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Leigh-Anne Pinnock and her family in Birmingham attended the MBCC Awards on Saturday evening, looking stunning. The Inspirational Honorary Award was won by the Little Mix star, 32, where she was accompanied by her father John and sister Sarah. Leigh-Anne sported the chic white midi dress, which featured a button-down front and matched with sky-high heels, opting for pure elegance for the evening.

Three Women, which was based on Sir Lenny Henry's own family's life, were focusing on three women who moved from Jamaica to England in 1957 in the search of a fresh start.

On Sunday, Zharnel Hughes placed third in the men's 100 meters final at the World Athletics championships, earning bronze in Budapest. Hughes was initially sluggish outside the blocks but after American Noah Lyles earned a gold medal, he climbed to finish third.

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY DAVID COVERDALE: Zharnel Hughes, it turns out, is just as terrified as the majority of us. Twice this summer, he has written down the date he believes he will run before a contest. He has twice pushed it to the exact hundredth of a second, tying British records on both occasions. Hughes' first mindblowing appearance occurred on June 24, when he jotted down in his journal: 'Commission day in New York' I'm going to run 9.83 miles. The lowest version of 9.89-9.91 was on the radio. Have faith.' He did indeed run 9.83 seconds in the 100 meters at the New York City Grand Prix on Saturday, smashing Linford Christie's 30-year-old British record.

Zharnel Hughes has set another British record, this time in the 200m in front of a sell-out home crowd at the London Diamond League. The 28-year-old shaved 0.21 seconds off John Regis' record, which was set at the World Championships in 1993, to clock in at 19.73 seconds. With American world 200m champion Noah Lyles winning in 19.47 seconds, the sprinter's new record saw him finish third in the competition.

As competitors battled biblical thunder, lightning, and rain, the UK Athletic Championships in Manchester over the weekend provided no shortage of drama. However, the weather couldn't stop sprint sensation Zharnel Hughes from running a 100-meters and 200 meters double. HENRY CLARK of Mail Sport covers up a few things you may have missed in our UK Championships notebook.

HENRY CLARK IN MANCHESTER: Weather or shine, there seems to be no way to discourage Zharnel Hughes from getting on the right track right now. The 27-year-old Brit wrestled biblical rain, thunder, and even the occasional bolt of lightning to win the men's 100 meters on Saturday evening, exhibiting an electric display. And although the weather was consistently sunny and hot on Sunday, Hughes demonstrated that he was the man for all seasons by delivering a similarly strong showing to become Britain's champion over 200 meters. After a good start, the Anguilla-born sprinter pushed away from the chasing pack and eased home in 19.77 seconds. That time will have smashed John Regis' 29-year British record of 19.87 over 200 meters, but Regis' record of 2.3 meters/s stands for another day.

DAVID COVERDALE: In the 100meters, the British hero of the 100 meters meets a national villain. Any athletics fan of a grudge match in Manchester is likely to be dissatisfied. After breaking Linford Christie's British 100m record in New York last month in a world record 9.83 seconds, this weekend's British Athletic Championships is a homecoming for him. However, CJ Ujah is a television show host. The gathering marks a return to the spotlight for a man whose failed drug test cost him an Olympic silver medal. Not that Hughes is going to start yelling about his old Tokyo teammates.

Zharnel Hughes has told his followers that he has "not one to mess about with" after he set his sights on emulating Linford Christie by winning a world 100m medal in Budapest. At last Saturday's New York City Grand Prix, the 27-year-old clocked a record 9.83 seconds, beating Christie's British record of 9.87 from the World Championships in 1993. No British man has won a global 100m gold since Christie in Stuttgart this year, but Hughes' time this year is the fastest in the world this year, ahead of the World Championships in August.

After smashing Linford Christie's 30-year-old British 100 meters record in the New York Grand Prix on Saturday, Zharnel Hughes has told the world he can run even faster. The Anguillan-born British sprinter is taught by Usain Bolt's old mentor Glen Mills, whose record for the Jamaican sprinter in 2008 was set on the same Icahn Stadium track where the Jamaican set his first world record in 2008.

As he claimed victory in the men's 100 meters at the New York City Grand Prix, Zharnel Hughes tied Linford Christie's long-running British record. Hughes, who claimed silver at the 2022 European Championships, clocked 9.83 seconds ahead of Jamaica's Ackeem Blake (9.93secs) with American Christian Coleman, the 2019 world champion, third in 10.02. Christie had not been since the 1993 Stuttgart World Championships, where he claimed gold for the United Kingdom in 9.87.

I'm a celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here! On Sunday, the Australian jungle is expected to return to the United States after being forced to relocate to Wales for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. MailOnline takes a look at some of the ITV reality show's most iconic, stomach-churning, and dramatic moments as I'm A Celebrity's 22nd series returns to screens.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Did King Charles's alacrity at appointing William Prince of Wales the day after the death of the Queen prompt Prince Edward to wonder when he would succeed his father Philip as Duke of Edinburgh? According to a source, Charles may be considering making Princess Anne Duchess of Edinburgh, a title that was last held by her mother. She has Scotland's highest order of chivalry as a Knight of the Thistle.

Andy Whyment, a Coronation Street actor, is reportedly back to the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! The upcoming spin-off show is being held in the camp. In 2019, the actor, 41, who plays Kirk Sutherland on the ITV soap, came in second place behind Jacqueline Jossa, 29. According to a television source, Andy is set to appear on the new version of the show, which is likely to be shot in South Africa, with audiences raving about his down-to-earth personality and sense of humor.'