Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of England and he of ‘Two Tier’ policing fame, has yet more dishonor to heap on what is supposed to be his British plate, although that is increasingly questionable. Early in his term (back in September 2024), the PM and his ruling party introduced something called ‘Respect Orders.’ Labour had always...
The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has reached a new record for the first four months of the year. Some 656 people arrived in 11 small boats on Saturday, taking the total number of people crossing in 2025 so far to 8,064, according to provisional Home Office figures,...
Surrey captain Rory Burns says English cricket needs to “protect” the County Championship as the new domestic season is set to get under way. The first round of fixtures starts on Friday with defending champions Surrey facing Essex at Chelmsford in their opening match. Burns said he was “not really” worried that the red-ball competition...
Mogwai : English Teacher BBC 6music Festival @ Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse March 28th 2025 In which two of the UK’s key game changing bands show how music can still be bent into intriguing new shapes. For many, the highlight of the weekend’s BBC 6Music festival is this intriguing bill at the 4000 capacity Victoria Warehouse....
Despite suggestions before the SGM that it would be just the start, not the end, of the rebellion, Sweeney’s opponents struck a more conciliatory tone when they spoke to the BBC afterwards. They stressed that forcing the SGM and making the RFU board answerable to the game at large was a victory in itself. Meanwhile,...
Ever found yourself speechless in the presence of overwhelming cuteness, like your baby nephew or the cat video you saw on Instagram? There’s now a word for it: gigil. Gigil (pronounced ghee-gill) is part of a list of “untranslatable” words, or those that do not have English equivalents, that have been added to the Oxford...
After Bath, the fight for the top four is fierce, with only eight points between second-placed Bristol with sixth-placed Harlequins, with Gloucester, Leicester and Saracens in between separated by a single point. The Bears have not been out of the top four all season and are no longer in European action, so will be able...
The Torbay airshow has announced the RAF Red Arrows and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will lead its line up this year. An RAF Typhoon will also feature among the aerial displays taking to the skies above Paignton in the free event on 31 May and 1 June. Torbay Council said the English Riviera...
Coventry were one of the country’s leading clubs at their old Coundon Road home when rugby union was still an amateur sport – and spent one season in the English top flight when the Courage League, the precursor to the Premiership, was first formed for 1986-87. Their Butts Park Arena home currently has a capacity...
England will attempt to regain the Ashes when they head to Australia next winter having drawn a thrilling series 2-2 on home turf in 2023. The success of the attacking approach to Test cricket fostered by coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes will be judged, for a large part, on the outcome of that...