Britain’s Jay Clarke believes there is still a “barrier” stopping young black tennis players from developing in the UK. Last month, the LTA launched its ‘equity, diversity and inclusion plan’, saying it will “not be satisfied until the diversity of everyone involved in tennis reflects the diversity of the communities in the country”. Clarke, 26,...
Trump said this week that he wants Netanyahu’s trial “CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY.” Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again asked for proceedings for his criminal trial to...
US President Donald Trump has called for Israel to “pardon” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for alleged corruption, or drop the case altogether. In a social media post, Trump also claimed the US had saved Israel – alluding to its intervention in Israel’s war with Iran – and would now also “save”...
She’s not the Mayor or Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, but she is the Deputy Mayor of a “city” that is basically in the middle of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Cudahy is, for all intents and purposes, other than the nominal governmental unit, Los Angeles. The dead center of Cudahy is 6 miles, as...
PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has called on Iran to “return to the negotiating table” after the US became involved in the Israeli operation against the country on Saturday night. Sir Keir said “stability in the region is a priority” and described Iran’s nuclear programme as “a grave threat to international security”. “Iran...
Yorkshire head coach Anthony McGrath has questioned his side’s mentality after they slipped to an “embarrassing” defeat at Durham in the T20 Blast. The White Rose’s 63-run defeat at Chester-le-Street leaves them with two wins from eight games in the competition. They are also struggling in Division One of the County Championship after winning promotion...
PA Media British embassy staff have been evacuated from Israel in recent days. Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel has called on the UK government to offer repatriation flights to British nationals who want to leave Israel. Dame Priti told the BBC there are “thousands upon thousands” of Britons in Israel, adding that the government’s...
Cheshire Police Lucy Letby is serving 15 whole-life prison sentences for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others Former health secretary Sir Jeremy Hunt has called for an “urgent re-examination” of the Lucy Letby case after “serious and credible” questions were raised by experts. The Conservative MP pleaded for the Criminal Cases Review...
Developments continue apace in Israel and Iran, where the two bitter enemies will enter their fourth day of war. Earlier today, news reports had the Iranians asking erstwhile intermediaries to pressure Israel into cease-fire negotiations, albeit on the same terms as before — with Iran maintaining its nuclear enrichment programs and with the usual “Death...
“The Trump administration is trying to undermine free speech in this country,” Warren said during an interview. United States Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is calling for an investigation into why federal agents tackled and handcuffed her colleague, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California), after he attempted to question Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem at...
David Wallace Lockhart BBC Scotland political correspondent PA Media Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the windfall tax on oil and gas companies needs to be axed while addressing a Scottish Conservatives party conference in Edinburgh Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for an end to the windfall tax on oil and gas companies and...
Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images Residents have had to use mobile waste collections during the strike About 150 people have attended a public meeting calling for the union Unite and Birmingham City Council to resolve the ongoing strike by bin workers. The all-out strike began 13 weeks ago in a dispute over...
The NHS has warned that it continues to face a “challenging” blood shortage as it calls for 200,000 new donors to come forward. Concern over blood stocks prompted the health service to issue an “amber alert” last year, meaning supplies were running low enough to have an impact on patient treatment. Supplies have remained low...
Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent Reuters Prince William addressed a conference on protecting oceans in Monaco on Sunday The Prince of Wales has described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans as “like none that we have ever faced before.” In a speech delivered to the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco, Prince William...
Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles has called former US swimmer and activist Riley Gaines “sick” over online comments about a transgender woman softball player. Gaines, who has regularly spoken out about transgender women athletes competing in women’s sport, mocked Minnesota State High School League for removing comments on their post about the Chaplin Park girls’...