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Ex-Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs’ retrial later this month on domestic violence charges has been abandoned after lawyers withdrew the prosecution. Giggs, 49, was due to go on trial for a second time on July 31, accused of controlling or coercive behaviour towards his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville, 39, between August 2017 and November 2020. Giggs was also accused […]

Rory McIlroy will go into this week’s Open Championship with high hopes of ending his long wait for a fifth major championship. The 2014 champion has won only one major since but a combination of the return to the same Royal Liverpool course and McIlroy’s recent form, in both majors and tour events, has raised

The boss of McDonald’s in the UK has apologised after more than 100 workers at the fast food chain, past and present, alleged they had been sexually harassed or assaulted or subjected to racism or bullying. Alistair Macrow told the BBC the company had “fallen short” in some cases after the corporation spoke to dozens of workers. It comes

Ministers saw off further changes being sought to the Illegal Migration Bill in the House of Lords Controversial plans to tackle the small boats crisis are poised to become law after the Government crushed a series of renewed challenges by peers at Westminster. In a night of drama, the Tory frontbench saw off five further

The Commonwealth Games Federation have described their decision as ‘hugely disappointing’ Australia’s Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to the cost of the event breaching estimates by around 5 billion Australian dollars. State premier Daniel Andrews fronted media in Melbourne and said he was not prepared to spend up to 7 billion

Rishi Sunak has praised Ben Wallace for a “distinguished” career following the Defence Secretary’s announcement he will resign at the next Cabinet reshuffle. Mr Wallace, who has been Defence Secretary since 2019, will stand down as an MP at the next general election. The Prime Minister said he would be sad to see Mr Wallace

A fresh overtime ban has been announced by train drivers, threatening disruption to services at the height of the summer holidays. Members of Aslef at 15 train operating companies will refuse to work overtime from Monday July 31 to Saturday August 5 in the long-running dispute over pay. Drivers launched a week-long overtime ban on Monday which the union

They’ll take industrial action on 24th and 25th August Hospital consultants have announced fresh strikes in the long-running dispute over pay in the NHS. The British Medical Association (BMA) said consultants in England, who will strike on Thursday and Friday this week, will also walk out on August 24 and 25. The BMA said its

The Prime Minister says ‘too many young people are being sold a false dream’ Rishi Sunak has announced plans to cap the number of students that can be accepted on to “poor quality” university degrees. Limits will be imposed on courses that have high dropout rates or a low proportion of graduates getting a professional job, the

Carlos Alcaraz was crowned the new king of Wimbledon after dethroning Novak Djokovic on a packed Centre Court in one of the great grand slam finals. The young Spaniard looked to be on his way to victory when he recovered from a nervous start to take a two-sets-to-one lead only for Djokovic to show once