The prime minister has been warned he will fail to meet his own target of halving violence against women and girls without significant investment in services, according to two senior government watchdogs. This is the first time Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales Dame Nicole Jacobs and Victims Commissioner for England and Wales Baroness...
Sean “Diddy” Combs once beat ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura so badly she needed stiches on her forehead, the music mogul’s former stylist has testified at his trial. Deonte Nash, who styled both Mr Combs and Ms Ventura, told the court there were times when he witnessed his boss attacking his then-girlfriend and others. He also testified...
Reuters Top US diplomat Marco Rubio says he does not have high expectations for Ukraine-Russia peace talks due to be held in Turkey – and that Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin need to meet for progress to be made. “I don’t think we’re going to have a breakthrough here until President Trump and...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media The government’s efforts to fix the prison crisis may not work without “bold investment decisions”, the leading union for the probation service has said. Ian Lawrence, general secretary of Napo, said a review of sentencing policy by former Conservative Justice Secretary David Gauke “may come to little effect” if...
Rangers were combative on Sunday, as predicted. They were fired up and, at times, threatening. Nothing about that was surprising. They scored first. Again, it wasn’t a shock-horror moment. They’ve now taken the lead in four Old Firm games in a row. The puzzle about how they can look pretty coherent in these games and...
David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany are just three names who are etched into City history forever. But, if we are talking trophies and influence on the team-mates around them, then Carson is right up there alongside these City legends. Just ask Pep Guardiola. The Catalan has managed the best City have had to...
Does another Champions League exit make Bompastor’s first season a failure? Bompastor said in her post-match news conference that it will still be a good season if Chelsea wrap up the Women’s Super League title and win the FA Cup. Having already secured the League Cup, Chelsea need four points from three games to make...
George Sandeman and Giulia Imbert BBC News AFP Wikie, swimming with her calf in 2011, needs to be moved out of Marineland Antibes The French government has been urged to reconsider rehoming two stranded killer whales in Canada. Wikie, 23, and her 11-year-old son Keijo are currently held at Marineland Antibes, a marine zoo in...
The clock goes red and France need a score to win the Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham. That was not in the script. England had cruised past their competition leading up the Grand Slam decider, scoring 33 tries in four comfortable wins. Les Bleues came off the back of a scare...
Changes were already certain, with Celtic having failed to replace Kyogo Furuhashi when the striker left for Rennes in January. Meanwhile, Kieran Tierney has signed a pre-contract to return from Arsenal as fellow Scotland left-back Greg Taylor looks poised to exit on freedom of contract. “I think naturally what you have at our club, there...
“Not so much red or blue – grey would be better.” The overwhelming feeling around the 196th Manchester derby was neatly summed up by a comment posted on the BBC Sport website. It might be a stretch to claim, as one respondent did, it was ‘the worst derby match in the world’. But the sentiment...
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou says his team’s 3-1 victory over Southampton was “much-needed” after a “passive and sloppy” second half. Read full article at source...
Plymouth City Council The project to improve drainage and create two new ponds in Central Park began at the end of 2022 Plymouth City Council has diverted almost £1m of cash from other projects into a scheme to tackle flooding in Central Park. The Central Park ponds scheme is the third phase of £9 million...
Pep Guardiola says the 2-0 win over struggling Leicester “was not easy” and that Manchester City needed to score a “third goal was needed for the team to relax”. Read full article at source...
Practices of so-called conversion therapy – attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity – are much more common than first thought, new research suggests. Ben Gibbons, now 38, says he needed years of therapy after an elder at his church forced him to make himself sick every time he had “impure thoughts”,...