A BRIT man who went on the run after being sentenced to five years behind bars for operating an illegal streaming service has finally be caught.

And police have issued a stark warning to anyone offering the same services.

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Service was used to stream Premier League games and more on the cheap[/caption]

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Mark Brockley fled to Spain after being sentenced in May 2023[/caption]

Mark Brockley, 56, pocketed £300,000 for illegally streaming football games on the cheap, including Premier League, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

He ran aFINITY IPTV for around five years, between 2014 and 2019, with premium sport, movies and TV for as little as £15 a month.

Brockley was arrested and later charged with fraud and copyright offences at Liverpool Crown Court in June 2021.

After being released on police bail, he failed to appear at multiple court hearings, and sentencing proceeded in his absence in May 2023.

He fled the country with his dog before being traced to an apartment block in Spain.

The illegal streaming fugitive was arrested in the city of Girona during a coordinated operation involving the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), National Crime Agency (NCA), Europol, and Interpol in August 2024.

Brockley was released pending further investigation having appealed his extradition back to the UK, City of London Police said.

But he failed to show up at multiple court hearings in Spain and was eventually identified as wanted by Spanish authorities.

Brockley was finally arrested at Barcelona Airport while attempting to board a flight to the UK on June 20.

He was held in custody at Heathrow Airport and will now commence his five-year sentence.

“This case is a clear example of how PIPCU, together with our national and international partners, will relentlessly pursue those seeking to profit from intellectual property crime,” said Detective Constable Geoff Holbrook from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit at City of London Police.

“Thanks to the joint efforts of the NCA, Europol and Interpol, Brockley has finally been brought to justice, despite his attempts to evade accountability.”

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A STRUGGLING car brand has reportedly asked to delay payments to suppliers in a bid to free up funds.

The company’s new CEO has already confirmed it will be axing hundreds of jobs at a UK factory after reporting £4 billion in losses in the last financial year.

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Nissan has reportedly asked suppliers if it can delay payments[/caption]

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Nissan’s Sunderland factory will be axing around 250 jobs as part of a “voluntary leave scheme” which allows employees to choose to leave their role with the company’s support.

Earlier this year the manufacturer announced 20,000 job losses, seven factory closures and a pause on all post-2026 new car development.

It is all part of a restructuring project overseen by CEO Ivan Espinosa after he was appointed in April.

Now, Reuters has reported that the major car manufacturer has asked suppliers to allow it to delay payments in an attempt to free up short-term cash.

According to a source and emails seen by Reuters, Nissan has asked some suppliers in Britain and the European Union to accept delays in payments.

This would give the company more cash on hand at the end of the April-June first quarter.

Requests like this are not uncommon as a means of freeing up cash flow.

In a statement, Nissan told The Sun: “As we take quick actions under the Re:Nissan plan, we are leveraging the strong and flexible relationships we have built with our suppliers to ensure financial stability and maintain solid foundations for future success.

“With their full agreement, we have incentivised some of our valued suppliers to collaborate under more flexible payment terms, at no cost to them, in order to support free cash flow.

“As previously communicated, our cash position remains strong. We continue to cooperate with our valued suppliers across our operations, including in the UK, where we are looking forward together to the launch of the all-new Nissan LEAF and the arrival of our new e-POWER technology to Qashqai, the highest-volume car built in Britain.”

While the deal could help the company in the short-term, they could be left with more to pay down the line.

A source from the company told the reporter that June payments would be delayed until August 15, while some would be pushed until September.

These delays are not being forced on suppliers, but were sent as requests earlier this month.

It is all part of Nissan’s attempt to rebuild in light of their financial difficulties.

The company hopes to have positive free cash flow by the 2026 financial year.

In other emails, a director in the treasury department stated a target of freeing up $150million.

Suppliers have allegedly been given two options.

They can accept a delayed payment in return for a higher repayment with interest.

Or they can be paid on time by HSBC, with Nissan paying the bank back with interest later.

Nissan estimated that it could boost free cash flow by up to $59 million by extending payment terms.

It comes as another major manufacturer has reported a loss on its Nissan Motor shares.

Renault announced today that it will report a loss of about $11.2 billion in the first half after changing the way it accounts for the investment.

After a two-decades long partnership, the French carmaker is trying to distance itself from the struggling business.

Renault owns 35.7% of the company, and plans to assess changes in its value based on Nissan’s share price, with no impact on its net income nor on dividends it pays out.

Essentially, they are interested in how much the company is valued at, not its monetary worth.

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The company is in financial difficulty after £4 billion in losses last year[/caption]

A PAIR on quiz show Lingo were left gutted when they failed to take home the jackpot on the show.

The ITV afternoon quiz, fronted by Adil Ray, features pairs of players attempting to use their spelling knowledge to complete a number of word-based puzzles.

But during one of the episodes of the quiz, one couple failed to identify the correct answer in the time remaining.

The game is very similar to the Wordle app – a mobile phone spelling game which saw a huge increase in users during the course of the Covid pandemic.

In the episode, a cool £7,240 was up for grabs but with only 11 seconds on the clock, it proved tricky to arrive at the final answer.

With five attempts to get it right and only the opening letter of G provided, the players had to guess which six letter word beginning with G it could be.

If their word was incorrect but they guessed a correct letter – this would light up green and remain on the board if in the correct place or orange to indicate a correct letter but in an incorrect place.

Their first attempt was the word “grates” which confirmed that the second letter was in fact, R.

They then picked “ground” which revealed that “U” was in the word but not in the correct place.

They offered up “grunts” as their third option before the clock stopped ticking and they were out of time.

It meant that they had failed to secure the jackpot and were heading home empty handed.

Adil then went on to reveal the six-letter word that they were looking for, which was in fact, “Grumpy”.

Adil has hosted the show since 2021 with RuPaul being the presenter of the primetime celebrity edition.

THERE will be some familiar faces in the Champions Cup next season following the pool draw.

Leinster will face La Rochelle for the sixth time in five-and-a-half years.

Leo Cullen’s men lost the 2021 semi-final and finals in the two following seasons but have since beaten Ronan O’Gara’s men three times, but only one of them was in a knockout game.

They will also face Leicester for the fifth season in a row as well as playing Harlequins, who avenged their 2024 semi-final defeat by turning the tables at the same stage of the competition this season.

Bayonne and Stormer complete Pool Three.

In Pool Two, Munster will come up against their former coach Johann van Graan when they lock horns with Bath Rugby.

They will also face Toulon, Castres, Gloucester and Edinburgh.

On paper, Connacht look to have fared slightly better than Ulster in the draw for the Challenge Cup.

Champions Cup:

Pool 1: Toulouse, Clermont Auvergne, Sharks, Saracens, Glasgow Warriors, Sale

Pool 2: Bath Rugby, RC Toulon, Munster Rugby, Castres Olympique, Edinburgh Rugby, Gloucester Rugby

Pool 3: Leinster Rugby, Leicester Tigers, Harlequins, La Rochelle, Aviron Bayonnais, DHL Stormers

Pool 4: Bordeaux Bègles, Scarlets, Bristol Bears, Section Paloise, Northampton Saints, Bulls

Challenge Cup:

Pool 1: Ospreys, Zebre Parma, Montpellier, Benetton Rugby, Racing 92, Connacht Rugby

Pool 2: Lyon, Newcastle Falcons, Dragons RFC, US Montauban, Lions, USAP

Pool 3: Toyota Cheetahs, Cardiff Rugby, Exeter Chiefs, Black Lion, Stade Francais, Ulster Rugby

BUILDINGS near a city centre have been evacuated after a “suspicious package” was discovered.

Birmingham City Centre Police were alerted just before 3pm today.

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The Centenary Square in Birmingham[/caption]

Cops shut down Centenary Square, near the busy Birmingham New Street station.

The force has urged the public to avoid the area.

A statement on social media read: “We’ve currently got a cordon in place around Centenary Square, Birmingham city centre, while we investigate a suspicious package.

“We were alerted just before 3pm, and a number of buildings have been evacuated as a precaution while it’s assessed.

“Please avoid the area.“

Rassie Erasmus has named his Springbok team to face Italy at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday. The 23-man squad attended these schools.

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A MASSIVE gamble is building on the world’s best horse – as bookies fear a punter onslaught at Sandown on Saturday.

John & Thady Gosden’s outstanding four-year-old Ombudsman has an official rating of 128.

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No other horse on the planet can match that.

And, worryingly for his rivals, Thady says the Godolphin-owned colt is getting even better.

Ombudsman left his rivals for dead with a devastating turn of foot in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot last month.

And Paddy Power report it being one-way traffic in the betting ahead of the £1million Coral-Eclipse.

Ombudsman is all set to run – renewing his partnership with William Buick despite his 2,000 Guineas winner Ruling Court being among the list of potential runners too.

Victory for Ombudsman, who Paddy think could go off odds-on having been pumped in from 13-8 to 11-8 to evens, would be a killer for bookies.

They enjoyed a stellar Royal Ascot with a number of fancied runners getting turned over, memorably thanks to big-price winners such as 33-1 Cercene and 25-1 Time For Sandals.

But punters will be baying for blood in the 1m2f Group 1 at the Surrey track.

Paddy’s Paul Binfield said: “Ombudsman has really been the only horse that anyone has wanted since we adjusted the market at the five-day stage, arguably because of doubts about some of his possible rivals actually turning up on the Esher slopes and it’s now very possible that he’ll go off a shade of odds-on on the actual day.”

Race sponsors Coral currently hold the biggest price at 6-4 but that has been clipped in too.

The firm’s David Stevens said: “Although we don’t yet know the final line-up for Saturday’s first ever £1m Coral-Eclipse, we do know it’s all systems go with Ombudsman.

“And following his impressive Royal Ascot victory, he’s the clear pick with punters at this stage.”

Thady, who trains alongside his legendary dad John, was confident in the colt’s ability speaking on Tuesday.

He said: “He has come out of Royal Ascot in very good order and only had one run beforehand this season at Sandown in the Brigadier Gerard when he was second to Almaqam.

“He hasn’t had a hard season or really a hard career so far so we thought why not go for this?

“The Prince Of Wales’s was a very tough race with a lot of Group One horses in there.

“He is still relatively inexperienced and that was his first run in a Group One.

“We always thought he had the potential to be a horse of the class he has turned out to be and we found that out on the day at Ascot.

“He had a few traffic problems at Ascot but luckily has that turn of foot that Night Of Thunder seems to give them and he picked up really well.

“He has plenty of speed – he’s always had it. He has improved with every start and got the mile and a quarter well last time.”

Coral-Eclipse odds via Coral

6-4 Ombudsman
9-2 Sosie
13-2 Camille Pissarro
8-1 Delacroix
9-1 Almaqam, Anmaat
11-1 Ruling Court
14-1 White Birch
20-1 Stanhope Gardens
33-1 Hotazhell
66-1 Expanded

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THE historic Great Yarmouth Pier is in the midst of a makeover.

Its pier along the Golden Mile seafront has been open since 1901, and thanks to new funding, it has undergone a major transformation with more to come.

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Britannia Pier was always recognisable from the huge advertisements of its upcoming shows and celebrity performers, to its orange 1970s style sign lettering.

After £1.8million worth of funding, it now has a new look.

The building is sleek and white with grey letters and detailing, looking worlds away from the facade it has had for a number of years.

The original wooden Britannia Pier was built in Great Yarmouth in 1858, but was demolished in 1899.

In 1901, a new steel and timber frame was constructed but was destroyed after a series of fires and rebuilt.

Then in 2022, the pier was bought by Triangle Amusements who applied for planning permission to upgrade the site.

Since then, there has been a new amusement arcade and a new front.

And a second phase of work is expected to start in October 2025, which will focus on the food stalls and cabin.

Despite the ongoing works, the pier is open during the summer and ready for business too.

Comedy acts including Jimmy Carr, top tribute acts including Abba, Whitney Houston, Queen and Elvis will be hitting the pier.

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Phase two of the upgrade is set to go ahead in October[/caption]

There’s also a Summy Kids Party event (tickets £3) taking place every Wednesday from 6.30-9.30pm before the free fireworks display.

Great Yarmouth has everything you need for a classic British beach break.

Last year, Sun readers put together their favourite spots that you just cannot miss like the Joyland amusement park.

There you’ll find the Super Snails ride, Tubs, Jet Cars, Spook Express and Neptune’s Kingdom as well as slush drinks and ice-creams.

Another reader suggested the Breydon Water nature reserve.

When it comes to beaches, one of the favourites is the nearby Goreleston-on-Sea that they said is “considerably more quiet.”

They went on to add that it’s a “lovely sandy beach and has a nice restaurant called The Fig which is a pizzeria/Greek restaurant overlooking the beach.”

Plus, the English town home to the world’s largest fish and chip shop.

And the cheap UK seaside towns that Sun Travel loves – where a day out for the whole family costs from just £25.

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