BBC News La Liga president Javier Tebas has called for Fifa president Gianni Infantino to step down, claiming the world governing body is “destroying the football industry”. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, external, the head of the Spanish league also criticised World Cup hydration breaks, the final’s lengthy half-time interval, […]
BBC News It sets out a possible recruitment plan that would bring in new hires from across Greater Manchester and the wider North of England. In total, the report suggests around 300 staff should be employed within 18 months. It proposes transferring teams from Whitehall departments, including the Treasury, Cabinet Office, and the Ministry of […]
BBC News Máirtín Mac Gabhann said Dáithí had a “sparkle” back in his eye and that he had a “sweetie party” to watch the World Cup final. “We couldn’t have asked for better, so far,” he told the Nolan Show. However, Mac Gabhann added that life with Dáithí has been a “rollercoaster”. “Every time I […]
BBC News Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban affecting more than 10 million people after an “exceptionally warm and dry spring”. The restrictions mean, from Thursday, hosepipes should not be used for watering gardens or allotments, cleaning cars, filling paddling pools or swimming pools, or cleaning windows. The water company said its region had […]
BBC News Three teenagers have been jailed for murdering a 16-year-old boy during a confrontation between rival groups on a beach in North Ayrshire last year. They were convicted of stabbing Kayden Moy on Irvine Beach on 17 May 2025. Cole Turley, 18, who had pleaded guilty to the murder, and Jay Stewart, 19 were […]
BBC News Former Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran has joined Benfica on a season-long loan from Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr. The Portuguese giants will be the seventh club of Duran’s career at the age of just 22, following recent stints with Fenerbahce and Zenit St Petersburg. Benfica will pay a £5.19m (6.1m euros) loan fee […]
BBC News Thames Water’s main lenders are offering the government a “golden share” and more control for local authorities in a bid to stop the troubled supplier from being nationalised. The government recently rejected a previous rescue proposal, and the BBC understands the lenders are preparing a legal challenge in case the new Andy Burnham-led […]
BBC News Nauru has tried to develop football previously, but it has never really taken off. The closest it has come to playing an international match was when representative teams faced a Solomon Islands expatriate team in 1994 and a refugee side in 2014. Its complicated past goes some way to explaining why the world’s […]
BBC News Lebanon’s army says its troops have begun deploying to a “pilot zone” in the south of the country following the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered agreement reached last month. A statement from the army command said units had entered the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh district on Tuesday morning. On […]
BBC News “The Scottish government said it had learnt the lessons after Dava Moor,” says Sandy McCook, from Nethy Bridge community council. “Well I’m sorry, but the lessons have not been learnt. “It is untenable the position they are taking that they have enough equipment. It is helicopters that are needed.” Andrew Baxter, Lib Dem […]
