Championship side Huddersfield have named American businessman Kevin M Nagle as their prospective new owner.

Nagle, who owns Sacramento Republic in the USA, agreed to buy the club from chairman Dean Hoyle, subject to legislative and governance procedures.

Hoyle became the club's sole shareholder earlier this month.

"I am beyond pleased to announce I have entered into agreement with Dean Hoyle to purchase a full stake in Huddersfield Town," Nagle said.

"As the approval process is now under way, there will be no further comment until finalization, as we wish to 100% respect that process.

"I would, however, like to thank Dean for all his help and support along the way, and I cannot wait to meet and speak to the wonderful Town fans."

Hoyle took over in 2009 before selling the club to Phil Hodgkinson 11 years later.

He returned in 2021 to provide funding due to Hodgkinson's financial difficulties but stepped down as chief executive for health reasons in 2022.

The Terriers, who are 22nd in the Championship, three points from safety, were placed under a transfer embargo earlier in March for submitting their annual accounts late.

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Wales maintained their good start to Euro 2024 qualifying as Kieffer Moore's header gave them a 1-0 win over Latvia and put them top of Group D.

Wales took the lead shortly before the break as Moore's powerful header from Daniel James' cross nestled into the bottom corner of the net.

Neco Williams rattled the crossbar as Wales pushed for a second goal.

Wales gave record scorer Gareth Bale a guard of honour before the match as he said goodbye to the home supporters.

It proved a night to celebrate for Wales as they moved top of their group thanks to their away goal scored in Croatia, who were 2-0 winners in Turkey and also have four points from their opening two games.

Considering their injury issues, retirements and disappointing World Cup, Wales will feel delighted with their start as they bid to reach Germany in 2024.

Sensational Scotland took a seismic leap in their bid to reach consecutive European Championships by stunning Spain in a heroic triumph.

Scott McTominay crashed in a deflected opener after just seven minutes, triggering an explosion of noise inside a charged Hampden Park.

Steve Clarke's team rode their luck to stay ahead at the break, only for McTominay to repeat his earlier feat just after the restart to cause chaos in the stands as well as in the bamboozled Spanish defence.

Scotland, in their first competitive victory over Spain for 39 years, now top Group A - three points above the humbled Spaniards and five in front of a stuttering Norway.

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UK-based travel agencies also offer stag weekends in Amsterdam, including canal boat cruises with unlimited booze, "steak and strip" nights and red light district pub crawls.
For years people have complained of drunken Brits urinating in public, throwing up in canals, stripping off and engaging in drunken brawls.
This is not a new phenomenon. Almost a decade ago, Amsterdam's then mayor invited his London counterpart Boris Johnson, who had described the city as "sleazy", to see for himself what Brits got up to.
"They don't wear a coat as they slalom through the red light district… they sing 'You'll never walk alone'. They are dressed as rabbits or priests and sometimes they are not dressed at all. I'd love to invite him to witness it," Eberhard van der Laan said at the time.

Presenter and comedian Paul O'Grady has died at the age of 67.

He died "unexpectedly but peacefully" on Tuesday evening, his husband Andre Portasio said in a statement.

O'Grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona Lily Savage, going on to present BBC One game show Blankety Blank and other light entertainment programmes.

Later in his career, he went on to host a number of chat shows, and also brought his love of dogs to the screen.

"It is with great sadness that I inform you that Paul has passed away unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening," Mr Portasio said.

"He will be greatly missed by his loved ones, friends, family, animals and all those who enjoyed his humour, wit and compassion.

"I know that he would want me to thank you for all the love you have shown him over the years."

A statement released on behalf of Queen Consort, Camilla, she was "deeply saddened to have learned of the death of Paul O'Grady, with whom she worked closely to support the work of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and whose warm heart and infectious humour lit up the lives of so many".

A spokesperson she will be "sharing her sympathies with Paul's family privately in due course".

He had recently been on tour playing Miss Hannigan in the musical Annie.

Writing on Instagram a few weeks ago, after returning from performing in Newcastle, O'Grady said he was "thoroughly enjoying" playing the role again after so long "especially with a truly amazing and lovely cast".

The broadcaster left his weekly BBC Radio 2 show in August 2022, confirming it was because he was unhappy about sharing his Sunday afternoon slot.

He was due to present on Boom Radio in less than two weeks time for Easter Sunday.

O'Grady was born in Birkenhead, on the Wirral, Merseyside, in 1955, to a mother whose maiden name was Savage - which is believed to have inspired his famous drag act.

He began performing as Lily Savage in the 1970s. The drag queen later performed in a solo show that ran for eight years at London's Royal Vauxhall Tavern, and made a name by speaking out about LGBT issues.

Later he hosted chat show The Lily Savage Show for BBC for a short run in 1997, before turning his hand to hosting a revived version of gameshow Blankety Blank, which remained on air until 2002.

He later hosted teatime programme The Paul O'Grady Show on ITV from 2004 to 2005, before moving with it to Channel 4 from 2006 until 2009. It was later revived in 2013 on ITV and remained on air for two years.

During 2013, the chat show was fronted by guest hosts after he suffered a health scare. He had previously had heart attacks in 2002 and 2006, the latter requiring a stay in intensive care.

The broadcaster also took over the reins presenting Blind Date from close friend Cilla Black, during a 2017 reboot of the show on Channel 5.

During his career O'Grady won a TV Bafta, British Comedy Award and a National Television Award for The Paul O'Grady Show.

In 2008, he was made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to entertainment.

The TV star had a daughter with his friend Diane Jansen in 1974. He later married a Portuguese lesbian in 1977 in a marriage of convenience and only legally divorced her in 2005.

He married his husband at a ceremony in London in 2017.

O'Grady, who lived in Aldington, near Ashford, was appointed one of Kent's deputy lieutenants in November. The role is responsible for representing the King at events in the area.

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The funeral of Betty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons, has taken place.

West Yorkshire-born Baroness Boothroyd, who served as Speaker from 1992 to 2000, died in February aged 93.

She was the Labour MP for West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000 and became a baroness in the House of Lords in 2001.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and current speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle were among those at the service in Cambridgeshire.

"Today we come together from across the political spectrum to remember one of our greatest Speakers - the remarkable Betty Boothroyd," the Prime Minister tweeted.

"Parliament stands taller because of her service."

Sir Keir called Baroness Boothroyd an "inspiration".

"A devoted public servant, Betty was at the forefront of a generation of women who smashed the glass ceiling for female politicians," he tweeted.

"She will be dearly missed by all in politics."

The service was held at the 12th Century St George's Church in Thriplow, the village where she lived in her later years.

Four pallbearers carried Baroness Boothroyd's coffin, adorned with a white floral tribute, into the stone church as organ music played.

The service concluded with the congregation singing The Battle Hymn Of The Republic.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and Deputy Labour Leader Angela Rayner stood in for Mr Sunak and Sir Keir respectively during Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

Speaking after the service, Sir Lindsay described Baroness Boothroyd as one of the "greatest women" he had ever known and said he will always be "in awe".

"She supported me to become Speaker and she always gave me advice, whether I wanted it or not, Betty would ring up and just put me right," he said.

"She smashed that glass ceiling to smithereens, she became the first and only woman speaker we've ever had.

"Didn't she climb some hills, from Yorkshire to the hills of Westminster, she took every challenge in her stride and didn't she know how to do it."

The Reverend Angela Melaniphy, who led the service, said Baroness Boothroyd had planned the service and "chosen all the music".

"The entry music was Climb Ev'ry Mountain sung by Dame Patricia Routledge, who was a very close friend of Baroness Betty Boothroyd's," she said.

"What was lovely about it was that her family was there, her very close friends were there, members of the village were there and members of Parliament were there - it was a service that included all of her life and each part of that reflected how highly she was regarded."

Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital in Rome, the Vatican says.

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