Culture, consistency and Lamine Yamal – inside De la Fuente’s Spain
Luis de la Fuente’s Spain are closing in on greatness. They are bidding to become just the fourth team to hold both the World Cup and European Championship crowns at the same time; following their compatriots in 2010, France in 2000 and West Germany back in 1974. De la Fuente
‘Cool in 90 seconds’ – the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet
As parts of the UK brace for another hot weekend, online adverts have been appearing for portable air conditioners claiming to be “designed by former Nasa engineers” and able to “cool a room in 90 seconds”. The adverts have emerged on platforms including Facebook and YouTube, but the Advertising Standards
Meghan will not appear at public events during Harry UK trip
The Duchess of Sussex is no longer expected to appear at any of the public events this week, during her husband the Duke of Sussex’s visit to the UK, it has been confirmed. It had already been announced that Meghan and their children Archie and Lilibet would not join Prince Harry at
Ukrainian agent accused of murdering Monaco bomb suspect changes story
A Ukrainian intelligence agent who confessed to killing the woman suspected of trying to assassinate a multimillionaire and his family in Monaco last week, has now claimed he did not pull the trigger. In court in Kyiv for a custody hearing on Thursday, Vladyslav Reut – who a few days
We’ve saved £6,000 on holidays by swapping homes with strangers
Would you swap homes with a stranger in exchange for a cheaper holiday? Or would the idea of someone sleeping in your bed and using your kitchen while you were away put you off? Henry Vanderpump, 42, his wife Elliw, 39, and their two young children have had two home
Bayeux Tapestry arrives in UK for first time in 900 years under police guard
Nick Cullinan, the director of the British Museum, told me: “We’ve just witnessed something rather extraordinary, which is the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum but specifically it is returning to England for the first time in almost 1,000 years. “It feels like a really remarkable thing
Burnham set to be next PM as 322 Labour MPs back him in first nomination tally
Andy Burnham has taken another step towards becoming the next Labour leader and prime minister, after the vast majority of Labour MPs nominated him to replace Sir Keir Starmer. Burnham’s Labour leadership bid has been backed by 322 out of 403 Labour MPs as he remains the only declared candidate.
Four die, dozens rescued in attempted Channel crossing from France to UK
Four people have died while attempting to board an inflatable dinghy off the northern coast of France, as another dangerous English Channel crossing has turned deadly. Authorities said the incident took place early on Thursday near Calais, when a group of migrants waded into the sea to reach a small
Gulf states, Hormuz uncertainty casts shadow over US-Iran ceasefire
The Gulf region breathed a collective sigh of relief late on Tuesday after Iran and the United States agreed on a two-week truce, pausing more than a month of increasingly violent attacks and inflammatory rhetoric. Hours earlier, US President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out an “entire civilisation” and Tehran
Global energy crisis is ‘the mother of all crises’: Turkish minister
Turkiye’s energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar says the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, due to the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, indicates the importance of diversifying energy routes and will force the world to move towards forming a new energy structure. Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan