In this week’s list of unmissable news brand content: a look back on Euro history highs and lows, a foundation shining a light on education and a celebrity engagement…
1. A look back at Euros history
As Euro 2024 kicks off, The Sun looks back on some of the most memorable high and low moments in Euros history in a four-part series on Instagram.
Events remembered include Gareth Southgate’s missed penalty against Germany, which cost England a spot in the Wembley final of Euro 1996, as well as Abel Xavier’s handball that resulted in France scoring a golden-goal penalty to reach the Euro 2000 final.
2. Soccer Aid
Yearly charity football match Soccer Aid returned for 2024, held at Stamford Bridge stadium. Fans and players were entertained by singer-songwriter Tom Walker.
The total raised this year post-match was £15,049,590, a new record. UNICEF’s vital work helps give children around the world happy and healthy childhoods.
The i shares all the action from the pitch, including who won this year, the famous team captains and coaches, as well as who scored in the nine-goal thriller.
3. The King’s Foundation
King Charles attended the King’s Foundation inaugural awards ceremony at the St James’ Palace, the Evening Standard reports on YouTube.
The awards celebrate students, teachers, alumni and partners of the foundation, which provides educational courses, wellbeing programmes and regeneration projects across the UK.
Ambassadors who attended the event included David Beckham, Alan Titchmarsh and Patrick Grant.
4. A good deed
A young boy named Teddy Litchten celebrated his first ever birthday party, despite turning five years old. Litchten spent his young life fighting an aggressive childhood cancer that his parents feared he might not beat. Thankful for a close-knit community, villagers helped raise an amazing £250,000 which supported the young boy to have lifesaving treatment in the USA, the Mirror explains.
Litchten’s mum Katherine says their kindness has paid off, as he is now looking forward to a future with his family: “We had the most incredible day, as to have Teddy with us celebrating his birthday was something that we had only dreamed about.”
He has now been nominated for the upcoming Pride of Britain awards.
5. A sweet engagement
Lead singer of the band The 1975 Matty Healy is engaged to model and musician partner Gabbriette Bechtel.
Bechtel is the lead singer of the punk rock band Nasty Cherry, founded by Charlie XCX. The pair have been romantically linked since September 2023.
