BBC News Burnham has not shied away from clashing with the Premier League and football’s authorities. In 2023, he wrote to Premier League insisting that Everton’s 10-point penalty for breaching profit and sustainability rules should be declared “null and void”. There should be no concerns about the future of the independent football regulator, set up […]
BBC News “You’re like the negativity committee, so it’s lovely coming and talking to you again.” Borthwick, usually measured with the media, had a rare bit of bite to him in Argentina. The hosts were denied a shot at levelling the match when Bautista Delguy’s 83rd-minute try was controversially chalked off. Prior to the game, […]
BBC News Khan worked with Khalife in the prison kitchen at HMP Wandsworth, Snaresbrook Crown Court previously heard. In the hours and days after his escape, Khalife called Khan several times using phones borrowed from members of the public, the court heard. Khan’s name was found in a red diary carried by Khalife when he […]
BBC News Ferguson joined the floods of tributes being paid to former England captain and manager Keegan, who enjoyed a stellar playing career which involved spells at Scunthorpe United, Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton and Newcastle. He claimed three league titles, the European Cup, two Uefa Cups and the FA Cup during a six-year spell from 1971 […]
BBC News Her tendency to brush through political controversies gave her an air of untouchability, with some dubbing her “Teflon Ang”. Her stock had risen further still as deputy prime minister, leading on one of Labour’s key pledges to build 1.5 million homes by 2030, and helping Sir Keir quell a rebellion by Labour MPs […]
BBC News Protests have taken place in Italy after the death of a Moroccan-born man while being forcibly restrained by two police officers in the northern city of Bologna. Several thousand people took to the streets on Monday night demanding “justice for Abderrahim Fakir”. A smaller group then splintered off and clashed with police into […]
BBC News Ann Widdecombe died after being hit on the head with a hammer 21 times at her Devon home, prosecutors have told Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Prosecutor Kashif Malik said that on 8 July Widdecombe was eating lunch when the man accused of her murder, Joshua Kerry, arrived at her house in a red Vauxhall […]
BBC News Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez says he is considering whether it is “time to step aside” from international football after his side’s 1-0 defeat to Spain in the World Cup final. The 33-year-old has won 67 caps for his country and played every minute of Argentina’s eight World Cup games, keeping two clean sheets […]
BBC News Like the ousted defence minister, the commander-in-chief avoided directly personal attacks, but the object of much of his criticism was pretty clear. “Presentations should not turn into self-representations,” he wrote, in a thinly veiled swipe at Federov’s long, detailed press conference last week. “Behind each slide there should be a document, a budget […]
BBC News England all-rounder Jacob Bethell has been ruled out of The Hundred with a knee injury sustained during the recent one-day international series against India. Bethell had been named as Birmingham Phoenix captain for the season. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said that the 22-year-old had an MRI scan on Monday but […]
