A new photograph showing a smiling Princess Charlotte has been released by Kensington Palace to mark her 10th birthday. The image was taken by her mother Catherine, Princess of Wales, using an iPhone, during a trip to Cumbria earlier this year. The photograph was put on to the Kensington Palace social media channels with the...
Elizabeth Rizzini with what the weather this Early May bank holiday has in store. Read full article at source...
Pietersen’s comments on training came during a tour of India when England lost a T20 series 4-1 and the one-day internationals 3-0 and, speaking to The Telegraph earlier this month, he said: “I stand by every word.” Without referring to Pietersen specifically, Wood said: “One thing that does bother me is this narrative of ‘golf,...
Three-time winner Mark Williams held off a spirited John Higgins fightback to win a Crucible classic 13-12 on the black as he reached the semi-finals of the World Championship. Resuming at 8-8 on Wednesday, Higgins was initially left to rue costly misses in each of the first four frames as winner Williams reeled off all...
Four-time world champion John Higgins took advantage of some mistakes from Mark Williams to lead 5-3 after the first session of their World Championship quarter-final. This tie features two of the sport’s all-time greats and two thirds of snooker’s legendary ‘Class of 92’ trio, which also includes Ronnie O’Sullivan. Williams, 50, became the oldest man...
The Football Association has defended paying chief executive Mark Bullingham £1.32m last year – including a £450,000 bonus – saying he had “met and exceeded robust targets”. Bullingham is thought to be the highest-paid chief executive of a sports governing body in the UK. The 50-year-old’s earnings for the year ending July 2024 included a...
Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen compiled an incredible 147 maximum break during his World Championship last-16 match against Chris Wakelin. Allen was trailing 10-2 at the time after losing all four previous frames in the morning session on Friday. He went straight to the practice table in the mid-session interval and then produced snooker’s moment of...
Emma Raducanu has paused the search for a new full-time coach, saying she is happy to “keep things informal” as her part-time partnership with Mark Petchey continues. Raducanu brought Petchey – a well-known figure in British tennis circles and a former coach of Andy Murray – into her coaching team on a casual basis at...
Zhao’s first-round display was one of the most impressive of any player during the tournament so far. The 28-year-old led 7-2 overnight and, after Jones took the first two frames of the morning, Zhao won the next three with breaks of 70, 55 and 87 to defeat the 16th seed from Wales. Zhao is competing...
Pubs in England and Wales will be able to stay open until 01:00 BST to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, the government has confirmed. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said pubs and bars that usually close at 23:00 will be able to keep serving for an extra two hours on Thursday 8...
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has taken the witness stand in a landmark antitrust trial to defend his company against allegations that his company operates a social media monopoly. His testimony is part of a case first brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2020 during the final days of the first Trump administration. The...
However, her presence as a leader eventually became a block for others to bloom, which worked against her in the end. After being told England would move on from her as captain and a player in 2016, I felt for her. There was a brutality to it because she was still playing well. While fitness...
Queen Camilla has been given a Margherita pizza on a visit to a school in Rome, in honour of her 20th wedding anniversary to King Charles. The King and Queen are on the third day of their state visit to Italy – and the Queen was given a taste of local cuisine when she was...
A vital new masterwork completed shortly before his untimely passing in April 2023, the groundbreaking, enduringly influential artist Mark Stewart presents his eighth solo album, The Fateful Symmetry, due for release July 11 via Mute Records. Pre-order the album HERE. ”Taste is a form of personal censorship” – Mark Stewart Across an illustrious career of pioneering...
Gloucestershire’s new red-ball captain Cameron Bancroft has an experience of winning that can “boost” his team-mates, says head coach Mark Alleyne. The Australian was named Gloucestershire’s new captain last month for the 2025 County Championship campaign. Bancroft, who has played in 10 Test matches for Australia, has won three Sheffield Shield titles – the country’s...