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Charlotte Church's rags to riches...to 'rags': How singer splurged £25m fortune on mansion with rugby ex Gavin Henson, £800k yacht, Ibiza girls' holidays and £1.5m hippie retreat as she downsizes to a semi-detached (but she still owns £3.5m in assets)

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 24, 2024
Since the height of her fame in the mid-2000s, the former child pop star has spent her fortune on a £500,000 lavish manor with ex Gavin Henson, an £800,000 yacht, an Ibiza girls' holiday with a £10,000 bill and, more recently, a £1.5 million hippie retreat.Despite the 38-year-old telling of her financial misfortune and having to downsize her home, it can be revealed she is sitting on assets of over £3.5 million in one of her companies and made a tidy profit of £700,000 on the sale of her house. Charlotte Church Limited, of which she is the sole director, saw its capital and reserves grow from £3.36million to £3.5million in accounts, which were filed last month. However, her The Dreaming Limited, which owns the woman-focused countryside retreat which she recently launched to paying guests, has net liabilities of £551,000.

England World Cup hero Steve Thompson slams rugby bosses for 'flogging players until they fall apart' - and accuses them of not taking concerns over head injuries seriously

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 17, 2024
England legend Steve Thompson has accused rugby administrators of 'flogging players until they fall apart' as he called for the government to act on promises to address the sport's concussion crisis. The former hooker, a 2003 Rugby World Cup winner, sent shockwave through the rugby world three years ago when he revealed he had been diagnosed with early onset dementia. Since Thompson's diagnosis, the impact of CTE - a neurogenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head - and neurological diseases on players in retirement has been one of the sport's biggest talking points. 

Sixty more former players have joined a court fight against World Rugby, the RFU, and the WRU over head injuries, as a solicitor for the claimants warns that the highest level in both union and league is not secure

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 3, 2024
Since 60 more ex-unionists joined an ongoing court case against the sport's authorities over head injuries, rugby bosses in both codes have been warned that their games are not currently safe for players. The expansion was announced by Rylands Garth, the lawyers representing the claimants. The names of the 60 other former union members were not revealed.

Charlotte Church sells her six-bed 'perfect party home' in the Welsh countryside for £700,000

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 8, 2024
Since splitting with former rugby star Gavin Henson in 2010, Charlotte Church purchased The Spinney for £1.3 million and has now sold it for around £2 million. She lowered the selling price by £300,000. She began putting the house up for auction for £2.3 million in August last year. The luxurious residence includes a grand entrance hall, a wood-walled piano room, the first floor balcony, galleried landing, a living room with a log burner and an orangery.

Former international rugby players want to reduce the fixture list by a third to shield future generations from dementia, following NFL's play on brain safety

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 26, 2024
MATT HUGHES: Former international rugby players suing World Rugby and the RFU for brain injury have filed a third lawsuit, claiming that the fixture list should be reduced by a third in order to shield future generations from suffering dementia. Lenny Woodard, an ex-Wales wing, told Mail Sport that the current schedule could be changed dramatically to match that of the NFL, where the regular season features just 17 games as opposed to four in the play-offs, and coaches are only permitted to schedule 16 contact sessions each year. Woodard, one of 295 ex-players facing criminal charges against World Rugby, the RFU, and Wales Rugby Union, has suffered from dementia foregation in a coalition that includes his former international colleagues Gavin Henson and Ryan Jones, as well as England World Cup winners Steve Thompson, Phil Vickery, and Mark Regan.

Moment Charlotte Church leads 100-strong pro-Palestine choir featuring children to sing 'anti-Semitic' song From The River To The Sea - after sparking backlash over performance

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 26, 2024
Footage of how the 38-year-old actor led a choir at a Sing For Palestine festival in Caerphilly, south Wales, has surfaced. The song has been described as anti-Semitic and as a direct call for Israel to be destroyed. On Saturday night, the Welsh singer, draped in a keffiyeh scarf in solidarity with those in Palestine, was seen screaming 'Stop the occupation' as she arrived at the Bedwas Workmen's Hall. People in the Jewish community have expressed outrage, with the advocacy group Campaign Against Antisemitism accusing her of using her'stardom to inspire kids to perform violent songs in a village hall.'

Over 10 rugby players come forward each month to join the concussion lawsuit against World Rugby, the RFU and the WRU headlined by England World Cup winner Phil Vickery and ex-Wales star Gavin Henson

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 20, 2023
According to Mail Sport, the number of former rugby union players taking court action against the game's authorities over head injury is on the rise by an average of ten players every month. Among 207 new names revealed in the concussion in rugby procedural hearing held at the High Court in London, England's 2003 World Cup champions Phil Vickery and Mark Regan and ex-Wales centre Gavin Henson were among 207 new names unveiled in the concussion. They joined Alix Popham, Carl Hayman, Steve Thompson, and Michael Lipman in bringing legal action against World Rugby, the Rugby Union, and the Welsh Rugby Union after being plagued with neurological disorders such as early-onset dementia, motor neurone disease, and probable chronic encephalopathy, which they attribute to their playing careers. According to the players, they weren't aware rugby would cause such issues.

Former Premier League stars are among the 25 players suing the FA for negligence on the grounds that they have failed to shield players from brain injury, according to the first High Court hearing set for the new year

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 5, 2023
BY MATT HUGHES: Three former Premier League stars are among 25 others suing the FA for injuries on the grounds that they failed to shield them from suffering brain injuries. Mail Sport revealed last year that the group, which also includes two former EFL players in their 40s, had issued a letter of complaint, and that the first High Court hearing is set to take place next month. The majority of ex-players are in their 60s and 70s, although some are older than rugby players, although some are much younger. According to reports, three ex-Premier League players are in their early 50s, while two others who played in the EFL are a decade younger, experiencing first signs of brain injury in their 30s.

England legends Phil Vickery and Mark Regan and ex-Wales poster-boy Gavin Henson named among a group of over 200 other retired rugby stars in concussion lawsuit against World Rugby, RFU and WRU

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 1, 2023
CHRIS FOY: Both front-row players Phil Vickery and Mark Regan, as well as former Welsh poster-boy Gavin Henson, are among a group of more than 200 ex-players involved in a concussion case. These well-known figures, as well as others such as Steve Thompson, Alix Popham, Colin Charvis, and Sean Lamont, were among those convicted as claimants at the Royal Courts of Justice. On Friday morning, a case management meeting was held and proceedings - as part of the forthcoming Group Litigation Order against World Rugby, the RFU, and Welsh Rugby Union - were postponed until April next year.

Charlotte Church details how plan to have a holistic forest birth was derailed by rain and golfers

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2022
Charlotte Church has detailed information about her third child's birth and how her planned holistic forest labor was interrupted in August 2020. On Wednesday, the 36-year-old actress appeared on Loose Women, where she opened up about her daughter Freda, two, during her birthing experience. Charlotte welcomed her youngest daughter with her partner Jonathan Powell, as well as ex Gavin Henson's Ruby and Dexter.

MARTYN WILLIAMS: Eddie Butler was a master in commentary box but he was like a father figure too

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 18, 2022
By the fact that Eddie had an effect around the world, there have been tributes from people from all time periods. On social media, the current Wales players have expressed their condolences. I can tell you that I have never once was Eddie's squad partisan of today. They would become lyrical about him and his montages, and they were confident in his company.