Former England footballer removed from presenting lineup after workplace conduct complaints Jermaine Jenas, a presenter on The One Show and who appears on Match of the Day, has been sacked by the BBC after complaints about his workplace conduct. The former footballer, 41, said he was seeking legal advice after […]
The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa. The department of […]
Chancellor rebuts Tory accusation she will be a soft touch and hints at tweak to debt rule to allow more borrowing Rachel Reeves has insisted there will be “no blank cheques” for public sector unions amid Conservative claims that the government’s attempt to end long-running strikes has made it a […]
Identities not disclosed but UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter were among those onboard Divers scouring the wreck of the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers. The UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, […]
TV personality fires up delegates with surprise Democratic convention speech; Tim Walz due to give keynote speech introducing himself to America When is Tim Walz speaking tonight Kamala Harris’s campaign raised four times as much money last month than Donald Trump’s campaign, Reuters is reporting, citing federal disclosures filed late […]
Charity says rise ‘hugely concerning’ and calls for change in law in England and Northern Ireland in line with rest of UK Concerns raised to the NSPCC helpline about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year, the charity has said. Helpline staff heard about children being […]
Woodland Trust’s competition comes as charity campaigns for more robust legal protection for precious trees An oak tree shaped like an elephant and the oak with the widest girth in the UK have been shortlisted for the annual Tree of the Year competition. The Woodland Trust runs the annual competition […]
Exclusive: Agency says foreign gangs not safe from prosecution in UK and plans new recording label to track extent of the crime ‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion The National Crime Agency has […]
Exclusive: Charities say ending household support fund in England will increase hardship for struggling families Analysis: How England came to rely on ‘sticking plaster’ fund More than half a million children will go hungry during school holiday periods from the October half-term if the government fails to renew a £1bn […]
Chancellor insists she still has large black hole to fill despite stronger-than-expected growth in first half of 2024 Rachel Reeves is planning to raise taxes, cut spending and get tough on benefits in October’s budget amid Treasury alarm that the pickup in the economy has failed to improve the poor […]