanu and strikes from Nathanael Boakye and Kickie Dzimba turned the tide in a chaotic 20-minute spell. Coddington’s introduction in the 76th minute added fresh impetus to the Binfield attack, and despite a late George Hedley goal for Leatherhead, Boakye held his nerve to slot home an 87th-minute penalty to seal the win, after Coddington was brought down in the box. Fubler, in goal for Binfield, had to be at his sharpest in the dying moments to preserve the one-goal lead and complete the “Miracle at Fetcham Grove.”

Elsewhere, Rahzir Smith-Jones’ Welwyn Garden City teammates stepped away from competitive league action for a midweek friendly against Concord Rangers.

The fixture at the Parkside Stadium served as a vital tune-up for both sides as they navigate the mid-season schedule. In a tightly contested affair with few clear-cut chances, it was Concord who managed to find the breakthrough, securing a narrow 1-0 victory.

For Welwyn Garden City, the focus now pivots back to the Southern Football League, where they will look to translate the fitness gains from the friendly into points as they face Biggleswade Town this weekend.

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Police release CCTV footage of person of interest

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Police release CCTV footage of person of interest

Jason Mello was fatally shot on August 19, 2016 when he was gunned down on Bandroom Lane in Pembroke

Police have released CCTV footage depicting a person of interest in connection to the 2016 murder of Jason Mello.


The footage captured ten years ago shows a male figure wearing a full faced helmet and blacked out visor walking near an overgrown area of trees.

The BPS is appealing to the public for any information on the identity of the person in the video clip.


Mr. Mello was fatally shot on the 19th of August 2016 on Bandroom Lane in Pembroke. According to Crimestoppers, the gunman is believed to have entered Bandroom Lane, wearing a full face visor helmet and heavy dark coloured winter clothing that would have been unusual on a hot August evening.


The gunman is believed to parked the cycle higher up on Bandroom Lane, and walked down to where he shot Mr. Mello several times then returned to his parked motorcycle and rode back out through the St. Monica’s Road area.

A police spokesperson said, Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Inspector Randy Barker of the Serious Crime Unit on 717-2176 or 247-1739.


The anonymous Crimestoppers number is 800-8477.

Nigel Farage failed to declare 17 payments on time, UK inquiry finds

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Nigel Farage failed to declare 17 payments on time, UK inquiry finds

The payments totalled about 380,000 pounds ($511,000), most of them made in 2025, with several from Britain’s right-leaning broadcaster GB News, according to a report published on Wednesday

International News via Reuters:

Nigel Farage, head of Britain’s populist Reform UK party, inadvertently committed 17 breaches of rules on declaring financial interests including payments from Google and Elon Musk’s X Corp, a parliamentary official said.

The payments totalled about 380,000 pounds ($511,000), most of them made in 2025, with several from Britain’s right-leaning broadcaster GB News, according to a report published on Wednesday.

Parliament’s Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg concluded the failures were unintentional and caused by staffing and other administrative issues. He said the breaches related to Farage’s failure to declare the payments within 28 days.

Farage said he took full responsibility for the lapses and the late declarations fell short of what was expected from public figures.

“This was an administrative error on behalf of me and my team, for which I can only reiterate our sincere apologies,” he wrote in a letter to Greenberg dated November 12.

A spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, which lags Reform UK in opinion polls, said the government would tighten rules on lawmakers’ second jobs to “make sure the public get the attention they expect and deserve from their elected representatives.”

Farage said his circumstances differed from other lawmakers, citing his “very complicated and complex set of interests”, including his work as a TV presenter and businessman.

($1 = 0.7439 pounds)

Reporting by Muvija MEditing by William Schomberg

Continental reports sales, profitability around lower end of guidance

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Continental reports sales, profitability around lower end of guidance

The group said sales are expected to come in at around 19.7 billion euros ($23.1 billion) for 2025, compared with its guidance range of 19.5-21 billion euros

International News via Reuters:

German car parts supplier Continental on Wednesday reported preliminary full-year sales and profit margin around the lower end of its guidance range.

The group said sales are expected to come in at around 19.7 billion euros ($23.1 billion) for 2025, compared with its guidance range of 19.5-21 billion euros.

The group’s margin of adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) over sales in 2025 is expected at 10.2%, meeting its guidance range of between 10% to 11%, the company said in a statement.

However, the margin in the rubber and plastics division ContiTech would be around 4.9%, falling short of its outlook of 6%-7%, the company said, explaining the reasons with, among others, the lack of market recovery, transformation expenses and currency effects.

“Nevertheless, this does not affect our plans to sell ContiTech this year,” CFO Roland Welzbacher said in a statement, referring the lower-than-expected results in the division.

“Strong interest from potential buyers confirms ContiTech’s value and potential,” Welzbacher added.

The divestiture offers additional cash return opportunities, J.P.Morgan said in a note.

The group said in December that it was planning to sell the rubber and plastics division in the second half of 2026.

Additionally, the company specified that the closing period of the sale of its Original Equipment Solutions (OESL) business is anticipated in the first quarter of 2026.

Continental shares slid 1.4% at 1118 GMT.

($1 = 0.8543 euros)

Reporting by Amir Orusov and Rachel More, additional reporting by Anastasiia Kozlova, editing by Linda Pasquini and Ludwig Burger

UK’s Morrisons blames higher costs for flat annual earnings

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UK’s Morrisons blames higher costs for flat annual earnings

The earnings outcome was attributed to a 200 million pound increase in costs as a result of the UK government’s 2024 budget, the impact of a cyber incident in the first quarter and higher than expected inflation

International News via Reuters:

British supermarket group Morrisons on Wednesday reported flat core earnings for its 2024/25 year, blaming higher costs, but said trading improved over the key Christmas period.

The UK’s fifth-largest grocer, owned by U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, said underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), its preferred earnings measure, were static at 835 million pounds ($1.1 billion) in its year to October 26 despite revenue rising 3.2% to 15.8 billion pounds.

The earnings outcome was attributed to a 200 million pound increase in costs as a result of the UK government’s 2024 budget, the impact of a cyber incident in the first quarter and higher than expected inflation.

While like-for-like sales growth in its fourth quarter to October 26 dipped to 2.4%, from 3.0% in the third quarter, it rose to 3.4% in the six weeks to January 4, helped by a 17.4% jump in sales of Morrisons’ ‘The Best’ premium own label range.

“We had a good Christmas in 2025, providing a solid foundation for the first quarter,” said CEO Rami Baitiéh.

Baitiéh, CEO since 2023, is attempting to modernise Morrisons, which differs from its main rivals in that it also has its own production operations, making half of the fresh food it sells.

However, industry data, published earlier this month, showed Morrisons continuing to underperform traditional peers Tesco and Sainsbury’s as well as discounters Aldi and Lidl.

Tesco and Sainsbury’s have also published robust Christmas trading updates.

At the statutory level, Morrisons remained loss-making, reporting a pretax loss of 381 million pounds versus a loss of 348 million pounds in 2023/24, reflecting depreciation and amortisation charges and interest costs of 281 million pounds.

Morrisons ended the 2024/25 year with debt of 3.17 billion pounds, down 46% from its 2022 peak.

($1 = 0.7443 pounds)

Reporting by James Davey, Editing by Paul Sandle, Kirsten Donovan

Oil prices dip on supply build expectations, Greenland tension

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Oil prices dip on supply build expectations, Greenland tension

Brent futures were down 12 cents, or 0.2%, to $64.80 a barrel at 1125 GMT

International News via Reuters:

Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as investors assessed expectations of a build in U.S. crude inventories, a temporary shutdown at two large fields in Kazakhstan and fresh geopolitical tension tied to U.S. tariff threats in its bid to gain control of Greenland.

Brent futures were down 12 cents, or 0.2%, to $64.80 a barrel at 1125 GMT. The U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude contract was down 11 cents, also 0.2%, at $60.25 a barrel. 

Both contracts closed about 1.5% higher in the previous session after OPEC+ producer Kazakhstan halted output at the Tengiz and Korolev oilfields on Sunday due to power distribution issues. Strong Chinese economic data was also positive.

Oil production at the two Kazakh fields could be halted for another seven to 10 days, three industry sources told Reuters.

The oil output halt at Tengiz, one of the world’s largest oilfields, and Korolev is temporary, and downward pressure from an expected rise in U.S. crude inventories along with geopolitical tension will persist, IG market analyst Tony Sycamore said on Wednesday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday there was “no going back” on his goal to control Greenland. Last week he vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the U.S. is allowed to buy the Arctic island.

The increased geopolitical tensions, which add pressure to the oil markets as tariffs could slow economic growth, were adding to risk-off sentiment, said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo.

U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were expected to have risen last week, while distillate inventories likely fell, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Tuesday. 

Six analysts polled by Reuters estimated on average that crude inventories rose by about 1.7 million barrels in the week to January 16.

The American Petroleum Institute weekly inventory data is due at 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT) on Wednesday, and figures from the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, are due at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) on Thursday, both a day later due to a U.S. federal holiday on Monday.

While such inventory growth would be negative for oil prices, Gregory Brew, senior analyst with the Eurasia Group consultancy, said the potential for U.S.-Iran tensions to re-escalate would be supportive.

Trump threatened to strike Iran over its violent crackdown on anti-government protests earlier this month.

Reporting by Stephanie Kelly in London, Katya Golubkova in Tokyo and Emily Chow in Singapore. Editing by Mark Potter, Kirsten Donovan

Citadel CEO Griffin says US has ‘frayed’ relationship with European allies

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Citadel CEO Griffin says US has ‘frayed’ relationship with European allies

Griffin’s comments come after President Donald Trump vowed over the weekend to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States was allowed to buy Greenland

International News via Reuters:

Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, said on Wednesday that the United States had “frayed its relationship” with its European allies in a way that the billionaire said he did not “understand or appreciate”.

Griffin’s comments, made at the World Economic Forum in Davos, come after President Donald Trump vowed over the weekend to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States was allowed to buy Greenland, escalating a row over the future of Denmark’s vast Arctic island.

Griffin, a Republican supporter who has said he voted for Trump in the 2024 election, also said that the U.S. had seen higher inflation due to Trump’s tariffs.

“We have disrupted long-standing trading relationships because of the tariffs,” he said.

Griffin also reiterated his concerns about the Trump administration’s criticism of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Trump has repeatedly demanded large interest rate cuts, accusing the Fed of being too slow to lower borrowing costs and threatening to indict its chair, Jerome Powell, over comments he made.

“The easy money policies that Trump is trying to encourage the Fed to pursue increase the risk of inflation, and I think puts both him and his party in a more precarious position,” Griffin added.

Griffin has previously spoken of the need to maintain the Fed’s independence.

Reporting by Shivani Tanna and Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Writing by Shubham Kalia; Editing by Andrew Heavens and Gareth Jones

Spanish train drivers call for strike after deadly derailments

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Spanish train drivers call for strike after deadly derailments

A commuter train derailed on Tuesday after a retaining wall collapsed onto the track during heavy rains near Barcelona, killing the driver and seriously injuring four passengers

International News via Reuters:

Spain’s biggest train drivers’ union on Wednesday called for a nationwide strike to demand assurances for the profession’s safety after one of Europe’s biggest train crashes left at least 42 dead and a second derailment killed a driver. 

A commuter train derailed on Tuesday after a retaining wall collapsed onto the track during heavy rains near Barcelona, killing the driver and seriously injuring four passengers. A third derailment of a train on Barcelona’s regional network, which left no injuries, was caused by a rock falling on the line during the same storm, rail network operator Adif said.

“We are going to demand criminal liability from those responsible for ensuring safety in the railway infrastructure,” the train drivers union SEMAF said in a statement.

Those accidents occurred just two days after the derailment of a high-speed train on Sunday near Adamuz in Cordoba province, about 360 km (223 miles) south of Madrid, which caused a collision with another train that killed 42, including the driver of the oncoming train.

SEMAF had warned Adif in a letter last August of severe wear and tear to the railway track where the two trains collided, according to a copy of the letter seen by Reuters, saying potholes, bumps, and imbalances in overhead power lines were causing frequent breakdowns and damaging the trains on several of the network’s high-speed lines.

PRISING APART THE CARRIAGE

Rescuers at the site of the Adamuz crash were prising apart the second carriage of the train belonging to state operator Renfe, which contained its cafeteria, to see if any more bodies could be found, the Andalusian regional government said in a statement. 

Overnight they had used cranes to remove one of the final carriages of the derailed train run by private consortium Iryo from the scene. 

Adif said on Wednesday it had introduced a further speed limit on the Madrid-Barcelona line after a driver had reported poor conditions on the track in a 78-kilometre stretch. 

On Tuesday, it had ordered drivers to limit their speed because of concerns about the state of the track. Its maintenance team had worked overnight to inspect the line and found four points that needed to be repaired, Adif said in a statement.       

The accidents are causing chaos for commuters and travellers, who were scrambling for alternatives. Regional trains across Catalonia were suspended on Wednesday to allow for track inspections after the recent storms.

Renfe posted a photo of its President Alvaro Fernandez Heredia using a replacement bus service as he travelled back to Madrid from Adamuz.

Reporting by Corina Pons and Emma Pinedo; writing by Charlie Devereux; editing by Andrei Khalip and Sharon Singleton

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