BBC News Uefa’s 55 member associations will hold an emergency meeting later this week to discuss Fifa’s controversial proposals to sell stakes in its major competitions. Football’s world governing body has said it wants to create a new commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including the World Cup, and external investors will be able […]
BBC News Chief constables have also recently announced that all forces will introduce mandatory recording of police officer suicides. This comes after senior coroner Penelope Schofield published a prevention of future deaths report, external following the death of Sussex officer Benjamin Websdale, who was being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct at the […]
BBC News After an eventful couple of months, Yan Diomande, one of football’s top young prospects, is about to get his wish of joining a European powerhouse. The 19-year-old is signing with Real Madrid in what can only be described as a record-setting transfer. The Spanish giants will pay more than £100m for Diomande – […]
BBC News World number 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova collapsed on court and had to retire from her first-round match at the Memphis Classic due to high temperatures. Russian Alexandrova, who was the number one seed, was trailing 7-6 (7-2) 4-6 5-4 against 16-year-old compatriot Kristina Liutova in a match where temperatures reached 34C. The match was […]
BBC News Heathrow Airport will be allowed to charge airlines more for its services to recover money spent on the early stages of its third runway project. The aviation regulator is permitting the airport to claw back up to £320m through higher airport charges to airlines for each passenger, which is likely to end up […]
BBC News Business was winding down for the day at Sendan Shokudo, a diner in Japan’s southwestern city of Yatsushiro, when the whole building suddenly lurched. Everything on the kitchen shelves cascaded to the floor; bowls and glasses shattered. The restaurant’s co-owner, 75-year-old Hiroko Ogata, had just walked in. “I was surprised, and scared,” she […]
BBC News This season will see a new version of Aston Villa under Unai Emery. A 4-2 defeat to Real Sociedad on Tuesday will irritate their perfectionist head coach, but there is plenty of time for him to fine-tune the Europa League holders before the start of the new campaign. With Brian Madjo, George Hemmings, […]
BBC News Ngake was born in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon, around 200 miles to the west of the nation’s capital Yaounde. She is reluctant to reflect too much on that time, having distanced herself from thoughts of her homeland for more than a decade, but it is clear that childhood brought “challenges”, many, […]
