Norris is talking a matter of days after he likened Verstappen’s controversial collision with Mercedes’ George Russell in the Spanish Grand Prix to something out of the Mario Kart game. That comment was made in the green room before the podium while chatting to Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. He did not want to expand...
Former Rangers midfielder Steven Davis says it is “hard to envisage himself not being back at the club in some capacity in the future” amid speculation linking him with a backroom role with the Scottish Premiership giants. The 140-times capped Northern Ireland international has been mooted as part of a potential coaching ticket should former...
John Laurenson Business reporter Reporting fromMorey-Saint-Denis, Burgundy BBC Burgundy in eastern France is highly praised for the quality of its wine Burgundy is one of the most prestigious wine regions in France, and the US is its biggest export market. But now Donald Trump’s tariffs are threatening to price European wine out of the American...
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...
Catriona Renton BBC Scotland News BBC Mum Helen, who started maternity leave unexpectedly, with dad Phil and baby Lachlan Helen Pickett planned meticulously for the arrival of her first baby. Living in the Western Isles, and aware she was classed as a “high risk” and a “geriatric” pregnancy, she knew she would have to deliver...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Reuters Writer Jack Thorne (right) was among those who spoke to Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street The co-writer and producer of hit Netflix drama Adolescence have met the prime minister in Downing Street to discuss how to stop young people from being influenced by toxic material online. Sir Keir Starmer...
Jones was joined in coming back last weekend by two other Wales front-row stalwarts, Gwenllian Pyrs and Donna Rose. Like Jones, they both bear the scars of neck surgery. For Sale Sharks loose-head Pyrs, Scotland was a first outing since surgery in November, which included a disc replacement and disc fusion, while Saracens tight-head Rose...
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation Israel’s recent brutal attack in Gaza resulted in the killing of predominantly women and children. It involved some of the most fatal attacks on Gaza that we have witnessed in 17 months. Given the degree to which the Israeli state formation has made clear...
Google Daniel Cunningham was involved in four fly-tipping incidents, Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard A council says it will “come down hard” on fly-tipping after a man who owned a van involved in four separate incidents of illegal waste dumping was jailed. Daniel Cunningham, of no fixed abode, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court earlier in March...
