This is probably not the page you’re looking for With the Speed World Cup in Bali finished, Watson now holds six straight speed world records. In April last year, Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia broke the speed record twice at the Seoul Speed World Cup – first with a time of 4.984, and then again with a time of 4.90. The record was bested by Watson in April last year at the Wujiang Speed World Cup, where he raced a time of 4.859. Later in comp, Watson pushed the record further to 4.798. In the elimination heats at last summer’s Olympic Games Watson broke his Wujiang world record by 0.04 seconds, achieving a time of 4.75. Later at the Games in the small final, Watson had a flawless race, once again breaking the world speed record with a time of 4.74 seconds. “NFL players do the two-minute drill where they do a simulation of going through processes, and if I want to break a PB in practice I will do the same,” explained Watson after his latest world record and gold medal victory in Bali. “I pretend I win gold, my opponent false started, and I just want to give the crowd one more run, especially this crowd in here in Bali. Everything just went right.” “The qualifiers and practice were boiling, he added. “I came back and put an ice pack on my head. But I am a competitor and the conditions affect everybody. I was lucky we got a bit of overcast so there was a little bit of shade, and I am really happy now. I wasn’t expecting it at all.” What’s next for Watson? “I will be going down to the beach and hanging out for about a day and enjoying this backdrop,” he said. “I’ll relax for a bit and enjoy this beautiful city, country, island. Then I’ve got Denver. The World Cup Series overall is one of my goals and I am not going to let it go. I will keep pushing and not let it go to my head.” A post shared by IFSC (@ifsclimbing) Get the digital edition of Gripped for your chosen platform: My adopted home has been a dark place of late voters turned against cruel politics – and raised hopes of a more progressive future The Finns say “spring comes in swinging” – when winter gives way to spring and green shoots meet the final flurries of snow some hope is beginning to emerge after a long a welfare paradise that is the envy of progressives across the west perhaps it is no wonder there has been a backlash from voters need support and an easier everyday life so that we can improve our own situation This reduces exclusion and prevents the escalation of problems.” Perhaps we await something more akin to Starmerism than a full leftist tilt Read moreHowever, shortly after moving to Finland in 2018 Finns would often lower their voices to a hush and speak of “the threat from Putin” I first believed this to be the product of generational trauma given Finland’s history of invasion by Russia It did not occur to me then that the Finnish assessment of the threat was accurate and that Europe (certainly Ukraine) was indeed at risk from its neighbour Unlike certain other leaders across Europe, who have expressed support or even admiration for Vladimir Putin, even Finland’s far-right parties have rushed to distance themselves from Russia since its invasion of Ukraine a country that recognises the dangers posed by autocratic leaders Finland has this to teach the rest of the world: that cuts to welfare and public spending are popular until they hit voters in their pockets; that genuinely progressive policies appeal to voters tired of austerity; and that there is value in standing up to tyrants Perhaps if social democrats build upon these lessons, we would finally see spring begin to break out across Europe I dare to believe that I see the first shoots of recovery in this country I have grown to respect Mike Watson is a media and art theorist and educator born in the UK and based in Finland His latest book is Hungry Ghosts in the Machine: Digital Capitalism and the Search for Self This article was amended on 23 April 2025 An earlier version implied that Maria Ohisalo was the leader of the Green League The neurosurgeon saved the boxer’s life in 1991 and since then the pair have become close friends Watson chuckles at his friend’s quip but, having interviewed Watson multiple times before and after the fateful bout that pushed him close to death, and having spent the morning with Hamlyn, I sense an essential truth. The brain surgeon and the boxer share a deeply compassionate intent to help each other. Watson says: “The spirit between us has no colour. The power of love is real, isn’t it?” Hamlyn replies gently: “That’s right, Michael.” while waiting for Watson and his carer to arrive Hamlyn had spoken about the ways he had made boxing so much safer and how he had started the previously ignored discipline of sports medicine in Britain in 2005 “Michael’s been an inspiring figure in my life and he was with me throughout a major tragedy in my family,” Hamlyn says “We have three sons and five years ago our eldest boy died Dominic was just 25 and he and his two brothers He was one of the few who actually came round I was there when it happened to Dominic and strengthened during the devastation of Dominic’s death “He was amazingly calm and very easy to talk to He’d ring me most days to see how I was doing.” Hamlyn is the founder and president of i-Neuro but he lingers over the link between his lost son and his old friend Dominic joined us one afternoon during Michael’s 2003 marathon Ricky Gervais also joined Michael and Dominic thought it was brilliant Most disabled people are looked down on and talked to loudly and pityingly but Michael was a famous hero doing incredible stuff That was one of Dominic’s great memories.” Michael Watson is congratulated by Chris Eubank after crossing the finish line in the 2003 London Marathon Michael and I went to numerous schools where he talked about what had happened to him He would get the students to feel the holes in his head from surgery They’d come away knowing which side of your brain controls which side of your body He talked about the fact that when he was rich and famous life wasn’t very good He also explained why life is now rather better for him.” The surgeon first saw the boxer in the early hours of Sunday 22 September 1991 Watson had dominated his world title bout against Eubank at a seething White Hart Lane He knocked down his bitter rival near the end of the 11th round and seemed to have won only for Eubank to drag himself up and land a desperate punch That brutal uppercut caused catastrophe as a blood clot developed and exerted terrible pressure on the left side of Watson’s brain. He was let down by the British Boxing Board of Control which failed to offer the necessary medical care at ringside or have an emergency plan in place It took almost two and a half hours for him to reach Hamlyn’s neurological unit and that delay changed the course of Watson’s life The tragedy could have been averted because in 1989 Hamlyn had saved two boxers adding: “Otherwise your brain is damaged every minute you’re not resuscitated With Michael there was pandemonium in the ring The referee stops the fight as Chris Eubank (right) knocks down Michael Watson in the WBO super-middleweight title fight in 1991 Photograph: Allsport“Eventually he gets to North Middlesex hospital where he had the resuscitation now given as a matter of routine at ringside But he was in the wrong hospital as they had no neurosurgeons It was two and a half hours before I got knife to skin.” When Hamlyn sliced open Watson’s skull it was immediately evident “he was severely damaged – the only surprise has been the extent to which he’s recovered” Hamlyn had worked at Formula One races with Sid Watkins his neurosurgical mentor who made grand prix racing so much safer “When Sid started working in Formula One [in 1978] it was considered normal that drivers died He was driven by it and I guess I inherited that Michael was the third boxer I’d seen with an identical injury and I thought: ‘This isn’t right they’re not getting the care that F1 drivers get.’ “I heard this storm that boxing needs to be banned and I was thinking: ‘That’s not our job Our job is to do the right medicine.’ Of course boxing is dangerous but we need to take out the unnecessary harm.” in the midst of a self-righteous cacophony asked me: ‘What should be done?’ I thought: ‘That’s an easy question this.’ Years later Des said: ‘The remarkable thing was that you came out with this list of really obvious things.’” Hamlyn reveals “there are 273 major A&E departments in Britain adding: “So the likelihood of finding someone who can help you with an urgent brain injury is vanishingly small For sports that threaten serious injury – motor sports combative sports – you need resuscitation on site and an evacuation plan You need an ambulance and to know which hospital to head for in case of serious injury The rest of my career was spent trying to disseminate that thinking across different sports.” Free weekly newsletterThe best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend’s action The surgeon explains brain damage in boxing with piercing clarity “If your head is against a wall it would be impossible to cause the injury Michael had The shearing force tears the blood vessels you’re very unlikely to get injured in that way The big risk is being caught unawares and fatigued So the main protection for a boxer remains the referee Boxing is so much better since Hamlyn’s recommendations were accepted he has picked out four members of the side that have been operated on by him But he stresses: “The creation of sports medicine as a speciality which came out of our successful Olympic bid in 2005 Until then there were no recognised sports doctors Hamlyn is fascinated by new research in neuroscience using AI. He talks animatedly of innovations where “people who were paralysed are able to move artificial limbs just by thinking – they’re also training people who’ve lost their speech to drive an artificial voice box, again just by thinking”. Watson’s brother Jeff sustained the same brain injury in a car accident when he was a boy. Meanwhile, Hamlyn’s brother Paul, an artist, has “occipital lobe dementia, which is the same as Alzheimer’s but the pathology starts in your occipital lobe and affects your vision”. Hamlyn says: “Michael and I are fired up by what AI can do for neurological disorders. It analyses mobile phone data to diagnose neurodegenerative disorders that boxers and sports people get. Five to seven years before symptoms develop, we can identify changes by assessing the tone of your voice, your eye movements, how rapidly you dial the numbers, the extent of your vocabulary.” Read moreThe agony of walking a mile now awaits Watson His left knee hyper‑extends and the quicker the pace the more it locks painfully Hamlyn will walk every step with his friend: “I’m a worrier and I’ll be anxious until it’s done.” oozes conviction: “I love the challenge and I’m a fighter I’m the people’s champion so don’t ever quit on life It has its downs but you can overcome them.” I ask Watson about helping Hamlyn to withstand the loss of his son “When I got injured I felt my spirit come out of this shell of my body I flew to the heavens like a bird in the sky.” He turns to Hamlyn We sit in the Rival Boxing Gym on the Caledonian Road near Kings Cross and I ask Watson how he feels being back in a boxing space: “It’s home a safe haven.” Watson is helped to pull on boxing gloves and He shouts “feel the force” as he keeps punching He has to be persuaded to save himself for his long walk Hamlyn says: “We have 50 runners running for i-Neuro and they will raise over £100,000 Frank Warren [the promoter] has donated £500 to each runner We can do an amazing amount of good with that.” Watson leans forward to make me understand how much this matters “Peter brought out the best in me,” he says “I’m raring to go and so thank God for my hero I love this man for saving my life and allowing me to look onwards and upwards.” Walk a Mile with Michael on Wednesday 16 April at 1pm, from Wellington Arch to Horse Guards in London. Donate here In response to a social media post asking who ‘ruins a movie for you’ with whom she has fallen out over trans rights Harry Potter author JK Rowling appears to have criticised the three leading actors of the eight-film franchise in a post on social media Rowling was responding to a post that asked: “What actor/actress instantly ruins a movie for you?” She wrote: “Three guesses but that was irresistible,” adding three laughing emojis said: “Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned.” After the publication of the Cass review of gender identity services in 2024, Rowling asserted that she was unlikely to forgive Radcliffe and Watson claiming they were “celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights” In 2024, Radcliffe revealed he had had no direct contact with Rowling since the row erupted This article was amended on 21 March 2025 to better reflect the text of JK Rowling’s 2020 essay in a summary of her views The defensive tackle is one of the most intriguing prospects in this year’s draft But the attributes that make him stand out could also be his downfall Desmond Watson is pro football’s next very big thing: a 6ft 6in, 464lb defensive tackle who is poised to become the heaviest player ever selected at the NFL draft and you’ll never be around a guy that’s that stature Tush push detractors believe the play gives too much of an advantage to teams with jumbo-sized offensive linemen But until the play is officially banned it may be that teams need to stock up on bigger defensive linemen as a counter That’s what makes Watson so intriguing: he could be one of those prospects who affects the players who come after him 330lb rookie William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry was the one dazzling crowds with his strength and speed on both defense and offense during the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl XX run Nate Newton (nicknamed the Kitchen because he was 5lb heavier than Perry) went from USFL castoff to the linchpin offensive lineman of Dallas Cowboys’ championship dynasty Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Orlando Brown was such a sight to behold at 6ft 7in and 360lb that people called him Zeus The idea that he could usher in a new era of 400lb pound linemen is intriguing “People see that number and think My 600-pound Life,” Watson’s high school coach But is playing a punishing game at Watson’s weight even sustainable Football already exacts a brutal physical toll on players more strain on joints and an increased risk for injury he never missed a game in his college career – but he has also struggled to maintain his weight and the Florida pro day marked his heaviest weigh-in yet Fans who watched Watson’s workout were quick to point out Watson huffing and puffing through portions of some agility drills – worrying signs Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe reckons Watson could be a reliable playmaker at 420lb – but Watson was reluctant to put any limits on himself which was the fastest offense in the nation all four years [of college],” he told Sharpe the more I can dominate because that’s the goal.” He added that he is working with a nutritionist to address his diet Free weekly newsletterJonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer Watson should get an opportunity to prove himself. Whether it’s a right-sized opportunity will be up to him. “I don’t care who it is,” Watson said of the teams that might draft him. “If anybody’s trying to put me in a jersey, I’m ready for it.” In a 6XL or slimmer fare, the reward could wind up dwarfing the risk. Whittlesea’s Tara Watson has been named the Melbourne Vixens 11th player for the rest of the Suncorp Super Netball season. Watson was named a training partner for the Vixens late last year and has been training with the side throughout the pre-season and season. The eleventh player rule, introduced in 2024, allows clubs to sign an additional athlete who can be strategically rotated into match-day squads beyond just injury cover. Watson said she was grateful for the opportunity. “It’s an exciting next step for me and I feel like I’ve learned so much being part of the group already,” she said. “It’s amazing to be part of a team with so much experience all over the court. I know my game is growing every week, being able to challenge myself against the best. “It’s also really special to be welcomed into a club with so much history and success, so I’m really soaking it up and can’t wait to see what the rest of the season holds.” Watson has been part of the Victorian pathways since 2021 and has made every junior state team and was part of the Vixens reserves squad last season. Watson, a defensive mid-courter known for her grit and reliability, also captained Whittlesea’s Secondary College’s senior girls team to a third-place state finish last year. The Vixens said that Watson has impressed with her efforts across the pre-season, taking the court in numerous pre-season matches including at the Team Girls Cup tournament in Adelaide in March. “Tara’s shown a great work ethic and appetite to learn,” said Vixens high performance and pathways general manager Sharelle McMahon. “This is a fantastic step in her development.” Watson told Star Weekly last year after being named a training partner, it wasn’t something that she had expected. “I had been contacted by Di Honey, the assistant coach at the Vixens, to organise a meeting just to talk about my future sort of thing,” she said. “I didn’t think much of it cause I was part of the reserves program this year so I thought that was what it might have been about. “Then she let me know that they had an opportunity to be a training partner.” She said the opportunity to train with some of her idols was pretty amazing. Watson was in action on Sunday as the Vixens reserves side kicked off its campaign. Hawthorn's Nick Watson is expected to receive a fine from the AFL after being filmed flipping the bird towards the crowd During the Hawks' 65-point win over Richmond Watson was filmed by a spectator directing a middle finger salute towards a group of Richmond supporters suspected to have directed abuse towards the small forward According to Channel 9 journalist and SEN regular Tom Morris the incident is set to become the third sanction of 2025 to be handed down for flipping the bird following both Harley Reid and Bailey Smith Bailey Smith was formally offered a $1500 fine for flipping the bird after Geelong’s Gather Round victory while Harley Reid was offered a $1000 for the same incident against Brisbane in Round 2 Crafted by Project Diamond The last episode of Watson left off on a terrifying cliffhanger when Dr Adam (Peter Mark Kendall) kissed his girlfriend Lauren (Amanda Crew) who we know was wearing lipstick tainted by Moriarty (Randall Park) That meant a sigh of relief when this week's episode opened with Dr Adam investigating a bunker beneath the Holmes Clinic's new patient's apartment They discovered a fridge full of black mold which Adam also ingested because he wasn't wearing a mask That was sure to have some mitigating consequences on whatever Moriarty had planned That would soon not be the case.   John (Morris Chestnut) was so focused on a new article about the clinic that would help the team build their library of genetic mutations that he didn't realize Moriarty himself strolled right into the clinic Ingrid (Eva Harlow) was very aware of who the stranger complaining of migraines was and immediately volunteered to help him Moriarty revealed he wanted Ingrid to sabotage John's latest project by pouring sugar packets into the samples This latest project of John's appeared to be Moriarty's prime target and Ingrid at least figured out who was manipulating her though that didn't stop her from going through with the plan Moriarty wasn't asking her to set back John's research by a few weeks but was actually ensuring his master plan to take out Adam worked out.  Things were going very wrong for the team when Shinwell (Ritchie Coster) finally showed up and confessed that Moriarty had been messing with his research He had been staying away to figure out how to write a confession to give to John but he returned early when he discovered the twins were sick and Shinwell knew that the jig was up.  and we saw Moriarty's revenge start to unfold as Shinwell returned to his car A gnarly red rash had appeared on his neck giving the impression that Shinwell wouldn't be around for much longer and he was ruthless with every movement.   John took a moment to process his best friend's betrayal and then tried to dismantle the clinic They could not continue their work if Moriarty was copying their database and using it for potential mass murder and Mary (Rochelle Aytes) all agreed to stay and help try to find a cure for the twins.  Morarity had also thought of that plan and was two steps ahead It turned out that he had relapsed while Lauren was out of town believed him and got the team working on the case to figure out an alternative reason for Adam's bizarre behavior They had no choice but to believe Stephens when he soon fell ill with the same symptoms.  The team was hard-pressed to figure out what could cause the twins' identical symptoms that were increasing in severity with each passing hour They finally landed on herpes that must have jumped to their brain but Shinwell's confession confirmed that Moriarty had made a super herpes designed specifically to take down the twins.  the team had to figure out a cure for the super virus and how to deliver it to the twins before it was too late The pressure amped up when Adams fell into a coma but John realized that his current research could be the key to saving the twins That research was the same research that Moriarty asked Ingrid to sabotage at the beginning of the episode.  John had been developing samples allowing the team to implant an enzyme that would cure the virus in the twins' brains Ingrid poured sugar into all of the samples It would take weeks for Watson to grow more Ingrid was drowning in guilt over what she had done realizing that Moriarty had already known those samples would be the only way to cure the twins John was able to extract just enough viable samples from the remaining cultures to make a cure for one of the twins The team would have to choose which one of them received it.  Adams has a book coming out and a fiancé waiting so you could argue he has more to live for Stephens just confessed his feelings for Sasha right before slipping into his coma so there's a deeply personal reason for her to choose him over his brother It's a moral conundrum that won't be solved until the season finale It looks like Moriarty has the team in quite the pickle and that's exactly where he wanted them.  Part 2 of Watson Season 1's two-part finale premieres on Sunday Episodes are available to stream the next day on Paramount+. Season 2 is already greenlit for 2026 Megan Vick has been writing about pop culture on the internet professionally since she was 18 years old but she's not going to tell you how long ago that was.  She grew up on British TV thanks to her very British mother but she also loves mom shows of all kinds and YA romances Watson's penultimate episode before the two-part finale “The Dark Day Deduction,” delves into John's military past as it appears we might lose a member of the team Moriarty puts the pressure on Shinwell and Ingrid in Watson's tenth episode in “The Man with the Alien Hand.” Watson finally reveals why our neurologist has been so shady as Season 1 heads towards its endgame Stream tens of thousands of hours of your PBS and local favorites with WETA Passport whenever and wherever you want 703-998-2600 tellyvisions@weta.org Hawthorn star Nick Watson has been captured on video making obscene gestures at footy fans after he was jeered by spectators during his team's win over Richmond on Sunday A video uploaded to TikTok shows the Hawks forward giving spectators the middle finger twice and making a masturbation gesture with his hand as he was heckled by spectators during the 65-point win at the MCG Watson - who is nicknamed 'The Wizard' - also gestured for the fans to keep talking and pointed to the scoreboard in the clip It's now likely the 20-year-old will become the third AFL star fined over similar offences this season West Coast Eagles star Harley Reid was fined $1000 by the AFL for directing a middle-finger gesture at Brisbane fans in March Smith also sparked outrage on Saturday night when he appeared to repeatedly grab his genitalia as he posed for photos with a fan in the dressing room after Geelong's win over Collingwood. Footy fans slammed Watson's display in comments they made about the TikTok video. 'Imagine how good a player he will be when he hits puberty,' one wrote. 'Tough guy on the other side of the fence with security to save him,' added another. '@afl should look into this,' wrote a third. 'This was his best highlight all game,' another commented. Watson kicked three goals and racked up 10 disposals in the win, which lifted the Hawks to third on the ladder. The match also saw former Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson publicly reunite with the team for the first time since leaving in 2021 and taking the reins at North Melbourne. Clarkson was one of the dozens of club greats among the 62,321 spectators on hand to see fan favourite Jack Gunston kick his 500th career goal in the Hawks' 16.13 (109) to 6.8 (44) triumph at the MCG on Sunday. Clarkson figured prominently in the pre-match ceremony, back in brown-and-gold for the day after being estranged from the club since his 2021 exit. The 57-year-old joined retired greats Luke Hodge and Jordan Lewis, among others, to present the spoils of last decade's three-peat when the Hawks' 13 premiership cups were paraded for the crowd. Hawks coach Sam Mitchell, who took over from Clarkson in a messy handover, admitted it had been daunting to have so many greats around the club during the build-up, but welcomed back his former mentor. 'He's a four-time premiership coach of the club and hasn't been around for a while, so it's great that he was able to go out and spend some time with the guys that he coached from Hawthorn,' Mitchell said. 'Then on the other side he's coaching an opposition team, so there's always going to be some complexities around that side of things.' Sunday's scrappy win won't be remembered as fondly as any of those grand final triumphs, but was another box ticked on the path to a possible 14th flag. The Hawks are 6-2 ahead of a clash with Melbourne in round nine, while Richmond (2-6) will look to bounce back against winless West Coast. Hawthorn's superior class and dominance at the contest meant they proved far too strong for the Tigers, pulling away after halftime to post their biggest win of the season to date. Jai Newcombe (27 disposals, five clearances), Massimo D'Ambrosio (30 touches, two goals), Josh Battle (33 disposals, 12 marks) and Tom Barrass all shone, though the Hawks had many contributors. No one seems to have shared their thoughts on this topic yetLeave a comment so your voice will be heard first. {{message}} but everybody needs to (possibly) survive the finale first When I spoke with showrunner Craig Sweeny and actor Peter Mark Kendall they shared their thoughts on their show's Season 2 renewal and why the finale case needs two parts When I spoke with creator/showrunner Craig Sweeny who came to Watson with experience in network TV renewals/cancellations after producing on shows like Medium and Elementary I'm lucky to have been doing this for a minute now... I wasn't on all those shows for all the seasons you do one season and then you make another one and subsequent events have shown that that is not always the case I'm just so excited we have a second season order who plays double duty on Watson as twins Adam and Stephens Croft It's such a strange thing making a show and then having a hiatus especially when it's a show that is so dear and so beloved by so many people that [you're] just kind of hoping and then finally getting that news is such a relief and so many texts and phone calls would be like we get to do this again!' So I think now it's just excitement and kind of itching to get started again Based on the promo for the first part of the finale one of the Croft twins doesn't appear to be in the best shape Stephens' glasses are usually the best giveaway but nobody needs to wear spectacles when they're seemingly unconscious in a hospital bed Opt for its Essential plan or go ad-free and get double the catalog with Showtime through the Premium plan from $12.99 a month get 12 months for the price of 10 with its annual plan Watson doesn't often delve into crises that affect the characters' health personally but it certainly looks like one (or both) of the Croft twins are in for a ride it'll be a ride that takes two hours of television When I asked Craig Sweeny what about the case of "Your Life's Work" needs a two-parter none demands two parts more than more than this one because it's a big case procedurally in that it pays off the storyline of what Moriarty has been doing with the clinic and it pays it off in a scientifically accurate but also very scary way that feels like science fiction It also brings all of the relationships that we've built up over the course of the season into high relief And it also has life or death stakes for a couple of the main characters everything is on the table for a massive two part spectacle All signs point toward Peter Mark Kendall having an eventful penultimate episode of Season 1 as both of his characters.. unless the preview is pulling a fakeout about whether one of the twins is in danger Kendall didn't specifically spoil what fans can look forward to in either half of the two-parter but he did have his own thoughts on why this case needs back-to-back episodes: we are also the patients as well as the doctors And I think we get to see kind of vulnerability and heroism from people that we don't normally get to see that from I think TV is always the most fun when it's life-or-death especially for a hospital-slash-detective show It kind of heightens the stakes and makes everything feel that much more exciting In case you doubt those stakes with the first half of the finale quickly approaching, check out the preview of not only one of the Croft twins looking rough, but Moriarty meeting Watson and Ingrid seemingly connecting the dots about Randall Park's character: Part 1 of Watson's Season 1 finale airs on Sunday ET and the series finale of Queen Latifah's The Equalizer at 10 p.m Part 2 of the finale airs on May 11 in the usual Watson time slot All three shows are also available streaming on Paramount+ Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Star Wars: Tales Of The Underworld Reveals How Asajj Ventress Came Back To Life, And I Had To Ask About The Major Moment It Turns Out Apple TV+’s The Studio Has ‘Shelved Whole Episodes,’ And The Executive Producers Told Me Why This Had To Happen Turns Out, Blake Lively’s Loving All Those People Calling Another Simple Favor ‘Insane’ Members of Sydney's Muslim community are hoping to shake up the political status quo A cheat sheet of the policies Australians are being promised on election day He will also reassess the need for the Islamophobia envoy did not respond to SBS News' request for an interview He told ABC's Afternoon Briefing on Tuesday he is facing the "most aggressive campaign" he's had in a while."No matter what you're told your seat on paper you always treat your seat as marginalised I've always done that," he said. Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke has been the member for Watson since 2004 Source: AAP / Mick TsikasHis opponent Basyouny also has a mountain to climb This was made harder last week after the Liberals preferenced Labor ahead of Basyouny on its how-to-vote cards.Jill Sheppard a politics lecturer at the Australian National University said Basyouny needs at least a third of the primary vote to stand a real chance against Burke."One of the dirty secrets in Australian politics is that major parties often work together to exclude the Greens independents and other minor candidates," she told SBS News. Greens could benefit from protest voteThe electorate of Wills in Melbourne's north is another area being targeted by the Muslim groups.The seat is held by Labor's Peter Khalil but both MVM and TMV are endorsing Greens candidate Samantha Ratnam About 10 per cent of the population in Wills is Muslim and Ratnam may well be the beneficiary of support from frustrated Muslim voters The Greens have staunch pro-Palestinian policies and have called for an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories.The party appears to be taking advantage of the groundswell of support they've received from the Muslim community Ratnam has described the fight for the seat as "the biggest campaign in Victorian Greens history"."It's been incredible to see the Muslim community come together exercise their power and say [that] they can vote for something different at this election," she told SBS News.Samantha Ratnam Greens candidate for the Melbourne seat of Wills Source: AAP / Ye Myo Khant/SOPA Images/Sipa USAThe Australian Electoral Commission's redistribution of Wills will also likely benefit the Greens.New boundaries scoop up polling booths in the south that heavily voted Greens at the 2022 election Labor's 8.6 per cent margin in 2022 is now predicted by ABC's chief election analyst Antony Green to be shaved to 4.6 per cent.Khalil who is Labor's special envoy for social cohesion has faced major heat with several protests and acts of vandalism outside his electoral office He's been accused of not being outspoken enough for Palestinian rights.But he said he has always spoken in parliament for peace and could have more power to provide help to the vulnerable. We've resettled a number of refugees in my elecorate .. in fact I've helped some families get out of Gaza and worked with the foreign ministry to do that work and help resettle them.Khalil describes the contest in Wills as between a member of a party of government "who can actually deliver outcomes for the community" versus someone from a minor party who can "make lots promises but can never deliver on those promises".'We're just warming up'The Victorian seat of Calwell in Melbourne's north-west is also under pressure.One in four residents of the Labor seat are Muslim and both MVM and TMV are backing the independent candidate Samim Mosleh.He will take on Labor's first ever Palestinian candidate So what do they stand for?" href="/news/article/the-greens-could-hold-the-balance-of-power-in-parliament-so-what-do-they-stand-for/5bqp9f5wi">The Greens could hold the balance of power in parliament ShareGet SBS News daily and direct to your InboxSign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.Your email address *Morning (Mon–Fri) By 2025-05-05T07:00:00+01:00 Robin Watson will succeed Forth Ports’ chair Lord Smith of Kelvin as he retires after 10 years in the role Source: Forth Ports “It’s been an honour to have worked with the fantastic team at Forth Ports over the last decade We have achieved a great deal together and I wish the company and its people further success,” said Lord Smith of Kelvin brings more than 35 years of business and industrial experience He has extensive boardroom experience of various government and industry entities most recently as a board member of the UK government’s investment council and on the board of the institute of directors Beginning his professional career in the energy sector with ExxonMobil Watson has also been chief executive of Wood “In addition to providing essential support for the UK’s imports and exports Forth Ports has significantly improved Scotland’s capacity to develop offshore wind and is consequently at the forefront of the renewable energy sector with plans for further developments as the technologies around the needs of the nascent floating wind sector emerge,” added Watson In February 2025, Forth Ports made a pair of promotions within the company Forth Ports has made additions to its executive board by promoting both Derek Knox and Webster who between them have more than 35 years of experience with the company Paul Dale has been appointed as chief operating officer at Forth Ports Forth Ports has trialled its new deepwater berth after the 293 m-long Carnival Legend cruise vessel called into the port of Leith Portugal’s Laso Transportes and Tagar Group have formed a strategic partnership aimed at expanding and consolidating their presence in the lifting and transport sector UK-headquartered winch specialist Rotrex Winches has rebranded as LGH Winches across the UK Fracht North America has made three appointments to key executive positions designed to reaffirm the company’s standing in the logistics and freight forwarding industry Site powered by Webvision Cloud Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time Hawthorn forward Nick Watson is likely to cop an AFL fine for an obscene finger gesture after footage emerged of him flipping the bird to Richmond supporters on Sunday On a day the Hawks celebrated their VFL-AFL centenary Watson was seen engaging with Tigers supporters in the goal square before giving the middle finger salute and then pointing toward the scoreboard Watson was almost certainly was sparked into action by the spirited Tigers’ supporters The flipping of the bird has become a slow-burn trend this season West Coast Eagles star Harley Reid was sanctioned for his actions towards Brisbane fans at the Gabba while Geelong recruit Bailey Smith has been fined twice There was the double bird he gave Adelaide fans during Gather Round while he as also sanctioned for taking aim at Hawthorn supporters when he left the field during the game at the MCG Smith and Reid were handed a “please explain” by the AFL Smith was sanctioned $1875 for his second offence AFL footy boss Laura Kane told this masthead last week she did not believe the league had been prudish when fining Smith and Reid It’s just not behaviour we want to see,” Kane said Tigers coach Adem Yze backed Tim Taranto’s decision to “fly the flag” and concede a 50-metre penalty and goal on Sunday when he knocked over Hawthorn captain James Sicily in a fiery melee just before half-time that will cause about a dozen players to be fined Yze said the vice captain might have overstepped the mark in giving away the penalty but preferred he did that in sticking up for his younger teammate Maurice Rioli jnr who Sicily roughed up after earning a free kick for tackling Rioli as the Tiger tried to evade him “I’d rather him do that than not go in there at all,” Yze said of Taranto The Hawks and Tigers get into a scrap during their clash at the MCG.Credit: AFL Photos The incident led to huge melee involving half a dozen players from each team with Hawks veteran Jarman Impey appearing uncharacteristically riled when he took on Tigers youngster Jonty Faull after trying to drag Toby Nankervis off Nick Watson but agreed he was more fired up than usual that just happens organically when you are having a bit of a blue,” Impey said He was adamant nothing untoward had happened to provoke him I am the type of guy who likes to follow-up pretty quickly so even out there I couldn’t really move on until I spoke to them,” Impey said “It was nothing and we all sort of laughed about it There was nothing too serious whatsoever.” Richmond defender Noah Balta – in his first game back since being convicted for an assault outside the Mulwala Water Ski Club late last year – was booed every time he touched the ball Hawks coach Sam Mitchell also dismissed the encounter physical games” and he thought his players were good in that area as they defeated Richmond by 65 points He said the sight of so many legends of the club at the ground to celebrate the Hawks’ 100-year anniversary (and 13 premierships) had made the build-up to the game different and he was pleased his team – although scrappy in their execution at times – handled the occasion understanding of the 100 years and the weight that carried and then to go and play 10 minutes later I thought they did a great job,” Mitchell said “I found it quite difficult on a personal level to get back to it.” said spending time with people like Shane Crawford and David Parkin who have been so instrumental in his career and then hearing Robert DiPierdomenico before the game saying he wanted to run out on the ground all added to a different atmosphere but the Hawks did the job with a commanding win Mitchell praised Tom Barrass for his performance in the first quarter when the ball was living in Richmond’s front half and the Tigers were racking up forward-half turnovers He also said he was not concerned about Sicily’s kicking struggles with the brilliant defender not hitting targets by foot in his usual fashion “Sic is a captain of the club and a fantastic player .. his last couple of weeks he hasn’t been at his best and he is working hard on his game,” Mitchell said “The best of James Sicily is in front of him .. the thing that makes him a great player is that he doesn’t shy away from it He knows he has to keep going for those kicks The Hawks just kept building their form as the game went on moving the ball from the back end better in the second half with Impey and Massimo D’Ambrosio instrumental in creating that run building on the defensive foundation Barrass laid in the first half such as when triple-premiership hero Jack Gunston kicked his 500th goal late in the third quarter to move to eighth on the Hawks’ list of leading goalkickers and 754 behind Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend Jason Dunstall Richmond kicked just six goals for the game with their first coming minutes before half-time – allowing them to avoid being the first Tiger team to go goalless in the first half since round 18 as the Hawks again showed why they remain a force to be reckoned with in 2025 What can still be achieved remains to be seen Keep up to date with the best AFL coverage in the country. Sign up for the Real Footy newsletter Watson was almost certainly was sparked into action by the spirited Tigers\\u2019 supporters Smith and Reid were handed a \\u201Cplease explain\\u201D by the AFL \\u201CWe don\\u2019t want to see [the bird] Adults might not think it\\u2019s a big deal It\\u2019s just not behaviour we want to see,\\u201D Kane said Tigers coach Adem Yze backed Tim Taranto\\u2019s decision to \\u201Cfly the flag\\u201D and concede a 50-metre penalty and goal on Sunday when he knocked over Hawthorn captain James Sicily in a fiery melee just before half-time that will cause about a dozen players to be fined \\u201CI\\u2019d rather him do that than not go in there at all,\\u201D Yze said of Taranto that just happens organically when you are having a bit of a blue,\\u201D Impey said so even out there I couldn\\u2019t really move on until I spoke to them,\\u201D Impey said \\u201CIt was nothing and we all sort of laughed about it There was nothing too serious whatsoever.\\u201D Richmond defender Noah Balta \\u2013 late last year \\u2013 was booed every time he touched the ball he said his Hawks \\u201Cwant to play tough physical games\\u201D and he thought his players were good in that area as they defeated Richmond by 65 points He said the sight of so many legends of the club at the ground to celebrate the Hawks\\u2019 100-year anniversary (and 13 premierships) had made the build-up to the game different and he was pleased his team \\u2013 although scrappy in their execution at times \\u2013 handled the occasion \\u201CThis was a big occasion for the club I thought they did a great job,\\u201D Mitchell said \\u201CI found it quite difficult on a personal level to get back to it.\\u201D Mitchell praised Tom Barrass for his performance in the first quarter when the ball was living in Richmond\\u2019s front half and the Tigers were racking up forward-half turnovers He also said he was not concerned about Sicily\\u2019s kicking struggles \\u201CSic is a captain of the club and a fantastic player .. his last couple of weeks he hasn\\u2019t been at his best and he is working hard on his game,\\u201D Mitchell said \\u201CThe best of James Sicily is in front of him .. the thing that makes him a great player is that he doesn\\u2019t shy away from it He still continues to want the footy.\\u201D with Impey and Massimo D\\u2019Ambrosio instrumental in creating that run such as when triple-premiership hero Jack Gunston kicked his 500th goal late in the third quarter to move to eighth on the Hawks\\u2019 list of leading goalkickers and 754 behind Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend Jason Dunstall with their first coming minutes before half-time \\u2013 allowing them to avoid being the first Tiger team to go goalless in the first half since round 18 \\u201CThe sky is the limit,\\u201D Impey said Keep up to date with the best AFL coverage in the country Exclusive: Sun reporter also wrote that former MP ‘must die’ according to claims in newly disclosed document the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s UK company took a “deeply concerning interest” in the phone-hacking campaigner Tom Watson while one of her journalists wrote that he “must die” according to claims in a newly disclosed court document A further email cited in Watson’s claim is from a senior reporter at the Sun to six colleagues in January 2011 which is said by the Labour MP to typify the attitude at the company It is claimed by Watson that NGN’s journalists “targeted Lord Watson heavily with the aim of dismantling his reputation and life” The claims are contained in a skeleton argument written in support of the former deputy Labour leader’s damages claim against News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publisher of the Sun and the now defunct News of the World was not tested in court as it was settled in January with a payout for legal costs and damages reportedly said to be in excess of £10m NGN apologised to Watson for “the unwarranted intrusion carried out into his private life during his time in government by the News of the World during the period 2009-2011” including when the former MP was put under surveillance in 2009 NGN has denied allegations that Watson was also a victim of phone hacking or other unlawful behaviour by any of its employees or private investigators The company said it was prepared to fight the claims in court The Guardian is able to report from Watson’s argument and the company’s defence after the parties agreed to provide them after an application to high court judge NGN denies that Brooks, who was editor of the Sun from 2003 to 2009 and of the News of the World between 2000 and 2003, and has been chief executive at Murdoch’s News UK since 2015 took a “deeply concerning” interest in Watson In relation to Brooks’s email regarding Watson’s possible inclusion on the joint committee it said there was a concern in the company that he would not be impartial An NGN spokesperson said: “It is well known and documented that NGN and Lord Watson do not see eye to eye and we are pleased the disputed case was settled by mutual agreement in January.” NGN “first took against Lord Watson in September 2006 when the editor of the Sun blamed Lord Watson (with no justification) for attempts to replace the prime minister (a personal friend of Ms Brooks) with Gordon Brown MP.” Watson then received an apology and damages from the Sun when it wrongly alleged in April 2009 that Watson had been party to a plot to smear the Conservatives and had lied about his involvement It is claimed by Watson that the “libellous attack” was “prompted and pursued by Ms Brooks” and that this was part of a “pattern” of behaviour NGN said that the “bulk of [Tom Watson’s] evidence in the claim appears to relate to complaints of insensitive or politically biased reporting and inappropriate handling of a 2009 libel claim none of which are actionable or compensable” NGN added in its defence that the high court when it heard the case should “not be drawn into a de facto public inquiry about the editorial choices adopted by NGN” You have reached ESPN's Australian edition. Stay on current site or go to US version CLEVELAND BROWNS CO-OWNER Jimmy Haslam was seated next to his wife and fellow owner at an oval table in a conference room at the Breakers hotel in Palm Beach Surrounded by a group of local reporters attending the NFL's annual meetings the Haslams spoke publicly for the first time since the Browns' 3-14 season Jimmy Haslam lamented what he called a "disappointing" season while also expressing "high confidence" in the two men charged with making the franchise's most crucial decisions -- coach Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry But when pressed to defend the duo's track record, one playoff win in two postseason appearances over five seasons, Haslam pivoted to what he called the "elephant in the room": The team's momentous trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson "We took a big swing-and-miss with Deshaun," he said "We thought we had the quarterback; we didn't And we gave up a lot of draft picks to get him so we've got to dig ourselves out of that hole [The trade] was an entire organization decision Haslam's comments regarding the Watson trade last week were the first public acknowledgements from anyone in the organization that the transaction has failed. Three years after trading a trio of first-round picks to the Houston Texans and giving Watson an NFL-record five-year Cleveland is searching for his replacement The Browns are mulling the decision to take one of the top quarterbacks in the class -- a move that or return them to their decades-long search for an answer at the position; the franchise has cycled through 40 starting quarterbacks since its return to the NFL in 1999 who has been one of the NFL's worst quarterbacks since joining the Browns is rehabbing from a right Achilles tendon injury that cut his season short for a second straight year and could sideline him for the 2025 season Speculation had risen about his future in Cleveland even before Haslam's candid admission at the league meetings But his words cast further doubt whether Watson will play another down for the Browns even as his bloated contract keeps him in Cleveland for at least one more season -- while executives and agents around the league expressed doubt to ESPN that the former Pro Bowl quarterback will get another opportunity in the NFL "The trade hasn't gone as we had hoped or anticipated," Berry said during his end-of-season news conference in January "Hasn't gone how Deshaun has hoped or anticipated I think certainly a big part of it is the stop-start with availability and that we never have gotten consistent performance at that position." Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam admitted at the annual league meetings that the Deshaun Watson trade dug a hole for his franchise. Nick Cammett/Getty ImagesLITTLE HAS GONE right for the franchise or quarterback since the Browns' bold move for Watson who was a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Texans Watson began his tenure in Cleveland serving an 11-game suspension in 2022 after more than two dozen women accused him of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct during massage sessions Two Texas grand juries declined to pursue criminal charges but Watson served his suspension after the NFL and the NFL Players Association reached a settlement on discipline -- this after he sat out the previous season following his trade request from the Texans who was signed as a free agent after his injury Watson's 2024 season was worse. He threw five touchdown passes and failed to reach 200 passing yards in any of his seven starts. Watson then ruptured his right Achilles tendon against the Cincinnati Bengals in October The injury was met with cheers from the Cleveland home crowd the Browns announced Watson had a second surgery on his Achilles after tearing it again this winter and would miss a significant portion of the 2025 season I think there was a lot of unusual situations "When a player has these kind of bad injuries it's really unfortunate for him and unfortunate for our organization." the team agreed to terms to bring back Flacco on a one-year Cleveland hasn't provided an update on Watson's status saying it's too early for a definitive return timeline "I think [doctors are] confident that he can [return from injury]," Jimmy Haslam said A foot and ankle specialist who has worked with NFL teams told ESPN that the normal recovery timeline for a quarterback who suffers a ruptured Achilles tendon would be about nine to 10 months But Watson tearing his Achilles again impacts his rehab "pretty significantly." "Anytime you have [to] go back in somewhere typically that means slower recovery in the beginning and a longer overall recovery and the clock starts back over," the specialist said now you're looking at closer to 10 months to a year The specialist said expectations for the recovery period for multiple tears need to be "tamped down a little bit." [more] likelihood that he doesn't play [in 2025] than he does from a medical standpoint," the specialist said "That's not including what the team might want to do with him in terms of whether they would risk him playing "The question becomes: Is he going to be ready if you really are eight games into the season When Deshaun Watson suffered a ruptured Achilles in October 2024 it signaled the beginning of the end. Nick Cammett/Getty ImagesTHE NATURE OF Watson's fully guaranteed contract and the Browns' salary cap situation make a divorce difficult to navigate now and after the 2025 season at least not without significant cap ramifications Haslam was asked at the league's annual meetings whether the team has an exit strategy for Watson's contract and I would just restate what we said earlier: We need to see what Deshaun's health situation is before we make a decision," Haslam said The Browns owe Watson $46 million in each of the next two seasons and have already restructured his contract multiple times -- most recently in March -- converting salary to a bonus and pushing cap charges into the future to free space There is $173 million in cap hits remaining on Watson's contract and parting ways with him this offseason would mean the entirety of that dead money -- a salary cap charge for players no longer on the roster -- is placed on the 2025 season which would make filling out the roster for the fall impractical Watson is likely to spend most of the season rehabbing on the physically unable to perform list And with an $81 million cap hit in the 2026 season he could remain on the roster for the duration of his deal Cleveland is already $15 million over the cap for 2026 the Browns bought an insurance policy for Watson's contract and received cap relief for 2024 after he missed 11 games to injury in 2023 They also received a small credit for his time sidelined during the 2024 season According to a copy of Watson's contract obtained by ESPN last fall the Browns have up to $44.2 million of his 2025 salary insured The $173 million in dead cap charges if the Browns cut Watson this season would be more than double the current NFL record, the $85 million charge the Denver Broncos took for releasing quarterback Russell Wilson in March 2024 Releasing Watson after the 2025 season with a post-June 1 designation -- a salary cap mechanism that allows teams to cut players and divide the remaining dead cap charges into two seasons -- would leave the Browns with a $135 million dead cap charge that could be split between the 2026 and 2027 seasons But there could be some relief if Cleveland were to separate from Watson after the 2026 season which -- though still steep -- would be much more palatable and would come with a likely higher salary cap Although any decisions on Watson's future likely won't happen for at least another year After splitting time between Miami and northeast Ohio for rehab before his second Achilles tear Watson has been conducting the bulk of his rehab at the Browns' practice facility in Berea Stefanski said at the NFL scouting combine in February that he expects Watson will stay in the area as the offseason workout program commences April 22 would another NFL team take a chance on him? Jeff Lange/Imagn ImagesFOR WATSON Any team that acquires him would have to take on the remaining salary for the next two seasons and the Browns would have to swallow amounts of dead money similar to those involved if they released him opinions from an NFL executive and a prominent agent were mixed on Watson's potential free agent market if he is released next offseason I don't see anyone picking him up," an NFC executive told ESPN Would he even be motivated to play at that point?" The agent said Watson's former Pro Bowl performance could afford him another opportunity if he returns to full strength "The league is forgiving with quarterbacks that have exhibited high-level talent," the agent said That's why I think a team could take a chance on him if he proves healthy Some owners could have a problem with that because of the past Berry said at the league meetings that the position room will "skew young" as Cleveland again attempts to find its elusive franchise quarterback "The message is if the right [quarterback] is there we're going to take him," Jimmy Haslam said we'll figure it out for a year or two until we get the right person There's good football players in this draft and we got to make sure we get the right ones for us." ESPN's Jeremy Fowler contributed to this report May 3 (Xinhua) -- American Samuel Watson claimed the men's speed climbing gold in a world record time of 4.64 seconds at the IFSC World Cup Bali on Saturday marking his fifth record-breaking performance in this event both Watson and China's 15-year-old rising star Zhao Yicheng - who has not yet reached the age limit for international competition this year - posted consecutive performances under 4.70 seconds The international climbing community had been highly anticipative of a new record ahead of the World Cup season opener in Wujiang but only saw Watson finish fourth after slipping in the semifinals Watson did not keep the world waiting long as he set a new world record of 4.67 seconds in the semifinal against Indonesia's Raharjati Nursamsa in Bali he improved his own record by 0.03 seconds in the final against Japan's Ryo Omasa I didn't expect to break the world record," Watson admitted regarding the challenging weather conditions in Bali "The qualifies and the practice were boiling I want to compete regardless of what's going on 19-year-old Watson is a bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics where he set the previous world record of 4.74 seconds in the bronze medal match The women's speed gold went to world record holder Aleksandra Mikjailova of Poland who beat China's Zhou Yafei in the final in Bali Indonesia climbers Kiromal Katibin and Adi Asih Kadek secured the men's and women's bronze Speed climbing features a unified 15-meter track for both men and women and holds the shortest time record of all Olympic events Since being included as a standalone sport in the Olympics its world record has been frequently broken during the Paris 2024 cycle with both the men's and women's records having been broken seven times each (not including this latest record) since 2023.  ■ Before his time at Scotland Yard with Sherlock Holmes, John Watson (Morris Chestnut) was also an Army medic, according to this week's episode of Watson John and Mary (Rochelle Aytes) were enjoying another cozy evening coffee date when he was called back to the hospital by a former Army buddy of his which John believed were his fault because of what happened during their time in Afghanistan.  John enlisted in the military to pay for his medical school education but he never truly adopted the mindset of a soldier He found a woman with a rare genetic condition in the Afghanistani village his unit John was performing an introductory exam on the woman when Dean told him they needed to leave the area immediately John hesitated because he didn't want to let the woman go That hesitation was enough time for a young boy to detonate a bomb built into his bicycle killing two unit members and costing Dean his leg.  John was overwhelmed with guilt over what happened and was ready to do anything to figure out what was causing Dean's increased distress As John focused on mending this critical relationship from his past Moriarty (Randall Park) was finally making big moves He may have successfully eliminated one of our fellows by the end of the episode and John still doesn't know he has two traitors working directly under him Dean also held the belief that John was responsible for his injury and losing his leg when John refused his order to leave the village they were scouting because John had found a woman with an extremely rare genetic disorder Dean refused to be seen by our detective doctor so John put Sasha (Inga Schlingmann) on the case She pretended to dislike John so that Dean would allow her to treat him and John could monitor the situation from afar.  The con was working until Dean slipped into another delusion and ripped out his IV wires He threw Sasha into a medicine cabinet and took off The team had to go into investigation mode to find him and bring him back to the hospital before the pain in his abdomen turned into something life-threatening.  Sasha and Ingrid (Eve Harlow) went to Dean's house to investigate environmental factors that could have led to his worsening delusions They found a stack of papers where Dean was tracking his workouts It turned out that Dean was working out to try to pass the ARMY fitness test and get himself re-enlisted before Mary received a call that Dean was on the helicopter deck of the hospital John was able to talk him down back into his room and the two shared a heart-to-heart before John explained that Dean's symptoms had worsened to a spreading paralysis.  and John spent the night on the couch in his room The diagnosis occurred to him the next morning when he saw that Dean's urine bag was dark The team had also stayed up all night and landed on the same conclusion a condition where his white blood cells had no heme content John put Dean on an IV to try to restore their normal function.  and Dean was so grateful that he told John that he knew where his mysterious Afghanistan patient was living in the United States John was able to reach out to his "genetic white whale" and continue the research he had dreamed of doing since first meeting her in Afghanistan.  Professor Moriarty was up to his usual sneaky tricks though his agent (Kacey Rohl) was still the one dispensing orders on his behalf She paid another visit to Shinwell (Ritchie Coster) to express Moriarty's displeasure with the fake DNA samples he had sent the week before It turned out that Shinwell had been doing some research of his own and threatened the agent by revealing he knew about her sick daughter Shinwell hoped to get out from under Moriarty's thumb.  they were interrupted by Adams (Peter Mark Kendall) The agent pretended that she and Shinwell were hooking up in secret but we shouldn't underestimate the Croft twin just because he's not as overtly ambitious as his brother Adams' interruption was enough to give the agent time to steal a soda can from his desk so she could run her own DNA sample without Shinwell noticing.  The plot thickened when the agent also cornered Adams' girlfriend She stole her lipstick and reported to Moriarty that she had "the DNA sample and the vector." The agent got a fright of her own when a different Morarity proxy approached her while she was visiting her sick daughter and returned the lipstick warning the agent not to make any more mistakes.  Lauren informed Adams during a pit stop at the office that her make-up bag had mysteriously returned That was foreshadowing because she returned to the office later that night and the audience watched her put on the controversial lipstick in the elevator on her way to see her boyfriend Adams apologized for being so absentminded lately before the two shared a passionate kiss There's something definitely up with that lipstick but is it going to kill Adams or just temporarily render him useless to John The professor might have just taken our most emotionally well-adjusted team member off the board Randall Park better be back next week to explain himself especially since the agent relieved Shinwell of his double agent duties while Adams was getting the kiss-of-probably-death.  Part 1 of Watson Season 1's two-part finale premieres on Sunday Episodes are available to stream the next day on Paramount+.  The Holmes universe is expanding on the CBS procedural as Watson introduces Irene Adler and Mycroft in “A Variant of Unknown Significance.” 'American Idol' Spoilers 2025: Top 8 Contestants Revealed, 2 Sent Home on May 4 Episode Adam Lambert & Boyfriend Oliver Gliese Attend a Charli XCX Concert Together in NYC! Viral TikTok Couple Darshen & Dr Samuel React to Rumors of Secret Wife & Kids Joshua Jackson & Jodie Turner-Smith Divorce Settled, But Here's What They're Not in Agreement on Yet Timothee Chalamet and LISA were among the many stars in attendance at the 2025 Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix held at the Miami International Autodrome on Sunday afternoon (May 4) in Miami and she even waved the checkered flag at the end of the Sprint Race The celebs watched a great race as McLaren picked up a 1-2 win with Oscar Piastri in first and Lando Norris in second, followed by Mercedes’ George Russell picking up the third spot on the podium Browse through the gallery to see more photos of all the celebrities attending the Miami Grand Prix… Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been rehabbing after retearing his right Achilles tendon -- a diagnosis that could sideline him for most But he seemingly had a message for anyone questioning if he'll be able to return from the latest setback in his career In a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday which documents his rehab at the Browns' practice facility Everyone don't think that I can get back to where I was But I know and I believe the work that I put in The peace that I've been channeling these last couple months I know I'm going to be way better than before." The comments come a week after Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam's admission at the NFL's annual meeting that his team's trade for Watson in March 2022 was a "big swing-and-miss." The Browns traded three first-round picks to the Houston Texans for Watson and gave him a five-year which was at the time a league record for guarantees "We thought we had the quarterback; we didn't," Haslam said "And we gave up a lot of draft picks to get him so we've got to dig ourselves out of that hole." The Browns have not provided a return timeline for Watson He initially ruptured his Achilles in October and then had a second operation in January after retearing his Achilles when he rolled his ankle "[Watson is] doing a great job with rehab," Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said at the league meeting "He's in there every single day working very hard but he's where he is supposed to be in the rehab and then we'll just kind of take that one day by day." The Browns still owe Watson $46 million in each of the next two seasons and have $173 million in cap hits remaining on his contract JOE Watson was a hero in the Port Adelaide district well before he eagerly traded his black-and-white football uniform for a khaki tunic in 1914 the citizens of Port Adelaide had struck a gold medal to recognise his part as a young energetic half-forward in the Port Adelaide team that had beaten VFL premier Fitzroy for the Champions of Australia title Watson was their local hero - a cult hero in the making Watson left an extraordinary mark at the Port Adelaide Football Club Watson was as blue collar as the Port Adelaide image demanded He certainly made a quick impression as a footballer in league circles Watson was called for his league debut on July 8 1911 at Hindmarsh Oval to replace future captain Alex McFarlane The reviews were lavish with one scribe declaring "Watson is a young chap who apparently knows the game up to the hill and the writer cannot call to mind more than a handful of juniors who played so coolly and effectively as did Watson in his initial senior game .. and if the Port club can draw on their reserve talent for such fine players as Watson it would do no harm to give a few of the regulars a well-deserved spell," added one critic After his second match - against South Adelaide at Alberton on July 15 1911 - the judges were declaring that the teenager was "a player with a cool head; he is teaching some of the older players a lesson in that respect" He was further praised as promising to be a second "Harold Oliver" the biggest star of South Australian football of this pre-war era the commentary would suggest Watson was a hybrid mix of Connor Rozee and Sam Powell-Pepper at Port Adelaide 1914 that sent the world to a devastating war changed that destiny The match reviews of the day also praised Watson as a team player who "is adept to shepherding ... (we) expect to see Joe put up some brilliant games before the season is over" the 1911 season ended with Watson injured (severely sprained ankle) two minutes into the premiership play-off with West Adelaide A training accident the week before had cost Watson his place in the line-up that beat North Adelaide in the semi-finals It was a flat finish to a remarkable debut season to Watson who averted the second-year blues by leaving Adelaide soon after to continue his football in Broken Hill Joe Watson had truly taken after his father (Joseph) Marshall Watson who "was bred hardy" and often seen walking from Queenstown to Largs to start work at 6am as a builder before he kept the books for a local timber yard He was constantly looking for adventure afar There was no time to present a second gold medal in 1914 after Joe Watson had become one of the "Invincibles" while Port Adelaide reigned as the unbeaten SA football premiers and Champions of Australia again this time with victory against Carlton at Adelaide Oval on October 3 Just 17 days later - with his 21st birthday caught between so much change in his life - Watson was on the HMAT Ascanius destined for Egypt and the battlefields of Europe Watson was among the first to enlist for a war that was reshaping European borders and empires while drawing young Australians to battle to defend their British king eight days before Port Adelaide tormented North Adelaide while conceding just one goal in the 1914 SA Football League grand final decided by a then record 79 points He spent almost 40 days in training at the Morphettville army camp before trading the backdrop of the Adelaide Hills with the pyramids outside Cairo Watson - like so many of his generation - had repeatedly shown his eagerness for adventure During the summer of 1913-14 he had tried to take his football allegiances to another portside club that had been impressed with Watson's goalkicking prowess during Port Adelaide's in-season trip to Western Australia in 1913 But the power brokers at Alberton well remembered the loss at Port Adelaide when Watson had previously "escaped" for new adventures after his league debut season of 1911 playing football with the West Broken Hill Football Club - and Port Adelaide slipped from premier to runner-up .. and was left to wonder the difference Watson would have made in the grand final loss to West Adelaide after failing to score during the second term Port Adelaide steadfastly refused to offer a transfer to the Western Australians Watson knew he had to return home if he wanted to play football He boarded the steamer Indarra returning to Cheltenham on April 15 It was the start of a grand football year for Watson: He won his second league premiership - and before he had 50 senior games to his record (that stopped at 36 matches with Port Adelaide) he was called to State duty with the South Australian team sent to Sydney to defend its Australasian crown at the national carnival in Sydney in August In the "final" against Victoria at the SCG Watson - who kicked two of South Australia's five goals - earned praise for his "hard work" as a forward as had been long established by his grandfather Joseph Such a football resume before his 21st birthday leaves little doubt where Joe Watson might have stood in the Halls of Fame at Port Adelaide and South Australian football had the world not been caught in the waste of the "Great War" Not in question is how Watson represented his family his community and his football club once he was assigned service number 1098 with the Australian army His military file reads as his football record: " .. tremendous bravery and leadership throughout the various battles he fought in ..." And there was an attitude that made Watson as admirable to his commanders as he was to his team-mates at Port Adelaide He was among the Anzacs of the 10th Battalion sent to Gallipoli on May 7 Two months later he was writing home with an enthusiasm that contrasted the reality of a dire and bloodied battleground "We had a bit of a go with the Turks about four days ago," wrote Watson soon after landing at Gallipoli "And we gave them a severe drubbing and made them quiet for a while "We came out of the firing line today for 48 hours and the rest is all right we get very little and I am sure I shall always be an early riser after this We get plenty of work and any amount of good food The reports from the front lines had suggested otherwise There were copies of the Adelaide papers being sent by Port Adelaide fans in particular the well-known and devoted Sammy Lunn There also were stories of Watson seeing the worst of Gallipoli Watson ultimately wrote to the (Sunday) Mail to say: "As for rumours that I have been wounded I am pleased to say that I am in the best of health and spirits and enjoying the fun immensely." Watson was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal on September 21 1915 while fighting in Gallipoli and to Corporal on November 3 After the order to evacuate Gallipoli was delivered on December 15 Watson stood with the last Anzacs until he embarked an evacuation ship on December 20 1916 the call to the battlefields of France had Watson on the BEF Alexandrina destined for the Western Front - and a week later on his way to England to recover from the first of many bouts of pneumonia Watson was at the Battle of Pozieres in July 1916 earning high praise for his bravery in battle as detailed by senior officers in a letter of recommendation stating: "During the consolidation of trench games Sergeant Watson displayed great courage and leadership although his platoon was reduced from 35 to nine He stuck to his post and did everything possible to encourage the few men left to hang on until reinforcements arrived." After leaving training on command at a base in England Watson was promoted to Company Sergeant Major while in battle in France on October 17 Watson was writing to his mother at Albert Park of the near scrapes he was experiencing 1916 when he was part of the 10th Battalion holding positions on Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient Watson and his comrades were noted for fighting "their own private war with the Germans" They were firing rifle grenades into no man's land shattering the quiet of the night The battalion's war diary records "we annoyed the Boche during the night with rifle grenades Watson's account to his mother again made it seem a great adventure: "I happened to look up and saw an aerial torpedo coming down and I shouted out but it was too late to jump out down so we just ducked our heads and it landed four yards either side of us with a terrible explosion The only damage it did was a piece of splinter which hit Sergeant Guthrie in the shoulder We had just got over that when another came and we jumped down and got into the tunnel and it landed right into the hole blew the rifles and grenades to pieces and we Watson was again diagnosed with a severe case of pneumonia and put on a hospital ship Watson attempted to escape to rejoin his unit in France 1917 - after being caught and taken to hospital 1917 when he was seriously wounded by the shell shot from an 18-pounder fired from a Howitzer during battle at Bullecourt He died on May 12 with his citation on being awarded the British War Medal the Victory Medal and the 1914-15 Star Medal reading: "Throughout his service in the war Joseph Charles Watson displayed leadership qualities strong mateship and outstanding bravery in extremely tough circumstances He displayed the qualities of a true ANZAC soldier." who died of wounds suffered while in action with the 16th Battallion 4th Infantry Brigade at the Dardanelles in May 1915 Woodville-West Torrens defeated Port Adelaide to take the points in Round 5 of SANFL action Port Adelaide have been defeated by the Western Bulldogs in Round 8 Chad Cornes spoke to portadelaidefc.com.au ahead of Round 8's clash against the Bulldogs The Magpies have locked in a squad for its round 4 clash Connor Rozee and Jordan Dawson speak to the media at Adelaide Oval ahead of Showdown LVII Watch Port Adelaide’s press conference after Round 8's match against Western Bulldogs Port Adelaide has made four changes for Saturday’s clash against Woodville-West Torrens The Port Adelaide Football Club acknowledges the land on which we train and play are based on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people We respect their spiritual relationship with their country We also acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional custodians of Australia and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living people today while Olympic champion Miroslaw earned a career's 13th World Cup title in the speed finals before the USA climber improved on that time to reach the top in a remarkable 4.64s in the final The 19-year-old's rival in the final race, Japan’s Omasa Ryo, had to settle for silver after a false start. Omasa had set a personal best of 4.90s earlier in the quarter-finals in Indonesia. In the race for third place, Kiromal Katibin came out on top in an all-Indonesian battle against Raharjati Nursamsa to secure consecutive World Cup podiums. The Polish climber prevailed against China's Zhou Yafei with a time of 6.37s Indonesia's Adi Asih Kadek finished third in 7.27s ahead of Republic of Korea’s Jeong Jimin Sam Watson powered to a perfect prologue at the Tour de Romandie to secure his first victory with the Grenadiers Watson clocked a time of 4:33.30 to take the win on the 3.44-kilometre course in Saint Imer just milliseconds ahead of UAE Team Emirates’ Ivo Oliveira.  After securing his first WorldTour victory Watson also pulled on his first overall leader's jersey as a professional In doing so he became the 50th rider in the team's history to lead the race Artem Shmidt was the next best Grenadier in 13th while Carlos Rodriguez had a strong start to be in contention with the GC competitors Wednesday will see the riders tackle the first stage with 194.4km and four categorised climbs I was out training in Andorra yesterday and I got a call from the team saying to get to the airport as soon as I could because I’m racing Romandie tomorrow I crossed the line and I didn’t know I was leading until the first interview To say I’ve won my first WorldTour race with INEOS Grenadiers "It definitely gives me some confidence going into the next stages I was at the end of quite a hard three day block so today fills with me confidence HAWTHORN is approaching its highly-anticipated grudge match against Port Adelaide with "more anger" than a normal game The undefeated Hawks will return to Adelaide Oval for the first time since their 2024 campaign ended in fiery and dramatic circumstances last September Port coach Ken Hinkley was fined $20,000 for his taunting of Jack Ginnivan on the ground after the Hawks' three-point loss having been enraged by a comment the youngster made on social media prior to the semi-final Hawthorn captain James Sicily then jumped in to defend Ginnivan engaging in some heated words with Hinkley that continued as Hawks champion Luke Breust was being chaired off the ground after his 300th game Hawthorn dynamo Nick Watson expected the group to be fired up for Sunday night's blockbuster "Obviously it sits in the tummy," said Watson who was speaking on Thursday as an ambassador for Greyhound Adoption Month Hinkley v Ginnivan 2.0 and plenty of other storylines to look out for in the final game of Gather Round and it definitely sits there and put a bit of anger towards us "It definitely sits in the back of our heads and obviously we'll have a bit more anger going into this week "We definitely want to get one back on them." has been a key member of the 'Hollywood Hawks' has become known for his lively goal celebrations The most memorable image of last year's post-script was Hinkley mimicking a plane telling Ginnivan he wouldn't be flying to Sydney for the preliminary final when asked if he would pull off an aeroplane celebration and there could be a few outrageous 'celes' (celebrations) I reckon "It (Hinkley's aeroplane move last September) definitely set Sicily off .. Ken Hinkley appears to wind up the Hawthorn players after the match as tensions boil over Hawthorn (4-0) will head to Gather Round without star midfielder Will Day who could miss the rest of the home-and-away season with a foot injury Watson described Day's injury as a "heartbreaker" but I'm sure there'll be boys who come through the VFL that will step up and take his spot." Gold Coast Academy’s Usher on her ACL injury rehab battles and best friend Havana Harris incredible misses and more in our look back on the April action of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership season Three-time premiership coach Mick Malthouse gives host Bharat Sundaresan the rundown on how Australian football began and how it became such a significant part of Australian culture With a challenging month of away clashes ahead Fremantle needs to find a way to win on the road if it's to seriously contend in 2025 One of footy's famous rivalries will kick off the AFLW season to mark the 10th season of the competition Check out all the action from the state leagues around the country Damian Barrett and Matthew Lloyd with the latest news and opinions from Round 8 Justin Longmuir is weighing up the return of Sean Darcy to the AFL line-up with a number of other players close to returning Footy Feed: Sarah Olle and Riley Beveridge with the latest news Check out the Rising Star for AFL’s Round 8 Will a hard tag from Jack Viney be the reason Harley Reid leaves the Eagles Vote now on your favourite marks from Round 8 of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season The Match Review findings for Sunday's round eight games are in In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today Current issue,  Podcasts,  NewslettersMy fellow Americansby Don Watson US politicsKamala Harris. © Peter Zay / Anadolu via Getty ImagesA speech for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the event of an election outcome Thank you to all those good people who had hope and worked their Democratic butts off in this campaign we had the White House for 12 of the past 16 years How are we not responsible for this shemozzle And given a choice between me and the clown half the voters of America voted for the clown they voted for the nearest thing to a fascist movement we’ve seen since the 1930s none worse than those Republicans in federal and state legislatures who for 30 years have seen it as their patriotic duty to thwart every effort to make this country fairer and saner And we can blame the people who voted for Trump – though in a democracy it doesn’t do to fault the people even when they are voting for a cretin or an autocrat But there’s no way round the fact of our own responsibility telephoner and leaflet dropper knows what the hardest sell was – it was our story Not just the past three and half years of it Selling the three and a half years was hard enough when the story of the man telling the story extended through every one of the preceding 30 years and another 20 before that The Democratic Party had the glow it always needs Even old Republicans – “Republicans of (belated) conscience” – said they would vote for us These scrupulous ladies and gentlemen did not come our way because they liked our Infrastructure Bill our commitment to the reproductive rights of women but the depravities of Donald Trump were more than self-respect good taste or the affection of their grandchildren allowed And having learnt that all Joe Biden’s Rooseveltian initiatives were as nothing to a population hardened in their loathing and distrust of government we had no choice but to hoover up the votes of every American who if it was the only thing they shared with us still respected their country’s institutions – or at least saw them as useful to their interests it only went to show that our story was still a dog If we’d had something better to say for ourselves we wouldn’t be welcoming Dick Cheney’s support – speaking of felons Cheney and his little neocon cabal laid half the foundations of the present chaos I should have told them we didn’t need their stinking votes The hard thing was dodging our part in his success The truth is we laid the other half of his foundations It’s not to forgive the Republican congress whose obduracy put the idea of triangulation in Bill Clinton’s head quickly became the first principle of progressive politics Taking on Republican policies worked so well at the 1996 election who could blame the Clinton crew for wanting more of the same It turned out that giving big business everything they wanted – deregulating paying about half the tax they had paid two decades earlier – was good for everyone Trickle-down economics – why hadn’t we thought of it before Neoliberalism laid waste to millions of jobs his New Democrat administration enabled ever greater concentrations of corporate wealth and power including power over the new communications technology – monopoly power despite government investment in education and training for the shiny new jobs of the new economy the policies created a reservoir of disenchantment and anger You take more than wages when you take away jobs: did we Democrats need this explained to us or were our lives too busy and exciting to give a damn Now that Trump has fused all that rage into a mass cult backed by corporate power and people speak credibly of American fascism can we see how we provided one of its essential preconditions We found out where banking deregulation led in 2008 Who can ever forget the expressions of surprise in Alan Greenspan’s testimony You would have sworn he was the primary victim of the collapse But the old Ayn Rand devotee was not long discouraged “and America will re-emerge with a far sounder financial system.” And sure enough and the real victims were left on uncontested ground for Tea Party populists We did as much as the Republicans to generate economic inequality We’d been giving up on blue-collar workers for years Inequality was a deforming feature of the country when Barack Obama won in 2008: now it is grotesque Having made ourselves the party of the left Brahmins in the Obama years we added insult to that injury by presenting too often as the party of unyielding political correctness there were sound liberal principles involved But both liberal principles and personal identities are most secure where the values and institutions of a pluralist democracy are firmly agreed aged care and childcare – a more perfect union in a broader sense Those things should be our party’s meat and drink We should never give up on them and never stop going to the places where Bernie Sanders went with policies to make amends as a comforter for our liberal sensibilities could not resist provoking and widening Trump’s electorate by describing the aggrieved and disaffected as racists no phalanx of lawyers could have done more for Trump’s ambitions than we did and never wondered if our condescension was not making his work easier We convinced ourselves that democracy could coexist with massive disparities in wealth and power egalitarian perspective coexists happily enough with our privileges On such grand compromises our nation is built our history is also punctuated by days of reckoning It is to Joe Biden’s inextinguishable credit that he brought us to our senses in 2021 He recognised that there can be no political democracy without a substantial measure of economic democracy He rebooted the forgotten notion of a moral economy He declared openly and freely that we had been on the wrong path with the corporations since Reagan and Clinton: that their unregulated power not only threatens the social and economic fabric but puts individual liberty and democracy itself at risk And he knew you can’t triangulate with an autocrat or a madman Joe led the Democratic Party away from its worst indulgences imaginative and concrete things that improve the lives of millions somehow make Americans as Walt Whitman wanted them made as “separate and complete subject[s] for freedom” We have made the corporations in that very mould but millions of our citizens still await their turn He knew he could not tell it and convert national opinion in one term But the story needed one thing that Joe never gave it Joe never confessed; he never told the nation the Democrats had got too much wrong that there’d be no Donald Trump without us A mea culpa as a kind of rhetorical triangulation: we breach the walls of their belligerence and grant ourselves an honourable beginning on behalf of the party that made me the candidate I have something else to confess – I don’t know how to stop the madness I suspect half the population don’t want it to stop The people are divided and the system’s broken I feel like history is rushing over us and we are powerless It gets me thinking of those 19th century paintings by Thomas Cole: crumbling ruins the melancholy little figure by the Doric column In a perfect world we’d have a Constitutional Convention We can’t agree on anything in this country probably we’d still be stuck with what we’ve got: the Electoral College And it’d be a shot in the arm for the local economy We could put on the biggest concert since Woodstock – whenever that was Why didn’t someone else think of it and tell me It would have gone down well in Pennsylvania George and Amal could chair some of the sessions The Monthly is a magazine published by Schwartz Media For subscription enquiries, call 1800 077 514 or email [email protected] For editorial enquiries, email [email protected] an event he heard about from a De Pere student that encouraged him to attend.The annual event raises money for De Pere High School's "Sting Cancer" club which uses those funds to support those in the community affected by cancer.Watson's mother battled thyroid cancer while his mother-in-law went through breast cancer.“Between my mom it could have easily gone a different way for them,” Watson said they survived and they’re still kicking...it just means a lot to me to be able to come out here and hear other people’s stories see how much hope they still have and how happy they are to still be able to do stuff like this even when it hits home for them.”Watson is dealing with his own battle of coming back from an ACL injury He hopes to return sometime during the 2025 season saying he has a "couple months remaining" in his recovery timeline.The wideout has continued rehabbing at the Packers' facility saying it helps being in Green Bay.“Being around the guys it’s always a little different when you’re around the team,” Watson said keeping the mentality there...I've got a couple more months ahead of me I’m in a really good spot."Watson has fought through injuries his entire NFL career the receiver doesn't see that as an option."I was raised to be a fighter and to chase after the things that I want," Watson said "I’ve gotten a lot in my life so far but there’s still a lot of things that I want For subscription enquiries call 1800 077 514 or email [email protected] The word went out on Monday: the following day there would be an emergency meeting of Victoria’s CFMEU shop stewards The meeting’s trigger was obvious: on Sunday evening Nine’s 60 Minutes aired another story about the union’s squalor Six months after the union entered national administration the employment of bikies and meth-addicted crooks on construction sites throughout Victoria the expensive “industrial consultancy” of gangland figure Mick Gatto Then there was footage of a union health inspector standing over a woman and viciously kicking her was the inclusion of a candid Geoffrey Watson the barrister employed by the CFMEU’s administration to investigate corruption He declared his astonishment at the scale of corruption and gangland tactics This is not unexpected – although it was unexpected that he gave the interview while still in the middle of investigations A few hours after the CFMEU’s national secretary three resolutions were released to members The Saturday Paper saw the two-page document not long after its distribution The first two resolutions were boilerplate: that it had been resolved to denounce (a) the bashing of women It was a revision of the eligibility criteria for shop stewards the men and women nominated to represent their colleagues on worksites but it speaks directly to the corruption of the union and the difficulty of purging it The resolution committed to ensuring stewards had been union members for five years had been nominated and voted for by their own peers on site Sold as proof of the union’s commitment to reform the very context of this resolution had already undermined whatever emerged from it “Today’s shop stewards meeting was a wank,” one member told me Jacinta Allan’s kneejerk reaction made through Zach Smith.” Many in the union wondered why these basic standards of eligibility were not already imposed They also wondered how it might be practically applied very few shop stewards now would fit that criteria,” one Victorian union executive says “They were appointed as people with no connection at all to the industry Tell me who will nominate against the current shop steward One former CFMEU leader assumed that the new rules would not be applied retrospectively because so many current shop stewards would fail the test Geoffrey Watson’s appearance on national television was unusual: it came mid-investigation and from a man who has stressed the importance of professional discretion Several union insiders shared their belief that Watson’s appearance on 60 Minutes was the result of his own substantial frustration and that it had not been authorised by the administration Watson declined to speak to The Saturday Paper likening the union’s “rot” to both cancer and the fictional Mafioso clan in The Sopranos His descriptions of the scale of corruption contrasted with the relative narrowness of his only published report so far which examined only elements of the New South Wales branch corruption was largely unchanged by six months of administration several union insiders told The Saturday Paper that if Watson can retain his stamina and enjoy greater resources with which to investigate the scale of corruption he’s described then the NSW report will merely be chapter one of a vast book A former national executive of the union told The Saturday Paper they would be pleased if Watson was tapped by the federal government to replace Mark Irving as the union’s administrator “I thought that corruption was so extensive that the government were right to appoint the administration,” the official said we’re at the point that we think the administration has done a lousy job Six months after the union was put into administration the decline of faith among union members and executives in Victoria and NSW seems to have crossed a threshold There is a righteous sense of fury against the alleged “aloofness” and ineffectiveness of the administration “It’s galling that Irving is based in some fancy office in Collins Street when the union headquarters are one kilometre down the road,” one union insider says “Why doesn’t he set up shop at Elizabeth Street A former CFMEU leader says of Irving: “It’s all about the hearts and minds of the rank and file It’s not about your bureaucratic and legal structures And all that’s happened to date are heaps of workers in Victoria tried to approach the administration and have walked away empty-handed and in NSW they’ve given material to the integrity unit and nothing has happened He just doesn’t understand the collective and creating goodwill.” the Committee for a Corruption Free CFMEU NSW Branch released to members a “Six Month Report Card” on the performance of the administration Imposing a grade of C-minus on Irving’s team it reads: “We are willing to work constructively with anyone who wants to see the union restored to a proud The report says the administration has seemed indifferent to the firebombing of an organiser’s car last month failed to communicate the findings of Watson’s recent report on NSW and been generally timid in making public issues that would invite debate about the status of people still employed and personally appointed by Darren Greenfield the former NSW union secretary now facing criminal charges the same problem of dubious individuals stripped of their titles and yet remaining as influential figures on job sites was something confirmed to The Saturday Paper by several union insiders The report ends with this: “The people appointed to administer the CFMEU Construction Division need to do much are utilising valuable union funds and are for the most part seriously underperforming.” a class action has been formulated between lawyers and Victorian union members allegedly blacklisted from worksites – often for their opposition to former union boss John Setka or their union’s outlaw elements Melbourne legal firm Adero Law announced they were “preparing a Class Action against Mr John Setka and the CFMEU Construction & General Division (Victoria-Tasmania branch)” the law firm said: “Adero Law understands that the CFMEU has maintained a ‘blacklist’ of up to 300 current and former members who the CFMEU has decided to ‘ban’ from working in the construction industry Adero has spoken to dozens of current and former CFMEU members Many of these individuals instruct Adero that they believe the practice of blacklisting has been prevalent within the CFMEU for many years including many members who peacefully protested outside the CFMEU office during September 2021; and continues to the present day at many Victorian construction sites … Adero is not aware of any lawful basis for the CFMEU to control who does (or does not) work on any construction site.” told The Saturday Paper they hoped the suit might encourage a level of transparency and accountability that police several inquiries and the union’s administration have not been able to achieve “We’ll be able to ask for phone records,” they said that we can see who made what calls when certain things happened The people who were blacklisted did nothing wrong.” Nick McKenzie – the journalist who has done most to publicly air the union’s corruption – shared a simple insight: “These rackets typically need three parties: a mobster a dodgy unionist and a corrupt building company but a significant number of Victorian members executives and former leaders would add a fourth party: a state government that enjoyed donations from the CFMEU and were desperate for a co-operative union when their ambitions were tethered to the $100 billion “Big Build” her office and Victoria Police by responding to questions regarding her government’s seriousness about cleaning up the union by announcing a “new” police taskforce – one that was established nine months ago a fact the state’s police force felt compelled to publicly repeat The Saturday Paper understands that desperate communications were exchanged between government staffers and police in an attempt to publicly square the discrepancy Victoria Police obliged by issuing a fresh media statement in which it declared that Operation Hawk had been “newly expanded” and it naturally attracted the contempt of many within the union As one executive told me: “Who allowed Setka to become the unofficial premier of the state?” There are many important folks who’d prefer that question to be left unanswered Share this subscriber exclusive article with a friend or family member using share credits use share credits to share this article with friend or family Share credits renew each month and allow a non-subscriber to read a full article Subscribe to The Saturday Paper for less than $2.30 a week Phone   1800 077 514 Email    [email protected] Email    [email protected] playMonahan: 'Fully committed' to PGA Tour merger with LIV Golf (1:20)PGA commissioner Jay Monahan discusses the process of unifying LIV Golf and the PGA AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Eight-time major championship winner Tom Watson doesn't believe the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will be able to reunify men's professional golf anytime soon said there are too many obstacles for the PGA Tour to reach a deal with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund which has financed the rival LIV Golf League since its inception in 2022 DP World Tour and the PIF signed a framework agreement to form an alliance in June 2023 but the sides have been unable to hammer out a deal -- even after a recent four-hour meeting at the White House sources confirmed to ESPN that the PGA Tour has rejected the PIF's most recent offer to invest $1.5 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises which came with the caveat that the LIV Golf League would remain intact "I don't see a real working mechanism for the two tours to get back together I think that's one of the reasons you haven't seen an agreement since June two years ago." But golfers from the competing sides rarely play together outside of the four major championships "The one thing I do know is that Scottie Scheffler in his speech at the past champions dinner on Tuesday night said 'I'm glad we're all together again,'" Watson said "So the players would like to get together But it's really up to the powers that be to see if there's a framework in which the two tours can cooperate." Sources have told ESPN that the PIF wants its governor to serve as co-chairman of PGA Tour Enterprises' board The Saudis also want team golf to be an integral part of the sport's future ecosystem PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan suspended golfers who competed in LIV Golf tournaments without a conflicting-event release "I don't see that framework happening," Watson said but the key element of the PGA Tour -- the one thing that is required of you is to get permission to play in a competing tournament That's there to protect the sponsors of our PGA Tour so that the fields are not depleted of all the good players as they go and play other tournaments the PGA Tour responded by introducing eight signature events with $20 million purses and reduced the number of golfers with full-time cards The PGA Tour also distributed $930 million worth of initial player equity grants in PGA Tour Enterprises to its members after receiving a $1.5 billion investment from Strategic Sports Group a consortium of billionaire professional sports team owners and others "The PGA Tour is doing fine," Nicklaus said The players now own a piece of what's going on I think their plan of bringing along with their elevated events and their plan of bringing young players along in the other tournaments has been very successful "Would I love to see them all come together and that's where most of your good players are and I think it's very healthy no matter which way it goes but obviously we'd all like to see everybody together." The title of this week's Watson is "The Man with the Alien Hand." That immediately brings up images of James Moriarty (Randall Park) and his fused fingers but he wasn't the eponymous character in this case That honor belonged to a wealthy man named Cameron Phipps (David Thompson) who underwent surgery to separate the two lobes of his brain to cure his severe epilepsy The significant side effect was that it left his left hand to act on its own volition it turned out to be more deadly for the people around Cameron than himself as this became one of the clinic's twistiest cases yet Ingrid (Eve Harlow) was eager to prove that she could still be helpful to John (Morris Chestnut) in hopes that he would talk to Mary (Rochelle Aytes) about letting Ingrid keep her job The neurologist could accept giving up her place on the spinal study but she did not want to lose her spot at the Holmes Clinic It was going to take a lot more than heartfelt apologies for him to win over the hospital boss after the ethical lines that Ingrid crossed.  Shinwell (Ritchie Coster) got a new assignment from Team Moriarty at the top of the episode: collect DNA samples from all of the fellows but he was looking to do something dastardly with the rest of the team.  Cameron's best idea for curing his wandering hand was to have it amputated He couldn't find a surgeon willing to do it He did decide to take Cameron on as a patient; however Cameron was brought into the emergency room after he threw hydrochloric acid on himself at a lab that he and his brother were touring. Ingrid was team amputation but John still refused without an injury to the hand the team came up with the idea to paralyze the parts of Cameron's brain that controlled his left hand.  It was a risky surgery that had never been done before but John argued to the Phipps brothers that Cameron's condition was so rare that there was no real "standard" care for it they injected Cameron with Botox to keep his hand still until they found a surgeon willing to do the experimental surgery. The injections were effective for a brief period He was about to start his walk home when the alien hand reawakened the hand latched onto Damian's coat and threw the older brother in front of a bus.  That left John trying to explain "alien hand syndrome" to the cops who had two dozen witnesses who saw Cameron throw his brother in front of a bus He was able to convince the lead detective to allow Cameron to return to the hospital under protective custody where he would be monitored until the neurosurgeon John could arrive and perform the surgery that would permanently dull Cameron's ability to use his left hand.  John was convinced Cameron's alien hand syndrome had caused Damian's death until Cameron's childhood housekeeper (Jill Teed) showed up at the hospital She informed him his father had a cardiac incident after learning about Damian's condition and was stuck in the ICU she followed John to the hallway and begged him to discard the shipment of "Phippsmeats" that Cameron had sent him as a thank-you this was the fourth time he had tried to start the business and the name was (obviously) unappetizing as well.  That reveal set John into crime detective mode reviewing traffic footage from Cameron shoving Damian in front of the bus There were enough noticeable subtleties in Cameron's behavior to make John think that he threw his brother in front of the bus on purpose He believed that Cameron did have alien hand syndrome but it was not what killed Damian. He went back to Lestrade to admit he was wrong He also hypothesized that Cameron purposefully threw the acid on himself to set up the push John had Stephens and Sasha search for individuals in Cameron's past whom he may have targeted in a trial run before the lab incident.  John went to Cameron to question him about Damian It took the mention of a mutation in Cameron's DNA that made him recklessly impulsive for the man to crack but he did boast it would make him a genius if he came up with a plan got the smartest people in the world to buy into it and John knew he had been had as Stephens and Ingrid found a medical student who claimed to have given himself medical burns They set him up with an interview for the Holmes clinic but their questions led the kid to say he'd rather keep his deal with Cameron than take whatever Ingrid and Stephens were offering him.  This case was the case that just kept on giving After realizing that Cameron was a cold-blooded murderer Detective Lestrade had Phipps' family board room documents sent over to help John with his amateur investigation It only took Sasha and John a glance to determine that the young man was a secret heir to the Phipps family fortune. His mother confirmed her son's parentage but also admitted that she had signed multiple NDAs that prevented her from arguing for an inheritance for her son.  Keith had tested his DNA for a lineage website and discovered that he had 36 half-siblings also had the impulse-control or "promiscuity gene" mutation.  That number of heirs essentially rendered the Phipps family fortune moot Cameron wouldn't have two cents to rub together once Keith alerted all of the half-siblings which was poetic justice for all of his crimes but Vijay came straight to John when Cameron stopped paying up for his burn services He offered to give a statement that allowed Detective Lestrade to put Cameron in cuffs We'll see if Vijay is also able to convert that statement into a job as a chemist at the Holmes lab.  Shinwell decided he couldn't turn over the fellow's DNA to Team Moriarty because he knew the evil professor would use it to take the team "off the board." Instead he concocted fake DNA samples to give to Moriarty's henchwoman (Kacey Rohl) in hopes of buying himself and the fellows a bit more time. Ingrid struggled significantly with her connection to Team Moriarty Ingrid was focused on keeping her cool at work but Sasha (Inga Schlingmann) was focused on whether Ingrid was doing all right She noticed the tension between Ingrid and John and wanted to help Ingrid really sucks at allowing people to get close to her.  Our enigmatic neurologist had less of a choice in allowing Team Moriarty to get close They began texting her as she assisted the team in working on Cameron's case intensifying the pressure for her to join them and help the professor gather information on John They sent pictures of her father to make sure Ingrid knew they weren't kidding about wanting her cooperation.  Ingrid caved and told Sasha everything about her father and that someone was blackmailing her over the murder It turned out that Moriarty himself was texting Ingrid He promised he would be in town the following week and demanded that they meet up at "the usual spot." Ingrid may have Sasha in her corner now but she is still under the professor's thumb.  It's time to find out who was the latest to fall into a Moriarty trap in the game-changing "Teeth Marks." Sydney Roosters utility and proud Gamilaroi man is set to lace up his boots this Friday and run out for a significant milestone in his career Watson will play his milestone game in the highly anticipated Round 5 clash against rivals the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Accor Stadium Watson’s inspirational journey through Rugby League is one marked by versatility The 1160th Rooster first donned the Tricolours when he made his NRL debut in the 2016 Round 7 clash against the Penrith Panthers The impressive dynamic playing style of Watson with his ability to cover multiple positions saw massive recognition and commendation from the coaching staff Coach Trent Robinson spoke on Watson early in his playing career “He just brings so much energy to the field.” “It's incredible every time he plays [because] there is a huge amount of energy around him He's a great guy who brings a lot of fun to a game.” Robbo added the absence of Mitchell Pearce and Luke Keary allowed for the then 20-year-old to step up into the halves Watson took this opportunity with both hands and put his tremendous and intense energy on display the young passionate utility led his Bondi soldiers to their maiden nines title Watson’s efforts were acknowledged and was awarded the MVP of the tournament The passion and enthusiasm embodied by Watson led him to representative honours Where he would don jersey number fourteen for NSW Country in their 2017 clash against NSW City This established his role as a utility and foreshadowed Watson’s role as a representative fourteen Watson’s impressive first two seasons showcased his ability and saw him move up the coast to take up an opportunity with the Newcastle Knights in 2018 Watson played 66 games in four years at the Knights where the growth of his game resulted in him representing the Indigenous All Stars in 2020 and again in 2025 an achievement that connects deep with the proud Gamilaroi man The utility finished his stint in Newcastle and arrived back in Bondi in 2022 showing his teammates and coaching staff the calibre of his talents all his hard work and talents paid off as he made his highly anticipated New South Wales Blues debut in State of Origin Game II Describing the moment as a “Dream come true.” The Blues would go on to win Games II and III Watson’s Journey in the NRL has not been one without adversity Watson suffered a patellar tendon tear at training Watson’s unstoppable resilience saw him return in 2024 to reserve grade it was clear that Watson was back at his best seeing him quickly return to first grade and debuting for New South Wales on the State of Origin stage This determination and work ethic portrayed is a credit to the utility as he stands on the brink of another major career milestone with his 150th game Watson’s tireless work in the community beyond the footy field is a testament to the devoted someone that gives everything on and off the field A passionate ambassador for mental health in Indigenous youth Connor and his family founded the Cultural Choice Association (CCA) in 2017 The CCA is a not-for-profit association whose mission is to raise awareness and support the prevention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth suicide His commitment to giving back in the community was recognised in 2020 when he was awarded the Ken Stephen Medal honouring players for their contributions to the community One of Connor’s most significant initiatives has become a staple of the NRL’s Indigenous Round Connor and the CCA provide Indigenous youth with an opportunity to connect with their culture and identity through art designing boots with Indigenous artworks and stories intertwined on them the boots are worn by players through Indigenous round and are later auctioned off with proceeds going towards the fight against Indigenous youth suicide Watson got to further embrace his cultural identity when he played a key role in designing the 2022 Roosters' Indigenous Jersey Working closely with the club and his family’s foundation describing the process as “pretty special.” Watson Wins Indigenous Leadership & Excellence Award Watson’s leadership and advocacy were further recognised in 2023 when he was honoured with the NRL Indigenous Leadership & Excellence Award uplifting and giving back to his community As the Roosters utility prepares to take the field for his 150th NRL appearance he does so with the admiration of teammates Connor’s journey serves as an inspiration to more than just aspiring athletes proving that with hard work and dedication As Watson prepares for this milestone game there is no doubt that he will bring that passion and intensity that has been present in his game ever since he ran onto the field in the Tricolours against Penrith nine years ago NSW Cup Highlights | Round Nine - Roosters v Bulldogs Momirovski and Watson Excited for Next Chapter in Bondi the team said Watson's "recovery time and return to play status is uncertain and he will likely miss significant time during the 2025 season." Since trading three first-round picks and giving Watson a five-year fully guaranteed $230 million contract in 2022 Watson has played in 19 games out of a possible 57 due to injuries and suspension He posted the lowest Total QBR before suffering his initial Achilles tear on Oct marking the second straight year his season ended because of injury Watson's standing as Cleveland's starter was already uncertain and his latest setback places a greater spotlight on the Browns' quarterback situation this offseason draft reporter Matt Miller and senior national writer Jeremy Fowler to answer five key questions about Watson's latest setback Deshaun Watson initially tore his Achilles Oct 20 in a game against the Bengals. USATNSYNDICATIONHow does this affect the Browns' offseason plans at quarterback?Browns general manager Andrew Berry speaking at his end-of-season news conference Monday revealed that Watson suffered a setback but said the development would not significantly impact the team's plans at quarterback Berry acknowledged that the room would look different in 2025 The team was already likely to bring in multiple quarterbacks either in free agency or through the draft The Browns are in prime position to take a quarterback with the second pick but Berry noted the value of the spot is to either take a blue-chip prospect or trade back and accumulate additional picks The Browns owe Watson $46 million in each of the next two seasons Cutting him would trigger a dead cap charge of $119 million if designated as a post-June 1 release This makes it highly likely that he remains on the roster in some capacity in 2025 and he's likely to spend much of it rehabbing Cleveland has restructured Watson's contract multiple times including at the beginning of the 2024 season converting his large salary into a bonus that can be spread out for immediate cap relief The Browns are currently projected to be over the cap next season and another restructure of his 2025 salary is possible so it must be paid out and the cap commitment has to hit the books at some point The Browns and Watson in December agreed to rework his deal adding two void years that allow the team to push his cap charge as far as 2030 but the team will feel the financial burden at some point The Browns bought an insurance policy when drafting Watson's contract that allows the team to receive cap relief if he is sidelined because of injury The team got cap space when he missed the final eight games of the 2023 season because of his season-ending shoulder surgery and will get some relief because of the Achilles injury that forced Watson to miss most of the 2024 season According to a copy of Watson's contract obtained by ESPN the Browns would have $44.2 million of his $46 million salary insured for an injury That cap relief would be credited to Cleveland in 2026 Andrew Berry and Kevin Stefanski will be evaluating all possible options at quarterback this offseason. Nick Cammett/Getty ImagesWhat are we hearing from execs and GMs around the league about potential trades or free agent acquisitions?The Browns planned to scour the Earth for quarterback help even before the latest development The setback will only intensify those efforts Sources have told ESPN that every quarterback with starter's ability or potential will be evaluated by the Browns this offseason That doesn't necessarily mean the Browns must spend big Kevin Stefanski has had success with many different quarterbacks over the years and the firing of offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey suggests Stefanski will return to his offensive system and take back playcalling duties the expectation among several other teams is that Cleveland will think long and hard about selecting a quarterback at that spot the 2025 class features two passers with first-round grades from NFL teams: Miami's Cam Ward and Colorado's Shedeur Sanders Sanders is very much still in play with all-star games the combine and team workouts yet to happen Sanders would be a better fit in Stefanski's offense He's a capable pocket passer who can play on time and in rhythm without the need to scramble outside the pocket to find passing windows In an offense based on play-action and on-target passing His off-target rate was third lowest in the FBS last season (6.5%) 2 pick might be the Browns' only chance to find a rookie starter They likely will be heavily invested in Ward and Sanders over the next three months And while Ward is ranked higher than Sanders in my personal rankings I like how Sanders could hit the ground running in Cleveland LATEST NEWS LATEST STORIES WEST REPORT by Michael West | Apr 27, 2025 | Comment & Analysis, Latest Posts The Tax Office has hung out to dry the man who saved them $300m Michael West reports on whistleblower Tony Watson’s quest for justice When Tony Watson turned up to court earlier this month to face off against property giant Lendlease and its advisors PwC – and their phalanx of lawyers – he found himself alone at the bar table on the left-hand side of the court against no less than 13 lawyers repping for the Big End of Town Thirteen paid lavishly by our superannuation dollars versus a guy with no money who had already mortgaged his house to get this far Despite blowing the whistle on the mammoth Lendlease tax fraud Tony Watson personally saving Australia $300m and losing his home to the ‘justice system’ in the process the Tax Office has refused to help Watson with any legal assistance telling MWM: “The Commissioner is not a party to the proceedings Information on tax whistleblower provisions can be found on our website” Not a party to proceedings … oh great and nothing more enjoyable than reading the ATO website to find out nothing about anything Will they ever have another whistleblower come forward now that ‘doing the right thing’ – indeed doing your job – involves losing your job – and your home Neither did Rob furnish MWM with legal reasons why he would not help out No doubt Rob hopes to be on the same deal is his predecessor Chris But Tony … Tony Watson had to mortgage his house and has run out of funds fighting Lendlease and his former employer Greenwoods (since bought by PwC) in court for four years over his dismissal He unsuccessfully sought leave to appeal to the High Court. But Australia’s whistleblower laws are broken and Tony Watson has found himself alone against the legal muscle of the Big End of Town who conspired to rob the nation of hundreds of millions of dollars with their retirement village tax scam in the first place We literally broke this story in 2018 and it took the Tax Office 6 years to get any money out of Lendlease while they lied to their shareholders year after year They still haven’t amended their accounts Lend Lease: double dipping and Dutch tripping working for Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills but he turned whistleblower when he confronted them about their ‘double dipping’ tax scam Though nothing is illegal if you are big enough issuing a draft ruling which found ‘double dipping’ was wrong Lendlease paid $113m in an amended assessment last year the first of three tranches of ‘pay-back’ having saved Australia $300m but barely able to seek recompense through the justice system without doing it on his own self-representing against a slickly-greased Big End gravy train lavishly financed by other people’s money … our superannuation At his case management hearing in the Federal Court earlier this month Watson faced no less than 13 barristers and solicitors – funded by our superannuation – including a coven of KWM Mallesons solicitors for Lendlease and a gaggle of pettifoggers from the world’s biggest law firm Dentons acting for PwC It would have been even bigger and more expensive but Michael Hodge KC for PwC and Elizabeth Collins SC They probably will be there on June 13 though when the 9 day trial kicks off possibly even at the second case management hearing on May 6 it will have cost well over half a million by the time Justice Raper opens the trial in June Now that they can’t take Watson’s house anymore their leverage is somewhat lessened but that will not stop them from stringing the matter along and munching through the fees … because they can At the time the ATO issued its amended assessment they included primary tax and interest As the construction giant is a ‘significant global entity’ penalties could have been applied at 150% of the tax avoided Lendlease. Drains taxpayer, does cosy deal, drains whistleblower At the time the ATO issued this amended assessment they included primary tax and interest As Lendlease is a ‘significant global entity’ penalties could have been applied at 150% of the tax avoided The ATO issued the amended assessment on May 10 last year And it has not disclosed whether the ATO has made a determination on that objection The ATO can allow or disallow so we can assume the ATO has not made a decision Lendlease whistleblower v Big End of Town: The West Report Why has it taken another year to determine It’s a retirement village scam at issue – where the dodgy tax deductions were made to village the Dutch pension fund APG in the tax year ended June 2018 So it would have put that return in on March 2019 the ATO audited them for 5 years – they sat on it for 5 years and now they have taken another year to determine the objection Too good to be true? The unravelling of Lendlease, and the big hit to come Imagine saving Australia $300m – what a hero you would be should be – imagine blowing the whistle on a massive tax scam at the Big End of Town … but then losing yr home in a legal fight against the scammers Imagine losing yr home – even if the government had said You can help Tony Watson here Whistleblower persecutions. The cost of ignoring those who dare speak out. Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers This website is dedicated to the public interest Our focus is investigations into big business Good sources are critical to good journalism We work closely with our contacts and jealously guard their identities About  |  Contact  |  Privacy The IBM Watson IoT platform was a cloud platform which allowed manufacturers to collect and process IoT data from connected devices Users could manage and monitor their fleet from different locations using the platform’s UI Although the services has since been shuttered by IBM its uses at the time showed the way that AI could improve operations that involved IoT and IIoT devices Part of the issue with the current AI hype wave is that the technology seems to be moving so quickly those vendors offering AI appear to be focusing on innovation As one of the first offerings that offered AI to the public the IBM Watson IoT platform showed industry how the fusing of IT and OT could bring operational benefits Given the advances made in the AI sphere since and the numerous alternatives to Watson IoT that have sprung up now might be a good time to reassess the impact the revolutionary (for the time) service had the platform also featured a simple interface allowing users to fully manage devices as well as allow mass device additions to networks This alone set the platform apart from the usual GUI in AI apps which tended to be dominated by text input on the command line the Watson IoT platform’s evolution was set to deliver a future-proof IoT system that would provide robust and intelligent solutions for industrial companies helping build their digital infrastructure for years to come Big Blue announced the end of the platform stating it was to close the Watson IoT Platform service on IBM Cloud as of December 1st KONE, a Finnish multinational lift engineering company, integrated the IBM Watson IoT platform in a bid to improve its equipment’s efficiency and reliability It connected more than a million lifts and escalators to the cloud and thereby reduce downtime in the event of failure KONE’s decision to go digital on what was unproven tech was led by a goal of reducing lift and escalator malfunctions The company aimed to improve what it called “people flow” plus it protected revenues by avoiding business losses caused by such equipment failure and enhance overall management of over million lifts and escalators across the world By using real-time data and predictive analysis on data hosted in the cloud KONE’s operations could be overseen anywhere which gave its partners access to system details that were used to enhance user safety and support urban mobility iFarming, was a service that helped aquaculture and livestock production improve efficiency and production capacity. It developed Phyt’Eau an agricultural solution hosted on IBM Cloud and designed with the IBM Watson IoT platform “It’s all about reducing water usage and we tell them whether or not it needs water And if the software is tied into their irrigation system The Phyt’Eau system collected data from third-party weather forecasts and combined it with that from field sensors The collected information helped calculate the stress levels of plants collect real-time data on soil temperature and moisture the data was then analysed using Watson’s AI capabilities allowing farmers to make decisions regarding fertiliser use iFarming succeeded in its goal of “More crops Better planet.” Significant water savings were recorded (up to 40%) and crop productivity increased by around 30% Farmers also benefited from 25% lower overall costs Middle Eastern software company, Ideatolife, developed Trackr a cloud-based ERP platform that provided maintenance management for lifts and swimming pools Integrating IBM Watson IoT capabilities and migrating to the IBM Cloud let Trackr automate maintenance tasks These ‘wins’ resulted in improvements in operational efficiency and higher quality of service for customers IBM continues to invest in IoT-related technologies an open-sourced project providing the autonomous management of edge devices as part of the IBM Edge Application Manager Alternatives to the Watson IoT platform are available but the real-world impact can still be seen to this day The platform’s legacy shows how even AI of the time helped organisations harness the power of data and connectivity to drive efficiency in multiple industries (Image source: “IBM Four Qubit Square Circuit” by IBM Research is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.) Tags: , , , Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id" "af6e252115fe7052bc5e8266877f232b" );document.getElementById("i34b5b13bf").setAttribute( "id" IoTTech offers the latest Internet of Things news and strategy Please follow this link for our privacy policy Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications InstagramXThreadsSnapchatTikTokYouTubeLAD Entertainment Home> Entertainment> Celebrity JK Rowling appears to hit back after a cryptic post from Emma Watson appeared to call out her views on the trans community The British author is no stranger to controversy, often sharing her political views on social media to the disproval of a number of former Harry Potter actors suggesting people should use the words 'Wumben Now, the Wizarding World founder has responded to a rare Instagram post from Watson, as the Beauty and the Beast star seemingly wrote about the new ruling Watson shared a quote from author Matt Haig to her Instagram Story which read: "To the person who said they like me best when I am not ranting about politics: I like me best when I am not ignoring fascism." Rowling has written an essay about signatories that she claims have been 'motivated by fear' after a number of Harry Potter stars signed a pro-trans open letter Taking to X on Saturday (3 May) she claimed: "It's possibly worth remembering that nobody sane believes or that binary sex isn't a material fact." The 59-year-old went on: "I often wonder whether the signatories of such letters have to quieten their consciences before publicly boosting a movement intent on removing women's and girls' rights which bullies gay people who admit openly they don't want opposite sex partners and campaigns for the continued sterilisation of vulnerable and troubled kids "Do they feel any qualms at all while chanting the foundational lie of their religion: Trans Women are Women All I know for sure is that it's a complete waste of time telling a gender activist that their favourite slogan is self-contradictory nonsense The author suggested that 'signatories of these sorts of letters are motivated by fear' suggesting they could be afraid of 'narcissistic men' and 'back-stabbing colleagues ever ready to report wrongthink' though she did not clarify the person or people she was referring to "I wonder if they ever ask themselves how they got here and I wonder whether any of them will ever feel shame," Rowling added Watson isn't alone in seemingly criticising Rowling with fellow Harry Potter actor Sean Biggerstaff calling the author an 'obsessed billionaire' who was 'bigoted' It's not just former Harry Potter stars either, as Paapa Essiedu, who was cast as Severus Snape in the upcoming HBO series signed the letter addressed to the TV and film industry to support the trans community He was among over 400 industry professionals including a number of actors from the franchise Topics: JK Rowling, Emma Watson, Social Media, Harry Potter, Celebrity he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United which takes its toll on his mental and physical health by Tarla Lambert-Patel | 2 months ago Coaxial has reached a significant milestone in its journey from vision to action with the appointment of Philippa Watson as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer founded by Nicola Forrest AO to redistribute her personal wealth and drive systemic change is dedicated to expanding opportunities for Australians—particularly young children Watson brings a wealth of experience to the role having built an impressive career in banking and leadership she served as CEO of the award-winning digital bank UBank where she spearheaded transformation initiatives and innovative financial strategies She is also a Director of Lifeline Australia and a member of Chief Executive Women Her extensive background includes leading large-scale banking functions across consumer banking Nicola Forrest expressed her confidence in the appointment stating: “Philippa is a proven leader with a remarkable track record in transformation and impact and deep commitment to purpose-driven leadership will be critical as Coaxial accelerates its mission—connecting capital and communities to drive systemic change and unlock the potential of all Australians.” Watson steps into the role at a pivotal time for Coaxial including the organisation’s first philanthropic program her leadership will be instrumental in advancing Coaxial’s impact investment strategies and expanding its reach Watson said: “It is a privilege to bring my experience to Coaxial in support of Nicola Forrest’s bold vision I look forward to working with passionate Australians to drive positive change in our communities and to leading the Coaxial team at this exciting time.” This leadership appointment follows the announcement of the Coaxial Foundation’s Board reinforcing the organisation’s commitment to delivering real measurable impact through both business and philanthropy The executive search for Coaxial’s CEO was conducted in partnership with Hourigan International by Tarla Lambert-Patel Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" RecipeTin Eats founder and author Nagi Maehashi has accused Brooke Bellamy of plagiarising two of her recipes in Bellamy’s cookbook When the idea for Kyri first sparked for Orchowski she noticed that the tech space had been designed around men The highly anticipated all-female crew of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket touched down safely overnight in Texas Fair Supply has created a live supply chain tariff calculator to help companies comprehend the impact tariffs will have on their business Six women will be flying into space wearing spacesuits specifically designed for their unique and individual bodies Australia’s financial system excludes many women making business success harder and less fair Women’s Agenda is published by the 100% women owned and run Agenda Media Advertising and partnerships support our independent journalism We acknowledge and pay respect to the past present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Please note that this is an automated translation and it will not be perfect All articles have been written in English and if anything appears to not make sense 'Get to the airport as soon as you can because you're racing Romandie tomorrow.' Samuel Watson (Ineos Grenadiers) was hard at work in training not expecting to start the Tour de Romandie this week he bested Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) by 28 hundredths of a second to win the Romandie prologue in Switzerland The 23-year-old Brit thus took his first ever WorldTour victory at the end of a whirlwind 24 hours Already have an account? Sign in PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Cleveland Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam on Monday called the team's trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson a "big swing-and-miss." In March 2022, Cleveland acquired Watson from the Houston Texans in a trade package that included three first-round picks The Browns then signed Watson to a $230 million contract that was fully guaranteed Watson has started just 19 games because of suspension and injuries posted one of the lowest Total QBRs in the NFL and suffered consecutive season-ending injuries in 2023 and 2024 "We took a big swing-and-miss with Deshaun," Haslam said Monday at the league's annual meeting [The trade] was an entire organization decision and it ends with Dee [Haslam] and I who is $46 million in each of the next two seasons has started just 19 games for the Browns since being acquired in a trade before the 2022 season He is expected to miss a big portion of the 2025 season. AP Photo/Sue OgrockiWatson a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the Texans tore his right Achilles tendon in October and underwent a second operation in January after retearing his Achilles The Browns said Watson is expected to miss a significant portion of the 2025 season His legal troubles have helped to derail his career in Cleveland Watson served an 11-game suspension in 2022 after more than two dozen women accused him of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct during massage sessions A pair of Texas grand juries declined to pursue criminal charges against Watson but he served his suspension after the NFL and the NFL Players Association reached a settlement on his discipline Cleveland still owes Watson $46 million in each of the next two seasons The Browns' quarterback room currently consists of Watson and Kenny Pickett Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Pickett will get an opportunity to compete to start in 2025 Despite the admission that the Watson trade was unsuccessful Haslam said the team is not tied to taking a quarterback with the second overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft "It would be great if we could get 'the quarterback,' but we're not going to force it," Haslam said "We're going to be patient and we're going to try to accumulate as many really good football players as we can." 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