Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC “There’s only one relationship that really matters,” a senior figure in government told me in the middle of Labour’s dreadful week, where ministers lost control of their backbenchers. “It’s the one with the voters.” Well, quite. And that relationship has soured since Labour has been in power....
Jasper Philipsen will wear the yellow jersey for the first time in his career as he won stage one of the 2025 Tour de France. A sprint finish was expected after a flat stage beginning and ending in Lille, and Alpecin-Deceuninck’s lead-out train delivered the 27-year-old in the perfect position to claim the stage win....
The UK’s biggest LGBTQ+ event took place on Saturday, with tens of thousands of people on the streets of central London. The Pride in London parade featured dancing and rainbow flags as the celebration began at noon under cool and cloudy conditions. Organisers estimate more than 30,000 participants from across 500 organisations will take part...
Verstappen said he “had to commit a lot” in the high-speed corners because of the low-downforce set-up the team had chosen, which made the car on edge in the demanding corners. Piastri was quickest after the first laps of qualifying but he failed to improve on his second lap, at least partly because of a...
More than 20 people have been arrested in London after a protest in support of the banned group Palestine Action, the Metropolitan Police has said. Pictures from the demonstration showed a small group holding placards reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” in Westminster. As of Saturday, the group is proscribed under the Terrorism...
Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News Reporting fromGondomar, Portugal Reuters Footballers Diogo Jota and André Silva have been honoured by their family, friends and teammates at a joint funeral in Portugal. Jota, 28, was laid to rest alongside his brother, Silva, 25, after they died in a car crash on Thursday. Hundreds of locals and supporters...
Reform MP James McMurdock has lost the whip over allegations against him related to business propriety, the party says. Chief whip Lee Anderson said McMurdock, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, “removed the party whip from himself” pending an investigation into allegations since published by the Sunday Times. “At Reform UK we take these...
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has questioned why nobody has been fired at the BBC over its decision to air a Gaza documentary that featured the son of a Hamas official. It comes ahead of a review expected to be published next week into Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, which was pulled from iPlayer...
As was the case in Perth on Wednesday, there was a late change for the Lions, Henry Pollock withdrawing with a tight calf as a precaution. That resulted in captain Tadhg Beirne moving from lock to blindside flanker, with Scott Cummings being promoted from the bench. That also meant winger Duhan van der Merwe being...
Emma Raducanu says she does not trust the electronic line-calling at Wimbledon, pointing to “dodgy” calls in her defeat by world number one Aryna Sabalenka. The Briton was particularly unhappy when a shot from the Belarusian was judged to have clipped the line midway through the first set. “That call was for sure out,” Raducanu...
Burnley have signed defender Kyle Walker from Manchester City on a two-year contract. The right-back completed his medical on Friday and will work again with head coach Scott Parker, who he played alongside at Tottenham Hotspur for two seasons. The 35-year-old made 15 appearances in the first half of last season for City before joining...
Japan: Takuro Matsunaga; Kippei Ishida, Dylan Riley, Shogo Nakano, Malo Tuitama; Seungsin Lee, Shinobu Fujiwara; Yota Kamimori, Mamoru Harada, Shuhei Takeuchi, Epineri Uluiviti, Warner Deans, Michael Leitch (capt), Jack Cornelsen, Amato Fakatava. Replacements: Hayate Era, Sena Kimura, Keijiro Tamefusa, Waisake Raratubua, Ben Gunter, Shuntaro Kitamura, Ichigo Nakakusu, Halatoa Vailea. Wales: Blair Murray; Tom Rogers, Johnny...
France have never won a major trophy but they have an impressive group-stage record, progressing in each of their past eight major tournament appearances. And Laurent Bonadei’s team have form on their side. They are on an eight-game winning run and have only conceded two goals since February while they last tasted defeat in December...
Australian actor Julian McMahon, famed for roles in popular series like Nip/Tuck and Charmed, has died aged 56. His wife said the actor passed away in Clearwater, Florida, on Wednesday. He had been diagnosed with cancer. “Julian loved life. He loved his family. He loved his friends. He loved his work, and he loved his...
During a three-year stay at Wolves, Jota made 131 appearances for the club, scoring 44 goals, including consecutive hat-tricks in the 2019-20 Europa League victories over Besiktas and Espanyol. In September 2020, he joined Premier League champions Liverpool in a £41m deal, with Wolves boss Nuno saying Jota is leaving “knowing that it will never...