Thomas Sweeney’s first incentive to become a line judge was the offer of a free sandwich. For Pauline Eyre, who called the lines at Wimbledon for 16 years, some natty blazers and the chance to buy tickets for the tournament were the main recompense for work she had to take annual leave to do. Nowadays...
BBC Nato leaders including President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer are meeting to agree a big increase in defence spending, but nearly a third of the alliance’s members have not reached the existing spending target. The new target will be to spend 5% of the size of their economies, measured by GDP, on “core...
Bhargava Parikh BBC Gujarati Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Bhumi Chauhan Bhoomi Chauhan says she missed her flight to London after arriving late at Ahmedabad airport Bhoomi Chauhan remembers being angry and frustrated. Bumper-to-bumper traffic had delayed her car journey to Ahmedabad airport – so much so that she missed her Air India flight to London...
Matt Taylor BBC News, East Midlands Family handout Rhianan Rudd died aged 16 in a children’s home in May 2022 An inquest into the death of a 16-year-old girl who was groomed before being charged with terrorism offences has found there were missed opportunities to help her by the authorities. Chief coroner Alexia Durran concluded...
Steve James Bethan James died from a combination of sepsis, pneumonia and Crohn’s disease in 2020 The daughter of a former Glamorgan and England cricketer could have been saved if she received the correct treatment, an inquest has heard. Bethan James, 21, from Cardiff, died on 9 February 2020 and a post-mortem examination found her...
Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice missed the game against Liverpool on Sunday with a muscular issue believed to be a hamstring strain. Rice played all 90 minutes of last Wednesday’s 2-1 loss at Paris Saint-Germain but did not make the Gunners squad that came back from two goals down to earn a draw with the Premier...
Graham was a consultant at Tottenham from 2007-2012 but “they never really had the ambition to make more” of data whereas he said “Liverpool were the first team to have an in-house analytics department”. He was at Liverpool from 2012 to 2023 and was a key part of the ‘Moneyball’ strategy – the statistical method...
Emily Johnson BBC News, Yorkshire BBC/ Emily Johnson Carole Williams said she forgot her own birthday due to worrying about her husband’s health A woman has demanded answers from the NHS after her husband nearly died from sepsis that was “missed” by nurses. Carole Williams said her husband John had been visited by community nurses...