Friends and family, including his son Tyrese and former team-mate Andy Cole, pay tribute to Kevin Campbell who passed away in June 2024. Watch The Life, Loss and Legacy of Kevin Campbell on BBC iPlayer. READ MORE: The life, loss and legacy of Kevin Campbell Read full article at source...
Average UK pay rose by 5.9%, official data suggests, while vacancies fell to their lowest since before Covid. Wage growth is slightly ahead of the previous period and was lifted by the public sector, according to Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics which published the figures. But some economists...
Getty Images Many schools were forced to close when teachers walked out two years ago. Teachers in England have said they would be willing to strike over the government’s proposed 2.8% pay rise this year. The offer was rejected by 93.7% of members of the National Education Union (NEU), England’s largest teaching union, who took...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Soulja Boy scored a number one hit in 2007 with his party anthem Crank That US rapper Soulja Boy has been ordered to pay $4.25m (£3.2m) to a woman who accused him of sexual battery and abuse. The unnamed woman sued the star, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez...
Match of the Day pundit Stephen Warnock explains how Aston Villa’s defensive change from a back five in the first half to a back three in the second half proved to be costly for the Premier League side in their 3-1 loss to PSG in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Parc Des...
Graeme Ogston BBC Scotland News Hugh Pym BBC Health Editor PA Media Nurses, midwives and healthcare staff across Scotland have been offered an 8% pay increase over two years. Health Secretary Neil Gray set out plans for a 4.25% increase in 2025-26 and a 3.75% rise next year. The offer – which the government said...
Caroline Lowbridge BBC News Hannah Robinson Hannah Robinson was asked to pay £11,390 despite her paying for parking A car park operator that demanded £11,390 in parking charges from a driver has lost a court case and been ordered to pay thousands in costs. Excel Parking, which has been criticised for charging drivers £100 if...
Getty Clothing from well-known American brands like the Gap could see a price increase, as they rely heavily on Asian countries for production US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs – or import taxes – for nearly every country in the world could push prices up on almost all the staples Americans routinely buy,...
And Mitchell believes salaries will have to increase further if the ECB is to fulfil its aim of making The Hundred the second-biggest franchise tournament behind the Indian Premier League. “There are some big players that have come into the room in terms of investing in The Hundred,” said former Worcestershire captain Mitchell. “The ambition...
The government has defended its policy of adding VAT to private school fees, telling the High Court it enhances “the fairness of the tax system overall”. Barristers representing Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as well as HMRC and the Department for Education, said they wanted to raise standards for the 94% of children who attend state schools...
“Representing your country is a privilege, and in athletics is earned via a qualifying process, which while not always perfect, gives everyone the same chances to gain selection,” Connor wrote. “Coming from a working class background I don’t like the potential precedent being set where people, especially junior athletes of the future, don’t have the...
Sheffield Wednesday have failed to pay their players’ wages for March due to cashflow problems suffered by owner Dejphon Chansiri. The club said it was a “temporary issue” due to debts owed to the 56-year-old Thai businessman, whose family control the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of canned tuna. Wednesday are 12th in...
On March 19, 2025, a jury in Morton County, North Dakota, issued a catastrophic verdict against Greenpeace in a high-stakes lawsuit over Greenpeace’s actions during the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protests, forcing Greenpeace to pay over $660 million in damages to Energy Transfer Partners, the corporation that constructed the Dakota Access Pipeline. Over the three...
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The for-profit prison company GEO Group has surged in value under President Donald Trump. Investors are betting big on immigration detention. Its stock price doubled...