August 2023

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales in relation to his conduct at the World Cup final in Sydney on Sunday. Rubiales has faced heavy criticism after he grabbed his crotch in celebration of Spain’s victory over England, while stood metres away from Spain’s Queen Letizia and her teenage daughter Sofia […]

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country received their GCSE exam results this morning The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, national figures show. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country received their GCSE exam results on Thursday in a year when efforts

Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow have been jailed for life at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court for the “brutal and cold blooded murder” of Liam Smith. The pair were jailed for life by Judge Maurice Greene and will have to serve minimum terms of 33 and 30 years respectively for their part in the brutal

The King and Queen’s state visit to France, postponed after widespread rioting, will now take place in September, Buckingham Palace has announced. Charles and Camilla were due to tour Paris and Bordeaux in March but after violent nationwide demonstrations, from those opposed to President Emmanuel Macron’s retirement age reforms, the trip was shelved. The overseas

Haas has named an unchanged driver line-up for 2024 with Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg both retained by the American team. Hulkenberg, 36, had been without a full-time seat on the grid since 2019, but has impressed since replacing Mick Schumacher. Magnussen, 30, was handed a second stint with Haas on the eve of last

Administrators for the stricken retailer Wilko have denied plans to close stores next week after the GMB union said “the majority” would be shut. The GMB, which represents more than 3,000 of Wilko’s 12,500 staff, said it was told the high street chain is set to announce a raft of redundancies as a result. However, administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Donald Trump dismissed his Republican rivals for the US presidency as they went head to head in the first debate on Wednesday. The former president, the early frontrunner to secure the party’s nomination, skipped the first presidential debate in Milwaukee, opting for a pre-recorded interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on X, the website formerly