Gee, I wonder what the Supreme Court has in mind with its latest grant of certiorari? Based on some news reports, it might sound as though the top court got pushed into this fight: The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it would hear two cases testing the constitutionality of state laws that bar transgender...
Getty Images Last year the BBC won a Bafta for its Glastonbury coverage. This year it’s being attacked for it. Or, to be more precise, for one hour of it, two at the most, if you count Kneecap’s set, which followed Bob Vylan’s on the West Holts stage on Saturday afternoon. I had arrived early...
Temba Bavuma avoids being dismissed lbw by Josh Hazlewood after a review shows a surprising spike on the Ultra-edge, with South Africa 66-4 in their first innings in the Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s. FOLLOW LIVE: ICC Test Championship final – South Africa vs Australia day two Available to UK users only. Read...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy replenishment ship, and the move stirred up the inevitable controversy. It was intended to, just as the original naming of the ship was meant to be a poke in the eye of opponents of DEI. The choice to name...
Radio host Wynne Evans has announced he is leaving his BBC Radio Wales show after the broadcaster “decided not to renew” his contract. He had been taking time off his daytime show after apologising for making what he described as an “inappropriate and unacceptable” comment during the Strictly Come Dancing live tour launch in December....
Match of the Day’s Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discuss the “Morgan Rogers no-goal” at Manchester United and how the decision may have cost Aston Villa Champions League football next season. MATCH REPORT: Controversy as Villa lose at Man Utd and miss out on Champions League Read full article at source...
Yuna Ku BBC Korean Service Getty Images Starbucks has temporarily disabled the use of seven particular names on its app Walk into any Starbucks in South Korea right now, and there are some names you definitely won’t be hearing. Six to be exact – and they happen to be the names of the candidates running...
Aside from the brilliance of Scottie Scheffler’s imperious third major victory, the next-biggest talking point from the 107th US PGA was the controversy of Rory McIlroy’s “non-conforming” driver. Rumours emerged early in the championship that the recently crowned Masters winner, who was continually struggling to find Quail Hollow’s fairways, had been forced to switch drivers...
The Kilkenny and Dublin teams were forced to change into skorts before their Leinster Championship semi-final could go ahead earlier this month. The Munster final between Cork and Waterford was postponed this weekend after both sets of players confirmed their intention to wear shorts. Derry players were told to change from shorts into skorts before...
Leclerc echoed Hamilton’s insistence that the drivers did not blame each other. “There’s no bad feelings with Lewis, not at all,” he said. “I understand as well that Lewis is trying to do something different, so I appreciate that. I would have done the same thing as if I was him and trying to be...
Catherine Doyle BBC News NI Getty Images Kneecap say they have faced a “smear campaign” Speaking on RTÉ’s Prime Time on Tuesday, the band’s manager said “moral hysteria” had taken hold and that the band are being held to a higher moral standard than politicians. Daniel Lambert claimed a “concerted campaign” against the group is...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images DJ Próvaà usually wears a balaclava on stage, a look that dates from the band’s early days, when he was trying to hide his identity from the school where he worked To their fans, west Belfast rave-rap group Kneecap are a rowdy, subversive force of nature. But to many...
Wedaeli Chibelushi & Nyasha Michelle BBC News D!nkTV The finale of Latey: Looking for Love has been viewed more than 620,000 times Boy meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Girl fends off love rivals and boy – finally – declares his affection for her. If you are a fan of reality TV dating shows, you...
Three-quarters of Americans are troubled by the administration’s use of Signal to discuss military plans, polling shows. Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) is reportedly drafting articles of impeachment against three Trump administration officials who discussed U.S. plans to bomb Yemen in a Signal group chat that came to light after a journalist was mistakenly added...