Jodar insisted he did not push her, suggesting she may have tripped on the court cover.
Spanish tennis player Rafael Jodar has denied pushing a ball girl out of his way during his match at the French Open.
Jodar booked his place in the fourth round of Roland Garros with victory over American Alex Michelsen on Friday.
Between sets, footage shared on social media showed the 19-year-old walking off the court when a ball girl appeared to accidentally step across his path while trying to move out of the way.
Jodar was seen gesturing to someone in his box, later clarifying that to be his father, as he passed the girl.
Jodar denied pushing the volunteer, suggesting she may have got her feel tangled in the court cover.
Initial footage that appeared on social media caused fury among tennis fans. However, a separate clip suggested the ball girl may have indeed tripped back on the court cover just as Jodar was raising his hand towards his father.
‘I didn’t touch her,’ he said. ‘No, no, no. I could never do that.’
🚨 Este video se está haciendo viral, pero NO ES LO QUE PARECE.
En ningún momento Rafael Jódar empuja a la ball girl.
He continued: ‘I didn’t push her or anything. I was telling my dad to give me the things that he was going to give me after a toilet break when I was coming back.
‘She was in the middle, so I think she was trying to get out of the way. She was going backwards, but I think she, like, fell, but not because I push(ed) her.
He added: ‘It [the court cover] was right behind her. So when she was walking backwards, she fell with that.
‘I appreciate all the work that the ball kids are doing. I know it’s difficult with the heat and the conditions to stay there, so I appreciate. I could never, you know, push a ball kid.’
Former supply teacher Abusali Rahman has pleaded guilty to taking more than 100 upskirt photos of pupils (Picture: GMP/PA)
A former supply teacher who took more than 100 upskirt photos of pupils at several secondary schools across the North West is facing jail.
Abusali Rahman, 36, pleaded guilty to a total of 21 offences at Bolton Crown Court today.
His offending began within months of qualifying as a teacher in 2023 and continued until his arrest last year.
Rahman, a British national of Bangladeshi ethnicity from Salford, admitted 12 counts of taking indecent photographs of children by upskirting, four counts of publishing an obscene article, three counts of making indecent photographs of children, one count of voyeurism and one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child.
He will be sentenced on September 1.
Emma Kehoe, defending, said: ‘Mr Rahman knows this is a prison sentence, but he was going through a mental health crisis at the time.’
She asked for a psychiatric report ahead of sentence.
Recorder Geoffrey Lowe said: ‘This is a complex case.’
Greater Manchester Police said Rahman was arrested in June 2025 after a parent raised concerns when an image of their child in school uniform was circulated on social media.
Speaking outside court, Detective Sergeant Simon France said the guilty pleas were the result of a ‘painstaking, thorough investigation’.
He said: ‘We first received reports of Abusali Rahman’s suspected offending in March 2025 and he was arrested in June that year.
This Is Not Right
On November 25, 2024 Metro launched This Is Not Right, a campaign to address the relentless epidemic of violence against women.
With the help of our partners at Women's Aid, This Is Not Right aims to shine a light on the sheer scale of this national emergency.
You can find more articles here, and if you want to share your story with us, you can send us an email at vaw@metro.co.uk.
‘The offences are alleged to have taken place in several secondary schools across the North West between December 2023 and 2025.
Abusali Rahman, 36, pleaded guilty to a total of 21 offences at Bolton Crown Court (Picture: GMP/PA)
‘The officers and staff working on this investigation, including our victim identification team, have put everything into building a case against Rahman and bringing the charges against him.
‘This included our digital investigation unit which has analysed around 1,000 images over the past year.’
He said police had been in contact with all the schools Rahman had worked in since he became a qualified teacher in 2023.
Alex Mann, from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said: ‘This was a horrifying case involving an abuse of trust that affected multiple young victims.
‘Rahman fell well below the standards expected of his role – first by sharing sexualised deepfake images online, before escalating to upskirting and voyeurism offences.
‘Following a comprehensive GMP investigation, prosecutors were able to piece together a compelling case that left the defendant with little choice but admit his crimes.
‘The guilty pleas entered today means he will face the consequences of his appalling actions, without victims having to prolong their suffering by reliving their experiences at trial.’
And now, at the close of this week, Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) and Patrick Truman (Rudolph Walker) have decided to take some time away from Walford, with the pair departing as part of separate storylines on Thursday (May 28).
He broke things off with Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy) during a visit but, as part of his treatment, he was encouraged to reach out to his one true love, writing her a letter.
Having not received a response, he returned to the Square this week, much to the shock of Priya, and after he opened up about his progress in therapy, one thing led to another with the couple sleeping together.
Ravi returned to the Square – to say his goodbyes (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)
Priya believed this to be a sign that they were back together but Ravi was taken aback, having thought she’d read his letter, in which he revealed that he was letting her go.
Priya broke down as Ravi packed his bags and left. But has he really gone?
Elsewhere, Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker) decided to take some time away from the Square, visiting his grandchildren up in Scotland after he received a call from ex daughter-in-law Sophie, who said that the kids weren’t coping well in the wake of Anthony’s (Nicholas Bailey) death.
He offered some advice to Ross Marshall (Alex Walkinshaw), who wasn’t sure about if he should wed Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig) following her fling with Zack Hudson (James Farrar) but – upon hearing Patrick’s words of wisdom – he reconsidered.
Patrick decided to visit his grandkids in Scotland (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCarron)
Patrick, however, appeared in the flashforward episode – which is set in 2027 – earlier this year so we know that he will be back on screens soon.
Don't miss a Soaps scoop! Add us as a Preferred Source
As a loyal Metro Soaps reader, we want to make sure you never miss our articles when searching for stories. We have all the latest soaps news, spoilers, videos, and interviews, with a vibrant community of highly engaged readers.
Click the button below and tick Metro.co.uk to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search.
A hidden gem of long-lost BBC media has been uncovered by ‘pure chance’ (Picture: BBC)
Almost 60 years after it was destroyed, an episode of the terrifying BBC series Late Night Horror has been unearthed and will be shown again.
Late Night Horror was a deeply unsettling six-episode anthology which first came out in 1968. Just two years later, it disappeared from screens and the BBC archives.
The show was notoriously gory with storylines chock-a-block with severed limbs, creatures of the night and ghastly tales, with the scant reaction we have from the time showing ‘complaints it was too scary’ and had BBC technicians ‘buckling at their knees’.
BFI film curator Atlas Obscura added: ‘It was quite shocking, I think it was controversial.’
Although vast amounts (anywhere upto 70%) of the BBC’s output was purged across the 60s and 70s in order to free up tapes (Doctor Who famously has over 90 missing episodes from this era), a 2007 BBC news feature speculated that the sheer horror of it drove it to the chopping block.
Four of the episodes- William and Mary, The Triumph of Death, The Bells of Hell and The Kiss of Blood – remain lost to time. In 2016, archivist Chris Perry got his hands on The Corpse Can’t Play after a 30-year hunt.
No Such Thing As a Vampire has been found after almost 60 years (Picture: BBC)
It is about a woman bitten by a… you guessed it… vampire (Picture: BBC)
Now, a decade later, another has resurfaced – this time, the episode titled No Such Thing As a Vampire, based on I Am Legend novelist Richard Matheson’s short story.
As it says on the tin, this is a blodsucker-themed horror of a woman who falls mysteriously ill and, notably, has two pinprick marks on her neck – the nightwalker’s trademark.
The film, which has not seen the light of day in six decades, was tracked down by cinema projectionist Darren Payne in a small storage area of The Regent, a 1930s art deco cinema and theatre buried in the heart of Christchurch, Dorset.
Recovered ‘purely by chance’ when a whole box of tapes, including No Such As a Vampire, was ‘on the verge of being thrown away’.
I was asked to check one of the rather nondescript silver cans, which had the words Late Night Horror handwritten on the label. I’m a passionate horror aficionado, and the title rang a distant bell with me…
‘Lo and behold, it turned out to be the long-lost first episode of the Late Night Horror series. I had to pinch myself; it was an astonishing and quite emotional moment.
‘I wouldn’t underestimate that experience of being the first to watch a production for the first time in nearly 60 years.’
Another piece of rare footage is the 1984 drama Threads which has only aired a handful of times after completely frightening audiences (Picture: BBC)
The episode is set to be aired, in conjunction with BBC Archives, in Dorset on September 20, as part of the three-day Grindfest event.
Meanwhile, the BBC recently celebrated the recovery of two more Classic Who episodes, involving First Doctor William Hartnell’s run, which were expertly restored before being released on iPlayer.
Got a story?
If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.
Readers discuss how hot the UK is, the hospitaluty industry in peril and if immigration is a problem (Picture: EPA)
Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments
Put your tops back on!
The heatwave London and the rest of the country is experiencing (Metro, Tue) may bring joy to some but people overlook the fact it is much easier to adjust to winter. This is for the simple reason you can add as many layers of clothes as you wish to protect you from the cold but there is a limit to what you take off.
Or is there? I am referring to the grim sight of men who feel it is perfectly acceptable in a major world capital to parade shirtless through the streets, displaying their bloated, tattooed bellies to the world at large. Not a pleasant sight. Jules Stewart, London
What does St George’s flag mean?
We are constantly seeing plastic patriots wandering around bedecked in flags of St George (which I consider disrespectful to both flag and country).
Who is making and, more importantly, paying for these flags to be made and distributed? Who is paying for the cherry pickers and drivers to deface areas by putting up flags the vast majority consider an eyesore?
It is time these activities were investigated to find out who is behind and profiting from this blight.
The old saying ‘Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel’ is so apt today. A Lloyd, Liverpool
Tourust tax will ‘prevent the working class from travelling out of their designated areas’
It seems this Labour government is hell-bent on destroying the hospitality industry by allowing a possible £300 tourist tax on holidays in the UK to be introduced by regional authorities.
Of course, not only will jobs be placed at risk but it will prevent the working class from travelling out of their designated areas.
It seems the notion of ‘15-minute cities’ – where everything you need is within a quarter-of-an-hour walk – is closer than ever with the Labour Party. J Hall, Beckenham
Is the population still rising?
Your report on the ‘fall’ in net migration (Metro, Fri) implies we are wrong to think immigration remains a problem.
Net immigration last year was 171,000 – the lowest this century and down from 944,000 in 2023. But the bottom line is the population is still increasing.
To say ‘net migration falls’ is a misleading as saying ‘inflation fell last month to 2.8%’. People know prices are still rising, just at a slower rate.
Likewise, people know the population is still rising, just at a slower rate.
Your article says the figures ‘suggest a gap between people’s perception and reality’. The ‘reality’ is that 171,000 more people arrived than left. And they all have to live somewhere. Julian, Orpington
Demonising minorities is ‘a tactic as old as time’
We don’t have to buy into the cynical narrative of demonising and punishing migrants and other minorities.
For politicians who bully others for personal gain, it’s all prevent the working class from travelling out of their designated areas. I
So why are we given headline stats with no context? There are more than 120million people globally displaced by war and persecution. Fewer than 0.09% of these came to the UK last year.
And why are we allowing government hostility to drive out the workers needed in health and care who pay taxes funding public services and pensions? Increasingly hostile legislation punishes courageous survivors who just want to be safe, work hard and support their families.
Let’s reject the divisive, distracting narrative and demand better of our media and leaders. Rebecca, Glasgow
Do you agree with our readers? Have your say on these MetroTalk topics and more in the comments
Metro is going big on our Good Deed Feed this summer. It’s the column where you give a shout out to those strangers who have gone out of their way to do you a favour or lend a hand.
Email your messages to mail@metro.co.uk text or scan the QR code below and fill in the form
Instead of melting in her house like the rest of us, the TV personality decided to take a drive in her air-conditioned car – ditching her clothes and donning a bright bikini to do so.
Myleene, 48, posted a string of pictures rocking a striped orange, pink, and white bikini from her brand partner, Freemans, as she drove around.
She completed her look with some white Prada sunglasses, writing: ‘Bank hols. Klassy cabs did overtime.’
Her friends were hyping her up in the comments, with Helen Flanagan writing: ‘My god’.
She posed in Prada glasses and a Freemans bikini (Picture: Myleene Klass/Instagram)
Scarlett Moffatt commented ‘wow’ with fire and heart emojis, a comment mirrored by an equally enthusiastic Nicole Appleton.
‘Momma you look incredible,’ added Catherine Tyldesley as fellow Smooth Radio host Angie Greaves wrote: ‘Girl’.
The Hear’Say singer previously joked that simple £40 swimwear has ‘put my kids through school’, frequently recreating the look.
Speaking about the bikini in 2020, she said: ‘I can’t believe that @imacelebrity started again tonight. It feels like I was in the jungle only yesterday! Every time I see this pic pop up, I can’t believe how fate handled it all.
The ‘Klassy Cab’ had its aircon turned up to maximum (Picture: Myleene Klass/Instagram)
Myleene previously revealed she struggled with body image as a teen (Picture: Myleene Klass/Instagram)
‘I remember one of the shows producers looking at my bikinis in the hotel before I went to camp. One was covered in stripes. ”We’ll have to stop at the shops as that’s probably going to strobe on camera”.
‘I ran into the shop en route to the jungle, asked the shop assistant for the plainest bikini she had. Best $40 I ever spent….especially as it raised so much for charity afterwards.’
She then auctioned off the two-piece, raising over £7,500 for charity.
Myleene has previously shared how she’s faced pressures about her body, which felt even more relevant as her daughter reached a similar age as her bandmates.
‘Some of the experiences that we went through we were in no way equipped for it,’ she said on Loose Women in 2024.
Her bikini auction raised over £7,500 for charity (Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
‘We were just five kids in a room at the end of the day – not unlike these five kids in a room and that’s all you have.’
Managers would ‘clear out mini bars and food’, which she believed was ‘trying to control them’ as they thought they were overeating and ‘fat’.
She continued: ‘We had an image of this perfection, this role to fulfil. Somebody drew a circle around my cellulite while I was on holiday…
‘On the front of every magazine there was a huge circle and my cellulite, we wouldn’t allow that today.’
Hear’Say split in 2002, citing ‘abuse from the public’ as a factor after they topped charts with Pure and Simple.
Got a story?
If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.
A forensic tent at the crime scene on Poplar Close in Hackney (Picture: Dinendra Haria/LNP)
A teenage boy has been stabbed to death after a fight spilled out of a house party in Hackney.
Police were called after a large group of people with machetes were seen on Towpath Walk shortly after 7.15pm on Monday, with some callers suggesting they had also heard gunshots.
The young victim was found with stab wounds in nearby Poplar Close, but despite the efforts of medics from both the land and air ambulance, he was declared dead at the scene.
Detectives are working to formally identify the victim, who the Met said was a teenager but did not give an exact age, and tell his family.
Detective Chief Inspector Ben Massink said: ‘Our thoughts remain with the victim and his family – we are working at pace to ensure all his loved ones are informed and offered specialist support from officers.
Sign up for all of the latest stories
Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking Newsalerts the moment it happens.
‘For members of the local community, who will no doubt be shocked and saddened by the events of yesterday evening, increased police patrols are in place in the area. If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to speak with one of our officers.
Clips posted to social media showed several people brandishing huge knives in the street
‘Urgent enquiries continue to establish exactly what happened. We know there were a significant number of people in the area at the time of the stabbing, and some individuals recorded the incident on their mobile phone.
‘I would urge anyone who witnessed what happened or who has footage of the incident to come forward to police – your information could be vital. I would also ask those with videos or photographs not to post this on social media out of respect for the bereaved family.’
Anyone with information can call police on 101, quoting the reference CAD 6692/25May, or to remain anonymous contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online.
Arteta gave his squad the day off on Monday, with Arsenal’s players set to return to training on Tuesday as preparations begin for this weekend’s Champions League final against PSG.
The countdown is on
Our seven-day guide to the World Cup is live. 48 teams, 104 games, 1104 players – we've got everything you need to know. Sign up now.
Attentions will then turn to the summer transfer window and a chance for Arteta to bolster his squad even further ahead of Arsenal’s title defence.
Arteta will reportedly have another £200m to play with in the transfer market and Merson believes the majority of that should be splashed on Julian Alvarez.
Mikel Arteta took Arsenal to the Premier League title (Picture: Getty)
The Argentine scored 36 goals across his two seasons at Manchester City and also helped Pep Guardiola’s side win two Premier League titles and the Champions League.
Alvarez has continued to impress at Atletico, scoring 49 goals in two seasons, but is believed to be keen to move on as trophies have eluded him since moving to Madrid.
Atletico Madrid striker and Arsenal target Julian Alvarez (Picture: Getty)
The 26-year-old has indicated to Atletico that he is open to leaving this summer, with club officials adamant he will only be sold for a staggering fee of around 150m euros (£130m).
Merson has suggested Alvarez would be worth every penny, however, insisting Arsenal should launch a move for the striker and also sign a new midfielder in the upcoming window.
‘Arsenal will need to add again [in the transfer market] but at this point right now when they’ve won the title and got a Champions League final I don’t want to focus on that,’ he said on his Sky Sports podcast.
‘I’m not in that mood and I’m actually really happy for them. It’s not the time to start talking about Arsenal being built for a second title run.
‘Let’s be clear, they have to be. But I can’t give that too much consideration given we’ve got a Champions League final and a World Cup coming up.
‘We’ll start to think about those things nearer the time and do they need another centre forward as back-up to Viktor Gyokeres? Do they need another central midfielder in case Declan Rice or Martin Zubimendi aren’t quite there?
‘There’s probably a couple of positions that Arsenal will still want to think about but they’ve got a lot of strength in that squad.’
Marine Rousseau (right) and Marc Ballabriga are ‘suspected of committing the offences of domestic violence and exposure and abandonment’ (Picture: EPA)
Man City’s draw with Bournemouth on Tuesday night allowed Arsenal to avoid a nervy final-day title decider but Arteta says he was convinced for a month that his side would get over the line.
Love football?
Our seven-day guide to the World Cup is live. 48 teams, 104 games, 1104 players – we've got everything you need to know. Sign up now.
Asked if there were any moments that made him believe Arsenal would win the title, Arteta told beIN SPORTS: ‘The very first one probably came when we all came together in pre-season, the week before we played Manchester United.
‘I got all the players together and asked them what they were happy to do for the team. They were happy to do anything for the team and I knew we had a big chance to compete in every competition because we had the depth and the quality to challenge.
Arsenal fans celebrating their Premier League title win (Picture: Getty)
‘Their response was immediate and incredible and they weren’t just words – it’s easy to say it in a meeting, but then you need to produce it throughout a ten-month season.
‘The boys deserve so much credit because they’ve done it in an incredible way.
‘The second moment is when we lost at Manchester City. That day I thought, “we are going to win it”. I looked at the players in the dressing room and I wanted to see their reactions before I said anything.
Mikel Arteta with the Premier League trophy (Picture: Getty)
‘And I could tell they were very hurt but they realised we can beat them and we can be better than them.
‘It was in our hands and we had to do what we had to do, after that we focused on what we needed to become champions and the response was immediate.
‘From that moment I realised we were going to go very close to winning it.’
Up Next
Reflecting on the moment Arsenal became Premier League champions, Arteta added: ‘It’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever had.
‘I was supposed to be here, at Sobha, watching the game with the boys and the staff, because that’s what they wanted, but I couldn’t. I think 20 minutes later, before the game, I had to leave.
‘I couldn’t bring the energy that I wanted and I think it was the moment as well to watch it together, to be themselves and just see what the outcome would be.
‘I went home, I went outside to the garden, I started to build a fire, and I started to do some barbecue. I didn’t watch any of it.
‘I was just hearing some noises in the background, in the living room and suddenly the magic happened.
‘My oldest son opened the garden door, he started to run towards me, he started to cry, he gave me a hug and said: “We are champions, daddy.”
‘Then my other two boys and my wife came over and it was beautiful. Just to see that joy on them as well, that they are always with me, it was magical.’
Gabriel Jesus and Noni Madueke scored either side of half-time for the much-changed Gunners before Jean-Philippe Mateta netted a late consolation goal.
