Duran Duran are to embark on a UK arena tour which will see them perform in Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast. The group, formed in the 1980s and fronted by Simon Le Bon, will begin their tour at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro on October 15, going on to perform at Belfast’s SSE Arena on October 18 and Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena on October 23, before finishing the tour at Leeds’ First Bank Arena on October 24. They […]
The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the failed migrant deportation deal after winning an international court case. The two countries clashed in a three-day hearing in March at The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Netherlands. The east African nation sued Britain for more than £100 million, claiming it breached the terms of its agreement and is owed the money. During the case lawyers representing Britain […]
England departed for the World Cup hoping to climb their footballing Mount Everest this summer. A portion of Thomas Tuchel’s 26-man squad took off from Birmingham airport on Monday morning to their pre-tournament warm-up camp in Florida. Those that did not fly will later join up with the group in the ‘Sunshine State’, including Arsenal’s Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke following Saturday’s Champions League final defeat to Paris St Germain. Monday’s […]
John Kear, the rugby league broadcaster and former Challenge Cup-winning coach, has died at the age of 71. The Rugby Football League announced that Kear died suddenly on Sunday on his return from covering Wigan Warriors’ Challenge Cup victory at Wembley for the BBC. Kear led nine clubs across a coaching career lasting more than 700 matches, masterminding a shock win for Sheffield Eagles in 1998 and then steering Hull FC to glory in 2005. […]
Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is braced for further embarrassment as hundreds of documents covering Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment and activities as ambassador to the US are expected to be published on Monday. The massive release of files is the second relating to Sir Keir’s decision to give the prestigious Washington job to Lord Mandelson rather than a career diplomat. Cabinet minister James Murray said there would be an “unprecedented” volume of information given to Parliament. Officials have compared […]
A great-grandmother thought to have inoperable cancer has become the first person in the UK to receive treatment using a novel technique. Brenda Iveson, from Harrogate in North Yorkshire, was told that usual cancer treatments would not work for the six-centimetre tumour in her liver. But medics at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust offered the 92-year-old a minimally invasive procedure. She was given robotic-guided electrochemotherapy – a treatment that combines a small dose of chemotherapy […]
Declan Rice celebrated Arsenal’s Premier League title success by rapping to ‘Ice Ice Baby’ on their open-top bus – and then vowed his side are “coming back for more” next season. England midfielder Rice grabbed a microphone and belted out the Vanilla Ice classic as thousands upon thousands of Gunners fans lined the streets of north London. The party was jumping despite their Champions League penalty shoot-out heartbreak against Paris St Germain less than 24 […]
Social media star and Britain’s Got Talent judge KSI has announced he is leaving the YouTube collective Sidemen. The 32-year-old, whose real name is Olajide Olatunji, has made football, comedy and challenge videos with the group since 2013, and his departure was confirmed to the Press Association by his representatives amid rumours the announcement may have been part of a bet. In a post on YouTube, KSI said: “This is honestly the hardest video I’ve ever had to […]
The Foreign Secretary will travel to China and India this week as the UK seeks to strengthen relations with both countries. Yvette Cooper will meet Chinese vice-president Han Zheng and foreign minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday, before visiting the southern city of Shenzhen, a major technology hub near Hong Kong. She will then travel to Delhi to meet her Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday along with businesspeople and academics. Her discussions in both countries are […]
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