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Larne complete Moore signing before Prishtina tie
Larne have increased their attacking options before Thursday's Uefa Conference League match against FC Prishtina with the signing of Kobei 20-year-old centre-forward received international clearance in time for this week's second-round, first-leg tie against the Kosovans having made the switch from Aston signed for the Premier League club aged nine and made more than 30 appearances for Aston Villa Under-21s in Premier League 2, plus six senior appearances in the Vertu January, the young striker joined Fleetwood Town on loan, making 10 appearances and scoring one goal."I'm buzzing to be here," Moore said."All of the experiences I have learned at Aston Villa during my long spell there has taught me everything I know about football and hopefully I can bring those learnings and my quality into our team here."On the pitch, I'm a hard-worker and I like to create and score goals as much as I can. Personally, I'll do as much as possible to help the team win, which is the most important thing."Larne boss Nathan Rooney was delighted to secure the services of the Englishman who he feels will add extra firepower for the season ahead."He has great pace and an ability to create goalscoring opportunities, and he has proven this at Premier League level during his time at Aston Villa," said Rooney."For Kobei, it's important he comes in and shows that intent to showcase his ability, and as head coach I will give him the time to settle and adjust to his new life for the next season."I'm sure that our supporters will enjoy watching Kobei throughout the season as he now works on getting up to full speed over the coming month."
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Hull dad's portrait of daughter on display at National Gallery
A dad's painting of his daughter is on display in the National Portrait Gallery in 51, from Hull, who only started painting full-time last year when he took a sabbatical from his job as a data architect, said it was "quite overwhelming" to discover his portrait of Evelyn, 10, would be on show to a national picture, on display until 12 October, was one of 46 chosen from 1,300 entries as part of the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award, which is one of the most important platforms for portrait painters today, according to the said she was "really excited" but "nervous" at the same time about the fact lots of people would see her painting. The time off from work allowed Matthew to spend more time in his Hull studio, where he decided to paint Evelyn."She was very patient," he said. "I did a couple of drawings of her to familiarise [myself], even though I know what she looks like."Evelyn said she agreed to the painting because she thought it was a nice thing of her father to said: "I enjoyed it, but I find it really hard to sit still. I like moving quite a lot."Matthew, who puts on exhibitions in his home city, said he entered the competition after being told about it by a added: "I knew it was a strong painting but I didn't think I'd get through." After making it through the first round, he was then "excited" to attend an in-person judging session in London before receiving an email in February informing him his picture had been said that when she attended the gallery to see her portrait on display, other visitors recognised that it was her in the added: "She got into the swing of it in terms of talking to people and the artists. All the other artists were really lovely with her." Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
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Londonderry: Traffic 'chaos' sparks better management calls
There have been calls for better traffic management in Londonderry after roadworks caused serious congestion on the first day of the Foyle of people were in Derry on Monday for the opening parade and first day of the annual youth football there were lengthy tailbacks on the Foyle Bridge, the Waterside and onwards towards Ballykelly after Northern Ireland Water restarted sewage a post on social media, Foyle Cup organisers described the situation as "chaos" and called on local politicians to "sort it out". Road works on Madam's Bank Road resumed on Monday after a pause while The Open took place in Water said it had now revised some road restrictions in the city. Speaking to BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme, Eamonn O'Donnell from North West Taxi Proprietors said the tournament should be an "opportunity to showcase the city".Instead, he said, poor traffic management had "created chaos"."It was chaotic and a poor reflection of the city," he said."There should have been a moratorium on roadworks across the city." On Monday, NI Water said they were laying new wastewater infrastructure on Madam's Bank Road to support new development in the improvements area also planned to get under way this week on Queens Quay in the city centre.A spokesperson said the projects had been scheduled to take place – as far as possible – during the summer months to minimise disruption to school Water said that, from Tuesday, traffic would be reduced to one lane only where necessary, keeping two lanes open near the Culmore Road controls on Culmore Road and Foyle Bridge would also be lifted.A decision on further postponing works on Queens Quay will be confirmed work had been paused to accommodate the Foyle Cup's opening parade. SDLP assembly member Mark H Durkan said the resumption of work at Madam's Bank should also have been paused."It is very disappointing this hasn't been prepared for, hadn't been anticipated and action taken to prevent the chaos that we saw on our streets yesterday," he Féin councillor Sandra Duffy told BBC Radio Foyle it was "disappointing to be talking about traffic" given the success of the said it was her understanding that the tournament organiser had met police and the Department for Infrastructure to discuss traffic management but added those discussions "needed to be widened"."I believe the concentration was on the parade and wasn't widened out further and roadworks going on there. Those are the lessons we need to learn," she said."All these roadworks are known, always out for consultation, but I think a ball was dropped by quite a few of us."Almost 1,000 teams – some 20,000 players – are taking part in the Foyle Cup which runs until Saturday.
