Congratulations are stated to be to ensure that Little Girls star Saoirse Ronan who’s believed to have married her boyfriend of six years, Jack Lowden.

In accordance with the Irish Unbiased, the pair wed in an intimate ceremony in Edinburgh, Scotland final weekend, with solely a handful of their closest family and friends current.

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The publication famous that the register of Scottish civil marriages reveals that Saoirse Una Ronan married Jack Andrew Lowden on the Edinburgh Central Registrar’s Workplace.

The notoriously non-public couple met in 2018 on the set of Mary Queen of Scots, through which Ronan performed Mary Stuart and Lowden performed the monarch’s husband, Lord Darnley.

Rumours of a doable engagement began swirling in 2023 when Lowden posted footage from the summit of Ben Vrackie in Perthshire, exhibiting a hand, which followers thought would possibly belong to Ronan, sporting a diamond ring. Whereas followers have been fast to flock to the feedback part of the put up to share their effectively needs for the couple, the information was by no means formally confirmed.

The Irish actor, who had her breakthrough function enjoying Keira Knightley’s youthful sister in 2007’s acclaimed drama Atonement, has traditionally shut down questions on her love life. ‘Am I allowed to ask in the event you’re going out with the person who everybody thinks you’re going out with?’ a reporter for The Telegraph requested Ronan in December 2019, to which she replied, ‘No.’

Lowden, who lately shared footage of the pair from this 12 months’s Glastonbury competition, has mirrored his accomplice’s privateness efforts.

‘Oh I’m not going to speak about that. I don’t like speaking about that aspect of life,’ he advised ES Journal in February 2019. ‘A lot of the actors I do know stay fairly regular lives, it’s simply each once in a while they must do one thing ridiculous or extraordinary. My life hasn’t modified. Individuals appear extra — I suppose that’s modified, for certain.’

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Former main league reduction pitcher Reyes Moronta, a standout for the San Francisco Giants whose profession included stints with the Dodgers and Angels, died Sunday. He was 31.

Moronta reportedly died in a automobile crash in his residence nation of the Dominican Republic. The Mexican Baseball League and Bravos de León, certainly one of Moronta’s former groups within the league, confirmed his dying in separate social media posts Sunday evening.

Moronta additionally performed a number of seasons within the Dominican Republic winter league, and his former groups, the Estrellas Orientales and Gigantes del Cibao, honored him in Instagram posts Monday morning. The Águilas Cibaeñas, which had reportedly signed Moronta for the upcoming winter season, additionally posted a tribute.

Born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Moronta was 17 when he signed with the Giants group in 2010. The 5-foot-10, 265-pound right-hander made his main league debut in 2017 and was a high reliever for the Giants the next two seasons.

Moronta appeared in 69 video games in the course of the 2018 season, ending with a 5-2 report with one save and a 2.49 earned-run common, and in 56 video games in the course of the 2019 season, he completed with a 3-7 report and a 2.86 ERA. He missed all the 2020 season following shoulder surgical procedure and pitched in solely 4 video games for the Giants in 2021.

The next season, Moronta pitched 22 video games for the Dodgers, with a 4.18 ERA, earlier than being designated for task in August. After being claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Moronta appeared in 17 video games and had a 2-2 report with two saves and a 4.50 ERA.

He signed with the Angels the next spring and had a 6.75 ERA in two appearances. This season with the Bravos de León, Moronta appeared in 19 video games and had a 2-4 report with 4 saves and an 8.69 ERA earlier than being launched Thursday.

Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden have been courting for about 5 years. They have a tendency to maintain their lives collectively very non-public, however have posted some photographs on social media as their relationship progressed.

In July 2024, it was reported that the couple had gotten secretly married. With only a few family and friends members current, that they had a ceremony in Edinburgh, Scotland, across the weekend of July 20.

Right here’s every thing to learn about Lowden and his relationship with Ronan to this point.

Who’s Jack Lowden?

Lowden can be an actor from Scotland, with a protracted profession on stage. In 2013, he gained each an Olivier Award and the Ian Charleson Award for his position as Oswald in Ibsen’s Ghosts. He’s additionally had some vital roles in movie and TV, together with Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.

In 2020, he purchased a house in west Cork with Ronan, however in addition they stay in London, and have a terrier named Fran. The couple share a manufacturing firm with producer Dominic Norris. Their movie The Outrun stars Ronan.

How lengthy have they been collectively?

In December 2018, Web page Six reported they have been courting after they have been seen collectively at an after-party at Tavern on the Inexperienced. The pair performed husband and spouse within the movie Mary Queen of Scots. Sightings of them over the subsequent few years have been sparse they usually sometimes seem collectively on social media. In 2020, the Every day Mail shared pics of them in London and in 2022 they have been noticed on the Australian Open collectively. On New 12 months’s Eve, he shared a mirror selfie of them to rejoice.

What else have they mentioned about each other?

In 2019, a reporter for The Telegraph requested Ronan, “Am I allowed to ask should you’re going out with the person who everybody thinks you’re going out with?”

Ronan responded, “No.”

Earlier that 12 months, Lowden was requested about Ronan by ES Journal and answered the identical method, however with extra phrases.

“Oh I’m not going to speak about that. I don’t like speaking about that aspect of life,” he mentioned. “A lot of the actors I do know stay fairly regular lives, it’s simply each every now and then they need to do one thing ridiculous or extraordinary. My life hasn’t modified. Individuals appear extra —I assume that’s modified, for positive.”

Lowden has gushed about Ronan when speaking about her appearing, in an interview with i newspaper.

“The girl is a drive of nature, on- and off-screen, and totally fearless and an excellent chief as nicely,” he mentioned. “My past love is actors, and whenever you’re given a Ferrari like her, it’s all about the way you make every thing good for the Ferrari to indicate off. Don’t make a Ferrari do what a Renault Clio does. It’s a dreadful analogy however they’re like gold mud, good actors. When there’s somebody like that, you simply need to facilitate them and you’re going to get gold. And my God, did we.”

Collett and teammate Tom McEwen had been each profitable the title for a second time having triumphed in Tokyo three years in the past, however it was a debut Olympic gold for Ros Canter, who was travelling reserve final time round.

With France beginning the day in second, house followers had been out in power hoping for a profitable efficiency, leading to an environment to recollect for Collett.

She stated: “I’m on high of the world – using into that stadium is an expertise I don’t assume I’ll ever have once more, it was spine-tingling after which we simply needed to concentrate on attempting to get the job achieved.

“I’ve stated it one million instances, however I owe the whole lot to him, he’s the horse of a lifetime and I’m so, so pleased with him.

“It’s very cool to win the primary gold of the Video games and lengthy could it proceed, it’s fairly particular to be the primary.”

Following a record-breaking efficiency within the dressage on day one, Britain went into the third section narrowly forward of France after Canter incurred 15 penalties for a missed flag in Saturday’s cross-country stage.

The benefit was elevated when the primary French rider Nicolas Touzaint had two fences down, with Canter pulling down the sixth fence earlier than McEwen jumped clear.

It was then right down to Collett and whereas London 52 clipped the ultimate impediment and went marginally over the allotted time so as to add an additional 0.8 penalties, it was greater than adequate for gold.

Of the staff’s beginning whole, Collett stated: “It was positively not what we hoped for final evening, however we managed to only assume ‘regroup, it’s one other day, one other problem’ and it seems we’re all good underneath stress which is kind of good!”

McEwen insisted he by no means felt the stress and had each confidence his horse, JL Dublin, would rise to the event within the ring.

He stated “It felt unbelievable. Dubs was sensational, he was class from begin to end. He jumped his socks off and I knew it from the second I warmed up. When he heard the gang, he actually picked up, he thought it was all for him, he didn’t care there was another person within the ring.

“I knew he was feeling it and that I simply needed to navigate and steer as finest as I may to assist him get the clear.

“I don’t get nervous – I don’t know why, I may do that all day day by day. I’m not superb when the stress is off to be sincere – a beautiful, sunny day in Paris with packed stands and other people loving it, numerous union jacks and an unbelievable pony, what’s to not like?”

Canter admitted her aid after negotiating the ultimate occasion with Lordships Graffalo.

She stated: “The environment was like nothing I’ve ever ridden in. The French crowd had been clearly very noisy and it was like a stress pit in there and the poles are lovely to take a look at, however they’re onerous to see whenever you’re in there. All of it blends into the background and performs together with your eyesight a bit of bit.

“It was onerous work and nerve wracking, I don’t assume I breathed the entire manner spherical to be sincere – I used to be simply relieved to have jumped that final fence and develop into an Olympian.”

Canter admitted the flag penalty had left a “bitter style”, because it successfully ended her hopes of a person gold following a prolonged evaluate course of.

She added: “The assist I had yesterday night, everyone seems to be aggressive however they’ve been so sort.

“Yesterday carried on for lots longer than it ought to. It might have been beautiful to have had a little bit of time to have a good time and revel in what occurred yesterday, however I haven’t been in a position to try this and it has left a bit of little bit of a bitter style in the intervening time.”

Because the electoral authorities, which Nicolas Maduro controls, introduced he’d gained a 3rd time period in workplace, an instantaneous crackle of fireworks rippled across the Venezuelan Caracas.

The town soundtracked in a fastidiously curated approach, like many issues on this election.

The opposition claimed immediately that they, not the president, had gained.

However you wouldn’t know this from watching the information right here.

Tv screens up and down the nation solely confirmed jubilant crowds, draped within the Venezuelan flag, dancing and cheering on the president.

Nicolas Maduro does have some loyal supporters nonetheless, often known as “Chavistas” after his mentor Hugo Chavez and the model of socialism he created.

However their numbers are extremely disputed, and this election result’s removed from over.

As town hums again into life this morning, the federal government faces strain from each the worldwide group and the opposition right here to elucidate their numbers – after the opposition had been to this point forward within the polls beforehand.

9 South American international locations have known as for a “full overview” of the outcomes and an emergency assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS).

There are some issues which might be indeniable. Some which I, as an observer on the bottom, was witness to.

There have been the large queues at polling stations, however solely tiny quantities of individuals being let in at one time.

This led to accusations of deliberate delays, maybe within the hope some folks would surrender and go house.

When our BBC crew arrived at one polling station, the organiser of the station took a name saying the worldwide media had been there. 150 folks had been then all of the sudden allowed to be admitted.

There have been some ballot stations that didn’t open in any respect, resulting in protests and clashes with the authorities.

There have been allegations that a few of those that work for the state, together with police college students, had been advised how you can vote.

There was the very fact President Maduro’s face remained emblazoned above some ballot stations even on voting day.

His face traces nearly each road in Caracas, along with his governing celebration paying for incentives for folks to help him – buses placed on for folks to attend his rallies, and free meals parcels handed out.

Even previous to allegations of specific fraud the query was requested: Is that this contest honest?

Opposition candidates had been banned from working, opposition aides detained, many Venezuelans abroad struggled to register to vote and lots of worldwide election observers had been disinvited.

All of those had been seen as makes an attempt to suppress the opposition vote. The opposition had been to this point forward in opinion polls that many analysts believed these techniques had been essential as it could be arduous for the federal government to assert a win with out seeming far-fetched.

However now that they’ve achieved simply that, the opposition is alleging a extra particular kind of fraud.

They declare they solely had entry to 30% of the printed “receipts” from digital voting machines across the nation, to verify that the machine’s outcomes matched these electronically despatched to the electoral council.

They assume this might imply extra potential for the digital figures to be tampered with and allege lots of their observers weren’t allowed into the counts.

The federal government dispute any wrongdoing, and as an alternative have accused “overseas governments” of an “intervention operation”.

So, what is going to occur subsequent?

There are nonetheless a number of unknowns. The opposition say they’ll announce within the coming days how they plan to problem the outcomes.

They and the worldwide group have requested for proof of the numbers the federal government has put out, as granular as depend by depend.

It’s arduous to see how President Maduro avoids these calls with out critical penalties for the nation.

In his victory speech, he referenced US sanctions imposed after the final elections had been seen as unfair.

They’ve hit the nation’s already flailing economic system. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have fled, and half the nation reside in poverty.

How everybody else responds might be key now.

The worldwide group has been divided for a while over how to answer Venezuela, with some governments’ conceding privately that the sanctions haven’t “labored”, both by incentivising regime change or compelling President Maduro to carry honest elections.

They’re additionally used as an excuse by President Maduro, and his supporters, for the nation’s woes.

The way forward for Venezuela and whether or not it might probably rebuild issues for the remainder of the world – mass emigration has fuelled a migration disaster on the US border, its huge oil reserves stay comparatively unusable, and it stays an ally for Russia, China, Cuba and Iran within the West.

The opposition, in the meantime, aren’t set to again down with out placing up a struggle.

A sequence of thunderstorms on Sunday introduced Dollywood to a standstill as components of the park had been hit with flash flooding. The theme park is predicted to reopen at midday at the moment.

Dolly Parton’s theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, was hit with torrential downpours that flooded a number of websites as company had been ushered out, in line with Dollywood’s social media posts. One particular person reportedly sustained a minor harm throughout Sunday’s storm, as Pigeon Forge hearth and police departments had been referred to as in to help park employees with getting company safely out of the park.

Some company had been left and not using a automobile because of the fast rise in floodwaters.

“Dollywood is supporting company whose automobiles had been affected by this climate occasion, and cleanup crews have been deployed,” learn a message from Dollywood on X, previously generally known as Twitter.

Individuals on the park on Sunday gave others a glimpse of what occurred.

Flooding at Dollywood: Watch movies posts from Sunday

Individuals at Dollywood on Sunday posted images and movies of the extent of flooding on the park and what parkgoers needed to drive by way of to make their manner out of the park within the Nice Smoky Mountains.

Movies confirmed individuals strolling by way of a minimum of ankle-deep water in a paved parking space, whereas vehicles drove by way of murky water that nearly coated their tires. X person Park Fanatic shared a collage of photographs of the extent of the flooding at Dollywood, together with one among individuals wading by way of an space of waist-deep water.

How a lot rain fell at Dollywood?

A number of information retailers reported upwards of 4.5 inches of rain fell within the space of Dollywood, inflicting flooding on the theme park and the encircling areas. The Nationwide Climate Service issued a flash flood warning for Sevier County at 5:39 p.m. on Sunday that expired at 9:45 p.m.

Is Dollywood open at the moment?

The theme park expects to open round midday on Monday, however individuals ought to test Dollywood’s social media pages to maintain updated with the most recent data.

The results of the election can have repercussions effectively past the South American nation of 29.4 million inhabitants.

Over the previous 10 years, 7.8 million folks have fled Venezuela due to the financial and political disaster into which the nation was plunged underneath the Maduro Administration.

Polls performed within the run-up to the election recommend that exodus may now enhance, with one ballot suggesting a 3rd of the inhabitants would to migrate.

With immigration a sizzling subject within the US election, the federal government in Washington, in addition to Latin American nations to which Venezuelans have emigrated en masse, are affected by what occurs within the Andean nation.

Who Venezuela does enterprise with additionally issues as a result of it has the world’s largest oil reserve.

Mr Maduro blames US sanctions for his nation’s financial woes and has solid shut alliances with China, Iran, and Russia – nations which even have a thorny relationship with the US.

A change of presidency may see Venezuela flip away from these international locations in addition to from its shut ally, Cuba, whereas Mr Maduro is predicted to deepen his ties together with his allies ought to he keep in energy.

Many Venezuelans had been adamant that they needed change after 25 years through which the socialist PSUV get together has been in energy – first underneath the management of the late President Hugo Chávez, and after his dying from most cancers in 2013, underneath Nicolás Maduro.

Within the queue at one polling station in Petare, a poor neighbourhood within the capital, Caracas, many individuals mentioned they had been voting for “change”.

“This authorities has had all of the alternatives to make Venezuela a fantastic nation, however as a substitute we’ve got distress,” Héctor Emilio D’Avila informed BBC reporter Ione Wells.

“Our kids should undergo a jungle, the Darién Hole, to the US. There are a lot of lifeless Venezuelans within the jungle. Our kids are dying.”

There was widespread worry that the federal government may resort to fraud to win the election. Mr Maduro’s win in 2018 was additionally broadly dismissed as neither free nor truthful.

Nevertheless, the opposition had hoped its lead could be so convincing, it will thwart any makes an attempt by the Maduro administration to “steal the election”.

One group chief, Katiuska Camargo, mentioned for a few years folks didn’t end up in such giant numbers as a result of “there was a lot collective disappointment” however that now folks had been “decided that these folks depart energy instantly”.

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29 Jul 2024, 09:21

Unique Gladiators icon John Anderson has died, aged 92.

The well-known referee, identified across the nation for being the voice which yelled ‘Gladiators, prepared! Contenders, prepared!’ into our residing rooms each week, was additionally an completed sports activities coach away from the small display screen.

Anderson’s demise was confirmed by the official Gladiators TV social media accounts, which introduced the Scottish star had died in a press release saying: “We’re deeply saddened to listen to of the passing of our beloved referee, John Anderson, on the age of 92.

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“Our hearts exit to his family and friends. John will without end be remembered as the long-lasting voice that introduced us ‘Gladiators Prepared! Contenders Prepared!’ Relaxation in peace John.”

Since information of his demise broke on Sunday (twenty eighth July), tributes have poured in from followers and stars of the present for the sports activities icon, who coached over 100 Olympic athletes all through his lifetime together with former 5,000m world-record holder, David Moorcroft.

“Thanks for the perfect childhood reminiscences,” one fan wrote, whereas one other reminisced: “I used to be luck to fulfill John on just a few events and he was at all times a gent, at all times heat, welcoming, and giving.

“It was clear that he took his position on Gladiators critically while taking a lot pleasure from it and we beloved him for it,” they added. “Even in more moderen years that voice nonetheless bellowed… relaxation in peace John Anderson.”

Gladiators star Jet (Diane Gilbert) penned: “John was THE voice of unique UK Glads… he was a superb ref in my eyes being agency and honest. His character as an individual I additionally loved working with and galvanizing RIP.”

Gladiator Rio (Jane Omorogbe) shared: “This man actually modified my life in a single easy telephone name. Without end grateful. Thanks for believing in one thing I couldn’t see. Absolute legend. My love and ideas are with your loved ones.”

In the meantime Rhino star Mark Smith wrote: “#ripjohnanderson your smile, your voice and power was second to none. The true again bone of Gladiators. My deepest condolences to your loved ones.”

Additionally taking to the feedback of Gladiators TV’s unique put up was the reboot present’s referee Mark Clattenburg, who penned: “One of the iconic voices and can at all times be remembered.

“I had probably the most troublesome job to observe him within the new sequence of Gladiators and watching him hold the Gladiators throughout the guidelines will at all times be with me!! Relaxation in peace LEGEND!!” he added.

The ideas of everybody at Virgin Radio exit to John’s family and friends.