“Over time, I have witnessed a steady erosion of the principles we promised to uphold. “Decisions are being made behind closed doors, bypassing the very structures and people the FIA exists to present.” Reid’s resignation follows changes to the FIA statutes at the last FIA General Assembly that opponents have described as “a worrisome concentration...
There’s been a change in Paddy Pimblett. He hasn’t noticed it, but the people closest to him have. Pimblett’s team-mate Molly McCann, who retired last month, his coach Paul Rimmer, his wife Laura and his parents have all observed the change. They noticed it after the birth of Pimblett’s identical twin daughters, Betsy and Margot,...
Amanda Serrano accused Katie Taylor of backing out of a promise to fight 12 three-minute rounds as the rivals exchanged words at a surprisingly fiery news conference in New York. Serrano even wore a headguard to the face-off, a nod to her accusation Taylor kept deliberately headbutting her in their last fight. Taylor, 38, will...
However, her presence as a leader eventually became a block for others to bloom, which worked against her in the end. After being told England would move on from her as captain and a player in 2016, I felt for her. There was a brutality to it because she was still playing well. While fitness...
Andy Gill BBC News, Liverpool BBC Laura Johnson created the cake for her own wedding but never got chance to sample it on the day A “Latin” wedding cake created by a Colombian baker for her own big day has been voted as the best in Britain. Laura Johnson, who owns Abba Cakes in Hoylake,...
Shyamantha Asokan BBC News, West Midlands ‘Birmingham needs morale boosting’ Joe Lycett said that, as a new dad, he was visiting the rubbish tip “more regularly than most” during Birmingham’s ongoing bin strikes, to offload dirty nappies and wipes. “I go to the tip, I would say, every fortnight. Tyseley’s my favourite,” the Brummie comedian,...
Ken Banks and David Delday BBC Scotland Flett family Tommy Budge, Thelma Budge, Violet Flett and Leslie Flett on their wedding day Two couples who got married together in 1955 have put the foundation of their 70 years of marriage down to spending plenty of time apart. Tommy Budge and Thelma Bruce had a joint...
Holly Phillips & Tom Ingall BBC News, Yorkshire BBC/ TOM INGALL Molly Harbron had her leg amputated after waiting more than 16 hours for surgery A woman who had her leg amputated due to hospital failings has been awarded a multimillion-pound compensation deal. Molly Harbron, 26, lost her left leg in April 2020 after medics...
Nikki Mitchell Home Affairs Correspondent, BBC South•@BBCNikkiM Family photo Janet Brown (left) with her eldest daughter Zara Harden (right) who remembers her loving Mum as “always there for us” The violent murder of mother-of-three Janet Brown “totally shattered” her family and has baffled police for three decades. Janet, a 51-year-old research nurse in Oxford, was...
BBC Isaac Newton knew a thing or two about politics. After the great philosopher and scientist had been struck by inspiration (if not actual fruit) when an apple fell from a tree in his Lincolnshire garden, he went on to become an MP. Wandering around that same garden, staring at that same tree (or at...
Katie Hunter and Paul O’Hare BBC Scotland News Ex-partner’s warning over racing tipster who ‘tortured’ women The ex-partner of a millionaire horse racing tipster who “tortured” women and filmed the abuse has warned someone could die if he is not stopped. Kevin Booth was given a worldwide travel ban after a Scottish civil court heard...
Lucy Manning Special correspondent EPA Andrew Tate speaking to reporters in Bucharest after returning from a trip to the US last month Andrew Tate pointed a gun in a woman’s face and said “you’re going to do as I say or there’ll be hell to pay”, according to one of four UK women suing the...
Jessica Ure BBC Investigations BBC Eathan Cooper received the first of many fines last summer for a bus lane violation in Essex while he was on a trip to Madrid A 24-year-old car cloning victim has told how he ended up dreading the morning post after fines demanding thousands of pounds started to pour through...
Will Grant Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent Reporting from Santo Domingo Getty Images Maximo Peña had been coming to the Jet Set nightclub every single Monday for the past 30 years. This week, excited to see a concert by the popular Dominican singer Rubby Pérez, he took his wife and his sister. Now all...
Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Bedfordshire Getty Images A source has told the BBC that a James Bond stunt show will be part of the new Universal park A source close to the Universal UK project has told the BBC what fans can expect from the new park being built in Bedford. James Bond, Paddington and...