Brighton have announced a record profit of £122.8m in the 2022-23 financial year - the most successful season in the Premier League club's history.

Profit after tax increased annually by almost £100m from £24.1m, with turnover going up by 17.2% to a record £204.5m.

Albion finished sixth in the Premier League in 2022-23, reached the FA Cup semi-finals and also brought in huge transfer fees for several key players.

The figures can help more "significant progress" on the pitch, Brighton said.

"These accounts will of course catch the eye because of the headline number," Brighton chief executive Paul Barber said.

"In a season when we made history on the pitch we took a huge step forward in terms of the club's long-held aim of becoming more sustainable and less reliant on [Brighton owner] Tony Bloom's incredibly generous levels of investment."

Brighton have made a "substantial repayment" to Bloom for the first time, added Barber.

It means the club reduced the balance on Bloom's interest-free loan, given in 2007, to £373.3m from £406.5m.

Brighton's record figures come at a time when several of their Premier League rivals are facing sanctions for breaching rules by incurring heavy financial losses.

Everton were docked 10 points, reduced to six points on appeal, after recording losses of £125m over three years up to 2021-22.

On Monday, Everton reported financial losses of £89.1m in 2022-23.

Nottingham Forest have been docked four points, which they are appealing against, after their losses to 2022-23 breached the threshold of £61m by £34.5m.

Leicester City, relegated to the Championship last season, have been charged by the Premier League with allegedly breaking spending rules during their last three seasons in the top flight.

Scotland could become the first part of the UK to ban egg companies from keeping chickens in cages.

The Scottish government has announced a new consultation on outlawing the use of cages to house hens involved in egg production.

Agriculture minister Jim Fairlie said if it was implemented Scotland would be "leading the way in improving the welfare of animals".

The use of battery cages for birds was banned in the UK in 2012.

But there are still more than 1.1m chickens in Scotland kept in "enriched cages", which provide birds with more room to nest, roost and scratch than the smaller battery cages.

A survey in 2020 found that almost nine out of 10 people (88%) in the UK believed that using cages in farming was cruel.

And more than three quarters (77%) supported a complete ban on their use.

The Scottish government's preference is for a ban on the installation of new cages from 2033, followed by a complete ban on keeping birds in enriched cages from 2034.

Ministers believe this option "most effectively balances improvements in bird welfare and ensures sustainability for the laying hen sector".

But the consultation also seeks views on banning the use of enriched cages from 2030.

And it proposes a non-regulatory option, which would see shops and caterers commit to stop selling and using eggs from birds kept in enriched cages by 2034.

Louis Anthony Conter (September 13, 1921 – April 1, 2024) was a Lieutenant Commander and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy. At the time of his death, he was the last living survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Guy Lindsay Scott (born 1 June 1944) is a Zambian politician, who served as interim / caretaker President of Zambia from 2014 to 2015, and was the Vice President from 2011 to 2014.

Scott became acting president upon Michael Sata's death in office on 28 October 2014. This made him the first head of state of European descent in Africa since F. W. de Klerk in 1989, and the first-ever under a democratically elected government.

Tottenham are in talks with "prospective investors" after reporting losses of £86.8m in their 2022-23 accounts, says chairman Daniel Levy.

Total revenue increased by 24% from 2022 to a record-high £549.6m, with matchday income reaching a record £117.6m.

But they reported a loss for the fourth successive year following the 2022 deficit of £50.1m.

Levy stressed the need to "capitalise on our long-term potential".

"To continue to invest in the teams and undertake future capital projects, the club requires a significant increase in its equity base," he said.

"The board and its advisors, Rothschild & Co, are in discussions with prospective investors. Any recommended investment proposal would require the support of the club's shareholders."

Under Premier League profit and sustainability (PSR) regulations, clubs can lose a maximum of £105m over a three-season period, or £35m per campaign, before facing sanctions.

Tottenham's losses over the last three years are beyond that threshold at £220.7m, but the annual depreciation charge of £72m, which refers to their stadium and other facilities, means they are not at risk of breaching PSR regulations.

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No matter where we live, we share the land with wildlife.

During the E20 launch night, 14 February 1999, Saskia Duncan storming into Steve Owen's office

2002 – The MPLA government of Angola and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.

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A great-grandfather from Merseyside has become the world's oldest man.

John Tinniswood, who is 111 years and 223 days old, puts his longevity down to a fish and chips on a Friday and having hiked regularly when he was young.

Mr Tinniswood, who now lives in a care home in Southport, advises "exercising the mind" and "moderation".

The previous title-holder, Juan Vicente Pérez Mora of Venezuela, died aged 114 on Tuesday.

Mr Tinniswood, a Liverpool FC fan, was born in the city on 26 August 1912, and can recall standing on the terraces watching Billy Liddle and Everton's Dixie Dean.

He met his wife, Blodwen, during World War Two, and they married in 1942.

The couple were married for 44 years until Blodwen died in 1986.

Their daughter, Susan, was born in 1943.

He worked for Royal Mail, for Shell, and for BP until he retired in 1972.

He said his earliest memory was his first day at school at Lawrence Road and later The Holt Secondary School, now known as Childwall Comprehensive School.

He said he did not have a special diet but continues to enjoy his favourite meal, fish and chips, every Friday.

He also recommended to "never over-tax your system" for a healthy life and to get along with people.

"We are all different people," he said.

"It is up to us to make that difference work, otherwise everything fails."

Mr Tinniswood was presented with the Guinness World Records certificate on 4 April.

The world's oldest living woman, and oldest living person overall, is Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, who recently celebrated her 117th birthday.

The evidence for the oldest man living was examined by Guinness World Records' Senior Consultant for Gerontology, Robert Young, and the Gerontology Research Group.

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The gymnasium is equipped with the most up-to-date apparatus, and, with the swimming bath and racquet court, affords exceptional facilities for pleasurable recreation.

Ipswich Town's Championship automatic promotion hopes suffered a blow as the leaders were defeated by Norwich City in a tense East Anglian derby at Carrow Road.

Marcelino Nunez's first-half free-kick was the difference in a game that did not see the best of either side's usually potent attacks.

It is the first time in 15 Championship matches Ipswich have failed to score, and their wait for a first derby win since 2009 means Kieran McKenna's side could be third by the time Saturday's 15:00 BST games have finished.

The Canaries consolidated sixth place and boosted their chances of making the play-offs with an eighth straight home win.

The Titanic, as previously announced, will leave Southampton for New York on Wednesday next on her maiden Transatlantic voyage, under the command of Commander Edward J. Smith R.D., R.N. In the interim much still remains to be done to get things ship-shape on board, and the White Star Line are reluctantly compelled to announce that no applications for tickets for inspection by the public can be entertained.

Summary

This Danish-language brochure, published in Copenhagen in 1911 or 1912, advertises two ships of the British-owned White Star Line, the Olympic and Titanic. Included are facts about the line and its fleet; information about tickets, timetables, and classes of service; and illustrations of the dining rooms, libraries, cabins, and decks. The brochure lists amenities available to second- and third-class passengers and shows the menus for the morning, midday, and evening meals offered on each of the seven days of the voyage across the Atlantic. The publication was aimed at people emigrating from Denmark to North America, as reflected in the glossary of words and dictionary of expressions provided, in Danish and English, including exchanges such as this one: "Have you work for me?" "I don't know, what can you do?" "I am used to digging and farming; I can plough, take care of horses, and can drive both a team and a double team." The next-to-last page is a map showing routes from Liverpool and Southampton to Montreal, Boston, and New York. The Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg on April 15, 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, causing the death of 1,502 people. The Olympic remained in service until 1935.

At Southampton, 920 people boarded Titanic with more than half being third-class passengers.

Of the 908 crew members aboard Titanic, 724 were from Southampton.

White Star paid nothing until December 1915, when they agreed to pay compensation of $664,000, divided amongst the survivors. Worked out at about $950 per person. Adjusted for inflation, that works out to be $24,000 each.

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1994 – Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.

A man has been found stabbed to death near Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

He was found unresponsive at 05:51 BST in Northumberland Park in Haringey, north London, said the Met Police, which has launched a murder inquiry.

The man suffered a number of stab injuries and, despite receiving CPR, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sunday evening's match between Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest will still take place, Spurs said in a statement.

"Following an incident in which an individual has lost their life, we are doing everything to accommodate the ongoing police investigation, which is of the utmost importance," the club said.

"We shall update supporters as and when we can, and ask for fans to be patient and allow extra travel time."