Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Doechii is the stage name of Florida-born rapper and musician Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon In 2023, Doechii announced she was three years into her five-year plan for becoming one of the biggest names in music. “By year five I want to be at my peak,” she told Billboard magazine. “I...
Lowering energy costs for thousands of businesses by scrapping green levies will form a central part of the government’s new 10-year industrial strategy. The plan, which may slash energy bills by up to 25% for more than 7,000 UK businesses, is set to be unveiled on Monday alongside other measures hoped to boost growth. Prime...
Verbal jousting on British and Irish Lions tours is as much a part of the deal as the rugby itself – and the mind games started anew in recent days. Wallaby coach Joe Schmidt (a Kiwi) on one side and Lions general manager of performance David Nucifora (an Australian) on the other. The psychological bunfights...
Corbis via Getty Images A 1900 photograph of the customs department in Dubai In the winter of 1956, The Times correspondent David Holden arrived on the island of Bahrain, then still a British protectorate. After a short-lived career teaching geography, Holden had looked forward to his Arabian posting, but he hadn’t expected to be attending...
Middlesex have parted ways with first-team coach Richard Johnson as “results have fallen below expectations”. The 50-year-old has been at the helm since the start of the 2022 season, having previously worked as assistant coach under Richard Scott and taking over the lead role on an interim basis in 2018. Johnson guided Middlesex to promotion...
Former Real Madrid and Wales star Gareth Bale is part of a US-based consortium’s attempt to take over League One club Plymouth Argyle. Talks with the private equity firm are said to be at an early stage. Plymouth owner Simon Hallett said last month that a previous agreement to sell a stake in the club...
    In dealing with the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles police chief described his force as “overwhelmed” by the protesters and rioters. The city, as is the case with many of America’s other large cities, suffers from inadequate manpower. The size of the LAPD is the smallest in 20...
Peter Shuttleworth BBC News Reporting fromMerthyr Tydfil BBC Keen gardener John Watkeys has had to start his garden from scratch after losing part of it to the Heads of the Valleys upgrade John Watkeys used to love an evening cup of tea watching bats fly around his oak tree, but that part of his garden...
The US has launched a review of its multi-billion dollar submarine deal with the UK and Australia, saying the security pact must fit its “America First” agenda. Under the trilateral pact, widely seen as a response to the growing power of China, Australia is to get its first nuclear-powered subs from the US, before the...
A fifth man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Exmouth, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said Ben Helliker, 26, of Halsdon Road in Exmouth has been remanded to appear in front of Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Officers were called at about 00:45 BST on 31 May...
Around 160 pupils recently took part in the Schools Festival of Rugby at Sandy Park ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in Exeter. The event was designed to encourage girls to participate in the sport ahead of the tournament, which includes matches at the home of Exeter Chiefs in August and September. The...
    It’s been five years since the George Floyd/BLM protests and riots. Therefore, the leftwing legacy media seizes upon this occasion to pull out its race-colored thermometer to measure America’s post George Floyd “racial progress.”     A recent New York Times headline read, “Five Years After Floyd — We...
A Swiss mountain village has been buried in a deluge of ice, mud and rock, after a big chunk of the Birch glacier collapsed into the valley below. The village of Blatten, which was evacuated of its roughly 300 residents several days ago, was on Wednesday overwhelmed by thousands of tonnes of mud and ice....
Dundee have sacked manager Tony Docherty following the end of the Scottish Premiership campaign. The Dens Park club defeated St Johnstone 2-0 on Sunday to finish the season in 10th place. A statement released by Dundee said “the results of the team have not met the standards expected by the club”. Docherty, 54, was appointed...
Hamas says it will release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander as a part of efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The 21-year-old soldier is the last living hostage with US nationality being held in the territory. It comes after a senior Hamas official told the BBC that the Palestinian armed group was holding direct...