Gareth Davies
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Editor https://t.co/ByNOsmXHu5 and @Telegraph App β«οΈπ‘ 10 for @Portsmouth_RFC π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ Cymru Am Byth
Portsmouth & London via Wales
Joined April 2009
My take on rugby. I'm battered. My body is broken. The concussion risks are stark. But I want my kids to play the game I love. And the thought of life without rugby petrifies me. Article (and cute photos of my kids) here -
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Lewis Hamilton will be knighted on Wednesday, days after losing out on a record eighth Formula One world title. Sir Lewis, 36, is due to attend an investiture at Windsor Castle to be honoured for services to motorsports.
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Ryan Giggs penned a poem to Kate Greville in response to a verse from her which included the line βevery day you make me proud, because youβre well endowedβ. Read Mr Giggsβ poem in full below. And the day, as it happened, here -
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Sheffield United Football Club was funded by a Β£3million loan from Osama bin Laden's family, it has emerged in court today. Absolutely astonishing. Full story here -
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Wayne Pivac inherited a side ranked second in the world. Wales have fallen off a cliff under his watch. This year, weβve lost to Italy and Georgia. At home. That has become our level under him. Weβre sleepwalking into crashing out of the RWC in the pool stage. He must go.
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BREAKING | Second woman dies following incident at O2 Brixton Academy. Gabrielle Hutchinson, aged 23, died in hospital in the early hours of Monday, 19 December. She was working as one of the contracted security providers for the event that evening of Asake's concert.
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BREAKING | Man Utd footballer Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Statement below:
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Argos have axed the Argos Catalogue. Going digital. Another dagger in the heart of society.
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Ryan Giggs trial, day 10. Another poem. Gushing messages between Mr Giggs and Kate Greville continue. During which, he called her βthe jam in my doughnut, the salt in my tequila, the truffle in my pastaβ. And, more Ryan Giggs poetry. Live here -
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Twenty-four tackles from Justin Tipuric this morning against the Hurricanes. Not one missed. Takes his tour tally to 59 tackles from 59.
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Leicester Square stabbing update: . - Young female police officer suffered a serious stab wound to her arm which may be life-changing. - Male officer was stabbed three times in the neck and once in the chest, but should make a full recovery.
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BREAKING | Piers Morgan's comments in reaction to Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey has become the most-complained about moment in TV history. Ofcom got 57,121. Previous top was 45,000 complaints about Jade Goodey's Shilpa Shetty comments on Big Brother 2007.
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Sarah Everard vigil update: Clapham Common is absolutely rammed. Reclaim These Streets cancelled the official event earlier today, but as expected, thousands have descended on the south London park. Including Kate, Duchess of Cambridge.
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An Extinction Rebellion activist has climbed on top of a British Airways plane at London City Airport. The climate change group say he is James Brown - a former Paralympic who won bronze at the London 2012 games.
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Anyone lucky enough to speak Welsh is doubly rewarded by @S4C sport coverage. It's exemplary. Wales v Finland, fronted by @DylanEbz - with Joe Allen and @gwennanharries as brilliant pundits. Comms is slick and informative, biased without being partisan. It's just ace.
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Sometimes you pick up some gems on ref mic. Alun Wyn Jones: "Ref - have a look at 15 being a dick, will you?".
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I donβt know who lays the papers out in the early hours at @Telegraph HQ. But whoever you are, you are a master of your craft. Stunning.
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This is laughable. If this isnβt the end of Wayne Pivac, I donβt know what it takes. This is Wales of 1990s bad - and itβs all down to him. Weβve just lost to Italy.
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π¨BREAKING | Iβm not doing breaking news any more (for a bit). Started today as Acting Editor of and @Telegraph App. Please keep sending me breaking news and Iβll pass it down the line. If you still want to call me names, please carry on as you were.
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NEW | Major incident at Queen Alexandra hospital, Portsmouth, after huge leak leaves wards without water. - Source tells @Telegraph one tank is reserved for Covid ward.- Doctors unable to use sinks.- Burst pipe above gynaecology ward thought to be cause.
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Wales and England fans clash in Tenerife. Some Wayne Hennessey impressions. The same bloke being punched to the ground by a Wales fan and an England fan. Accurate chair-throwing. The beautiful game. (Vid: @Hauvetime).
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JPR Williams has died aged 74. Watching old VHS tapes of the great tries of years gone by, he always stood out. Box office before his time.
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Linda McMahon being tipped for Trumpβs education secretary. Another senior US politician who has been Stunnered.
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Peter Bone MP refers to Cabinet Minister George Eustice as βGeorge Uselessβ on BBC Radio 4βs Today programme.
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@SouthernRailUK Will I get a refund on my season ticket, then? . Which at almost Β£6,000 is just an absolute bargain. Everyone should get one.
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π¨π¨π π Annoying βpersonal newsβ that is actually work news but we call it personal news anyway to make it look different klaxon π¨π¨ππ. Thrilled to have been promoted to Editor of and the @Telegraph app. Get me here - g.davies@telegraph.co.uk
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Just Stop Oil have blocked The Mall. Police officer: "How long are you going to be here?". Protester: "Until we get a new government.". Police officer: "Let me know if I can I do anything for you.". Protester: "Not unless you have a letter from Liz Truss."
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@ColinMurray @FightingTalk316 @bbc5live Q2: With Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon and Colin Murray all tendering their resignations on the same day this week, it begs the question. Who is sportβs biggest quitter?.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle choose Valentine's Day to announce they are expecting their second baby. On this day, in 1984, Princess Diana of Wales was on the front page of the Telegraph with news of her second baby. @JessicaCarpani has the latest -
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Two pictures taken 24 hours apart. Practice makes perfect - and that's what makes @Cristiano great. #Ronaldo #CR7
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@leap_services @TravelCTM_UK Hi Francesca - I'm writing up a story on this. Can I feature your plight and use the pictures please?.
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Louis Rees-Zammitβs NFL Pro Day. 40-yard Dash.1) 4.50s. WR 16th RB 9th. 2) 4.44s . WR 24th RB 5th. Broad Jump: 9ft 7in . WR Outside Top 30 RB 19th. Vertical Jump: 29in. WR Outside Top 30 RB Outside Top 30. (Combine comparison rankings).
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'You can believe me that the hospitals are full, or you can believe people who are sitting at a keyboard who've never put on a shred of PPE'. Strong words from @Kevin_Fong on rumours hospitals are empty - backed up by @issypips.
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@crickshouts In order: . - Pads.- England Test shirt.- No boundary markers/rope.- Under-armour.- Logoless pullover.- Slip's body position.- Outfield.- Quality of picture.
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Justin Tipuric photoshoot for Lovell Rugby and @CanterburyNZ at where else but the home of rugby @TrebanosRugby. All the time in the world for that.
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Some heartwarming tributes pouring in for Captain Sir Tom Moore. Summed up by @allisonpearson - 'What a century, what an innings. How lucky we were to have you, Sir'.
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@GabbyLogan It's all the English slowing down to take in the beauty, it is. Especially now they can get into paradise for free.
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BBC presenter Martine Croxall asks βAm I allowed to be this gleeful? Well I am!β. The news broke just minutes earlier that Boris Johnson had pulled out of the race to become PM. Some viewers said theyβve complained to Ofcom claiming it breaches BBC impartiality.
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"Do you know who I am? I'm like a Morrissey with some strings." . Heck of a night at @O2academybrix with @amy_sheppie for @thecourteeners.
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Boris Johnson is expected to get his Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine later this week. It was understood that the NHS told the Prime Minister he would receive that specific jab because of the public interest surrounding the vaccine.
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Harry and Meghan ITV interview peak - 12.3million viewers. Context: . - Gavin & Stacey 2019: 17.1m.- Harry and Meghan wedding: 11.5m.- London 2012 ceremony: 24.2m.- Bake Off final 2016: 15.9m.- Blue Planet II: 14m.- Lockdown I announcement: 24m.- Lockdown III announcement: 14.3m.
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Scottish health sec Humza Yousaf fails to see funny side of stacking it on a scooter. Moans the video (which you can see below) should never have been shared. Also, in 2018, publicly mocked Douglas Ross for. falling over.
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Think Iβve just completed British. In queue, outside Buckingham Palace, waiting for King to leave. Woman, 72ish, charges to front of queue shouting βCharlesβ. She runs into my bike, falls, spills tea. I apologise, having done nothing wrong. She misses King, calls me a prick.
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BREAKING | More than one million children in England were out of school last week due to Covid-19 related reasons, Government figures show.
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'Grief is the price we pay for love', HM Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022. Tomorrow's @Telegraph front page. And the day as it unfolded online here: I'll be back at 6am tomorrow morning to bring you the latest.
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Wales can be proud of this tour. Taken test rugby to Samoa, something near neighbours refuse to do, regularly highlighted by @Eliota_Sapolu.
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My take on a quite brilliant four months with Washington RFC. Itβs made me realise how much we take for granted in the UK. And how much of a mess our game is in. Itβs a positive read, I promise, just not if youβre British.
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Back-to-back News Website of the Year winners at the @PressAwardsuk. The @Telegraph. Thatβll do, pig.
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@thepaulwilliams All the genuinely great modern day Welsh 10s - Neil Jenkins, Stephen Jones, Dan Biggar - will/are never given their full credit until theyβre gone. Weird Welsh obsession that all our fly-halves have to be like Barry John, Jonathan Davies or Phil Bennett?.
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@Telegraph UPDATE:. - Water pipe burst due to electrical power surge, it is thought.- Happened in general medical ward corridor, not gynaecology.- Largely back to normal, minus clean-up job.- No 'Covid tank', but medics were told to wipe/spray if dealing with non-Covid patients, source says.
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England captain Harry Kane awarded the Freedom of the City of London. The award, which he will receive at a ceremony in January, will be made in recognition of his 'outstanding sporting achievements'. Below is a graphic showing all the trophies he's won with Spurs and England.
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Police searching for missing Oxford Brookes student Richard Okorogheye have released this video of him - his last known sighting. Got a cab some 25 miles from W2 to Loughton, Essex. Here he is leaving the taxi, checking his phone.
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RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 2 contestant Cherry Valentine has died at the age of 28. Family announce death with "most heart-wrenching and deepest sadness". "This will come as a profound shock to most people and we understand there is no easy way for this to be announced."
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Ms Croxall later admitted that she was βprobably breakingβ some of the BBCβs impartiality rules as she laughed at journalist Tony Grewβs mocking of Boris Johnson. Also on the panel reviewing the papers was @Telegraphβs own @camillahmturner. BBC have been approached for comment.
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Anum Qaisar-Javed was a teacher before an MP, said her pupils knew to close borders in Jan. Q: 'Is it your view that 13-year-olds in Edinburgh were thinking more clearly than Government?' . Cummings: 'Correct.'.
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BREAKING TRANSFER NEWS. IN: Mike Phillips (Scarlets). OUT: Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe).
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Inspirational doesnβt come close. Bloke has had all the adversity in the world thrown at him. Not only has he beat it all, heβs done it smiling and asking βwhat else you got?β. Toughest man I know, and the very best mate you could ask for. @simonrugππΌ.
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Police and FA are hunting these England fans who were filmed throwing Nazi salutes, chanting about Hitler and singing anti-Semitic songs in a Volgograd pub ahead of Tunisia match. More than a million Soviet soldiers were killed by Nazis in the city.
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Right βen @Nigelrefowens @WayneBarnesRef - we need some help. @Portsmouth_RFC restart, and Portsmouth player wins ball in the air against @EastleighRFC player. Refβs decision: take restart again. Now, we know thatβs nonsense, but what is the right call?. Over to you, gents.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT . Donβt microwave your mango chutney - it is a lethal substance that will melt hefty Tupperware. Obscene.
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@TobyJEdwards I donβt disagree RE slow replays. But I donβt think you can argue with this one. Itβs a shoulder straight to the face, slo mo or not.
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I'm back with my favourite story of the past decade today. It's . Rebekah Vardy vs Coleen Rooney. Libel trial starts right now with @LyonsIzzy at the High Court and you can follow it live here on @Telegraph - I forgot how good this story is.
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To be clear to those calling me a wanker. You may well be right, but this isn't me on top of the QE2 Bridge. I'm merely reporting the news. Happy to pass your comments on to Just Stop Oil, though.
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Managed to get my hands of a pair of Dan Carter special edition Adidas Predators. As a slow, 33-year-old fly-half, I refuse to be shackled. I will be nippy again, in spite of my two surgically-butchered knees. I dare to dream.
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Game's gone, lads. Lilt scrapped. Becoming Fanta Pineapple and Grapefruit. What a totally tropical waste of time.
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Jack Grealish surprises his mega-fan Finlay with a video call after dedicating his World Cup goal to him. Finlay: βI thought youβd forgotten.β. Grealish: βNah, you were always in the back of my mind.β.
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@Gareth_Davies09 Bloke's beyond. wonderful. adjective. inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous.
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Last (probably last) plug for my @CancerRugby boxing challenge. Left, pictured in early May weighing 16st 2lbs. Right, two days before fight on July 22, weighing 12st 13lbs. I lost 3 stone in 10 weeks. Hereβs how - @adidas @MuscleFoodUK
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Diolch @chrisevans1 am adael i mi sgwenu yn y Gymraeg iβr @Telegraph heddiw. Anrhydedd mawr. Dymaβr erthygl, syβn ceisio cyfieithu βhiraethβ oβr Gymraeg iβr Saesneg. Diwrnod balch iawn i mi - o bydded iβr hen iaith barhau. π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ.
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Congratulations to this baby in Lancaster for capturing the mood of the nation. (Pics: @oliscarff)
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A number of websites down this morning with an "Error 503 Service Unavailable". Including: . - - Guardian.- Financial Times.- Independent.- New York Times
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BREAKING | Big update in Liverpool Women's Hospital bomb explosion. - Three men - aged 29, 26, and 21 - arrested under the Terrorism Act. - Driver of the car injured and in hospital. - Passenger in the car - a man - is dead. Latest here -
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Desperately sad story by @imctagga - who is out hunting six dogs who were stolen when a walker's van was taken by thieves. One of the pets on board was @ruskin147's Collie Cabbage. Everyone in the newsroom hoping for a positive end to this one -
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At 8.40pm yesterday, the Met Police sent out an amended press release to update the pronouns of the second victim. Initially they said it was a woman called Gabrielle Hutchinson. Now, they say itβs a man called Gaby Hutchinson. Met apologised for any inconvenience or distress.
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@SouthernRailUK Thatβs not quite the point that Iβm making. My point is that I pay almost Β£6,000 for a ticket from Fratton to London Victoria. But I canβt get to London Victoria on your service. So Iβm paying for a service that not only am I not getting, but is not even in operation.
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Amazon Prime announce full Welsh-language production for Wales autumn internationals. Host: @owaingwynedd . Pundits: @ShaneWilliams11 @Nigelrefowens @nickyrobo Gwyn Jones and @SionedHarries . Welsh-language commentary will be provided by the brilliant @charlorugby.
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The story we both need and deserve. Wagatha Christie II. Rebekah Vardy suing Coleen Rooney over leaked Instagram stories saga in Β£1million libel battle which will play out in High Court.
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