"I don't just I love him because my parents love him," he said.

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.

"The concept being that a lot of players like a front-weighted dart but the players don't want to make the dart any fatter at the front."With the Luke Littler effect fuelling the junior game, darts is now described as being in its third golden age and attracts the second highest viewing figures on Sky, behind Premier League football.More than three million people watched 17-year-old

Mr Huxtable said: "The youngsters have catapulted the game, we are seeing 12 and 13-year-olds throwing another level of darts for that age."By the time they're in their early 20s the standard is going to be even higher and with the viewing figures and the prize money going up, it'll become even more popular with youngsters."

India's economy grew by 7.4% in the period between January and March - up from 6.2% the previous quarter and significantly beating analyst expectations.

However, growth for full 2024-25 year, which runs between April and March, is pegged at 6.5% - the slowest in four years.The Isle of Man Steam Packet said the changes were due to time lost in recent days because of adverse sea conditions and increasing turnaround times in ports.

The ferry operator said the changes do not impact Manxman's sailings and passengers scheduled to travel on the Manannan had been contacted.It follows delays to Friday morning's Manannan

due to weather routing.The chief executive of the UK's second largest airport is moving on after 15 years in the role.