ONE year on from a painful crash, Max Verstappen returns to Silverstone as clear favourite to register his first British Grand Prix win and increase his lead in the title race.

WITH one day remaining ahead of the Tour de France's 'Grand Depart' in Denmark, Tadej Pogacar sounded a warning to those hoping to dethrone the double champion.

BRITISH and Irish Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones will start on the bench and flanker Tommy Reffell will win his first cap for Wales against South Africa on Saturday.

THE Winter Gospel Concert, a first of its kind, will take place on 3 July at the Jubilee Ministries Church in Kawuki, Rehoboth.

THE Twapewa Kadhikwa Annual Women's Retreat weekend, which aimed to activate the faith of women, as well as renew their mindsets for a more productive and prosperous future, will be remembered by those who attended as a life changer.

THE gritty reality of township life is often overlooked or ignored, but young film-maker Roger Rafael has found a way to creatively tell these stories through a YouTube series titled 'Ompata'.

RISING interest rates continue to shrink consumption spending, as the country's economic woes deepen, increasing credit extended to the private sector by 4,5% year on year (y/y) in May compared to 3,8% y/y in April.

FARMERS in the northern communal areas (NCA) got a major economic boost, with Meatco sending its first beef consignment to Ghana.

WOMEN with brilliant business ideas should not be lulled into complacency by any job security but act to bring those ideas to fruition.

SAM CABRAL DONALD Trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to storm the capitol to overturn the 2020 election, a former White House aide has said.

Ex-aide Cassidy Hutchinson (26) testified to the committee probing the 6 January 2021 riots that Trump and his top staff knew the potential for violence. But a planned rally went ahead, with Trump saying the armed attendees were “not here to hurt me”. The former president also demanded to join the march on the capitol himself, she said. As principal adviser to Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, Hutchinson sat just feet from the Oval Office and spoke daily with Meadows. She recounted that several top officials warned repeatedly that Trump's rally on 6 January could spiral out of control. During her testimony, Cassidy said: • Days before the attack Meadows predicted that things “could get real, real bad” on 6 January. • When told on 6 January that Trump's supporters had brought guns, knives and other weapons with them, Meadows barely looked up from his phone and asked “anything else?”. • Trump was angered when told that Secret Service agents were turning away his supporters because they were armed and setting off security devices. • “They're not here to hurt me” and “let them in”, Trump said. • Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told the White House the event could be “dangerous for the president's legacy”. • White House counsel Pat Cipollone expressed concerns it would look like the White House was inciting a riot. As she was speaking, Trump denied her account on his Truth Social online platform, saying: “I didn't want or request that we make room for people with guns to watch my speech. Who would ever want that?” Other parts of Hutchinson's testimony portrayed the former president as reacting angrily when he was upset by certain events. When attorney general William Barr dismissed the president's election fraud claims in a December 2020 interview, Trump smashed crockery in a rage, which Hutchinson said he had done in the past. And after his supporters marched to the capitol, Trump insisted he wanted to join them, she said. Trump lunged for the steering wheel of his presidential limo after he was told he could not be taken to the capitol, she said she was told by another aide. He was eventually returned to the White House. Trump denied the claim. A source close to the Secret Service told CBS News that the driver and another officer are willing to testify that the former president did not try to grab the steering wheel. Hutchinson also said Meadows had sought a pardon from the president after the riot. During her testimony, she recalled seeing Trump's tweet, condemning his vice president, Mike Pence, for lacking the “courage” to overturn the election results. Pence rejected claims he had the power to halt the congressional certification of the election. “As an American I was disgusted... It was unpatriotic, it was un-American, and you were watching the capitol building get defaced over a lie,” she said.

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