BBC The Treasury has announced the sale of its final shares in the NatWest Group. It means the bank will be under full private ownership, almost two decades after it was bailed out by the taxpayer amid the 2008 financial crisis. This marks a symbolic end to a dramatic chapter in British banking history. It...
Dawn Limbu BBC News, West of England Getty Images Glastonbury Festival has become a world famous event Glastonbury Festival has evolved significantly from its humble beginnings in 1970. Back then, tickets cost £1 and included camping and a free pint of milk from the farm. More than 50 years later, Glastonbury Festival has become a...
A charity shop in Plymouth described by residents as a community hub is to close in June. The Cancer Research UK shop in Stoke has been trading for more than 35 years but the charity decided in March to close it because it was “no longer a financially viable option”. Councillors in Stoke said they...
Wolves are set to reject Manchester United’s proposal to pay Matheus Cunha’s £62.5m release clause over five years. BBC Sport understands Wolves expect United to honour the clause, which requires the full fee for the Brazil forward to be paid in three instalments during a two-year period. Talks are ongoing and the transfer is still...
A Canadian man has been sentenced to almost two years in prison for stealing a famous photograph of Winston Churchill known as “The Roaring Lion”. Jeffrey Wood had pleaded guilty to stealing the original print from Ottawa’s Château Laurier hotel between Christmas 2021 and early January 2022. He also admitted committing forgery. The photo of...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter “It’s been so special” Gary Lineker’s final Match of the Day sign-off Gary Lineker held back tears as he signed off from his final edition of Match of the Day after 26 years in the hot seat and officially left the BBC. The host announced in November that he would leave...
Chris Waring BBC News, Nottingham BBC Alan was given a signed shirt to mark the end of his time working with the club Alan Moore will be a familiar face to many Nottingham Forest fans who regularly attend matches at the club’s historic City Ground. He has worked on the turnstiles for 46 seasons, letting...
When George Sephton first took on stadium announcer duties at Liverpool the club had won seven league titles but had yet to taste success in European football. However, on Sunday, ‘the Voice of Anfield’ will step down after more than five decades, when the Reds host Crystal Palace and lift the Premier League trophy to...
Emily Cannings lives near Exeter and was UK Ladies Waterski Racing Champion in 2023 Read full article at source...
Ed lays out the case that there was likely a cover-up of Biden’s cancer while he was president. The case is so strong, in fact, that Dr. Zeke Emmannuel–Rahm’s brother–asserts that there is no way that Biden hasn’t had prostate cancer for years and that any competent doctor would have tested for it. He asserted this,...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West National Highways Chelfham Viaduct will open as part of the Railway 200 campaign A viaduct will open to the public to celebrate 200 years of modern railways. National Highways said the Chelfham Viaduct, near Barnstaple, in Devon, would open to the public for a historical walk on Saturday and...
A New Jersey man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Sir Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday. Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted of attempted murder and assault earlier this year. Sir Salman was on stage speaking before an audience in August 2022, when he...
Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers, according to a recent report...
Long-serving Exeter Chiefs coach Ali Hepher has left the Premiership club by mutual consent. The 50-year-old had been suspended from his role as backs and attack coach last month in the wake of Exeter’s club-record 79-17 loss at Gloucester. The former Northampton fly-half had been part of Exeter’s coaching set-up since 2009 when he joined...
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, Ukraine’s left-wing community is continuing its work fighting both neoliberalism and Russian aggression. Sotsialnyi Rukh or “Social Movement” is Ukraine’s largest and oldest democratic socialist organization. Founded in the aftermath of the Euromaidan protests of 2013-14, Sotsialnyi Rukh has held steadfast to its principled leftist politics...