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NOTTINGHAM FOREST found themselves playing with a man down during their FA Cup clash with Brighton after an unusual error.

Forest punched their ticket to Wembley after making it to the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 34 years by beating the Seagulls 4-3 on penalties following a goalless draw.

However, Nottingham found themselves in a strange situation during the second half of extra-time, just two minutes before the two teams went to a penalty shootout at the Amex Stadium.

The visitors’ manager Nuno Espirito Santo decided to introduce Morato into the fold.

The centre-back was set to replace Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White.

However, referee Peter Bankes halted the switch despite Gibbs-White exiting the pitch.

That left many by surprise as even the BBC commentary team were left wondering what was going on.

And Gibbs-White apparently got so frustrated that he was booked as he made his way to the Tricky Trees’ bench.

But it turns out Morato wasn’t allowed in because he still had jewellery around his neck when he was meant to come on.

That left Forest playing with 10 men against a very tough Brighton side.

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However, that only lasted for one phase of play as the Brazilian was allowed to come on once play stopped.

And that didn’t harm Nottingham’s chances as Ryan Yates sealed their place at Wembley with the final penalty of the shootout.

But Nuno’s men have a lot to thank goalkeeper Matz Sels for as he proved to be the hero once more as his two saves helped his team win their third FA Cup shootout of the season.

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DEAR DEIDRE: WHEN my best friend’s husband messaged me saying he had something he needed to show me, and “I’d better be sitting down”, my heart sank.

We arranged to meet in a cafe for coffee, but I wished I’d ordered something stronger.

Nothing could have prepared me for the sight of my husband and best friend all over each other in our car on her driveway.

My friend’s husband told me they had triggered the doorbell camera and he had not known whether to tell me what he saw.

My friend and I had gone out with other girlfriends and were worse for wear. When she came back to ours for more drinks it became clear she’d had more than enough already so my husband offered to drive her home.

I’m 38 and he’s 39. We’ve been married for 15 years. Sadly, this isn’t the first time he has been unfaithful.

Watching the footage was grim but I could at least console myself with the fact it was my friend who made the first move. Still, my husband shouldn’t have responded.

Five years ago I discovered he’d had a four-year affair with a woman from his work.

I accepted I had been neglecting him and vowed to bring passion and excitement into our marriage by wearing sexy lingerie.

I thought it had worked but he’s obviously still straying with the slightest encouragement.

This feels like the final straw, and all the love I had for him died as I watched that footage. I confronted him and all he said was that it didn’t mean anything and was a momentary lapse.

Now all I can do is fantasise about leaving him, but I feel like I’d be letting down our two boys who are ten and eight.

DEIDRE SAYS: What an upsetting predicament to find yourself in.

You’ve been let down badly by your husband after working so hard to repair the initial damage of his betrayal.

Rather than feel guilty about potentially breaking up your family, ask your husband to attend relationship counselling with you, because remaining in a miserable marriage certainly won’t do your children any favours in the long run.

Children pick up on unhappiness, which damages their development.

You say you no longer love your husband, so you owe it to yourself to start working out a way that you can live in happiness. And that might look like going your separate ways.

By talking to a therapist, you can explore whether there is any chance of strengthening your marriage or if you would both be better off taking steps towards ending your relationship and co-parenting well together.

Find a reputable counsellor through tavistockrelationships.org.

I FEAR SPIKED DRINK MADE ME FORGET

DEAR DEIDRE: I’M a shy and reserved guy so it was obvious something dodgy had taken place the night I started dancing “like a drag queen” at a work party.

I can’t remember a thing about what happened and my colleagues won’t talk about it – just saying that I wouldn’t want to know.

I’m 43 and single. I’ve had a couple of long-term relationships but am not with anyone at the moment.

All I know about that night is that I started dancing provocatively then woke up in my bed alone and naked after a couple of work pals got me home.

I’ve felt, since that horrible episode, a lot of colleagues avoid me, and it’s been hard not knowing what happened.

There has been a lot of coverage about women getting spiked but I wonder if the same happened to me. I’d only had a pint and a half that night, and rarely drink more than two, but something suddenly wiped me out.

It’s been a decade since this event, and I finally felt like I was moving on – but now exactly the same has happened to me again and I’m devastated.

This time I only had one pint. The only thing my work pals will tell me is that I took my shirt off and started spinning it around my head – again, I can’t remember a thing.

I’m absolutely mortified and there is no doubt that the people I was out with that night are staying away from me.

I’ve now given up drinking in the hope that I can avoid this ever happening again. Do you know if this has happened to other men?

DEIDRE SAYS: While most spiking victims are female, spiking unfortunately happens to men, too.

For more information, the Metropolitan Police has a section on spiking (met.police.uk).

You are very wise to stop drinking. But it would also be good to go and see your doctor to rule out any other health issues.

Do you have a colleague or friend you can confide in? This experience is understandably unsettling and humiliating for you, and talking to a confidante will help.

In the meantime, if you do go out socialising again, don’t leave your drink unattended – keep an eye on it and buy your own drinks.

What happened to you was not your fault – please don’t lose sight of that.

DRUG RUINING MY LIFE

DEAR DEIDRE: KETAMINE is destroying my life – I’m in debt, my bladder is ruined and I have painful cramps.

I’m exhausted too because I wake up every 30 minutes to visit the loo.

I’m 31 years old and female and barely holding on to my admin job.

Thankfully, work has been great and let me have a lot of time off because of my mental health issues.

I’m desperate to kick this habit but that would mean going to rehab and I’d have to tell work. I’m worried they’d think I was lying about my mental health issues.

I’m getting help from a charity, but the only way to beat this addiction properly would be to go to rehab.

Could I be fired from my job for going to rehab?

DEIDRE SAYS: Firms are legally required to provide reasonable accommodation for employees with substance abuse issues.

In most cases an employer cannot fire someone simply for seeking treatment.

There are exceptions, so do get good legal advice. You can find some at rightsofwomen.org.uk.

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MANDARINS spent six years figuring out quieter ways to detonate wartime bombs around shellfish and other sea life.

Offshore firms are to avoid noisy blasts when disposing of munitions on the seabed under new guidelines.

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Government officials were trying to work out how to make bombs less noisy[/caption]

And documents show how Westminster and Holyrood officials began looking at ways to cut “damage and injury” to marine life as far back as 2019.

Campaigners last night demanded to how much the “bureaucratic navel-gazing” had cost the public purse since then.

William Yarwood of the TaxPayers Alliance said: “Only civil servants could spend six years trying to make bombs quieter.

“While essential services are stretched and the national debt climbs, civil servants have been obsessing over fish.

“Ministers need to stop indulging in this bureaucratic navel-gazing and stick to what works.”

Unexploded mines, bombs and other weapons from the First and Second World Wars are scattered around Scots waters.

They must be cleared to make infrastructure like oil platforms and fishing grounds safe.

For years the relics have been blown up in loud “high order” explosions.

But new Scottish Government guidance to firms last month, agreed with counterparts in England and Wales, recommends “lower noise” alternatives.

In a report, civil servants said: “As less energy is emitted into the marine environment, the potential effect is lower than for high-order clearance.”

A Scottish Government spokesperson said an “increase in marine construction projects is leading to the discovery of more unexploded ordnance”.

And they said this “needs to be cleared to protect human life and infrastructure”.

They added: “Removal by detonation can lead to seabed damage and injury and disturbance to marine species, some with protected status, from the associated noise.

“It was therefore essential that we worked to promote alternatives that cause less environmental harm and the publication of the accompanying marine licensing guidance is important to assist those who carry out the activity in complying.”

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The government has stressed the importance of protecting marine life[/caption]

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Madness that MPs bill us for their pets

AFTER a week of bleak economic news, millions of us are feeling the pinch.

But guess what? That doesn’t stop privileged MPs feather-bedding their own lifestyles at our expense.

Today we reveal a senior Labour MP is using taxpayer cash to pay “pet rent” for her cockapoo dog.

Taiwo Owatemi is claiming £900 a year extra in expenses so her pet pooch Bella can live with her.

The Government whip and former Shadow Minister is not alone among MPs in being eligible to claim for this benefit.

But it shows a staggering sense of self-entitlement from a political elite divorced from the hard grind faced by ordinary voters.

Only last week we learned that Rachel Reeves enjoyed free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert.

The Chancellor then introduced billions of pounds of spending cuts that will hammer people across the country.

According to the Government’s own analysis, more than three million households will lose £1,720 a year on average.

As a whip, Ms Owatemi will push these cuts through Parliament.

No doubt her dog Bella will be a great comfort to her.

But who knows how many other MPs are taking advantage of the same loophole, getting the public to fund their choice to have a four-legged friend?

Ms Owatemi and all MPs should have been paying for pets out of their £91,346 salary, which is due to rise to almost £94,000 this week.

It is a disgrace that instead they are free to pick the pockets of skint taxpayers.

Fortunes of evil

LABOUR’S pledge to smash the small boat gangs is sounding hollower by the day.

Is it any wonder callous people- smugglers are raking in £200million or more a year when staggering numbers of migrants are crossing the Channel?

The Government’s much-trumpeted plans to get to grips with the crisis are no more than sticking plasters.

An international crime summit tomorrow will target the Chinese firms that make most of the disgracefully flimsy dinghies used by the traffickers.

This is welcome, but any hope that it will stem the trade is pie in the sky.

The gangs will just buy the boats from elsewhere.

The only way to break their business model is with a proper deterrent, a clamp on human rights laws and an end to the handout culture which makes us such a magnet.

Fat chance of any of that under Labour.

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