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BBC News As an incredible World Cup comes to an end, everyone here at the BBC wanted to say thank you. Thank you to the 42.8 million people who tuned in to our live match coverage on television or streamed games on iPlayer, the BBC Sport app and website 237 million times. That’s a lot […]

BBC News More widely, Burnham has also said he would publish a 10-year plan for the country and the economy later this year, likely to detail his wider plans on decentralisation, devolution, and rebuilding Britain. Ordinarily, you might expect a significant infrastructure programme with such plans, but Burnham also wants to fund the Defence Investment […]

BBC News As the final whistle blew in New Jersey, a few Argentina players – including Lionel Messi – slumped to the turf. Others stood there motionless as Spain’s players raced across the pitch in jubilation. Rodri, who had been substituted in extra-time, ran over from the dugout to join his team-mates. As the Manchester […]

BBC News Kevin Keegan talks to Football Focus’ Dan Walker in 2018 about some of the standout moments from his career – from winning World Player of the Year twice, to managing England and the iconic “I would love it” remark from the 1995–96 season. READ MORE: Newcastle, Liverpool and England legend Keegan dies #Kevin […]

BBC News England’s only significant change in the India series was a new opening combination of Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell, and it bore fruit at Lord’s. The left-handed duo became England’s sixth opening pair since the 2023 World Cup, with Phil Salt, Jamie Smith and Zak Crawley currently out of contention and Will Jacks […]

BBC News Returning from an ACL injury is a notoriously difficult task. Having suffered the injury in September 2024, mere months after Spain’s Euros triumph, Rodri missed the rest of that season then featured sporadically last campaign. He made 33 appearances across all competitions for City but suffered a number of injury setbacks and, at […]

BBC News Those frustrations are at the heart of the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, founded by Dipke. Although the chief justice later withdrew the comment, Dipke embraced the label, turning the cockroach into the movement’s symbol. Monday’s turnout reflected how quickly the movement has grown since its first protest in June, […]

BBC News In his first speech in Downing Street, Burnham announced he would “end rough sleeping in our country”. This was swiftly followed by a No 10 press release promising an extra £340m for the task over the next five years. He also promised a new 10-year plan for Britain – to be unveiled later […]

BBC News Later this week, he is expected to change the government’s stance on oil and gas exploitation, with a new energy secretary in place. Those Labour MPs worried about the Green Party taking their seats will be concerned about this – but a lot more will be worried about whether this could be seen […]

BBC News Palmer first performed his ‘cold’ celebration in December 2023 after scoring two goals in a 3-2 win at Luton. He has since taken ownership of the celebration, literally, registering a trademark for it with the UK Intellectual Property Office after scoring two goals against Luton. However, it was first meant as a tribute […]