Liverpool’s Woodman on life as third-choice keeper
“Did I ever think I was going to be playing for Liverpool in the Premier League? Probably not, but when I’m called upon, I just wanted to do my best.” This time last season, Freddie Woodman was sidelined with injury for Preston North End as they narrowly avoided relegation from the Championship.
Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
Children aged 17 or younger will face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes, as the Tobacco and Vapes Bill clears Parliament. Both the Commons and Lords have settled on a final draft of the “landmark” legislation that aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking to create
Unemployment rate unexpectedly falls as fewer students look for work
The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen unexpectedly, partly due to fewer students looking for work while they study. Unemployment fell to 4.9% in the three months to February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, despite predictions it would remain unchanged at 5.2%. The drop has been driven by a
How will Apple change under ‘product guy’ John Ternus?
Apple will have been planning this succession for a long time. Rumours were circulating for a while that 65-year-old Tim Cook was thinking about stepping down, and while a few potential replacements popped up, the name which stuck was the firm’s vice president of hardware, 51-year-old John Ternus. I had
Key evidence from sacked official at heart of Mandelson vetting row
Sir Olly Robbins, the former top civil servant at the Foreign Office, has been giving evidence to MPs on the foreign affairs committee about his role in vetting Lord Mandelson to be the UK’s ambassador to the US. It comes after Sir Olly was effectively sacked last week after it
Zelensky says failure of US envoys to visit Kyiv is ‘disrespectful’
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he considered visits by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow but not Kyiv “disrespectful”. The pair visited the Russian capital late last year as ceasefire talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine gained pace, and again in January. Witkoff, who has
UK energy strategy ‘unsustainable’ – manufacturer
The UK’s energy strategy is “unsustainable”, the managing director of a manufacturing firm has said. Ed Pitt from KGD in Hereford said the UK had the “most expensive energy in the world” with his firm currently paying about £250,000 annually for electricity and gas. His comments come after the International
What is Claude Mythos and what risks does it pose?
In recent weeks, the AI world has been a-buzz following claims made by leading firm, Anthropic, regarding its new model, Claude Mythos. The company says it found the tool can outperform humans at some hacking and cyber-security tasks, which has prompted discussions by regulators, legislators and financial institutions about the
Trump tariff refunds begin but consumers likely to miss out
The Trump administration has begun processing refunds for billions of dollars in tariffs that the US Supreme Court struck down in February. In what is to be the biggest repayment programme in history, companies can apply online for money they were charged under the so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs – plus
Should Gabriel have been sent off for Haaland clash?
What exactly is a headbutt? The laws of the game do not specifically reference it, so it is wrapped up in the description of violent conduct. That requires a player to have used or attempted to use “excessive force or brutality”. It opens up a level of subjectivity where pushing