The UK government is working with Mauritius to finalise a deal on the future of the Chagos Islands, Downing Street has said. Under the proposed agreement, Mauritius would gain sovereignty of the islands from the UK, but allow the US and UK to continue operating a military base on one of the islands for an...
“The lads in the dressing room have been so welcoming to me this week and there’s a great atmosphere here,” Flintoff told the club website., external “I’m excited for what’s next for me and I know that Kent is the right place for me to make the step up to first-team cricket.” Kent’s director of...
Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have agreed that “productive negotiations” about an economic deal between the UK and US will “continue at pace”, Downing Street has said. The Sunday night phone call between pair comes after sources at No 10 said the government was prepared to retaliate against US tariffs if needed. Trump has...
Aberdeen managerJimmy Thelin is open to a potential move to buy on-loan Kevin Nisbet in the summer, with the Scotland striker having another year to run on his Millwall contract. (Press & Journal – subscription), external Jeffrey Schlupp says he is “loving it” on loan at Celtic and is open to signing talks over a...
Wigan Warriors full-back Jai Field has signed a new four-year deal at the reigning Super League champions. The 27-year-old joined Wigan from NRL side Parramatta Eels in 2021 but suffered an injury-hit start during his debut against Leigh Leopards. He went on to return later that year and had a breakthrough campaign in 2022, winning...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West BBC The former Living Coasts attraction has been empty for five years The site of a former zoo which has been empty for five years is set to be transformed. A deal has been agreed with ARC Marine, a marine habitat restoration company, to take over the Living Coasts...
US President Donald Trump says he may cut tariffs on China to help seal a deal for short video app TikTok to be sold by its owner ByteDance. Trump also said he is willing to extend a 5 April deadline for a non-Chinese buyer of the platform to be found. In January, he delayed the...
Head coach Farrell said that there are as many as six players in contention for the Lions captaincy, with the skipper not learning of his appointment until shortly before the squad’s announcement on 8 May. “There are maybe four, five, six on the list,” he said. “When you narrow it down – this is the...
Exeter Chiefs back Liv McGoverne has agreed a deal to stay at Sandy Park for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 27-year-old New Zealander – who can play at fly-half or centre – re-joined the club last summer. McGoverne had spent the 2022-23 season at Exeter, playing 26 games, scoring five tries and kicking...
Wales flanker Tommy Reffell has signed a new deal with Leicester Tigers to keep him at the club next season. The 25-year-old made his 100th start in Friday’s 33-0 East Midlands derby win at Northampton. He played for Wales at the 2023 World Cup and has won 27 caps in total, four of them during...
Glamorgan have signed England spinner Shoaib Bashir on a short-term loan from Somerset. Bashir, 21, is joining for three County Championship games as cover for Mason Crane, who will miss the opening month of the season because of a shoulder injury. Surrey-born off-spinner Bashir impressed after being a shock choice for England’s tour to India...
Undocumented immigrants, who contribute nearly $100 billion in taxes each year and help fund benefits like Social Security and Medicare while remaining ineligible to receive them, are expected to soon lose the privacy afforded to them by a long-standing Internal Revenue Service policy as the IRS nears a deal with the Trump administration to help...
Sale Sharks have agreed a two-year deal to sign Exeter Chiefs lock Jacques Vermeulen from next season. Vermeulen, 30, who can also play in the back row, moves to Sale after six years at Sandy Park, making over 100 appearances and winning the Premiership and European Challenge Cup double in 2020. The 6 ft 6,...
Northamptonshire have signed Australian pace bowler Harry Conway on a short-term contract for four County Championship games. The 32-year-old has taken 119 first-class wickets at an average of 28.86, eight of them in three games for South Australia in this winter’s Sheffield Shield. He will be available for the Division Two fixtures against Leicestershire, Lancashire,...
Assistant Louis Storey, who had been made interim head coach in the hours following Elliott’s departure, and fellow coaches Anthony Sweeney and Steve Hafner have all left the club. Lindsey has appointed Neil Smith, who leaves his role in charge of Isthmian League side Cray Wanderers, as his assistant manager, with his first game back...
