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Hege Riise has been announced as the new head coach for Team GB’s women’s football team ahead of this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. The Norwegian will begin this role alongside her job as interim England boss and will be assisted by Rhian Wilkinson, who works with the Lionesses, and an as-yet-unannounced second coach.
Boris Johnson has denied a claim made by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, that the UK imposed an “outright” ban on coronavirus vaccine exports. The PM told MPs in the […]
A serving police officer arrested yesterday evening in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everad was reportedly “not on duty” during the time of Ms Everard’s disappearance. The assistant police commissioner Nick […]
The Manchester Inquiry continued today with two witnesses giving evidence. Andy Dark was present to discuss the preparedness of the Fire Brigade for the terrorist incident . Mr Dark said: “If a […]
The Great Britain athletes for last week’s European Indoor Championships are in quarantine, due to the fact that a member of the team’s staff tested positive for coronavirus.
Several central European countries are struggling to cope with a new wave of coronavirus after reporting record high numbers of cases. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland have all seen a spike […]
Piers Morgan has left his role as co-host of ITV’s Good Morning Britain to stand by his comments that Meghan Markle’s accusations of racism and discrimination against her son Archie by the […]
MPs are criticizing the NHS Test and Trace System, saying there’s no evidence that it has contributed to a drop in coronavirus cases. The Commons Public Accounts Committee has challenged the government […]
Due to the rising number of Coronavirus cases in Brazil, 80% of ICU beds are occupied in 25 out of its 27 states. Currently after the US, Brazil has recorded the highest […]
The conservative candidate for the position of Mayor of London, Shaun Bailey, is being criticised for his comments that those given a universal basic income (UBI) would spend the money on “lots […]
The COVID-19 vaccination rollout by the Palestinian Authority (PA) has come under scrutiny as senior officials and football players move ahead in the queue of medical workers and the elderly. The Independent Commission for Human Rights have called for the Palestinian government to clarify exactly how […]
A barrage of rockets pounded an Iraqi base hosting US-led coalition troops on Wednesday just two days before Pope Francis is due to arrive in Iraq for the first ever papal visit to the country. On his tour of the country, Pope […]
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today pledged £2.8m to support a bid for the UK and Ireland to host the 2030 World Cup. The announcement came as part of Sunak’s 2021 budget, which […]
Rishi Sunak is currently addressing the House of Commons where he is disclosing the 2021 Budget; outlining plans to boost the country’s economic recovery.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced that it will be launching an inquiry into the links between long term brain injuries and sports. The government inquiry follows a […]
Rishi Sunak’s Budget 2021 statement in the Commons this afternoon has revealed a three-part plan to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the British people and level up the economy. In the […]
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she is “very, very, very, sorry” about the loss of taxpayers’ money. In January 2019, the Scottish government paid her predecessor Alex Salmond’s £500,000 legal bill after it admitted acting unlawfully.
Nicola Sturgeon, in her long awaited appearance at the Holyrood inquiry stated that claims of a plot against the former First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, were ‘absurd’. The First Minister of […]
The UK government has defended a new law that states people who lie about their travel history during the pandemic could be sentenced a maximum 10-year jail term. A former Supreme Court […]
The Health minister, Zweli Mkhize, has suggested a South African interest in swapping or selling the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after studies have revealed its ineffectiveness against the South African variant in young people.
An extra £3.5bn has been promised by ministers to remove cladding deemed unsafe from all buildings over 18m high across England “at no cost to residents” after thousands of flat owners have […]
Ms Deborah French,a former UK sales executive for Arconic sold Reynobond PE panels to construction projects in the UK which have a flammable plastic core. These PE Panels which were used on […]
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Nearly 600 tennis players and support staff are to be quarantined in Melbourne after a hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19 at The Grand Hyatt Hotel. Tomorrow’s six warm-up events are likely to be affected but officials […]
The team behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine says that a vaccine to tackle the coronavirus mutations could be ready to roll-out by the autumn. Prof Andy Pollard, from Oxford University, said that slightly […]
Awards season is now officially in session with Golden Globe nominations kicking it off this afternoon.
Newham Council has announced a plan to put people testing positive for Covid-19 into hotels with all bills paid, to stop the spread of the virus in overcrowded households. London’s Asian communities […]
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