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TAI WOFFINDEN’S wife posted an emotional message after his horror crash.
The Speedway star was airlifted to hospital in Krosno, Poland on Saturday after the dreadful first bend incident.
Woffinden was caught in a three-rider pile-up and smashed into the airfence at high speed.
The 34-year-old is understood to be in a stable condition after reportedly breaking his femur, both hands and ribs while racing for his club Rzeszow.
He has received an outpouring of well wishes following the crash and his wife Faye has thanked fans for the support they have shown.
She shared a heartfelt statement, writing: “Right now, our hearts are heavy, and we are taking things one moment at a time.
“Please know how deeply grateful we are for your patience, your love, and your support—it truly means the world to us.
“In the midst of this incredibly difficult time, your support reminds us that we are not facing this alone. However, we are still processing everything and need a little more time to understand where things stand before sharing any further updates.
“We appreciate your patience and understanding more than we can say.
“We will share more when we are able. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
Faye flew out from Australia to be with Woffindon, whose mum Sue also made the trip.
Good wishes have poured in for the Scunthorpe-born rider.
His good pal, ex-World Champion, and fellow Monster Energy ambassador, Greg Hancock said: “Feeling for Tai. Racing can be brutal.”
Woffinden has won everything in the sport with three World Championship titles and the Speedway of Nations for Great Britain.
Yet has been cursed with bad luck sustaining injuries over the past few years. He has broken his back, hand, shoulder blade and collarbone twice over the years.
In an interview last year with SunSport, he admitted: “You get injured when you are pushing the boundaries and you are trying 110 per cent. That’s normally when you crash and get injured.
“That’s when I’m putting in the effort. Sometimes you do go home in an ambulance but that’s what we do, right?
“I’m used to it. I don’t think the fans realise, especially the ones that give you a roasting now and again, I’ve been injured every year since 2019. And I’m still at the top of my game.
“In 2019 I broke my back and shoulder blade year after tore ligaments in my foot twice and finished the season with two broken bones in my hand.
“In 2021 smashed my shoulder and was out for a month and then crashed in Manchester in the Speedway of Nations. Then more over the past two years.
“I’ve worked it out, my accumulative injuries since 2019, has caused me to miss a whole season if you put all the time off put together.”
CAMERON MENZIES admits he’s been getting “dog’s abuse” after his recent stage meltdown.
The Scottish star was involved in a dramatic last-leg victory over Mike De Decker at the European Darts Trophy.
At one point, Menzies even dropped to the floor after hitting the wrong double with match darts due to a miscount.
Menzies said that he had a “brain fart” after the match as he struggled to get over the winning line.
He said: “You know how nervous I was when I miscounted. Usually, that is not something I do.
“I made a bit of a fool of myself. I’m getting dog’s abuse, with people saying it was tactics.
“I thought I had won. I just remember hearing that noise, then my heart sank.
“But because I had made that mistake, I wanted Mike to hit it. I wanted to be put out of my misery.
“I had only made the last eight of a Euro Tour once before as a Challenge Tour player.
“So when the game went to 5-5, the nerves just kicked in. My leg was shaking, and I’ve not had nerves like that before.
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“I felt like I was 18 again. My hand was shaking, and my heart was racing.”
World No. 39 Menzies revealed that he was relieved when Ryan Joyce ended his tournament in the quarter-finals.
He said: “With social media, I didn’t want to see it because it’s usually just nasty.
“I saw it, and in the end, I was happy Ryan Joyce played well because I just wanted to go to my hotel. I was done.”
Former Players Championship winner Menzies also spoke candidly about his struggles with anxiety, revealing that it has affected him on and off the oche.
He admitted: “I struggle with anxiety. That’s why when you watch me talk, I look away all the time – I don’t like giving eye contact.
“There are things people have asked me to get checked. I’m hoping to get it sorted because I am a nervous wreck.”
Night 1 – Belfast: Humphries beat Dobey 6-1
Night 2 – Glasgow: Littler beat Humphries 6-5
Night 3 – Dublin: Price beat Aspinall 6-3
Night 4 – Exeter: Humphries beat Littler 6-4
Night 5 – Brighton: Littler beat Aspinall 6-3
Night 6 – Nottingham: Price beat Littler 6-3
Night 7 – Cardiff: Littler beat Van Gerwen 6-4
Night 8 – Newcastle: Littler beat Humphries 6-1
Night 9 – Uber Arena, Berlin – Thursday April 3
Night 10 – AO Arena, Manchester – Thursday April 10
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Night 12 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – Thursday April 24
Night 13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, Thursday May 1
Night 14 – First Direct Arena, Leeds – Thursday May 8
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The Glasgow thrower had a brilliant 2024 campaign where he picked up his first ProTour title and reached the quarter-final of the Grand Slam.
Menzies has started this year in fine form reaching the final of the Players Championship Four and semi-final on Monday at Event Nine.
And the 35-year-old is striving to achieve more success at the oche.
He said: “My target is to be a top 32 player. But my aim is always to keep my tour card because I know how hard it is to win it.
“Going on from last year I would be more than happy if I could continue that because it was a pretty good campaign.”
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A MAJOR jewellery chain is set to close three more stores this weekend in a blow to shoppers.
The Beaverbrooks shops in Huddersfield will shut on Saturday, while its stores in Croydon and Sutton Coldfield will close for good on Sunday.
A closing-down sale has been launched at all three shops, with all items now 50% off.
A message on the Beaverbrooks website reads: “We’d like to say thank you to all our customers for visiting our store over the years and for celebrating your special moments with us.
“Please do visit us and shop our closing down sale to save 50% on beautiful diamonds, jewellery and watches.”
Last month The Sun exclusively revealed that Beaverbrooks will close seven branches in March and April that are “no longer commercially viable”.
The news comes after the chain shuttered five stores last month.
Here is the full list of stores set to shut and their closure dates:
When the closures were first announced managing director Anna Blackburn said the decision was made following a review of business performance.
She said: “We aim to retain as many colleagues as possible within other Beaverbrooks stores or the wider business, and are working closely with each individual affected to provide them with options for their specific needs, supporting them with their next steps whatever they may be.”
She added that the directors delivered the news in person to every team member.
Beaverbrooks is making big changes to its retail footprint this year.
It plans to open a new store in Harrogate on April 11.
Meanwhile, some of its branches are being renovated.
In its most recent accounts filed with Companies House the chain said profitability in the 53 weeks to March 2, 2024 had fallen “considerably”.
EMPTY shops have become an eyesore on many British high streets and are often symbolic of a town centre’s decline.
The Sun’s business editor Ashley Armstrong explains why so many retailers are shutting their doors.
In many cases, retailers are shutting stores because they are no longer the money-makers they once were because of the rise of online shopping.
Falling store sales and rising staff costs have made it even more expensive for shops to stay open.
The British Retail Consortium has predicted that the Treasury’s hike to employer NICs from April 2025, will cost the retail sector £2.3billion.
At the same time, the minimum wage will rise to £12.21 an hour from April, and the minimum wage for people aged 18-20 will rise to £10 an hour, an increase of £1.40.
In some cases, retailers are shutting a store and reopening a new shop at the other end of a high street to reflect how a town has changed.
The problem is that when a big shop closes, footfall falls across the local high street, which puts more shops at risk of closing.
Retail parks are increasingly popular with shoppers, who want to be able to get easy, free parking at a time when local councils have hiked parking charges in towns.
Many retailers including Next and Marks & Spencer have been shutting stores on the high street and taking bigger stores in better-performing retail parks instead.
In some cases, stores have been shut when a retailer goes bust, as in the case of Carpetright, Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins, Paperchase, Ted Baker, The Body Shop, Topshop and Wilko to name a few.
What’s increasingly common is when a chain goes bust a rival retailer or private equity firm snaps up the intellectual property rights so they can own the brand and sell it online.
They may go on to open a handful of stores if there is customer demand, but there are rarely ever as many stores or in the same places.
The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has warned that around 17,350 retail sites are expected to shut down this year.
It added: “Despite increasing turnover and market share, profitability for the period was reduced considerably which reflects significant and broad increases in costs.”
Turnover is the amount of money a business makes over a certain period of time.
Beaverbrooks said the decrease in turnover had been caused by an increase in workers’ pay, property refurbishment and repairs.
It is not the first time Beaverbrooks has closed stores.
The chain shuttered a store in Romford, London last month.
Not all store closures are due to financial struggles in a business.
Retailers sometimes close branches or open them in other areas depending on customer demand and trends.
WHSmith is set to close six stores this month as it continues to withdraw from the high street to focus on its travel arm.
The stores earmarked for closure are:
No dates have been given for the closures yet apart from Haverhill, which will close for good on April 26.
Last month it shut branches in Basingstoke and Winton, Bournemouth.
The WHSmith brand is set to leave the high street for good as it has agreed to sell 500 shops as part of a £76million deal.
Retail investor Modella Capital has bought the portfolio and all stores will be rebranded as TGJones.
WHsmith will instead focus on its 580 travel stores in airports, hospitals, railway stations and motorway service areas.
The British Retail Consortium has predicted that the Treasury's hike to employer NICs will cost the retail sector £2.3billion.
Research by the British Chambers of Commerce shows that more than half of companies plan to raise prices by early April.
A survey of more than 4,800 firms found that 55% expect prices to increase in the next three months, up from 39% in a similar poll conducted in the latter half of 2024.
Three-quarters of companies cited the cost of employing people as their primary financial pressure.
The Centre for Retail Research (CRR) has also warned that around 17,350 retail sites are expected to shut down this year.
It comes on the back of a tough 2024 when 13,000 shops closed their doors for good, already a 28% increase on the previous year.
Professor Joshua Bamfield, director of the CRR said: “The results for 2024 show that although the outcomes for store closures overall were not as poor as in either 2020 or 2022, they are still disconcerting, with worse set to come in 2025.”
Professor Bamfield has also warned of a bleak outlook for 2025, predicting that as many as 202,000 jobs could be lost in the sector.
“By increasing both the costs of running stores and the costs on each consumer’s household it is highly likely that we will see retail job losses eclipse the height of the pandemic in 2020.”
Sports Direct is also set to close a store this month.
Its shop in Newmarket Road, Cambridge will close for good on April 18.
The chain has closed several branches in the past few years.
Its shop in the Central Six Retail Park, Coventry, closed at the end of January 2024.
Meanwhile, its branches in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, also shut down last year.
Meanwhile, FarmFoods is closing one of its longest-standing branches on Sunday.
The shop in Dundee will close for good as bosses took the decision not to renew their lease at the site.
The retailer has also shut branches in Banbury and Southend.
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BARGAIN hunters are racing to get to Primark, desperate to nab the ‘best Joseph Joseph dupe’.
So if you’ve got luxurious taste, but don’t have the funds to match, then fear not, we’ve got you covered.
While the Tota 90L Ecru Laundry Separation Basket from Joseph Joseph retails at a whopping £110, thankfully Primark has come to the rescue with a purse-friendly alternative.
So if the thought of spending more than £100 on a washing basket sends shivers down your spine, don’t fret, as Primark’s new Dual Laundry Hamper is much cheaper at just £18 – yes, you heard that correctly.
A first-time buyer, who is preparing to move into her first property this month, took to social media to show off her new Primark Home buy, and it’s left people gobsmacked.
Posting online, the content creator gave her viewers a close-up look at her bargain buy, and not only does it look great, but it’s sure to make doing the washing so much easier too.
Alongside a clip of her Dual Laundry Hamper, which has two separate compartments, one for light coloured washing and one for darks, the savvy shopper penned: “Joseph Joseph dupe? £110 vs £18.”
She then beamed: “Laundry is about to be so much easier.”
Thanks to this £18 buy, which is £92 cheaper than the popular product from Joseph Joseph, and has been hailed the ‘best Joseph Joseph dupe’, long are the days of sifting through and separating your washing into piles.
With this high-street find, which we’re sure will sell out fast, putting your dirty clothes in the washing machine has now been made easier and quicker.
If you want to save yourself some cash and get this brilliant dupe, you can use Primark’s store availability tool to check if this laundry hamper is available in your nearest store.
This young woman claimed that she “constantly refreshed the website until it was available” and then drove two hours to try and find it.
While she was “close” to buying the Joseph Joseph Laundry Basket, she claimed: “This answered all my prayers.”
But you’ll need to get down to your local store fast if you want to get your hands on it, as the TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @ourfirsthome37, has clearly left many open-mouthed.
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It was posted just one day ago, but has quickly amassed 204,600 views and 3,353 likes.
Not only this, but it’s also racked up 1,161 saves and 3,400 shares.
Social media users were impressed with the dupe, which looks practically identical to the original, and many eagerly flocked to the comments to express their thoughts.
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One person said: “Just bought this, thank you!”
To this, the content creator replied: “I’m glad we’re not the only people obsessed with a washing basket.”
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Another added: “Never ordered anything quicker.”
A third commented: “Thank YOU, I was just about to buy the other one. Ordered this as soon as I saw this.”
At the same time, someone else penned: “I need it immediately.”
Meanwhile, one user shared: “Looks like it has more space than my Joseph Joseph one.”
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