Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Getty Images Yael van der Wouden’s novel The Safekeep was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize last year This year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction has been awarded to Dutch author Yael van der Wouden for The Safekeep, a novel about an unlikely romance in the Netherlands in the 1960s. The judges...
West Indies lost all three of their T20Is against England in recent days, but returning pace bowler Mark Adair knows they will be formidable opposition. Adair returns to the squad after missing the ODI series through injury but Craig Young, Curtis Campher and Gareth Delany have been ruled out. “They’re one of the best teams...
Britain’s Sonay Kartal secures the biggest win of her career as women’s tennis returns to Queen’s Club for the first time since 1973. Read full article at source...
The Broadway version of the beloved Korean musical Maybe Happy Ending has won six Tony awards, including best musical. The production about the friendship between two humanoid robots was nominated for 10 awards on Sunday. It also won best book of a musical and best original score. Maybe Happy Ending premiered in South Korea in...
Lorena Wiebes wins the fourth and final stage of the Women’s Tour of Britain in Glasgow, with Ally Wollaston sealing overall victory by finishing third and taking bonus seconds to push overnight leader Britain’s Cat Ferguson into second place. WATCH MORE: Ferguson takes Tour of Britain lead with brilliant stage win Available to UK users...
It was a repeat of the Chester Vase result where Lambourn won from Lazy Griff last month. “I couldn’t understand why he was such a huge price. It’s safe to say the Chester form held up well,” said Charlie Johnston, trainer of the runner-up. Eighteen runners went to post for the Derby after 2,000 Guineas...
Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News Davy Russell is elected as Labour MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Scottish Labour has taken Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse from the SNP in a closely fought by-election. The pary’s Davy Russell won with 8,559 votes, with a majority of 602 over the SNP. The vote followed the death of...
Mauritian Kim Le Court beats Kristen Faulkner in a sprint finish to win the first stage of the 2025 Tour of Britain Women. The two riders worked well together along the Redcar coastline, holding off the chasing group with an advantage of up to 30 seconds. READ MORE: Watch Tour of Britain on BBC iPlayer...
Woongbee Lee Editor, BBC Korean EPA-EFE South Korea has handed a decisive victory to opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung six months after his predecessor’s martial law bid failed. The brief yet disastrous move set off huge protests and ended former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s career: impeached and removed from office, he still faces criminal charges for...
Lewis Adams BBC News, Essex Reporting fromChelmsford Magistrates’ Court Lauren Carter/BBC Jodie Marsh was a person “passionate about the care and treatment” of her animals, a judge said Jodie Marsh should be allowed to keep lemurs at her private animal sanctuary, a judge has ruled. The former glamour model fought Uttlesford District Council in court...
Maja Stark claimed her first major title with a two-shot victory at the US Women’s Open to become the third Swede to lift the trophy. Stark, the first Swedish winner since Annika Sorenstam won her third title in 2006, held off the challenge of world number one Nelly Korda of the United States and Japan’s...
Essex and Lancashire both claimed their first victories of the season in the Women’s T20 Blast. Wicketkeeper Lauren Winfield-Hill top scored with 42 from 25 balls as Essex set Somerset 150 to win at Chelmsford. Somerset’s Ellie Anderson picked up figures of 3-19 off four overs which included the wicket of Essex captain Grace Scrivens...
It left him lacking grip at the restart to those around him and resulted in a madcap, almost unbelievable, series of incidents. Verstappen almost lost his car when he had a massive wobble coming out of the fast final corner as the race restarted with five laps to go. Leclerc pulled alongside on the straight,...
Last season’s beaten finalists Somerset beat Surrey as they made an impressive start to their T20 Blast campaign. Jason Roy hit a blistering 92, but Surrey were restricted to 146-9 at Taunton before the hosts completed a five-wicket win. Holders Gloucestershire started their defence with a narrow four-run defeat to Kent Spitfires, while the returning...
Julian O’Neill & Matt Fox BBC News NI Adams says the case “was about putting manners on the BBC” Gerry Adams has won €100,000 (£84,000) in damages over a BBC story about the murder of a British agent. A court found the former Sinn Féin leader was defamed in a BBC NI Spotlight programme broadcast...