内容摘要：A deal to "reset" relations between the UK and the EU following Brexit has been agreed at a summit in London.

A deal to "reset" relations between the UK and the EU following Brexit has been agreed at a summit in London.

"He was a former rugby player who just played socially and he made it into the top 32."He said that's not good enough and when he made it into top 16 he still wasn't happy with that.

"He was so focused to be the best and to take Gerwyn from being a rugby player to a world champion was a big moment for us."Mr Huxtable, from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, has completed the majority of his work from Nodor's Bridgend headquarters for about 25 years, but also travels to Kenya where their darts are mass-produced for the retail market.The family-run Nodor group, which Red Dragon Darts is part of, moved production of its darts and dartboards to Kenya after it acquired the Winmau brand about 20 years ago.

The sisal plant grows naturally in the east African country and is the best material for bristle boards, lowering operating costs.Nodor opened up its own sales and distribution centre in Dallas, Texas in 2023 and now produces 30,000 sets of darts and 20,000 dartboards a week from its factories in Kenya, and employs 1,000 staff.

Mr Huxtable said: "It's always about the technology which goes into the dart for performance enhancement which is the most important for me.

"In one of my favourite darts we managed to fuse 85% tungsten at the back of the barrel with 95% tungsten at the front to move the centre of gravity forward.Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who is a former president of the Rugby Football League, said: "Rugby league has a long and proud history and is littered with examples of players who have excelled in the sport and inspired future generations to play the game."

He says there is something wrong when the sport "cannot boast one single player, over its 130-year history, who has received a knighthood"."I want to see rugby league given the recognition it deserves and hope this will be addressed in the near future," said the Speaker.

In contrast, rugby union, often seen as having more middle class roots, has been getting knighthoods for more than 100 years. Among more recent rugby knights was Sir Bill Beaumont, awarded "for services to rugby union football" in 2018.There have been many other sporting knighthoods and damehoods, including in athletics, yachting, football, golf, tennis, horse racing, cycling and rowing.