Devon & Torbay Combined County Authority has privately produced a Local Growth Plan that is intended to guide regional development for the next decade before holding a brief public consultation on its contents with the minimum-possible publicity. It says the plan has been “shaped by extensive engagement with stakeholders across the region” but when asked...
Elizabeth Glinka Political Editor, BBC Midlands BBC Rob Howard said health issues were the reason for his resignation The recently elected leader of Warwickshire County Council has resigned, leaving his 18-year-old deputy in charge. Reform UK councillor Rob Howard released a short statement in which he said he had made the decision with “much regret”....
Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by the Football Association with breaching its anti-doping rules after he failed a drugs test. The Ukraine international, 24, was provisionally suspended by the FA in December after an “adverse finding in a routine urine test”. At the time he said he was in “complete shock” and he...
EPA Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known as Mo Chara, arriving at Westminster court in central London Supporters of Irish language hip-hop group Kneecap have gathered outside a court in London where one of the rappers is appearing on a terror charge. Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, charged under the name Liam O’Hanna, is...
Neve Gordon-Farleigh BBC News Henry Godfrey-Evans BBC News, Essex Simon Ashton/BBC The charges first came into force to use the crossing, which connects Essex and Kent, in 2003 The standard charge for car drivers using the Dartford Crossing will rise from £2.50 to £3.50 in September. The crossing links the M25 in Essex and Kent....
A New York judge declared a mistrial on a rape charge in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes trial after one juror refused to continue deliberations over an alleged attack in 2013 on actress Jessica Mann. The jury had found Weinstein guilty of one count of sexual assault and not guilty of another count on Wednesday, but...
Jamie Smith scores 60 runs off 26 balls, including five sixes, to put England in a commanding position in the third T20 against West Indies in Southampton. Read full article at source...
Maurizio Sarri has rejoined Lazio as head coach – 15 months after leaving the role. The 66-year-old replaces Marco Baroni, who led the Serie A side to a seventh-placed finish last season to miss out on European qualification. Sarri resigned in March 2024 following a fifth defeat in six games and was also heavily critical...
Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini, who led them to the Europa League title in 2024, has announced he will leave after nine years in charge. Gasperini, 67, revealed in February that he would not be renewing his contract with the Bergamo-based Serie A club, which was set to expire in June. The Italian has been...
AC Milan have sacked coach Sergio Conceicao after just six months in charge of the Serie A club. Former manager Massimiliano Allegri – who spent four years in charge at San Siro between 2010 and 2014 – is reportedly set, external for a return. Conceicao, 50, was handed the job last December after the the...
We find out the identity of the man who has been charged with multiple offences after the Liverpool crash. Read full article at source...
A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade’s forced labour for corruption. Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m (£182m) of public funds by the Congolese Constitutional Court on Tuesday, alongside Deogratias Mutombo, the former governor of the DR Congo’s central bank. Matata’s lawyer...
Hampshire’s second innings began in the day’s first sunshine but the ball continued to move around and while Middleton settled, partners came and went. None of the other top six batters passed 15 as Mark Stoneman edged Hannon-Dalby to first slip, Bamber drew edges from Nick Gubbins and Tom Prest and Webster removed Brown, lbw,...
Yusuf struck again to remove Joe Clarke, with the South African forcing the Nottinghamshire man to chop one on to his off stump and Carse then produced a moment of brilliance to remove Jack Haynes for one, as the former Worcestershire man chipped one up and the England bowler made an excellent one-handed return catch....
Last week a group of elected Democratic officials showed up at an ICE facility in New Jersey, supposedly to tour the facility. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka wound up getting arrested after a brief scuffle. ????DEMOCRAT MAYOR OF NEWARK, NJ HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER STORMING AN ICE FACILITY pic.twitter.com/c1Rsz2Dyx6 — TheBlaze (@theblaze) May 9, 2025 Today,...