David Corenswet said he got to make the hero ‘his own’ and he did not have big shoes to fill as his were custom made, so ‘fit like a glove’.

The long-running contract impasse between Hearts and Lawrence Shankland appears to be nearing a successful conclusion, with the talismanic captain close to re-signing with the Tynecastle club.

Travellers have arrived and set up camp this evening at a popular green space and dog walking field at Eling Recreation Ground near New Forest.

The group is believed to have used visas of people with legitimate status in the UK to aid the arrival of over 500 Gambian citizens.