The 24-year-old had played a crucial role for Gateshead last season, helping the club to secure a play-off place as well as being apart of their FA Trophy journey, which led to the club winning via penalties at Wembley Stadium last month.

But as he approaches a transfer to League One team Exeter City, currently coached by Gary Caldwell, his time at the National League team appears to be coming to an end.

How did Francis fare last season?

Since joining the National League team from Notts County last summer and their subsequent promotion to the EFL, the midfield player has been a mainstay.

Francis played in 40 league games for Gateshead the previous season, but an injury kept him from making an appearance at Wembley Stadium.

Considering his detailed stats, Francis averaged 9.2 ball recoveries, 4.2 interceptions, and an 89% throwing success rate per ninety minutes during the National League season.

Francis played for a very successful Gateshead football team, led by Rob Elliott, who averaged the greatest ball possession percentage in the division (62%), along with 500 accurate passes each game.

Gary Caldwell will be very pleased with his ball-handling skills as he attempts to assemble an Exeter City team that can play effectively in League One next year.

Journalist Pete O’Rourke claims that the two teams have now agreed on an undisclosed amount for the midfield player. A physical examination and personal conditions agreement will probably come before the transfer to the football club is officially confirmed.

Fans planning to attend Friday’s Warrington Wolves vs. Huddersfield Giants game may want to arrive at The Halliwell Jones Stadium a little early than normal.

With a win, Warrington’s under-18 team hopes to tie the top two teams in the league, Wigan Warriors and St. Helens, at least momentarily. Currently ranked third after winning five of their seven games this season, they will want to move up to third place.

Huddersfield, on the other hand, is ranked seventh in the competition table after winning three and losing four.

In an attempt to identify the individual in the photos, Cheshire Police has made camera stills from Warrington town centre available.

The investigation relates to the purported theft of goods on Sunday, June 23, from the TK Maxx store at Golden Square Shopping Centre.

It is advised that anyone who recognises the individual in the stills contact the authorities.

“Officers from the town centre beat team would like to speak to this gentleman with distinctive ink,” the Warrington Police team of the police stated.

This relates to the suspected Sunday, June 23, theft of a number of products from TK Maxx in the Golden Square Shopping Centre.

“Please contact us at 101, quoting 24000553694, or send an email to public.contact@cheshire.police.uk if you can assist in putting a name and ink on him.

As an alternative, you can make an anonymous call to Crimestoppers at 0800 555 111.

Following an altercation in the town centre late on Saturday night, THREE ladies were taken into custody.

Officers received reports of a disturbance on Sankey Street at approximately 10.40 p.m. on Saturday.

Three ladies, ages 27, 26, and 23, were taken into custody after police arrived at the scene on charges of using abusive or threatening words.

A spokesman for Cheshire Police stated: “Community resolution orders have been issued to each of them.”

This afternoon on Thursday, police in the Manchester Road area became aware of what appeared to be a stolen vehicle.

The driver fled after police tried to halt the vehicle and set up camp on Woolston’s Bridge Lane.

A spokesperson for Cheshire Police said: “The police helicopter was despatched to the site and a 20-year-old man was spotted and apprehended.

“He is currently being held in police custody assisting officers with their enquires.”

During Mohammed Farooq’s trial in Sheffield, body-worn camera footage of his arrest on the grounds of St. James’s Hospital in Leeds was played.

A jury has viewed evidence of an NHS employee telling armed police that a patient persuaded him out of blowing up a hospital bomb. The employee was wearing a body camera at the time.

Mohammed Farooq, 28, was on trial at Sheffield Crown Court last week, and during his trial, a video showing his arrest at St. James’s Hospital in Leeds was played.

In the early hours of January 20, during a break outside the hospital, patient Nathan Newby talked Farooq out of detonating his viable bomb, which was modelled like the one used in the 2013 Boston Marathon assault, according to prosecutors presenting evidence to the jury.

At some point, the court heard, Farooq gave Mr. Newby permission to use his phone to dial 999, and shortly after, armed police showed up at the hospital.

The jury was shown the video that was captured by two police cameras on Thursday afternoon.

In the video, Farooq is seen walking towards the police as his hands are raised. The cops urge him politely to come closer, and he looks completely cooperative as they handcuff him.

One of the officers responds, “I’m not here to give you any aggro,” when he tells them there is a pistol on the next bench. Our whole purpose in being here is to…

“Clearly, something is not right in your life, or something else entirely. What’s going on, man?

“Bud, do you need to talk to someone? Is that all you require?

In response, Farooq says, “I just need time out.”

Farooq says, “There’s a bomb inside of it,” pointing to a suitcase as one of the officers asks if there is anything else the defendant needs to know in order “to keep myself and my colleagues and everything else safe.”

He explains to the cops that it is constructed using a pressure cooker and contains gunpowder.

“And how have you managed to make that then?” asks one of the officers.

Says Farooq, “Just made it, innit.”

The cop says: “Just Googling, yeah?”

Farooq clarifies that he intended to light the device in order to detonate it.

Subsequently, the defendant is asked by one of the officers, “How long have you been here? Years?”

Farooq responds, “Since roughly 12.” ever since I ran into the other man. He talked me down.”

The defendant later tells the officer there is a knife and and an axe in his Seat Ibiza car, parked nearby.

Farooq has acknowledged a number of additional charges, such as having a pressure cooker bomb “with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property,” but he denies planning terrorist attacks.

The defendant, according to the prosecution, had further plans to target the American installation at RAF Menwith Hill, which is located in North Yorkshire close to Harrogate.

Additionally, the jury has been informed that Farooq “had been conducting a poison pen campaign against them” due to his grievances against a number of his former coworkers at St. James’s Hospital, where he was employed.