BBC News The actions of the Argentina players on the pitch were heavily criticised by former England internationals. Ex-England captain Alan Shearer said: “Paredes threw two or three haymakers into someone’s face. He went for them. There is no place or space for that. “We know how much it means to them and we know […]
BBC News Bodycam and dashcam footage shows a police officer rescue a man seconds before his car was engulfed in flames near Dallas, Texas. Corporal Joshua Swisher was conducting a traffic stop on a motorway when he was alerted to a nearby vehicle emitting smoke. Shortly after directing the vehicle to the emergency lane, flames […]
BBC News An incident on a Ryanair flight which saw a passenger partially sucked out of a plane window may have been caused by “foreign object damage” to an engine, said the airline’s boss. Michael O’Leary said an initial investigation into the incident on 10 July between Greece and Germany suggests “it looks like a […]
BBC News The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has launched legal action accusing its arch rival Eli Lilly of false advertising in suggesting its weight-loss drugs perform better. The Danish company filed a lawsuit in the US on Tuesday claiming Eli Lilly, which makes Mounjaro and Zepbound, deployed ad campaigns to “create the […]
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 […]
