The decision to recruit Morgan would appear a shrewd one by the MCC as it comes in the wake of an agreement to sell a 49% stake in London Spirit, the Lord’s-based franchise in The Hundred, to a consortium of tech billionaires. Morgan’s extensive experience of franchise cricket, in addition to his breadth of knowledge...
Modric will be involved at a Championship club which posted a pre-tax loss of £15.2m in the latest financial year. That was a drop of £2.7m compared to the pre-tax loss of £17.9m posted for the previous financial year. Swansea posted a turnover of £21.5m for the year ending 30 June, 2024. In a statement...
A faulty radio antenna contributed to a deadly mid-air helicopter collision at an Australian theme park and resort, transport safety officials say. Four people died – including two British tourists – and several more were seriously injured when the two aircraft hit each other in January 2023, near Sea World on the Gold Coast. An...
As Wrexham toiled against Burton’s 10 men in Saturday’s lunchtime sunshine, Fletcher’s 71st minute opener from the spot put Wrexham on course for a victory that opened up a six-point gap between themselves and third-placed Wycombe Wanderers. It was his eighth goal of a campaign that he had not anticipated, matching his total from last...
Despite leaving his role at Tottenham, Paratici has continued to have a presence at the Premier League club. He is a consultant for the club and has been a regular at Tottenham’s home games, while recent reports have stated the north London club were looking to rehire him. However, Paratici – if talks with the...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter Torridge District Council Len Ford stopped being a councillor after he was jailed for abuse against officials A former councillor who was jailed for a “tirade of abuse” against a senior official has been removed from his role with a by-election now being held. Len Ford represented Appledore on...
The head of the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme, Michael Stewart, has left his role. It follows a damning review in February that found the scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. Rudakubana was referred to Prevent three...
Paul O’Connell has been named Ireland’s interim head coach for the summer tour of Georgia and Portugal after Simon Easterby was appointed to the British and Irish Lions coaching team. Defence coach Easterby was given the Ireland interim head coach for the recent Six Nations because Andy Farrell is on a sabbatical from the role...
Popular US sitcom Malcolm in the Middle is set to return for a four-episode special on Disney+ – but with one notable difference. Erik Per Sullivan, who played Malcolm’s younger brother Dewey, will not return because he is no longer an actor. The much-loved character will now be played by Fargo actor Caleb Ellsworth-Clark instead,...
Ian Youngs Culture reporter Netflix Owen Cooper has been praised for his performance as 13-year-old Jamie One of the most talked-about TV shows of recent years, Netflix’s hard-hitting drama Adolescence, has been the hot topic of discussion this week, from the House of Commons to US talk shows to the gates of the scriptwriter’s son’s...
Daniel De Simone Investigations correspondent Family handout/PA Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racist attack in 1993 Reports suggest that one of Stephen Lawrence’s murderers now accepts being involved in attacking the black teenager, the Parole Board has said. David Norris was jailed for life in 2012 after he had denied being part of the...
BBC Sir Gareth Southgate delivered this year’s Dimbleby Lecture Sir Gareth Southgate says he fears young men are spending too much time gaming, gambling and watching pornography – and they need better role models beyond online influencers. In a wide-ranging talk for the BBC’s annual Richard Dimbleby Lecture, the ex-England men’s football manager spoke about...
After weeks of Donald Trump’s threats to “take back” the Panama Canal, the White House has ordered the military to come up with an assortment of plans to make the president’s imperial fantasy a reality. According to NBC News, which first reported on the directive, the plans range from increasing military partnership with Panama to...