Reuters Notting Hill Carnival organisers say they need government funding to run the event safely Campaigners have urged the government to step in to protect the future of Notting Hill Carnival as they mark Windrush Day. The west London carnival is in jeopardy, its chairman Ian Comfort said in a letter leaked to the BBC...
Seven years ago last week Exeter City Council’s executive committee decided to close Clifton Hill sports centre permanently on what it claimed were best value grounds. Heavy snowfall had damaged its roof, apparently beyond repair. The council would sell the whole Clifton Hill site for development. Proceeds from the sale would be used to offset...
Karl Mercer BBC London political editor Getty Images Notting Hill Carnival is Europe’s biggest street festival The future of the Notting Hill Carnival could be in doubt without “urgent funding” from the government, its organisers said in a letter leaked to the BBC. Carnival chair Ian Comfort has written to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to...
Hill made his England debut in the autumn of 2018 under former head coach Eddie Jones, a selection he says “100%” came too soon. “When I look back at getting my international cap at 19, I feel a completely different player and person to then,” he said. “I was selected after six or seven Premiership...
Alamy US actor Jonathan Joss, known for his roles in King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation, has died aged 59. Joss was shot dead, in what his husband called a homophobic hate crime, although police in Texas say there is no evidence of this. Joss’s broad career spanned different genres and platforms, appearing...
Athena A court heard Katherine Hill withdrew the money from an account for which she was a trustee A mother has been ordered to pay back £50,000 inheritance she stole from her two daughters. Katherine Hill, 53, from Alltwen in Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot, and her 93-year-old father Gerald Hill, from Fairwood in Swansea, were...
Liverpool-based legal firm Hill Dickinson is the naming rights partner for Everton’s new stadium. The new arena will be named the Hill Dickinson Stadium after the company, which has its headquarters in the city. Everton will move to the stadium for the start of the 2025-26 season, leaving their current home of Goodison Park. They...
George Hill produced the second-best bowling figures of his burgeoning first-class career as Essex were routed for 123 before Yorkshire extended their lead to 207 runs at Chelmsford. The 24-year-old seamer added four wickets for 37 runs on the second day to finish with 6-51 – numbers only eclipsed by his 6-26 in the Roses...
Hill said giving up Leicestershire’s captaincy has allowed him to refocus on his batting. “I picked up my cricket bats in September and I went around to my mum and dad’s house and put them in the spare room,” he said. “I didn’t have a single cricket bat in my house until January and in...
Starting on 65-1, the positive pair of Sol Budinger and Ben Mike (41) took their stand to 88 before Fernando struck twice in mid-morning. Fernando, the first player from Sri Lanka to represent the daffodil county, had Mike lbw and induced Budinger to sky a pull. Hill survived a loud shout for caught behind first...
Constitution Hill fell for the second time in succession as star mare Lossiemouth landed the Aintree Hurdle, the feature race on day one of the Grand National meeting. The Nicky Henderson-trained favourite suffered a shock departure in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last month. It looked as though he was travelling well for Nico de...
Wimbledon is planning to renovate its iconic ‘Henman Hill’ and increase capacity for the tournament’s 150th anniversary. Thousands of fans have watched action on a big screen from the grass slope which is open to supporters without show-court tickets. The proposed revamp – which has not yet been approved – would increase the hill’s capacity...
The body of a newborn baby has been found in west London, the Metropolitan Police has said. Officers were called at 12:46 GMT on Tuesday to Powis Gardens in Notting Hill following a report that the body of a baby had been found in a bag left outside All Saints Church. London Ambulance Service attended...
“My wife Miranda’s from Arizona, so I’ve spent a lot of time out there and it would suit me nicely if I was able to continue the position I’m in and by the end of the year get one of those 10 cards – I’d be very happy.” Hill, from Crook of Devon, secured victory...
“It was a little bit by surprise at the end – I thought we’d have to do again – but I’m delighted. It was a fantastic day and winning was the cherry on top.” Hill’s closing 62, which boasted five birdies and a bogey in each nine, was the low round of the week. It...