Premier League parachute payments have often been accused of distorting competition in the Championship. In the past 10 seasons half of relegated teams (15 of 30) have bounced straight back to the Premier League. Although recently relegated Leeds, Burnley and Sheffield United look well placed for an immediate return, Luton – who went down last...
    After President Donald Trump imposed broad tariffs, some of his left-wing critics began quoting economists like Milton Friedman, who adamantly believed in unilateral free trade.     Friedman preferred that our trading partners refrain from imposing barriers on goods imported from the United States. He said: “We would be...
By now there are a ton of reasons why the left hates Elon Musk. His role in DOGE and defunding the illicit and evil NGOs and threatening the sinecures of leftists like Stacey Abrams tops the list, but Musk turned into their Emmanuel Goldstein long before Elon hooked up with Trump. Jonathan Turley, whose current...
Rayhan Demytrie BBC South Caucasus correspondent Azertac TV Images of Vardanyan in court in Baku appeared to show bruising on his forehead Ruben Vardanyan is one of Armenia’s richest men, but his millions are of little use now that he is facing a possible life term in jail in neighbouring Azerbaijan. The two neighbouring Caucasus...
Video shows the moment a parachutist got caught on the roof of a stadium ahead of a rugby match. Two parachutists delivering the match ball landed safely on the pitch at the Stade de Toulouse, ahead of Sale’s Champions Cup tie against Toulouse, but their colleague went off course and was left dangling from the...
Not for the first time this season, Maynard called McGoldrick “Superman” for the performance he produced to boost Notts’ hopes of a top-three finish. It was not a comment limited to what the forward managed to spark with his goal against MK Dons, but also the influence he is having on the childhood club he...
BBC handout When her baby was three weeks old, Emma took an overdose Failing to properly diagnose and treat people with bipolar disorder is wasting billions of pounds a year in the UK, according to new data shared exclusively with the BBC. Experts say many of the estimated million people living with this condition are...
Family picture Lilly, whose full name we are not including, is left with scarring on her cheek and around her eye following the dog attack 18 months ago A father wants a change in the law over pet insurance, after his daughter’s face was left scarred by a dog attack outside their home. Currently, it...
The BBC is in Myanmar’s capital Nay Pyi Taw to see the destruction caused by a powerful earthquake that struck on Friday. It hit central Myanmar, near the city of Mandalay, more than 200km (125 miles) from Nay Pyi Taw. One local resident described a lack of sleep and the inability to rebuild because of...
After Danny Welbeck scored the extra-time winner against Newcastle to send Brighton into the FA Cup quarter-finals, an unexpected name popped up on his mobile phone. “[Sir Alex Ferguson] actually phoned me after the Newcastle goal,” he told Football Focus. “He talked about the goal and the performance. He was buzzing and to have that...
BBC Stuart Youens Lucy Adams Education correspondent, BBC Scotland Stuart Youens says that when he became a secondary school teacher 20 years ago he loved the job. But gradually the effect of budget cuts, the reduction in classroom assistants, the increase in additional support needs, and a rise in bureaucracy took its toll. Two years...
British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan said on Friday they have left the US and are flying back to Romania, where they face human trafficking and other charges. “Spending $185,000 (£143,000) on a private jet across the Atlantic to sign one single piece of paper in Romania,” Andrew Tate posted to his 10.8...
Plymouth Argyle forward Mustapha Bundu says his side have “eight finals left” in their bid for Championship survival. The 28-year-old’s excellent first-half free-kick drew Argyle back into the match in their eventual 3-2 defeat at home by fellow strugglers Derby County on Saturday. The loss leaves Argyle rooted to the foot of the table and...