Bullying rant

DEONTAY WILDER slammed Andy Ruiz Jr for not "taking s*** seriously" in an X-rated rant after the Mexican lost his world heavyweight titles to Anthony Joshua. The Bronze Bomber was left far from impressed as AJ regained his place at the top of the division after exacting revenge on the 30-year-old. Joshua, 30, boxed expertly to outpoint American-born Ruiz Jr, six months after being stunned on his US debut in New York. But Wilder, who is known as a knockout artist, claimed the Brit hero “danced and ran” to win his three world title belts back. Yet the real criticism was saved for Ruiz Jr, who admitted "three months of partying" was to blame for his one-sided defeat to Joshua. Wilder told the Athletic: “People say I have no skills, but my intellect is high enough to know if I’d been in a situation like [Ruiz Jr] and something’s not working, you’ve got to change up my style.“I’m smart enough to know, cut the f***ing ring off. “Once … [Read more...] about Deontay Wilder slams Andy Ruiz Jr for not taking ‘s*** seriously’ in X-rated rant after Anthony Joshua loss

A women's rugby league star who passionately embraced her girlfriend in the stands after a grand final win says her act was a show of defiance after years of hardships. Just moments after leading the Brisbane Broncos to a win in the inaugural season of the NRLW, Ali Brigginshaw ran to the stands and celebrated with girlfriend Kate Daly. The pair's passionate kiss has since gone viral with the moment described by many as 'historic', coming less than a year on from Australia legalising same sex marriage. Brigginshaw, 28, said the moment was for 'little girls', having previously told of being bullied by the parents of boys she regularly played against during her junior years. NRLW superstar Ali Brigginshaw (left) celebrated her side's victory in Sunday's grand final by passionately embracing her girlfriend Kate Daly (right) in front of thousands of fans 'I'm not ashamed of it': Brigginshaw, the Brisbane Broncos captain, said she hoped the special moment - which comes after … [Read more...] about The story behind the smooch: How women’s NRL captain refused to give up her dream despite fierce bullying from the parents of boys she played against as a girl – as her grand final kiss with her girlfriend goes viral

A group of Ukip activists say they have “hit a brick wall” after complaining to the party leadership about the Scottish spokesman David Coburn’s “unsavoury, bullying and gaffe-prone” behaviour. Richard Lucas, one of 10 Scottish signatories to a letter warning that Coburn is “not suited to being the Scottish face of the Brexit campaign”, said the concerns had not even merited a reply from Ukip’s leader, Nigel Farage. The letter, which was sent to the party chairman, Steve Crowther, in February, and seen by the media this week, alleged a “persistent culture of bullying in the Scottish region”. It described incidents where Coburn – Ukip’s only MEP in Scotland – referred to the Scottish government minister Humza Yousuf as the hate preacher Abu Hamza and intentionally mispronounced the name of the SNP MEP candidate Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh in an attempt to undermine her. The letter, signed by five local party … [Read more...] about Ukip ignored complaints about ‘bullying’ MEP, say activists

A father burst into tears as he watched footage of a gang of children attacking his son while 'wielding a BB gun and a hammer.' Footage shows a 12 year-old child curled up in a ball and clutching his head as he is stamped on by a group. The boy's father, who wanted to remain anonymous said his boy came home ‘a bit shook up’ on Saturday afternoon and said he’d got in a fight. He said his son had a suffered "a few bruises and bumps on his head" He told Metro: "We said to him just be careful when you’re out and about, but then the next day the people who did it put the video on social media. "My son showed the video to me and my wife and as soon as I saw it I cried. "You never expect any dad to see that." Police have arrested four individuals in connection with the assault which took place on Saturday in Leicester. Footage of the incident was posted to Twitter yesterday by the page ‘London Knife Crime Ldn.’ The video shows a gang of youths walking in a … [Read more...] about Dad ‘in tears’ after gang of bullies stamp on son’s head ‘holding hammer and BB gun’

Australian actor and comedian Tim Minchin has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of ignoring the importance of the arts in favour of church. The Upright star, 44, hoped for a leader who was more widely read than Mr Morrison and said the PM clearly didn't understand the significance of the arts in Australia. Last week, Mr Morrison announced he would be slashing government funding for the arts and combining the current Department of Communications and Arts portfolio. It will be replaced by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny sing during an Easter Sunday service at his Horizon Church at Sutherland in Sydney Five senior department heads will lose their jobs in the merger. 'ScoMo spends a lot of time with Brian Houston and not enough time at the theatre. I just don't believe he reads widely and expands his mind in the way I wish our PM would,' Minchin told Lisa Wilkinson on The Sunday Project. … [Read more...] about Comedian Tim Minchin says Scott Morrison spends too much time at church in scathing Hillsong rant after the PM wiped out the arts department