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Schoolgirl, 7, savagely attacked by XL Bully that escaped from garden in front of her dad as he relives horror
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl was mauled by an XL Bully as she walked to a postbox to send a letter.
Lydia’s dad Matt had to “lie on top” of the dog, which had escaped from a nearby garden, after it continuously lunged at his daughter.
Saoirse Noonan reveals ‘open and honest’ chat she had with Carla Ward before her two-year Ireland exile was ended
SAOIRSE NOONAN knew her goal record had to have her on Carla Ward’s radar — so she asked what it would take to earn a long-awaited recall.
The Celtic striker is back in the Ireland squad for the first time in almost two years after a fantastic season in Scotland that has seen her score 26 goals in 33 games to date.
Included for this week’s Nations League B double-header with Greece, Noonan was overlooked last month against Turkey and Slovenia.
And it led the 25-year-old to make the first move with international chief Ward.
She said: “I spoke to Carla briefly about two weeks after the last camp and just touched base as to how far off or near I was to being called in.
“I didn’t originally want to call but I wanted to see.
“If Carla told me to work on X, Y and Z, then at least I’d have something to focus on.
“I was scoring goals but wasn’t in the squad so I wanted to see what I could do to impress the manager.
“Football is doing the talking for me. Scoring gives me confidence, allowing me to feel that I could ask what Carla wanted from her attackers.
“I didn’t feel like I had the right to before.
“I knew the players ahead of me deserved it but I felt I was in a strong position.
“She was open and honest and I went from there. I knew I had two games left with my club which I really wanted to focus on.”
Two goals in those last two games for the Hoops helped Noonan’s case and she is keen to make her mark.
She added: “Anyone playing professional football wants to make the next step.
“I made the move from the Championship to Celtic because I saw the opportunity of playing in the Champions League.
“I felt it would suit me and I’d score more goals.
“I’m not naive or silly, I know the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea are the next step.
“I can only keep doing what I’m doing and it will take time. I’m enjoying this position.
“In the back of my head, this was the step to get back into the Ireland squad. I definitely bring something different to the team. I’m an old-fashioned No 9. We’ll wait and see.”
The Cork native also believes that playing in Scotland should not be a hindrance to a call-up, citing the example of Caitlin Hayes, who played for Celtic and is now with Brighton.
The top women’s teams in Scotland complete 22 rounds of fixtures before the top and bottom six split for the rest of the season.
And Noonan said: “Now that we’re in the split, it’s probably at least or more competitive than the Championship.
“The Championship is super competitive, I’d consider it more competitive than the WSL with their gap.
“It could be any team’s league in the Championship. I watch the girls and there’s four or five teams who could win it.
“It’s similar now in Scotland. I saw the Champions League opportunity and felt the style would better suit me.
“I’d be interested to see how the top five from Scotland would get on in the Championship. They’d give them a run for their money.”
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Andy Murray sees value of business empire fall by seven-figure sum
SIR Andy Murray saw the value of his business empire fall by more than £1million last year, new figures have revealed.
The three-time Grand Slam winner’s earnings dipped in his final months as a tennis player before retiring from the sport.
Murray, 37, has earned huge sums through a string of lucrative merchandising and sponsorship deals as well as property investments.
Latest accounts just published for his company 77 Management show that it is valued at £20 million.
That represents a drop of £1.4 million from the year before when the value of the firm was £21.4 million.
The latest accounts show the firm has total assets of just over £20 million which include a £12.1 million investment portfolio, £7.7 million owed by debtors and 720,000 held in a bank account.
The accounts, which cover the period up to 31 March 2024, state the company owed £216,000 to creditors.
Murray changed the name of the company from Parched Investments to 77 Management to mark him becoming the first British male in 77 years to win Wimbledon in 2013.
The London-based company also controls the Cromlix hotel near his home town of Dunblane, Perthshire.
Murray bought the hotel in 2013 for almost £2 million.
The firm, which has one full-time employee, paid almost £42,000 in tax during the year.
At the height of Murray’s career the business was worth more than £26 million but it has dropped by £6 million over the last five years.
Murray’s appearances on the court were limited in the final years of his career as he struggled with a series of injuries.
The money held in the company is thought to represent only part of Murray’s total net worth.
The Scot, who won Wimbledon and defended his Olympic gold medal in the men’s singles during 2016, has career prize money totalling around £50million, taking home £12.4million in 2016 alone.
Murray hung up his racket after competing for Team GB at the Paris Olympics last summer following a glittering career.
He has since taken up a role coaching long-time rival Novak Djokovic on the tennis tour.
He also recently became an ambassador for golf club manufacturer Callaway after taking up the game following his retirement.
He even changed his profile description on X to “I played tennis. I now play golf”.
Murray has got his handicap down from seven to two in a matter of months and is aiming to become a scratch golfer.
Murray’s mum Judy, 65, said he needed something to keep his competitive streak flowing after retiring from tennis last summer.
Speaking on the Putt and Strut podcast last month, she said: “He’s only been retired a few months and he went straight into golf.
“He absolutely loves it.
“He has got his handicap to two now and his goal is to get to scratch.
“He has been playing with Gareth Bale on a reasonably regular basis at different clubs so I think he’s going to get a lot of enjoyment out of it.
“He would always have needed something to fill that competitive void that the tennis circuit created.”
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Jack Fincham reveals new job working with DOGS after dodging prison over Cane Corso attack
JACK Fincham is studying to become a dog trainer – weeks after dodging prison over his Cane Corso’s attack.
Jack admitted being in charge of a dangerously out-of-of control dog at Southend Magistrates after Elvis bit a runner in 2022 and then “mauled” a woman last year.
He was sentenced to jail because the dog offence triggered a suspended sentence for drug driving, but instantly appealed which meant he didn’t go to prison.
Elvis has spent eight months in police kennels after being seized.
Despite fears the dog would be put down, Jack and Elvis were reunited last week.
The proud dog owner now wants to learn more dog training in order to help others.
A source told The Sun: “Jack has signed up to a course to become a dog trainer.
“He wants to make sure what happened to him and Elvis never happens again, but also wants to help others with their dogs.
“When qualified he wants to work with dog charities specialising in the breeds people deem to be dangerous.”
In the aftermath of Elvis being seized, Jack received a slew of messages online.
Jack, who won Love Island in 2018 with ex partner Dani Dyer, told The Sun: “One of the worst was from a lady at the Cane Corso Club of Great Britain saying I’d let the entire breed down and I was a disgrace.
“I was devastated, it was quite nasty saying, ‘You’ve cocked things up for the Cane Corso. Just what we needed’.
“I hated thinking I’d done that. So I spoke to her and explained that I was a good owner who loved Elvis.”
He won the lady round, telling us: “We chat regularly, and she has even invited me to a dog show.”
Jack had been terrified he went to Basildon Crown Court on Friday he faced being jailed if that appeal failed.
Three months was added to the unrelated suspended sentence imposed in 2023 after he was caught speeding in a BMW on a hard shoulder while on cocaine.
But it was ruled that Elvis could come home.
A contingent destruction order, under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, is now in place. Elvis will be put to sleep if the court order – with specific conditions – is broken.
My ‘divorce stress’ symptoms turned out to be a progressive and incurable disease – I’ve been given five years to live
A GRAN was given five years to live after her “divorce stress” symptoms turned out to be signs of an incurable disease.
Diana Keys started “falling over for no reason” and her speech began to deteriorate in 2020, a year after her 35-year marriage ended.
The 65-year-old, who lives in Clevedon, north Somerset, was told by a consultant that her symptoms were “functional due to stress from [her] divorce” – but she was “adamant” this was not the case.
In May 2023, three years after her symptoms started, Diana was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), which is incurable and causes progressive muscle weakness.
She was given between two and five years to live.
Diana’s condition affects her mobility and speech and leaves her “struggling” to complete simple tasks such as cooking, carrying a cup of tea and taking her credit card out of her purse.
Diana is “passionate” about raising awareness of the disease, particularly among women, and hopes her story will encourage others to advocate for their health.
“I keep looking for a sell-by date code on me, but there isn’t one, so I just keep going,” Diana said.
“I can be a glass half empty person sometimes but, since my diagnosis, I’ve tried not to bring other people down – I try to be stoic.
“I try to keep a sense of humour and count my blessings, so I’ve got a lot to live for.”
MND is a rare condition which progressively damages parts of the nervous system and weakens muscles over months or years.
It is usually life-shortening and there is no cure, but treatment can manage the symptoms, which can include stiff or weak hands, weak legs and feet, and twitches, spasms or muscle cramps.
After Diana and her husband “drifted apart” and divorced in 2019, she started falling over, which was “confusing and frightening”.
“I fell over in the bathroom and hit my head in the shower and, after that happened two or three times, I contacted the GP,” she said.
Diana’s GP referred her to a consultant neurologist at the local hospital, where she underwent electromyography (EMG), which measures the electrical activity in the muscles.
She said the consultant thought her symptoms were just stress after her divorce, but she “knew that wasn’t the case”.
She pushed for further testing after experiencing muscle twitching and having difficulty speaking.
“I’ve always been a very positive person. I’ve suffered from depression, so I know how that feels, and the issues I was having were physical,” Diana said.
In May 2023, three years after her symptoms started, Diana was told she had MND, which was a “huge shock”.
She said she was “hysterical” and found her diagnosis difficult to accept, particularly as the condition is incurable and invariably fatal.
“I remember the consultant just saying, ‘There is no cure, and the prognosis is between two and five years’.
“I just thought, ‘Oh my God, that’s awful’.”
Reflecting on her divorce, she added: “To be honest, I’m glad that he hasn’t got to deal with me, with this awful disease, so I’m relieved that he can find happiness somewhere else.”
New way of life
Diana said she was given information pointing to the “amazing” MND Association (MNDA) charity and, as she drove home, she questioned how she would tell her family and friends “without frightening everybody”.
She said she went into “admin mode” and carried on working as a primary school administrator until November 2024, as she “needed to feel in control of something”.
“Becoming the cared-for as opposed to the carer is incredibly hard… and I still wake up every day and think, ‘Come on Di, you can walk properly today’, and then I can’t,” she said.
It’s been hard because it takes a lot of effort to speak and walk – all the normal things – and I had to have my hair cut because I couldn’t style it properly
Diana Keys
“I know that I will have to accept this at some point.”
Having moved into a bungalow soon after the divorce, Diana has not had to make too many changes to her home.
Her garden has been landscaped for accessibility and safety, with help from the MNDA, and she is looking to widen her door frames to accommodate a wheelchair in future.
She said the “fatigue is huge”, her voice is slurred and her mobility is “wobbly”, and a simple task such as “carrying a cup of tea into the lounge from the kitchen is hard”.
What are the signs of motor neurone disease (MND)?
MND isn’t a common condition, so if you have the bellow symptoms it’s likely they’re being caused by another condition, injury or illness.
But it’s important to get them checked out by your GP.
It’s also worth noting that MND affects everyone differently, so you might not have all of these symptoms.
Symptoms of MND may include:
- Muscle twitching or the sensation of rippling under the skin
- Tingling or pins and needles
- Numbness in hands, feet or limbs
- Fatigue or extreme tiredness
- Tripping over and one or both legs getting thinner – ‘foot drop’ can be an early symptom, where one foot sometimes feels weak or drags
- Dropping things due to weak or stiff hands
- Slurred speech or weak voice due to weakness in muscles of the face, mouth, tongue or throat
- Difficulties swallowing, with food, drink or saliva starting to cause coughing or gagging
- Breathing problems
- Mood and personality changes
- Emotional outbursts such as uncontrollable laughing when upset or crying when happy
Source: MND Association
She said: “I love cooking for family and having friends around for meals – I can’t do that now.
“I can’t cut food properly and, when I eat socially, I tend to get things stuck in my throat, which is embarrassing, so I have to eat alone now.
“Socially, it’s been hard because it takes a lot of effort to speak and walk – all the normal things – and I had to have my hair cut because I couldn’t manage to style it properly.”
To help cope with her diagnosis, Diana said she went “on a mission with raising awareness” and joined several support groups.
She said she had “everything to look forward to” before her diagnosis, including “adventures” in her caravan, but now she is adjusting to a new way of life and wants to help others with MND feel less alone.
“My progression is relatively slow, so I’m hoping that I’ll get as long as I can,” she said.
“Once you’ve got a diagnosis, something as traumatic as motor neurone disease, it’s not the end, it’s the beginning of a new journey.”
