Getty Images Many schools were forced to close when teachers walked out two years ago. Teachers in England have said they would be willing to strike over the government’s proposed 2.8% pay rise this year. The offer was rejected by 93.7% of members of the National Education Union (NEU), England’s largest teaching union, who took...
If it was, he’d have left Liverpool for the Saudi Pro League who, until as recently as last week, still believed they could attract Salah to the Middle East. The financial lure of a move to Saudi Arabia was clear. The ‘homecoming’ of one of the greatest and recognisable Arab footballers – and the synergy,...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Who Believes In Angels? is Sir Elton’s first album with country singer Brandi Carlile Sir Elton John says he is “blown away” after scoring the 10th UK number one album of his career. Who Believes In Angels?, a collaboration with US country star Brandi Carlile, has topped the charts...
Kartal watched GB’s triumph against France in last year’s qualifiers from afar, having spent three months out with a health issue. However, she has risen up the rankings in the past 12 months, clinching her first WTA title on the way. A good mover on the clay surface, she played confidently in a first set...
Oscar Piastri led Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two in Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Piastri was 0.154 seconds quicker than Norris while Mercedes’ George Russell was 0.527secs behind the Australian in third place, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli was fifth fastest, from Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar, Red Bull’s...
Two police officers have been banned from serving after breaching honesty and integrity standards over a speeding ticket. Sgt Harjit Singh, 48, and former PC Samuel Mitchell, 28, from West Mercia Police, were found guilty of gross misconduct and barred following a police conduct hearing on Thursday. Mitchell had been driving a marked police vehicle...
Stephen Fairclough BBC News AFP UK law requires animals to be stunned before slaughter unless the meat is intended for Muslims or Jews A food wholesaler has been found guilty of fraud by falsely distributing chicken as halal meat and putting unsafe food on the market. Hamil Miah, 46, from Cardiff, was the owner of...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Warner Bros Pictures The chicken jockey’s arrival has been met by a raucous reaction in some screenings The Minecraft Movie’s director says he has been “laughing my brains out” at the trend for audience members shouting out, jumping up and down, and in some cases throwing popcorn in the air during...
Kremlin handout A former Russian government minister, once a governor in illegally annexed Crimea, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for breaching UK sanctions. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov was found guilty of deliberately avoiding sanctions by receiving more than £75,000 from his wife, Ekaterina Ovsiannikova, into a newly-opened account, and a new Mercedes Benz SUV...
Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, has been released in a prisoner swap. The Russian-American citizen was accused by Russia’s FSB security service of raising money for a Ukrainian organisation that provided arms to the Ukrainian military. The organisation in question denied raising money for weapons or ammunition, saying it was focused on humanitarian aid...
England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson is to be given a knighthood for services to cricket. Read full article at source...
The far-right anti-Islam activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has urged the Court of Appeal to let him out of prison early because he says it is making him ill. In a highly unusual challenge to a sentence, Yaxley-Lennon’s lawyers said his segregation from other prisoners at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes was...
Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images Countries have agreed a global deal to tackle shipping emissions, after nearly ten years of negotiations. The agreement covers the vast majority of the world’s commercial shipping and means that starting in 2028, ship owners will have to use increasingly cleaner fuels or face fines. The deal...
Jonathan Beale Defence correspondent Getty Images Ukraine’s European allies have pledged €21bn (£18.2bn) in a new tranche of military support for Kyiv in what they described as “a critical year” for the war. Members of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group met at Nato’s headquarters in Brussels to pledge air defences, missiles and other gear as...
Michael Gove is among several ex-Conservative ministers to be given a seat in the House of Lords in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. The former housing and education secretary served in the cabinets of four prime ministers before standing down as an MP ahead of last July’s general election. Meanwhile, former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and...