Bellamy right to speak to Burnley – FAW chief Adams

Bellamy right to speak to Burnley – FAW chief Adams. Image source, FAWImage caption, Craig Bellamy won 78 caps for Wales, scoring 19 goals and also led his countryByIan MitchelmoreBBC Sport WalesPublished6 hours agoFootball Association of Wales (FAW) chief football officer David Adams says Craig Bellamy was right to hold talks with Burnley in the summer.

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FAW chief football officer David Adams says he has a list of potential replacements for when Craig Bellamy ends his spell as Wales head coach. Despite the saga, Adams believes it was the correct decision for Bellamy to speak with the Clarets. "For him to go and speak to Burnley was the right thing to do, knowing that he does want to do that at some point. "Figure caption, Bellamy accepts he may not be able to win some fans overAdams held regular talks with Burnley chairman Alan Pace in the summer, as he did during the process that led to Bellamy leaving the Lancashire club in 2024 to take charge of Wales.

"Amid concerns over the possibility of losing Bellamy, Adams revealed he continues to assess future managerial candidates as part of the FAW's succession planning process. "Behind the scenes in my job, I have to be alert to these things and I have to have a list of people in the background that I'd speak to if [Bellamy's departure] ever materialised," he added. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPAndrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations! ’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dyingLiberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’ Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast When a man with a terminal illness wrote to his local MP Andrew Hastie, telling him he planned on ending his own life with voluntary assisted dying, Microsoft Copilot suggested Hastie reply with “congratulations! ”, “great to hear from you” or “that is wonderful news! ”.

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Warsh, speaking in his post-meeting press conference, called the rate hike the “right decision. ” “I would be hard-pressed to describe broad financial conditions as restrictive,” he said. Wales boss Bellamy – whose contract with the FAW expires after Euro 2028 – has made no secret of his desire to manage at club level in the future. He spoke with former club Burnley in the summer over the possibility of being named as Scott Parker's successor at Turf Moor.

However, Bellamy remained with Wales and has since stated it was his decision to stay in his role with the national team. "We were happy for Craig to go and speak to them," he added. "Craig's very transparent, we speak a lot, we get on well, so that's how it landed really. Published2 days agoWrexham's Broadhead to miss Wales games with injuryPublished21 hours agoChampions League a 'game-changer'Image source, FAWImage caption, David Adams achieved his Uefa Pro Licence in 2011Adams described the news that Cardiff's Principality Stadium will host the women's Champions League final in 2029 as a "game-changer" for the nation.

"Adams says young females seeing role models play at the home of Cardiff City and Principality Stadium is "just inspirational for those players".

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With Wales bidding to qualify and be competitive at the tournament in future, FAW chiefs remain determined to strengthen their player pool. Despite the huge progress made in recent years, Adams feels the governing body still has plenty of work to do. "Related topicsFootballWales Men's Football TeamWelsh FootballBurnleyWales Women's Football TeamWomen's Football The defence department’s chief AI officer, Chris Crozier, said the government was already trying to keep its tech needs local, contracting Google to build a series of interlinked datacentres spread across the country and disconnected from the US.

View image in fullscreenThe Australian Signals Directorate chief Abigail Bradshaw. Large datacentres will have to engage with communities, build away from schools and homes, and underwrite new renewables in most states. skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionAnother pillar of the standards – copyright law – is yet to be settled, with AI developers refusing to train models here without law reform. But Jenna Priestly, the assistant secretary at the attorney general’s department, on Friday confirmed looser copyright laws would also affect AI access to foreign-made content distributed in Australia.

She said the companies wanted to train models on “maybe billions” of pieces of information and claimed it was practically “impossible” to make deals with every rights holder.

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“As Australia’s copyright framework protects not only copyright material that’s Australian in origin, but worldwide, I think it is a fairly large number that [companies] would need to go and strike deals with,” Priestly said. The Greens senator David Shoebridge, who is among those fighting calls for copyright reform and demanding a pause on AI development, on Friday said Labor had refused him a seat on the inquiry committee. The attorney general’s department told Friday’s hearing the shape and timing of any copyright reform was yet to be decided.

Image Credits : Reuters Reuters 17 September 2026, 06:47 [SAST] The United States’ Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and flagged more hikes in the coming months, with new US central bank chief Kevin Warsh joining a unanimous decision that effectively acknowledges the Trump administration’s inability so far to control inflation that ​policymakers worry could worsen. “Domestic spending has been resilient, productivity growth strong, and capital investment is robust. ” The rate increase was the first such move in three years and the first policy shift under the new Fed chief, ​who took office in late May after being selected by Trump with an expectation that he would cut rates.

“The Fed has finally begun its hiking cycle, and the debate now shifts from whether rates will rise again to how many hikes lie ahead,” said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management in London. "The way it played out was unfortunate, things get leaked these days," he told the latest episode of BBC's Feast of Football podcast, which can only be found on BBC Sounds.

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