News about Jonathan Edwards

At the European Cup meeting on June 25, 1995, at the Stadium Lille Metropole in France , Jonathan Edwards recorded a triple jump of 18.43m (60ft 4 inches). However, the wind speed of 2.4 metres per second was above the legal limit of 2 metres per second, so it couldn't count as a world record. At the World Championships in Gothenburg the next year, Edwards jumped 18.29m (60ft), the current world record. The long jump world record was set at the Tokyo World Championships in 1991, when Mike Powell jumped 8.95m (29ft 3in) to break the 8.90m mark achieved by Bob Beamon at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

Prince Harry was seen laughing with veterans during his whistle-stop trip to the UK for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games in a newly released video. The Duke of Sussex spent three days in Britain at the beginning of the May as he attended a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London. The event was attended by Harry, as well as senior figures from the Invictus Games Foundation, wounded veterans who have taken part in the sporting event and famous faces such as actor Damian Lewis, MP Johnny Mercer and former triple jumper Jonathan Edwards. In a video released by the foundation on Saturday night which gives viewers a look at what happened behind closed doors after the service, the father-of-two was seen laughing and joking with attendees.

Watch the moment Prince Harry goes on a surprise walkabout after his Invictus Games event to joke with a fan on her honeymoon. The Duke of Sussex left St Paul's Cathedral, following an event to celebrate ten years of the charity, to greet members of the public before being escorted to his car. The crowd, very much supporting King Charles ' youngest son at his event, shouted 'we love you Harry', as the smiling Royal can be heard jovially responding to a woman who said she was here for her honeymoon by saying: 'You didn't get married in St Paul's, though?' Inside the event he was greeted by members of his late mother's family and was seen on camera warmly embracing both of them, however no other royals attended the ceremony, oweing to 'busy schedules'.

Two women teachers and a young pupil were stabbed by a teenage girl student in the playground at a secondary school, witnesses said. The 1800-pupil school was put in lockdown after the girl lashed out with a butterfly knife and a 'Code Red' was announced over the speaker system. Children were told to lock themselves inside classrooms and keep their heads down until police arrived. A video of the stabbing taken by a pupil in the playground was later posted on social media.

JJ Chalmers, who was critically wounded in a bomb blast in Afghanistan, has been named a trustee of Invictus Games Foundation by his friend Prince Harry. Invictus Games gold medalist John Chalmers, 36, is one of Queen Elizabeth's chaplains. Chalmers became friends with the prince after he was first introduced to him during a 2014 rehabilitation triathlon, and he was even invited to his royal wedding four years later.

An inquest heard that a Welsh Government prosecutor writing Covid legislation resigned after being unable to cope with increasing pressure at work and the consequences of the lockdowns. Owain Vaughan Morgan, a father of two, was discovered dead in Cardiff woodland on April 14 last year after his wife reported him missing. Mr Morgan's wife Catherine referred to him as a 'family person' who enjoyed reading and going for walks in a post at an inquest into his death in Pontypridd Coroners' Court. Although she admitted that she had a tendency to fear, she said his personality was 'calm and collected,' and that there is no history of being anxious or depressed before 2020.

Jonathan Edwards (right), the MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, should resign immediately,' even though being recalled to the party last week. After receiving a police warning for assaulting his wife, Emma Edwards, in May 2020, the 46-year-old had been suspended in 2020. The incident's particulars are uncertain, with Mr Edwards appointing his conduct "to the end of my life." The two people are divorced and are in the process of getting divorced. The news that he would be allowed to rejoin the Plaid Cymru group in Westminster on Thursday was met with indignation, with Mrs Edwards saying she was 'appalled' at the decision. Mr Edwards later issued a tweet condemning 'vindictive and vengeful coordinated political threats' against him, and that he had not returned to rejoin the Plaid party. Mr Price has now compelled him to resign from the party, saying that Mr Edwards, an MP,'sends the wrong message.'