A mix of stories makes the front pages of Friday’s papers but the looming vote on the assisted dying bill features prominently. The Daily Express leads off with a plea from a supporter of the bill urging MPs to “allow us the choice to have a good death”. A photograph of Sophie Blake, who has...
O’Brien made it three from three in juvenile sprints this week with 8-13 favourite Charles Darwin a clear victor of the Norfolk Stakes. The winner broke sharply from the stalls and Moore was in control from thereon, sending his mount clear in the final furlong to beat runner-up Wise Approach by two and a quarter...
PA Media The Princess of Wales has pulled out from a planned attendance at Royal Ascot. Catherine, who is making a gradual return to public life after her cancer diagnosis last year, was said to be disappointed to miss the sporting occasion in Berkshire, where she would have appeared in the carriage procession. She was...
The tours, though, would struggle to impose mandatory interviews because they are organisations effectively run by the players themselves. Not so the majors. Augusta National, the PGA of America, USGA and R&A – who are responsible for the Masters, US PGA, US Open and The Open respectively – might, and probably should, consider making such...
Field Of Gold went on to win the Irish Guineas after being a fast-finishing second at Newmarket to Ruling Court, who was a late withdrawal for the Derby at Epsom this month. Buick feels the ground was softer than the official going description of good at Epsom. His mount will enjoy conditions at Ascot, with...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent PA Media The Beckhams have become regular fixtures at royal events If David Beckham is imminently going to be awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, the ex-footballer has already become a very visible part of the royal circle. It felt sometimes, in football terms, as if Beckham was man-marking...
Around 150 service personnel from the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) will march through Exeter city centre on Saturday 21 June to exercise the unit’s Freedom of the City. The march through Exeter will also mark the city’s celebration of Armed Forces Day, which is held a week earlier in Exeter. This year’s parade...
Military bosses are set to spend £250m on new accommodation for Royal Marine recruits at a Devon base. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the money would be spent at the Lympstone Commando Training Centre over the next couple of years. Along with the new accommodation, the MoD added there would also be a review...
Royal Navy The 210 men and women in HMS Lancaster’s crew found 80 packages A Royal Navy warship has swooped in on a vessel which was carrying £30m worth of illegal drugs. HMS Lancaster, which is based in Portsmouth when not on active service, seized the one and a half tonne load of narcotics while...
Tom McKibbin expects that competing in the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush will be something he will remember for the rest of his life. The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland was in the field last year at Royal Troon, as well as for the US Open in 2024 and US PGA last month, but feels playing...
Royal Navy The three-week-old kittens had not yet been weaned Five kittens heard crying for help under a shipping container in Bahrain have been saved by Royal Navy sailors. Personnel serving at the UK Naval Support Facility, which supports the Portsmouth-based HMS Lancaster, found the three-week-old kittens, which had not been weaned, after their mother...
BBC royal correspondent Daniela Relph assesses the significance and symbolism of King Charles’ trip to Canada where he will open the parliament in Ottawa – following in the footsteps of his mother Queen Elizabeth who carried out the same duty in 1957. It’s also an important trip for Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, who...
A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India’s north eastern state of Assam, a forest official has said. Angry residents from a village in the Golaghat district reportedly took the step because the tiger had killed livestock in the area and posed a threat to their lives. The state’s forest...
Latest scorecard from the Indian Premier League match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Lucknow. Read full article at source...
The Royal Family is hoping “nothing will detract or distract” from VE Day commemorations this week, which fall days after Prince Harry’s interview. The King and Queen are looking forward to the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe and the end to World War Two, Buckingham Palace said. Events begin on Monday...