“To fix our national pride, the solution is obvious: herpes.” That was the pitch made by the charity New Zealand Herpes Foundation last October, when it launched a campaign to make the country the “best place” to have the infection. That campaign has been a roaring success, winning a top prize at this year’s Cannes...
Warren Gatland was first involved with the Lions as an assistant coach on the 2009 tour of South Africa, before taking charge as head coach for the 2013, 2017, and 2021 tours. The former Wales coach won the 2013 series in Australia, drew an epic series in New Zealand four years later, and suffered a...
For British and Irish Lions boss Andy Farrell, building connections has always been as crucial to fostering a winning environment as tactics and systems. When he speaks to the media, he regularly outlines his desire to see players become the “best versions of themselves”. Not the best tacklers, or goal-kickers or scrummagers, but the best...
Rachel Russell BBC News, Yorkshire Facebook Yvonne Ford died from rabies last week after contracting it while on holiday in Morocco in February Rabies was very rare in the UK but people should not “take for granted how safe we are”, a top medic has warned following the death of a woman from the disease....
Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News EPA The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s the stark warning from more than 60 of the world’s leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of...
Essex went into the game against Surrey having lost their previous two, but Scrivens and Winfield-Hill gave home followers cause for optimism with 13 boundaries between them before the former was caught at cover off Dani Gregory. Winfield-Hill – who was dropped on seven – followed in the next over when she tried to sweep...
The seven-time champion described reports in two Italian newspapers that Ferrari were considering replacing Vasseur as “nonsense”. Ferrari said they were not worth commenting on. “Most people don’t know what’s going on in the background,” Hamilton said. “That’s not part of the discussion.” He added: “I don’t think that’s on the cards as far as...
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has apologised to the Spanish people after an escalating corruption scandal brought down a senior Socialist party colleague. Sánchez, who has led Spain since 2018, said there was no such thing as “zero corruption”, adding he was wrong to trust Santos Cerdán, the secretary of his party and close political colleague....
Kendrick Lamar stole the show at the BET Awards in Los Angeles, which celebrate black actors, singers and sports stars, winning five out of his 10 nominations including best album, video and male hip-hop artist. The rapper won best album for GNX and best video for Not Like Us, while he and filmmaker Dave Free...
As England meet Senegal in Tuesday’s international friendly at the City Ground, BBC Sport takes a look at the top 10 Senegalese Premier League goalscorers of all-time. Some of these forwards have written their names in Premier League folklore. Can you name the 10 below using our clues? Read full article at source...
Succession star Sarah Snook and former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger were among the big winners at Sunday’s Tony Awards. Scherzinger was named best actress in a musical for her role in Sunset Boulevard, Jamie Lloyd’s minimalist reboot of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. In an emotional acceptance speech, Scherzinger reflected on her recent Broadway success, which...
With Lancashire and Surrey’s start time already delayed by more than two hours, the match was reduced to 11 overs at Emirates Old Trafford. Lancashire set a respectable target of 86 and the game was slightly in their favour as rain began to fall at the start of the eighth over of Surrey’s run chase....
PA Media Cdr Julian Bennett was initially dismissed in October 2023 The Metropolitan Police says Londoners “will be as outraged as we are at the utter waste of public funds” after a disciplinary process for one of its senior officers took almost five years. Cdr Julian Bennett has been dismissed from the force for a...
Entering his third season back in England, expectations for Sancho had already dropped significantly. United had signed him to play on the right wing, despite his preference being to play on the left – a position that was locked down by Marcus Rashford at that point – and his underwhelming performances meant he was no...
World number one Scottie Scheffler stormed to the top of the leaderboard with a four-under-par 68 in a “challenging” third round of the Memorial Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. The 28-year-old American continued his impressive run of form to go one shot ahead of compatriot Ben Griffin, whom he had trailed by three going into the...