Dan Sheehan has challenged his British and Irish Lions team-mates to match the passion of the Western Force underdogs in Saturday’s tour opener in Australia. Sheehan will captain a Lions team with only two starters – Sione Tuipulotu and Tadhg Beirne – who were in the XV for the defeat by Argentina on Friday. “I’m...
Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor Getty Images At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, a Russian MP came up to me. “Are you going to bomb Iran?” he asked. “I’m not planning to bomb anyone!” I replied. “I mean you, the British…” “Don’t you mean Donald Trump?” “He’s told what to do by Britain,” the man...
Elon Musk has obviously used THC, because we have all seen him smoking pot in a state where it is legal to do so. But the Pravda Media has been hyping the story that Elon has a whole pharmacopia of drugs, legal and illegal, and that he abuses them so much that it presented a...
Church of England Moira Astin said she looks forward to “praying with and encouraging” people in Devon The Church of England’s new Bishop of Crediton, The Venerable Moira Astin has said she is aware of the “challenges” facing people in Devon. Ms Astin, from Surrey, is currently the Archdeacon of Reigate in the Southwark Diocese....
Amorim may be waiting a long time if he wants the section of support who despise the Glazer family – and are now starting to assess Sir Jim Ratcliffe in a similarly negative light – to put on a unified front. Then there are the fans who sit in front of the directors’ box, many...
Sarah Rainsford Eastern Europe correspondent EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Imagine having a president called Nicky. That’s what Romanians just voted for: a softly-spoken, slightly geeky mathematician who everyone refers to by his first name, Nicusor – or Nicky. On Monday, hours after claiming victory in the elections, the new president picked up his daughter from school as usual....
Branwen Jeffreys & Hazel Shearing Education editor & Education correspondent UCU Industrial disputes over university job losses are underway in several cities More than four in 10 universities in England are expecting to be in a financial deficit by this summer, according to new report from the Office for Students (OfS). The OfS, which regulates...
Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Getty Images Wikipedia is taking legal action against new Online Safety Act regulations it says could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors and their ability to keep harmful content off the site. The Wikimedia Foundation – the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia – is seeking a judicial review...
Reform UK could take the government to court to prevent migrants being housed in areas where it now controls the local council, party chairman Zia Yusuf told the BBC. Yusuf said his party had pledged to “resist” housing asylum seekers in Reform-controlled areas and it would use “every instrument of power available”, including judicial reviews,...
Robyn told BBC Sport: “During my tenure as CEO, I worked under challenging circumstances to strengthen the federation’s governance framework and upgrade its operational transparency. “The resignation of the deputy president of sport clearly indicates there are serious ongoing structural challenges. “When professional processes are not adhered to and stakeholders are excluded from decision-making, it...
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery says he will relish the challenge of pushing for a top-four finish in the Premier League after the 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest, as he also looks ahead to a midweek meeting with Paris St-Germain. MATCH REPORT: Aston Villa 2-1 Nottingham Forest Available to UK users only. Read full article...
BBC Paramedic Munther Abed survived the attack that killed 15 emergency workers by diving to the floor in the back of his ambulance “I’m the only survivor who saw what happened to my colleagues,” Munther Abed says, scrolling through pictures of his fellow paramedics on his phone. He survived the Israeli attack that killed 15...