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What’s next for Aston Villa in this European adventure? The road to Athens, as UEFA’s slogan goes for the Europa League, continues. Their adventures so far have taken them to Alkmaar, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Mostar and Warsaw. For those lucky enough to enjoy an exciting night under the lights, a foldout map at the back of the matchday program easily reveals their potential opponents in Friday’s quarter-final draw. At the end of the game, Villa fans sang Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” the national anthem adopted by Ajax.The only sour sight was the sight of talisman Ollie Watkins, who opened the…

Police in Italy have fined a 103-year-old woman who was caught driving an uninsured car at night with an expired driving licence.Officers received a call at about 1am reporting a vehicle being driven dangerously in the centre of Bondeno, a town with about 13,000 inhabitants near Ferrara.The officers dispatched to the scene in the northern Emilia Romagna region were “greatly surprised when they discovered the year of the driver’s birth”, according to a police report.Giuseppina Molinari, known as Giose, was born in 1920. She had been driving to Bondeno to meet friends and “probably” got disoriented in the dark and…

Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday they are willing to delay Donald Trump’s trial on hush-money charges for up to 30 days so they can review newly obtained records from federal authorities.The request could delay proceedings, which were due to begin on March 25 with jury selection in New York, the first of four criminal indictments against the former US president to go to trial. D.District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office told the court they were open to delays because they had received about 31,000 pages of records from federal prosecutors and expected more next week.”Based on our preliminary review of yesterday’s production,…

A Concorde jet has been floated down the Hudson River in New York after months of refurbishments.The retired British Airways plane was stored in the Intrepid ​​Museum in Manhattan after supersonic flights came to an end in 2003 and it was taken away for restoration last August.According to the museum, which exhibits exceptional sea, air and spacecraft, the repair work included “removal of the aircraft’s paint coating, sanding, and recoating, using the same colours and markings that made Concorde a true aviation legend”.The Concorde supersonic jet is lifted from a barge to its resting place at the Intrepid Museum in…

GAlopin Des Champs heads to Cheltenham for the Gold Cup on Friday, an equal-money opportunity following last year’s failure in seven races at the Bravemansgame, but it looks to be a bigger The 2023 edition is even tighter with Venetia Williams busy people (3.30), roughly 12-1, and there’s plenty of reason to recommend him as a worthy replacement for the favorite. Williams has few rivals as a showjumping trainer, although so far she has eluded her in the sport’s most prestigious event. However, Men’s News looks to be Williams’ best chance in the tournament as popular Teton Mill suffers a…

Regina King is “a different person” after her son’s death by suicide, the actor and director said in her first interview about her son since his death.“Grief is a journey,” King told Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts in a segment that aired on Thursday morning. “I understand that grief is love, that it has no place to go. I know that it’s important for me to honor Ian in the totality of who he is.”King’s son, Ian Alexander Jr, died January 2022 at the age of 26. He was a musician and DJ and often accompanied King to her red…

Leicestershire have canceled the deal of Australian batsman Will Pucovski after he suffered another concussion. The 26-year-old was due to feature in the first five rounds of the County Championship for the Foxes but will focus on recovering from the knock to his helmet suffered in this month’s Victoria Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania . Pucovski was once considered a favorite for the Australian Test series, but he suffered multiple concussions during his career.Leicestershire director of cricket Claude Henderson said: “Losing Will at this stage is a huge shame but his health must come first. All parties agree given the…

After a decades-long saga, I have finally got engaged to the love of my life. A lot of my friends have followed the story over the years and appear mostly very happy it all sorted itself out.Naturally after such a long time, we want to enjoy each other’s company and do nice things. Although I am successful and work full-time, I am also spending good chunks of time doing exciting things with him overseas. My dilemma is that everyone is starting to guess how wealthy my new man is because of the lifestyle he leads, the fact he retired early,…

Manu Tuilagi will come on as a substitute when Lyon take on France on Saturday in what will be his first Six Nations appearance of the year and possibly his last for England.The 32-year-old has missed four matches with a groin injury suffered at the World Cup that ruled him out of the opening wins against Italy and Wales. He made his 59th and most recent appearance for the national team in the World Cup bronze medal match against Argentina in October when he injured his hand. Elliot Daly made the only change in the starting XV, replacing the injured…

The US ambassador to Hungary has said Washington will act in response to Budapest’s “dangerously unhinged anti-American messaging” and “expanding relationship with Russia”.In a landmark speech in Budapest on Thursday, David Pressman took direct aim at the controversial foreign policy of Hungary’s longtime prime minister, Viktor Orbán, while also accusing the Hungarian government of rampant corruption and undermining independent institutions.“This speech is about a longtime friend and ally saying and doing things that undermine trust and friendship,” Pressman said, referring to Hungary. “We cannot ignore it when the speaker of Hungary’s national assembly asserts that Putin’s war in Ukraine is…